Author: Jonjo

Xiaomi announced a couple of days ago that it has finalized the second phase of MIUI 12.5 rollout and will get on with the third phase. The Redmi K30 4G was the first to receive the update, and shortly after that, Mi 8 started receiving the update. As expected, after the initial delay due to compatibility issues, the Mi 9 Pro 5G MIUI 12.5 update has been released. The device is receiving Android 11 as well, but exclusive to the Chinese region for now. The Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro 5G Android 11 update had a slight setback. According to Xiaomi,…

Xiaomi is currently pushing the MIUI 12.5 and Android 11 update to eligible devices, but there’s no denying that the company is already working on MIUI 13. The company had earlier debunked the rumor that its next iteration of MIUI will arrive on June 25. However, with the way things are going, Xiaomi is likely to release MIUI 13 in the Q4 of this year. They’re already adapting some system apps to MIUI 13, with the recent MIUI cleaner app an indication of that. And according to reports, the latest closed beta update has added a new shutdown confirmation feature,…

Early this year, Xiaomi was added to the list of Chinese military communist companies by the US. They asked that all US companies divest their holdings, but Xiaomi has since been removed from the list. Shortly after that, Xiaomi announced it’ll disable the Google Play Services framework on its Chinese phones. The company removed Google Services from its GetApp and made it impossible to side-load Google apps and other services. And while the move was linked to the company having ties with the Chinese military, Xiaomi released a statement saying it was due to compliances.  Of course, Google is blocked…

Many people using Google Play Services / Store are getting Google Services has stop. Check below for a quick fix.. Google play services keeps stopping, can be very frustrating. Today I experienced it for the second time. It wasn’t the best experience for the first time either because I bricked my Redmi 4, trying to fix the issue. This morning, my Redmi Note 8 Pro won’t allow me to do anything as “Google play services keeps stopping” keeps popping up on the screen. All the tutorials I saw online on how to fix the issue didn’t work, but I was…

Stable Android 11-based MIUI 12 update for Redmi Note 9 arrives for units in Europe The wait is finally over as Xiaomi starts pushing a stable Android 11-based MIUI 12 update for Redmi Note 9. That was expected after a similar update arrived for the Redmi 10X 4G, which is the Chinese version of the device. The update arrived a couple of days ago, while the global users are just receiving it for the first time. However, it’s a limited rollout and will only be made available for select users. Xiaomi has started rolling out the stable Android 11-based MIUI…