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Mi 9 miui eu vs miui global vs RevOS

Hi! i am very new to the xiaomi community. i have just bought a pre-owned xiaomi mi 9.
it was shipped to me via POST mail, when i opened the phone it is a xiaomi mi 9 chinese version. :crying:
i want to flash a new rom on it, and currently i am torn between the three roms.
i just want to know your opinions on these three roms in all aspects (battery life, performance, gaming etc...)
1. miui eu
2. global rom
3. RevOS
***i have seen the miui eu vs RevOS (here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/help/revolution-os-vs-xiaomi-eu-one-recommend-t3934804) but i want to know how they are versus each other and the global rom.
how are the updates on these roms (miui eu, miui global, and revos) delivered? do i need to reflash every time? or i can just update just like a regular stock miui chinese rom? (a.k.a. by going to the settings and clicking the update button there and rebooting)
thank you. :angel::angel:

Xioami eu is the most supported rom concerning updates

HTCDevil said:
Xioami eu is the most supported rom concerning updates
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how is miui eu compared to the global rom?
are there lags? or bugs? problems? can yu give me a short help please

Hello. xiaomi.eu rom is based on the beta or stable rom of china. she's stable for everyday use. it benefits from news before the global. the beta rom is translated into several languages ​​and updated every Friday. I use it now and I prefer it overall, it is much smoother. on the other hand it is necessary the bootloader to unlock.

meuhmeuh51 said:
Hello. xiaomi.eu rom is based on the beta or stable rom of china. she's stable for everyday use. it benefits from news before the global. the beta rom is translated into several languages ​​and updated every Friday. I use it now and I prefer it overall, it is much smoother. on the other hand it is necessary the bootloader to unlock.
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i am currently waiting for my bootloader to be unlocked.
do i need to flash the update rom or i can just update from the miui settings?

meuhmeuh51 said:
Hello. xiaomi.eu rom is based on the beta or stable rom of china. she's stable for everyday use. it benefits from news before the global. the beta rom is translated into several languages ​​and updated every Friday. I use it now and I prefer it overall, it is much smoother. on the other hand it is necessary the bootloader to unlock.
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i am currently waiting for my bootloader to be unlocked.
with regards to updating, do i need to flash the update everytime? or i can just use the update tool in the miui settings?

darkalimdor said:
i am currently waiting for my bootloader to be unlocked.
with regards to updating, do i need to flash the update everytime? or i can just use the update tool in the miui settings?
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you have to unlock the bootloader. flasher twrp. and flash the rom. it is precise on the site of xiaomi.eu

meuhmeuh51 said:
you have to unlock the bootloader. flasher twrp. and flash the rom. it is precise on the site of xiaomi.eu
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that is for when i am flashing the rom newly,
i am asking about when i update.

I was on global rom and battery was very bad, but beem a week on revos its very clean amd good battery.
I recommend RevOs.

I have the Global EU (NOT xiaomi.eu) and i have good battery life (over night max battery drain of 5%), its buttery smooth and no bugs. Its official by Xiaomi but i heard updates are not as frequent as the China Global. Also since Global EU is stock you can just flash that over without unlocking bootloader if i am correct. The XiaoMiTool V2 somewhere here in the forum could be helpful for you if you want to stay stock and dont want to unlock your bootloader.
Edit: Also the Global EU has Widevine L1 which you need for Netflix HD. Dont know if the pther ROMs have that.

Jwtiyar said:
I was on global rom and battery was very bad, but beem a week on revos its very clean amd good battery.
I recommend RevOs.
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revolution os has the same ui with the miui ? how is the electronic image stabilization working on the rev os? how about other features that miui have, does the rev os also have?
i am looking at the miui eu because it has all the features that miui global have but better. so does rev os also have that?

