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Would you recommend getting the Mi 5???

Hiya everyone,
I've been looking to replace my old Nokia Lumia 630 for some time now, for something a little better this time. Recently I discovered the OEM Chinese phone market quite recently and I found the Xiaomi Mi 5, which looks amazing.
From what I've seen it offers flagship-like specs (Snapdragon 820, 3GB RAM and a fairly decent looking camera) for a ridiculously cheap price, which is great but is also worrying too. Does this mean Xiaomi has compromised the build quality of the phone, the software or even the internals to keep the device as cheap as possible?
In the end you get what you pay for, but do you get that little bit better with the Mi 5???
Thanks,
Roberto

RobertoFarrington said:
Hiya everyone,
I've been looking to replace my old Nokia Lumia 630 for some time now, for something a little better this time. Recently I discovered the OEM Chinese phone market quite recently and I found the Xiaomi Mi 5, which looks amazing.
From what I've seen it offers flagship-like specs (Snapdragon 820, 3GB RAM and a fairly decent looking camera) for a ridiculously cheap price, which is great but is also worrying too. Does this mean Xiaomi has compromised the build quality of the phone, the software or even the internals to keep the device as cheap as possible?
In the end you get what you pay for, but do you get that little bit better with the Mi 5???
Thanks,
Roberto
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There are lots of reviews out there. I think the phone is great especially now cm 13 is available

skoobee said:
There are lots of reviews out there. I think the phone is great especially now cm 13 is available
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Reviewers only tend to use the phone for a couple of days to a week unfortunately, so online reviews aren't always the best to look at if you want to know the long term performance of a phone.
Also is CM13 working well? I'd be worried to try it out as it would void the warranty with the seller I'm looking at and since its only recently just been released, it would be bound to have bugs.

I've been using the MI 5 for about a month now and I really like it. I was coming from a Samsung S6 and I think that the MI 5 is every bit as good. The things that I really like about it are the bright screen, one of the most visible outside that I have seen, and the slim body and the light weight. I say go for it, I don't think that you will be disappointed.,

SamStone said:
I've been using the MI 5 for about a month now and I really like it. I was coming from a Samsung S6 and I think that the MI 5 is every bit as good. The things that I really like about it are the bright screen, one of the most visible outside that I have seen, and the slim body and the light weight. I say go for it, I don't think that you will be disappointed.,
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Is there anything worth noting before buying the Mi 5 such as bad connectivity, buggy OS etc??

Mi5 is innocent one but it's packed with crappy global ROM.

kamrul.auntu said:
Mi5 is innocent one but it's packed with crappy global ROM.
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Have you tried any of the other ROMs such as the Chinese ROM, the xiaomi.eu ROM, or even CM13 ? I think the supplier I'm looking at ships the phone with the Chinese ROM, and to avoid voiding any warranty I'd probably have to stick with that.

RobertoFarrington said:
Have you tried any of the other ROMs such as the Chinese ROM, the xiaomi.eu ROM, or even CM13 ? I think the supplier I'm looking at ships the phone with the Chinese ROM, and to avoid voiding any warranty I'd probably have to stick with that.
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I tried every ROM except CM13. I have downloaded but still not flashed. Still not getting interested until it reaches a reasonable stability. But I am seeing good progress with that dev As yesterday also an updated version released.

kamrul.auntu said:
I tried every ROM except CM13. I have downloaded but still not flashed. Still not getting interested until it reaches a reasonable stability. But I am seeing good progress with that dev As yesterday also an updated version released.
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That's cool, but I would also be a bit uneasy on flashing a custom ROM onto the device. Just out of interest whats xiaomi.eu like? I hear a lot of good reviews on it so, if I do get it, I'd ask the reseller if they would flash that ROM.

RobertoFarrington said:
That's cool, but I would also be a bit uneasy on flashing a custom ROM onto the device. Just out of interest whats xiaomi.eu like? I hear a lot of good reviews on it so, if I do get it, I'd ask the reseller if they would flash that ROM.
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I am wondering why you are quite rigid for installing custom ROM. As long as you are outside China, I wonder how will you claim warranty.

