Xiaomi Mi Box S debloat list

About this Xiaomi Mi Box S list

Header: Xiaomi Mi Box S (model MIBOX4, MDZ-22-AB, codename oneday, Amlogic gxl), Android TV 9 (SDK 28)

firmware PI.3933 (built 2021-09-28), security patch 2021-07-05, 2 GB RAM, 1920x1080. Indian unit: PatchWall arrived through Xiaomi's update service. Fingerprint: Xiaomi/oneday/oneday:9/PI/3933:user/release-keys A streaming box: no HDMI-in or tuner, so the Inputs menu has nothing to list; set live_tv_package empty in config.xml. Stock launcher: com.google.android.tvlauncher (the scripts' default). Notes from this box: - Leave alone: com.xiaomi.android.tvsetup.partnercustomizer (receives the remote's shortcut buttons as GLOBAL_BUTTON, and runs the remote-pairing steps of setup), mitv.service (Xiaomi TvServer, persistent), com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith (remote pairing), com.droidlogic* (Amlogic system, Bluetooth). - USB debugging alone opens network ADB on port 5555 (service.adb.tcp.port=5555). - USB debugging CUTS POWER to the USB port: with sys.usb.config=adb, /vendor/etc/init/hw/init.amlogic.usb.rc writes 0xFDFFFFFF to register 0xc883443c and the port switches to ADB device mode, so a USB speaker or drive goes dead; sys.usb.config=mtp (debugging off) writes 0xFD7FFFFF and powers it again. Turn debugging off when done. - cmd package set-home-activity needs the component on Android 9 (com.gathin.tvhome/.MainActivity). - Location is off, so Android 9 hides the Wi-Fi name from apps and the launcher's pill just says "Wi-Fi". - Remote (Vendor_2717_Product_32b9): the Netflix key still opens Netflix; BUTTON_2 opened Live Channels and does nothing once it is disabled; BUTTON_3/4 and ALL_APPS did nothing even on stock. No crashes either way. - Survives a reboot: nothing is re-enabled at boot, the launcher stays Home. Free RAM after boot went from about 770 MB to 1.15 GB. - A process of the disabled stock launcher can linger until the next reboot; `am force-stop` clears it.

Packages the Xiaomi Mi Box S list disables

Xiaomi + Google telemetry and ad tracking (4)

Package	Note
com.miui.tv.analytics	Mi analytics: reads logs and app usage
tv.alphonso.alphonso_eula	Alphonso ad tracking, reads app usage stats
com.google.android.feedback	—
com.google.android.tv.bugreportsender	—

PatchWall, content rows, promos, auto-installs (5)

Package	Note
com.mitv.tvhome.atv	PatchWall
com.mitv.tvhome.michannel	Mi Channel rows on the home screen
com.xm.webcontent	Xiaomi web promos
com.google.android.tvrecommendations	—
android.autoinstalls.config.xioami.mibox3	Play auto-install of partner apps (sic, "xioami")

Xiaomi background services (2)

Package	Note
com.xiaomi.mitv.updateservice	firmware and PatchWall updates, installs apps; re-enable to check for an update
com.mitv.download.service	its download helper

Personal choice: voice assistant (the mic button stops working) (2)

Package	Note
com.google.android.katniss	—
com.google.android.speech.pumpkin	—

Personal choice: casting, mirroring and the phone remote (4)

Package	Note
com.google.android.apps.mediashell	Chromecast built-in
com.mitv.milinkservice	Mi cast (MiLink)
com.mitv.videoplayer	Mi video player, used by MiLink; VLC opens video files instead
com.google.android.tv.remote.service	Google TV / Android TV Remote phone app

Preloaded apps (3)

Package	Note
com.google.android.tv	Live Channels
com.google.android.marvin.talkback	screen reader (was off)
com.android.printspooler	—

Google Ambient photo screensaver, replaced by the launcher's Clock. Switch the screensaver first (1)

Package	Note
com.google.android.backdrop	—

Already disabled on this unit before we started; uncomment the ones yours still has enabled (1)

Package	Note
com.google.android.tvlauncher	—

Apply the Xiaomi Mi Box S debloat

Turn on Developer options on the TV (Settings → Device Preferences → About → press OK on Build seven times), switch on USB debugging and, if shown, Network or ADB debugging. Then, from a clone of the cleanyourtv repository on a computer on the same Wi-Fi:

export TV_HOST=192.168.1.50   # your TV's IP address
tools/venv/bin/python -I tools/tv.py --probe
tools/disable.sh examples/xiaomi-mi-box-s/debloat.txt

Then build and install the clean launcher, which makes itself the default Home and rolls back if it fails:

TV_HOST=192.168.1.50 launcher/build-and-install.sh

Prefer to let an assistant do it? Paste the cleanyourtv prompt into Claude Code with "Xiaomi Mi Box S" as the model; it reads this list, checks each package on your TV and asks before anything that depends on your preferences.

Restore the Xiaomi Mi Box S

TV_HOST=192.168.1.50 tools/restore.sh examples/xiaomi-mi-box-s/debloat.txt

The restore script replays the state recorded before the change, so Home goes back to the launcher that owned it. More in the restore guide and the Android TV debloat guide.

Source: examples/xiaomi-mi-box-s/debloat.txt in the MIT-licensed cleanyourtv repository.