[Xiaomi Pad 6] vsoma:
Here's my personal experience with the Mi pad 6.

When I recieved the tab I was pretty amazed at the display. It was so much better than my previous tablet (Samsung tab s6 lite). Setup was really easy. Even meui seemed pretty good. Theres absolutely no bloat except for some small mi apps. I have also purchased the smart pen 2 and was a bit iffy when connecting. But it finally worked out.

After a few days of use, I could see some issues show up. The pen just randomly doesn't write on the display, but all the buttons work. I literally tried so many thing including a reset and I still couldn't figure it out. I finally figured out that the issue was with the 3rd flip cover I was using. It probably had magnets too strong so when I folded the cover over to the back it kept interfering with the pen emr tech. Taking the case of or keeping the cover away from the back of the tablet solved the issue. So keep this in mind when purchasing 3rd party cases. I have also observed one more issue with the cases. The sleep wake also gets triggered with strong magnets when it slightly shifts when folded on the back of the tablet. I have also seen a similar issue with 3rd party cases on the Samsung tab s7+. I'm not sure how the oem cases respond, I plan on purchasing one soon. I can test and report here.

The battery isnt as great as I expected it could be, maybe its be because of the panel drinking the battery. I tend to keep the device at 50% brightness, but max it out when Ihave it on my desk connected to a keyboard and mouse

I have also noticed issues when playing hdr content on Netflix. And when Netflix starts streaming the colors of the whole display go wonky. Bringing the volume dialogue up screws the colors even more. Try it when Netflix is in pip close it and see the display colors shift back to normal.

I don't have much experience, but I see that no real dev got their hand on this device. So I tried to start to make trees for our device in hope that we can get aosp on it as soon as possible. I've adapted trees from the other mi devices with the same board (Kona) and I think I'm almost done. I just need to try a build and see if it goes through. If it does, it still needs to boot on our tab.

Here is what my progress is so far

DT

GitHub - vrnsoma/android_device_xiaomi_pipa

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DT-Common

GitHub - vrnsoma/android_device_xiaomi_sm8250-common

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Kernel

GitHub - vrnsoma/android_kernel_xiaomi_sm8250: Android common kernel for Xiaomi SM8250 devices

Android common kernel for Xiaomi SM8250 devices. Contribute to vrnsoma/android_kernel_xiaomi_sm8250 development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Hardware

GitHub - vrnsoma/android_hardware_xiaomi

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Vendor

GitHub - vrnsoma/proprietary_vendor_xiaomi_pipa

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Vendor Common

GitHub - vrnsoma/proprietary_vendor_xiaomi_sm8250-common

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