Review: Xiaomi MIUI 7 Global Stable Build

Good news for you Xiaomi smartphone users and also MIUI ROM users. Because Xiaomi finally released a stable version of MIUI 7 globally. The following is a list of the Smartphones that obtain Xiaomi MIUI 7, along with links to download ROMS manually.

Each of the above file has a size of around 800 MB. So make sure you have adequate internet access. There are two methods to get the MIUI 7. The first is to do the updates directly from the smartphone Xiaomi. The second is to download the MIUI ROM 7 manually.

There are two option ROMS that you can download. Fastboot ROM is how do flashing or updates in a way put the ROM file into the internal or external memory of the smartphone. While Recovery ROM when you want to do the flashing or updates by connecting your computer, smartphone and use an additional flashing to do the update.

Some time ago, I've had a chance to review the tutorial of how to do the update using the MIUI ROM Recovery.

Many interesting features, but MIUI greedy at RAM

Currently I'm using Xiaomi Mi 4i and have long used the MIUI 7 beta already present in advance on last August. In terms of appearance, no significant changes from the MIUI 7. But there are some interesting features that become more value from the MIUI 7. But considering I'm using the beta version, as time goes by, it turns out that there are some additional features that appear whenever there is an update.

The first is the MiDrop feature that allows you to send all kinds of files easily to other smartphone users Xiaomi to be around you. In a nutshell, MiDrop is similar to AirDrop belongs to Apple that has long been available on their devices.

The second feature is Disable Button, that will disable the three buttons — Back, Home, Menu — main navigation. This feature is very useful when playing games. Because previously I pretty often press one of these keys while playing the game.

Third is the Lock Apps that allows you to lock specific applications. So when the smartphone you use others, they cannot open the personal applications that you use often.

MIUI ROM open perfectly, there are some drawbacks that I feel. The first is in terms of performance. Especially when connected with a fast internet connection and there are several applications running simultaneously like a Messenger from Facebook, LINE, and browsing with Chrome. Performance of Xiaomi and MIUI 7 suddenly become very slow, so I have to restart this smartphone. Another factor that causes it is a beautiful display of the MIUI 7 that sacrificed much RAM. Of the original 2 GB of RAM, only left 1 GB only.

In addition, 7 still uses Android MIUI 5.1 Lollipop. While for some versions of smartphone Xiaomi some even still use Android 4.4 KitKat. It would be better if Xiaomi could launch the latest ROM complete with the latest version of Android as well.