[Q] Just got a great deal - LG Optimus 2x

Some guy offered me his o2x for 160 euros!
5 months old, mint condition, guy needs money for a car and can't find a buyer for some time. Just need to wait till monday for him to send it to me, since carrier services don't work here over weekend. Also he says that he haven't expirienced shut off/reboot problems, and he didn't root the phone or changed rom, so I think its on froyo.
I have posted few questions in Q&A thread, but I will ask those here again for easier tracking.
Do skype video calls work on o2x?
Is it true that hdmi doesn't work on any custom roms?
Is there a way to flash latest official firmware if its not possible in my country with official update tools?
Phone is locked to one carrier, can I unlock it myself?

Cayman.n2o said:
Some guy offered me his o2x for 160 euros!
5 months old, mint condition, guy needs money for a car and can't find a buyer for some time. Just need to wait till monday for him to send it to me, since carrier services don't work here over weekend. Also he says that he haven't expirienced shut off/reboot problems, and he didn't root the phone or changed rom, so I think its on froyo.
I have posted few questions in Q&A thread, but I will ask those here again for easier tracking.
Do skype video calls work on o2x?
Is it true that hdmi doesn't work on any custom roms?
Is there a way to flash latest official firmware if its not possible in my country with official update tools?
Phone is locked to one carrier, can I unlock it myself?
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1) yes
2) no
3) sure, with smartflash!
4) no idea
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markop90 said:
1) yes
2) no
3) sure, with smartflash!
4) no idea
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4 depends on the carrier.
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You can buy unlock code.They are cheap.
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About unlock, in local phone services around here they do the unlocking for about 5-15 euros depending on the phone. Just thought maybe there is an easy way (better say free) to do it Never mind.
My phone should arrive on tuesday, maybe I will have more q's than.
Thanks a lot for now!

Just felt that I need to share this. Night before the phone was supposed to be send to me, seller calls me and tels me that phone just turned off while he was deleting user data on it and it won't turn on. In service shop they told him its the processor.
I got a bit sceptic about optimus 2x. Thing I'm gonna go with Galaxy S

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How many people got the same problem after reclaim a new 2X from LG (reboots problem)

As I see, I guess there are approximately 5% of the total amount of Optimus 2X that got problem about freezing screen and reboot itself.
No one can solve this problem unless go back to LG and claim new one.
But, no one can make sure that the new one will not have the same problem again.
Now I am sending my 2X back to LG and wait them to send a new 2X back to me.
I am so worried if I get the new mobile with problem again.
So, I would like to know anybody who already claim the mobile from LG and still got the problem. I would like to know the statistics of the user.
If your guess is right, you will get a good unit with a 95% probability.
Sounds good, no?
Confirmed here in Netherlands people indeed got back a new phone with same issues.....
I got the g2x...and can confirm that my phone is not defective...works great..
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I work for a phone compagny and so far i think 5% can be true. But that was before the updates. After the updates nobody (at least with me) came back with complains
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i'm still using stock rom with v10b..never face the reboot issues
p/s this phone is really great!!
thank all guys, if I got a good phone at the beginning, I would not feel like this.
I'm in Thailand and I bought this phone on May 7, 2011 for 20,900 baht (~680 USD)
When Samsung Galaxy S2 is released, the price down to 15,900 baht (~520 USD) within a month.
The point is I got a problem phone. That means I can't use phone well along 1 month.
Feeling like I throw away 160 USD to LG for free.
for almost a month i didn't have problems but in the recent time it started to behave strange... today i had my second reboot...
i'm not getting some sms messages at all... however the sender got's message that it was sent... sometimes they call me, but my phone doesn't make any sign of it, but at the other end it is ringing...
kinda strange behaviour, not I am the only one with these calling and sms bugs...
the charging is also crap, somtimes i just charge it, and the charging indicator is tuck at some value, and the phone is really hot... then i restart it, and the value just jumps higher, and a temperature of the phone gets ok...
the charging problem seems a hardware issue... i'm thinking on sending it back... but I don't know what else to buy... this one has all the features i need, sgs2 and sensation are too expensive for me... so i'm hoping that lg will do something in the summer... otherwise i'm sending it back :S
My phone started rebooting recently. Yesterday it rebooted twice and tonight it shut down causing me to miss the alarm.
Before this it went 2 months without any reboots.
Wtf?
Installed anything recently?
Flash 10.3 update maybe?
I just heard an information from Thai webboard.
He said that the warranty of 2X can let the user claim it for only one time.
That means you cannot claim it again if the new one got problem again.
Suck LG
I have no issues either so I can't imagine having these reboots is like.
They said the same thing for the VIP service here in Netherlands. Max 3 swaps, But some people already did swap #4
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The price of this model is around 480-550 USD in Ebay... I should try to sell it for a while ago..
xmoo said:
They said the same thing for the VIP service here in Netherlands. Max 3 swaps, But some people already did swap #4
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Max 3 swaps.. So then you're just stuck with a faulty product forever?
I think it's time for Kassa.
Try to format your external SD. Upgrade to Fr18Rom. If the problem cannot fix. Return the phone to LG. It‘s hardware issue.
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arbrad said:
Try to format your external SD. Upgrade to Fr18Rom. If the problem cannot fix. Return the phone to LG. It‘s hardware issue.
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if the issue can be fixed that easy..... most of people in this webboard would change it long time ago....
take a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1041546
I am sure that
- ROM cannot solve this problem
- It MIGHT be Hardware problem, but no clue can confirm this (most of people still believe it's software problem)
I think some buggy apps and buggy kernel let your phone reboot or sleep dead.

