Software (ease of use, features, etc)

Software (ease of use, features, etc) - Xiaomi Mi 8 Real Life Review

When you hand your phone to granny to take a photo of you, can she get the job done? Rate this thread to express how you deem the Xiaomi Mi 8's camera software. A higher rating indicates that the software is easy to use, fast, uncluttered, and inclusive of advanced features for when you need them.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

Software out of box is a tragicomedy on Global version. You have to change it to developer version at least. --> rating: *
Sort list of problems:
- battery life is short.
- lot of unnecessary apps which can not be disabled or removed.
- multiple maintenance softwares which helps nothing.
- menu system is complicated, often used features is hard to reach eg SOT.
- launcher is a basic one without any options.
- some features are not enabled in MIUI 10.2.3: Galileo, themes, notch settings, etc.
- bluetooth problems: it can not see my HR sensor, but works with custom rom.
- Slow LTE in some region: you have to set up manually the correct network in the hidden menu. Hard to find the necessary information.
But you can flash custom roms, eg. Havoc. --> rating: **** (it has some bugs therefore not 5*)
Some problem will stay in custom roms too: eg. slow LTE -> network type have to be changed.

As a person that didn't use any but AOSP, MIUI feels like a clone of ios, but a bad one. I'll try to provide the issues which wasn't mentioned on previous post.
- Background processes are highly restricted, which leads to issues with messaging apps like WhatsApp. The notifications will be usually delivered late, and sometimes you need to open the app manually to receive messages.
- As an AOSP, TouchWiz and ZenUI user, it's really hard to get used to the UI.
- To unlock bootloader, you have to ask for it and wait for 14 days to be able to do it.
- They add issues and remove good features with every update.
- Face recognition for the unlock works only for some regions.
- Ads in system apps. What the hell?
- Forces you to use Mi services which are fishy. Do you really want to give your information to a Chinese company for free?

Software is rubbish and the bloatware and ads are terrible. Will be flashing the pixel 3 Android as soon as possible. It's a Shame because the phone is really good.
Sent from my MI 8 using Tapatalk

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When will we get or will we get the Update to Android Oreo?

I'm on B130 and I'm not sure if we get that Update. If anyone has an information, please let us know!
PIC-LX9C432B130
Gesendet von meinem PIC-LX9 mit Tapatalk

About Oreo - I Don’t Know, but if you want update to the latest ROM (PIC-LX9C432B150/151) you need to use FF https://forum.xda-developers.com/tools/general/huawei-firmware-finder-team-mt-t3469146

