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Improved performance with MIUI6

Guys, Yesterday I updated mu MIUI from v5 to v6. The Antutu benchmark was around 32,000 with v5 and it has how jumper to around to 43,000 after the update to v6!
That is one massive improvement in the ROM kernel it seems.
What are you experiences?

my experience? MIUI v6 sucks. big time.
they wanted to make it simpler, in my opinion its way more complicated now.
they took away many features of v5
apps keep crashing, google stuff doesn't work at all.
camera app is useless.
and so on.
that the whole UI looks like IOS now doesn't help either. every time you pull up the toggles i nearly puked. - ok -than can be fixed down the road with a decent theme but right now there ain't any.
back to v5 and .22 - if you ask me, the performance gain is NOT worth all the hassle.

vivzek said:
Guys, Yesterday I updated mu MIUI from v5 to v6. The Antutu benchmark was around 32,000 with v5 and it has how jumper to around to 43,000 after the update to v6!
That is one massive improvement in the ROM kernel it seems.
What are you experiences?
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The huge difference comes from the fact that you used Antutu 4 final on Miui5 and Antutu 5 beta on Miui6. Try installing Antutu 4 on Miui 6 and then see what scores you get.
linr76 said:
my experience? MIUI v6 sucks. big time.
1. they took away many features of v5
2. apps keep crashing,
3. google stuff doesn't work at all.
4. camera app is useless.
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1. That's true
2+3. I don't have those problems, maybe you should try clean install. In fact, I don't get any force closes and Gapps works just like they did in v5
4. That is also true
Also, we need to keep in mind that is a developer version. The stable version appears only in October.

reneftw said:
Also, we need to keep in mind that is a developer version. The stable version appears only in October.
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sure, but i doubt the ipone look will go away...
this release is hardly fit for a daily driver, just too much not working or constricted - go look at all the bug reports etc.
as i am playing with it some more, even the MIUI5 is still full of bugs, some of them have been around for a long long time and i doubt they will ever be fixed.
Lets hope the kernel source is available soon, as promised, then AOSP / CM/ here i come.

Personally its not the iphone look that pisses me of the most. But the feature loss is absolutelly unexcusable. I feel like i have a crappier phone now somehow...
Go CM11

The RAM Optimization is helping the UI is future ready for Android L hence ditching the menu button to recent with was irritating.
The Battery is still not optimized and I really want the Auto-Brightness like the CM11.
The iOS look is good using most of the 1080p resolution they have done a good job.
I now have 1GB of free RAM now but I never got any problem with RAM even if it was at 400MB free or 200MB.
My hopes for future updates are:
1.Auto-Brightness like CM11
2.Less resource usage more leading to more Free RAM.
3.Power Saver Mode and Battery Optimization.
4.English Themes,Mi Store,Games,etc
5.And something unexpected
Overall Happy with MIUI v6 than MIUI v5
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reneftw said:
The huge difference comes from the fact that you used Antutu 4 final on Miui5 and Antutu 5 beta on Miui6. Try installing Antutu 4 on Miui 6 and then see what scores you get.
1. That's true
2+3. I don't have those problems, maybe you should try clean install. In fact, I don't get any force closes and Gapps works just like they did in v5
4. That is also true
Also, we need to keep in mind that is a developer version. The stable version appears only in October.
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see the tips of MIUI v6 you have to slide left and right to get more options like HDR etc

vivzek said:
Guys, Yesterday I updated mu MIUI from v5 to v6. The Antutu benchmark was around 32,000 with v5 and it has how jumper to around to 43,000 after the update to v6!
That is one massive improvement in the ROM kernel it seems.
What are you experiences?
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Dude, you have the new Antutu app, i'm on miui 23(stable international version) V5 and score 44000.It's not related with the version of miui, In fact V6 is not as stable and functional as v5.

To my AnTuTu not have reliability scores vary in each update.
Important to see the fluidity and functionality of the phone, not your score in an application.
A greeting.

I think the benchmark scores dont really matter as much as the user experience. The benchmark scores might be lower but i'm getting a bit more lag around the interface, maybe the new apps just arent optimised yet. What do you guys think? Plus I dont think the Mi3 has any problems with gaming performance so any improvement wouldnt be very noticeable
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MIUI V6 looks more heavier skinned compared to the V5. Not really surprised if perfomance turned into a crawl. Im getting the MI3 and won't update it to the V6 version. Its still new. Maybe give some time and the bugs shld be gone
Via the Internet

Been using v6 for quire some time now. IT does has some limitations like some less options in the notification pane and some awkward menu options, ok a ****ty camera app, but still it is preety smooth. ITs a beta version and new developments will keep coming as the devs keep on progressing... The interface is smooth just like v5 but if you want to keep progressing then u got to start using it as it will be the standard later on.

