Using Mi8 till unlocking safely? #paranoidGuy ? - Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers

I just got my Mi8 and know that I've to wait 15 days to get the unlocked bootloader.
Do you guys still use the phone till you get full access?
Maybe it's a bit paranoid but I managed to get a firewall app running (based on a VPN) without root and maaaaan... All these apps calling home. ?
Coming from a rooted note 2, mi5plus etc. to check every package going out/coming in it's a bit strange to use global MIUI the first time without any control ?
Or are there any tricks/hints with which you can get at least a bit of control? Please don't tell me about the preinstalled security app. ? Or maybe in MIUI 10 it has some features which I'm new to. ?
Thx in advance for your replies.

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[Q] Why note 3 is so slow after 4.4.2 update ?

I received AT&T OTA update for 4.4.2 and after that I see that my phone is really slow. anyone else experiencing the same issues ?
Also, if I instal the custom ROM, I will lose all the S-Pen features ? Is there any ROM that offers any S-Pen features ?
iamsuper123 said:
I received AT&T OTA update for 4.4.2 and after that I see that my phone is really slow. anyone else experiencing the same issues ?
Also, if I instal the custom ROM, I will lose all the S-Pen features ? Is there any ROM that offers any S-Pen features ?
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I heard about people having issues after the OTA. Unfortunately if you took the OTA, you cannot root therefore you cannot install a custom ROM which is too bad. I am running Dynamic Kat and Dynamic Kat Xtreme which are extremely fast with minimal if any issues.
theorioles33 said:
I heard about people having issues after the OTA. Unfortunately if you took the OTA, you cannot root therefore you cannot install a custom ROM which is too bad. I am running Dynamic Kat and Dynamic Kat Xtreme which are extremely fast with minimal if any issues.
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Wait..I cannot root my note 3 ? How this is possible ? I thought it is possible to root any phone as long as custom ROM is available (irrespective of stock android) ? I cannot root my phone with roms like cyanogenmod etc ?
iamsuper123 said:
Wait..I cannot root my note 3 ? How this is possible ? I thought it is possible to root any phone as long as custom ROM is available (irrespective of stock android) ? I cannot root my phone with roms like cyanogenmod etc ?
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Not in the case of the Note 3 and the latest KitKat update from AT&T. You needed to be rooted on 4.3 and update to Kitkat via a custom ROM. Right now you and everyone else who took the OTA update are stuck. Sorry man. Read around the forums. You will see the sad truth.
iamsuper123 said:
Wait..I cannot root my note 3 ? How this is possible ? I thought it is possible to root any phone as long as custom ROM is available (irrespective of stock android) ? I cannot root my phone with roms like cyanogenmod etc ?
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Not if you have the At&t Note 3. (Locked Bootloader)
Your out of luck until Kingo comes out with a Root solution or someone else
Still you cant run a custom ROM that needs a kernal.
You can only install TouchWiz roms. FOREVER no exceptions until bootloader is unlocked which will never happen EVER.
Yes S Pen work with our custom ROMs. (TouchWiz) we cant install CM on these phones period.
So here is your situation. You have installed the wonderful Stock 4.4.2 from At&t and are stuck.
I would factory reset it (Stock Recovery) and see if that helps.
Thats it.
LuckyColdJohnson said:
Not if you have the At&t Note 3. (Locked Bootloader)
Your out of luck until Kingo comes out with a Root solution or someone else
Still you cant run a custom ROM that needs a kernal.
You can only install TouchWiz roms. FOREVER no exceptions until bootloader is unlocked which will never happen EVER.
Yes S Pen work with our custom ROMs. (TouchWiz) we cant install CM on these phones period.
So here is your situation. You have installed the wonderful Stock 4.4.2 from At&t and are stuck.
I would factory reset it (Stock Recovery) and see if that helps.
Thats it.
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Oh no..this is really strange and very surprising to me that there is no way to install custom ROM on AT&T note 3 with OTA 4.4.2 update.
So, in the update they have locked the bootloader completely which cannot be unlocked ? Because in normal rooting process, we usually unlock the booatloader first, it can't be done in this case ?
