Recent content by oldmanhouse

I've been running this about once per week, but will get the paid version and run it on a schedule every night. See if that makes a difference... (running it infrequently doesn't do much for me)

I've got a Xiaomi Mi-One and have found that as time has gone on, performance has gotten worse (lag). I'm wondering if I'm better off running Cyanogenmod and possibly installing MIUI Home. What features does the MIUI full ROM have that MIUI Home doesn't bring to a stock/other-custom ROM'd phone?

I used a similar fixed that I saw on the Android's official Google Code bugtracker (it's a known bug in Android, not MIUI): I used RootExplorer to move the SwiftKey apk file from /mnt/asec to /system/app. You can just use RootExplorer or achieve the same thing by doing this: - make a backup of...

Thanks, will give it a go. I wonder if one of the MIUI 'permission control' apps is coming along and killing it... hopefully this will keep it safe! Is it SwiftKey that you're getting uninstalled? Might file a bug with them, as I'm not sure if it's their issue or one with MIUI. Only seems to...

I'm running 3.9.27 on my Mi-One and the SwiftKey app (third party replacement keyboard) keeps uninstalling itself! It only seems to be this one app, so it might be an issue with SwiftKey itself, but just putting this post out there to see if anyone else has had the same issue and how I might...

An interesting development.. hopefully he will ensure Xiaomi honour their obligations to push their revisions back to AOSP. Maybe we'll see Xiaomi go global over the coming year too?

My battery has been much better today. No idea why, as just yesterday it was terrible. Yesterday I noted from the battery usage stats that 'Android OS' was the biggest drain on the battery, followed by the screen. Today, Android OS isn't using nearly as much (<10% as opposed to yesterday's...

I'm getting bad battery life since upgrading to 3.8.x - on 3.8.16 at the moment. Might be down to having wifi on (even though I have mine set to sleep when phone screen is off) as that's pretty much all I use my phone for, except 1 hour (average) of music

I'm on 3.8.16 and the battery life is now terrible! I use my phone for listening to music for maybe 1-2 hours a day. This morning, it went from 100% down to 75% with <1 hour on wifi web browsing! Problem is I can't remember which version I was on before so don't know what to downgrade to :(

There's definitely a lot of fakes, but they're not hard to spot. Look for the keywords (C2000, MTK, etc..) or a too good to be true price (<$250). There's of course deceptive people selling on there, but that's what the feedback system is there for! Seller I bought from had 100% positive...

Doesn't look like it, but I've disabled the blocking function just in case anyway as I don't really need it. Interestingly, using a static IP instead of DHCP seems to have solved the problem. So perhaps it's an issue with my router (Netgear DGN1000, piece of junk!)..

For future reference to any potential M1 buyers, I went with Aliexpress in the end (seller was called 'hawksoar' or something similar). I paid $285, including DHL shipping which was a pretty good price in my opinion. I really wanted to go with Android-sale as they list at $249.99 + free...

Got my brand new Xiaomi M1 in the post a couple of days ago, and so far, so good. The only issue I'm having trouble with is after unlocking the phone, the wifi doesn't reconnect. The wifi logo shows as having full signal, but navigating to a web page times out. This is quickly resolved by...

Android-sale is definitely my top choice. If they come back in stock soon at $250, I'll snap one up in a heartbeat!

Yeah, I read about that on their FAQ. Is it as safe as they make out? So, if a seller supplies a clone rather than an original Xiaomi, I can withhold payment? Would be interested to hear your thoughts on this seller...