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[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] donmarkon:
You won't be disappointed :)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lisendra:
Hi, (gold, 32gb, redmi note3 5.0.2,MIUI7

MUI 77.0.11.0 215 EURO with shiping)

I will try to give you my feedback, it's my own personal view of the redmi note 3, first some background:

I'm a tech guy, i started using android with one of the first HTC Desire Bravo, i used to root my phones, flash roms, try, optimise as much as possible.

I have brought this phone for my wife, who had previously two Samsung S4, since redmi note3 is dual SIM, it work out quite nice.

I own a Samsung Note 4 , and i will compare the redmi note3 32gb fairly.

the phone costed me 215EUR, it's a flagship, and for that price it's very cheap!

the phone look beautiful, it has an aluminium body, the finition is perfect, the gold (champagne) color is very nice. the aluminium body is very sleepery.

it lack a SD card, which will force you to take the 32gb model (hello 2016)

battery is non removable, but it's more than 4000mAH, it hold with 2 sim cards and full backlight a full day

LCD would be rated 4.5/5 , not the best quality, but almost.

NO Screen protection, honestly if your phone is falling from time to time, do not buy this phone, the LCD will die, buy a housing to get some grip.

the phone is fast for normal apps, messengers, Instagram, phone apps (dialler, phone-book, calendar)

The camera is 13MB pixel in 4/3 format, it's a 10MB pixel in 16/9 format, the camera is not really good, btw i don't understand why xiaomi doesn't set the camera immediately for best quality, you had to go and set both camera by yourself.

same for front camera, not really good, it's a 5MB at 4/3 format, and 3MB on 16/9.

MUI work good, it's fast, some notifications from time to time never appear, i didn't figure out why yet.

Honestly for me that a great phone, because i don't care about the camera and i use my phone for work, but since it's for my wife, she like to do pictures, selfies, and that phone is no good at that point, her old Samsung S4 is doing much better pictures, and that is kinda the deal breaker.

I would recommend this phone to people who don't care about the cameras, it's cheap, look crazy nice, DUAL SIMS.

IF you like to take pictures of any kind, don't waste your time, it is no good.

IF your phone is likely to fall, avoid it, no screen protection, or at least buy some housing.

I like MUI btw, my gf doesn't like it to much, but she doing better every day.

The charger is trash, it's a 0.35mAH, it charge 5% per hour LOL, never seen worse, get your old charger back, or buy a new one immediately.

I forgot to say in my review that the phone is not rooted, but there is a app .apk that root the device in 2min easy and friendly(it''s in chiness, but keep hitting the green button),

Best regards guys!

(hit the thanks button if you like it)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ormbett:
Thanks for sharing your first impressions! I dont know which rom you are using but I know that other people reporting camera improvements with the latest rom.

Kind regards
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lisendra:
Miui7

mui 77.0.11.0
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] donm4x:
Hi,

i have got my note 3 before christmass. With the same ROM 77.0.11.0 as Lisendra. Got it in a GDA for 199€ with DHL shipping, cover and tempered glass screen protection.

The "original" rom had some bugs, I was unable to sincronize the contacts from gmail etc.

A guy on italian forum helped me with a hint about a custom ROM, the first one was a developer, the second one latest stable 7.0.22.0

It doesnt support OTA, so you have to use flashtool, but the flashing is pretty easy, it comes with ROOT and it is cleaned from the scrap chinese apps.

[ROM] [Stable] SphinX V1d - MIUI7 V7.0.22.0 Global, Multi Language, SuperSU

Since I installed that one, the phone does greatly. There are already guides to unlock bootloader, but to instal this ROM you dont need to do so.

For that money it is really a great phone. My old Galaxy S3 seems to be a toy, compared to this. Signal reception is very good (althought LTE band 20 is missing, so i dont have LTE where I live, but in the towns downhill it works pretty good in LTE). GPS (gps, glonass and the chinese satelites) locks really fast.

