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MIUI or CUSTOM ROM based on CM13?

Hi guys...which rom is better for Xiaomi mi5 64gb? Previously i have MIUI 8, now i changed to RR 5.7.4...which is better? RR, AOSP, DU, other or MIUI 8?

It's up to you to find the ROM which suits you best. Some people love MIUI, some people don't...
All ROMs are good, some of them offer more customizing features and have more "power" for you to handle. Don't forget stability when rating a ideal ROM for you. If you want a daily driver, you surely want no bugs, and all things working. But, only you can evaluate that.

I recommed MIUI for stable and RR for customize

I been on miui for a while now but recently changed to cm13 I'm satisfied as hell, battery life is great and customization as well.
Skickat från min MI 5

I have a Mi5 32GB and have used MIUI 7/8, RR and CM13. Of the three MIUI is the worst (except battery life) and CM13 would be the best. The problem I had with RR was constant bootloops but it's customization is a tad bit better than that of CM. You can check out the official Nightly for CM13 here and flash it using a custom recovery like TWRP.
Personal preference plays a huge role here so I suggest you try each on your own and then select one. I have Xposed installed on my device so I don'y have to skimp on RR's customization features.

As was mentioned above - it's up to you. So you should try them (ROMs) by yourself because it's impossible to predicts what is more important for you and your evereday tasks.
I'm using MIUI rom (Xiaomi.eu 6.10.13 rom) because it works better with CDMA networks. Recently I've tested Official CM13 - Good rom, smooth, fast, very good battery life. But I didn't like how it works with networks (CDMA+GSM/UMTS).
Thats why I restored to 6.10.13 rom

vitna said:
As was mentioned above - it's up to you. So you should try them (ROMs) by yourself because it's impossible to predicts what is more important for you and your evereday tasks.
I'm using MIUI rom (Xiaomi.eu 6.10.13 rom) because it works better with CDMA networks. Recently I've tested Official CM13 - Good rom, smooth, fast, very good battery life. But I didn't like how it works with networks (CDMA+GSM/UMTS).
Thats why I restored to 6.10.13 rom
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Which one has better battery life, EU vs official CM?
I tried CM13 unofficial few months ago, but now using EU rom.

baszu said:
Which one has better battery life, EU vs official CM?
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official CM is really better than EU
In my tests my mi5 worked 1.3-1.5 times longer (approx)

baszu said:
Which one has better battery life, EU vs official CM?
I tried CM13 unofficial few months ago, but now using EU rom.
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Definitely Stock ROM.. Preferably EU, as its based on Stock.. Because, CM builds are still under development as in Nightlies..
Sent from my Xiaomi Mi 5 using XDA Labs

harishdayanand said:
Because, CM builds are still under development as in Nightlies..
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ROM stability and bugs - it's an other question.
From the battery life point of view - new official CM is better than EU

vitna said:
ROM stability and bugs - it's an other question.
From the battery life point of view - new official CM is better than EU
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Considering the amount of apps installed and the ones installing additionally, and the wakelocks are factors for battery duration.. CM has very few system apps compared the stock or any stock based.
Sent from my Xiaomi Mi 5 using XDA Labs

Does the MIUI have German language? If no (which I am assuming/reading) does the CM13 or a custom ROM have this?
Also I am still searching for the "how to get TRWP onto my new phone post" (yes I have been searching) so would appreciate if someone could post me a link, thnaks!

pencilcase said:
Does the MIUI have German language? If no (which I am assuming/reading) does the CM13 or a custom ROM have this?
Also I am still searching for the "how to get TRWP onto my new phone post" (yes I have been searching) so would appreciate if someone could post me a link, thnaks!
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The best MIUI rom if you want German language is xiaomi.eu one. Why? While Global Stable MIUI does have german language, xiaomi.eu is basically chinese version with Google Play and no chinese crap. Chinese Version gets updates more often than global version. Here is the link with the installation guide (TWRP installation guide included).
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads...r-xiaomi-mi5-unlocked-bl-only-released.31231/

Idle battery drain on MIUI 8 (.eu) stable for me is mostly 0.0%/h over night, according to GSAM Battery monitor. That's after freezing most of the system apps with SD maid.
Day-to-day usage is ~1.9%/h, listening to music over BT for about 6h, browsing, whatsapp. So, a charge lasts 2 days for me.
I don't think CM would make much difference there, and personally, I like MIUI.

