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Disappointed with my ZUK Z1

I've been the owner of 2 ZUK Z1 during 1 month, running Cyanogen 12. Problems with Network connection, GPS and hands free through Bluetooth. since I usemy phone with dual Sim for work&personal, I need it working 100%. Because of those issues, I flashed CM13 ( not working after flashing gapps) and finally resurrection Remix ROM. It didn't solve the Bluetooth problem and battery drains quite fast and phone is too warm. I even flashed last update (June 18th) but heat and battery problem still the same(only solved rooting use with June 16th version)
I came from a Jiayu S3 and I've just confirmed I didn't take a good decision buying those ZUK Z1. I'll have to look for aHuawei or Xiaomi mobile phone or is anybody happy with ZUK Z1? running which ROM?
Thank you for your help

If a rom isn't working for you it's not directly the Roms fault... I believe it's yours
Using nuclear and I'm totally happy. But none of those cm13 based Roms will fulfill your needs because dual sim functionality isn't fully implemented.

I have never had any of those problems in 6 months of using my ZUK, maybe you just got a bad one. Did you try contacting your seller for replacement?

I have mine since October and so far it works pretty well. I have a sot of 5 hours and still have enough energy left to easily reach the end of the day. GPS works fine for me I use it every week. No overheating issues so far although the phone can get really hot if the sun shines directly on it for a longer period but no problems when I use it or when it's in my pocket.
The only things that I dislike is the wide of the phone it's just to big for me (I have small hands). The camera is not that great with low light conditions, and still no marshmallow update, that's it

Love it despite its weaknesses
I ordered my Zuk Z1 back in October 2015. I use my phone with a professional sim in addition to my personal one which handles the 4G connection (note: both sim cards cannot offer data/4G). I have been running CyanogenOS exclusively because of Good Technology (incompatible with rooted devices). I do not concur with your opinion: COS 12.1-YOG4PAS9IG is rather mature. The network connectivity issues you are facing may be due to the lack of LTE band 20 (800MHz) support. I do not face any severe issues. I would certainly appreciate if it switched from 3G+ back to 4G faster than it does. WiFi 2.4 and 5.0Ghz perfectly work without any drop. GPS does work too, though it may take time to synchronize on rare instances. Bluetooth audio (streaming music to headphones, speakers) works perfectly although I cannot comment for the hand-free function (microphone) which I refuse to use for safety reasons. Battery runtimes are really great if you are not maxing out the brightness level. In my experience, battery drains are not linked with COS but third-party apps. I did not identify any heating issues : temperature is reasonable. Software support is great (about one update every two months) although people complain about COS13/Marshmallow being unavailable (June 2016). Annoying bugs (e.g. broken screen rotation) have been phased out quite quickly. I am really happy with this phone.
Good: nice runtimes (a full day) thank to the 4100mAh battery, the SD801 CPU is fast enough for my use, 3gb of RAM and 64gb storage are generous enough, decent 1080p screen but not best in class (compared with Amoled or Sony Triluminos), CyanogenOS is rather nice compared with stock 5.1.1
Bad: camera is mediocre, hardware button are not properly located and cannot be reversed (I disabled them by enabling the on-screen navigation bar), the fingertip reader sometimes fails to recognize your tips (fairly rare but worth mentioning), no sdcard reader.
Ugly: lack of LTE band 20 (800MHz) support

I'm trying again with my Z1. After original COS (GPS and Bluetooth issue), I tryed last Resurrection ROM (overheating and battery drain), I'm trying Cyanogrnmod. I had some issues with it when flashing Google apps (ARM - 6.0 - nano) and I got continuously error messages from google apps. I did wipe data/Dalvik after installing ROM and GApps but I always got this problem. I flashed everything again and it finally worked ( I don't know if anybody else is experiencing the same). Now running CM13 I will need a few days to evaluate it. For the time being no Overheating/battery drain problem at all. I still have to check deeply GPS/Bluetooth and rest of things. It seems it works properly...
If it fails finally (I hope not...) I will try nuclear ROM as adviced by some colleagues.
I'll keep you posted.
Thank you for your support

