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Just Android things: 150m phones, gadgets installed 'adware-ridden' mobe simulator games

Peter Ford

Re: Any suggestions how to check these

In answer to my own question, with my phone (developer mode enabled) connected to my Linux PC by USB, I can grab the list into a text file (bad-andoid-packages.txt) and then

for PKG in `adb -d shell pm list packages`; do grep $PKG bad-android-packages.txt; done

which should spot any matches.

So now all I need to do is get the tablet unlocked and developer-mode-enabled, and it should be easy...

Certainly easier than watching over his shoulder every minute to spot him installing stuff he shouldn't, although I do try ...

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