I personally like the MIUI 6 look...It has the polished look of iOS with the functionality of Android...
Admitted a lotta features are still missing, but I am assuming they will be added in final builds...(if they are not, then yeah, dual boot AOSP ROMs for me too...)
And when you got 32000ish scores in Antutu, did you have Performance mode ON?

I'm glad that I'm not alone (hugs) . This V6 is a flat fiasco, a dull imitation of the f..g Iphone
linr76 said:
my experience? MIUI v6 sucks. big time.
they wanted to make it simpler, in my opinion its way more complicated now.
they took away many features of v5
apps keep crashing, google stuff doesn't work at all.
camera app is useless.
and so on.
that the whole UI looks like IOS now doesn't help either. every time you pull up the toggles i nearly puked. - ok -than can be fixed down the road with a decent theme but right now there ain't any.
back to v5 and .22 - if you ask me, the performance gain is NOT worth all the hassle.
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TiTAN-O-One said:
MIUI V6 looks more heavier skinned compared to the V5. Not really surprised if perfomance turned into a crawl. Im getting the MI3 and won't update it to the V6 version. Its still new. Maybe give some time and the bugs shld be gone
Via the Internet
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Well thats true seem ppl finding the os an ios replica are correct as the main stuff we are actually looking for is the ram and battery optimisation.
Moreover it seems to be screwed up with the new ui hope they come up with something solid till the official

I reverted back to 4.8.22 I've got a lot of problems on v6 dont like the camera,browser,battery life it messed up my root access,messed up also my touch screen, I've got ghost touches everywhere.

My personal opinion is that i m in love with the ui performance and what not.
Its buttery smooth, no lag, and it feels pretty awesome to use such a beautiful UI.
Ya but its true the camera app is a bit f***ed up but nevermind its just a beta one. Its going to get updated in a much better way so keep updating.
- Sent via cool MiUi v6.

mjames.abordo said:
I reverted back to 4.8.22 I've got a lot of problems on v6 dont like the camera,browser,battery life it messed up my root access,messed up also my touch screen, I've got ghost touches everywhere.
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Whew! Glad to hear the ghost touch thing is a MIUI 6 bug...
I updated to MIUI 6 as soon as I got my Mi3 and get ghost touch too (mostly while charging)...

Stop Blaming For FC and other issues like some missing features in MIUI v5 and etc in Beta release of MIUI v6:silly:
Because its still in Beta test so when it comes in Stable State talk about it more..

Miui laaagggggs?
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Pokemon Go on Redmi 2

This is by far the biggest surprise my Redmi 2 gave me:
This game shows the min requirements as 2GB RAM. But yeah I do know we could somehow manage with 1 GB. So, for a better performance I was using CM 13 and decided to start playing the game. But the game lagged a lot, battles were like impossible to be made. I even tried few other ROMS like Nexus, RR, Slim and Snapshot( this was a bit better). I wasn't satisfied but then I shifted to MIUI as I wanted to test the new MIUI 8. But when I started playing the game here, it stopped lagging :fingers-crossed: ( It seldom lags). I couldn't believe it. My friend asked me if its lagging on my phone while he was using RR. I told him the same and it surprised him the same way it did to me. Did anyone else notice this? Anyone with custom ROMS able to play lag-free?

i'm able. it's ok in the most of the time. but my redmi 2 is pro version.

Akhil916 said:
This is by far the biggest surprise my Redmi 2 gave me:
This game shows the min requirements as 2GB RAM. But yeah I do know we could somehow manage with 1 GB. So, for a better performance I was using CM 13 and decided to start playing the game. But the game lagged a lot, battles were like impossible to be made. I even tried few other ROMS like Nexus, RR, Slim and Snapshot( this was a bit better). I wasn't satisfied but then I shifted to MIUI as I wanted to test the new MIUI 8. But when I started playing the game here, it stopped lagging :fingers-crossed: ( It seldom lags). I couldn't believe it. My friend asked me if its lagging on my phone while he was using RR. I told him the same and it surprised him the same way it did to me. Did anyone else notice this? Anyone with custom ROMS able to play lag-free?
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custom roms....
Orion mm latest build (cam also good)
tipsy
and plus point in these custom roms ---u can use fake gps also...i used n tested...so i m saying...

I love the pure Android experience, but I also came back to MIUI (now MIUI 8 beta) because apps seems to lag less.
I'm playing Pokémon GO but my problem is with GPS, sometime it doesn't fix or stuck and I need to restart the game.

