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Is my Xiaomi Mi 5 safe?

Hello.
I just got a Xiaomi Mi 5 32GB from Gearbest and I am wondering if it has any spyware/malware and if I have to flash a new ROM on it.
It came with MIUI8 Global Stable (i don't remember the version, but it was 8.X.X.X) and I just updated it to MIUI 8.1.2.0 Stable through the updater.
It seems to be working fine. Can I assume that it is running on a legit official Global MIUI and that it doesn't have any spyware/malware on it?
I would post screenshots, but since I am a new user I am not allowed to. But if you wish, you can remove the space before the 'com'.
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Yes..it's official miui global stable rom, but about spyware/malware, i can't sure or guarantee it's 100% free spyware/malware..but what i know..as long this is global stable rom..there's no bloatware Chinese apps like in miui Chinese based rom. From my experience using this global stable..what i don't like is..too much google apps that i don't used or even needed for my daily used and system not good as Chinese based have, that's why now i'm prefer using xiaomi.eu that are still based from official Chinese rom but already removing all bloatware and optimized the system for global used.

Right, about miui.eu, I thought about flashing it but I read on the forums that it is a bit faster but there are a few more bugs and that there isn't that much of a difference compared to the official. And the Google apps don't bother me that much. So I will try the official for a few months and see.
Thanks for your answer. Cheers.

Mi 9 miui eu vs miui global vs RevOS

Hi! i am very new to the xiaomi community. i have just bought a pre-owned xiaomi mi 9.
it was shipped to me via POST mail, when i opened the phone it is a xiaomi mi 9 chinese version. :crying:
i want to flash a new rom on it, and currently i am torn between the three roms.
i just want to know your opinions on these three roms in all aspects (battery life, performance, gaming etc...)
1. miui eu
2. global rom
3. RevOS
***i have seen the miui eu vs RevOS (here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/help/revolution-os-vs-xiaomi-eu-one-recommend-t3934804) but i want to know how they are versus each other and the global rom.
how are the updates on these roms (miui eu, miui global, and revos) delivered? do i need to reflash every time? or i can just update just like a regular stock miui chinese rom? (a.k.a. by going to the settings and clicking the update button there and rebooting)
thank you. :angel::angel:

Xioami eu is the most supported rom concerning updates

HTCDevil said:
Xioami eu is the most supported rom concerning updates
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how is miui eu compared to the global rom?
are there lags? or bugs? problems? can yu give me a short help please

Hello. xiaomi.eu rom is based on the beta or stable rom of china. she's stable for everyday use. it benefits from news before the global. the beta rom is translated into several languages ​​and updated every Friday. I use it now and I prefer it overall, it is much smoother. on the other hand it is necessary the bootloader to unlock.

meuhmeuh51 said:
Hello. xiaomi.eu rom is based on the beta or stable rom of china. she's stable for everyday use. it benefits from news before the global. the beta rom is translated into several languages ​​and updated every Friday. I use it now and I prefer it overall, it is much smoother. on the other hand it is necessary the bootloader to unlock.
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i am currently waiting for my bootloader to be unlocked.
do i need to flash the update rom or i can just update from the miui settings?

meuhmeuh51 said:
Hello. xiaomi.eu rom is based on the beta or stable rom of china. she's stable for everyday use. it benefits from news before the global. the beta rom is translated into several languages ​​and updated every Friday. I use it now and I prefer it overall, it is much smoother. on the other hand it is necessary the bootloader to unlock.
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i am currently waiting for my bootloader to be unlocked.
with regards to updating, do i need to flash the update everytime? or i can just use the update tool in the miui settings?

darkalimdor said:
i am currently waiting for my bootloader to be unlocked.
with regards to updating, do i need to flash the update everytime? or i can just use the update tool in the miui settings?
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you have to unlock the bootloader. flasher twrp. and flash the rom. it is precise on the site of xiaomi.eu

meuhmeuh51 said:
you have to unlock the bootloader. flasher twrp. and flash the rom. it is precise on the site of xiaomi.eu
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that is for when i am flashing the rom newly,
i am asking about when i update.

I was on global rom and battery was very bad, but beem a week on revos its very clean amd good battery.
I recommend RevOs.

I have the Global EU (NOT xiaomi.eu) and i have good battery life (over night max battery drain of 5%), its buttery smooth and no bugs. Its official by Xiaomi but i heard updates are not as frequent as the China Global. Also since Global EU is stock you can just flash that over without unlocking bootloader if i am correct. The XiaoMiTool V2 somewhere here in the forum could be helpful for you if you want to stay stock and dont want to unlock your bootloader.
Edit: Also the Global EU has Widevine L1 which you need for Netflix HD. Dont know if the pther ROMs have that.