Is this restriction added from AT&T or Samsung ?
iamsuper123 said:
Oh no..this is really strange and very surprising to me that there is no way to install custom ROM on AT&T note 3 with OTA 4.4.2 update.
So, in the update they have locked the bootloader completely which cannot be unlocked ? Because in normal rooting process, we usually unlock the booatloader first, it can't be done in this case ?
Is this restriction added from AT&T or Samsung ?
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When this Phone first came out the bootloader was locked (By At&t)
This new update didn't do that. You just can't root your phone on the OTA 4.4.2 right now.
Once you get it rooted, you can install SafeStrap 3.72 and flash a custom rom.
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LuckyColdJohnson said:
iamsuper123 said:
Oh no..this is really strange and very surprising to me that there is no way to install custom ROM on AT&T note 3 with OTA 4.4.2 update.
So, in the update they have locked the bootloader completely which cannot be unlocked ? Because in normal rooting process, we usually unlock the booatloader first, it can't be done in this case ?
Is this restriction added from AT&T or Samsung ?
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You just can't root your phone on the OTA 4.4.2 right now.
Once you get it rooted, you can install SafeStrap 3.72 and flash a custom rom.
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I am a little confused. if I can't root this phone then what do you mean by once you get it rooted ? if it is not possible then how I will get this phone rooted at first place and install SafeStrap 3.72 ?
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Man oh man. It's okay. I got you.
You can still root this phone. You just have to wait for someone to figure it out like Kingo.
We rooted before the OTA and I froze the update apk.
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I installed a custom KITKAT rom and enjoying my phone a lot. Just have to stay involved in these forms and read read read. You will be fine. Check Kingo android root online to see if the released a new version that will root it for you. Locked bootloader means no custom kernels, there for AOSP, CM and others won't work. Only Touch wiz.
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LuckyColdJohnson said:
Man oh man. It's okay. I got you.
You can still root this phone. You just have to wait for someone to figure it out like Kingo.
We rooted before the OTA and I froze the update apk.
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Oh ok..so Kingo is working on it and still not done ?
Also..what you say..you froze the update apk..what do you mean by that ? when you rooter the note 3 before OTA, you successfully completed that and now you are running custom ROM ?
I froze the system app that updates automatically. So I wouldn't get NB4 or what you have. Using TBU
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Read my friend. You will get it. It's what I did. I don't flame people though. Surprised nobody has flamed in here but you are learning I guess. Please hit thanks on my post if I have helped you. Thanks goes far. Cya. Have a good weekend
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Is there any way to make the performance of note 3 faster and less sluggish (OTHER THAN FACTORY RESET) ?
I have tried doing a factory reset but still note 3 performance is not good even tho this is a great specs phone.
Turn off all of the boatware in the settings menu. That should help some. Also, go into developer options and change the animation scales to .5 or off. That won't really make your phone faster, but it will seem faster. There's a thread in the general section about making your phone super fast.
Face_Plant said:
Turn off all of the boatware in the settings menu. That should help some. Also, go into developer options and change the animation scales to .5 or off. That won't really make your phone faster, but it will seem faster. There's a thread in the general section about making your phone super fast.
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1) What does this animation option does ?
2) How to disable the boatware ? How to disable app as I do not see disable button in app settings for any app ? can you please give me a test example please ?
The changing the animation times will make the animations between switching windows faster or slower. Changing them to .5 will make them faster and off will make them nonexistent so there will be no animations between windows. When the animations are faster/off it will make the phone seem faster. Not sure if my explanation is clear enough, but if you try it you'll see what I mean.
To turn stuff off, go to the settings menu, application manager, and pick an application. For example, let's say you pick HP Print Plugin. Near the top right of the screen you will see a button that says "turn off". Push this and the application will be disabled. Some of them you cannot turn off. Be careful which ones you turn off because it can cause problems if you disable the wrong thing.
Face_Plant said:
The changing the animation times will make the animations between switching windows faster or slower. Changing them to .5 will make them faster and off will make them nonexistent so there will be no animations between windows. When the animations are faster/off it will make the phone seem faster. Not sure if my explanation is clear enough, but if you try it you'll see what I mean.
