Hi all,
First Xiaomi phone should be arriving in a few days, currently on a OP6T.
Looking to flash a new ROM being from the UK and need to run mobile banking apps and google pay. Also wanting to debloat the apps associated with the CN version.
I understand I need to unlock the bootloader on the device - that's fine I'll do that ASAP.
My query is... Which ROM is currently considered the most stable and user friendly for UK users? I've seen there's the .eu version based on the CN rom, the global ROM, EU and EEA roms?! Just a bit confused which one to go for. Not too fussed but would enjoy updates OTA.
Thanks in advance!
Hi dear.
You can flash latest global rom Fastboot ROM through Mi Flash Tool or flash xiaomi.eu (custom ROM)
Thanks for your reply. Is the global ROM best for UK? What's the difference between the global ROM, EEA ROM and xiaomi.eu ROM?
Related
Hi everyone I recently purchased the xiaomi mi 9 off gearbest during a flash sale because it was such a great deal. I should be getting it this week, it supposedly cones with the global rom but some users are having trouble getting Google pay to work . So I was thinking of just flashing the global rom. But well looking around I see there's a global rom and EU rom. What's the difference between the two and which should I choose?
Global Rom and EEA are official miui roms, the first for worldwide, second is specific for Europe (but you can't find this one if you buy your phone on Gearbest).
Xiaomi.eu is a third part rom developed for worldwide, based on China official rom but debloated from chinese things etc.
If you want to use Gpay without any issue you have to stay on Global and locked bootloader.
HTCDevil said:
Global Rom and EEA are official miui roms, the first for worldwide, second is specific for Europe (but you can't find this one if you buy your phone on Gearbest).
Xiaomi.eu is a third part rom developed for worldwide, based on China official rom but debloated from chinese things etc.
If you want to use Gpay without any issue you have to stay on Global and locked bootloader.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was referring to the official roms on xiaomi site. I am currently in Europe what's the difference between the official global rom and the official Europe rom I couldn't find a description
http://en.miui.com/a-234.html
andrew2401 said:
I was referring to the official roms on xiaomi site. I am currently in Europe what's the difference between the official global rom and the official Europe rom I couldn't find a description
http://en.miui.com/a-234.html
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You didn't find it.
I heard about GPS parameters, mobile operators etc. I am on Global Dev, passed from EEA but i haven't seen relevant changes in those things, i am in Europe too, from Italy. So, don't worry, choose the one you like more.
In my opinion Global Developer 9.6.27 is the best official rom, at the moment, but it won't update due to xiaomi's choice. If you don't want to wait for a complete daily use rom, then choose xiaomi eu. My only doubt is about gpay and nfc payments, on mi8 it works without any error, but on Mi9 maybe needs a fix. You can find it here on xda in several threads
---------- Post added at 04:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:38 PM ----------
Fix Gpay for xiaomi eu :
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/finally-google-pay-working-on-my-mi9.50819/
If it is against the rules, please moderators delete it.
andrew2401 said:
Hi everyone I recently purchased the xiaomi mi 9 off gearbest during a flash sale because it was such a great deal. I should be getting it this week, it supposedly cones with the global rom but some users are having trouble getting Google pay to work . So I was thinking of just flashing the global rom. But well looking around I see there's a global rom and EU rom. What's the difference between the two and which should I choose?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't know the differences between EU and Global ROM. I live in Germany and my Mi 9 had the Global ROM.
Google Pay works on unlocked (and rooted) devices with a workaround. But who knows if this will still work with the next Google updates.
- https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/magisk-google-pay-gms-17-1-22-pie-t3929950
I am on Xiaomi.EU ROM 9.7.22 now and Google Pay works (I payed the last days with the Mi 9 in stores), although I dirty flashed it over the previous Xiaomi.EU ROM version. But still, the next Google update can make this workaround useless.
If you don't want to unlock your device (unlock bootloader) you can still debloat the ROM from unwanted apps easily using this tool:
- https://github.com/Saki-EU/XiaomiADBFastbootTools
This worked on my Xiaomi Mi 9 before I unlocked it. But since I wanted the 84Hz Display Mod and therefore I had to unlock my device I of course flashed a custom ROM (Xiaomi.EU). I mean, who would stay on that bloated ROM when there are debloated ROMs with almost the same (or even better) experience?
I wanted to buy K20 Pro 8/256 version since they didn't release it here in Europe. But i have some question regarding ROM. I wanted to buy it on aliexpress for example here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33025436528.html there are versions with Chinese rom and Global rom, so what i want to ask:
1. If i understand correctly it's a chinese market version with installed Global (indian) rom, is that right?
2. Does this Indian Global rom receive OTA updates?
3. From what I've read there is chinese ROM for this phone (english+chinese), Indian one and Global/EU one (? see next question)
4. But these are also 2 versions of the phone itself, Chinese and Indian? Or did I hear wrong? I heard its better to buy Indian one, but where can I find it?
