System core
com.aura.oobe.samsung.gl
AppCloud
- Risk
- Safe
- Source
- Network operator
- What it is
- System core
What it is
It offers the "Aura Out-Of-the-Box Experience" (OOBE)
It is some kind of post-install recommended apps setup from the carrier. Asks for your age and gender and then recommends you to install popular apps.
Has way too many permissions.
Careful: This app is developed by IronSource, an Israeli advertising company (now owned by the American company Unity).
Commands
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.aura.oobe.samsung.glTo put it back:
adb shell cmd package install-existing com.aura.oobe.samsung.glEvery 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.
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IronSource
- https://aura.ironsrc.com/tools/drive-app-downloads/
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.10088.pdf
- https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater/issues/278
- https://docs.samsungknox.com/admin/knox-platform-for-enterprise/knox-service-plugin/kbas/kba-954-unable-to-access-home-screen/
- https://smex.org/invasive-israeli-software-is-harvesting-data-from-samsung-users-in-wana/
- https://investors.unity.com/news/news-details/2022/Unity-Announces-Merger-Agreement-with-ironSource/default.aspx
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.