cihot said:
I have the Global EU (NOT xiaomi.eu) and i have good battery life (over night max battery drain of 5%), its buttery smooth and no bugs. Its official by Xiaomi but i heard updates are not as frequent as the China Global. Also since Global EU is stock you can just flash that over without unlocking bootloader if i am correct. The XiaoMiTool V2 somewhere here in the forum could be helpful for you if you want to stay stock and dont want to unlock your bootloader.
Edit: Also the Global EU has Widevine L1 which you need for Netflix HD. Dont know if the pther ROMs have that.
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did you buy the phone with the global eu? or did you flash it?
how are the ads on the global eu? i do not mind the not frequent updates, i mostly want a very smooth and fast ui and no bloat

darkalimdor said:
did you buy the phone with the global eu? or did you flash it?
how are the ads on the global eu? i do not mind the not frequent updates, i mostly want a very smooth and fast ui and no bloat
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I bought it second hand but when the seller bought it it was with Global EU from MediaMarkt, big German store. I never had any ads. Where would I see them?

cihot said:
I bought it second hand but when the seller bought it it was with Global EU from MediaMarkt, big German store. I never had any ads. Where would I see them?
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in the chinese rom (the rom i am currently in) has ads in cleaner, file manager etc.. there is also a lot of bloat, such as weibo,qunar, baidu etc..
do u have plans on flashing a new rom?

darkalimdor said:
in the chinese rom (the rom i am currently in) has ads in cleaner, file manager etc.. there is also a lot of bloat, such as weibo,qunar, baidu etc..
do u have plans on flashing a new rom?
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I don't have any ads then. Seems the Global EU doesn't have all this Chinese preloaded apps. It has some xiaomi apps which can't be deleted, but otherwise I never had any problems. I was thinking of getting the xiaomi.eu so I can have notifications visible all the time and not just when they are incoming but that's all. I guess soon xiaomi will release an update for the global eu which will add this functionality back. Honestly this Rom is already so much superior than any other Phone I used and I think I can wait a couple of months for updates instead of having to deal with bugs and updates every two weeks with the xiaomi.eu

Miui Global Rom in K20 Pro indian version

i have k20pro indian version and latest 12.0.1 miui but i want to flash global version of miui into my device because of navigation pill and some more features like animation.
if some one here can help me with the procedure and also can confirm that will there gonna be some consequences in daily usage and call recording gonna work or not(by internal feature or any third party app).
if i did so than i will be able to receive future ota?
Any kind of help will be appreciated.

On global, you won't get miui dialer and sms. So no call recording. Also if you want to continue, you'll first need to unlock your bootloader and then flash the global rom.

Should bootloader be unlocked and twrp installed or just bootloader needs to unlocked and after that it can be updated through stock recovery in future ??

rachit011 said:
On global, you won't get miui dialer and sms. So no call recording. Also if you want to continue, you'll first need to unlock your bootloader and then flash the global rom.
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any other version of miui which is stable and call recording will work. i heard of miui.eu but no idea about it official/unofficial.
and unlocking bootloader and twrp is the thing i can do... please provide your suggestions about any other miui mods

SSfalcon said:
Should bootloader be unlocked and twrp installed or just bootloader needs to unlocked and after that it can be updated through stock recovery in future ??
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ok but any clue about call recording with the help of third party app?

SSfalcon said:
Should bootloader be unlocked and twrp installed or just bootloader needs to unlocked and after that it can be updated through stock recovery in future ??
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Once you unlock the bootloader, you can easily install custom recovery using fastboot. So first install any custom recovery and use it to flash rom
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Himanshu55 said:
any other version of miui which is stable and call recording will work. i heard of miui.eu but no idea about it official/unofficial.
and unlocking bootloader and twrp is the thing i can do... please provide your suggestions about any other miui mods
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There are a few mods. But what I heard of is, miui mods other than xiaomi.eu may break your L1 widevine (though there is a workaround to bring back L1 on some mods). So I prefer eu rom and am still using it.

rachit011 said:
Once you unlock the bootloader, you can easily install custom recovery using fastboot. So first install any custom recovery and use it to flash rom
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There are a few mods. But what I heard of is, miui mods other than xiaomi.eu may break your L1 widevine (though there is a workaround to bring back L1 on some mods). So I prefer eu rom and am still using it.
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thankyo so much for your recommendation. gonna flash today... is their any lag or bug coz youtubers are saying it isn't smooth as original china miui.

