Winhance - Debloat and Enhance Windows!

 Ever thought of ways to debloat and enhance Windows 11?

I have. 

Since I tried Windows 11 and found that it runs faster and better than Windows 10. I like the functions being put into icons where I can just click the task away. That is at least 1 mouse click less, compared to the old way of right mouse way of doing things.

Right out of the box, Windows 11 already rocks. That's at least how I find this latest Windows OS. But...

There's always room for improvement.

There is the File Explorer that remains the same in its performance - slow, clumsy way of copying files. That is why I have never let go of NiceCopier since Windows 7. Yes, since Windows 7. I got fed up with a very bad file management UI, and have tried many external file manager applications, where some actually are sold at a price. From here, you can understand that there is really something lacking about Windows' own set of applications, not to mention Windows itself. It's not perfect, we know, just like other OSes, but at least make it decently super even though imperfect (yet).

Then there is the issue with slowness when doing file search, or, even when it is fast, returns limited result, and more often not finding what you wanted to find. I used Everything for this. It's a free application that I find super-efficient, and very flexible in the options that you can apply when doing file search. It can even search file content.

And so on, and so forth.

Lately, I read about debloating Windows 11 so it runs even faster -- and better.

Winhance!

And of course, as in all new things, there's a caveat emptor attached to it. But don't lose heart. Exercise caution, and you still get a better Windows 11, or at least, less bloatware to deal with.

From BetaNews, this article about Winhance gave me some info that I understand could make Windows 11 lighter and faster, better.

I have a number of laptops. Different brands. Acer. HP. Lenovo. Asus. There is the eMachines, which was an old brand under Acer. And also, Compaq.

Why am I listing down my PC brands? Because part of what Winhance do is to uninstall applications, including Bing, Microsoft Edge and some of its variants, OneDrive, etc.

And if you do choose to remove Edge, then Lenovo PCs will be impacted. I found that Lenovo Vantage is using Edge (API), so it will try to install Edge before it is able to work. And since part of Winhance's logic is to prevent the re-installation of an uninstalled program, that's good as always having to install Edge, then Vantage, every time you boot up. So when that did happen to me, I reinstalled Edge. Yes, Winhance include the option of installing some applications, which, of course, include Edge.

Then there is the 'clean up' part. This is where you really must be very careful, or all of your icons, thumbnails, Taskbar, etc. - will be gone! I'd say it like that, gone. But not really. If you include clean up of Taskbar, it will be wiped clean. Well, this is just unpinning those icons, which is similar to wiping your Taskbar clean. Yes, it happened to me. I reverted that change and put back all those icons into the Taskbar one by one.

Okay, Nuff said. I leave some room for you to try Winhance and see how it works for you. Hope you like it. Really!

Let us know, will ya?

Till then!

My Xiaomi 11T Phone Unlocked!

So today past noon, 1.00 pm, after the 72 hours of required waiting time, my Xiaomi phone was unlocked!

There.

This proves that this Mi account registration method really works.

1. Register an account using 'US' as your region; 

2. Use an e-mail that is fresh (or new) > not used before; and

3. A new phone number for recovery

Then you wait for 30 days at least to be granted 'rights' to unlock bootloader.

Afterwhich you add your account in Settings... Mi Unlock status.

Then wait for 72 hours.

Then unlock bootloader.

All done for me now, and my Xiaomi 11T phone's bootloader is unlocked, and all data erased.

I shall now proceed to flashing custom ROMs.

Hope you also succeed in doing Xiaomi phone unlock of bootloader.

Till then!

Unlock Xiaomi Phone

I got a phone, not new, so I want to unlock Xiaomi phone and test the Xiaomi 11T phone's capabilities.

So I did a registration using my country of residence, waited for 30 days and when I was granted the rights, I went to fire up the Mi Unlock program.

Simply, the program responded with me not having done the adding of my phone's unlock status something-something.

So I followed the text. Went to Settings > Additional settings > Developer options > Mi Unlock status to add my unlock status, and lo and behold, error came, it cannot be added, try again, and the same error message cycles one after another. Days trying, but no success.

I searched the web high and low, with many suggesting seemingly sensible solutions, but of course, just nonsense chatter, useless blabber. Sorry, I got fed up with these guys whose aim is to only get viewership and page view count.

Anyway, I found one that experienced the same issue, but also found how to do it right. Now, that is the key point here: 'do it right' from the start.

Apparently, only users whose region = 'US' will be allowed to unlock their phones, unless of course, yours is the China variant, which is allowed automatically as you are doing it within China. Outside of China, only 'US' users are allowed to unlock their Xiaomi phones.

These are the requirements:

1. e-mail

2. phone #

3. region = US

I used the same phone # which is in my country of residence, a different e-mail as some have tried using the same e-mail and ran into the same error after 30 days of waiting, and most importantly, region = US.

Well, this is how you should register for your Xiaomi account:

1. new e-mail

2. working phone # (as WiFi is supposed to be disabled)

3. region = US (no matter where in the world you are, except China, of course)

I did just that. And today is the 31st day, and once I was able to get the 'rights' to unlock my phone, did the unlock, and after being prompted that phone data will be erased and the phone will be less secure, etc., proceeded, and I got the 'wait for 72 hours' message.

Wait. Before I can attempt to unlock my phone using a laptop, I was told to add the unlock status in Settings > Additional settings > Developer options > Mi Unlock status. This is where the US region plays its part very well: this is the second account registered but with the US region, and it was a one-time attempt in adding my account.

So now, I am waiting. 3 days later, I will again try to unlock the phone, and see what awesomeness the Xiaomi 11T phone has to offer.

Again, here's how to simply get the rights to unlock Xiaomi phone and get an error-free additon of account in the Mi Unlock status page:

1. register using US as region (regardless of country of residence, except China-variant phone)

2. use a new e-mail (just to be sure)

3. have a working phone # (as WiFi need to be disabled)

I hope that this short article on how to unlock Xiaomi phone the right way is found first and foremost by those who need this. Happy rooting!

Till then!