Debloat the Skyworth SWTV-24AE-4K NF
Google TV 14 · 26 apps on the list · tested on a real set
This Skyworth set sells in South Africa and runs Google TV on Android 14 with about 1 GB of memory. It ships with Skyworth telemetry and activation, Android ad and personalisation services, and content rows and analytics. The list also covers regional broadcast extras and streaming apps not used here.
It was applied in batches with a screenshot after each. Home, the inputs (HDMI 1, 2, 3 and Composite), Settings and the app grid all worked, and every change survived a full restart. 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 Skyworth SWTV-24AE-4K NF
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.
Skyworth telemetry and activation 4
- Records first activation
com.smartdevice.recordactivation - Smartdevice aftersale"after-sale" service: can silently install APKs
com.smartdevice.aftersale - Google Feedback
com.google.android.feedback - Feedbackconsent
com.android.tv.feedbackconsent
Android ad and personalisation services 3
- Adservices api
com.android.adservices.api - Ondevicepersonalization
com.android.ondevicepersonalization.services - Federatedcompute
com.android.federatedcompute.services
Skyworth content rows and analytics 2
- Coocaa recommendation rows
com.smartdevice.recommendation - Leanbacklauncher customizerpartner config that injects rows into the home screen
com.smartdevice.leanbacklauncher.customizer
Regional broadcast extras (neither used in ZA/Global market) 2
- Brazilian Ginga interactive TV
tv.mopa.ginga - UK MHEG interactive TV
org.obs.mhegservice
Not needed on a TV 6
- Healthconnect controller
com.android.healthconnect.controller - Connect backuprestore
com.android.health.connect.backuprestore - On-screen manual
com.Smartdevice.emanual - TV Guard / cleaner
com.smartdevice.dailymanage - Daily Key / app manager
com.smartdevice.myapp - Play Games
com.google.android.play.games
Streaming apps disabled by owner's choice (not used) 7
- Prime Video
com.amazon.amazonvideo.livingroom - YouTube Music
com.google.android.youtube.tvmusic - Dstvmobile
com.dstvmobile.android - Sabcplus vod
tv.sabcplus.vod - Stremio one
com.stremio.one - Miracast / DLNA screen mirroring
com.smartdevice.dtv.icast - Automatic OTA firmware updates
com.mediatek.tv.systemupdater
Stock home — disabled LAST, after the new launcher is installed and verified as Home 2
WARNING: check `dumpsys wifi | grep -o 'cname=[^ ]*'` first — if it names setupwraith, forget the network and re-join it in Settings before disabling setupwraith (on THIS unit it was android.uid.system).
- Google TV setupRecoveryActivity claims HOME at priority 1
com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith - Google TV home screen
com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx
What always stays on
- The inputs, including HDMI 1 to 3 and Composite
- Chromecast, which does not depend on the setup helper
- Settings and the app grid
Good to know on this model
- This model offers only Wireless debugging. After a restart, Android switches it off again, so turn it back on in Developer options.
- The stock home screen is switched off last, after the new one is installed and checked.
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
Does casting still work on my Skyworth?
Yes. Chromecast was checked and does not depend on the setup helper.
Do the changes survive a restart?
Yes. All the changes survived a full restart on this set.
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 skyworth-swtv-24ae-4k-nf list in cleanyourtv by Gathin (MIT), tested on this model. TidyTV re-checks every app against its own protected list before each change.
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