Hi all :)
It’s been a while since I modded a phone, so I’m a bit out of touch. If I root my phone and uninstall some apps, can I remove root afterwards so that I can use things like banking apps without workarounds?
I’ve got a Xiaomi Mi 10t Lite 5g, and it keeps automatically reinstalling its own apps, which then screw up my apps because they take over functions.
If I can completely remove apps rather than just hiding them, that would be a bonus.
Thanks for your help :)
If you just want to uninstall system apps, you do NOT need to root your phone. You can use ADB to uninstall or disable any system apps (regardless of if your phone allows that in settings).
It depends on what method you use. If you just need a temporary shell as root to fully uninstall system apps, try out a temporary root method like mtk-su.
If that doesn’t work, you can use SnoopSnitch to check your Android security patch level and see if there’s any “Privilege Escalation” exploit that you can take advantage of.
For device-specific details I recommend you to checkout the XDA forum for your device
I’ll look into it, thanks :)
There are LineageOS versions and custom XDA Forum ROMs for the “Mi 10t Lite” but I can’t find any with 5G in the name, are you sure that’s in there?
https://m.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_10t_lite_5g-10480.php
That’s how it was advertised at the time. It may officially be the Mi 10t Lite, and the 5G was added to show the capabilities, but I don’t know for sure.
You can check the system info section in your settings to get a model number and find out what you have exactly using that and a search engine.
Unfortunately it doesn’t clear anything up. It’s a m2007j17g, and some sites label it with the 5G, while some label it without. Xiaomi UK doesn’t have any results for the model number, and lists both versions. The specs are pretty vague for both, saying things like one supports lpddr4 vs lpddr5
Damn, no clue how to solve that one but please just don’t flash a ROM till you are certain it is for your phone because it could brick! :/
Yeah, that would be my luck. I’m going to dig through the specs and try to find the difference, and go from there.
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.kl3jvi.sysinfo download from fdroid
check if this app has the internal name for your device
the normal 10t lite is called gauguin
yes, I rooted my old phone to install custom ROM and save the recovery( my Chinese phone would remove custom recovery if I didn’t root
iirc, the process was miui->twrp+pixel exp.+magisk+format data then I had a rooted phone but I didn’t need the root so I flashed pixel exp. and did a format data again and magisk was gone
root should go away after clean flashing the ROM again as the update guides always say if you want to retain root, flash magisk after flashing ROM
That’s helpful, thanks :)
you can uninstall custom ROMs and thats all i know
