Author: Adimorah Jude

Xiaomi starts upgrading the Redmi 7 to Android 10 with the latest MIUI update, just a couple of weeks after the company confirmed the phone won’t receive the MIUI 12 update. According to the Chinese OEM, the device isn’t compatible with the update, which caused doubt if Xiaomi would ever update Redmi 7 to Android 10. The issue of whether Xiaomi will release the Redmi 7 Android 10 update got to one of the executives, who confirmed developers are checking if the device will receive a new OS upgrade. Well, it seems the check is over, and the device qualifies for…

Since the news of MIUI 12.5 broke, Xiaomi had to speed up the MIUI 12 rollout as it looks to finalize the rollout before the former start seeding. That move has seen the Redmi 8, Redmi S2, and others receive the update for the first time, while subsequent builds are also being released. The Chinese OEM started rolling out a new update to the Mi 9 Lite and Mi 9 SE, which pushed the security patch level to December. The same update is now available for the Redmi Note 7/7S in India. The new Redmi Note 7/7S update is coming…

Xiaomi is now sending out a new update for Redmi 8A and Redmi 7A. It’s, however, not the update many of the device users have been anticipating. It’s a stable MIUI 11 based Android 10 security patch update, meaning the wait for the current MIUI Android skin continues. The new update for Redmi 8A and Redmi 7A is hitting eligible users in Russia, Global, and Europe. On the Redmi 8A, it bumps the security patch level to December 2020 and improved system security. The Redmi 7A, which is also receiving a new update in EU and Russian, has its security…

It was a surprise when the news of MIUI 12.5 broke on the internet a couple of days ago. And to bring the intermediary Android skin to eligible devices, Xiaomi has suspended the development of MIUI 12 so that engineers can focus on the next iteration, which will improve system optimization and stability. The next upgrade – MIUI 12.5 might debut later this month alongside the Mi 11 series, which is expected to launch on December 29. The MIUI 12.5, according to Xiaomi’s head of software department, Jin Fan, will be released before the end of this year. And since the Mi…

For every Xiaomi phone sold in any country, it comes pre-installed with the country-specific ROM version, except that country is classified under global, which is represented with “MI” in each ROM build number. Aside from that, they also have the EU for Europe, RU for Russia, TR for Turkey, CN for China, IN for India, ID for Indonesia, and has just added TW for Taiwan to the list. Going by the latest update that started arriving for Redmi Note 9, Note 9 Pro, and Mi 10T Lite, it shows that the Chinese OEM has now developed a specific ROM for…