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Android market, doesn't remember my downloads?

Hi everyone
So I just flashed cyanogens 5.0 mod and I just assumed android market would remember what applications I had downloaded (yes, I'm an Android newbie) so you can imagine my surprise when only one of my previous downloads showed up!
I have no idea where I got it from but I was under the impression the Google saved my download history in Market? I mean it obviously remembered that one application lol
Any help is appreciated!

It does sort of. On the first boot after flashing a Tom go straight to the downloads and your apparently will show. Install all your Alps right then, if you leave the download page they go away. I hop Google fixes that soon.

iVisionX01 said:
It does sort of. On the first boot after flashing a Tom go straight to the downloads and your apparently will show. Install all your Alps right then, if you leave the download page they go away. I hop Google fixes that soon.
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No way! So I'm screwed? Well that sucks...
Is there really no other way? If I re-flash it, will I be given the same "chance" to go to market right away, or was that a one shot deal?

I think its one shot but it would hurt yo try.

No luck... I guess I'm screwed huh
Actually another 5 apps showed up in Market after a while, but that's it.
I'm still in shock that it didn't remember all my apps, I mean, whats the requirement?? gah...

Sorry man, at least it will always remember your paid apps even when you switch devices. But for next time if you wipe first thing you do is redownload your apps.

iVisionX01 said:
Sorry man, at least it will always remember your paid apps even when you switch devices. But for next time if you wipe first thing you do is redownload your apps.
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Lesson learned my friend, lesson learned...
Thx for the help!

Actually, when you boot up your phone for the first time (or after a wipe), there's an option for you to select if you want Google to save all your settings. If you don't check this option, your downloads (and other stuff I'm not exactly too sure about) won't save when you wipe or change phones.
I flashed Cyanogen's ROM yesterday and my whole list of downloads were there. Downloading them was a bit of a hassle though...

TaFFeR said:
Actually, when you boot up your phone for the first time (or after a wipe), there's an option for you to select if you want Google to save all your settings. If you don't check this option, your downloads (and other stuff I'm not exactly too sure about) won't save when you wipe or change phones.
I flashed Cyanogen's ROM yesterday and my whole list of downloads were there. Downloading them was a bit of a hassle though...
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Yeah I do get that question after flashing, have no memory of getting it first time I started the phone tho.
I always checked that option when I got it, thinking it was a good idea, guess I'll try not checking it next time, but I guess by now the damage is already done.

Hey, I just restored my nandroid to before cyanogen, and all the apps are there now in downloads again.
Perhaps there's a way to save this yet

Missing apps
Actually thing happened to me today after installing 5.0
all of my apps where gone except for the paid ones so what i did was restore from my nand backup copied all of my apps down, and then i went ahead and re flashed 5.0
hope that helps
(hope you did a nand backup before flashing )
thanks
M3manny

Celeborn_81 said:
Hey, I just restored my nandroid to before cyanogen, and all the apps are there now in downloads again.
Perhaps there's a way to save this yet
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All hope is not lost.
-Restore Nandroid
-Flash CyanMod and Google Apps
-Reboot
-Do what I showed you before
-Enjoy your apps

Is it really worth the hassle to avoid redownloading all the apps? I'm assuming by now the OP could have reinstalled the apps a hundred times already.

uansari1 said:
Is it really worth the hassle to avoid redownloading all the apps? I'm assuming by now the OP could have reinstalled the apps a hundred times already.
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Well you don't know how many apps he has and there's always the chance that you forget some that you liked.

uansari1 said:
Is it really worth the hassle to avoid redownloading all the apps? I'm assuming by now the OP could have reinstalled the apps a hundred times already.
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Sure I could have done that, but I'm used (from the windows mobile world) to flashing my phone at least once a week, and I'll probably keep that up here so I want to make sure I have a simple way to restore my applications afterwards.
I appreciate the help everyone, I'll try to re-flash later and see if they show up

Flashed CM 5.0 beta 3 now and went straight to market and voila, all my apps are present! :-D
Thanks everyone for taking your time to help me!

