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Beginner question - how to start?

Hi,
It will probably take some time until I'll get my phone, but I am trying to understand how to start.
I am OK with having only English on my phone, but I would prefer to have a clean and bloat free rom that has the GAPPS and that can get OTA updates.
I want to do the minimum needed to get this, I really don't want to change roms every other week.
How should I start? I am a bit lost.
Is the Chinese rom that bad?
Should I change the rom and root it?
Thanks in advance,
Asaf

I think this should be in the Q&A forum
It sounds like you want a stable ROM with Gapps. Xiaomi offer several ROM types. If you want Gapps included from the start, you want their stable international ROM. The trouble is that at the moment they don't do one for the XRN2 yet. Head over to en.miui.com, pick a phone that has been around for longer and in the download section for that device you will see the different ROM types (there are tabs at the top of each phone section). There are also a couple of great explanatory pages in their forum that guide you through the different ROM types.

Use the xiaomi.eu ROM. Multilanguage, clean and with Gapps. OTA also included
Sent from my Redmi Note 2 using Tapatalk

First, get TWRP installed in your phone.
Then flash a stable rom
At the end, install proper gapp using TWRP.

Thanks.
So
1. Install TWRP, will this link should be enough to install it? http://en.miui.com/thread-156838-1-1.html
2. Go to http://xiaomi.eu --> ROMs DOWNLOAD and take the DOWNLOAD WEEKLY rom (http://miuif.celogeek.com/5.9.10/xiaomi.eu_multi_hermes_5.9.11_v7-5.0.zip)?

shemsha said:
Thanks.
So
1. Install TWRP, will this link should be enough to install it? http://en.miui.com/thread-156838-1-1.html
2. Go to http://xiaomi.eu --> ROMs DOWNLOAD and take the DOWNLOAD WEEKLY rom (http://miuif.celogeek.com/5.9.10/xiaomi.eu_multi_hermes_5.9.11_v7-5.0.zip)?
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BUT, you said you don't want to have to flash a new ROM every week. The xiaomi.EU weekly ROMs are a beta ROM, they are not the same as the 'stable' ROM. I'm using the weekly version just fine, but there are a few bugs. This ROM may or may not suit your needs. Please be aware of that As soon as Xiaomi release the official stable International ROM with Gapps, that's the one you want (based on your stated requirements).

Thanks
So perhaps I'll wait, hopefully it will come up soon enough.
Hope the Chinese rom isn't too bad...

shemsha said:
Thanks
So perhaps I'll wait, hopefully it will come up soon enough.
Hope the Chinese rom isn't too bad...
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The first ROM I flashed was the stable ROM from MIUI.com. At the moment this is available as Chinese only (with only Chinese and English languages on board). It is also MIUI version 6 not 7. You do not need TWRP installed to flash this. You can just download it straight to internal storage, then use the Xiaomi updater app (which is already on the phone) to manually flash it. This ROM is not rooted.
Next I tried the weekly ROM from MIUI.com. At that point I incorrectly thought that it would be multi language, but it wasn't. It did at least have MIUI 7 on board though. TWRP is also not needed to flash this. This ROM is rooted. Root settings can be accessed via the Security app. You can also install SuperSU, grant it root access, then use it to control the root access of other apps if you wish. There are no Google apps on board. I was on n holiday at the time so I manually placed all the relevant files, set permissions and so on using ES File explorer that I side loaded and granted root privileges to. Yes, my girlfriend thought it was very romantic of me to spend a whole evening split between doing this and hunting some particularly aggressive mosquitoes trapped in our room. Only the best for my love.
Finally I downloaded the latest weekly (not stable) ROM from from Xiaomi.EU. As well as being a beta, it is not an official Xiaomi ROM. They do also have a stable ROM in offer, but it is not rooted. Basic Google apps are installed. TWRP is not needed here either. However, I installed it briefly to make a full backup of my phone, and a separate backup of the NVRAM portion of the device where the IMEI resides. Experience tells me this is important on an MTK phone in case the area becomes corrupt during an incorrect flash. You can also use SPFlash Tools to do this from a computer. Google the process, it's well worth being prepared. Damian Parsons over on GizBeat and China Phone Arena has done some useful tutorials with videos. Make sure you have the right version of SPFlash tools (which is not the same as MTKdroidtools -or something like that). I have only used a couple of times with my first two MTK phones so I don't know what version you need to use with this chipset.
For my purposes NONE of these ROMs actually fit the bill. Why? Because none of them so far allow me to select UK English as the default language or select the UK as the region I'm in. It's a small thing, but the last three Chinese phones I've had all suffered from the same problem. I end up rooting and using More Locales app to create a new default language code over and above selecting UK English in Google keyboard.
Once Xiaomi release an official global ROM the download page for the Note 2 will look like in the attached screenshot which shows the Mi4 page. Note the two tabs at the top, global and Chinese, in addition to the 'stable' and 'developer' sections down the left hand side.
Please somebody correct me if I'm wrong because I'm new to Xiaomi devices

