In the ecosystem of consumer electronics, the smart television has evolved from a simple display into a complex, walled-garden computing device. Xiaomi’s Mi TV 4A Pro 32, an entry-level Android TV, exemplifies this shift, offering affordability and functionality but also imposing significant software restrictions. For the tech-savvy user, these restrictions are not insurmountable. Rooting—the process of granting privileged control over the Android operating system—represents a digital frontier for this device. However, venturing into this territory is a high-stakes operation involving technical complexity, warranty voidance, and the potential for a costly brick, balanced against the reward of true ownership and enhanced performance.
Obtain required files
Install ADB & Fastboot on your PC
Enable ADB on the TV and connect
adb connect <TV_IP>
Verify connection
adb devices
Ensure your TV is listed and authorized.Unlock bootloader (if required and supported) How to root XIAOMI Mi TV 4A Pro 32
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
If the TV firmware or vendor doesn't permit unlocking, you may need to use an exploit or patch boot image instead — these are device- and firmware-specific and riskier.
Flash recovery or patch boot
If you have TWRP image:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot reboot
Boot into recovery (key combo or via adb reboot recovery).
If no recovery available, obtain the stock boot.img, patch it with Magisk Manager (on a PC or Android device), then flash patched boot: The Digital Frontier: An Examination of Rooting the
patched_boot.img.adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
fastboot reboot
Install Magisk (if using TWRP)
Post-root checks
adb shell
su
Or use Root Checker app from Play Store (if TV supports it).Restore/cleanup
If you manage to unlock the bootloader:
Dump the current boot image:
adb shell
su # only if already rooted — catch-22
dd if=/dev/block/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img
Or use adb pull /dev/block/boot (depends on partition layout).
Transfer boot.img to PC, patch with Magisk app (sideloaded on TV or emulate with Android VM).
Flash patched boot image:
fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
fastboot reboot
This works only if bootloader unlocked.
Now that your XIAOMi Mi TV 4A Pro 32 is rooted: Obtain required files
adb shell followed by pm uninstall -k --user 0 <package_name> to delete Xiaomi's ads, Hotword, YouTube Kids, etc. Or use an app like System App Remover (Root).hosts file (located at /system/etc/hosts) with a blocklist for Xiaomi ad servers./system/media/bootanimation.zip./vendor/etc/fstab to adopt USB storage as internal memory permanently.