EMUI 8.0 for PIC-AL00 - PIC-AL00C00B311
EMUI 8.0 not only brings you the latest version of Android (8.0), it's also boosted with a lot of great features and improvements to make your device more intuitive, faster and safer. We highly recommend updating now.
Recommended level: ★★★★★
● Smarter
Smart recommendations anticipate the services you need and give you timely suggestions. HiVoice can check your system, and search for settings at your command. And HiBoard lets you track your packages and manage bookmarked articles with ease.
● Faster
AI-based optimizations deliver greater stability, fluidity, and speed. The system boots faster, videos are more fluid, and image thumbnails load in a flash.
● Safer
Updates to TrustSpace, Find my phone, and PrivateSpace offer greater payment security, more robust system and app security, and enhanced privacy.
New ways of interacting
● Adds a feature enabling you to add 3D dynamic images to Magazine unlock images. Enjoy images from different angles.
● A new floating Navigation dock lets you perform frequently-used operations from anywhere on the screen.
● Newly added home screen shortcuts let you quickly access the app features you use most frequently. Simply touch and hold an app icon to display a shortcut menu.
● Enjoy exclusive preloaded theme.
Smart features
● HiTouch lets you quickly isolate keywords from onscreen text and get links to related services such as restaurants, hotels, movies, and more. Simply hold two fingers on the text to generate keyword and service cards.
● HiVoice communicates with you more fluidly and understands you better. Use simple voice commands to enable or disable features such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, or ask for information about the status of your device (Voice commands only available in Chinese).
● Smart tips recommend you faster and smarter ways to operate your phone, appearing in specific usage scenarios and responding to your usage habits.
● HiBoard (accessed by swiping right on the home screen) now features a Save for later feature that lets you save social media posts and news articles as cards for later reading.
● HiBoard now features an Instant access feature that lets you access frequently used services in a single step. Make QR code payments, hail a taxi, or make a restaurant reservation with ease.
● HiBoard now features delivery cards that you can use to keep track of your packages. Get onscreen collection prompts when you approach parcel lockers.
Enhanced security
● The PrivateSpace menu has been optimized, making it easier to create a PrivateSpace on your device. Files can now be moved between the MainSpace and PrivateSpace with ease.
● TrustSpace now provides protection for more than 500 apps.
● Find my phone now lets you track your phone's movements and extend its battery life to increase your chances of retrieving it.
Higher efficiency
● Contacts and Email now let you sync the career details of your LinkedIn contacts.
● Settings has been redesigned for clearer and more intuitive organization. Voice commands can now be used to search for and change settings.
● Gallery now features a recycle bin that retains deleted photos for up to 30 days. Accidentally deleted photos can be restored with a single touch.
● Phone Manager has been simplified to make managing your device easier. Standard cleanups are faster and deep cleanups more thorough.
● Recorder now features speech-to-text conversion.
● Your device can now connect to two different Bluetooth devices simultaneously, such as a band and a car.
1. Automatic time zone uses location information to set a time zone when Location information is enabled.
2. Due to the redesign of Settings, the location of certification logos, legal information, and regulatory information (if applicable) has been altered.
3. To improve your experience, Smart notifications will be updated when you are connected to Wi-Fi. You can disable auto-updates in Settings.
1. This update will not erase your personal data, but we recommend that you back up any important data before updating.
2. Some third-party apps that are not compatible with Android 8.0 may function incorrectly after the update. It is recommended that you update these apps to their latest versions in HiApp.
3. This system version can be rolled back to the official version of EMUI 5.1 using HiSuite. Rolling back the system version will erase your personal data. Please back up your data in advance. For more information, please contact the customer service hotline.
4. If you encounter any issues, you can go to HiCare, Huawei Club, or call the official helpline at 400-830-8300 or 800-830-8300 (landline).
5. Your home screen layout may be rearranged slightly.

Hi guys...so, is there some news about how Oreo is doing with the Nova 2 device?

Got Update yesterday
Hey there, i got Android 8.0.0 on PIC-LX9 via OTA yesterday
Everything works fine.

Roborootomat said:
Hey there, i got Android 8.0.0 on PIC-LX9 via OTA yesterday
Everything works fine.
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Hello...I have the same model but I m living in Europe...where are you from?

In Germany
Shurykan said:
Hello...I have the same model but I m living in Europe...where are you from?
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Hi,
I am from Germany
Greetings!

Hi...
My actual version is PIC-LX9 but the phone was originally a PIC-AL00...so I don't know witch version I should install on the phone for the update by Firmware Finder..... HELP !
Thanks

Roborootomat said:
Hi,
I am from Germany
Greetings!
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Hello...so...Are you happy with Oreo? is it good? is it better? How is the camera?
Thanks !

Shurykan said:
Hello...so...Are you happy with Oreo? is it good? is it better? How is the camera?
Thanks !
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Everything works fine.
I can use the Nova about 3 days without charging.
Camera got, from my point of view, a litte bit poorer.

Roborootomat said:
Everything works fine.
I can use the Nova about 3 days without charging.
Camera got, from my point of view, a litte bit poorer.
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I choose this phone over the Honor 8 because of the camera.....!
Since is very difficult to obtain information about this model, I really don't know if it's just a feeling that you've got about the camera or it's really poorer...it's what happened to Honor 6x after updating to Nougat...
Why are you feeling that the camera is poorer....?

