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HTC M9 disassembled

After one week?
Well it's been 1 week now, and boy it's been great so far. Day 1 - set up. Day 2 - unlocked - rooted. Day 3 - wishing for s-off and Xposed. I kept my M8 as my phone while I was preparing my M9. Days 4 thru 7 - putting it through some strenuous testing.
I have almost 400 apps installed with many running in the background all the time. The M9 breezes through all of my apps with little hesitation. My M8 did well with all of my apps, but the M9 just seems to pop through them a split second faster.
I'm not a fan of benchmark tests; I believe they are flawed. You run a test, and then run one 5 mins later, and get 2 completely different results. Plus the tests seem to favor certain brands over others, as well as different architectures. I prefer real world testing. How a device performs using it daily in a real life enviroment.
That being said I did do some benchmark tests. My M9 performed incredibly well with both AnTuTu and Velamo. With Velamo the Metal score was 2302, Multicore 1981, and Chrome Browser 3516. All very good scores. With AnTuTu my score was 54728. Also very good, but these are subjective. I am fairly new to the Android phone modding world, but I have been building custom computers for 20 years. Android phones are just a computer, and as it is with all computers performance will vary depending on applications installed, and many other elements including environmental conditions.
Getting to the quality of the M9. HTC has created another masterpiece. In the tradition of the M7 and M8 the build quality is superb. it's easy to tell that you're holding a well built piece of equipment.
It looks and feels very much like the M8: however, with some nice subtle differences. The power button is now on the side, but it should have been placed above the volume buttons in my opinion.
Well that's all for now. I have to get some sleep, but I will try to update this in another week.

jbfountain said:
Well it's been 1 week now, and boy it's been great so far. Day 1 - set up. Day 2 - unlocked - rooted. Day 3 - wishing for s-off and Xposed. I kept my M8 as my phone while I was preparing my M9. Days 4 thru 7 - putting it through some strenuous testing.
I have almost 400 apps installed with many running in the background all the time. The M9 breezes through all of my apps with little hesitation. My M8 did well with all of my apps, but the M9 just seems to pop through them a split second faster.
I'm not a fan of benchmark tests; I believe they are flawed. You run a test, and then run one 5 mins later, and get 2 completely different results. Plus the tests seem to favor certain brands over others, as well as different architectures. I prefer real world testing. How a device performs using it daily in a real life enviroment.
That being said I did do some benchmark tests. My M9 performed incredibly well with both AnTuTu and Velamo. With Velamo the Metal score was 2302, Multicore 1981, and Chrome Browser 3516. All very good scores. With AnTuTu my score was 54728. Also very good, but these are subjective. I am fairly new to the Android phone modding world, but I have been building custom computers for 20 years. Android phones are just a computer, and as it is with all computers performance will vary depending on applications installed, and many other elements including environmental conditions.
Getting to the quality of the M9. HTC has created another masterpiece. In the tradition of the M7 and M8 the build quality is superb. it's easy to tell that you're holding a well built piece of equipment.
It looks and feels very much like the M8: however, with some nice subtle differences. The power button is now on the side, but it should have been placed above the volume buttons in my opinion.
Well that's all for now. I have to get some sleep, but I will try to update this in another week.
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whats your stats on battery life?

PlatinumNick said:
whats your stats on battery life?
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I'm not sure how well it will be under normal use. It appears to be about the same as my M8 was while extreme power using. I'll know more about normal use battery life after I've calmed down a bit. Also I plan on tweaking the battery performance after I can figure out how to decompile the SystemUI apk. I'm getting about 8 hours the way I'm using it now.
Sent from Hal's HTC One M9

jbfountain said:
Also I plan on tweaking the battery performance after I can figure out how to decompile the SystemUI apk. I'm getting about 8 hours the way I'm using it now.
Sent from Hal's HTC One M9
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Sad you have to tweak it though. HTC needs to optimize their battery out of the box. Why should we need to tweak it!
Note to HTC: It's a flagship people!

