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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] lordress:
Plenty of ROMs nowadays for our MiA1.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] HCFL:
Any change since mid-April? I'm considering moving on from my Galaxy Note 3 onto this device, since it has all the latest features I'm looking for. (Dual cameras, fingerprint scanner, USB-C port)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Xharos:
We have official Lineage OS 15.1 now
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] TrueMS:
I would love having official LineageOS ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] dantonuci:
Wonderful development community !
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] sajid sarwan:
Downloaded
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ThanatosSkepsi:
Can someone explain to me why this topic is important?

What are the benefits from a "strong community development"?

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] s2c52:
The principal benefit is a long life of updates.:D:D:D
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] TrueMS:
Official LineageOS? I can only find unofficial one.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] barmanj624@gmail.com:
Mi
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] UnknownAly027:
Hey guys need some recommendation should i buy this or wait for mi a2?

I think development for this a1 is going to get more advanced in near future what do you say?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Would you say that the Xiaomi Mi A1 is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the Xiaomi Mi A1 exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Hakim Farouk:
Just because it's running 625.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Red_Man 898:
Yes it is very fast with combination of SD 625 and 4 GB ram.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] wegwolv:
Coming from an Oneplus 5 it's OK. But of course Not near as fast
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] birdie:
Overall it's very smooth and there are no lags anywhere.

At the same time it's slower than my almost 4 years old Nexus 5 :( I know I shouldn't have expected much from SnapDragon 625 but I hoped that it would beat SnapDragon 800. Not really. Singlethreaded performance is quite lower while multithreaded is obviously higher.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] cspaawan:
It is superb.. With few tweaks, 625 merged with stock starts performing at its best..
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] K3578:
Can this run assassin's creed identity or galaxy on fire 3?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] _BA:
What tweaks please?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Nungothung:
File manager.

From body to its camera, this phone is superb. But I've an issue/concern that I'm unable to find file manager to locate files, photos,videos from the phone(like usually other phone has a separate file manager in menu to view). only after downloading few apps for photos, videos and files I'm able to view them. Please help me with details how to locate those files, photos, songs and videos without those downloaded app.

Please contact: ngullie71@gmail.com
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ajlir:
Like it so far. Just switched from HTC One X (endeavoru).

Able to play Honkai Impact 3 with recommended settings.

Updated to December 2017 update. A bit laggy on the keyboard typing at times.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] sanctioned_k:
as long as there is a little space in the internal storage the phone works fine.........like 10 gigs or more......should that reduce then there is slight lag....almost negligible
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Skorvy:
It is very fast phone, if you use that is a little SD 625 under the hood. But, thanks to great Android One, and regular updates, to take and keep MiA1 smooth.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] crzlloid:
Go to Settings>Storage> (Internal/External) > Files
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] smbhayi:
So far so good. It's fun to use this phone. Really liked it.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] nahuelvvn:
I didn't lagged a single time since i have it. Playing 3D games smooth, rendering desktop version of web pages (my last phone went crazy each time I tried that), multitasking, editing documents, no problems so far. FP scanner speed is good. Camera could load faster but still better than my Samsung.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] A14DWIN:
Oh is good, 8.75/10 from me.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] powlemann:
It's a 5/10 for me. It's works well enough considering the price of <200$ - but it's nowhere near as smooth as a Galaxy S7 or similar ~2 year old flagship phones. Don't buy this and expect the same performance!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] antonioli84:
It's okay for my use. It helps a lot the stock system.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Irfanhik:
For me this device have good speed for normal daily use. Have no lag at all. 8/10
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Bellamia1:
Why did you get rid of one plus5
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ffh2303:
It not what I would call fast, but it is not slow either. Other than outright speed, it is smooth, it doesn't even get warm, and it has pretty good battery life even with 2 SIMs being used.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] sale 83:
Kind a funny...since I compared it to S8. Memory managment is way better on mi a1, faster browsing, smoother, more stable and no lag.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] powlemann:
There are two possibilities: either my Mi A1 is malfunctioning or you are completely delusional :)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] sale 83:
The first option.[emoji3]