[Q] Possible Blown Speaker...

I think the speaker on my One has blown. The sound is very distorted even when on low volumes. Could this be a software issue or is it most likely to be hardware?
I have unlocked the bootloader and flashed the latest version of TrickDroid so I'm not sure where I stand with the warranty.
Thanks is advance.
On HTC warranty - most probably it is void now. You can call them and check if they are willing to fix a rooted phone.
In EU (and I assume you are in UK) you have Statutory Warranty - 2 years.This is regulated by consumer regulations and this comes from EU. This one is NOT void through rooting - http://piana.eu/root. This said - I am currently having serious problems with fixing my S3 this way in Norway (legislation is identical) and I have to go through consumer counsel/tribunal which takes up to 6 months in total...
If you're in a country where covered by appropriate legislation, a Sale of Goods Act law will almost certainly a problem like this so soon after purchase, especially considering you're not at fault.
Check out if your country has such legislation which covers you, and if so ask for a replacement under that legislation. If not, eh... ask politely?
I think the speaker on my One has blown. The sound is very distorted even when on low volumes. Could this be a software issue or is it most likely to be hardware?
I have unlocked the bootloader and flashed the latest version of TrickDroid so I'm not sure where I stand with the warranty.
Thanks is advance.
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Forgive my ignorance as I have only had Samsung phones the past few years but, shouldn't you just be able to flash back to stock and unroot? I wouldn't think it would be too difficult. However, as I said, I have only had experience with Samsung phones for a while.
matthewmcquay said:
Forgive my ignorance as I have only had Samsung phones the past few years but, shouldn't you just be able to flash back to stock and unroot? I wouldn't think it would be too difficult. However, as I said, I have only had experience with Samsung phones for a while.
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Yes I agree. Flash stock and get a replacement
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matthewmcquay said:
Forgive my ignorance as I have only had Samsung phones the past few years but, shouldn't you just be able to flash back to stock and unroot? I wouldn't think it would be too difficult. However, as I said, I have only had experience with Samsung phones for a while.
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The bootloader is nlocked through HTCDev so they have the IMEI. Also when you relock it says 'relocked' instead of 'locked' (exactly like when you mess with pc odin and you flash back to a samsung rom it says 'official' but the flash counter isn't reset). To be able to get back a 'locked' status (so the equivalent of triangle away on samsung devices) you need s-off.
CreepyDroid said:
The bootloader is nlocked through HTCDev so they have the IMEI. Also when you relock it says 'relocked' instead of 'locked' (exactly like when you mess with pc odin and you flash back to a samsung rom it says 'official' but the flash counter isn't reset). To be able to get back a 'locked' status (so the equivalent of triangle away on samsung devices) you need s-off.
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Unlocking doesn't void the warranty more than likely. At least here in the U.S they don't care
It depends on the carrier
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Dump your hboot and upload it here. Then tell me what should be written there instead of relocked I can rename it for you
Riyal said:
Dump your hboot and upload it here. Then tell me what should be written there instead of relocked I can rename it for you
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Magic isn't allowed on XDA.
I'm gonna report on this tomorrow... I got a couple of pops in my speaker when playing YouTube videos on the lowest volume at first. For some reason when I played music at full volume there were no problems but as soon as I put the volume lower and played a YouTube video every know and then i would get a pop sound.
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I just took then phone back to a Phones4U shop and they replaced it there and then. It would seem if the phone develops a fault within 28 days of purchase you can take it back to the retailer instead of HTC. Most retailers wouldn't have a clue if you have unlocked the bootloader and flashed custom Roms so it didnt matter.
As I couldnt find the correct RUU I just took it into the shop with TrickDroid's Rom still installed and they didn't question it at all!! :laugh:
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I just took then phone back to a Phones4U shop and they replaced it there and then. It would seem if the phone develops a fault within 28 days of purchase you can take it back to the retailer instead of HTC. Most retailers wouldn't have a clue if you have unlocked the bootloader and flashed custom Roms so it didnt matter.
As I couldnt find the correct RUU I just took it into the shop with TrickDroid's Rom still installed and they didn't question it at all!! :laugh:
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Yours might possibly be a newer batch phone now. Can u check for the iconic 'gap' at the top and bottom or for any overhang.
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yvibes said:
Yours might possibly be a newer batch phone now. Can u check for the iconic 'gap' at the top and bottom or for any overhang.
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Oh my god didn't notice that before. Yes there is a small gap at the top, very minor at the bottom. Cant see any overhang.
dr9722 said:
Oh my god didn't notice that before. Yes there is a small gap at the top, very minor at the bottom. Cant see any overhang.
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OK they are definitely still shipping first batch phones. Anyone wanting exchange should still wait.
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I have the same issue on my phone. Tried the included Thor movie, speakers crackle at any volume. So many issues with the phone! Still love it, will arrange for a return and exchange hopefully with a second batch phone.
dr9722 said:
I think the speaker on my One has blown. The sound is very distorted even when on low volumes. Could this be a software issue or is it most likely to be hardware?
I have unlocked the bootloader and flashed the latest version of TrickDroid so I'm not sure where I stand with the warranty.
Thanks is advance.
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Hi there, do you have the youtube link for the crack sound? I want to try with my New One estimate to arrive tomorrow.
After further investigation, the sound problem only shows up when certain videos are played (hi-def MKVs I think). Sound is fine otherwise, so I think it is a software issue. Can anyone else try THOR on HTC Watch, at the beginning of the film, when it should be silent, do you hear the speakers crackle even at low volumes?
On my replacement handset the bottom speaker has totally gone. No sound coming through it at all. Back to Phones4U :crying:
Wth, how am I suppose to buy this phone online when there are so many problems detected????? I need to buy 4 phones online and the main problem is that I won't even be able to return in case of problems since im from faaar away where HTC has long gone.
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ksarius said:
Wth, how am I suppose to buy this phone online when there are so many problems detected????? I need to buy 4 phones online and the main problem is that I won't even be able to return in case of problems since im from faaar away where HTC has long gone.
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Wait a while until the new batches are out and most problems should be sorted by then.
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Bootloader unlock allowed : no - Is there any hope?

