Xiaomi Mi3 gets a HUGE OTA Update to MIUI 18.0 Stable

Majority of the first batch buyers of Mi3 are yet to receive their device and now it seems the purchase is going to get even more sweeter. A huge and stable update to MIUI is on its way to Mi3 devices in India. The update brings a lot of improvements and new features to the already cool MIUI user interface that Xiaomi deeply integrates into the Android OS. Update package is dubbed MIUI KXDMIBE18.0 Stable and is around 600 MB in size, so make sure you’re connected to WiFi to avoid any additional data costs.

New Features in MIUI 18 for Xiaomi Mi3 (Update Changelog)

System

• Fix – Could not use VPN (05-22)

Contacts

• Optimization – Simplified display method of WeChat/Google+ accounts etc. in contacts detail page (04-16)
• Optimization – Set QQ as default IM when adding a new contact (04-16)
• Optimization – When sending contacts information using SMS, the contact’s recently used number will be marked  (04-16)
• Fix – Sometimes, opening unnamed contacts would cause app to FC  (04-15)
• Fix – Call logs could be seen in Guest mode (04-16)
• Fix – When managing SIM contacts, the app might FC if you reenter it after exiting by pressing the Home button (04-16)
• Fix – When adding an extension number to contacts after calling it, the number would show incorrectly (04-16)
• Fix – If set a contact’s birthday to February 29 without choosing the year, it would show as March 1 (04-16)

Messaging

• Optimization – Support recognizing time information in a message and adding it to Calendar (05-21)
• Optimization – Optimized UI of Notification messages. Support viewing  messages by types by pulling down  (06-04)
• Optimization – Optimized UI of Notification messages. Support viewing  messages by types by pulling down  (06-04)
• Optimization – When writing a new message, cursor will automatically go to text box after choosing a contact (04-23)
• Optimization – Show pop-up notifications when clicking URL in MMS (05-06)
• Fix – Homescreen popup window did not show incoming messages’ content (05-27)
• Fix – App might FC if chose contacts repeatedly when writing messages (04-23)
• Fix – Cannot delete MMS after failed to download its content  (04-23)
• Fix – Mistakes in showing ‘From XX’ in the Starred page (04-23)
• Fix – Notification messages’ avatars didn’t change with themes (04-23)
• Fix – Sometimes app might FC when enabling cloud messaging in Mi Cloud (04-30)

Lockscreen, Status Bar, Notification Bar

• New – Incoming calls will only show in the Status bar during a full – screen task (05-13)
• Fix – Sometimes, the No SIM Card icon would not disapper (05-22)

Launcher

• New – App names and other home screen elements will automatically change colors with wallpapers (05-07)
• New – Support auto-filling blanks after batch deleting icons in home screen editing mode (05-07)
• Fix – Sometimes, icons were repeated (05-07)
• Fix – Sometimes, icons in the Dock were in wrong order  (05-07)

Camera

• Fix- Sometimes camera lost focus when flashlight was turned on (05-22)

Gallery

• Fix – After user upgraded versions, app would FC (04-15)

Music

• New – Optimized online music page (04-23)
• New – Support syncing songs to Mi Cloud (Settings – Mi Cloud – Music)  (05-05)
• Fix – Some bluetooth earphones wouldn’t show music information on it’s screen (05-20)

Weather

• New – Added two weather types: Freezing rain and hail (05-20)
• Optimization – Added UI for extremely hazardous AQI  (04-15)

Settings

• Fix – Incomings calls from people in the exceptions list of DND did not ring (05-20)

E-mail

• New – Added ‘Resend all’ function in Outbox (05-28)
• Optimization – Enhanced speed of batch operation  (05-28)
• Optimization – Exchange account login procedure (05-28)
• Optimization – There will be a reminder if a mail was not sent out (06-10)
• Optimization – The add attachment button will always show in the mail composing page (06-10)
• Fix – Sometimes app would FC when deleting mails by swiping to the left (05-28)
• Fix – Sometimes there were two back icons at More – Sync options (Mi3 WCDMA/CDMA) (05-28)
• Fix – Sometimes it would report error when sender box is empty (05-28)
• Fix – Some POP accounts could not log in (06-03)
• Fix – Using ‘Sort by’ in searching results may cause FC (06-03)
• Fix – Could not send mails by clicking the email address in contact details page (06-03)
• Fix – Could log into a same account repeatedly (06-10)
• Fix – Sometimes there were mistakes in folders number counting if there were several accounts  (06-10)
• Fix –  Attachments would continue downloading after pressing stop (06-10)
• Fix – Sometimes could  not forward mails with attachments  (06-10)
• Fix – Errors in signature UI after saving a mail as draft (06-10)
• Fix – App might exit abnormally when editing account name (06-10)
• Fix – App might FC when setting up Hotmail accounts (06-19)
• Fix – Inaccurate attachments sizes for IMAP protocol accounts  (06-19)
• Fix – Mistakes in sorting attachments by date (06-19)
• Fix – For some POP3 protocol accounts, couldn’t download an attachment again after deleting it in the attachments management page (06-19)
• Fix – Sometimes, app would fake freeze when downloading attachments  (06-19)
• Fix – Sometimes, mail content would show as unrecognizable codes (06-19)
• Fix – yeah.net mails couldn’t download attachments  (06-19)
• Fix – Some POP3 accounts might receive mails repeatedly (06-19)
• Fix –  Sometimes, couldn’t download images automatically even when connected to WiFi  (06-19)

Browser

• New – Data saving mode (05-07)
• New – Online page text font will change with theme font (05-07)
• New – Support WML page (05-07)
• Optimization – New kernel supports system theme font  (04-30)
• New – Show searching results in a new page after choosing Find in page for selected text (05-07)

Calendar

• Optimization – Optimized monthly view. (04-29)
• Fix – Could not open calendar if not logged into a Xiaomi account (06-10)
• Fix –  Sometimes, app would stop responding (06-18)
• Fix – The screen wouldn’t turn off after being waken up by pop-up reminder (04-16)
• Fix – Sometimes, the homescreen widget showed months incorrectly  (04-16)
• Fix – Sometimes, loading data might cause FC (04-22)
• Fix – Sometimes, page moved slowly when swiping (05-07)
• Fix – Sometimes app would FC in opening (05-20)

Anti-disturb

• Fix – DND exceptions list and Blocklist exceptions list caused conflict  (05-20)

Clock / Calculator

• Fix – Sometimes alarm clock delayed in ringing (05-21)

Xiaomi Account

• Fix – After choosing Do not merge in the popup window of merging Mi Cloud data, it did not direct to the next step (05-20)

Security Center

• New – New version of Blocklist (04-23)
• Optimization – Clean up optimization (04-15)
• Optimization – Clicking the ‘Not enough system storage’ notification will go to Cleaner – Advanced directly (04-23)