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[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] anukster:
Thanks!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] salmonthefish:
yes friend. I agree with you. I really do hope they are making a better pie build
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] jerryshaw12:
Anyone here find out the notifications are late like whatsapp or fb messenger?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] minnuss:
Turn off adaptive battery, and it will work fine...I had delayed missed calls notifications, they would appear in ~5-6min delay.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] MarcusMario0605:
This is my personal thoughts after using the Mi A2 with Android 9 Pie.

Here is the things I don't really love,

1. The adaptive brightness features is horrible, really. At first I am kinda excited about this feature because adaptive brightness will learn your preferences and change the brightness according to the lighting condition I have configured, but turns out it is really bad. Everytime the lighting condition changes, it Everytime set the brightness level around 25%, even though I have configured the brightness level for each lighting condition, that lighting is unsuitable for me to read under room light. Better off switching off adaptive brightness.

2. The new UI design is a little bit inconsistent. For example, the UI misses a lot of rounded element like the notification shade, notification at lock screen (which I also excited about it), and no option to change the system accent colour is not great.

3. The adaptive battery feature is not really impressive,I don't like the fact that it will delay apps notification if they are not been used.

So here is the things I really love about the Pie update,

1. I really like the new gesture-based navigation, it is surprisingly responsive and run fluidly. Having the gesture to let me switch between multiple apps is quite handy for me.

2. I also like the fact that the performance of the device stays just as fast as before the update. I didn't notice any slow down yet. And also seems like the RAM Management of the device has been improved.

3. Despite the fact that adaptive battery isn't great, the battery life is just as good as it was before the Pie update, even after adaptive battery turned off. I can easily get it almost a full day without needing a charger.

4. I also like the Digital Wellbeing is bundled in (though you have to sign up for beta in the play store) to Monitor my activities of my device to regulate my device usage.

Personally I don't mind the fact that Camera2api has been disabled that cause Gcam stop functioning. Apart from that, I haven't noticed any major bugs yet.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
Camera2api was never enabled by default in the first place and we still can enable it, but with a temporary root.

And for me, the battery life has improved a LOT. Or it could be the fact that I was used to a horrible battery on my previous windows Phone.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] MarcusMario0605:
Yeah I knew that. Because I heard people can get better image quality by using Gcam or Gcam ports.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
A lot better. I am still amazed by the difference between stock and Gcam in everyday usage.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Viksz:
Ffs will they ever give pie to other countries im so sick of this phone
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] kmarci94:
Who knows. I just donnt understand what is the logic behind it. India gets first cause they are basically beta testers for the rest of the world, I get it bu. t the others? Dont know. BTW I still did not recieve it here in Hungary. Maybe a couple more days but yeah it would be nice to have a official schedule from Xiaomi.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] MaKTaiL:
Hey guys, remember when Android One devices were supposed to receive faster updates?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] TehseenA2:
An official schedule announcement can even help calm users ,
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] psichokillah:
Do yourself a favor and DO NOT UPDATE TO THE TRASH THEY RELEASED. It's full of bugs, gps is not working, gcam stopped working, it lags, I don't feel it as fast as oreo. Battery is good though.

My one and only Xiaomi phone. Well, this was a mistake, never again.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] kishd:
Wipe your phone and do a factory reset. This update finally made my phone smooth useable fast and a pleasure to use. There must be some configuration problem with your phone that could be sorted with a factory reset.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] lonster27:
Just did the update using the Netherlands way. Works good so far.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Catsonvi:
I haven't seen a single bug till now, except the date and icon placement on the notification shade(which *might* be intentional). It's actually faster than Oreo in my case.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] psichokillah:
Try the GPS and see how it works, please.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] kishd:
Works well for me on South Africa.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Midomad:
Something wrong with you're phone!

Factory reset you're device.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Jochman14:
Hi.

I have tried to update using vpn. All good.

After update to Pie I did a first factory reset and setup.

GPS was able to fix, but thats all. Waze and google maps were still searching for gps.

Second FR and setup, but gps was still not working. Again it was able to fix and then freeze.

So I have returned back to Oreo and GPS is working fine.

