Hello everyone. I'm in China currently and I'll stay here for a while. I'm planning to buy Xiaomi Mi 6 from Taobao. Here is the link
So am I going to be able to use Google services? Play Store and all other if I buy this phone? Also, if not, I guess that I need to root my phone and install custom rom in order to get Google services. Is there any way to root and install custom rom as well as TWRP without using the computer?
Thanks
I've been to China and I bought a redmi not 3 there, in my experience there should be no problem; you buy the phone, unlock the bootloader and switch from China to global rom. Probably there is also the possibility to install Gapp on the Chinese rom. The only problem is that if you wanna use Google and it's services in China you better have a VPN
Oh, I understand. But it's not the same. Models are different. Actually I'm not sure. It's going to be my first Xiaomi phone. So far I'm familiar with Xperia and HTC. Love them both but "high" end devices are getting too expensive. I'm also considering to buy OnePlus 3T. What do you guys think which is better and easier for unlocking, rooting and installing custom roms?
I repeat again that I'm not familiar with these brands, never touched them actually I Need your help! And don't forget that I don't have PC. Unlocking bootloader, root, recovery and rom must be done without Pc. Help help help
Snuff1 said:
Oh, I understand. But it's not the same. Models are different. Actually I'm not sure. It's going to be my first Xiaomi phone. So far I'm familiar with Xperia and HTC. Love them both but "high" end devices are getting too expensive. I'm also considering to buy OnePlus 3T. What do you guys think which is better and easier for unlocking, rooting and installing custom roms?
I repeat again that I'm not familiar with these brands, never touched them actually I Need your help! And don't forget that I don't have PC. Unlocking bootloader, root, recovery and rom must be done without Pc. Help help help
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Just unlock bootloader and flash Global rom via MiFlash. It's that easy.
My device is the Chinese model. Bought from a seller who just imports them and flashes the global ROM
The mi 6 models are all identical.
Global is the same as Chinese anyway just a different model number since they had to get more legal things pushed through to sell it internationally.
Buy the Chinese model in China. It will be cheapest there.
Then when you are back in a country which supports Google services you can unlock the boot loader, then flash using Mi flash to the global ROM.
Since the phone is identical this works fine. I was running the global ROM on mine (now custom ROMs).
Really a great phone and no issues for me.
Also checkout the mi mi 2 it looks pretty awesome but for a "smaller" device Mi 6 is fantastic.
Snuff1 said:
Oh, I understand. But it's not the same. Models are different. Actually I'm not sure. It's going to be my first Xiaomi phone. So far I'm familiar with Xperia and HTC. Love them both but "high" end devices are getting too expensive. I'm also considering to buy OnePlus 3T. What do you guys think which is better and easier for unlocking, rooting and installing custom roms?
I repeat again that I'm not familiar with these brands, never touched them actually I Need your help! And don't forget that I don't have PC. Unlocking bootloader, root, recovery and rom must be done without Pc. Help help help
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If you don't have a pc I really don't know how to help you to my knowledge you can unlock the bootloader with a pc so there isn't any friend or acquaintance that can borrow you a pc for a couple of Hours ?
Snuff1 said:
Oh, I understand. But it's not the same. Models are different. Actually I'm not sure. It's going to be my first Xiaomi phone. So far I'm familiar with Xperia and HTC. Love them both but "high" end devices are getting too expensive. I'm also considering to buy OnePlus 3T. What do you guys think which is better and easier for unlocking, rooting and installing custom roms?
I repeat again that I'm not familiar with these brands, never touched them actually I Need your help! And don't forget that I don't have PC. Unlocking bootloader, root, recovery and rom must be done without Pc. Help help help
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Xiaomi follows the same standard for all their models..
Want to Unlock the bootloader?
-Make a Xiaomi account
-Link the phone to your Xiaomi account
-Request them to allow you to unlock the bootloader
-Waits 72 hours
-Unlock bootloader.