With 1 SIM the phone is able to work for 2 full days (until the evening of the second day - with the screen ON for about 5 hours).

After 2 weeks of experience, I would buy it again.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walter H.:
Hopefully I'll receive my Note 3 next week, do you really suggest that ROM? It's from 22th December and I see they just released V7.1 , maybe they'll release it for the Note 3 soon?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] donm4x:
from 22th december was just the announcement, at that time of version stable 7.0.19.0. As version 22 came out, the "comming soon" article was modified. And release date of the rom is 3rd january, few days after the official 7.0.22.0 release. With this rom you will have no OTA updates. But it comes clean from chinese scrap apps, plus it has google apps and root. Everything I need. The only bug seen as for now, after 2 weeks of use of the developer version first and stable now, is the fact that you can not replay videos on the gallery app. Just grab another gallery from playstore.

To be honest, I dont see any difference between the older developer and the newest stable. Perhaps some optimisation not easy to notice in daily use.

The latest stable of this ROM is already the fourth version released by that Nguyen guy (member of official beta testing team of miui), so I hope he will stay up to date. But for now I see no reason to push the updates forward until there is something really new or briliant. The phone is just ok as it is now.

PS: here in italy people are organising "purchase groups", getting together 50-100 people willing to buy this cell, so they get better price and service from just any seller they ask. And a lot of people got the phone just before christmas, so there is a forum dedicated to the note 3 and another one to the modding of it.

www.androidiani.com/forum/modding-xiaomi-redmi-note-3/

Hopefully XDA will dedicate us such a forum too. :)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walter H.:
I asked because I saw a review of the Note 3 from some youtuber called Andy from the UK and the smartphone looked pretty laggy, he also did factory reset and reinstalled the google apps (for security reasons), do you suggest that? I guess I'll try to use it with the ROM it arrives with for some weeks and then when there's a new BIG stable update I'll do it, OTA should be working fine, right?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lisendra:
I am gonna way for OTA, it would be me phone, i would flash some other ROM, but it's my wife's phone, and i cannot waste few hours everytime there is a new rom to backup all her stuff (plenty of it) and restore it to a new rom, and redo seetings all over again.

as for security reason for the Gapps, i doubt that Xiaomi (whitch is the leading phone supplier now in asian market), would spy on users using the Gapps, i did not reinstall anything on her phone, using it like that.

I forgot to say in my review that the phone is not rooted, but there is a app .apk that root the device in 2min easy and friendly(it''s in chiness, but keep hitting the green button),

best regards.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] donm4x:
Well, on italian forum we are starting to be numerous and nobody had ever noticed that redmi note 3 was laggy. Perhaps it was a software question of some previous rom build.

As we are buying the phones organized in groups to get better price and conditions, many of us got the phone from the same seller, with the same rom.

In our case it was MIUI7 v77.0.11.0 - which was strange enough, because the official MIUI got just to 7.0.16.0 at those days - then it was 7.0.19.0 and actually 7.0.22.0

As a result of the strange version number, OTA updates were not possible.

The rom itself presented various bugs, asking to re-initialize the SIM through an international SMS with some costs - and without it I was unable to even use the phone to call or sms. The problem came even more than once a day. Google contacts got not sincronized, some gapps missing, lot of useless chinese apps you were unable to uninstall etc. If you get phone with that 77.0.11.0 rom, flash a better one as soon as it is out of the box, or you will get crazy.... I got the phone on december 21th and the first thing I did on 25th as soon as my duties were over, i flashed the first SphinX developer. Later the SphinX build of the latest official rom.

Official rom stable/developer are quite good by now. As MINUS, there are not Google Apps installed, there is no ROOT, there are those chinese apps you cant delete.

The unofficial SphinX ROM I am using seems to be the best for me. Multilanguages, Gapps, ROOT, almost bug-less. (the developer version seems to have a bug with fingerprint sensor stopping to work casually. - both stable and developer have a bug with video replay in the standard gallery app, while it works well on any other gallery app from playstore)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walter H.:
Ok, cool!

