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LG V30+ Oreo Update in India?

Can anyone tell me if LGV30+ has got the Oreo update in India or not? Waiting for your reply? And if it got the update then how is the battery life and performance after the update.

souvikxda said:
Can anyone tell me if LGV30+ has got the Oreo update in India or not? Waiting for your reply? And if it got the update then how is the battery life and performance after the update.
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No, not been released to India yet. Not even all U.S.carriers have it.
Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+

There's a thread for V30+ India - please follow that. Am sure it'll be put up as soon as the OTA hits

Lh v30+ oreo update
No its not been yet came in india.
Hope it will come in may 18

Just got the OTA update for Oreo and AI Cam on my V30+ with April 1 security patch. Update size is about 2 GB. Yet to check the battery life and other performance improvements, if any.

vinodkumardevadi said:
Just got the OTA update for Oreo and AI Cam on my V30+ with April 1 security patch. Update size is about 2 GB. Yet to check the battery life and other performance improvements, if any.
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You got this on 30th April? Please, let us know the battery life and the camera.

souvikxda said:
You got this on 30th April? Please, let us know the battery life and the camera.
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Yes, just got it today. Will post an update on battery life and camera in a couple of days.

vinodkumardevadi said:
Yes, just got it today. Will post an update on battery life and camera in a couple of days.
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Is your device Indian model? With Indian firmware?

sai444 said:
Is your device Indian model? With Indian firmware?
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No. I actually bought it in Singapore.

vinodkumardevadi said:
No. I actually bought it in Singapore.
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I also bought in Singapore. But using LG UP tool i had flashed to India firmware (H930DS10e_00_OPEN_ESA_DS_OP_0123.kdz). I had done this to make JIO SIM work for me.
After I connected to LG bridge tool and it popped up for software. I got OREO update but while rebooting the screen shows LG V30+ ThinQ instead of LG v30+. Do you guys know why? The software version I see is "V20B-SEA-XX"
Also earlier VOLTE was not working for my STARHUB but now it is working. Hurray! But I am worried whether JIO will work or not when I go back to India. Any thoughts?

ganeshv02 said:
I also bought in Singapore. But using LG UP tool i had flashed to India firmware (H930DS10e_00_OPEN_ESA_DS_OP_0123.kdz). I had done this to make JIO SIM work for me.
After I connected to LG bridge tool and it popped up for software. I got OREO update but while rebooting the screen shows LG V30+ ThinQ instead of LG v30+. Do you guys know why? The software version I see is "V20B-SEA-XX"
Also earlier VOLTE was not working for my STARHUB but now it is working. Hurray! But I am worried whether JIO will work or not when I go back to India. Any thoughts?
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Since the device is updated with the AI capabilities of V30S ThinQ, the V30 and V30+ are now officially ThinQ branded. V20B-SEA-XX is the latest version available. As for Jio, I think it should work just fine since the decice supports the band that Jio uses.

Ok guys, it's been 2 days since the oreo update on my V30+ and here's a brief review so far.
1) The AI camera capabilities isn't a game changer here. You'll only observe some minute differences in these areas.
Better Dynamic range.
Bright mode comes handy.
2) Battery life is considerably improved over Nougut version. The total usage time was 18h 40mins from 100% to 5% with a screen usage time of 5hr 43 mins. Played some games like PUBG and Relic Run and then sone youtube videos. After that I've downloaded 2 full hd movies in the background about 4GB. Location, wifi and mobile data were ON the whole time. Also, I didn't enable the battery saver too. So I think this is very good compared to all the other flagship devices with similar battery capacity.
3) No update is without cons and in this case, too many app crashes. Frequent YouTube crashes and then I constantly receive the pop-up "Unfortunately, this app has stopped" for the app "Appy Geek" which I use as a widget. Some of the other apps crash too and this is really annoying.
4) Even when you select Icon shape as "Original" in the Home screen settings, you still get rounded square icons. It makes no sense!!
Overall, Oreo update isn't exactly something to look forward to until these bugs are fixed.

