Download links for update JHCCNBH45.0 released

Another update for the Redmi 1S is up. Download links for update JHCCNBH45.0(China version) released in the MIUI official forums.

Changelog:

System - Fixed : Some apps in background are forced closed when RAM usage is high (10-10)

Messaging - Improved the security of Cloud Messaging (08-10)

Security Center - Optimization : Permission settings for some apps (10-10)

Scanner - Fix : App would FC on pressing app Settings when system language is English (10-10)

Recovery ROM download here.

Fastboot ROM download here.

Nexus 7 2013 (LTE) gets 4.4.4 Kitkat update

The Nexus 7 2013 (LTE version) got an OTA update about a week ago. This particular Nexus device finally got it's 4.4.4 Kitkat update when other Nexus tablets and smartphones got it much earlier.

Nexus 7 2013 (LTE version) is only getting it's 4.4.4 update now because the major fixes in the 4.4.4 update for other devices are already in the 4.4.3 update for Nexus 7 2013 (LTE).

This 4.4.4 Kitkat update for the Nexus 7 2013(LTE) is just a minor one.

Asus RT-N14UHP unboxing

Got this ASUS RT-N14UHP wireless router about 2 weeks ago. Let's see what's inside the box.

The box.

Some information printed on the box.

Inside the box: Router, adapter, 3x  9dBi antennas, quick start guide, warranty card, network cable (CAT5e).

Quick start guide.

The ASUS RT-N14UHP wireless router.

Air vents on the sides.

Behind the router ( from left to right); Reset hole button, power button,  power port for AC adapter, USB2.0 port, WPS button, WAN port and 4x 10/100 LAN ports.

Bottom side of router.

9dBi antennas.

Power adapter.

RT-N14UHP with 9dBi antennas .

The RT-N14UHP uses the Broadcom BCM5358UB0 clocked at 530mhz. There is 16MB of flash memory and 64MB of RAM. It has an additional power amplifier chip.

My own experience

This router is really stable and so far I don't need to power off or reboot the router. There are a minimum of 8 devices(tablets, notebook, smartphones, PCs) connected at any time and no connection drop issues so far. Coverage is pretty good but don't expect it to work miracles if you are on a two-storey house/building.

Redmi 1S - JHCMIBH45.0 update released, OTA

Another update for the Redmi 1S JHCMIBH45.0 is on OTA after the release of JHCMIBH43.0 less than two weeks ago. There is only a single description in the changelog, which is 'improved security of Cloud Messaging'. It is not known what other changes are done under the hood, which is typical of Xiaomi's update changelogs.

Xiaomi devs have implemented some kind of thermal control and aggressive throttling of the CPU when it reaches a certain temperature. UI is not as responsive, and games aren't as smooth as it used to be. Battery life seems to be worse than previous versions.

Additional changelog item is listed on the MIUI forums.

System - New : Optimized RAM usage (10-05)

Later, these entries were added to the OTA changelog:

System - Added thermal control to prevent the device from overheating (10-13)
             - Optimized RAM usage to prevent background apps from getting killed (10-05)

Messaging - Improved the security of Cloud Messaging (08-10)

Recovery ROM can be downloaded here.
( Credits goes to Katez on the official MIUI forums ).

Fastboot ROMs
Malaysia - Download here
Singapore - Download here
Philipines - Download here
Indonesia - Download here
India - Download here

Update and changelog.

Limit background processes

There seem to be an additional option in the 'Settings > Battery'  section. Where you can 'limit background processes'. There is no information about how many background processes are allowed when you enable this feature. This same feature can be accessed in the 'Settings > Developer options' section. Scroll down to the bottom and choose 'Background process limit'.

Here you can select:

- Standard limit
- No background processes
- At most, 1 processes
- At most, 2 processes
- At most, 3 processes
- At most, 4 processes

*Update (13/10/2014) : Previously this version was released to selective Indian users OTA. It is now released for the rest of the users.

*Update (14/10/2014) : New changelog up on the official forums. Now Xiaomi has decided to release more items in the changelog. Fickle or not I don't know.