Jwtiyar said:
I was on global rom and battery was very bad, but beem a week on revos its very clean amd good battery.
I recommend RevOs.
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revolution os has the same ui with the miui ? how is the electronic image stabilization working on the rev os? how about other features that miui have, does the rev os also have?
i am looking at the miui eu because it has all the features that miui global have but better. so does rev os also have that?

cihot said:
I have the Global EU (NOT xiaomi.eu) and i have good battery life (over night max battery drain of 5%), its buttery smooth and no bugs. Its official by Xiaomi but i heard updates are not as frequent as the China Global. Also since Global EU is stock you can just flash that over without unlocking bootloader if i am correct. The XiaoMiTool V2 somewhere here in the forum could be helpful for you if you want to stay stock and dont want to unlock your bootloader.
Edit: Also the Global EU has Widevine L1 which you need for Netflix HD. Dont know if the pther ROMs have that.
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did you buy the phone with the global eu? or did you flash it?
how are the ads on the global eu? i do not mind the not frequent updates, i mostly want a very smooth and fast ui and no bloat

darkalimdor said:
did you buy the phone with the global eu? or did you flash it?
how are the ads on the global eu? i do not mind the not frequent updates, i mostly want a very smooth and fast ui and no bloat
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I bought it second hand but when the seller bought it it was with Global EU from MediaMarkt, big German store. I never had any ads. Where would I see them?

cihot said:
I bought it second hand but when the seller bought it it was with Global EU from MediaMarkt, big German store. I never had any ads. Where would I see them?
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in the chinese rom (the rom i am currently in) has ads in cleaner, file manager etc.. there is also a lot of bloat, such as weibo,qunar, baidu etc..
do u have plans on flashing a new rom?

darkalimdor said:
in the chinese rom (the rom i am currently in) has ads in cleaner, file manager etc.. there is also a lot of bloat, such as weibo,qunar, baidu etc..
do u have plans on flashing a new rom?
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I don't have any ads then. Seems the Global EU doesn't have all this Chinese preloaded apps. It has some xiaomi apps which can't be deleted, but otherwise I never had any problems. I was thinking of getting the xiaomi.eu so I can have notifications visible all the time and not just when they are incoming but that's all. I guess soon xiaomi will release an update for the global eu which will add this functionality back. Honestly this Rom is already so much superior than any other Phone I used and I think I can wait a couple of months for updates instead of having to deal with bugs and updates every two weeks with the xiaomi.eu

Question Can anyone share their experiences of Xiaomi.eu ROM vs Global ROM?

I own the Mi 11 with CN ROM and have been using it in North America. I'm thinking of flashing a different ROM to see if it will be a better experience. Has anyone in my situation flashed both the Global ROM and Xiaomi.eu ROM and can give an opinion on which is better overall? I'd be interested in things like speed, battery life, Play services compatability etc.
Thanks in advance!

It basically boils down to privacy vs latest updates.
Xiaomi will phone home as much as you let it, I think the EU rom is supposed to fix that but updates take a little longer.

philhab said:
I own the Mi 11 with CN ROM and have been using it in North America. I'm thinking of flashing a different ROM to see if it will be a better experience. Has anyone in my situation flashed both the Global ROM and Xiaomi.eu ROM and can give an opinion on which is better overall? I'd be interested in things like speed, battery life, Play services compatability etc.
Thanks in advance!
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If you want more features use the Chinese EU ROM. Speed, battery etc will be the same.

Mackay53 said:
If you want more features use the Chinese EU ROM. Speed, battery etc will be the same.
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Thanks. Is this the same as what people call the "Global ROM"?

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Thanks. Is this the same as what people call the "Global ROM"?
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Global is different to the Xiaomi EU one but many wrongly call the EU one global.
Xiaomi EU is based on the Chinese ROM.
Global is for outside China and has less features than Chinese and Xiaomi EU ROM.