vinodkumardevadi said:
Ok guys, it's been 2 days since the oreo update on my V30+ and here's a brief review so far.
1) The AI camera capabilities isn't a game changer here. You'll only observe some minute differences in these areas.
Better Dynamic range.
Bright mode comes handy.
2) Battery life is considerably improved over Nougut version. The total usage time was 18h 40mins from 100% to 5% with a screen usage time of 5hr 43 mins. Played some games like PUBG and Relic Run and then sone youtube videos. After that I've downloaded 2 full hd movies in the background about 4GB. Location, wifi and mobile data were ON the whole time. Also, I didn't enable the battery saver too. So I think this is very good compared to all the other flagship devices with similar battery capacity.
3) No update is without cons and in this case, too many app crashes. Frequent YouTube crashes and then I constantly receive the pop-up "Unfortunately, this app has stopped" for the app "Appy Geek" which I use as a widget. Some of the other apps crash too and this is really annoying.
4) Even when you select Icon shape as "Original" in the Home screen settings, you still get rounded square icons. It makes no sense!!
Overall, Oreo update isn't exactly something to look forward to until these bugs are fixed.
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Strange i am from india i didn't receive any update its still on the march security patch

rm8226 said:
Strange i am from india i didn't receive any update its still on the march security patch
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He got the update coz he bought it from Singapore and sea variant got the update. India is still laging behind but nonetheless you can flash the Hong Kong ds one.

mehra1 said:
He got the update coz he bought it from Singapore and sea variant got the update. India is still laging behind but nonetheless you can flash the Hong Kong ds one.
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Did flash the hong kong ds my jio VOLTE was unable to make or recieve call because apparently the VOLTE wasn't working

vinodkumardevadi said:
Ok guys, it's been 2 days since the oreo update on my V30+ and here's a brief review so far.
1) The AI camera capabilities isn't a game changer here. You'll only observe some minute differences in these areas.
Better Dynamic range.
Bright mode comes handy.
2) Battery life is considerably improved over Nougut version. The total usage time was 18h 40mins from 100% to 5% with a screen usage time of 5hr 43 mins. Played some games like PUBG and Relic Run and then sone youtube videos. After that I've downloaded 2 full hd movies in the background about 4GB. Location, wifi and mobile data were ON the whole time. Also, I didn't enable the battery saver too. So I think this is very good compared to all the other flagship devices with similar battery capacity.
3) No update is without cons and in this case, too many app crashes. Frequent YouTube crashes and then I constantly receive the pop-up "Unfortunately, this app has stopped" for the app "Appy Geek" which I use as a widget. Some of the other apps crash too and this is really annoying.
4) Even when you select Icon shape as "Original" in the Home screen settings, you still get rounded square icons. It makes no sense!!
Overall, Oreo update isn't exactly something to look forward to until these bugs are fixed.
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Do a factory reset after a version upgrade. it'll fix the errors.

rm8226 said:
Did flash the hong kong ds my jio VOLTE was unable to make or recieve call because apparently the VOLTE wasn't working
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For the time being instal Jio4gVoice app from playstore as it works for me.

mehra1 said:
For the time being instal Jio4gVoice app from playstore as it works for me.
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Didn't work tried i installed the app it said phone is VOLTE use dialer app

vinodkumardevadi said:
Since the device is updated with the AI capabilities of V30S ThinQ, the V30 and V30+ are now officially ThinQ branded. V20B-SEA-XX is the latest version available. As for Jio, I think it should work just fine since the decice supports the band that Jio uses.
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Actually jio did not work when I had android 7.1.2 when I was in India last time. Then I had to flash to Indian firmware found on lg-firmwares.com. I made it work after that by enabling volte from hidden menu. With oreo, I will try one more time when I visit India in July.

rm8226 said:
Didn't work tried i installed the app it said phone is VOLTE use dialer app
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Try to use the hidden menu to enable volte. If it still does not work then u have to flash back to India firmware. As I mentioned jio is not working on other region firmware. I had the same problem.

How are updates for this phone?

1. Title says it. How are updates for this phone? Phone was released in Q4 2018. How many updates did you receive so far?
2. What is The current security patch?
3. Are there any noticeable bugs? Has the auto-brightness bug been fixed?
4. Which variant do you have? Global or Chinese?
5. Does Google Pay work?