Shurykan said:
I choose this phone over the Honor 8 because of the camera.....!
Since is very difficult to obtain information about this model, I really don't know if it's just a feeling that you've got about the camera or it's really poorer...it's what happened to Honor 6x after updating to Nougat...
Why are you feeling that the camera is poorer....?
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It seems like, that the Pictures at bad light conditions, are more poor then before the Update.
At good weatherconditions, the Pictures are really good (like before)
Macro Picutes are also good.

Roborootomat said:
It seems like, that the Pictures at bad light conditions, are more poor then before the Update.
At good weatherconditions, the Pictures are really good (like before)
Macro Picutes are also good.
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Too bad... It's a deal-breaker for me.... ??
Is it possible to perform a rollback?

Shurykan said:
Too bad... It's a deal-breaker for me....
Is it possible to perform a rollback?
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I don't know, if a Rollback is possible....

When you hand your phone to granny to take a photo of you, can she get the job done? Rate this thread to express how you deem the Planet Gemini PDA's camera software. A higher rating indicates that the software is easy to use, fast, uncluttered, and inclusive of advanced features for when you need them.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

Basic android. No extras, as expected.

yes, quite basic. That is not bad, but it would not help granny
Until now the software is not ultimately polished. The gemini keyboard app for instance is buggy, the NOTES app is not very nice, but functional. Time will show if that gets better. Until now this is beta...

A lot of the software is pretty buggy. I think it's mostly usable for my needs, but I'm waiting for the lineage OS port to work better (RIL) and then I will be switching and running mostly emacs for all my needs in termux.

The SMS app is too full of trivial options. An Android smart phone problem apparently."Android apps for Ludddites" would be a good idea, everything in capitalis quadrata black and white , no bubble options.
I like to handle one sms at a time, not to have a whole past library open. the Google chrome browser risks getting a list of search finds instead of a website if one is not precise enough. More so than the same browser on a laptop. The planet ribbon of options does not show in its entirety, and there is no specific setting for phone volume, only for riingtones while for those, it claims that an aac format is unreadable. Integration with filehandling on a laptop works fine while a simple usbto usbc adapter + mouse makes it possible to avoid the imprecision of a touch screen. On the positive side, net connection is easy & stable.
p.

neoluddite corrigendum
PAUL h. said:
The SMS app is too full of trivial options. An Android smart phone problem apparently."Android apps for Ludddites" would be a good idea, everything in capitalis quadrata black and white , no bubble options.
I like to handle one sms at a time, not to have a whole past library open. the Google chrome browser risks getting a list of search finds instead of a website if one is not precise enough. More so than the same browser on a laptop. The planet ribbon of options does not show in its entirety, and there is no specific setting for phone volume, only for riingtones while for those, it claims that an aac format is unreadable. Integration with filehandling on a laptop works fine while a simple usbto usbc adapter + mouse makes it possible to avoid the imprecision of a touch screen. On the positive side, net connection is easy & stable.
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I discovered that when entered at another point in the menu, an aac soundfile was not rejected, but succesfully decoded.. My previous criticism, however, still stands. Usage as phone is severely hampered in noisy envionments; yes background noise is suppressed when transmitting, but received audio cannot be increased. Not in the general sound settings, not under accesibility, not even in the "about phone" menu. In contrast, the subroutines ("Apps" to initiates), are still too full of options of dubious utilitythat cannot be disabled. Otherwise it still can imitate my old psion 5 except for the lack of precision by having to use a touch screeen. (Arrow keys inoperative on the display).
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PAUL h. said:
I discovered that when entered at another point in the menu, an aac soundfile was not rejected, but succesfully decoded.. My previous criticism, however, still stands. Usage as phone is severely hampered in noisy envionments; yes background noise is suppressed when transmitting, but received audio cannot be increased. Not in the general sound settings, not under accesibility, not even in the "about phone" menu. In contrast, the subroutines ("Apps" to initiates), are still too full of options of dubious utilitythat cannot be disabled. Otherwise it still can imitate my old psion 5 except for the lack of precision by having to use a touch screeen. (Arrow keys inoperative on the display).
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I found that receive- end volume can be adjusted when on the phone. Well hidden feature.
I am struggling with the file handler which seeems to have delete and print as its main features. perhaps the google store has an MC - like file handler? The gemini hardware is stable and androids subroutines disappoints equally stably. SMSs do not appear in order, but new ones are announced and the first line is visible but otherwise need searching to discover. Most inconvenient.
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Most unusual (since men are presumed to never read instructions), but I have now bothered to seek info on how to use the inconvenient touch-screen and discovered how to deleta all extraneous junk info. One prsistent gripe is that the presumtive capacitive sensing is not sensitive enough to always react in the same way, and for tiny script, babyfingers seem to be necessary. Otherwise, the machine works well enough to replace my previous phone. One final gripe: Googles insistence on spying on pictures . diary etc. even if I will only ever transmit texts.
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OEM skin/software