You need to understand that battery drain is caused by 3rd apps. Install PowerPRO and set home/work/outside modes. When i don't play any game then my zuk keeps alive for 2-3 days easy

Punisher66 said:
I've been the owner of 2 ZUK Z1 during 1 month, running Cyanogen 12. Problems with Network connection, GPS and hands free through Bluetooth. since I usemy phone with dual Sim for work&personal, I need it working 100%. Because of those issues, I flashed CM13 ( not working after flashing gapps) and finally resurrection Remix ROM. It didn't solve the Bluetooth problem and battery drains quite fast and phone is too warm. I even flashed last update (June 18th) but heat and battery problem still the same(only solved rooting use with June 16th version)
I came from a Jiayu S3 and I've just confirmed I didn't take a good decision buying those ZUK Z1. I'll have to look for aHuawei or Xiaomi mobile phone or is anybody happy with ZUK Z1? running which ROM?
Thank you for your help
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Just flash gapps immediately after cm13 before restarting

Does cm13 have double tap to wake??

No. It's there in the settings. But it doesn't work

does aroma gapps work with cm13 snapshot?

download Naptime from app store

nuclear rom is pretty nice and battery friendly

OpenKirin

Has anyone tried their ROMs?
As far as I know, the Honor Note 8 is based on the same Kirin 955 (Hi3650) platform as the:
Honor V8, P9, P9 Plus
and the Kirin 950s (also Hi3650) - Honor 8, Honor V8, Mate 8.
HN8 isn't listed as supported, and I imagine that's probably because it's a rare device outside China as it never launched internationally. Hopefully rather than some kind of strange hardware difference that SNAFUs everything.
The Android 8 / EMUI 8 kernel source is available at http://download-c1.huawei.com/downl...oadId=99970&version=425799&siteCode=worldwide so if it does need something added to make their ROMs compatible, is it possible that it's going to happen?
I bought one due to it being the very last of the big screen 16:9 devices. The camera I don't really care about, as I've decided the best solution is a big screen and big battery, and a Sony RX100 with Wifi / NFC / BT. Selling my P20 Pro as the screen's too small and narrow, and development has been killed stone dead due to the no more bootloader unlocks.
Anyway, can anyone shed some light?

I have not tried it, but i read some feedback from other people that have installed it on their Honor Note 8.
It works, but it is slower. Especially when scrolling, there is noticeable lag and it is not smooth compared to stock rom. I wish there was a better rom, but it seems stock is still the best.

I searched the threads and couldn't find any mention. Do you remember where or when? It may be that optimisation for the 955 has been improved significantly since then. Though I suppose by the same token it could be total lack of HN8 optimisation that's the issue.
I haven't uninstalled the stock system apps and Google Play Services framework yet, but I have disabled them all, revoked all permissions and installed lightweight alternatives. It's a lot better, but still quite a way off LOS / AOSP based ROMs that I'm used to. General speed is decent, but there are quite frequent stutters and slow responses.
How does the latest versions of Kang compare? Much quicker?
Have the updates (application only) past B528 sped things up significantly? Chinese forums seem to indicate that B533 or later will go full release in the next week or two.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-note-8/how-to/huawei-honor-note-8-t3457185/post77410169

Thanks. Dunno why search function didn't pick that up ... I'm not very keen on its implementation on XDA forums.
Anyway, sounds positive. If official HN8 and Hi3650 support came only with the last (August) update, then I think there's considerable hope for improvement.
AOSP / LOS / RR really should be a lot faster and smoother than EMUI 8 for HN8 in its stock form ... there's so much crap on it, and some of the stock apps are really bulky.
On that note, I'd strongly recommend that anyone who's on stock disables and revokes permissions from the Huawei Gallery app and installs an open, lightweight alternative. I'm using the Gallery from Simple Tools and have it set as default. Massive improvement in speed and lack of lag. The Huawei one slows things down seemingly even when open in the app drawer but not focused.

i tried it ... issue is mainly, that only sim slot 2 works - which also serves as sdcard-slot for me a no-go but if you don't use an sdcard, try it out.
Also, camera didn't work at all

