Hi , i have been around for while ,i mainly read and try to learn all i can about Android O/S .
i am no professional at all.
my Mobile atm wont boot up at all , can i please !! ask for the best place to send it in for repair ,if repair possible.
this is one of the greatest site i ever saw ,i never contributed in any help to fix issues ,i am profoundly sorry ,i wish i could be a programmer or do best ,i am always afraid to be a bother and miss inform then inform properly.
this isn't begging but an honest explanation of my capacities and limitations in this domain.
for Network issues of and windows and Apple products , pm me im good in those and will always give you the right time.
For the mean time my HTC Amaze 4G ,i wont boot-up best i get is a flashing screen (whiteness color) .
So i guess i would need to send it in a repair shop or other for fix,it isn't a new phone but worked great.
best regards
John Lortie
I hope i have posted at right place if not "i am sorry"
PS desperate i have been having this issue for 3 months i have searched like hell and still paying it monthly for the carrier service (in Canada -"Quebec") there robbers here for monthly plans even the lowest plans min $ 39.99 / monthly please a hand is more then welcome
Sand Man said:
Hi , i have been around for while ,i mainly read and try to learn all i can about Android O/S .
i am no professional at all.
my Mobile atm wont boot up at all , can i please !! ask for the best place to send it in for repair ,if repair possible.
this is one of the greatest site i ever saw ,i never contributed in any help to fix issues ,i am profoundly sorry ,i wish i could be a programmer or do best ,i am always afraid to be a bother and miss inform then inform properly.
this isn't begging but an honest explanation of my capacities and limitations in this domain.
for Network issues of and windows and Apple products , pm me im good in those and will always give you the right time.
For the mean time my HTC Amaze 4G ,i wont boot-up best i get is a flashing screen (whiteness color) .
So i guess i would need to send it in a repair shop or other for fix,it isn't a new phone but worked great.
best regards
John Lortie
I hope i have posted at right place if not "i am sorry"
PS desperate i have been having this issue for 3 months i have searched like hell and still paying it monthly for the carrier service (in Canada -"Quebec") there robbers here for monthly plans even the lowest plans min $ 39.99 / monthly please a hand is more then welcome
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Have you done any modification to it, or is it still completely stock? If still stock with no mods hanging on a flashing white screen is not a good sign. That generally means it needs repair. If you've tried to mod, what where you doing before it failed?
Hopefully we can find you some help
Odysseus1962 said:
Have you done any modification to it, or is it still completely stock? If still stock with no mods hanging on a flashing white screen is not a good sign. That generally means it needs repair. If you've tried to mod, what where you doing before it failed?
Hopefully we can find you some help
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@Odysseus1962--Is this one of those instances where the "unbrick" solution might help?
Hey
I have a Xiaomi Mi 3 , I bought it from Flipkart around 6 months back, I recently broke its screen. The digitizer I think , LCD is working fine the botton 15% of the touch is not working and neither are touch buttons (Home, Back, Menu) . I went to the service center here in Gujarat they told me that it would cost me Rs 6800 (110$) and I would have to wait for 2 months which is not feasible . So I decided to take matters in my hands. I started searching online and found out that the screen is available on websites like Aliexpress.com Dragon-TT.com ebay.in etc priced anywhere between 28-90$ , that confused the hell out of me . Every link claimed it to be 100% original some even said 1000% original , anyways after searching around for a while I decided to purchase one from ebay.in for 2800rs (42$) , the entire assembly Digitizer+LCD+Frame so I guess it should be easy to replace as the process won't require any heat-gun or glue (which I am really scared of ).
Now I want help regarding following three concerns.
1. So now the concern is warranty , is their any way I could open the device replace the screen and still have my warranty , it is just a sticker after-all over a screw. Please guys if anyone of you can help me out I am really paranoid about this operation I need to perform but there is no way around it.
2. The product that I am ordering is from ebay.in for 2899(with tempered glass, google it I cant paste the link) . Anyone here who can shed any light on this , what do you suggest, is this cool? Original? New? I have talked to the seller it seems genuine (In Delhi sense )
3. Lastly and most importantly " Should I Do this " I mean I have read the theory , I have seen the videos but I ask to those you have embarked on this journey themselves ;Is it feasible ? and I welcome any words of wisdom from the veterans of this field.
