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My brother wants to buy me a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro and I want some advice from you if is worth to buy this phone or not.
I think that for a cheap phone comes with some features that you can get with a high priced phone and here I'm talking about the fingerprind reader and the gyro wich I don't see it in many cheap phones and I realy want to try the VR thing wtih this.
What are the pro and cons for this phone? I see that this thread is for Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 and I want to ask if the bootloader for Pro is also unlocked and if the custom ROMs like CM13/14.1 will work for the Pro version.
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I have two of them. Wouldn't buy them today anymore. Not because of the hardware, because of the ROMs. CM13 (for Kenzo) is unfinished and stopped because of developers are focusing on CM14, and because of that some features are missing. CM14, on the other hand, is weeks / months far from being stable.
If you will buy, buy the Pro. It's Snapdragon based, the other, Kate, is Mediatek based. But I don't know if you will find the 3, now, that 4 is out.
I got my Note 3 Pro just last week. I'm extremely happy with it. It's an amazing phone at the price.
The bootloader comes locked, but Xiaomi will unlock it (with ~50% success rate it seems), or there are unofficial ways to unlock the bootloader.
I'm running CM14.1 on my phone right now. So far, it seems very stable, no issues that I've noticed so far.
paul_damian said:
I have two of them. Wouldn't buy them today anymore. Not because of the hardware, because of the ROMs. CM13 (for Kenzo) is unfinished and stopped because of developers are focusing on CM14, and because of that some features are missing. CM14, on the other hand, is weeks / months far from being stable.
If you will buy, buy the Pro. It's Snapdragon based, the other, Kate, is Mediatek based. But I don't know if you will find the 3, now, that 4 is out.
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Kate is not MediaTek based, Kate is just the Kenzo with additional 2mm height, and additional LTE bands.
The Hennessy is the MTK based.
Kenzo is probably the better one to get, assuming it has the LTE coverage you need. There are more cases and screen protectors designed for it.
Bootloader is locked, you can request an unlock from Xiaomi.
The camera is not good on this, that's probably the biggest negative.
Hello people.
I DO have a big question. I'd appreciate your help.
I'm planning to buy a MI 5s, but I don't know if there would be an excellent ROM like SLIM or PARANOID for it in Android 8. Currently, they support MI 5 (Gemini), but what about MI 5S (Capricorn) in Android 8????
Amirinho10 said:
Hello people.
I DO have a big question. I'd appreciate your help.
I'm planning to buy a MI 5s, but I don't know if there would be an excellent ROM like SLIM or PARANOID for it in Android 8. Currently, they support MI 5 (Gemini), but what about MI 5S (Capricorn) in Android 8????
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The short answer is that ROM development for the MI 5s is lacking and there are not many choices, once xiaomi releases a 8.0 based ROM we will get the files we need for the camera and such and then Lineage will become available and maybe some others like RR, that said you can always build your own ROM pretty easily and use your favorite as a base even if its not official...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/how-to-build-lineageos-14-1-t3551484
That's the direction i'm heading in I just have to find the time...
I see a lot of people asking for MIUI.. There are all these Redmi devices and other devices from Xiaomi with MIUI.. This phone (Mi A1) is a device with stock Android.. Why sould it be different from the other Android one devices???? Because you want MIUI?? There are people including myself who bought this device for the software. And not for MIUI.. When I had the LG Nexus 5 years before, I didnt remember anyone asking for a rom with LG UX skin.. Stop with this MIUI.. I get it.. Most people like it and it's okay.. My brother has the Mi 6 and he loves it.. I personally don't like it.. And I would never buy a Mi 6 or a Mi Mix or a Redmi Note device and ask all the time the developers to build a stock like Android rom because I don't like MIUI buti would buy a OnePlus or a Pixel or a Moto phone....
Is anyone trying to port the miui rom for mi a1? I know kernel sources are not there but there is a kernel by which we can port the rom atleast... And ya pls dont give suggestions like to buy mi 5x and other things..please we dont want that.. and also dont tell here that miui sucks or its laggy or anything.. everyone has their own workspace....
I dont like miui, but i tried to port, bootloop animation, when i have free time i continue to boot it up
But idk maybe there exist many bugs
Just buy a god damn 5x
Guys its a huge req to everyone to not give suggestions like to buy mi 5x
you can buy mi 5x...you know
There is xiaomi 5x, you can buy that one.
