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Installing a GSI image on the Mi Mix 2s

So in about 15 hours I can unlock my phone finally. First thing I want to try is to install an AOSP Rom from the Treble thread. Did anyone already did this if so how and is everything working well?
I'm going to try it tommorow, if anyone is willing to upload the stock camera app I would be very grateful. So I can try if that app works on a stock Android Rom.

I did try it and mobile data didn't work for me, so I didn't test any further. Also the screen flickers sometimes.

you guys should know that treble is intended towards OEMs and not end users. Treble is nowhere near stable and oyu will have to wait for xiaomi to fix it.
and also you need xiaomis framework in order to use any of the miui apps. Since it is closed source you wont be able to use the camera ever on a custom rom.

Saiger said:
you guys should know that treble is intended towards OEMs and not end users. Treble is nowhere near stable and oyu will have to wait for xiaomi to fix it.
and also you need xiaomis framework in order to use any of the miui apps. Since it is closed source you wont be able to use the camera ever on a custom rom.
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You sure about the part with the camera? For example with the mi mix 2 you can use the camera on aosp based custom roms.
Edit: Or are you talking about treble roms specifically?

Flatric said:
You sure about the part with the camera? For example with the mi mix 2 you can use the camera on aosp based custom roms.
Edit: Or are you talking about treble roms specifically?
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im mainly talking about the specific miui camera modules like libraries etc. only google cam port comes close to that. (at least so far)
can you link me the a rom with the camera mod for the mix 2?
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Flatric said:
You sure about the part with the camera? For example with the mi mix 2 you can use the camera on aosp based custom roms.
Edit: Or are you talking about treble roms specifically?
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im talking about the miui specific camera modules. as far as i know only the google cam port comes close to that quality.
can you link me a asop rom for the mix 2 with the miui camera mod please?

Saiger said:
im mainly talking about the specific miui camera modules like libraries etc. only google cam port comes close to that. (at least so far)
can you link me the a rom with the camera mod for the mix 2?
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im talking about the miui specific camera modules. as far as i know only the google cam port comes close to that quality.
can you link me a asop rom for the mix 2 with the miui camera mod please?
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Sorry I misunderstood you. I thought you said that the camera won't work on aosp based roms at all... This is why I was curious because I was sure I saw mi mix 2 phones with a working cam on aosp. I never owned a xiaomi device before, is the camera quality really that much worse than with miui cam app?

Flatric said:
Sorry I misunderstood you. I thought you said that the camera won't work on aosp based roms at all... This is why I was curious because I was sure I saw mi mix 2 phones with a working cam on aosp. I never owned a xiaomi device before, is the camera quality really that much worse than with miui cam app?
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Well normally the biggest downsides of custom roms is inferior camera quality (for the reason stated above). Especially on custom roms for xiaomi phones since they hardly released any sources. Nowdays it changed a bit, google camera port delivers (sometimes) better quality photos if used right.

Saiger said:
Well normally the biggest downsides of custom roms is inferior camera quality (for the reason stated above). Especially on custom roms for xiaomi phones since they hardly released any sources. Nowdays it changed a bit, google camera port delivers (sometimes) better quality photos if used right.
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Ok, thanks for the explanation, in 4 years with the 1+1 camera quality never was important for me... let's hope the best for a good cam quality on custom roms for the 2s, if there will be any...

which other hardware features would we lose on an aosp rom on the mix 2s?
would the fingerprint scanner still work to unlock the phone?
what about pulling the status bar down with the fingerprint scanner?
and face unlock?
camera quality is usually the biggest drawback when switching to custom roms though. when I first heard of project treble I thought that this issue would be gone! i got the impression that the hardware drivers would stay in one partition and over it you could install an AOSP rom. sounded like the best of both worlds! running an aosp rom but still having the same camera quality!
I'm pretty sure that's not the case though. as soon as you flash an aosp rom on a treble device you're back to the point where we've always been. it's just like running a custom rom a year ago. you lose the features, drivers,...
correct me if I'm wrong!

