Xiaomi Mi A1 gets Android 8.1, but you might want to hold off updating

30 June 2018
There are reports of a bug in the update that wipes entire SMS history.

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  • 01 Jul 2018

Xiaomi on this Mi A1 are not too bad with their updates. Check samsung phone updates and you will waiting and hoping sometimes months at a time to get an update, my wife's new A8 is still stuck on 7.1.

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    • 01 Jul 2018

    I like it but when is android P available.

      Anonymous, 30 Jun 2018Redmi note 5 pro will definitely get android P because it h... morethe point is who is gonna push updates ,coz xiaomi is not gonna push updates and we are not sure they will release the android p updates as redmi series gets only one major android update ,android one phone like mi A1 is getting very slow updates ,how can you expect a non android phone getting updates ?

        Anonymous, 30 Jun 2018Xiaomi is rolling out android Oreo (8.1) update to Redmi no... morethey told its being rolled out from 29th june ,and yet there is no ota update for redmi no for past two days ,most of them are manually downloading the 9.5.14 update,such a let down they cant even provide announced update on time via ota ,one can imagine how they gonna delay miui 10 until next year ,they delayed 9.5 update for 3 months

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          • Dkn
          • 30 Jun 2018

          update has been stopped.

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            • Anonymous
            • 7kh
            • 30 Jun 2018

            How irresponsible.

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              • Mr3
              • 30 Jun 2018

              Everything fine with the update. No wipe.

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                • Alex
                • 0a@
                • 30 Jun 2018

                boomPowWow, 30 Jun 2018Whats that??????It tells you how much battery your bluetooth headphone still has, for example.

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                  • honestuser
                  • rAR
                  • 30 Jun 2018

                  Lost all important messages.

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                    • honest user
                    • rAR
                    • 30 Jun 2018

                    Lost all important sms. Their update history is the worse. Going for Honor now

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                      • mqx
                      • 30 Jun 2018

                      In fairness ALL manufacturers have various issues/ bugs in their initial rollout of an OS update.
                      Always check for these before updating.
                      They should've done a better beta test.
                      Credit to GSMA for flagging this one up.
                      Hope you guys get those SMS's back.

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                        • YM3
                        • 30 Jun 2018

                        Anonymous, 30 Jun 2018Gawd, what a bunch of whiney crybabies here. Xiaomi MiA1, a... moreAnd there are some even cheaper Nokia phones receiving the update earlier than A1.
                        People are complaining because Xiaomi promised fast and timely updates and never delivered. Many people who would have otherwise not bought a Xiaomi phone bought the A1 for Android one and faster updates.
                        One cannot justify a cheaper phone referring to a flagship. And in a flagship, you are paying for the specs, features and gimmicks and if the manufacturer didn't promise for updates then one cannot find fault with them.

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                          • sUs
                          • 30 Jun 2018

                          But we are waiting for mi A2.. 😭😢

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                            • Anonymous
                            • i5{
                            • 30 Jun 2018

                            Did they manage to solve the proximity sensor issue with this update?

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                              • Anonymous
                              • vV5
                              • 30 Jun 2018

                              Anonymous, 30 Jun 2018Gawd, what a bunch of whiney crybabies here. Xiaomi MiA1, a... moreIs a Android One phone so it supposed to be mid-range priced, Pointless to have latest update but full of bugs & take few months to rectify it.

                              The last Oreo 8.0 update took 4-5 months to get it fixed.

                              Those are not minor bugs, it's serious issue.

                                I have updated my Mi A1, no such issues faced.

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                                  • kWZ
                                  • 30 Jun 2018

                                  Without treble support, last update maybe?

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                                    • LVx
                                    • 30 Jun 2018

                                    I can't understand what's the matter with Xiaomi that they don't simple enable camera2 api and EIS and also put a simple FM app since they put a Mi Remote app.

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                                      • P@Y
                                      • 30 Jun 2018

                                      after I update my A1, FP scanner work faster than before

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • v3B
                                        • 30 Jun 2018

                                        Gawd, what a bunch of whiney crybabies here. Xiaomi MiA1, a cheap midrange phone is getting the latest 8.1 update, MOST FLAGSHIPS which don't have any news on updating in the horizon, yet ya'll still complaining geez..