Going to wait until the next OK release of LOS / RR.

https://openkirin.net/download/
New Resurrection Remix version is out, including network switch fix and screen tearing fix (the scrolling performance issue) on Hi3650 (HN8 is Hi3650) devices.
Assume new LOS version will be forthcoming very soon too.
Will probably wait for that, but if anyone tries the RR, do post your experience. Particularly those who've tried the much better (than 528) 535 stock.
Notes:
fixed in-call mute (Thanks to Flex1911)
fixed ussd codes (Thanks to Flex1911)
fixed network switch on hi3650 based devices
added the option to disable fast charging (Settings -> About -> OpenKirin)
september 2018 security patches
based on final rr 6.2.0 sources
REUPLOAD: fixed screen tearing on hi3650

Have you tried this new version?
Is the problem with sim and with camera solved?

Hi guys
I flashed RROS and OmniROM yesterday. Quite fluid experience, camera works.
Sim1 still not working (my main focus)
If you don't use an SD card, try it out, i think it will be fun

I would really like to use it but I need the SD!
However I'm glad the camera works.
I hope that in the future the problem of the sim will be solved too.
Really!

Let's see what the new version of LOS brings when that's released. Usually it's a bit ahead of the RR build (which got released first this time).

Also, for those of you who are reporting non-functionality of certain features, or bugs, you should report it to the devs on their Telegram Channel. Remember to specify the device.
https://t.me/joinchat/HUf8EE2ekfdnT7fum5PE0w

Deep Sleep appears to be broken on Hi3650 and Hi3660 on all the ROMs. They're looking into the issue.

pixel81k said:
Hi guys
I flashed RROS and OmniROM yesterday. Quite fluid experience, camera works.
Sim1 still not working (my main focus)
If you don't use an SD card, try it out, i think it will be fun
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Hi,
i used RR Beta 3 on honor 9. Front com.huawei.camera can take pictures, but files are not saved.

Mi 8 issues - Camera, Flash, Ok Google, FaceID, Display

1) Just upgraded from a redmi6 which I was perfectly happy with except its blurry/noisy camera especially in low light conditions. Turned out upgrading to a mi8 was not a solution at all, same issue in low light conditions A driver/app optimization by Xiaomi is really required.
2) Compared to my redmi 6 camera flash (which is so powerful that it can burn your finger if you place on it) the mi8 camera flash is not as bright and has a more yellowish light. I don't know if it is supposed to be like that, so a discussion on this would he helpful to find out the truth.
3) Besides the above issues now I also lost the ability to activate the Google voice assistant by simply saying Ok Google since the options are grayed out. Did a research on the net and found out that there are hundreds of topics people facing the same issue, mainly with the mi8 besides some other Xiaomi phones. I believe there is some sort of incompability with miui10 which has to be fixed asap.
4) Where is face id? I don't want to change my region to china/india or hassle with stuff like trying to flash the Chinese version Rom, it just doesn't make sense.
5) Please correct me if I am wrong but as I remember the mi8 has a Samsung Amoled screen panel. It's not that it looks bad at all but my colors look really washed out compared to other amoled screen phones I compared side by side. Tried other color options in the settings but it didn't help improving it at all either.
My device: Mi 8 Global Version \ Miui 10.0.3.0 Global Stable
Any help and suggestion is welcome since I am really frustrated with this device. The redmi6 was an excellent phone based on its given price, how can a flagship device be so bad compared to its cheap budget phone? (Not to mention it lacks a 3,5mm headset and micro sd slot which the redmi6 had) Just not acceptable at all, I am really considering to leave the Xiaomi brand for sth else if these issues are not going to be fixed any soon.

