Remove forced Sling from AirTV mini

by Y2Bogus

If you have an AirTV mini (which is awesome by the way, I love mine) , but you're not in the sling ecosystem, you just need to run two adb commands

pm disable-user --user 0 com.sling.airtvmini
(To disable and hide the app)

pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.leanbacklauncher.partnercustomizer
(To stop the system from trying to launch sling automatically at boot. You have to do this if you do the first one, because otherwise you'll hang at boot)

This also removes the sling logos and splash screens and basically turns your device into a non-specific ADT device.

CuvisTheConqueror

Thanks for this. I just ordered a used AirTV Mini off of eBay to replace an old Fire Stick on my secondary TV, and I will definitely be trying this out.

CuvisTheConqueror

Just got my AirTV Mini and set this up. It worked great! Thank you!

quiksneak

Does this get rid of the aggregated list of content from your streaming apps? I assume it's the Sling app that brings that feature, but don't have one. It's the main reason I'd get this device over similar boxes.

temeroso_ivan

Is there a way to stop auto loading of sling but keep the app?

FRIZZZZZ_

Hi, could you help? I need firmware from this device

Slothypatronus

how would i do this on my regular AirTV

efects

better off uninstalling it instead. disabled apps can still have services running taking up RAM, and other apps can still wake disabled apps up. no root is needed either

adb shell pm uninstall –user 0 com.sling.airtvmini