[Mi 3 General] a.broken.star:
I see many people here who dont really are sure how to root there phone and install xposed framework. Yes it feels bad when you see people talking about ti and you dont know what they are talking about. Had this feeling during my classes in schools though. So I thought of creating this thread for their help.

This guide will be in three stages. (I hope you can bear with me for that long)

Stage 1: Rooting your phone

Stage 2: Installing Xposed (WSM)

Stage 3: Useful Xposed Modules

But first thing first. I need to put things off my chest. Well, if something goes wrong with your device, Please Please dont sue me. I will not be held responsible for anything you do to your device. In war there are casualities. And I will not be responsible for them. If you are brave heart, or can see your phone exploe without tossing a tear in your eye, then only read below. You still have time to leave this thread. You will be the one responsible for what happens next. Enough of scaring you lets read on.

ROOTING

First step to do is root your Mi3. Every fight begans with first step. Or may be first attack I should say.

Advantages of Rooting :-

Well, rooting an Android phone simply means to gain administrative privilages on the system (that sounds exciting). When you buy a new phone, you are just a guest user on the phone. You can use the phone, just as a guest would use Windows, but you will not be able to make any changes to the system files.

However, after you have a root access over your phone, you could browse your root folder and make any changes to the system files on your phone. And that means the ability to make all kinds of changes and install more powerful apps that you cant use on a non-rooted phone.

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Uninstall Bloatwares (Yeah those apps that you want remove but you cant find an uninstall button for them)

Modify system files (for good use offcourse)

Use special apps designed to work on rooted phones and make full use of your phone

Does rooting void warranty ?

Yes and No. You can root your Mi3 using two methods. One is to root the stable ROM. That will void your warranty. Other method is to install Developer ROM. That will not void your warranty.

How to ROOT :-

Method 1 ( Install Developer Version of ROM ) :-

This is the safest method to gain ROOT access on your phone. You have to install developer version of MiUi ROM on phone. But it has few problems :

a) There is no developer version ROM for Indian Mi3. So you have to flash Chinese version. It means there will be no GApps (PlayStore etc). Also, some of the apps will be in Chinese. Also, developer version of ROM is little unstable and buggy.

But it has its advantages also :

a) Your warranty does not get void

b) You get ROM updates every week.

So those who want to go this way may follow these instructions to install Develop Version ROM on their Mi3

1) Download the latest Developer Rom (TD) from Download Developer ROM (It will be in zip format)

2) Copy & paste the zip file you downloaded to "downloaded_rom" folder on your phone memory

3) Go to Settings -> About phone -> System update -> Press Menu Button -> select update package -> Select the zip file copied to phone.

4) Install it and reboot your phone when asked to

5) Now you are on Dev ro. Go to "Security" app. In this app go to "Permission Manager" and enable "Root Access".

6) Voila !! You are now rooted !!!

Method 2 (ROOT Stable ROM) :-

This method works only for Indian version on Mi3 running on stable MiUi5 v 34. For rest you can follow this thread : This method will possibly void your warranty. So think before you proceede.

1) Download the zip file from "http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2979259&d=1413879720"

2) Copy & paste the zip file you downloaded to "downloaded_rom" folder on your phone memory

2) Go to Settings -> About phone -> System update -> Press Menu Button -> select update package -> Select the zip file copied to phone.

3) Install it and reboot your phone when asked to

4) Go to "Security" app. In this app go to "Permission Manager" and enable "Root Access".

5) Voila !! You are now rooted !!!

XPOSED Framework

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After you root your phone you open a world of possiblities on your phone. You can remove pre-installed apps from your phone using root app remover apps in play store. Just search for "Root" in play store and you will se many apps that are really really cool. Some of them are :

1) Titanium Backup : Backups your whole phone inculding apps and there data

2) Greenify : Puts unused apps in hibernation mode so that they dont start automatically.

3) AdAway : This app cannot be downloaded from Play Store. Search for it on google and install it and say goodbye to ads in your apps.

4) Xposed Framework : This is the big one we are talking about.

Does Xposed work on MiUi ROM ?