Mackay53 said:
Global is different to the Xiaomi EU one but many wrongly call the EU one global.
Xiaomi EU is based on the Chinese ROM.
Global is for outside China and has less features than Chinese and Xiaomi EU ROM.
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I knew that the Global ROM (developed by Xiaomi) is meant for phones outside of China. I also understood that the Xiaomi.eu ROM is created by developers and is different (but based on) the Chinese stock ROM that shipped with the phone. I think you confused me by saying the "Chinese EU ROM" instead of "Xiaomi.eu" ROM which is what I usually see people say.
What I don't like about the Chinese stock ROM for Chinese users is that it doesn't seem to fully support all Google services and the implementation of Android 11 isn't complete (for example I don't see the Nearby Share feature).
What features does the Global ROM (created by Xiaomi for international users) lack that the Chinese ROM has? I think that as long as the Global ROM supports Google services fully I would be happy with it. If not then I guess I would flash the Xiaomi.eu ROM but it would be annoying to have to apply all updates manually.

philhab said:
I knew that the Global ROM (developed by Xiaomi) is meant for phones outside of China. I also understood that the Xiaomi.eu ROM is created by developers and is different (but based on) the Chinese stock ROM that shipped with the phone. I think you confused me by saying the "Chinese EU ROM" instead of "Xiaomi.eu" ROM which is what I usually see people say.
What I don't like about the Chinese stock ROM for Chinese users is that it doesn't seem to fully support all Google services and the implementation of Android 11 isn't complete (for example I don't see the Nearby Share feature).
What features does the Global ROM (created by Xiaomi for international users) lack that the Chinese ROM has? I think that as long as the Global ROM supports Google services fully I would be happy with it. If not then I guess I would flash the Xiaomi.eu ROM but it would be annoying to have to apply all updates manually.
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Can't actually remember most of them but there was a few. A lot of the AI options like app pre loading etc
Xiaomi also confirmed the global Miui 12.5 update will be a "lite" version of the Chinese Miui so software will be more basic.
When I had the Mi 10 the EU version worked better than the global one with Google and notifications in general. Might of sorted that with next month's release.

Mackay53 said:
Can't actually remember most of them but there was a few. A lot of the AI options like app pre loading etc
Xiaomi also confirmed the global Miui 12.5 update will be a "lite" version of the Chinese Miui so software will be more basic.
When I had the Mi 10 the EU version worked better than the global one with Google and notifications in general. Might of sorted that with next month's release.
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Ok. Thanks for the info

I have CN ROM and had to tweak it like crazy to get rid of the China stuff and to get notifications to work. Turned off the battery saver for every app I needed notifications and enabled every option.
Now with EU ROM I didn't have to do anything like that, and have the google feed on the left. Everything is perfect with EU - well recommended.

Excuse me for jump in...I want to by Mi 11 Pro. I want Google Play, Google pay, banking aps, Netflix to work. Shell I stay on Chinese Rom or put Xiaomi.eu Rom? I am from Europe. Thanks!
Edit: Now I see it´s an old Topic :-/

xiaomi eu is far superior than stock rom with more features and optimization, no reason to use global rom

Shojimeguro said:
xiaomi eu is far superior than stock rom with more features and optimization, no reason to use global rom
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Hehe lol, but no. More features, yes. More optimization? Definitely not - there are far more lags than in global. Interface isn't very fluid.

does the eu rom has call recording?

panoszam said:
does the eu rom has call recording?
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yes it has

philhab said:
I own the Mi 11 with CN ROM and have been using it in North America. I'm thinking of flashing a different ROM to see if it will be a better experience. Has anyone in my situation flashed both the Global ROM and Xiaomi.eu ROM and can give an opinion on which is better overall? I'd be interested in things like speed, battery life, Play services compatability etc.
Thanks in advance!
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Use xiaomi
philhab said:
I own the Mi 11 with CN ROM and have been using it in North America. I'm thinking of flashing a different ROM to see if it will be a better experience. Has anyone in my situation flashed both the Global ROM and Xiaomi.eu ROM and can give an opinion on which is better overall? I'd be interested in things like speed, battery life, Play services compatability etc.
Thanks in advance!
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Use xiaomi EU rom - can works perfectly on open bootloader, no root

Antyhaker said:
Hehe lol, but no. More features, yes. More optimization? Definitely not - there are far more lags than in global. Interface isn't very fluid.
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I have already tried the latest stable MIUI14 from xiaomi.eu and it seemed quite alright
But I had one problem - which was rather annoying
I couldn't get my banking app to install properly. And I believe that is because the bootloader is unlocked. But my device was original CN, which I then flashed to xiaomi.eu (and locking the bootloader after that, is not recommended!)
So my question here is - if I install the Global ROM instead (which is xiaomi official, in contrary to the xiaomi.eu ROM), will I be able to lock the bootloader after flashing?

jstoner said:
I have already tried the latest stable MIUI14 from xiaomi.eu and it seemed quite alright
But I had one problem - which was rather annoying
I couldn't get my banking app to install properly. And I believe that is because the bootloader is unlocked. But my device was original CN, which I then flashed to xiaomi.eu (and locking the bootloader after that, is not recommended!)
So my question here is - if I install the Global ROM instead (which is xiaomi official, in contrary to the xiaomi.eu ROM), will I be able to lock the bootloader after flashing?
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With china device? Instant brick.