vercetti said:
which other hardware features would we lose on an aosp rom on the mix 2s?
would the fingerprint scanner still work to unlock the phone?
what about pulling the status bar down with the fingerprint scanner?
and face unlock?
camera quality is usually the biggest drawback when switching to custom roms though. when I first heard of project treble I thought that this issue would be gone! i got the impression that the hardware drivers would stay in one partition and over it you could install an AOSP rom. sounded like the best of both worlds! running an aosp rom but still having the same camera quality!
I'm pretty sure that's not the case though. as soon as you flash an aosp rom on a treble device you're back to the point where we've always been. it's just like running a custom rom a year ago. you lose the features, drivers,...
correct me if I'm wrong!
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Well, these features are mostly implemented in system software. If the fingerprint gesture is present as a default feature in AOSP, you will have it when you flash a treble rom. If AOSP supports two cameras, you will be able to use them by default in treble etc.
The features generally depend whats implemented in AOSP.
(Assuming that xiaomi implemented treble in the way which is specified by google)

Saiger said:
Well normally the biggest downsides of custom roms is inferior camera quality (for the reason stated above). Especially on custom roms for xiaomi phones since they hardly released any sources. Nowdays it changed a bit, google camera port delivers (sometimes) better quality photos if used right.
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what would you recommend to a western user to get the best out of the camera? To use it default's OS?
I'm planning on buying a Chinese model (my gf is going to China, idk if they sell Global version there) and change it by hand to a global version with google and all. Is that a bad idea?

Xanduba said:
what would you recommend to a western user to get the best out of the camera? To use it default's OS?
I'm planning on buying a Chinese model (my gf is going to China, idk if they sell Global version there) and change it by hand to a global version with google and all. Is that a bad idea?
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camera quality wont change if you flash the global rom. just make sure you know what you are doing.

Puksom said:
So in about 15 hours I can unlock my phone finally. First thing I want to try is to install an AOSP Rom from the Treble thread. Did anyone already did this if so how and is everything working well?
I'm going to try it tommorow, if anyone is willing to upload the stock camera app I would be very grateful. So I can try if that app works on a stock Android Rom.
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So, did you try some GSI images? They have AOSP, AOKP, LOS, RR and AOSIP now.
Are they working for you?

Xanduba said:
what would you recommend to a western user to get the best out of the camera? To use it default's OS?
I'm planning on buying a Chinese model (my gf is going to China, idk if they sell Global version there) and change it by hand to a global version with google and all. Is that a bad idea?
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You can just flash global rom or xiaomi.eu Rom, it works just fine for me (I'm from Germany). Camera quality is the same as it is with China Rom. If you buy Chinese version and flash global rom there is no real difference to buying global version (except some Lte bands you probably don't need anyway)
Edit: just saw in another thread that you said you need band 28, I think only 256gb Chinese version or 64gb and 128gb global version have Band 28 so you either have to get the 256gb version or buy a global version

pancomido said:
So, did you try some GSI images? They have AOSP, AOKP, LOS, RR and AOSIP now.
Are they working for you?
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I've tried the AOSP one and it is working surprisingly well, apart from the screen flickering when locking/unlocking and obviously the camera which is normal. The rest of them should perform identically.

teddy74eva said:
I've tried the AOSP one and it is working surprisingly well, apart from the screen flickering when locking/unlocking and obviously the camera which is normal. The rest of them should perform identically.
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Which version did you try? Do you know if that is present on other phh gsi roms?

malimukk said:
Which version did you try? Do you know if that is present on other phh gsi roms?
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Tried v16 I think, maybe some of the recent patches fixed this problem but I haven't tried the latest one.

teddy74eva said:
Tried v16 I think, maybe some of the recent patches fixed this problem but I haven't tried the latest one.
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What was that screen flickering btw? Did you report it? I don't see anyone mentioning it on the AOSP thread.

pancomido said:
What was that screen flickering btw? Did you report it? I don't see anyone mentioning it on the AOSP thread.
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Nope, I didn't report it as I went back straight to MIUI so I couldn't have provided any additional feedback to the dev. It wasn't a huge problem for me though as it flicks between min and max brightness only once or twice and only during locking/unlocking (during the usual AOSP screen fading animation). Might report it one day when I'd be in mood to try it again.

teddy74eva said:
I've tried the AOSP one and it is working surprisingly well, apart from the screen flickering when locking/unlocking and obviously the camera which is normal. The rest of them should perform identically.
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I'm on the v21 Treble 8.1 now, camera and video works fine, but no slow motion and no 2nd camera.
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teddy74eva said:
Nope, I didn't report it as I went back straight to MIUI so I couldn't have provided any additional feedback to the dev. It wasn't a huge problem for me though as it flicks between min and max brightness only once or twice and only during locking/unlocking (during the usual AOSP screen fading animation). Might report it one day when I'd be in mood to try it again.
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screen issue was fixed in v21 and it's very stable for daily use now(used for 1.5 days)

Will xiaomi mi mix 2 roms work on 2s?

