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Hello,
Many people already asked this question on many other forums, and they have been blamed by everyone because people consider stupid to buy an A1 and ask for a MIUI when you have Mi 5x that's identical and already run MIUI rom.
THOSE PHONES ARE NOT IDENTICAL
In fact, A1 runs LTE (4g) bands that Mi 5X doesn't have. In Italy the majority of the LTE is on Band 20 for example, and this is the reason why A1 is having lot of success like the other phones with a GLOBAL version (Redmi 4x/Redmi Note 4 Global etc).
What we're asking for is not a rom: the rom already exists.
What we're asking for is not a porting: the phone's HW is THE SAME so there's no need to work or fix anything.
We just need a way, a tweak, a solution, a trick, a "something" to avoid the A/B partition problem and flash the xiaomi.eu rom for Mi 5x on A1 to have a FULLY UNLOCKED phone that can use ALL THE LTE BANDS and also all the advantages of the MIUI rom.
Can somebody help us, now that you know that's not only matter of "PLS port MIUI on A1 cuz it's beautiful plz plz plz"
As italian, i'm totally afree with you...i just want the MIUI features and the 20 LTE band.
timeless241285 said:
Hello,
Many people already asked this question on many other forums, and they have been blamed by everyone because people consider stupid to buy an A1 and ask for a MIUI when you have Mi 5x that's identical and already run MIUI rom.
THOSE PHONES ARE NOT IDENTICAL
In fact, A1 runs LTE (4g) bands that Mi 5X doesn't have. In Italy the majority of the LTE is on Band 20 for example, and this is the reason why A1 is having lot of success like the other phones with a GLOBAL version (Redmi 4x/Redmi Note 4 Global etc).
What we're asking for is not a rom: the rom already exists.
What we're asking for is not a porting: the phone's HW is THE SAME so there's no need to work or fix anything.
We just need a way, a tweak, a solution, a trick, a "something" to avoid the A/B partition problem and flash the xiaomi.eu rom for Mi 5x on A1 to have a FULLY UNLOCKED phone that can use ALL THE LTE BANDS and also all the advantages of the MIUI rom.
Can somebody help us, now that you know that's not only matter of "PLS port MIUI on A1 cuz it's beautiful plz plz plz"
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But still, why do you need Miui so badly when you have stock Android ? Because of special features like dt2w and so ? That will come here also when custom kernel arrive.
NITRO_100 said:
But still, why do you need Miui so badly when you have stock Android ? Because of special features like dt2w and so ? That will come here also when custom kernel arrive.
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MIUI has an optimisation than stock Android hasn't. RAM cleaner on the Recent tabs, Security Center, Built-in call recording, sound recorder, dual space (that for dual SIM it's very important) and many others and features..
I guess when kernel source is available developer will be able to port miui regardless of band and any other limitations..
jack_21 said:
MIUI has an optimisation than stock Android hasn't. RAM cleaner on the Recent tabs, Security Center, Built-in call recording, sound recorder, dual space (that for dual SIM it's very important) and many others and features..
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Miui has very aggressive optimization that I hated, because many apps had misbehaved, I always turn that off. Ram cleaner is nonsense but you have it in stock android too. The options in security center, call recording, sound recorder can be achieved by 3rd party apps. Dual space is like 2nd account.
Don't get me wrong, I generally like miui but there isn't any option that I miss, and multitasking is way better in stock android, apps doesn't get killed after 10 minutes.
Stop forcing your opinion on others by asking why do we need MIUI when have stock android which is better. It is just basic preference. I like MIUI over stock android and perhaps over any custom rom. It is personal taste.
Do I know that MIUI is not as optimized as stock android? YES.
Do I still want it? YES.
IamSubhodeep said:
Stop forcing your opinion on others by asking why do we need MIUI when have stock android which is better. It is just basic preference. I like MIUI over stock android and perhaps over any custom rom. It is personal taste.