Himanshu55 said:
thankyo so much for your recommendation. gonna flash today... is their any lag or bug coz youtubers are saying it isn't smooth as original china miui.
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I did find some stutters but nothing major. Plus it is better than stock indian miui. Do note that you will have to live with chinese news feed(with english translation) on wallpaper carousel if you use that.

rachit011 said:
I did find some stutters but nothing major. Plus it is better than stock indian miui. Do note that you will have to live with chinese news feed(with english translation) on wallpaper carousel if you use that.
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flashed sucessfully . pretty good compare to indian miui . thanks for the suggestion

Himanshu55 said:
flashed sucessfully . pretty good compare to indian miui . thanks for the suggestion
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Hi bro.. can you please share the steps you followed?? Also do all the things work??

I have already tried, these are steps (*do it on your own risk)
1. Download global stable fastboot rom zip of 9T Pro
2. Use Mi Flash tool to flash it
3. It gives error on bootloader lock status but phone successfully boots into global stable.
Here are my observation from 2 days of usage.
1. No MIUI dialer, contact, sms app and instead they use google provided apps in global. Record call works, there is additional page of action menu once you are in call. I lost my all sms's from mi cloud in this process, though i have backup from another app to restore.
2. Animations are smooth compared to K20 Pro and that is because of stock mi launcher. The POCO launcher on Indian version misses out most of the new animations.
3. No HD support in prime video in global . Working fine in Indian stable.
4. Debloating is not working on both roms as of now. I tried from adb tool.
5. Clone mode available in camera app of global.
6. Geekbench single core score is more in indian rom compared to global. Overall smoothness is improved compared to MIUI 11.
7. Auto brightness is bad on both roms now compared to 11.0.6.0 of Indian version.
8. Call reception (idea) is bad on global compared with indian rom. Jio VOLTE is fine on both.
After using global for 2 days, I have reverted to Indian stable because of the HD video support and call quality issues. I would suggest to use MIUI EU roms to get all features of china rom and debloated apps.

mandarjoshiin said:
Hi bro.. can you please share the steps you followed?? Also do all the things work??
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everything working fine just themes section have Chinese themes..
steps :-1. unlocked bootloader
2. flashed orangefox recovery latest(twrp not recommended)
3. backup everything and move that file to pc
4. flashed miui.eu rom package
5.DFE file( disable force encryption file)
6. reboot
You not gonna regret if you flashed it over indian version

General latest EEA enhanced edition fastboot flashable rom

xiaomi MI 11 ultra latest EEA stable fastboot rom just unzip and run bat auto installing
LATEST -EEA fastboot rom.zip
drive.google.com

Where did you take this from? What version it is?

xNAPx said:
Where did you take this from? What version it is?
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12.5.10.0 i made it flashable fastboot

Is it really the enhanced update or there is still doubt about it?

xNAPx said:
Is it really the enhanced update or there is still doubt about it?
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Real enhanced
[MIUI Updates Tracker] Mi 11 Pro / Ultra (star/mars)
MIUI Updates Tracker (Mi 11 Pro / Ultra / Mi 11 Ultra) What is MIUI Updates Tracker? An open-source project that automatically tracks Xiaomi MIUI ROM releases! MIUI Updates Tracker is a sibling project of Xiaomi Firmware Updater. Actually, XFU...
forum.xda-developers.com

Good, finally, hopefully it will arrive for global as well soon

How do you make a FastBoot file?

Hello! Thanks for making this for us. I have a China version of Mi 11 Ultra. i am currently running the EU version 12.5.17.0 (xiaomi.eu_multi_MI11Pro_MI11Ultra_V12.5.17.0.RKACNXM). I wanted to install the enhanced version as well. Can I install it directly? Will I loose all my data if I do so? If there is a way, could you explain the proper way (steps) to install this rom you provided on my version of the device please?
Thanks and regards,
Siddhesh

