Hey guys, I have a Redmi 9A, which is already giving me a headache because it's so slow!
The first thing I thought of doing was buying a new cell phone (simple, isn't it?), but due to budgetary issues (my daughter is 3 months old, so, you know, you know, it very spend and I'll spend a lot more!) I thought if I could do as I did years ago with my motorola C650...customize the phone with some ROM (or kernel, as I think it's called now) lighter, without the factory apps, which I can't uninstall to free up memory and help with its performance .
So that's it, I would like to know if there is any and what it would be, a very 'clean' rom/kernel, with basically just the phone application (dialing), so I can choose and install all the other apps that I will use on the smartphone , being able to uninstall or replace them whenever you want/need.
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i already did everything i know to figure out
i clear cache all teh time on the phone and on apps like facebook and other heavy apps
i keep the internal memory below 50% use
phone is almost 2 years old and worked flawlessly for a year and a half.
always wore a case never actually dropped it but suddenly it started lagging and slowed down noticeably
then few weeks ago it got even worse. apps hang all the time
dont update dont respond
for example besides being slow facebook and instagramm and other apps would not load updates or internet would not load pages
facebook wont load new comments and says retry connection
i close it with the left button menu and reopen and it works again for few hours and does same thing
its very fn frustrating why is there no good diagnostic software for android system after 10 years on the market is beyond me...
im tired of clearing cache and resetting everything. and tired of buying new phones all the time especially when this phone was over 700 dollars. **** like this shouldnt happen on a 700 dollar phone. i would espect a 150 dollar phone from costco to break in less than 2 years but not top of the line phone
I would personally recommend backing up anything on the phone important to you, then doing a full clean flash with Odin using the latest stock firmware. This doesn't require root and won't trip Knox or warranty.
App cache and memory bloat is always something that's affected me on Android, but since I do a full wipe at least once a year because of changing ROM's, my experience usually stays pretty controlled.
is there no way to find out what is causing all this without a complete wipe?
i clean all app cache often and phone cache also
i mean if i have to erase everything all the time and start over whats the point of buying a 700 dollar phone?
is there a clean stock android rom that doesnt have tmobile bloatware?
Pretty much all phones suffer from slowdowns the longer they're used. Especially when they go through OS updates, that's a common complaint for both Android and iOS.
This article generated some buzz the other day suggesting that despite being flash memory, fragmentation heavily affects android performance https://www.tuxera.com/blog/why-is-my-android-phone-slowing-down/
Since you've got TMobile bloatware I assume you have G930T, you can flash the G930U (unlocked version) firmware via Odin and it will rid you of bloatware. Home_CSC if you don't want to wipe data, CSC if you do. Updato.com and sammobile.com to get the firmware.
US models can't use custom roms, so stock G930U firmware is your best bet.
so it sno tthe hardware issue then?
i just feel like every time theres a software update before the release of their new phone my old samsung phone suddenlyslows down to complete crap.
is it just me or anyone else notice that also?
It's a common theory that manufacturers intentionally slow down older phones each new flagship release, but there's not really any proof.
New OS builds can be more resource heavy and built to expect higher resource amounts that older devices might not have, since they're usually made with flagships in mind
Otherwise RAM, CPU's and Storage all degrade over time. Best thing you can do is full wipe each new Android version, so that the OS starts on a clean slate and any optimisations it has can work from the start instead of having to try work with a previous builds bloat.
Besides what was mentioned so far, I recommend you also check your installed apps to see if there are any third party unwanted apps installed on your device.
Yes, yes, it's possible to love a phone. Heck, you sleep next to it, don't you? Rate this thread to indicate your love for the Xiaomi Redmi 5A, all things considered. A higher rating indicates that the Xiaomi Redmi 5A is an incredible phone that you enjoy tremendously. You love it.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
There and Back Again a Phone/ROM odessy
From the spec sheet the Redmi 5A is nothing to write home about. I was looking for a cheap phone at the time, having a nasty surprise bill which had to be paid. So my Sony Xperia had to go. :crying:
I had the device for a while and did my usual (rooted ROM, stay on stock, try XDA ROMS, get tired of the bugs/lagging, return to stock.
I have to say that while there is a plethora of content for miui and an enthusiatic user base, going back to a stock ROM was less than straightforward. Perhaps it is a symptom of being a China/India company first and foremost. I've started to sympathise with people who have english as a second language....
My road back to stock had a number of speed bumps. I had used a pie rom and after trying an incompatible kernel, the phone was soft-bricked. No problem for an experience ROM junkie right? Well the first stock rom was via fastboot which took the usual wrangling to get on Windows. After a day I realised the camera was not working. Nothing would fix it. I wanted at least Oreo and found what I thought was the solution, but turned out to require "developer permissions". Download the QI messaging app (or whatever it was) and request a developer account. Sadly it kept reverting to Chinese so I could not use it. Did I mention that the phone requires you to enter your MI account after re-flashing. I nearly had lost the password and after failing the challenge questions, they said "we'll get back to you in 3 business days(!). Fortunately I found the right credentials in my browser cache.
After flashing stock Oreo data stopped working completely. I then had to flash an update to the baseband and now happily all is well.
Android Pie is nice and I miss some aspects of it, however the stock ROM is faster and unlocks better with my Mi Band 3. So it looks like I'll stay on Rooted stock for the time being. Plus I do enjoy messing with the different themes :laugh:
Good device for the price! Very nice to test your nerves when you brick it!
As many fellows here on the forum, I just can't stay much time on stock ROM. It's fun to discover the features and bugs of those jewels the devs bring to us.