Do I know that MIUI is not as optimized as stock android? YES.
Do I still want it? YES.
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Stop asking for miui on an Android stock phone. Go for the mi5x instead , i know it lacks the B20 but life is hard.:good:
jlmcr87 said:
Stop asking for miui on an Android stock phone. Go for the mi5x instead , i know it lacks the B20 but life is hard.:good:
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We don't come on the XDA for philosophy classes. :|
I really hope that we'll be able to run MIUI on this device.
I already own a Mi A1.
IamSubhodeep said:
Stop forcing your opinion on others by asking why do we need MIUI when have stock android which is better. It is just basic preference. I like MIUI over stock android and perhaps over any custom rom. It is personal taste.
Do I know that MIUI is not as optimized as stock android? YES.
Do I still want it? YES.
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I guess that was meant for me (next time pls quote me). Well I have my opinion an I feel free to share it, as you share yours which I appreciate.
I still think that there is nothing that miui has that can not be achieved in stock android. It's just the cosmetics that bothers you. You knew that this phone is pure android, you knew that it has 2 partitions and you should have researched if there is miui rom/port available before you purchased it. Or better, you should purchased it when miui rom/port eventually will be available. And there are good phones from Xiaomi (global ones) even cheaper than this with Miui 9.
Btw, I believe someone (maybe you) will port miui after xiaomi release kernel source, but then we would be allready on Oreo.
NITRO_100 said:
I guess that was meant for me (next time pls quote me). Well I have my opinion an I feel free to share it, as you share yours which I appreciate.
I still think that there is nothing that miui has that can not be achieved in stock android. It's just the cosmetics that bothers you. You knew that this phone is pure android, you knew that it has 2 partitions and you should have researched if there is miui rom/port available before you purchased it. Or better, you should purchased it when miui rom/port eventually will be available. And there are good phones from Xiaomi (global ones) even cheaper than this with Miui 9.
Btw, I believe someone (maybe you) will port miui after xiaomi release kernel source, but then we would be allready on Oreo.
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It was not meant for you specifically. I have seen people bashing the MIUI users with the same comment on multiple forums.
And about porting, I know nothing about it. Waiting for you people to do that. I'll be grateful.
NITRO_100 said:
I still think that there is nothing that miui has that can not be achieved in stock android.
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Ok, then show me how can I achieve built in XiaomiAccount, Mi Cloud/Gallery, Mi App store, Xiaomi Notes, etc...
I don't care about the bells and whistles if these services working good!
And that fine grained permission management would be good, not that simple dull one from stock android.
Upo_hu said:
Ok, then show me how can I achieve built in XiaomiAccount, Mi Cloud/Gallery, Mi App store, Xiaomi Notes, etc...
I don't care about the bells and whistles if these services working good!
And that fine grained permission management would be good, not that simple dull one from stock android.
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And how is all that different then Google account, drive, photos, play store, keep which all are working great if not better then miui (especially the web versions) ? As I said, there is nothing in miui that can't be replaced. And what do you mean by dull permission management ?
And there are 2 ways of how you can achieve that: wait till xiaomi release kernel source and try to port miui rom, or get a global version (if you are in Europe) of some other Xiaomi device.
timeless241285 said:
Hello,
Many people already asked this question on many other forums, and they have been blamed by everyone because people consider stupid to buy an A1 and ask for a MIUI when you have Mi 5x that's identical and already run MIUI rom.
THOSE PHONES ARE NOT IDENTICAL
In fact, A1 runs LTE (4g) bands that Mi 5X doesn't have. In Italy the majority of the LTE is on Band 20 for example, and this is the reason why A1 is having lot of success like the other phones with a GLOBAL version (Redmi 4x/Redmi Note 4 Global etc).
What we're asking for is not a rom: the rom already exists.
What we're asking for is not a porting: the phone's HW is THE SAME so there's no need to work or fix anything.
