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Should i buy Xiaomi mi5

Hi guys,so as the title say, i plan to buy xiaomi mi5 64 gb for 250$ from aliexpress,i see this phone have so development going on and i plan to put cm on it right away,so would you recommend me to buy this phone,or is there some better phone for 250$,please note that i want to install any stock like rom on it if it dont have one from factory,but root is a must,i was also considering xiaomi mi 5s but it dont have any development,so please help me,have a good day )))))

Hi vlatko98,
I tried both in Xiaomi Shop and the Mi 5s is better IMO but since Xiaomi didn't release the kernel I choose the mi 5 because I don't wanted to take the risk to stick with MUIU.
Cheers

nicoula91 said:
Hi vlatko98,
I tried both in Xiaomi Shop and the Mi 5s is better IMO but since Xiaomi didn't release the kernel I choose the mi 5 because I don't wanted to take the risk to stick with MUIU.
Cheers
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yeah i bought mi5 too now,i allways install aosp roms so i didnt want to stick to miui to thanks

Does the Mi 5 have a quick shortcut to start the camera app? I haven't read anywhere how, but mind telling me? A button press? Shaking, or what?

iMaterial said:
Does the Mi 5 have a quick shortcut to start the camera app? I haven't read anywhere how, but mind telling me? A button press? Shaking, or what?
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You can long press the volume down button to take pictures while screen is off. The screen will stay off though, so you won't actually see what you're taking.

Guojun said:
You can long press the volume down button to take pictures while screen is off. The screen will stay off though, so you won't actually see what you're taking.
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Nothing else? Like a double tap or click? Anything?

If you are going to buy the Xiaomi Mi5 , get a very hard case because it can break easily if you accidentally put a lot of pressure on the device physically. It's a very good phone. 10/10 performance , 8/10 camera ( compared to S7, google pixel) , battery life 10/10.
The Xiaomi mi5s is not worth your time...

I bought mi5 64 gb white,it will be a long time to arrive,but i am waiting thx for the suggestions guys

iMaterial said:
Nothing else? Like a double tap or click? Anything?
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Developer ROM has an option you can activate to launch the camera app with a double tap on volume down with either screen off or lockscreen.

Alternate launcher and loss of S-Pen features ?

Hi there,
One quick question for those who may have tried: do we lose the Spen features when using any other launcher than Touchwiz ? I personally can't live without Nova... . And what about the widgets ?
Thanks in advance !

I've always used Nova on my Note's (N2,3 4 7) in the past and the SPen features worked. I don't remember them not working at least, although it is possible some of them may not have. I plan on using Nova again on my Note 8 and in the past upon taking the pen out the SPen features will likely pop up as they would on stock launcher. Others can chime in if they have further info and/or I am off on this.

They worked fine on the Note 7 with action launcher, at least those functions I use worked. I can also report the edge stuff still worked with it as well, again, those of them I used. It's possible something didn't in either case but I never ran into it. One thing that didn't work was their widgets, they seemed to have been tied in with the stock launcher.

I have a Samsung tablet where I use both Nova and Spen.

I've used Nova on my Note3 and Note5 and have no issues with SPen.

As far as I'm aware, the functionality of the S-pen is part of the firmware, not the launcher. Even custom ROMs that are based on official firmware should still support the S-pen. So go nuts. Try a different launcher every day. The S-pen will work fine.

Hi [emoji2]
Is it possible to write (take handwriting note) on Splanner like Note 4 ?
Thanks.
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cornwall said:
Hi there,
One quick question for those who may have tried: do we lose the Spen features when using any other launcher than Touchwiz ? I personally can't live without Nova... . And what about the widgets ?
Thanks in advance !
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Nova was a Beast on my Note 7, should be just fine on Note 8. Once of the first things you'll wanna do after changing default screen resolution from the default Full HD+ to WQHD+ and then the Animation from 1 to 0.5.

It's a good point, the stock grid wastes a ton of space, you really want a better launcher just to better optimize the space even without getting into all the extra features.

thedid63 said:
Hi [emoji2]
Is it possible to write (take handwriting note) on Splanner like Note 4 ?
Thanks.
Envoyé de mon SM-N915FY en utilisant Tapatalk
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I can't see why not but it's impossible to give a definitive answer when no one has the Note 8 yet.

