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Great work on the Pace/Stratos ROMs.
Apologize if my questions are already answered. I searched the forums and not able to find answers to my questions.
I'm planning to get the Stratos and have some questions. I wanted to see my activities on both AmazFit app and MifFit app. I read that to have that feature I should be on the Chinese version and not on the International version. If I use the Chinese version, does it show up all in Chinese language or is there is an option to select English language?
Also, would like to confirm that Stratos can pair to a external HR sensor and possibly to a Stryd foot pod?
If I buy the English International version, can I change the firmware to Chinese? Is there a way to add a custom activity? I would like to track P90X and Insanity workouts.
I have iPhone X and please let me know that both the versions work wonderfully well with the X.
Appreciate reply.
Thanks.
Only Bluetooth HR chest straps are supported. No footpod. Chinese firmware is Chinese only. No cardio, weight lifting or yoga workouts are supported.
As workouts app try Nike Training Club.
Thanks for the reply.
So, if I buy the Chinese version of Stratos and then installl the English ROM, will I be able to pair with MiFit app?
I didn’t get what you meant by “Nike Training Club app”. Will this app work on the Stratos?
Please advise.
NTC app is on the phone. MiFit app does not work with Stratos.
samiphone said:
Thanks for the reply.
So, if I buy the Chinese version of Stratos and then installl the English ROM, will I be able to pair with MiFit app?
I didn’t get what you meant by “Nike Training Club app”. Will this app work on the Stratos?
Please advise.
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Hi Sami,
If you buy the chinese version you can change the firmware to the english version and it'll be able to pair with "Amazfit watch" english app (I've already did that), I'm not sure about miFit, I think that app it's only for the other device.
I use the Amazfit spanish app and it can be synchronized with Strava, but there isn't more apps.
samiphone said:
Thanks for the reply.
So, if I buy the Chinese version of Stratos and then installl the English ROM, will I be able to pair with MiFit app?
I didn’t get what you meant by “Nike Training Club app”. Will this app work on the Stratos?
Please advise.
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The official English ROM will not sync with MiFit, the custom one based on the Chinese firmware will
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The official English ROM will not sync with MiFit, the custom one based on the Chinese firmware will
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Hi,
I'm interested on what you said. - "The custom one based on Chinese firmware will pair with MiFit." So, if I understand correctly, I can buy the Chinese version of Stratos and then patch it with a custom ROM (which may possibly give me English language ?) and then pair with MiFit app? Also, to let you know that I have the iPhone X.
Btw, since there is no option to add a custom workout profile (cardio, weight training etc for now), it is possible to install Endomondo or Sports Tracker or Sportsractive apk on the Pace 2 (Stratos) and run it to track indoor workouts like weight lifting, cardio etc.? If it is possible, then would like to know if I can also port the daily tracking metrics to those apps? This is the only feature that I'm missing and it is stopping me to buy this wonderful watch.
To summarize, I would like to get all the metrics on the MiFit app (since I read that it has more feature set than the Amazfit app) along with the ability to run Endomondo or other third party fitness app (apk) and somehow get that data ported to Google fit. I think the data in the MiFit app can be ported to Google Fit?
Please help.
Thanks.
bestfit777 said:
Hi,
I'm interested on what you said. - "The custom one based on Chinese firmware will pair with MiFit." So, if I understand correctly, I can buy the Chinese version of Stratos and then patch it with a custom ROM (which may possibly give me English language ?) and then pair with MiFit app? Also, to let you know that I have the iPhone X.
Btw, since there is no option to add a custom workout profile (cardio, weight training etc for now), it is possible to install Endomondo or Sports Tracker or Sportsractive apk on the Pace 2 (Stratos) and run it to track indoor workouts like weight lifting, cardio etc.? If it is possible, then would like to know if I can also port the daily tracking metrics to those apps? This is the only feature that I'm missing and it is stopping me to buy this wonderful watch.
To summarize, I would like to get all the metrics on the MiFit app (since I read that it has more feature set than the Amazfit app) along with the ability to run Endomondo or other third party fitness app (apk) and somehow get that data ported to Google fit. I think the data in the MiFit app can be ported to Google Fit?
Please help.
Thanks.
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If you buy the Chinese or International model (both will work), flash the Stratosified ROM (after unlocking the bootloader) and then use the Chinese Amazfit app (which will take some getting on an iPhone unfortunately), it will work with MiFit, I believe. I use the Pacefied ROM on my Pace, with the Chinese Amazfit app and it works with MiFit, which can indeed sync with Google Fit.
As far as I know, there's no way to use Endomondo though, and Strava requires the International ROM, so it's a choice between MiFit & Google Fit or Strava
Thank you for your comments.
So, you’re sure that endomondo or any other fitness app cannot be run from Stratos? Can somebody quickly try to download from apkmirror and let us know? I remember seeing a thread on side loading apk files.