Hi guys, I know this has been thousands of times, but if our device doesn't allow boot loader unlock (for example mine is on EE) is there any hope what so ever of a way around this? I'm pretty sure someone is going to say something along the lines of "IT'S IMPOSSIBLE STOP ASKING IT CAN'T BE DONE" - if that's the case, would you care to explain why?
Thanks
Well the answer is not at the moment don't know if anyone is working on it... and from what I saw so far in order to hack it you need to use the test point method but in order to do so you need to open your phone...now are u going to take that risk because I won't haha
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cippi21 said:
Well the answer is not at the moment don't know if anyone is working on it... and from what I saw so far in order to hack it you need to use the test point method but in order to do so you need to open your phone...now are u going to take that risk because I won't haha
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What do you mean by open your phone? Like take it apart?
Yea I should of explained more haha...in order to get to the test point you need to take off the back of the phone I don't know exactly where it is or even if it's possible yet...
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cippi21 said:
Yea I should of explained more haha...in order to get to the test point you need to take off the back of the phone I don't know exactly where it is or even if it's possible yet...
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HA yeah forget that For a company that supports development as such as Sony apparently does, this is kinda silly.
Is not sonys fault tho is the carrier that wants them locked...pointless again because no average person knows about bootloader locking or rooting yano
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cippi21 said:
Is not sonys fault tho is the carrier that wants them locked...pointless again because no average person knows about bootloader locking or rooting yano
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I agree. I even rang EE and asked them. They and no clue what I meant. Sad really.
I wonder if you got a letter from EE stating that they allow you to unlock your bootloader and then ask Sony to make your bootloader unlockable will that work lol....I know it will take time and maybe u will waste your time but if you really want to unlock your bootloader is worth a shot haha
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At least here in Spain, you can unlock your bootloader if you first pay for the simcode unlock to use the phone with any carrier. Then you can email Sony with this information, asking them to leave your phone in the same condition (bootloader unlockable) as any "unlocked sim" phone (I don't know the correct word, sorry)
Then Sony will take your phone as if it was going to be repaired and after a few days you'll get your phone back.
I know this is possible in Spain but I don't know about other countries; maybe it depends on each law system.
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At least here in Spain, you can unlock your bootloader if you first pay for the simcode unlock to use the phone with any carrier. Then you can email Sony with this information, asking them to leave your phone in the same condition (bootloader unlockable) as any "unlocked sim" phone (I don't know the correct word, sorry)
Then Sony will take your phone as if it was going to be repaired and after a few days you'll get your phone back.
I know this is possible in Spain but I don't know about other countries; maybe it depends on each law system.
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That's a very good point I wonder if its like this in England or any other country ....maybe it is.... this is another suggestion to add to the bootloader unlock NO dilemma
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cippi21 said:
That's a very good point I wonder if its like this in England or any other country ....maybe it is.... this is another suggestion to add to the bootloader unlock NO dilemma
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Hmmm. Even so. I think i'll be getting on the new HTC One band wagon when it comes around. I want to like the Z1, but the software is, at least in my opinion, nothing less that horrible. Also the glass front and rear is a disaster if you're a mechanic.
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Also the glass front and rear is a disaster if you're a mechanic.
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If you are mechanic then the HTC One will be scratched forever with the plastic one. I think on Glass you can use some degreasing.
eclyptos said:
If you are mechanic then the HTC One will be scratched forever with the plastic one. I think on Glass you can use some degreasing.
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Had a HTC One before my Z1 and it faired waaaay better.
JustArchiee said:
Had a HTC One before my Z1 and it faired waaaay better.
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Just the anti shatter plastic scratched or worse?