Xiaomi mi a2 google search bar

Hello guys,
Just registered on xda. I've bought a xiaomi mi a2 mi 6x the 6GB ram one. I've had it for two weeks now and working great. Today i received the update to 9.0 pie, installed it and after restart something is bugging me. The Google search bar moved from the top of the screen to the very bottom and this is very annoying for me. I understood that on Android one the search bar from google will be on my screen forever but now that is down, i can't cope with that. Is there any way to move it from the bottom to the top where it has originally been on the previous android 8?
Thanks

dark_demon79 said:
Hello guys,
Just registered on xda. I've bought a xiaomi mi a2 mi 6x the 6GB ram one. I've had it for two weeks now and working great. Today i received the update to 9.0 pie, installed it and after restart something is bugging me. The Google search bar moved from the top of the screen to the very bottom and this is very annoying for me. I understood that on Android one the search bar from google will be on my screen forever but now that is down, i can't cope with that. Is there any way to move it from the bottom to the top where it has originally been on the previous android 8?
Thanks
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Nope, just use another launcher

I just switched to Nova and it's so much better!
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Thanks. I thought you will say that... I will get used to it then. I like the "clean" android much better than everything else.

Dual cam

dual camera function no longer works with android 9

worse...
setting menu fails to open, and forces the camera app to crash.

adventure72 said:
dual camera function no longer works with android 9
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This is a well known feature they have removed. It's not news.
Saponetto said:
worse...
setting menu fails to open, and forces the camera app to crash.
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Or, don't fiddle with the developer options, as you've stated in your own post.

Max_Terrible said:
This is a well known feature they have removed. It's not news.
Or, don't fiddle with the developer options, as you've stated in your own post.
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but with android 8 it worked great

adventure72 said:
but with android 8 it worked great
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But you're not using Android 8, anymore, are you? You were talking about Android 9 and so was I. Samsung removed the dual camera feature in Android 9, just like they have removed a great many other features, as well. These things are all well documented across the treads on this forum. It's nothing new.

FFS why didnt I read the CONS of the pie update...
I lost the dual camera, i lost the call recording options for what?
For Samsung UI?! Sure it looks better but.... its just UI

I loved this feature, the apk worked fine on 8. It's one feature I really miss. Does anyone know of an alternative that works well on the note 8 pie?

latouffe said:
FFS why didnt I read the CONS of the pie update...
I lost the dual camera, i lost the call recording options for what?
For Samsung UI?! Sure it looks better but.... its just UI
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By that i prefer android 8 than 9, it just ui nothing more
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latouffe said:
FFS why didnt I read the CONS of the pie update...
I lost the dual camera, i lost the call recording options for what?
For Samsung UI?! Sure it looks better but.... its just UI
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I'm no fan of the latest update, but for the record, third party call recording is blocked by Google not samsung..
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you need root and magestic. the look for Samsung 4k60 Camera Mod
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People need to stop being Iphone users. Back in the day, I recall they tried to remove the SD card with the S6. We didn't buy the phone.
Sales did horribly and Samsung said sure, we will put it back.
Now, everyone is flocking buying the S21, sales doing pretty good.
On top no one goes and tells Samsung on Twitter anything.
Samsung wants to make IPHONES.
That's their goal. That's why they paid millions to BTS singers just to get the fanbase.

Permanent Notification for Mi 8

Hi guys ,
i have a Mi 8 ( stock, not root) with Miui 10 global Version 9.5.17 and i did not see Permanent notification on bar.
Is there a possibility to see this (without use of any paid app) ? Maybe in the next updates of globa?
Mi 8 lite and Pocofone f1 already have this possibility.
thanks for the help

Search on the forum.

The War Profiteer said:
Search on the forum.
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thanks for the most useful answer in the entire xda!
i have searched, and i have found only a paid app to have permanent notification.
i want to know if there is a possibility to have permanent notification with miui 10 global beta; the option is exist on mi 8 lite and pocofone f1...
why is it not yet available on Mi 8?

droide_volante said:
thanks for the most useful answer in the entire xda!
i have searched, and i have found only a paid app to have permanent notification.
i want to know if there is a possibility to have permanent notification with miui 10 global beta; the option is exist on mi 8 lite and pocofone f1...
why is it not yet available on Mi 8?
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There is one for free, and I'm not going to share a link since it was shared on device forums before. Search before asking it. Good luck.

droide_volante said:
Hi guys ,
i have a Mi 8 ( stock, not root) with Miui 10 global Version 9.5.17 and i did not see Permanent notification on bar.
Is there a possibility to see this (without use of any paid app) ? Maybe in the next updates of globa?
Mi 8 lite and Pocofone f1 already have this possibility.
thanks for the help
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It's called Notch Notifications for Miui.
Get it from Playstore.
It work great once set up.
I adjusted the icons to be a bit larger and closer to the left hand edge of the screen,this can be done easily in the app.
Do it once and youre good to go.I only use the free version and it's perfect,you can also buy a version which adds a few features.