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[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
I am somewhat duplicating a post that I made earlier. However, but for your benefit I am paraphrasing my earlier post for anyone who is interested in trying alternate versions of custom Miui roms.

Miui Alternatives

Mi-Globe : A custom Miui rom based on Global Eu beta, the Miglobe page allows you to build your rom with apps/features built in or removed depending on your selection, which include regional GPS setup, and its released on the same day as the Official EU weekly beta. Does allow 3rd party import of themes, and has excellent battery life. Get it here : https://mi-globe.com/rom-builder-features/?id=14&codename=dipper&phone=Mi+8

Miui Pro : Outstanding as well. But usually runs a week behind the weekly EU global and Mi-Globe. I haven't tried this rom yet on the Mi8 but if it is similar to the custom roms that I have tried on my other devices it includes some nice older features such as the options of a wide breadth of animations and worldwide theme store . ( I have used Miui Pro on other devices and it was great) I just found out that the Mi 8 version of Miui Pro requires that you join their site, correspond with emails, only to find out that you must pay them first before downloading their Rom. But you can also download a slightly older version on 4PDA https://cloud.mail.ru/public/4ipY/3MwcDdY4Q

Revolution OS : Have not tried , I believe it is similar to Miui Pro ( Edit: I have read great things about their Rom, and I just downloaded it to check out) Get the recent version here : https://sourceforge.net/projects/re...9.5.29/ROS-MIUI_MI8_9.5.29_v10-9.zip/download

Mi-Room: I have not tried. Again, I believe it is similar to Miui Pro ( Edit: I read that this one is really good too) Get it here : https://sourceforge.net/projects/miroom/files/9.5.30/Mi8_MIUI_9.5.30_MiRoom_9.0.zip

I too would be very interested in hearing some feedback from people who have tried these roms. I am installing Revolution OS right now.

What was your experience?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rOck4n:
I wanna go back from Custom ROM (currently Havoc OS) to a MIUI CUSTOM based ROM, any extra steps I should follow?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
If you use one of the custom roms that I linked in the last post, you may be able to do a factory reset and simply flash. At least, I was able to do that on my other phone. I have gone from a standard AOSP Rom to a custom Miui Rom on my Mi8 yet. But since these are custom roms also, I think that you be able to get by just flashing after factory reset or simple wipe of caches, system and data.

In the unlikely worst case scenario, you may need a full clean wipe including formatting data( typing Yes) Since this is Miui you do not need to worry about flashing a vendor file or base firmware drivers
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rOck4n:
Thanks for the quick response. I'm actually giving a try to the ROMs you listed. I might actually wait on Mi-Globe site to be working cuz right now the download sections seems like having technical issues. From the ones you listed I already tried RevOS (it was my first custom ROM for this device) but I started using AOSP based ROMs cuz the notch gap was still showing and I had trouble installing 3 party themes.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rOck4n:
Just to let people know, I couldnt get the fingerprint reader to work on none of these roms.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tipu2185:
Xiaomi.eu works just fine. Fingerprint reader working great on it
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nighthawk696969:
Definitely your issue. I installed mi globe. Solid rom, everything working.

One issue i found, is that while checking europe as gps region, the builded rom doesn't contain any gps.conf file. It defaulted to the china one when installing. I modified it to suit my needs but i dont know if is actually correct.

If anyone has a gps.conf for europe region (based on the latest roms) please share it with me.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rOck4n:
So, I finally got the fingerprint reader and the faceunlock working on MIUI thanks to a suggestion from another user. If anyone else facing this problem, you got to flash a fastboot image of MIUI 10 using the MIFlasTool to fix it (this will erase all your data and you will have to flash TWRP again). Im now going to give a try the Mi-Globe ROM and will share my experience later.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
I have used the fingerprint reader on Revolution OS and Miui Pro without any issues.

Its something on your phone. Most likely corruption. If you do a full clean wipe and Format store ( not wipe , Format >type yes) then you will not have any issues with Face unlock or fingerprint unlock.

So far, I prefer Miui Pro the most.

Edit: I just saw you other post. Those issues are typical when coming from AOSP roms back to Miui. Had you performed a full format of data you would not have encountered that issue.

But it never hurts to flash the FSTAB-EXT4_F2FS-Dipper vendor fle or the Firmware. I haven't checked XDA for a couple of days. But, I am glad that you sorted things out.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rajeev:
From MIUI MS Rom. Check attached screenshot
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] OjSg:
Miui Pro or Global ROM? Better battery? I am currently in Miui MS, but I want to continue testing ... Negative point for MS is that it does not have Spanish language.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] burgess_boy:
I am currently using MIUI MS and have to say it is very good, there are a lot of customisations including status bar changes, quick toggle changes etc. One excellent thing it does have which I have not seen on any other MIUI based roms is google smart lock, something which annoyed me a lot when using bluetooth in my car. It also has workarounds for Google Pay (which I do not use).

