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

From Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
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 2026-06-01 21:17 +0100
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On 01/06/2026 04:28, Maria Sophia wrote:
> 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

Well you did all the work! I meant to ask about Canta a month or two ago 
when I saw it in the F-Droid "Latest" list. It looked interesting and I 
thought it had said that adb wasn't required. Unfortunately when I 
checked after seeing your OP in this thread, it had already disappeared 
from the latest list, and the current entry for Canta doesn't mention 
adb, only Shizuku.

-- 
Jeff

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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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