So answer regarding
1. Warranty
2. Item
3. Advice/Experience
Reply ASAP
How my dream phone mi5 became a nightmare for me!!
Mi5 was my dream phone, I had created a post at miui forum...
But 10 days and mi5 became a nightmare for me!!
I had fell in love with speed and beauty of the phone, with hybrid case it look so cool. People were jealous of it. But happy time ended soon...
Don't go for looks, they deceive you...
And what do i need to say about build quality, aluminum gets dent on simple force. You have to use super hybrid case.
The mi Protect Scam
I called the Mi Assist for activation of mi protect, but it wasn't activated even after calling 5 times. When I went service center, they don't have any spares parts for the mi5 phone... Why the hell you sell mi protect when you don't even have the provisions. Funny thing was mi assist marketing department, called me to insure my other devices... I always said first activate for what I paid for... Mi protect is a scam, indeed.
Just a hype, no global stable ROM for Mi 5
Mi 5 is your flagship, how come Xiaomi team are so lethargic about global ROM. If you can't be loyal to global users then why you made fake claims and why Xiaomi released the phone for Rest of the world.
The Amount of defective Mi5 phones are too high....
My camera had defect, home button wasn't responsive to soft press, over heating,I waited with hopes for updates but i lost mind when physical defect were discovered in camera. Im freelancer which demands me to use front camera for live assistance. My assignments are international (European) so phone is the only way of getting connected anytime and anywhere. Clients started complaining about white dots on my videos and phone heated too much while live assistance. It made impossible for me to continue and which spoiled my ratings.
I immediately went mi service center, thank god engineer at service center confirmed the defect in phone. The engineer tested for water damage and physical damage. After confirming device problem, he issued fault in device memo. Which helped me to request for replacement. It was luckily 10th day, from the date of purchase... Finally, successfully request was submitted.
Bluedart guy came within an 24 hour and picked up the phone.
The replacement product was also defective!!!! Xiaomi dont have any polices for get a defective replacement!
BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE.
I'm without a phone and also I sold my iPhone 5s for Mi5!! You can refer my post where I mentioned about selling iPhone 5s for Mi5. Thought iPhone wasn't great but going for Mi 5 was a mistake.
Spoke to customer care of mi India but they are hopeless and clueless.
They kept me on hold for asking trivial information, which wasn't related to my problem. Just for the sake of passing time. They keep on hold and after coming back from hold they speak as if they are talking for first time. Im fedup of the harrasment. I even said to deduct shipping cost and refund me the balance amount but they are so rigit.
The service which mi india provides is a pure harrasment.
I wish mi.com had refund policy and I move away from this hell. I'm disappointed and without further loss... im sure mi phones are having high chances of being defective as only lower variants are available which are unsold stock of china.
I can't afford this to be repeated.
But let's face it, Mi won't give refund.We all have to learn something from here. And beware of the mi policies and services.
There are too many problems in Mi5. Xiaomi need to fix what it can via software updates, ASAP. Also, this is a honest review for mi 5 which will help many buyers to know the real face of mi5 and mi. Only the engineer at service center was indeed helpful, I accept that. No doubts about other products, but people need to know the honest reviews not just fanboys flaunting just cause of getting forum credits at miui forum. Cause we build expectations from it and get disappointed.
The miui forum has hardly any use, just legal spammers for credits. When its time to help, they turn deaf ears. Very few helpful mods, which are hardworking....
Hope this helps users before making decision for Mi 5and also an eye opener for Xiaomi...
XDA is great, I missed you.
After a long time I'm posting on XDA. I use to own Samsung galaxy grand and s2...
I don't know how you using your phone...
Sent from my MI 5 using Tapatalk
yiwsg said:
I don't know how you using your phone...
Sent from my MI 5 using Tapatalk
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Mate, can you please elobrate??
