Should I update to Android 9.0 on my mi box s?

by InkyBoi0

So i was about to update to android 9.0 on my mi box s but when i googled about the update all of the sources said that the update has many bugs and that the chromecast won't work anymore Is this true? And should i keep it to version 8.1.0

voung_win

Stay away.

I made a mistake of updating it. Now all sorts of things happen. Apps crashing all the time (Especially Youtube). System keeps freezing.. Color profile not showing correctly. Loud popping sound from speaker when idle.

8.1.0 was dead stable for me. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

sivartk

The Chromecast issue is easy enough to fix. The 2 issues I ran into were:

  1. On screen keyboard wouldn't work (you couldn't navigate to the keys)
  2. With my HDHomeRun all live 720p channels were pixelated. (with VLC, Plex, Live Channels, HDHomeRun app)

Other than that I didn't see any issues. I was still in my return period so I exchanged it for one with 8.1 and won't upgrade again anytime soon. Technically it was defective since I couldn't use the keyboard to sign in, connect to WiFi, etc.

vexorian2

Your mileage may vary.

I have two mibox S at home. We don't use them for anything fancy, only chromecast and using the youtube/netflix/crunchiroll apps directly. After updating to 9 them and cleaning app the "Chromecast Builtin" app data. Things seem to be working ok. I don't really have more problems that I didn't already have before (e.g sometimes I need to turn off the mi box S and turn it back on so that it can be used in chromecast mode, but this always happened to me, also with normal chromecasts)

Other people seem to have had problems with stability.

I guess the real question is , do you NEED to upgrade? After upgrading I am not sure if I gained anything. The config menu is a bit more organized, but that's about all that I've noticed

JustLikeThat777

Don't upgrade. There are all sorts of problems with it. I think I read in another thread that you can't even downgrade back to 8.1 either

Flo655

Plex is broken. Don’t update.

twolater1

All my apps working perfectly ,and Chromecast issue is easy to fix, go to Google Play store - My app - Chromecast built in - Uninstall ,use old version . DONE

ABOUT Airplay i used Happycast or AirPin(PRO) v5.0.2, all working great

try all your app update to newest version .thats it

i am using mibox4 in china

visualise1k

When will mi box 3 get OTA pie update?

Dudefoxlive

Don’t mine no longer lets me select my custom launcher that i was able to in android 8. It also locks up more than 8 did. I regret updating i want to go back to android 8.

koshergoy

no

yes