I'm almost ready to pull the trigger on a 256/8 varient of the k20 pro with the intention of just using the phone as daily with the Chinese Rom in A urope ,I know there will be other roMs but I just can't be arsed with all the modding about,getting too old and too busy to be messing,but love the look of the phone specs etc
Is there any downsides to using the Chinese rom,Im happy enough with the lack of band 20 and I understand the phone will get OTAs and there is English support
Are there any other problems besides the bloat which should be easy to remove, bit of fiddling for play store too I think
Should all apps work ok etc or anything else I should look out for
I think Europe version should be mi 9t pro, if you want to flash Chinese stock room, unlock bootloader first, fastboot flash Chinese full package
tenshikurabu said:
I think Europe version should be mi 9t pro, if you want to flash Chinese stock room, unlock bootloader first, fastboot flash Chinese full package
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No no no,read my post before giving a reply, I was enquiring about the Chinese rom,the kind of disadvantages to using it in Europe because there is no 9T pro,no global rom as yet
Im using it Croatia, there is lack of the band 20 and you manually must instal google playstore and services. Other than than that there arent any dissadvantages
A friend that had chinese miui on mi8, told me that he had some problems with gps, and also it would have low signal strength, and those where fixed with global rom.
Gps works fine, and signal strength depends on coverage off cell towers. I can say that it has same signal strength as poco atleast where i live.
ef1x said:
Gps works fine, and signal strength depends on coverage off cell towers. I can say that it has same signal strength as poco atleast where i live.
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I would imagine GPS is particularly good with the new dual band GPS it has.
i'm more less in the same page, im eager to buy the Chinese version, but not sure if i wont give up of B28, coz its make a lot of diff here in Brazil.
Do you guys think this band will be available for future update, like previously happened to Mi9, it didnt have band 28, but its got now. Maybe its only software dependent, right?
No Google Keyboard (English) in China ROM K20 Pro
I could not see the Google Keyboard that can be used across apps even after installing the Google Services in my K20 Pro Chinese Version.
i am also in your situation , i can't understand why there isn't a k20 pro chinese rom review to explain exactly which are in DETAILS the difference , we know about play store etc
@GANESHBRUCE can't you you install any keyboard from play store ? (including google keyboard) ?
I wanted a chinese rom device,but ended up buying a k20pro with fake indian rom.can i flash chinese rom without a issue?
I bought the the Chinese rom 256/8 and I the amount of bloatware is insane! At least I have uninstalled 30 apps, some can't be installed, this was a turn off for me, but now I just have to live with it. Other things all good all fine.
But I want to ask experts here, is there any privacy issue with the Chinese ROM? With this amount of apps I feel like they have all kind of data monitoring just to shove their adds in my face, so is there anything I must do? Block something or stop specific service?
One can use the Chinese ROM without any flashing but you have to live with some Xiaomi app and some minor Chinese in some places even after switching to English.
There are no major issues as far as I know.
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aamer_it said:
I bought the the Chinese rom 256/8 and I the amount of bloatware is insane! At least I have uninstalled 30 apps, some can't be installed, this was a turn off for me, but now I just have to live with it. Other things all good all fine.
But I want to ask experts here, is there any privacy issue with the Chinese ROM? With this amount of apps I feel like they have all kind of data monitoring just to shove their adds in my face, so is there anything I must do? Block something or stop specific service?
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Third party app paid Xiaomi a price for their apps to be pre-installed. The only ad coming through may only be from Xiaomi MIUI.
I've used it for a week and everything worked just fine, there was some cool features that only works in chinese rom wich was MI AI wich pre loads apps and its basically like google assistant (pre loading apps was cool), it had a special keyboard only for inputing passwords and there's more! the downside was because i installed google play store by an apk (maybe if you install gapps.org it fixes it) it coudn't sync my contacts and other things (real big problem for me) and besides the stupid chinese apps there's some MIUI apps that doesn't change with the language like the calendar and others i don't remember...
Try it for youself, at the moment i'm using mi globe rom, wich is based of the chinese rom + features and debloated.