Thank you all for replying, appreciate your help. I'm going to buy Mi 6. Actually I meet a guy today who is willing to help me and he knows about these things. So, buying, unlocking bootloader, flashing official global rom>using Google services Later if I want I need to root device install custom recovery and new rom. We'll see. Any recommendations for rom, with no bugs
Dobsgw said:
My device is the Chinese model. Bought from a seller who just imports them and flashes the global ROM
The mi 6 models are all identical.
Global is the same as Chinese anyway just a different model number since they had to get more legal things pushed through to sell it internationally.
Buy the Chinese model in China. It will be cheapest there.
Then when you are back in a country which supports Google services you can unlock the boot loader, then flash using Mi flash to the global ROM.
Since the phone is identical this works fine. I was running the global ROM on mine (now custom ROMs).
Really a great phone and no issues for me.
Also checkout the mi mi 2 it looks pretty awesome but for a "smaller" device Mi 6 is fantastic.
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Thanks! It's not overheating?
No, it's just too large for me. I like to use phone with one hand. I'm not a fan of displays larger than 5.5 inches so I'll stick with Mi 6.
Snuff1 said:
Thanks! It's not overheating?
No, it's just too large for me. I like to use phone with one hand. I'm not a fan of displays larger than 5.5 inches so I'll stick with Mi 6.
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Overheating?
Not at all. Its a really good phone.
You dont have to unlock or root the phone in order to install gapp
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/systemless-gapps-china-miui-8-miui-9-t3657322
This gapp works perfectly on china miui 8/9.
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Given that it's now a total lottery as to how long it takes to get a BL unlock code from Xiaomi (could be up to 2 months), what's the best option?
Is it buying one with a Chinese ROM and unlocked BL, then immediately swapping to Xiaomi.EU / Global / RevolutionOS?
I don't much fancy a wait of up to 2 months to use a phone I've bought.
I've done this. Works fine with roms etc. Just have to be wary of making sure you know what your flashing etc.
mudnightoil said:
Given that it's now a total lottery as to how long it takes to get a BL unlock code from Xiaomi (could be up to 2 months), what's the best option?
Is it buying one with a Chinese ROM and unlocked BL, then immediately swapping to Xiaomi.EU / Global / RevolutionOS?
I don't much fancy a wait of up to 2 months to use a phone I've bought.
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Yes, get it from Tradingshenzen or similar with xiaomi.eu installed. Makes your life way easier. You can literally flash 8.8.9 eu or Revolution OS with a factory reset from TWRP and root.
Q. Hello,Is this finally true sealed Global Version with MIUI 9.6.7.0 and b20 or still with just Xiaomi.eu rom?Answer:
A. It should be now some 9.9 Version, from September, so no problems anymore.
This tends to suggest that Trading Shenzhen may now be supplying 'official' versions. So unclear whether BL will still be unlocked.
mudnightoil said:
Q. Hello,Is this finally true sealed Global Version with MIUI 9.6.7.0 and b20 or still with just Xiaomi.eu rom?Answer:
A. It should be now some 9.9 Version, from September, so no problems anymore.
This tends to suggest that Trading Shenzhen may now be supplying 'official' versions. So unclear whether BL will still be unlocked.
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If you pick Xiaomi.eu as the preinstalled ROM it will always be a bootloader unlocked one they send your way.
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If you pick Xiaomi.eu as the preinstalled ROM it will always be a bootloader unlocked one they send your way.
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They don't have that option currently. I'm not sure whether they will in future, I've asked the question.
Please help! The phone is now bootlooping to Recovery Mode after using the Mi Flash Tool to flash Whyred Global ROM!
I had LineageOS on the phone but I decided I wanted to give MIUI a chance. (not doing well so far)
The bootloader was locked when I flashed the device, that was the default option checked which is an insane thing to do!
I can't unlock the bootloader again because it came unlocked and I never linked my device to my Mi account!
If I try Mi Flash again I get Flash XBL error!
I tried connecting my PC to Mi Suite as the Recovery Mode suggests but the software WILL NOT detect the device!
What should I do? Or am I totally screwed and should I be seeking a refund? I literally got this phone today!!!
