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[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] NeidRider:
I'm coming from the Mate 8, which I absolutely love for its battery life and build quality, but hate the size.

The Mi5 Pro came with the stock China software (7.3 something), but was enhanced by TradingShenzhen with Google Services etc.

There was still a lot of China-bloatware on it, though, so I unlocked the bootloader and installed the latest MIUI8 from xiaomi.eu (6.6.23, no china bloat, i.e. no yellow pages in dialer, no chinese sites in browser etc.) and chose Nova Launcher as my launcher.

What I like:

- Ceramic back: looks and feels beautiful. And you don't need a case anymore; I just added an UltimateShield tempered glass on the front and that's it. (The tempered glass also gets rid of the rather sharp edges of the display, everything feels nice now)

- Performance is brilliant

- Camera is good (not outstanding, but really quite good)

- 128GB of storage (which my Mate 8 had as well)

What I don't like:

- The volume rocker and power button are a little wobbly, I expected higher quality there

- Battery life is a bit unpredictable; I thought the 3000mAh battery in conjunction with the not so big screen should deliver nice stamina, but it varies a lot. Phone is still new and I've been tinkering with it a lot, so I'll give it some more time.

- Weight, or rather the "not-weight": My wife has the Oneplus X (ceramic), and it has a nice feeling to it, partly because of its weight. The Mi5 Pro is almost too light to feel sturdy, altough it should really be with all the materials used.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] khaledm_92:
I'm also considering buying this phone but I've never bought a Xiaomi before and so there's some stuff that I don't fully understand till now.

-I understand the Chinese version only has Chinese and English language available for the UI. Does that mean I can't use other languages on the keyboard?

-Can the bloatware that comes with this version be uninstalled or at least hidden? Are they intrusive in any way?

-Will Google apps like the playstore self-update like they do on other android phones? Do I have to worry about them once I install them the first time?

Hopefully you guys can help. Some sellers over here import it themselves from China so shipping wouldn't be an issue if I decide to buy it.

Thanks a lot.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] SamStone:
I think that we need a separate forum for the MI 5 Pro.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] Alien333:
- With chinese version you can use a different keyboard, the stock one has english and chinese

- Some of them can be uninstalled, others not

- g apps should works fine

Would be better if you flash global version, you can already request for unlocking bootloader
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] NeidRider:
Exactly. Getting the unlock takes 3-4 days, it seems. Then you're free to flash an international version.

I didn't at first, but I'm glad I did in the end, there's really a lot less bloat and less chinese stuff you can't use anyway.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] SpinoRex:
It depends. If you have 100% verified mi account and at least diamond member range on miui forum then unlock approval will come quickly. So it is always good idea to write a little on forum before buying phone. Average waiting time for approval is ~10 days.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] fracman:
I applied with 3 posts on forums and got mine in 3 days.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] palexr:
Got my black version today! A lovely device. I have changed Launchers to Google Now though as I can't live with the miui interface. Google Services and Playstore were already on it. Everything is great, except for two things. Firstly the ROM is shown as MIUI Global 7.3 | Stable MI7.3.3.0.0(MAACNDD), note the double zeros at the end there. Not sure what that means? A fake ROM? I have applied to unlock the device so that i can load the unofficial eu.miui ROM. The second thing is that it can get noticeably warm, nearly but not quite hot. Putting the phone in the holder in front of the aircon vent in my car and running Antutu gave a score of 132k+, without the aircon it goes down to 112k+...
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] avetny:
I got my ceramic pro. With fake rom. Spend so much time to hack and flash it back to stock.

And here we go guys I knew that xiaomi is incredibly fast and smooth. Miui is much faster than cyanogen in my opinion.

Mi5Pro is faster than Galaxy Edge 7, and cheap ass oneplus 3 I can confirm.

Example this results from latest global rom (all stock nothing touch)
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] fracman:
What do you mean fake rom?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] avetny:
Non official/modified by seller.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] fracman:
How did you get to official one? I'm gonna order from Tradingshenzhen and they said they would leave stock rum but open to inspect. Am I safe?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] -Raffa-:
Where did you buy it? At what price?

Because I searched a lot and (exception made for tradingshenzhen.com) the price is around 500€ and for that price there's the galaxy S7 (I found it at 499) that has b20 and at least has some sort of "official" warrantee.

For those who already bought it (and maybe had tried also sgs7) is it worth spend 500€ for this Mi5 Pro ?

