Debloat the Cecotec VQU10065S 65" QLED

Android TV 14 · 31 apps on the list · tested on a real set

This Cecotec 65-inch QLED is built by Vestel and runs Android TV 14. It ships with Vestel telemetry and logging, a cleaner app, Google ads and personalization, preloaded apps and a retail demo. There are 31 apps on the list. The UK Freeview apps already ship off.

The list keeps everything the TV needs to run. That is the remote hotkeys, Live TV and the source menu, Bluetooth remote pairing and the setup wizard that holds the saved Wi-Fi. TidyTV turns the rest off from your phone with a backup first and deletes nothing. TidyTV turns these off from your phone over Wi-Fi, saves a backup first and never deletes anything.

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Apps TidyTV can turn off on the Cecotec VQU10065S 65" QLED

Grouped as the tested list groups them. In the app each one has a switch, so you choose. Apps marked your call are extras the list leaves on.

Vestel telemetry, logging and "cleaner" 4

Vestel vestelreporterVestel reporter: INTERNET + BOOT_COMPLETED, no UIcom.vestel.vestelreporter
Vestel logging servicecom.vestel.smartlogger
"speed up" cleanercom.vestel.tv.speedup
No iconcom.vestel.smartcenter

Google ads, personalisation and feedback 7

Privacy Sandbox ad servicescom.android.adservices.api
On-device ad personalisationcom.android.ondevicepersonalization.services
Federated learning for the abovecom.android.federatedcompute.services
Partner/OEM attributioncom.google.android.partnersetup
Google Feedbackcom.google.android.feedback
Feedback consent promptscom.android.tv.feedbackconsent
Vestel auto-install stubandroid.autoinstalls.config.vestel.medusa

Preloaded apps and retail demo 4

YouTube Musiccom.google.android.youtube.tvmusic
Google TV storeGoogle TV / Play Movies storecom.google.android.videos
Play Gamescom.google.android.play.games
Google Assistantcom.google.android.katniss

processes (:search + :interactor), 15% of this set's RAM 3

Off by choice: this TV ships a remote with no microphone. It declares only VoiceInteractionService, ASSIST and SEARCH_LONG_PRESS; casting and the phone remote live in mediashell, tv.remote.service and GMS, all left enabled.

Shop-floor retail demo modefusion.android.tv.demo
Freeview Playcom.mediatek.tv.freeviewplay
Coocaa iCast AirPlay/mirroring appcom.smartdevice.tv.aircast

Off by choice 2

Keep it if you want AirPlay without sideloading, and see the header before you bother: no receiver works on a client-isolated network.

Backdrop screensaverGoogle aerial screensavercom.google.android.backdrop
Google recommendationslauncher recommendation rows. Only safecom.google.android.tvrecommendations

MediaTek extras 1

Wwtv mediaplayerMediaTek's USB media player. Skipped by thecom.mediatek.wwtv.mediaplayer

Dead weight on a TV 8

Health Connectcom.android.healthconnect.controller
Health Connect backupcom.android.health.connect.backuprestore
Enterprise work-profile provisioningcom.android.managedprovisioning
Dynamic System Updatescom.android.dynsystem
Android test shimcom.android.cts.ctsshim
Android test shimcom.android.cts.priv.ctsshim
Calendar synccom.google.android.syncadapters.calendar
TtsGoogle text-to-speech. Only accessibility readscom.google.android.tts

anything aloud on this set, and the remote has no microphone, so it idles 1

Keep it if you use Talkback.

Settings intelligencethe search box inside Settings. The menus keepcom.android.settings.intelligence

working; only searching them goes away. 1

Secure Elementcom.android.se

What always stays on

Live TV and the source menu
Bluetooth remote pairing
The part that provides the home screen widget, which crash-loops the TV service if it is off
The setup wizard, which may hold your saved Wi-Fi
Factory packages, never opened

Good to know on this model

Turning off the home screen widget provider makes the TV service crash after a restart and kills the Input key and other remote hotkeys, so it stays on.
The USB media player is on the list. Turn it back on if you play files from USB.

How to do it

Turn on developer options On the TV, open Settings › System › About and select the build number 7 times. Then turn on USB debugging, and Network debugging if you see it.
Tap your TV in TidyTV Your phone finds the TV on the Wi-Fi. Tick "Always allow" and press Allow when the TV asks.
Review, then tidy TidyTV saves a backup, shows these apps with switches, and turns off the ones you pick, checking each one.

Questions

Will the Input button still work on my Cecotec TV?

Yes. The services behind it are kept. One of them looks like bloat but turning it off makes the TV service crash, so TidyTV leaves it on.

Does the remote microphone matter here?

The remote has no microphone on this set, so the voice services on the list only idle.

Can I get the old home screen back?

Yes. Restore everything turns every app back on and puts the old home screen back in one tap.

Source: the cecotec-shandao list in cleanyourtv by Gathin (MIT), tested on this model. TidyTV re-checks every app against its own protected list before each change.