I'm from Czech Republic.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] zeus_89:
Thanks for sharing, I'm in Czech and I was going to try this method before I read your post
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] carloandreaguilar:
I also updated via VPN and my GOS and Google maps works perfect. No issue. I haven't noticed any bugs other than less smooth animations than Oreo sometimes. Needs a little optimization. Maybe in December patch
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Jochman14:
Hi.

Sure it can work well for others.

Not sure why I had this issue, even after 2 FR.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Yesis:
I had the same problem today but I was in oreo. I restarted the phone with location active a few times and at the second attempt a popup showed me that Google apps didn't have access to location, and then I enabled them again. After that, everything worked perfectly

By the way, now i updated to pie via VPN method and it seems ok, but I noticed that swiping in the fingerprint sensor for notifications has a slow input. Has anyone the same problem?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] tomgv:
I also have bug with GPS.

Android 9 it's faster, smoother and i have better battery life.View attachment 4649476
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] msrowley:
The countries that haven't received the pie update, have they got any of the two November patches? Here in Greece we're still on October update.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] thegsmoker:
In Egypt we received the 2 security patches for the month of November.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] TehseenA2:
PIE

Here in Pakistan we didn't received pie yet buy received two November updates

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If any body got some news about global release of PIE update?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
I'm also here in Pakistan and haven't received the update.

I suggest you wait till December and see if it comes with December security patch and further improvements
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] kmarci94:
Im on Nov5 in Hungary.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Sid.Boi:
Same here received 2 nov security patches only.

Frm Pakistan also
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Infernus-cz:
Czech republic received two November security updates at the turn of the month
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] tireks:
Yess.... all of us from other countries than India...will get 9.0 pie with December security patch
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
Hopefully
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Qyfaruxx:
Guys, apparently below method works for me..and im from Malaysia..

1. Take Sim out from the phone

(only put it in once the phone updated to Pie)

2. Factory Reset

(After back up Data)

3. Connect to Wifi

(Skip all the Suggestion turn off every suggestion)

4. Download ExpressVPN

(Use any random email)

(Again "No" to any suggestion)

5. Connect to Netherland Server.

6. Check system update in Settings.

7. After checking you will get notification of update

to android 9

8. (IF "Waiting For Wifi" shows up,

go to setting>Data Usage, change your Data/Wifi

to "not metered" connection

(something like that).

9. And Hope it works...

It works for me...i thought it would me nice to just share the method with you guys...if you want to play around with PIE..

Review :

No bugs for me so far.

Still getting use to the navigation,

Not really my favourite..but well...

I would say it can be a daily driver for me.

All this comes from this thread

https://xdaforums.com/mi-a2/how-to/enable-update-ota-mi-a2-android-pie-t3868327
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Jochman14:
Today I have tried to update to Pie for a second time using vpn.

After update using vpn method, I did a factory reset from bootloader and on the setup screen I have selected to not restore the data from previous backups.

For now GPS is working fine.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] anukster:
This update is quite good to be honest. Didn't notice any bugs so far. The proximity sensor bug is fixed, finally! Battery life is better than with Oreo. I think this pie is delicious! Happy Thanksgiving folks!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] vbauer86:
Me2

This update fixes like everything that bothered me in Oreo.

I'm pretty satisfied too. :svetius:
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] J.D.M:
This problem was fixed in the last October update.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] carloandreaguilar:
I know. But one user reported the problem came back with the pie beta
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
Ignore that ..

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Can you share some screenshots ?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ckpv5:
Not on mine .. https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78134975&postcount=731
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] dungquoc:
Tks, but i have a question, Could i received the update via OTA if unlocked Bootloader and critical device?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ckpv5:
Yes..as long as no change been made to system files, example build.prop edited.

I used to do this ... downgraded to 9.6.10.0 then multiple OTAs to the latest... no problem with unlocked bootloader and unlocked critical
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] sharingan:
I am waiting to update

Guys any serious bug or should i go ahead and install it ??
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Sid_09.:
I checked for the update and it's showing November security update not 9.0.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
First do the November OTA update.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] twentyfourinc:
can someone confirm the stable update of Pie are can passed safetynet?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] riirezende:
Test gcam and check you if u got FC
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
2 minutes left. I had to pause the update for network issues.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] behzad.bz:
Im on Oreo. Now i have not any update. Im on 2nd nov update. How can i force update?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
Wait till tomorrow....