Sorry for the multiple questions, ty in advance
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] Foobrother:
I bought mine from the Dreami shop on aliexpress.com for ~490€. This shop has many very good reviews (including mine). I received my phone very well packed in 11 days. You can ask them install (for free) a the global multi-language ROM or leave the original Chinese/English one (what I choose). I received it unopened in its original package. All good. :good:
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] fracman:
Can u link shop please?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] Foobrother:
Unfortunately I have not made 10 posts yet which means I can't post outside links. But if you go on aliexpress.com and search for "xiaomi mi5 dreami" it's the first result ;)
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] Sackosh:
Try to post url without leading http

Отправлено с Xiaomi Mi2s через tapatalk
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Djmixerno1:
Hi Com,

I have a cyanogenmod cm13 and I want to ask, if there is any possibility to get the IR-Blaster to work.

Anyone any ideas. In case I have a full backup of cm12, where everything works.

kind regards,

Djmixerno1
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyleth:
I'd like to install a couple of very useful apps that were removed from the store (MS Health and Fitness and Glance Background Beta). I've found the xaps but everytime I tried it says there was a problem with the company application and can't install. Also they can't be deployed with WP deployment tool for developers.

Any other trick/hack that I'm missing?

Thank you guys!
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dxdy:
glance background beta is useless on W10M... picture on glance screen now is part of glance settings... also Microsoft Health is available for W10M...

if you use 8.1, try install glance background via sysapppusher or try https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/glance-background/9wzdncrfhw46
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyleth:
I'm on wp8.1 (lumia 920). Microsoft Health is different from the one I said. I'll try what you suggested
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyleth:
I've tried, but the store says the app is not available for my phone, which is pretty weird as I have it installed until I downgraded it to wp8.1 :eek::eek:
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahto42:
I acidently unistalled the MSN healt and fitness app from my lumia 830, but i want it back. It has the lock screen stepcount.

I have tried Dev unlock, other things but had not any luck.

Will factrory reset bring it back?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vishnu pv:
Guys,

Is it possible to downgrade from 6.0.1 to 5.1.1? Has anyone tried it? If yes, please describe the method here.. Thanks :)
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JonathanRAZ:
Yes just FACTORY RESET/FULL WIPE before going to odin then odin STOCK 5.1.1
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azuldio:
Issues with 6.0.1????
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vishnu pv:
Battery drain only
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamm513:
I'm going to downgrade too, i have Wifi bugs, like disconnecting when download apps or something else, or DNS-probe error when load web pages.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrMike2182:
We're you able to successfully downgrade from 6.0.1 to 5.1.1? Did it work?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vishnu pv:
Yes worked. Before going to odin, wipe data and wipe cache from recovery mode. Then dont reboot, go straight to download mode. Then flash lollipop.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrMike2182:
I wonder if the Verizon model will somehow block me from going back.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grekomu:
Will this work on sprint version? And can anyone make a video on how to do this or give exact step by step instructions please?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grekomu:
Which carrier do you have on the note5?

---------- Post added at 10:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:07 PM ----------

Which carrier do you have on the note5?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamm513:
Claro Colombia

Enviado desde mi SM-G925I mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grekomu:
Will i be able to downgrade my sprint note 5?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamm513:
You need the exact firmware for your variant, you can find it on sammobile.com
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grekomu:
I cant find it there. I found this. http://www.galaxynote5update.com/n920pvpu2aoi6-sprint-note-5-sm-n920p-stock-android-511/ . Will this work. Same model
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamm513:
This: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N920P/

Enviado desde mi SM-G925I mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grekomu:
Its not the usa version.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vishnu pv:
No carrier. N920G. Indian version
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grekomu:
Do you know how to downgrade n920p usa version?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrMike2182:
I have the exact firmware for mine but I'm worried that it's going to get stuck in a boot loop because of the locked down bootloader thanks to Verizon.. What do you think will happen?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManmeetSingh007:
Are you on stock recovery? How to go straight to download mode?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vishnu pv:
Yes, im on stock recovery. After wipe data and cache, press and hold home+vol.down+power. Then you will reach to download mode
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManmeetSingh007:
Will I receive official future OTA after flashing stock 5.1.1?

After downgrading to 5.1.1 do you receive notification about MM update ?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juange:
Hi, did you downgrade with sm-n920g?

Thks!
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrMike2182:
It's possible to downgrade with the N920G.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juange:
Thks. Done.

Enviado desde mi SM-N920G mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ganjuboi:
How did you manage to downgrade your device? Did you add all the files in odin e.g. (bl, ap, cp, csc) ? I'm tryin to downgrade my n920a but I always get a fail message. :(
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jvsoni8855:
please help me how to downgrade note edge n915g marshmallow 5.1.1 thanks in advanced
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mpmax36:
I tried flashing all four at the same time and it failed also...Here's where I'm at..

