Should i buy note 3 pro in 2017? - Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers

Hi guys
I want buy this device.
Is there a better choice at this price?
I want buy kenzo model. 16 Gb and 2 Ram
How can i understand that is kenzo?
Sorry for my bad english

Yeah it's still a very good choice, especially if you are into budget phones.
I would go with the Kate model however as it has LTE band 20 support, that helps a lot when traveling through (or living in) Europe (which I do).

MrColdbird said:
Yeah it's still a very good choice, especially if you are into budget phones.
I would go with the Kate model however as it has LTE band 20 support, that helps a lot when traveling through (or living in) Europe (which I do).
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thanks bro
I want kenzo because devs has better support on it.

Yes it is great buy, bought it myself 1 week ago, loving it so far.
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Keyvannn said:
thanks bro
I want kenzo because devs has better support on it.
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Note that if you have goodix fp scanner, you may have problems with custom roms, but I believe someone already made a patch to make it work.

Keyvannn said:
thanks bro
I want kenzo because devs has better support on it.
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Development support is identical on both kenzo and kate models as they have identical hardware.
The only difference is the modem firmware, and given that none of the custom roms come bundled with a firmware package (that could potentially override your own firmware), that means that all roms that work on kenzo, will work equally well on kate.
Long story short, no development support difference between kenzo and kate. :good:

asakurato said:
Yes it is great buy, bought it myself 1 week ago, loving it so far.
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Note that if you have goodix fp scanner, you may have problems with custom roms, but I believe someone already made a patch to make it work.
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problem in fingerprint?
this problem is in kate? or kenzo?
thanks bro

Keyvannn said:
thanks bro
I want kenzo because devs has better support on it.
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Not really, the only difference between Kate & Kenzo is the firmware for the modems. Kenzo has a better selection of cases and such but Kate has more bands that it supports. Kate is 2mm taller than Kenzo.
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Keyvannn said:
problem in fingerprint?
this problem is in kate? or kenzo?
thanks bro
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My Kate has the FPC102 one, works flawlessly.

If you're buying the phone, I would recommend going to the 3GB RAM version.

Honest suggestion:
I would recommend Redmi Note 4 (SD version). It'll gain the same (maybe little less/more) popularity like Note 3. It'll also have official Nougat update. So, there'll be bugless Nougat custom ROMs. While, Nougat will not get released for Note 3 and there are chances that we'll be stuck with these camera/flashlight bugs for months. So, i would suggest, Redmi Note 4. Yes, it has SD625, which is inferior to SD650. But if you're not a gaming guy, it's fine to go for Note 4, which has also better battery life compared to Note 3, because of the chip being made on 14nm architecture.
If you're not in India, I would suggest to wait for Note 4 to popup on international selling sites.

AtomR said:
Honest suggestion:
I would recommend Redmi Note 4 (SD version). It'll gain the same (maybe little less/more) popularity like Note 3. It'll also have official Nougat update. So, there'll be bugless Nougat custom ROMs. While, Nougat will not get released for Note 3 and there are chances that we'll be stuck with these camera/flashlight bugs for months. So, i would suggest, Redmi Note 4. Yes, it has SD625, which is inferior to SD650. But if you're not a gaming guy, it's fine to go for Note 4, which has also better battery life compared to Note 3, because of the chip being made on 14nm architecture.
If you're not in India, I would suggest to wait for Note 4 to popup on international selling sites.
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There is already Nougat in testing for RN3

asakurato said:
There is already Nougat in testing for RN3
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Haha. Nope. You're talking about that geekbench leak? Lol. That was false info. right there. Someone ran that benchmark on custom ROM based on 7.1.1 and news sites reported it without thinking twice.

AtomR said:
Haha. Nope. You're talking about that geekbench leak? Lol. That was false info. right there. Someone ran that benchmark on custom ROM based on 7.1.1 and news sites reported it without thinking twice.
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What about this then? I mean it says "android xiaomi edition".

asakurato said:
What about this then? I mean it says "android xiaomi edition".
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Also a 5.7" display? Hmm.

theoneofgod said:
Also a 5.7" display? Hmm.
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Well, that can be because it's still in testing and app doesn't detect some specs right. I have seen such things happen in the past.
I just checked, the app actually says 5.7 screen (latest version from Google Play)

asakurato said:
Well, that can be because it's still in testing and app doesn't detect some specs right. I have seen such things happen in the past.
I just checked, the app actually says 5.7 screen (latest version from Google Play)
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Maybe. Let's hope so.

theoneofgod said:
Maybe. Let's hope so.
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Check this out!