To turn stuff off, go to the settings menu, application manager, and pick an application. For example, let's say you pick HP Print Plugin. Near the top right of the screen you will see a button that says "turn off". Push this and the application will be disabled. Some of them you cannot turn off. Be careful which ones you turn off because it can cause problems if you disable the wrong thing.
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Thank you, I found the settings.
any update for rooting AT&T note 3 running stock 4.4.2 ? anyone figure it out with any custom rom ?
anyone ??
iamsuper123 said:
anyone ??
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Nope! No root yet.
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440bro said:
Nope! No root yet.
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ok, thanks

[Q&A] [ROM][i9305][03.10.14]>>>4.4.2<<<[KK][STOCK][TW][STABLE][+AROMA] S5 Elite Lite

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Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for [ROM][i9305][03.10.14]>>>4.4.2<<<[KK][STOCK][TW][STABLE][+AROMA] S5 Elite Lite v2.2. If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.
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got installation aborted msg while flasing camera fix kernal with latest philz recovery can any one help me with this? I got that file of 6 mb
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got installation aborted msg while flasing
camera fix kernal with latest philz recovery
can any one help me with this.....I got that
file of 6 mb
Try to change the default laucher:
Go to settings/default applications and change home to Touchwiz home.
After change thats easy mode..my still got easy mode..why??
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Touchwiz home.apk is 0 bytes??
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Yes it must habe about 2.2 mb
Why??
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s5 rom to s3
Hy. Y flashed the rom on my i9305 and y had to reflash and then only I made the camera work flashing boefla.ok. but. Screen mirroring doesn't work apps to sd card the same and neither samsung link wont work. Are you trying to fix these? The rom is good. I have no complaints other that sometimes its eating the battery in5 hours. Thank's
S5 Elite for S3 (i9305) problem.
Greetings,
Today I was charging my S3 (i9305) and turned off the power. I later discovered that my phone was still on even though I had turned it off. I found out that when charging my phone with the power off it rebooted my phone. I don't know if it's a problem with the Rom or phone. Help would be appreciated. (I have attached a picture of what my phone gets stuck on before it reboots). Thanks.
jortu said:
Greetings,
Today I was charging my S3 (i9305) and turned off the power. I later discovered that my phone was still on even though I had turned it off. I found out that when charging my phone with the power off it rebooted my phone. I don't know if it's a problem with the Rom or phone. Help would be appreciated. (I have attached a picture of what my phone gets stuck on before it reboots). Thanks.
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Hi,
Im not sure but maybe this is the old bootloader issue..are you on new or old bootloader? and have you installed agni kernel that comes by default with the rom? cause i thought that the reboot issue only was present in the boeffla kernels for this rom, which i have removed from the rom thread some time ago, because they were not stable.
It is definately not a rom problem, cause im using this rom every day (btw im on new 4.4.4 bootloader) and i didnt had any reboots from the 1st day till this time also not with the 4.3 bootloader, using Agni kernel 4.9 everything works fine, even offline charging works, but from this we already knew that offline charging was working well on new bootloader.
Reboot Fix
MaHo_66 said:
Hi,
Im not sure but maybe this is the old bootloader issue..are you on new or old bootloader? and have you installed agni kernel that comes by default with the rom? cause i thought that the reboot issue only was present in the boeffla kernels for this rom, which i have removed from the rom thread some time ago, because they were not stable.
It is definately not a rom problem, cause im using this rom every day (btw im on new 4.4.4 bootloader) and i didnt had any reboots from the 1st day till this time also not with the 4.3 bootloader, using Agni kernel 4.9 everything works fine, even offline charging works, but from this we already knew that offline charging was working well on new bootloader.
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It must be the Bootloader then, since I have already installed Agni v4.9. Would you be able to send me the link to the right Bootloader for the i9305. Thanks Maho.
Jortu said:
It must be the Bootloader then, since I have already installed Agni v4.9. Would you be able to send me the link to the right Bootloader for the i9305. Thanks Maho.