After updating to 6.0.1 at the local (Best Buy Samsung experince center...) my AT&T Note 5, I had a TON (rebooting randomly, multiple system apps ie..Google Play Services, System UI, Touchwiz.... crashing continuously) of issues. I finally took my phone to a local cell phone repair shop where they tried and failed to downgrade to 5.1.1. and I left the shop in worse shape than when I walked in...I had nothing (No boot loader menu)...nothing but download mode. I came home and flashed the N920AUCU2APB2 firmware 5.1.1 to my phone using odin and it worked...well almost worked...I didnt flash the boot file the first time so I didnt have a bootloader and it refused to boot...I flashed the AP and BL (Bootloader) files..and was able to finally boot up...now...I have another problem...no cell service..anytime I try to make a call a message pops up "Emergency calls only" My phone won't register on the network.(Wifi works great though) .I have tried manually many times. Do I need to flash the CP or CSC to the phone? Also I remember being on the 0J1 firmware originally..but cant find it anywhere. My Note 5 is still experiencing random power cycling...the phone may be stable with no force closes for 5 minutes and then cycle, it maybe stable for 2 hours ...the force closes and power cycles are completely random...When it restarts sometimes it says "Opimizing app 1 of 1" Other times it says it Optimizing 16 apps.... (I am back on 6.0.1) This has to be the most random behavior I've ever seen. Three different techs have looked at this phone and they don't have a clue. I have called Samsung, AT&T and they are clueless...Any help would be appreciated.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarmiszitarhim:
Greeting Sir .. Since I Update 9208 (XME) from 5:11 to 6.0.1. My phone can not connect to the network 4g lte, battery consumption is also quite severe. No problem with my network operator. I've tried following the steps that have been host state in this forum, but it did not work. How do I downgrade to 5.1.1. For your information, there are 5 major upgrade to 5.1.1 and 3 major upgrade to 6.0.1. Do I have to downgrade stages of the latest firmware to an older firmware. Any help that you gave me is very much appreciated.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrMike2182:
I answered this question already in the other thread! You should wait for a reply instead of posting the same question in numerous threads!
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarmiszitarhim:
Sorry sir ... I sometimes impatient person if it involves investments made.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anuj tiwari:
How i can do this from marshmallow to lollipop
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] witty2309:
No SIM card detection!

Hello.

I did all of the above for my Galaxy Note5 SM-N9208, all went well until after setting everything up after boot, the phone simply refuses to detect my SIM card!

I have tried all manner of cache wiping, formatting, Dalvic cache wiping, reloading Lollipop, but the phone refuses to see my SIM!

So I have given up, put the dreaded latest version of Marshmallow back on, and hey presto, SIM detected no problem after boot...... any ideas? I hate Marshmallow!

Ian.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eltonpestana:
you have problem on partition efs ;;;Then *#06#* and see your number imei has lost then you need to go on assitencia tecnica:cowboy:
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snsn8r:
I have an At&t note 5 wanting to downgrade to lollipop. How do I do that?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] witty2309:
Galaxy Note 5 SM-N9208 Downgrade

The answer to your question lies above, and seems to work, however my model phone (SM-N9208 Thailand) simply does not detect my SIM card after the downgrade is complete and after set up. So I then have to put Marshmallow back on, and my phone detects the SIM card instantly.

Surely one of our experts out there knows the reason why this is happening. Me thinks that the latest Marshmallow update has caused this, but can anyone confirm it?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imprezaWRA571:
Stupid Marshmallow update dont allow my Note5 to be connected to my laptop (default Charging Mode ONLY), and doesn't allow my Sandisk OTG to be read from it...
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imran yahya:
i downgraded my note 4 sm-910f check my link

http://xdaforums.com/general/help/how-to-downgrade-samsung-galaxy-note-t3459394
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealth_nightshade:
Are you using official stock firmware marshmallow from the carrier provider before flashing and is it official stock firmware of lollipop from the carrier provider as well that you've flashed?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghe_rares:
Same problem. .no IMEI on both sims, no sim recognized.. any ideas ?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Admiral Savage:
Well I don't know where I went wrong but I tried downgrading to 5.1.1 through odin and it gave me a failed message then my phone was stuck in an eternal bootloop. I ended up getting out of the bootloop by going into download mode and using Kies to re-download the firmware on my phone which gave me 6.01. If anyone knows a solution it would be appreciated.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaybau:
It seems like I am not alone with this problem. I have SM-N9208 and am using the latest PH Marsmallow, I was trying to flash the MM for Malaysia that can be rooted. I am getting error and the only way I can fix it is to flash the latest firmware(again). Well, the latest firmware sucks but I just can't find a way to flash any earlier ROMs for my phone. I tried all the suggestions above before posting this. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

I am getting:

[CM] SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE:3, BINARY: 2
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xvier:
Saludos JonathanRAZ.

Este metodo funciona para el galaxy g900a de ATT, en la version 6.0.1?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelfacekiller:
Hi all,

i am getting SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE:1, BINARY: 0 during cache flashing and I have wiped data and cache 3 times. Then I entered directlt download mode with VolumeDown+Home+Power.

