And the battery life has drastically increased, especially on standby mode. To the dude who made a post about debloating his Xiaomi phone around this week, I thank you.
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And the battery life has drastically increased, especially on standby mode. To the dude who made a post about debloating his Xiaomi phone around this week, I thank you.
Link to post?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/duh08i/Debloated_my_Xiaomi_Phone_and_now_it%27s_faster_than_ever/f75u9uk/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
For those of you looking to debloat: You don’t have to run unknown scripts and debloat absolutely everything. Its very simple, and you can do all of it manually.
First, you’ll need to download an app called [App Inspector.](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bg.projectoria.appinspector) This is used to identify the package name of the application you want to disable. Just find the app in App Inspector, and make a note of its package name. (I just went through all of the apps I wanted to disable and pasted each of their package names into a note in Google Keep, then loaded the note up on my pc)
Edit: Thanks, u/xtc982 – you can also use MIUI’s built-in settings to find the package name instead of using the app described above. Go to App Manager, select an app, and then hit (i) button to see package name.
Next, you’ll need to setup adb and fastboot. I’m sure you can manage this, moving on.
Next, on your PC open up a console window and make sure you have adb connected and authorized by running `adb devices`.
Now, the fun begins. We’ll be using the following command `adb shell pm disable-user –user 0`. Just paste that in and replace the <> part with the package name
I know some recommend using `adb shell pm uninstall`, but this is better because you can re-enable the apps you disable later. If you use uninstall, you can only get them back by factory resetting. Both commands don’t actually remove the app from your phone (they both just freeze it) so there is no point in using the irreversible one.
Now, if you want to reenable an app, you can use `adb shell pm enable`
That’s it! Now you have a debloated phone.
Same I was afraid something could go wrong cuz I dont know anything about rooting and stuff but I just followed the instrucctions and went really well its a safe process (no root required) and now my RN7 had significantly improved its performance and battery life
why go the hassle of adb command shells when xiaomi adb/fastboot gui tools exist? it even shows you all the bloat that is safe to remove without bricking the device while also being able to reinstall whatever you desire.
Sure, you can go that route too. Really whatever you prefer. I was just recommending this because I can use it on all my phones, not just Xiaomi. It’s also pretty reliable and works well.
http://imgur.com/gallery/l64mG0F
Technically, you could remove every app that’s listed on Saki’s xiaomi tool, but opted to keep a few apps
yeah but considering the target audience of this sub making them go your route may seem trickier than with XA/F which is pretty much fool proof.
i didnt think about non xiaomi phones because i assumed everyone inquiring about this was on miui and thus on a xiaomi phone.
Can you list apps you disabled on note 4 MTK? This old boy is slow as hell now even after factory reset and battery life is baad. I know its just easier to change a phone, but ill get one later
I removed everything that’s miui (and Google Duo, I strongly recommend removing Google Duo) except for the screen recorder.
Something to note tho, since it’s not fully supported by Saki’s tool, you don’t have the option of reinstalling removed bloatware. Also, after debloating, opening “System apps updater” in settings and the preinstalled miui message app gives me an error.
So I just installed the Google messaging app and don’t open “System apps updater” anymore since there’s nothing to update
Np! And thanks, my mom gave it to me
What cause miui message app error? I kinda like it
I don’t know, sorry
why google duo? it’s actually a great app if you video chat
Google Duo caused a bug on the RN4X wherein it would continuously run causing severe battery drain, and slowdown (it also made the phone really hot even on standby)
I don’t know if the issue still persists in the latest firmware tho, since I force closed the app and uninstalled its updates to fix the issue
Thanks u/JesuslovesAnimeporn
>For those of you looking to debloat: You don’t have to run unknown scripts
Proceeds to link to a random unknown app
Can someone explain what debloating means and if I do it can I go back to what I had before if I change my mind?
You don’t necessarily need to use that app. All you need to is to figure out the package name of the app you want disabled. If you can do it another way, then go ahead and do that. However, Ive used it multiple times before and found it to be a pretty well-done app, that’s why I recommended it.
Oh, cool, I didn’t know about that. Well, I guess you can do that too then. I wasn’t aware because I use Lineage, so thanks for informing me. I added your info to the original post.
>know some recommend using `adb shell pm uninstall`, but this is better because you can re-enable the apps you disable later.
Can be re-enabled in both ways. It is in xda. Uninstall doesn’t uninstall it. It is there in /system and can be installed whenever we want.
Yes. You can go back. No need of reset etc. Just you can go back to older way.
>you don’t have the option of reinstalling removed bloatware.
You can reinstall those. I tried that. What problem you face?
Ok thanks is it complicated to go back?
No. It is same as uninstalling. If using tool then it is easy. You can uninstall. The uninstalled apps shows on the reinstaller list where you can reinstall. Even adb has command to uninstall and reinstall. Only you should know the package name. Tool is easier for these things though.
Ok thanks!
That is a long list!
What happens if I removed the default MIUI camera app? Does that make the Google Camera I’ve installed the default camera?
i root my phone and use titanium backup pro to uninstall those bloatwares
Having only 1 camera app installed would make it the default, but it is **highly inadvisable to uninstall the default MIUI camera app** as this the app that is guarantee to always work.
If you would like to make Gcam the default camera app you can simply do it by chosing Gcam as the default app for camera actions in:
`settings>apps>3 dot menu>default application.` ^*this ^path ^may ^vary.
Dude I thought debloating doesn’t even matter to performance, but I gave it a try and my redmi note 4(sd) is faster than ever now. Everything just went crazy smooth
If you want to take a screenshot from a certain part of your screen just use the “snipping tool”. its build into windows. makes things pretty easy
I got a prompt saying that the option wasn’t available for my Redmi Note 4x, and every tab except for “uninstalling” was unavailable
I debloated when got my redmi k20 but reinstalled the alaram app and filemanger to check out the new miui11 features like natural ringtones and doc preview.
Have you noticed any significant improvement? Before I received my Mi9t (k20) I considered rooting etc. but in the 3 months I’ve had it I haven’t found any reason to mess with the stock rom (although I do use Nova Launcher).
Performance and battery life have been excellent for me and the recent upgrade to MIUI 11 has made it even better (so far)
personally shareme (midrop) is too convenient to not use, I can copy files from any computer to phone vice versa with only few clicks through the same network
it’s basically identical to usb connection but wireless
I’m using nova too. There defently be change in performance n battery and memory by the number of app we be removing.
Furthermore, with Saki_EU tool you can also reinstall them, if you want.
http://imgur.com/gallery/l64mG0F
Technically, you could remove every app that’s listed on Saki’s xiaomi tool, but opted to keep a few apps
Thank you for your service o7
Yup! And did a reboot just now to make sure.
Idk about that, but using the tool by Saki makes debloating really safe tho
What do you mean by “lose some function”?
Everything still works fine if that’s what you’re asking.
Oh. The MIUI calendar app got removed but it’s fine since I use Google Calendar. So you could still use any calendar app
And I think backup is Xiaomi’s backup service, which I don’t use
Locked
Never got around to asking Xiaomi to unlock mine, and I don’t plan on rooting my phone anytime soon
where can i find this tool to download it ?
google “github xiaomi adb fastboot tool”, it should you direct you to the github site of the development, in there are the different executables depending of the platform, for windows you would need installing Java as it is required for it to run, also the adb drivers for your device
Thank u so much