Latest changelog(credits goes to Katez on the MIUI forums) :

System
Added thermal control to prevent the device from overheating (10-13)
Optimized RAM usage to prevent background apps from getting killed (10-13)

Messaging
Optimized the function of recognizing time information in messages (07-24)
Optimized time recognition method in a message (07-16)
Improved the security of Cloud Messaging (08-10)
Fix - Sometimes failed to send SMS (07-01)
Fix - Sometimes, sender showed as 'WAP Push' (07-08)
Fix - Couldn't sync the settings when a private contact's messages were pinned (07-16)
Fix - Private messages would be read out after enabling messages text -to - speech output in Car mode (07-17)
Fix - Sometimes, messages with the same contact were not in the same folder (08-06)

File Explorer
Fix - when using FTP, the management status didn't show in the status bar (07-03)
Fix - Some items were invalid when sending files (08-13)

Email
There will be a prompt if a mail is not sent in 5 minutes (07-24)
'Quick response' will be sent to all (07-24)
Fix - Could not sync batch delete result to multiple devices (07-08)
Fix - Sometimes, attachment tiles were empty (07-08)
Fix - Errors in Foxmail default settings (07-08)
Fix - Sometimes, deleted mails would show again (07-09)
Fix - When using QQ mail, clicking on contacts avatars would cause display error (07-24)
Fix - Send later button didn't work when failed to send a mail (07-24)
Fix - Some IMAP emails could not sync Sent mails (08-05)
Fix - POP3 accounts did not show mails in Sent box (08-05)
Fix - Keywords were not highlighted when searching local mails (08-05)
Fix - When searching in Drafts, the result would show mails from all folders (08-05)
Fix - Sometimes, it did not respond for a long time when replying or forwarding (08-05)
Fix - App would FC if attachments names had special characters for some POP3 accounts (08-05)
Fix - After pressing 'Refresh', the state displayed incorrectly (07-24)

Calendar
Added weekly view (07-15)
Use floating notification for calendar popup windows (07-15)
Fix - Words in events were blurred in weekly/daily views (07-15)

Mi Account
Unified Mi Cloud settings page in Mi Account (09-09)

Additional changes done ( I will add more when I see something new or input from users ):

1. Hardware tests app is finally translated to English officially. Update: This was actually done in version 43.

Redmi 1S - JHCMIBH43.0 update released

Xiaomi released another update for the Redmi 1S version JHCMIBH43.0 today. The difference between JHCMIBH43.0 and the previous JHCMIBH41.1 in the changelog is the addition of unified Mi Cloud settings page in Mi Account. The rest of the changelog are identical.

JHCMIBH43.0 uses zRAM to improve it's RAM management as well. It will use more CPU power for the compression process, so we will see if would affect battery power. Will post up screenshots later.

JHCMIBH43.0 Recovery ROM can be downloaded here. (credit goes to KateZ on the MIUI forums).

For those who needs a fresh and clean install of the update, you can download Fastboot ROMs.You'll need Mi Flash Tool, a PC and the fastboot ROM.

Download Malaysia fastboot rom
Download Singapore fastboot rom
Download Indonesia fastboot rom
Download Philipines fastboot rom

zRAM info.

My own experience

Overall battery consumption has definitely increased on this version because of the zRAM implementation. Multi-tasking is not a problem anymore. And the phone seems to heat up less and noticeable when playing games. Apps and UI is not as snappy compared to version 37.

Redmi 1S - JHCCNBH41.1 released on OTA and ROM available for download

Xiaomi released another update for the Redmi 1S (China version) which is JHCCNBH41.1  .

Recovery ROM for version JHCCNBH41.1 can be downloaded from here.

Redmi 1S - JHCMIBH41.1 released on OTA

An update JHCMIBH41.1 for the global version is on OTA today. Some of the apps mentioned in the changelog were Messaging app, File Explorer, E-mail app and Calendar. The update is about 215MB in size and will take awhile for the update to finish compared to previous versions. Indian users who are still on version 36 will get a 500+MB update, and it's perfectly normal.

Users who did not get the notification, can goto Updater App>press Options capacitive button>View available updates>press Update.

If you can't see 'available updates', then you might want to manually update from v36 to v37. Some users have reported that they are not receiving OTA even on non-rooted v37. So in that case, you'll just have to wait. 

Bad News! The previous link I got from the MIUI forums was allegedly a leak by a India Redmi 1S Testing Group member. I will put up the link again, once the Mods give confirmation.

Xiaomi has added a scanner app in this update as well. Another most important feature of this update is the use of zRAM. In short, Zram basically compresses unused apps within the system RAM so it makes more available space.

Screenshot of the v41.1 changelog ( click to view ).

Redmi 1S - Another new update JHCCNBH41.0 released

Another new update JHCCNBH41.0 (China version) released today, which is less than a week after JHCCNBH40.0. It seems to have better memory management whereby apps are not 'killed' when multi-tasking. RAM usage on idle is still about the same as previous versions it seems. 

The Global version has yet to see version 40 or 41. Well, let's hope they iron out bugs before releasing it for Global.

JHCCNBH41.0 recovery ROM can be downloaded here.

JHCCNBH41.0 fastboot ROM can be downloaded here. Or head straight to the official MIUI forums here.