I have SM-N9208 from Malaysia on N9208XXU3BPI8

should I try a specific version of Lollipop and the latest for my phone on Sammobile?

Is there a chance I can ever downgrade?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fazipurxyz:
Unable to downgrade

I hav Note5 N9208 with marshmallow latest firmware. I tried to do full firmware of Lollipop 5.1.1 via odin.

But it has been failed.

error device 3, binary 2

how can i downgrade via odin? or any other method
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bingogo:
Same as me

Everyone is facing problem with downgrading sm-n9208. And latest marshmallow version sucks (especially battery drains during sleep)

So , require any suggestion from experts... thz
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] witty2309:
Well, I've given up on this one and settled for Marshmallow, hate it. After wiping everything from my phone I now find that some code or other is missing and the only way to get the phone to work at all is by immediately rooting the phone after loading the op system via Odin. Sorry I can't remember what the code thing is, but I think it's something to do with the handset itself, anyway it was erased after the cold reset/erase everything.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sultanmurad:
I'm trying to downgrade from 6.0.1 to 5.1.1 using Odin, but it keeps getting stuck at recovery.img, any idea why? Is it perhaps because I have TWRP installed instead of stock recovery? sorry I misread the topic, I have the Note 4 N910T
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aung thu ya1:
I cannot downgrade note 5 firmware

I really disappointed for my note. I updated to india region with higher security patched level. it made me so bad because my phone cannot downgrade at all. I discovered all the way of downgrading from lollipop and i trying every method such as wipe data, wipe cache, factory reset before flashing firmware, unlock oem, unknown source, everything that i found, but my phone still stuck on Marshmallow. I think my phone is already updated september 1 security level Marshmallow. that why, i can't like everyone can do it. Yup, Some people said they got successfully but i studied their phone security level is june 1. so I think security level is very important for downgrading. Samsung is always block downgrading with firmware update. anybody help me please new idea ... :(:(:(:(

note 5 n-9208
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddaflorez:
Guys is this Ok? My note is draining battery so fast, any idea how to solve it ? The pics are from yesterday night, I left the phone when went to sleep and in the morning it has drained almost 40% and the phone was in flight mode and safe mode.

Enviado desde mi SM-N920G mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I believe you cannot downgrade given the latest android security patch. I recently installed the update on my phone and went on to install a stock ROM from a different region, however that region hadn't gotten the latest update and I got a message on my phone in download mode saying:

SW REV CHECK FAIL : Fused 1 > Binary 0

Afterwards I tried installing a stock ROM from a region which had gotten the latest update and it worked. I don't know wether I couldn't downgrade due to the November update or in general. Few searches about downgrading say that you cannot downgrade in general anymore, but i haven't tired going as back as 5.1.1.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SemSema:
##3424#

then PDA

then MTP+ADB

then OK

hit back

should be good to go
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ali123786:
Problem of note 5

I have been facing problem with my phone. i have upgraded my samsung galaxy note 5 to marshmallow 6.0.1. Its model number is SM-N920P. Now the signals are not showing. I have inserted the sim. I have tried many methods but its not giving any service. i am from pakistan. kindly help me with a logic. i have heard that downgrading to lolipop will be the solution. but is it possible to downgrade it??
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rishabh_VIP:
Not Able To Downgrade

hello i m not able to downgrade my note 5(SM-N920G) from marshmallow to lollipop getting this error i tried everything that mention in post pls reply as soon as possible.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aung thu ya1:
me too, we're facing the same error in downgrading process. :mad::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yurmuki:
I have N920I and I am facing 4G not connecting issue. 3G, 2G and WIFI are good, however I cannot connect to 4G at all.

I have already verified my sim and changing network modes to LTE only and AUTOCONNECT also.

I think the issue is due to the latest MM firmware which is somehow having issue connecting to 4G, because I was having very Nice 4G connection with same sim and settings before this firmware: N920IDVU3BPL2_N920IXSA3BPL2_N920IDVU3BPL2_HOME.tar

It seems that the PL2 has some kind of restriction which stops phone to downgrade to previous versions and this thing is killing me because PL2 does not have good network. I can install N920IDVU3BPJ2_N920IOLC3BPJ2_N920IDVU3BPI3_HOME.tar but cannot go back any fimware before this and shows error:

sw rev check fail device 3 binary 2 in odin.

Earlier the working firmware on my phone was:

N920IDVU2BPG3_N920IXSA2BPG3_N920IDVU2BPG3_HOME.tar

It had really good 4G network.

I think flashing modem and bootloader from N920IDVU2BPG3 firmware through TWRP may fix my LTE issue, but I dont know how o create TWRP zip for modem and bootloader.

I have also detailed the same issue on below thread.

https://xdaforums.com/note5/help/n920i-marshmallow-mmb29k-n920idvu3bpl2-t3535377