TonyStark said:
Sad you have to tweak it though. HTC needs to optimize their battery out of the box. Why should we need to tweak it!
Note to HTC: It's a flagship people!
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I agree, but I haven't found a high end smartphone yet that has the battery life that I want. Samsung, LG, Apple, HTC, none of them have performed well the way I use a phone.
Sent from Hal's HTC One M9

jbfountain said:
I agree, but I haven't found a high end smartphone yet that has the battery life that I want. Samsung, LG, Apple, HTC, none of them have performed well the way I use a phone.
Sent from Hal's HTC One M9
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Agreed, so put a 3200 or 3500 battery as LG has done:silly:

TonyStark said:
Agreed, so put a 3200 or 3500 battery as LG has done:silly:
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That would be the way to solve the problem, but I'm sure that most people use their phones in a way that the batteries the manufacturers put in them are sufficient. Look at Samsung reducing the size of their flagships battery. I don't think they will try to accommodate us power users anytime soon.
Sent from Hal's HTC One M9
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What the OEM's need to do is make their phones where we can add a larger battery like they used to.
Sent from Hal's HTC One M9

PlatinumNick said:
whats your stats on battery life?
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After one day (13 hrs) of using my M9 like a normal person would use a cell phone I have 40% battery left.
Sent from Hal's HTC One M9

Thanks Cam

Don't forget it can be push to 2k resolution with a dpi of 577 display.. This phone is is definitely a high tier or highest in the market.

SynDevOut said:
Don't forget it can be push to 2k resolution with a dpi of 577 display.. This phone is is definitely a high tier or highest in the market.
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The camera on this phone takes awesome pictures. I don't understand why so many people say it's not. Maybe they just don't know how to use such a fine camera.
Sent from this great HTC One M9 using XDA's mobile app.

jbfountain said:
The camera on this phone takes awesome pictures. I don't understand why so many people say it's not. Maybe they just don't know how to use such a fine camera.
Sent from this great HTC One M9 using XDA's mobile app.
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Problem is that if you have a bad launch then you stay in that area as far as the market is predicted.. The camera is superb now., But No one will give it a chance since the reviews of the m9 has past .

jbfountain said:
Well it's been 1 week now, and boy it's been great so far. Day 1 - set up. Day 2 - unlocked - rooted. Day 3 - wishing for s-off and Xposed.
sorry if I sound noob but I would like to know how did you unlock the bootloader?. I check htc dev website everyday but there has been no update at all.
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dxt6191 said:
jbfountain said:
Well it's been 1 week now, and boy it's been great so far. Day 1 - set up. Day 2 - unlocked - rooted. Day 3 - wishing for s-off and Xposed.
sorry if I sound noob but I would like to know how did you unlock the bootloader?. I check htc dev website everyday but there has been no update at all.
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There are many guides out there. I don't know why you couldn't find any, but here's a link to one. Follow everything closely. Make sure that you back up your phone via the HTC option in settings, because you will lose all of your data.
Good luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3087354
One M9 unlocking rooting guide+Return To Stock
I Truly Enjoy XDA-Developers.com with this Fabulous HTC One M9
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nice
its really cool device as like as before Htc device.

Xiaomi Mi Mix slower than most Snapdragon 821 phones ?

I have been working far too long on this phone to make it perform as all other Snapdragon 821 phones perform.
I have zero understanding as to why this thing is so much slower.
Check the Antutu Benchmark results to see what I mean, most Snapdragon 821 phones are in the top 10 devices yet the Xiaomi Mi Mix is below the 20 mark and even beaten by a few Snapdragon 820 phones.
I can tell the difference greatly with both the OnePlus 3T and the Xiaomi Mi Mix right beside each other playing the same game.
Is there any way we can somehow improve the performance on this device.
I have tried running the CPU and GPU in performance mode , disabling the Thermal throttling with Kernal Auditor , underclocking to match the OnePlus 3T's lower clock speed. The CPU temp never goes above 38 celcius so it can't be throttling.
Wiped reformatted , tried Lineage , Epic ROM , Stock , Resurrection ROM and they all still underperform and as far as I know these are all odexed.
Please if anyone has any ideas let me know I'll try anything.

you must be high, it is on par with my galaxy s8

try a custom rom, like resurrection, and u will have a op3t performance.

i feel it pretty weird tho, for example, i just have the Mi5 (not s) and 32GB (LPDDR3), and i score 149-150K on Antutu, meanwhile the 64GB+ (LPDDR4) users score like 160-165K
and i saw a Mi5S scoring near 170K too, using MIUI tho and not custom roms, meanwhile on the normal Mi5 i score a lot more in Custom than in MIUI
Anyways don't take much in mind Antutu, it is very variable
the weird thing here is, that is going slow compared to the 3T, when it shouldn't

zabihjan said:
you must be high, it is on par with my galaxy s8
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The device runs just fine when doing day to day tasks but when trying to play CPU intensive emulators it is much slower than the OnePlus 3.
This should not be expected as the specs are the same.
I am using the same version of the emulator on both devices with the exact same settings and the OnePlus 3 is always 10% to 20% faster on every game.
That adds up almost exactly to the Antutu score difference.