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Well the case is that the bootloader is not something you can find separately and flash it for example like a flashable zip, the only way to update the bootloader is by flashing 4.3 or 4.4.4 official firmware from sammobile.com or any other site where you can download samsung official firmwares, and it has the KNOX feature included which really sucks, therefore these bootloaders are also called KNOX bootloader. You can check what bootloader you have at the moment by booting into downloadmode and in left upper corner of the downloadmode screen if there is a line saying ´´KNOX WARRANTY VOID´´ means you already have the new knox bootloader and since the new Android 4.4.4 now there is also a line in blue color saying ´´SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLED'' which is the case with me.
If you like to update the bootloader you can do that, in my signature there is a link to ODIN guide, also there is a link in the guide for if you want to learn more about knox bootloader before you do anything, cause when you flash 4.3 or 4.4.4 official firmware the knox bootloader will remain forever with the device, its not something you can delete like an .apk file, the bootloader is part of the device structure.
This knox bootloader seems to cause problems with installing custom roms or applying root etc. (not for everyone though) but im now KNOXED for some time and never had actually any kind of problem installing custom roms or rooting etc. besides that i think that our i9305 is now getting old and 4.4.4 is probably the last official update to come from Samsung, so it doesnt really matter to be knoxed or not knoxed at this time IMHO and most of the people dont care anymore about warranty being void, but if you like to avoid such small issues like device rebooting by itself or any other issue caused by the old bootloader with 4.4.2 or 4.4.4 custom roms, i recommend everyone to update the bootloader if you plan to run 4.4.2 or 4.4.4 custom roms as daily driver.
If you are still not sure about this or you dont understand something, you can always look for more info in the general Q&A thread or just do some research on the internet.
Cheers
Thank you
MaHo_66 said:
Well the case is that the bootloader is not something you can find separately and flash it for example like a flashable zip, the only way to update the bootloader is by flashing 4.3 or 4.4.4 official firmware from sammobile.com or any other site where you can download samsung official firmwares, and it has the KNOX feature included which really sucks, therefore these bootloaders are also called KNOX bootloader. You can check what bootloader you have at the moment by booting into downloadmode and in left upper corner of the downloadmode screen if there is a line saying ´´KNOX WARRANTY VOID´´ means you already have the new knox bootloader and since the new Android 4.4.4 now there is also a line in blue color saying ´´SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLED'' which is the case with me.
If you like to update the bootloader you can do that, in my signature there is a link to ODIN guide, also there is a link in the guide for if you want to learn more about knox bootloader before you do anything, cause when you flash 4.3 or 4.4.4 official firmware the knox bootloader will remain forever with the device, its not something you can delete like an .apk file, the bootloader is part of the device structure.
This knox bootloader seems to cause problems with installing custom roms or applying root etc. (not for everyone though) but im now KNOXED for some time and never had actually any kind of problem installing custom roms or rooting etc. besides that i think that our i9305 is now getting old and 4.4.4 is probably the last official update to come from Samsung, so it doesnt really matter to be knoxed or not knoxed at this time IMHO and most of the people dont care anymore about warranty being void, but if you like to avoid such small issues like device rebooting by itself or any other issue caused by the old bootloader with 4.4.2 or 4.4.4 custom roms, i recommend everyone to update the bootloader if you plan to run 4.4.2 or 4.4.4 custom roms as daily driver.
If you are still not sure about this or you dont understand something, you can always look for more info in the general Q&A thread or just do some research on the internet.
Cheers
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Thanks heaps for the long reply and help Maho. I used Odin to get bootloader 4.4.4 from Sammobile and now my phone stays off while charging. Loving your work and this rom! (Sorry for the late reply).
wow I Need it, thanks you !
Audio Skipping....
Hi Maho_66
I've flashed your rom 2 days ago and everything working fine. you did brilliant work to bring some life to our i9305. keep it up.
i am facing 2 problems. 1st is wifi direct is not working. it searches the other device and that's it. nothing else.
2nd problem is audio skipping while playing music.
Any Solution Please.
kami168 said:
Hi Maho_66
I've flashed your rom 2 days ago and everything working fine. you did brilliant work to bring some life to our i9305. keep it up.
i am facing 2 problems. 1st is wifi direct is not working. it searches the other device and that's it. nothing else.
