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Cropped out Instagram and WhatsApp story

My friend just bought a Redmi Note 5 Pro and it has a weird problem.
When viewing an instagram or Whatsapp story,it automatically gets cut in both sides vertically.
Maybe it's because of the 18:9 ratio but I haven't found anyone else with the same phone having same problem.
The device has the latest 9.2.7.0 MIUI version.
What's the cure here?

Jongla said:
My friend just bought a Redmi Note 5 Pro and it has a weird problem.
When viewing an instagram or Whatsapp story,it automatically gets cut in both sides vertically.
Maybe it's because of the 18:9 ratio but I haven't found anyone else with the same phone having same problem.
The device has the latest 9.2.7.0 MIUI version.
What's the cure here?
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Yes it's because of the 18:9 display. I have the same problem too...
Too bad the Instagram developers are lazy and mark their app as optimized, yet aren't at all!
It's the same problem for even flagship-level phones with non 16:9 displays (such as S9, G6, etc)
The only way to solve it is to pray to God that these devs realized their mistake and fixed the matter.
Though I insist you (or your friend) opting for Instagram Beta, as it should receive new features and fixes faster.

StalkR said:
Yes it's because of the 18:9 display. I have the same problem too...
Too bad the Instagram developers are lazy and mark their app as optimized, yet aren't at all!
It's the same problem for even flagship-level phones with non 16:9 displays (such as S9, G6, etc)
The only way to solve it is to pray to God that these devs realized their mistake and fixed the matter.
Though I insist you (or your friend) opting for Instagram Beta, as it should receive new features and fixes faster.
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Well that's surprising. I thought since mainstream phones like S8,s9,pixel now use 18:9 ratio, instagram must've added support for it like they did for Iphone X within months of its release.
I also wonder if there are any unofficial workaround for it :/

Go into settings--->fullscreen display (I'm translating from polish so it may a bit different) and find Instagram and force it to work with 18:9 ratio. I had similar issue with Worms 4. After forcing it from that menu to work in 18:9 everything is alright
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MikiGry said:
Go into settings--->fullscreen display (I'm translating from polish so it may a bit different) and find Instagram and force it to work with 18:9 ratio. I had similar issue with Worms 4. After forcing it from that menu to work in 18:9 everything is alright
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Which MIUI version are you on?
I can't find the Fullscreen Display option on the note 5 pro.

@Jongla
I have Redmi Note 5 global, not pro (but it shouldn"t make any difference)
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Even though I'd followed the video above, the Instagram toggle is greyed out, hence it's state can't be changed.

StalkingDog said:
Even though I'd followed the video above, the Instagram toggle is greyed out, hence it's state can't be changed.
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Yes it is greyed out for me too.
So I am in the process to unlock bootloader and flash the updated 9.5.6.0 version or the latest xiaomi.eu version.
That will most probably let me change Instagram toggle.

Jongla said:
Yes it is greyed out for me too.
So I am in the process to unlock bootloader and flash the updated 9.5.6.0 version or the latest xiaomi.eu version.
That will most probably let me change Instagram toggle.
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Too bad, I'm already on 9.5.6.0 since I booted this device and the toggle is still greyed out
It's probably better to opt for custom rom at this point, MIUI won't cut it, probably...

StalkingDog said:
Too bad, I'm already on 9.5.6.0 since I booted this device and the toggle is still greyed out
It's probably better to opt for custom rom at this point, MIUI won't cut it, probably...
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:/ That's a bummer.
MikiGry said:
@Jongla
I have Redmi Note 5 global, not pro (but it shouldn"t make any difference)
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In your video,we see a lot of apps but Instagram.
Can you confirm if particularly the instagram app toggle is changeable in your ROM version?

Jongla said:
:/ That's a bummer.
In your video,we see a lot of apps but Instagram.
Can you confirm if particularly the instagram app toggle is changeable in your ROM version?
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It's greyed out as well, but is like enabled by default and not changenable. I don't use Instagram. All I did was to install it and go into the settings to check which position the toggle is
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Camera crashing

Has anyone else had issues with the camera crashing?
I have to either reboot or clear all apps in memory at least once a day as I get a error message saying Cannot connect to camera. The camera app will just crash and close with the error message.

omniphil said:
Has anyone else had issues with the camera crashing?
I have to either reboot or clear all apps in memory at least once a day as I get a error message saying Cannot connect to camera. The camera app will just crash and close with the error message.
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Yes, the software is like a beta.
Mine fixed with restart and last update.
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bloodydawn01 said:
Yes, the software is like a beta.
Mine fixed with restart and last update.
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What version of the software are you running now?