I haven't gotten my phone yet ordered it Saturday shipped today so 3 weeks I wait. As I wait I was wondering if the roms that are available on the 2 would work for the 2S and vice versa? (I have the 2s coming) I heard mostly same hardware just different cameras and wireless charging not sure much more has changed. Thanks for your input can't wait to root this phone and use it daily

No they wont work. However most of the project treble Roms work for our phone

Nope - use the available MiMix2s ROMS

Thanks to both of you I'll look into Project Treble Roms when I get the phone. I want the phone to function as intended and have root and a decent skin from the looks I'm not liking miui maybe i'll change my mind when i get it. Probably use Nova launcher but will want to root it anyway so thanks for your help.

spriteboost said:
Thanks to both of you I'll look into Project Treble Roms when I get the phone. I want the phone to function as intended and have root and a decent skin from the looks I'm not liking miui maybe i'll change my mind when i get it. Probably use Nova launcher but will want to root it anyway so thanks for your help.
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I've had the most success with the Benzo Treble ROM, but I've heard others talk about Arrow, Havoc and Pixel Experience.

spriteboost said:
I'm not liking miui maybe i'll change my mind when i get it.
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You won't! Trust me!
I'm dreaming of a pixel experience pie rom. This would fit my needs the best. I don't really need all the customisation some of the roms offer although I must admit they are great and the ideas behind them are really cool.
The treble roms are pretty stable by now and daily driver ready IMHO but the MiMix2S isn't very popular as it seems so not too many devs out there building for this device. Maybe this will change in the future, until then I'll stick with the benzo and pixel experience roms.

I agree
Miui should die

I don't agree with you both I owned a 1+1 for more than 3 years and flashed a new rom every month or even more often. When I got the Mi Mix 2s I had to use it with miui for 2 weeks because of bootloader unlocking time(this is the most stupid thing I ever encountered). I'm on miui since then because I LOVE the gesture control and mostly it just works. As soon as we got a rom with gcam that supports slowo videos I will flash an aosp based rom too to test it but to say MIUI should die or he will hate it is too much. It's working fine and is full of features.

Flatric said:
I don't agree with you both I owned a 1+1 for more than 3 years and flashed a new rom every month or even more often. When I got the Mi Mix 2s I had to use it with miui for 2 weeks because of bootloader unlocking time(this is the most stupid thing I ever encountered). I'm on miui since then because I LOVE the gesture control and mostly it just works. As soon as we got a rom with gcam that supports slowo videos I will flash an aosp based rom too to test it but to say MIUI should die or he will hate it is too much. It's working fine and is full of features.
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I think it depends on your individual needs and what you expect from a rom.
I too think that miui should die. Xiaomi is producing great devices regarding the hardware. But if you force your customers into using your own ROM (even if it is only the bootloader unlocking time) then this should work perfectly fine and fluid. Read the comments section in the miui forums or here on XDA. It's full of bugs. Every time they release a new version something else is broken.
If I'd like the look of iOS so much I'd get an iPhone. It's neither looking original nor behaving like a finished ROM. For me it felt like a developer version. So many bugs and not even the simplest features worked correctly.
I couldn't care less for navigation gestures or slowmo video (although this is really a nice feature), but I'd like to have working Bluetooth hands free, stable network connections and the possibility to connect to an airports WiFi. None of this worked with miui. At least not for me. And that's the reason I switched ASAP to a GSI. Those were the longest 15 days of my life.
Of course the 8.1 versions worked much better as Pie was just released and many things had to be sorted out. But some of the Devs here did a much better job in developing stable and well functioning roms than the miui team.
So in my opinion MIUI should just die or at least they should reduce the stolen/copied functions and concentrate on the main features and make them perfect.
To me it seems they concentrate more on the looks of their OS than the functionality.
But I don't want to start a debate of principles. If you like it use it, I will never return to this abnormality of an OS.

