Xiaomi no Longer Blacklisted by the US Government

[AleksandarK]

The US Government, specifically the Department of Defense (DoD), has under the Trump administration blacklisted the Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi. This was a way to impose sanctions on the Chinese company as it was believed that Xiaomi was involved with the Chinese military, thus the Trump organization had problems having US investors taking a share of it. However, the company has issued legal proceedings against the US government for making such claims, and now the US govt., administrated by the President Joe Biden, has reached an agreement with the company. Xiaomi managed to prove that it is not owned or controlled by the Chinese military, so the US DoD has removed the company from its blacklist.

This has caused the company shares to soar on the Hong Kong stock exchange by as much as 6.7% after the news appeared. "The Biden Administration is deeply concerned about potential U.S. investments in companies linked to the Chinese military and fully committed to keeping up pressure on such companies", said Emily Horne, a spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council.


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[FreedomEclipse]

I wish their MiUi would get blacklisted by the US Gov. Its absolute garbage.

 

[pantherx12]

I wish their MiUi would get blacklisted by the US Gov. Its absolute garbage.

When was the last time you used it?

It's a little heavy on resources but it has so much added functionality.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

When was the last time you used it?

It's a little heavy on resources but it has so much added functionality.

Less then 5 seconds ago

 

[randompeep]

Now we playin'. People should recognize their contribution to the cell industry. They're the reason y'all get decent and/or cheap phones nowdays...

 

[Caring1]

I wonder how many Americans actually have a phone made by Xiaomis subsidiary company Poco.

 

[Thefumigator]

While I'm not in the US, I have to say that I was going to a "no-more-chinese-phone-for-me" kind of mind.
Now, the Asus zenfone 8 (asus being from taiwan) was released a couple of days ago, and its amazing. And not that expensive for the features it sports.
But I still like my Xiaomi Mi 9T.... Its been almost two years, zero issues. One thing, but I was expecting this, the battery has degraded almost to a half.

MIUI is not that bad, it comes with a lot of features that in other phones, I would need to purchase separately.

 

[xela333]

I wish their MiUi would get blacklisted by the US Gov. Its absolute garbage.

What problems do you have with it? I've used many Android versions before and I love it, highly customisable.

 

[Post Nut Clairvoyance]

What problems do you have with it? I've used many Android versions before and I love it, highly customisable.

I share 1st comment's sentiment, can't disable google assistant gesture without disable gesture altogether. the problem i have with it is that the OS is just too heavily skinned and runs into certain feature just not working until patched, and then another breaks, that and searching video on how to change xxx will always be different on MIUI

 

[FreedomEclipse]

What problems do you have with it? I've used many Android versions before and I love it, highly customisable.

Just about everything. I recently upgraded to a Note 9 Pro/Max from a Huawei Mate 9 on android pie and the amount of stuff Xiaomi has taken away is a night and day difference. If i remember correctly, It was within the last 6 months where Xiaomi finally put in an app draw because people were complaining so much.

My Mate 9 had so many options that i could mess with under the hood. MiUi is pretty bare compared to it. There are also bugs that have been in the OS for long time and despite many complaints and updates. Xiaomi has never fixed them - It also feels less direct in the sense that i have to jump through quite a few hoops in the settings to find what im looking for and some of them either arent there or dont work. such as the setting to use my own DNS of choice. The way they have it set up isnt very intuitive and even when you manage to get it to accept a DNS server it still doesnt work. There are quite a few things like this in their OS where you can clearly see an option to change something but it doesnt work.

It feels very discombobulated

 

[Turmania]

It it is made over there, then it is garbage quality. As simple as that. End of.

 

[1d10t]

Problem with Xiaomi phones is too much bloated apps you can't disable / uninstall, annoying advertisements, high resource usage and "backups" everything you don't even want to. Reasonable exchange for nearly half of premium phone.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Problem with Xiaomi phones is too much bloated apps you can't disable / uninstall, annoying advertisements, high resource usage and "backups" everything you don't even want to. Reasonable exchange for nearly half of premium phone.

You can remove them, but it needs the use of adb and a rooted device

 

[80251]

Is there any reason not to trust PRC designed and manufactured smartphones over those merely manufactured in the PRC? I had thought all smarthphones were manufactured in the PRC? If there are smartphones manufactured in the ROC or S. Korea I would certainly rather buy those.

 

[Why_Me]

Is there any reason not to trust PRC designed and manufactured smartphones over those merely manufactured in the PRC? I had thought all smarthphones were manufactured in the PRC? If there are smartphones manufactured in the ROC or S. Korea I would certainly rather buy those.

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[Tardian]

War with China is NOT inevitable!

 

[Hotobu]

Perfect timing. I'm very much looking forward to their Mi 15 with an AMD processor. Was trying to figure out how to import it, now I may not have to jump through hoops.

 

[Caring1]

Problem with Xiaomi phones is too much bloated apps you can't disable / uninstall, annoying advertisements, high resource usage and "backups" everything you don't even want to. Reasonable exchange for nearly half of premium phone.

Really, have you even tried?
I disabled and uninstalled heaps of Apps I don't use or need, including Xiaomi Cloud, so no back ups.

 

[R-T-B]

Is there any reason not to trust PRC designed and manufactured smartphones over those merely manufactured in the PRC? I had thought all smarthphones were manufactured in the PRC? If there are smartphones manufactured in the ROC or S. Korea I would certainly rather buy those.

Pretty much none, no. The software would be more of a concern than the hardware, but those concerns must've been settled.

Glad to see their phones on the market again. They are cheap, and quality.

 

[Minus Infinity]

fucking biden

F#cking moron

Is there any reason not to trust PRC designed and manufactured smartphones over those merely manufactured in the PRC? I had thought all smarthphones were manufactured in the PRC? If there are smartphones manufactured in the ROC or S. Korea I would certainly rather buy those.

Samsung phones are made in Vietnam, they closed their last China plant in 2019.

 

[95Viper]

Stay on topic.
Stop the geo-political BS
Stop the insulting/name-calling

Thank You and have a civil discussion.

 

[RandAlThor]

To people griping about MIUI - you are doing it wrong. You buy a cheap popular Xiaomi phone, ask for unlock, wait 2 weeks, then install a custom AOSP like rom from the meriad of custom roms available.

 

[sutyi]

Less then 5 seconds ago

Unlock bootloader, slap on a backed ROM.

Pixel Experience ROMs are usually well maintained and problem free for most Xiaomi devices.

 

[lexluthermiester]

As long as Xiaomi does nothing to compromise the safety(physical & digital) of the public or the government I have no problem with them doing business here.

 

[Wshlist]

I wish their MiUi would get blacklisted by the US Gov. Its absolute garbage.

I am not a fan of it either, but I have to say it does add some protection that sort of works because app makers don't take it into account.
That is however also an issue since it sometimes messes with apps that people DO want to works.
You can however switch off MUI optimizations in the developer settings, but I'm not sure how well that helps with any such issues, you tell me for I do not know.

To people griping about MIUI - you are doing it wrong. You buy a cheap popular Xiaomi phone, ask for unlock, wait 2 weeks, then install a custom AOSP like rom from the meriad of custom roms available.

To unlock Xiaomi forces you to make an account/have the phone call home first though. It's not an issue for most, but still. it's unpleasant.

WTF, why can't I make a separate post and is everything bundled, What is this annoying BS?