Androbots said:
Check this out!
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That would be a really bad move for Xiaomi. Not sure how a forum moderator would know but yep.

Androbots said:
Check this out!
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Wow, what a credible source, I believe this person! Anyway, I really do hope for official 7.1.1. If not, there are always custom roms

theoneofgod said:
Maybe. Let's hope so.
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theoneofgod said:
That would be a really bad move for Xiaomi. Not sure how a forum moderator would know but yep.
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I would slam their forums if they did this!!

Androbots said:
I would slam their forums if they did this!!
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Then do it already. RN3 won't get official Nougat update. Period.
Redmi series only get one OS update. We got it months ago as Marshmallow. No more updates now, even if it was best selling phone of India.

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Any good roms for this device?

So I'm planning on buying the Redmi Note 3 with 3gb of ram and the snapdragon processor. My question is, is there any good roms for this device? I hace checked the threads here and most people seem to have quite many problems with the few roms that exists.
There are some good ROMs like CM13 or RR, using RR since a few days and I have no problems.
baxtex said:
So I'm planning on buying the Redmi Note 3 with 3gb of ram and the snapdragon processor. My question is, is there any good roms for this device? I hace checked the threads here and most people seem to have quite many problems with the few roms that exists.
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I'm using aosp 5.1.1 and everything works fine.
Sent from Note 3, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3.
I'm sure CyanogenMod Team is currently working on our device:
review.cyanogenmod.org/#/q/project:CyanogenMod/android_device_xiaomi_kenzo
mr.loverlover said:
I'm using aosp 5.1.1 and everything works fine.
Sent from Note 3, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3.
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I did see that rom, it seems rather nice, but I read that camera isn't that good on the custom roms? Also it doesn't get any updates. Any news on a ASOP MM build?
baxtex said:
I did see that rom, it seems rather nice, but I read that camera isn't that good on the custom roms? Also it doesn't get any updates. Any news on a ASOP MM build?
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Camera is fine on aosp. Aosp MM will take long, don't wait for it^^
Try it or die said:
Camera is fine on aosp. Aosp MM will take long, don't wait for it^^
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So if I buy this phone, I'm pretty much stuck on LP. I don't like MIU at all I'm afraid.
baxtex said:
So if I buy this phone, I'm pretty much stuck on LP. I don't like MIU at all I'm afraid.
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No, you're not.
Try it or die said:
There are some good ROMs like CM13 or RR, using RR since a few days and I have no problems.
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Sorry for this ,what's RR
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MsuatafaKhatab said:
Sorry for this ,what's RR
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Resurrection Remix Rom.
CM13 , RR and Flyme OS are stable roms now .