The only thing I have changed is the kernel currently using the kernel developed by MIUI Revolution OS as this is pretty good and I have yet to find a more battery friendly kernel.

EDIT: turns out smart lock isn't actually supported :(
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jimmy_xp:
Another thumbs up for Mi Room ?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Seyaru:
Hi which languages supports this room? thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jimmy_xp:
Hi, take a look at screenshot.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
Yes, and there is a new update.

Here is the download link : https://sourceforge.net/projects/miroom/files/9.6.5/Mi8_MIUI_9.6.5_MiRoom_9.0.zip/download
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rajeev:
One doubt. I just confused. MI Room and MIUI Pro both are different roms? I just checked and found MIUI Pro rom have some Extra customisation than MIUI MS Rom
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] burgess_boy:
Anyone know what the latest version of Miuipro is?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
The latest one if you can get it was released yesterday. Personally, I like Miui Pro better than any other Rom that I have tried, Mi Globe is a close second.

I have tried all of the other custom Miui and for me there is something annoying about each, or something is missing such as the advanced reboot in Mi-Room Miui. Miui Pro truly has it all, including features that are no longer available in current Miui Roms such as 3rd party animations, statusbar ports from other phones, extensive lists animations, extremely great battery life ( above 10 hours SOT) etc.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] burgess_boy:
Thanks. Do you have a link at all, the earliest version I can get my hand on is 9.5.16 on miuipro.info. Do you know if the updates are via an OTA app single downloads from the website?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ManDone.vRs:
MIUI MS .

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Use the correct recovery
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
Thanks, I was able to try MS and you are exactly correct about TWRP. In fact I uploaded to my Mega drive so if anyone needs it.

Here is the link with the key embedded https://mega.nz/#!BI52ESyA!0_gzRUXOUKDv3EQYRzuN2y-y1SqEgrUCkYUL6w_AHr0

Mega embedded links do not seem to last very long, before the link stops working. So I posted the file with the key separated down below.

TWRP ( English version From Xiaomi EU ) https://mega.nz/#!BI52ESyA

Key: 0_gzRUXOUKDv3EQYRzuN2y-y1SqEgrUCkYUL6w_AHr0

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I found version 9.65 is here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1J_Xa0akvjT4OwM3XPcSe0ZymFL2isG0v

I have not tried that version yet. The last version I used was 9.5.9 and it was stellar. In fact, I dirty flashed it over Revolution OS without any issues at all.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] douglasmietto:
what rom site for me to follow the development and this rom receives update via ota?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
There are are several sites, the main site is in Russian and NOT up to date with its listed Roms or change info. You can also find a lot of information by searching 4PDA for "Miui Pro" Obviously you will need to use Google Translate if you can not speak Russian.

I can assure you that it's difficult to subscribe to the website and pay for access to the latest Roms.

Regardless, I subscribed, and attempted to pay for a year in advance only to read that members must wait several days for the developer to get in touch to verify that they have received payment after receiving photographic proof of payment.

I attempted to pay anyway, because Miui Pro truly is a very unique Miui rom. Plus the yearly fee isn't really that much. But, they do not accept Paypal for some strange reason! In fact, they are not accepting payments at all right now. Which is my reason for sharing the file link ( That I found via 4PDA) To my knowledge the site openly list older releases. But you must pay for the very latest which is currently Miui Pro 9.5.16 ( it's based on the latest Miui beta) with a lot of of additional features.

So if you want to try the Miui Pro rom I would suggest that you download it ASAP because that link will likely be removed soon. Especially since Official Beta roms are ending starting July 1 . Maybe their future builds will be based on the Stable Rom?

Installation

I found it much easier to dirty flash over Revolution Miui or Mi-Globe, since the Miui Pro keyboard is cyrillic and if you do a full clean install, and its very difficult to enter your Mi-Cloud password. Alternate method, I was able to successfully install the rom and restore my unencrypted data backup within TWRP, completely bypassing the Cyrillic keyboard.

Finally, with all of the hassles that I mentioned, Miui Pro is still one of the best Roms that I have ever used and for me it was worth the hassle. I only left the Rom because I grew impatient waiting for the recent DC dimming feature offered on the Global beta Rom.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vishwagaine:
MasikX is best miui based rom.

Who else agree with me??

N if not then tell me better than MasikX..

Ill wait..
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rOck4n:
Is MIUI Pro multilanguage?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Noor9933:
Yes
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
I used it a couple of weeks ago, I agree that it's good. However, I like Mi-Globe and Miui Pro better because they both have many additional features. Especially Miui Pro. According to 4PDA , Masik is based on the Stable Rom , which currently lacks features such Recovery in the power menu, DC dimming, System wide Dark Mode, and it doesn't have AOD features ( Correct me if I am wrong)

A friend of mine was also a huge Masik fan. But after trying the Mi-Globe Rom he now prefers it.