Siddhesh Sapre said:
Hello! Thanks for making this for us. I have a China version of Mi 11 Ultra. i am currently running the EU version 12.5.17.0 (xiaomi.eu_multi_MI11Pro_MI11Ultra_V12.5.17.0.RKACNXM). I wanted to install the enhanced version as well. Can I install it directly? Will I loose all my data if I do so? If there is a way, could you explain the proper way (steps) to install this rom you provided on my version of the device please?
Thanks and regards,
Siddhesh
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Do some research before asking, alot of people share the way to flash fastboot rom
MI 11 ULTRA CN NOTIFICATIONS
I just got my hands on the mi 11 ultra, few days back I made the switch from oneplus 7 Pro. my major concern right now is notifications from Instagram, Whatsapp & messenger. So far I have tried, Battery restrictions, auto start, lock app from...
forum.xda-developers.com

hungragezone said:
Do some research before asking, alot of people share the way to flash fastboot rom
MI 11 ULTRA CN NOTIFICATIONS
I just got my hands on the mi 11 ultra, few days back I made the switch from oneplus 7 Pro. my major concern right now is notifications from Instagram, Whatsapp & messenger. So far I have tried, Battery restrictions, auto start, lock app from...
forum.xda-developers.com
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Hi! Thanks for your humble reply! I have done enough research already. I asked from the point of view 'if I can install this fastboot version' since I have a higher version of the ROM (but which is NOT Enhanced version and is also an EU ROM). So basically, can I upgrade from EU version to this enhanced version you posted?
Thanks,
Sidd

hungragezone said:
Do some research before asking, alot of people share the way to flash fastboot rom
MI 11 ULTRA CN NOTIFICATIONS
I just got my hands on the mi 11 ultra, few days back I made the switch from oneplus 7 Pro. my major concern right now is notifications from Instagram, Whatsapp & messenger. So far I have tried, Battery restrictions, auto start, lock app from...
forum.xda-developers.com
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Hi! Thanks for your humble reply! I have done enough research already. I asked from the point of view 'if I can install this fastboot version' since I have a higher version of the ROM (but which is NOT Enhanced version and is also an EU ROM). So basically, can I upgrade from EU version to this enhanced version you posted?
Thanks,

Siddhesh Sapre said:
Hi! Thanks for your humble reply! I have done enough research already. I asked from the point of view 'if I can install this fastboot version' since I have a higher version of the ROM (but which is NOT Enhanced version and is also an EU ROM). So basically, can I upgrade from EU version to this enhanced version you posted?
Thanks,
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Do u really read my post that i share?

Siddhesh Sapre said:
Hello! Thanks for making this for us. I have a China version of Mi 11 Ultra. i am currently running the EU version 12.5.17.0 (xiaomi.eu_multi_MI11Pro_MI11Ultra_V12.5.17.0.RKACNXM). I wanted to install the enhanced version as well. Can I install it directly? Will I loose all my data if I do so? If there is a way, could you explain the proper way (steps) to install this rom you provided on my version of the device please?
Thanks and regards,
Siddhesh
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If you change ROM branch ( move from your Xiaomi EU version to any other, EEA, Global, Stock Chinese etc etc) you MUST format data after flashing or you may find you get stuck in a boot loop until you do. This is due to possible partition differences between the ROM branches.

Sathelp said:
If you change ROM branch ( move from your Xiaomi EU version to any other, EEA, Global, Stock Chinese etc etc) you MUST format data after flashing or you may find you get stuck in a boot loop until you do. This is due to possible partition differences between the ROM branches.
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Thank you so much for the reply. I'll follow the respective instructions as you said. Best, Sidd

Siddhesh Sapre said:
Thank you so much for the reply. I'll follow the respective instructions as you said. Best, Sidd
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Don't forget, first boot on any new ROM will take ages, so as long as you see the boot logo, just wait. Don't be tempted to stop or reboot, just sit back and wait

Sathelp said:
Don't forget, first boot on any new ROM will take ages, so as long as you see the boot logo, just wait. Don't be tempted to stop or reboot, just sit back and wait
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Yes Sathelp! Thank you very much. Help is much appreciated. Best, Siddhesh

Question Mi11, EU or Global ROM? Which is better?

