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- Hacker News
- If you don't like the Xiaomi experience, don't buy a Xiaomi phone. Xiaomi ships an intentional set of features and apps that deliver what they believe is a best-in-class smartphone experience.
- If you bought the device, then you have the right to do what you want with the device (modify, tweak, repair).by isaacaggrey
- Xiaomi openly violates GPL too. If you email them for source code they won't provide it and if you press it they will just say haha sue us, or ghost you.by inigyou
- I hate that this is still a reality in 2026.by hodanli
- Comprehensive de-bloat guide
- Are the pics that good?by esafak
- Neither Apple nor Samsung are capable of delivering this level of quality, they are just outsiders in terms of cameraphone features.
- the whole article is unreadable, so I will write here my whole article with same content in headline:
"How to debloat your Xiaomi phone: Install Shizuku + Canta and read Canta descriptions"
that's all, much shorter and better readable than that horrible website
by Markoff - Do us a favor smarty-pants
- the trick I use is that `adb disable-user` still works without root and it works on anything, including even the most privileged system-level apps. some phones detect this and actually brick themselves (looking at you Samsung Knox), but a lot of phones don't notice at all.
Downside of course is that if you use multiple users, you'll have to repeat it for each user.
by LoganDark - Something pretty crazy is that, in its early days, Xiaomi gained traction as a smartphone manufacturer because its devices offered incredible hardware for the price. At the same time, Xiaomi provided its own Android skin with virtually zero bloatware, while giving users an insane level of customization to make the experience fit their needs perfectly.
But that was before, now they pack more bloatware than samsung devices.
by greatgib - that's just not truth, MIUI was always bloated, but Xiaomi had great VFM + unlockable bootloader so nobody cared, nowadays is very difficult to unlock the bootloader, though you can achieve similar result with Shizuku and other tools which take advantage of Shizuku, the VFM ain't that good anymore, same goes for now discontinued OnePlusby Markoff
- It says they're freezing at Android 16 because Android 17 has more tracking and that kind of stuff, but then they go on to recommend Nova Launcher which sold out and has ads and who knows what else?by rationalist
- as Nova Launcher user for more than 10 years I can recommend Lawnchair Launcher, no issues with switching or missing features
there is no point recommending Nova Launcher for years, it is like recommending QuickPic...
by Markoff - Nova version 8.1 no ads at all, way better than native junk
- by nobody42
- Well known application, but i chose to do things manually in my way and without puter at all
- I skimmed the docs for this but couldn't find an answer: Is there something that says what each of those services is actually for and what the trade-offs are for disabling them? Clearly not all of them are strictly bloatware. (Some people probably need com.android.bluetoothmidiservice.)by bityard
- Yeah but does all this stick after the next major OS update?
THat's why I avoid all these top bang for the buck Chinese phones with amazing HW. Fighting the bloatware and spyware is too much hassle.
- > THat's why I avoid all these top bang for the buck Chinese phones with amazing HW
I mean Apple and MacOS is not much different. Can you i.e. delete Apple Stocks application without disabling SIP?
by general1465 - You typo'ed "Windows".by happymellon