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Looking for a *stable* ROM

Hey guys!
I'm a very recent owner of Mi 9T Pro (less than 24h remaining until unlock becomes available). I'm also a recent consumer (if that's the right word for it) in the custom ROM scene. About a week ago I decided to check out LineageOS 16.0 on my old (Android 4.4.2) phone, and I was blown away by the performance improvement. It really gave my old device a second wind.
So when it comes to my new Mi 9T Pro, the long term strategy is almost certainly to install the official version of LineageOS 17.0 as soon as it becomes available (if at all and boy do I hope it does). However, since the official release might be (as I understand) several months away, it leaves me with a time window to use some other ROM until then. I've checked out LineageOS 16, 17, HavocOS 2.8, 3.0 & Pixel Experience ROM threads in this forum. It appears they all have some or other issues.
And this is where I was hoping to get a suggestion from you guys. What I'm interested in is the most stable ROM currently available for this phone. To be more clear, I'll illustrate what I mean by "stable":
1) Novelty not required.
It doesn't have to be Android 10 necessarily. Stability > novelty.
2) Most commonly used features take precedence.
I would certainly prefer a lag-less UI and no issues with signal reception over working NFC and Bluetooth audio (all 4 issues seem to appear with some regularity in mentioned threads).
Well, that's basically it, I hope you get the gist of it. If not I'll be glad to clarify further.
Just to be clear, I'm really not looking for a perfect solution where there is none. Just the least painful one. MIUI is not an option.
Thank you!
P.S. Sorry if this is a dup. I only managed to find a handful of outdated questions (~2 months old) which had very little engagement to begin with.

I use crDroid 5.8 (5.9 build does not work with global fw &vendor) and all the android 10 ROMs besides LOS 17 have broken NFC and BT .. And los 17 is also not perfect. Slows down after a while. We just have to wait till every K20 Pro / Mi 9T Pro version gets stable MIUI 11. Right now android 10 is not daily drive ready.

I'm using Résurrection Remix with the same build for over 2 month (the last one), and i dont have any bug.
I'm dtarting to have some troubleshootings after 2-3 weeks and it only require to restart to get fixed.
Also i'm not a big user of the phone so at the end of the day there is 70% battery left!

cacio_confusa said:
I use crDroid 5.8 (5.9 build does not work with global fw &vendor) and all the android 10 ROMs besides LOS 17 have broken NFC and BT .. And los 17 is also not perfect. Slows down after a while. We just have to wait till every K20 Pro / Mi 9T Pro version gets stable MIUI 11. Right now android 10 is not daily drive ready.
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First of all, thank you for your input!
But what about Android 9 based ROMs like LOS16, Havoc-OS 2.8, Pixel Experience etc.? Wouldn't they be more stable based on the fact that Android 9 was already out (for quite some time) when K20 Pro was released? And also because the developers have simply had more time to iron out the issues?

ammeyzin said:
Hey guys!
I'm a very recent owner of Mi 9T Pro (less than 24h remaining until unlock becomes available). I'm also a recent consumer (if that's the right word for it) in the custom ROM scene. About a week ago I decided to check out LineageOS 16.0 on my old (Android 4.4.2) phone, and I was blown away by the performance improvement. It really gave my old device a second wind.
So when it comes to my new Mi 9T Pro, the long term strategy is almost certainly to install the official version of LineageOS 17.0 as soon as it becomes available (if at all and boy do I hope it does). However, since the official release might be (as I understand) several months away, it leaves me with a time window to use some other ROM until then. I've checked out LineageOS 16, 17, HavocOS 2.8, 3.0 & Pixel Experience ROM threads in this forum. It appears they all have some or other issues.
And this is where I was hoping to get a suggestion from you guys. What I'm interested in is the most stable ROM currently available for this phone. To be more clear, I'll illustrate what I mean by "stable":
1) Novelty not required.
It doesn't have to be Android 10 necessarily. Stability > novelty.
2) Most commonly used features take precedence.
I would certainly prefer a lag-less UI and no issues with signal reception over working NFC and Bluetooth audio (all 4 issues seem to appear with some regularity in mentioned threads).
Well, that's basically it, I hope you get the gist of it. If not I'll be glad to clarify further.
Just to be clear, I'm really not looking for a perfect solution where there is none. Just the least painful one. MIUI is not an option.
Thank you!
P.S. Sorry if this is a dup. I only managed to find a handful of outdated questions (~2 months old) which had very little engagement to begin with.
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I have basically tried every rom there is on this forum, and multiple vendors, roms later, i can suggest that EvolutionX, Pixel experience plus (pie are both pretty stable. But they have minor issues. Definitely daily driver material.
But! in my suggestion, if you could stick to a debloated MIUI. It would be hassle free.
Pros for using the stock rom.
Fingerprint sensor works faster
Doesn't break safetynet, so.. google pay support.
widevine L1 in other cases.
And most importantly, the camera functionality doesnt break