We just need a way, a tweak, a solution, a trick, a "something" to avoid the A/B partition problem and flash the xiaomi.eu rom for Mi 5x on A1 to have a FULLY UNLOCKED phone that can use ALL THE LTE BANDS and also all the advantages of the MIUI rom.
Can somebody help us, now that you know that's not only matter of "PLS port MIUI on A1 cuz it's beautiful plz plz plz"
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Although I am not sure but I think that using Qualcomm Flash Tools you should be able to install Mi 5X ROM with Mi 5X partition table and get it up and running, but if these devices aren't that similar inside then you can end up with a hard brick. After flashing using QFIL you might have to flash Mi A1 modem for A1 band support...
PS: Don't do this and backup EFS and other critical partitions if you decide to do it anyway
But if we flash (on one of the a/b partition so you can set active the other in case you have make disaster) only the system and boot partition from Mi 5x fastboot official room, it may be enough?
Of course you will have to wipe data...
NITRO_100 said:
And there are 2 ways of how you can achieve that: wait till xiaomi release kernel source and try to port miui rom, or get a global version (if you are in Europe) of some other Xiaomi device.
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+1
The reason why I bought this phone is because I didn't want to throw 800e on Pixel, and I wanted a cheap phone with a pure android.This thing is a real successor of the Nexus line.
There are so many global versions of xiaomi devices outhere, that there is no need for this phone if all you want is a miui.But you can always try to port it. That's the beauty of development.
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Frankly, I don't know what is wrong for asking. Usually so called real technical people will tell people off if you want this why don't you buy that kind of argument. I see that the one that asks this question has nothing wrong. Everyone of us having such experience when we buy something from the market, we realise that there is a gap in functionality or even down the aesthetic feels, gestures or even some of the commands arrangement that looks stupid....etc, therefore, we asked for something we felt that has done very well, and wish that it could be done in this. If we always have to put up with what is in the box, we don't give the chance for the company to improve, and you ultimately don't help to improve the products.
After reading information from different forums, sometimes I felt sorry for those people who scoffed at people. Maybe you are protecting the brands, or protecting somethings that you feel so much attached to and disregard other people.
May I suggest that if you could not offer a better solutions, or if you think that this is not worth to do it. Just keep quiet and let other people try to answer. Or if you would like to encourage it, such as this example, a simple words like "I like the idea too!" will probably help. Words such as "No way there will be MIUI on Stock Android Phone...etc." If you believe so much about no way, would you willing to bet your neck on your chopping board? With enough incentives, someone will come out with a solution.
Sorry if I sound harsh, but this is how innovation and revolution comes about.
There is nothing wrong with asking. But there is everything wrong with asking the same question every day, in every section and always starting a new topic. You got the answer already, "currently not possible, if you want MIUI, but a device with MIUI". One would expect, that guys wanting MIUI will be satisfied, but no. They'll just create a new topic and ask the same question over and over again. If someone ports MIUI to A1, I'm pretty sure that there will be a proper topic and announcment for that.
Btw. words like "I want it too" can maybe help you to find similarly frustrated people, but that's it. Xiaomi won't read it. Google will not read it. Developers don't care, if they'll do it, it won't be because you want it (donation might be motivating though). Just look at Xposed for Nougat or Oreo topics, hundreds of useless posts like "waiting for an update..".
I would understand negative reactions if this thread would request Xiaomi to replace Android Stock with MIUI on all Mi A1 models for good! But it's addressed to developers on this forum and you'll loose nothing if someone will work on it. Why would you comment against it if you don't like or need MIUI on your phone?... This is beyond my understanding, but sadly the internet is full of this kind of thinking.
Dual app is a feature you can not have it in Stock as fully operational as in MIUI. Some apps (like FB Messenger) will not get push notifications on Stock for cloned apps.
You can use Second Space with one account and you don't have a replacement for this feature for now.
Permission Management is far more complex than even any Xposed module.
