From most preferred… CrDroid, EvolutionX, LineageOS, Bliss ROM.

I have had several Redmi phones. Yes, the current unlock process is a convoluted - You need a Xiaomi account. Then you need to toggle “unlock” in Developer settings. Then go to fastboot. Then while connected to your PC, you need the Xiaomi Unlock app to unlock the phone which you need to wait 2 weeks to happen. After 2 weeks, you go back to fastboot and the Xiaomi app, click Unlock and it is done.

(phew!)

It is tedious but not horrible. Once this is done, your bootloader is unlocked. You can then install your own custom recovery, custom rom, etc.

Redmi phones that have Qualcomm processors. Check out XDA forum for which models are supported.

There is no custom rom for this and there won’t be. It uses a MediaTek SOC. The bootloaders cannot be unlocked.

I’ve discovered the wonders of a coconut husk mattress. It is hard with some give.

Fantastic for my back. Can’t sleep on soft beds anymore.

Also I use a rolled up towel under my neck for support.

Settings -> Sound and Vibration

You should see Phone ringtone - SIM 1 and Phone ringtone - SIM 2.

You must have the SIMs in your phone to see this.

Can’t be explained. Has to be experienced.

A few anime to watch… Akira, Spirited Away, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke, and many more.

This was 5 years ago at a usd200mil multinational…

The email system was pop3. There were no document backups. There was no collaboration tools. There was no IT security. You could basically copy company data out and no one would ever find out. The MS Office license was bought singly. Ahem!

Wow! This is useful

You can use Red Reader too.

A Surface RT … Slow, barely any software support. Totally lost whatever trust I had for Microsoft.

I’d definitely play an updated Freespace game.

FreeSpace 1 and 2!

I liked both Interstellar and Inception. I hated Tenet - on how the story was told and the inaudible sound (eye roll).

I remembered Crystal Skull as being not good. Then I watched Dial Destiny… Now Crystal Skull doesn’t seem so bad in retrospect.

You can use bitwarden for passwords.

Sync what you can based on your threat model.

I backup what I can into a folder and then sync that to my backup drive. There are no way to backup app preferences without root.

Check out Chris Titus’s one tool for Windows privacy debloat. It saved my sanity.

Then there is Nuka Zeus

https://youtu.be/YsCguRjUVqk

Try installing using gcam instead of the default camera app.

You may need to log out of the old account on your phone and from the Mi Unlock software.