I've already tried Googling for an hour or so with no luck.
Help!
China or global vesrion whyred?
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China or global vesrion whyred?
Sent from my Redmi Note 5 using Tapatalk
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It's the global version.
Can anybody help? ANYBODY!?
There is no reason global version note 5 to came with unlocked bootloader. You probably have china version with global rom.
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piponki said:
There is no reason global version note 5 to came with unlocked bootloader. You probably have china version with global rom.
Sent from my Redmi Note 5 using Tapatalk
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Okay cool, fine. But how does that solve my problem?
stawze said:
Please help! The phone is now bootlooping to Recovery Mode after using the Mi Flash Tool to flash Whyred Global ROM!
I had LineageOS on the phone but I decided I wanted to give MIUI a chance. (not doing well so far)
The bootloader was locked when I flashed the device, that was the default option checked which is an insane thing to do!
I can't unlock the bootloader again because it came unlocked and I never linked my device to my Mi account!
If I try Mi Flash again I get Flash XBL error!
I tried connecting my PC to Mi Suite as the Recovery Mode suggests but the software WILL NOT detect the device!
What should I do? Or am I totally screwed and should I be seeking a refund? I literally got this phone today!!!
I've already tried Googling for an hour or so with no luck.
Help!
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Xiaomi announced that china device will may be brick while trying flash global ROM:
https://www.xda-developers.com/flash-miui-global-locked-bootloader-xiaomi-brick/
If seller claimed that phone is global try to get refund, global version phone is locked so probably it was china version with global ROM.
KRisXD said:
Xiaomi announced that china device will may be brick while trying flash global ROM:
https://www.xda-developers.com/flash-miui-global-locked-bootloader-xiaomi-brick/
If seller claimed that phone is global try to get refund, global version phone is locked so probably it was china version with global ROM.
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Thanks heaps for the info.
The seller did say there was a Global ROM on the phone leading me to believe that it's possible to flash a Global ROM.
After this I think I'm going to go out of my way to avoid Xiaomi and Banggood.
I filed a dispute.
stawze said:
Thanks heaps for the info.
The seller did say there was a Global ROM on the phone leading me to believe that it's possible to flash a Global ROM.
After this I think I'm going to go out of my way to avoid Xiaomi and Banggood.
I filed a dispute.
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Always buy from official (or just trusted stores, if official sellers aren't available in your Country), i know, they aren't cheap at all (Banggood or Gearbest are cheaper than an official store, but you can have issues like this, China Devices with fake Global ROMs or something like that), i really hope for your refound and good luck, and remember, it's not Xiaomi Fault
N1ck474 said:
Always buy from official (or just trusted stores, if official sellers aren't available in your Country), i know, they aren't cheap at all (Banggood or Gearbest are cheaper than an official store, but you can have issues like this, China Devices with fake Global ROMs or something like that), i really hope for your refound and good luck, and remember, it's not Xiaomi Fault
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Yeah you're right, it's not entirely Xiaomi's fault, but the practice of bricking users' devices when something goes awry is very anti-consumer.
For future reference, is this an official Xiaomi vendor? It's a "Top Brand" on Aliexpress but I'm not sure whether it's genuinely official: https://xiaomionline.aliexpress.com/store/2178148?spm=2114.11010108.103.50.85cf649bBRI4Nr
I was about to buy from here but I found a better deal on Banggood, big mistake!
Thanks for your help, hopefully I can get a refund because I remember the days when I had my Redmi Note 3 Pro and I really did like it.
stawze said:
Yeah you're right, it's not entirely Xiaomi's fault, but the practice of bricking users' devices when something goes awry is very anti-consumer.
For future reference, is this an official Xiaomi vendor? It's a "Top Brand" on Aliexpress but I'm not sure whether it's genuinely official: https://xiaomionline.aliexpress.com/store/2178148?spm=2114.11010108.103.50.85cf649bBRI4Nr
I was about to buy from here but I found a better deal on Banggood, big mistake!