China build have Automated Task which again, no module could replace it, as for example: you can schedule to disable just vibrations and nothing else on a specific time of the day.
Notifications synced online.
Calculator with any kind of functions.
Call Recording.
One Hand Mode accessed by swiping from Home button to the left or right. You don't have to loose other functions using different shortcuts. (Double tap is just not efficient).
You have Wallpaper Carousel for your Lockscreen.
You can combine multiple themes to create your best appearance. Stock will never be as beautiful as MIUI can be, but that implies you have some taste for design and art.
All of this are BUILT IN and no root needed or any additional work!
I'm sure I have missed some other details, but when you love MIUI, you just need it, without any explanations. And a lot of Xiaomi phones doesn't have band 20 (800 Mhz) within this price range and specs.
Or maybe you just like to have them both available for your phone with Stock as official. Why's that wrong? ...
Absolutely agree! And additionally, all my data syced to mi cloud, just 1 click to restore. And it is unusable on android one. I too would buy a Mi 5x with B20 or A1 with miui!
The oreo update for samsung, one plus, htc , moto x4 are all out and mi a1 is about to get oreo within 6 days as to what they have promised. But the major potential of this phone doesn't lie in the oreo update it lies in Kernal Sources. Xiaomi has promised within 3 months but now its almost 4 but consider the situation similar to mido i think they would release within a month (if released would be great). As soon as the kernal sources are out the first rom i think is best is the pixel experience rom thats currently awesome to look on rn4. Also the live wallpapers of pixel are working smooth on rn4 in pixel rom so that means it could run on mia1 too without any lags as it lags now due to optimization. The first custom roms would be entirely base on 8.1 and i want to ask the rom developers that they wont avoid the devices but as they know its potential producing a lot roms so the users can be delighted with various options.
This is not as question, but as discussion about our phone official support. And yes Mi A1 won't get Android Q:crying: According to Google answer Pixel/Android One phone receive at least 18 month for OS upgrade support. And as today (March 2019) it's already passed. It's about OS upgrades. Now about security updates. According to Google in past the Android One should have at least 3 years security updates support. But on October 2018 Google gave an official mandate about taking 2 years of security updates for popular Android phones (later in December 2018 Google change rules for Android One as well to 2 years). But since Xiaomi doesn't really care about Mi A1, it shows that the end of support is near (maybe 1 or 2 months).
Links:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/724ij3/android_one_update_period_18_vs_24_months_and_who/
https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/24/18019356/android-security-update-mandate-google-contract
https://www.indiatoday.in/technolog...e-is-deleted-from-its-site-1418261-2018-12-27
Time to move to a custom ROM
At least, means it will get no less than 18 months new OS releases.
On the other side, i think it will sure get the new ''whatever-iteration-may-have'' Q version of android because there will be no major difference in OS and will be easy enough for developers to adapt.
punktnet said:
At least, means it will get no less than 18 months new OS releases.
On the other side, i think it will sure get the new ''whatever-iteration-may-have'' Q version of android because there will be no major difference in OS and will be easy enough for developers to adapt.
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Not sure for it. 18 months has passed just now. I don't have any hopes for xiaomi to make new update, just because they already showed how much quality they put in upgrate of phone (Android pie for exp.) Making android Q doesn't makes them any profit. And in their interest to get customers buy new devices.
Skoll91 said:
Time to move to a custom ROM
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Yep. It is. There are already new march security update out. Customs get it almost instantly. While official there's no any guarantee to even get any further updates at all.
I'm already on LOS. 9.0 push me to LOS 15.1 and I'm sure I will never come back to stock.
Never_Sm1le said:
I'm already on LOS. 9.0 push me to LOS 15.1 and I'm sure I will never come back to stock.
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I am on stock. No root. No nothing. And I really love my Mi A1. But every time I see people talking about loving custom ROMs I wonder what am I missing?