Whats this about waiting 15 days or 10 days for unlocking bootloader? Going to do some googling about it but figured I'd ask that sounds annoying if its the case.

spriteboost said:
Whats this about waiting 15 days or 10 days for unlocking bootloader? Going to do some googling about it but figured I'd ask that sounds annoying if its the case.
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Yes it is and you can't do anything about it. It's Xiaomi's way to prevent their phones from being delivered with malware infested roms as it's too much of a hassle for the shops to unlock and install it.
I hated it too. You're lucky that it's only 15 days and not 720hrs like some have.
I don't understand it because if you get the phone with a not certified or custom ROM from a shop that looks suspicious you could simply install the original Xiaomi firmware without the headache.

kleinholzinferno said:
Yes it is and you can't do anything about it. It's Xiaomi's way to prevent their phones from being delivered with malware infested roms as it's too much of a hassle for the shops to unlock and install it.
I hated it too. You're lucky that it's only 15 days and not 720hrs like some have.
I don't understand it because if you get the phone with a not certified or custom ROM from a shop that looks suspicious you could simply install the original Xiaomi firmware without the headache.
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Well that's the ones that know a lot more about phones. I can see how this makes sense well guess I'll have to test out xiaomi's rom for the duration. The phones expected delivery is Friday but only a state away so hoping FedEx will be nice and deliver it a couple days early lol.

spriteboost said:
Well that's the ones that know a lot more about phones. I can see how this makes sense well guess I'll have to test out xiaomi's rom for the duration. The phones expected delivery is Friday but only a state away so hoping FedEx will be nice and deliver it a couple days early lol.
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In the meantime you can set up your Xiaomi account as you will need it for unlocking you phone anyway and request the unlock permission.
As soon as you get the device, bind the account to your phone so the time starts counting down immediately. Then it's only 15 grueling days using MIUI but then there's a whole lot of roms which make the device what it should have been from the start. A stable, fast, reliable and good device!

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S is not that popular?

Well, I got this device but I fail to see, roms, twrp recovery and other things that have official support.
Tbh this feels weird comming from OnePlus One device(gave it to my gf). I have 2S since summer and wondering if we ever get anything official(roms, recoveries etc).
Afaik source is released quite a while ago, any thoughts? It's a popularity thing or what?

evronetwork said:
Well, I got this device but I fail to see, roms, twrp recovery and other things that have official support.
Tbh this feels weird comming from OnePlus One device(gave it to my gf). I have 2S since summer and wondering if we ever get anything official(roms, recoveries etc).
Afaik source is released quite a while ago, any thoughts? It's a popularity thing or what?
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waiting for P sources...proximity sensor doesnt work until source published, phone is great..
Sent from my MIX 2S using Tapatalk

evronetwork said:
Well, I got this device but I fail to see, roms, twrp recovery and other things that have official support.
Tbh this feels weird comming from OnePlus One device(gave it to my gf). I have 2S since summer and wondering if we ever get anything official(roms, recoveries etc).
Afaik source is released quite a while ago, any thoughts? It's a popularity thing or what?
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I had the same impression but what surfaced in the last months is really great.
Some of the devs here have provided everything you're asking for. I was a little nervous if I had made the right choice buying this phone and the first releases were a little buggy but so far all of them work.
Maybe there's some tweaking and repairing necessary, but I use Arrow OS and MiPa kernel version 3.5 by @palaych and TWRP v13 by @notsyncing and everything is working great. It's my daily driver now and it's stable, fast and reliable.
Except the proximity sensor, but that's not the devs fault. Maybe Xiaomi should stop their buggy miui releases, release the pie kernel sources and repair their own system. Meanwhile the Devs here could provide ROMs that really rock. But maybe that's what Xiaomi is afraid of :silly:
And just because something isn't official it doesn't mean it can't work really well. It does and I'm happy to have such people here on XDA that provide such great work for free.
And who knows, maybe their work gets appreciated and things become official some day.
Give it a try and you'll be stoked!

I also came from the 1+1 one and used miui from launch of mi mix 2s until one week ago. Now I'm on aosip and it works great, community becomes bigger and bigger and our devs are great and active in our telegram group. Currently, there's not that much to choose but everything works flawless and additionally we have the GSIs there'll be more in the future

Is there a time limit when Xiaomi might release the P source? I never was a fan of MIUI, I bought the 2S thinking about use custom ROMs, but stay without a fully working custom ROM sucks pretty bad, I'll stick to MIUI until we have those sources.