Tiago A said:
try a custom rom, like resurrection, and u will have a op3t performance.
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I have tried Lineage , Stock , Epic and Resurrection all with very minimal gains.

panchovix said:
i feel it pretty weird tho, for example, i just have the Mi5 (not s) and 32GB (LPDDR3), and i score 149-150K on Antutu, meanwhile the 64GB+ (LPDDR4) users score like 160-165K
and i saw a Mi5S scoring near 170K too, using MIUI tho and not custom roms, meanwhile on the normal Mi5 i score a lot more in Custom than in MIUI
Anyways don't take much in mind Antutu, it is very variable
the weird thing here is, that is going slow compared to the 3T, when it shouldn't
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I looked into the details of the Antutu scores and the failing scores are mainly attributed the 3D processing sections, if it's not hardware then it must be software right.
There's no reason for this.
The only thing I haven't tried is a custom CPU governor , software driver manipulation , removing Qualcomm MP decision.
If you have any ideas or have done any work on this let me know, there is basically no information on the internet on why a soc would perform so poorly unless it was due to poor drivers or thermal throttling.

It might be cause MIUI's temperature control，you can try to delete it.
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I think 3Dmark will be better,maybe.

aauugg said:
It might be cause MIUI's temperature control，you can try to delete it.
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I too think so. When i ran Antutu(device was cool a bit); it wasnt getting full throttle because of thermal throttling although i disable it. What do you mean by 'try to delete it' though?
There is no custom kernel support on this device, somehow, nobody(devs i mean) interested in miui-kernel. The device has really bad kernel management, especially while getting charged from low percentages; feels the death. Perhaps shut down whole the cores smh.
Mi MIX
7.5.4 Épic

I think people should focus less on synthetic benchmarks and more on actual user experience... Just my two cents. The phone runs perfectly well, never encountered any sort of slowness or performance issues.

I've tried different ROMs (xiaomi.eu, epic, RR official and unofficial).
With stock MIUI (Android 6.0 based) antutu score: 145000
With stock MIUI (Android 7.0 based), RR and Epic antutu score: 160000 and over
My personal advice: don't worry too much for benchmark score, it doesn't represent the real potential of the smartphone.
I can't see differences in speed with all the ROMs. The Mi Mix works great in every​ condition.

My point wasn't getting a bad antutu score, the point was 'thermal throttling' trouble when device getting forced to slow down easily. Even performance governor gets no fuğk. Im checking real-time cpu and battery temperatures btw, no higher temps in case. There is no big deal tho, just getting some UI glitches in some apps makes me confused.
And the other thing while charging etc, whatever. I god dam like this device and Miui.
Mi MIX
7.5.4 Épic

There are better benchmarks than antutu... Mi mix goes.... FAST.(with little tweak)
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Konsstantine34 said:
I too think so. When i ran Antutu(device was cool a bit); it wasnt getting full throttle because of thermal throttling although i disable it. What do you mean by 'try to delete it' though?
There is no custom kernel support on this device, somehow, nobody(devs i mean) interested in miui-kernel. The device has really bad kernel management, especially while getting charged from low percentages; feels the death. Perhaps shut down whole the cores smh.
Mi MIX
7.5.4 Épic
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There is a file named thermal-engine-8996.conf in MIUI system, it can keep lower temperature but you will also have lower performance，you can google how to delete it.my English is very poor but i still wish it can help you

aauugg said:
There is a file named thermal-engine-8996.conf in MIUI system, it can keep lower temperature but you will also have lower performance，you can google how to delete it.my English is very poor but i still wish it can help you
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Thank you, I will take care of it. [emoji38]
Mi MIX
7.5.4 Épic

Thermal-ngine-8996.conf can be edited but mine is unreadable.. notepad++ is not enough... any clue... there is some interesting tweaks to fast charge during longer period and unlock a bit CPU/GPU control... google and xda is your friend but 0 stuff about my unreadable *.conf file...
damn, i'm hot...
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lesscro said:
Thermal-ngine-8996.conf can be edited but mine is unreadable.. notepad++ is not enough... any clue... there is some interesting tweaks to fast charge during longer period and unlock a bit CPU/GPU control... google and xda is your friend but 0 stuff about my unreadable *.conf file...
damn, i'm hot...
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you phone must be rooted or you can't change this file.

aauugg said:
you phone must be rooted or you can't change this file.
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Rooted... and -rw-r--r then standard... then i suppose it seems harcoded by MIUI...

lesscro said:
Rooted... and -rw-r--r then standard... then i suppose it seems harcoded by MIUI...
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I was able to get this removed using ES File explorer
I simply cut it from it's current location and moved it to root, the changes have been quite noticable, runs much better without it and it never gets too hot. Low battery impact here.