aman2125 said:
I have basically tried every rom there is on this forum, and multiple vendors, roms later, i can suggest that EvolutionX, Pixel experience plus (pie are both pretty stable. But they have minor issues. Definitely daily driver material.
But! in my suggestion, if you could stick to a debloated MIUI. It would be hassle free.
Pros for using the stock rom.
Fingerprint sensor works faster
Doesn't break safetynet, so.. google pay support.
widevine L1 in other cases.
And most importantly, the camera functionality doesnt break
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Thank you very much for your (somewhat unexpected) suggestion!
To be honest, I hadn't really considered debloating, but I will most certainly look into it. Are there some preferred debloating solutions out there?

ammeyzin said:
Thank you very much for your (somewhat unexpected) suggestion!
To be honest, I hadn't really considered debloating, but I will most certainly look into it. Are there some preferred debloating solutions out there?
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Follow the steps in the Removing Bloatwares in Locked/Unlocked Bootloader part of the first post in this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/k20-pro/how-to/redmi-k20-pro-firmware-10-3-8-0-9-6-13-t3939647

True, MIUI has way faster and better fingerprint recognition than all custom roms. Sadly I hate MIUI look and feel...
If you want to give MIUI a try, install the xiaomi eu ROM, which is pretty clean and without much preinstalled stuff.
Best is not to use the custom ROMs with ALL the features, since those ROMs are more laggy and buggy.
So if custom ROMs, try android 9 based. I will flash android 10 again only after 2-3 builds which use MIUI 11 firmware and vendor, since I do have a global K20 Pro/ Mi 9T Pro and don't want to lose DRM L1 or NFC by flashing IN or CN fw and vendor. Because most android 10 ROMs require MIUI 10 android 10 fw and vendor (and there is no global MIUI 10 android 10 fw & vendor)
So depends after all, how much you hate MIUI.
I flashed a custom ROM because of the following things
clean stock UI
no gapps
better everyday performance

aman2125 said:
I have basically tried every rom there is on this forum, and multiple vendors, roms later, i can suggest that EvolutionX, Pixel experience plus (pie are both pretty stable. But they have minor issues. Definitely daily driver material.
But! in my suggestion, if you could stick to a debloated MIUI. It would be hassle free.
Pros for using the stock rom.
Fingerprint sensor works faster
Doesn't break safetynet, so.. google pay support.
widevine L1 in other cases.
And most importantly, the camera functionality doesnt break
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How to flash Evolution X on Mi 9T pro??? Steps pls everytime i get a black screen

I also suggest evolution x over pixel experience.
But if you unlock bootloader and install magisk here are modules for debloat https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...-debloater-t3821971/post80724849#post80724849 this full&full plus, debloat all even miui launcher and you got phone with pixel launcher .

Baravan Kurdish said:
How to flash Evolution X on Mi 9T pro??? Steps pls everytime i get a black screen
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So.. the simple trick is to flash chinese vendor miui 10.3.16..
Mine in an indian unit.. and flashing any vendor except the chinese one gives me some sort of error or bootloop..
So.. my process is..
1- unlock bootloader
2-flash recovery (orangefox or twrp)
3- boot into revovery
4-wipe system
5- flash vendor
6- flash rom (gapps if necessary)
7- wipe cache
8- reboot

aman2125 said:
So.. the simple trick is to flash chinese vendor miui 10.3.16..
Mine in an indian unit.. and flashing any vendor except the chinese one gives me some sort of error or bootloop..
So.. my process is..
1- unlock bootloader
2-flash recovery (orangefox or twrp)
3- boot into revovery
4-wipe system
5- flash vendor
6- flash rom (gapps if necessary)
7- wipe cache
8- reboot
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So for global what firmware you recommend me to use? And also is dfe needed everytime? If it's possible i want to contact you maybe on telegram if i stuck somwhere, Thanks

Baravan Kurdish said:
So for global what firmware you recommend me to use? And also is dfe needed everytime? If it's possible i want to contact you maybe on telegram if i stuck somwhere, Thanks
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I guess so.. and sorry brother.. i dont use telegram..
I'd suggest you stick to global vendor..
If it doesn't work, then try chinese..
Widevine is not an issue for me.. but you might stream HD content.. so.. look into it..
And i forgot to mention... Always format data before rebooting.. format data is different from wipe data.. keep that in mind..
You should stick to the process.. it should go flawlessly..

