Debloat the JVC Android TV (Vestel)
Android TV 11 · 25 apps on the list · tested on a real set
This JVC Android TV, built by Vestel for Spain, ships with Vestel telemetry and a cleaner app. It also has Google and partner attribution, feedback and auto-installs, preloaded apps and background services nobody needs on a TV. The list has 25 apps. It uses the classic Android TV home.
It was disabled in two batches on one TV. Prime Video and Disney+ were kept at the owner's choice. The Input key, Live TV, Chromecast built-in and Gboard keep working. 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.
Apps TidyTV can turn off on the JVC Android TV (Vestel)
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 and "cleaner" 3
- Vestel vestelreporterVestel reporter: INTERNET + BOOT_COMPLETED, no UI
com.vestel.vestelreporter - "speed up" cleaner
com.vestel.tv.speedup - No UI
com.vestel.smartcenter
Google/partner attribution, feedback, auto-installs, setup leftovers 5
- Partner/OEM attribution
com.google.android.partnersetup - Google Feedback
com.google.android.feedback - Onetimeinitializer
com.google.android.onetimeinitializer - Vestel auto-install stub
android.autoinstalls.config.vestel.coma - Mstar disclaimercustomizationdisclaimer screen used only by first-run setup
com.mstar.android.tv.disclaimercustomization
Preloaded apps (off by choice, per the owner; Prime Video and Disney+ kept) 6
- YouTube Music
com.google.android.youtube.tvmusic - Google TV storePlay Movies & TV
com.google.android.videos - Play Games
com.google.android.play.games - Google Assistant
com.google.android.katniss - Mango TV
com.android.mgstv - TCL Browser
com.tcl.browser
Background services nobody needs on a TV 9
- Printspooler
com.android.printspooler - Backupconfirm
com.android.backupconfirm - Sharedstoragebackup
com.android.sharedstoragebackup - Wallpaperbackup
com.android.wallpaperbackup - Syncadapters calendar
com.google.android.syncadapters.calendar - Providers calendar
com.android.providers.calendar - Dynamic System Updates
com.android.dynsystem - Android test shim
com.android.cts.ctsshim - Android test shim
com.android.cts.priv.ctsshim
Only safe once com.gathin.tvhome owns Home and com.google.android.tvlauncher is disabled 2
- Google recommendationslauncher recommendation rows
com.google.android.tvrecommendations - Backdrop screensaverambient-mode screensaver; the launcher's Clock screensaver replaces it
com.google.android.backdrop - Android TV home screen your calllauncher/build-and-install.sh disables the stock launcher itself, after Home has moved
com.google.android.tvlauncher
What always stays on
- The Input key handler, which looks like retail demo mode
- Live TV and the TV service
- Chromecast built-in, Play Store and Play Services
- Gboard and text to speech
- The Vestel TV, key, backlight and remote update services
- Remote pairing and Dolby audio
Good to know on this model
- One MediaTek home screen helper crashes the TV service if it is turned off, so it stays on.
- There is no separate firmware update app on this TV. Updates live in Settings.
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 JVC TV?
Yes. The app that handles it looks like bloat, but it must stay on, so TidyTV keeps it.
Does casting still work?
Yes. Chromecast built-in is kept.
Can I get the old home screen back?
Yes. Restore everything turns the apps back on and puts the old home screen back in one tap.
Source: the jvc-android-tv-menlo list in cleanyourtv by Gathin (MIT), tested on this model. TidyTV re-checks every app against its own protected list before each change.