[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] DBZo07:
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...