jstoner said:
I have already tried the latest stable MIUI14 from xiaomi.eu and it seemed quite alright
But I had one problem - which was rather annoying
I couldn't get my banking app to install properly. And I believe that is because the bootloader is unlocked. But my device was original CN, which I then flashed to xiaomi.eu (and locking the bootloader after that, is not recommended!)
So my question here is - if I install the Global ROM instead (which is xiaomi official, in contrary to the xiaomi.eu ROM), will I be able to lock the bootloader after flashing?
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The EU ROM doesn't need to lock bootloader.

The EU ROM looks have a issue relate Google Backup.
Does anyone have the same issue?
New - Google Drive backup bug? Backup gone after reboot [updated]
[updated description below because it seems like backups dissappear after reboot] Not sure if this is from ROM or the Google Drive app. After a day or two my Google backup of my phone dissappears. Even though done successfully before and also shown in Google Drive, it dissappears after a day...
xiaomi.eu

One good reason to move to EU rom: it fixed stuff where China Rom doesn't!
For example, in China/Global ROM miui14.0.12 the AOD display will always turn itself off if it lay on a dark room for around 10 minutes. And turning off Bluetooth from android top down menu will turn off 24 hours only and not forever.
In Miui EU, this they fixed it by making it on always. Same goes to Bluetooth turning off when pressed from top drop down menu.
And many other translation jitter you can notice in China Rom if you were to restart your phone. For instance, calendar will show 1 second of Chinese before becoming english.

Question Mi 11 ultra - xiaomi.eu or global rom?

Hi, I have a 11 ultra Chinese version, after waiting 7 days to unlock and all of bugging twrp installation, I finished to put stable xiaomi.eu Rom on it. But somehow I find that eu rom now have a lot of small bugs.
Don't know that should keep it or go to global rom?

Xiaomi EU is overstimated, it may be good for west people who wants a debloated and translated china rom with Google services,but Global Rom is much better and also is faster

xNAPx said:
Xiaomi EU is overstimated, it may be good for west people who wants a debloated and translated china rom with Google services,but Global Rom is much better and also is faster
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what version of global rom you using?

Latest global 12.5.4.0

xNAPx said:
Xiaomi EU is overstimated, it may be good for west people who wants a debloated and translated china rom with Google services,but Global Rom is much better and also is faster
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i will give eu a last try after an fresh installation ...

I didn't try myself the China ROM but I read it is more performing than the Xiaomi EU as well as Global and EEA stock ROMs

When I got my Mi 11 Ultra I started the process to unlock it right away since it uses the Chinese rom. However, by the time it was ready to be unlocked I decided it wasn't worth the hassle. The Chinese rom with the Google playstore installed does everything I need it to do. I don't really see any reason to change to the global or eu rom so far.

xNAPx said:
Latest global 12.5.4.0
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The Global Indian (IN) ROM is smaller in size as compared to the Global (IM) ROM and they are pretty much identical.
The IN ROM though has the Red Dot notification light displayed in the Rear Display when there is any notification.
T̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶o̶p̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶a̶v̶a̶i̶l̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶G̶l̶o̶b̶a̶l̶ ̶I̶M̶ ̶R̶O̶M̶
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So this option is available in the Global MI Rom but you may also have to enable another setting which might not be 'enabled' by default.
Notification Access > Rear Display > Allow Notification Access
A regular notification option is available but it is pretty limited. I think it is for Spotify integration (music control) and Answering the Phone.
I̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶l̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶g̶o̶ ̶b̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶I̶N̶ ̶R̶o̶m̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶a̶t̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶v̶1̶2̶.̶5̶.̶4̶.̶0̶
Quite content with the Global MI ROM

By IN ROM you mean Indian? Because the standard Global is easily rootable

Chinese rom is the best one. 120Hz everywhere.
Latest patches latest updates but no Ok google and no android auto. (At least in old versions of software)
I didn’t like global rom because many apps including YouTube is not working at 120hz.