Does anyone have a solid official confirmation from Xiaomi that they won't be continuing to support the Mi A1 in terms of major OS updates? I'm thinking about moving to a custom ROM but I want to ensure that there won't be any major official updates coming anymore.
caolan said:
I am on stock. No root. No nothing. And I really love my Mi A1. But every time I see people talking about loving custom ROMs I wonder what am I missing?
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you miss a lot, but not need per se a custom rom, is enough root + all the goodies will come with root and customization.
force doze, custom kernel, magisk modules, google camera and so on.
caolan said:
I am on stock. No root. No nothing. And I really love my Mi A1. But every time I see people talking about loving custom ROMs I wonder what am I missing?
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To others, there is a lot. But to me, there is only 1 thing: stock doesn't support Ex-fat sd cards, and the only kernel that offer true Ex-fat support is custom roms only. On stock 8.1 I can live with a Magisk module that support Exfat but 9.0 is the main reason I jumped ship.
The unofficial los 16 by flex is an amazing rom don't let the unofficial bit put you off, it's the perfect daily driver, more customisation than stock but not ott like some roms
I am happy to have gotten 2 major updates, previously at this price point we would have been lucky to get 1, so android 1 program has increased value with updates. I was hoping to get 3 years of security updates, so disappointed Google has changed the requirement, but perhaps Xiaomi will honour the expectations when the device was released.
Even at 2 years I would still have bought the phone, but annoyed if it's changed after purchase.
I currently use Stock unrooted Rom, the first phone I haven't at least rooted, but I am sure the community will keep the phone going for another couple of years at least.
I bough this phone on Nov 2017 (if note mistaken) and I'm quite satisfy with the update from Nougat to Pie. But if you buy the phone later than that you probably feel not enough update (because you only receive Oreo to Pie update) but I believe you have received price drop compare to the initial release.
I prefer stable rather than updated OS. This device is already more than 1 year and new android OS will optimize new hardware, smartphone hardware obsolete very fast compare to PC or other device. There's no other choice if you want to optimize your phone to the latest android OS except buying new phone. I like to stay to the stock rom (with Magisk of course) till the end just to get full experience of Android One. I'm not gonna denied that Android One is a bit mess up either from manufacture side and Google itself. I will probably buy Android One device again in the future (few years from now) and see how much Android One will improve.
Feriol said:
... I currently use Stock unrooted Rom, the first phone I haven't at least rooted, but I am sure the community will keep the phone going for another couple of years at least. ...
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Same here, first ever un-touched stock. I'm still satisfied with this mid-low budget phone and that the OS is (pretty) free from "customization".
It is (was) a good bang for the buck when bought in Nov. -17 and still does it's job.
Features like GCam and similar were never promised or supported so that wasn't an issue for me nor a reason to root...
I'm in a position where I could trade in my Oneplus 6T for a 9T.I like the 9T for it's cameras,bigger battery, fingerprint and feel it would be a useful trade for me, but.
Oneplus is so good with OTAs and open betas
I would probably miss that if I moved
What's Xiaomi like for updates ?
Specifically ,are there any Beta programs
Read somewhere they've stopped global betas
So then you only have something like quarterly updates,
Is that correct ?
I'd flash the eu Version (has no bloatware) and they push weekly updates
manus31 said:
I'm in a position where I could trade in my Oneplus 6T for a 9T.I like the 9T for it's cameras,bigger battery, fingerprint and feel it would be a useful trade for me, but.
Oneplus is so good with OTAs and open betas
I would probably miss that if I moved
What's Xiaomi like for updates ?
Specifically ,are there any Beta programs
Read somewhere they've stopped global betas
So then you only have something like quarterly updates,
Is that correct ?