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I've used it for a week and everything worked just fine, there was some cool features that only works in chinese rom wich was MI AI wich pre loads apps and its basically like google assistant (pre loading apps was cool), it had a special keyboard only for inputing passwords and there's more! the downside was because i installed google play store by an apk (maybe if you install gapps.org it fixes it) it coudn't sync my contacts and other things (real big problem for me) and besides the stupid chinese apps there's some MIUI apps that doesn't change with the language like the calendar and others i don't remember...
Try it for youself, at the moment i'm using mi globe rom, wich is based of the chinese rom + features and debloated.
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You need to install calendar and contact sync apk and ensure autostart is enabled to sync.
GANESHBRUCE said:
I could not see the Google Keyboard that can be used across apps even after installing the Google Services in my K20 Pro Chinese Version.
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You can download GBoard (Google Keyboard) from the Playstore and set it as your Default keyboard in Settings.
I used it for a while but had to switch to the India ROM (kinda Global I guess).
Honestly the English version of the China ROM (stock) was fine with me but Google Home wasn't working fine because it mixed up English and French (phone was in English/ Google Home in French), my wife couldn't use it because she doesn't speak English. The other downside was the MI "Browser" being launched by default for all external apps including GMail, very annoying for me.
Other than that everything was working fine, and I liked being able to see the new features (like the new multiple shot in the camera not available in India). The bloatware was kind of ok with me, except MI AI which was sometimes confused with Google Assistant by the phone in certain apps/ devices (Bluetooth).
GANESHBRUCE said:
I could not see the Google Keyboard that can be used across apps even after installing the Google Services in my K20 Pro Chinese Version.
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Uncheck using Mi Secured Keyboard in the settings.
can someone of you tell me if there is Netflix on the Playstore in the china stable rom ? i know he has L3 widevine but i wanna be sure i can use last APK version without any issue. i'm fine with 540p quality of L3.
thanks
Is there any way to enable location history in Google Maps on MIUI 11 (China). I believe it's due to Chinese regulations.
Yes there is. I'm using k20 pro china rom and have Google maps history. I don't want Google or miui patching it.
You should have posted this at questions and answers section
I'm waiting for the answer too
I am quite curious if there are any differences in EU vs India version of the phone.
This is mainly on the ROM, i.e. amount of bloatware, digital assistant (because CN has Breeno Pre-installed), also stuff with the custom home screen.
Would anyone that has experience with either of the two versions of the phone satisfy my curiosity?
Cheers!
Indian version comes with lots more bloat from what I've seen... Not sure about assistant and homescreen on Indian version... EU version comes with Google assistant as default and doesn't have any other assistant installed and homescreen can be changed no problems on EU version.
I have a huawei p30 pro that I bought in China and I changed the language to english and the region to where I live. The problem is that some parts of the phone are still in chinese such as the huawei assistant. I've tried to change it to google assistant but haven't had any success. Does anyone know how to change the phone from being chinese or replace the huawei assistant with the google assistant
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I have a huawei p30 pro that I bought in China and I changed the language to english and the region to where I live. The problem is that some parts of the phone are still in chinese such as the huawei assistant. I've tried to change it to google assistant but haven't had any success. Does anyone know how to change the phone from being chinese or replace the huawei assistant with the google assistant
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What you can do is use ADB shell and remove this region related apps like smartcare, huawei default chinese keyboard, hivoice. and many others which are completly useless for non chinese people....this thread here shows you how to do it. -> https://forum.xda-developers.com/hu...w-to-remove-huawei-bloatware-vog-ele-t4014937
I got a chinese rom redmi 10x 5g, but all apps that require google map are showing "google play services are updating", i can't order food, i can't grab a taxi, but google map is working perfectly fine... i would like to ask if there is a way to solve this problem. chinese mi official customer service says i'd better flash in a global rom, but there isn't a global rom available for 10x 5g...
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I got a chinese rom redmi 10x 5g, but all apps that require google map are showing "google play services are updating", i can't order food, i can't grab a taxi, but google map is working perfectly fine... i would like to ask if there is a way to solve this problem. chinese mi official customer service says i'd better flash in a global rom, but there isn't a global rom available for 10x 5g...
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I had similar problems getting WhatsApp working (problem with google play services) I deleted all google apps / services and downloaded google installer from Xiaomi app store re-installed all the google related apps and services then all was OK. got a guide from https://www.yomiprof.net/2020/05/installing-google-play-store-xiaomi-phones.html