FabricioGS said:
Is there a time limit when Xiaomi might release the P source? I never was a fan of MIUI, I bought the 2S thinking about use custom ROMs, but stay without a fully working custom ROM sucks pretty bad, I'll stick to MIUI until we have those sources.
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Well if you want a fully working rom, get rid of miui. The bug reports are longer than the extended lord of the rings trilogy!
Just kidding. The ROMs you find here work pretty good, only thing I can say is that the proximity sensor isn't working. Which is a a little annoying sometimes but nothing that bothers me too much. And I'm sure as soon as Xiaomi releases the source codes the problem will be gone!
I use arrow OS for Polaris now and this rom and aosip are really great. Pixel experience has an official branch on their website for our device but no files uploaded at the moment.
So we'll get to see more custom ROMs in the future which is great!
Edit: with the latest fixes in Arrow OS and Pixel Experience the proximity sensor works perfectly fine! And meanwhile pixel experience has uploaded a file and the ROMs really works well!

Well until I see some official TWRP recovery and won't mess with the phone. I mean it's more powerful than my previous(1+1) device which I was good but my gf needed a phone so I upgrade mine instead heh

evronetwork said:
Well until I see some official TWRP recovery and won't mess with the phone. I mean it's more powerful than my previous(1+1) device which I was good but my gf needed a phone so I upgrade mine instead heh
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Even being unofficial we have two TWRP variants fully stable.
I never faced any issue with TWRP.

Xiaomi.EU compatibility in the United States

Is anyone using any version of Xiaomi.eu in the U.S.? I am on global stable 10.3.2.0 and want to try out Xiaomi.eu to try Android 10 and (hopefully) have working bluetooth codec support, but I'm a little nervous of trying out what is technically a China based ROM in the US when the global version works well. Does anyone have any experience with this? What version are you using?

Yes, it works very well, better than the AOSP roms. The Android 10 (weekly) rom has only one bug that I can find, when you boot (or reboot) the phone the microphone on calls doesn't work until you toggle between the speaker & earpiece and back. Once you've done that once it works fine until the next reboot.

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Yes, it works very well, better than the AOSP roms. The Android 10 (weekly) rom has only one bug that I can find, when you boot (or reboot) the phone the microphone on calls doesn't work until you toggle between the speaker & earpiece and back. Once you've done that once it works fine until the next reboot.
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Odd issue, but pretty insignificant. Thanks! I'm going to be switching from global to Xiaomi.eu (weekly) 9.12.12 tomorrow I'm pretty excited to try it out. Any advice for a first timer switching from global stable to xiaomi.eu weekly?

Rockmadeofrock said:
Odd issue, but pretty insignificant. Thanks! I'm going to be switching from global to Xiaomi.eu (weekly) 9.12.12 tomorrow I'm pretty excited to try it out. Any advice for a first timer switching from global stable to xiaomi.eu weekly?
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Yes, remove any security before starting, that way you should be able to avoid formatting /data/media if you run into difficulties. If you're on the Xiaomi stock rom though, you may have to format anyway. I did a Mi Mix 2S last week and it wouldn't boot until I formatted, which I assume means that stock must use a different FS. I also have problems restoring apps from Titanium, some won't restore for no apparent reason. I use Nova Launcher though, which makes it easy to restore them from the Play Store.

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Yes, remove any security before starting, that way you should be able to avoid formatting /data/media if you run into difficulties. If you're on the Xiaomi stock rom though, you may have to format anyway. I did a Mi Mix 2S last week and it wouldn't boot until I formatted, which I assume means that stock must use a different FS. I also have problems restoring apps from Titanium, some won't restore for no apparent reason. I use Nova Launcher though, which makes it easy to restore them from the Play Store.
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Thanks! I flashed it yesterday without issue and it's running great so far, no apparent issues. I formatted data just to be safe it wasn't very difficult to backup the stuff I needed.

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Thanks! I flashed it yesterday without issue and it's running great so far, no apparent issues. I formatted data just to be safe it wasn't very difficult to backup the stuff I needed.
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Yeah, it's about the best Android experience I've had. I thought the AOSP roms were good on this hardware, but this is even better. It's the reason I bought a Mix 2S for my gf for xmas, since it's essentially a Mix 3 without the slider and an LCD screen (alas!). Makes technical support so much easier if she's running the same software.....