Are you comfortable in your own skin? Is your phone comfortable in its skin? Rate this thread to express how you deem the skin on the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it adds just the right amount of features, it's visually pleasing, and overall it's additive to the experience. If this is a Nexus phone (you didn't think we hand-wrote all of these prompts, did you?) then use this rating to indicate how the latest version of Android looks to you.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

10.0.11.0 - Global
I can't believe how bad the MIUI 10 global firmware is...
I had heard the MIUI might not be to everyone's tastes, so I was prepared for a little bit of disruption...
However it's much worse I expected.
Firstly, a few positive points:
The hardware is top notch. It's a bit heavy and thick, but it's a very comfortable device to hold. I LOVE the hardware.
Visually it's actually quite appealing. The settings screen has a nice "slinky" effect when scrolling hits the top and bottom. There's also some nice animated when apps open and close from the launcher.
That's about all the good things I can say about it.
The worst things:
Notifications are just plain broken. By default, all installed apps only show notification badges. They don't show icons in the status bar and they don't show on the lock screen.
I can't imagine what MIUI designer thought this was a good design choice. Notifications is the one thing that Android does WAY better than iOS, so why MI would nerf notifications to be almost useless is unfathomable.
So after figuring out why notifications weren't working, I went through every app and for every category of each app enabled notifications in the status bar AND lock screen.
Really annoying, but I thought "hey, you only have to do this once, right? Stop complaining..."
But even then the notifications on the don't work right. They show once... when you unlock the phone they all disappear off the lockscreen forever. Consider this example, I set a reminder to for 12pm. It shows on the lockscreen at 12:01, but I'm not ready to deal with it yet. At 12:02 I unlock the phone to make a phone call. Boom notification disappears. Next time I look at my lockscreen, nothing to do. Complete and utter bollocks!
There's lots of bloat apps on the device. Why would I want to use the MI Messenger when I can use the awesome Google Messages?
So I install Google Messages... and guess what... notifications don't work. I changed all the stupid defaults to enable everything, still no notifications.
That's probably due to the very aggressive power management on the phone. Obviously MI disable this for their own apps (so they run correctly), but for every other app the defaults are set very aggressively. Why MI felt they had to rewrite the, already very competent, power management built into Android 9 I don't know... but they did and it' bad. Great you made my battery last a few hours longer, but you also made my phone completely useless...
Back to the bloat, you can't remove OR hide any of the built in schlock, also very annoying.
The iOS like launcher with no app drawer and ALL icons on the home screen, also very annoying.
I could go on and on... The Mi Mix 3 is a beautiful piece of hardware that it completely and utterly let down by abysmal software.
I'm going to try putting the "Unofficial Pixel Experience" ROM on it. If that doesn't perform well I will be selling this baby at a loss, because MIUI 10 is completely unusable.