NGP-1001 said:
I was able to get this removed using ES File explorer
I simply cut it from it's current location and moved it to root, the changes have been quite noticable, runs much better without it and it never gets too hot. Low battery impact here.
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My Goal isn't to remove it but to edit it... anyway, i will make ty without...

Overall love

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 Mi Max 3, all things considered. A higher rating indicates that the Xiaomi Mi Max 3 is an incredible phone that you enjoy tremendously. You love it.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

So ..I guess we're waiting for the first owners to receive their phones?

****y service with ****y phones. No more Xiaomi for me. Had enough with Mi Max 1 &2.
They don't release sources on time. MIUI is a joke of an OS and they promise one thing and deliver something else.
JThis is just a hype created by Xiaomi. Not a worthy upgrade to either MM1 or 2.

Jay_B said:
****y service with ****y phones. No more Xiaomi for me. Had enough with Mi Max 1 &2.
They don't release sources on time. MIUI is a joke of an OS and they promise one thing and deliver something else.
JThis is just a hype created by Xiaomi. Not a worthy upgrade to either MM1 or 2.
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I heard there are some issues unsolved. Like the phone speaker not being able to adjust the cracking sound volume on phone calls on the mi max 2.
However I was lucky with the Mido. Everything works in Lineage OS without any bugs of whatsoever.
I can just cross my fingers and hope official Lineage OS will come to this phone :fingers-crossed:
For me it took three days to get the unlock code as described that it should..even though there was some issues with the unlocking process that took some extra days. But I guess your mileage may vary.

SUPERUSER said:
I heard there are some issues unsolved. Like the phone speaker not being able to adjust the cracking sound volume on phone calls on the mi max 2.
However I was lucky with the Mido. Everything works in Lineage OS without any bugs of whatsoever.
I can just cross my fingers and hope official Lineage OS will come to this phone :fingers-crossed:
For me it took three days to get the unlock code as described that it should..even though there was some issues with the unlocking process that took some extra days. But I guess your mileage may vary.
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I guess you are not updated with the latest process for bootloaders unlocking qith Xiaomi.

Jay_B said:
I guess you are not updated with the latest process for bootloaders unlocking qith Xiaomi.
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I unlocked the bootloader in December last year. It has changed since then?

SUPERUSER said:
I unlocked the bootloader in December last year. It has changed since then?
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Yes I tried in Apr for a friend's phone don't remember the model it said wait for 15 days. So please check Xiaomi forums you would know.

I too believe that xiaomi should be consistent with releasing updates on time and don't show false hopes... and shdnt be biased toward specific range or models. How much love xiaomi showed for mi max 2? its still nougat and here devs are on their own to release upgrades with help of unknown or incomplete sources...
Teasing and luring won't help sometimes... just adding screen and a bit processor upgrade don't worth it and even if they add some great hardware still its question abt how much xiaomi will support this device or is it future proof?

Jay_B said:
****y service with ****y phones. No more Xiaomi for me. Had enough with Mi Max 1 &2.
They don't release sources on time. MIUI is a joke of an OS and they promise one thing and deliver something else.
JThis is just a hype created by Xiaomi. Not a worthy upgrade to either MM1 or 2.
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That's one Honest Opinion! And I'm sure of that!
Xiaomi makes great phones but:
**They don't release sources on time. MIUI is a joke of an OS and they promise one thing and deliver something else. **
He's telling the truth!!

the_phantom_97 said:
That's one Honest Opinion! And I'm sure of that!
Xiaomi makes great phones but:
**They don't release sources on time. MIUI is a joke of an OS and they promise one thing and deliver something else. **
He's telling the truth!!
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Yes, the partially source code is one bit I'm dissatisfied with Xiaomi.
I have the router 3G and you can choose to use padavan with closed-source original drivers.
Or you can use open-source drivers with LEDE and an alternative QoS module to avoid overload issue that makes the wifi disconnect the clients after a while of up time.

Waiting for this!

XDA_RealLifeReview said:
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 Mi Max 3, all things considered. A higher rating indicates that the Xiaomi Mi Max 3 is an incredible phone that you enjoy tremendously. You love it.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
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In in the display or the ergonomics (feel it should be display) you should ask if the display is too narrow relative to the diagonal (not diagonal am sure there will be folks who will say it is too big etc)...but more about the aspect ratio-is it too long relative to the width as the SCREEN width is no more than an old Samsung Mega 6.3 (same in fact)

I am going to develop for this device like i did for the previous Max's

We need @nijel8 here

HannibalLecter said:
We need @nijel8 here
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yes we need him here for sure

Edit: nevermind, it was shipped this morning.
Any idea when it will ship?

