Remove BlueStacks Ads

Remove BlueStacks Ads

# Windows
1. Open Windows Command Prompt
2. Run command
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\BlueStacks\HD-Adb.exe" shell
 
# Within BlueStacks shell
/system/xbin/bstk/su
pm disable-user com.bluestacks.s2p


# macOS
1. Open Terminal
2. Run command:
  /Applications/BlueStacks.app/Contents/MacOS/adb shell

# Within BlueStacks shell
/system/xbin/bstk/su
pm disable-user com.bluestacks.s2p


# Error: device not found
# Kill the server with ADB
# Make sure BlueStacks is running before you try to start ADB and disable the user

# Windows
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bluestacks\HD-Adb.exe" kill-server

#macOS
  /Applications/BlueStacks.app/Contents/MacOS/adb kill-server

Okay this isn't exactly an alternative but here's what I did.

I flipped and double checked a handful of configs in C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks_nxt\bluestacks.conf, more specifically these:

bst.feature.rooting="1" bst.feature.nowbux="0" bst.feature.nowgg_login_popup="0" bst.feature.bluestacksX="0" bst.instance.Rvc64.enable_root_access="1" bst.feature.auto_upload_nowgg_moments="0" bst.feature.send_internal_notification_stats="0" bst.feature.send_notification_stats="0" bst.feature.send_nowbux_login_boot_stats="0" bst.feature.send_offer_stats="0" bst.feature.send_programmatic_ads_boot_stats="0" bst.feature.send_programmatic_ads_click_stats="0" bst.feature.send_programmatic_ads_fill_stats="0" bst.feature.skipNowggLogin="1" bst.instance.Rvc64.nowbux_signin_completed="0" bst.instance.Rvc64.nowgg_email="" bst.instance.Rvc64.nowgg_userAvatarUrl="" bst.instance.Rvc64.nowgg_userId="" bst.instance.Rvc64.nowgg_username="" bst.instance.Rvc64.show_nowbux_rewards_red_dot_onboarding="0" bst.feature.programmatic_ads="0"

Note: rvc64 is the code for Android 11. I use Android 11 on Bluestacks.

Then I made the file Read-Only to avoid Bluestacks messing with it, then I booted up Bluestacks and installed a launcher of my choice.

Having enabled root with some of the prefs above, I used this apk, UninstallSystemApps to uninstall a handful of things, now.gg packages and the Home launcher mainly. Bluestacks works a bit better than before now, and the launcher I installed is hyper minimalistic and fast. If there's anything else to add or improve here, let me know.

I did try to modify bluestacks.conf but I saw BlueStack modify it again. I might need more time to research about this.
Anyway, if you need, I can upload a clean vhdx which removed ads to you.

anyone found a way to remove startup loading ads?

PS>.\HD-Adb.exe shell
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
error: no devices/emulators found

And when I try the normal adb using the 5735 port -

PS>adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.bluestacks.s2p

Exception occurred while executing 'disable-user':
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown package: com.bluestacks.s2p
        at com.android.server.pm.ComputerEngine.getApplicationEnabledSetting(ComputerEngine.java:5294)
        at com.android.server.pm.IPackageManagerBase.getApplicationEnabledSetting(IPackageManagerBase.java:342)
        at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerShellCommand.runSetEnabledSetting(PackageManagerShellCommand.java:2360)
        at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerShellCommand.onCommand(PackageManagerShellCommand.java:274)
        at com.android.modules.utils.BasicShellCommandHandler.exec(BasicShellCommandHandler.java:97)
        at android.os.ShellCommand.exec(ShellCommand.java:38)
        at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService$IPackageManagerImpl.onShellCommand(PackageManagerService.java:6179)
        at android.os.Binder.shellCommand(Binder.java:1049)
        at android.os.Binder.onTransact(Binder.java:877)
        at android.content.pm.IPackageManager$Stub.onTransact(IPackageManager.java:4313)
        at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService$IPackageManagerImpl.onTransact(PackageManagerService.java:6163)
        at android.os.Binder.execTransactInternal(Binder.java:1285)
        at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:1244)