Thanks for the detailed response.
Sounds like that for my purposes, and until an official rom is out, the easiest option is either the latest weekly or stable from xiaomi.eu.
I understand they can be installed using xiaomi updater as well?

Yes, you can install them the same way as official ROMs.

shemsha said:
Thanks for the detailed response.
Sounds like that for my purposes, and until an official rom is out, the easiest option is either the latest weekly or stable from xiaomi.eu.
I understand they can be installed using xiaomi updater as well?
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Also, when I received my phone there was a lot of non-MIUI related bloatware and possibly malware on board. It was multi language (with UK English as a built in option) but it all felt wrong, slow and dodgy. Reading elsewhere it was recommended the best thing to do was flash a ROM from a PC using the fastboot method to erase everything, then start from there. There are fastboot ROMs with instructions on the en.miui.com site. If you think you need to, you could flash via fastboot, then download your subsequent choice of ROM from xiaomi.EU and flash that however you please. As I was away (and impatient) I didn't do the first flash via fastboot. I just did a full wipe from the stock recovery, then put a ROM into internal memory, then flashed it from the stock recovery, then factory reset again. No idea if that was sufficient, but there's no sign of the extra apps any more.

You don't need TWRP
Sent from my Redmi Note 2 using Tapatalk

Ouzo said:
I installed it briefly to make a full backup of my phone, and a separate backup of the NVRAM portion of the device where the IMEI resides. Experience tells me this is important on an MTK phone in case the area becomes corrupt during an incorrect flash. You can also use SPFlash Tools to do this from a computer. Google the process, it's well worth being prepared. Damian Parsons over on GizBeat and China Phone Arena has done some useful tutorials with videos. Make sure you have the right version of SPFlash tools (which is not the same as MTKdroidtools -or something like that). I have only used a couple of times with my first two MTK phones so I don't know what version you need to use with this chipset.
For my purposes NONE of these ROMs actually fit the bill. Why? Because none of them so far allow me to select UK English as the default language or select the UK as the region I'm in. It's a small thing, but the last three Chinese phones I've had all suffered from the same problem. I end up rooting and using More Locales app to create a new default language code over and above selecting UK English in Google keyboard.
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Thanks for the info, this is great for me. I will follow what you said regarding backing up this NVRAM you speak of, as I just read that the source code for the Helios X10 has been released, so we can expect more people including members of the HTC M9+ forum playing around with code.
It would be nice to have an option for UK English (or Australian English for me, to be precise) however I haven't noticed much of a difference, maybe because I have Swiftkey installed and that already has the correct language setting.

zan5hin said:
Thanks for the info, this is great for me. I will follow what you said regarding backing up this NVRAM you speak of, as I just read that the source code for the Helios X10 has been released, so we can expect more people including members of the HTC M9+ forum playing around with code.
It would be nice to have an option for UK English (or Australian English for me, to be precise) however I haven't noticed much of a difference, maybe because I have Swiftkey installed and that already has the correct language setting.
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Changing the language to UK English is only part of the problem for me. Basically the phone thinks I'm in the U.S, or rather, that I have a U.S phone in the UK. This can cause problems within apps that want tailor content to my region code (or even deny me content). I've tried editing the build.prop a little, but it doesn't seem to help.
Mobile Uncle tools (free in Play Store) used to be able to back up one's IMEI number, but it didn't work on this phone. Dunno if that's because it runs lollipop. Anyway, that's why TWRP was handy and I will try using SPFlashTools again at some point.

