Month: March 2025

Xiaomi Mi 13 Pro Boot Loop…

Posted on by dk

I had the misfortune of experiencing an “incurable” (or so I thought) boot loop that forced me to send for a replacement (near its end of its 2-year warranty) from Xiaomi late last year…

That meant I lost all my latest photos and messages not already backed up…

Another Mi 13 Pro I had on hand experienced the same boot loop.

In frustration and not wanting to lose any information, I searched the Internet to see what could be done…

Apparently, there was a potential fix – I tried it and it worked for me!

YMMV

MIUI HyperOS 2 – Now sucking twice as much as HyperOS 1

Posted on by dk

So, accidentally updating my Xiaomi Mi 13 Pro firmware, I got saddled with Xiaomi’s latest “HyperOS 2″… Now sucking twice as much as HyperOS 1…

Logging my own fixes for “quality of life” (or otherwise, preventing the murder of some Xiaomi OS designer/engineer):

  • Fixing “Home” button long press:
    • use “Hidden Settings“, search for “button” and select “Button navigation” (com.android.settings.Settings$PowerMenuSettingsActivity)
  • Getting Touchpal to work:
    • change system font to “default”