Custom roms for Xiaomi Mi5 are quite good if you don't need camera, if you are happy to use your phone as a single sim phone, if you love to actually press the home button.

vladimir_carlan said:
Custom roms for Xiaomi Mi5 are quite good if you don't need camera, if you are happy to use your phone as a single sim phone, if you love to actually press the home button.
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For what it's worth, I can use my Mi5 as a dual sim phone just fine under CM13... Nothing wrong with the CM camera as well. Only "problem" is the lack of the capacitive home button, I'll give you that.
Personally, between having to deal with the crappy MIUI notification implementation and the lack of tap home button, I chose the latter

clapsrogers said:
For what it's worth, I can use my Mi5 as a dual sim phone just fine under CM13... Nothing wrong with the CM camera as well. Only "problem" is the lack of the capacitive home button, I'll give you that.
Personally, between having to deal with the crappy MIUI notification implementation and the lack of tap home button, I chose the latter
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The bug when the battery reach 5%, data connectivity keep dropping off, Bluetooth connections the same, camera issues, dual sim issues. Those are just few issues reported by people on last 2-3 pages of CM thread. Don't get me wrong...i do appreciate developers job. And their work it's more difficult because Xiaomi just released the kernel source code. And only partially. But today, 30th of October 2016, there's absolutely no custom rom without having something broken. Is MIUI perfect? Not at all. As you said, the way MIUI is handing notifications it's far to be handy. But stability and functionality wise, no custom rom can match MIUI today.

Love miui don't know why everyone hates on it.
Will flash cm 13 if it gets stable and see if I like it more on my mi5. If miui 9 gets released before cm 13 gets stable though I won't.

Well Vladimir, not everybody is facing those bugs. I am not (the 5% battery one I would probably, but who cares!) That's why I am not updating the build in currently on Fantastic experience and solid enough to make it as my daily driver.
But I totally get what you mean! Flashing such experimental ROMs isn't for everyone, I would most def. agree with that and would not necessarily recommend it if you don't want to have to deal with some odd bugs once in a while. And yes, MIUI is a very solid and polished skin (certainly not bug-free tho!!)It's just a little bit too "iOSy" for me.

petros93 said:
Love miui don't know why everyone hates on it.
Will flash cm 13 if it gets stable and see if I like it more on my mi5. If miui 9 gets released before cm 13 gets stable though I won't.
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Mainly because of stupid(the worst) notification system I guess.

Best for Mi Mix !!! Lineage VS AOSP VS Global ???

so i just ordered a mi mix and waiting for it to arrive, i started looking at options to root and ROM it up. my objective is to get it looking (and feeling) like the pixel's interface. (yes, could install pixel launcher too)
but know, i ask myself, what are the differences between my choices. i've no real idea what Lineage means or looks like.. i have always rooted my devices with AOSP built roms. which of the 3 options are more stable / complete?
i heard that best is Global rom but not even sure what that runs on or how it looks / feels..
side note that i am from Canada.. does it make any difference as our LTE bands might not be the same.
any insight can help.
(sorry if posted in wrong section).

okay, well, while i was waiting, i figured out that lineage is the old CM.. (things have changed in the past year LOL).
so let me rephrase.
am i better off with Lineage 14 based rom or going with global stable rom ?

If you're looking for asop or pure android look into lineage or one of the other asop ROMs. I used AIOSP and that gave me the pixel look I was use to having on my nexus 6P and nexus. Lineage isn't bad just use the google launcher or if you can find a pixel launcher apk and you'll be exactly where you want to be with the look and feel. As for the global ROM it is miui basically, you still have its interface throughout even if you change the launcher. I actually just got my Mi Mix about 1 week ago and I love it especially since I rooted and took miui off of it, I can't wait for the android O ports to roll in. Before my nexus 6P decided to take a crap on me battery wise I had the preview installed on it and it was amazing. Hope this helps, also I'm in the US with T-Mobile and LTE works fine everywhere.
Sent from my MI MIX using XDA-Developers Legacy app

I think the fastest rom for opening apps and most responsive is epic rom miui 9. When i use other rom my mix is even slower than galaxy s6, after i fresh install the epic rom miui 9 my mix fast like i have never seen before.

I immediately took MIUI off, then rooted the phone, I have tried all the roms and I went with ViperOs. Very smooth, fast, incredible battery life, and every option I need. Hope this helps
Sent from my Viper MI MIX using Tapatalk

I'm preferring aicp mainly because of the weekly updates, I have also tried every ROM.