RobertoFarrington said:
That's cool, but I would also be a bit uneasy on flashing a custom ROM onto the device. Just out of interest whats xiaomi.eu like? I hear a lot of good reviews on it so, if I do get it, I'd ask the reseller if they would flash that ROM.
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You won't void the guarantee by unlocking the bootloader / flashing custom rom / flashing TWRP or whatever. You can always flash an official MIUI rom with flash_all_lock.bat script and it will lock your phone and return to factory settings. Nobody will be able to see that you modified your device's firmware.

kamrul.auntu said:
I am wondering why you are quite rigid for installing custom ROM. As long as you are outside China, I wonder how will you claim warranty.
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I live in the UK, so Xiaomi's warranty would be completely useless. I meant the 12 month warranty I'd get of the reseller (which would probably be eglobalcentral.co.uk)

proag said:
You won't void the guarantee by unlocking the bootloader / flashing custom rom / flashing TWRP or whatever. You can always flash an official MIUI rom with flash_all_lock.bat script and it will lock your phone and return to factory settings. Nobody will be able to see that you modified your device's firmware.
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I don't really know how to flash a ROM at the moment, never-mind changing scripts inside of the phone. Knowing my luck I will probably break it xD.
But thanks for letting me know anyway

RobertoFarrington said:
Is there anything worth noting before buying the Mi 5 such as bad connectivity, buggy OS etc??
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No, I live behind a hill that doesn't have the best signal and that's the main reason that I bought the phone, I think that the Snapdragon chip has a much better phone radio than Samsung's Exynos chip that we get in Samsung phones in Asia. With the MI 5 my dropped call problem disappeared. Mine has the global ROM on it and I'm very satisfied with it. I didn't care for the keyboard so I changed that but all of my apps work perfectly as well as notification LEDs, etc.

Do your homework, research the phone, read other peoples comments/experience and decide on your own. Don't end up like the losers on this thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-5/how-to/xiaomi-mi5-how-dream-phone-mi5-nightmare-t3365799, They got fished in because of all the hype going around and only to find out that you get what you pay for.
I got the phone because of the cost and I might say its a good phone for the price.

I have run all the roms on my mi5. I too came from a galaxy s6 and I love the mi5. The Chinese Rom works great but obviously there are parts of it in Chinese. I briefly tried the global Rom but had issues with it (can't remember what they were). I am now using cm13 and in my opinion it's currently the best Rom available. Battery life is phenomenal. As for the thread about people having problems with build quality etc, I haven't seen any of that. As with all forums it tends to only be the people with problems that post. As for warranties I think you may have problems claiming no matter who the seller is.
In my opinion you won't regret getting an mi5 and you should put cm13 on it (it's extremely easy to flash roms). Apply for your unlocked boot loader right now (you don't need to have the phone to apply) so you have it if you need it.

flyturbo said:
Do your homework, research the phone, read other peoples comments/experience and decide on your own. Don't end up like the losers on this thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-5/how-to/xiaomi-mi5-how-dream-phone-mi5-nightmare-t3365799, They got fished in because of all the hype going around and only to find out that you get what you pay for.
I got the phone because of the cost and I might say its a good phone for the price.
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I've done a bit of research but everyone has really strong mixed opinions on the phone, its almost as if its a gamble whether you get a good phone or a bad one .
Thanks for letting me know though, has your experience with the phone been good though?

skoobee said:
I have run all the roms on my mi5. I too came from a galaxy s6 and I love the mi5. The Chinese Rom works great but obviously there are parts of it in Chinese. I briefly tried the global Rom but had issues with it (can't remember what they were). I am now using cm13 and in my opinion it's currently the best Rom available. Battery life is phenomenal. As for the thread about people having problems with build quality etc, I haven't seen any of that. As with all forums it tends to only be the people with problems that post. As for warranties I think you may have problems claiming no matter who the seller is.
In my opinion you won't regret getting an mi5 and you should put cm13 on it (it's extremely easy to flash roms). Apply for your unlocked boot loader right now (you don't need to have the phone to apply) so you have it if you need it.
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Thanks for letting me know and would you say its risky to flash a custom ROM such as CM13 onto a phone? Do all functions (or most of the important ones) work atm??

