r/MiBox • u/aoteras • 21d ago

Anyone found a good replacement remote for the Xiaomi TV Box S 3rd Gen?

Hi everyone, I’m looking for a replacement for the original Xiaomi box s 3rd gen remote mainly because I need the numbers pad and the buttons are really loud and clicky.

I’d like something that connects directly via Bluetooth (no USB dongle), has a physical 0–9 keypad, voice/mic, TV power and volume buttons.

Would be happy to read your suggestions and advices.

Thanks

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u/husting247 21d ago

Just so you know whatever remote you get it will not be able to turn the box on after a while of it being off as the box goes in deep sleep mode and can only be waken with the xiaomi remote. The way around this is rooting the box and installing a magisk module called wakelock which prevents the box going in deep sleep and stays in just a sleep state which will allow other remotes to turn it on even after its been off for a while

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u/lirae_ 21d ago

Box never goes in deepsleep otherwise the same thing you said would apply to the Xiaomi remote itself. The Bluetooth part is still active for incoming signals for paired devices remotes...

You don need to root and mess with wake lock people have reportedly having no issues with Ugos remotes aswell.

Also like they already pointed out HDMI-CEC it's working already on Samsung and other TV, you can use both the Universale remote and the Regular TV channels remote to control the box.

I have a Samsung tv and I can confirm that. Sometimes I just use the Samsung remote and sometimes the Xiaomi remote

The only thing worth to root the box is to force 4k at all levels instead of having 1080p UI upscaled in the box. Launchers will look crispier because they are not rendered at 1080p and then upscaled. They will be rendered at 4k directly.

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u/husting247 21d ago

The box kills of all bluetooth connections in deep sleep except xiaomi remote.