Recent content by Vinayak s


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    Mi3 And Device Locked, How To Install Newer Roms??

    Well if you just want to flash twrp into your mi3 type command "fastboot boot recovery.img" in command prompt opened in the twrp folder. I too faced some problems while flashing twrp on my mi4. The old "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" didn't work which led me to think that bootloader was...
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    Gps Problem (pokemon Go^^)

    I own a Mi4 so I don't know if it might work for you. I installed the latest available smiui rom as the rom comes with an option to calibrate gps continent specific. This worked for me as I chose Asia while preparing the rom.
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    New Post Miui 8 Intallation - Xiaomi Mi4

    Yaa I've seen that too. Earlier (on miui 7, i guess) I used to have 2.1g of free ram after rebooting my phone and 1.5-1.6g used to be my average available ram at most times. Now I get 1.7 on reboot and an average of 1.3 with 2-3 apps running. It drops to 600-700mb available ram when I put my...
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    New Post Miui 8 Intallation - Xiaomi Mi4

    Thanks! True. Miui 8 is bold on features. I however need the daily battery so will consider rolling back to miui 7. Thanks!
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    New Post Miui 8 Intallation - Xiaomi Mi4

    Hey! I have a Mi4 too and have been facing the same problems. I have now updated to Smiui 8 rom based on 6.7.14 , all I can say is gps is stable now ,everything else is still a problem. My phone reboots 3-4 times a day. And drains around 20% battery overnight,with all radios switched off. I...
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    Help!! Hard Bricked Mi3w After Flashing 6.3.17

    Same has happened with me twice. What I do to recover is, connect my phone with pc and use the mi flash application to fastboot flash my most reliable fastboot rom. The phone screen may be blank but the mi flash always recognises a device is connected. And the fastboot flashing procedure remains...
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    I Changed The Rom And Now I Can Not Use My Mi3

    Yes, but wipe the userdata in recovery mode after updating the phone via update package.
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    I Changed The Rom And Now I Can Not Use My Mi3

    This usually happens when a system app (I am not exactly sure which one or which ones) is not of appropriate rom or appropriate version. In your case it might be related to downgrading. You will have to wipe all data and setup your phone once again to solve this. You can recover you dats via the...