Tried RR,Epic,Viper so far viper had been my favorite because i just can't give up the stock/pixel experience
If you like stock Android a lot then you'll be fine with lineage based ROMs
In terms of perfomance i think Epic is best even though lineage based are great but it happens very seldom the thermal throttling lag I haven't tried it but some say Dragon Xia is a fix
Sent from my MI MIX using Tapatalk

thanks for all the feedback. i'm very much used to RR from my oneplus phone and they have all the right customisations that i love. used Viper back in the day on my HTC oneX and they had stopped making roms for a while.. good to see the team is back in business.

crossmedia said:
Tried RR,Epic,Viper so far viper had been my favorite because i just can't give up the stock/pixel experience
If you like stock Android a lot then you'll be fine with lineage based ROMs
In terms of perfomance i think Epic is best even though lineage based are great but it happens very seldom the thermal throttling lag I haven't tried it but some say Dragon Xia is a fix
Sent from my MI MIX using Tapatalk
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Agreed

epic rom miui 9
Epic rom miui 9 is great the others are only adventure.

I read there is rom based by los, and caf based rom, what i know caf based is rom from aosp specified for specific soc (eg. Qualcomm), so does the caf based is usually faster than los based? And how about epic miui rom? What base this rom from? Miui? Caf?

What is the best custom rom for mi 8

What is the best custom rom for mi 8?
Why you choose it?
If there are pros and cons list of the custom rom that would be nice xD

For me AOSP Syberia and AOSIP and MIUI based XEU ROm

saimanow said:
What is the best custom rom for mi 8?
Why you choose it?
If there are pros and cons list of the custom rom that would be nice xD
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At the moment, I believe that Miui Pro is the best. I just installed it yesterday. It has so many additional features that I can't begin list them all, and there is no doubt in my mind that it has the absolute best battery life.

My first choice was Pixel Experience , but I didn't find options I was after, then moved to Havoc for about a week - too many options, issues with notifications and fingerprint working erraticly on online banking (issues with magisk perhaps). Now I'm settled with crDroid for now and found this quite good, Still have lineageos and few others to try. I'm wondering if any of the ROMs will show led notifications while connected to a charger?

tsongming said:
At the moment, I believe that Miui Pro is the best. I just installed it yesterday. It has so many additional features that I can't begin list them all, and there is no doubt in my mind that it has the absolute best battery life.
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What is the last version for mi8?...Otas updates?...Weekly updates?
thanks!!!

I don't have much time to test all those ROMs, so I always choose stable MIUI ROM. I tried xiaomi.eu ROM, but battery didn't last more than 1 day and SOT was about 4 hours. Then I installed Mi Room and it works like a charm. The developer also maintains own TWRP, brings always fresh news about Xiaomi brand on his page. The major drawback is that the site is fully russian. But google translate will do the job. With this ROM I have SOT about 8 and more hours, Wifi, BT, GPS, data always on.

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I don't have much time to test all those ROMs, so I always choose stable MIUI ROM. I tried xiaomi.eu ROM, but battery didn't last more than 1 day and SOT was about 4 hours. Then I installed Mi Room and it works like a charm. The developer also maintains own TWRP, brings always fresh news about Xiaomi brand on his page. The major drawback is that the site is fully russian. But google translate will do the job. With this ROM I have SOT about 8 and more hours, Wifi, BT, GPS, data always on.
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About mi room did you using beta or stable? I suppose that stable but I would like to confirm.

Yes, stable. Betas are also good, but I don't want to spend my free time downloading and flashing new rom every week.

jimmy_xp said:
Yes, stable. Betas are also good, but I don't want to spend my free time downloading and flashing new rom every week.
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Then don't.
I mean I know that you know this already. But you don't have to flash a new Rom every week. Just resist the urge. I will try Mi-Room sometime. But at the moment Miui Pro is truly one of the best Rom's that I have ever used. According to GSam just now, SOT is 9 hours and 58 minutes
I stopped flashing weekly doing because it becomes too much like an addiction and takes too much of my free time away from other more important things like yelling at my kids........joking.

tsongming said:
Then don't.
I mean I know that you know this already. But you don't have to flash a new Rom every week. Just resist the urge. I will try Mi-Room sometime. But at the moment Miui Pro is truly one of the best Rom's that I have ever used. According to GSam just now, SOT is 9 hours and 58 minutes
I stopped flashing weekly doing because it becomes too much like an addiction and takes too much of my free time away from other more important things like yelling at my kids........joking.
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I couldn't resist the urge, you know... Has MIUI Pro also stable version, because as far as I know, they don't have...?