This doesn't sound very good. Hopefully your experience isn't encountered by others
unfortunately, this seems to be the real situation with so appreciated Mi 5 at the moment.
I was so eager to read each news and announcement about it, I was waiting for a really great phone with affordable price for so long, and in the end, it seems that all of us got just a big hype around quite troubled phone.
some of the issues with the phone could be theoretically solved in the future:
- shaky video recording could be improved by pairing EIS with existing OIS
- overall photo quality could be improved by using some 3rd party app and/or different camera driver
- not-so-widely adored MIUI could be replaced with some custom ROMs after kernel source is released
- one could try to be more cautious and not brake/bend the phone
- Xiaomi support could start acting as a useful service
- useless MIUI spam forum could be closed and people could get their unlock code without a need to post >500 "great"/"awesome"/"cool" replies on the newest Mi 5 screenshot
but, for some of those points Xiaomi has to change its own policy.
that's something, I'm afraid, we will not see in at least next 3 to 5 years...
had the phone from day no such issues.
not a single one u have pointed out.
berz said:
had the phone from day no such issues.
not a single one u have pointed out.
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Had mine for weeks now and not seen any of those issues either.
berz said:
had the phone from day no such issues.
not a single one u have pointed out.
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skoobee said:
Had mine for weeks now and not seen any of those issues either.
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Good to know
Can you tel from where u guys bought it??
Thanks
tnttrx said:
- useless MIUI spam forum could be closed and people could get their unlock code without a need to post >500 "great"/"awesome"/"cool" replies on the newest Mi 5 screenshot
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I agree, mainly, in that point. What a sh*t* forum!
Same here
I´m very disappointed too.
There are a lot of small things that bother me:
Alarm doesn't work unless you interact with the phone (even hours later)
Delayed synchronization on almost all application, (notifications coming all at once after 10 min, WIFI or 3G)
Camera focus working really bad ( tried with different applications, all of them with bad results )
Contacts or Calls stopping working from the beginning
Spotify doesn't play next song unless you open the app
Even I have problems connecting to Xiaomi Band 1s
I had a Galaxy S3 and a Nexus 4 before and these things are very annoying. I have to use another mobile to wake up in the morning....
I can't wait to install cyanogenmod.
Anyway I'll never buy a Xiaomi again, I hate MIUI and after all this I prefer to pay more and have a good experience with a nexus.
Maybe this thread should be tweeted to Hugo Barra & Xiaomi. See if there is any response.
SlyUK said:
Maybe this thread should be tweeted to Hugo Barra & Xiaomi. See if there is any response.
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you've just got:
+10 Experience
+3 Prestige
reason:
Agreed!
post your Mi charger photo to earn a medal!
:laugh:
tnttrx said:
you've just got:
+10 Experience
+3 Prestige
reason:
Agreed!
post your Mi charger photo to earn a medal!
:laugh:
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So daaamn true )
SlyUK said:
Maybe this thread should be tweeted to Hugo Barra & Xiaomi. See if there is any response.
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Haha, I already did. He doesn't respond.
DBZo07 said:
So daaamn true )
Haha, I already did. He doesn't respond.
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What a surprise !
I have another big problem with this phone. After I made a factory reset the phone got locked and needs to be activated. The device is associated with an existing Mi ID account that I never registered and is completely unknown to me, as is of course the password.
I've spent hours on their forum to get some answers on how to reassociate my phone to my own ID number. So far with no sucess.
DBZo07 said:
How my dream phone mi5 became a nightmare for me!!
Mi5 was my dream phone, I had created a post at miui forum...
But 10 days and mi5 became a nightmare for me!!
I had fell in love with speed and beauty of the phone, with hybrid case it look so cool. People were jealous of it. But happy time ended soon...
Don't go for looks, they deceive you...
And what do i need to say about build quality, aluminum gets dent on simple force. You have to use super hybrid case.
The mi Protect Scam
I called the Mi Assist for activation of mi protect, but it wasn't activated even after calling 5 times. When I went service center, they don't have any spares parts for the mi5 phone... Why the hell you sell mi protect when you don't even have the provisions. Funny thing was mi assist marketing department, called me to insure my other devices... I always said first activate for what I paid for... Mi protect is a scam, indeed.
