The Official Chinese Phones Thread

Tealc · 9 Jul 2016 at 09:23

Mine's set to Algeria. To be honest I'm not sure what this setting actually does.

Efour · 9 Jul 2016 at 09:33

Lol well all my Google says it needs to be on global ROM then I can set it to your own country. Well I do have the global ROM and I don't see a single European country on the list.

But yep it's working so wtf?

scrivz69 · 9 Jul 2016 at 09:43

I cannot believe that the UK is not on the list on the global rom lol, I blame brexit.

BaldJedi · 9 Jul 2016 at 11:20

Efour said:
Lol well all my Google says it needs to be on global ROM then I can set it to your own country. Well I do have the global ROM and I don't see a single European country on the list.

But yep it's working so wtf?

The rom you have is not an official global rom, it is a modified rom that vendors flash

Efour · 9 Jul 2016 at 12:57

Great .. so is it worth going official?
I guess android 6 is on the horizon?
Are the benefits outweighing the bugs?

This is my main phone now

Feronix · 9 Jul 2016 at 17:19

Efour said:
Great .. so is it worth going official?
I guess android 6 is on the horizon?
Are the benefits outweighing the bugs?

This is my main phone now ��

Always go either official or xiaomi.eu (which are basically official but modified (no Chinese apps, no bloatware, European locations and languages, etc)).

Efour · 9 Jul 2016 at 18:46

Well ok but I'm confused why my seller flashed to this crap. He specifically said open box and flash to world rom. This is the recommended seller in this thread for these rmn3s on aliexpress. So not so great after all. It's not a huge deal but annoying to have to do it your self

Feronix · 9 Jul 2016 at 19:38

Efour said:
Well ok but I'm confused why my seller flashed to this crap. He specifically said open box and flash to world rom. This is the recommended seller in this thread for these rmn3s on aliexpress. So not so great after all. It's not a huge deal but annoying to have to do it your self

Probably cause they flash in loads of adware/stock apps where they actually get their money from, not direct phone resales.

I don't know of a single location to get Xiaomi phones from that have either the official Xiaomi or the actually good (Xiaomi.eu) multi-language ROM without you specifically requesting a sealed box (and even then only some do it).

Efour · 9 Jul 2016 at 21:29

Rick can you link me to the rom ill need please?

its a redmi note 3 prime 3gb 32gb snapdragon version.

or a link to the place that has them in general..

Much appreciated.

scrivz69 · 9 Jul 2016 at 22:59

If you got it from Top-one on Ali express he only flashes genuine Roms and not bloated crap.

Efour · 10 Jul 2016 at 00:00

scrivz69 said:
If you got it from Top-one on Ali express he only flashes genuine Roms and not bloated crap.

well the proof is above.

There's no bloat but its not the "genuine rom" so it would seem...

OR much older version ! but i have no UK or EU options on it !?

EDIT: it appears to be MIUIv7.1 Jan 05, 2016 | 09:42AM

Feronix · 10 Jul 2016 at 00:06

Aye, I found most bloated ROMs usually have .99.99 in the ROM name.

Still worth moving to the developer ROM if you want all the newest things, or the Xiaomi.eu ROM of you want European locations and languages (although I guess languages is not a big deal for you UK folks).

scrivz69 · 10 Jul 2016 at 08:54

Efour said:
well the proof is above.

There's no bloat but its not the "genuine rom" so it would seem...

OR much older version ! but i have no UK or EU options on it !?

EDIT: it appears to be MIUIv7.1 Jan 05, 2016 | 09:42AM

I would complain then, I thought they only came with the latest genuine rom or mine did, he even made a video of himself doing it.

Midlife Crisis · 10 Jul 2016 at 09:49

Hope mine comes with a genuine rom, it can be changed without too much trouble can it not?

BaldJedi · 10 Jul 2016 at 10:12

Midlife Crisis said:
Hope mine comes with a genuine rom, it can be changed without too much trouble can it not?

Apply now to unlock your bootloader as can take a few days.. makes life much easier

Midlife Crisis · 10 Jul 2016 at 11:20

Do I not need to have the phone first?, it will not be with me until the end of the week

BaldJedi · 10 Jul 2016 at 11:23

No.. i applied for mine the same day i ordered the phone.. got confirmation that i could unlock the same day phone arrived.. timed it just right

dakaiez · 10 Jul 2016 at 11:46

Why are people so worried about the locale? I've got the latest stable EU Global Rom still no UK in the list.

I've got it set to Spain and have zero problems at all.

Efour · 10 Jul 2016 at 11:59

dakaiez said:
Why are people so worried about the locale? I've got the latest stable EU Global Rom still no UK in the list.

I've got it set to Spain and have zero problems at all.

I have zero problems, I think its confusing because no one knows what its really for. I have not a single European country on mine, I do have Falkland Islands though ? Useful.

Ive decided im not going to touch mine. It works as it Even set to china on a older ROM version. I might be tempted to have a fiddle if an official android 6 rom appears

THe battery on this is so amazing i think its lying ! I streamed 2h of music to my chromecast yesterday and at the end it was still on 97% battery. My old S3 would probably have died in that time !

I would be really interested to see what ROM versions TopOne ships to anyone buying the phone or has bought the phone in the past month.

Midlife Crisis · 10 Jul 2016 at 12:55

Looked into getting the unlock code but half way though the process the language turn into Chinese

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