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[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
Folks, I just installed MIUI 0.1.14-RC2.5 and I am totally SPEECHLESS! It feels like a totally different phone! It doesn't even look like a typical Android phone anymore. Yes, it gives the phone an iPhonish feel, but it's amazing indeed. If you have been thinking about giving it a shot, NANDROID and give it a try!

http://miui-dev.com/forums/showthread.php?2053-UPDATE-New-Official-Release-Thread-0.1.14

UPDATE: Just wanted to add and compile a list of the little things that make this ROM great and UNIQUE. If you have any tip or things you have discovered, just post them in this thread and I will update the OP.

1. Built-in screenshot feature. Simply press volume down + menu, and you will be able to save a screenshot if your current display.

2. When making a call, you can RECORD the conversation. Once the number is dialed, simply click CALL TOOLS | REC and the call will be recorded and saved as an audio .amr file to your sdcard.
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
That's exactly how I felt when I first flashed it. Heck that's how I still feel after running it for close to 3 months. It's amazing.
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
Dude, I am in awe as to how flexible Android OS is. It's just amazing. I just finished flashing RC2.5 where they fixed the MMS issue. I think RC3 will be released tonight.

The ROM looks so professional and fluidly smooth. I don't even have to install Launcher Pro on it nor ChompSMS.
[EVO 4G General] davidc23:
hows the battery life?
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
LOL Check out the screenshots here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=823494

I suggest you check out this forum: http://miui-dev.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?18-HTC-EVO-4G
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
Installed it less than an hour ago... Check back with me in a week or so. lol
[EVO 4G General] davidc23:
lol u seem to have tested out lots of roms and kernels.. can i have ur 2 cents on best rom and kernel, battery life,speed.. you know the goodies :) and free sprint wifi thether :)
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
My opinions of course:

Sense ROMs - Myns, Fresh

AOSP ROMs - CM of course and MIUI (is MIUI considered an AOSP ROM?)

Kernels - Any that has SBC integrated
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
that's my BIGGEST issue with it. wasn't impressed by MIUI tbh, i did love the look of the dialer though.
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
I'm actually running LauncherPro on top of it, and it is even smoother. Have you had a chance to check out any themes yet? I recommend the Darkness theme, it's pretty awesome.
[EVO 4G General] cor4twenty:
I ran MIUI for a while, not sure if much has changed on it but it was pretty nice. Looks, functionality, and smoothness was awesome. Battery life was in between CM and Sense based rom. who knows with newer kernels and builds but thats how it went for me about two months ago
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
Yeah I don't know what battery life is like on Sense ROMs anymore but I always have 55-65% left every morning when I swap out batteries. If I forget to swap the battery I still make it through the second day no problem. I'm using these batteries though, and they do last a bit longer than stock.
[EVO 4G General] IceCreaMan:
haha thanks man, very nice UI
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
I'm using miui 0.1.7 with stock kernel and it recognizes my 3500 battery and charges it full, updating now to the new one you posted to check differences
[EVO 4G General] bigmoogle:
The look is the least of the MIUI rom. The theme manager makes it very very easy to change the look of the UI.

I've been on this rom since the beginning. It has (had?) features before many Sense roms. One reason I kept going back is the controls in the pull-down screen. Then there's the file manager (ok, right now it doesn't work but 1.1.14 may fix it), the camera, the lock screen. I also like having folders to organize my apps.

I'm hoping that the Wimax on CM means MIUI can also get Wimax. It would be nice to have 4G.
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
How can I check it out? I'm still learning how to navigate around MIUI. :)
[EVO 4G General] davidc23:
i feel like trying it, which version should i try? lol only things that dont work is 4g and hdmi?
[EVO 4G General] johnnychimpo:
LED's fully functional with Wimax LED Notification

version 1.1.7

Does this mean 4g is working on this version?
[EVO 4G General] go4the1:
For those wanting to try it, official release thread here: http://miui-dev.com/forums/showthread.php?2053-New-Official-Release-Thread-1.1.7

The story with this ROM is that it is not developed for the EVO. It's officially made the for the Nexus One (I think), and we have a generous team of devs to port it over to the Evo each time the official devs release a new version (every seven days or so). Also the ROM is developed in Chinese so there's a lot of translation work to do.