[ROM-REQUEST] Pure Nexus Rom for Oneplus 2

my frnd is having oneplus one
he had pure nexus rom on it and i liked it very much
could plzz bring that to op2 also
 @kwoktopus @BeansTown106
vignesh95 said:
my frnd is having oneplus one
he had pure nexus rom on it and i liked it very much
could plzz bring that to op2 also
@kwoktopus @BeansTown106
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Something like this perhaps?
http://nxrom.us/oneplus2.html
Using pure nexus ROM on my 3 yr old nexus 4 and that ROM is buttery smooth
If pure nexus ROM could make it to op2 then it would be really great
I don't think nx ROM is same as pure nexus ROM, or is it ?
Mohit31 said:
Using pure nexus ROM on my 3 yr old nexus 4 and that ROM is buttery smooth
If pure nexus ROM could make it to op2 then it would be really great
I don't think nx ROM is same as pure nexus ROM, or is it ?
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I have tried it 2 months ago. I admit, I dont remember exactly what was good and bad about it but I think it was a clean aosp, just as the nexus-es have. Try it, it worked fine i think...backup-flash-dont like it-restore
quake73 said:
Something like this perhaps?
http://nxrom.us/oneplus2.html
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Edited: FYI, when I tried the latest version of this rom it did not boot. It may have been problem on my side.
10.4 ? it booted for me , using for whole previous week
kai97 said:
10.4 ? it booted for me , using for whole previous week
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ok, I'm downloading it right now, will try it in 10mins...maybe I was wrong, maybe the latest version of the rom wasn't booting, maybe that troll is right
hey, what do you know? it boots perfectly on my phone, too! (the pics are taken with an Xperia E1, a lousy phone but I hope it's still visible enough)
and of course, there's still the possibility that I AM actually the liar and mister clueless troll is telling the truth!
edited as i didn’t check above msg
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hey, what do you know? it boots perfectly on my phone, too! (the pics are taken with an Xperia E1, a lousy phone but I hope it's still visible enough)
and of course, there's still the possibility that I AM actually the liar and mister clueless troll is telling the truth!
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works flawlessly , rt?
kai97 said:
edited as i didn’t check above msg
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works flawlessly , rt?
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well...like i said before, it's a pretty decent rom, pure aosp looks to me...i say again, i havent tested it rigorously but all the 'crucial' features seem fine, first hand information (installed it again just to show that)
I cleaned flash v10.4 coming from OOS3.1 but It didn't work. May be I was just unlucky. I tried it twice. My variant is A2005
quake73 said:
well...like i said before, it's a pretty decent rom, pure aosp looks to me...i say again, i havent tested it rigorously but all the 'crucial' features seem fine, first hand information (installed it again just to show that)
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yeh , it’s very stable in latest version and used it as daily driver
BTW
What op is asking for is pure nexus ROM and not nx ROM
Pure nexus is different from nx ROM and IMO better than the latter one.
So any dev out here, can get pure nexus ROM for our op2,
would be awesome
https://plus.google.com/communities/103055954354785266764
Nx rom was always one of my favorite roms on my Moto g3. I love nx rom. I have absolutely no intention to do a bad advertisement against it. And I was not the only one with booting issue. The problem might be on my side but I hope to come back to it soon.
Mohit31 said:
BTW
What op is asking for is pure nexus ROM and not nx ROM
Pure nexus is different from nx ROM and IMO better than the latter one.
So any dev out here, can get pure nexus ROM for our op2,
would be awesome
https://plus.google.com/communities/103055954354785266764
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yes guys nx rom is different from pure nexus rom
nx rom dont have features . it is more likely stock android
so plzz dont post abt nx rom , it might confuse others.
I also installed this ROM everything is working very good except 1 thing i have found, that if screen is turned off fingerprint unlock have delay until unlock, does anyone have such issue? Or does anyone now how to solve it? When screen is on fingerprint unlocks good
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Thread cleaned. Flaming other users on XDA is not acceptable.
Can i somehow change radio module in this ROM?
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i thought thas rom was for only nexus devices, +1 for rom request, would be great
vignesh95 said:
my frnd is having oneplus one
he had pure nexus rom on it and i liked it very much
could plzz bring that to op2 also
@kwoktopus @BeansTown106
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Send me a device and I'll do it :silly:... I will not attempt a task this experimental without a physical device in my hands to test with.

Will Nougat roms bust our speakers ?

