yup..it make sense. Cause why would they want to product kate and kenzo when kate have all the features of kenzo and more? So it make business sense to only produce kate.

i agree. I am the kind of person that prefer to buy from authorized resellers. However, in the case with xiaomi, the difference is cheaper by more than 100 for a phone that cost 700. That is a like 15% which is a lot.

Plus since it is so cheap, i guess I hurt less if unable to claim proper warranty. So far I have send warranty to the AP supplier and they seems to be professional about handling warranty. Though mine is only a fix by flashing the ROM, they still did it for me without issue.

I have a colleague who bought from xiaomi malaysia previously. In the span of less than 1 year, the phone already spoil twice. Eventhough the warranty is pretty fast, it is still a hassle and after second warranty, he bought another phone.

why you flash to global rom? You should be flashing it to china dev rom.

This post has been edited by abubin: Jan 24 2017, 04:28 PM

global stable rom definitely cannot unlock bootloader.

global dev rom....maybe can.

china dev rom...SURE can. If your kate don't have china dev then I don't know. Any other kate users successfully unlock using global dev rom?

try go to the last page and follow what this guy did:
http://en.miui.com/thread-404701-5-1.html



And DO NOT flash using kenzo rom. It will brick the phone.

anyone upgraded to redmi note 4 SD? Just want to know it is worth upgrading? Especially it was said that the camera has been improved a lot from redmi note 3.

not everyone look at hardware specs only in a phone. Apart from the slight SoC and GPU downgrade, it is actually quite a decently better phone. Design is much better and camera has been improved. Anyway from reading this article, I think it is not a good upgrade/downgrade.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/technology/st...e/1/866088.html

I haven't get also. You upgrade first then tell us how is it.

wow..only 4 months battery already bloated. How many times do you charge your phone per day? Or just keep it plugged in and pull out only when traveling?

hmm...mine still doesn't have option to update to global rom 8.1.3.0. Anyone updated and how is it? Buggy? Improvement? Same?

i agree..it's user issue. To get the phone bend like that means the user is very rough and never use case. Mine is still in very good condition. However, it is confirmed that redmi note 3 have very thin back cover. The metal they use is low grade which can bend easily. That's why the phone is cheap.

I had this issue one day while I was charging. Then I check the phone and it is super hot!! Luckily I discover it and quickly unplug the cable. After some tests, I conclude that the head of some micro usb are too short. The ori xiaomi cable's micro usb is slightly longer if you compare with others. So it works without issue on that cable. However, since then it works again using the same cable.

i am happy that they continue to update and fix firmware issue. A lot of other china brand, they seldom update after the phone is released. Also RN3 is one of their top seller. So if they don't continue to update this phone a lot of people will make noise. Especially Indians where they sold over 2.3 million units. You know how noisy Indians can be....

Take this case I have for example,
When I just bought the RN3, it was running firmware 7.x (android lollipop). I remember really disliking it because a few of the apps that I use does not work properly. Apps like instragram or musical.ly and others that uses camera refuse to load or some have dark camera and crashing and so on. After the upgrade to Marshmallow, it was a 180 degree turn for me. Those apps start to work properly and a LOT LESS random crashes. If you were using something like BLU or coolpad or elephone you won't have updates that frequent. Heck probably normal update only but no upgrade to new android version.

Plus the advantage of having a popular phone like RN3 with snapdragon SoC, you will get a lot of third party firmware from XDA developers.

This post has been edited by abubin: Mar 2 2017, 11:19 AM

strange that my rn3 still in 8.1.1.0 and no alert on updates. Maybe I wait a bit more. Right now i am satisfied with 8.1.1.0 and don't want to spend time doing the root again.

just let it be if you have no intention of using custom rom or rooting. It is more secure that way.

previously when phone is still in lollipop, I do get OTA update alert eventhough i am rooted. However, it failed to apply and the updater then ask for full rom update. So I unroot the phone and then run the full rom update to marshmallow. Now that it is in marshmallow, I have never got the OTA alert. I think it is probably something to do with the way it is rooted. Maybe not. Don't really care as long as the phone is working fine. I will wait for 8.2 to update and probably also wait until root is available and tested to be working.

nah..don't want to reinstall all my stuffs. Too tedious. I am not those who are so pressed on upgrade to latest firmware. As long as phone have no problem, it is not so important to upgrade minor versions.

That's why I was laughing at those people who keep on shouting and scolding in xiaomi forum about the marshmallow upgrade. Then when they eventually release the upgrade next they complain is battery drain and firmware problem and so on.

how often do you get the waze problem? I have not notice this problem on my phone that is running 8.1.1.0.

looks legit. At least the links to the roms are from xiaomi.

well...for those who have updated to 8210, is there any problem?