RobertoFarrington said:
Thanks for letting me know and would you say its risky to flash a custom ROM such as CM13 onto a phone? Do all functions (or most of the important ones) work atm??
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There is always a risk when flashing any electronic device whether its a phone or not but the risk is minimal. I have done loads of phones over the years and never had an issue. I havent noticed any functions not working with cm13. There have been some posts about soft home button not working but I never used it anyway (not even sure what it is they are talking about TBH) so as far as my use is concerned everything works perfectly. The battery life on cm13 is better than any of the official roms and everything is very smooth. Remember you need to get the bootloader unlocked by requesting it from xioami (think it took about a week if i remember correctly).

RobertoFarrington said:
I've done a bit of research but everyone has really strong mixed opinions on the phone, its almost as if its a gamble whether you get a good phone or a bad one .
Thanks for letting me know though, has your experience with the phone been good though?
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After two weeks of normal usage, I would say no. I originally got the phone with Global Rom pre-installed and have since then installed China Rom (non dev version) and recently flashed it with the latest stable EU Rom. I also have the latest TWRP recovery and SuperSU.
The main reason why I got this phone is because of the ability of flashing other Roms.
Cheers!:good:

U vs U1

Maybe I'm out of my mind, but I feel like battery is worse on U1 vs U , for no apparent reason, though it's not great on 10 in general. But I didn't have the phone for long before 10 came so I don't remember how much better it was on Pie, though I'm positive it was. I'm thinking of downgrading. Not that I can tell properly anymore because they got rid of it, but I think I'm getting about 4 hours SOT, with proper wipes, no rogue apps, and on wifi with great mobile signal too. So I can only imagine if I was out and about only on mobile. So yeah I want to flash Pie and see if it's better, but I can't shake that U1 has worse battery life than U on 10 and idk why. Used both for several days and it feels that way. Also I should probably have posted this in discussion, sorry.

U1 sucks. U2 is better

carnivalrejectq said:
Maybe I'm out of my mind, but I feel like battery is worse on U1 vs U , for no apparent reason, though it's not great on 10 in general. But I didn't have the phone for long before 10 came so I don't remember how much better it was on Pie, though I'm positive it was. I'm thinking of downgrading. Not that I can tell properly anymore because they got rid of it, but I think I'm getting about 4 hours SOT, with proper wipes, no rogue apps, and on wifi with great mobile signal too. So I can only imagine if I was out and about only on mobile. So yeah I want to flash Pie and see if it's better, but I can't shake that U1 has worse battery life than U on 10 and idk why. Used both for several days and it feels that way. Also I should probably have posted this in discussion, sorry.
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youre not out of your mind. some of these builds seem to have some bugs that are rather hard to track down. Ive been running the U1 on my S9 (i know its a different phone, but the concepts and processes are the exact same). U1 might be using different radios that are constantly searching for signal that wears the battery down faster. Not sure tho.
Player04 said:
U1 sucks. U2 is better
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U2 comes free on iphones!!!

Youdoofus said:
youre not out of your mind. some of these builds seem to have some bugs that are rather hard to track down. Ive been running the U1 on my S9 (i know its a different phone, but the concepts and processes are the exact same). U1 might be using different radios that are constantly searching for signal that wears the battery down faster. Not sure tho.
U2 comes free on iphones!!!
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It's been seeming a little better since the January update. That's interesting what you said about the radios. No idea how I'd figure that out though.

Poor battery life after March update (Snapdragon Note 9)

My battery life was so good before this update. I was getting 8 hrs of SOT on an average. But after March update, battery life dropped to 5-6 hrs. Has anyone faced this issue?