pm-2019 said:
10.0.11.0 - Global
I can't believe how bad the MIUI 10 global firmware is...
I had heard the MIUI might not be to everyone's tastes, so I was prepared for a little bit of disruption...
However it's much worse I expected.
Firstly, a few positive points:
The hardware is top notch. It's a bit heavy and thick, but it's a very comfortable device to hold. I LOVE the hardware.
Visually it's actually quite appealing. The settings screen has a nice "slinky" effect when scrolling hits the top and bottom. There's also some nice animated when apps open and close from the launcher.
That's about all the good things I can say about it.
The worst things:
Notifications are just plain broken. By default, all installed apps only show notification badges. They don't show icons in the status bar and they don't show on the lock screen.
I can't imagine what MIUI designer thought this was a good design choice. Notifications is the one thing that Android does WAY better than iOS, so why MI would nerf notifications to be almost useless is unfathomable.
So after figuring out why notifications weren't working, I went through every app and for every category of each app enabled notifications in the status bar AND lock screen.
Really annoying, but I thought "hey, you only have to do this once, right? Stop complaining..."
But even then the notifications on the don't work right. They show once... when you unlock the phone they all disappear off the lockscreen forever. Consider this example, I set a reminder to for 12pm. It shows on the lockscreen at 12:01, but I'm not ready to deal with it yet. At 12:02 I unlock the phone to make a phone call. Boom notification disappears. Next time I look at my lockscreen, nothing to do. Complete and utter bollocks!
There's lots of bloat apps on the device. Why would I want to use the MI Messenger when I can use the awesome Google Messages?
So I install Google Messages... and guess what... notifications don't work. I changed all the stupid defaults to enable everything, still no notifications.
That's probably due to the very aggressive power management on the phone. Obviously MI disable this for their own apps (so they run correctly), but for every other app the defaults are set very aggressively. Why MI felt they had to rewrite the, already very competent, power management built into Android 9 I don't know... but they did and it' bad. Great you made my battery last a few hours longer, but you also made my phone completely useless...
Back to the bloat, you can't remove OR hide any of the built in schlock, also very annoying.
The iOS like launcher with no app drawer and ALL icons on the home screen, also very annoying.
I could go on and on... The Mi Mix 3 is a beautiful piece of hardware that it completely and utterly let down by abysmal software.
I'm going to try putting the "Unofficial Pixel Experience" ROM on it. If that doesn't perform well I will be selling this baby at a loss, because MIUI 10 is completely unusable.
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Xiaomi phone has Xiaomi apps, you sound surprised.... Should of just got a pixel phone

I don't recognize any of these criticisms of MIUI 10. This is my first MIUI phone, I've previously run mostly ROMs based on Lineage, which is pretty close to stock Android. Notifications work fine for me, with the exception of Google Messages which is borked, Textra is a perfectly good substitute and works. The native messaging app does have problems, but with group texts not notifications. I've had no difficulties because of apps being killed in the background, quite the contrary compared to my previous phone with its pitiful RAM, multitasking on the Mix3 is, as I expected, significantly improved, and returning to apps much later almost always results in state preservation rather than a restart. Stock launcher?? Who the hell ever runs a stock launcher anyway? There are a million-and-one alternatives, including the Pixel launcher if you prefer, this being one of the biggest (and multitudinous) advantages of Android over crApple.

I love the phone but can agree that MIUI10 notifications are ****. Totally broken. Over aggressive battery management. I heard they are working on that.