So I've been trying a number of Nougat Roms lately and have found curiously that all of (atleast the one based on strix cm base) have insane volume output (like 50% more at least from stock) through speakers. I was wondering if the devs did this knowingly or is it some software amplification hack which will eventually damage the speakers
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Wow no reply
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dastan4eva said:
So I've been trying a number of Nougat Roms lately and have found curiously that all of (atleast the one based on strix cm base) have insane volume output (like 50% more at least from stock) through speakers. I was wondering if the devs did this knowingly or is it some software amplification hack which will eventually damage the speakers
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This is how it used to be!! Atleast on MIUI ROMs. This is one of my favourite things of CM14, I no longer have to press my ear toward the speaker.
The reason for this is I think because TheStrix added back the MIUI LP edits to the kernel, so it's similar to MIUI kernel now. He mentioned this in the CM13 thread.
So yep, I'm pretty sure it's normal, and hey, enjoy it!!
iG0tB0lts said:
This is how it used to be!! Atleast on MIUI ROMs. This is one of my favourite things of CM14, I no longer have to press my ear toward the speaker.
The reason for this is I think because TheStrix added back the MIUI LP edits to the kernel, so it's similar to MIUI kernel now. He mentioned this in the CM13 thread.
So yep, I'm pretty sure it's normal, and hey, enjoy it!!
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Thanks for clarifying.Actually in Xiaomi forum is guy mentioned his phones spekers got bust due to this - that's why i was curious .No disrespect to hard working devs of course
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Here, I was talking about this quote.
TheStrix said:
I have already moved on to cm-14.0 dev. You can follow it on CM gerrit: here
Also I have rebased kernel to N CAF tag and added back Xiaomi edits from LP release. (Camera, battery drivers are 100% from Xiaomi kernel release with no edits regarding adding/removing any new support)
Keep calm and wait for it
Also, wanted to know ov16880_f16v01a and ov16880_omida05 camera sensors are present on some devices too? Anyone with them here?
On CM, I just now added s5k5e8_z5e8yab thought it was the only one missing. If those two exist too on fewer RN3, let me know so that I can add support for those 2 sensors in CM.
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iG0tB0lts said:
Here, I was talking about this quote.
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Oh i see so in miui lp the sound was as loud ?
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dastan4eva said:
Oh i see so in miui lp the sound was as loud ?
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Yes I'm around 90% sure it was.

im thinking of buying honor 5x l22, have a few doubts..

hey guys, im thinking of buying a l22 model, so i want to know if
1. fingerprint working on cm or aosp roms?
2.the roms for l24 and other model are compatible with the l22 model?
3. finally, is there someone baking nougat for this device...
feeling very confused , please help me out
thilak devraj said:
hey guys, im thinking of buying a l22 model, so i want to know if
1. fingerprint working on cm or aosp roms?
2.the roms for l24 and other model are compatible with the l22 model?
3. finally, is there someone baking nougat for this device...
feeling very confused , please help me out
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Yes,fp working on custom ROMs.
So many custom ROMs are there but less no of developers are there.
Honor said they will provide update for next 2 year but...there are better options in 12000 in India. Redmi note3 has awesome development. Resell value is good.
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If you are looking at a phone with good custom ROM support in future, turn to Xiaomi, becuase they use Qualcomm SoC mostly.
Huawei is and plans to use more and more Kirin SoC on its phones, which reduces the phone cost, but give developers less options...
thilak devraj said:
hey guys, im thinking of buying a l22 model, so i want to know if
1. fingerprint working on cm or aosp roms?
2.the roms for l24 and other model are compatible with the l22 model?
3. finally, is there someone baking nougat for this device...
feeling very confused , please help me out
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My suggestion for you is to go for MI, if you need custom ROM development support.
If you are fond of Honor, then you can wait and get Honor 6X with Kirin Processor, Dual Camera which is expected to release in India by January.
thilak devraj said:
hey guys, im thinking of buying a l22 model, so i want to know if
1. fingerprint working on cm or aosp roms?
2.the roms for l24 and other model are compatible with the l22 model?
3. finally, is there someone baking nougat for this device...
feeling very confused , please help me out
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OK I am going to revise my review, after using this phone for the day now its finally working I can actually test it with cyanogenmod.
The phone stock software is crap, dump it asap and flash cyanogenmod straight away,
The screen is very good and compared to my iphone 6 plus there isnt a lot in it, the 6plus has slightly better clarity on stuff like peoples hair but the pixel density is better but for a budget phone its very good.
I get excellent reports on my call quality, everyone says it sounds very clear,
the battery life isnt bad, I wish it had a removable battery but I am sure it will last a day,
The charging time is pretty quick but not with the stock charger, its only 1 amp with is paltry get a better charger if you want the phone to charge fast,
The screen on button is in a awkward place but I expect I will get used to it,
The Roms on this forum are very good generally and are a huge improvement on the crap Huawei ship it with,
The speaker is nice and loud and I hear all my notifications no problem.
The build quality is pretty good for a cheap phone, better than Samsungs plastic crap
thilak devraj said:
hey guys, im thinking of buying a l22 model, so i want to know if
1. fingerprint working on cm or aosp roms?
2.the roms for l24 and other model are compatible with the l22 model?
3. finally, is there someone baking nougat for this device...
feeling very confused , please help me out
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1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.
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So far satisfied with 5x,
FP works with custom roms
krispy321 said:
So far satisfied with 5x,
FP works with custom roms
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Yes since July 20.
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adriansticoid said:
1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.
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so the nougat is coming for sure?
thilak devraj said:
so the nougat is coming for sure?
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Yes. Let's wait for it.
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thilak devraj said:
so the nougat is coming for sure?
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Yes. Honor 4X which was released in 2015 got update till yesterday.
It got released in Kitkat and now its running in MM. So, we will get updates for sure.
No Doubts.
vsriram92 said:
Yes. Honor 4X which was released in 2015 got update till yesterday.
It got released in Kitkat and now its running in MM. So, we will get updates for sure.
No Doubts.
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Especially with 5x. Sales skyrocketted. Shame in Hauwei if they don't.
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adriansticoid said:
Especially with 5x. Sales skyrocketted. Shame in Hauwei if they don't.
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Its 100% sure. Not even 1 % doubt.
No more honor device if it dosent
No question about it, support is very good and you can look at honor 6.
thilak devraj said:
hey guys, im thinking of buying a l22 model, so i want to know if
1. fingerprint working on cm or aosp roms?
2.the roms for l24 and other model are compatible with the l22 model?
3. finally, is there someone baking nougat for this device...
feeling very confused , please help me out
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go for xiami note 3..far better than our phone.My brother has it . so i know where my 5x lags
methuselah said:
go for xiami note 3..far better than our phone.My brother has it . so i know where my 5x lags
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But that is more expensive,
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adriansticoid said:
But that is more expensive,
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few bucks don;t hurt you.. Its even cheaper than 5x in my country. i regret buying 5x till today. i could have buy falcon again..... lol.... 5x sucks bigtime.
methuselah said:
few bucks don;t hurt you.. Its even cheaper than 5x in my country. i regret buying 5x till today. i could have buy falcon again..... lol.... 5x sucks bigtime.
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I am shocked why you are talking that way now. Go sell your phone then.
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adriansticoid said:
I am shocked why you are talking that way now. Go sell your phone then.
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lol.... its not like that... look at this phone. I was always developer friendly ... Only 5 people are contributing to this phone. No doubt this device had potential. CM has make this device what it is. Huawei is kinda bad when it comes to developers. I have seen 5x from days when huawei never gave christopher proper sources for 12.1. what i say is with wisdom.. sellling means selling this in half and then pouring more money...which is not i can do now. I will sell this baby when i have money...