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China beta updates every week and xiaomi.eu debloats It and adds language support, so of you're confortable with modding (you don't lose your warranty of you unlock the bootloader) and want a taste of MIUI, you can use Xiaomi.eu beta ROM (most certainly First build Will come out tomorrow morning)
hmuny99 said:
China beta updates every week and xiaomi.eu debloats It and adds language support, so of you're confortable with modding (you don't lose your warranty of you unlock the bootloader) and want a taste of MIUI, you can use Xiaomi.eu beta ROM (most certainly First build Will come out tomorrow morning)
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Seems like the best option alrite,been hearing good things about them,little bit more effort though but worth considering.
manus31 said:
Seems like the best option alrite,been hearing good things about them,little bit more effort though but worth considering.
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Yes, unfortunely this Is the worst thing about Xiaomi, software, that's One of the reasons why It Is so cheap, luckily enough there are plenty of devs willing ti build custom ROMs and patch GSI images for Xiaomi devices
there is no xeu beta rom for k20/mi9t. only stable.
and there is for k20pro/mi9t pro. i am also little disappointed , but even if xiaomi wil stop global beta program, why there are beta roms for others for example mi9se, as i metion already k20pro, why no for me 9t/k20
Just received the August Security patch for the Mi A2 here in Austria.
Got it in France, no change spotted... at least bug for setting suggestions' still there, but I never really expected Xiaomi would ever fix it now.
I'm not sure I'd take a new Xiaomi phone even if it was given for free....
I also received it...
The hardware difference and issues in the devices are not so much. The most important become the software. If they want to be leading supplier they should handle that.
Received in India too. Thankfully no new bugs are developed by Xiaomi this time.
funny how now we hope for no new bugs instead of hoping for fixes...
laviniu_c said:
funny how now we hope for no new bugs instead of hoping for fixes...
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Xiaomi has no intention of making Android One better than Miui. Since I installed lineage os it feels like a diferent phone, now I'm expecting and getting timely fixes.
Patched boot anyone ?
Tbone69 said:
Xiaomi has no intention of making Android One better than Miui. Since I installed lineage os it feels like a diferent phone, now I'm expecting and getting timely fixes.
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they're not supposed to create it from nothing. it's good'ol stock aosp. that's why i don't get them. fixing anything should be way easier. maintaining a good version and testing it should be much much easier. like you say, lineage is community run, it has more changes from aosp then the stock android one and you're having a better time on it. whereas xiaomi with their "mighty" dev team can't fix a settings suggestion bug in 8 months. and yet they find the time to customize android, turn it into the miui abomination and maintain that joke for 40 devices.... i dont get it.
One stupid thing i noticed now updating Digital wellbeing notification every now and then and even i have turned it off this is so annoying
Zedsdeadbaby said:
Patched boot anyone ?
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just patch it with magisk manager
or
fastboot boot recovery.img
*use latest twrp recovery and boot it in fastboot ...backup everything to sd ...or otg usb and then patch boot with magisk manager
OR EVEN EASIER just flash magisk.zip straight
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I have accidentally installed August update without restoring stock image via magisk. Now I lost root. I can't find either stock or patched boot img anywhere for v11.0.13.0. does anyone have boot img for latest update
KevMetal said:
just patch it with magisk manager
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Magisk manager will only patch the boot.img file, but I need to extract it somehow, and I don't know how :/
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fastboot boot recovery.img
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We can boot from twrp without instaling it ? Didn't know that !
can we juts boot latest twrp image and flash latest twrp zip?
after the update i get Digital Well being notification that "Digital well being updating" every other minutes or so and its already turned off access but draining a lot of battery over night
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they're not supposed to create it from nothing. it's good'ol stock aosp. that's why i don't get them. fixing anything should be way easier. maintaining a good version and testing it should be much much easier. like you say, lineage is community run, it has more changes from aosp then the stock android one and you're having a better time on it. whereas xiaomi with their "mighty" dev team can't fix a settings suggestion bug in 8 months. and yet they find the time to customize android, turn it into the miui abomination and maintain that joke for 40 devices.... i dont get it.
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Because miui is the image of the company.
ie: samsung - one ui,
apple - iOS,
huawei - emui.
