Root + new ROM on Xiaomi Redmi 2 (2GB RAM version).

Got a Redmi 2   2GB RAM.

1. Root phone

Really simple.
http://xiaomiadvices.com/root-xiaomi-redmi-2prime-on-miui7/



2. Install a recovery manager

First, identify the exact model. The number is in the area occupied by the battery and in the box. Mine is 2014811

Now, install a proper recovery manager, because the one that comes with the phone is pretty useless.
https://thebroodle.com/xiaomi/redmi-2/how-to-install-twrp-recovery-in-xiaomi-redmi-2-tutorial/

You can install Flashify without going through Play Store. Just search for Flashify apk and select the one with the latest version.



3. Install a new ROM

From Flashify, go into "Reboot in recovery mode" and then once you are in recovery install the ROM you want.
I used this one.
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=1031073

Update: the version 20/08/2015 gave me lots of problems and I installed an earlier one (CM11s_REDMI2.zip  394MB) that was always great on this Xiaomi Redmi 2 (2GB).

MobileVOIP displays contacts twice when using Whatsapp.

I have an App called "MobileVOIP Cheap Voip Calls"

And I have Whatsapp too.



PROBLEM: For every contact with Whatsapp, the Whatsapp app created a duplicate contact with similar contact details.

And on the MobileVOIP app these contacts display twice.



Tried:

- I tried to limit the visibility of the contacts to just the normal ones (Contacts > Contacts to display > Google), however that did not fix the issue. Within MobileVOIP they still display twice.

- Reinstalling Whatsapp did not help.

- Removing all the contacts and getting them from Google sync did not resolve the issue.



SOLUTION: I normally edit the contacts using the web (from Gmail > Contacts) and I realized that for every contact that I modified there, after they get sync to the phone the issue would disappear.

So I caused a massive edit by adding all the contacts to a temp group, wait, and them remove them from the temp group.

Problem resolved.

Now MobileVOIP only displays the contacts once.

Hope it helps to others.

LXDE - Close windows with middle click (mouse wheel)

It is like closing tabs on the browser, but windows on the OS.

I had some issues getting it to work, which I describe below.

I followed the instructions on
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=100207
and
https://sourceforge.net/p/lxde/mailman/message/32706194/

However the location of the file to be modified differs in my implementation (LXDE - Sparkylinux 4.3 - lxpanel 0.8.2)

The file is in /tmp/lxpanel-0.8.2/pluginslaunchtaskbar.c

instead of /tmp/lxpanel-0.8.2/src/plugins/taskbar.c

I edited the file manually, applied the other commands and restarted the panel with

# lxpanelctl restart


Works perfectly.

Hope it helps.