Think I read somewhere u need to change the file extension or something. Research more read more

just received my phone today

what should I do now?

My MIUI ver is 7.0.19.0.0, is it the vendor rom?

btw I"ve logged in my Google accounts with it, do you think the malware/spyware of the vendor rom will hack it?

Vendor ROM won't haxk it

Its the malware apps that we should be more cautious

sorry noob here
any examples of malware apps...?
since i've received the phone with 7.0.19.0.0 rom...no additional apps have been installed automatically

the zip files have tgz extension...
anyways...downloaded the 3rd time and managed to unzip
now still kinda hesitate to flash since global rom is coming soon...

Guys, step 10-11 is actually pretty simple it's just that the language used in that guide is hard to understand. Lemme try to make it simple for you.

Just switch off your phone. No matter what step ur at, just switch off your phone. Easier this way. But before switching off, don't ever forget to enable USB debugging. This is important. Forget this and you'll brick your phone.

Then when you get to step 11, make sure your cable is already connected to the pc but do not connect your phone to the cable yet. Hit download button 1st, then just calmly but quickly pick up your phone, pressed &  hold volume down only (no need to press power button cz your phone is already off). Then connect your phone to the cable quickly.

Now look at the progress bar, once it turns yellow u can let go of the volume button (though I never let go of it until the process is  finished, just to make sure lol). Ur done when you see the big green tick. Your phone will then take sometime to load so don't panic if it's taking a bit too long in doing so.

How I read a few post up when phone is connected to cable after hitting download, nothing happens. Well this happened to me a few times. It's because the MTK Vcom driver is not installed correctly. Install it again, then repeat flashing until ur successful. If still no progress, try installing the driver from here
https://felixsenada.wordpress.com/2015/12/2...n-redmi-note-3/
It should work. Good luck.

i reinstalled the MTK Driver several times still having same issues...Win7 64bit here
howwwww

Have u tried installing the drivers from felixsenada?

Guys when is the best time to install new rom for my phone?

My phone now running on vendor ROM, should I just keep on using it?

So far so good the vendor ROM and I don't see any bloatwares

Just flash it. Incase any malware or virus or what shit may be in your phone.  I am very particular cos my phone store credit card, bank password, PayPal, wechat wallet etc, so many p&c stuff. Better do it than feel sorry if anything happen

Just read that China ROM
Unable to change GPS settings
Zzzz

similar results...

Try another pc lol do it on win 10, it should work

off topic:

just wanna say Gong xi fa tar tar tar chai guys! happy Chinese new year eve! Huat ah!
Happy holidays!!

guys. is it normal that the line always change to roaming? I'm using u mobile. the line fluctuations between roaming and main line are driving me crazy. never occur before in previous phone. can we set it to off? and did any one of you guys happen to have non responding fingerprint scanner? only restart can make it work. 1 month using this phone. this is the 1st time it  happen.

y not set celular to manual and keep just ur provider ?