Cleaning up a Hisense Android TV
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With Hisense you have to start with a question that does not have the same answer on every model: does your television run Android TV or VIDAA?
Android TV or VIDAA#
Hisense sells both, sometimes in the same range in the same year.
- Android TV: has the Play Store, Google Assistant and developer options. Everything on this site applies.
- VIDAA: Hisense's own system. Not Android, no ADB, nothing we can document.
To settle it: if Settings contains Device preferences → About → Build, it is Android. If that is nowhere to be found, it is VIDAA.
What to look for on an Android Hisense#
adb shell pm list packages | grep -iE "hisense|vidaa|jamdeo"
jamdeo surprises people: it was the company developing Hisense's television
software, and its name still shows up in packages on older models.
The usual suspects#
Usage-reporting services and preinstalled promotional apps. On Hisense they tend
to be com.hisense. followed by something like report, push or upgrade.
Careful with upgrade: that is the one that brings firmware updates. Remove
it and you stop receiving them. On a television that no longer gets any, it
makes no difference; on one that still does, it does.
What not to touch#
The HDMI source management package. On some Hisense sets it is separate from the system, and removing it leaves you unable to change input — precisely the opposite of what you want.
Common models#
The H50, A6 and U7 series, and the 50A6G / 55A6G. If you have one,
tell us.