809 karma · joined February 2, 2020
Actually MIUI has Android 4.4.2 KitKat.
I repartitioned the ROM partition by following this guide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7_jrw9C9Pg
And downloaded the ROM files form here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/unofficial-14-1-7-1-2-201...
China ROM is really bad as it can lead to black screen with the tablet becoming unresponsive.
The earlier MiUi which the tablet shipped with (7.5.2 Android KitKat) had problems with memory management. For some reason, the 2GB RAM was partitioned into two parts, one for the OS and the other for the running apps. But LineageOS does not have this problem, and it is much quicker than when I bought it!
I use FDroid to install apps and am very satisfied with it. NewPipe is excellent and videos can easily play at 1080p 60fps when earlier, the tablet used to lag on 480p videos.
I have changed the governor to powersave and turned on doze mode. Amazingly, this 6 year old tablet can hold charge for over a week! Even when watching videos at 1080p, the device does not heat up.
More power to the LineageOS team and XDADevelopers!
EDIT: ROM version
System.gc()Because I am a good boy.