New MI5s with bloatwares installed.

[jonathanycs]

I brought mi5s online, it arrived yesterday.
After the setup screen, many bloatware installed .
Mainly they advertising app.
Can't be removed from installed app.
Need help.
Thank you in advance.

 

[patoberli]

Sounds like you have a vendor rom installed. If you don't care about unlocked bootloader and root (loosing several safety features), install the rom from xiaomi.eu. If you want to have a locked device with original rom, install the chinese rom from http://en.miui.com/extra.php?mod=download/rom&fid=115. You will find installation manuals here in the forum.

 

[javimetal]

I'm in the same situation. Mine comes with vendor rom. To restore the original rom you have to unlock your bootloader in the oficial xiaomi page. Takes form 3 to 10 days... if they aprove it... I'm waiting...

How can the vendor install his own rom without ask and we have to do all this process??

 

[patoberli]

If you install the official rom you probably don't need to unlock. Simply boot it in fastboot mode and flash it with miflash. Either Chinese Global 8.0.18.0 or Chinese Developer.
See the download page for fastboot on http://en.miui.com/a-234.html
I haven't tested this way, as I had the official firmware on mine

 

[jonathanycs]

Thank for the reply guys 😀 , I try to flash China global original ROM with miflash.
Miflash come out with error, stating that unable to find .bat file.
What should I do?
This phone is amazing, now I just need to fix the bloatware.

 

[patoberli]

Did you download the right file?
It should be a .zip file which has several .bat files in it. You need to extract the zip file into some folder first, before you can flash it. See step 4 for a screenshot in the flashing guide on how it should look.

Also, the chinese official ROM has several chinese only apps preinstalled and no google store. You need to add google after the successful flash. Some chinese apps can not be uninstalled.