Camera : 9.0.0.300
Emui: 9.0.0.127
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bloodydawn01 said:
Camera : 9.0.0.300
Emui: 9.0.0.127
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Huh, same version i have here too...

Have you changed any settings from developer options?

No.
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For me Developer settings are enabled, the only thing changed is the 3 transition animations set to none.

I have this problem and its very annoying

I also have the problem. Clearing cache or even camera data does nothing. Only hard reboot fixes it for a while. Annoying

I've noticed that when my camera crashes, it takes the last few pictures with it. Almost like it wasn't done working on them and since they didn't save, they're gone after you reboot!

I have been experiencing this problem since the phone was brand new. At one point I had the Chinese version of the phone and I never had a problem with it - only the international version. This makes me believe it's a software bug. Hopefully they have a fix soon.

T i h o r said:
I've noticed that when my camera crashes, it takes the last few pictures with it. Almost like it wasn't done working on them and since they didn't save, they're gone after you reboot!
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Mine does that too

Getting this issue too. According to a thread here: https://uk.community.huawei.com/mate-20-series-20/mate-20-pro-camera-error-856 it may be caused by using a third-party launcher.
I'm trying the horrible EMUI stock launcher now to see if the problem persists.
I may just sell this phone. The camera quality is inferior to P20 Pro because two of the cameras are not stabilised. And EMUI is probably the worst UI in the world. I thought Samsung was bad but this is worse.

yodafone said:
Getting this issue too. According to a thread here: https://uk.community.huawei.com/mate-20-series-20/mate-20-pro-camera-error-856 it may be caused by using a third-party launcher.
I'm trying the horrible EMUI stock launcher now to see if the problem persists.
I may just sell this phone. The camera quality is inferior to P20 Pro because two of the cameras are not stabilised. And EMUI is probably the worst UI in the world. I thought Samsung was bad but this is worse.
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Yes p20 pro camera much better

yodafone said:
Getting this issue too. According to a thread here: https://uk.community.huawei.com/mate-20-series-20/mate-20-pro-camera-error-856 it may be caused by using a third-party launcher.
I'm trying the horrible EMUI stock launcher now to see if the problem persists.
I may just sell this phone. The camera quality is inferior to P20 Pro because two of the cameras are not stabilised. And EMUI is probably the worst UI in the world. I thought Samsung was bad but this is worse.
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Not being picky but the tittle in your link is "Mate 20 Pro camera error" not Mate 20x.
I have the 20x AL00 with a 3rd party launcher. Removed the stock launcher via ADB. Never had any camera crash issues. Works flawlessly.

Same camera issue. I'll see if I can get a errorog once this happens again.
Only reboot helps but not long after you take some pics the issue starts again.

Try clearing data and cache for the camera app. That seemed to help for me, I have also since done a factory reset and no camera issues any more.
ilovepj said:
Same camera issue. I'll see if I can get a errorog once this happens again.
Only reboot helps but not long after you take some pics the issue starts again.
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I did both, without any improvement.

Since going back to the stock launcher and deleting nova I've not had any further occurrence of the camera crashing

Touchscreen a bit "laggy"

tl;dr my phone is laggy only when I'm typing and sometimes reverse letters.
I've had a Xiaomi Mi 5 until recently, then I bought a Redmi Note 8 and I noticed the typing experience isn't the same. I mean, the screen is different and I didn't use MIUI on the Mi 5, but that's the only difference. I use the GBoard app with the exact same configurations as it were on the Mi 5.
The problem lies mostly when I type letters that are in the border of the screen, like "q", "p" or the button that change to the Symbols and Numbers. The typing feels a bit "laggy" and sometimes the q's and p's reverses the order like when I type "problem" it goes like "rpoblem", same with "queue" and it goes like "uqeue". When I type fast, the problem always occurs, when I type slowly it's more rare, but also occurs.
For the center of the screen, no other letters does this reversing thing, but I can feel that when I press the letters, there's a micro-delay between me pressing and the letter actually showing, something that I've never felt while using the Mi 5.
I'm tempted on rooting my phone and changing the OS, but I don't know if it'll solve the problem. Did anyone feel or notice something similar to my rpoblem?
(I've had to correct nearly all the words that came out reversed while writing this)

