

You can use Xiaomi's PC Suite for that or any other backup application.ĭownload the application Device Control from Google Play or another store it is available in. Warning: Backup your device before you remove any application on it as you may run into issues otherwise if you have no restoration options available. It should work with the majority of Xiamoi devices and the latest version of Miui. Note: The following method requires root. The first and third point are the main reasons why I have decided to look for ways to remove system apps from the device as I have no intention of using them. You may get notifications from built-in applications, like the Virtual SIM app, from time to time with no option to disable them.This is easy to avoid though as you can use another media player instead. This is for instance the case if you are using the built-in media player. Some apps display advertisement when you open them.I imported the phone, and while most apps and all settings are available in English either directly or after flashing an English ROM, some are only available in Chinese which make them useless to me. The device ships with Chinese applications.


Apart from making it really difficult to unlock the device to gain root access, those are mostly software-based if you ask me. There are a couple of minor things that are not ideal though. Having used the phone for more than six months now, I can say that it is an excellent phone both hardware, software, and security-wise. While I could have picked a flagship phone that would set me back six hundred or even more Euro without contract (I only buy direct and without contract), I decided to save money without sacrificing much in the process. I bought a Xiaomi Mi4c last year to replace my trusted but underperforming Motorola Moto G first generation Android smartphone.
