Debloat the Sony BRAVIA KD-65X82L
Google TV 12 · 29 apps on the list · tested on a real set
This Sony set ships with Samba TV, which watches what is on screen, plus Sony and Qterics usage agents and a remote-support service. The home screen carries Sony Select app tips and content rows, and the TV includes retail demo mode, help tiles, music and games apps, and Sony's BRAVIA Connect link to phones.
The list was applied in three batches with a screenshot and crash check after each, then checked again after a reboot: everything switched off stayed off. TidyTV turns these apps off from your phone over Wi-Fi, saves a backup first and never deletes anything, so each one can be switched back on.
Apps TidyTV can turn off on the Sony BRAVIA KD-65X82L
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.
Batch 1: tracking, ads, demo mode 15
- Samba TV fingerprints what's on screen
tv.samba.ssm - Ssm ui
tv.samba.ssm.ui - Sony IDD usage-data agent
com.sonyericsson.idd.agent - User context providers
com.sony.dtv.usercontext - Qterics device agent
com.qterics.da.product - Remote-support session service
com.sony.dtv.da.service - Google Feedback
com.google.android.feedback - Dtv promos
com.sony.dtv.promos - Sony Select app recommendations
com.sony.dtv.sonyselect - Sony content tab / partner rows
com.sony.dtv.sonytab - Dtv demosupport
com.sony.dtv.demosupport - Dtv demosystemsupport
com.sony.dtv.demosystemsupport - Dtv multiscreendemo
com.sony.dtv.multiscreendemo - Vewd
com.vewd.core.integration.dia - Vewd core
com.vewd.core.service
Batch 2: extras the owner doesn't use 13
- YouTube Music
com.google.android.youtube.tvmusic - Play Games
com.google.android.play.games - Sony smart-home / phone-app link
com.sony.dtv.seeds.iot - Iot remotestart
com.sony.dtv.seeds.iot.remotestart - Account link for the above
com.sony.dtv.seeds.auth - Dtv helpguidecontents
com.sony.dtv.helpguidecontents - Dtv smarthelp
com.sony.dtv.smarthelp - Living Decor
com.sony.dtv.livingfit - Dtv ecodashboard
com.sony.dtv.ecodashboard - BRAVIA CAM
com.sony.dtv.distancealert - Dtv gestureapp
com.sony.dtv.gestureapp - Sensingcamera settings
com.sony.dtv.sensingcamera.settings - Sensingcamera fwupdate
com.sony.dtv.sensingcamera.fwupdate
Batch 3 1
Google TV setup wizard, which also claims HOME (RecoveryActivity, priority 1) and would keep Home away from the new launcher. Check `dumpsys wifi | grep -o 'cname=[^ ]*'` first: a network it owns is deleted when it is disabled. Here it owned only an unused 2.4 GHz entry, the TV is on 5 GHz (re-joined in Settings), so it ran with FORCE_SETUPWRAITH=1.
- Google TV setup
com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith
What always stays on
- Live TV and HDMI inputs (Sony TV service)
- Sony TV input, BRAVIA Sync and the remote's helper services
- Google Assistant and Chromecast
- Sony software updates
- The Apple TV app and Google TV movies
- Possible ambient light sensor service, left alone because its use is unclear
Good to know on this model
- Switching the stock Google TV home off makes the remote's gear button stop working until a key fix is set up. The tested fix brought it back.
- The TV shows only one debugging switch, called ADB debugging, and asks you to allow it the first time.
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 voice button still work on my Sony KD-65X82L?
Yes. The owner kept Google Assistant and voice search on, so the mic button is unaffected.
Does casting still work?
Yes. Chromecast is kept, and so are AirPlay and HomeKit.
Can I get the old home screen back?
Yes. Restore everything in the app turns every app back on and puts the old Google TV home screen back in one tap.
Source: the sony-kd-65x82l 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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