Thanks for your help, hopefully I can get a refund because I remember the days when I had my Redmi Note 3 Pro and I really did like it.
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did you research before flashing..
this is the cause why xiaomi now has a certain timer to unlock bootloader to avoid resellers to flash gobal rom on chinesse phone.. and people like you blaming xiaomi.
by the way need to have bootloader unlocked to flash with miflash tools.
raptorddd said:
did you research before flashing..
this is the cause why xiaomi now has a certain timer to unlock bootloader to avoid resellers to flash gobal rom on chinesse phone.. and people like you blaming xiaomi.
by the way need to have bootloader unlocked to flash with miflash tools.
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What's wrong with blaming a company that bricked your phone?
You need to stop standing up for giant corporations, they don't need your support.
stawze said:
Thanks heaps for the info.
The seller did say there was a Global ROM on the phone leading me to believe that it's possible to flash a Global ROM.
After this I think I'm going to go out of my way to avoid Xiaomi and Banggood.
I filed a dispute.
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Sorry to hear that. I will not buy at Banggood I saw some time ago "super offer" RN5 global but in device description no B20, global version without B20 don't exist it simply deception.
I'm not 100% sure if it will work but i think it is worth to try. Your phone may be to recover. You said that it is in bootloop, so it is not hard brick but soft brick, try to enter fastboot and flash by Mi flash tool china ROM and then wait 360 h to unlock and then flash TWRP and custom ROM, not xiaomi global.
KRisXD said:
Sorry to hear that. I will not buy at Banggood I saw some time ago "super offer" RN5 global but in device description no B20, global version without B20 don't exist it simply deception.
I'm not 100% sure if it will work but i think it is worth to try. Your phone may be to recover. You said that it is in bootloop, so it is not hard brick but soft brick, try to enter fastboot and flash by Mi flash tool china ROM and then wait 360 h to unlock and then flash TWRP and custom ROM, not xiaomi global.
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I get the same "Flash XBL" error that I get when I try the Global ROM, any workarounds?
They said that the network bands are the same so I will definitely use that in my dispute case.
stawze said:
What's wrong with blaming a company that bricked your phone?
You need to stop standing up for giant corporations, they don't need your support.
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Actually big lol. He asked If you did your research and you answer whats wrong with blaming awesome! I know that may sound harsh to you but you REALLY should have done some research. Btw you bricked your device Not Xiaomi.
stawze said:
I get the same "Flash XBL" error that I get when I try the Global ROM, any workarounds?
They said that the network bands are the same so I will definitely use that in my dispute case.
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Maybe this will help:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v2qhZ5qC-4w
In description He wrote works with bootloops.
Don't know if that's true.
Can't help you more, no more ideas, thought that Chinese ROM will flash.
Good luck.
lulzBoB said:
Actually big lol. He asked If you did your research and you answer whats wrong with blaming awesome! I know that may sound harsh to you but you REALLY should have done some research. Btw you bricked your device Not Xiaomi.
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Great idea, keep blaming users for simple mistakes that haven't caused catastrophic failure on previous devices. (This wouldn't have happened on my Redmi Note 3 Pro) If your trying to be a toxic poison for the community, you're doing a great job, keep it up! :good:
try detect ur phone using imei. will know sure botloader fake or not.still remember wat rom u have at this device. Fake rom mean cant update.Depend on ur luck.Some unlock global true rom.
stawze said:
Great idea, keep blaming users for simple mistakes that haven't caused catastrophic failure on previous devices. (This wouldn't have happened on my Redmi Note 3 Pro) If your trying to be a toxic poison for the community, you're doing a great job, keep it up! :good:
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unlocked bootloadrr is required. long time ago. to use fastboot rom
xiaomi didnt tell you to unlock and flash roms.
in fact they warn you before unlocking. thos wouldnt happened if you didnt unlocked phone.
all companies changes their policies and rules. see huawei they locked bootlader. lg locked lg g4 except h815 and h811 . rest is locked. they all made changes.
stawze said:
Great idea, keep blaming users for simple mistakes that haven't caused catastrophic failure on previous devices. (This wouldn't have happened on my Redmi Note 3 Pro) If your trying to be a toxic poison for the community, you're doing a great job, keep it up! :good:
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Wow. You are so great....