Lucky you, after pie update onwards I barely get 3hrs+ of Screen on time on my Exynos Note 9..
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ankydu said:
Lucky you, after pie update onwards I barely get 3hrs+ of Screen on time on my Exynos Note 9..
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3 hrs wtf? ? Samsung should start using Snapdragon in all the regions.

still on Oreo, didn't want to update after people started reporting big drop in battery life post-Oreo
Is it now better or... I better stay put?
9h on wifi, bunch of apps active
On LTE gets from 85% to 55 at work, in 8h, notifiicationd constantly coming (twitter, viber, gmail, stocktwits, skype)...don't want to risk losing this.
I keep it charged 40-85%, charged it few times to 100%.

nbog said:
still on Oreo, didn't want to update after people started reporting big drop in battery life post-Oreo
Is it now better or... I better stay put?
9h on wifi, bunch of apps active
On LTE gets from 85% to 55 at work, in 8h, notifiicationd constantly coming (twitter, viber, gmail, stocktwits, skype)...don't want to risk losing this.
I keep it charged 40-85%, charged it few times to 100%.
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That's really impressive. Seems like sammy is making our note 9 obselete with new updates.

Exactly.
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A few months ago I tested out my battery life from 100% down to 15% during a typical days use.
It took over 14hrs use and 5hrs screen time to get down to 15%
Its used for work, so everything is turned on (Wifi, 4G data, NFC, GPS, Bluetooth, Sync, AOD) at max full screen res. Hey, got it use it
The phone was bought 2018, and is running the last version of Android 9, (I tried 10 and hated it).
So stick with or go back to 9 if you have the option. :good:

My note 9 gets average 8 hours sot I'm on 9 pie .and wont update to android 10 as it dropped my sot to 4 hours average. So I went back to pie

I don't get people who complain for battery on Android 10. I get 8h SOT for 24h with 0 attempt to save power and just enjoying my phone. Exynos here.

koragg97 said:
I don't get people who complain for battery on Android 10. I get 8h SOT for 24h with 0 attempt to save power and just enjoying my phone. Exynos here.
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Unbelievable, do you have good lock app installed?
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ankydu said:
Unbelievable, do you have good lock app installed?
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Yes but it does not work in Bulgaria. For the actual modules I use FineLock. I need GoodLock installed for some modules to auto-start on boot.

koragg97 said:
Yes but it does not work in Bulgaria. For the actual modules I use FineLock. I need GoodLock installed for some modules to auto-start on boot.
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Would love see some screenshots of the battery usage

Techvir said:
Would love see some screenshots of the battery usage
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Sure will charge to 100 these days and drain to low percentage and will share screens. But I'm on exynos version, not snapdragon.

@ankydu @Techvir Here is my usage today. Unplugged at around 82-83% at midnight and started using it from 8:30 until 20:30 when it hit 30%. So for 50% battery used for 12h (and 8h stand-by at night) I get 4h SOT. See attached screenshot for all details. And this is with the "inferior" Exynos chipset It's amazing for me. If I actually had something to do to achieve 8h SOT I would have charged to 100 and stopped at 1% with the 8h SOT. I just prefer charging between 30 and 80 to not degrade my battery. And I don't really need more than 4h SOT per day (which still was a little stretch xd) so I'm perfectly fine with this info.

koragg97 said:
@ankydu @Techvir Here is my usage today. Unplugged at around 82-83% at midnight and started using it from 8:30 until 20:30 when it hit 30%. So for 50% battery used for 12h (and 8h stand-by at night) I get 4h SOT. See attached screenshot for all details. And this is with the "inferior" Exynos chipset It's amazing for me. If I actually had something to do to achieve 8h SOT I would have charged to 100 and stopped at 1% with the 8h SOT. I just prefer charging between 30 and 80 to not degrade my battery. And I don't really need more than 4h SOT per day (which still was a little stretch xd) so I'm perfectly fine with this info.
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which firmware do you have? thank u very much.

