Great, once fully working the phone will fly. Can consider for those wanting mi5.

haha, shit, i never even bothered to flash at all, it wasn't lag like i use S2 last time.

good news!

haha, my mi3 also like yours, many, my dent, but it works fine. my friend s4 drop from lower height got crack. the only reason why i want to update is because want more space (spotify is killer on memory GB)

mine is ok

My mother still uses mi3, and she didn't Update the phone. So no lag. Just as fast as first day unboxed.

LOL i bought my Mi5 32gb. White one. Damm i love the build, very light and the sides looks similar to Note 5, the metal and curve. Will update more when I really try it.

LOL, if your mom doesn't play game it's okay, I face lag when play certain games.

I am not sure if android updates are like it's where each update will slow down your device.

She only use it for sms, WhatsApp, calls. My current android phone lags occasionally until I reboot it. Don't know why. no games. Using it for WhatsApp, browsing, sms, calls, and taking pictures. Looking for official Mi5 to replace my existing phine. Hope it have black as white looks ugly plus the black line.

how much, its good value actually the cheapest SD 820 phone.

if you planning to wait for M'sia one i think need maybe 3-4 months more, like when Mi3 came in. Btw, the black line isn't dat obvious if you never focus at it, which I didn't notice it much.

RM1,350. Yes man, i opt for the lowest specs because if I pay any higher, I might as well get S7

bro, 1,350? where did you get ur set?

yo, from https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3946325

he is a good seller, explained to me difference in Global and China ROM, and which better. Helped me to test the phone through out when we were COD-ing. Too bad, mine was last stock until he order new one.

exact opposite to my friends OP1.. drop just 50cm and the digitizer is out, change new digitizer then put in pocket somehow got crack at screen and touchscreen not working, change new screen using till now.. he even bought a spare screen in case happen again.. haha


yup.. cyanogen is very gooding compare to miui.. plus the themes for cynogen is better to me than miui themes..

But it doesn't have the feature that I want. Able to on the phone even when you have off the phone or ring the alarm when the phone is off.

Somehow using global ROM, the battery is very consuming, 1.6gb RAM is consumed by MIUI. Maybe one of the reason is I on 4g the whole time. However, it's understandable that global ROM has been removed from MIUI website because its not stable, I guess I should flash back to MIUI China first. And one thing, the battery charging is superbly fast, though it's kinda hot when charging.

I tried using both my Mi3 and Mi5 camera in my room with low lighting. My Mi3 appear on my phone as pretty bright, but Mi5 more to yellowish, don't understand why.

Fingerprint scanner is fast and easy (though its not exactly convenient for the need to press the home button to activate it.). Phone is light and nicely curved, the sides design is similar to Note 5 though White colour looks very nice and clean, hope i doesn't scratch it that soon though I already put a case on.

Overall, the phone is pretty good for me now. Take note that it's a budget phone to begin with, don't compare exactly with S7 or Iphone and you're all good.

This post has been edited by Tiaso: May 27 2016, 09:38 AM

I think because someone mentioned that miui will keep trying to connect to my server. Will need to disable it/sign out then the battery life will be good.

Mi5 is a flagship and must be compared with S7 and iphone since during their initial launch, Xiaomi already make video comparison with iphone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

same is my thinking... haha... the Stock MIUI SUCKSSSSS.... takes too much ram...
although it is packed with some feature... but it takes too much RAM and hamper multitasking...

2nd on your previous post... hard to unlock and troublesome...
Mi5 structure is weak, careful... some one manage to bend this... of course Nexus 6P also...
with 2nd hand price of Nexus 6P around RM1.8k vs AP Mi5 RM1.5k i choosen Nexus...
cos of the Stock ROM... happy with it now although the battery doesn't last long, SOT ~4hrs...
thats why i choose Nexus 6P instead of this, 2ndly is Nexus 6P is officially available here...
so now waiting for HTC 10 or Mi5... might just jump to HTC 10...

yup it is a pretty decent priced phone... but the phone structure is weak....
but with that price on SD820... no complaints... still i recommend ppl to get more RAM with MIUI...
3GB is barely enough and 4GB is sweet... cos on stock it already eat up 1.5GB on start up...

do some optimization on that.. i don have the one...
but i think you setup sync options to WiFi and also some others stuff to prevent that to happen too...

Can consider this as well for those thinking of Mi5. OS looks ok cause theres app drawer. http://www.lowyat.net/2016/105228/zte-anno...ss-than-rm2000/

oh? can't seems to find any info on this. Will have a look on it, thanks!

haha come on, like 1/2 price of S7 and 1/3 price of iphone, close 1 eye la bro. In 2 years, all 3 of them will lag, but I got more budget to get a new one

yea im planning to get a real sturdy hard casing for it after i finish admiring the clean white

but still i might flash to CM when it is available, hopefully solve the RAM shortage. and yea SD820 at this price is totally worth a grab

Funny thing about China phones are they never bother to upgrade the Android as per Google 18 months update mandatory. If Google proceeds with listing out the bad manufacturers list, the top section surely will be filled by China brands.

Just surf over MIUI Global site, you can see their game.