Yes Samsung has way better hardware, better screen, it's better built, but when it comes to software, bloat that they put over android is terrible.It kills the performance.So yeah, something might be wrong with your mi a1.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] juniorgallina_:
I think what because i never used one device like S8/S7, but for me de performance is very good. I don't have any lags on open apps, im using de LOS 15.1 and everything is so smoothly.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] rastamanjohn:
Slightly slow. To be expected tho it this price range, and with these specs...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
OMG! Kim K posted another selfie with tons of cleavage! Rate this thread to express how quickly apps launch on the Xiaomi Mi A1. A higher rating indicates that even the most intensive apps launch quickly and without hesitation, even if they are no longer in RAM.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] birdie:
No complaints for this class of SoC.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ajlir:
Fast compared to NOX on my laptop.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're busy and don't have time to wait, which is why you need to stop reading this thread and get back to organizing your Pogs. Rate this thread to express how the Xiaomi Mi A1 performs when multitasking. A higher rating indicates that the Xiaomi Mi A1 keeps many apps in memory so that they don't need to reload, and that when moving between apps, transitions are smooth and performance is excellent.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] suhasgkakathkar:
When I run Google play store in background, other apps in foreground starts not responding.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] birdie:
3.5 gigs of RAM are excellent (~0.5 gigs are left for the GPU). What I don't understand is that why this device employs a 512MB swap partition which causes wear and tear of its internal storage. I'm sure as hell this swap partition cannot be disabled without rooting which I'd love to avoid.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] mohamedyousof:
Actually it is very smooth in terms of multi-tasking
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] rizki putra:
is it just me or anyone else experienced the same thing? my recent apps keep restarting even when i got about just 4 or 5 apps opened. i checked the ram usage but it seems normal, it uses about 60-70% of ram. does anyone know whats going on here?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Eshwar123:
What i have observed is, android OS and system, and few other Google apps take up 1.5+ Gigs of RAM. I am not quite satisfied with that...

However the performance and multitasking is very good though.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] sale 83:
That means that 2,5 gb of ram is unused and wasted.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Sk.asifkhan:
Can any one help in my problem.. when I leave a app for multitasking that app get automatically closed and not even shows in recent apps what is wrong with i m unable to understand this..
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Jt380p:
Restart your phone. Happens to me a lot on stock.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ck4376:
ability to use split screen for 2 apps is really nice.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] manabsac:
Pretty much mid-range performance, as per expectation

My MiA1 since September 2017, Stock/OTA Android 8.1.0, November 2018, no further updates (Rejected all Android 9/P updates so far, latest November 2019).

Not Rooted.

Usage (Average) Statistics:

RAM: 4 GB, ~39% Free.

Int Storage: 64 GB, 55% Available.

Ext Storage: 32 GB, 13% Available.

Total number of Apps installed: 293 (true!)

Self-installed Apps: 275 (!!!)

System Apps: 18

Maintenance Apps: Greenify, AccuBattery, AntiVirus, Button Mapper, Android Assistance, ...

No crunchy Video Games, Flight Simulators etc.

Performance: Average without lags, Multitasking, split screen or with flipscreen.

Crashed twice in two years.

Currently Android is up for last 21 days no drags.

(I, usually, Shutdown in 10 days, as cleanup)

Phone goes in deep sleep (>80% of time) when inactive and screen off.

LiPo battery BN31 with ~2800mAh (90% of original) after 2+1/4 yrs

I charge 10-80% at 1.95A or 0.67C

30-40hrs use between charging.

Screen on Time 4-5hrs (~12% of use).

My Multitasking rating 3.5 / 5.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ElbahzBaik:
Pretty disappointing

Memory management is horrible in this phone..I have to restart the phone every 2 days.. otherwise the OS will keep killing background apps..even if u left any application to check a message or something, Android will instantly kill that app and you'll have to wait for it to reload again.. anything u were doing in that app is just gone ..I rooted my phone using magisk and uninstalled many bloatware like ant Hal services etc,..I use SD maid pro to clear caches, force closed every other app,tried to tweak the settings of the low memory killer, increased the size of the swap file even overclocked the phone to stay running at the max CPU ratio but nothing worked ..apps keeps getting closed the exact second u leave them despite having more than 2 gigs of free RAM
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] reharsh67:
A1 just works fine for me
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the Xiaomi Mi A1 under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth, even when you're reading a 10,000 word article on "how to kiss a girl".