Just a hype, no global stable ROM for Mi 5
Mi 5 is your flagship, how come Xiaomi team are so lethargic about global ROM. If you can't be loyal to global users then why you made fake claims and why Xiaomi released the phone for Rest of the world.
The Amount of defective Mi5 phones are too high....
My camera had defect, home button wasn't responsive to soft press, over heating,I waited with hopes for updates but i lost mind when physical defect were discovered in camera. Im freelancer which demands me to use front camera for live assistance. My assignments are international (European) so phone is the only way of getting connected anytime and anywhere. Clients started complaining about white dots on my videos and phone heated too much while live assistance. It made impossible for me to continue and which spoiled my ratings.
I immediately went mi service center, thank god engineer at service center confirmed the defect in phone. The engineer tested for water damage and physical damage. After confirming device problem, he issued fault in device memo. Which helped me to request for replacement. It was luckily 10th day, from the date of purchase... Finally, successfully request was submitted.
Bluedart guy came within an 24 hour and picked up the phone.
BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE.
I'm without a phone and also I sold my iPhone 5s for Mi5!! You can refer my post where I mentioned about selling iPhone 5s for Mi5. Thought iPhone wasn't great but going for Mi 5 was a mistake.
Spoke to customer care of mi India but they are hopeless and clueless.
They kept me on hold for asking trivial information, which wasn't related to my problem. Just for the sake of passing time. They keep on hold and after coming back from hold they speak as if they are talking for first time. Im fedup of the harrasment. I even said to deduct shipping cost and refund me the balance amount but they are so rigit.
The service which mi india provides is a pure harrasment.
I wish mi.com had refund policy and I move away from this hell. I'm disappointed and without further loss... im sure mi phones are having high chances of being defective as only lower variants are available which are unsold stock of china.
I can't afford this to be repeated.
But let's face it, Mi won't give refund.We all have to learn something from here. And beware of the mi policies and services.
There are too many problems in Mi5. Xiaomi need to fix what it can via software updates, ASAP. Also, this is a honest review for mi 5 which will help many buyers to know the real face of mi5 and mi. Only the engineer at service center was indeed helpful, I accept that. No doubts about other products, but people need to know the honest reviews not just fanboys flaunting just cause of getting forum credits at miui forum. Cause we build expectations from it and get disappointed.
The miui forum has hardly any use, just legal spammers for credits. When its time to help, they turn deaf ears. Very few helpful mods, which are hardworking....
Hope this helps users before making decision for Mi 5and also an eye opener for Xiaomi...
XDA is great, I missed you.
After a long time I'm posting on XDA. I use to own Samsung galaxy grand and s2...
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It's okay to complain, but please do it reasonable.
Cut out all emotional crap from your topic and try again. But stick to facts and be reasonable.
Just as example, if you wonder what I am talking about.
->"The miui forum has hardly any use, just legal spammers for credits" ... 100% your opinion, nothing more, nothing less.
-> "There are too many problems in Mi5." ... 100% your opinion.
How could the same look better.
You could say: I was not able to find any useful information on en.miui.com, as most appeared to me as spam. I was not able to find what I was looking for [ state what you were looking for in here]
And instead of the very general and 100% stupid comment of too many problems.
You could have written a: I encoundered these problems [ list of problems ], a good amount of people have the same [ link to topics, stating similar problems.]
Why is this important:
I think, you made a bad experience and would like to warn people from making the same mistake, that's very kind of you!
But you achieve more if you stay to facts and leave out emotions and 100%-pure opinions.
That way you really help people, because they can make their own judgment based on facts you provided.
... what you wrote looks like a baby crying, to me at least.
@alfay0m3ga i have solution for 1st,2nd,4th, and maybe 3rd and 5th
For 1,2,4 just go in recent app and do the opposite of clearing an app, just drag down one and you will see an orange lock on left top of it
Then you will have alarms, spotify and syncronization
For the others try to unlock bootloader and change rom with xiaomi eu one
TheUltrametricSpace said:
It's okay to complain, but please do it reasonable.
