Resolved Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G (VEUXG) MIUI 13.0.2.0 Control Center Media Player Missing

[Spookie]

I see. I'll take a look when I can, but can't promise anything cause I don't have that device.

I will try to help you as much as I can. Thank you

 

[Spookie]

I have also noticed another bug after using it for couple of days. Some apps just freeze and crash. The error is ANR input timed out. Mainly Twitter and Gmail but it is kinda random. Is there anything that I can try to resolve the issue?

Edit: Already tried with fresh install but to no avail.

 

[Igor Eisberg]

I have also noticed another bug after using it for couple of days. Some apps just freeze and crash. The error is ANR input timed out. Mainly Twitter and Gmail but it is kinda random. Is there anything that I can try to resolve the issue?

Edit: Already tried with fresh install but to no avail.

I can't help with third-party apps.

 

[Spookie]

I can't help with third-party apps.

Understandable. Anyways did you manage to fix the Mi Smart Hub and lock screen animation issue? (no need to rush if you don't have the time)

 

[Igor Eisberg]

Understandable. Anyways did you manage to fix the Mi Smart Hub and lock screen animation issue? (no need to rush if you don't have the time)

Looking at it now. Being busy with life.

 

[Igor Eisberg]

The Mi Smart Hub is missing

Can't seem to find anything that would make Mi Smart Hub unavailable. All seems to point to System UI Plugin, but I don't see the problem.
Try this command with ADB and tell me which value is printed:

adb shell settings get system mi_smart_hub_visible

 

[Spookie]

Can't seem to find anything that would make Mi Smart Hub unavailable. All seems to point to System UI Plugin, but I don't see the problem.
Try this command with ADB and tell me which value is printed:

adb shell settings get system mi_smart_hub_visible

It prints out the number 11

 

[Igor Eisberg]

It prints out the number 11

OK, that's odd. I need you to try something. Connect the device to PC and reboot it, as soon as it's booted, run this command:

adb logcat -s MiLinkController

Write the output here.

 

[Spookie]

OK, that's odd. I need you to try something. Connect the device to PC and reboot it, as soon as it's booted, run this command:

adb logcat -s MiLinkController

Write the output here.

--------- beginning of main
07-11 16:27:18.644  3015  3832 E MiLinkController: get miui world meta-data failed, perhaps there not exists mi link package.

 

[Igor Eisberg]

--------- beginning of main
07-11 16:27:18.644  3015  3832 E MiLinkController: get miui world meta-data failed, perhaps there not exists mi link package.

The message indicates that the Cast app (MiLinkService.apk, package: com.milink.service) is missing.
I checked the ROM, it's not missing there.

 

[Spookie]

The message indicates that the Cast app (MiLinkService.apk, package: com.milink.service) is missing.
I checked the ROM, it's not missing there.

Well that's odd because I have it installed

 

[Igor Eisberg]

Well that's odd because I have it installed

Looks like there are two more apps that this feature requires, and Xiaomi omitted one of them from this ROM (although it existed in V13.0.9.0).
Check if "Mi Connect" app is installed, and if not, try manually installing it and then reboot. You can get the newest APK here:

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/xiaomi-inc/mi-connect-service/mi-connect-service-2-14-107-release/mi-connect-2-14-107-android-apk-download/

 

[Spookie]

Looks like there are two more apps that this feature requires, and Xiaomi omitted one of them from this ROM (although it existed in V13.0.9.0).
Check if "Mi Connect" app is installed, and if not, try manually installing it and then reboot. You can get the newest APK here:

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/xiaomi-inc/mi-connect-service/mi-connect-service-2-14-107-release/mi-connect-2-14-107-android-apk-download/

Looks like it isn't installed. I've installed it now I will reboot. After reboot Mi Smart Hub works again. Thanks. And did you manage to find a solution for the lock animation yet by any chance?

 

[Igor Eisberg]

Looks like it isn't installed. I've installed it now I will reboot. After reboot Mi Smart Hub works again. Thanks. And did you manage to find a solution for the lock animation yet by any chance?

