The oleophobic coating will worn off after some time for sure. I have tried brand name one (over a hundred ringgits) on iphone before. It was good initially, but the coating is gone after a month or so, I am heavy phone user though.

I suggest you try it on other mi3 and see, just to verify if your mi3 got issue. Also, if your friends have the xm piston earphones, try to compare them. Personally, i think xm earphones are not bad, but just don't expect too much. I have RM700 headphones, which sounds way better, but audio quality can be subjective.

Thanks for the info.

Many recommend approximately 100 hours for most headphones. Some recommend as many as 200 hours or more.
Wow.... mine is less than 50 hours I think. I think I can just let it play while I sleep at night.

Other than warranty, hardware is the same. You can flash MY rom on it.

You said it yourself, 'crazy idea'. Better don't do this. In theory, the 1st PB will heat up and take a long time to fully charged since it has to charge up the 2nd PB. I think there is no harm on the 2nd PB though.

1. Try to plug in the mikey without press on the button.
2. Select Mikey IF prompted by the phone to select mikey or earphones.
3. Run Mikey app. Then click the Mikey button see if the click counter works.

Lucky!!! Looks like your phone back side hit the floor first instead of the front side. Otherwise, RM370 for the screen

I don't think so. However, I don't think it is a good idea. You need to apply force to press the button, which will move your phone slightly and causing blur image.

Haha... i think 90% of us will wait for some feedbacks/reviews before flash it.

mic.

Mine too, but I don't think it is a problem. I recorded quite a few video, sound is not a issue for the video.

Space management

Delete the old games/apps that you never used.
Delete duplicate photos, we tend to take multiple photos for one thing, then pick the best and delete the rest.
Back up your photo/video to cloud storage such as dropbox/MiCould/OneDrive/Google Drive, etc. then delete those photo/video that you don't need to view.
Clear your downloaded files.
Delete those songs that you don't want to listen to or you never really listen to.

Either FedEx or UPS.

I think that is why FedEx trying to do in order to save cost.

My initial mi.com purchases get delivered to my home once the package reached Penang. Very fast.

However, since around Raya time, they started to HOLD the package at their facility, they changed my original scheduled delivery date to 2 weeks later. They just hold the package there. I called them, they said Xiaomi allowed them for this time frame delivery (the 2 weeks delay). Of course I can't wait for 2 weeks so I went to their facility to self collect, so many people were there to pick up their xiaomi packages.

Don't think it is FedEx fault. I believe Xiaomi wants lower shipping cost (since they are giving us free shipping), they negotiated with FedEx for slower delivery with lower shipping cost.

I don't have battery drain problem. My setting for power is Normal mode. Not performance mode.

1. If I were you, I will wait for Mi4 since you are not in a hurry to replace your phone. Maybe there is about RM300 different between Mi4 and Mi3 based on China pricing.

2. You don't need to root it. Just use the stable MIUI ROM. The system will prompt you to upgrade from time to time even in stable rom.

I never seen a real Mi4 before. I can't seem to locate any in Penang area. Anyone know which shop in Penang have Mi4?

TS, can add this to the first post?

I set it to violet, it works.

Compare to mine, I can tell the short one is the original since mikey button have a step down.