Xiaomi Mi Max

[touchme]

What are the downsides of rooting?

I dunno, guess some root apps may use slightly more juice.

 

[batniss]

Sorry, could you enlighten us who is the "their"? You mean if we were to have files on a say Synology NAS, should the NAS spoilt, we can just plug those drives to any Windows PC and all data can be read / write from those drives directly?

You used the word "their" and YES - that's what i have said.

 

[batniss]

If you are using hardware base raid. In most case it may be hardware type/chipset dependant. Not all hardware is equal.
For the power consumption portion. Is really Dependant. If you reuse old pc. Hardware investment is almost zero vs new NAS. NAS box is quite expensive if you buy some reasonable good brand. Power consumption is actually few different as most power is used by hard-disk itself.

if you noticed, he mentioned software RAID.

Software RAID + WINDOWS = high power consumption. The old CPU used (likely a mainstream desktop processor) will already drain quite a fair bit as compared to a NAS of course you might beg to differ.

i am just sharing what he claimed about NAS was fairly inaccurate on the point i've mentioned and wish to correct the misunderstanding towards NAS. Hopefully not offending anyone.

 

[i1magic]

You used the word "their" and YES - that's what i have said.

Serious? That's good news if you are right.

Let me check with some IT managers friend of mine on this. Or are there any expert in NAS that can confirm?

Last check, drives from Synology NAS, unplugged and plug to any Windows PC cannot be read.

Batniss, I suppose you have took drives out of Synology NAS and plug to be access on a Windows PC before?

Mi Max HardwareZone Forums app

 

[heng_ah]

Plus:-
YouTube background play
No ad pop-ups in Browsers
Select/Fwd songs on free Spotify
Anti-theft spyware into system Rom.
WhatsApp and Miui Mods (xposed plugins)
..and more..

to add on
- can install fake GPS app for location spoofing
- can freeze bloatware
- etc

 

[heng_ah]

What are the downsides of rooting?

- can not play Pokemon Go
- certain finance app (like Singtel Dash not installable on rooted device

 

[MaLdocK]

Looking to explore the option of rooting the Max.

Apart from the points mentioned above, what are the other things can I do after rooting the phone?

Max will be my first root.

 

[kelvinti]

Hmmm...Mi Max is not a computer neither a laptop or NAS...

You know what I mean...

Btw,

My Simder's 128 is still at "Processing.." on the 1st day of "Delivered By..."!

 

[justln]

Can get the 128gb version for $341 from Simder after $60 voucher, good deal?

 

[kelvinti]

Can get the 128gb version for $341 from Simder after $60 voucher, good deal?

Qoo10 wth the latest $60 voucher?

Why not! Freaking good deal, bro!

Somemore, Simderella provides a whopping 6 months warranty sia!

Even without the $60 voucher, Simder's 128 is the cheapest at $401 in town now!

Most sellers are selling between $400 to $480!

Quick quick grab one before out of your color choice and out of the allocated stock!

 

[azbyza]

Difference, I believe there should be. The real question is "how much" are you willing to pay for that difference.

Personally, I am not willing to pay so much more for that difference. But to some, they feel that the amount they pay is ok.

That difference also includes the additional storage.

I bought a Note 3 with 3GB ram which at that time was the highest of any phone. The norm then was 1GB and 2GB was the high end. My Note 3 can still run any app easily without any lag.

Apple is the sneakiest of all. They have the highest specs BUT below average ram. The Apple faithful defended that Apple is efficient so more ram is wasteful. A few years later, their old iPhones are still powerful but the bottleneck is insufficient ram. Go read about it in their forums. LOL.

You really got to "admire" some of those die-hard Apple apologists who still defend Apple low ram strategy....they know it is Apple's strategy to force upgrading in the future and they agree to it because they too want Apple fans to buy the newest and "bestest" later and throw away old iPhones to upkeep the high class image of Apple.

Now that some of the faithfuls also start complaining, Apple lan lan had to increase the ram by the minimum.

Notice that the high end phones are now starting to have 6GB ram. Next year it will probably increase to 8GB.

In IT, there's never enough ram. Software has to trim features to target the most users for the largest market share. As the ram for most users start to creep up, the software also gladly follow.

Notice how Facebook is always updating almost weekly and the size is now more than 50MB? Notice the phone browser is always not as powerful as the desktop version? That's being limited by ram.

Unlike PC, ram on the phone is not user upgradeable. Buy the max you can get now and be ahead of the majority; for them to catch up to you later while you're comfortable even in the future. I hate to waste time grumbling about low ram.

It cost a bit more now but worth it.

 

[justln]

Qoo10 wth the latest $60 voucher?

Why not! Freaking good deal, bro!

Somemore, Simderella provides a whopping 6 months warranty sia!

Even without the $60 voucher, Simder's 128 is the cheapest at $401 in town now!

Most sellers are selling between $400 to $480!

Quick quick grab one before out of your color choice and out of the allocated stock!

Thanks bro, I'll try to get one at midnight. Today vouchers ran out.

 

[Compact7]

After closing all apps from multi-tasking, it always show 1.3gb of 3gb available.

Is this normal?

Normal for 3/32 on miui8. If on miui7, normal is 1.8 to 2 gb free ram.

 

[kelvinti]

Thanks bro, I'll try to get one at midnight. Today vouchers ran out.

Ya. You better stand by to click that $60 voucher at the stroke of midnight.

I woke up at 11am today already ran out.

 

[kelvinti]

The point is not about how many more free ram left after closing all apps.

You must read it in the "reverse" logic...It is actually about how many more apps you can open and run or after prolong usage before the lag starts to kick in between a 3gb ram and 4gb or a 6gb ram model bah..

 

[sjchai75]

Ya. You better stand by to click that $60 voucher at the stroke of midnight.

I woke up at 11am today already ran out.

That $60 voucher, how to get? How much need to purchase to use it?

 

[kelvinti]

That $60 voucher, how to get? How much need to purchase to use it?

http://special.qoo10.sg/gmkt.inc/Special/Special.aspx?sid=2184&banner_no=972559

 

[Compact7]

Used two Max phones in my recent holidays tours. Each for wife and me
. Hotspot on, Gps,whatsapp, fb, photo taking, gmap searching all super fast. No battery issue at all. Power super lasting. Nvr worried the power and no power bank at all. Best buy. Ah max is really Max!!

 

[Compact7]

The point is not about how many more free ram left after closing all apps.

You must read it in the "reverse" logic...It is actually about how many more apps you can open and run or after prolong usage before the lag starts to kick in between a 3gb ram and 4gb or a 6gb ram model bah..

I think your are right man!!

 

[1982-1994]

the moment I started to use WhatsApp, the battery starts to drain faster lol. what a difference.