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Hi, How can I tell if a Mi8 advertised as Global is genuine Global? Any trustworthy sellers to recommend?
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Gary.M said:
Hi, How can I tell if a Mi8 advertised as Global is genuine Global? Any trustworthy sellers to recommend?
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Box is in english with a red sticker and precinted

rodfrang said:
Box is in english with a red sticker and precinted
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Yep can confirm the box must contain a red (Global Version marking)

i noticed my box is in chinese. but i had a global rom. so this is not a genuine global device ?
what is the downside of this ?

Bauke_Plugge said:
i noticed my box is in chinese. but i had a global rom. so this is not a genuine global device ?
what is the downside of this ?
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You most likey have a genuine device, but it's a Chinese handset with the global rom on it.
Only downside is you will NOT be able to relock the bootloader. It must stay unlocked. This might mean your Google pay won't work. Some apps will also not install cause of this (but you work around this by installing apk direct instead of through Google store). For most people, you won't even notice. You can still update through OTA without issues and will continue to get updates.

I bought mine in Hong Kong from an established high street retail chain, being sold to locals for use in HK (which is an international market, and so would use Google). English language box, no red stickers, Global rom. And Google pay works fine, so I assume it is a Global model. There is a model number on the box: M1803E1A but they seem to use that for both global and China versions. As far as I can tell it’s not possible to see from the box alone whether the version you have is Global or a Chinese version flashed with a Global rom. I think you’re very reliant on the retailer having sourced it properly and not grey importing it from China.

Chaina version always runs Global Rom with ulocked bootloader. if you run Global Rom on your Mi8, and your bootloader is locked, then you probably have a real Global version of Mi8.

i have a chinese handset with global rom and unlocket bootloader.just came a miui 10 update can i do it without any problems??

Mi 9 in Netherland

Is there anyone that buy the mi 9 in Belsimpel store? Is it the mi 9 global version? Can I trust in this store?

Why not just buy it from trusted Coolblue?

Its the global version. I bought 2 allready, 1 for me and the purple for my gf. Both global.

Xiaomi has an official list of trusted sellers on their website. Coolblue and Bol.com are among these trusted companies

iLaurens said:
Why not just buy it from trusted Coolblue?
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The 128 Gb version is sold out...

duvee said:
Its the global version. I bought 2 allready, 1 for me and the purple for my gf. Both global.
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Thanks! I think that i will buy there!

ri4dh said:
Xiaomi has an official list of trusted sellers on their website. Coolblue and Bol.com are among these trusted companies
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The 128 Gb version is sold out at Coolblue. And bol. com doesnt has the 128 Gb version. Thanks!

I have my Mi 9 Blue 128 from Belsimpel. It's the EEA Global one.

Jordytjes said:
I have my Mi 9 Blue 128 from Belsimpel. It's the EEA Global one.
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Thanks! Whats EEA?

So it does not come with the xiaomi.eu ROM since it's the global ?
I bought mine here : -> https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Xiaomi-Mi-9-6Go-128Go-Dual-Sim-Debloque-Bleu/323752216372
Or is it in stock the .eu ROM ?

I bought mine on belsimpel. Blue 128gb and it's a global PFA version.
Delivered next day in Belgium.

winny74 said:
I bought mine on belsimpel. Blue 128gb and it's a global PFA version.
Delivered next day in Belgium.
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Whats PFA?

ManuBBXX said:
So it does not come with the xiaomi.eu ROM since it's the global ?
I bought mine here : -> https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Xiaomi-Mi-9-6Go-128Go-Dual-Sim-Debloque-Bleu/323752216372
Or is it in stock the .eu ROM ?
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Xiaomi.eu is a community rom, no phone (at least not from official retailers) ships with this. It needs an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery.
If you buy your phone at any official retailer in europe you should get the EEA version, if you get one that's gray imported to europe you might get a global one.
In the netherlands Belsimpel is a very well known and reputable retailer, one google search could have answered this question btw.

CrazyBeaver2377 said:
Xiaomi.eu is a community rom, no phone (at least not from official retailers) ships with this. It needs an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery.
If you buy your phone at any official retailer in europe you should get the EEA version, if you get one that's gray imported to europe you might get a global one.
In the netherlands Belsimpel is a very well known and reputable retailer, one google search could have answered this question btw.
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Belsimpel is known to sell imported devices. I wouldn't buy a Samsung device for example there. But as Belsimpel has a official Xiaomi partnership, and Xiaomi doesnt have the ''premium'' warranty services like Apple and Samsung have, I bought my Mi 9 there.
I saw yesterday in the Belsimpel store in Tilburg they also have it on display, really cool.