1.14 was just released so those wanting to try out MIUI might want to wait a day or two for the Evo port to drop. If not, 1.7 is working great
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
Just wanted to share my homescreen setup. :-)

PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
This is how I used to have it before I went back to LauncherPro. You'll notice it has that Darkness theme I mentioned earlier in the thread.
[EVO 4G General] austineasleyinfo:
Where does it put the screenshots after you press volume down/menu? Going through my entire gallery, I'm not seeing it. Though I hear it take the picture.
[EVO 4G General] johnnychimpo:
gallery. Its in there!
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
It puts it in a folder on your SD card called MIUI Screenshots.
[EVO 4G General] austineasleyinfo:
Got it.

Here's my home screen:
[EVO 4G General] cdudeman:
What theme is that?
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
I decided to redo everything from scratch with the latest MIUI, holy crap this is taking forever.
[EVO 4G General] sultan.of.swing:
Mine.
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
holy **** guys! I've been away from xda for a while, and been replying as much as I can in the dev section, but I had no idea there was another thread showing SO MUCH ****ING LOVE in the general section!

make sure to follow me (in sig) and @bigrushdog on twitter for the latest updates on MIUI Evo!

all this love is appreciated, and glad to see so many people enjoying it, feel free to drop by #miui on freenode or forums.miui-dev.com as I am more active over there :)

i swear you guys are going to get me fired! ive been having to read all these pages while im acting like i'm working haha

another few tips you guys might not know:

try holding down each of the widgets in the notification pull down!

moving icons between homescreens - hold the icon down with one finger until its in "editing mode" - keep that finger there! - use a different finger (in same hand or not lol) and swipe screens while holding the icon. this is how multitouch should work ^^

menu - launcher settings for animations in homescreens - I personally use fall down

menu - settings - system - battery settings - display options - top bar = beautiful way to display battery while not going OCD over keeping it above 90% - the charging animation is also detailed in this!
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
I really liked my EVO when I first got it. MIUI makes me LOVE my EVO.
[EVO 4G General] :
Definitely the most kick ass rom i have tried
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
I just edited my post you quoted with a few tips! check them out :D
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
hey no problem, let me fix that for you! :D

go to menu - settings - personal - menu styles - and choose "Original Grid" and it will be just like stock android
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
also IF you guys are getting random reboots (seems to be a minority of people), go to settings - wifi settings - menu - advanced - and change sleep policy to never. this should solve the issues as a temporary fix until we get things sorted
[EVO 4G General] jc8081:
Is there a way to change the lockscreen? Don't like the 3rd choices sorry jw. Thanks
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
Haha I thought I was the only one who freaks out when my battery dips below 90
[EVO 4G General] austineasleyinfo:
Not a theme. I made it.
[EVO 4G General] sling:
Very smooth OS to bad GPS doesn't work.

I'm dumping it until gps fix arrives
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
GPS works fine!! Please try to troubleshoot user errors before making FALSE statements :)
[EVO 4G General] stricklerjosh:
My GPS works

mikfroyo evo!
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
GPS working on my EVO since the day I flashed this ROM.

PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
[EVO 4G General] sling:
Get your head out of your ass before replying to post lol jk

No false statement here its not working for me.

What I will do is wipe reinstall since you and Honda have it working.
[EVO 4G General] xlGmanlx:
Are folks recommending calk's format all? If so you might want to check that out
[EVO 4G General] johnnychimpo:
yes wipe all caulkins. DO IT!
[EVO 4G General] jc8081:
A no one answered me last time lol. So sorry I'm re asking...

Is there a way to change the lockscreen? Don't like the 3rd choices sorry jw. Thanks
[EVO 4G General] kenvan19:
I decided to try MIUI today and I ended up getting frustrated with it and going back to gingerbread and here is why (I'm posting this to see if someone can offer a solution, not to bash the rom):