Obviously China ROM is more updated and more refined,

xNAPx said:
By IN ROM you mean Indian? Because the standard Global is easily rootable
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Yes I'm on v12.5.4.0 MI ROM
Fastbooted and rooted

avetny said:
Chinese rom is the best one. 120Hz everywhere.
Latest patches latest updates but no Ok google and no android auto. (At least in old versions of software)
I didn’t like global rom because many apps including YouTube is not working at 120hz.
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1. MiUi dialler & Contacts - Didn't like it. Prefer Google
2. MiUi power down screen - Didn't like it. Still prefer Global ROM screen.
3. Google Assistant didn't work from lockscreen. It has to be running in the background for it to work from lockscreen (fingerprint protected)
The CN ROM does have some extra neat animations (like Battery Charging animations) which I would look to have. But I can do without it.
In Global MI ROM, Google Assistant is a system app I guess. So it's in the background by default? It works well from lockscreen.
Red dot notification in rear display works on Global MI ROM but doesn't work on the CN ROM. The Xiaomi.eu's (CN) ROM.

avetny said:
Chinese rom is the best one. 120Hz everywhere.
Latest patches latest updates but no Ok google and no android auto. (At least in old versions of software)
I didn’t like global rom because many apps including YouTube is not working at 120hz.
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I would love to test video. I don't quite know how to check the Hz. Honestly I haven't tested my phone yet.
How do you check how many Hz when watching YouTube?

xNAPx said:
By IN ROM you mean Indian? Because the standard Global is easily rootable
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IN as in Indian yes
IN ROM latest fastboot ROM is v12.0.2.0 and then OTA update to v12.5.2.0.
I didn't know if I would lose root so I thought Global MI ROM is better. Lot more fastboot ROM releases and perhaps some added features looking at the version number and size of the MI fastboot Rom.

I need a Chinese ROM without the Chinese programs only
Because I want to record the call without sound

king of demons said:
I need a Chinese ROM without the Chinese programs only
Because I want to record the call without sound
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There should be many workaround for recording calls if you search

Xiaomi.eu all day. Faster updates, more tweaks and features over both stock CN and global. I immediately went Xiaomi.eu and haven't looked back.

please read what happened to me and i dont know how to solve it -
mi 11 pro .
a week ago i upgreade my "eu rom stable" and suddenly today im facing a strange problems:
"the facebook,telegram,whatsapp-are not opening"
im getting a phone calls and sms , but when im clicking on those apps , they just dont open .
i tried to uninstall them and to install them from the begininig , but nothing .
i didnt touch any settings on the phone , its just surprised me and i dont know what to do .
i entered my twrp recovery and im in the twrp i saw unusuall red raws with mention to these 3 apps , i dont know what is the meaning and i cant photo it

when you have so a lot of problems with the phone the best is FORMAT DATA and make a fresh Install

Question Major Differences between India and Global MIUI Rom for mi 11 ultra

Thinking of using global rom than indian rom , miui11 ultra.

Check this video.

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Check this video.
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thanks for this. I meant difference in ROM rather than naming convention. Like what I will miss and what I will get if I move from say IN rom to CN rom. or global rom.

ultimateparashar said:
thanks for this. I meant difference in ROM rather than naming convention. Like what I will miss and what I will get if I move from say IN rom to CN rom. or global rom.
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In that case, I see that you prefer this kind of information.

Size of Miui 12.5.2.0 stable Indian Rom is 3.36 GB.
Size of Miui 12.5.2.0 stable Global Rom is 5.23 GB.
Difference in size is around 2 GB, which clearly demonstrates Indian ROM will be missing many things.

I flashed Global (IM) ROM fastboot v12.5.4.0
So that I could get root
I was on Global India (IN) ROM v12.5.2.0 with no root from fastboot ROM v12.0.2.0
They are pretty much identical.
Major difference I saw:
1. PayTM and Amazon app is installed by default in IN ROM
2. Red light notification in rear display works on latest Indian ROM (v12.5.2.0) but such an option does not exist in the latest Global ROM v12.5.6.0
There is a notification but it seems to be limited and definitely not the red dot.
Honestly I feel the Indian ROM is really good. The red dot is a plus plus really but I'm afraid root would be an issue on the Indian ROM as there are more fastboot ROM's available to the owners when Global ROM (IM) is concerned.
Xiaomi.eu's ROM based on China (CN) has everything and more but I didn't quite like the MiUi dialer and MiUi Contacts app.
Honestly I can't remember if the red dot notification worked on this ROM.

Shailendra Garg said:
Size of Miui 12.5.2.0 stable Indian Rom is 3.36 GB.
Size of Miui 12.5.2.0 stable Global Rom is 5.23 GB.
Difference in size is around 2 GB, which clearly demonstrates Indian ROM will be missing many things.
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Are you flashing with custom recovery of any sort?
Because of root, I am restricted to the fastboot Rom's. Atleast that's my understanding of getting boot.img from a Rom.
TWRP unofficial didn't flash for me. Hoping the official custom recovery is out soon.