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On a Xiaomi device myself. Recently I've setup Nextdns.io to resolve all the DNS requests through it. Very frequent callbacks to Xiaomi servers for tracking. Bl

On a Xiaomi device myself. Recently I've setup Nextdns.io to resolve all the DNS requests through it. Very frequent callbacks to Xiaomi servers for tracking. Blocked a bunch of them now, but it's half a solution.

xiii1408 6y ago
Other than the tracking, would you recommend it? Is LineageOS available? I've been curious about trying a Chinese phone for a while, but would only do it if Lineage is available, since I'm annoyed by anything more busy than stock Android.
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- yorwba 6y ago
  LineageOS supports a lot of different Xiaomi devices: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#xiaomi https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#xiaomi I have a tissot with LineageOS 16.0, not sure yet whether it will get 17 ported to it as well. The hardware is great for the price (bought it a year after launch, heavily discounted). I bought it specifically to run LineageOS on it, so I have no idea what the stock experience is like.
  - tiii 6y ago
    Official tissot support was dropped this month. No more security updates. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82234015&postcount=2243 https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82234015&pos...
    - yorwba 6y ago
      Thanks for the heads-up. I guess I'll have to flee to a different ROM, then.
- searchableguy 6y ago
  Yeah. I am using cdroid android v10(based on lineage). Last update was this month. Running it for 2 years now.
- IIAOPSW 6y ago
  I have lineage on my xiaomi. The bootloader is locked by default but if you ask for it to be unlocked they will do it. The process is intentionally manual to prevent hacking, but ultimately smooth.
  - Arkanosis 6y ago
    Things might have changed since last year, but it hasn't been smooth at all for me. Not only you need a Windows computer to unlock, but then it takes literally months to proceed and if you happen to do something that you're not told you should not do (like logging out or re-trying to unlock), the counter is reset and you have to wait even more. Plus the unlocking program on Windows randomly doesn't work and error messages are not helpful at all. My Xiaomi is an impressive, nice and powerful phone that hasn't cost much. But it was so much pain to root that I won't probably ever buy a phone from them in the future.
  - floatboth 6y ago
    On the Android One models, the unlock is just via settings + fastboot, like on Nexuses/Pixels
jddj 6y ago
Yeah, my pihole would usually block something like 70% of what was a good number of requests from my Xiaomi overnight. It's gross.
monksy 6y ago
You should be using a custom rom.
- jotm 6y ago
  Do they allow it? I was surprised the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, at the time a flagship phone on par with the Note 9 and others, actually had a locked bootloader. It would've been a good opportunity to allow people to install whatever they want, to show that they're different than Samsung and other competitors, but no, they went and locked that down because of "safety". Mhmmm.
  - bentpins 6y ago
    It's a little bit of an ordeal - you have to request a bootloader unlock and then wait two weeks. But doable.
the_resistence 6y ago
I have a xiaomi rednote 8, how to block more privacy leaks?
andrepd 6y ago
I would never dream of using a Xiaomi phone without Lineage. Or Huawei. Or Samsung. Or any phone, actually.
livre 6y ago
I use this[1] hosts list that's designed to block almost all useless domains Xiaomi tries to contact. In addition to that list I manually blocked this domain[2] that Xiaomi only connects to on certain countries. I'm using a Xiaomi with Android One and despite having opted out of analytics the phone still tries to connect to Xiaomi servers. I've been considering installing LineageOS on it for some time but unlocking the bootloader unfortunately deletes everything I have installed or downloaded. I've never used the stock browser though, always Firefox. [1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jerryn70/GoodbyeAds/master/Extension/GoodbyeAds-Xiaomi-Extension.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jerryn70/GoodbyeAds/master... [2] app.chat.global.xiaomi.net

xiii1408 6y ago

Other than the tracking, would you recommend it? Is LineageOS available? I've been curious about trying a Chinese phone for a while, but would only do it if Lineage is available, since I'm annoyed by anything more busy than stock Android.

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yorwba 6y ago
LineageOS supports a lot of different Xiaomi devices: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#xiaomi https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#xiaomi I have a tissot with LineageOS 16.0, not sure yet whether it will get 17 ported to it as well. The hardware is great for the price (bought it a year after launch, heavily discounted). I bought it specifically to run LineageOS on it, so I have no idea what the stock experience is like.
- tiii 6y ago
  Official tissot support was dropped this month. No more security updates. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82234015&postcount=2243 https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82234015&pos...
  - yorwba 6y ago
    Thanks for the heads-up. I guess I'll have to flee to a different ROM, then.
searchableguy 6y ago
Yeah. I am using cdroid android v10(based on lineage). Last update was this month. Running it for 2 years now.
IIAOPSW 6y ago
I have lineage on my xiaomi. The bootloader is locked by default but if you ask for it to be unlocked they will do it. The process is intentionally manual to prevent hacking, but ultimately smooth.
- Arkanosis 6y ago
  Things might have changed since last year, but it hasn't been smooth at all for me. Not only you need a Windows computer to unlock, but then it takes literally months to proceed and if you happen to do something that you're not told you should not do (like logging out or re-trying to unlock), the counter is reset and you have to wait even more. Plus the unlocking program on Windows randomly doesn't work and error messages are not helpful at all. My Xiaomi is an impressive, nice and powerful phone that hasn't cost much. But it was so much pain to root that I won't probably ever buy a phone from them in the future.
- floatboth 6y ago
  On the Android One models, the unlock is just via settings + fastboot, like on Nexuses/Pixels

jddj 6y ago

Yeah, my pihole would usually block something like 70% of what was a good number of requests from my Xiaomi overnight. It's gross.

monksy 6y ago

You should be using a custom rom.

jotm 6y ago
Do they allow it? I was surprised the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, at the time a flagship phone on par with the Note 9 and others, actually had a locked bootloader. It would've been a good opportunity to allow people to install whatever they want, to show that they're different than Samsung and other competitors, but no, they went and locked that down because of "safety". Mhmmm.
- bentpins 6y ago
  It's a little bit of an ordeal - you have to request a bootloader unlock and then wait two weeks. But doable.

the_resistence 6y ago

I have a xiaomi rednote 8, how to block more privacy leaks?

andrepd 6y ago

I would never dream of using a Xiaomi phone without Lineage. Or Huawei. Or Samsung. Or any phone, actually.

livre 6y ago

I use this[1] hosts list that's designed to block almost all useless domains Xiaomi tries to contact. In addition to that list I manually blocked this domain[2] that Xiaomi only connects to on certain countries. I'm using a Xiaomi with Android One and despite having opted out of analytics the phone still tries to connect to Xiaomi servers. I've been considering installing LineageOS on it for some time but unlocking the bootloader unfortunately deletes everything I have installed or downloaded. I've never used the stock browser though, always Firefox. [1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jerryn70/GoodbyeAds/master/Extension/GoodbyeAds-Xiaomi-Extension.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jerryn70/GoodbyeAds/master... [2] app.chat.global.xiaomi.net