Jordytjes said:
Belsimpel is known to sell imported devices. I wouldn't buy a Samsung device for example there. But as Belsimpel has a official Xiaomi partnership, and Xiaomi doesnt have the ''premium'' warranty services like Apple and Samsung have, I bought my Mi 9 there.
I saw yesterday in the Belsimpel store in Tilburg they also have it on display, really cool.
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My s9+ from them was perfectly fine and they are even one of the resellers who is in the samsung cashback programs, so I don't know why you wouldn't buy a samsung phone from them?

CrazyBeaver2377 said:
My s9+ from them was perfectly fine and they are even one of the resellers who is in the samsung cashback programs, so I don't know why you wouldn't buy a samsung phone from them?
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Currently, they aren't selling any imported Samsungs, but they really use to do that to be the cheapest. My friend has a S9 from there and that one is a imported device.

CrazyBeaver2377 said:
Xiaomi.eu is a community rom, no phone (at least not from official retailers) ships with this. It needs an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery.
If you buy your phone at any official retailer in europe you should get the EEA version, if you get one that's gray imported to europe you might get a global one.
In the netherlands Belsimpel is a very well known and reputable retailer, one google search could have answered this question btw.
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Thanks !
So unlocking bootloader and installing twrp for flashing the xiaomi.eu ROM is worth it ?
I read that unlocking bootloader takes ages, is it ?

Bought the Lavendel version from Belsimpel this week, ordered at 22:30 and got the package delivered the next morning around 10; great stuff. Global version, need to wait the 360h for unlock unfortunately. Perhaps it depends on already having a Mi account or not, or EEA vs Global ? I'm planning on trying both the xiaomi.eu and Resurrection Remix ROMs and flash with the XiaomiTool v2 tool instead of the more tedious manual procedure, thusfar that tool works flawlessly.

SKiLLa XP said:
Bought the Lavendel version from Belsimpel this week, ordered at 22:30 and got the package delivered the next morning around 10; great stuff. Global version, need to wait the 360h for unlock unfortunately. Perhaps it depends on already having a Mi account or not, or EEA vs Global ? I'm planning on trying both the xiaomi.eu and Resurrection Remix ROMs and flash with the XiaomiTool v2 tool instead of the more tedious manual procedure, thusfar that tool works flawlessly.
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ResurrectionRemix exists for mi9 ?

ManuBBXX said:
ResurrectionRemix exists for mi9 ?
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Yes, using the GSI build, including support for the in-screen fingerprint reader when using phhusson's base ROM

verifying your xiaomi mi 9

recently, i bought my mi 9 pre-owned. the former owner says that he bought this mi 9 in china (so it has the china rom in it with alot of bloatwares). so as the title says it, i want to verify whether the mi 9 i bought is original or fake.
i did this by getting my imei by dialing *#06# then putting it in xiaomi's verify website https://www.mi.com/global/verify/#/en/tab/imei
it then gave me this result
"Thank you for choosing Xiaomi!
However, the device you purchased is not an official global version and user experience may be affected. Next time, please purchase the official global version of the device through officially authorized channels."
i have attached a picture of this.
i just want to know if my phone is legit or not because it gives mix signals
since xiaomi recognizes the imei but gives a message saying that please purchase through officially authorized channels.
thank you.

I got this :
So I think yours might not be But I'm not familiar with this tool.
What does the Product Authentification (second Tab) give you ?

Chrisgia said:
I got this :
So I think yours might not be But I'm not familiar with this tool.
What does the Product Authentification (second Tab) give you ?
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i do not know , because i do not know where is the security number
did you buy your phone international version? or is it china version?

darkalimdor said:
i do not know , because i do not know where is the security number
did you buy your phone international version? or is it china version?
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The global version (International)

Chrisgia said:
The global version (International)
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maybe because mine is the china version, that is why it is not recognized.
i hope there are more people that try this

You may have the Chinese version so if you try it with a verification that is for the global version you will probably get this error. Have a look at the url and you will see ..../global/... in it.

gerhard_wa said:
You may have the Chinese version so if you try it with a verification that is for the global version you will probably get this error. Have a look at the url and you will see ..../global/... in it.
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yes, i see that, but i do not see a chinese or china version of this imei verifier site. so i want to see if other people also see this message

