Mi-Tv-Sticks
Debloat Mi TV Stick and switch to FLauncher
Summary
Established wireless ADB access to the Android 9 Mi TV Stick, removed the requested streaming and system apps, installed the official FLauncher 0.18.0 release, and verified it as the active Home launcher.
Decisions
- Removed bundled system apps only for the current Android user so the changes remain reversible
- Disabled rather than uninstalled the stock Google TV launcher after it overrode Android’s preferred Home setting
- Kept MI Wallpaper and Xiaomi’s auto-install configuration installed
Learnings
- On this Android TV build, setting FLauncher as the preferred Home activity was insufficient until the higher-priority stock launcher was disabled