ROM by Cuoco92: multilanguage, debloated, prerooted, GApps preinstalled

This thread is now obsolete, please refer to the thread by Cuoco92 here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/development/rom-leeco-le2x820max5-9-023s-cuoco92-t3608187
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Hi All,
There is a multilanguage, debloated ROM available for our phone that is a much better starting point than flashing the Chinese ROM and debloating it manually. It is based on 5.6.014S release. It comes with Google Apps, SuperSU, Adblock, System app remover and a few other features preinstalled. It also offers OTA updates (one just arrived today). I have been testing it for a past few days and can wholeheartedly recommend it!
Just flash the ZIP through TWRP:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=57909
Note that installing Xposed framework from official thread will prevent GUI to start.
Here's a compatible version (79) that someone made. Didn't test much so YMMV, but GravityBox seems to work fine:
http://www.needrom.com/download/xposed-for-cuoco92-roms/
Direct link: https://mega.nz/#!HIRCDKbR!JW8EyhH_JYY61TJ7WGpTMse1IrMLuNq70fqk0qRHPH4

hi @mjoach, could you please explain how to flash that rom?

mjoach said:
Hi All,
There is a multilanguage, debloated ROM available for our phone that is a much better starting point than flashing the Chinese ROM and debloating it manually. It comes with Google Apps, SuperSU, Adblock, System app remover and a few other features preinstalled. It also offers OTA updates (one just arrived today). I have been testing it for a past few days and can wholeheartedly recommend it!
Just flash the ZIP through TWRP:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=57909
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Pls write rom version

sankhauaa said:
Pls write rom version
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It is based on 5.6.014S release (I updated the original post). But it seems to me that it is more of a series rather than a one shot release. The guy has been maintaining it for multiple LeEco devices and providing updates for some time. Can't find much about it in English though.

enrealman said:
hi @mjoach, could you please explain how to flash that rom?
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To learn how to install TWRP check @STEVE_MARS'es guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/development/twrp-root-14s-rom-x820-t3382221
Just note that you don't have to bother putting SuperSU/GApps on the phone and flashing it as they are integrated in the the ROM.
Important: flash the most recent TWRP, e.g. download it from @STEVE_MARS'es blog: http://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/development/twrp-3-0-2-source-based-off-t3388695
(it is by default in Chinese, but possible to change language to English)

Sooooooo. If I am on the latest official 14s Version and blocked everything with titanium Backup... And everything is fine with my rom... Why would I change to this? Is there Basic Apps included like calls, SMS, contacts,?

katze94 said:
Sooooooo. If I am on the latest official 14s Version and blocked everything with titanium Backup... And everything is fine with my rom... Why would I change to this? Is there Basic Apps included like calls, SMS, contacts,?
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Like I said, it's a better starting point for those who are flashing new ROM. Otherwise it looks and works the same as official 14s. I really like the approach though. The modifications are very light and unobtrusive. You will just see some added menus in the settings, like Dolby Atmos support (not that I care for it). But it clearly gets some love from the author. You get OTA updates with a clear changelog and new features. Yesterday's update added multi-user support and fingerprint-based app unlocking and a spell checker. Probably it's mostly a matter of unlocking MM features that were disabled by LeEco. But it's great someone is tinkering with it!

On official i could install xposed and grafitybox, but on cuoco it comes an error after booting. System Interface error.
Sent from my Le X820 using XDA Free mobile app

Has this ROM german language integrated? The settings complete in german?

yes 99%

Tix very nice make you more Updates
pls Include the Exposed Framework

This Rom is awesome, everything works fine, I have already received 3 OTA Updates, German since last update (today) 100%.
I'm happy with this Rom on this great Phone !!!!!!!!

Is it possible to remove GAPPS? I want to install the Pico Opengapps package.
Sadly, whenever I freeze the Google app (used for google now), the phone doesn't boot anymore.

I just installed this rom, work great, thanks. May I ask where you get the OTA update? Is there a place you can manually check in the setting? Or the OTA just pop on notification?

I flashed this ROM and it worked good. And the playstore force closure stopped. But there is a lot of languages but no Swedish language. Is that fixable? Is it possible to flash just the language?
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williamwu1985 said:
I just installed this rom, work great, thanks. May I ask where you get the OTA update? Is there a place you can manually check in the setting? Or the OTA just pop on notification?
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It's the app that called "Updates" I think. But I got my Olas popped up in notification bar..

The "Update" app disappear after I got the third OTA, Is that the same problem to you? Maybe the "update" app only appear when there is a OTA?
Could someone explain? Thanks

On my phone it's where it was after V28 update. Pretty sure it's supposed to remain visible as it has a GUI in which you check and download updates manually.

House.m.d said:
On official i could install xposed and grafitybox, but on cuoco it comes an error after booting. System Interface error.
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Confirmed. Fortunately, someone released Xposed v79 compatible with this ROM. I tested on V28 and it seems to work.
http://www.needrom.com/download/xposed-for-cuoco92-roms/
I had to register to the site to download, so here's a direct link: https://mega.nz/#!HIRCDKbR!JW8EyhH_JYY61TJ7WGpTMse1IrMLuNq70fqk0qRHPH4
Note: make a backup before installing.