Please confirm.
Thanks.
Due to privacy concerns I don't like Strava either. But it connects to many other services. Endomondo will not work since the watch has no google play and fit services.
If I go with Strava premium, will it allow to sync non GPS activities from Stratos?
Is there any remote possibility of tracking cardio/weight lifting exercises with the watch? I’m looking into tracking P90X/Cardio on a daily basis in the same way, Garmin allows to add a new workout profile (by choosing data fields) from within the watch. The other possibility is make Stratos talk to a web portal where we can add custom activities and sync it to the watch in the same way Sunnto Movescount web app allows.
Btw, any other fitness app similar to Endiomondo that can track all activities (including a custom one) and sync with the app? With Apple Watch, for example, I can use third party watch apps (Under Armour Record) and track on the device and online on the web.
Just my 2 cents.
Please advise.
Thank you.
Quinny899 said:
Strava requires the International ROM, so it's a choice between MiFit & Google Fit or Strava
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I saw some videos on youtube of people able to sync with mifit and strava by pairing the starts to the chinese and after to to the english version of amazfit watch.
does this really work ?
SteffenBerlin said:
NTC app is on the phone. MiFit app does not work with Stratos.
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if mifit does not work with starts, what is the way to extract steps, HR to Apple health or 3rd party apps with a Stratos ?
chocorem said:
if mifit does not work with starts, what is the way to extract steps, HR to Apple health or 3rd party apps with a Stratos ?
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Not sure is this helps with iOS since you cannot download/install old apps (unless your device is jailbroken, what is very rare nowadays):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/android-sync-amazfit-pace-v1-3-5-stock-t3719958
I was able to sync with MiFit on Android using the international versions of Amazfit and MiFit apps, using my Pace. Long story short, it seems that the sync is mostly done using the cloud, so you only need to bind/authorise your watch. So I used Amazfit in Chinese to bind my Pace to my Mi account, then uninstalled the app, installed both Amazfit and MiFi in EN, logged in using my Google account to Amazfit first, then MiFit, and when MiFit opened Amazfit it was possible to find my watch. It's a bit complicated to do on iOS, you must have to change the phone's language/region to download the CN version, but you can try. If you still need help, I suggest that you start a new thread with your exact configuration and questions, it's not nice to place similar questions all over the board. Good luck.
Hello guys, i have another question about mi home app. Only chinese version have the feature to control xiaomi home devices? Maybe to this works, the mi home apk should be installed at watch, right? With English version, I can install this too?
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vp-flash said:
Hello guys, i have another question about mi home app. Only chinese version have the feature to control xiaomi home devices? Maybe to this works, the mi home apk should be installed at watch, right? With English version, I can install this too?
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Some people have tried, but it didn't work with EN version, wouldn't even install. You'd better try a CN or CN based ROM.
Hi all. Today I've received a notification from "poste italiane", the notification say that I can finally use my "Postepay Evolution" to pay contactless, but when I try to enable these I got the message on the screenshot
Evasi0n3r said:
Hi all. Today I've received a notification from "poste italiane", the notification say that I can finally use my "Postepay Evolution" to pay contactless, but when I try to enable these I got the message on the screenshot
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For some reason google pay thinks your phone has been modified.. If bixby got the translation of that image right.
Google pay will only work on a device that is flagged as certified by google play protect status... So if your running the firmware provided by Samsung for the phone, or firmware provided for the phone that comes from a different compatible model (like the G965U and G96U1 firmware can be flashed on either device without issue) then your status should say certified.
If you have enabled or toggled OEM unlock (which unlocks the bootloader) then google pay will not work. Because this falls under the "phone modification" category you will have to re-lock the bootloader in order to use google pay.
If you have rooted the phone then google pay will not work. There maybe a way to hide root from google pay, but you will either have to do some research into that or someone else might have some ideas (assuming this is what you have going on).
If you are using the Samsung One UI beta (the android pie beta) firmware then Google Pay will not work. This is because the firmware has not been officially released, so the google play protect status will flag it as not certified.
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For some reason google pay thinks your phone has been modified.. If bixby got the translation of that image right.
Google pay will only work on a device that is flagged as certified by google play protect status... So if your running the firmware provided by Samsung for the phone, or firmware provided for the phone that comes from a different compatible model (like the G965U and G96U1 firmware can be flashed on either device without issue) then your status should say certified.
If you have enabled or toggled OEM unlock (which unlocks the bootloader) then google pay will not work. Because this falls under the "phone modification" category you will have to re-lock the bootloader in order to use google pay.
If you have rooted the phone then google pay will not work. There maybe a way to hide root from google pay, but you will either have to do some research into that or someone else might have some ideas (assuming this is what you have going on).
