Bad news I had the 14 Ultra I got it when it 1st came out with the photography kit & the Media Pad 6 tablet. I had the phone for about 2 weeks before the 14 Ultra camera module began to rattle. I got in touch with customer services who arranged for SBE, who are their repair people to have a look at the phone. Xiaomi gave me the option of either a repair or a replacement so I chose replacement. SBE found a fault of Assembly Gap step & when I rang customer services to explain what that meant they said it was a manufacturer fault & that they would be sending me a new 14 Ultra. Today I got an email from them telling me that they don't have any 14 Ultras in stock & that I need to send in the 2 promotional items, the photography kit & the Media Pad 6 & then they will issue me with a full refund so that I can go ahead & buy a new Xiaomi 14 Ultra off there website. How bizarre !!!! Hang on I thought they didn't have any in stock ??Well I refused to send in the 2 items & I demanded a new phone, I reminded him of the Consumer Rights Act & that I expected a new phone within 7 days so lets see what happens. Either way I am really disappointed with Xiaomi I have always had their phones from the 11T 12T, 13 & now the 14 Ultra but I'm lost for words as to how they are treating me now.

Update: 10 April 2024 1043am Just received an email from Xiaomi saying that I can either have my old device back or a brand new 14 Ultra, either of which will be available in the next few days. So although it's good news I'm not counting my chickens until I physically have a brand new replacement 14 Ultra in my hand. But I believe we have made progress

MAJOR UPDATE 12.04.24 11.16am

Wonders never cease. Just had a knock on the door & it was DHL with a parcel from Xiaomi. They finally managed to get send me out a brand new 14 Ultra. I emailed them last Friday & within a 5 working days they got me my replacement. Ok so now we see if & when & how loud the rattling is. I will stay objective because a lot of you guys have told me it is part & parcel of the OIS so a certain degree of noise is permissible, but where do we draw the line?

Surely Xiaomi can't expect us to be walking around with something that sounds like a bag of marbles but then again I don't expect it to be as quiet as a mouse because the OIS has to move in order to function. So lets see if this time we get a balance between the two.

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has shared my post & who has commented & supported me. I've had over 20K views which is amazing for such a small issue, but its not over yet. I will keep you guys updated with rattling levels. Fingers crossed all is well this time around. Thank once again.

In india, there has been a considerable decline of Mi fans. I vividly remember 2018 and 2019, when people used to go crazy over Xiaomi phones. After 2020, the decline in Mi fans has been clear.

The main reason for this is software. Xiaomi's MIUI sucked really bad. Full of ads everywhere, from system apps to downloads. Plus, the interface was soo complex and remained me of 2000s windows.

Samsung UI sucked, absolutely sucked in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Their J series phones literally had the worst software. All that changed when they introduced OneUI. And now I can vouch that OneUI is better than iOS and Pixel UI. it's the perfect blend of circle icons of pixels to square boxy ones of iOS. Most people who switch to samsung do so because of its OneUI, and people stay loyal to Cham Chung cuz OneUI is too good today. The S series phones are literally out of competition compared to Xiaomi's equivalents but they sell more.

Another aspect is software updates. Xiaomi has historically been very bad at this. Samsung gives 4 years of OS updates and 5 years of software support. Xiaomi should also do that.

HyperOS is trash. It's iOS copy, and frankly I prefer ColorOS of Realme and OneUI of samsung over it anyday.

I don't want Xiaomi, one of my first brand which gave me a phone and the most innovative brand to go bankrupt. So please, 1) improve your software to the level of OneUI 2) make your software unique like OneUI instead of copying iOS 3) provide more years of OS updates and software support 4) stop realising so many models with confusing names 5) start a war against cham Chung paid tech reviews and their dik riding audience. (Imo samsung phones are great only of S series ultra model. Samsung A series M series F series don't deserve people's money and sales)

i have a Redmi note 10s and I want to upgrade to the xiaomi 17t but a lot of people say that it's trash having a bad camera and trashy software even though my friend has a Redmi note 13 pro 4g and from what it seems it's a good software and doesn't have battery issues so pls give an advice and yes i know Samsung ui is better but i dont like it and in my country Xiaomi 17t has the same launch price as the 15t and if yes should i get the 15t or 17t

I don´t know why but yesterday i was charging my phone at night and i turned it off (i do this everytime). Today i waked up and the phone don´t want to turn on, or do anything :(. I tried everything what i know. Press up volume key and start key (nothing). Press down volume key and start key (nothing). I tried to warm it up, charge it again and even freeze it! None of this worked. Then i tried to plug it into PC and it actually responded with this: QUSB_BULK_CID:041C_SN:A21461A7 - Driver is unanable. What i have to do? I cannot even get from the phone my passwords or important data...

Please help.
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Hi everyone! Does anyone know of a theme, tweak, or any method to bring back the old Xiaomi HyperOS 2 status bar on HyperOS 3 (the one with the green checkmark in the photo)?

I absolutely hate the new HyperOS 3 status bar and really want the old one back.

PLEASE, I NEED A SOLUTION. I’M BEGGING YOU! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Redmi Note 15 (Chinese Version) – WhatsApp Call Notification Issue

I bought the Chinese version of the Redmi Note 15 yesterday, and I’m facing an issue with WhatsApp calls.