1st: You've made a mistake by not actually researching, as suggested. This alone could have protected you or, at least, alter your perception of who is REALLY at fault here.
2nd: No software, or even hardware, is error free.
So, if you are expecting that the Mi Flash tool is going to protect you from any mistake you can do, then you are wrong again!
3rd: When someone points out a possible fault of yours, you ought to think about it and, if it's true, correct yourself the best you can.
So, don't throw accusations about an OEM, especially in this case where you used an official tool to do something unsupported, because as you probably guessed it by now, Xiaomi supports only Miui not Lineage and, of course, does not support whatever silly think had the seller already done to your device.
Never the less, I know the pain to have your brand new phone bricked and I hope you will soon find a solution to your problem.
Cheers...
One of the Ali sellers has a good price on the China 6/128 flashed with the global 4/64 rom. Are there any issues running these? Either for ota or flashing a custom rom??
Thanks
I don't know what you mean with a "4/64 rom", but I have a 6/128GB model and I'm running the stable version of xiaomi.eu (MIUI 10.3.1.0) without any problems.
Zacki06 said:
I don't know what you mean with a "4/64 rom", but I have a 6/128GB model and I'm running the stable version of xiaomi.eu (MIUI 10.3.1.0) without any problems.
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What I mean is, Xiaomi have never made a global version of the 6/128 model of the Max 3. But there are dealers on AliExress that are selling the 6/128 with the global rom and an unlocked bootloader. So they must have flashed that with the global rom (from the 4/68 global rom).
In that case, are there any issues running the China 6/128 version with the global rom from the 4/68 version? I'm thinking mainly of how the memory map on the phones is arranged?
steve1221 said:
What I mean is, Xiaomi have never made a global version of the 6/128 model of the Max 3. But there are dealers on AliExress that are selling the 6/128 with the global rom and an unlocked bootloader. So they must have flashed that with the global rom (from the 4/68 global rom).
In that case, are there any issues running the China 6/128 version with the global rom from the 4/68 version? I'm thinking mainly of how the memory map on the phones is arranged?
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Well from my limited knowledge that I gained reading tons of threads about the Max 3, it seems that this vendor used a "fake unlock" for the phone and you might have quite a bit of trouble updating because of that.
I'm not sure if you would run into problems by just running the global version of the rom on the Chinese version of the device but I guess not, otherwise I'm sure that I would have read that somewhere.
If you go forward buying the device, please inform yourself about this fake unlock of Chinese vendors, there is some information around about that.
But if you want to go the safer route, buy the device at a vendor that sells it with the Chinese rom and then unlock it yourself (you will most likely have to do that as well with the fake unlocked one) and then flash any rom you wish.
I bought mine from Tradinshenzhen and I'm very pleased with the entire process (around 3 Weeks to austria without any further cost and just 15€ shipping. you can get 5€ off by signing up for their newsletter).
And for me personally I'm using the xiaomi.eu stable rom as mentioned earlier. It offers quite a bit of improvement over the official rom, but some report that it's not running "stable" for them. Don't know what they are talking about, for me it's running just fine.
Zacki06 said:
Well from my limited knowledge that I gained reading tons of threads about the Max 3, it seems that this vendor used a "fake unlock" for the phone and you might have quite a bit of trouble updating because of that.
I'm not sure if you would run into problems by just running the global version of the rom on the Chinese version of the device but I guess not, otherwise I'm sure that I would have read that somewhere.
If you go forward buying the device, please inform yourself about this fake unlock of Chinese vendors, there is some information around about that.
But if you want to go the safer route, buy the device at a vendor that sells it with the Chinese rom and then unlock it yourself (you will most likely have to do that as well with the fake unlocked one) and then flash any rom you wish.