[Q] Helllllllllllllllp! xperia x10 stuck

hi all, im new here, im hoping and praying that someone can help me, i one click rooted my xperia x10, and installed type press font changing program, rebooted phone and now it wont do anything, its stuck on sony ericsson screen. is my phone now broke??? all my pics of grandchildren are in there , please help me. liz

liza283 said:
hi all, im new here, im hoping and praying that someone can help me, i one click rooted my xperia x10, and installed type press font changing program, rebooted phone and now it wont do anything, its stuck on sony ericsson screen. is my phone now broke??? all my pics of grandchildren are in there , please help me. liz
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It looks like something's messed up from using the font changer and that a wipe is necessary. However there's a chance that you won't lose the pictures. Photos taken by the camera apps are stored in the memory card in the DCIM folder, so before panicking you might want to look for them on the memory card.
Hope it helps.

ddewbofh said:
It looks like something's messed up from using the font changer and that a wipe is necessary. However there's a chance that you won't lose the pictures. Photos taken by the camera apps are stored in the memory card in the DCIM folder, so before panicking you might want to look for them on the memory card.
Hope it helps.
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a wipe will not wipe the sdcard
Also stating a phone sucks because you've done somthing which your not suppose to is wrong. Its your fualt not the x10 =)
Ingore, Im a t*at

hal752 said:
a wipe will not wipe the sdcard
Also stating a phone sucks because you've done somthing which your not suppose to is wrong. Its your fualt not the x10 =)
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Reread the post, it talked about being stuck. Not that it sucked.

I had the same problem and had to reflash. I found the problem occurred when I tried changing too many fonts. Just change droidsans and droidsans bold. Hope this helps.

ddewbofh said:
Reread the post, it talked about being stuck. Not that it sucked.
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My bad, Half asleep lol.

bare in mind that some fonts are not supported by your phone so in case that you have flashed them alread, then your phone won't boot up. I don't have the exact solution for it but in the font section you may find better answers.
Hope to solve your problem soon.

ive not said that the phone sucks, i merely said that my phone was stuck! i love my new phone.

thanks
thanks for all your responses, i'm a newbie at this rooting thing, it all seemed to go straight forward and according to the instructions, until, i went into messaging to send a message using the new font. but it wasnt there. so i went into the fonts part to find one and pressed it and then i think at this stage the phone rebooted to take affect. been stuck ever since. i'll go try the font section now to see if i can get some advice there too. thanks again

liza283 said:
i'll go try the font section now to see if i can get some advice there too. thanks again
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The chances are you will have to reflash, I've done it myself with an incompatible font and had to reflash to sort it.

flash
hi, if i have to do this re flash thing, does that mean all the apps i downloaded etc will be gone? is there anyway of accessing the phone in this state to get the stuff off it?

hi, when you reflashed, did u manage to keep ur apps and stuff you had downloaded?

liza283 said:
hi, when you reflashed, did u manage to keep ur apps and stuff you had downloaded?
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Some have said the repair method keeps them, but when I flash I do it fully so couldn't answer that question.

First of all you have to reflash your phone, root it again, install SuperUser and busybox then you are able to change the font(s)
Sent from my rooted 026 x10i using XDA App

hi, i did that superuser and busybox thing, and thats y im now where im at. please help. im really stuck now, as i dont know how to reflash. i wish i'd left the blinking thing alone. i just want it back to normal and with the programs id purchased and the pics of my grandkids.

Don't worry about the pics. Your apps may be a different story.
Flashing your phone is easy and there are many pages to reference. Just go to the android dev section.

liza283 said:
as i dont know how to reflash. i wish i'd left the blinking thing alone
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Do you have PC Companion installed?

on the phone or on the laptop?i don';t thinki have it on either

Poor post.....

All apps, free or purchased should be logged by your gmail account so you should not have to re-purchase anything. Also, first start of market after a re-flash should show you all apps last installed on you phone in the downloaded section, but only once! So best be at a wifi network for fastest re-download. I am fairly certain of this but please correct me if i'm wrong, dont wanna be fooling anyone. One other thing i recall reading is, if pressing (and maby holding) volume down right after the buzz when powering on, should get you into fail safe mode. Maby you can jot down you apps or even repair the damage from there. Hope any of this helps. Good luck!
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

About to give phone to son as a chew toy!

Here's my problem before it becomes a chew toy,, Im currently running CYANOGENMOD-6.1.2,,I dont know if this is what you have to deal with when rooted,, ill set my phone down through the night and when i get ready to start my day i have to reboot everytime just to use it! ITS GETTING ANNOYING!!,, The internet wont work, The market wont load and if im lucky i might be able to download an app,, Some of my widgets say "problem loading" I have to trash them and reload,, Some apps tend to force close,, And also the delay after turn on the screen is bout 2sec or so..
Anybody out there experiencing the same issue? Help enjoy my phone again PLEASE HELP ME OUT!
Thanks Guys,
ImEVO
Sorry guys i just realized I posted in the wrong area! CRAP!!

