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.

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?

I sideloaded YouTube, works fine for me. GITV is the name of their UI.