Time to say goodbye :(

Hi all
Badly but it is a true. Time to say good buy.
I gave away my 4x and got me note 2.
I want to thank all devs and all users of lg 4x forum.
Maybe see you in note 2 developement
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I hope ill see you around mate take good care of yourself.
Sent using a walkie talkie.
Its amaizing how you guys manage to give away phones. I have been trying to sell mine for 6 months and nobody even asked.
I guess I should sell it for 50 dollars plus a ticket to hawai to make it attractive.
Oh and mate, if you read this, the note 2 has its life cycle/support terminated by samsung.
QUOTE=CryptKilla;51846707]Hi all
Badly but it is a true. Time to say good buy.
I gave away my 4x and got me note 2.
I want to thank all devs and all users of lg 4x forum.
Maybe see you in note 2 developement
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shadowcore said:
Its amaizing how you guys manage to give away phones. I have been trying to sell mine for 6 months and nobody even asked.
I guess I should sell it for 50 dollars plus a ticket to hawai to make it attractive.
Oh and mate, if you read this, the note 2 has its life cycle/support terminated by samsung.
QUOTE=CryptKilla;51846707]Hi all
Badly but it is a true. Time to say good buy.
I gave away my 4x and got me note 2.
I want to thank all devs and all users of lg 4x forum.
Maybe see you in note 2 developement
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What do you mean with terminated?
What about 4x heheh
However after couple of days use I must say this phone is amasing
Btw. I gave my phone and some money as exchange for note2
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What do you mean with terminated?
What about 4x heheh
However after couple of days use I must say this phone is amasing
Btw. I gave my phone and some money as exchange for note2
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You might not be aware, but OEM support ends within a year of a phone's release.
OEM support has an impact, as everyone here in the LG 4X forum knows, on the release of custom roms aswell.
maybe samsung does a different policy then LG, Sony, HTC but then, this is an issue for something else.
I must join in on the farewell train, too. It's been a good year with 4X, but I got a chance to try something new and I took it. Otherwise, who is to say when one would present itself again.
It was not an easy task to replace P880s hardware for equal price, not easy at all, but I eventually settled on a Sony Xperia SP. I turned a blind eye on some specs and welcomed others.
I hope I gave a tiny bit of contribution to 4X community while I was here. I expect to see you again in other parts of the XDA.
shadowcore said:
I guess I should sell it for 50 dollars plus a ticket to hawai to make it attractive.
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u damn sure about that? i'm happy to buy ur o4x in 50 dollars plus you keep the ticket to hawai
if you're serious contact me...
Hello all,
It was really happy year with this LG device. I will place it into drawer for flashing so I may visit here in future.
Next Tuesday I will start using ascend P7.
Biggest thanks to laufer, demetris and adam. At least I think they did the most of work. If I am wrong then also thanks to others who put much efforts to this device. I will miss such great support on the new device I am sure.

Best place to buy - after price drop due to new Mi5S launch?

