Xiaomi MiTV-MSSP3 (Android TV 9) debloat list

About this Xiaomi MiTV-MSSP3 (Android TV 9) list

Header: Xiaomi MiTV-MSSP3 (codename machuca), Android TV 9 (SDK 28), firmware PI.7524, MediaTek, 1.8 GB RAM.

Same model as examples/xiaomi-mitv-mssp3 on its older Android 9 firmware, before the Android 11 update. Live TV app: com.mediatek.wwtv.tvcenter (already the live_tv_package in launcher config.xml). Stock launcher: com.google.android.tvlauncher (the default, disabled by build-and-install.sh). Notes from this firmware: - Before: swap full (200 of 200 MB) and over 200% iowait a few minutes after boot, so the UI froze. After this list and the launcher: about 900 MB available instead of 570, swap nearly empty, no iowait. The load average stays near 100 either way: MediaTek kernel threads (VMon_Task, DMX_Filt_Task, hdcp22_hdmi_rx_) sit in D state permanently and count towards it while the CPU is idle. - USB debugging alone opens port 5555; there is no network debugging toggle. - Default IME is already Gboard and every package below exists on this build. - The stock screensaver is com.mitv.dream/com.mitv.dream.MiDream, disabled below; point it elsewhere: settings put secure screensaver_components com.gathin.tvhome/.ClockDream - The voice assistant (katniss) does not stay disabled: at every boot the package manager rescans it as an updated system app ("Expecting better updated system app for com.google.android.katniss" in logcat -b events) and it comes back enabled, bound as voice_interaction_service. Disabling it is all this list does. Beyond what this repo does, and your own call: removing it for user 0 and clearing the voice services held across reboots here settings put secure voice_interaction_service '' settings put secure voice_recognition_service '' pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.katniss and is undone with cmd package install-existing com.google.android.katniss settings put secure voice_interaction_service com.google.android.katniss/.search.serviceapi.KatnissVoiceInteractionService settings put secure voice_recognition_service com.google.android.katniss/com.google.android.apps.tvsearch.voice.recognition.KatnissRecognitionService - Left alone on purpose: com.mediatek.wwtv.tvcenter / tvinput* (HDMI + tuner), mitv.service, com.xiaomi.mitv.mediaexplorer (Media Player), com.google.android.tv.remote.service. - Netflix, Prime Video, Pluto TV, YouTube Music and Chromecast kept by choice; com.mstar.netflixobserver starts Netflix at boot (about 130 MB) and needs the same treatment as in examples/xiaomi-mitv-mssp3.

Packages the Xiaomi MiTV-MSSP3 (Android TV 9) list disables

Xiaomi + Google telemetry (3)

Package	Note
com.miui.tv.analytics	—
com.xiaomi.statistic	—
com.google.android.feedback	—

PatchWall, content rows, sponsored rows (6)

Package	Note
com.mitv.tvhome.atv	PatchWall
com.mitv.tvhome.michannel	PatchWall channels on the Android TV home
com.xm.webcontent	—
com.xiaomi.floatingframe	—
com.google.android.tvrecommendations	—
android.autoinstalls.config.xiaomi.amelie	Play auto-install of partner apps

Xiaomi background services (2)

Package	Note
com.xiaomi.mitv.tvmanager	"TV Manager" cleaner
com.xiaomi.mitv.updateservice	firmware updates: re-enable to check for one

Personal choice: voice assistant (1)

Package	Note
com.google.android.katniss	comes back at boot, see header

Personal choice: Ambient and Mi WallPaper screensavers (2)

Package	Note
com.google.android.backdrop	—
com.mitv.dream	stock screensaver, see header

Preloaded apps (4)

Package	Note
com.xiaomi.mimusic2	—
com.google.android.play.games	—
com.google.android.videos	Play Movies & TV
com.mitv.gallery	Mi Gallery; Media Player still opens USB photos

Apply the Xiaomi MiTV-MSSP3 (Android TV 9) 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-mitv-mssp3-android9/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 MiTV-MSSP3 (Android TV 9)" 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 MiTV-MSSP3 (Android TV 9)

TV_HOST=192.168.1.50 tools/restore.sh examples/xiaomi-mitv-mssp3-android9/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-mitv-mssp3-android9/debloat.txt in the MIT-licensed cleanyourtv repository.