1 - Updates are ok, usually they release an update/month i could say...
2 - I'm on security patch v. 195 and i won't update to 198 for now... battery issues has been reported regarding the 198 Update...
3 - I can tell you one of the bugs i notice... the square virtual button ( from all 3 on-screen buttons ) dissapear in some apps and i have to get back to Home Screen to have it again on-screen... Auto Brightness keep activating after every restart of the phone...
4 - I have 2 Mate 20 X Units, both of them AL-00, i choose AL-00 since several people have been saying they are much more stable compared to International Version...
5 - I don't use any of the Google Services, except PlayStore and Youtube... So for me, there is no point in buying International Version of any phone, since i don't use G Voice, G Pay, G Mail, Google Search, G Assistant etc...
Cheers

daubh said:
1. Title says it. How are updates for this phone? Phone was released in Q4 2018. How many updates did you receive so far?
2. What is The current security patch?
3. Are there any noticeable bugs? Has the auto-brightness bug been fixed?
4. Which variant do you have? Global or Chinese?
5. Does Google Pay work?
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I have the L29. Updates for the global versions are still abysmal but better than they used to be. Every new EMUI release fixes a few bugs but brings a few more. It almost seems like the head EMUI team are a bunch of thirteen year olds with not a lot of common sense. A few bugs that I see:
-Notifications on the Always on Display are pretty much non existent (in 2019 that's just not acceptable)
-Set the DPI (Minimum Width) setting in developer options and it resets after every reboot (stupid)
-After a reboot auto brightness turns itself back on. This should be a simple fix right?
-The whole interface needs an update as it looks like the interface from Android Honeycomb, the pulldown toggles and interface are awful in 2019. Why not just have a stock like interface with the rounded toggles?
-After an update is approved it sometimes takes weeks to get it
-Notifications that you can normally turn off in settings for some reason on EMUI they don't work or the options were just removed
The actual hardware is second to none but the phone really needs an AOSP custom ROM or Lineage. Imagine if we could run something like Pure Nexus on the 20 X? I think then it would be the perfect phone but EMUI definitely holds it back. For me the hardware is so good that I can kind of live with these annoying bugs but if they aren't fixed in the next EMUI release then this will be probably be my last Huawei device. Then I still have to hope that another manufacturer has the balls to release a device with a large screen like the 20 X.

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another manufacturer has the balls to release a device with a large screen like the 20 X.
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Mate 20 X holds a monopoly in terms of 7-inch screen flagship.
Wish there was at least an Android One device with this screen size. Or from a manufacturer who doesn't block custom ROMs.
Only next large phone to look forward to is the Mi Max 4 but that's a mid-range with sub-par screen...
A 7-inch Pixel would be bomb.

daubh said:
Mate 20 X holds a monopoly in terms of 7-inch screen flagship.
Wish there was at least an Android One device with this screen size. Or from a manufacturer who doesn't block custom ROMs.
Only next large phone to look forward to is the Mi Max 4 but that's a mid-range with sub-par screen...
A 7-inch Pixel would be bomb.
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A 7 inch OnePlus device would be great too.

The international version lacks updates tbh, I'm stuck on 184 still

For me those small bugs doesn't matter.
I love this phone and i dont care small updates, works great for me really.
But still strange they cant fix some minor fail... But like it a lot... Still

1- 1 update since December (.184)
2- 1 January 2019
3- I get a 'ghost' vibration/notification from time to time, still haven't figured out what causes it (app or OS). No big deal.
4- European (C432)
5- Yes

ajsmsg78 said:
A 7 inch OnePlus device would be great too.
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With the bezels disappearing I honestly think the world is ready for a 7.3''-7.5'' screened phone.
They should have 2 versions, a 7'' MAX and a 7.5" MAX+.

This phone is the best I ever saw and had, but lack of updates for C636 is annoying

Derpling said:
This phone is the best I ever saw and had, but lack of updates for C636 is annoying
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What is the C636?
Do they update it by according where you live or which version of phone you have? Like UK, Global, CH, HK and so on.

C636 is the international version, they update AL00 which is Chinese version and C636, regardless of your area.

I have the C432 (UK version, unlocked) running 9.0.0.172 (December 2018 Security Patches) and I've received no updates for the phone at all.
Checking for OTA updates and via HiSuite - both report back that the software is up to date.