Today's update is India specific I guess. Best you can try (at your own risk) is to use a VPN to connect to India server and check for updates and see if it works out
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] mma_1494:
Just updated,No camera2 api.

Apart from the expected eye candy, ram management has been noticeably improved
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] JassyNL:
So my handset is an NL one and I am on Pie now through the OTA. So nothing India specific.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] minnuss:
I would not do that, update over VPN, wait for your region update, it will be later today, or tomorrow...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
Gcam broke down. Hard. Doesn't even open anymore.

No version works anymore.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Midomad:
Doesn't work,

But should be up to all,soon!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Neel@1234:
Some nice features got added.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Gabskz:
What is approximate screen on time, comparing to Oreo?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ravidaada:
Raviraj Supekar:

I clicked download update on notification , right now there is message telling waiting for wi fi, though I am on wi fi it is not downloading. Not working on mobile data also as well as no option to cancel .

What to do?

Raviraj Supekar:

Is there option to update through ota zip captured without unlocking bootloader.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] nbaptista:
Do you know if fixes the 1401 MHz bug CPU?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Reptant:
Fingerprint unlock from screen off seems a little more slow than Oreo.

Also, SwiftKey seems to be bugged, even the smallest size takes half the screen.. is this a pie thing or broken DPI?(obviously selecting a smaller display ratio "fixes" this bug then everything becomes too small)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] AB_02:
Do you experience grey app windows in recents pane? The recents pane doesn't show where the apps have been left! (For recent few apps). It appears as grey window with app icon at the top! Had few instances of this!

Also, clearing chrome cache froze the device?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] anshmiester78900:
I'm getting around 6-6.5 HR SOT

I mostly use Netflix, YouTube, social media and web browsing. So it's good enough for me.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
Yes..

Yes it does. Really it does.

Just use AIDA64 rather than CPU-Z
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] kombocore:
hi all

i am reading articles about the A2 pie update, looks like xiaomi has stopped the distribution due to some issues with the update.. have you get the update lately? like today?

as you can see HERE xiaomi "had to announce that the mi a2 is not compatible with this new update". Weird.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] n0b0dy666:
This article is referring to beta build
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Nebrassy:
make sure the wifi you're connected to isn't set to metered
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] kombocore:
how about this one

i am asking because i just read a post by an italian tech site, talking about why the update is not available in Italy, and they said that the problem is still unsolved so the rollout has been completely stopped. I can't find any solid answer so i am asking here
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Midomad:
The update is still available in India, Netherlands and Belgium!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] n0b0dy666:
This one is also dated November 10th which would imply beta release. The update is still onging in selected countries.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ajinks:
Notification issue

In pie update there is no option to turn off heads up notification for apps, it does not shows an option in notification setting to do so.

Some help me here
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] emijomo89:
currently downloading the pie update using tunnelbear VPN. was easy to do tbh. hopefully it works well!

EDIT: was able to do it! everything works well so far. no bugs as of yet but I haven't really done anything besides set it up.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] alx1880:
Updated to Pie with the VPN method, highly recommended. Phone is faster now, and the battery lasts longer.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] emijomo89:
agreed that the phone is faster. can't really say about battery.

What i really hate is with the gesture navigation, that you have to use a double swipe to get to the app drawer. Good thing you can use the old navigation buttons.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] jerryshaw12:
Do you feel, the adaptive brightness is buggy and always set back to 24% in indoor?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] MarcusMario0605:
Yes, that happens to me as well.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Mefistto:
Can You say more details about How do It?

Enviado de meu Mi A2 usando o Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] emijomo89:
Like this:

https://xdaforums.com/mi-a2/how-to/enable-update-ota-mi-a2-android-pie-t3868327

Using TunnelBear VPN downloaded from apkmirror

Honestly this update is great. My only complaint is that audio through headphones volume is lower, but other than that, it's amazing.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Gabskz:
Before second november update (actually i'm not sure, maybe something happened to battery itself), the SOT lasted the same amount, about 6-6,5 hours.

Now i'm testing SOT, hoping to get the same results as before.