I bought mine from Tradinshenzhen and I'm very pleased with the entire process (around 3 Weeks to austria without any further cost and just 15€ shipping. you can get 5€ off by signing up for their newsletter).
And for me personally I'm using the xiaomi.eu stable rom as mentioned earlier. It offers quite a bit of improvement over the official rom, but some report that it's not running "stable" for them. Don't know what they are talking about, for me it's running just fine.
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Many thanks. I hadn't realized that there even were fake roms!
It sounds far safer to buy the China 6/128 and do it yourself! I've used Tradinshenzhen in the past, so I'll see what they have.
Thanks again
Im using also the 6/128GB version, which was unofficial unlocked. I'm using latest xiaomi.eu beta roms since a whole time. All fine
steve1221 said:
Many thanks. I hadn't realized that there even were fake roms!
It sounds far safer to buy the China 6/128 and do it yourself! I've used Tradinshenzhen in the past, so I'll see what they have.
Thanks again
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You are very welcome, good luck with flashing and enjoy your new Mi Max 3
Spillunke said:
Im using also the 6/128GB version, which was unofficial unlocked. I'm using latest xiaomi.eu beta roms since a whole time. All fine
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I know that it is possible, but it is quite a hassle. You need to re-lock the bootloader and make sure you get a proper Rom. Of course it can be done, no question.
But I guess it makes more sense to buy a legitimate phone + Rom if you are aware that these things exist rather than knowingly buying one with a fake Rom and fake unlock that involves more work.
I can recommend Tradingshenzhen as a source for a 6/128. After actually using the custom nitrogen TWRP I flashed the LineageOS GSI today and it seems to be working just fine. They even provide some tools and a guide to get Xiaomi.eu running (a version that does not yet have ARB!)
Also that company's support staff is better than anything I have seen in a long, LONG while from any webshop across the world.
Hi,
there is a good offer for a Note 8, but it is the chinese version.
Which problems are to expect? What's to to switch the phone completly to a version to use in Germany?
Regards
Robert
robert_b said:
Hi,
there is a good offer for a Note 8, but it is the chinese version.
Which problems are to expect? What's to to switch the phone completly to a version to use in Germany?
Regards
Robert
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You can switch from chinese to global rom(or indian rom if you want inbuilt call recording option) after unlocking bootloader and debloat it all after rooting..Or maybe just flash custom roms .
robert_b said:
Hi,
there is a good offer for a Note 8, but it is the chinese version.
Which problems are to expect? What's to to switch the phone completly to a version to use in Germany?
Regards
Robert
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Hello Robert
I have ordered CN version Oct, and i have been using it ever since. Out of the box you will get 18w charger with adapter which is very good, i live in Bosina, both sims are working fine 4G works too. There is not much to be worried about in CN version it works great it gets latest builds of MIUI (compared to other versions). Only thing that was kinda a nitpick and kinda annoying for me from start is that you get few standard Chinese apps that you can delete, and some of main Mi apps keep giving notifications in CN like mi videos and very other few, but rarely and they can be blocked. When you power on a device for a first time and creating Mi account you will have to install gapps which you can do over integrated mi store as i can remember (just type google no need for Chinese fonts). After doing that and logging into your google account i recommend you to unlock bootloader, you will have to make a request for unlocking it takes 160+ hours for it to get approved. Install xiaomi.eu rom which is cleaned and optimized CN miui for global users with xiaomi devices and regular updates and builds. I am currently using xiaomi.eu rom its fast, it has also ability to update it with updater in system. Anyway it is up to your preference what you want from device, you can try to install global firmware without unlocked bootloader you can try, if you want or some other custom rom with unlocked bootloader.
Best regards
hey guys,
since i successfully flashed my Mi Pad 5 from CN to Global Rom a new problem occured.
I lost the google play protect status and cant install apps like netflix via the playstore. manual way with apk download works fine.
is there any possibility to get the google play protect status again?
tried different methods from google instructions but they didnt work.
my bootloader is still unlocked - is this the problem? its not rooted
thx
Hi,
I had the same problem and I learned that it's a problem you have to live with if you wanna use the global ROM.