mikezerox said:
I have the C432 (UK version, unlocked) running 9.0.0.172 (December 2018 Security Patches) and I've received no updates for the phone at all.
Checking for OTA updates and via HiSuite - both report back that the software is up to date.
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Same for me in the UK too. Bought an EVR-L29 from Currys yesterday and was disappointed to find out that it didn't come with the M-Pen and flip case like a lot of other retailers in the UK do, and then it seems to be stuck on release .172 when I have been reading about .195 upgrades being available for quite some time.
I keep checking the software update and HiSuite in the hope that it will eventually trigger an update, but I am disappointed considering it was not a network branded phone.
Fingers crossed for an update soon.
AJP

ajp558 said:
Same for me in the UK too. Bought an EVR-L29 from Currys yesterday and was disappointed to find out that it didn't come with the M-Pen and flip case like a lot of other retailers in the UK do, and then it seems to be stuck on release .172 when I have been reading about .195 upgrades being available for quite some time.
I keep checking the software update and HiSuite in the hope that it will eventually trigger an update, but I am disappointed considering it was not a network branded phone.
Fingers crossed for an update soon.
AJP
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I have ordered the phone from Clove UK so I assume I should also expect no updates. VERY disappointed to hear that and exactly the thing i was afraid about since my Mate 9 received only ONE update in 2 years (was Asia version i think as it is 636)

mazinya said:
I have ordered the phone from Clove UK so I assume I should also expect no updates. VERY disappointed to hear that and exactly the thing i was afraid about since my Mate 9 received only ONE update in 2 years (was Asia version i think as it is 636)
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I bought mine from Hong-Kong but my region is set to UK and i receive regular updates

EVR L29 here. The only update I had was when I first booted up the phone when I bought it over 2 months ago, but had no updates since. I'm on 172. Huawei needs to up their game, the software is so buggy compared to the Samsung's I had previously.

hamish909 said:
EVR L29 here. The only update I had was when I first booted up the phone when I bought it over 2 months ago, but had no updates since. I'm on 172. Huawei needs to up their game, the software is so buggy compared to the Samsung's I had previously.
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L29 here. Just downloaded and installed March security update along with fixes and such. Mate 20x feels more smoother
Sent from my EVR-L29 using Tapatalk

I have two EVR L29 c636 phones. Both updated to 187 a few weeks ago and then one updated to 192 last week. Why only one got the most recent update is beyond me. When I plug them into my desktop computer HiSuite says they are both running the most recent firmware.

Night mode in August update

Many sites reported that A70 just got dedicated night mode for camera, I downloaded the update but there is still none. This should be an essential feature for 400 euro phone, all my old phones had it.

Man, you have pro mode, its better than 10 night modes. We all know that those night modes dont do a lot in any phone.

MartinMKR said:
Man, you have pro mode, its better than 10 night modes. We all know that those night modes dont do a lot in any phone.
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You mean THAT "pro" mode that doesn't even allow you to set shutter speed essential for low light situations? :laugh: ?

teagon98 said:
You mean THAT "pro" mode that doesn't even allow you to set shutter speed essential for low light situations? :laugh: ?
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Do you really need that on a 400$ phone camera? Can you stand perfectly still 2 sec, or 10?
Are you one of those guys who brings with him 7 tripods, 11 stands and a lamp to take a picture with his mid range phone?
The phone chooses the best shutter speed for the parameters you have set.
If you need those features badly, theres a magisk mode that gives you night mode, pro mode like in a flagship and bunch of other camera funcions.
Aaand theres adobe lightroom and 10000 other softwares that will help you with the pictures.
The only bad thing i find in this cameras are the lack of hardware stabilisation, everything else is expected. After all, who will buy phones for x3 the money of this one, if this one have it all?

MartinMKR said:
Do you really need that on a 400$ phone camera? Can you stand perfectly still 2 sec, or 10?
Are you one of those guys who brings with him 7 tripods, 11 stands and a lamp to take a picture with his mid range phone?
The phone chooses the best shutter speed for the parameters you have set.
If you need those features badly, theres a magisk mode that gives you night mode, pro mode like in a flagship and bunch of other camera funcions.
Aaand theres adobe lightroom and 10000 other softwares that will help you with the pictures.
The only bad thing i find in this cameras are the lack of hardware stabilisation, everything else is expected. After all, who will buy phones for x3 the money of this one, if this one have it all?
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Ok back to my original question... Can anybody with A70 tell me if he has night mode already ?

If you look in the other thread about updates you will see some have now got night mode.

i have it now the latest update. security patch july 1, i have night mode

Just got update ... UK... SIM-free

iainmann said:
Just got update ... UK... SIM-free
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I'm in the UK but my update was still may security patch,the second may update I've received ?