5. Is it possible to install Mi 9T Pro Global EU rom on this phone? Is it even out yet?
6. I know that the bootloader will be unlocked, so the only way to relock it is to install Chinese rom, am i right? (I mean i heard that banking apps don't like unlocked phones)
7. I heard about Xiaomi.eu but I'm not really a fan of fan-made roms. I mean most of my past phones were working on stock roms since i didn't really feel the need to change it. But if there might be some problems with Indian ROM, maybe is it worth to check it out?
Thanks in advance
ma_ko said:
I wanted to buy K20 Pro 8/256 version since they didn't release it here in Europe. But i have some question regarding ROM. I wanted to buy it on aliexpress for example here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33025436528.html there are versions with Chinese rom and Global rom, so what i want to ask:
1. If i understand correctly it's a chinese market version with installed Global (indian) rom, is that right?
2. Does this Indian Global rom receive OTA updates?
3. From what I've read there is chinese ROM for this phone (english+chinese), Indian one and Global/EU one (? see next question)
4. But these are also 2 versions of the phone itself, Chinese and Indian? Or did I hear wrong? I heard its better to buy Indian one, but where can I find it?
5. Is it possible to install Mi 9T Pro Global EU rom on this phone? Is it even out yet?
6. I know that the bootloader will be unlocked, so the only way to relock it is to install Chinese rom, am i right? (I mean i heard that banking apps don't like unlocked phones)
7. I heard about Xiaomi.eu but I'm not really a fan of fan-made roms. I mean most of my past phones were working on stock roms since i didn't really feel the need to change it. But if there might be some problems with Indian ROM, maybe is it worth to check it out?
Thanks in advance
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The Indian version is missing NFC hardware. The Chinese model also has a couple more LTE bands unlocked, but none that you'll care about in Europe. So as far as hardware is concerned, the Chinese model is better. It is the Indian ROM that is better, but it does have the NFC chip software disabled, so you'll lose NFC functionality with the Indian ROM on a Chinese phone.
Originally, the Chinese phones sold with a global ROM had fake global ROMs installed. Once the Indian variant was released they started to install the official Indian ROM. Now that the official EEA ROM is available, some sellers may start to install that instead of the Indian ROM. In theory, if they are installing untouched official ROMs, then they should have OTA working.
Yes the Mi 9T Pro ROM is now available.
Yes you will hard brick the phone if you try to lock the bootloader with an official ROM that is not the same region as the phone.
You should be able to overcome issues with banking apps, etc. by flashing Magisk and installing appropriate Magisk modules.
Xiaomi.eu is a little bit more than a fan made ROM. It is a community developed ROM, but it has been going almost as long as MIUI itself. They have worked in collaboration with Xiaomi through the years, helping Xiaomi to globalise some of their apps, with Xiaomi reciprocating by helping occasionally with the Xiaomi.eu ROMs. The ROMs themselves take official Chinese MIUI source code as its base, the team then add many languages to make it global, remove all bloatware and adware and as much unneeded, Chinese centric MIUI apps as possible, then add some of there own customisation and tweaks.
Currently I'm on Indian global firmware 12.0.4. I like to move to international global.
my questions:
1. How can I move from Indian to global firmware. what's the procedure.
2. where can I find the download link.
3. Is there any STABLE alternative firmware to MIUI. For performance and battery backup.
Thanks a lot in advance. Any help from you guys means a lot to me. Thanks.
Download the global fastboot rom and flash it through mi flash tool. It works fine i have tested it personally.
Or try xiaomi.eu rom.
Hello everyone
I have a simple question out of curiosity. I have a global version of a Mi 11 Ultra that cane with a preinstalled MIUI 12.0.1.0 global ROM (RKAMIXM). After unlocking the bootloader I firstly installed xiaomi eu of which I was very disappointed and then moved to the official EEA firmware on MIUI 12.5.3.0 (RKAEUXM) which is my current Daily driver. I would like to know since my device came with a different global rom if the use of the EEA firmware may create a compatibility issue in terms of internet bands and connection speed and in that case if you recommend to move back to original global (which now is available in version 12.5.2.0)
xNAPx said:
Hello everyone
I have a simple question out of curiosity. I have a global version of a Mi 11 Ultra that cane with a preinstalled MIUI 12.0.1.0 global ROM (RKAMIXM). After unlocking the bootloader I firstly installed xiaomi eu of which I was very disappointed and then moved to the official EEA firmware on MIUI 12.5.3.0 (RKAEUXM) which is my current Daily driver. I would like to know since my device came with a different global rom if the use of the EEA firmware may create a compatibility issue in terms of internet bands and connection speed and in that case if you recommend to move back to original global (which now is available in version 12.5.2.0)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The EEA and Global rom is virtually the same. The reason you can't flash the EEA and then flash the Global is because of anti-rollback code in the flash-all.bat file of the roms. Remove that (usually lines 4-11 in Notepad++) and all roms, regardless of version are flashable. So you can actually try and see which one you like best.