Google Play certification and Netflix DRM require the bootloader to be locked BUT if you the bootloader is locked, the global ROM won't boot on a China device.
BE CAREFUL! If you unlink your Mi account and lock the bootloader while using the global ROM, you won't be able to unlock the bootloader easily, essentially bricking the device.
In my case, I went back to the China ROM since I bought the tablet mainly to watch Netflix.
It's true some features are missing on the Chinese ROM (like Google Assistant) and I still have some Chinese text in "Search" but Netflix works perfectly and I use my phone as my daily driver so I don't really need the missing features on Xiaomi Pad 5.
My suggestion is to flash back to China ROM and stay with it. Make sure you still have your Mi account linked to the device to avoid any bricking.
ChillyChan said:
Hi,
I had the same problem and I learned that it's a problem you have to live with if you wanna use the global ROM.
Google Play certification and Netflix DRM require the bootloader to be locked BUT if you the bootloader is locked, the global ROM won't boot on a China device.
BE CAREFUL! If you unlink your Mi account and lock the bootloader while using the global ROM, you won't be able to unlock the bootloader easily, essentially bricking the device.
In my case, I went back to the China ROM since I bought the tablet mainly to watch Netflix.
It's true some features are missing on the Chinese ROM (like Google Assistant) and I still have some Chinese text in "Search" but Netflix works perfectly and I use my phone as my daily driver so I don't really need the missing features on Xiaomi Pad 5.
My suggestion is to flash back to China ROM and stay with it. Make sure you still have your Mi account linked to the device to avoid any bricking.
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But does Netflix stream in HD?
Im have Mipad5 pro, and it can only stream in SD, same with Amazon Prime Video.
I also switched from CN to global. No issies but Google not certified.
I installed the latest October update and Google is certified now.
Installed latest netflix apk from apkmirror and its streaming in HD
ChillyChan said:
Hi,
I had the same problem and I learned that it's a problem you have to live with if you wanna use the global ROM.
Google Play certification and Netflix DRM require the bootloader to be locked BUT if you the bootloader is locked, the global ROM won't boot on a China device.
BE CAREFUL! If you unlink your Mi account and lock the bootloader while using the global ROM, you won't be able to unlock the bootloader easily, essentially bricking the device.
In my case, I went back to the China ROM since I bought the tablet mainly to watch Netflix.
It's true some features are missing on the Chinese ROM (like Google Assistant) and I still have some Chinese text in "Search" but Netflix works perfectly and I use my phone as my daily driver so I don't really need the missing features on Xiaomi Pad 5.
My suggestion is to flash back to China ROM and stay with it. Make sure you still have your Mi account linked to the device to avoid any bricking.
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i'm considering to buy the mipad from aliexpress. it's the chinese device with either chinese or global rom. i don't know which one to chose. i don't mind that the firmware will be in english, but i use hebrew in the apps. can you share regarding the differences between the two roms?
gorilla p said:
I also switched from CN to global. No issies but Google not certified.
I installed the latest October update and Google is certified now.
Installed latest netflix apk from apkmirror and its streaming in HD
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i think to buy the chinese device with global rom from aliexpress. you think that the october update will get google certified? (how do you get the update). thanks
sltwtrr said:
i think to buy the chinese device with global rom from aliexpress. you think that the october update will get google certified? (how do you get the update). thanks
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You just download the update from the Xiaomi website.
gorilla p said:
You just download the update from the Xiaomi website.
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Are you sure? So its safe to buy the Chinese device with global rom and just update it and itll get google certified? Seems too good to be true. The open bootloader isnt a problem?
I cant tell you what decision to make, only what worked for me. Open bootloader is not a problem.
gorilla p said:
I cant tell you what decision to make, only what worked for me. Open bootloader is not a problem.
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Thank you. I really dont understand anything in this regard. Is there any chance that your device doesnt have the firmware found on a Chinese device with global rom from aliexpress? (so your experience might not be relevant here)