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bodomfan said:
I'm in the UK but my update was still may security patch,the second may update I've received ?
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Did you get the phone from Three? They are.lagging behind on the updates.

bodomfan said:
I'm in the UK but my update was still may security patch,the second may update I've received ?
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like for my sm-a705fn (ITV)
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James.Miller said:
PHP:
Did you get the phone from Three? They are.lagging behind on the updates.
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Yeah,kind of gutted they are lagging behind to be honest

So was I, so I flashed the BTU firmware my A70 from Three. It's now on ASG1 with night mode and all that jazz

bodomfan said:
Yeah,kind of gutted they are lagging behind to be honest
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Mate of mine bought his phone on contract through 3 and received the SG6 Firmware update yesterday...
So you should be getting real soon. He did have to manually check for the update though. It wasn't pushed to him....

I'm on latest update.

March security update OTA available

Region - Poland (XEO), no Android 10 yet unfortunately. :silly:

k3lcior said:
Region - Poland (XEO), no Android 10 yet unfortunately. :silly:
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Samsung Members A50 update android 10 May month

Received the same one (Netherlands):
- Camera stability improved
- Camera photo quality improved
- Wifi connection and stability improved
- Security improved
- Other stabilisation codes applied

bootoneui said:
Samsung Members A50 update android 10 May month
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Source?

k3lcior said:
Source?
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Samsung Members App

Still not available for the A505U1...

Also the fingerprint sensor issue is better as far I can see. I had some trouble rooting it but after a second try it work better. Battery life feels a little better also. So far so good......

I don't know how send images but I am sure they still have not fixed the bug with draining battery by Android system

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Samsung Members A50 update android 10 May month
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It doesn't make any sense. It's not that I'm in a hurry since from my last experiences sometimes updating to a newer Android version makes the phone work worse than with the version it first shipped with.
But, that being said, why would Samsung roll out the update to cheaper and less popular devices like the A30/M30 and delay it for it's second most sold phone in 2019? What about A70 users!? They paid for a higher end product and they are left behind even worse.

Redmi Note 8 Pro - Official Miui 12 Global Released

Just received official Global miui 12 update. Did you guys too?
Tip: I did factory reset after miui 12 update & most of my bugs got fixed, make sure to make backup first if guys are doing that

I still didnt received miui 12 on my note 8 pro.. Im from Europe maybe it takes longer

Have you installed it yet? Does it lag?
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Just received official Global miui 12 update. Did you guys too?
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Edgaras111 said:
I still didnt received miui 12 on my note 8 pro.. Im from Europe maybe it takes longer
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I had checked received early updates option under update settings, just for the info:

I got my device 2 months ago and it is very snappy. I have no interest in having it become irreversibly laggy because of a major update.
I would love to hear if anybody had applied the update yet and if it slows the phone down.
If it does I will not update-- I'd rather have a snappy phone than one with the latest bells and whistles but sluggish!

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Have you installed it yet? Does it lag?
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Yep using it & yes it lags sometimes

Nouman112 said:
I had checked received early updates option under update settings, just for the info:
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Enabled that option still no update. Cant wait

jshames said:
I got my device 2 months ago and it is very snappy. I have no interest in having it become irreversibly laggy because of a major update.
I would love to hear if anybody had applied the update yet and if it slows the phone down.
If it does I will not update-- I'd rather have a snappy phone than one with the latest bells and whistles but sluggish!
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Then you might have to wait for the comments of few more people & yes i have noticed little bit lag, & also my chrome is lagging for some reason & i am not sure it's because of my 4g internet or my browser, just received update two hours ago

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Enabled that option still no update. Cant wait
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Hehe

Just got the OTA, will install it asap.
I'm in Europe

I have just received the update (12.0.2) today. I'm from Chile, i have the global version, and it's been pretty good my phone. Pretty fast, new features quite good.
'll keep u in touch

Thanks, I will wait!
I've had this happen to me with previous phones. It's hard to resist the impulse to update, but sometimes it's really a big mistake.
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Then you might have to wait for the comments of few more people & yes i have noticed little bit lag, & also my chrome is lagging for some reason & i am not sure it's because of my 4g internet or my browser, just received update two hours ago
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Edgaras111 said:
I still didnt received miui 12 on my note 8 pro.. Im from Europe maybe it takes longer
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Im from Europe, but i install global version over twrp, for me, everything works just fine, without lag for now, and one big plus, camera is way way beter now.

I'm also of course curious if some of the issues with the previous version (BT/Wifi interference, etc) are resolved

Sk0rpi0n89 said:
Im from Europe, but i install global version over twrp, for me, everything works just fine, without lag for now, and one big plus, camera is way way beter now.
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Are you saying you installed the downloaded zip file over TWRP? Or did you take the OTA file? I'm wondering because I have TWRP and Magisk installed. I've been notified for the OTA update, but I've also already downloaded the stock ROM.