First off, I'm not a huge fan of having all my apps on my homescreens but its something I could get used to. I tend to run very lean on apps anyways. The issue I had is that trying to move them around to different screens was a major pain as I had to drag them to the absolute edge of the screen and hold them there for a few seconds before it switched screens and even for my 15 or so total apps (stock apps included) it quickly became a major pain getting them to move. As I said, perhaps someone could inform me of an easier way to move them and I'd happily give it another shot because it looks like a nice rom but as it stands its just not for me.
[EVO 4G General] xlGmanlx:
Change to a different launcher and you will get your app drawer back
[EVO 4G General] kenvan19:
I realized that but I thought I'd give them MIUI one a shot as if I'm just going to use my usual LPPlus setup why not just use CM?
[EVO 4G General] xlGmanlx:
Different flavors of AOSP, that's the beauty of Android, have it your way
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
I got a fix :) I posted this along with a few other tips a few pages back but, hold the icon with one finger and while holding it there in editing mode use a different finger in either hand and swipe screens. True multitouch screen editing :)
[EVO 4G General] kenvan19:
I really wasn't trying to be rude, I was actually asking my question seriously. I played with MIUI for a few hours before deciding the app moving issue was too much (I hate having things disorganized and cluttered) and so I got some time to see how things look different but I just don't see the reason to use a rom with such a unique UI just to cover it up. I'm really looking for input as I love having choices in roms for when I get bored of what I'm using and can flash and restore rom NANDroids.
[EVO 4G General] kenvan19:
Oh wonderful, I'll have to give it another shot once my battery gets back to a decent level lol (talking to my mother in law for an hour took me from 50% to 10% haha)
[EVO 4G General] kenvan19:
Well thank you both of you, that works like a charm. =) Now to set it up and run it for a bit and see what all this chatter is about!
[EVO 4G General] johnnychimpo:
Or you could make your own app drawer using the folders. :)
[EVO 4G General] kenvan19:
I'm gonna have to figure out how to do that.
[EVO 4G General] johnnychimpo:
edit mode add folder wigit!
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
After you create the folder, just drop it in the middle of the bottom dock and you've got yourself a nice app drawer where you can even set it to arrange by most used apps! Talk about convenience. :-)

PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
[EVO 4G General] toprock23:
Thanks to this thread I'll have to postpone CM7 Nightly and try out the latest MIUI version.
[EVO 4G General] kenvan19:
Nice thank you all, I have it set up and now I'll just have to use it for a bit to see how I like it. Right now I'm torn: it looks slick as all hell and it seems to be functioning well but there is just something tugging at me that I don't like. I have absolutely no idea what it is but there is just something...off. Perhaps its just how unlike anything I've run before and I'll just have to let myself settle in.
[EVO 4G General] spiicytuna:
What affect will this have on battery life? Also today for the life of me I couldn't get my bluetooth headset to pair with MIUI.... I needed bluetooth badly and was forced to nanroid back to cm7 to have it working. Also, are there any solutions, or plans, to add scrollable widget support to MIUI?
[EVO 4G General] samrozzi:
while I like MIUI it seems so slow to me...

Are you guys getting better speeds than say a good sense rom or CM7?

maybe a better kernal?
[EVO 4G General] kenvan19:
I may have found my reason to go back to cm7...I can't seem to get swype working (I don't have the Evo update version saved just the version from the beta which I am legitimately enrolled in).
[EVO 4G General] samrozzi:
kenvan, while I only tried cm7 for maybe 10 mins. did it seem to be stable? My biggest thing with a rom is it needs to be stable and smooth. idc about alot of the bells and whistles. I just need speed/reliability/and bluetooth.
[EVO 4G General] kenvan19:
Don't use bluetooth so I can't comment on that but I've been using it since it first dropped and I've had only one random reboot. Its completely stable!
[EVO 4G General] samrozzi:
hmm, might have to use that than. because its a nightly was thinking it wouldnt be good for a daily driver. I love the amount of changes and UI customization in MIUI but its way to sluggish for me and I miss a true app drawer lol. (plus the CM7 screen off ani. is so nice)
[EVO 4G General] Tyzing:
Holy cow did you just compare MIUI to Sense...I'll forgive you this time! :)

MIUI is the fastest ROM I've ever tested. I'm hooked. I even underclock to the 700's b/c I dont need more let alone OC
[EVO 4G General] samrozzi:
idk, the screen scrolling seems slow (tried diff animations) and overall seems sluggish idk why.

But im really torn between MIUI and CM7
[EVO 4G General] amw1972:
am on CM7 nightlies...and wondering if I need to wipe anything else besides Dalvik cache before flashing the latest MIUI?