Update: I've just noticed that little CPUs min frequency is at 1401mhz. Before I thought it was FP problem. May be this was the lower SOT reason... Do somebody now the case?

Android 8.1 v9.6.17
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Gireesh VP:
Local ringtone issue after pie upgrade
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] crt-shadow:
I flash stable pie from pc and rom works great.

However, i found had some problems with pie, the stock wallpapers were in terrible resolution, fingerprint sensor works a little bit slower, the screen's brightness decreased significantly compared to oreo. I decided to back to oreo and wait for a global update, maybe xiaomi fixes this issues.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] vbauer86:
Guys you have to adjust manually the brightness first few times. The new automatic brightness has to learn your preferences first. I also had very dim brightness and wasn't satisfied until I read the Google article about new learning machanism and now after like week of using pie I have to say that I have exact levels of brightness that I need under certain light conditions.

Just try it out.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Qyfaruxx:
Change your "Data Usage" in "Settings" to "not metered" option. As when you have this turned on it stops you from downloading big data.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Leonardohernandez98:
Is the 50fps problem still present in Pie update?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] msrowley:
Would you mind to explain what is the 50fps problem?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Leonardohernandez98:
Display is locked at 50fps, making animations not as smooth as many other phones. It should be in 60fps.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Avinjace:
Who ever did not received the update should try this am downloading the update from Dubai...

no need for factory reset.....

just remember to use express vpn..

[youtube]F9XNIbpC1yA[/youtube]
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] diegosniper:
Thanks, downloading here. I was wating 'cause I didn't wanted to factory reset.

Who else try this, get express vpn on apkmirror. Tunnel bear will be turned off when you clear Google play services, messing with location.

This doesn't happen with external app.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
Are you sure about this ?

Any source where you've heard this ?

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Be sure to tell what happens
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Matteo:
no that's fine don't worry.

Matteo
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Midomad:
Clearing google service framework data and maybe others google system apps will brings a lot of problems.

https://www.androidpolice.com/2013/...to-never-clear-google-service-framework-data/
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
So is it safe? I mean it refers to android 4.4

A lot has changed since then.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Midomad:
No, clearing google services framework data will breaks Google apps services and others third-party apps that uses GCM!

Another thread about this for Oreo and Mi A1.

https://c.mi.com/thread-821007-1-0.html
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Then I will wait for an eternity because I am in Greece. I am not willing to do a factory reset.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] MaKTaiL:
I'm on the same boat as you. I'm not willing to factory reset my phone just yet. If the update doesn't arrive in December then I'll think about it.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] juve21:
Don't know if it's just me but since updating to Android P, the phone feels a lot less smooth than in Oreo and the lag is much more noticable. I did factory reset after updating but that did not have any effect. Im on the brink of flashing stock Oreo back.

I feel like when turning the new navigation gestures off and using a different custom launcher makes it a little bit better, but overall the animations on Pie are pretty to look but they are slow on the Mi A2. The Oreo animations worked better.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Horst_999:
does not work here (germany)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
Connect to Netherlands
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Joel5121:
Worked for me. Followed the steps exactly but didn't get the update at first. Restarted & got the update
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ajay m v:
After updating to pie battery performance has got down, rest of all amazing:)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Amr1th:
I updated mine and I didn't face any such issue. However, I use the "Lawnchair Launcher" it's a pixel inspired launcher made by one of the XDA developers. It's amazingly fast, very minimalistic and so close to stock but it's got some nifty features. I recommend you trying it. It might help your cause.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] medkim:
My hidden WiFi isn't displayed after Pie update

anyone can confirm ? I tried a hard reset but didn't solve that
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ariel2341ab:
Works for me( Israel)

Thank you.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] TehseenA2:
Same here waiting for xiaomi to push OTA
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] VidBabic:
Xiaomi Mi A2 android Pie

Hi, does anyone know when OTA for 9.0 is coming to EU, more precisely Slovenia?:)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] dlhak:
Summer 2019.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] VidBabic:
How do you know?:mad:
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] RizwanH20:
He's just guessing I think.

Best bet would be waiting for December update to roll out.

Probably we'll get it with it.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] VidBabic:
Jesus, I got scared hahaha. Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] muc360:
After android Q release with this speed :)