neptunelt said:
which firmware do you have? thank u very much.
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Stock unrooted Android 10 OneUI 2.0 on April Security Patch. Exact version is: N960FXXU5DTC9

koragg97 said:
Stock unrooted Android 10 OneUI 2.0 on April Security Patch. Exact version is: N960FXXU5DTC9
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i can find only Modem/CP version. which is PDA/AP Version? and REGION United Kingdom? BTE or BTU or BTB or EVR?
i want to flash your firmware. Thank you :fingers-crossed:

koragg97 said:
Stock unrooted Android 10 OneUI 2.0 on April Security Patch. Exact version is: N960FXXU5DTC9
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Hmm, mine is still stuck with March Firmware. Could be that the April firmware improved things a bit?
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neptunelt said:
i can find only Modem/CP version. which is PDA/AP Version? and REGION United Kingdom? BTE or BTU or BTB or EVR?
i want to flash your firmware. Thank you :fingers-crossed:
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Don't know what region it's for but that doesn't matter. Get the April firmware from here: https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note9/firmware/#SM-N960F
Or if you want you can always get the latest one from May too. I just prefer waiting for the OTA to hit me rather than flashing it myself.
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ankydu said:
Hmm, mine is still stuck with March Firmware. Could be that the April firmware improved things a bit?
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I bought my phone on 5th March and updated it immediately. Didn't have any problems on the March update as well (like that green tint issue that's being mentioned a lot).

Firmware
koragg97 said:
Don't know what region it's for but that doesn't matter.
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Firmware depend on Region. You can see it in About your phone-> software information-> service provider. Mine is DBT (germany) .
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Question Would you buy?

Hi all,
Just a quick one, thinking of buying the mi 11 but will be just a UK stock one as not really got time for flashing etc, just wondered with battery life and other connectivity issues would you still recommend buying ?
Cheers in advance

Not yet if ur life depends on flashing custom roms

Even tho it appears you can do plenty of tweaks with ADB tool ??
Struggling to find a replacement for my mate 20 pro !! Defo need wireless charging which a lot don't have

not anymore,
i purchased it in march,
it was much more expansive than now, for sure
however there are many things which annoys me on my mi11
--> battery is not good
--> proximity sensor sometimes is crazy
--> receiption of wifi and 4g is not as good as other phones directly next to each other
--> updates does not have any changelog, i mean at least there are updates but no one knows whats changed
--> it's too big somehow
--> curved screen annoys me
sure, might be different for other people, but next time i will not buy on day1 + smaller and no curved device

I'm very happy for my mi 11. I'm on Xiaomi stable EU rom.
Works nice, battery life is ok (120hz screen and resolution obviously eat battery somehow).
Work smooth, is super.
Only one minutes is that night video mode it is not good as it was on official Xiaomi materials for this phone.
Screen is beautiful, worth of buy for it.

qvert said:
not anymore,
i purchased it in march,
it was much more expansive than now, for sure
however there are many things which annoys me on my mi11
--> battery is not good
--> proximity sensor sometimes is crazy
--> receiption of wifi and 4g is not as good as other phones directly next to each other
--> updates does not have any changelog, i mean at least there are updates but no one knows whats changed
--> it's too big somehow
--> curved screen annoys me
sure, might be different for other people, but next time i will not buy on day1 + smaller and no curved device
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How could you buy a phone that looks and feels in a way that you don't like ?
Some things you find out about a phone after using it a while, but there are pictures even on google...you can see how it looks and how big is it.
I have Mi 11 and yes, the battery is ok, but it could be better if the CPU wasn't so power hungry.
The rest of the "issues" that you listed are your fault, or a local issue...not all Mi 11 have those issues.

qvert said:
not anymore,
i purchased it in march,
it was much more expansive than now, for sure
however there are many things which annoys me on my mi11
--> battery is not good
--> proximity sensor sometimes is crazy
--> receiption of wifi and 4g is not as good as other phones directly next to each other
--> updates does not have any changelog, i mean at least there are updates but no one knows whats changed
--> it's too big somehow
--> curved screen annoys me
sure, might be different for other people, but next time i will not buy on day1 + smaller and no curved device
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I've got to be honest, I think the device is amazing in every way, and my phone background is Samsung Note series phones, and to be honest, this is an amazing device.
Battery life is very good, and I have no complaints about anything else if I'm honest.
You mention changelog, but where you go to update the software, it tells you what was included in the last software update ?

