When comparing Paranoid Android vs MIUI, the Slant community recommends Paranoid Android for most people. In the question“What are the best custom Android ROMs? ” Paranoid Android is ranked 5th while MIUI is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose Paranoid Android is:
With a large user base, any issues you encounter has probably been reported online where others can post solutions.
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Pros
Pro Large user base
With a large user base, any issues you encounter has probably been reported online where others can post solutions.
Pro Beta channel with experimental features
Brings features requested by the community for users to test. Relatively stable. An example would be bringing features such as the overhauled recents feature and heads up notifications from the Lollipop developer preview to Kitkat .
Pro CyanogenMod Theme Engine
One of the most powerful theme engines, used widely among custom ROMs with a healthy amount of themes. Lets you customise almost everything on the ROM, including icons, colour schemes, framework layouts and bootanimation
Pro Combines best of iOS and Android launchers
MIUI has visual similarities to iOS and TouchWiz and combines functionality from both iOS and Android OS and its variants. For example, MIUI has no apps drawer and instead puts all app on homescreen pages the same way iOS does.
Pro Independent of Google services
Almost all Google services are removed from this Android-based UI in favor of creating a competing ecosystem of apps, games, themes and services.
Pro Detailed installation instructions for supported devices
Step by step instructions (with screenshots) for flashing MIUI ROM can be found for each of the supported devices on the companies website. For example, here is the flashing guide for Nexus 5.
Pro Simplified
The interface is simplified for ease-of-use
Pro Runs faster than stock Android
MIUI includes performance tweaks that give it a edge in speed compared to stock Android.
Pro Fast development cycle
New features and updates are released regularly.
Cons
Con A Mi account is required for using bundled services
Various services and apps require a Mi account. For example, buying new themes requires spending Mi currency that can only be obtained if a Mi account is available.
Con Chinese Spyware
Con Buggy
Many ROM ports are still a little buggy
Con Some bundled services are available only in Chinese
Xiaomi, the developers of MIUI are Chinese and their primary maket is China. As such primary language for most apps and services is Chinese and not all of them have yet been translated to English or any other language.