Bought my daughter the handset over a year ago from Ali Express I believe. But the update bricked it and now sitting with a broken handset. Anyone know what to do with it? I'm guessing the warranty is gone, and the UK Xiaomi group won't help because it wasn't bought from them. Cheers.
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I hard bricked it a few months ago and it is totally unresponsive. Is it worth sending it somewhere to be unbricked and then selling it on Ebay or trading it in on Amazon?
If so, where do I send it?
I have since gotten a Galaxy S5
Thanks,
Rob
Hey guys,
As of today I'm the happy owner of a opx with a cracked back glass. Any alternatives of buying instead of shopping from AliExpress? I live in Europe, Romania and i need to wait like 1.5 months for a package to arrive.
BR,
Charris
With official support, it should be send to Poland for repair then came back in less than 2 weeks.
It wasn't bought from oneplus but from a retail e market and I already voided the warranty. So I just need to buy the back.
Hi mates! I'm new here, I'm going to buy a new phone and Mi8 seams a good choice for me, apart for the great specifications, I like the idea that is possible to change the battery with not big efforts/risking to spoil the phone, like for example removing the delicate display. It means for me the phone can be used for different years.. good news.
I know these questions may be overanswered in forum and I hope to don't bother you too much if I ask to repeat. I've read there are different versions of Mi8, global, global chinese unlocked, and maybe others too.. I remember how many there were for my Samsung S5..
In a local (my country) site/shop I've found different phone versions, one called Xiaomi Mi 8 6/128Gb Global Black, another Xiaomi Mi 8 6/128Gb Global (bootloader unlocked) (cost a bit more), another Xiaomi Mi 8 6/128Gb Global Black 2 years warranty Europe from EU warehouse (a bit more too).
Questions:
1) apart for the root rights, is it worth to buy an unlocked version? I mean.. there are customs ROMS which seem better than stock? Maybe deodexed? I see stock roms are constantly improving and bugfixing..
2) A global version can be easly unlocked, can be some risk to receive a variant that can't be locked? (as like my Verizon S5 with Toshiba EM11 chip) or is much better/safe to buy directly and unlock one?
3) Warranty 2 years from Europe, does it means that if I buy from China I have only one year? And the warranty will be valid in any offical XIaomi service center?
4) I would buy it in Italy but I live in Russia, warranty terms/time in service center is the same? Russia is "Europe"?
5) Xiaomi accept on service unlocked bootloader phones? Either with Custom ROM uploaded? No problem with them as you modified the phone somehow?
6) I read about people who bricked a chinese global unlocked one, but how they did? Seems stupid to do that intentionally. I mean, is it so easy to lock a phone or you need to do a special procedure for locking (and bricking) the phone?
7) Any other suggetion(s) before I buy it that I should be warned? Models to avoid, procedures to avoid, sites to avoid buy from, etc. Thank you very much!
8) The local sites redirects me to buy the model I choosed to a site that start with bang**** (I don't want to report it here and being accused of spam), is it really the factory and the cheapest way to buy it?
Thank you for all answers!
Hi, I have heard about the Huawei ban in the US but I am thinking if my phone (Huawei P20 lite/nova 3e) will work in Canada? I bought this from Bangladesh 2 years ago, it's an official phone. I will be moving to Canada soon and one of my friend could not use his Nokia 6 in Canada. That made me wonder if my phone will work there or not. If it works there then please let me know. If not then I guess I will have to get a new phone like my friend did.
I bought my Redmi Note 9 PRO (model) on Aliexpress, I am from Costa Rica, now I have the problem of camera dust and I cannot refund or send my phone under warranty as I do not count on being able to send my phone to China. Is there a way that xiaomi can take responsibility and cover the repair cost?