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] scoobygram:
there is a thread about scrolling smoothness. shortly, it does provide terrible experience. see attached video.

https://xdaforums.com/mi-a1/help/scrolling-smooth-facing-issue-t3688379/post74315174#post74315174
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] jack_21:
Something wrong with firmware, download the latest ROM and reflash with MiFlash without saving data...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] scoobygram:
[MENTION=2483430]jack21[/MENTION], definitely it looks like something wrong with firmware. I believe if the issue happens not only to me, but to other users as well then it is global issue with firmware which should be fixed from OEM side.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] jack_21:
Well, I never encountered that problem with the official firmware.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] scoobygram:
[MENTION=2483430]jack21[/MENTION] I saw folks are discussing hardware revision differences in other thread, so that means only some specific hardware may be affected by the issue.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] birdie:
For short lists scrolling is silky smooth however once a list grows beyond 10 pages (e.g. scrolling though Play Store comments) there are perceivable lags.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] nahuelvvn:
Still not faced this issue. Runninig Android Oreo, Screen manufacturer is EBBG ilitek.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] scoobygram:
Check my video at https://youtu.be/WkzDCAJZ9iE to understand the issue.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] datasource:
Just flash LOS 15.1 and be happy (or wait for an update from xiaomi).
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] amithiel:
i'm using latest resurrection remix, and this still happens... so, i gave up waiting for a fix
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] rastamanjohn:
Smoothness

Not the best, probably cuz i'm used to a oneplus 5, hope some good kernel makes it terrific
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] d4rklucif3r:
reflash ROM
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Xiaomi Mi A1 stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] rameezomer:
But mine gets heated up while charging
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] 3545alg:
I agree. Mine does get warm while charging but I wouldn't say hot.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] suhasgkakathkar:
No heating issues
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] NITRO_100:
Do you use your phone while charging ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] rameezomer:
No, I don't. I even tried closing all the apps thinking if that may be the reason. But even then it heats up sometimes
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] supsrt:
I use Mi A1 on 4g data n also play some online games still the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm and can be used easily so heating issues for me.... Maybe there is a problem with your device.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] vygavedha:
Heating while charging both phone and charger is normal?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] myself379:
It's quite relative when you say "heat"

Any quantify unit so we on the same page? I'm using GSam Battery Monitor and my range is from 30 celsius to 40 (max). Charging with all apps off from 40% to 80% would bring the heat to 40 celsius, but the heat gradually went down (like 1 to 3 degree less, from 40 celsius) when it's from 80% to 99%

Playing Hitman Sniper would hit 40 celsius too, but I won't do it while charging.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] birdie:
My device never gets even warm.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ajlir:
Only lukewarm (hand temperature) while playing 3 different games for an hour.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] nahuelvvn:
Mine got warm (not HOT) once or twice while surfing web in wifi at max brightness, at sun light in days of +35ºC (95F)... so I assume that was normal :P

Rest of the time it seems cool even while charging
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ck4376:
Compared to Oneplus One I previously use, Mi A1 doesn't generate much heat. Slightly warm but not finger burning heat like how I experienced with Oneplus One when playing games.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Yincen:
In my opinion, do not turn on cellular data it will cause heat, clean apps running background
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the Xiaomi Mi A1's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] matrixtheneo25:
Low light need Improvement
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Leong428:
Low light is pretty week. Camera app is slow to capture and subjects need to be dead still to produce a usable picture
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] kd29598:
well overall device is great only weak spot is camera in low light outside in daylight camera performs great but in absence of light there is tons of noise it's like a 3 mp camera image don't know whether a software update can fix that and when mi will provide that or just camera sensor is not capable. i think xiaomi should have asked google to modify camera app also
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] birdie:
In low light the cam is more or less unusable.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Skorvy:
Yeah, we know the problem. It is not camera itself issue, it is camera app.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] dimmebd:
Low light performance is just Terrible, no escuses for that.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] kamrul.auntu:
Low light camera performance is nowhere. Not even low light even in indoor location camera sucks.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Ayanabha:
Low light photography with the inbuilt Mi-ported camera app is terrible. Pictures clicked had a high amount of noise in manual mode and focusing too was bad. In the HDR mode and with flash, pictures had unrealistic tinge and destroyed the quality. The Portrait Mode works comparatively better however the light entering the photo lens somewhat decreased.

Overall, the app itself needs improvements. The hardware is more or lese fine.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] nahuelvvn:
Hardware camera is good for its price. I compared side to side with my old Samsung A710 (f/1.9 vs f/2.2), and the stock camera APP beats the samsung hands down. In low light, Xiaomi pics are darker but with more details. Samsung night mode makes brighter images, but more blurry and with more noise.