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I couldn't resist the urge, you know... Has MIUI Pro also stable version, because as far as I know, they don't have...?
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No its based on Beta.
Personally, I prefer the beta. But as you know you will occasionally see bugs.
I have been using the beta roms on my Mi8 for about 3 months. Honestly I only see bugs occasionally and if there is a bug, I just dirty flash back to the prior release.

tsongming said:
No its based on Beta.
Personally, I prefer the beta. But as you know you will occasionally see bugs.
I have been using the beta roms on my Mi8 for about 3 months. Honestly I only see bugs occasionally and if there is a bug, I just dirty flash back to the prior release.
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I have tried MS and eu rom. Loved MS because of customizations. (Useful). So what about MiUI Pro rom ? What customisation available?

Rajeev said:
I have tried MS and eu rom. Loved MS because of customizations. (Useful). So what about MiUI Pro rom ? What customisation available?
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I am going to bed, so I will have to give the list later. Pretty much everything you can imagine. For example, everything that I have seen in Miui Roms from Nougat up through Pie. But all incorporated within a Pie Rom. What is really useful, is the Smart Network options, the extra connections timers and battery savings scripts that go well beyond typical Miui. Plus Miu Pro has the menu animations from Nougat, not sure if you know those, the folding, unfolding, overshoot etc. It doesn't do much but its a neat looking novelty, your can import any theme, as I have mentioned the battery life is phenomenal.
I need to sleep now. Yes, I definitely love that Rom. But I will check out the ew Mi-Room rom too since I have tried it yet.

tsongming said:
I am going to bed, so I will have to give the list later. Pretty much everything you can imagine. For example, everything that I have seen in Miui Roms from Nougat up through Pie. But all incorporated within a Pie Rom. What is really useful, is the Smart Network options, the extra connections timers and battery savings scripts that go well beyond typical Miui. Plus Miu Pro has the menu animations from Nougat, not sure if you know those, the folding, unfolding, overshoot etc. It doesn't do much but its a neat looking novelty, your can import any theme, as I have mentioned the battery life is phenomenal.
I need to sleep now. Yes, I definitely love that Rom. But I will check out the ew Mi-Room rom too since I have tried it yet.
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Thanks for the answer. Will try MIUI Pro rom once
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Since its need donation to get download link i am staying with MS rom. Thanks btwn..
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Can u tell me whats the exact build number / version that u having right now in MIUI Pro rom? Does it 9.6.5 or 9.5.9? Because in MIUI Pro site its showing 9.5.9. And that 4pda cloud showing 9.5.9 too. Is that uploaded by you or someone else? Asking because hope we can get future versions also from Cloud

Rajeev said:
Thanks for the answer. Will try MIUI Pro rom once
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Since its need donation to get download link i am staying with MS rom. Thanks btwn..
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Can u tell me whats the exact build number / version that u having right now in MIUI Pro rom? Does it 9.6.5 or 9.5.9? Because in MIUI Pro site its showing 9.5.9. And that 4pda cloud showing 9.5.9 too. Is that uploaded by you or someone else? Asking because hope we can get future versions also from Cloud
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Hi Rajeev, I messaged you.
The most current version is 9.5.9. However, It is my understanding that Miui Pro is only updated monthly and 4PDA has been a great resource for me. As you may know, it's very difficult getting past the Cyrillic captcha on 4PDA so I joined the site with help from a Russian friend.
For the benefit of other readers I will reiterate something I said to you privately
I assume that OTA is one of the benefits from having a subscription.
With that being said, I have dirty flashed Miui Pro and other EU weekly beta custom roms with zero issues
Flash, dont root yet / boot to system / update google store apps / reboot to recovery/ then flash Magisk/ Enjoy
Finally, Miui Pro is so very good so I definitely recommend that any interested parties check it out. If anyone can afford the OTA subscription, I am sure that the developers would really appreciate your support. Otherwise, I know that updates via 4PDA have been ongoing for a long time, because I have used them on my other devices. Because of the long-term consistency with 4PDA updates, I have always assumed the updates posted on 4PDA are from the developers themselves and the link that I posted a couple of days ago is always updated with the latest Miui pro ROM releases as the become available.