I made the mistake of buying max 2 after max 1. The sources released almost 9 months after release of the phone. No more xiaomi for me. I'll gladly pay a little extra for another phone that has the software I want without bugs.

The Mi Max 2 is my fave all time phone.. I've happily UPgraded from a Exynos Samsung Galaxy S8+, which had terrible battery life..
Mi Max 2 with the latest xtended Oreo rom is amazing, highly configurable and SOT is nuts using kernel auditor. So yes I love SD625 and this phone, which my wife is also using but with standard MIUI.
Looking forward to the Mi Max 3 in the future.

Just gotten my Mi Max 3 today shipped directly from Shenzhen, China! :silly:
Binding period of 335 hrs to go for Unlocking Bootloader!
**Photos taken using my 2 years old Mi Max Prime 4/128.
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kelvintisw said:
Just gotten my Mi Max 3 today shipped directly from Shenzhen, China! :silly:
Binding period of 335 hrs to go for Unlocking Bootloader!
**Photos taken using my 2 years old Mi Max Prime 4/128.
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Yaaay!
I'm holding on though.
If the device will get a bug free lineage os I will buy a black one with 6GB 128GB..but only then

Question Performance of 888

Can we actually get the full performance of Snapdragon 888 in Xiaomi 11T Pro? Many reviewers says it's underperforming. Can we enable it's performance?
I have another question, people says it has throttling issues. Can i use it for heavy gaming? If i use a cooler fan? Does it will give a stable performance?
How is the phone in day to day use? Does it over heat?

on stock miui i dont think so, plus 888 and Gen 1 has heating issues so i dont think its a good idea also

Mohammad94402 said:
Can we actually get the full performance of Snapdragon 888 in Xiaomi 11T Pro? Many reviewers says it's underperforming. Can we enable it's performance?
I have another question, people says it has throttling issues. Can i use it for heavy gaming? If i use a cooler fan? Does it will give a stable performance?
How is the phone in day to day use? Does it over heat?
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I use it for a couple day now , I delete this bloatware :
I have removed the following but it depends on each one, they could remove more.
Analytics.
Android Accessibility Suite
App Vault
Browser
Catchlog
Digital wellbeing
Facebook
Feedback
Freeform
Frequent phrases
Games
Google Drive
Google Duo
Google One
Google Photos
HybridAccessory
Joyose
MSA
Market Feedback Agent
Mi Browser
Mi Cloud
Mi credit
Mi pay
Mi video
MiConnectService
MiPlayClient
MiuiDaemon
Music
Notes
Quickball
Scanner
Screen Recorder
Services & feedback
SoterService
Uniplay Service
Weather
Yellow Pages
this is what I first do, phone is hot heating at all , I am on EU rom and I know some days to use it over almost all day..battery temperture is like on the most phone 38c , CPU is so fast and good that you dont have a sense that you are using MIUI , on other phones like my previus RN9 pro 5g with SD 750 . MIUI was to havy system for use , everyting lag , totall mess.. I am settisfied , the phone is awesome .

tze_vitamin said:
I use it for a couple day now , I delete this bloatware :
I have removed the following but it depends on each one, they could remove more.
Analytics.
Android Accessibility Suite
App Vault
Browser
Catchlog
Digital wellbeing
Facebook
Feedback
Freeform
Frequent phrases
Games
Google Drive
Google Duo
Google One
Google Photos
HybridAccessory
Joyose
MSA
Market Feedback Agent
Mi Browser
Mi Cloud
Mi credit
Mi pay
Mi video
MiConnectService
MiPlayClient
MiuiDaemon
Music
Notes
Quickball
Scanner
Screen Recorder
Services & feedback
SoterService
Uniplay Service
Weather
Yellow Pages
this is what I first do, phone is hot heating at all , I am on EU rom and I know some days to use it over almost all day..battery temperture is like on the most phone 38c , CPU is so fast and good that you dont have a sense that you are using MIUI , on other phones like my previus RN9 pro 5g with SD 750 . MIUI was to havy system for use , everyting lag , totall mess.. I am settisfied , the phone is awesome .
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Brother if i use Cooling Fan like Black Shark Funcooler Pro. can i play heavy Game on it? Will i get a stable Performance?

