Just got Mi 8 (global version) and can't see any options for face unlock? Thought this thing had dedicated stuff for it in the notch? The first update it did there was referred to adding face lock to France etc, perhaps coming in an update ,is it? Ta (UK)
Come on... Did you google for this problem? Change region of your device to for eg. India then you will get it. Only some regions got face unlock yet. Or you have to flash Xiaomi.eu rom, which I think has enabled face unlock for all regions
baddevil2 said:
Come on... Did you google for this problem? Change region of your device to for eg. India then you will get it. Only some regions got face unlock yet. Or you have to flash Xiaomi.eu rom, which I think has enabled face unlock for all regions
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I came on and googled. Changing to Hong Kong region enabled face data option in lock screen an passwords. Some say India enables for them. Some say doing this affects GPS but tested and seems fine using GPS test up to 4 meters accuracy in the UK. Cheers.
Got the same issue here, was happy for a while running the Indian region, but it stops my mobile hotspot working which I need for work! Another issue I'm interested to see if you have is that Google assistant unlock features are greyed out, ie OK google doesn't unlock the phone and is not recognised unless search is open.
Is there any way of flashing to EU ROM from Official Global without voiding the extra support to keep everything official.
Greetings everyone!
Yesterday I have finally purchased this awesome device (Mi 8) and one of my most desired feature was the face unlock. After I unboxed the package, I have sadly seen that there is no such option in the settings. After a few-minute research I have found out that face unlock is only available in a few countries (China, Russia, Indonesia, India AFAIK), which is a really dumb thing imho. (I mean, the expensive hardware is literally inside the device for nothing). So I have changed my region to Indonesia and voilá, the face unlock setting appeared in my settings (with a few extra apps as well. well at least I can download themes too). Long story short, I have browsed everything, including Play Store, websites through Chrome, etc but couldn't find any aspect where the region setting would change anything at all. No Indonesian content at all (except for 1-2 Mi apps, which I literally never use). Could anyone tell me how region setting affect my phone? I couldn't find a single answer anywhere.
Also, as far as I know some Mi services are unavailable in the EU since the GDPR regulation (Themes store, etc.). Did the company disable the face unlock for the same reason? Are there any information whether these apps + face unlock will ever be available here, in Europe?
Thanks for reading through my little tale and thanks for answering as well. Have a nice day! Mi Community rulez! :highfive:
I Think app like netflix and anything like netflix will be affected based on region... Using Indonesia region you will get content on netflix but specially for Indonesia viewer....
Hey, I just bought Xiaomi Pocophone and I'm facing the same issue, so I set my region to India and I'm looking for the same answer. Do you have any new info regarding the region settings affecting something on your device, coda00?
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Hey, I just bought Xiaomi Pocophone and I'm facing the same issue, so I set my region to India and I'm looking for the same answer. Do you have any new info regarding the region settings affecting something on your device, coda00?
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Hello!
As far as I konw face unlock will be available in an uncertain time (at least that's the rumour, which I don't really believe), but I have found the perfect solution. The custom ROM called Xiaomi.eu offers the same MIUI system as the stock one, it has the same update schedule and there are no ads, or hindi/chinese content. You can also use face unlock with whatever region you want to use, since the base ROM is chinese and the ROM is hardcoded to a given region (probably Poland, but it won't affect the usage). Hope this helps. First I really didn't want to unlock my device, but boy it really does worth it for Xiaomi.eu.
EDIT: Sorry, I just realized I did not really answer your question @ShafiX94 was right, region affects some applications content, but most applications use GPS location instead of region setting, so it does not really affects usage. Instead of Xiaomi services of course, so on stock MIUI you'll see Indian content in Music player, Mi Video, Browser, etc. So every Xiaomi app ad will be hindi.
Wow, thanks . But that would mean losing my warranty, wouldn't it?
Matt.Murdock said:
Wow, thanks . But that would mean losing my warranty, wouldn't it?
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Well, theoretically yes. Technically, not really. You can relock the phone anytime after unlocking. It takes about 10 minutes. It is easily manageable to reverse the phone to its factory state in no time and even the service can't tell if you have ever unlocked or not. Also, they really don't care about software when it comes to hardware faults. And if it comes to software fault: well, as one of my phone repair worker friend would say: there is no software issue that couldn't be fixed at home.
