**** The Official Chinese Phones Thread ****

[scrivz69]

As I have said before Top one are great and if you want more stock android you can just install the google now launcher.

Thats on a note 3 pro but should work the same on the max.

 

[panyan]

As I have said before Top one are great and if you want more stock android you can just install the google now launcher.

Thats on a note 3 pro but should work the same on the max.

thanks for that

if I can find an aliexpress voucher i might buy it now!

 

[scrivz69]

Lol I never knew they even did vouchers.

 

[CrowdeR]

I have received the phone. Ordered from Top One on Thursday and arrived today Tuesday, only one issue... The MIUI 8 doesn't seem to have United Kingdom, Great Britain, or England in the locale options???

 

[scrivz69]

I just set mine to Algeria and it's fine, god knows why it has no UK.

 

[MichaelAwkward]

I just set mine to Algeria and it's fine, god knows why it has no UK.

Because it's not made for the UK market. Their Global models are really only made for India, Malaysia, Singapore, etc, officially.

 

[scrivz69]

Lol that's why they do global roms, I take it the UK is not part of it.

 

[Feronix]

My Redmi 3 Pro went black yesterday and wouldn't respond to anything anymore. Did a soft reset (pwr + vol button) and it's all good now. First time since May that I've had any sort of problem with the Chinaphone.

Survived 5 days on a charge though

Will flash MIUI 8 on it tonight as I hadn't done that yet.

 

[scrivz69]

Lol 5 days, that's some going, I take it you don't use it much.

 

[Feronix]

Lol 5 days, that's some going, I take it you don't use it much.

Not this week nope. With my usage it normally lasts me 3 days which is still great. I don't look forward to the day where I switch phones and will have to remember to charge it every day

 

[scrivz69]

Lol, fingers crossed mate that they keep bringing out phones like this, they are battery monsters and they are not that heavy.

 

[Feronix]

Lol, fingers crossed mate that they keep bringing out phones like this, they are battery monsters and they are not that heavy.

Yeah man, obsolutely love it. Don't need the highest end most power consuming CPU and 5.5" 4k screen either so overall I think this is the perfect phone for me

 

[scrivz69]

I am happy with mine and for the price it's a no brainer.

 

[Feronix]

What phone do you have then?

Installed MIUI 8 last night, seems solid so far. Like that I now don't have to swipe between notifications and quick toggles so I don't keep deleting notifications or adjusting my screen brightness on accident.

Also thinking of installing the HTC Sense 8 launcher cause it'll give me an app drawer and everything. Anyone know if I can run specific parts of it (IE ap drawer) but block others. I actually like the square icons in MIUI, it looks a lot cleaner cause they're in a grid anyway.

The one thing I dislike about MIUI is menu for open apps. You can either only see tiny icons, but even then it's just a row of 4 at a time while the rest of the screen is empty, or you get a full preview but it only fits one on the screen at a time. Any way to get something closer to stock?

 

[scrivz69]

Both redmi note 2 and 3 pro mate. I have not tried that launcher, I tried the google now one and it was ok, but I like MIUI.In the open apps menu you can pinch to zoom to see the full app open and not just the icon if that makes sense.

 

[Begbie]

Just install Nova, it's better than Sense anyway.

 

[scrivz69]

Good call Begbie, personally I don't like nova, I just find it to frilly lol.

 

[fezster]

Nova is pretty simple looking, like stock android, I thought.

The problem with MIUI is you don't get the android like expandable floating notifications - they are there, but they look different. I find I use this all the time for whatsapp notifications. With MIUI 7, you had to do a two finger swipe down, which rarely worked for me. Not sure if MIUI 8 has addressed this.

 

[scrivz69]

I have not tried it in ages if I am honest mate, I might have another look at it, I am loving MIUI 8 and the frequent updates are good too.

 

[Feronix]

Both redmi note 2 and 3 pro mate. I have not tried that launcher, I tried the google now one and it was ok, but I like MIUI.In the open apps menu you can pinch to zoom to see the full app open and not just the icon if that makes sense.

Yeah I know about that (there's also a button for it in the menu itself in MIUI8 now) but then you only get one app at a time on your screen. Just neither is great tbh, I'd rather have the stock Android carousel-like thing.