aman2125 said:
I guess so.. and sorry brother.. i dont use telegram..
I'd suggest you stick to global vendor..
If it doesn't work, then try chinese..
Widevine is not an issue for me.. but you might stream HD content.. so.. look into it..
And i forgot to mention... Always format data before rebooting.. format data is different from wipe data.. keep that in mind..
You should stick to the process.. it should go flawlessly..
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So when i flash firmware and rom before i restart i should format data? And can you tell me which vendor do i use for global for Q roms and which one for Pie roms that would be helpful

Is it safe to update to V11.3.4.0PFCMIXM

I need an advice please!
I've just received a new Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite (MIUI Global 10.3.1)
is it safe to update to 11.3.4.0 or it's not a stable version?
Update ?: after wasting this whole couple of days searching and reading forums, it seems that all Xiaomi's updates for "Mi 9 Lite" are full of bugs and issues, so I'm going to stick with the old (Global MIUI 10.3.1) Version.
it's the first & the last time i buy a Xiaomi phone. ?
they don't give a sh** about their customers.

As long as you don't update to Android 10 you will be fine.

delmicio said:
As long as you don't update to Android 10 you will be fine.
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Thanks for your reply, but as i see a lot of people reported bugs after updating to this version. but most of it was at the end of 2019. I'm not sure if Xiaomi fixed it since then.

delmicio said:
As long as you don't update to Android 10 you will be fine.
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The last update of MIUI 11 on Android 9 (11.3.9.0 PFCEUXM) has a bug with Netflix (no video, only audio) and with WCG/HDR.

I have MI9 lite, updated to android 10 ( V11.0.1.0.QFCMIXM (MIUI11) ) and 100% working. not usin" Netflix", but "my canal" almost the same, at least drm bug too and now it's ok

obiwanbartek said:
The last update of MIUI 11 on Android 9 (11.3.9.0 PFCEUXM) has a bug with Netflix (no video, only audio) and with WCG/HDR.
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Thanks for the infos, but that's not the global version. i guess it's EU version. I'm afraid to update the phone to the Global 11.3.4.0 without knowing that Xiaomi fixed the bugs in this version.

sonneper said:
I have MI9 lite, updated to android 10 ( V11.0.1.0.QFCMIXM (MIUI11) ) and 100% working. not usin" Netflix", but "my canal" almost the same, at least drm bug too and now it's ok
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that's great! but strange because a lot of users reported many bugs and higher battery usage.
yesterday i spent the whole day reading forums and most users are not happy after upgrading to Android Q (10). so you are lucky ??

Did someone try VoWifi?
Is it working?
Thanks in advance

bppjenil said:
Did someone try VoWifi?
Is it working?
Thanks in advance
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I'm using MIUI 11.0.2 (Android 10 with April Google bug fixes) on T-Mobile in the US and VoWiFi and VoLTE are both working great. There are a few bugs, but nothing preventing me from doing anything I need to do. The biggest one I have is file managers (built in and third party) crashing trying to render certain thumbnails.

bryantthesmith said:
I'm using MIUI 11.0.2 (Android 10 with April Google bug fixes) on T-Mobile in the US and VoWiFi and VoLTE are both working great. There are a few bugs, but nothing preventing me from doing anything I need to do. The biggest one I have is file managers (built in and third party) crashing trying to render certain thumbnails.
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Thanks smith,
Do you have same version as screenshot?

bppjenil said:
Thanks smith,
Do you have same version as screenshot?
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Yes, I have the same version. My screen looks exactly the same. 11.0.2.0(QFCMIXM) which corrresponds to the global version.

MIUI 12 IS COMING TO OUR DEVICE YO!, wdyt ahout miui 12?

For me miui 12 is better than the older miui 11. Miui 12 have a cool UI design(i hope smooth too)
Here's list of cool improvement MIUI 12
1. New Animation
MIUI 12 supports Android 10’s quick change app gestures. I think some animations are really annoying punch
2. Sumperman
3. Control panel
If you don’t like this style, don’t worry. There is a setting for you to return to the old style. Unfortunately it doesn’t support functional Android notifications in 2 interfaces.
4. Floating Window
This may be the biggest feature of MIUI 12. You can open applications on the screen small and fix them to the corners. In fact, similar features are available on OneUI and Android 10/11. MIUI developers have developed the floating bubble app that came with Android 10 a bit more.
Pull down the application suspension notification and instantly transform into a quick small window. Drag a small window to the side to transform into a small window. Know everything, chat for a day without delay.