Hi,
Just ordered a Mi11 from China, and I would like to flash it with a global or EU stock firmware.
Would you recommend the Global or the EU one?
I am not a customer rom type really and I would just like to have the phone as close as a stock firmware experience with google services, OTA s and all.. although I understand it will never be perfect since the boot loader needs to stay unlocked.
Is it just a matter of unlocking BL and flash it with a stock firmware found here https://c.mi.com/global/miuidownload/index, am I right?
Thanks
D.

Dorian. said:
Hi,
Just ordered a Mi11 from China, and I would like to flash it with a global or EU stock firmware.
Would you recommend the Global or the EU one?
I am not a customer rom type really and I would just like to have the phone as close as a stock firmware experience with google services, OTA s and all.. although I understand it will never be perfect since the boot loader needs to stay unlocked.
Is it just a matter of unlocking BL and flash it with a stock firmware found here https://c.mi.com/global/miuidownload/index, am I right?
Thanks
D.
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Yes...and i would recommend xiaomi eu.....based on china...but fastest updates and bugree with some tweeks...

Thanks, yeah I may give Xiaomi.eu a try perhaps after installing the EU or Global stock roms if I am not happy.
Any recommendations between the 2 stock Rom s available?
Thanks

Ah another question sorry, will I lose widevine L1 by flashing with miflash? if so, any alternative?
Thanks!

Dorian. said:
Ah another question sorry, will I lose widevine L1 by flashing with miflash? if so, any alternative?
Thanks!
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Unlocking the bootloader or flashing with miflash or TWRP should not change the widevine .

Dorian. said:
Ah another question sorry, will I lose widevine L1 by flashing with miflash? if so, any alternative?
Thanks!
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I personally have tested Xiaomi Eu and MMX, I find MMX in my opinion to be more stable even on weeklies even tho it's based on EU. It also comes pre rooted and if you don't want root just flash the EU boot IMG instead. On MMx you also get widevine l1

lil_kujo said:
I personally have tested Xiaomi Eu and MMX, I find MMX in my opinion to be more stable even on weeklies even tho it's based on EU. It also comes pre rooted and if you don't want root just flash the EU boot IMG instead. On MMx you also get widevine l1
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Thanks, actually I was not considering any custom rom, when I say EU vs Global I mean the official stock EU rom vs the Global one..
In any casa I don't think there will be much of a difference
When unlocking the BL shall I proceed directly from the MiUnlock tool or start first with the developer option in the settings?
Thanks again

Also, is it worth it to make a backup of the persist partition, just to be on the safe side?

Dorian. said:
Also, is it worth it to make a backup of the persist partition, just to be on the safe side?
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I'm using MMX MIUI 13 latest beta build with some app updated from miui stock apps group and I have the new widgets and phone is very responsive and good battery performance. After I unlocked the bootloader I downloaded the fastboot rom from their site and just flashed every straight forward and easy. Just remeber to format data once you do the initial setup I'm case you have issues with storage permissions. So basically after you flashed go through the setup screen don't set it up just finish a quick set up and go to settings and format again through settings after it's done just setup device like you would normally do.

lil_kujo said:
I'm using MMX MIUI 13 latest beta build with some app updated from miui stock apps group and I have the new widgets and phone is very responsive and good battery performance. After I unlocked the bootloader I downloaded the fastboot rom from their site and just flashed every straight forward and easy. Just remeber to format data once you do the initial setup I'm case you have issues with storage permissions. So basically after you flashed go through the setup screen don't set it up just finish a quick set up and go to settings and format again through settings after it's done just setup device like you would normally do.
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How did you get the new widgets? i'm on miuimix 22.2.9 but they're still the old versions

Dorian. said:
Thanks, actually I was not considering any custom rom, when I say EU vs Global I mean the official stock EU rom vs the Global one..
In any casa I don't think there will be much of a difference
When unlocking the BL shall I proceed directly from the MiUnlock tool or start first with the developer option in the settings?
Thanks again
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So you must said EEA, not EU for don't create understanding problems.
Be careful because you have a Chinese model, so don't relock bootloader (if using MiFlash) because by default MiFlash apply option "Lock & Clean". Each time you'll use MiFlash, be sure to select on the right bottom just "Clean all", never lock with a another ROM model than Chinese. If you lock bootloader with a EEA/Global ROM, you will brick your device.

