MIUI v5 ROM for Galaxy S4 I9500 releasing to public today

Good news for Samsung Galaxy S4 ( I9500 variant ) waiting for official MIUI ROM on their device. @miuirom has tweeted that MIUI V5 ROM based on Android 4.2.2 JellyBean will be released for public today starting with release 3.11.15 ( 2013-Nov-15 ) and you can expect a release every Friday.

You can find a comprehensive guide on how to set-up your device for flashing MIUI v5 here at en.miui.com. This is one-time only as the weekly updates will be rolled out Over-The-Air. Do not try flashing this on your device if yours is not an international variant (I9500) of Galaxy S4.

Here is the complete change-log of MIUI 3.11.15 release

[System]
Optimization – Optimized screen sensitivity for glove mode (11-14)

[Phone]
Optimization – Increased compatibility for some types of SIM cards (11-14)
Fix – Sometimes, because of a display error (area too small), users couldn’t answer incoming calls (11-14)

[Blocklist]
Optimization – Users can enter blocklist directly from dial pad (11-14)

[Messaging]
New – All notification messages (e.g. messages from the bank) are displayed in a special thread (11-12)

[Lock screen, status bar, notification shade]
New – Wi-Fi toggle can directly show the name of connected wireless network (11-12)
New – Floating notification bar can display system notifications (e.g. When system update is completed). User no longer has to pull down Notification shade to view these types of notifications. (11-13)
Optimization – The option of “drop-down notification bar at lock screen” is enabled by default (11-12)

[Gallery]
New – Brand new version of photo selection interface (11-12)
Optimization – New uploading and downloading mechanism for MiCloud album is used to improve stability and efficiency (11-12)
Fix – When Gallery is started for the first time, photos do not display until home page gets black screen for a few seconds (11-12)
Fix – Deleting photos on home page is laggy(11-12)
Fix – Photo albums cover was missing the “Add video” icon (11-13)
Fix – On Mi1 phones, app would FC when trying to scan a QR code (11-13)

[Downloads]
Fix – Sometimes, swiping “Downloading” tab to enter “Downloaded” might cause FC (11-12)

[Security]
New – Cache cleaner, Data usage, Blocklist, Power management, Virus scan, and Permissions manager have been grouped together on a single interface (11-13) (This feature is only released for Xiaomi MI2, MI2S and Mi2A this week, other devices might get it hopefully next week. Sorry for the delay.)

Source : @miuirom and miui

 

About Praneeth Kancherla

I work as an Oracle Database Administrator & love the most customizable smartphone operating system - Android. At AFN I try to bring you latest on android/smartphone news.

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