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Hi Guys,
Im in the UK. Id like to buy the redmi 2 note from ali express. Its around £104 with DHL 6-7 day delivery. Is there any advice or anything I need to be careful of ? I have the following concerns,
will 4g on the 3 network work, i think so but am just confirming
Ali express says google play and apps will be installed ?
Any import duty i need to be careful of ?
Any other sites that may offer this based on personal experience ?
Many thanks for the info.
Not sure about 3 UK but in Poland LTE works fine so I guess you should be good to go with data connectivity and yes, I got the phone with google services already installed but flashed Polish MIUI ROM anyway (just to make sure I have the latest one).
moghm said:
Hi Guys,
Im in the UK. Id like to buy the redmi 2 note from ali express. Its around £104 with DHL 6-7 day delivery. Is there any advice or anything I need to be careful of ? I have the following concerns,
will 4g on the 3 network work, i think so but am just confirming
Ali express says google play and apps will be installed ?
Any import duty i need to be careful of ?
Any other sites that may offer this based on personal experience ?
Many thanks for the info.
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I'm from Austria but also ordered my phone from aliexpress and it was first shipped from china to the UK and after that to Austria.
I've ordererd it from the seller: Shenzhen Top-One Trading Co., Ltd. (sorry, I'm not allowed to post links)
and picked DHL delivery, as said in the description to avoid any taxes. Totally cost me 155€.
And that was true. It arrived 8 days after order and no additional taxes to pay.
Also I read in a german forum that many others recommend the seller.
After recieving you should install the xioami.eu ROM (could be found in the forum and is easy to flash) because there are some chinese adds in the software variant.
If 4g will work for you, you have to check on your own. In Austria it works. The redmi, also in this version supports:
4G FDD-LTE: 1800/2100/2600MHz (Bands:B3,B1,B7)
3G WCDMA: 850/900/1900/2100MHz
Hope I could help you.
4g is working in UK no problems. I am on 3 and have a nice strong signal. Will recommend to install the newest rom. I didn't pay import taxes but better check with seller before ordering. Great powerful phone. I am happy
Many thanks for the info guys, very useful. How easy is it to flash the rom, is root required. I use to do this back in the day but havent done it for a few years now.
moghm said:
Many thanks for the info guys, very useful. How easy is it to flash the rom, is root required. I use to do this back in the day but havent done it for a few years now.
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No is is pretty simple:
- download the rom (could be found in the Redi Note 2 General Forum)
- rename it to update.zip
- copy it to the Redmi Note 2
- flash it via the Updater app
- Done.
I chose DHL and received my phone after 3 business days, but I had to pay customs duty 35€.
You guys tipped me over the edge which means I have ordered one , basic in Panda, im assuming thats the one with the white back.
Thanks for all your help. Cost was £114 with DHL and they 'promise' no customs within the EU. Will keep u posted
Great, good luck
moghm said:
You guys tipped me over the edge which means I have ordered one , basic in Panda, im assuming thats the one with the white back.
Thanks for all your help. Cost was £114 with DHL and they 'promise' no customs within the EU. Will keep u posted
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Yes, Panda is with white back cover.
Hope you'll enjoy your new redmi note 2.
Ill be in touch once it arrives to bother you about the UK rom
Hi guys,
Back. Need some help. Could you please direct me to a link to where I can install the UK/EU rom for this phone please ?
Im looking for a stable rom. Also, if I go for the stable rom will I get updates for this ? Any instructions on how to install the rom would be great
Many thanks for your help,
Developer ROM with weekly updates and Root
http://miuif.celogeek.com/5.10.8/xiaomi.eu_multi_hermes_5.10.8_v7-5.0.zip
Mirror
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347833122
Latest stable ROM without root and without weekly updates not available at the moment
I suggest you to use the developer ROM that is good anyway
Rename it to update.zip and store it on Internal memory... Then flash via Mi Recovery or use Updater app. After flash wipe data!