Hope this helps...
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Here's my problem before it becomes a chew toy,, Im currently running CYANOGENMOD-6.1.2,,I dont know if this is what you have to deal with when rooted,, ill set my phone down through the night and when i get ready to start my day i have to reboot everytime just to use it! ITS GETTING ANNOYING!!,, The internet wont work, The market wont load and if im lucky i might be able to download an app,, Some of my widgets say "problem loading" I have to trash them and reload,, Some apps tend to force close,, And also the delay after turn on the screen is bout 2sec or so..
Anybody out there experiencing the same issue? Help enjoy my phone again PLEASE HELP ME OUT!
Thanks Guys,
ImEVO
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I would say to do a full wipe (cache, dalvik cache, data, and reset to factory setting) and reflash the rom & kernel combo of your choice. Also update your radios to the latest and then update your profile under menu\settings\system updates. This should get the phone up and running better and stop the need for constant reboots. As for the widgets saying "problem loading", I get that as well and I think it is due to moving the widgets in question to your sd card. If you put them back on the internal memory of the phone that shouldnt happen anymore. If you are worried about taking up to much internal memory with widgets just set up the aps2sd and you will be able to put more of your apps on the partioned portion of your sd card and save more internal memory. Let me know if you have any questions. Hope this helps. I would like to save your EVO and not make it a chew toy for anyone!

I agree with adam, try a complete wipe, even flash calkulin's format all.zip (search for it) and flash the latest radios and re flash cyanogen. You'd be amazed at what horrors can come from not wiping the dalvik and cache. Speaking of which, try out amon ra recovery if you already haven't.
Sent from my hand.

I agree with Adam1422. It sounds like you need to do a full wipe and clean install. Do not use Titanium/Launcher/ADW/anyotherprogram backups. Save files like pictures, music, documents off your SD and format the card. Do not reuse settings or data from programs. Go into it like you just bought the phone. That will probably clear up all of your issues.

Are u using any custom kernels. Could be a more have or less have issue
Sent from my LogicPD Zoom2 using XDA App

subcypher said:
I agree with Adam1422. It sounds like you need to do a full wipe and clean install. Do not use Titanium/Launcher/ADW/anyotherprogram backups. Save files like pictures, music, documents off your SD and format the card. Do not reuse settings or data from programs. Go into it like you just bought the phone. That will probably clear up all of your issues.
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Im sorry guys im a flippn newbe at this i had some dude root my phone for me.. he seemed like he knew what he was doing.. but i guess not! i need step by step directions ( i can follow directions very well).. Will all this brick my phone??

BrianDigital said:
Are u using any custom kernels. Could be a more have or less have issue
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This is what my phone says,,
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.9-cyanogenmod
[email protected] #1

ImEVO said:
Will all this brick my phone??
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Not if you do your due diligence, read up on how to do it and then perform the steps carefully without rushing. We were all n00bs once, my friend. Sure there's some tension when rooting for the first time, but there's one hell of a rush when it works. You'll be fine.

snowboarda42 said:
I agree with adam, try a complete wipe, even flash calkulin's format all.zip (search for it) and flash the latest radios and re flash cyanogen. You'd be amazed at what horrors can come from not wiping the dalvik and cache. Speaking of which, try out amon ra recovery if you already haven't.
Sent from my hand.
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What is ra Recovery?? i have the option under rom manager..

The Evo is full of BPAs. Don't use it as a chew toy.

subcypher said:
I agree with Adam1422. It sounds like you need to do a full wipe and clean install. Do not use Titanium/Launcher/ADW/anyotherprogram backups. Save files like pictures, music, documents off your SD and format the card. Do not reuse settings or data from programs. Go into it like you just bought the phone. That will probably clear up all of your issues.
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Are there any other tips that i can try before i attempt surgery??

indagroove said:
The Evo is full of BPAs. Don't use it as a chew toy.
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Try to explain that to a 9 month old hahahah.. hes going to be a geek he dont like toys just electronics! lol

Not that I can think of, man. Good luck. Come back if you need help.

you are in the right forum to fix your phone...
it is not the phone.. but I agree with others.. you need a fresh setup done.
or even try a different ROM...
the hard part has been done for you.. ROOTing...
you need to go learn about the ROM you like... and how to install it.
learn about: wipe, recovery, nandroid backup, ROM, ...
this needs to be learned anyways for your life with EVO, because you wanted it rooted.
ps.. to fix this.. you are going to loose all your data and put your phone almost back to stock form. dont worry.. contacts and calendar should be backed up to google if you told evo to do so.

