Xiaomi TV Box S (3rd gen) Debloat List

Notes & quirks on this firmware

• firmware UKG3.250826.001 / V816.0.11.0.UZFAABX.
• Fingerprint: Xiaomi/twilight/twilight:14/UKG3.250826.001/V816.0.11.0.UZFAABX:user/release-keys
• Everything is DISABLED, not uninstalled.
• Tested for one evening so far (Home, grid, D-pad, dock apps) and across one reboot: the disabled list and the
• default home survive it. Not lived with for days yet.
• Notes from this box:
• - The stock home is com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx. launcher/build-and-install.sh disables it.
• - setupwraith's RecoveryActivity (HOME priority 1, launcherx 2, a sideloaded launcher 0) takes Home once
• launcherx is off, so setupwraith has to go too, and it has to go FIRST. Redone in that order (setupwraith,
• then launcherx), Home went straight to the new launcher. This is the same crash-loop xiaomi-tv-a-pro-2026
• describes. Re-enable setupwraith to re-pair the remote.
• - Disabling setupwraith takes the box off Wi-Fi in either order if the network was saved during first setup:
• that network belongs to setupwraith, and Android deletes it with the app. The first run here most likely lost
• Wi-Fi this way; the redo stayed online because the network had been re-joined by hand in between. Seen on a
• second box (V816.0.7.0.UZFAABX): disabling setupwraith alone, launcherx still Home, logged
• "WifiConfigManager: Remove all networks for app ... setupwraith" and dropped Wi-Fi and ADB within a second.
• The network re-joined in Settings is a new entry owned by android.uid.system and survived disabling
• launcherx and dreamx. Check before disabling: tools/tv.py "dumpsys wifi" | grep -o 'cname=[^ ]*'
• - Leave alone: com.xiaomi.android.tvsetup.partnercustomizer, mitv.service, com.droidlogic*.
• - With the stock launcher gone, apps without a dock slot just appear in the grid.
• A second unit, same firmware (V816.0.11.0.UZFAABX), one evening and one reboot, applied this list with
• YouTube Music, Assistant, Chromecast, Miracast/Mi share and the updater kept, plus the Privacy Sandbox group below:
• - setupwraith owned no saved network here (every cname= was android.uid.system), so Wi-Fi and ADB stayed up.
• - After the reboot, `pm list packages -d` matched what was disabled: the firmware re-enabled nothing.
• - Wireless debugging leaves port 5555 open across reboots: switch off USB/Wireless debugging when done.
• - Remote (Vendor_2717_Product_32b9.kl): once launcherx is off, Netflix (BUTTON_6) still opens Netflix, but
• YouTube (BUTTON_3, scan 425), Prime Video (BUTTON_7, scan 207), Xiaomi TV+ (BUTTON_5, scan 150) and Apps
• (ALL_APPS, scan 216) do nothing. config.json in this folder maps them back with app_keys, which needs
• INPUT_KEY_SERVICE=1 when running build-and-install.sh. The real Home button worked without HOME_KEY_SERVICE.
• - The volume buttons send IR to the TV: `getevent -lt` shows no event on the box while they are held, so a held
• button not repeating is the TV's doing, with or without a key helper.
• - Remote shortcut keys (Vendor_2717_Product_32b9.kl): YouTube sends BUTTON_3 (scancode 425), Prime Video sends
• BUTTON_7 (scancode 207), and Apps button sends ALL_APPS (scancode 216). Enable HomeKeyService
• (settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services com.gathin.tvhome/.HomeKeyService) and push
• examples/xiaomi-mitv-afmu0/theme/config.json with tools/theme.sh to restore YouTube, map Prime Video, and make
• the Apps button open Home. See README.md.
• KEPT ON here, measured on firmware V816.0.7.0.UZFAABX on two units: the mic button does NOT come
• back by re-enabling katniss alone. com.google.android.tv.remote.service, listed below, is the
• Google TV bridge for the physical remote: with it off, the remote's Bluetooth microphone never
• reaches the assistant, so the button opens the Assistant and it records silence. Re-enable both
• (`pm enable com.google.android.katniss`, then `pm enable com.google.android.tv.remote.service`;
• one package per command) and the mic works.
• Left commented so check.py does not report drift and re-applying the list does not break it again.
• Stock Google TV launcher, replaced by launcher/ (build-and-install.sh disables it; listed so restore brings it back)