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Are you saying you installed the downloaded zip file over TWRP? Or did you take the OTA file? I'm wondering because I have TWRP and Magisk installed. I've been notified for the OTA update, but I've also already downloaded the stock ROM.
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Yes, but first i rollback to a9 version, install twrp recovery and install ota file and thats all.

jshames said:
I got my device 2 months ago and it is very snappy. I have no interest in having it become irreversibly laggy because of a major update.
I would love to hear if anybody had applied the update yet and if it slows the phone down.
If it does I will not update-- I'd rather have a snappy phone than one with the latest bells and whistles but sluggish!
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Don't update. It looks nice, have some cool features, camera is better, but it feels like it is not the same phone anymore. It lags, some animations are perfect, but many are not. Icons animation is ugly for me, text size is also not OK for me, some is bold and some is not...
The best firmware was Android 9, all after that is worse and worse.
Btw I did factory reset after I updated, like I always do after major update...

Thanks!!
So glad I checked with you guys!
I noticed the slight slowdown also between A9 and a10 within MIUI 11 itself.
Still fast, but an ever so slight lag that wasn't there before.
I assume there is no way to revert to MIUI 11 without unlocking the device....
I'll pass!
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Don't update. It looks nice, have some cool features, camera is better, but it feels like it is not the same phone anymore. It lags, some animations are perfect, but many are not. Icons animation is ugly for me, text size is also not OK for me, some is bold and some is not...
The best firmware was Android 9, all after that is worse and worse.
Btw I did factory reset after I updated, like I always do after major update...
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This whole episode makes a good argument for unlocking and rooting. Even though I have avoided doing that since I had my Nexus phone, it would seem that this is the only way to prevent your phone from becoming obsolete.
The RN8P is not an old phone and its such a shame that Xiaomi would release an update that would degrade the performance so much...and not give regular users the option of reverting....but then again, I have seen this happen on my previous phones too.
My previous phone was an LG G6, a flagship from a few years ago. When new it came installed with A6, and by the last update was A9, which literally made the device unusable.
Manufacturers are in a dilemma, because on one hand power users demand updates for the latest versions, yet inevitably these newer updated versions use more resources and aren't optimized as well for a legacy device.
At the very least the manufacturers should provide an easy method of downgrading.
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Don't update. It looks nice, have some cool features, camera is better, but it feels like it is not the same phone anymore. It lags, some animations are perfect, but many are not. Icons animation is ugly for me, text size is also not OK for me, some is bold and some is not...
The best firmware was Android 9, all after that is worse and worse.
Btw I did factory reset after I updated, like I always do after major update...
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Thanks!!
So glad I checked with you guys!
I noticed the slight slowdown also between A9 and a10 within MIUI 11 itself.
Still fast, but an ever so slight lag that wasn't there before.
I assume there is no way to revert to MIUI 11 without unlocking the device....
I'll pass!
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This whole episode makes a good argument for unlocking and rooting. Even though I have avoided doing that since I had my Nexus phone, it would seem that this is the only way to prevent your phone from becoming obsolete.
The RN8P is not an old phone and its such a shame that Xiaomi would release an update that would degrade the performance so much...and not give regular users the option of reverting....but then again, I have seen this happen on my previous phones too.
My previous phone was an LG G6, a flagship from a few years ago. When new it came installed with A6, and by the last update was A9, which literally made the device unusable.
Manufacturers are in a dilemma, because on one hand power users demand updates for the latest versions, yet inevitably these newer updated versions use more resources and aren't optimized as well for a legacy device.
At the very least the manufacturers should provide an easy method of downgrading.
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I really do not know why Xiaomi doesn't offer official method to rollback as Huawei does via PC Suite.
I am about to unlock my bootloader, but I am not sure what to do next, as all of these tutorials are so confusing.
I think I have to root then, and no idea what comes next...
Any suggestions?
Thanks

Yes it is confusing, Xiaomi does not make it easy to root, I suggest you submit your questions for guidance on unlocking in one of the dedicated threads
pujolsk said:
I really do not know why Xiaomi doesn't offer official method to rollback as Huawei does via PC Suite.
I am about to unlock my bootloader, but I am not sure what to do next, as all of these tutorials are so confusing.
I think I have to root then, and no idea what comes next...
Any suggestions?
Thanks
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