[Xiaomi Mi Max Guides, News, & Discussion] Aadhik:
Hi Mi Max'ers.

My name is Addy and I have been using Xiaomi MI Max [Hydrogen] for 2 years now. I do a lot of customization because being simple is boring :p.

I liked MIUI till MIUI 8 Nougat (Global ROM). After that there was not much improvement in MIUI ROMs and I could not customize much in the new MIUI 9 and 10 ROMs.

I mostly like system-wide black theme and black theme for all the apps.

So, I came to custom ROMs. I flash ROMs like crazy just to find the perfect one that fulfills my level of customization.

I found AEX [7.1.2] (AOSP Extended). It was good for about 5 months. Then I was having lot of issues one over the other.

One of the major problem was... All the widgets were getting disappeared when I turn on my phone after my phone shutdowns when the battery is dead. No matter what I tried, the problem did not solve. I'll have to restore my 10GB of Nandroid backup everytime it happened:rolleyes:.

So I started to search for a new ROM. I wanted to go the the latest releases like Android PIE.

I tried almost a dozen of Android PIE ROMs. Unfortunately, all the ROMs that I have tried had one problem in common.

But exactly the camera and flashlight did not work. Many user were reporting this issue and some said the the camera would work after some time after reboot or it might work after few reboots. It was highly uncertain.

Since I love taking pictures, then I thought I have no choice and I have to go to MIUI again to the latest release (even though I experienced MIUI 10 is full of Bull crap.)

But I saw that Latest MIUI 10 global is still running on Android Nougat. So, I decided to go for Nougat based custom ROMs.

Now I ended up with final version of Resurrection Remix [7.1.2].

In my opinion, this ROM is by far the best and most customizable ROM that fulfilled me. So I am sharing my review on that.

For now I have installed around 85 user apps + Google apps micro package + Magisk and Xposed Modules.

ROM Link:

a. RESURRECTION REMIX [5.8.3] [DEPRECATED] - Thanks [MENTION=8930367]sawdoctor[/MENTION].

-ROM thread.

-Post for download link.

b. AOSP Extended (AEX) - Thanks [MENTION=8001680]Davehimself[/MENTION]

-ROM thread.

Battery : ~8 hours of SOT

I think 8 hours SOT for a 2 year old phone is more than expected I guess considering my torture of my MI Max in the past with all the games in the past:D

I stopped playing games these days since I had to concentrate on my studies. So, I mostly watch youtube videos and listen to music. I hardly use any social media because it if filled with nothing but full of fake stuffs and promotional ads these days.

Camera: Best on so far - MIUI modded camera

I flashed MIUI modded camera so that I can use my favorite Camera and make fruitful memories:victory:.

I did not take good pictures recently. So, I have attached a HDR picture that I have taken few months ago when I was using MIUI camera.

I tried a lot of modded Google camera apks for features like night sight, HDR+, Portrait mode etc. But I got tired of searching/installing/uninstalling. So I think I will enjoy those features when I get a new phone instead of being greedy.

If anyone has working Google camera MOD for MI Max Hydrogen Nougat based ROM, kindly let me know in the discussion.

MIUI Camera: - Thanks [MENTION=4860033]Arnova8G2[/MENTION].

-Arnova8G2's Camera Mod thread

-MIUI Camera v1.2 download link

CPU usage: ~ 50% of time in deep sleep according to EX Kernel manager.

I use ondemand governer for both Little and Big cluster.

I also have also set 1190 Mhz for Big cluster for saving some juice.

I did not tewak GPU settings.

I have only Double tap to wake setting turned on.

Memory Usage:

At first only when I installed only the ROM, without Masigk or GAPPS... Astonishingly, the total free RAM was ~1900 MB!

After setting up all my apps customizations, now the free RAM after clearing recents is around ~ 1200 MB!

I know the unused RAM is wasted RAM. But in previous ROMs, I used to have only 500 MB of RAM or so as free RAM. So it was nearly impossible for me to multi-task.

I am really surprised with the RAM management in this ROM!

But, I still have some apps freezed in Titanium backup + I hibernate some user apps in greenify.

Customization and MODs:

I utilized almost all the features the configurations option in RR ROM settings. My favorites are:

- Recents and Notification panel blurs.

- Customized lockscreen using "Lock screen wigdets [L-M]" xposed module.

- disabling quicktiles (GravitiyBox) and power menu in Lockscreen (This is a major securty issue for me in MIUI ROM. They removed the option to disable these from marshmallow! Now, It is much easier for the thief to steal the phone and switch off/ turn to silent mode!)

- I totally disable mods of the ads in my phone. I use adaway + "MinMinGuard" xposed module for systemwide ad blocking and I use Mozilla firefox with uBolck Origin addon to block ads in browser.

-and other bunch of stuffs.

One thing I was not satisfied after switching from AEX is the quality of VIPER4ANDROID soundmod.

I installed the same module. but somehow I could feel the different effect. I will have to adapt to this I guess.

I have shared the screenshots so that you can see it for yourselves :).

Thanks for Reading.

Feel free to share your opinions/mods/etc.. So, that we can use our MI Max to the most fullest way possible :)