To be fair, I only used Masik for 1 day, so I haven't really used it enough to say much positive or negative.

As we know, Miui Beta is unfortunately coming to an end in July. :crying:

I am sure that many custom Global Roms will appear and Masik will likely become one of the most popular. No doubt, the Masik Developers Team will incorporate all of the new features, that I mentioned in the next build. So again, I agree Masik is very good.

Have you tried Mi-Globe or Miui Pro?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vishwagaine:
The features you said, it's all available now in masio x 6.0

I tried miui pro when I was using note 5, so yes that was good experience but now, I prefer masik for miui based rooms.

I'm a huge customization fan so...

I like masik..

I'll try masik globe later...

N you should try masik once again..

If you try masik plz let me know again that how's it now.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ManDone.vRs:
Google more mate ;) i cant say the same . But there are one rom better than yours . Cheer's .
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
Do you have a link for Masik 6.0?

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Why can't you say the name? Just a page or two back I made a listing of Miui Roms that I know of.

Miui Pro, MiGlobe, Maik, ROS, MiRoom, outside of that there is Miui Brazil, what did I miss... Can you give a hint?

Are you talking about Miui X?

Or maybe the upcoming Miui 11, of course that will be better.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] slavke1976:
why this masik or miui pro are better then XEU rom?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] lcarolo:
Do you think I can dirty flash miuipro over stable miui?

I have some bank and job app for which I have to demand new authorizations when i reinstall them...
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vishwagaine:
Use migrate app

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Tell me, im looking for that one better rom, until that masik x is best
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] antharys96:
Where is the link for Masik X 6.0? website only has 4.1
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pabloeldiablo:
I'm currently on Revolution OS, coming from AOSP Rom's, it's brilliant - but - Automatic brightness is much more agressive, so screen is darker than in crDroid or Havoc in comparable conditions and has to be manualy increased. Would be great if LED light was brighter too, but can't have everything :)
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
6.0 doesn't exist for the official Masik, maybe that commenter was joking?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] 3lambda:
Can someone upload a mirror link of miui ms ?

I have a lot is issue downloading directly from yandex cloud :/
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pabloeldiablo:
In recent days I have tried Revolution OS/Miui Global and running on Miui Pro now (had to flash chinese Twrp). Downloaded MiRoom, but haven't tried this one yet.

Miui Pro is so far the most promising (miuipro_v9.0_dipper_9.6.5). I really like the idea of hiding notifications in seperate folder - first time I've seen such a feature. If I could hide prompt to login to Xiaomi which is on top of the settings list it would be awesome. Also - lockscreen image can't be changed or at least I don't know how to - it only changes when I change the theme, can't load jpg image though.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
You change the lockscreen with the themes app.

I download and keep the themes that I like the best and import them into the theme app via my theme account setting.s.

In the theme account settings, there is an option to customize the theme, that is where you have the option to change the lockscreen or anything else that you want changed.

Alternately, if you disable Miui optimization in developer options : Many of the Miui feature proprietary features will revert to AOSP features. Plus, you can install Magisk mods such as the Pixelfy Magisk Rom, or Oxify, or the Razer mod and get something closer to a Pixel, or Oneplus stock experience and yes the Miui apps still work too, but you can disable or freeze whatever you don't want.

Finally, over the years I have enrolled in Google's beta program for every available app, which stay updated through the playstore, and this keep your software on the cutting edge.

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Here is a bunch MS releases : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1m_AXEeVCWeUo3hSU5ddGCWpqMCyavbuk
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] 3lambda:
Thanks for this ! :)
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pabloeldiablo:
Thank You!

Battery life on Miui Pro is amazing. Still around 50% at the end of my normal day! I had to disable automatic brightness though as it's too dark. I'm wondering if it's worth trying Miroom or MIuiMS? Are any specific features worth seeing and trying? I ask because restoring my apps is quite time consuming, even with Migrate.. Had to call 2 banks as I reached the limit of devices and had to clear their registers so I try and avoid installing unless I'm I want to use the rom for at least a week :laugh:
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
Unfortunately we do not yet have access to the newer Miui Pro builds. While Miroom and MS are popular for me they are not nearly as good as Miui pro or MiGlobe.. Concerning brightness there is an excellent program called Velis auto brightness. Another option is to use the most recent Mipa kernel.

Finally, I am currently using the Bootleggers AOSP Rom and ( In my opinion) its one of the few AOSP roms that works as efficiently as Miui. Plus, it has every option you could ever want.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] antharys96:
You sir seem to be really helpful, do you know if I can flash MIUI Global Dev over Xiaomi.eu (or any custom MIUI in the future) using the Fastboot method and without locking my bootloader? I want to use TWRP Recovery to flash MI-Globe Notification Patch but I want to be on Global Dev/Stable not China Stable.

