Category: Xiaomi

How to activate Caller ID in MIUI 9 / 8

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WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and other instant messengers have taken over traditional SMS messaging in this decade but most of the services and businesses like e-commerce websites and banks still use SMS messages to keep the users updated on products, orders, and debit/credit details, but due to these SMS messages our SMS inboxes look boring. With the increasing amount of spam SMS messages every day, sometimes it becomes difficult to identify the sender, to address the problem of identifying senders Xiaomi’s MIUI offers Yellow Pages. Yellow pages (Caller ID) is an inbuilt feature in MIUI 8 and 9 which identifies SMS messages and calls from businesses. Continue reading “How to activate Caller ID in MIUI 9 / 8”

Xiaomi Redmi Y1 Review

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Xiaomi launched the Redmi Y1, a budget smartphone under the new ‘Redmi Y’ series in India earlier this month. This introduced in China recently as Redmi Note 5A. This comes after a successful Redmi 4 that was launched earlier this year. This also comes with a 16-megapixel front-facing camera that you rarely see in smartphones in the price range. Specifications of the phone look impressive for the price, is this one of the best in the price range? Let us find out in the review. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Y1 Review”

Switching between MIUI ROMs using Fastboot method explained

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Earlier in a post we talked about the different versions of MIUI, and in case you wish to flash MIUI ROM on your Xiaomi device you should read this post. In this post we will be walking you through the steps for flashing a ROM via fastboot flash method. Continue reading “Switching between MIUI ROMs using Fastboot method explained”

Xiaomi Mi Router 3C gets a temporary price cut India, available for Rs. 999

Xiaomi Mi Router 3C

Xiaomi launched the Mi Router 3C, a budget router in India back in May this year for Rs. 1199. During festive sales it offered discount on the router, now it has announced a Rs.200 temporary price cut for it, so you can get it for Rs. 999 across Mi.com, Flipkart and Amazon.in. This limited period price cut is only till November 16th, Wednesday.

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Xiaomi shipped record 9.2 million smartphones in Q3 2017 in India

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Xiaomi India today announced that it has shipped over 9.2 million smartphones in the country in the third quarter of 2017 for the first time. It shipped 100,000 smartphones per quarter in 2014, crossed the 1 million mark in Q3 2015, 3 million in Q3  2017, and now is has cross 9 million units for the first time in Q3 2017, said Manu Jain, Group Vice President and Managing Director of Xiaomi India . Continue reading “Xiaomi shipped record 9.2 million smartphones in Q3 2017 in India”

Different versions of MIUI explained

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With more than 200 million global users Xiaomi’s MIUI is amongst the most popular android skins. Sometimes users get confused between MIUI versions like Beta, Stable, Nightly and in this post, we will explain different versions of MIUI Global ROM (Note that we are not covering MIUI China ROM in this post). MIUI Global ROM supports more than 50 languages and has Google service preloaded, unlike China ROM. Continue reading “Different versions of MIUI explained”

Xiaomi Mi 5 MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM starts rolling out [Update]

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Xiaomi announced the latest iteration of its android skin MIUI 9 on 2nd November in an event, last week company completed MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM roll out for first batch which includes Redmi Note 4 and Mi Max 2. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM starts rolling out [Update]”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 gets a permanent price cut in India, 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version now starts at Rs. 9999

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 4 smartphone in India back in January this year. After about 10 months of launch, the company has announced a Rs. 1000 permanent price cut for the 3GB RAM with 32GB storage and 4GB RAM with 64GB storage variants in the country. The  Mi Max 2 got a Rs. 1000 price cut in the country recently. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 gets a permanent price cut in India, 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version now starts at Rs. 9999”

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 Review

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The Mi Mix 2 sits a class apart in Xiaomi’s line up. Sure, there have been flagship grade phones like the Mi5 and Mi6 but the Mix is where we saw a degree of design innovation that was unprecedented. After years of being called out for aping Apple’s design ethos, Xiaomi finally had a device that wasn’t just all of its own but was breaking ground. While the original was relegated to China, the second generation hardware is spearheading the company’s entry into markets world over. Enter the Mi Mix 2. More refined, more powerful and yes, finally available in India. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 Review”

Xiaomi sold over 150000 Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in 3 minutes in first sale

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Xiaomi launched the Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in India last week. The phones went on sale in the country today exclusively on Amazon.in as well as Mi.com today. After the sale Manu Jain, Group Vice President and Managing Director of Xiaomi India said that the company sold over 1,50,000 units of both the phones across the platforms in the sale in just 3 minutes. Second sale is scheduled for November 15, next Wednesday.  Continue reading “Xiaomi sold over 150000 Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in 3 minutes in first sale”

Xiaomi to open its first Mi Home Store in Pune on November 10

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After Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai, Xiaomi is all set to open its first Mi Home Store in Pune on November 10th. It will be located at First Floor, Seasons Mall, Magarpatta City. This will be the 10th Mi Home Store in the country after four stores in Bengaluru, one in Gurugram, Noida, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai. Continue reading “Xiaomi to open its first Mi Home Store in Pune on November 10”

Xiaomi smartphone shipments cross 70 million in 2017, beats target

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Xiaomi is growing at a phase that no one would have imagined. The company has sold over 10 Million units in October 2017 for the second month in a row. The total shipments of the company now crossed over 70 Million units for the first ten months of this year, thus surpassing the target set for 2017, said Lei Jun, Xiaomi’s founder, and CEO.

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Xiaomi Mi Drop – Transfer files between Android phones

Xiaomi Mi Drop

Xiaomi’s MIUI focuses towards providing a complete user experience and to achieve this MIUI is loaded with many system apps like Explorer, Recorder, Compass, Scanner and many more. A couple of days back Xiaomi announced the lightning fast MIUI 9 Global with many changes including Split Screen, Interactive and Fresh UI changes, New Notification Shade, App Vault, New Gallery App, Calendar Cards, Mi Video App and Mi Drop. In this post we will cover the all new Mi Drop app which comes with a simple UI and is capable of transferring all types of file. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Drop – Transfer files between Android phones”

Xiaomi Mi Max 2 MIUI 9 stable update starts rolling out in India [Update – Download links]

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Update: After the Redmi Note 4, MIUI 9 Global Stable update is now rolling out for the Mi Max 2. You can download the zip file from here or just get the OTA zip file from here (MIUI 8.5.9.0 to 9.0.1.0) and flash it manually, if you don’t have the update yet. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Max 2 MIUI 9 stable update starts rolling out in India [Update – Download links]”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM starts rolling out

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Earlier today Xiaomi officially announced MIUI 9 Global ROM along with Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite in an event in India. The company announced that MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM will start hitting Mi Mix 2, Mi Max 2 and Redmi Note 4 starting tomorrow. A few days ago, we reported that company started testing MIUI 9 Stable Nightly update for Mi Max 2, and this evening Xiaomi started rolling out MIUI 9 Global Stable update to Redmi Note 4 (Qualcomm variant). Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM starts rolling out”