MIUI 8, 23rd August is the magical date

So Xiaomi has finally confirmed the roll out date for MIUI 8.

Some of the phones would start getting the OTA from 23rd August, if you do not check out this link to figure out if your devices is getting one

http://en.miui.com/download.html


Now if you are thinking should you go for it, my recommendation would for sure Yes. Below are some of the reasons

1. Completely build from grounds up, lot of performance enhancements

2. Feature I was in particular excited about was Second life. You can have different profiles and data and apps would be saved specifically in that space. A feature which is mostly available in phones targeting high end business executives.

3. Camera app has been updated and lot more options have been thrown in, specially video compressing and editing.

4. Redesigned notification panel.

5. Special focus on blending real time weather in various apps of phone. Weather app in itself looks cool now.

5. Visually appealing, Themes and color combinations look great.

6 Quick ball feature, basically a launcher app to get to your applications more quickly.

A major miss might be on the Operating system, one would have expected Xiaomi to finally upgrade to latest Android versions, but no luck on that.

Overall You should upgrade if your device is supported.

MIUI7 is finally here for Note3G, update your device to V7.0.2.0.KHDMICI

If your Note3 is still running on MIUI6, time is here to update it to MIUI7.

Best way of updating your device is the OTA method. Look under Settings, update device and you should see the update.

However if you do not see it yet, you should be able to download the update package from here



Note 3 download package
 

Installing MIUI7 on your device

Xiaomi has released MIUI7 and that is receiving rave reviews from all. If you do not see an OTA or want information on how to upgrade it, read on!





We got the word Xiaomi would be releasing stable rom in October 2014, but you can always install the beta version (developer version), which is very stable unlike previous releases. Here is how you can install it on your phone (Redmi1S, Redmi2, Redmi2 Prime, Note3G, Note4G, Mi3, Mi4i, and Mi4)
If you are wondering what are the new features in MIUI7, read on this link : MIUI7 features

Installation
You can download the MIUI 7 Global Beta ROM 5.8.22 for your device from this site : Xiaomi downloads.
After you select the right device, download “Developer ROM”.

1. Once you have downloaded developer ROM on your PC just plug in your smartphone device to your PC and copy the ROM file to internal storage of your phone.

2. Go to Updater App (Settings -> Check for updates -> Menu on Top right) from your device and tap on options from top right corner and select choose update package and choose the ROM which you have copied.

3. Sit back, your phone would reboot, enjoy MIUI7 !


Note : Flashing your smartphone with above recovery files will not clean out your existing, but it is still advisable to keep a backup.

Xiaomi releases MIUI7

Have just tried the beta rom for MIUI7 and I am extremely pleased (having risked my phone with a beta rom). Now I am waiting anxiously they release the global rom for my Note3.

Some of the cool features are

1. Performance : Performance is the key in this update. Apps load quicker than ever before and leave a very pleasing usage experience. No more waiting for apps to turn on, they start almost instantly after you click. Magic behind this is the preemptive loading of data, while app is still on loading screen (animation page)
   
2. Themes : New interesting themes.
   
   
3. Battery : Battery is claimed to be improved by 25 percent. In true sense this would depend on apps you use.
   
4. New Child Mode
   
   
5. One hand mode : Although this was also there in MIUI6, but for phones like Note3, there was hardly a gap between MIUI6 and MIUI7.
   
6. DND : New DND mode, and it extends to other devices like MI Band. When you are in sleep all devices sleep with you.
   
7. SMS Filtering : New options to filter non contacts sms’es.