HEXAPTERYGON

Unleashing the power of self destruction

Less bloatware, less spyware, improved privacy and performance from within the experience of your stock ROM. A user-friendly all-in-one cross-platform, (uni-curses compatible component, module and uitility) software for orchestrating and debloating your Android devices from unwanted pre-installed crap.

📦 Features

• Current:
• • Uni-curses compatible component
• • Auto removes-installs-executes
• • User-friendly \ easy-to-use
• • Fixed-version pkg control
• • Can be used as a module
• • Cross-platform
• Future:
• • Rooting
• • Restoring
• • Better Security
• • Better User-Interface
• • More auto-debloating lists

⚙️ Configure

Before begining the process of debloating, make sure you:

• Backed-up your personal data (Advised)
• pip install hexapterygon --upgrade
• Have Android SDK Platform Tools installed
• Enabled developer mode & USB debugging (under settings)
• Enabled Security settings & Install via USB (optionally, [usually necessary])
• Disabled services under setting > ... > Device admin apps (optionally)

^{click here for more informations}

💥 Debloat

To begin the proccess of debloating you either just run hexapterygon in your terminal (while your device is connected and configured) or hexapterygon and the path-(file\folder) or repository to you debloating list(s) like:

$ hexapterygon username/my_repository

$ hexapterygon ./my_debloating_list.txt

$ hexapterygon ./folder_full_of_lists_named_by_type_identifier_txt

📝 (Lists should be in this form) | 📱 Demonstration of results

🫴 Contribute

📜 Debloating lists

Your lists is what makes this tool actually powerfull and user-friendly, without your list-contributions this tool can't work standalone. To contribute a list you just need to:

• Create a new repository with a folder called devices where you:
• • Create your debloating-list(s) in the form of {type_identifier}.txt
• • • (use: hexapterygon --getid to get the {type_identifier})
• • • (Take this list as an example)
• Make a pull-request or open an issue and:
• • ask to add your repo (see device_repo_lists)

And you are done

💻 To the code

Propose whatever you want, just don't mess up with my weird indentation :P

🗺️ Documentation

The only documentation that you need is the code itself. JK, it is under construction 🛠️🏗️

🔍 Research

My research can be found under my personal debloating list here

💭 Questions

How do I install Android SDK Platform Tools?

You either manually download the tools from the link above and install them or use your package manager to install them like for example: sudo pacman -S android-tools (following this video for windows)

How do I make sure Android SDK Platform Tools and `adb` are installed?

Just run hexapterygon or the command adb shell while the phone is connected (with USB debugging already enabled), a pop-up message on you phone should show-up, to allow the computer to connect to it

Where are `Device admin apps` and what do I disable?

Somewhere under settings, depends on the device.

Why do I get a `github.GithubException.RateLimitExceededException` and what can I do?

Most probably because you exceeded the github's limit for requests without a token. To solve this, you can either restart your rooter or provide a classic github-token (without any special permissions checked)

How do I get the {type_identifier}?

Just run the command hexapterygon --getid (while your authorized device is connected)

How do I use version control for a package?

Simply do my.package.name|v where v is the version-number

💗 Donate

• PayPal Address
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🕳️ Outro

For those wondering: "Debloating Android Devices" = "Uninstalling\Deleting preinstalled unwanted data-collecting\spyware apps and etc." = "better performance" = "Unleashing the power of self destruction"

Here's some reminders (related to phone companies):

• Greek wiretapping case 2004–05
• Huawei Security Scandal
• (Apple's) Batterygate