Xiaomi Mi3 Owners Thread - tips, tricks, updates and everything eles

Colemania

MIUI 6 looks cool! Hopefully some of us get it today OTA but if not, hopefully we can flash it manually

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Colemania wrote: »

MIUI 6 looks cool! Hopefully some of us get it today OTA but if not, hopefully we can flash it manually

No sign of it yet

corwill

xiaomi.eu wrote:

MIUIv6 for Xiaomi Mi3W and Xiaomi Mi4 will be released TODAY...!
There will be no OTA update from MIUIv5 to MIUIv6, so install it only manually via updater-menu-select installation zip...

xiaomi.eu/community/threads/4-8-29.25549/

corwill

en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=39205&extra=page%3D1&mobile=2

Colemania

4.8.29 available for me now but can't update as that weird chinese intro noise comes on when the phone's rebooted and i'm in work :P

corwill

Colemania wrote: »

4.8.29 available for me now but can't update as that weird chinese intro noise comes on when the phone's rebooted and i'm in work :P

My Mi3 just got an OTA for 4.8.29; thought it wasn't getting another MIUI v5 OTA.

Colemania

corwill wrote: »

My Mi3 just got an OTA for 4.8.29; thought it wasn't getting another MIUI v5 OTA.

Oh it's no the MIUI v6 update? Ah sure I'll hold off on it then!

corwill

Sorry Colemania, I should have fully read my own link:

corwill wrote: »

en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=39205&extra=page%3D1&mobile=2

MIUI ROM 4.8.29 Full Changelog
[System]
New - Mi 3 W/C and Mi 4 W/C updated to MIUI 6 (8-23)

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corwill wrote: »

Sorry Colemania, I should have fully read my own link:

I'm downloading it now. Looks like it will be MIUI 6

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Colemania wrote: »

4.8.29 available for me now but can't update as that weird chinese intro noise comes on when the phone's rebooted and i'm in work :P

turn your volume down before you update. I got no noise

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Its updated but I cant see anything major in the update as yet.

Colemania

George Rancid Literature wrote: »

turn your volume down before you update. I got no noise

ah ok, i'll try that

Colemania

George Rancid Literature wrote: »

Its updated but I cant see anything major in the update as yet.

Really?? Mine's completely different. The status bar and notifications and all that are way different. Don't know if i like it though but haven't done much on the phone since the update.

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Colemania wrote: »

Really?? Mine's completely different. The status bar and notifications and all that are way different. Don't know if i like it though but haven't done much on the phone since the update.

I've done a bit more digging. You're right on the new ui. I quiet like it.

Colemania

George Rancid Literature wrote: »

I've done a bit more digging. You're right on the new ui. I quiet like it.

I see the menu button is basically a "recent apps" button now and the menu buttons are within the app now like in the top right corner for Chrome like with the nexus

Colemania

Any idea how to get the notifications up on the lock screen?

corwill

Gah, stuck at stupid work, it'll be tonight or tomorrow before I get a chance to do a proper backup and update.

Did ye update via OTA or flash it yerselves?

Colemania

corwill wrote: »

Gah, stuck at stupid work, it'll be tonight or tomorrow before I get a chance to do a proper backup and update.

Did ye update via OTA or flash it yerselves?

Went into Updater, checked for updates, it popped up as a new update, downloaded it from there and bobs your uncle!

Starting to like it the more I use it

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corwill wrote: »

Gah, stuck at stupid work, it'll be tonight or tomorrow before I get a chance to do a proper backup and update.

Did ye update via OTA or flash it yerselves?

You could do it in work.took 5 minutes using the updater

corwill

George Rancid Literature wrote: »

You could do it in work.took 5 minutes using the updater

Battery is low, and I want to copy backup to my PC. Remember, I'm the Mi3 thread chickensh!t.

corwill

corwill wrote: »

Battery is low, and I want to copy backup to my PC. Remember, I'm the Mi3 thread chickensh!t.

Strapped on a pair and updated, looks lovely, much more free RAM. But the menu button is now recent apps instead, bah!

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The weather app is really cool on v6:)

corwill

How do I edit the home screen? Long press on the recent apps button isn't bringing up a menu.

Digital Solitude

corwill wrote: »

How do I edit the home screen? Long press on the recent apps button isn't bringing up a menu.

Pinching in maybe?

corwill

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Pinching in maybe?

Bingo.

Digital Solitude

Is 16gb enough for the Mi3? I know this isn't the general thread but its all people who own one...I won't have music or videos on it, a few small games to tick me over when on the move, but I generally have quite a few apps and I run out of 8gb in no time. Normally have an SD card so can manage

Colemania

16gb is perfectly fine for me anyway!

Colemania

corwill wrote:

Strapped on a pair and updated, looks lovely, much more free RAM. But the menu button is now recent apps instead, bah!

Lots more RAM spare here too. Great to see!

Digital Solitude

Colemania wrote: »

16gb is perfectly fine for me anyway!

How much space is allocated to apps and what is general storage? Realised there's over 100euro in the difference...so now I may slip back to 16gb

spix

Digital Solitude wrote: »

How much space is allocated to apps and what is general storage? Realised there's over 100euro in the difference...so now I may slip back to 16gb

The mi3 has a single partition, so whatever storage is left after the system reserve can be used for anything.