2nd problem is audio skipping while playing music.
Any Solution Please.
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Hey man sorry for late reply.
I think wifi direct isnt working then, for the audio skipping i think its related to your kernel settings, try other governors for example. I dont have this issue, music playing fine with me.
Air Navigation does not work. Sry bad english
MaHo_66 said:
Hey man sorry for late reply.
I think wifi direct isnt working then, for the audio skipping i think its related to your kernel settings, try other governors for example. I dont have this issue, music playing fine with me.
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Thank you for your reply,,,,, Yes you are right, Audio issue is related with kernel and i've just Flash Agni kernel and everything is fine now.
Hands-free mode is muted! Fix?
Hello!
In hands-free mode is muted, MIC does not work! Some correction?
Tested with two kernels with the same problem:
PSN_AGNi_pureSTOCK-v4.6_Ported-4.4.2__InsecureADB_Fixed-djb77.zip
PSN_AGNi_pureSTOCK-v4.9_Ported-4.4.2_I9305_AROMA.zip
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Thanks !!! Work Perfect!!!!!!!!
Superb Work
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Xiaomi MI3 Won't update

Hello guys,
A few months ago I bought my MI3 and now I want to install MIUI v6.
I've tried anything to get the newest OS for my phone but it just won't work.
When I ask someone what I'd do they say to follow this. thread-11047-1-1(can't post outside link but its on the official miui site)
But the flashing tool doesn't recognise my phone, and when I try to update it through recovery mode the update fails.
Although I think I do now the problem...
When I bought my phone from To2c.com I checked that they'd install the multilanguage ROM, so they did.
I don't know but I read somewhere that it has to do whit that dealers install multilanguage ROMS on it, am I right?
Because when I just want to open the updater app it force closes.
Another problem I have is that my phone sometimes randomly restarts and it sometimes takes longer than 10min.
Are these 2 problems in common and can I fix them?
I hope someone could tell me what to do about it because I'm tired of it.
PS: MIUI v6 would be fine but if it's possible I want to install android l stock, is there a STABLE version?
Install cpu-z, run it, get a screenshot of the results and post them up.
Thanks.
Wow, so much questions in a single question. Keep calm bro.
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How do i root the SM-N9208 DUOS model

Hello this is ny first time buying a non carrier unlocked international phone and Im having trouble figuring out if and which method of root to use on this phone SM-N9208 DUOS
even im thinking of buying this model,but waiting for dev support,there are rumors that dev support for note 5 will be minimal ,i hope some one will dispel my fears n reply,coz i will definitely not buy this without proper dev support
I'm waiting for this as well. I am unable to restore my apps from my old Galaxy Note 4 because I cannot use Titanium Backup on my SM-N9208 until it's rooted.
MissedPiggies said:
I'm waiting for this as well. I am unable to restore my apps from my old Galaxy Note 4 because I cannot use Titanium Backup on my SM-N9208 until it's rooted.
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I have ordered mine seconds ago (even root is not ready yet). Why dont't you use Smart Switch?
Root for N9208 is now available by flashing SpaceX kernel. I just did it myself and everything's working fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/development/dev-pre-root-firmware-twrp-testing-t3183877
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Clarity
Ok to be clear you MUST download from Galaxy Apps and use CROM services app (no it's NOT CDROM service which after playing and burning them for years I always subconsciously entered into the store search and thought the app was deleted since it wasn't returned in my search ... drove me crazy! ) to unlock and root the phone.
Prior to this you need to turn on developer mode and then in developer options turn OEM unlock ON.
Root is available directly from Chainfire below and loaded via Odin. There is no need to mess with custom kernels to root.
https://download.chainfire.eu/838/C...blelte-nobleltezt-smn9208.zip?retrieve_file=1
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AlienSexGod said:
Ok to be clear you MUST download from Galaxy Apps and use CROM services app (no it's NOT CDROM service which after playing and burning them for years I always subconsciously entered into the store search and thought the app was deleted since it wasn't returned in my search ... drove me crazy! ) to unlock and root the phone.