YOu can try on miui 7 i play on that

I installed Orion in my phone and performance on Pokémon GO is worse than with MIUI 7/8.

i'm currently playing in miui 8 latest update, and it seems fine, except when you are under the sun and charging the phone then the cpu throttles xD
2gb version

See this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-2/help/redmi-2-1gb-pokemon-miui-vs-android-m-t3437597

saurabh1234 said:
custom roms....
Orion mm latest build (cam also good)
tipsy
and plus point in these custom roms ---u can use fake gps also...i used n tested...so i m saying...
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I tried Fake GPS on MIUI and it works fine here as well. I'll try Orion as you said cam will be better too.

Strokesws said:
I love the pure Android experience, but I also came back to MIUI (now MIUI 8 beta) because apps seems to lag less.
I'm playing Pokémon GO but my problem is with GPS, sometime it doesn't fix or stuck and I need to restart the game.
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I had that problem early on when I just started using MIUI. Later, it went well. I used to turn from High accuracy to other modes and then switch back. It worked sometimes.

igorinolw said:
i'm currently playing in miui 8 latest update, and it seems fine, except when you are under the sun and charging the phone then the cpu throttles xD
2gb version
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Oh yeah, this happens with a lot of phones. Data + GPS + good graphics with sun

Dan_Jacques said:
See this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-2/help/redmi-2-1gb-pokemon-miui-vs-android-m-t3437597
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This could really help. Btw, how about CM11 then? Have you tested on it?

Yesterday I got my mi5, miui8 vs cyanogenmod 13?

Hello, I just got my Mi5 it has miui 7.5 and I noticed that out of it's 3Gb or ram, without any application running the phone says it only has 1.5 available, that was the first thing that I didn't like, then it has all those chinese applications, that I don't want to be on my phone. So I saw that poll of "What ROM is your favorite?" or something like that and the MIUI 7 has 0 votes, while the MIUI 8 has like 20% and the cyanogenmod 13 like 40% out of 50 votes. I know this is XDA so there is going to be some bias towards cyanogenmod, so I find surprising that MIUI 8 has 20% of the votes. So I was wondering what are the differences between the 2, and what are the pros and cons of both of those ROMs, thanks!

I would say that try them both for a while. Personally ive been going back n forth and currently running cm13 16th nov nightly which has been pretty good. I do miss soft touch on homebutton and also the better dropdown notification from miui8 or cm14/android 7 but cm14 isnt quite stable yet and also lacks soft touch etc.
I did try miui 8 stable 8.1.3.0 recently and it felt really fluid and snappy, I also miss my native language in miui but im working on translating it and might go full time miui when im done. Oh and yeah camera is better on miui aswell.
Other differences exist but as I mentioned, better to try both out for yourself to get your own opinion on it
Btw, dont worry so much about memory usage. Its better that the memory is used than not. Memory is flushed really quickly (which you shouldnt even notice unless there is a problem in coding or os optimisation) when needed for the next app/s that need it

Personally, I decided to stick with MIUI8. I must say, I like the UI more than stock android. It has its faults, like google backup (well, restore) not working, or MI cloud bugging you to sync, but that's solvable with root access. Just backup/sync once, then freeze the cloud apk and you're done. Unfreeze next time you need it.
tndb said:
Btw, dont worry so much about memory usage. Its better that the memory is used than not. Memory is flushed really quickly (which you shouldnt even notice unless there is a problem in coding or os optimisation) when needed for the next app/s that need it
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I'd like to reiterate that. Unused RAM is useless RAM, if you only look at how much you have free, what do you need it for?
There is a difference between not having enough RAM and having enough, even though it's full. Most implementations cache frequently used data in RAM, which is quickly dropped if a program need it. What the user gets from this (if done right), is subjectively more fluid experience.

Miui for camera +fp tap to home
Cm13-custom kernel+very smooth +stock ui

I have to say I was sceptical about MIUI( couse I'm used to CM,way back to SGS2), but recently bought Mi5 prime, and decide to give a try to MIUI,and I must say I was pleasantly surprised...Currently running MIUI global 8.1.2.0 stable

MIUI 8 is better for normal life

Question Note 10 pro most used rom

Hello!
I made a poll to see which rom is most used.
Thank you!

using xiaomi.eu

Xiaomi.eu lags but I want call recorder so I was on Cherish...having DS issues. Since 3 days on Octavi and very happy, no DS problems so far, aosp dialer with call recorder, and fast and bug free. Although the chipmunk voice bug in some games might be there but I don't care

angelsanges said:
using xiaomi.eu
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second that , best for stability everything works

mite_jan said:
second that , best for stability everything works
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And everything lags.