I also think MIUI is... err... not my favourite flavour of Android (to be polite).
Thank goodness for Pixel Experience.
To be fair, I think their ROM is highly geared towards China. That's why they need all the custom non-Google apps.
However that's no excuse for the notifications issue. That's just bad. However I don't think this is a Mi Mix 3 issue... Its a MIUI issue and if you Google "MIUI notifications" you will see people complaining about it in MIUI 8.
Here's Android Police (a really reputable site in my opinion) complaining about it for the POCO F1
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...g-miui-poco-f1/#The_notification_icon_tragedy
Basically notifications are bad on MIUI and they have been for a while. And Xiaomi don't seem able or willing to fix it...

mmm_ok said:
I also think MIUI is... err... not my favourite flavour of Android (to be polite).
Thank goodness for Pixel Experience.
To be fair, I think their ROM is highly geared towards China. That's why they need all the custom non-Google apps.
However that's no excuse for the notifications issue. That's just bad. However I don't think this is a Mi Mix 3 issue... Its a MIUI issue and if you Google "MIUI notifications" you will see people complaining about it in MIUI 8.
Here's Android Police (a really reputable site in my opinion) complaining about it for the POCO F1
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...g-miui-poco-f1/#The_notification_icon_tragedy
Basically notifications are bad on MIUI and they have been for a while. And Xiaomi don't seem able or willing to fix it...
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Of course it's highly geared towards China, it's a Chinese manufacturer who's main customer base is China lol
Only bad in Chinese ROM but that's for the Chinese market.

in Developer Settings, scroll to bottom and disable "MIUI Optimization" and it will work

i killed tupac said:
in Developer Settings, scroll to bottom and disable "MIUI Optimization" and it will work
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Mmm have you a proofs? I mean, i already did it and no positive results.

So just some perspective here, I have a Pixel XL of all 3 generations, and multiple other devices that run stock or close to stock Android. I bought this device BECAUSE I wanted to check out MIUI in more detail. I invested several hundred hours trying to get MIUI to boot on my Pixel XL. I was never able to get it to boot all the way into setup. There are a lot of cool things MIUI does, and there are some annoyances. However, I think we can both agree that the build quality and price of the Xiaomi devices are second to none at the moment. I haven't seen build quality like this since my Droid X and Droid Rzr.
The nice thing is that we should get full TWRP support and once we have a working device tree (I won't lie, I've been working on that and a TWRP build) we can get some open source goodness with a full ROM. If you hate MIUI that much why would you purchase the device? Also as far as manufacturers go, Xiaomi is far from worst about updates and ongoing device support from what I'm seeing. Especially with these "halo" devices.

PWn3R said:
If you hate MIUI that much why would you purchase the device?
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There seems to be an undercurrent of "Why did you buy it if you hate it so much?" and "If you don't want MIUI apps, you should have just bought a Pixel", so let's just clear a few things up...
This is NOT me:
I really hate MIUI... but I'm going to buy a Xiaomi phone anyway and complain about it.
This is me:
Huh, that Mi Mix 3 looks really cool... Never owned a Xiaomi phone before... I wonder if I should take a chance...
Oh crap I'm not getting ANY notifications. Wow, this MIUI is really broken.
As I said in my first post, I love the hardware. Unfortunately, in my opinion, MIUI, on the global version of this device at least, is busted. I just can't believe that they would have released something so half baked.
Fortunately, I've installed a custom ROM and waved goodbye to that MIUI nightmare.

pm-2019 said:
There seems to be an undercurrent of "Why did you buy it if you hate it so much?" and "If you don't want MIUI apps, you should have just bought a Pixel", so let's just clear a few things up...
This is NOT me:
I really hate MIUI... but I'm going to buy a Xiaomi phone anyway and complain about it.
This is me:
Huh, that Mi Mix 3 looks really cool... Never owned a Xiaomi phone before... I wonder if I should take a chance...
Oh crap I'm not getting ANY notifications. Wow, this MIUI is really broken.
As I said in my first post, I love the hardware. Unfortunately, in my opinion, MIUI, on the global version of this device at least, is busted. I just can't believe that they would have released something so half baked.
Fortunately, I've installed a custom ROM and waved goodbye to that MIUI nightmare.
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Well, that makes more sense. I haven't had notification problems on the global room, but it's flashed on the Chinese device in my case and it was dirty flashed over the EU rom without wiping data. I'm sure given what I saw with the Mix 2s there I had very briefly that they will sort out the issues on the global rom.
Sent from my Mi MIX 3 using Tapatalk