By the way, I think it's the store selling it who installs Gapps, that's why my doubts and the other guy's too, unless I'm totally wrong.

I'm not really into rooting as I've read here probably, it makes the device a bit less safe, but I'll decide if I ever need to install anything that needs root, then I'll probably do it. :D

My smartphone came out from Xiaomi's factory at the end of December, I don't know if they update all the devices before shipping them.

As for the no contacts problem, the guy in the video explained that you also need to install google contacts, which is included in Gapps, once you install that you'll have all your contacts back.

I guess I'll just see with which version mine comes and then decide from there.

Thanks for the help!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] lolsunny:
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Xl0T7KVeU[/YOUTUBE]

This is redmi note 3 vs meizu metal video
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walter H.:
Not HD, no sound and then Chinese, why did you even bother?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ariofirstson:
Because Xiaomi is a great devices for me.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walter H.:
Finally received mine with MIUI v77.0.19, I think I'll leave it like that as I don't find any problems. Maybe only the missing notifications ones, is there a fix for that?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ormbett:
That is not an official rom. That is a vendor installed modded rom (only the vendor knows what they have installed more than more languages). Latest official stable rom is V7.0.22.0.LHNCNCJ (Chinese and English language). There is no official rom with other languages (global) yet.

Kind regards
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walter H.:
Does it mean it's sketchy and I should worry about it, or it's totally fine? I did a factory reset and still had all the Gapps, which was weird, but all the rest seems fine, there were only some CleanMaster apps (which I disabled but can't uninstall) and nothing more than Xiaomi apps.

Do you suggest me flashing 7.0.22? Is there any major fix? What about the missing notifications, is it possible to fix it somehow?

Thanks.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ormbett:
Yes I suggest you flash to an official rom if you can cope with not having all language options. However not likely, there is no way to tell if youre phone is infested with malware or trojans so a flash is strongly advised. The official rom doesnt have Gapps installed but you can install after update. Since the locked bootloader on the phone you have to use Flashtools to flash the official rom. Its a Little bit tricky but here is a guide to do it. Follow it exactly (read the entire instruction Before you begin) and if it is not working the first time dont panic :). After flashing to official rom the OTA will work and future updates will be piece of cake. If we are lucky there will be an official "global" rom without the chinese apps, more languages and Gapps pre-installed in the future. The global rom already exists for other phone models.

One of these links also guide you how to install Gapps. Maybe you have to register on the forum to see the links.

Link to guides: http://en.miui.com/thread-206361-1-1.html http://en.miui.com/thread-193681-1-1.html

Good luck!

Kind regards
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walter H.:
Thanks for the help, really appreciate it. I found a guide on their website: http://en.miui.com/a-232.html and I'm wondering why I can't update the ROM this way, it's much easier, all I need to do is copy the ROM into the phone and then use the Xiaomi Updater app, why isn't that suggested?

Also why is the file on the guide you mentioned around 2Gb while here: http://en.miui.com/download-295.html is only 750Mb, is it a completely different ROM?

Thanks again.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ormbett:
The update alternative you mention doesnt work cause you dont upgrading from an official rom.

It is so large because it is a "complete" rom that contains both android, system firmware and the new MUIU

You need to use the 2GB version this time

Kind regards
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walter H.:
Ok, thanks man!

I'll do as told when I've time.

But just to be sure, the guide I've to follow is the one in the second link, right? The first one is some roadmap and links to another guide which looks more complicated.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ormbett:
Yep, you are right, the second link contains the necessary steps but the first contains a link to Howto install Gapps which can be useful. And if you got stuck you now have many options to read further and get even more confused ;)

Kind regards
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walter H.:
I keep trying all morning but I get error 2004.

Meaning: There was an interruption in the communication between SP flash tool and the device

I tried doing this:

But nothing, I also read it could be a problem with drivers, I installed them different times, also through device manager, uninstalled all of them (or at least I think so) and then installed every single MTK driver, still nothing.

