Author: Jonjo

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…

Xiaomi has their attention on the MIUI 12.5 and Android 11 deployment. So far, a good number of eligible phones have already received the update, while it keeps seeding for more units. The Redmi Note 9 received the Android 11 update globally a couple of weeks ago and was quickly followed by a release in Russia. As expected, the update has now been released for the European models, but as usual, it is currently a limited rollout. The Android 11 update for Redmi Note 9 in Europe is seeding for Mi Pilots (Beta testers). They’ll preview the build for bugs,…

Xiaomi is following a particular sequence with the MIUI 12.5 deployment. The rollout started in China with the Mi 11 series and was later pushed to the Mi 10 phones. A couple of weeks after that, they started rolling out the update to the Mi 9 SE, of which the Mi 9 is currently running the new MIUI OS. The company has now released the MIUI 12.5 update for Mi 8 in China, hinting at an imminent global release. The 2018 Xiaomi flagship phone – Mi 8 – was always going to receive the MIUI 12.5 update. Initially, there were doubts, but…