There are some apps in the MIUI system such as MIUI Demon, and many are those who think it belongs to the category of spyware
Εbecause there are many who worry about the security of their data from the way it works MIUI Daemon, today we're going to explain exactly what this app does, and answer your questions.
What is MIUI Daemon App?
The MIUI Demon (com.miui.daemon) is a system application installed on Xiaomi devices that “run” some version of the Global MIUI ROM (World Edition). It is more or less a tracker that tracks certain statistics on your system in order to improve the user experience in its later updates.
How to check if you also have this application on your device:
- Open them Settings
- Go on Applications
- Choose Dapplication management
- Click on the three vertical lines at the top right
- Select it Show all applications
- search it MIUIDaemon in the list of apps to check
Is Xiaomi spying on its users?
Some experts are sure that Xiaomi embeds in its devices with spyware, but this is not true, as well as all the software of the company's IOT devices and Smartphones, it has already been checked by the Internet of Things Security Foundation, And the Xiaomi is among the best companies in its security sector IoT and got the maximum score in the evaluation!
Proponents of this point of view usually cite the fact that the graphical interface in MIUI uses suspicious applications. From time to time, such applications send data to servers located in China.
One of these applications is the MIUI Demon. After analyzing the application, it is clear that it can collect and send information such as:
- O Screen activation time
- The built-in amount of storage memory
- Loading main memory statistics
- Her statistics battery and CPU
- The situation in Bluetooth & Wi-Fii
- Number IMEI device
MIUI Daemon belongs to spy apps;
We don't think this is the case, and it has been proven many times that Xiaomi is in no danger of being exposed. It's just a statistics collection service. Yes, it sends information to the developer servers. On the other hand, it does not use personal data. It seems that by using this app, Xiaomi analyzes the activity of its users to release new firmware according to the needs of the users. But sometimes this application "consumes" a lot of resources from the devices and can have a negative impact on battery life and that's all. So OXI Spyware, but simple logging of statistics necessary for MIUI OS fixes.
Is it safe to remove MIUI Daemon?
It is possible to remove the APK, it will but there is still the /system/xbin/mqsasd that cannot be safely removed (you won't be able to boot). The service mqsas is also built into the framework.jar and boot.img. So it's better to force stop or deauthorize the app rather than remove it.
Conclusion
It is safe to assume that the app MIUI Demon it does not collect personal data, but mainly collects some statistics to improve the quality of the user, so it is safe. However, if you decide to remove this APK from your system, you can easily do so using the method with ADB Tool and do Debload (deletion) application, but Bootloader should be unlocked on your device to be able to do so.
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