Dan330 said:
you are in the right forum to fix your phone...
it is not the phone.. but I agree with others.. you need a fresh setup done.
or even try a different ROM...
the hard part has been done for you.. ROOTing...
you need to go learn about the ROM you like... and how to install it.
learn about: wipe, recovery, nandroid backup, ROM, ...
this needs to be learned anyways for your life with EVO, because you wanted it rooted.
ps.. to fix this.. you are going to loose all your data and put your phone almost back to stock form. dont worry.. contacts and calendar should be backed up to google if you told evo to do so.
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Where can i direction to do the procedure?? whats the first step??

here is a good place to start reading:
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/194918-rooting-dummies.html
I would like for you to try a new ROM... that is Sense ... so that you are able to use it more to what the EVO was.
this ROM is stable and has everything working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793471
once you have done one Flashing of a ROM.. and working..
you can easily do others as you find interest in them.
more side reading for afterwards:
there is the rooting procedure that I used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
since you are already rooted.. this not needed.
but you should read the first page.. for your knowledge
here is the main forum for evo on xda.. for development. lots for you to research on new things for evo:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=653

ImEVO said:
Try to explain that to a 9 month old hahahah.. hes going to be a geek he dont like toys just electronics! lol
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I have a 3 year old and a 5 month old. The 3 year old is a geek, but she only gets to touch my Evo when in airplane mode. Remember who's the parent and who's the child.

indagroove said:
Remember who's the parent and who's the child.
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yeah, like this person:

cnstarz said:
yeah, like this person:
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oooh man,, only if that was my kid! beat him like a redheaded step child!! hahaha it was funny tho

Definitely make sure before you go flashing ROMs and stuff you do a nandroid backup.
Step-by-step instructions for how to do this, plus flash ROMs and stuff, can be found here:
http://htcevorooting.x10.mx/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Ask your friend what method he used to root your phone, plus check which recovery manager you're using (reboot your phone into recovery, it should say which manager it is. If you're still running CyanogenMod there should be an option to do this if you choose reboot instead of shutdown when holding the power button.)

Loss of data suddenly without erasing

CAN ANYONE PLS HELP ME ,I HAVE USED 50 GB DATA OF STORAGE AND ALSO I HAVE BACKED UP Using TITATNIUM BACKUP SUDDENLY THe DATA OF TITATNIUM BACKUP ,android data,,,AND ALL MY images Were LOST NOW IM WITH 25GB PLSSS DO HELP ME WAT HAPPENDED TO MY IMAGES AND DATA ON TITATNIUM BACKUP PLSSSSSS:crying::crying:

Which rom you were using ? Did you recently updated twrp?

Kallepalli said:
CAN ANYONE PLS HELP ME ,I HAVE USED 50 GB DATA OF STORAGE AND ALSO I HAVE BACKED UP Using TITATNIUM BACKUP SUDDENLY THe DATA OF TITATNIUM BACKUP ,android data,,,AND ALL MY images Were LOST NOW IM WITH 25GB PLSSS DO HELP ME WAT HAPPENDED TO MY IMAGES AND DATA ON TITATNIUM BACKUP PLSSSSSS:crying::crying:
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Caps lock text is not a way to ask.
Nothing disappears like this. You might have done something wrong.

hoppingpanda said:
Which rom you were using ? Did you recently updated twrp?
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Yes I'm using ooos stock rom currently and I'm using twrp 3.1.0.0 latest i ve updated recently plsss help me

casual_kikoo said:
Caps lock text is not a way to ask.
Nothing disappears like this. You might have done something wrong.
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Sry for that and I didn't do anything wrong SUDDENLY my phone gets stucked when I installed a app not form play store and I have to switch of for it when I went to my data it's lost

Kallepalli said:
Yes I'm using ooos stock rom currently and I'm using twrp 3.1.0.0 latest i ve updated recently plsss help me
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Did you updated TWRP on already running old rom?

hoppingpanda said:
Did you updated TWRP on already running old rom?
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Yes