Then, if you root (systemless with magisk works great) and use the ported Google Camera then it's a completely different world... Pics become even brighter and more detailed. Different versions could give smoother images or more detailed but noisier ones, up to your choice.

We can't compare vs an Iphone or S8 camera ofc... but in its mid-tier range camera is great for everyday usage.

PS. Using Oreo build, never tried Nougat stock cam.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] MiroulK:
The Mi camera app considered good enough, though I admit the low light photos are terrible. What's more worst is that the HDR image is really bad compared to non-HDR in quality.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] wawing_b:
sideport with GCam HDR+ whichever version that suit you.. then have fun with it, if you're not satisfied with the result then it is time to use a DSLR with a 50mm 1.4 or the L series 1.2 for those low light moments.. :p:angel:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] HidekiRyuga:
For me, the build is just okay, I'm like holding my OnePlus 3T.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ShazlieyAzizan:
to me its not that bad , use google camera , lowlight photo seems better than stock camera
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Rakibboss:
But the front camera is really bad whether it's gcam or stock. Most of the time it produces blurry images.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] wawing_b:
from my perspective and experience, the front camera with only a 5 MP resolution, using the GCam resulted in a much much better sharp and crisp image.. especially the portrait mode.. (compared to the stock camera app)

it goes back to HOW we take our photographs, steady hands and a moment (around 2-3 seconds while it process the picture) and I never took only one shot, I took many shots then pick which is the best, delete others..
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Rakibboss:
During low light i can't have a good group selfie neither from stock nor from gcam. Most of the time it's blurry.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] wawing_b:
have you tried using the GCam with flash?

if you have, then there's nothing at the moment an option that I could recommend using :angel:

while using the GCam, let the auto focus (the circle thing) do it's work untill it dissapear.. then press the shutter :fingers-crossed:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Alanjameson99:
I really don't understand. The camera module itself is pretty capable, but the software is putting it back. God I hope G Cam supports dual lens.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] A14DWIN:
Is bad, is real bad
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] JovieBrett:
It's not bad.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] skoogee:
not bad at all in real life situations, comparable to other phones. selfies are in big need of improvement
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] nenad96:
can you give me a link of the gcam apk the one you use ? :)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] HPRG:
The trick is to go all out when it comes to the picture settings in the GCam app. Set the HDR mode to HDR Enhanced, and then the HDR+ parameters inside the settings to 100% and also set the image quality to 100% as well. And also make sure that you enable the "improve in low light" part as well.

That's the only way to make use of the Google AI to it's max so that it can minimize the original Hardware's ****yness on the Mi A1.

---------- Post added at 12:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:28 PM ----------

This is the best version that's out there: Arnova's v7beta9
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] nekher:
what can i say.... the camera is just...so...BAD.

but...like, HORRIBLE quality... to be honest, i neves imagine such an amazing phone could have such a piece of .... as a camera...

BUT...

thats until you put the gcam...

then it becames an AMAZING little photographic machine... like, really...AMAZING photos.

i do not understand why they dont enable the google 2 api from the start.... its like having 2 different cameras...

recently i was given the choice of keeping my beautiful Mi A1, or change it for a Redmi 5 + .... i was so tempted...(better, battery, gestures, and so...)...

but the redmi 5 has the same CRAPPY camera, and its a pain to unlock the bootloader to be able to put the gcam in there...so... happily i stay with the MI A1, JUST for the camera....

so i would say, that this amazing beast is a hardware capable hog.... it just got crappy software (the stock camera and google 2 api not enable).

hope this helps...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] meltbanana:
low light is okay in manual mode, not amazing but the phones I owned before were worse
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] johnko1:
Gcam
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] jrmayer:
Absolute n00b here. I've tried searching a bit, but I'm having a hard time coming up with a solution to my question.

I have a new Tilt and managed to get a SIM unlock code out of AT&T. My problem is App Unlocking. I want to use Google Maps without having the Telenav feature on my account.

With apologies for my ignorance, can anyone point me in the right direction?

With Thanks,

Jay
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] msg1285:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=334679
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] daystrom:
If you want to unlock just to run Google maps there's no need to. Google maps has nothing to do with Telenav, it uses the built in GPS. Unlocking the device to install cooked ROMS gives you a whole lot more. Look at the links in my sig for info.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Xiaomi Mi A1 come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] matrixtheneo25:
Nice