No tool? u need to lift the cardboard/paper holder of the phone. the tool is clipped right smack in the middle on a flap like holder. maybe u dropped it when opening? but do check 1st, shud be there.

BTW, seems like after 3 days of use, i can conclude that the battery life of the Mi3 is not that outstanding as most reviews on the net touted about. Should be in the OK region, but not praise worthy imo.

Consumption wise compared to a Z Ultra (same 3050mah capacity) with a bigger screen (6.44") and comparable processor, the Z Ultra fair better in terms of standby power drop from my test.

But one saving grace for Mi3 is the Optimization option. Noticed that if you go to the security app > check > optimize, you can have a small boost in battery life. But had to occasionally, not often, open this and run optimization through the day to get good battery life.



To my experience, directly out of the box, Sony's Stamina mode, and Samsung's battery saver modes are better implemented to get good battery usage as you dont need to frequently 'optimize' anything to get good juice out of your device.

But as a whole this is one snappy phone. Wouldn't complain on anything else.

you already wrote the answer to it.

Saw a few guys complained about the battery a few pages back. so i decided to share my gripe also and also a comparison and solution scenario. Am I in the wrong place to share izzit?

Thanks for the info on the underclocking. will look for good Set CPU rootapps to try this out.

Follow the Xiaomi Malaysia FB page. Usually they will announce there 1st. If considering the post 20th May sale last time, the announcement was made 2 days after the sale on 22nd if not mistaken. just camp out on their page.

can refer to this thread's front page. or HERE

Why everyone so riled up by the Camera pic quality liao? Its not HTC ultrapixel crapiness here. That, u can rage, coz youre buying a 2k+ phone for sub-par quality pics.

Here for a decent rm900 phone like mi3, the pic quality is quite good imo. compare to same price range Lenovo, Oppo, and huawei the Mi3 still packs better quality i guess.

open the top flap of your phone box. Dunno how to picture it. but just search for it on the top!

What mode u use? Nite mode with flash?

Yeap. looks enough for the normal consumers.

The ones complaining act all like prosumers but buy cheap fon and b1tch about pic quality and alogrithms. LEL

oh dang! flash off? need to try this with my mi3. couldnt get a pic this good with my Z, even though same cam module.

Same case as mine last time, 1st day Said ship thru fedex on Mi.com, then next day by UPS.

One thing is you can check the tracking no. If got Alphabet in it then its UPS, if 12 digit number only its Fedex

Great comparison, maybe can prove to the skeptics that the cam is not that bad after all.

Should post/pin this explanation on 1st page. Seems to deliver the message a bit clearer than the one now. Hope TS can update it.

nope need to walk in..

Cant blame if people relate it to ios. People not familiar with MIUI roms surely see the interface iphone-ish. even how they present the app folder animation and background blur effect, more or so like ios.

A good strategy actually, as ios users wll be tempted to migrate to the 'dark side'. Win for android, and Xiaomi.

Maybe simcard faulty. Try reinsert current sim or Try to check with other operator sim if you have access to. Had this issue last year, but with other phone la. same symptoms as you. Change simcard ok d.

As per front page info:
1. You have preroot accessibility. No need for manual rooting steps. Just go to permission and enable it
2 Kit Kat 4.4.2 ready, all the bells and whistles that make kitkat great
3. Ability to install google camera
4. improvements/changes/updates over current stable JB based rom. But still have bugs, hence dev rom.

The NFC sensor is located at the lower part of the phone. Xperia phones on top of back plate, Mi3 on the lower bottom of back plate. Not sure if this is what you are asking though.

NFC file/picture transfer works as intended. no hiccups during my tests.

I only used the NFC to transfer pics and connect to Sony NFC speakers. Both working ok. havent tried any other applications that use NFC though.

Im using micro sim, with the included micro sim tray. No problem at all. 3 times already tried open and close. no stuck issue at all.

True that bro.

Summore you guys are getting FOC delivery charge maaa, the only thing is u need to wait whether its short or a bit longer. There are bound to be hiccups in delivery as they are shipping en-mass not individually specific for you only.

This post has been edited by Fasap: May 30 2014, 03:43 PM

If not mistaken 4.4 kitkat google disable access to write on any connected card unless to allowed folder
maybe can read here: http://www.androidcentral.com/kitkat-sdcard-changes

But there are alot of patches and workaround apps available on playstore provided that the phone is rooted.

This post has been edited by Fasap: May 30 2014, 04:01 PM