That's not something I'll be able to debug because I can't reproduce it. Same goes for the tint you mentioned. But I'll peek around.

 

[Spookie]

That's not something I'll be able to debug because I can't reproduce it. Same goes for the tint you mentioned. But I'll peek around.

Thanks for your hard work. Appreciate it.

 

[Spookie]

That's not something I'll be able to debug because I can't reproduce it. Same goes for the tint you mentioned. But I'll peek around.

I was able to get a response from Xiaomi regarding the white tint and they said that it's to make the device perform better so it's probably something that is hard-coded.

 

[Igor Eisberg]

I was able to get a response from Xiaomi regarding the white tint and they said that it's to make the device perform better so it's probably something that is hard-coded.

I'm sure it is hardcoded, but if I can find it, it shouldn't be hard to patch out. I'm not even sure what the white tint has anything to do with performance, I think they misunderstood you completely, because low/mid-range don't have a blur with a tint, they simply get a grey background instead (no blur at all).

 

[Spookie]

I'm sure it is hardcoded, but if I can find it, it shouldn't be hard to patch out. I'm not even sure what the white tint has anything to do with performance, I think they misunderstood you completely, because low/mid-range don't have a blur with a tint, they simply get a grey background instead (no blur at all).

Does any other device have the white tint or am I the first person to complain about it? (don't mind my stupid question)

Here's a screenshot with explanation from Xiaomi

 

[Igor Eisberg]

Does any other device have the white tint or am I the first person to complain about it?

I've recently ported a System UI APK from the latest ROM for ruby to work on my pissarro, for testing purposes.
That ROM for ruby has a special System UI build with changes not yet seen on any other device, not even veuxg.
One of those changes looks just like the tint you're displaying in your screenshots.

 

[Spookie]

I've recently ported a System UI APK from the latest ROM for ruby to work on my pissarro, for testing purposes.
That ROM for ruby has a special System UI build with changes not yet seen on any other device, not even veuxg.
One of those changes looks just like the tint you're displaying in your screenshots.

So you pretty much have to keep track for specific changes to all devices before patching ROMs.

 

[Igor Eisberg]

So you pretty much have to keep track for specific changes to all devices before patching ROMs.

Which is tricky because all of the team members have high-end devices, and the only mid-range device we have is my pissarropro.
This makes tracking changes that affect only mid-range (and lower) devices almost impossible.
Still, the explanation given to you by Xiaomi doesn't make any sense, because the gaussian blur is still there, but has an tint in addition, which doesn't answer the question of what the purpose of that tint is.

 

[Spookie]

I have received this regarding the apps crashing. What does it mean? Did they re-release the ROM or what?

 

[Igor Eisberg]

I have received this regarding the apps crashing. What does it mean? Did they re-release the ROM or what?

Don't ask me, I'm not their interpreter.

 

[Igor Eisberg]

So the disgusting gray tint on the blur is intentional.
They changed these colors (semi-tranparent black):

    <color name="control_center_background_dim">#4d000000</color>
    <color name="notification_control_center_blur_dim_color">#4d000000</color>

To these (semi-tranparent gray):

    <color name="control_center_background_dim">#59555555</color>
    <color name="notification_control_center_blur_dim_color">#59555555</color>

And also added this marker to be used by System UI Plugin:

    public boolean isGrayBlurDim() {
        return true;
    }

There's absolutely no relation to performance...

 

[Spookie]

So the disgusting gray tint on the blur is intentional.
They changed these colors (semi-tranparent black):

    <color name="control_center_background_dim">#4d000000</color>
    <color name="notification_control_center_blur_dim_color">#4d000000</color>

To these (semi-tranparent gray):

    <color name="control_center_background_dim">#59555555</color>
    <color name="notification_control_center_blur_dim_color">#59555555</color>

And also added this marker to be used by System UI Plugin:

    public boolean isGrayBlurDim() {
        return true;
    }

There's absolutely no relation to performance...

So it is something that's easily fixable. I will try to get some sort of reply from them or try to argue it out.