The Official Chinese Phones Thread

mdaw · 9 Jan 2017 at 06:28

I like the look of the axon 7 but at £400 its still quite a lot. Obviously not compared to a pixel at 650 or more but when you can get a oneplus 3 for less I think I would go with that as you can get the extra ram on it.

mdaw · 9 Jan 2017 at 06:29

Also if band 20 doesn't bother you the mi5 at 250ish is hard to beat.

killem · 9 Jan 2017 at 09:44

mdaw said:
I like the look of the axon 7 but at £400 its still quite a lot. Obviously not compared to a pixel at 650 or more but when you can get a oneplus 3 for less I think I would go with that as you can get the extra ram on it.

Axon 7 has 64gb men plus sd card slot so memory should not be a problem. Screen and sound the axon is better than the oneplus 3 and I think the camera quality is pretty equal.

I got my axon 7 for £344 deliverd so it made sense over the oneplus.

slackrob · 9 Jan 2017 at 14:20

Paid just over £327 including delivery when it was on offer at Amazon.de, was looking at the Oneplus but found the extra features on the Axon more tempting.

killem · 9 Jan 2017 at 16:30

slackrob said:
Paid just over £327 including delivery when it was on offer at Amazon.de, was looking at the Oneplus but found the extra features on the Axon more tempting.

Dam good price. It was over £400 when I looked on Amazon.de so I took a gamble to import direct from china with a black friday 13% off discount code.

scrivz69 · 9 Jan 2017 at 17:08

Just got the Nougat beta on my Mi max, will have a mess with it and see it's ok.

slackrob · 9 Jan 2017 at 17:20

killem said:
Dam good price. It was over £400 when I looked on Amazon.de so I took a gamble to import direct from china with a black friday 13% off discount code.

It was on Hotukdeals for 368 Euros, didn't get any heat(not sure why), but because it was Amazon it was worth the punt.

maj · 9 Jan 2017 at 19:21

Does anyone use Mi Cloud? I've got it so it syncs all the photos on my device but when I login, the images are blank. It's not the end of the world as they sync to google photos too but was more wondering if anyone else has the same issue.

_Jimlad_ · 9 Jan 2017 at 20:53

scrivz69 said:
Just got the Nougat beta on my Mi max, will have a mess with it and see it's ok.

Mine is due to arrive this week. How you finding it ?

scrivz69 · 9 Jan 2017 at 21:16

I love it mate, I don't use it a a lot due to the size and when I am at work it might get battered to death in my pocket, but for media, music, web browsing and as a phone it is brilliant. Not really used the camera so I can't really comment on that. Wait until you get yours, if it's the first Xiaomi phone you have owned you will be gobsmacked by the quality for such a daft price.

hyster · 10 Jan 2017 at 13:08

PicassoPigeon said:
Just shown this one to the wife... Now she's after one! Please let us know how you get on with it when it arrives

This Doogee Y6 Max has arrived, it is massive but it fine for my big mitts

It seems just fine for my needs, snappy enough and was a doddle to set up

If anyone buys one, don't make the schoolboy error I did and fit a cut down simcard, as it can jam if there is even the slightest space between the card and the simtray

wanderer89 · 13 Jan 2017 at 19:05

So I finally caved and bought a Redmi Note 3 Pro, bloody huge compared to my old phone!

How do I find out if I'm running a cooked rom or not?

maj · 14 Jan 2017 at 00:54

wanderer89 said:
So I finally caved and bought a Redmi Note 3 Pro, bloody huge compared to my old phone!

How do I find out if I'm running a cooked rom or not?

Settings -> About Phone -> MIUI version. If it ends in 0.0 then you aren't using an official ROM.

wanderer89 · 14 Jan 2017 at 09:34

maj said:
Settings -> About Phone -> MIUI version. If it ends in 0.0 then you aren't using an official ROM.

Mike says MIUI Global 8.0 | Stable 8.0.5.0 (MHRMIDG). So I'm guessing I'm alright? Is it still worth flashing a clean rom or not?

Mobius 1 · 14 Jan 2017 at 09:51

Did it come factory cellophane sealed ? If so it should be fine.

scrivz69 · 14 Jan 2017 at 10:47

Looks like you are on the latest rom. http://en.miui.com/download-301.html#449

PixelChef · 15 Jan 2017 at 08:26

Received my Redmi Note 3 Pro yesterday, very nice so far!

Anybody recommend a very slim case / skin for this? I like the skins which dbrand do.

I already ordered https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Luxury-Hard-Back-Plastic-Matte-Case-ffor-Xiaomi-Redmi-note-4-note-4-pro-Full-Cover/32749318067.html?spm=2114.30010308.3.266.swD8ym&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_1_10065_10068_10000009_10084_10000025_10083_10000029_10080_10082_10081_10000028_10110_10111_10112_10060_10113_10062_10114_10056_503_10055_10054_10059_10099_501_10078_10079_10000022_10000012_10103_10073_10102_10000015_10096_10000018_10000019_10052_10053_10107_10050_10106_10051,searchweb201603_2,afswitch_3_afChannel,single_sort_3_default&btsid=6d09e1fc-f7f2-4eca-b88c-8c70f408c95b

As it was so cheap I thought i'd try it.

Also saw this: http://www.gadgetshieldz.com/xiaomi-redmi-note-3-skins-decals-wraps.html

The "carbon fiber" one looks good except I wish it would cover the top and bottom parts also.

Any suggestions?

maj · 17 Jan 2017 at 02:13

Followed this guide exactly as it says yet when I go to flash the rom, the duration lasts 1 second and when I reset phone it hasn't flashed it at all.

Not sure what else to try. Don't want to be stuck on the fake ROM, whatever it is. Bootloader is 100% unlocked.

edit: All sorted. Now on 8.1.2.0 (MAAMIDI) :cool:

_Jimlad_ · 17 Jan 2017 at 16:01

Got my mii max and it's a Biggin! Working fine with 4g on 3

scrivz69 · 18 Jan 2017 at 12:19

maj said:
Followed this guide exactly as it says yet when I go to flash the rom, the duration lasts 1 second and when I reset phone it hasn't flashed it at all.

Not sure what else to try. Don't want to be stuck on the fake ROM, whatever it is. Bootloader is 100% unlocked.

edit: All sorted. Now on 8.1.2.0 (MAAMIDI)

Did you unzip the rom twice? if not download it, unzip it, then with the unzipped file change the name at the end to zip and it should change back to a zip file again. Unzip that one and try again.

Edit. Just read your edit, glad you got it sorted.

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