Redmi 1S - Getting delayed Whatsapp messages

Not getting Whatsapp messages almost instantly? Or phone will only get notification 15 minutes later? Whatsapp push notification not working? The problem that is causing this is most likely a cleaner app that is installed on your phone. Any cleaner that have the ability to clear Whatsapp from memory. In this case, it's MIUI's built-in cleaner app.

Solution? Open Whatsapp and go back to homescreen. Access the 'recent apps tray' by pressing the 'Options' capacitive touch button for a second or more. Now, there should be a little red lock sign near the top of Whatsapp icon. If there is no lock sign on the Whatsapp icon, simply swipe the icon down and it will be locked in memory. Enjoy your almost instant Whatsapp messages.

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'.