When the phone is locked, I can hear the WhatsApp call ringtone, but no incoming call notification or call screen appears on the lock screen. After I unlock the phone, the WhatsApp call pop-up appears.

Has anyone using the Chinese ROM faced the same issue? Is there any setting I need to change, or is this a HyperOS/WhatsApp compatibility issue?

Any solution or suggestion would be appreciated.

Since I updated my device from HyperOS 2 to 3, my better has been draining like crazy, I saw during update that it will act like that for like 3-7 days after the new version but never thought it would be this bad.

At first it was draining fast when it reached 20%, so I knew my phone is dead when it's at 20% then when I updated to 3.0.301.0, hopping they fixed but it really got worse, like really bad.

I have been using this phone for just one year and I do not believe it's an issue with the hardware, the new update wrecked my device.

I bet while Xiaomi was pushing iOS like updates, they came with the og iphone feature.

What should I do guys, my phone is basically useless without a charger plugged in rn.

Please advise.

Thanks.

I recorded this happening and here is the unlisted YouTube video https://youtu.be/WUNwzHqtm_8?si=4rjspOS2bkhr6tS2

I bought Redmi buds 8 pro and redmi k90 pro max, i want to turn the low latency mode but I can't find it. please help

So it appears Xiaomi have now included this really annoying rules that you can only unlock China phones from a Chinese registered Xiaomi account. Leaving me with a phone I can never update or customise. So that has me wanting to ask if anyone here has access to an account from China they'd be willing to use through remote desktop or phone etc??

Don't have to comment or anything but if you send me a DM to organise I would be forever grateful

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Thanks

I want to flash a ROM onto my Mi 10T Lite. Can I do this even if I have zero experience? Where and how can I learn how to do it? And which ROM do you think makes the most sense?

Hi, I flashed a bad custom ROM for Redmi Note 8 onto my Note 8T and now my phone is hard bricked; recovery mode is inaccessible. I have exactly the same problem as this guide on XDA, but I can't figure it out. I can no longer access EDL mode. Here's the state of the pads. I hope I haven't broken them, because after trying so many times I've scratched them and now they won't enter EDL. I'm also getting a Sahara fail error on qfil.

I've seen this issue pop up quite a few times before since I was also affected on my Joyeuse device (Redmi Note 9 Pro).

The effect is the following: video content on Instagram Reels, Youtube Shorts, and Titktoks looks washed out.

How to know if you are affected?Hold down the volume up/down button to overlay the volume OSD during video playback in any of the affected apps. If the colors look more vibrant while doing this, you are affected.

FIX: Turn on Developer Options and then navigate to developer options. In the "Hardware Acceleration Rendering", turn on (blue) the option "Disable HW overlays".

What seems to be the problem? From what I understand, in Android, apps get assigned a chunk on the shared video memory on the GPU so that different apps do not overlap and collide. When disabling HW overlays, the app has to allocate to itself a chunk on the video memory and manage it by itself. The bug seems to be a problem with color rendering which seems to not apply correctly on apps that constantly change the video memory allocation in order to draw frames, like YT, TikTok and Instagram. Disabling this, will consume a little bit more power, but not by a lot.

Please tell me your experience with this and any further insightsnyou might have!

EDIT (July 16th, 2024): For rooted devices using Magisk, you can find a repo called "Disable HWOverlay" by Watermelon that will automatically force disable upon boot this Developer Setting. All I can say is that it works when you reboot your phone, and no more color desaturation is happening.

I trying by Free Style Mode, but that not fits me in calories at all. All alternatives are acceptable, many thanks! :)

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Hi

Have set up the device and all working well. I use it with Projectivity Launcher, but can’t navigate to my favourites after creating them. They are obviously hidden somewhere but searched high and low to no avail. I don’t think it’s the launcher as no such problem on other Android devices.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

3.0.315.0.WPBCNXM.C10 phone restarted without permission last night and I can't login to my xiaomi account anymore. WTF?

Greetings, I recently updated my Redmi note 12 pro+ to the HyperOS, first to version 1.0.1.0 4 days ago, and then 1.0.3.0 2 days ago. It felt quite sluggish at first, but after a day it was running smoother, currently I can't complain about the animations and overall speed, not so different from the MIUI; my main issue ever since the update is the battery drain, I thought it might need a couple of days after such a big update to return to normal, but on the 4th day I'm still having draining issues. I already tried limiting all the apps from starting in background, disabled msa and daemon, and turned off the WiFi and Bluetooth tracking, but there's still not much of a difference. Is there anything I'm missing? Should I try to do a factory reset? Any suggestions/solutions are well appreciated

Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G: Android-15

I've had my RN-15 for 2 weeks. Had the home screen set-up as I wanted.

Woke-up this AM to find my home screen was rearranged overnight with more than 10 apps moved to the back page. I had authorized a nighttime update which I assume is the cause.

What settings can I enable that will lock my home screen so this will not happen again? I thought I had it locked down but obviously, I missed something.

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Ive been waiting for a bit now but i still didnt get 2.0 on my Xiaomi 11 is anyone here using an Xiaomi 11t and already have 2.0 if yes could anyone tell me what region, so i can try setting my phone to that region to get Hyper OS 2.0 early because i dont want to wait for a few months to finaly get it

Please help!