Plus, xiaomi put ads in miui to generate income hence the cheap phone with good specs.
Edit: where as Android one is the image of Google and does not highlight the xiaomi brand hence xiaomi is restricted from doing too much cosmetic changes in Android one compare to miui,
They want minimal changes to Android one so that it wouldn't cannibalize the sales of redmi or Mi phones since Android ones is much better for being simple.
shizuni said:
Because miui is the image of the company.
ie: samsung - one ui,
apple - iOS,
huawei - emui.
Plus, xiaomi put ads in miui to generate income hence the cheap phone with good specs.
Edit: where as Android one is the image of Google and does not highlight the xiaomi brand hence xiaomi is restricted from doing too much cosmetic changes in Android one compare to miui,
They want minimal changes to Android one so that it wouldn't cannibalize the sales of redmi or Mi phones since Android ones is much better for being simple.
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What you say is true, but for me it's not an excuse for Xiaomi to deliver crappy software for their Android One phones. Nobody forced them to go to Android one, they chose to go there, they could do the minimum service of delivering a functional and bug-less phone.
Fixing the settings suggestion bug would be simple.
Enabling Camera2 API is a very simple change
etc...
So for bugs, no discussions.
For things like Camera2 API, if there's a reason like they did not want to pay some license or anything like that, then they could state it clearly so at least people know they should not have any hope.
In any case, I am never ever buying a Xiaomi phone when I change. A1 plus A2 taught me enough about that company...
Nomaan Asim said:
after the update i get Digital Well being notification that "Digital well being updating" every other minutes or so and its already turned off access but draining a lot of battery over night
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use custom kernel and block the wakelock & autostart of the application and it's services .....
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BtB said:
What you say is true, but for me it's not an excuse for Xiaomi to deliver crappy software for their Android One phones. Nobody forced them to go to Android one, they chose to go there, they could do the minimum service of delivering a functional and bug-less phone.
Fixing the settings suggestion bug would be simple.
Enabling Camera2 API is a very simple change
etc...
So for bugs, no discussions.
For things like Camera2 API, if there's a reason like they did not want to pay some license or anything like that, then they could state it clearly so at least people know they should not have any hope.
In any case, I am never ever buying a Xiaomi phone when I change. A1 plus A2 taught me enough about that company...
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you can boot twrp custom recovery and flash zip to enable api2 or root temporarily and enable api2 then unroot again
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anyway in either case xiaomi is dropping android 1 project ...due to it being a flop ..
.but tbh I've never owned a xiaomi phone that i haven't liked or wasn't fun to root ..the worst was a2 on android which i quickly converted to x6
lg, Samsung, HUAWEI ( JEEZ WHAT A PAIN IN THE BUTT LET DOWN) ....so many hardware fails and over priced heavily bloated crapware
anyway ditch android 1 but unless you can afford one+ or iphone , you will regret not getting a xiaomi ..best in it's price class on every phone ...
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use custom kernel and block the wakelock & autostart of the application and it's services .....
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you can boot twrp custom recovery and flash zip to enable api2 or root temporarily and enable api2 then unroot again
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anyway in either case xiaomi is dropping android 1 project ...due to it being a flop ..
.but tbh I've never owned a xiaomi phone that i haven't liked or wasn't fun to root ..the worst was a2 on android which i quickly converted to x6
lg, Samsung, HUAWEI ( JEEZ WHAT A PAIN IN THE BUTT LET DOWN) ....so many hardware fails and over priced heavily bloated crapware
anyway ditch android 1 but unless you can afford one+ or iphone , you will regret not getting a xiaomi ..best in it's price class on every phone ...
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Rooting was fun back when I had my Galaxy S (the first one, you know...). Now when I buy a phone, I expect it to work out of the box, I don't want to invest the time in rooting, plus what it means in losing warranty, risk of bricking, banking or professional apps not working etc...