Hi Guys, back again. So a few people looked at my note 2 and liked it very much. Friend of mine has imported a note 3 with fingerprint sensor. Could you direct me to the EU rom for the note 3 please ? Much appreciated and thanks once again
moghm said:
Hi Guys, back again. So a few people looked at my note 2 and liked it very much. Friend of mine has imported a note 3 with fingerprint sensor. Could you direct me to the EU rom for the note 3 please ? Much appreciated and thanks once again
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Go to xiaomi.eu, you should find everything you need
moghm said:
Hi Guys, back again. So a few people looked at my note 2 and liked it very much. Friend of mine has imported a note 3 with fingerprint sensor. Could you direct me to the EU rom for the note 3 please ? Much appreciated and thanks once again
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dangnhap01 said:
Go to xiaomi.eu, you should find everything you need
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You have also the stock Rom (Global Stable Rom): http://en.miui.com/download-274.html
It comes with Play Store...
Hello everyone
I have a few questions
I've been using a Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 for 2 years and it worked perfectly well.
But lately the battery drains extremely fast,I put in the new one and it still drains very very fast.
The second problem is the google play and google play services
It doesn't open,the screen stays white.
I tried eveyrthing,older versions of google play work but other apps require the new version or the latest update,and when i update it the problem's back
Please help,I'm completely new to this so please be patient and explain if you can
Thank you very much!
chulaf said:
Hello everyone
I have a few questions. I've been using a Xiaomi Redmi Note 2.......
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I don't have this device but, your best bet should be to take a look at the following area of the forum that's specific to your device and see if there's either an answer to this question (more than likely your question may be found individually) or a location to post your question.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-2
This device isn't extremely active but, I don't believe that it's inactive either.
Good Luck!
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chulaf said:
Hello everyone
I have a few questions
I've been using a Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 for 2 years and it worked perfectly well.
But lately the battery drains extremely fast,I put in the new one and it still drains very very fast.
The second problem is the google play and google play services
It doesn't open,the screen stays white.
I tried eveyrthing,older versions of google play work but other apps require the new version or the latest update,and when i update it the problem's back
Please help,I'm completely new to this so please be patient and explain if you can
Thank you very much!
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Please try flashing stock ROM of your device. using SP flash tool.I t might be helpful.
Hi i hope hope someone can clear a few things up for me i am a bit confused is this the correct forum for mate 10 pro as well as normal mate 10. I have recently purchased mate 10 pro and could not find mate 10 pro in devices i only found this forum. Also in the development section there are not many roms which i find a bit strange because the phone is not very new. Hope someone can help.
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Hi i hope hope someone can clear a few things up for me i am a bit confused is this the correct forum for mate 10 pro as well as normal mate 10. I have recently purchased mate 10 pro and could not find mate 10 pro in devices i only found this forum. Also in the development section there are not many roms which i find a bit strange because the phone is not very new. Hope someone can help.
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You are in the right pleace, don't worry!
Where are all the roms RR etc
sam00561 said:
Where are all the roms RR etc
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I believe that you are new here and don't know that the huawei phones would not enable us to install stock roms and we are not able now to unlock the bootloader anymore for free lol.
So there is no custom roms dear
Wtf how am I supposed to unlock the bootloader then I need more information quickly so I can cancel my purchase. Is it impossible to unlock bootloader now
sam00561 said:
Wtf how am I supposed to unlock the bootloader then I need more information quickly so I can cancel my purchase. Is it impossible to unlock bootloader now
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Depends on your firmware. If Security Patch is June or later you won't be able to, at least not if you're on C432.
If you are on security patch may or earlier you will be able to use HCU client to get unlock code, but it's paid.
I can only confirm that it's not possible to get unlock code on C432B145+, I can't confirm for other cust but it will most likely be the same.
Edit: if it's a brand new phone it will likely come with factory firmware, unless the shop you bought it from updated it.
Even if I was able to unlock think it's likely that development will be very limited would I be right in thinking this.
sam00561 said:
Even if I was able to unlock think it's likely that development will be very limited would I be right in thinking this.