slyd1619 said:
tl;dr my phone is laggy only when I'm typing and sometimes reverse letters.
I've had a Xiaomi Mi 5 until recently, then I bought a Redmi Note 8 and I noticed the typing experience isn't the same. I mean, the screen is different and I didn't use MIUI on the Mi 5, but that's the only difference. I use the GBoard app with the exact same configurations as it were on the Mi 5.
The problem lies mostly when I type letters that are in the border of the screen, like "q", "p" or the button that change to the Symbols and Numbers. The typing feels a bit "laggy" and sometimes the q's and p's reverses the order like when I type "problem" it goes like "rpoblem", same with "queue" and it goes like "uqeue". When I type fast, the problem always occurs, when I type slowly it's more rare, but also occurs.
For the center of the screen, no other letters does this reversing thing, but I can feel that when I press the letters, there's a micro-delay between me pressing and the letter actually showing, something that I've never felt while using the Mi 5.
I'm tempted on rooting my phone and changing the OS, but I don't know if it'll solve the problem. Did anyone feel or notice something similar to my rpoblem?
(I've had to correct nearly all the words that came out reversed while writing this)
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Try clearing app data of Gboard.

jc9896 said:
Try clearing app data of Gboard.
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Doesn't work, unfortunately.

slyd1619 said:
Doesn't work, unfortunately.
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All rn8 has this problem,i flashed european rom to solve this problem and nearly it is solved ,no laggy also try to make gboard size longer than normal from settings ,this will terminate this problem

slyd1619 said:
Doesn't work, unfortunately.
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weird, never had this issue before. friends of mine fixed theirs by clearing Gboard data.
try clearing cache in storage settings and restarting.

I had same problem as you when I was using global MIUI 10 (tianma panel). After unlocking bootloader and installing localized MIUI 11 ROM, I don't experience such problems anymore.

niceman2007 said:
All rn8 has this problem,i flashed european rom to solve this problem and nearly it is solved ,no laggy also try to make gboard size longer than normal from settings ,this will terminate this problem
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Tried all sizes, didn't work.
pqhaz said:
I had same problem as you when I was using global MIUI 10 (tianma panel). After unlocking bootloader and installing localized MIUI 11 ROM, I don't experience such problems anymore.
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Thanks for the advice, I'll try another ROM.

jc9896 said:
weird, never had this issue before. friends of mine fixed theirs by clearing Gboard data.
try clearing cache in storage settings and restarting.
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Cleared everything, nothing works unfortunately.

slyd1619 said:
Cleared everything, nothing works unfortunately.
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Is it a hardware issue? Maybe check if it shows up in other apps, if your device is still covered by warranty get it replaced or fixed.

jc9896 said:
Is it a hardware issue? Maybe check if it shows up in other apps, if your device is still covered by warranty get it replaced or fixed.
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It only happens when I'm typing and I've only tested while using GBoard, it's the app I've always used and I don't want to change.
But if you have any other keyboard app suggestion for me to try I'll do it.

slyd1619 said:
It only happens when I'm typing and I've only tested while using GBoard, it's the app I've always used and I don't want to change.
But if you have any other keyboard app suggestion for me to try I'll do it.
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Used to use Swiftkey, but Microsoft.
I mainly use GBoard, its a good app. Most keyboard apps I see on the store are either paid, riddled with ads or something from Clean Master (data collection, privacy issues, and ads). Your best bet would be sideload a keyboard app from APKMirror such as the Xperia keyboard, remembered that to be quite good.

jc9896 said:
Used to use Swiftkey, but Microsoft.
I mainly use GBoard, its a good app. Most keyboard apps I see on the store are either paid, riddled with ads or something from Clean Master (data collection, privacy issues, and ads). Your best bet would be sideload a keyboard app from APKMirror such as the Xperia keyboard, remembered that to be quite good.
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I don't think it's worth the effort since I'm using it like this for the past three weeks. I'm thinking about unlocking the bootloader next week when I'm home to install another ROM, do you have any suggestions? I don't quite like MIUI.
Also, is there a RN8 Telegram group?