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Yeah, it's about the best Android experience I've had. I thought the AOSP roms were good on this hardware, but this is even better. It's the reason I bought a Mix 2S for my gf for xmas, since it's essentially a Mix 3 without the slider and an LCD screen (alas!). Makes technical support so much easier if she's running the same software.....
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Oh yeah I'm sure it is. I've been trying to decide what to update with recently because my bluetooth audio codecs weren't working and I'm sick of being stuck on SBC. I looked around at Evolution X, Resurrection Remix, and LineageOS but all them have some weird issues. I also have grown to really love MIUI. It gets a lot of hate but there are a lot of things I would miss if I switched to AOSP so I'm really happy MIUI 11 via Xiaomi.eu runs so well.

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Oh yeah I'm sure it is. I've been trying to decide what to update with recently because my bluetooth audio codecs weren't working and I'm sick of being stuck on SBC. I looked around at Evolution X, Resurrection Remix, and LineageOS but all them have some weird issues. I also have grown to really love MIUI. It gets a lot of hate but there are a lot of things I would miss if I switched to AOSP so I'm really happy MIUI 11 via Xiaomi.eu runs so well.
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Have you checked in Developer Options?? It has a choice of 8 codecs. I don't know how that affects what the application uses, but it might be worth trying it.

invisiblewave said:
Have you checked in Developer Options?? It has a choice of 8 codecs. I don't know how that affects what the application uses, but it might be worth trying it.
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Yeah I can see the different option in the Developer Options but when you select one it either doesn't change anything (when the headphones don't support it) or breaks the audio (happened when trying AAC which I know my headphones support, so something was wrong there). I have no way of testing anything other than SBC and AAC, but after flashing Xiaomi.eu MIUI 11.1 AAC is now working at least. So there was just some issue with MIUI 10.3.2.0 global stable

Flash PixelExperience in Redmi Note 7 Pro without VOIDING Warranty

Is there any way to flash PixelExperience in my new Redmi Note 7 Pro without VOIDING the Warranty??
Pls help me out if there is a way.
Thanks

Your warranty is not void if you unlock the bootloader officially . You can root it without any problem. But be careful while using the phone , if its your mistake that you damaged your device, Mi may not be able to repair under warranty.
I have used the service of Mi under warranty more than 3 times and my phone is unlocked and rooted. But they were different scenarios and i don't see these cases of my negligence. All were hardware issues which can be seen normal in many locked devices too.

gursewak.10 said:
Your warranty is not void if you unlock the bootloader officially . You can root it without any problem. But be careful while using the phone , if its your mistake that you damaged your device, Mi may not be able to repair under warranty.
I have used the service of Mi under warranty more than 3 times and my phone is unlocked and rooted. But they were different scenarios and i don't see these cases of my negligence. All were hardware issues which can be seen normal in many locked devices too.
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Are you on MIUI or any custom ROM??

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Are you on MIUI or any custom ROM??
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Well today, now i am on xiaomi.eu, 2 hrs before i was on cesium os. But i get back to xiaomi.eu cause i like it as i like miui and this rom removes bloatware from miui and add some tweaks too.
So overall its good more customized miui.
If you ask which rom i have used till now in violet
RR, PE, CESIUM, MIUIPRO, HAVOC, ION, SUPERIOR, CRDROID, DOT, OOS(PORT)
Overall most of the roms i have tested both android 9 and 10 (most have both versions and tested both). But came back to miui cause my requirement was not met as i needed inbuilt call recording and app lock, fingerprint, facelock.
I hate external ones cause they don't work upto the mark and can't compete with miui in this case(from my point of view)
There are new ROMs being built daily but no one cares to add something new, just one or two tweaks and will change theme and add or remove some functions and will be released with a new name[i am not hurting anyone] but seriously its happening i can take the names of roms which are almost same but names are different cause developers are different. You will also see many roms will have same bugs too. [eg. Network Switching]
[I fully respect the developer's work and their hard time committed to our phone's development.]