Almost all of the issues I've had with notifications were down to the combination of Pie/MIUI, and the multitude of confusing notification settings. Once I'd got all the permissions sorted out, notifications worked perfectly with the exception of Google Messages, and the solution to that was to switch to another message provider then switch back again, I don't know why that works but it does (I have to do it each time I update, apparently). The developer option thing doesn't work, all that does is reset all the notification permissions, leading to the tedious task of setting them back again. MIUI does have a learning curve, but it's certainly not a nightmare.

invisiblewave said:
Almost all of the issues I've had with notifications were down to the combination of Pie/MIUI, and the multitude of confusing notification settings. Once I'd got all the permissions sorted out, notifications worked perfectly with the exception of Google Messages, and the solution to that was to switch to another message provider then switch back again, I don't know why that works but it does (I have to do it each time I update, apparently). The developer option thing doesn't work, all that does is reset all the notification permissions, leading to the tedious task of setting them back again. MIUI does have a learning curve, but it's certainly not a nightmare.
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I can't use Google Messages because I'm on Verizon and they limit mms to 30kb unless you are using an "approved" device or using their Messages+ app. I gave up and just went to that instead. Getting notifications working on that just required setting allow change system settings for the app, enabling notifications in the app permissions thing from MIUI.

gonna echo everything said so far about miui notification settings. every other phone manufacturer i've ever used has ALL notifications enabled by default. it's a much faster task of just disabling any apps you don't want to see notifications from as they pop up. why in the hell would they do the reverse?
other than that, everything about it is top notch. but the notification system. that is my ONE and only complaint about the entire experience. so far. i've only had the phone for three days. let's see what else pops up (or doesn't, in this case)
ps. the only app i have any issue with notification wise after the tedious setup is hangouts, but from what i understand that's been a google issue for a long long time, and not an android issue.

How is always on display working for you guys? In my case, it just shows the clock and date, and incoming notifications are not highlighted or anything

Nooblit said:
gonna echo everything said so far about miui notification settings. every other phone manufacturer i've ever used has ALL notifications enabled by default. it's a much faster task of just disabling any apps you don't want to see notifications from as they pop up. why in the hell would they do the reverse?
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Because everyone wants notifications right. Other than for calls and texts, having to manually disable notifications for all my apps is annoying and a waste of time.

urtv said:
Because everyone wants notifications right. Other than for calls and texts, having to manually disable notifications for all my apps is annoying and a waste of time.
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i find it a waste of time to have to do the reverse. OH and not to mention that if you go into an apps notification settings to adjust something small and unrelated like the sound the app makes or something like that, all of the system notifications get erased, causing you to have to go into the system notification settings fort hat specific app and have to re-enable everything over and over again. this happens with textra, hangouts, pretty much any sms or messaging app. it's literally backwards, the way they do it, and makes less sense than how literally every other manufacturer does it. i don't appreciate difference for the sake of it. there should be some logic behind it, and quite frankly that logic is broken.
with all due respect, of course.

I think that MIUI's idea regarding notification default settings is related with improving battery duration. I agree that notifications is the weak point here. But the fact that the notificacion settings go back to default when running the security application, or sometimes you don't know why, is worst and annoying, because you won't know it untill you miss an important notification because of it.
I came from a Mi Mix 1, and it was all the same...

bursuk2007 said:
How is always on display working for you guys? In my case, it just shows the clock and date, and incoming notifications are not highlighted or anything
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Same problem here! I have my phone since yesterday and comes from a Galaxy S7 edge where i got all notifications on my AOD. But on the MIx 3 i just can see the time and the date and no notifications at all. Is this normal, or do i have to set something in the settings. (MIUI 10.0.11.0 Stabel)
Thanks for any hints!
Philipp