I think thats a bug in settings because X10 only has 256 (or more?) ram, I think that statistic has just not been removed from settings as the MiUI itself is ported from other phones. It doesn't bother me at all infact when it comes to boasting i can show off to my friends that the X10 has 256 RAM.
Key Unique Features
There are many great things about MIUI that make using it a real pleasure.
Images are of MIUI 2.2.1
1. The Lockscreen
The MIUI custom lockscreen is far more advanced than the stock android 2.2. It features a sense-style sliding panel which you can drag up or down to unlock. Dragging down from the phone icon brings up the dialer and dragging down from the messaging icon brings up a sms app (whatever you have set to default, if you are not using the stock app)
You can preview unread texts and view missed calls without leaving the lockscreen, simply by pressing and holding on the message/phone icons.
Another great feature of the lockscreen is music control. You can easily change tracks, pause and play music, simply by double tapping the lock button to bring up the music controls.
2. Notification Bar
Sliding down the notification bar brings down a panel with all your notifications, as well as toggles at the bottom. You can conveniently access these from within any application (providing the notification bar is shown), swiping across them to reveal more toggles.
3. MIUI Themes
MIUI has an advanced theming system implemented, where you can choose from hundreds of user created themes to download which completely change the appearance of the ROM, changing many things including icons, the notification bar, UI elements and many more.
Themes can be downloaded via the theme downloader within the rom or from http://miuithemes.com/ where there is a huge selection to choose from.
Remember, when downloading themes from the internet ensure they are in .mtz format or they probably will fail to apply.
4. And Many more!
MIUI has several other features which you will experience just from playing around with the ROM itself - the stock apps such as messaging and the dialer are completely customised, and there are other useful MIUI apps included such as File Explorer which allows you to wireless sync files between your phone and computer via WiFi. I strongly advise you to just try the ROM for yourself and see how you like it
Privacy/Security
MIUI offers several features in the way of privacy and security.
Personal Password
By going into Settings - Personal > Personal password, you can set up a password to enforce security measures on certain parts of your phone.
You can choose to use a pattern, numeric pin or password for this.
There are then options so you can select what you want to protect, including unlocking the phone, access to messaging, the phone dialer and password protecting folders. Note: you can only password protect folders using MIUI security if you are using the stock launcher
Visitor Mode
by pressing and holding on the power button to reveal the phone options window, an option called Visitor mode can be selected.
Visitor mode hides all your messages and calls, useful if you are letting a nosey friend play about with your phone
It requires a password to disable.
Incoming calls
For incoming calls there are two useful features MIUI has:
-Flip to silence (will silence the ringer on the phone by placing it screen down on a surface)
-Pick up to fade (ringer will become quieter after you pick it up from a surface)
These can be enabled in Settings - Common>Call Settings
MIUI Backup
MIUI features an extremely useful backup program called MIUI backup, which allows you to backup and restore apps and settings, should you ever need to reflash the rom or install an update. There are two tabs in the app, System and App.
In system you can choose and select the settings you want to backup - homescreen layout is a really useful one, as it means you dont have to spend ages setting up your homescreen again. In apps you can choose what apps you want to backup.
Restoring is a simple process, you just click on the backup you made and wait for it to complete restoring
Menu Display
By default in MIUI 2.2.1, MIUI has a menu display (what appears when you press the menu button within apps and on the homescreen) that is similar to that on iOS - if, like me, you prefer the stock android menu display grid, this can easily be changed within settings.
Go to Settings - Personal>Menu styles>Original grid
Camera is not working for 3rd party apps yet.
