Author: Jonjo

There’s a growing concern about MIUI updates, especially bugs that seem to arrive with each of them. The latest victims are the global POCO X3 NFC users. It looks like the Widevine DRM security level has been pushed back to L3 after the latest Android 11 upgrade. Of course, that’s not the only issue arising from that upgrade, but luckily, there’s a way to enable Widevine L1 on global POCO X3 NFC. For starters, Widevine is a Digital Right Management (DRM) encryption scheme used by streaming services like Netflix, Hulu’s, and others for licensing, distributing, and protecting video playbacks on…

Xiaomi is among the few smartphone brands that prioritize updates, but how they go about is disappointing. Aside from each release arriving with a series of bugs, the update doesn’t come on time. Even for their flagship phones, it’s still the same thing, and most times, the entry-level phones are always first to bag new security patch updates. Of course, unless you’re part of the closed beta group, that way, you’ll receive updates on a daily or weekly basis with new features to test in each release.  Meanwhile, only the Mi A2 Lite has received the June 2021 security patch…

Xiaomi sub-brand, POCO, is known for offering bang for the money smartphones. In March this year, the Pro version of the POCO X3 NFC from last year debuted. Both the vanilla and Pro model have the same design, but their interiors are different. The POCO X3 Pro features a Snapdragon 860 Octa-Core processor, while the X3 NFC runs a Snapdragon 732 SoC. Meanwhile, there is a surprise alteration in their camera modules. One would expect the newer variants to feature a better sensor, but it turns out the older POCO X3 NFC has a better camera shooter, at least on…

The Xiaomi Mi A-series is always the first to receive new security patch updates, but the series has been canceled. There’s this problem of hard brick with every Android OS OS update for the series. That’s part of the reasons why it was suspended. However, updates never stop coming for the Mi A3, Mi A2, and Mi A2 Lite, although the devices are on their last days of support. The Mi A2 Lite is supposedly receiving its last security patch update, given that it’s been three years since the launch. According to Android One Policy, phones launched under the series…

It’s becoming frustrating that Xiaomi is yet to upgrade the Redmi 9 to Android 11. That’s because the device won’t be getting the update with MIUI 12.5, as suggested. Xiaomi has already released a stable Redmi 9 Android 11 update in China, meaning the global variant will receive an Android 11 based MIUI 12 update. However, it doesn’t seem like the update is ready yet, or perhaps, Xiaomi wants to start the rollout in a region that’s not India. For that reason, the company is pushing a new Redmi 9 update in India with the current security patch. The new…