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I wouldn't say "limited" it depends what your looking for, obviously the best device development is for OnePlus and Pixels imo, but we still have RessurectionRemix, LineageOS, CarbonROM & OmniROM, that's 4 pretty recognisable ROM's :good:
Link to ROM's : https://openkirin.net/download/
To be honest, I had my first Mate 10 Pro rooted, and apart from an Ad blocker and YouTube Vanced there wasn't much I felt any need to install. Now Vanced can be installed without root, and Ad Blocker can run on various browsers, I don't see much point.
The Mate 10 Pro is a brilliant phone, I'm seriously considering selling my S9+ and going back to the 10 Pro - the battery life was far better, and I think the camera was better. I also hate the bent sides on the screen on the Samsung. Only thing I might missis Samsung Pay, but I'll just go back to contactless card.
Thanks to you guys and some further reasearch i was able to reach out to the person on ebay i had bought the phone from and cancel the purchase after explaining the situation with bootloader. I am still reeling from Huwaweis decision to stop bootloader unlocking and hope they one day reverse this decision. I really had my heart set on the mate 10 for obvious reasons but possible lack of bootloader unlock is just a no no for me on my current phone a xiaomi mi6 i regularly change roms and kernels sometimes twice a week so i certainly could not live with being stuck on Mui with no possibility of modifications xposed etc. And i did not want to take the risk of buying to only find out that the bootloder had been patched or something and id be stuck.
So now i have turned my attention to either the oneplus 5 or perhaps galaxy s8plus. Again thanks for your help guys.
Is it me or the forum is dead and support is lacking for this phone?
mmiyahki said:
Is it me or the forum is dead and support is lacking for this phone?
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Yeah you can look at it both ways also remember ppl got life's a lot of the devs have school etc..
Plus having a phone that's GSi compatible is huge because there's many roms if that's what you're looking for..
I was running hydrogen os all week
mmiyahki said:
Is it me or the forum is dead and support is lacking for this phone?
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That is what happens when you buy an cheap Mi device. The redmi note line is where the mass development for mid grade phones. I am actually glad because most of the impatient, must spoon feed, children are on those devices and not here.
On previous post I made poll with wrong answers sorry for that. So here we go again this time correctly.
So far Redmi Note 9 Pro forum is becoming one big mess and now with new sections it is even worse . My idea is to create separate forums for curtana and joyeuse. And when you use search and you type device name: Redmi Note 9 Pro there should be two devices visible:
Redmi note 9 Pro (curtana)
Redmi note 9 Pro (joyeuse)
At the moment only 10% of people reading this are voting. So please if you read this please vote. I will write to moderator and show Him this thread. I think the more votes we will have the bigger chances are that moderator will create separate forums. Otherwise He can say there is no point to create another forum for only small percent of users.
Is is so difficult to reply? Yes or No. And from other side you expect, to have nice forum with a lot of custom ROM's, that some one will sacrifice hunderds of hours to create ROM? And you can't reply with 2 or 3 letters? If moderator will agree then great if not, then at least we try.
So I want to ask you all curtana and joyeuse users to make some kinda voting and answer question:
Do you want moderator to create separate forum for curtana and joyeuse?
YES
NO
Thank you all.
Personally I'm fine with it being mixed, as long as new posts contain the devices codename.
But having said that, lots of custom ROM rookies are bricking their devices by flashing incorrect ROMs. Forum admins really should put something in place, (disparate sub-forums is just one possibility), to protect rookies from themselves.
Yes, it's incredibly messy as is.
Yep definitely needs to be separated because the phones names are already confusing enough (yes I understand the code names) it's like the arguments of old, Samsung Galaxy (insert number here) snapdragon vs exy; they got separate forums so these should too since it's possible to cause a hard bricks (we don't have Odin or 9008 mode to reflash a stock rom (not without an authorized mi account anyways)
For those indifferent to the problem, think of this as preventing spam related issues in the future saying: pLeAs HaLp I BRiCkEd ma pHoNe
Yes Please,
For Avoiding confusion.