As well, I do want Android One because I can't stand overlays like MIUI, and I don't want to spend the money on a Pixel. There are still other brands that do Android One phone like Nokia, Moto are not Android One but close enough, etc...
The new pixel 4a is even close to be affordable, or the OnePlus Nord.
So to each one his own way to happiness, mine will be far away from Xiaomi. I do not concur with great hardware (had 4G and WiFi clunky with both A1 and A2, the backlight on A1's keys failed before 1 year, A2 stutters badly....).
Even for the price I paid, A2 is a huge disappointment, even more when I know that Xiaomi could have done better by optimizing software just a little bit. Again, nobody forced them to go Android One way, so no excuses for doing it bad... To people like me, they just committed commercial suicide.
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Rooting was fun back when I had my Galaxy S (the first one, you know...). Now when I buy a phone, I expect it to work out of the box, I don't want to invest the time in rooting, plus what it means in losing warranty, risk of bricking, banking or professional apps not working etc...
As well, I do want Android One because I can't stand overlays like MIUI, and I don't want to spend the money on a Pixel. There are still other brands that do Android One phone like Nokia, Moto are not Android One but close enough, etc...
The new pixel 4a is even close to be affordable, or the OnePlus Nord.
So to each one his own way to happiness, mine will be far away from Xiaomi. I do not concur with great hardware (had 4G and WiFi clunky with both A1 and A2, the backlight on A1's keys failed before 1 year, A2 stutters badly....).
Even for the price I paid, A2 is a huge disappointment, even more when I know that Xiaomi could have done better by optimizing software just a little bit. Again, nobody forced them to go Android One way, so no excuses for doing it bad... To people like me, they just committed commercial suicide.
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well like i said if you can afford 1+ i wouldn't be wasting time with Xiaomi..as for hardware ..i said in relation to price .. Motorola is a good option but honestly you simply get more specs with Xiaomi for the same price nowadays ..
the reason xiaomi is dropping android 1 is in my opinion the same reason it failed on other devices and why you will get disappointed all over again just with another brand is
while it is supposed to be light, user friendly and optimized for ease of use ..it has an opposite effect
it is buggy and lacking in key functions while resulting in an unpleasant experience which is super easily bricked ..you seriously think the bugs are only Xiaomi's implementation ? well guess again ...
besides which , you could flash an aosp custom rom and custom kernel without having to root or decrypt or whatever..still get security patches and have a "moto" "android 1" experience (known as aosp for years before android 1 was conceived )..
anyway like you say , to each his own . in my case i bought my A2 refurbished from Amazon for 50€ and i can't complain about my experience , not for a second ....my previous devive was a moto e4 bought new from Amazon for +-100€ ...
in both cases i enjoy playing around with my phonee to keep myself entertainment .. that's why i joined xda anyway ... customisation and fun ..im not sure why one would buy a light 4x4 off road vechile ..and join a club if what you really want is a 2xwheel washed and parked in the garage while you sip smoothies ..what am i missing here ?
if you really really just want a phone that works no questions asked i really recommend an iPhone if you don't want to mod or customize or performance boost etc ..and im not sarcastic, if i had the spare cash i would own an iphone too.. because i enjoy the differences between different phones and hardware , since i like tech in general.
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a2 official rom state
Enabling Camera2 API is a very simple change - it is not so simple.
Selfie camera (just 5 mpx) and secondary back camera (a lot of issues) are not camera 2 api compliant.
no idea why, but when i installed during august official rom, i have still no big issues till today (but some features from paranoid android are still missing ).
till today there is no camera app port or camera app which can be compared with simple usage of the stock app (open camera is for more complex control).
xiaomi wll not make any new android one phone, exactly what everybody wanted, yeah ... it is similar to olympus leaving camera market (nobody wanted it, ehm ).
Fixing the settings suggestion bug would be simple. - is it really a big issue?
ok, simple question - is there any not fixed bug which is not more app related (google duo etc.)? everynody is writing just how bad it was ... yes - 5 months ago.