DarioR

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Is Xiaomi abandoning Second Space feature? in c/xiaomi@lemdro.id
[–] DarioR@lemdro.id 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks for your feedback. Sounds like OnePlus System Clone is what Xiaomi Second Space used to be way back in MIUI 11, before they started dumbing it down. A high functioning version of this feature is important to me, so I will definitely look at OnePlus/Oppo/Realme for my next phone upgrade. Sure wish OnePlus made a more compact phone line.

Who moderates the mods on Reddit? in c/reddit@lemdro.id
[–] DarioR@lemdro.id 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for the thorough explanation. A couple of points (and maybe I am still not understanding correctly?).

I need karma to be able to post. I get karma by posting. Autobots prevent me from posting. Seems like a Catch-22 situation?

I have been able to post successfully in other subreddits. Xiaomi is the one subreddit where my posts are always rejected. So different autobot rules for different subreddits?

I am trying to be a positive contributor to the community, but reddit won't let me in!

Is Xiaomi abandoning Second Space feature? in c/xiaomi@lemdro.id
[–] DarioR@lemdro.id 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I was not aware of Oppo/OnePlus/Realme "System Clone" feature. It sounds very similar to the functionality provided by Xiaomi "Second Space".

Does System Clone have settings to enable/disable notificatiosn to cross the main system / cloned system boundary?

Bare Android has a multiple accounts feature, but it is clunky in comparison. The most clunky aspect is that it is not possible to directly go from the lock screen to one or the other environments based on PIN ofr fingerprint. Instead, you have to sign in to the environment you were in when you locked the screen, then take appropriate actions to switch to the other environment. At least that was the case when i tried multiple accounts feature in Android 11.

The feeling I have is that the Second Space feature is very low priority for Xialomi, as evidenced by the examples I provided in my original post. All these features were avaialbe in older versions of Second Space that were part of older versions of the Xiaomi skin called MIUI. Xiaomi have since transitioned to a skin called HyperOS and it seems that a lot of Second Space features have fallen by the wayside as a result of this transition. The most exasperating deficiency to me is that Second Space no longer allows the user to change the display size under Accessibility. The setting is stuck on Small and cannot be changed. I have contacted Xiaomi repeatedly about this but it never gets fixed.

Another important feature that fell by the wayside and I failed to mention in my original post. Older versions of Second Space provided a tool to tranfer photos and files vetween between First Space and Second Space (in both directions). This feature is completely missing in the current version of Second Space.

In any case, thanks for making me aware that there is an alternative to Xiaomi Second Space. I will definitely look into "System Clone".

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Who moderates the mods on Reddit? (lemdro.id)
 

I recently posted the following item on this website un der Xiaomi: https://lemdro.id/post/lemdro.id/12693729

Prior to posting here, I had tried to post the same item in the Xiaomi subreddit on Reddit.

My posting was removed instantaneously. I mean so fast that it could not have been done by a human.

I was presented with the follwing message:

*Sorry u/dromani, your post has been automatically removed.

Your account is brand new or has low karma, and our subreddit experiences a lot of spam from new accounts or help vampires which think we're an Official support outlet for Xiaomi (which we're not). As such, we remove submissions from these accounts to prevent it.

IF YOU STILL HAVEN'T READ THE ABOVE LINK ABOUT BEING A HELP VAMPIRE*

https://slash7.com/2006/12/22/vampires

IGNORE THE MESSAGE BELOW TO MODMAIL US, AS THEY GET IGNORED.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.*

I invite readers to read my post and explain to me how it could possibly be construed as me being a "help vampire", to use the term presumable coined by the mods?

And regarding the last two sentences of the rejection message:

"IGNORE THE MESSAGE BELOW TO MODMAIL US, AS THEY GET IGNORED.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.*

The second sentnece presumably comes from Reddit as a way to provide a path to appeal a mod decision. But the mod, in all caps, essentially tells me "don't bother contacting me, as I will ignore you anyways". This seems to me contrary to what Reddit policy intended with their statement about cpntacting mods if I have questions or concerns.

This all smaks to me as abuse of authority by a petty dicator mod making rules that are in violation of Reddit intended policy.

Hence my question - Who moderates the mods on reddit?

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Is Xiaomi abandoning Second Space feature? (lemdro.id)
 

Second space feature is uniqoe to Xiaomi and truly makes you feel like you have two completely separate phones in one device. This Xiaomi implementation of Android multiple accounts feature is by far the most elegant and user-friendly.

The second space feature is the only reason I continue to buy Xiaomi phones. Otherwise nothing really differentiates Xiaomi significantly from competitors.

I am discovering more and more bugs and missing features in recent versions of second space. Examples:

Cannot adust display size (stuck at Small and can't change it). I am vision impaired so this is important to me.

Missing ability to set power saving options for apps installed in second space.

Missing ability to adjust notifications sound volume in second space.

Buggy handling of notification sounds when switching between spaces.

All this is causing me to wonder whether Xiaomi has ababdoned this feature and is no longer maintaining or updating it?

Would appreciate hearing from other second space users about this.