Mohammad94402 said:
Brother if i use Cooling Fan like Black Shark Funcooler Pro. can i play heavy Game on it? Will i get a stable Performance?
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I play with a phone all day , no heat at all .. 2-3 degrees and thats it

tze_vitamin said:
I play with a phone all day , no heat at all .. 2-3 degrees and thats it
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Any Performance Drop? Many Youtubers says it's 888 Performance is Underperforming. Performance Drop A lot. Is it True?

No. You must try it. This CPU eats MIUI

Mohammad94402 said:
Can we actually get the full performance of Snapdragon 888 in Xiaomi 11T Pro? Many reviewers says it's underperforming. Can we enable it's performance?
I have another question, people says it has throttling issues. Can i use it for heavy gaming? If i use a cooler fan? Does it will give a stable performance?
How is the phone in day to day use? Does it over heat?
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MIUI is likely the cause of the problem here, I tried with a custom unofficial google experience rom the results were surprising as it surpassed the MIUI usage ones. Yes, even with a good custom rom that is lite will make the processor show its true self. I am using the White model with 8gb of ram and 256gb of storage to note. (Brought it in early 2022). I suggest you install a custom rom or anything to make MIUI lightweight. Custom rom is google experience unofficial version 12.1 .Snapdragon itself is already a beast when it come to performance. If want google experience unofficial rom for this phone click on this tutorial. >> https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/how-to-install-custom-roms-gsi-11t-pro.4396021/
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Mohammad94402 said:
Many reviewers says / Many Youtubers says
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Many reviewers and YouTubers say, you should give me all your money
The 11T Pro is a nice phone with enough power. Can it gain more performance? Yes maybe, but why should it? It's fast enough right now.

Spillunke said:
Many reviewers and YouTubers say, you should give me all your money
The 11T Pro is a nice phone with enough power. Can it be gain more performance? Maybe, but why should it? It's fast enough right now.
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Using a GSI Rom gives you tons of performance. The miui is the one slowing it down. Miui score for multi core is 2800 ish. Meanwhile I got 3203 on Geekbench. The phone does have a little bit of overheating. Other than that it performed well in normal indoor conditions and some outdoor. Honestly don't even dare to use MIUI.

I uses on previous phones, redmi note 7,8 pro , Poco f2 pro, Redmi note 9 pro 5g , so manu custom ROMs, Boootlegers, Pixel expirence, Project Elixir, CorvusOS , Radiant Project... Every single one is a good AOSP ROM, especially because of battery. but I can not and never will used to use Gcam, MIUI Camera is such improved, have so manu options, that is amazing. yes , Gcam do all automaticlly but MIUI camera have all that setttings and for those who love photography isnt hard to set up settings manually...
I already unlock boootoader , flashed Xiaomi EU but , with thus cpu no need to use AOSP

tze_vitamin said:
I uses on previous phones, redmi note 7,8 pro , Poco f2 pro, Redmi note 9 pro 5g , so manu custom ROMs, Boootlegers, Pixel expirence, Project Elixir, CorvusOS , Radiant Project... Every single one is a good AOSP ROM, especially because of battery. but I can not and never will used to use Gcam, MIUI Camera is such improved, have so manu options, that is amazing. yes , Gcam do all automaticlly but MIUI camera have all that setttings and for those who love photography isnt hard to set up settings manually...
I already unlock boootoader , flashed Xiaomi EU but , with thus cpu no need to use AOSP
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I myself personally have a dedicated mirrorless camera. For me performance matters. (Small political opinion) I am using no MIUI for many reasons. First thing USB debugging security. Yes, I have to enter my MI account. Calculator app sends to Xiaomi servers. THIS is not a cool OS. AOSP based rom suited me fully with all hands. MIUI also is laggy and eats resources. Xiaomi also made a timer when a critical setting is changed. I have had enough, and go for other roms instead. Say no to MIUI and say hello to other roms, they are here to stay.

mlgWOWmeme said:
I myself personally have a dedicated mirrorless camera. For me performance matters. (Small political opinion) I am using no MIUI for many reasons. First thing USB debugging security. Yes, I have to enter my MI account. Calculator app sends to Xiaomi servers. THIS is not a cool OS. AOSP based rom suited me fully with all hands. MIUI also is laggy and eats resources. Xiaomi also made a timer when a critical setting is changed. I have had enough, and go for other roms instead. Say no to MIUI and say hello to other roms, they are here to stay.
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I don't understand why anyone didn't port properly MIUI camera

mlgWOWmeme said:
I myself personally have a dedicated mirrorless camera. For me performance matters. (Small political opinion) I am using no MIUI for many reasons. First thing USB debugging security. Yes, I have to enter my MI account. Calculator app sends to Xiaomi servers. THIS is not a cool OS. AOSP based rom suited me fully with all hands. MIUI also is laggy and eats resources. Xiaomi also made a timer when a critical setting is changed. I have had enough, and go for other roms instead. Say no to MIUI and say hello to other roms, they are here to stay.
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So why buy a Xiaomi?