slyd1619 said:
I don't think it's worth the effort since I'm using it like this for the past three weeks. I'm thinking about unlocking the bootloader next week when I'm home to install another ROM, do you have any suggestions? I don't quite like MIUI.
Also, is there a RN8 Telegram group?
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There is Pixel Experience and POSP. Haven't tried either yet though. You can also wait for LineageOS.
Not sure about the telegram group, but there's been some stuff on XDA about telegram groups for a device though.

its a rom issue
change the rom

jc9896 said:
There is Pixel Experience and POSP. Haven't tried either yet though. You can also wait for LineageOS.
Not sure about the telegram group, but there's been some stuff on XDA about telegram groups for a device though.
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I think I'm gonna try POSP. For now, I don't want to lose my warranty. About the tianma panel problem (temporary image retention), do you think I should try a replacement?

slyd1619 said:
I think I'm gonna try POSP. For now, I don't want to lose my warranty. About the tianma panel problem (temporary image retention), do you think I should try a replacement?
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If you are still under warranty, by all means give it a try.
The replacement may not come with a different panel though, as some have been stating.

Hey man! Did the ROM change fix it?
I just received my RN8 today and immediately noticed the laggy borders. Even in the nav bar.

Question Mi 11 Lite Smallest Width

Could anybody please check the smallest width value in developer options?
I've accidentally changed it.
Thanks
Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 4G

mahbod.es.1996 said:
Could anybody please check the smallest width value in developer options?
I've accidentally changed it.
Thanks
Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 4G
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392 dp

Phil_Smith said:
392 dp
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Thanks.
Is your MIUI Optimisation off?

mahbod.es.1996 said:
Thanks.
Is your MIUI Optimisation off?
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I'm using crdroid : )
But even had this setting remembered.
Should be the same in Miui and any custom ROM, if I'm not completely mistaken somehow.

Phil_Smith said:
I'm using crdroid : )
But even had this setting remembered.
Should be the same in Miui and any custom ROM, if I'm not completely mistaken somehow.
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Great.
So you use custom ROM.
Would you take a look at this thread and tell me did you ever experienced this issue with MIUI 12.5:
[Solved] Facing so much UI lags on Stock MIUI!
Have you guys ever experienced any lags in the UI? Especially when I'm unlocking my phone, opening notifications shade or going to the recent apps screen (with gestures), it's like I'm using a very old device with a 1 GB RAM and It's driving me...
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Thanks a lot.

422 is also fine.

Question Colour shift when display switches it's refresh rate .

Guys im noticing colour shift on the display when the refresh rate switches from 120hz to 60hz in Mi11x.Its so noticeable and i don't know if it's a hardware or software issue and if anybody knows the fix then plz tell .

Sorry to state the obvious, just keep display at 120!!! Sorted

reg66 said:
Sorry to state the obvious, just keep display at 120!!! Sorted
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Is my phone defective or is this present in every mi11x cause this is a software bug ?

Clear the data of Battery and performance app. That should do the trick. But it will return when you reboot. I do that in mine a few days and it somehow fixed it self. Now I don't do clear data trick. I'm on 120fps all the way with no color/brightness shift.

LynnnXDA said:
Clear the data of Battery and performance app. That should do the trick. But it will return when you reboot. I do that in mine a few days and it somehow fixed it self. Now I don't do clear data trick. I'm on 120fps all the way with no color/brightness shift.
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I frequently clear the data of Battery and performance app but after some time it goes back to it's original behaviour and im not able to understand if this is a issue with hardware or software and if it's with software is it gonna get fixed miui 13 update or not any idea about this ?

Syed Qaiser Abbas said:
I frequently clear the data of Battery and performance app but after some time it goes back to it's original behaviour and im not able to understand if this is a issue with hardware or software and if it's with software is it gonna get fixed miui 13 update or not any idea about this ?
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I'm not sure, but try disabling "Smoothen transitions" and "Sunlight mode" in Settings > Display > Brightness level, as well as disabling "Adaptive colors" in Color Scheme section.
I remember doing some of this fixed the problem.
Please share your results with us.