I will most likely go for Syberia, once my Mi 8 can be unlocked, with Pixel Experience and LineageOS being the backup options.
First and foremost, I look for a ROM that provides a fast experience, good battery life and stability. Customisation options beyond that what AOSP offers are welcome, but not a necessity.
What would you guys suggest, given I don't want to use MiUI-based ROMs.

Looking for a custom rom

Hi there, I have been using miui or miui based roms since I've got this phone but now I have to switch to another rom because miui has an issue with headphones and I can't listen to music properly. Need suggestions as there are tons of different roms right now.
What I like about miui and would love to have on the custom roms if possible.
- Game turbo. This thing is extremely useful especially for whatsapp massages.
- Gestures. I saw many roms feature this as well but are they stable enough?
- AOD, not a must but I like it.
- Video stabilisation on the stock app. Unfortunately gcam doesn't offer this.
And what I would want or wouldn't want from the rom.
- It should be stable overall without annoying bugs.
- Should be fast (especially the fingerprint)
- Any additions are welcome.

If you are looking for a MIUI based ROM REV OS was excellent on my MI 9. I haven't tried it on my MI 9T Pro yet. Unlike the wildly overrated MIUI EU where everyone who uses the ROM is a bug tester the devs at REV OS extensively test builds to eliminate bugs before releasing them to the public.
If you are looking for a non-MIUI based ROM they all seem to be pretty buggy based on user posts in the various threads.

Question Should I custom rom

Hi, I have my only good phone which is this redmi note 11. I was wondering if its worth it to flash custom rom and use it as a daily drive either flashing it pixelplusui or pixel experience. Is it gonna make the phone better to use or worsen the experience of this phone.

For me yes you should switch to a custom ROM. MIUI for this device is too nerfed and bugged to begin with. As for experience that depends on your preferred ROM and your device variant (as of now custom ROMs on 4/64 variants too laggy). I personally use Pixel Experience and it definitely made my experience better and what I deserve

Indeed, switching to a custom ROM would improve your experience. I switched to PixelPlus UI because MIUI has so many bugs, flaws, and sporadic app crashes. It was the best decision I ever made. When I flashed the PixelExperience rom, I thought it was a little jittery to use, but PixelPlus UI was the second rom I flashed after that, and it was the best one. I found it to be a lot smoother than PE. I haven't tried EvolutionX or Derpfest, but I plan to someday.

i wouldn't recommend it , i see loads saying yeah do it and then complain about all the bugs in it . have a look at the custom rom posts and see for yourself .

I use latest CrDroid on 4/64 variant and I am 100% satisfied. It's worth to give it a go, or to try some other roms as well. You can always go back to miui if you don't like the experience afterall...

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I use latest CrDroid on 4/64 variant and I am 100% satisfied. It's worth to give it a go, or to try some other roms as well. You can always go back to miui if you don't like the experience afterall...
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Hi Cykip,
If I was to go down custom rom route, I would defo go with what MarvavCZE said... I love CrDroid, have used it for ages on various other devices and it's perfect for me. The amount of pre built-in rom tweaks are amazing, far more than most other roms... I love it, best distro ever....
However, much like The Mero said... I am very happy with stock rom for the time being. This phone is too new (barely 2x weeks old), modern device, and compared to my other phones more expensive. So I am happy with how it works and behaves for now.
Perhaps in a year or two, I may consider it... buts stock for me for time being
Lister of Smeg

lister is right , phone is too new to have a decent custom rom . it can take months or years to fix bugs .
but if you have an old phone try installing one on that . you'll learn how to do it and if it goes badly at least you wont have wrecked your new one

Xiaomi did not yet release the kernel source code officially, I can only recommend to wait until that happens and official custom roms for this device become hyped. Until then, you cannot expect a daily driver.

cykip said:
Hi, I have my only good phone which is this redmi note 11. I was wondering if its worth it to flash custom rom and use it as a daily drive either flashing it pixelplusui or pixel experience. Is it gonna make the phone better to use or worsen the experience of this phone.
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Mate look, everyone know Xiaomi stock UI is worst and it's a master copy of IOS. I was facing a number of issues. Flickering, refresh rate jitters, stupid google dialer plus a lot other that I forgot lol
I went with ppui and cherish is but no gcam module was working on em. Now I'm on rice droid and it is smooth as butter

Trueeee