Hello all,
since the new Mi5S was launched, several places dropped the price on the Mi5.
What would be your recommendation - where is the best place to get it now? (I am in Canada, would go for the 64GB version and would need DHL shipping).
Thank you for any recommendations!
I got mine from ibuygou.com
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I bought mine at Gearbest, for 260€. (3/32GB variant)
It's at a great price, and it comes to Europe via China without customs tax.
http://www.kimovil.com/en/where-to-buy-xiaomi-mi5-32gb
Look chepeast price
nkt09 said:
I bought mine at Gearbest, for 260€. (3/32GB variant)
It's at a great price, and it comes to Europe via China without customs tax.
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How does that work without import tax?
Kedas said:
How does that work without import tax?
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They have a Priority Line for certain countries. I'm from Portugal.
I think the package will come to England and then to Spain, that way enters the EU, so there's no taxes involved.
I saw someone selling it for €208, (the 64GB version) on Amazon.de, but the day after the price was €370 so it was probably an error.
Its on sale at gearbest, 64gb version for 305€, no additional taxes/customs fees. Will hopefully reach me in 5-10 days.
Bought mine on vopmart .
No problems whatsoever,no taxes for EU.
muff99 said:
Its on sale at gearbest, 64gb version for 305€, no additional taxes/customs fees. Will hopefully reach me in 5-10 days.
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Good luck dealing with their modified MIUI ROM.
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Ulver said:
Good luck dealing with their modified MIUI ROM.
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That didn't sound too good, there's a difference?
iMaterial said:
That didn't sound too good, there's a difference?
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Yeah, you run the risk of getting a non-offical MIUI build. So basically, you're stuck with that ROM and you're not able to update. Check en.miui.com, there's some tutorials on there on how to get back on official builds.
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It's £277 on Amazon right now.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product...4&creativeASIN=B01IMOU2RG&smid=A167EEIELTDYTC
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Yeah, you run the risk of getting a non-offical MIUI build. So basically, you're stuck with that ROM and you're not able to update. Check en.miui.com, there's some tutorials on there on how to get back on official builds.
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When you have ADB and usb driver installed its not that hard using fastboot.
Like the man said there are several threads at en.miui.com how to.
If you like there are also variants that have multilanguage's at https://xiaomi.eu/community/
For that to work you need to unlock the bootloader if im right...
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Good luck dealing with their modified MIUI ROM.
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My phone arrived today (11 days from china to germany, not bad actually), and it really did contain a strange non-official global MIUI version.
Most tutorials suggest flashing a MIUI dev version in order to unlock the bootloader, but this did not work with this modified MIUI. That got me worried, actually.
However, after spending a few hours with it, I found that booting into EDL mode and using MiFlash with a fastboot-version of the latest official dev MIUI version did work (afaik the only variant that works with a locked bootloader). This probably won't work in the future, I heard that newer roms do not allow the EDL mode any more ... maybe in the future you need to use a special usb cable ("deep flash").
My brand new MI5 is now cleaned off that gearbest crap, and is running an official global dev rom. I am now waiting for my unlock confirmation.
More info on deep flashing and where to ge the official fastboot roms that work with EDL mode :