NOSS8 said:
So why buy a Xiaomi?
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I have already planned to install a custom ROM on it knowingly. Right now due to external crisis I need a bang for the bucks. You know that the economy all ran down. Yeah and smartphones got expensive. Plus I at least get speed. My Xiaomi account that I created is an alt as I used a alternative email to do that. I might sound weird, but hear me out. Earlier on I tried google normal GSI Rom and then pixel experience unofficial GSI Rom. The phone in the website also said android enterprise recommended... On the English version of the website this also lead me to think that even I know MIUI sucks I at least might be able to change the Rom to get price down.

mlgWOWmeme said:
I have already planned to install a custom ROM on it knowingly. Right now due to external crisis I need a bang for the bucks. You know that the economy all ran down. Yeah and smartphones got expensive. Plus I at least get speed. My Xiaomi account that I created is an alt as I used a alternative email to do that. I might sound weird, but hear me out. Earlier on I tried google normal GSI Rom and then pixel experience unofficial GSI Rom. The phone in the website also said android enterprise recommended... On the English version of the website this also lead me to think that even I know MIUI sucks I at least might be able to change the Rom to get price down.
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ok,i see

If it is underperforming, I'd say it is still leaving a good impression on me. Bought one a couple of weeks ago (My S21u was stolen) and performs very well.

I change mine RN9ro 5G sd 750g with aslo 108mp camera ,with flash AOSP roms I got easly 2 days of battery , now I chane it to 11T pro and cant get used to that battery is almost empty in the evning.. but peformance of 888 is awesome... its twice faster opens apps then on RN9pro 5g

Question Should i upgrade to P7

Hi
Thinking about getting P7.
Some unclear topics:
1. Is it runing warm in simple use(yt.fb,browser)?
2. Does it support tap to wake and widget to lock screen?
3.Does it have widgets on screen available for mobile data,hotspot,wifi?
4. Is its camera step up compared to others flagships?
5. Does it have adds like xiaomi has in prei stalled apps. Is there bloatware? How many gb free when just opened& booted up?
6. Any bugs?

No don't, my p6p runs so much smoother and has double the performance due to the GPU, the Mali G710 on the p7 is more towards battery saving, but I don't see a difference in battery, 100% stay with p6 or p6p, the only upgrade you get really is software related

Ejjskakejdndnnxnawjjd said:
No don't, my p6p runs so much smoother and has double the performance due to the GPU, the Mali G710 on the p7 is more towards battery saving, but I don't see a difference in battery, 100% stay with p6 or p6p, the only upgrade you get really is software related
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The GPU is only a slight downgrade in the P7, stop being so overdramatic. There's obviously something not okay with your 7.

dzincha said:
Hi
Thinking about getting P7.
Some unclear topics:
1. Is it runing warm in simple use(yt.fb,browser)?
2. Does it support tap to wake and widget to lock screen?
3.Does it have widgets on screen available for mobile data,hotspot,wifi?
4. Is its camera step up compared to others flagships?
5. Does it have adds like xiaomi has in prei stalled apps. Is there bloatware? How many gb free when just opened& booted up?
6. Any bugs?
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1. Is it runing warm in simple use(yt.fb,browser)? no
2. Does it support tap to wake and widget to lock screen? tap to wake yes...widget on lock screen? no
3.Does it have widgets on screen available for mobile data,hotspot,wifi? no stock widget...
4. Is its camera step up compared to others flagships? no, its stock android
5. Does it have adds like xiaomi has in prei stalled apps. Is there bloatware? How many gb free when just opened& booted up? no its stock android
6. Any bugs? not that I seen...

dzincha said:
Hi
Thinking about getting P7.
Some unclear topics:
1. Is it runing warm in simple use(yt.fb,browser)?
2. Does it support tap to wake and widget to lock screen?
3.Does it have widgets on screen available for mobile data,hotspot,wifi?
4. Is its camera step up compared to others flagships?
5. Does it have adds like xiaomi has in prei stalled apps. Is there bloatware? How many gb free when just opened& booted up?
6. Any bugs?
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I upgraded from a Pix3 so it's a lot faster with a lot better battery life for me. I use mine more like a phone, texter and email checker than a gamer or social media user and I use about 40%/24hr day.
1. Not running warm
2. Yes. No.
3. Kinda. It has widgets for settings shortcuts to these areas but not actual toggles/indicators.
4. I think the Google camera on this platform is excellent
5. No ads in preinstalled apps that I've seen but some would consider the Gapps as bloatware compared to AOSP
6. The fingerprint sensor/experience stinks! You should definitely google that before you buy if you're a big finterprint user.