Cut out all emotional crap from your topic and try again. But stick to facts and be reasonable.
Just as example, if you wonder what I am talking about.
->"The miui forum has hardly any use, just legal spammers for credits" ... 100% your opinion, nothing more, nothing less.
-> "There are too many problems in Mi5." ... 100% your opinion.
How could the same look better.
You could say: I was not able to find any useful information on en.miui.com, as most appeared to me as spam. I was not able to find what I was looking for [ state what you were looking for in here]
And instead of the very general and 100% stupid comment of too many problems.
You could have written a: I encoundered these problems [ list of problems ], a good amount of people have the same [ link to topics, stating similar problems.]
Why is this important:
I think, you made a bad experience and would like to warn people from making the same mistake, that's very kind of you!
But you achieve more if you stay to facts and leave out emotions and 100%-pure opinions.
That way you really help people, because they can make their own judgment based on facts you provided.
... what you wrote looks like a baby crying, to me at least.
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" OK Google "
Remind me to edit my OP as per suggestions.
Thanks, I'll be more specific.
sys01 said:
@alfay0m3ga i have solution for 1st,2nd,4th, and maybe 3rd and 5th
For 1,2,4 just go in recent app and do the opposite of clearing an app, just drag down one and you will see an orange lock on left top of it
Then you will have alarms, spotify and syncronization
For the others try to unlock bootloader and change rom with xiaomi eu one
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Thank you very much. You were right and it fixed some of my points.
EU rom? is it the global? I have the Global 7.2.4
@alfay0m3ga unfortunately, MIUI over android is totally different in managing app and notification
So you need to know what to do for make them working
Xiaomi.Eu rom is this one: http://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/...r-xiaomi-mi5-unlocked-bl-only-released.31231/
You need Bootloader unlocked, then just follow the instruction over the thread, if anything goes wrong just PM me
my F1 fell from a slope and got dragged by gravity over a good 5m of concrete charring the back cover and destroying the camera lens, I went to a repair store who poked around and told me that the camera lens itself is scratch beyond repair, not just the protective glass. but that they don't have any replacement parts, where can I find such parts on the internet? I saw a few on Aliexpress but I have no idea how to tell which ones are genuine. if anyone have any experience in that regard I could use the help, I plan on buying the parts then give them to a professional to fix them. I'd just go to a Mi store but they just wooshed me away saying they won't help because I bought it overseas instead of from them! (rude)
You can repair at any mi authorised service center , if they whoosh u away you can call mi customer care center and tell them your situation and they will talk to the service center , if they didn't probably their service center gonna end , Cause customer caring is top in their priority but i cant guarantee you if they change any parts in your phone on behalf of angry and all this , You can't get any original posts in online cause the mi manufacture won't deliver! You can get any A grade parts in online.
Hope you will find a good one or tonight i will search and pm the link to you !
@ sanjay sahu said:
You can repair at any mi authorised service center , if they whoosh u away you can call mi customer care center and tell them your situation and they will talk to the service center , if they didn't probably their service center gonna end , Cause customer caring is top in their priority but i cant guarantee you if they change any parts in your phone on behalf of angry and all this , You can't get any original posts in online cause the mi manufacture won't deliver! You can get any A grade parts in online.
Hope you will find a good one or tonight i will search and pm the link to you !
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Yes please send the link, I don't take a lot of photos, my biggest issue is actually banking apps not being able to scan QR codes, so I don't really mind if it's a different module as long as it works with the phone and the pixel experience ROM.
Abd121 said:
Yes please send the link, I don't take a lot of photos, my biggest issue is actually banking apps not being able to scan QR codes, so I don't really mind if it's a different module as long as it works with the phone and the pixel experience ROM.
