Those going to flash CM11, here's what u need.

1. Custom recovery. Best is Philz.
2. CM11 Unofficial port dated in April - Download cm-11-20150414-UNOFFICIAL-armani.zip
3. GApps. Use the nano version for CM11 - Download pa_gapps-modular-nano-4.4.4-20150308-signed.zip

All 9 units of my company Redmi 1S using the above. Stable and battery life is enough for full day.

U will find the phone will be very responsive after the update. Don't even need a PC to update. Just copy the files onto a microSD card and that's it. Tutorials are available online.

This post has been edited by acbc: May 13 2015, 12:43 PM

After flashing to CM11 R26 (armani group) I got 3:09hr OST for 47% battery usage (no calls during the time, on wifi). Stock miui v45 gave me slightly over 6hrs (estimate at 50%) looping 720p video. CM11 r26 is probably the most stable custom rom out there now, no need for any custom kernel. Doesn't have the lag or stutter of v45. Maybe v50 fixed some issues but I won't bother with miui anymore, its too bloated for 1gb. The miui camera will run on cm11/12.1 but does not have the option to save to sdcard.

The first reboot after a flash will rebuild the cache/dalvik/art bytecode which will suck up some battery life so that has to be taken into account. Busy themes, launchers and life wallpapers also suck up battery life and skew comparisons.

Philz or TWRP is fine. CWM shouldn't be used because its outdated on some devices and not compatible with newer versions of roms/gapps. Getting correctly built gapps package is important to avoid errors.

I didn't like the overheating and other minor issues of CM12.1 r5. And the same problems are probably across other custom 12.1 roms.

guys, how to modified thermal-engine-8226.conf.

everytime i modified, cpu max became 600mhz,

from this


to this


This post has been edited by delang: May 10 2015, 08:45 AM

New power bank from Xiaomi, 10,000 mAh

new update 53.0

everytime i see the changelog of a new update i feel weird..i mean like, all the fixes they mention in it i never face it even once lol..it's been like that since update v47

Agreee!

so anyone update to v53 yet? any improvement beside what it "really" fixed?

from v50. Now im on v53 battery. Improvement from v50 which is sux

I see.. thats good if battery improve a little bit from v50.. if it is like v45 previously still ok i think..

prefer v4x

starting v5x.. battery life crap

hey Joshuawong! long time no see..dunno if u remember me 5 years ago I bought N900 from you
still the best phone I ever had!!

oops sorry OT

This post has been edited by kurz: Jun 3 2015, 12:56 PM

Woots! Yeah man! The N900 still kicking?

ohh man, i had lost my twrp, just because flashing miui v6 with xcelerate kernel.

fastboot only the last choice.

my new record after updating to miui v6 beta 5.6.9 + xcelerate kernel + custom patch

any known bug?

screen flickering at low light/dark.

Still is

guys.... i received update notification today...



...anyone knows what does it fixed? thanks