**** The Official Chinese Phones Thread ****
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Not sure exactly where the orders originally come from but the final part of the delivery is made from a UK place of business to your home, so there are no customs charges etc... I've had 2 orders already from them
I emailed them, and they replied that they are a Hong Kong company the products are from Hong Kong, but the price on the website is the price you pay because the VAT is already paid by them.
For those who have or are getting the Note 5, what rom are you planning on putting on it? Sometimes they come with pre-installed roms that aren't legit. The official MIUI download page is still down and the website I got the rom from on my current phone is down too.
https://xiaomi.eu/community/
I've always downloaded ROMs for Xiaomi phones from here. They have stable and weekly ROMs.
I've always downloaded ROMs for Xiaomi phones from here. They have stable and weekly ROMs.
My plan is to leave as stock - I'm expecting the phone to be factory sealed so hopefully won't have been tampered with.
I've heard mixed reviews about muiu, so if I don't get on it with it I may try and install a more stock android rom (if such a thing exists)
I've heard mixed reviews about muiu, so if I don't get on it with it I may try and install a more stock android rom (if such a thing exists)
Had a little look at roms this morning, looks like most have some bugs/issues (as expected). Think I'll be trying my best to just get on miui, starting with installing nova launcher - can't believe miui doesn't have an app drawer!
Messages eglobal this morning as noticed order is still in "processing" - turns out it isn't in stock (despite still being listed in stock on website). Have asked how long for it to be in stock, hopefully not too long or I'll have to cancel.
Messages eglobal this morning as noticed order is still in "processing" - turns out it isn't in stock (despite still being listed in stock on website). Have asked how long for it to be in stock, hopefully not too long or I'll have to cancel.
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I haven't really found time (or the effort) necessary to install RR or lineage on my Note 5. I think part of it is because MIUI + Nova launcher is pretty good. I'd still prefer stock but Lineage hasn't even got an official build yet. Has anyone got MIUI 10 yet?
Tangentially, how do you guys deal with tempered glass screen protectors? I've bodged three of the bloody things (the screen protector which came with my phone and two tempered screen protectors). I feel like such an idiot because I can't apply these damn things properly. I always end up with dust underneath the thing, or I don't line it up properly, or the adhesive is applied unevenly...
The one I ordered is this one:
I've ordered one final one - if I bodge this one up I'm going to give up
I'm thinking about getting the Mi8, can anyone point me in the direction to help me establish if it will be compatible with my provider (vodafone)? At the moment I enjoy 4g almost everywhere I go and I don't really want to sacrifice that.
Hi haz I'm in same boat as you mate it's still processing for me as well, I had a reply saying they're waiting for stock to hit their warehouse.
I'm not sure how long it will take, I'll wait a little while and message them again. I am in no major rush but would have ordered from Aliexpress had I known it was out of stock.
I messaged them to ask how long, but no response yet! I'd like to keep my order with eglobal as it allowed me to pay with PayPal (and credit card). We'll see...
Edit: response received (below), not very confidence inspiring. Think I'll give them till mid next week and then I'll be cancelling.
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