I tried Xiaomi.EU but almost bricked my phone, it corrupted internal storage. Will never install again.
used PE on my previous phone, and again now, and it is amazing.

appro77 said:
And everything lags.
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same as official experience , this phone does not have flagship cpu , 120hz is too much for this cpu to handle ofcourse it might stutter abit

boland said:
I tried Xiaomi.EU but almost bricked my phone, it corrupted internal storage. Will never install again.
used PE on my previous phone, and again now, and it is amazing.
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thats your fault , many of us know how to

mite_jan said:
thats your fault , many of us know how to
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Well, I followed the official guide on their website, so not sure what I did wrong.

mite_jan said:
same as official experience , this phone does not have flagship cpu , 120hz is too much for this cpu to handle ofcourse it might stutter abit
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I found that the stock rom was quite fast. That's why I can't understand why xiaomi.eu and miuimix lag so much. They are super slow at opening apps compared to stock.
I'm assuming that they are both deodexed and that will likely slow them down on a midrange SoC. That's the only reason I can think of. miuimix runs fine on my Mi 9T Pro that has a much better SoC.
I'm running Octavi OS now and it doesn't lag like xiaomi.eu and miuimix do.

appro77 said:
I found that the stock rom was quite fast. That's why I can't understand why xiaomi.eu and miuimix lag so much. They are super slow at opening apps compared to stock.
I'm assuming that they are both deodexed and that will likely slow them down on a midrange SoC. That's the only reason I can think of. miuimix runs fine on my Mi 9T Pro that has a much better SoC.
I'm running Octavi OS now and it doesn't lag like xiaomi.eu and miuimix do.
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i am not experiencing lagging , micro stutters maybe like on the animation

Some time ago i installed xiaomi.eu. I can agree that is much slower in openning apps. Stock rom was much faster. I had xiaomi.eu installed on Redmi Note 4X and 8T and it was better than stock but Note 10 Pro is slower with xiaomi.eu. Maybe dev's need some time to make this rom better. Now I'm on stock EAA rom rooted and it's perfect for me. Good battery life and speed. I haven't tested any non-miui rom

Using MI Globe rom which is same as xiaomi.eu, just with added options to exclude or include stuff before rom creation. Currently on 12.5.3 of this rom and no issues whatsoever. In fact I like it better than stock 12.5.1 rom because of these options.
Other non-MIUI roms do not have as good camera performance, which is main reason I dont use them.

mite_jan said:
i am not experiencing lagging , micro stutters maybe like on the animation
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Would turning off animations in dev settings fix it?

General Lets appreciate the enhanced MIUI

The latest two betas of Xiaomi.eu based on Chinese MIUI enhanced version has remarkable stability, much better battery life- for first time since I got this phone, once only charge to 90% keeps the phone rocking for the whole day even with extensive and heavy use. These betas are almost totally bug-free for Mi 11 ultra.
Many threads here in this forum are filled with scary stories... including a few of my own like those of others. Wanted to give a clearer idea to potential new buyers of this phone.

How are these compared to the latest stable? Because I'm having some issues on it I didn't have on global stable

I'm currently on Xiaomi.eu 21.8.26 but I haven't noticed the performance and battery life improvements so far - is there a way to check if the new features of MIUI Enhanced are definitely enabled under any of the settings?

hellodrsoul said:
The latest two betas of Xiaomi.eu based on Chinese MIUI enhanced version has remarkable stability, much better battery life- for first time since I got this phone, once only charge to 90% keeps the phone rocking for the whole day even with extensive and heavy use. These betas are almost totally bug-free for Mi 11 ultra.
Many threads here in this forum are filled with scary stories... including a few of my own like those of others. Wanted to give a clearer idea to potential new buyers of this phone.
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Is the enhanced features in the latest eu stable yet ?
12.5.12 ?

speedtripler said:
Is the enhanced features in the latest eu stable yet ?
12.5.12 ?
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No

jim262 said:
No
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The sooner the better then!

xNAPx said:
How are these compared to the latest stable? Because I'm having some issues on it I didn't have on global stable
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Compared to the global 12.5.4 and Chinese MIUI 12.5.10, there is noticeable improvement on these Xiaomi.eu betas. I have not tried stable Xiaomi.eu. So I would not know.

