System core

com.samsung.android.providers.factory

FactoryTestProvider

Risk
With care
Source
Manufacturer
What it is
System core

What it is

It's used for diagnostics and factory hardware testing.

Careful: Removal breaks hwmoduletest.

Commands

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.samsung.android.providers.factory

To put it back:

adb shell cmd package install-existing com.samsung.android.providers.factory

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.

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