Debloat the CHiQ AI PONT GTVU65

Google TV 14 · 13 apps on the list · tested on a real set

The CHiQ AI PONT GTVU65 comes with a Changhong store and help app, Google feedback and Android ad services, Play partner auto-installs, a streaming app most owners never open, and a few preloaded apps. None of it is needed to watch Live TV or HDMI.

This list was tested on one set. Home opened, Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video and Apple TV launched, and the Inputs menu still listed Antenna, Cable, Satellite, ATV, AV and HDMI 1 to 3, with HDMI 1 switching. TidyTV turns these apps off from your phone over Wi-Fi. It saves a backup first and never uninstalls anything, and Restore everything brings them all back in one tap.

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Apps TidyTV can turn off on the CHiQ AI PONT GTVU65

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.

Telemetry and ad services 4

Play partner auto-installsandroid.autoinstalls.config.google.gtvpai
Google Feedbackcom.google.android.feedback
Feedbackconsentcom.android.tv.feedbackconsent
Adservices apicom.android.adservices.api

Changhong / Homwee store and help 2

Homwee storecom.homwee.store
Homwee helpcom.homwee.help

Preloaded apps 3

Printspoolercom.android.printspooler
Play Gamescom.google.android.play.games
TalkBackre-enable if you use the screen readercom.google.android.marvin.talkback

Streaming apps not used in this home (by choice; keep the ones you use) 1

Iqiyi i18ncom.iqiyi.i18n.tv

Stock home 2

Disable only after the new launcher is installed and set as home.

Google TV setupits RecoveryActivity otherwise takes over Homecom.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith
Google TV home screencom.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx

Launcher partner customization (rows and branding for the stock home) 1

Unlike the Google variant on the Android 11 CHiQ, this MediaTek one only provides tvlauncher.config, not tvlauncher.widget; checked across a reboot, com.mediatek.tv.service does not crash and the Input key still works.

Leanbacklauncher partnercustomizercom.mediatek.android.leanbacklauncher.partnercustomizer

What always stays on

Live TV and the HDMI and AV inputs, which run on MediaTek TV services
Bluetooth remote pairing and the volume receiver
Remote key handling, including the Input key
Picture brightness control and the Homwee firmware updates
Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video and Apple TV, which all launched in testing

Good to know on this model

This list turns off the stock home screen. Home may then pause on a leftover Google setup screen before the new one opens, which adds a short delay to each press.
Marvin TalkBack, the screen reader, is turned off in this list. Turn it back on in the app if you use it.

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 it stop the ads on the home screen?

It turns off the partner customizer that adds rows and branding to the stock home screen, along with Android's ad services. The stock home screen itself is also in this list, so a clean home screen from the app is the usual way to replace it.

Will the remote still work?

Yes. Bluetooth remote pairing and the Input key handling are kept on purpose.

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 chiq-gtvu65 list in cleanyourtv by Gathin (MIT), tested on this model. TidyTV re-checks every app against its own protected list before each change.