I'm pretty scared of it can be laggier than the previous versions...

is it going to be MIUI12 on Android 9?

Aaagogo said:
is it going to be MIUI12 on Android 9?
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No, they launch A10 on our device

Weren't we supposed to get Android 10 with MIUI 11 on RN7 Global too?

jaxx08 said:
I Think You Didn't Updated Your Device Yet Cause It Is Already Available
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For Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Global? I was on MIUI 11.0.5 and it was still Android 9.
Could you give me a link to MIUI 11 Android 10 please?

Ti64CLi++ said:
For Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Global? I was on MIUI 11.0.5 and it was still Android 9.
Could you give me a link to MIUI 11 Android 10 please?
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Oh No I Didn't Saw That You Mentioned Global, Sorry :silly:

jaxx08 said:
Oh No I Didn't Saw That You Mentioned Global, Sorry :silly:
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No problem, you only scared me, I thought I had broken my phone, or had done something that didn't let me get updates ?

Ti64CLi++ said:
No problem, you only scared me, I thought I had broken my phone, or had done something that didn't let me get updates ?
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Hahaha lol

I installed MIUI 12 (Xiaomi.EU) on my Redmi Note 7 and it's very laggy, animations are cool but slow on our device. I hope this problem gets fixed on Stable MIUI 12 but I don't think so.

Hi guys, why Miui 12 beta isn't for our device? Developer is stopping, anyone know why?

Tried xiaomi.eu's version av MIUI12 for lavender and it was the laggiest ROM I have yet to experience. Was utterly unusable... Went straight back to my favourite MIUI11 (20.1.21 beta). WAY BETTER. Will wait and see if MIUI12 will ever be suitable for RMN7...

hejbabi said:
Tried xiaomi.eu's version av MIUI12 for lavender and it was the laggiest ROM I have yet to experience. Was utterly unusable... Went straight back to my favourite MIUI11 (20.1.21 beta). WAY BETTER. Will wait and see if MIUI12 will ever be suitable for RMN7...
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Because they've used the 20.4.27 build (lagging, a video on Chrome will crash your systemUI, randomly) instead of the 20.4.28 (which has some bugs, random reboot included, but way better than the previous build), i've installed back MIUI 11, actually (13/05/20) the untouched China Beta of MIUI 12 works better than the Xiaomi EU build.

N1ck474 said:
Because they've used the 20.4.27 build (lagging, a video on Chrome will crash your systemUI, randomly) instead of the 20.4.28 (which has some bugs, random reboot included, but way better than the previous build), i've installed back MIUI 11, actually (13/05/20) the untouched China Beta of MIUI 12 works better than the Xiaomi EU build.
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Ciao,
just a stupid doubt, it's possible to update from 20.4.27 (MIUI12 EU) to 20.5.13 (MIUI 12 CHINA) over a dirty flash ? I have no time these days to backup my internal memory...

PYCON said:
Ciao,
just a stupid doubt, it's possible to update from 20.4.27 (MIUI12 EU) to 20.5.13 (MIUI 12 CHINA) over a dirty flash ? I have no time these days to backup my internal memory...
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I don't really know, maybe (both are based on China Dev, maybe you can), you'll surely have some apps/services broken, if you're unlucky your device will not boot at all, a clean installation is better (actually a mandatory) in this case, in my opinion.
If you wanna risk and try please report your results here, maybe other users are interested

N1ck474 said:
I don't really know, maybe (both are based on China Dev, maybe you can), you'll surely have some apps/services broken, if you're unlucky your device will not boot at all, a clean installation is better (actually a mandatory) in this case, in my opinion.
If you wanna risk and try please report your results here, maybe other users are interested
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I gave it a try yesterday evening with a clean wipe. Full wipe ( dalvik / cache / system / vendor / data ) plus format data ( internal storage ). Nice rom, english language is not a problem. But I got 2 random reboots in 1 hour

PYCON said:
I gave it a try yesterday evening with a clean wipe. Full wipe ( dalvik / cache / system / vendor / data ) plus format data ( internal storage ). Nice rom, english language is not a problem. But I got 2 random reboots in 1 hour
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Yes, i had two reboots at the beginning too, then after a week of use zero problems about it

I'm honestly disappointed with the frequency of rn7 updates. Very sloppy work by xiaomi. They focus on selling and don't support sold phones so much. Typical Chinese business style.

kennyk09 said:
I'm honestly disappointed with the frequency of rn7 updates. Very sloppy work by xiaomi. They focus on selling and don't support sold phones so much. Typical Chinese business style.
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Yes, i'm a fan of this brand but they're just bad with uodates, i had all of the Mi A series devices (A1, A2 and A3), Android One project from Xiaomi is the worse thing you can actually buy, at least they care about MIUI, but After the Redmi sub brand the situation is terrible, few uodates, slow Major releases, higher prices (device by device, at least in EU), let's see if Xiaomi will be the new Huawei.