Thanks for that, but have sold my Phone yesterday. Change to Oneplus 3.

QR Scanner
Hi my english is Bad. ....when i Press the QR Scanner Button on the Quicklaunc is nothing ...es passiert nichts ...
Please help

[unofficial global rom] miui 8.2.22 latest stable cn base global modded

This is not my ROM. I'll post here for HELPS, TUTORIALS, PROBLEM SOLVING.
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ROM credited to Helious from bhnotes.com
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100% Stable CN ROM base
NO CHINESE BLOATWARE
BASIC PLAYSTORE
CLEAN
STABLE
GLOBAL MODDED (90% Translation PERFECTED FOR JAPANESE language)
Other languages based on Global languages
No ROOT
SAFE AND WORKING
STEPS TO INSTALL
YOU MUST HAVE
? A Xiaomi Mi 6 device (any variant)
? *Mi Account synced with device at least 72 Hours (for new users)
? Unlocked Bootloader
? TWRP
? PC/LAPTOP
? **OTG
? Internet connection
? Basics of MIUI ROM flashing for Mi devices (refer en.miui.com/forum.php)
STEP 1
Unlock your device bootloader using the Mi Unlock tool. If done ignore this step, if not read.
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New user must sync Mi Account for at least 72 Hours before able to unlock bootloader using the Mi Unlock tool. Once synced, use the tools to unlock
STEP 2
Flash TWRP using CMD via PC/Laptop
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4d6gFePZwjDOHlzeGRjSVdldEk/view
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This is the English version from android-hilife.de
STEP 3
Download ROM here
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634769960
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This is the latest MIUI version for CN Stable 8.2.22 modded by Helious from bhnotes.com called ECRMod,
Also download the "packageinstaller_zip_7.1.zip" here
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298955410
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This is a Google Play Services patch for stability, if not flash lots of FC going to annoys you and also probably BOOTLOOP
STEP 4
In TWRP select "Wipe", select "Format Data". Oh yeah, do a backup using the Mi Backup app before start everything and transfer "AllBackup" folder to your PC/Laptop.
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Transfer both downloaded files to your device
STEP 5
Flash ROM.
Wipe Caches.
Reboot.
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Bootloop or probably infinite loading at Mi logo with dotted android loading animations..
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So, enter your recovery by pushing the power button than after the blank screen immediately push the upper volume button.
MUST DO THIS ONE BY ONE, DON'T FLASH 2 zips at once or flash zips before rebooting after 1 zip installation
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Flash the patch.
Wipe Caches.
Reboot.
Booted.
Crash.
Force to reboot.
Setup.
STEP 6
Enjoy your Mi 6 with Global ROM
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IF PLAYSTORE NOT WORKING
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Download and flash this
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298946245
If you want the ORIGINAL Mi 6 Stock Recovery download it here..
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4d6gFePZwjDRXp6ZkJseTVHQjg/view
NO NEED OTHERS SCREENSHOTS AS MIUI 8 IS ALWAYS THE SAME WITH FEW TWEAKS AND FEATURES ADDED. DISCOVER YOURSELF.
Btw the new recent app is BEAUTIFUL
Hit me at Twitter @FahimZahar if I slowly response here. I'll get it back to you ASAP as I can.

Thx bro!! Can u confirm this has all the following working properly"
camera
google contacts sync
google play services
gmail sync
Thx

sprockettyz said:
Thx bro!! Can u confirm this has all the following working properly"
camera
google contacts sync
google play services
gmail sync
Thx
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Hi,, follow all the steps above, but download newer ROM from mi-globe.com or xiaomi.eu. It's much stable now

Original Recovery file
The original recovery file you posted is in Chinese language. Any chance of posting the English version?
Thank you

xkim toino said:
The original recovery file you posted is in Chinese language. Any chance of posting the English version?
Thank you
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Take this one!
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634771569

Fyi, Xiaomi EU had released their stable version for MI6. They used 8.2.23.0.
This Rom has gapps fully working, also for Gmail notification.

Superwitschi said:
Take this one!
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This one is twrp and I have already. What I want is the original one from xiaomi English language

Does this Rom allow OTA-Updates?

trytogetme said:
Does this Rom allow OTA-Updates?
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Xiaomi.Eu maybe got OTA but superb slow. Better download ROM and FLASH

xkim toino said:
This one is twrp and I have already. What I want is the original one from xiaomi English language
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Not available as for now. Because no OFFICIAL global ROM to extract the Recovery..

thanks

How is the camera on this one? I've read some unofficial roms have poor camera performance.