Flash is like that for a more natural tone. OK Google is fixed in global beta so wait for an update. Face id is the same as OK Google. The color look OK to me but you can fine tune them in settings. For the night camera wait a bit for that famous update and install Google camera and you will not be disappointed

1) Just upgraded from a redmi6 which I was perfectly happy with except its blurry/noisy camera especially in low light conditions. Turned out upgrading to a mi8 was not a solution at all, same issue in low light conditions[emoji3525] A driver/app optimization by Xiaomi is really required.
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Global stable does have a problem with the camera. Miui 9 is even better in term of camera. The solution is to flash global developer rom. It has a better camera and more features.
If you like to use 3rd party app, Try gcam bsg it perform even better
2) Compared to my redmi 6 camera flash (which is so powerful that it can burn your finger if you place on it) the mi8 camera flash is not as bright and has a more yellowish light. I don't know if it is supposed to be like that, so a discussion on this would he helpful to find out the truth.
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About flashlight, i rarely use it. I only use it for light in the dark. It perform good compare to my other devices (op3t, mi4c). I didnt pay attention to yellowish light.
3) Besides the above issues now I also lost the ability to activate the Google voice assistant by simply saying Ok Google since the options are grayed out. Did a research on the net and found out that there are hundreds of topics people facing the same issue, mainly with the mi8 besides some other Xiaomi phones. I believe there is some sort of incompability with miui10 which has to be fixed asap.
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Google assitant only work from global developer rom 8.11.23 and above. I dissapointed with xiaomi effort to fix 'ok google'. But since xiaomi need to maintain two different rom (chinese and global) and it seem they take more effort in the chinese rom (because china rom have more features and better camera performance, but it doesnt have gapps on it). This is why ok google is not yet to be fix on the stable rom.
I know this is not an excuse because xiaomi sell globaly.
4) Where is face id? I don't want to change my region to china/india or hassle with stuff like trying to flash the Chinese version Rom, it just doesn't make sense.
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Try global developer rom. Face id is working flawlessly.
5) Please correct me if I am wrong but as I remember the mi8 has a Samsung Amoled screen panel. It's not that it looks bad at all but my colors look really washed out compared to other amoled screen phones I compared side by side. Tried other color options in the settings but it didn't help improving it at all either.*
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I've never compare the panel side by side with the samsung amoled. I've compared it to op3t amoled it doesnt seem wash out.
If you compare it to ips panel, you will notice a little yellowish color, but imo a more natural color.
Sent from my MI 8 using Tapatalk

I want to thank all of you a lot for the good news and the relief you caused, it is really nice to have you guys on xda helping out and clearing minds, I really appreciate it thx for the info.

You'll still have to change the region to India or similar to get face unlock on global dev.

slider86 said:
4) Where is face id? I don't want to change my region to china/india or hassle with stuff like trying to flash the Chinese version Rom, it just doesn't make sense.
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Face ID is not working in a lot of regions in Europe (probably some UE regulations), but I heard that Italy is working. I'd suggest you to change your region to Indonesia - it's not affecting you in any way, but enables Face ID without all this Indian crap like notifications from Music app and so on

Hello, I can confirm that Face ID works selecting Italy as region.
Still no sign of OK Google working, though.
MIUI 10.0.3.0 stable (Global)

General Xiaomi Mi 11 issues and defects

Hello guys,
am new to Xiaomi Mi 11 and I want to share with you my opinions (not the positive ones, this is not the aim of this thread). I have Miui Global 12.0.3 rom on it.
Issues:
1. Netflix is not working fine, HDR is not working and video quality is really low. Problem is not related to my network
2. Notification center show notifications with cut content inside. No way to expand them
3. Problems downloading files through Chrome, sometimes download does not start
4. When I wear bluetooth headset, during a call the screen does not switch off
Negative:
1. Camera quality is not that great. My P20 PRO is shooting better in almost all the conditions (am talking about main camera).
2. Battery is worst than my P20 PRO
3. Fingerprint sensor is worst than my P20 PRO
4. Audio quality is worst than my P20 PRO
What do you think? You got the same issues and complaints?

Flash xiaomi.eu!