I am using Mi note 10 now, looks like will wait till Xiaomi 13 will be available.

dzincha said:
I am using Mi note 10 now, looks like will wait till Xiaomi 13 will be available.
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have fun with the chinese stealing your infos

dzincha said:
3.Does it have widgets on screen available for mobile data,hotspot,wifi?
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Use the pull-down menu for that stuff, you can customize the buttons there.

Vio281 said:
have fun with the chinese stealing your infos
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During 3 years 0 calls from china and 0 emails or thefts.
Google is not collecting data from other android devices?

dzincha said:
During 3 years 0 calls from china and 0 emails or thefts.
Google is not collecting data from other android devices?
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I'm sure google do, but they walk a thin line when operating in U.S. Chinese government on the other hand...they dont care.

dzincha said:
I am using Mi note 10 now, looks like will wait till Xiaomi 13 will be available.
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I'm not good with the CCP but both Pixel, Samsung and Gookill Android have been degrading these phones for the last 3 years.
No expandable storage, many only have 128gb internal storage and 6-8gb of ram. One member has a thread up complaining of only 4hrs SOT with their P7.
Between scoped storage, 5G and the variable refresh rate display they tanked the SOT. For what? This Note 10+ with a degraded (and smaller) battery that's do to be replaced gets more than twice that. Dual drive 500/1000gb with better color accuracy.
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It's not just Pixels that suck; Samsung's overpriced new flagships are expensive hand warmers too. If you don't care about having a variable refresh rate display and 5G, get a new or used N10+. New ones are loaded with Android 10... don't upgrade it. Security simply isn't an issue in this case. A better balanced phone with excellent build Q and a solid workhorse.
Both Google and Samsung now are more marketing hype talk than action. That's my opinion. No trophy unless you earned it.

If your phone hw is powerfull, then it will be hand warmer in winter.
Other issue is PWM, some flagships(Mi 12t as example) declare 1920 pwm, but in lab tests it is only 120hz(info from notebookcheck review).
My another option is Xiaomi 12x( good hw, not heating, pwm high, good battery stats), but not available via carrier e-shop. Xiaomi 12 powerfull hw, heating issues and also lower battery stats). Lets see how Xiaomi 13 deals with heat,pwm,etc.

F###k no more security patches for Mi note 10 pro and also no miui 14:
Xiaomi Security Center
Xiaomi Product Security Center provides users and partners of Xiaomi with detailed information on the security status of our smartphones and IoT products, including product security advisories and notices, security updates and support information, and security incident response process.
trust.mi.com
Some redmi 9t even will get.
Strange move from Xiaomi.

I upgraded from the P6 to the P7. (I wasn't looking to upgrade, but when Google offered $479 for my P6 and the P7 was on sale for $499, it was a no brainer).
The P7 is hand down more fluid than the P6. It "feels" faster than the P6. I was actually surprised at the difference because I wasn't expecting much difference between the two.

sic0048 said:
I upgraded from the P6 to the P7. (I wasn't looking to upgrade, but when Google offered $479 for my P6 and the P7 was on sale for $499, it was a no brainer).
The P7 is hand down more fluid than the P6. It "feels" faster than the P6. I was actually surprised at the difference because I wasn't expecting much difference between the two.
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same feeling and the fact that its getting smaller was a no brainer for me...I upgraded from 128gb p6 to 256gb p7 for 100 bucks....It'll be crazy not to take...
I honestly thought somebody at google did some wrong math and giving peopel this crazy deal...but then again its google...they are rich enough for me not to feel bad.

In what country Google offers such deals to exhange p6-p7?

It was in the US at least. However the trade-in values have already dropped and the sale prices end 12-24-22. So while you can still get the phone on sale, you can't trade in your P6 for $479 anymore. (I just checked and Google is only offering $150 for the P6).

dzincha said:
In what country Google offers such deals to exhange p6-p7?
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U.S but not anymore...I just exchange a p5 for p7...p5 was giving $400 and they gave 100 off for cyber monday

In Germany I got 350 euros for a apple iPhone 8 plus and payed 570 euros for the pixel 7.
Liked my pixel 6 but got a cracked screen due to bicycle crash and a new screen would have been 190 euros