Thanks
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Personally I'm fine with it being mixed, as long as new posts contain the devices codename.
But having said that, lots of custom ROM rookies are bricking their devices by flashing incorrect ROMs. Forum admins really should put something in place, (disparate sub-forums is just one possibility), to protect rookies from themselves.
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Right, like for eg. Havoc.
And now with new Sections names it is more confusing for eg. Section:
REDMI NOTE 9S / NOTE 9 PRO (INDIAN MODEL) ROMS, KERNELS, RECOVERIES, & OTHER DEVELOPMENT
and inside this section joyeuse and curtana
Maybe not a complete forum, but at least separate subforums for recoveries and roms.
Unless someone finds a way of making roms reliably universal mixups are gonna keep happening.
1qazwsx4 said:
Yep definitely needs to be separated because the phones names are already confusing enough (yes I understand the code names) it's like the arguments of old, Samsung Galaxy (insert number here) snapdragon vs exy; they got separate forums so these should too since it's possible to cause a hard bricks (we don't have Odin or 9008 mode to reflash a stock rom (not without an authorized mi account anyways)
For those indifferent to the problem, think of this as preventing spam related issues in the future saying: pLeAs HaLp I BRiCkEd ma pHoNe
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Exactly next example is old Honor 4X also two versions one with snapdragon other kirin. One name but two diferent phones.
Manufacturers make it confusing especially Xiaomi, but here we XDA community can and should make it clear and obvious. And as you said this will protect users from bricking their devices, and keep forum cleaner from questions like: is this rom for Global or Indian?
ares93 said:
Maybe not a complete forum, but at least separate subforums for recoveries and roms.
Unless someone finds a way of making roms reliably universal mixups are gonna keep happening.
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As I said, after voting I will contact moderators and they will decide what to do, I think one way or another something has to be done. This is quite new forum imagine it in a year and later
KRisXD said:
Right, like for eg. Havoc.
And now with new Sections names it is more confusing for eg. Section:
REDMI NOTE 9S / NOTE 9 PRO (INDIAN MODEL) ROMS, KERNELS, RECOVERIES, & OTHER DEVELOPMENT
and inside this section joyeuse and curtana
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I agree.
And it could get even more confusing once we start seeing unified builds that target more than one device.
YESSSS
They are two different devices.
I don't understand why we are even having to do this.
CV2000 said:
They are two different devices.
I don't understand why we are even having to do this.
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Maybe if we do and enough people will vote then who knows maybe XDA maintainers will create two forums.
But so far community do not look interested. more then 500 people read this and only 24 votes this is sad.
They all want free custom rom but are too lazy to give vote.
YES
Sent from my Redmi Note 9 Pro using XDA Labs
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I just hope that JOYEUSE will be UNIVERSAL and we won't have to distinguish between global, india, eu, russia, china and others... One for all or none for nobody.
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Yes
Yes, please
Yes
sir_bazz said:
I agree.
And it could get even more confusing once we start seeing unified builds that target more than one device.
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Yes!
No. Because most roms in the near future Will be unified.
Enviado desde mi Redmi Note 9S mediante Tapatalk
KRisXD said:
They all want free custom rom but are too lazy to give vote.
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Hello
Personally, the stock rom is more than enough for me, do not generalize!
mario1959 said:
Hello
Personally, the stock rom is more than enough for me, do not generalize!
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So what are you doing on XDA? Here are not stock roms. Every rom even with slight change is not stock.
Did you unlocked bootloader?
Or just debloated by adb?
Or anything else?
Where from is your knowledge how to do it? XDA?
If you are here then it is clear that you want something more then stock, but if not, then you are lost and you should rather use official manufacturers forums. There are a lot more informations about stock rom, than here.
Do not answer, keep it to your self.
By saying: They all want free custom rom but are too lazy to give vote.
I meant that XDA is about community and community works only when members are involved and want not just take but also give.
Have nice day.