If you are using the Samsung One UI beta (the android pie beta) firmware then Google Pay will not work. This is because the firmware has not been officially released, so the google play protect status it will that it isn't certified.
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Thanks a lot, I'm using one ui beta.
Other payment solutions may work despite the beta.
GPay works with the official release of Pie.
I recently bought a Pocophone with the idea of installing LineageOS. Actually, I was looking for models where I could install it, since I want to remove google and vendor bloat apps.
Just after unboxing it, I went to check how to unlock the bootloader, and I faced a really cumbersome process:
- Register an account, providing email, phone and wait an SMS to confirm.
- Login your phone and wait 72h with the phone powered on and Synced with MI cloud (wtf?)
- Download an unlock tool that only works in Windows. I'm a Linux user so I had to setup a VirtualBox VM to proceed.
I didn't want to use my brand new phone and add all my contacts and stuff and then Sync everything to Xiaomi servers. To me this looks like a data collection policy to get as much as they can from Google et al. forcing users to Sync with a long enough wait time window.
Why don't use a more user friendly process like Motorola and others do???
I totally regret choosing Xiaomi, and now I'm going to try to sell it just because of this.
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I recently bought a Pocophone with the idea of installing LineageOS. Actually, I was looking for models where I could install it, since I want to remove google and vendor bloat apps.
Just after unboxing it, I went to check how to unlock the bootloader, and I faced a really cumbersome process:
- Register an account, providing email, phone and wait an SMS to confirm.
- Login your phone and wait 72h with the phone powered on and Synced with MI cloud (wtf?)
- Download an unlock tool that only works in Windows. I'm a Linux user so I had to setup a VirtualBox VM to proceed.
I didn't want to use my brand new phone and add all my contacts and stuff and then Sync everything to Xiaomi servers. To me this looks like a data collection policy to get as much as they can from Google et al. forcing users to Sync with a long enough wait time window.
Why don't use a more user friendly process like Motorola and others do???
I totally regret choosing Xiaomi, and now I'm going to try to sell it just because of this.
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Just use a 3rd party app to sync your data or just backup them. There are tons of apps on the PlayStore.
And about the unlocking procedure, this is just a standard procedure and it is for safety measures. Like confirming that your Xiaomi Model has bounded to its real model number because there are tons of fake and clone Mi Phones on the market and registering your phone on their servers that your phone model is unlocked. Good thing though that the unlocking for Poco is only for 3 Days, other models I heard is about 1-3 months.
Darklouis said:
Just use a 3rd party app to sync your data or just backup them. There are tons of apps on the PlayStore.
And about the unlocking procedure, this is just a standard procedure and it is for safety measures. Like confirming that your Xiaomi Model has bounded to its real model number because there are tons of fake and clone Mi Phones on the market and registering your phone on their servers that your phone model is unlocked. Good thing though that the unlocking for Poco is only for 3 Days, other models I heard is about 1-3 months.
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To start with, even for Poco F1, the wait time was 3 months. Then they shortened that step by step and it is now 72 hours. The official explanation was that since the phone was not launched simultaneously in all the countries, some retail vendors (in countries where it was not then launched) bought the phone in bulk, unlocked the bootloader and installed various apps (in addition to the pre-installed bloatware) including malware and then sold them in retail. It was to avoid this and to ensure that a genuine owner is using the phone before allowing the unlock that they devised this method.
These all sound so horrible but I am still using my phone because motorola which you champion cannot build a decent phone like pocophone offers.
oppo and vivo didnt have ubl , asus and samsung void waranty, huawei not cheap to ubl.. thank god poco only have to wait 72h, you gibe ip ur privacy when usinh android, if u dont want data colection from vendor, use apple..
in China they have a function for the clock that checks the health of the heart (arrhythmias, etc.). Could you know how long this function could reach European countries? thanks
Never.
why?
I`ve bought mine Amazfit NEXO from china, and translate it to english. There is one funcion untranslated that said it is the arrhythmias and unusual behavior tracker...
Hi,
I bought a Mi Pad 5 Pro 5G and I think I can see how much I hurried up. There is no Global version. In CN ROM only English and I would prefer Polish.
What's happening? Does any of you know if Xiaomi has any plans to do something with this model?
Do I have any system alternative? Maybe a pure android ... I have not found anything on the internet for this model to be uploaded. Please help!
I'm a bit broken
(sorry for my bad english)
You can find a couple of threads about GSIs on the Pad 5 (non Pro) forum. People (incl myself) have had some success in installing some GSIs on the Pro model too. You can't use the Xiaomi pen on a GSI (or custom ROM I think), however, which is a massive downside to some people.
Yes I think the software development for this tablet is really slow. It's no-one's fault. I used to own Mi Pad 4 and they had a huge range of custom ROMs available. I optimistically assumed it would be the same for Pad 5. I was so wrong... If the stock ROM (MIUI) was half decent, we wouldn't need volunteer developers. Such a shame.
