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.
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Hey all,
This is my first post in quite a while on XDA, since I was basically forced to move to IOS (my Ascend Mate 7 was stolen a few months ago ).
I really, really miss Android, and wish to return to the ecosystem that I love most by buying a "cheap and cheerful" Android device out of contract. Xiaomi devices have started popping up in my local stores, thus I was wondering if you guys can offer any insight on whether moving to the Redmi 2 would garner a satisfactory experience (coming from an iPhone 5s)? I wouldn't label myself as a power user anymore, though I am a huge fan of tweaking and ricing my phones, thus I do not need a octa-core gazillion GB RAM powerhouse (yet). Just enough to do all the usual phone stuff and perhaps play Downwell / Pocket Morties every once in a while. Does the Redmi stand up to these needs?
Also if I do pick one up I will absolutely stick a Cyanogenmod (or equivalent) ROM on the phone, thus can anyone comment on performance gain / loss after flashing a custom ROM? Are there any ROM suggestions for daily use (I probably won't flash a different ROM every week, but rather settle on the most stable and closest-to-stock ROM I can find)?
Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers! :good:
I think Redmi 2 Pro/Prime is still worth it, but not sure about 2/2A. Even miui 8 for redmi 2 is based on kitkat while pro/prime seems to be based on lollipop. Features like second space and other new things that miui 8 brings are absent from kitkat version.
Now, CM13 is getting pretty stable, and premaca and nick are working on Nougat and CM14, and not only this, it boots. Thee are not a lot of phones running Nougatand Redmi 2 is one of those few add to this the price and could sound ad a no-brainer.
Hi, since the launch of Redmi 3s prime i was very excited to buy this it has some great hardware installments in budget price i had no money back then but now I've it but now im confused.
There is not much development available for this device & I heard that kernel sources has been released even after that thread are still inactive. All i see is unofficial build of different ROMs and less active user ?
I'm an extremely FLASHAHOLIC user anf i keep changing ROMs in my current device Redmi 1S which has decent development.
Also There is redmi note 3 which i can buy instead (but used) has very good android development.
Now please tell me should i buy this device ?
Are ROMs and Kernels being building ?
@d3kod3 Kernel sources has been released not so long ago - at the very beginning of this year. So the development for our device will improve, that's only a matter of time. Thanks to our really great team of fantastic and talented developers, we have already nearly 100% working custom roms - major bugs were eliminated and everything seems that we will see happy ending ?
Hi, i wanted to buy Xiomi A1 instead of my le pro3 x720 as it seemed to be cheap pixel so it does not hurt to drop the phone, but now i'm super confused, because it does not have android oreo.
So who is developer of the OS? Is it google or xiaomi?
What android does it run? Google android? Or modified AOSP?
BTW le pro3 cost same as A1, I bought it for battery life and i'm not disappointed, but still having Google Android would be wort it for me.
Xiaomi is the developer of the OS, and the latest version ( 2nd October Update) is 7.1.2 AOSP + 2/3 Mi apps that can be uninstalled.
The android oreo update is supposed to come before the end of the year, so maybe in the end of November/start of December, it isn't really clear yet.
Well it comes with Gmail and some launcher and stuff so not aosp, I guess it is some Xiaomi android again. But what is Android one then, really?
android one ? you can google that mate
Not really, not on wiki, not on Google, no real information
Ehh, its close enough to AOSP, its AOSP + GAPPs + Mi apps, other than that it has no other significant differences I think
When we simplify it yes. But I don't get the point. If Xiaomi still needs to release is, what is all the Android one fuss about. What is different about it. I would understand if Google did is and Xiaomi just it's all package, but this seems like another marketing wank with no real improvement in updates.
a little bit of both.. I guess, but who knows?!
https://android.googlesource.com Kamefrede answres is correct - no android one branch in aosp, so i guess just another marketing wank, solved for me
I'm posting this here only to get answers as xiaomi doesn't feel responsible to communicate with users and miui moderators are bunch of dolls in the hands of xiaomi
Guys if you follow miui forum you may already knew that there is a lot of tension and problems going on in redmi 3s section. Redmi 3s section is a pure mess of miui forum. There is also a big clash between users and moderators and users are raising complaints against biased moderators who always ban users if they speak against xiaomi.
First and foremost if you remember Xiaomi made almost 2 month of delay in launching stable miui 9 for redmi 3s by postponing dates again and again. That period was so hectic and forum was full of complaints. '
After long delay xiaomi launched miui 9.2 no surprise that is was full of bugs.
the second miui 9 update which was 9.5 was pulled back due to so many issues.
and guess what now xiaomi even pulled back the very first miui 9.2 rom launched almost 4 months ago. As a result currently there is no stable global miui 9 ROM for Redmi 3s.
whats going on...............................
Now it's back to 8.5 wah xiaomi r downgrading
1. That's "normal"... I'm not saying that it's right but that has been going on for like 2-3 years now. Even far worse, most MIUI fans act like MIUI is a complete Android "fork" that's better than AOSP itself when it's not. They fail to differentiate UI level changes to "low level" core aspects.
2. Even if official MIUI builds are stable, do realize that it'll always be stuck on MM and April 2017 security level patch for hm3s/land. They only cherrypick major ones such as Stagefright etc, patch that in but simply leave the main security patch as it is.
3. If you're gonna stick with MIUI, the only best option to me are xiaomi.eu releases because those are upstreamed from MIUI China's weekly dev rels, completely debloated from any Chinese cruft and ZERO questionable background analytics.
They release a STABLE update then make in nightly .. It happened for 9.5.1 and now 9.2.2.
They better remove some services and make them optional by each update instead of trying to bake more features.
users are asking for the answers on MIUI forums but no moderator is giving reply to anyone. Do anyone here know whats the real issues behind miui 9 firmwares pull back
Don't bother about MiUi. MiUi sucks. Custom ROM Rocks.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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... 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...