Hi,
I test my phone, bought in a official xiaomi store in Shanghai, when I was there in April and it gave the same answer that yours:
小米9 全网通版 8GB内存 全息幻彩蓝 128GB
Thank you for choosing Xiaomi!
However, the device you purchased is not an official global version and user experience may be affected. Next time, please purchase the official global version of the device through officially authorized channels.
I think it check that your IP isn´t in China (I´m in Brazil) and then give this alert.
SDS

mangaba said:
Hi,
I test my phone, bought in a official xiaomi store in Shanghai, when I was there in April and it gave the same answer that yours:
小米9 全网通版 8GB内存 全息幻彩蓝 128GB
Thank you for choosing Xiaomi!
However, the device you purchased is not an official global version and user experience may be affected. Next time, please purchase the official global version of the device through officially authorized channels.
I think it check that your IP isn´t in China (I´m in Brazil) and then give this alert.
SDS
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To me it seems as if the answer is right. You do not have the global version and since you are tring to verify a GLOBAL version of the Mi9 and you have the Chinese version this is the aswer you are bound to get.

realme x2 pro cn version have b28(700)?

So in some website say it have in the cn version and some it say no have . So who have the cn version can tell me it is have it the b28(700) pls?
This website it say have :https://www.frequencycheck.com/mode...-dual-sim-td-lte-cn-128gb-rmx1931#frequencies
And in kimovil it say not have in cn version

It does not have B28 according to officially website specs. Only the global ver has B28.

But why frecuancycheck it say have?

Here it say it too
http://phonedb.net/index.php?m=devi...n_dual_sim_td-lte_cn_256gb_rmx1931__bbk_r1931

karloz iee said:
Here it say it too
http://phonedb.net/index.php?m=devi...n_dual_sim_td-lte_cn_256gb_rmx1931__bbk_r1931
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I would trust offical more than a database that can be edited by anyone or some random guy. Even the specs on gsmarena isn't always up-to-date. Probably just made by some intern copy and pasting, especially for an niche phone.

Question Flashing Global Rom On Chinese Phone

Hey, I really need a new phone and im waiting for the Global but it seems like it wont release anytime soon and if yes, Its ridiculous prices like 1400$ while the chinese u can literally get it for 950$.
I was wondering if I order the Chinese rom and flash a global rom will i get OTA updates?

based on previous experience with zte and huawei i would be inclined to say yes. however, it may be too soon to tell with xiaomi

fwiw i got mine from giztop and it will be here by the weekend 5/7 and i plan on immediately flashing. so i'll def keep you posted on it

speedstream said:
fwiw i got mine from giztop and it will be here by the weekend 5/7 and i plan on immediately flashing. so i'll def keep you posted on it
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thank you!!

speedstream said:
fwiw i got mine from giztop and it will be here by the weekend 5/7 and i plan on immediately flashing. so i'll def keep you posted on it
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Too bad Giztop doesnt have EU priority line :/

I'm on the global 12.0.1 on a Chinese Mi 11 Ultra all good. But no updates so far

RX1337 said:
Too bad Giztop doesnt have EU priority line :/
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I've got my Mi11 Ultra from them in 15 days, from China to Ireland: http://track.4px.com/#/result/0/LD037919370BE Not sure what you mean by priority line…?

YoSoyCarlosG said:
I'm on the global 12.0.1 on a Chinese Mi 11 Ultra all good. But no updates so far
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Hello bro
Can you please tell the instruction to transfer to Global rom, because all the procedures i found are to transfer to xiaomi.eu rom only.
I will be very gratefull if you tell indetail instruction, bootloader already unlocked.
And tell if i need to update the china rom to the latest version or not, i want to avoid fastboot loop, also attach the rom links if possible )
Thanx

Ahmed Momtaz said:
Hello bro
Can you please tell the instruction to transfer to Global rom, because all the procedures i found are to transfer to xiaomi.eu rom only.
I will be very gratefull if you tell indetail instruction, bootloader already unlocked.
And tell if i need to update the china rom to the latest version or not, i want to avoid fastboot loop, also attach the rom links if possible )
Thanx
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Just download the fastboot version of global ROM, unzip all the way until you get to scripts and folders. Now you can use flash with format command prompt script using your pc.

RX1337 said:
Too bad Giztop doesnt have EU priority line :/
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Waiting for my mi 11 pro from giztop as well in Poland, they claim no tax will be charged
http://track.4px.com/#/result/0/LL691877406LU

Sathelp said:
Just download the fastboot version of global ROM, unzip all the way until you get to scripts and folders. Now you can use flash with format command prompt script using your pc.
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Should i update to the latest china miui first before doing this ( to 12.5 ) ?
Or i should flash over the out of box version ? I think 12.0.3
What did u do in your case ?