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You know you can buy MI 5X.
Everyone will be giving you advise to buy mi 5x coz both r identical twins in terms of hardware. So it may be very ridiculous to buy a mi A1 and install miui on it . When you have a thing in market then why experiment with other to make like it.
Have a look at this
https://m.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_a1-8776.php
MayanKKaushik said:
Everyone will be giving you advise to buy mi 5x coz both r identical twins in terms of hardware. So it may be very ridiculous to buy a mi A1 and install miui on it . When you have a thing in market then why experiment with other to make like it.
Have a look at this
https://m.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_a1-8776.php
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I guess it has been said an uncountable number of times: A1 and Mi 5x ARE NOT IDENTICAL in terms of hardware.
Have a look at this
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8776&idPhone2=8776#global,mi-5x,*
(Hint, pay particular attention at 4G Network bands...)
met67 said:
I guess it has been said an uncountable number of times: A1 and Mi 5x ARE NOT IDENTICAL in terms of hardware.
Have a look at this
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8776&idPhone2=8776#global,mi-5x,*
(Hint, pay particular attention at 4G Network bands...)
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They are not identical but on the outside they are very similar and they have roughly the same price.
So, return your A1 and get a 5x, bruh
met67 said:
I guess it has been said an uncountable number of times: A1 and Mi 5x ARE NOT IDENTICAL in terms of hardware.
Have a look at this
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8776&idPhone2=8776#global,mi-5x,*
(Hint, pay particular attention at 4G Network bands...)
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If band 20 is really important for someone and wants miui than he will buy phone like Redmi Note 4 which has similar specs and its cheaper than A1.
@prashantxpe Just out of curiousity: Are you going to open a new thread every two months about wether or not someone has ported MIUI for you? Two months ago you also mentioned that you can help porting. How far is your progress here? Do you have a github tree others can contribute to?
Nope...next one will probably be about volte or "where is Oreo, shame on you xiaomi".
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Localhorst86 said:
@prashantxpe Just out of curiousity: Are you going to open a new thread every two months about wether or not someone has ported MIUI for you? Two months ago you also mentioned that you can help porting. How far is your progress here? Do you have a github tree others can contribute to?
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yup i have.... and i dont want miui for mi a1 ..a.ctually many user want it.... plus @JamFlux is working for same.... for the work ...understanding A/B partition and its working is very difficult plus i said i can help in porting if anyone is already doing.... @localHorst either help or just leave but odnt demotivate anyone.... two months ago.. i didnt have mi a1....like iits about a month i purchased it...
Localhorst86 said:
@prashantxpe Just out of curiousity: Are you going to open a new thread every two months about wether or not someone has ported MIUI for you? Two months ago you also mentioned that you can help porting. How far is your progress here? Do you have a github tree others can contribute to?
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yup i have.... and i dont want miui for mi a1 ..a.ctually many user want it.... plus @JamFlux is working for same.... for the work ...understanding A/B partition and its working is very difficult plus i said i can help in porting if anyone is already doing.... @localHorst either help or just leave but odnt demotivate anyone.... two months ago.. i didnt have mi a1....like iits about a month i purchased it...
Has any developer started with los and other custom roms? I can find any thread in roms and kernel section.
The phone only just came out, you need to be patient. Its not as popular as the PRO.
So far I have seen that a Mokee developer is working on it : https://github.com/davinci-dev
I will be waiting on some quality roms before buying this phone.
There's a lot of developer activity on the k20 pro forum the past few days, so hopefully the regular k20/mi 9t gets some attention too. My mi 9t should be arriving this week, and I really don't want to have to use MIUI forever.
I think at the end, the better choice to avoid problems, is to leave the global from the day of purchase
lulloo96 said:
I think at the end, the better choice to avoid problems, is to leave the global from the day of purchase
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miui is trash, and im not going to buy the phone if there are no alternatives.
I notice that it's not popular as the Pro and i think there will no be change about this, every day there are new rom, new update with the K20 Pro but not K20
K20 is equally popular but problem is broken kernel try hence once it is fixed we will surly get roms and kernels
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KudoConan said:
I notice that it's not popular as the Pro and i think there will no be change about this, every day there are new rom, new update with the K20 Pro but not K20
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We already have two roms here for the k20 and devs are actively working on it.
krishna_jm said:
We already have two roms here for the k20 and devs are actively working on it.
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Hope to get more