Miui Rom on Mi A1 to have a Mi 5x with Unlocked LTE

[zazzy24]

There is nothing wrong with asking. But there is everything wrong with asking the same question every day, in every section and always starting a new topic. You got the answer already, "currently not possible, if you want MIUI, but a device with MIUI". One would expect, that guys wanting MIUI will be satisfied, but no. They'll just create a new topic and ask the same question over and over again. If someone ports MIUI to A1, I'm pretty sure that there will be a proper topic and announcment for that.

Btw. words like "I want it too" can maybe help you to find similarly frustrated people, but that's it. Xiaomi won't read it. Google will not read it. Developers don't care, if they'll do it, it won't be because you want it (donation might be motivating though). Just look at Xposed for Nougat or Oreo topics, hundreds of useless posts like "waiting for an update..".

I totally agree and wanna add some pointers here...

There are so many threads on xda for this and even elsewhere on other forums and groups people keep asking the same thing. While i understand the OP's point of view that he wants miui with a particular band support that most miui phones lack (taking op's word on it as i dont live in Europe), and of course there is nothing wrong in asking, you guys must also understand that these threads are actually doing more harm than good.

For example, there is a casual comment on this thread about using qcom flash tool to flash mi 5x rom without the person even being sure if the two phones are identical. Though there is a warning at the end of the post, there are a lot many people who don't even read things through and just try it. And as a proof of that u will see multiple threads frantically asking for help to unbrick their devices which they had bricked while trying to flash mi 5x rom on their A1. Trust me, if it was as easy as that, there would have been an official thread with a tutorial for the same.

While u have all right to ask for something and noone is stopping u but you must consider the fact that if it was doable without the kernel sources, it would have been done by now. Someone mentioned about the beauty of development but there is a requirement for development as well and developers also need the OEM to release the sources to port stable roms and unless you want a miui rom with 50-60% of ur smartphone features not working u have no option but to wait.

Lastly if u guys feel that there are certain features/apps in miui that can't be used on stock rom u r sadly mistaken. There are 3rd party apps for each and every feature/app on miui that can be installed from play store. U just require to do a little research and spend a little bit of data to get them and most of them work without root. The only exceptions would be the miui exclusive apps, which if u have been using to keep the only copy of ur backups or ur data then u must be stupid if u buy a non-miui phone. Xiaomi does not have the best track record when it comes to releasing kernel sources and surely being an avid fan of miui u must know this. Even though they have been releasing sources earlier than usual recently, i was stuck with miui with 1 gb ram on my redmi 2 for more than an year before they finally released the sources and we finally got some development going!

Being the first xiaomi phone with stock Android is the USP of this device and if u bought this wanting to get miui on it within 2-3 months of its release, then u bought a bunch of grapes hoping for it to turn to wine overnight! U should have just picked wine instead (just to clarify i am just giving an example and not equating miui with wine because that would be an insult to wine)

Don't mean to be disrespectful but sorry if someone was offended.
Cheers!

 

[ProchyGaming]

I totally agree and wanna add some pointers here...

There are so many threads on xda for this and even elsewhere on other forums and groups people keep asking the same thing. While i understand the OP's point of view that he wants miui with a particular band support that most miui phones lack (taking op's word on it as i dont live in Europe), and of course there is nothing wrong in asking, you guys must also understand that these threads are actually doing more harm than good.

For example, there is a casual comment on this thread about using qcom flash tool to flash mi 5x rom without the person even being sure if the two phones are identical. Though there is a warning at the end of the post, there are a lot many people who don't even read things through and just try it. And as a proof of that u will see multiple threads frantically asking for help to unbrick their devices which they had bricked while trying to flash mi 5x rom on their A1. Trust me, if it was as easy as that, there would have been an official thread with a tutorial for the same.

While u have all right to ask for something and noone is stopping u but you must consider the fact that if it was doable without the kernel sources, it would have been done by now. Someone mentioned about the beauty of development but there is a requirement for development as well and developers also need the OEM to release the sources to port stable roms and unless you want a miui rom with 50-60% of ur smartphone features not working u have no option but to wait.

Lastly if u guys feel that there are certain features/apps in miui that can't be used on stock rom u r sadly mistaken. There are 3rd party apps for each and every feature/app on miui that can be installed from play store. U just require to do a little research and spend a little bit of data to get them and most of them work without root. The only exceptions would be the miui exclusive apps, which if u have been using to keep the only copy of ur backups or ur data then u must be stupid if u buy a non-miui phone. Xiaomi does not have the best track record when it comes to releasing kernel sources and surely being an avid fan of miui u must know this. Even though they have been releasing sources earlier than usual recently, i was stuck with miui with 1 gb ram on my redmi 2 for more than an year before they finally released the sources and we finally got some development going!