kyero985 said:
I'm currently on Xiaomi.eu 21.8.26 but I haven't noticed the performance and battery life improvements so far - is there a way to check if the new features of MIUI Enhanced are definitely enabled under any of the settings?
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I am on the same beta and have noticed the improved MIUI very clearly. Despite my maximum and heavy use, I cannot drain the juice of the phone to under 10% in a day. For similar use, I had to charge the phone twice previously when I was using the official global and chinese MIUI.
And also the UI is butter smooth as well. There are no jitters at all.
There is no way to know from inside the firmware that whether you are running the enhanced MIUI. I noticed the improvements on 21.8.18 first and then searched the Xiaomi.eu forums. There, the devs confirmed to a question by a user that this beta (21.8.18) is based on enhanced version of MIUI.

hellodrsoul said:
I am on the same beta and have noticed the improved MIUI very clearly. Despite my maximum and heavy use, I cannot drain the juice of the phone to under 10% in a day. For similar use, I had to charge the phone twice previously when I was using the official global and chinese MIUI.
And also the UI is butter smooth as well. There are no jitters at all.
There is no way to know from inside the firmware that whether you are running the enhanced MIUI. I noticed the improvements on 21.8.18 first and then searched the Xiaomi.eu forums. There, the devs confirmed to a question by a user that this beta (21.8.18) is based on enhanced version of MIUI.
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Thanks for sharing your experiences and feedback.
I'm now downloading Xiaomi.eu 21.9.1 and will monitor my battery performance to see if there's been any improvements.

hellodrsoul said:
Compared to the global 12.5.4 and Chinese MIUI 12.5.10, there is noticeable improvement on these Xiaomi.eu betas. I have not tried stable Xiaomi.eu. So I would not know.
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I've installed the latest weekly from Xiaomi EU yesterday and I must say that is working extremely well,it still lacks on performance slightly on cold app start despite official global (I would be curious to try the official chinese weekly it must be a sky rocket). I confirm so far that many bugs have been resolved like stuttering when the rear display is on, whatsapp backup restore doesn't crash anymore, cpu temp looks cooler now and 120hz are really smooth. Great job. I'm really looking forward to see if enhanced version coming official on global devices will be as great

Glad to know it worked for you like it is doing for me. I launch apps via their shortcuts created with a free app from google play (I just cant stand the app icon labels. Creating shortcuts achieve label-less icons). The apps start instantly this way. So I may have overlooked the app start up time when launched from actual app icon.
The Today's beta include the September security patch. That is a hot hot cake for me .
I will greatly appreciate if the official stable MIUI with the enhanced features drop quickly. Nevertheless, we have at least some pathway for the time being to be able to use the phone with all its full potential without major bugs. This is the way for Xiaomi to walk on. Fix the vital software!!

May I ask what's the name of the app for launching the apps? It sounds weird to me but it is worth a try. Also I would add that fingerprint scanner is kuch faster now as well. Great

Glad to know it worked for you like it is doing for me. I launch apps via their shortcuts created with a free app from google play (I just cant stand the app icon labels. Creating shortcuts achieve label-less icons). The apps start instantly this way. So I may have overlooked the app start up time when launched from actual app icon.
The Today's beta include the September security patch. That is a hot hot cake for me.
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May I ask what's the name of the app for launching the apps? It sounds weird to me but it is worth a try. Also I would add that fingerprint scanner is kuch faster now as well. Great
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There are many. I like this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rk.android.app.shortcutmaker

I found a little bug
With YouTube vanced when I have PiP video on the display, I experience contant stutter on browser navigation.
@hellodrsoul may I ask you please to do a test for me regarding the app cold start time?
If you can please test both with your shortcut or with app drawer and check if you see any difference

Is there any way to install china beta rom in mi 11 ultra? No fastboot rom available of china beta or twrp not working for flashing official rom. Don't want to go with Xiaomi eu rom

lakhobim said:
Is there any way to install china beta rom in mi 11 ultra? No fastboot rom available of china beta or twrp not working for flashing official rom. Don't want to go with Xiaomi eu rom
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I had the beta android 12 running for awhile but it's very barebones , I'm sure it's much better now tho
Haven't tried the enhanced MIUI version yet

speedtripler said:
I had the beta android 12 running for awhile but it's very barebones , I'm sure it's much better now tho
Haven't tried the enhanced MIUI version yet
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Are you beta tester if not how you flash it?

lakhobim said:
Are you beta tester if not how you flash it?
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MIUI posted an official link if anyone wanted to try it out , I'm sure it's still around

Download Android 12 Beta on Xiaomi Mi 11, Mi 11 Ultra, Mi 11i, and Mi 11X Pro
From this post, you could download and install the Android 12 Beta on Xiaomi Mi 11, Mi 11 Ultra, Mi 11i, and Mi 11X Pro devices. Sticking to its timeline,
www.getdroidtips.com

speedtripler said:
MIUI posted an official link if anyone wanted to try it out , I'm sure it's still around
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