Pho3nX said:
So you must said EEA, not EU for don't create understanding problems.
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You are right, apologies, my bad.
thanks for the tip about leaving the bootloader unlocked.
shall I download the stock rom from https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/venus/ or https://c.mi.com/global/miuidownload/index ?
Thank you

skyler13 said:
How did you get the new widgets? i'm on miuimix 22.2.9 but they're still the old versions
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App vault CN version 5.2.65 will give you the new widgets in English.

lil_kujo said:
App vault CN version 5.2.65 will give you the new widgets in English.
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Many thanks for that, worked perfectly on my mi 11

Got the phone yesterday but the first impression is quite bad.
Poor build quality in my opinion and the battery is laughable.
Had a realme x2pro for more than 2 years and still going very strong, built like a tank.
Anyway, started bootloader unlocking countdown, only 150 hrs left

Question Xiaomi.eu to Global stable

can anyone point me in the right direction to change from Xiaomi.eu to the global stable rom? I have been using Xiaomi.eu weekly roms, but i am running into some performance issues that I didn't experience using the global rom.
i did try the directions here: https://www.droidwin.com/switch-xiaomi-rom-from-eea-to-global-stable-developer-on-locked-bootloader/ but ended up in a fastboot loop and ending up going back to Xiaomi.eu.
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tensux said:
can anyone point me in the right direction to change from Xiaomi.eu to the global stable rom? I have been using Xiaomi.eu weekly roms, but i am running into some performance issues that I didn't experience using the global rom.
i did try the directions here: https://www.droidwin.com/switch-xiaomi-rom-from-eea-to-global-stable-developer-on-locked-bootloader/ but ended up in a fastboot loop and ending up going back to Xiaomi.eu.
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Check the version that your phone came on and you have to go back to miui12 basically android 11 stock via fastboot flash

tensux said:
can anyone point me in the right direction to change from Xiaomi.eu to the global stable rom? I have been using Xiaomi.eu weekly roms, but i am running into some performance issues that I didn't experience using the global rom.
i did try the directions here: https://www.droidwin.com/switch-xiaomi-rom-from-eea-to-global-stable-developer-on-locked-bootloader/ but ended up in a fastboot loop and ending up going back to Xiaomi.eu.
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I had a similar issue when I tried the android 12 pixel rom. U need to flash stock onto your device and make sure you use the correct rom or you will keep getting a flash error

kofijordan said:
I had a similar issue when I tried the android 12 pixel rom. U need to flash stock onto your device and make sure you use the correct rom or you will keep getting a flash error
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ok I bought the phone used. I believe that it came with the china rom installed, the person who sold it to me flashed global before I put on the Xiaomi rom.

tensux said:
ok I bought the phone used. I believe that it came with the china rom installed, the person who sold it to me flashed global before I put on the Xiaomi rom.
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a simple way to confirm that,
the back of your phone does have only XIAOMI logo on it? or does it have small font writings like (made in china, 5G, etc)? if it is plain with XIAOMI logo only then it is 100% Chinese version.

hassanaliyeh said:
a simple way to confirm that,
the back of your phone does have only XIAOMI logo on it? or does it have small font writings like (made in china, 5G, etc)? if it is plain with XIAOMI logo only then it is 100% Chinese version.
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It is just the logo, so the china model. Would I need to revert back to the china rom before moving to global?

tensux said:
It is just the logo, so the china model. Would I need to revert back to the china rom before moving to global?
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Not really, but seems like you have a missing step.
It is always a headache to go back to official ROMs from eu rom
Worth a shot, might be easier

tensux said:
It is just the logo, so the china model. Would I need to revert back to the china rom before moving to global?
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Use the EU stock global that's what worked for me. Any stock should work along as u got access to fastboot and don't need edl Auth flash

tensux said:
It is just the logo, so the china model. Would I need to revert back to the china rom before moving to global?
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Try the stock for this version