If I had read more about how bad it is with the Pro version - I would buy something from the competition, such as Samsung. A bit of money wasted because I have equipment with potential, but soft kills it. I hope that something will move with the next android, for example 13. Shame for Xiaomi for treating customers in such a way. I do not understand the lack of a Global version. I bought a device from China, paying all taxes. Feels like cheated.
KJX_85 said:
If I had read more about how bad it is with the Pro version - I would buy something from the competition, such as Samsung. A bit of money wasted because I have equipment with potential, but soft kills it. I hope that something will move with the next android, for example 13. Shame for Xiaomi for treating customers in such a way. I do not understand the lack of a Global version. I bought a device from China, paying all taxes. Feels like cheated.
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Without sounding like an asshole. If you did a little research on this forum or even google searched about the pad 5 pro before buying it, you would have avoided buying a device not suitable for you.
It was well documented that the Pro version was available only in China and didn't support all languages.
No need to feel cheated, you just failed to research the specifications.
As far as development for this device, I would contact people working on Poco F4 roms. It's basically a pad 5 pro with a small screen. I'm sure they could cook something up.
mickfitz said:
Without sounding like an asshole. If you did a little research on this forum or even google searched about the pad 5 pro before buying it, you would have avoided buying a device not suitable for you.
It was well documented that the Pro version was available only in China and didn't support all languages.
No need to feel cheated, you just failed to research the specifications.
As far as development for this device, I would contact people working on Poco F4 roms. It's basically a pad 5 pro with a small screen. I'm sure they could cook something up.
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Thanks for the info. I will look for. Regards.
Is there any way to upload the Polish language to the Chinese firmware on the CN of the Mi Pad 5 Pro 5G? Currently, there is only Chinese and English and the Global version is not available and probably will not be.
Are Google services on Chinese ROM working properly?
KJX_85 said:
Is there any way to upload the Polish language to the Chinese firmware on the CN of the Mi Pad 5 Pro 5G? Currently, there is only Chinese and English and the Global version is not available and probably will not be.
Are Google services on Chinese ROM working properly?
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Everything works with google. Just have to set the permissions correctly for Google apps.
Chrome translates perfectly and even assistant works in different spoken languages.
Download Gboard keyboard and everything will work.
mickfitz said:
Everything works with google. Just have to set the permissions correctly for Google apps.
Chrome translates perfectly and even assistant works in different spoken languages.
Download Gboard keyboard and everything will work.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you very much.
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Make sure you set google to always allow otherwise the MIUI privacy protection will block all sorts of settings and add ons. It returns blank messages to google so you can't sign in.
This has frustrated a lot of users.
You can try an app called MoreLocale 2 (available on Google Play Store or GitHub) to use a language other than the specified ones on the MIUI Chinese ROM. It changes the locale setting. I can't remember if your device needs to be rooted or not. I haven't tried myself, but I have read a few people saying they could get Japanese available on some (but not all) apps and system menus. Polish is probably available too, but you'd better check. You need to execute some adb command to get it work.
GitHub - c-lis/morelocale: This application will change system locale and country setting.
This application will change system locale and country setting. - GitHub - c-lis/morelocale: This application will change system locale and country setting.
github.com
https://androidlover.net/xiaomi-japanese-language (Japanese website)
UmiCat said:
You can try an app called MoreLocale 2 (available on Google Play Store or GitHub) to use a language other than the specified ones on the MIUI Chinese ROM. It changes the locale setting. I can't remember if your device needs to be rooted or not. I haven't tried myself, but I have read a few people saying they could get Japanese available on some (but not all) apps and system menus. Polish is probably available too, but you'd better check. You need to execute some adb command to get it work.
GitHub - c-lis/morelocale: This application will change system locale and country setting.
This application will change system locale and country setting. - GitHub - c-lis/morelocale: This application will change system locale and country setting.
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https://androidlover.net/xiaomi-japanese-language (Japanese website)
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First of all, the device does not need to be rooted. The disadvantage of this solution is that you have to set the language again after every restart. But I found another solution:
It is even better than MoreLocal2 if you change the language in the Android language menu. The so called AOSP Dashboard is accessible via Apps like "Activity Launcher" or "MIUI Downloader" (Both on Playstore, I suggest Activity Launcher).
For Activity Launcher: Open app and search for "SystemDashboard", then open "com.android.settings.Settings$SystemDashboardActivity"
This way you get the same result as with MoreLocal, but 1. you don't have to set something after every restart, 2. you don't have an unnecessary app because you can uninstall it and 3. you don't have to assign authorizations, since everything runs in system dialogs.
* I use my Mi Pad 5 Pro with this solution.
** With "same result" I mean a mixture of English and target language. MIUI apps / system apps mostly but not always remain in English. Everything else should be in the target language if the apps support it.