Fresh app works anywhere, except on Redmi devices!

From @calebeaires on March 25, 2016 14:50

Fresh Nativescript app (with no modification) stop working on Xiaomi Redimi 2 Prime smartphones. I have tested the same app on Sansung, Nexus, Genymotion and Android emulator. Everting goes well, except on Redimi 2. Here are the reporting log:

W/dalvikvm(24260):              in Lcom/tns/Platform;.callJSMethodNative:(ILjava/lang/String;IZ[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object; (CallVoidMethodA)
I/dalvikvm(24260):   at com.tns.Platform.callJSMethodNative(Native Method)
I/dalvikvm(24260):   at com.tns.Platform.dispatchCallJSMethodNative(Platform.java:816)
I/dalvikvm(24260):   at com.tns.Platform.callJSMethod(Platform.java:715)
I/dalvikvm(24260):   at com.tns.Platform.callJSMethod(Platform.java:694)
I/dalvikvm(24260):   at com.tns.Platform.callJSMethod(Platform.java:684)
W/ErrorReport(  950): org.json.JSONException: Value <!DOCTYPE of type java.lang.String cannot be converted to JSONObject
W/ErrorReport(  950):   at org.json.JSON.typeMismatch(JSON.java:111)
W/ErrorReport(  950):   at org.json.JSONObject.<init>(JSONObject.java:159)
W/ErrorReport(  950):   at org.json.JSONObject.<init>(JSONObject.java:172)

Redimi 2: Android 4.4
NativesScript 1.7.1

Copied from original issue: NativeScript/NativeScript#1851

Reproduce a fresh NativeScript app on the Redmi 2 Prime running Android 4.4 and compare it with the working devices listed in the report. Start by examining the call path around Platform.java lines 684, 694, 715, and 816 and the JSON parsing failure; done means the unmodified app starts successfully on the affected device.