Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order

From	Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.os.linux
Subject	Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order
Date	2026-05-31 21:28 -0600
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Maria Sophia wrote:
> I guess I'll try running Canta (with Shizuku) on the phone next.

Since I operate the phone 100% from the PC, on the PC I downloaded the
Canta APK which comes from F-Droid so I could debloat without the PC.
<https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.samolego.canta/>
<https://f-droid.org/repo/io.github.samolego.canta_225.apk>
Name: io.github.samolego.canta_225.apk
Size: 4698310 bytes (4588 KiB)
SHA256: 5A646D366905C0BE2033AA270B008B3EF79FDA99FBC95988445B0F430283A1ED

I already had Shizuku, but for others, you can pick it up over here.
<https://github.com/rikkaapps/shizuku>
<https://github.com/RikkaApps/Shizuku/releases/tag/v13.6.0>
<https://github.com/RikkaApps/Shizuku/releases/download/v13.6.0/shizuku-v13.6.0.r1086.2650830c-release.apk>
Name: shizuku-v13.6.0.r1086.2650830c-release.apk
Size: 2571773 bytes (2511 KiB)
SHA256: 6E273AB0E991C4E79BC8B1BBB9B9DD739CCAC1A8712A541A214078886B7B790F

Or, you can pick it up on the Google Play store if you like.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?hl=en_US&id=moe.shizuku.privileged.api>
Here is the Shizuku User Guide (which I've never read myself).
<https://shizuku.rikka.app/guide/setup.html>

Since you control the phone completely from the PC, run this
adb shell pm trim-caches 999G
adb install "C:\canta\io.github.samolego.canta_225.apk"
adb install "C:\canta\shizuku-v13.6.0.r1086.2650830c-release.apk"

Now you can run Canta on the phone from the mirrored image on the PC:
C:\> scrcpy-noconsole.vbs
Then operate Canta & Shizuku from the mirror image on your PC monitor.

The funny thing, surprisingly, is a *lot* more stuff was highlighted
in the Canta running on Android than in the Canta running on Windows.

I arbitrarily clicked on BBCAgent <com.samsung.android.bbc.bcagent>
and up popped "Shizuku Required" saying
"Canta uses Shizuku to uninstall apps without requiring root access.
Shizuku provides a secure way to access system=-level SDKs."
a. Start Shizuku service
b. Grant permission to Canta in Shizuku

When I pressed "Start Shizuku service" it gave me this command.
Which I ran in Windows, which started the Android Shizuku service.
C:\> adb shell sh /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/moe.shizuku.privileged.api/start.sh

Then I pressed "Grant permission to Canta in Shizuku" and it
removed the selected BBCAgent package from the Android device.

Unfortunately each time you delete an app, it asks you to
Donate, which is kind of a pain, but other than that, the
Android version of Canta seems to be just as easy to use
as the PC version of Canta, the only difference, apparently,
being that the Android version of Canta has a different GUI.

I'm pretty surprised that the Android Canta found more stuff
to debloat than did the Windows Canta, but other than that,
they're both easy to use to debloat your Android safely.

Both seem to work well, so I thank Jeff for his great ideas.
a. Canta on Android + Shizuku on Android
b. Canta on the PC + adb on the PC
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PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-31 10:46 -0600
  Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-31 10:51 -0600
    Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-31 11:16 -0600
      Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-31 11:47 -0600
        Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-31 11:52 -0600
          Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-01 16:26 -0600
    Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-31 20:29 +0100
      Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-31 14:19 -0600
        Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-31 18:36 -0600
          Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-31 20:25 -0600
            Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-31 21:28 -0600
              Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Skeptic <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-01 20:45 +0100
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Ch1ffr3punk <ch1ffr3punk@gmail.com> - 2026-06-01 20:12 +0000
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-01 22:39 +0100
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-01 23:45 +0200
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-01 15:55 -0600
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-02 12:49 +0100
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-02 17:50 +0200
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-02 18:45 -0600
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-03 11:21 +0200
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-03 06:59 -0600
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-06-02 16:55 +0000
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-02 20:37 -0600
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-06-03 14:56 +0000
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-03 18:08 -0600
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-04 08:31 +0200
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-04 08:58 +0100
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Ch1ffr3punk <ch1ffr3punk@gmail.com> - 2026-06-02 09:33 +0000
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-02 12:55 +0100
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Ch1ffr3punk <ch1ffr3punk@gmail.com> - 2026-06-02 11:58 +0000
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-02 06:41 -0600
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Ch1ffr3punk <ch1ffr3punk@gmail.com> - 2026-06-02 19:28 +0000
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-02 20:53 -0600
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-02 20:55 -0600
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-01 15:56 -0600
              Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-01 21:17 +0100
                Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-01 16:07 -0600
          Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-01 12:05 +0200
            Re: PSA: Using the PC adb to save a list of all Android apps installed by the user in order Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-01 10:14 -0600

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