Prior to this you need to turn on developer mode and then in developer options turn OEM unlock ON.
Root is available directly from Chainfire below and loaded via Odin. There is no need to mess with custom kernels to root.
https://download.chainfire.eu/838/C...blelte-nobleltezt-smn9208.zip?retrieve_file=1
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hey sexgod, so you mean to say that flashing the supersu link that you gave will root 9208 & there will be no deep sleep issue using the stock rom & stock kernel?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/general/guide-how-to-root-sm-n9208-t3214659
Root for n9208
pratik_193 said:
hey sexgod, so you mean to say that flashing the supersu link that you gave will root 9208 & there will be no deep sleep issue using the stock rom & stock kernel?
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Yeah mate I tried some of the custom roms here that supposedly support the 9208 ... they don't.... well kinda but unstable, bad battery and simply a nightmare AND slow! ... do an Antutu benchmark on that Indian guys rom you are back in Note 3 land or something!
The root link and technique works and stock rom, great battery and good speed and super stable. More work to do Xposed etc yourself but stable in the end. :silly:
Hello there
NOTE 5 DUOS my device SM N9208 CSC Malaysia
ASIA my device
I want to install ROMs for this device EUROPE ROM ... EUROPE MODEL SM N920CD
I've tried it, but gave error
maybe I could not
or
Which model SM N ???? Need to install
FOR EUROPE
which supports
Which ROM ???
to take a different ROM
Do I need to change the CSC code?
these devices do not support a different ROM?
or this process
Do I need to root?
Do you have the same problem living
briefly
Do you have finished this problem?
what should I do ?
Does anyone have information?
Could you please help me ?
Why does my phone doesn't boot?

Xiaomi mi5 malware

Hello there,
I recently order mi5 from an eu reseller. They said device will have pre installed Google play. However, I watched a review saying that most phones come with Chinese os which contains malware thus it is not safe to use.
My question is, hiw can I find this out and if this is the case what should I do to remove them?
Thank you in advance,
Tom
I wish you will receive your upcoming MI5 with vendor modified ROM and certainly you should be able to flash China stable, development and there are a forbidden Global ROM 7.2.4.0 !
Thank you for your reply.
So, which ROM is the bad one that needs to be changed and how do I find out?
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You can check your rom in the device settings, and if it's not exactly what you expect then you should flash an official one. But really, if there is any malware, that's reason enough to flash another one.
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I'm about to receive my mi5 and i don't know if it's come from xiaomi direct or from a reseller because I'm buying it second hand but the unit is brand new so how do I tell if it will have the malware? And how do I flash and install new global rom?
Coleblair said:
I'm about to receive my mi5 and i don't know if it's come from xiaomi direct or from a reseller because I'm buying it second hand but the unit is brand new so how do I tell if it will have the malware? And how do I flash and install new global rom?
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I can't say that much, but I basically went off the premise that if you can notice the malware then flash another rom and otherwise you're fine. I got mine from gearbest.com and didn't flash a new one until CM13. You might be able to remove the malware with something else but i don't really know
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regnarox said:
I can't say that much, but I basically went off the premise that if you can notice the malware then flash another rom and otherwise you're fine. I got mine from gearbest.com and didn't flash a new one until CM13. You might be able to remove the malware with something else but i don't really know
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Hmm well the guy said he brought it direct drom xiaomi and the phone box is still sealed and everything so I would assume it wouldn't have malware on it.
Should see it in a couple of days so will let you know how it goes
At my side, the version seems to be the same as the global version, compared to one in settings, but there still is one malware app in it, com.android.comp.download.mgrv11, which has Android/Deng2.JQI in it and it's built in (system app). It seems that all that has to be done is to disable it in settings.
I got mine from eGlobal, it came flashed with Google Play Store and also some rather annoying system apps (CM Security and something else) that I couldn't uninstall. Also as it was a hacked firmware, I couldn't do OTA updates. Ended up flashing stable Chinese ROM and unlocking the bootloader then flashing Global ROM. Will be switching over to CM13 once I get time to work out what's needed.
How much do you guys score on antunu?
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