Kallepalli said:
Yes
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Same happened to me few days back when I was on LineageOS . But luckily I don not have any important data in my phone so no worries. I suggest you, try some android recovery tool to recover data .

hoppingpanda said:
Same happened to me few days back when I was on LineageOS . But luckily I don not have any important data in my phone so no worries. I suggest you, try some android recovery tool to recover data .
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What are the Android recovery tools

Kallepalli said:
What are the Android recovery tools
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Android Data Recovery tools can recover data which were lost due to any reason. Its same like recovery softwares which we use to recover data from a corrupted hard drive / thumb drive.
I'd never tested that, but there are good chances to recover your data. Please google and try one of them after reading reviews, cons and pros.
Best of luck:good:

Data loss happened to me aswell on OnePlus. I've never experienced it on my other smartphones.
How does it happen?
For me, it mostly happens if I move data from a folder (happened most of the times with Snapchat folder pics) to some other location and then immediately rename the new folder. The new folder becomes empty (Snapchat pics moved in are no more present). I haven't found any solution as of yet. I use es file explorer. Tho only thing that I do these days is that after creating a new folder, I first rename it and then paste my files.
I usually am on Official latest lineage OS or on Latest official Oxygen Os or on Lineage is 13.
PS. - guys please try this (especially one who have snapchat installed) and let us know if I'm the only one who has this problem.

how to back up the mi9t

Hey guys hope u r all fine
I need some help
How do I backup fully my phone so In case it bootlooped after amod or something I can restore it ?
Btw I mean by fully all partions,directories,etc...
And restore them later either from twrp or fastboot
Thanks in advance

batman957 said:
Hey guys hope u r all fine
I need some help
How do I backup fully my phone so In case it bootlooped after amod or something I can restore it ?
Btw I mean by fully all partions,directories,etc...
And restore them later either from twrp or fastboot
Thanks in advance
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Dude, on TWRP just go to backup it will backup EVERYTHING. Restore via TWRP too.
But honestly m8 (i hope i don't sound like a jerk as i don't mean like that) if you don't know yet how to use TWRP backups maybe it's better to don't mod the phone.
Remember, Xiaomi phone on most of the world has no tech support or tech store to fix if something to badly wrong.
Full backups don't garantie too that you will be able to recover.

batman957 said:
Hey guys hope u r all fine
I need some help
How do I backup fully my phone so In case it bootlooped after amod or something I can restore it ?
Btw I mean by fully all partions,directories,etc...
And restore them later either from twrp or fastboot
Thanks in advance
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Dude, on TWRP just go to backup it will backup EVERYTHING. Restore via TWRP too.
But honestly m8 (i hope i don't sound like a jerk as i don't mean like that) if you don't know yet how to use TWRP backups maybe it's better to don't mod the phone.
Remember, Xiaomi phone on most of the world has no tech support or tech store to fix if something to badly wrong.
Full backups don't garantie too that you will be able to recover.
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Internal Storage won't be backed up right? It seems on this phone (or a/b phones, coming from galaxy note 4 so don't really know) it requires you to wipe storage as well as everything else when flashing a new rom.

Windroid-user said:
Internal Storage won't be backed up right? It seems on this phone (or a/b phones, coming from galaxy note 4 so don't really know) it requires you to wipe storage as well as everything else when flashing a new rom.
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Yes, it wont be backup at all.
In fact how i do is FLASH first, wipe later so we are sure do not be stuck without a ROM in case we can't access internal storage after format.

Pupet_Master said:
Yes, it wont be backup at all.
In fact how i do is FLASH first, wipe later so we are sure do not be stuck without a ROM in case we can't access internal storage after format.
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Thanks for the advice,
This is why I like a removable micro SD card slot, but at the end of the day it has dual SIM considering everything else including price of course. So literally nothing worth complaining about when it comes to the hardware side of things. Software? I'm no coder so I'll leave that for others to judge.
If it had to be a choice between the two they made the right one.

Windroid-user said:
Thanks for the advice,
This is why I like a removable micro SD card slot, but at the end of the day it has dual SIM considering everything else including price of course. So literally nothing worth complaining about when it comes to the hardware side of things. Software? I'm no coder so I'll leave that for others to judge.
If it had to be a choice between the two they made the right one.
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I agree, SD card expansion is a MUST to flash and backup things. The only reason Xiaomi didn't include this option is to try to change people mind in to flash things.
Still USB Cables to USB sticks work at least