Hisense A7 - How to get it to stop pinging qq/taobao

[cosmicvoid]

I recently picked up a Hisense A7 (B/W) from Aliexpress and it's pretty awesome aside from the preinstalled garbage and regular pings to Chinese companies. I've ripped out the majority of the Hisense bloat (including the Hisense launcher) using

adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 [package name]

, but I'm still seeing pings to qq.com, taobao.com, and g.cn. What I've done is block those domains on my router, however I'm looking for a more permanent solution so I can use it on networks I don't own, including cell networks.

I've tried Netguard, but 1) since it acts like a VPN, I can't run pcapdroid (which also acts like a VPN) to see any outgoing pings, and 2) my battery drains faster.

Any thoughts?