Yeah, miui.eu has been my daily driver since trying out many roms from my RN5 Pro days. In terms of stability and functionality, miui.eu rules. Cant understand the popularity of Pixel Exp, its a crap rom in comparison imo. I guess people just want something different and thats why they go for it.

gursewak.10 said:
Well today, now i am on xiaomi.eu, 2 hrs before i was on cesium os. But i get back to xiaomi.eu cause i like it as i like miui and this rom removes bloatware from miui and add some tweaks too.
So overall its good more customized miui.
If you ask which rom i have used till now in violet
RR, PE, CESIUM, MIUIPRO, HAVOC, ION, SUPERIOR, CRDROID, DOT, OOS(PORT)
Overall most of the roms i have tested both android 9 and 10 (most have both versions and tested both). But came back to miui cause my requirement was not met as i needed inbuilt call recording and app lock, fingerprint, facelock.
I hate external ones cause they don't work upto the mark and can't compete with miui in this case(from my point of view)
There are new ROMs being built daily but no one cares to add something new, just one or two tweaks and will change theme and add or remove some functions and will be released with a new name[i am not hurting anyone] but seriously its happening i can take the names of roms which are almost same but names are different cause developers are different. You will also see many roms will have same bugs too. [eg. Network Switching]
[I fully respect the developer's work and their hard time committed to our phone's development.]
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Agreed ,but a huge reason why these ROM's win over MIUI is basically Performance and a clean UI. The Pixel exclusive features help a lot as well. Also the lack of custom kernels for MIUI is a factor. Well using Magisk+EdXposed you could get the same level of app lock and call recording...

Naveenthemi said:
Agreed ,but a huge reason why these ROM's win over MIUI is basically Performance and a clean UI. The Pixel exclusive features help a lot as well. Also the lack of custom kernels for MIUI is a factor. Well using Magisk+EdXposed you could get the same level of app lock and call recording...
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Yes, but i am using miui.eu, its working smooth and playing pubg mobile, never get any lag , moreover the magisk+xposed can compete miui call recording but applock of miui is far better as its fully integrated with system whereas other applocks are not much secured compared to miui one.
Pixel experience is a good rom but you can see the no. Of roms being released with mostly same features but different themes but instead of this 2 or more these developers get together and make one rom with combined features. As it may also be less buggy.

gursewak.10 said:
Yes, but i am using miui.eu, its working smooth and playing pubg mobile, never get any lag , moreover the magisk+xposed can compete miui call recording but applock of miui is far better as its fully integrated with system whereas other applocks are not much secured compared to miui one.
Pixel experience is a good rom but you can see the no. Of roms being released with mostly same features but different themes but instead of this 2 or more these developers get together and make one rom with combined features. As it may also be less buggy.
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Yeepp. But I disagree with the applock statement. We don't know what sort of protection MIUI uses whereas apps like MaxLock is open source, consumed negligible battery and gives you 512 bit encryption along with various advanced options if needed.

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Yeepp. But I disagree with the applock statement. We don't know what sort of protection MIUI uses whereas apps like MaxLock is open source, consumed negligible battery and gives you 512 bit encryption along with various advanced options if needed.
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Okay, i haven't used it but most of the applocks ,will work when the app has been opened and it will be shown for some milliseconds and then it will draw itself over the app.

gursewak.10 said:
Okay, i haven't used it but most of the applocks ,will work when the app has been opened and it will be shown for some milliseconds and then it will draw itself over the app.
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Oh that's why this one uses EdXposed/Root. It detects the launch of specific apps, rather than running all the time and there's no way to bypass it.
But there are some troubles running it in Android 10.

That's why i use miui? because if one problem is solved there is another problem which is ready to raise
Safety net
As with xposed safetynet will not pass...
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Naveenthemi said:
Oh that's why this one uses EdXposed/Root. It detects the launch of specific apps, rather than running all the time and there's no way to bypass it.
But there are some troubles running it in Android 10.
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Moreover i am confused why mi has not updated violet rom yet. Its almost 2 months now , no weekly china update.
Most of the phones has got 20.x.x developers update but violet is left behind till now.
May be they are ready to give Android 10 surprise?

gursewak.10 said:
That's why i use miui? because if one problem is solved there is another problem which is ready to raise
Safety net
As with xposed safetynet will not pass...
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Moreover i am confused why mi has not updated violet rom yet. Its almost 2 months now , no weekly china update.
Most of the phones has got 20.x.x developers update but violet is left behind till now.
May be they are ready to give Android 10 surprise?
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lol...true

While Pixel roms gives clean UI, Miui.eu gives all the perks which other custom roms miss. I'm in same state as of OP as I actually need Call recorder, and App lock so miui.eu is the best choice. Its smooth, stable, bug-free. I can clearly compare 2 phones, one with stock miui and other with eu rom, EU win hands down any day. I haven't yet found a custom rom with all miui perks and pixel ui. I will happy switch if anyone makes that.