With Wi-Fi debugging enabled, the agent found the TV on the home network and disabled 25 preinstalled Xiaomi packages linked to ads and telemetry. It then installed a new Apple TV-style shell without reflashing or hacking the device.

CleanYourTV uses the standard Android Debug Bridge, disables unwanted apps for the current user, and keeps every change reversible with one command. The shell weighs about 405 KB, makes no internet requests, and runs no background services.

The project reached more than 13,000 GitHub stars in 4 days. It supports Android TV and Google TV, with cleanup lists for 147 models from 49 brands. The process takes about 15 minutes, which makes it useful for budget TVs with 1 GB of RAM.