- Jan 18, 2021
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Hi all,
I was interested in K30 Pro since it was announced last year, however I couldn't decide should I switch my old Mi 8 for it However now I don't have any other option, because battery in Mi 8 is reaching its end of life and lasts for no more than 14-16 hours
So I bought 8/256 Neon Blue F2 pro and currently I am waiting for perrmission to unlock bootloader, still 159 hours remaining. While waiting, I wanted to make sure about some aspects but it seems a lot changed since july/august when I stopped following that topics because of being extremely busy in work and personal projects.
I couldn't find all answers (most of posts are quite old) so I decided to kindly ask owners and modders few questions:
1)Are Android 11-based weeklies still slightly bugged like they was some months ago or are they good to be used for dailydriver? Or should I stick to the latest A10 weekly?
2)In case I should stick to A10, considering it will be weekly not stable, will I be then able to just flash A11 weekly when it is stable enough without wiping data? I remember that wipe was required for Mi 8 while moving from A8 to A9 and then from A9 to A10.
3) Now I am on Global stable 11.0.4.0 (QJKMIXM), Android 10, just like it was stright ou of the box. Is it better to leave it like it is and just move to xiaomi.eu like always, or is it good to update to latest available 12.0.4.0 (QJKMIXM)? I wonder if it contains some firmware updates worth installing like better camera fw etc. Since its name starts with "Q" I suppose it is still Android 10. I didn't update yet because of ARB, it is better to know before
4) In case I should make an update to build mentioned above, there is a chance that after update it will pop up new update again - people are already receiving 12.2.1.0 (RJKMIXM) that is based on A11. Should I proceed also with this update? My concerns are if after the second update I will be able to normally install TWRP and then flash any xiaomi.eu ROM, no matter A10 or A11, depends on my taste.
5) Regarding K30 Pro/F2 Pro naming with xiaomi.eu ROM:
a) Name of the phone will be K30 Pro or F2 Pro? (does not relly matter but curious)
b) Boot animations/possibly otherbrandings will be K30 Pro or F2 Pro? (does not really matter but curious)
c) Launcher that is build into system will be regular MIUI launcher or POCO launcher? (that actually matters as I found on the forum that POCO launcher does not support gestures and I already got used to it on Mi 8 and found it a lot more comfortable than regular navbar - but is it really like this? Because on current Global I have gestures turned on and they work fine)
I think that is all, I will be very grateful for all your answers
I was interested in K30 Pro since it was announced last year, however I couldn't decide should I switch my old Mi 8 for it However now I don't have any other option, because battery in Mi 8 is reaching its end of life and lasts for no more than 14-16 hours
So I bought 8/256 Neon Blue F2 pro and currently I am waiting for perrmission to unlock bootloader, still 159 hours remaining. While waiting, I wanted to make sure about some aspects but it seems a lot changed since july/august when I stopped following that topics because of being extremely busy in work and personal projects.
I couldn't find all answers (most of posts are quite old) so I decided to kindly ask owners and modders few questions:
1)Are Android 11-based weeklies still slightly bugged like they was some months ago or are they good to be used for dailydriver? Or should I stick to the latest A10 weekly?
2)In case I should stick to A10, considering it will be weekly not stable, will I be then able to just flash A11 weekly when it is stable enough without wiping data? I remember that wipe was required for Mi 8 while moving from A8 to A9 and then from A9 to A10.
3) Now I am on Global stable 11.0.4.0 (QJKMIXM), Android 10, just like it was stright ou of the box. Is it better to leave it like it is and just move to xiaomi.eu like always, or is it good to update to latest available 12.0.4.0 (QJKMIXM)? I wonder if it contains some firmware updates worth installing like better camera fw etc. Since its name starts with "Q" I suppose it is still Android 10. I didn't update yet because of ARB, it is better to know before
4) In case I should make an update to build mentioned above, there is a chance that after update it will pop up new update again - people are already receiving 12.2.1.0 (RJKMIXM) that is based on A11. Should I proceed also with this update? My concerns are if after the second update I will be able to normally install TWRP and then flash any xiaomi.eu ROM, no matter A10 or A11, depends on my taste.
5) Regarding K30 Pro/F2 Pro naming with xiaomi.eu ROM:
a) Name of the phone will be K30 Pro or F2 Pro? (does not relly matter but curious)
b) Boot animations/possibly otherbrandings will be K30 Pro or F2 Pro? (does not really matter but curious)
c) Launcher that is build into system will be regular MIUI launcher or POCO launcher? (that actually matters as I found on the forum that POCO launcher does not support gestures and I already got used to it on Mi 8 and found it a lot more comfortable than regular navbar - but is it really like this? Because on current Global I have gestures turned on and they work fine)
I think that is all, I will be very grateful for all your answers