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Well, theoretically yes. Technically, not really. You can relock the phone anytime after unlocking. It takes about 10 minutes. It is easily manageable to reverse the phone to its factory state in no time and even the service can't tell if you have ever unlocked or not. Also, they really don't care about software when it comes to hardware faults. And if it comes to software fault: well, as one of my phone repair worker friend would say: there is no software issue that couldn't be fixed at home.
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Haha, okay, I'll try! I was scared because last time when I unlocked my HTC I was not able to relock it! Köszönöm.
I've been messing with the Region settings and found they affect all kinds of stuff.
WIFI - if you set region to Indonesia you no longer get 5G WIFI networks
Sound/Volume - as already mentioned gets set to lower max volume in EU countries
Face Unlock - Option is not available if you set your region to USA
Application - Different applications get hidden or displayed based on region
Themes - Get the message that themes aren't available when region is set to EU
What else did I miss?
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I've been messing with the Region settings and found they affect all kinds of stuff.
WIFI - if you set region to Indonesia you no longer get 5G WIFI networks
Sound/Volume - as already mentioned gets set to lower max volume in EU countries
Face Unlock - Option is not available if you set your region to USA
Application - Different applications get hidden or displayed based on region
What else did I miss?
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Wow. Nice little research. I wonder why these infos can't be found anywhere. Thanks for the update. The face unlock and application part was clear but I didn't know about WiFi. Nevertheless, Xiaomi.eu is a way to go
I'm feeling really stupid.
Since moving to the P30 Pro, the Okay Google voice command hasn't worked. When I go to the Google Assistant setting, it says my language isn't supported. Since the device is set to US English this seems a bit farfetched. I'm sure I'm missing the obvious. What is it?
Thanks.
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I live in Rome, Italy but am a native English-speaker. I had US English as my default language and Italy as Region. Turns out that that confused things and made it impossible to use voice commands. Once I change Region to the US it started to work. Don't recall having this problem before switching to the P30 Pro. My Samsung S10+ and Pixel 3 XL worked just fine.
Have you retrained your voice model?
Works fine for me.
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Have you retrained your voice model?
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I can't even access the option to retrain as it says that my selected language isn't supported. The phone is set to US English. It's very strange. Guess I'll try to reset and start over.
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Works fine for me.
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Some setting must be corrupted. Will try to reset as new and start over. Thanks.
Hey guys, i just got my 11 ultra . Debloated all that chinese crap and installed all google services. Everything seems to work perfectly fine except "Hey Google" Voice Match in option is grayed out . It says " This feature is currently unavailable on this device" Also on my lock screen it says No Service , although my carrier works perfectly fine , i can make calls and receive without problems (T-Mobile) Did anyone came across same issues?
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Hey guys, i just got my 11 ultra . Debloated all that chinese crap and installed all google services. Everything seems to work perfectly fine except "Hey Google" Voice Match in option is grayed out . It says " This feature is currently unavailable on this device" Also on my lock screen it says No Service , although my carrier works perfectly fine , i can make calls and receive without problems (T-Mobile) Did anyone came across same issues?
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I think it is just some small bugs, but hey google hardly ever works on any Chinese rom phone
Princevelyn said:
I think it is just some small bugs, but hey google hardly ever works on any Chinese rom phone
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i guess i have to wait until my bootloader gets unlocked so i can switch to EU rom.
Hi there,
Is there a way to switch from eea to Global rom? Unlock bootloader or not?
Can you help me (How-to) to do that?
Thanks for your help!
just unlock bootloader and flash the global rom
Thank you for your answer!
speaker sound stuttering-
does anyone else have this fault??
i think i will try the 13.0.8.0 mi global rom first. if i ever get the bootloader unlocked.
and if it still has the problem or i find im missing something vital from the eu rom. (i can live with google stock messages and dialer).
i will have to downgrade to the 12.5 eu rom. until the eu rom is fixed.
because its intermittent. it starts off ok and the gets randomly worse over time until my phone is restarted, its very hard to replicate and its a pain in the ar#e to send logs and record timestamps. xiaomi know its a problem, so its their problem to research.
this has put me off xiaomi, it seems that their European customers are not as important.
does anyone else in europe or worldwide have this sound stuttering problem when playing media through the speaker, over mobile data or wifi? i drive 8 hours a day, and its nice to have music or a dab radio station to pass the day.
what rom are you on if you do.
it does not happen with my old moto z3 play.
all i get is a stock reply from xiaomi.
ive sent them sound logs.
ive factory reset, cleared memory, used an app killer etc. reinstalled bbc iplayer, amazon music, spotify etc.
turned off memory extention.