Latest update: Yet another new version JHCCNBH41.1 is released and up for download, download here.

Below is the change log for  JHCCNBH41.0 ( credit goes to Katz on the official MIUI forums ).

Messaging
Optimization - Optimized time recognation method in a message (07-16)
Optimization - Optimized the function of recognizing time information in messages (07-24)
Fix - Sometimes failed to send SMS (07-01)
Fix - Sometimes, sender showed as 'WAP Push' (07-08)
Fix - Couldn't sync the settings when a private contact's messages were pinned (07-16)
Fix - Private messages would be read out after enabling messages text-to-speech output in Car mode (07-17)
Fix - Sometimes, messages with the same contact were not in the same folder (08-06)

File Explorer
Fix - when using FTP, the management status didn't show in the status bar (07-03)
Fix - Some items were invalid when sending files (08-13)

E-mail
Optimization - There will be a prompt if a mail is not sent in 5 minutes (07-24)
Optimization - 'Quick response' will be sent to all (07-24)
Fix - Could not sync batch delete result to multiple devices (07-08)
Fix - Sometimes, attachment tiles were empty (07-08)
Fix - Errors in Foxmail default settings (07-08)
Fix - Sometimes, deleted mails would show again (07-09)
Fix - When using QQ mail, clicking on contacts avatars would cause display error (07-24)
Fix - After pressing 'Refresh', the state displayed wrongly (07-24)
Fix - Send later button didn't work when failed to send a mail (07-24)
Fix - Some IMAP emails could not sync Sent mails (08-05)
Fix - POP3 accounts did not show mails in Sent box (08-05)
Fix - Keywords were not highlighted when searching local mails (08-05)
Fix - When searching in Drafts, the result would show mails from all folders (08-05)
Fix - Sometimes, it did not respond for a long time when replying or forwarding (08-05)
Fix - App would FC if attachments names had special characters for some POP3 accounts (08-05)

Calendar
Optimization - Added weekly view (07-15)
Optimization - Use floating notification for calendar popup windows (07-15)
Fix - Words in events were blurred in weekly/daily views (07-15)

Redmi 1S - A new update JHCCNBH40.0 Chinese version is out

A new update JHCCNBH40.0 Chinese version is out on OTA today. No change log is released yet. But users have reported that the 'CRT' effect when turning off the screen is gone. RAM management seems to be the same as v37.

Redmi 1S - Calibration of your phone sensors

While I was playing GT Racing 2 on my Redmi 1S, I noticed the car was swerving slowly to the left even when I hold it straight. So I decided to re-calibrate the accelerometer and gyro sensors.

Goto your dialpad and type *#*#6484#*#*

You can also type *#*#64663#*#*  to access Engineering mode.

As you can see the menu is still in Mandrin (Chinese). Scroll down to 29 and 31 to calibrate sensors.

*Update: Good news, Prince.Paul.K on the MIUI forums has done a translation to English on this. You'll need to download the apk prepared by him and push it to the system/apps folder. Follow this link.

Redmi 1S - Global ROM JHCMIBF37.0 is available now

Redmi 1S Global ROM JHCMIBF37.0 is available for download now here. I'm sure many Redmi 1S users would be very happy because of the external SDcard saving feature option in this update. It is not on OTA yet, so if you don't want to wait, download the Full ROM and update your phone.

Fastboot ROMs.

Download Malaysia fastboot ROM.
Download Singapore fastboot ROM.

*Important: This ROM is for Redmi 1S ( WCDMA version ).

Automatically save photos and videos to external SDcard

Goto settings ( left picture is simple mode, right picture is advanced mode). 

Enable 'Priority saved to external SD card'. In video mode, just repeat the steps above.

Another method to enable the 'save to external SD card' feature

The feature can be enabled via Settings>Storage . You have the option to set it for the camera, gallery and music. Follow the steps below.

Redmi 1S - Update version JHCCNBF37.0 is out

A new update for Redmi 1S (China) is out. JHCCNBF37.0 full ROM can be downloaded from here. Finally, the feature to automatically save your music,photos and videos to the external SDcard is possible in this version. It took them quite awhile to offer it to users.

The Global version (JHCMIBF37.0) is not updated yet, but we will see it soon enough.

Size comparison between Redmi 1S, Redmi Note and Xperia V

Here are some photos compared side by side between Redmi 1S, Redmi Note and Sony Xperia V. Enjoy and I apologize for the dirty screens. :p

From left to right : Sony Xperia V, Redmi 1S and Redmi Note.

From top to bottom: Sony Xperia V, Redmi 1S and Redmi Note. Redmi 1S has TPU cover, Redmi Note and Xperia V is without extra covers.