Are you sure I have to do this? Because I flashed EEA 12.5.3.0 over Xiaomi EU 12.5.7.0 without doing that. Did anybody tried both EEA 12.5.3.0 and the new global 12.5.2.0 and tell me the difference?
xNAPx said:
Are you sure I have to do this? Because I flashed EEA 12.5.3.0 over Xiaomi EU 12.5.7.0 without doing that. Did anybody tried both EEA 12.5.3.0 and the new global 12.5.2.0 and tell me the difference? There's literally no difference Between the EEA and Global rom. The MiFlash tool usually gives someone an error code because of the anti-roll back section in the <flash-all.bat> file when a downgrade is attempted. If it was successful for you, Congratulations! However, it wasn't successful for me and the rom wouldn't successfully complete the install until I edited the script.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
xNAPx said:
Are you sure I have to do this? Because I flashed EEA 12.5.3.0 over Xiaomi EU 12.5.7.0 without doing that. Did anybody tried both EEA 12.5.3.0 and the new global 12.5.2.0 and tell me the difference?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There's literally no difference Between the EEA and Global rom. The MiFlash tool usually gives someone an error code because of the anti-roll back section in the <flash-all.bat> file when a downgrade is attempted. If it was successful for you, Congratulations! However, it wasn't successful for me and the rom wouldn't successfully complete the install until I edited the script.
Why then the two versions? Which version do you use? I am curious to try the global and see if there is any improvement over the EEA I am using now (especially for 5g speed), even though the one I am using now is blazing fast, but on the global changelog it says performance is 20 times faster (now this might be true already for the EEA version I'm using now)
xNAPx said:
Why then the two versions? Which version do you use? I am curious to try the global and see if there is any improvement over the EEA I am using now (especially for 5g speed), even though the one I am using now is blazing fast, but on the global changelog it says performance is 20 times faster (now this might be true already for the EEA version I'm using now)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The reason there are two versions is that they use different radio bands in Europe vs in other areas for example, so the radio bands may be slightly different. Adverts for that region may also be different. I am on T-Mobile here in the US and am running the Xiaomi.eu rom, which is based on the CN rom with Google services baked in and all Chinese bloat removed. This rom (weekly) has many more features that the EEA and Global rom doesn't. Such as the ability too use the rear display for video, which you the EEA and Global doesn't have as yet.
Well I am more interested in the efficiency of the 5g here in uk and what woukd be the best rom. I feel like my stock global was slightly better than this EEA I have now. I might format and flash it to check it out. It's just annoying every time you have to flash you loose all of your data and progress. Still on my current rom I am doing some debloating testing for idle battery improvements
Like I said, it's basically the same with some minor changes specific to the region.
I think I have to try it out myself if I want to be sure
xNAPx said:
I think I have to try it out myself if I want to be sure
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
EEA 12.5.6, I expect to come next week or the following to global
Hello.
Good day to everyone.
I got the mi 11 ultra Chinese version and I flashed the MIUI 13. Before it had global stable 12.5. (i bought it with that rom preinstalled and unlocked).
I installed the MIUI 13 china because I use Google pay and I wanted a locked rom but i Iive in Europe so Its very frustrating to set up the Chinese version. I want a phone for everyday use but i didn't know that It was china version and I couldn't use Google pay when I bought it.
The phone is Chinese MIUI 13 locked totally as stock.
I want to unlock and go back to MIUI 12 either on global or eea rom. Which one u suggest. I read about Xiaomi eu rom but I don't want to mess up with my phone Everytime I have to update it except if Xiaomi eu rom update itself like global or eea rom.
What u think?
And how to do it?
unlock bootloader then flash xiaomi.eu stable version (miui 13) , you can search and follow instructions on xiaomi.eu
Very stable for me
hoangtu2410 said:
unlock bootloader then flash xiaomi.eu stable version (miui 13) , you can search and follow instructions on xiaomi.eu
Very stable for me
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ist a downgrade from MIUI 13 Android 12( xiaomi.eu ) to MIUI 12.x Android 11 (Global) possible If the bootloader ist unlocked?
Mi ultras said:
Hello.
Good day to everyone.
I got the mi 11 ultra Chinese version and I flashed the MIUI 13. Before it had global stable 12.5. (i bought it with that rom preinstalled and unlocked).
I installed the MIUI 13 china because I use Google pay and I wanted a locked rom but i Iive in Europe so Its very frustrating to set up the Chinese version. I want a phone for everyday use but i didn't know that It was china version and I couldn't use Google pay when I bought it.
The phone is Chinese MIUI 13 locked totally as stock.
I want to unlock and go back to MIUI 12 either on global or eea rom. Which one u suggest. I read about Xiaomi eu rom but I don't want to mess up with my phone Everytime I have to update it except if Xiaomi eu rom update itself like global or eea rom.
What u think?
And how to do it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Im still on the Miui12 12.5.20 eu stable and it works like a charm, i dont update to miui13 untill i see its more stable.
I see many people complain out there
Strange name miui13" beta stable", a stable beta hmmm
hoangtu2410 said:
unlock bootloader then flash xiaomi.eu stable version (miui 13) , you can search and follow instructions on xiaomi.eu
Very stable for me
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Xiaomi eu miui 13 rom comes with saferypass preinstalled or i need to install it on my own? I use Googlepsy a lot.
Do u know something?
Yes, it's pre- installed.