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Guide the differences between the various branches and versions of Xiaomi's MIUI

Simone Rodriguez

November 24, 2018

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At its origins MIUI, when Xiaomi began its development and no phone was in the pipeline yet, there was only one branch. Over the years, the arrival of (many) Xiaomi devices and finally the landing in the extra Chinese market, MIUI has necessarily reorganized and differentiated into various branches which, however, create a lot of confusion for the less trained. Let's make some clarity.

Content index

MIUI Chinese / English

MIUI Global

MIUI Custom

The MIUI numbering

The numbering of MIUI consists of two typologies according to whether it is a development ROM or a stable one.

Le ROM development (developer nightly, developer weekly, beta) use a numbering based on the release date in the format: last_course_day.month.day. As a result, a release 21 April 2016 will have as 6.4.21 numbering.

Le ROMs stable they follow instead one standard numbering where the first digit represents the major release number typical of the software versioning and the others to follow with this scheme: major.minor.build.revision. For example 7.2.12.0.

MIUI China Developer Nightly

And 'the MIUI Area only to users included in closed beta testing groups, is a work in progress for the news and bugfixes that we have proposed to release with the developer weekly (read later). The almost daily update is OTA therefore automatic and incremental, however there is no traceable official download.

MIUI China Developer Weekly

It is a development version (open beta) but which has already passed into the hands of beta testers and therefore guarantees good stability. Basically it is the sum of the news presented during the week through the nighty ed the best way to try the news. The update is OTA therefore automatic and incremental on a weekly basis (Thursday afternoon).

MIUI China Stable

The "stable" MIUI China is instead the sum of all the latest news with the weekly, revised and corrected to package a version that guarantees maximum stability at the expense of a lesser rate of updates.

MIUI Global Beta Nightly

And 'the MIUI International Area only to users included in closed beta testing groups. As for China Developer Nightly, it is a branch that affects only a few volunteers who want to try the first releases before, after the necessary tests, become "Beta Open" (MIUI Global Beta Weekly)

MIUI Global Beta / Developer Weekly

Global versions are designed for the non-China market and include many languages ​​of the China versions. The Global Beta (also called Developer), as well as the China developer, is the branch of development that proposes frequent upgrades but a lower stability and includes the beauty of 26 different languages ​​including Italian. The update is OTA therefore automatic and incremental on a weekly basis. While maintaining a similar numbering to China developer, it is in truth always a little back with the news.

MIUI Global Stable

The Global Stable, as in the previous cases, is a version that comes from the sum of the development versions and that "blossoms" in a stable and enjoyable version. The Global stable initially included only the languages ​​of the markets in which Xiaomi has officially landed but is gradually also including Italian for the following models: Mi5, Mi5s, Mi6, Mi Mix, Mi Mix 2, Mi Note 2, Mi Note 3, Mi Max / Prime, Mi Max 2, Redmi 3S, Redmi Note 3 Pro, Redmi Note 3 SE, Redmi Note 4, Redmi 4, Redmi 4A, Redmi 4X, Mi 4i (continuously increasing list). Obviously, the presence of many more languages ​​than the Global Beta version, lets imagine that Xiaomi is at least preparing to release a truly Global version valid for all countries of the world. The update is OTA therefore automatic and incremental on a roughly monthly basis.

MIUI Multilanguage Xiaomi.eu Developer and Stable

We enter the world of custom ROMs. MIUI Multilanguage, up to the advent of Global, was the only option for languages ​​other than English and Chinese in MIUI. MIUI Multilanguage, derived from China Developer e China Stable, it is the fruit of all the work fanzine scattered around the world (ours of miui.it was one of the first to join) that, with their local translations, will feed the wide archive of present languages, well 26. Compared to local ones, Multilanguage translations are always behind a version as they prefer to release immediately without waiting for local translation teams to update their translations, they still achieve a good level of completeness. The ROMs of xiaomi.eu are "cleaned" of non-essential Chinese services and apps, they incorporate the playstore, the playservice and some small optimizations for the extra-china. While the Xiaomi framework remains present, the Xiaomi apps store (MiStore) is absent.

MIUI of MIUI Italy

Like MultiLingua, the MIUI "nostrana", derived from the China Developer (but not the China Stable), and is the result of the free work of MIUI Italia team that has long since given us the local version of MIUI. With the increase in Xiaomi terminals, but not only, the translation work has multiplied exponentially, making it impossible for a regular release for all devices. MIUI Italia's ROMs, in addition to including Google services, warrant a complete translation at 99% and some optimizations specific to our country. While the Xiaomi framework remains present, the Xiaomi apps store (MiStore) is absent.

Porting of MIUI

Porting is precisely the MIUI versions "ported" to non-xiaomi terminals. We enter a somewhat different ground because although many models speak of official support with their download on the MIUI Forum, these versions are not developed by the Xiaomi team, nor are they tried by moderators or control figures. Just because the development is left in the hands of some willing volunteers, there is not even a real standard. We will find depending on the model of the versions that work better or worse, with few languages ​​or only English / Chinese, with root or customizations, frequent updates or abandoned releases. Obviously, as well as the official MIUI forum, you can find somewhere porting for many models.

MIUI chop / custom

With the colorful name of "cuddles" (how to recognize a scary rom) usually refer to special versions made and used by international vendors (eg. GearBest) and are official MIUI versions, often from the “stable” branch, in which languages ​​not normally present such as Italian are implemented, thus creating unique hybrids (eg China stable with Italian). Compared to the past, they are ROMs sufficiently free of useless Chinese apps and allow a fair degree of enjoyment but are not upgradeable in any way. Having sufficient skills, we always suggest replacing them with other branches in order to take advantage of the constant updates of Xiaomi. Nevertheless it is common to meet less "geek" people who have kept these ROMs for months with satisfaction.

Starting from the second half of the 2017, Xiaomi has given a close to this phenomenon by prohibiting the use of non-original ROMs, so it is very rare to find them.

With this review, I hope you have run into the doubts of many, but if you have detected inaccuracies, if you have any questions or just want to add some information, please use the comments.