Android 11 is rolling out to the Xiaomi Mi A3 and bricking phones left and right
- nanagdad
- gun
- 01 Jan 2021
Shanti Dope, 01 Jan 2021Android 11 is really quite problematic for Xiaomi. My K30 ... moreKeep on updating your phone. Soon you'll be forced to buy one of their new phones. Each Xiaomi updates will slowly have power power management & bugs. The ultimate blow will be phone brick. Typical Xiaomi. Planned obsolescence at it's best.
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- Unb1453d
- u7V
- 01 Jan 2021
ericwang, 01 Jan 2021If I am not wrong Smartphone in Android One program,like M... moreOh, you haven't heard, have you? U must like their shitty ad-infested miui, huh? It's from xiaomi that's responsible for the updates. Sorry to burst your bubbles but that's the truth. And xiaomi Mi A line was never good and not ideal for customers.
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- Anonymous
- DkW
- 01 Jan 2021
ericwang, 01 Jan 2021If I am not wrong Smartphone in Android One program,like M... moreYou are wrong.. it's Xiaomi..
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- Petet
- GTa
- 01 Jan 2021
ericwang, 01 Jan 2021If I am not wrong Smartphone in Android One program,like M... moreDoubt that, even though Android one Xiaomi are modifying something in the firmware for them to issue it. Google usually push the updates at the beginning the month and then xiaomi only pushes the update much much later. Unfortunately Android one is almost dead.
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- Anonymous
- nYE
- 01 Jan 2021
Anonymous, 01 Jan 2021LG? They use super glue on the batteries and have trash sof... moreLG is not the only one using glue for batteries, and yes their software support is meh (well you get the updates they promise, the problem is more how extremely long it takes)
Sony batteries are not that hard to find if you know where to search, even LG ones (but LG parts are harder to find)
As Samsung, it makes sense their stuff is easy to find because sadly they still have 50%+ of the android market in their hands.
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- Anonymous
- nYE
- 01 Jan 2021
This was to be expected from Xiaomi.
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- Shanti Dope
- C9a
- 01 Jan 2021
Android 11 is really quite problematic for Xiaomi.
My K30 5G lost all of its Google Play support after I updated it to Android 11, and the Google Play installer in their Mi Apps is not ready for the new OS, so I had to side load the apps instead to get them working. It was such a horrible experience as I had to factory reset my phone just for that. Perhaps I could've saved a lot of time by simply reinstalling all Google Play apps, but I didn't know it beforehand anyway.
Otherwise, the new OS is really just fine altogether, though I didn't notice that much changes really.
Surprisingly, my phone even has the newer security patch level compared to the Snapdragon version of my sister's S20+. Hers is still at November 1 2020 after the upgrade, while I'm already at December 1 2020.
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- AnonD-909757
- 3g5
- 01 Jan 2021
Anonymous, 01 Jan 2021LG? They use super glue on the batteries and have trash sof... moreI still prefer LG and Sony over Samsung and Apple, though I like Xiaomi the most but except the Sammy, Apple, Google and OnePlus, I'd take any of the known brands.
And I replaced twice the display of my GF's Sony XA from Amazon's parts and I live in France, so there are enough I'd say...
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- Tinglish
- pYR
- 01 Jan 2021
Not the only one,oneplus have just released update 11.0.6.8 for 8t and the phone is lagging videos audio and games,also "hey google" no longer works.
And the worst of it is oneplus don't seem to care,haven't released a statement to say they are going to fix the issues.
Shocking customer service from a brand I used to love 😒
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- Anonymous
- pN4
- 01 Jan 2021
AnonD-909757, 01 Jan 2021If it wasn't for the fact that along with Google and O... moreLG? They use super glue on the batteries and have trash software support. There aren't even replacement parts / batteries for Sony in Europe. No choice but Samsung left, who are also turning into garbage quickly.
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- ericwang
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- 01 Jan 2021
If I am not wrong
Smartphone in Android One program,like Mi A3,is receiving software support from Google directly,instead of Xiaomi.
Why everyone in the comment blame Xiaomi instead of Google?
I never feel stock Android is something good back to the day when I using Galaxy Nexus.Stock Android is something suck.
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- Anonymous
- 3xG
- 01 Jan 2021
No problem! People will buy the Mi11 to replace their old bricked handset.
- nanagdad
- guj
- 01 Jan 2021
Xiaomi software experience is a nightmare. Flashy phones terrible software experience. Good for a year then terrible support & bugs after software updates. They do this deliberately so that you keep buying their new phones like Mi 11. They desperately need new customers. 😁. Left their shit a long time ago. Never looking back. They'll suck you with their cheap price but cheap is expensive.
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- Anonymous
- f0W
- 01 Jan 2021
Jaeger, 31 Dec 2020But all you mention is hardware-related. We are talking abo... moreYou make it sound that Samsung phones don't have bad software but in reality they are both terrible.
https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/galaxy-a-series/samsung-a70-bricked-from-updating-android-10-one-ui/td-p/1846508
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- AnonD-909757
- 3g5
- 01 Jan 2021
cyber, 31 Dec 2020happy new year chinesse brands lovers,buy yourselfs a samsu... moreIf it wasn't for the fact that along with Google and OnePlus, Apple and Samsung are the worst Smartphone brands when it comes to respecting their customers, it wouldn't be a problem.
Buy an LG or a Sony or even an Asus (RoG/Zenfone) if you want to avoid Chinese AND bad brands, but clearly not Apple or Samsung, those two never run out of anti-consumer and unethical ideas.
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- Marcus Baren
- XR6
- 01 Jan 2021
This is exactly why Xiaomi phones are completely out for me. Support is non existent, bugs to Africa and Ads are forced.
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- Anonymous
- JA%
- 01 Jan 2021
Anonymous, 01 Jan 2021It has stock android. What difference does it make? They're still responsible for updates.
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- Anonymous
- Lj$
- 01 Jan 2021
Alex 94, 31 Dec 2020Perfect Xiaomi software like always. It has stock android.
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- Anonymous
- JA%
- 01 Jan 2021
Broken updates are like tradition with Mi A line. Good thing there won't be any more Xiaomi Android One devices.
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- Anonymous
- 7X2
- 01 Jan 2021
And thats why you need SDcards on phone specislly expensive flagship phones that are 1k+ and not remove it.