MiUi have a thing called dexspy that kind of uses the same code as Xposed framework. So they might conflict with each other and your phone may not boot again. But in latest versions on MiUi they have deactivated dexspy, so Xposed will install fine. Still, I am not reponsible if your phone does not boot again or explode or anything.

So the other way round is to install WSM Tool. It is Xposed framework for Miui. Works exactly like Xposed framework. No harm in using it instead of Xposed. So why not go for it.

Install WSM Tools :-

1) Download WSM Tools from WSM Tool Download

2) Copy the file to internal memory of your phone

3) Install it.

4) Open WSM Tools from apps list.

5) Go To Settings - Manage WSM.

6) Press The Install / Update Button

7) After Installation, Reboot

8) Update WSM Tool from Download section.

9) Voila !! Now you have Xposed Framework running on uor phone.

Now go to "Online" Tab inside WSM tool to see a list of modules that are available for you to download. Well, WSM tools have its on list of modules (and thats pretty short). If you want to install modules compatible with Xposed then you have to one more thing:

Diffrence between WSM & Xposed Modules :-

a) Click "Repository" button inside "Online" tab. Put a check on "Xposed". And now you can see all the modules that you can install. Remember those modules that are compatible with MiUi WSM Tools have a little M just below their names. So you can know they are definetly compatible.

b) Xposed modules might not be compatible with MiUi. So you phone might not start after installing them. So be carefull. I'll list some good ones that are compatible though so that you can try them.

c) WSM Modules are compatible with MiUi. So you can try them out. But due to recent changs in MiUi ROM some functions of these modules are not working anyomre. We will look into them in detail.

USEFULL XPOSED & WSM MODULES

This brings us to the last part of the guide. Here I list some very useful modules that works with MiUi. I will keep updating this list frequently as soon as I try more modules.

1) Mi-Tools :

This is the first module that you will want to install. It is a WSM module so its relatively safe. What it does ? Well it has loads of options. Some of them are :

a) Modify Power Menu (Advanced Reboot options, Screenshot option in power menu)

b) Modify diffrent parts of your status bar. (Sadly, you cant center your clock with this module now). Add date to statusbar, hide AM/PM etc etc

c) Modify diffrent properties of MiUi default launcher

d) Disable safe volume warning (yeah that annoyed me a lot)

e) Remap hardware capacitive buttons (Menu, Home, Back)

2) Greenify

: This module is awesome. It works with Greenify Donation App and lets you put system apps into hibernation mode. That means, less RAM usage, more battery life.

3) XHaloFloatingWindow :

Who does not love floating windows. Note 3 users flaunt it. Now you can too. Install this module and you can use all of your apps in windows mode. You can minimise windows, maximise windows, snap windows etc etc. Options are endless.

4) Flat Style Colored Bars :

I love it when my status bar changes its color according to opened app. This module helps in achieving it. There is one more module just like this called "Tinted Status Bar" but it does not work with material design apps. But this one works. So now your status bar will have the same color just like the color of action bar of your app. Beautiful !!!

5) App Settings :

This one is a must use module. It lets to modify the following properties on per apps basis

a) Rotation (yes now you can auto rotate those apps that dont rotate normally, like wechat, Phone app of Miui, etc)

b) Change DPI of apps. So now you can change DPI of any app to make it look small or large resolution wise

c) Change language of any app to your local language

d) Change font size of apps, keep screen ON while running certain apps etc etc etc

Try it for sure. It works

6) Anuer :-

This module is listed under Xposed modules but its actually made for MiUi. It lets you change the position of clock, signal cluster, notifications on your status bar. YES !!! Finally !!! Raise your hands for Center Clock !!!!

I will keep updating this list as and when I find more useful plugins

THATS IT !!!

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I hope you find my guide useful. If not, than sorry for wasting your time. I really wanted it to be easy to understand. There might be some spelling mistakes here and there. Report them and I will correct them. Also if you find any mistake in my Guidem then please do let me know. Also help me find some more modules that works with MiUi and I will update them here.

Thanks a lot. And enjoy your brand new Rooted and Xposed Mi3 !!!