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Nokia-Debloater your phone from the evenwell apps (Working in all nokia mobile)

A simple noob-friendly script that strips the system of the Even well apps from your Nokia.

What is even well and why should I care?

Even well/FiH is a Chinese company. Specifically, they are a subsidiary of the massive Foxconn group that manufactures consumer electronics for sale around the world. This Evewell group was a business partner of Nokia/HMD and they were responsible for manufacturing and building the software on these phones. We all know the second generation devices from Nokia i.e Nokia 6.1, Nokia 6.1 Plus, Nokia 7 Plus, etc are android one devices which are supposed to come with clean software and no bloat. On the surface, these devices have no bloat, But when you go digging deeper into settings and the system, You will encounter them even well apps.

What do these apps do?

These apps are supposed to maintain the system stability and protect battery among various other services/features. There are also telemetry apps that send data to the Chinese. This is the reason I've decided to create this script.

Nokia has supposedly stopped using the even well services/apps, Why would you uninstall them?

Simple, Because of 1. I do not want any dead app that previously had a history of snooping in my system. 2. They are not supposed to be there in the first place.

Okay, You've convinced me. What do I need?

  1. A Nokia phone
  2. ADB/Platform-tools from Google which you can get from here - https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
  3. My batch-script

USAGE

Prepping your phone -
  1. Navigate to settings
  2. Go to System > About Phone > Build number
  3. Tap on Build Number 7 times or until you see the You are now a developer toast message.
  4. Now, Go back to System > Advanced > Developer options > Enable USB Debugging
  5. Once enabled, Go to your PC
Prepping the script and ADB
  1. Download ADB from the link above
  2. Extract the contents of the .zip into a folder named adb. (BE SURE TO EXTRACT EVERYTHING FROM THE.ZIP INTO THE FOLDER)
  3. Download the script from the releases section
  4. Move the script into the folder where you have extracted the platform tool/ADB
  5. Connect the phone to your PC
  6. Double click the script and run
  7. You will see a prompt on your phone, Tap on the always allow this PC option and tap Ok.
| If you are running adb for the first time, You might get an error like this - No devices/emulators found, If you did, then please ensure that you have tapped the ok option on the prompt from your phone.

Nokia Debloater Latest
1 MB

F.A.Q

Do I need root, Unlocked bootloader, etc?
No

What can I expect from the debloating measures?
Better Privacy and security, Possibly better battery life and performance

Can I revert the changes?
Yes, You can revert by either manually installing all the apps debloated by the script or by factory resetting your device. An option to revert back the changes will come in the future, Stay tuned!

Will I lose data by debloating?
No, you will not.

Are there possibilities of bricking my device?
Yes, But it's rare and you need not be worried because I will test every version before releasing it on GitHub.


TO-Do List

 Implement a way to re-install the debloated apps
 Add options to debloat google apps
 Add options to debloat specific apps
 Add options for rebooting to bootloader and recovery mode
 Add option to turn of Duraspeed on Mediatek chipset based devices

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