Plug your phone into Codex: delete bloat apps, clear voicemail, tame old Kindles via ADB
angadsg · x · 2026-11-07
- The trick: plug your phone into your computer and tell Codex "I plugged my phone in" — it can natively control the device.
- Proven uses: deleting bloat apps, organizing/backing up photos, tedious file management (auto-installing and opening a game for ROM-hack testing), navigating deeply buried app menus like Instagram's, clearing voicemail, collecting social-platform analytics, auditing least-used apps for deletion.
- Beyond phones: works with anything you can plug in — the author revived a laggy Kindle instead of re-learning its ancient, unmaintained menus.
- Bonus tip (angadsg): install Termux plus Codex CLI on Android with ADB access to do all of this natively on the phone itself.
Related event: Developers Get Codex to Directly Control Android Phones(2 posts)→
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