Anyone updated this rom to thé version MI6_sagit_V8.2.22.0.NCACNEC_7.1_ECRMod_20170522.zip
??

7.5.25 rom bug ?
Hello there
I'm a new xiaomi mi6 user. I have 7.5.25 version rom installed on my phone. My phone does not see andriod wear app on my smart clock with bluetooth. Also does not share internet with hotspot. There is also a problem with the GPS, the satellites can not find it immediately. can you help me.
Thank you

Official Global Stable is released. so enjoy..

Can I install root

MIUI V10.2.3.0 NCFMIXM 1.5G available to upgrade (India)

Check screenshot dint know much technical stuff.

Screenshot 2

Available on auto update in India.
I am confused what to use our what not to..

It seems my mobile is hacked or something ?
I have a stable and unstable copy still downloading weirdly. ( - 42253423% etc. )
Need help.. Wonder if XDA team blocked my posts on bad updates ? froM XI.

IODroids said:
It seems my mobile is hacked or something ?
I have a stable and unstable copy still downloading weirdly. ( - 42253423% etc. )
Need help.. Wonder if XDA team blocked my posts on bad updates ? froM XI.
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Actually, its the global release. Not for India only. I found its firmware in xiaomifirmwareupdater on github and its status is global Stable. So, that update Will be available for all user's used MIUI global stable. So don't worry.

ITs buggy and not working.
1. Tried via OTA and fails and fails (verificiation error).
2. Tried via official mi.com forum link and going into bootloop.
https://en.miui.com/thread-5647376-1-1.html
Tried Recovery rom and everything messed, starting from scratch again..
What a pity..
lol

del

del
Better ROMs:
Paranoid:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-6/development/paranoid-android-quartz-xiaomi-mi-6-t4083483
Havoc:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-6/development/rom-havoc-os-t3807517
Lineage:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-6/development/official-lineageos-17-1-sagit-t4077651
PE:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-6/development/rom-pixel-experience-t4050289

mine

Dobsgw said:
mine
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It`s nice to see a new rom for our old mi 6, but i can`t find the download link? I have wiped my phone to install this rom , but for now i don`t have what to flash, still thank you for mentaining our device alive and up to date with new rom(s) based on the newest android os.
Waiting for news about download link. :fingers-crossed:

mArIuS% said:
It`s nice to see a new rom for our old mi 6, but i can`t find the download link? I have wiped my phone to install this rom , but for now i don`t have what to flash, still thank you for mentaining our device alive and up to date with new rom(s) based on the newest android os.
Waiting for news about download link. :fingers-crossed:
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press the download button now. I messed up the thread when editing

Will "swap buttons" function be added in this OFFICIAL build? Thx!

wow...thx :good:

one of the best roms
one of the best roms but need f2fs support

Finally, I really like this rom
Thank you so much :good::good:

Thanks for your effort. Trying.

oww thanks

Everything is cool but,
google pay not working even with magisk (hide)

changelog
Hello,
Where I can find the changelog of new update ??

Magisk ERROR: 1
Hi. Pretty nice ROM, but I have a problem with installing Magisk. It's showing ERROR: 1 (Magisk 20.4). Any ideas?
@edit 05/05/20:
I found a solution, if someone has same problem: watch?v=NmEzjTG0cTI

TWRP Version
Thanks for build this ROM,
What version of TWRP is used to install this ROM and this ROM included Frimware?

Hello,
I just wanted to say that ROM is awesome stable so far never had any issue except sometimes my mic got disabled suddenly, ppl can't hear me in records calls anything and only restart fixes this issue otherwise all good 2 weeks nw.

Same problem here of the mic which is extremely annoying + having a bad mobile data signal otherwise, a really good rom

Hello, I downloaded the latest version of the firmware and cannot answer the call. When someone calls you, the phone does not respond, and no dialog box pops up to answer the call.

Hi, now I'm downloading. I'll flash clean. I was on Pixel Rom but I just tried MIUI12 EU Rom and it sucks... Errhhggg...
I'll flash this clean. Hope to won't back MIUI12...

Mic not working after use google assistant, and must reboot to make it work.

Evolution-X provides updates via OTA? I think Xiaomi is not going to update anymore and I am thinking of putting Evolution-X among other candidates ...