http://xiaomitips.com/guide/miui-deep-flash-engineering-cable-solution-to-non-edl-device/
http://en.miui.com/a-234.html
muff99 said:
My phone arrived today (11 days from china to germany, not bad actually), and it really did contain a strange non-official global MIUI version.
Most tutorials suggest flashing a MIUI dev version in order to unlock the bootloader, but this did not work with this modified MIUI. That got me worried, actually.
However, after spending a few hours with it, I found that booting into EDL mode and using MiFlash with a fastboot-version of the latest official dev MIUI version did work (afaik the only variant that works with a locked bootloader). This probably won't work in the future, I heard that newer roms do not allow the EDL mode any more ... maybe in the future you need to use a special usb cable ("deep flash").
My brand new MI5 is now cleaned off that gearbest crap, and is running an official global dev rom. I am now waiting for my unlock confirmation.
More info on deep flashing and where to ge the official fastboot roms that work with EDL mode :
http://xiaomitips.com/guide/miui-deep-flash-engineering-cable-solution-to-non-edl-device/
http://en.miui.com/a-234.html
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Nice! Glad you got it working like it should. This is why whenever I buy a Xiaomi device I make sure the place I'm getting it from sends me a sealed untouched phone. It's so much easier to unlock the bootloader and get on a global ROM when you're on an official build.
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Goldway in Aliexpress, Mi5 64GB 281€ with Global ROM, has very good support from the shop in spanish forum.
Ulver said:
Nice! Glad you got it working like it should. This is why whenever I buy a Xiaomi device I make sure the place I'm getting it from sends me a sealed untouched phone. It's so much easier to unlock the bootloader and get on a global ROM when you're on an official build.
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I wrote a not-so-good review on the mi5 on gearbest, stating that I didn't like the modified rom on my shiny new sealed phone.
They came back to me and offered a full refund if I wanted to send it back, or gearbest store credit. I took the credit, since my MI5 is happily running CM 13. I though about sending it back and ordering a MI5S for a moment ... instead I just flashed the new falcon kernel and OCed it to 2.5 GHz myself, the effect is pretty much the same
In general I completely agree with you, gearbest should at least give customers the choice:
Send out modified phones for the lazy western customer with a play store ready to go and clearly state this on the webpage, or keep them untouched as one would expect it to be (what xiaomi is actually going for by locking the bootloader in the first place).
muff99 said:
I wrote a not-so-good review on the mi5 on gearbest, stating that I didn't like the modified rom on my shiny new sealed phone.
They came back to me and offered a full refund if I wanted to send it back, or gearbest store credit. I took the credit, since my MI5 is happily running CM 13. I though about sending it back and ordering a MI5S for a moment ... instead I just flashed the new falcon kernel and OCed it to 2.5 GHz myself, the effect is pretty much the same
In general I completely agree with you, gearbest should at least give customers the choice:
Send out modified phones for the lazy western customer with a play store ready to go and clearly state this on the webpage, or keep them untouched as one would expect it to be (what xiaomi is actually going for by locking the bootloader in the first place).
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I'm surprised they offered you something. I was looking at other places to buy Xiaomi devices when I was looking to buy my Redmi Note 3. Vickmall.com seems pretty decent. They actually have an option to select what ROM you want, which looks pretty cool.
I would have kept the Mi5 too. You do have more options for ROMs and will get better support.
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Xiaomi has an online mall mi.com/en

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