DuraSpeed produces annoying notifications, even when you specify that you want to disable and quiet it. This page shows you how to completely uninstall DuraSpeed using the Universal Android Debloater.
Android and its user interface vary from release to release. The tutorial that follows is for a Lenovo tablet running Android 13, using a Windows 11 PC as the workstation. You will also need a USB cable to connect your Android device to your Windows PC.
1. On your Android device, open Settings > About. Scroll down until you see the build number. Tap the build number 7 times in a row. This enables Developer Options on your Android device.
2. Now go to Settings > System. Tap Developer options. Toggle the switch to turn on USB debugging. When a box pops up asking you to confirm this, tap OK.
3. Go to your PC. Open a browser. Visit the SDK Platform Tools page at https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools. Click Download SDK Platform-Tools for Windows. This gives you a downloaded file Downloads\platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
.
4. Unzip Downloads\platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
. This gives you a folder platform-tools-latest-windows
, with an inner folder inside it named platform-tools
.
5. Position Windows File Explorer inside the inner folder, Downloads\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools
. In the address bar of Windows File Explorer, type cmd
. This opens a Command Prompt window positioned at Downloads\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools
.
6. Connect your Android device to your PC with your USB cable.
7. In the Command Prompt window, enter the command adb devices
. At first the response says you are not authorized.
8. On your Android device, a box appears Allow USB debugging? Check the box for Allows allow from this computer, and tap Allow.
9. Go back to your PC. In the Command Prompt window, enter the command adb devices
. Now you are authorized.
10. In a browser on your PC, open https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater/releases. Expand the Assets list. Download uad_gui-windows.exe
. (In the README
for the GitHub repository, you will see that under some circumstances you will need the opengl
version instead.)
11. Copy uad_gui-windows.exe
into your folder Downloads\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools
.
12. Now double-click uad_gui-windows.exe
to run the Windows GUI for the Universal Android Debloater.
13. Change the dropdown box Recommended to All.
14. Search for com.mediatek.duraspeed
.
15. Uninstall com.mediatek.duraspeed
.
16. Reboot your Android device.