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More of my guides: Debloating MEMu - Debloating Nox (Updated)
This mainly applies to LDPlayer9. They will probably work on the low end options (like LDPlayer5) but not guaranteed.
This emulator seems to have less stability issues than MEMu. I think we get the shtick that these emulators do spooky stuff.
- Download LDPlayer, preferably an offline version from the version history
- Go to LDPlayer Settings, make system.vmdk writable, go to Other Settings and enable
Root Permission
- I would suggest getting off of LD's Launcher. Go get another one and set it as a default home app.
- Get a file manager that supports root, go to the root directory, then delete
/system/priv-app/LDAppStore
and/system/app/Launcher3
. (why did they modify the AOSP launcher lol) - Get AdAway and set it up, preferably with root-based blocking.
- Open
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
with a text editor of your choice and add this in
0.0.0.0 encdn.ldmnq.com.w.alikunlun.com
0.0.0.0 apien.ldmnq.com
0.0.0.0 advertise.ldplayer.net.a.lahuashanbx.com
0.0.0.0 d19przo9d3f9zk.cloudfront.net
0.0.0.0 dldgmpfyeblzc.cloudfront.net
0.0.0.0 ins-o9iydzqn.ias.tencent-cloud.net
0.0.0.0 appstore.ldmnq.com
0.0.0.0 netease-publish-gdlgphs.w.alikunlun.com
0.0.0.0 d330if318qxsm2.cloudfront.net
0.0.0.0 dn2sifz9m7tkk.cloudfront.net
0.0.0.0 d3p6x1jquzbe0c.cloudfront.net
0.0.0.0 de2pmm85odupd.cloudfront.net
0.0.0.0 p-sgsg00.kxcdn.com
0.0.0.0 adabdapi.ldmnq.com
0.0.0.0 lden.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com
0.0.0.0 middledata.ldmnq.com
0.0.0.0 alb-fc2psc581f288qx1e4.cn-shanghai.alb.aliyuncs.com
0.0.0.0 www.google-analytics.com
(Most of these domains are according to Glasswire. If there are any more to block, tell me in the comments)
- Block
dnplayer.exe
in the firewall
And block the IP addresses using the files attached to this gist (original courtesy of ehindiayleau). Make sure both the batch and the text file are in the same folder! Open command prompt as admin and CD to the folder where you saved the two files.
Now let's install Magisk! (optional). Make sure you kept root on during all of this.
- Download Magisk Delta
- Launch it and allow everything it throws at you
- Directly install to system partition (you may need to relaunch the app for this option)
- Reboot, go to a root-supported file manager and delete /system/xbin/su to avoid conflicts and reboot again.
- That's about it. Go crazy
As far as I know there aren't any known ways to get around the SafetyNet detection. I've tried the usual methods that I use on my rooted phone and they didn't work. If you found a solution, please comment below! At the moment, SafetyNet requirements do not seem to pose a big threat and devs do use workarounds so that everyone can play no matter which platform (e.g. multiplayer games putting you in emulator lobbies).
Ok so here's what I've done to debloat LDPlayer as much as possible. As I just want to use it for a few Android apps which are not available on PC. Like my beloved Dwell app for listening to The Bible.
/system/priv-app/LDLauncher3
etc. so no point even trying to delete itThat's what I did and it seems to be pretty good. No ads cancer on the launcher. Back button uses Nova and not LDLauncher3. Using NextDNS to sniff all the DNS requests, I see after swapping the launcher and blocking everything in hosts. The only other requests that are being passed to the internet after about 30 minutes are just:
The last 3 are the result of accidentally opening Chrome where it tries to load the favicons from the "favourites" crapware bookmarks that chrome ships with by default. I replaced Chrome with Kiwi Browser via Aurora which allows me to run userscripts.
I have not and will not use a Google account with this. Aurora Store runs anonymously without an account.
Most of the advertising garbage is baked into their horrible store (we replaced with Aurora Store) and their launcher (we replaced with Nova).
I don't generally think this is less stable than MEmu. All of these Android crapware emulators are owned by the same Chinese megalith. You can tell just from their matching UI/UX and even the websites all look the same. See for yourself:
Bluestacks fastest and lightest huh? Lmao it's 7.7GB just for starters...
They all look something like the above. I settled on LDPlayer9 after MEmu kept skipping audio and for listening to bible this is infuriating. If you can't use LDPlayer9 try MEmu as it at least has an offline installer. Though don't expect it to not mine bitcoin or whatever in the background. You still need to follow similar steps as above and decrapify the entire thing.
Task Manager also shows that LDPlayer9 seems to now be behaving and taking about half the memory and a quarter of the CPU usage.