Could it be something to do with the vendor ROM I've installed (probably not though)?

I've no idea what else to try, I also found this ROM http://xdaforums.com/redmi-note/general/redmi-note3-sphinx-v1d-miui7-v7-0-22-0-t3287461 which is 7.1.3 and doesn't need to flash the preloader, but I don't think that's my problem anyway.

Can you suggest anything? I'm really close to giving up, lol..

Thanks.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ormbett:
If you choose the unofficial rom sphinx OTA will not work so I suggest you start with the official chinese stable version

Some hints:

Enable USB debugging on the phone in the developer options

Make sure you are using Flashtools version v5.1516.00

Follow the instructions exactly. Make sure you have set the correct path to the download agent, described in Picture (step 8). Make sure you select the scatter fil you have copied to "signed_bin" folder. Dont connect the phone until after you have pressed download (in Flashtools) and volume down button (on the phone button). Do not release the volume down until you see the yellow progress bar. It will work when you are doing it right :)

Dont give up!

Kind regards
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walter H.:
Well, I managed to do it, it was something with my pc, I'm not an expert but I usually do everything correctly, of course you can't know if I'm a normal guy or a lazy thinker (if you know what I mean), in fact I'm sorry I asked you so much! Said that the solution was using a completely different PC, I guess I've installed too much stuff over time, drivers etc and it wouldn't just work. On my brother's PC it worked on first try.

Using the ROM now it doesn't feel much different, it was filled with Chinese bloatware, some stuff doesn't even go, had to thinker with Google play store to make it finally work properly and worst for last, I can't login to Gmail accounts with 2 steps authentication, after I insert login and password it brings me back to "login with : existing account - new account". It has to be something with Google framework or what else? For today I'm done, I think it's possible to fix it somehow but I'll look for it tomorrow.

If you already know how to fix that, I would really appreciate if you told me, otherwise thanks for all the support you've already given me.

Have a good day/evening!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ormbett:
Well done! I am sorry I cannot help you with 2 steps authentication. I never used it myself. Did you install the Google account manager? If not, you probably have to.

If you are lucky the problem will solve itself when the Gapps frameworks components updates themselves.

I have moved all the chinese apps to a folder so I dont have to see them while I am waiting for a Global official rom.

Kind regards
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] zelendel:
Guys be careful with getting them from retailers. There have been reports of them coming pre installed with malware of all kinds.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fitur:
Quick question for you.

I've just ordered a Nexus 6P and will have to change all my chargers at home and at the office.

Of course I'll only use cables purchased at the Google Store or cabler reviewed by Benson Leung.

What about wall chargers? Can I use 3A USB Type A chargers or should I upgrade those as well?

Thanks and sorry for re-posting. I just haven't found antyhing about the bricks. Only the cables.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haul:
A charger with a Type-A socket paired with a spec-compliant Type-A to Type-C cable will be able to provide a max of 2.4A of power. The only way to get more than 2.4A out of a Type-A charger will be to use a non-compliant Type-A to Type-C cable. In reality though, few chargers out there will actually give you 2.4A.

A charger with a Type-C socket and a Type-C to Type-C cable can do the full 3A while following specs.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fitur:
Ok, but will the use of a compliant (Google) A to C cable and an old 1A-2.4A charger damage either my phone, the carger or the cable?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akasa Fox:
No, it won't. Googles cable is safe to use.

Googles A to C cable is properly designed. If you use a complaint cable (correct 56k ohm resistor) your phone will see it as a legacy charger and pull what the power brick allows it to pull.