"4. Audio quality is worst than my P20 PRO"
Mate you got a broken phone , mines sounds better than my bluetooth speaker!

ralovesoc said:
Flash xiaomi.eu!
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Can you give me some informations? Should I unlock my phone?

ralovesoc said:
"4. Audio quality is worst than my P20 PRO"
Mate you got a broken phone , mines sounds better than my bluetooth speaker!
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Have you tried P20 pro audio with Dolby enabled? i have both of them side my side and this is not better than my P20 Pro

I am on same rom and facing some issues as well.
1.I don't use Netflix.
2. Notifications are fine
3. Battery life is good., All day with normal use.
4. Only main camera is good, I am satisfied but not amazed,I did expected better one. I have Redmi K20. Other cameras are just garbage like on some super cheap garbage phone. But I think they will be fixed with software future updates. It happened like that on my Redmi K20.
5. I turned off fingerprint sensor because I didn't like haptic feedback while unlocking with fingerprint. It was working same as on Redmi K20. Not so fast but working good. Unlock every time except when your hand are whet.
6. Audio quality is great while talking over any app. And using stereo speakers also.
I did had stereo bug few times , upper speaker stoped working few times and started by itself... It works now.
Haptics are great , I am really enjoying it.
Will write more when I remember more

Asnamus said:
I am on same rom and facing some issues as well.
1.I don't use Netflix. --> waiting for someone confirming me the issue
2. Notifications are fine --> are you using MIUI or Android Style? I have the problem with Android Style
3. Battery life is good., All day with normal use. --> Yes me too. With P20 Pro with the same usage I can reach 2 days.
4. Only main camera is good, I am satisfied but not amazed,I did expected better one. I have Redmi K20. Other cameras are just garbage like on some super cheap garbage phone. But I think they will be fixed with software future updates. It happened like that on my Redmi K20. --> Try the Macro Camera, is amazing!!! Waiting for firmware updates for main and pano camera..
5. I turned off fingerprint sensor because I didn't like haptic feedback while unlocking with fingerprint. It was working same as on Redmi K20. Not so fast but working good. Unlock every time except when your hand are whet. --> I disabled haptic feedback
6. Audio quality is great while talking over any app. And using stereo speakers also. --> I like the quality too, but not that amazing if compared to P20 Pro..
I did had stereo bug few times , upper speaker stoped working few times and started by itself... It works now.
Haptics are great , I am really enjoying it.
Will write more when I remember more
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Xiaom.eu for Xiaomi devices best choice.

xdamami said:
Xiaom.eu for Xiaomi devices best choice.
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yes but the phone is new and I don't want to lose my warranty

davidep85 said:
yes but the phone is new and I don't want to lose my warranty
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You have Global one?

xdamami said:
You have Global one?
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Yes as I wrote in the first post!

I have another issue, I can't download files from Google Chrome. what about you?

My suggestion for you would be to factory reset your device and test that problems are solved.
Second option would be to download same global rom and reinstall it cuz maybe somehow your rom is corrupted. (For this you need yo unlock bootloader and wait 168h = 7days to unlock and than flash global rom 12.0.3.0) And if still you have same problems (I would suspect that something is wrong with the device) but than download EU rom and install that one.
If that don't work than you should return your device.
My question is , did anybody install EU rom from Global ? If I am correct installation works from Chinese rom to EU because EU is based on Chinese. I am not sure you can install EU from Global without errors.
Read this article about unlocking bootloader and ruining your warranty:
Bootloader Unlocking does not Void Warranty of Xiaomi and Redmi Devices - Gizmochina
Xiaomi smartphones are popular in the developer community, thanks to the company’s policy regarding warranty against unlocking of bootloader. But the brand has now updated its policy. Thankfully, bootloader unlocks still does not void warranty of Xiaomi and Redmi devices but with some caveats...
www.gizmochina.com

davidep85 said:
I have another issue, I can't download files from Google Chrome. what about you?
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I don't use Chrome, I removed it with adb and instead I am using Kiwi browser which have adblocker built in and dark theme also. And is light and work excellent. Also using duck duck go for search for kiwi browser.