China ROM? Global ROM?

I'm about to get myself a RN4 but I'm kinda confused to which version to buy. My concern is which version currently has more dev support (as of searching I assume the chinese version has the upper hand but I just wanna make it clear).
Or can I just flash the Global ROM whenever I feel like switching? I really want to get this phone considering the budget I have.
tunichi01 said:
I'm about to get myself a RN4 but I'm kinda confused to which version to buy. My concern is which version currently has more dev support (as of searching I assume the chinese version has the upper hand but I just wanna make it clear).
Or can I just flash the Global ROM whenever I feel like switching? I really want to get this phone considering the budget I have.
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There's only one version, well 2 if you count the 2GB/16GB or 3GB/64GB versions, but all roms work for both. You can install global or China roms, both have beta versions as well and there is an EU rom also.
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gsmyth said:
There's only one version, well 2 if you count the 2GB/16GB or 3GB/64GB versions, but all roms work for both. You can install global or China roms, both have beta versions as well and there is an EU rom also.
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Now that cleared things up. Thanks! I already got the phone and it has the Global ROM. Very satisfied with my purchase
tunichi01 said:
Now that cleared things up. Thanks! I already got the phone and it has the Global ROM. Very satisfied with my purchase
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Just be sure that it's the official global ROM and not a sneaky vendor/reseller ROM pretending to be a global stable ROM.
If you're not sure, Google the MIUI version from 'about phone' under settings, you will see results of other users querying the same thing. Or if you're still unsure just post here.
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gsmyth said:
There's only one version, well 2 if you count the 2GB/16GB or 3GB/64GB versions, but all roms work for both. You can install global or China roms, both have beta versions as well and there is an EU rom also.
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Mine has 3GB/32GB
hurie83 said:
Mine has 3GB/32GB
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Of course! Forgot about the 32GB model too, but again the MIUI roms work for all models.
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