Xiaomi TV: Factory Reset, Recovery & New TV

3 February 2018
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1. The Soft Reset
2. The Hard Reset
3. Factory Reset for New Xiaomi TV

Introduction 

 There are times that one will have to reset the Xiaomi TV to its factory default settings, particularly after one has installed too many APKs, clogging up the system memory, making the TV to perform in a strange manner.  This factory reset may be required for new Xiaomi TV in order for the remote controller to be  used.

 This article will try to describe how one can reset the Xiaomi TV to its factory settings.

Whats Needed? 

Only the TV controller is needed

Where are the Controls for Resetting? 

There are 2 factory resetting controls

   a  Soft Reset
   b. Hard Reset

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1. The Soft Reset 

The Soft Reset could be found by clicking the “setting” Apps  in the Apps Store; after that, select “General Settings” to reveal the “Factory Reset” option as shown.  This example is for Xiaomi TV4.  Other Xiaomi TV sets may be different and some TVs has "Factory Reset" inside "About" icons

 

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2. The Hard Reset

a) Entering into the Recovery Mode 

1.  For Infra-red TV Remote Controller

Disconnect the electricity supply to the TV and wait for about 20 seconds for TV to discharge all stored values. Press and hold the “Home” and “Manual” buttons firmly with fingers of one hand while using the other hand or get someone to reconnect the plug of power supply.  The TV should start; if not,  press the big white button located just under the "Mi" symbol,   underneath the centre of the TV

2.  For Blue Tooth TV Remote Controller

1.  Disconnect the electricity supply to TV and wait for about 20 seconds and reconnect it back;

2.  Press and hold the “Confirm” button and the “Restore” button (as shown above) with fingers of one hand at the same time and use to other hand to press the big white button located at  the bottom  of the TV.   just under the "Mi" symbol,  underneath the centre of the TV.

On successful start up, the following recovery screen will pop up.  Quickly release the "confirm" and "Restore" buttons when this recovery screen appears.

 b)  The  Recovery Selections

 In here, there are 4 selection

1. Reboot: When you want to reboot the TV after wiping the data and cache
2. Wipe Cache: This is where one will want to clean the cache
3. Wipe User Data: This is where all the newly installed APKs will be wiped out
4. Wipe All Data : This is where a factory reset will be performed to wipe out all the cache and data and restore the TV to its factory settings

Normally,  just select Wipe Cache and  reboot the TV
Important Note:  
If one has rooted the TV before, it will not be advisable to select option 4  to “Wipe All Data” because the process will wipe out all  including also the rooted files, making the TV unusable.  Some users advised not to use this option 4 altogether.

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3.  Factory Reset for New Xiaomi TV

New Xiaomi TV may need a factory reset so that the remote controller can be used.  

Perform the hard reset as described in  The Hard Reset

Other Articles About Xiaomi TV or Box 

Can be found here

Reference:

1. Backup APKs in Xiaomi TV
2. Install Youtube and Google Chrome in Xiaomi TV without rooting
3 .Install Youtube and Google Chrome in Xiaomi TV without rooting
4. Xiaomi TV:  To root or not to root