CM7 build 5 is stable...just sux that GPS is no playing nice right now...
[EVO 4G General] p0rkguy:
A warning to everyone using MIUI's backup. Don't use it if your apps are saved to your sd. Use Titanium Backup. It's so ridiculous to the point where I've lost almost every single app data.
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
For anyone complaining about sluggish performance I would highly recommend trying a different kernel before passing judgement. My phone did not like the savage kernel that it came packaged with at all, so I flashed my old trusty BCblend 2.6.32.25 CFS kernel and all was right with the world again.
[EVO 4G General] meekell:
I love MIUI but went back to sense a couple months ago because of problems with certain apps crashing on load. The two I remember of the top of my head are "our groceries" and sprint football. Can any one confirm our groceries works?
[EVO 4G General] Zori:
From some old videos I saw it looks like miui has no app drawer, is this correct? And also, no 4g still?

Sent from my EVO 4G with the XDA app!
[EVO 4G General] bigmoogle:
This is a pain but what I had to do was delete swype and installer before flashing miui. Then after flashing swype downloading swype installer again from the beta site. Install swype. Then it works.

Swype really hates finding bits of a previous install.
[EVO 4G General] sling:
I did another install GPS worked for a couple google map opens then no longer was able to get lock so I did another wipe install same results were had.

Its a smooth fast Rom that's f,sure it will be hard to go back to nand backup :(
[EVO 4G General] theundeadelvis:
I love this ROM. I will say though, I had a heck of a time getting it to be stable. I tried different versions, and numerous kernels, and had a lot of fc's and random reboots. Finally, I did probably 6 complete wipes, then ran the caulkin format zip, then installed MIUI 1.1.4, installed my apps one by one from the market, and haven't had a fc or reboot since. I'm in love with this ROM. I love CM too, but I was jones-ing for something different, and I really dig the refined look and feel of MIUI.
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
i'm glad you decided to stick through your issues and find a stable setup! because this roms contents are so vastly different from sense, if you don't get a proper wipe before migrating to this rom (permenantly :P), you can run into a lot of issues. i always recommend calkulin's format_all and even the format_temp zips
[EVO 4G General] sling:
hmm I will flash back to a stock android build then wipe it a few times and give it another shot.
[EVO 4G General] johnnychimpo:
Any way to send GPS location via txt?

Sent from my rooted Evo...duh.. MIUI rom.
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
Glimpse from the Market... Works great.

PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
[EVO 4G General] mdubs:
WTF? Is this one of those crappy one-sided recordings like all of these junk apps in the market?

If this records both ends of the line then I'm completely sold.

Fingers crossed.
[EVO 4G General] kenvan19:
I tried this twice to no avail.

Sent from my cm7 Evo 4G!
[EVO 4G General] mdubs:
Try deleting swype and the installer, then clear your dalvik cache in recovery. Then go through the install process again.

No guarantees but that may help.
[EVO 4G General] johnnychimpo:
Any way to get the integrated way back?

Sent from my rooted Evo...duh.. MIUI rom.
[EVO 4G General] sling:
I went back to stock OS did a couple wipes....6 of them lol & reinstalled 0.1.14.

GPS works :)

I am finding bad signal though maybe a PRL update needed.

Its holding older 60671 I cant find how to update it.

Anyone know?
[EVO 4G General] kenvan19:
I wipe dalvik before every rom install so I've essentially done that too

Sent from my cm7 Evo 4G!
[EVO 4G General] mdubs:
If I'm not mistaken, dalvik cache gets rebuilt on first boot though.

If you ran the swype installer after you flashed the rom then this probably won't work.

I wish that I had more answers for you :confused:
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
just like any AOSP rom, you will have to update in sense rom and nandroid back :)
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
Yup, it records both ways but I find it to work much better when you talk on speakerphone.

PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
I didn't know there was an integrated way.

PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
[EVO 4G General] johnnychimpo:
Yeah. The stock rom would let you send lat longs with the insert menu.

Sent from my rooted Evo...duh.. MIUI rom.
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
hmmmm I can't see that option. Is it via the default SMS app? By clicking on the paperclip icon?

PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
Stock as in sense? We only port the rom so unless the people at miui.com implement it in the base rom it won't make it into the evo build ^^;
[EVO 4G General] kenvan19:
Here is what I did: removed swype and the swype installer via root explorer. Rebooted into recovery cwm 2.6.0.1 and wiped cache, data, and dalvik cache. In the same recovery I flashed miui and the new savage-zen froyo kernel and reboot. Downloaded the beta installer from the link I got in my email and installed it. Switched the input method to swype and tried to swype but it lists does the flash the keyboard border blue thing.

Sent from my cm7 Evo 4G!
[EVO 4G General] kenvan19:
Strange double post sorry.
[EVO 4G General] bigmoogle:
It didn't work for me for a ling time. I got the same error. According to instructions on swype.com, I kept rerunning the installer and re installing swype. One time it worked. Don't really know what to say.

I'm swyping more on 1.14.
[EVO 4G General] spiicytuna:
I posted a few pages back but never really saw anything more on it. It fubar'ed bluetooth a know issue with MIUI? That alone is/would be a dealbreaker with California hands-free laws.
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
Yeah seems to be picky with the bt devices it can pair with. We are working together with savage/zen team for a solution :)
[EVO 4G General] cmart4:
paired with three different devices easily on first try using the 2.6.37 savaged-zen-beta-cfs-havs-wimax+
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
how is that kernel working with miui?

PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
[EVO 4G General] :
How do you get the Crysta theme to work? I downloaded it with theme manager but it doesn't show up in the list. I'm able to find the zip on the SD but if I manually choose it, it won't load. Other than that this rom is awesome.
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
Delete it and try downloading it again

PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
try renaming the file to .mtz instead of .zip then go to theme manager - system settings - choose theme

this might work too :D
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
:) ty
[EVO 4G General] mdubs:
Adfree android is not working.

Nevermind. Uninstalled, installed and rebooted. Now it is all good.

Phew, I thought I was gonna have to drop this rom like a hot potato.

Carry on.

Sent from my EVO
[EVO 4G General] Justin.G11:
I'm experimenting with the new savage-zen now, but the older savage definitely had this problem yet the even older snap 6.7 has no blue tooth issues at all for me. I'm not convinced it's a miui problem...but only time will tell
[EVO 4G General] xlGmanlx:
Everyone knows savage kernel is a gateway drug
[EVO 4G General] Indiana Jones:
wow

this rom is the best of both worlds, great iOS design with android features. i cant ask for more. i wont go back, even if some chinese dude is spying on my stuff. im most impressed withe ambient light management, it works amazing.
[EVO 4G General] :
Tried that and also tried renaming extension. Can you check if it lets you install it?
[EVO 4G General] amw1972:
who and where to post suggested changes/bugfixes to?

On the pass code lock screen...the phone button is still in chinese...wonder if that can be changed to an icon as to not to offend any other nationalities/primary language users...don't want anyone to call me racist...;)
[EVO 4G General] theundeadelvis:
There's a miui dev forum. Under the Evo forum there's a thread to post bugs.
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
I couldn't get my swype beta to work when I installed it fresh, I had to uninstall it, (left swype installer alone) and restored my backup of 2.17.59 and that's working perfectly, think its a backup from a sense stock swype
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
addressed before, but will be fixed in next release :)
[EVO 4G General] mdubs:
That's funny. I consider it to be horrible. Unless I'm in the brightest of light, the screen is set to minimum brightness. It's odd because it seemed to be working wonderfully last night after I flashed the rom.

Not sure if there is a way to tweak how it meters the light but that would be a very welcome addition.

Sent from my EVO
[EVO 4G General] knives of ice:
does anyone know a way to get a notification bubble on gmail for number of email messages unread?

also, the internet browser is driving me nuts. how can you get rid of those stupid zoom icons there is nothing in settings to get rid of them anymore and why isn't the browser full screen?
[EVO 4G General] stiffspliff:
check out my last tweet for progress update on 1.1.21 and a pic of the new 4x4 music widget

:)

twitter.com/stiffspliff
[EVO 4G General] austineasleyinfo:
I don't know where the settings are for it, but I have to agree that the auto dimmer works awesome for me as well. Like, unbelievably.
[EVO 4G General] josh995:
I love miui but the Bluetooth doesn't work. My car has Bluetooth and I use it all the time so until miui can use Bluetooth I can't use it.

Unless they've fixed it, I haven't been paying attention.