This Redmi 5A was very chalenging to get back to work after a wrong kernel flash. The soft brick needed to disassemble the device to make USB get recognized, and it make me go back to windows for a while to solve it (it lacks supported Linux tools to do the fastboot flash).
The stock is a very good ROM itself, but as it's stucked in 7.1 (the dev version is Oreo and can be used as daily driver as well).
It was my first cheap and all chinese phone bought from a chinese e-commerce site and it still is a very good user experience.
The themes in the store are very fun play with too. :laugh:
It's love
Back in mid 2018 I bought this phone as a back-up for my Galaxy S8. It was my first Xiaomi phone. For the price (€85) I did not expect much, but I was very surprised! Especially the screen quality is very good for this price, nice colors and good contrast. Because I liked it so much I have replaced my S8 with a Xiaomi Mi 9T as my main phone in mid 2019! Now the Redmi 5A is being used to control smarthome stuff and to experiment with. Even in 2020 as i am writing this mini-review I still like it a lot, and it is still up to date with a LineageOS 17.1 (Android 10) ROM, and it works flawlessly. Also the latest official Global and EU MIUI roms work smoothly, although Android isn't updated past 8.1 on those ROMS. This is one of the few budget phones I used that just 'work'. No annoying bugs or lags, just a phone that does everyday tasks as it should, even in 2020!
Hello all,
I want an opinio. I've been using my Mate 9 and in the last 2 or 3 months I'm really upset with it. It all began when I did the OTA change to Android 8. Ever synce my phone battery lasts half the time and the camera started with this stupid issue that others had and its almost unuseble:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/camera-focus-problem-t3573647
I've updated the Rom to the latest and I've made a complete reset to the phone. I cannot understand what is making the problem. I'm even considering buying other phone and leaving this one.
Is there an easy way to revert to android 7? I wont really miss any of the new features, I just want the phone to work properly as it was when I bought it.
Well, I'm sticking with 8, because for what I use it for, 8 is "ok", but I do see your point.
And it's not just the Huawei phones having problems. I see issues all over the place with
various phone manufacturers.
I think Android 8, will go down as the "Windows Vista" of its time, sort of.
Everything started with the Pie Update a few weeks ago. My battery life kept getting worse and worse. Since I change almost nothing in usage over the two years of owning it, I should be able to make a viable judgement.
Basically when I bought it, I was left with like 10-20% after what I consider a day. I also consider myself a heavy user. Now it's more like, that I have to charge it after 3/4 of that same usage time or I'm left with 1-3% after a day.
What I did:
- Factory reset
- Factory reset without automatic backups etc. (everything installed manually)
- "Battery calibration", various ways of doing that, with running it until it turns off, not switching on and recharging it without being on
- Exchanging battery (on my own) thus voiding the warranty already anyway (it's two years old, so it doesn't matter)
- "Battery calibration" again...
- Factory reset (all clean again...)
- and now I even downgraded to the last Oreo version with a Samsung Stock ROM
- during all of this, of course I did all the "normal" stuff like switching off WiFi when I'm not at home, location services to "phone only" and so on
It's still not getting better! I can not believe this and I just refuse to buy a new phone every two years! It's not even about the money, it's just stupid and besides that is the S8+ kind of the "perfect phone" to me until this crap started to happen.
As a last resort I would root it and go to some custom ROM... would that help anything? I just start to get nervous because of all the time I'm investing in this crap.
For the record: This was the last Samsung. Huawei is starting to look appealing
I have S8+ also DS model...Never have any issue with battery life. Im on custom ROM from the day one...So, try to flash idk maybe, DeluxeROM ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79406576&postcount=2173 ) and you will see does it will help. Anyways, you fix it or not (its just maybe a bad series of S8), pls keep your brain in Samsung direction, forget about Huawei...This is ofc just my opinion [emoji123][emoji123].
Good luck...[emoji1696]
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Hi,
I'm facing a dilemma about Debloating Android vs its benefits like security and time spent on it, my OCD and need your opinion on this.
The very first thing I do when I get a new Android Smartphone or Tablet device, I will debloat them but the insane amount of time it takes me to do it, I don't have anymore because of adult life taking over. When I debloat Android device, I can spend hours upon hours if not days doing it by making a full dump off all the packages installed then inspecting every single one, doing research on them and coming to conclusion if such package is needed or suspicious. I repeat the whole process again when such device gets a major update to the next version of Android, for example, from Android 9 to Android 10.
That behaviour which I would say is my OCD at the moment, obviously is taking insane amount of time to get rid of all the crap and telemetry that have been placed on such device and I'm starting to question if it's even worth it anymore. It sometimes sounds like too much trouble and time is taken from doing it and having a little benefit from it. The main reason for my OCD with debloating is due to the fact that Android devices are Open Source and during manufacturing process it can be infected with Malware so obviously I want to make sure that there are no offending apps on the device that can harm my privacy and data.
The other question is, are there any benefits by performing a debloat ? I know it can speed up the device a little, improve battery life and make more resources available like RAM or Processing Power so that it can be used for the tasks I need to perform on the device rather than wasting it on a crap that is not needed in the background. Also, are there any benefits when it comes to Security ? I know that some Android devices are already coming infected with Malware straight from the factory (Can't post links till I reach 10 posts so I can't link the research ...) This is mostly because of how Android ecosystem works and that the development of software is mostly outsourced to different companies for example in India to reduce the costs of the device.
P.S Currently I have untouched Nokia which have some TWRP and Unofficial LineageOS available, I will try and see if I can unlock the bootloader and flash a custom ROM, if not, I will need to think if I should go through with debloating it as I don't have much time anymore. I want to finally start using it but I have that dilemma about the whole debloating thing and decided to check with you guys what you think about it.