Asnamus said:
My suggestion for you would be to factory reset your device and test that problems are solved.
Second option would be to download same global rom and reinstall it cuz maybe somehow your rom is corrupted. (For this you need yo unlock bootloader and wait 168h = 7days to unlock and than flash global rom 12.0.3.0) And if still you have same problems (I would suspect that something is wrong with the device) but than download EU rom and install that one.
If that don't work than you should return your device.
My question is , did anybody install EU rom from Global ? If I am correct installation works from Chinese rom to EU because EU is based on Chinese. I am not sure you can install EU from Global without errors.
Read this article about unlocking bootloader and ruining your warranty:
Bootloader Unlocking does not Void Warranty of Xiaomi and Redmi Devices - Gizmochina
Xiaomi smartphones are popular in the developer community, thanks to the company’s policy regarding warranty against unlocking of bootloader. But the brand has now updated its policy. Thankfully, bootloader unlocks still does not void warranty of Xiaomi and Redmi devices but with some caveats...
www.gizmochina.com
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I already reset the phone after the last update. my phone has no hardware or corruption problems, these are just bugs.

davidep85 said:
I already reset the phone after the last update. my phone has no hardware or corruption problems, these are just bugs.
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Install new rom and good luck

4. When I wear bluetooth headset, during a call the screen does not switch off

The biggest issue I have found on MIUI 12.0.3 global is SOT. I get around 3h30min when on 120Hz and FHD+. A big amount of the battery is drained by Chrome. Anyone got this issue?

alvaronb92 said:
The biggest issue I have found on MIUI 12.0.3 global is SOT. I get around 3h30min when on 120Hz and FHD+. A big amount of the battery is drained by Chrome. Anyone got this issue?
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9% is not that much man, you are using screen and performances with chrome. anyway is an heavy browser

davidep85 said:
yes but the phone is new and I don't want to lose my warranty
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You don't lose your warranty by unlock the Bootloader.

Question What bugs exist in Miui 13 ?

there are news about Miui 13's bugs ? (on Redmi Note 10 Pro)
Have Redmi note 10 pro stuck on Miui 12.5, but i think flash it in Miui 13.
I wanted to know what bugs are left in Miui 13, and what is gained (or lost).
Because apparently Miui is known for its many bugs. (And even 12.5...)
In terms of overall performance, in games; what are the gains?
If there are benchmarks on big games like Genshin Impact between these two versions
Thanks in advance and sorry for the translator :/

-Flickering in apps such as discord and youtube
-Sometimes the notification panel when pulled down is completely transparent
Also some users have faced systemui error and camera brick after updating so be careful.

an old bug, that no one at Xiaomi tries to fix:
In SystemUI (latest Xiaomi.EU MIUI 13.0.12 and lower) are 2 methods of do not disturb (DND) integrated. at least DND can not be deactivated and activates itself by fault. that is annoying and a long known bug without fix or workaround.
Dual-SIM management doesnt work proper. Taking SIM-cards online /offline is buggy and works like try and error.
Found screenflickering in youtube and google app in low light conditions from time to time
But all in all, the jump from 12.5 to 13.0 is worth! dont postpone it much longer.

ottili81 said:
an old bug, that no one at Xiaomi tries to fix:
In SystemUI (latest Xiaomi.EU MIUI 13.0.12 and lower) are 2 methods of do not disturb (DND) integrated. at least DND can not be deactivated and activates itself by fault. that is annoying and a long known bug without fix or workaround.
Dual-SIM management doesnt work proper. Taking SIM-cards online /offline is buggy and works like try and error.
Found screenflickering in youtube and google app in low light conditions from time to time
But all in all, the jump from 12.5 to 13.0 is worth! dont postpone it much longer.
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I will look for update it. And how do you feel about the overall performance ? do the games run better ?

The overall performance is better. Games run the same as before since a software update doesnt improve your hardware. Slight better since I used gamemode. Never have had hardware issues in PUBG or other FPS. Never tested Genshin or else. Sorry

The front camera just died and no sound is coming through Bluetooth devices after the update.You better not update it .

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The front camera just died and no sound is coming through Bluetooth devices after the update.You better not update it .
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That has been happening lately and it can even happen on miui 12.5 or even aosp rom not guranteed that it won't thanks to xiaomi for that.