System core

com.ape.mtbf

Risk: Safe
Source: Manufacturer
What it is: System core

What it is

Named 'MTBF Tools'

Dialer Code: 68238665. Uses SQLite Database. Reads/writes to External Storage. All sorts of permissions (camera, mic, battery, radio, led, sim, gps, nfc).

Found more details at https://twitter.com/dbauduin/status/940126704261099520 (archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20240330025312/https://twitter.com/dbauduin/status/940126704261099520)

Hardcoded URLs (an api and a book): http://www.andykhan.com/jexcelapi

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0571058086/qid=1099836249/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_11_3/202-6017285-1620664

https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0571058086qid=1099836249/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_11_3/202-6017285-1620664

Commands

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.ape.mtbf

To put it back:

adb shell cmd package install-existing com.ape.mtbf

Every removal listed here is per-user only: the system image is untouched, and the restore command puts the app back from the copy already on the device. Nothing is downloaded.

This is not the directory. Here we say what a package is in general; what happens on your particular television is on your model's entry, and that one wins. The same package can be dead weight on one set and hold the home screen up on another.