No bro it doesn't help it's still the same.
Is this problem fixed in miui 13 ?
Or is this a hw issue which means my unit is defective ?

I have tested in my phone, I can see color changes in the lapse between 60-120hz transition if the color scheme is saturated and adaptive colors is enabled. You need to try with a hard reset, I know is annoying, but we decide to get a Mibuggi phone.

It's happens to me when on arrowos 12 but setting the minimum refresh rate to 120hz fixes it for me, would prefer to have the minimum set the 60hz but this is my only work around

ErickBls said:
I have tested in my phone, I can see color changes in the lapse between 60-120hz transition if the color scheme is saturated and adaptive colors is enabled. You need to try with a hard reset, I know is annoying, but we decide to get a Mibuggi phone.
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So is this a software issue that's present on every device or hardware issue thats present on limited devices

Syed Qaiser Abbas said:
So is this a software issue that's present on every device or hardware issue thats present on limited devices
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I have been reading about and it's not clear at all.
Look to the next thread:
New - Subtle change in screen apperance/color with 120hz enabled
Since I installed Xiaomi EU weekly 21.12.8 (MIUI 12.6) I noticed that the apperence of the screen changes in a subtle way sometimes. For instance, dark elements of the background change to darker shade when I stop scrolling on the google now feed. The screen flickers for one millisecond and than...
xiaomi.eu

Syed Qaiser Abbas said:
Guys im noticing colour shift on the display when the refresh rate switches from 120hz to 60hz in Mi11x.Its so noticeable and i don't know if it's a hardware or software issue and if anybody knows the fix then plz tell .
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Well I have just spent the past half hour or so trying to reproduce your issue. With 'show refresh rate' enabled in dev options I see no change at all with whatever settings I try. I cannot see or reproduce you issue with my poco f3. However, I am running a custom rom - AICP 16.1.....
I'm not sure if this is the sole reason I don't have your problem, and I'm not saying you don't have a hardware problem. But, why not try a custom rom to see if you can reproduce th issue. I see you have been around XDA for a while so should know your way around flashing a custom rom to check... Might be easier and quicker than sending your phone off for possible repair. Also, one of the first things the repair center may well say (I'm assuming) is to try and factory reset you phone after backing up.
SO, my point is, if you are that worried its a hardware issue, and assuming the service center will just ask you to factory first of all, why not backup as much as you can and try a custom rom... see if it persists.
You can always make a note of what rom version you are running now and download it just in case. Then flash the custom rom and if the problem is still there and you need to send your phone off to the service center, just reflash the original rom locking the bootloader during flash. The service center will never know it has been flashed etc

Syed Qaiser Abbas said:
Is my phone defective or is this present in every mi11x cause this is a software bug ?
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[CLOSED] Serious Poco x4 pro problems even after latest update ?
I saw this video focusing on various Poco X4 Pro problems including problems with display, camera, fingerprint scanner, microphone and lagging problem on the phone. : Self-promoting video link deleted. Can someone explain the...
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i got poco x4 pro too and same issue screen flickering and **** POCO needs to do something about this I'm never going to buy a POCO phone.....

reg66 said:
Sorry to state the obvious, just keep display at 120!!! Sorted
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thats not possible even when one sets the the refresh rate at 120 it automatically reverts it to 60 randomly

RDNRHM said:
thats not possible even when one sets the the refresh rate at 120 it automatically reverts it to 60 randomly
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same issue brother btw what Phone do u have mine is POCO X4 PRO 5G Global

Syed Qaiser Abbas said:
Is my phone defective or is this present in every mi11x cause this is a software bug ?
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MIUI one of the best operating system

Bikrommani said:
MIUI one of the best operating system
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That's totally theoretical....

Syed Qaiser Abbas said:
Guys im noticing colour shift on the display when the refresh rate switches from 120hz to 60hz in Mi11x.Its so noticeable and i don't know if it's a hardware or software issue and if anybody knows the fix then plz tell .
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I'm facing same problem or bug you say, My device is 11i 5g, it's seems like a software issue to me, allmost all amolet 120hz mi device with OEM miui facing this issue.

same here My device is POCO X4 PRO 5G (Veux)