Redmi 1S 4G/LTE will be available soon - China

Xiaomi has announced that the new Redmi 1S 4G/LTE version will be available soon in China. Here are some of the specification of the Redmi 1S LTE.

 Click on picture to enlarge. Credits goes to Katez on the MIUI forums.

The new Redmi 1S LTE has a Mediatek MTK MT6582 Quad-core 1.3 GHz CPU, Mali 400 GPU, single SIM slot, 2200mAh battery and other specs are almost identical to the Redmi 1S 3G.

Redmi 1S - Google apps that keeps reinstalling

Having Google apps that keep coming back to haunt you even after uninstalling them? Getting that optimizing apps appearing on every restart? I had that problem when I got the version 29 onwards with my Redmi 1S. My solution is easy without getting your hands dirty with installing 3rd party Recovery softwares. Here's how.

First, open up Google Play store and find the Google apps that you want to uninstall. Make sure you update all the Google apps. After that, reboot the phone.

Now, uninstall all Google apps through Google Play store (goto 'My apps') that you don't need. Reboot your phone and voila! No more creepy apps.

Steps summarized:

1. Find and update all Google apps.
2. Reboot phone.
3. Uninstall all Google apps(via Google Play store) you don't need.
4. Reboot phone.

*It's also important to take note that I have disabled 'Automatic restore' under Settings>Backup & reset>Automatic restore 'turned off'.

Redmi 1S - New update JHCMIBF35.0

Redmi 1S received another update today, JHCMIBF35.0 right after a day JHCMIBF34.0 was released.

Changelog shows there is a fix for some apps icons that supposedly didn't appear after updating. I did not have this issue though. Someone on a forum did mentioned that the stock browser icon was missing. Not sure what other fixes were done under the hood.

There are some noticeable improvements like much smoother UI, better RAM management and better battery life compared to the previous Global version 29.

Here's the Antutu benchmark for JHCMIBF35.0.