After updating to MIUI 11 Autoshut down

After updating to MIUI 11 Autoshut down,phone is warm, good battery, no problem. All goods.
This happening to you also>?

Bunch of people in here, anyone help me?

So sad this community aint active anymore

Im really really sad.

renr29 said:
After updating to MIUI 11 Autoshut down,phone is warm, good battery, no problem. All goods.
Were you running miui 10 all this time and do note that miui 12.5 is already out. Also it is recommended to format and clean your phone once you do amjor upgrade like upgrading a miui version(from miui 10-11 or 11-12) and also from major upgrade of android like from a9-a10 or a10-a11
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[Miui 12] Slow or bad battery life? Downgrade to miui 11 Android 10

I had suffered a degradation of performance over the past year and a bit. After many clean reinstalls and installing every update I felt like my phone just wasn't lasting a day and was hitching.
I'd looked into going back due to loss of support, and I'm so glad I did.
I highly recommend going back to miui 11, as it appears to be optimised for our device. Unlike miui 12/12.5. I had forgotten just how powerful our device actually is.
Give it a go:
MIUI 11 - MIUI 11.0 STABLE RELEASE
STABLE RELEASE RULES WHEN POSTING 1. If a ROM is not published DONT ASK ABOUT ITS ETA 2. If a ROM is not published DONT ASK why! 3. If a ROM is available, download it and use it 4. If a ROM has bugs, post the bug to the bug section if the BUG is not already listed 5. If you use any form of...
xiaomi.eu

Turbine1991 said:
I had suffered a degradation of performance over the past year and a bit. After many clean reinstalls and installing every update I felt like my phone just wasn't lasting a day and was hitching.
I'd looked into going back due to loss of support, and I'm so glad I did.
I highly recommend going back to miui 11, as it appears to be optimised for our device. Unlike miui 12/12.5. I had forgotten just how powerful our device actually is.
Give it a go:
MIUI 11 - MIUI 11.0 STABLE RELEASE
STABLE RELEASE RULES WHEN POSTING 1. If a ROM is not published DONT ASK ABOUT ITS ETA 2. If a ROM is not published DONT ASK why! 3. If a ROM is available, download it and use it 4. If a ROM has bugs, post the bug to the bug section if the BUG is not already listed 5. If you use any form of...
xiaomi.eu
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which version did you install. The latest 11.0.8.0?
12.5.6 is giving me really bad screen on time (around 2 hours)
12.5.5 was far better.. i will give 11 another try and see how things are going with that version.

jaks218 said:
which version did you install. The latest 11.0.8.0?
12.5.6 is giving me really bad screen on time (around 2 hours)
12.5.5 was far better.. i will give 11 another try and see how things are going with that version.
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Hey, what was your SoT with 12.5.5?

lukstheboss said:
Hey, what was your SoT with 12.5.5?
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About 6-8 hours, depending on what i was doing. Wifi, Bluetoot and GPS always on

jaks218 said:
which version did you install. The latest 11.0.8.0?
12.5.6 is giving me really bad screen on time (around 2 hours)
12.5.5 was far better.. i will give 11 another try and see how things are going with that version.
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11.0.8.0
12 makes me feel like I need to upgrade my device.

Turbine1991 said:
11.0.8.0
12 makes me feel like I need to upgrade my device.
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sadly 11.0.8.0 does not support Widevine L1 - I had it installed for about 4 weeks now (Battery life is okay, sometimes Rom is a bit buggy). I will return to 12.5.5 again and decide on which one i will stay.

What's the battery life like on Xiaomi EU v11.0.8? Like, give me some SOT stats.
Have you guys tried MokeeOS on Android 10? It's still being updated as of September 2022.
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I just tried it yesterday and it is pretty damn good on battery life. Idle battery drain was about 1% after 13 hours, compared to 1% every 45 mins or 1 hour on HavocOS (A11).
I think A10 ROMs are still better optimized for our phone.

jaks218 said:
About 6-8 hours, depending on what i was doing. Wifi, Bluetoot and GPS always on
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Is that 8 hours from 100% down to 0%?
So about 4.8 minutes per 1% drain then?

No rom for this phone works as well as miui 10.3.5 based on android9. All others(stock miui 11,12,12.5 and xiaomi.eu roms) get progressively slower. Xiaomi.eu roms do better than stock but it still does not work as well as 10.3.5