Whereas, a non compliant cable (non 56k ohm resistor) will read as a USB 3.1 type C to type C cable to the phone; so it may (will if it's low on power) try and pull 3A out of a cable and power brick that don't support 3 amps.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fitur:
Thanks. That answers my questions.
[ONE General] tropicanapure:
CyanogenMod 13.x (Android 6.x) Official Nightlies Discussion Thread

Source: wiki.cyanogenmod.org

Changelog: http://cmxlog.com/13/bacon

Bug Reports (and votes): https://jira.CyanogenMod.org/browse/NIGHTLIES

Download Links:

1. CM13 ROM: http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=bacon

2. Android 6.x Gaaps: OpenGApps | BanKS GApps 6.x | more to come..

Flashing Instructions

Comprehensive installation instructions for CM on the OnePlus One can be found on the CyanogenMod Wiki: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_bacon

Note: If you are flashing from previous CM versions, you MUST flash 6-compatible gapps immediately after flashing the ROM!

(More to come)
[ONE General] tropicanapure:
## Reserved for future content ##
[ONE General] gaja22:
First !!! Very happy for CM13 now !!! First bug today on this first nightly : data does not work. Nevertheless, thank you for your great job !
[ONE General] LeroViten:
OK, guys tell me whether you have mobile data working... :(

And... I have a weird bug when trebuchet gets FC on other device users except Owner. So it makes this feature useless :(
[ONE General] franticjohny:
For me also no mobile data. Tried to create custom APN and delete everything else but no joy.
[ONE General] TheNerd:
I guess I'll give it sometime to stabilize until I try it.

awesome update!

---------- Post added at 10:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 AM ----------

BTW, which gapps is required?
[ONE General] darushah.shah:
Same here, no mobile data.
[ONE General] KaZo58:
is there a new baseband version?
[ONE General] darushah.shah:
Seeing the changelog, tomorrow's nightly also might not have the fix for this.
[ONE General] lockmunk:
clean flash. mobile data worked for me.

Malaysia Celcom.
[ONE General] jokermithun:
Really????:confused:
[ONE General] xcalibur666:
Didn't work for me, even though clean flash. Tried numerous different APN settings.

BiBoB (Telenor), Denmark
[ONE General] Deleted member 2044343:
For me the same :(

O2 Germany
[ONE General] yoavain:
What version of TWRP are you using?

2.8.7? Does it successfully flash everything?

or maybe 2.8.6.X
[ONE General] cheicho:
Same here try everything in flashing no data work
[ONE General] HWAM:
They say, toggle flight mode will do the job??
[ONE General] AcmE85:
No issues with O2 Germany with this build

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63980263&postcount=1121
[ONE General] gaja22:
Ad Away 3.1 can't write sources, so it does not work too.
[ONE General] AcmE85:
CM is switching from Busybox to Toybox. The switch is not completed yet, which results in apps not being able to write to system (mount system as rw). I don't know but I believe that apps maybe need to be updated to work with toybox.

So far everything posted here has already been discussed in the numerous cm13 build threads.
[ONE General] Deleted member 2044343:
Exactly, this mentioned build is running fine, it has an accordant commit cherry-picked
[Miscellaneous Android Development] foldax:
Is it possible to replace InCallUi application?

I have the following issue:

It does not recognize country code. Each of my contact numbers starts with country code, which is very comfortable while being abroad.

InCallUi doesn't see that number +49500600700 from contacts is the same 500600700 (which is displayed during call)

What i have tried till now:

I've checked many dialers and contact application, many of them recognize country code but none of them can replace InCallUi. So Call List looks much better than stock app, but still when someone call me i see only number.

I have two Lenovo phones S750 and A916. Both with same issue in stock ROM, but for S750 this ROM fix the issue:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2538724

I've tried to replace phone/contacts apps in A916 with these from above ROM, but without success. I think it's becouse different Android version.

Walkaround for this is to have two numbers for each contact: default number +49500600700 second number 500600700

So being abroad i can call this contact (default number +49500600700), answer call from known contact (+49500600700), answer call from known concact in my country (500600700)

Stil i want to fix this proper way.

Do i have to build these apps from git source? Applications from mentioned ROM are much much better than from Lenovo ROM.

Please give me some hints

note: i believe this question is development related, if not please move it to proper place