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-R...-Back-Camera-Replacement-/303196954585?_ul=IN
I need a favour to locate or trace my phone that was stolen few days ago.This mobile One plus 2 nord,I got it couple of months back after saving almost 70% from my salary i get from my part time job for 3 months just to pay downpayment amount and buy this mobile on no cost emi and this was my only way to afford my dream phone so i did it but very unfortunately my joy turned into my worst agony and misery when someone stole it while i was asleep in my hostel room .Please help me please i beg to the person who can help me anyone,please i am in worst situation right now i don't know what to do,i worked my ass of to earn that money for mobile and then to lose it like this is nothing less than some curse on me.please try to understand my situation and how much grief and pain i'm experiencing right now i cannot really tell,it's like literally for me to lose a important organ of my body because what i have been through to buy an expensive mobile like this.I am just a college student.
I work in a part time job to pay expenses not included in my govt. scholarship and that is everything apart from shelter and food also saving for my master's degree,so that i can get a sufficient earnings job to support my family and studies of my younger brother,i belong to a middle class family.
A FAMILY THAT can only afford food and some essential medicine for mom&dad and nothing apart from this we can afford(like educational expenses,new clothes only once in a while when necessary and we can't even think of a little luxurious like nutritionaly good food,decentclothes,4/2-wheeler,stuff like that) INSPITE of all the misery of our live, I am proud of my family BECAUSE even in a life like this we live life happily and honestly,dnt care much but we do work really hard every single member in our family trying to make our life better and WE are more resilient against our Vulnerabilities.
please help ...All these things i have mentioned about my family are not to get sympathy or anything like that but to paint a quite picture of my real life bad situations and Vulnerabilities inorder to get authentic,honest and sincere help from uh.I am not in situation to get exploited and honestly i don't need aympathy or any any kind of motivation right now,I just need genuine and reliable help by anyway possible to get my mobilephone back. Please i beg uh for help.please help it is a humble,honest and desperate appeal for help from a very poor human.please help me if uh can please please 🆘️🆘️🆘️.....now atleast uh can clearly see without any doubt after all the stuff i told uh the importance and value of my mobile in my life.
HELP ME PLEASE🆘️...
You can find mobile information in attactments and please ask for any additional information anything required...
I AM WILLING TO PAY OR DONATE SUFFICENT AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR ANY GENUINE AND HELPFULL SERVICE WHATSOVER I GET JUST LET ME KNOW.
WAITING IMPATIENTLY FOR HELP ......
You could try logging in your Google account on another device and installing find my device(android) or the web version of it. If you have lucky you can find it. I hope you find it!
5 colors, 5 fonts....not sure if I can take this seriously.
So we have to find out your phone which is stolen?
The hell is this ?
Very sorry to hear this! Even I got my phone stolen some weeks ago. It was pickpocketed in crowd. I had all kind of docs, memories in that phone. I cried almost everyday for the first couple of week. Even imagining the moment I noticed my phone stolen gives me fearful goosebumps. Reading through your post makes me realize we are in the very same boat.
Well, following are the major actions I took after losing my phone in chronological order:
1. The night phone got stolen, went to cyber cafe to ask what things to do. They asked for phone receipt
2. The following day, went to police, did both eFIR and written FIR. You gotta ask them humbly and in cultural manner. Keep visiting them in a week or fortnight
3. Posted on socials about the incident
4. Went to ask for CCTV recording but they denied. Also, police said the thief won't be visible enough coz I was in crowd when theft happened
5. Bought new SIM of the phone number
6. Got IMEI blacklisted and on-track by police
7. Put flyers around the area
8. Became religious
9. Tried inacting the scenario at the same place in hope of catching thief but police took cautious measures after my stolen report so probably thief not gonna do that anymore in that locality
10. Asked family, friends, strangers, netizens about their losing-their-phone experience
You can try these.
If you're Indian, then we have a specialized website for stolen phone cases. Otherwise, you can internationally blacklist your IMEI through any trusted worldwide operating IMEI blocking website like this. I am not associated with this website in any manner.
Also, please inform any other potential action that you think can help both of us retrieve phone. I am open to DM. I expect an acknowledgment from you. I hope my post help you in any way possible.
To XDA moderators, I am very new to XDA forum, though I have been reading developer related posts from here since years. I have read the guidelines but still, if I have broken any rule in this post or it has potential of getting deleted/blocked, please inform me first. Love to its members! Sweet and mature vibes!!
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