Being the first xiaomi phone with stock Android is the USP of this device and if u bought this wanting to get miui on it within 2-3 months of its release, then u bought a bunch of grapes hoping for it to turn to wine overnight! U should have just picked wine instead (just to clarify i am just giving an example and not equating miui with wine because that would be an insult to wine)

Don't mean to be disrespectful but sorry if someone was offended.
Cheers!

If you want a Xiaomi phone with global LTE just buy Redmi Note 5A.... This phone was fully made for the AndroidOne program which I think is the best thing. We will get android P on this phone and security patches every month. Do you have that on MIUI? Do you want to sacrifice security for looks? If yeah I think you're pretty dumb. And by the way the rom won't be made until the Kernel Source will be out and it's January 2018 and no news regarding the matter so far. Good luck guys with porting your "MIUI" on Mi A1

 

[Upo_hu]

If you want a Xiaomi phone with global LTE just buy Redmi Note 5A.... This phone was fully made for the AndroidOne program which I think is the best thing. We will get android P on this phone and security patches every month. Do you have that on MIUI? Do you want to sacrifice security for looks? If yeah I think you're pretty dumb. And by the way the rom won't be made until the Kernel Source will be out and it's January 2018 and no news regarding the matter so far. Good luck guys with porting your "MIUI" on Mi A1

Why redmi note 5A ?? Crappy soc (425 or 435 with prime), bad camera, smaller battery with older battery-eater cpu. Please stop saying that buy another phone, this topic is not about other phones. Unfortunately there is no other xiaomi phone with global LTE, similar performance, size, battery, camera quality. Redmi Note 4 global is very similar, but camera is way worse than A1's camera, wich is also not a top-notch... The best would be a Mi 5x with global LTE.
If there wouold be a comparable phone then would no need this topic.

 

[RisjadB]

If u belive the hw is the same as 5x then why dont u try unlock the 20 band on 5x instead because same hw=same functionally and capability

 

[C.k. Bhatia]

Hello,
Many people already asked this question on many other forums, and they have been blamed by everyone because people consider stupid to buy an A1 and ask for a MIUI when you have Mi 5x that's identical and already run MIUI rom.

THOSE PHONES ARE NOT IDENTICAL

In fact, A1 runs LTE (4g) bands that Mi 5X doesn't have. In Italy the majority of the LTE is on Band 20 for example, and this is the reason why A1 is having lot of success like the other phones with a GLOBAL version (Redmi 4x/Redmi Note 4 Global etc).

What we're asking for is not a rom: the rom already exists.
What we're asking for is not a porting: the phone's HW is THE SAME so there's no need to work or fix anything.

We just need a way, a tweak, a solution, a trick, a "something" to avoid the A/B partition problem and flash the xiaomi.eu rom for Mi 5x on A1 to have a FULLY UNLOCKED phone that can use ALL THE LTE BANDS and also all the advantages of the MIUI rom.

Can somebody help us, now that you know that's not only matter of "PLS port MIUI on A1 cuz it's beautiful plz plz plz"

We are global users , We can't buy redmi 5x with custom charges & it's also hard to import in other country from china , mostly to india . Peoples are intrested to see MIUI 9 , stock android is good , but they need some advance ui . Mi fans are interested to see MIUI 9 Instead of stock android . Please help people to get miui for mi a1 if possible . because kernal source code is released .

 

[Jihad72562]

Miui has very aggressive optimization that I hated, because many apps had misbehaved, I always turn that off. Ram cleaner is nonsense but you have it in stock android too. The options in security center, call recording, sound recorder can be achieved by 3rd party apps. Dual space is like 2nd account.

Don't get me wrong, I generally like miui but there isn't any option that I miss, and multitasking is way better in stock android, apps doesn't get killed after 10 minutes.

if you dont want your apps to get killed just lock them. Trust me it has the best optimization. It beats any android rom even stock ones. I used to hate MIUI like you do because of this. But if you lock then it all works just fine. And not all third party apps are perfect. MIUI uses there ones a bit differently which makes the experience smoother.

 

[NITRO_100]

if you dont want your apps to get killed just lock them. Trust me it has the best optimization. It beats any android rom even stock ones. I used to hate MIUI like you do because of this. But if you lock then it all works just fine. And not all third party apps are perfect. MIUI uses there ones a bit differently which makes the experience smoother.

That's pain to lock every app which I want not to be killed. I didn't say I hate miui, but for me personally the experience is better on stock rom, while miui is more beautiful.