In the version before System 1 and System 2, the zip file doesn't even signed. As far as i can understand, this causes problem in Mi-2, but not in Mi-1 (because the user is using lennox recovery?). Then i have signed the zip file but still it doesn't work because the regular mounting to the system partition doesn't work for Mi-2. The system partition needs to be mounted differently for Mi-phones than other devices which is System 1 or System 2. Since Mi-1 and Mi-2 have the same system partition points, I made also two zip files for Mi-1.
The content of the both files which is control panel self is the same, the difference is only on the system mount point. So there is no difference in term of control panel between the previous version with the current version.
If you have no problem with flashing previous version on your device, then I assume that your recovery flashes control panel on the System 1 (by default).