I know Xiaomi is shuting down Global Dev but I'm ok with it. I wanted to flash Global 10.3.2.0 but I flashed Xiaomi.eu China 10.3.3.0 and now I'm afraid of bricking my device if I flash Global Stable (0.0.1.0 version behind).
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] antharys96:
Sir I can't express how much safety your words have brought to me and how much just reading your replies have helped me. Thanks for taking your time to explain so much.

I had a specific in-app cameras performance issue with random contrast and it has been fixed coming back to 10.3.2.0 global (yeah I safely downgraded XD), also, flashing through miflash also fixed a first time issue with Google Play Store.

I'll hold my flash adventures until the next update but I'll definitely keep a track on your posts.

if anyone ever come across this topic with similar flashing doubts, I followed a XDA guide to check if my phone and ROM are ARB safe to flash, you'll have to try a fastboot method (you need drivers and platform-tools).

so for now, my best choice of MIUI ROM is the Global Official ROM.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] theincognito:
There is no option to disable MIUI optimization anymore, in the developer options - Mi globe - Beta 6.27.2019

Has it been moved?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wachupe2:
I tried to pay for MiuiPro, but I could not achieve it. I can not by Paypal and the other method I can not understand
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
I am not on Mi-Globe at the moment. but it was still there a few days ago. Its at the very bottom of developer options.

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Agreed, they want to be paid and they do a great job building a Rom. But their customer service is absolutely horrible. They could possibly make a decent income if they hired a professional to handle that aspect of their business.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pabloeldiablo:
There is a new build of Miui Pro uploaded - 9.6.27. What a time to be alive! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q77IygAV07A
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kaoss13:
Following [emoji6]

Envoyé de mon MI 8 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Dinel:
I am currently on havoc and it's great overall with malakas kernel very stable

does anyone know I I install miui pro if I can restore after to havoc with twrp backup
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] caputcha:
First sign up at their website miuipro.info

your username and email will be needed

for payment

go to you paypal make a donation 1.5 dollar or more

to the account paypal@miuipro.com

screen the payment from your account

and fill google form (attach screen of payment)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-k1bGx0gbEt3SC69gr4nas236jJVUUqaNwIO2L2G99uMmTg/viewform

up to 72 they will inform you by email to access firmware section bu using your username which authorized

so the question now how to download the last rom ?

in download section the last rom for dipper

its 9.5.30

to get the last rom flash the 9.5.30 which you downloded

after that the only way to get the last version is by ota from your device

you will need 2 things

put your miui id at the profile at miuipro.info its in russian use google translate

do the same in your device

go to update setting search for access ota

write down your username which you registered at miuipro.info

check for update ready go .

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check here i was in the same situation especially the owner can't communicate just in russian

here all detailed in english

https://forum.miuipro.info/viewtopic.php?t=4374&start=10

Good luck.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wachupe2:
From chile I can not pay for PayPal
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ManDone.vRs:
MIUI pro it's greater than Havoc . I used Havoc only 9 minutes then I deleted ;)
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] skorpioneMM:
Im so sad about Miui PRO doesnt have spanish language :(
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] das-angst:
[MENTION=7672955]tsongming[/MENTION] - Do you keep the stock kernels in these roms or do you install a custom one? I've seen your post in Malakas Kernel for the Mi 8. Just wanted to know if you found stock or the custom kernels to be better. I know this is a loaded question because its subjective to each device.

I am currently on xiaomi.eu and running Malakas with NFS Injector to get every bit of battery life. I am planning to changing to Mi-Globe 10.3.3. as its even more debloated but the kernel aspect always leaves me wondering.

Thank you as well for your posts in various threads, it is appreciated beyond words.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pabloeldiablo:
I'm on miui Pro and after installing malakas kernel my first observation was that led is much brighter, same as on aosp roms and what was missing on miui. Happy so far. 3 x bootloops, changed kernel to Canting..
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] trahzebuck:
On Xiaomi.eu acutal beta I had some issues (freezes) with Malakas kernel. No problems with stock, canting or Mipa. For the moment xiaomi.eu is my daily driver with working everything including Gpay, banking apps etc.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Dinel:
can't install miui pro I have error 7 any hint?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] das-angst:
I am using it as my main as well, it's decent, quick and snappy but it has quirks to it that put me off. I am hoping Mi-Global will a decent switch.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tomcar:
Choose another TWRP
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Dinel:
any suggestion?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tomcar:
Shure:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1asuxNkZ3hTEG1MEY0XIGX6RxbDvQFcpk/view?usp=sharing