Bro is this for MiTV 3?

do you need to root it first? Cause I tried but couldnt get it to work... maybe u can point me towards the correct version of Shafa?

I use mi box with Samsung TV
Shafa is v 4.7.7

Thx bro... did you root your MiBox3? Cause I assume thats same as my MiTV3

No, never root mi box.

When you buy yours, it comes in English already?

I go to www.shafa.com... the lastest seems to be Sofa Housekeeper 4.8.3. Download that then find the youtube apk form within Shafa itself?

Guys, anyone know what dns to use to stream movie on电视猫smoothly? As now I am using Google dns buffer every few second..

Alternative, you can download YouTube apk and install on your mitv
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/yo...for-android-tv/

Chinese only.

I tried that doesnt seem to work.

Tried all the different version d?

With newer firmware, YouTube normal app not working. Only YouTube TV app working on Mibox and mitv

Hi All, how do you setup the Mi Box enhanced edition when they ask you for a China mobile number for verification? And how do you connect the Mi Box Enhanced to your laptop as they only have standard USB inputs? I only have a USB-microUSB cable but both the Mi Box and my laptop have only standard USB connectors.

Ok downloaded shafa from shafa.com, installed the latest version.

Still found no youtube inside it. Is there anything else you did? Search for youtube, but only shows up app names with chinese "you".

Hi guys, sorry to ask this. I'm a bit confuse of the MiBox variance in the market as sellers used different name to sell it..

MiBox 3
MiBox 3S
MiBox 3S Pro
MiBox Pro
MiBox 4K

and with 2nd, 3rd , 4th , 5th generation which makes it more confusing..

Anyone care to enlighten me? Like sorting from old to new so at least i know which is the latest one..

Thanks.

Nothing else.
Maybe YouTube has been removed from latest shafa version.

I think those are the seller self proclaim..haha..some of them will do all the setup for you, hence pro..prolly..maybe..best you ask from the seller.

AFAIK, the latest gen normal version is black and the pro version is white that comes with 8gb internal storage vs 1 gb, 2 usb slots vs 1.

i am using kodi for mi box pro to run youtube

http://www.mi.com/hezi3s/


This post has been edited by maxguy: Jun 7 2016, 02:39 PM

Bought the Mi Box 3 Enhanced version cos some forummers here say its good....but is it really?

Comes out of the box in Chinese and installing Shafa still its pretty much 70%-80% Chinese.

Spent one whole evening trying to root the device, without a keyboard for input it was a pain and slowed down my progress.

Spent another day trying to set up Play Store, Youtube and Kodi....

Now my Kodi is setup and Kodi is great, but the GITV is still in Chinese and I have no idea how to use it. The GITV really sucks and I hate it.

Seems like I should have bought the Minix U1 instead. Would have saved me quite a lot of hassle and seems like the interface is better.


As this is my first week using it I want to give it the benefit of the doubt. Maybe I missed out some cool feature of the Mi Box. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

What is so good about the Mi Box? Can someone explain why it is so popular?

Hmmm..Mi Box is just an android box. So yeah, for your Play Store and YouTube, you need to root your device. Alternatively if you want to install any apps that you want, you can download the apk file using your pc and transfer the file over to install. Remember, this is a Chinese android box, not a google android hence rooting is require to get YouTube. You don't really need Playstore though I face the same thing like you when I first got my Mi Box, only to realize that this is android..lel..not like our phone, its different. The only thing that I can't run now is still YouTube, I use my phone to cast instead, for now, too lazy to find another solution.

What is GITV though? You bought the pro version? If you don't want then sell to me at cheaper price

This post has been edited by m3lv: Jun 9 2016, 01:55 PM