Blitzz.666 said:
How could you buy a phone that looks and feels in a way that you don't like ?
Some things you find out about a phone after using it a while, but there are pictures even on google...you can see how it looks and how big is it.
I have Mi 11 and yes, the battery is ok, but it could be better if the CPU wasn't so power hungry.
The rest of the "issues" that you listed are your fault, or a local issue...not all Mi 11 have those issues.
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thats why i said its my issues and not everyones
still it's the worse device (FOR ME, not for everyone) i purchased since years and i buy 1-2 phones every year
and i had a bunch of xiaomis too
my last devices somehow are like
Mi 11
Pixel 5
Oneplus 8 Pro
Poco f2 Pro
Mi 9t Pro
Oneplus 7 Pro
and the mi11 simply disappoints me personally
It would be fine if it would be cheaper or if i would not get a poco f3 which is doing everything the same except a slight worse camera for 1/3 of the money

qvert said:
thats why i said its my issues and not everyones
still it's the worse device (FOR ME, not for everyone) i purchased since years and i buy 1-2 phones every year
and i had a bunch of xiaomis too
my last devices somehow are like
Mi 11
Pixel 5
Oneplus 8 Pro
Poco f2 Pro
Mi 9t Pro
Oneplus 7 Pro
and the mi11 simply disappoints me personally
It would be fine if it would be cheaper or if i would not get a poco f3 which is doing everything the same except a slight worse camera for 1/3 of the money
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This is the first phone you ever had that comes with SD888, so don't compare.

Hey man, ignore the others. The phone is great. I purchased it for only £500 and it's the best phone I've ever purchased. The only downside I see is battery life. With my usage I get around 5 hours on screen time but this is without using the battery saver and with 120hz enabled. If you tweak some settings you can easily get upwards of 6 to 7 hours.

If you know what to expect from MIUI, then it isn't really a big deal. However, if you are used to clean ROMs, then MIUI will slap you.
It comes with a lot of suspicious apps and most of Xiaomi is about colorful effects that do nothing. There are a lot of bugs and overall the focus is 90% on themes and design rather than functionality (e.g. you can't use one handed mode when you got gesture control active).
If I knew back then what I know now after using a Xiaomi for 2 weeks, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Very happy with mine, bought chinese version £500 and flashed Xiaomi stable EU rom which is clean while saving money pretty much up there with S21 ultra for spec while costing less Love the screen at 120hz and set res to FHD as I cant tell the difference I get around 5-6hours SOT and overall build is very good pretty difficult to find something at this price and spec
Also dont mind MIUI actually like it

Looked at Wanda for buying one, but didn't know you could put EU rom on ?
Did some flashing in past but not done anything recently so some questions,
- it easy enough with these ??
- also what's updating like ? do you need to do them yourself once flashed ? you don't get any OTA ?
- do all standard google / banking / gpay stuff work ?

pss53 said:
Looked at Wanda for buying one, but didn't know you could put EU rom on ?
Did some flashing in past but not done anything recently so some questions,
- it easy enough with these ??
- also what's updating like ? do you need to do them yourself once flashed ? you don't get any OTA ?
- do all standard google / banking / gpay stuff work ?
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Hey man, flashing the xiaomi.eu ROM is pretty easy. It is basically a modified version of the China ROM so have all of their cool features. You can check out the guide by visiting their site or checking the thread which should be a couple below this one. Updating is done via twrp flashing as you do not receive OTA updated. Google works fine however you may need to do some tweaking to get your bank app/gpay to work. For example I needed to install an app called adaway to block some DNS so that my bank app would work. Hope this helps.

Cheers and if I bought global version would you need to flash that??
Just I struggle for my own "tech time" now i'm busy with work and a wife ! :-D

pss53 said:
Cheers and if I bought global version would you need to flash that??
Just I struggle for my own "tech time" now i'm busy with work and a wife ! :-D
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No wouldnt need to will work fine

pss53 said:
Hi all,
Just a quick one, thinking of buying the mi 11 but will be just a UK stock one as not really got time for flashing etc, just wondered with battery life and other connectivity issues would you still recommend buying ?
Cheers in advance
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I have UK model (supplied by UK H3G network vendor), with Global MIUI 12.5 (Android 11).
Battery life is stellar
SOT is 8+ hours at 60hz
OS is stable and smooth.
Wireless and reverse wireless charging work perfecty.
Mi 11 5G is basically on par with a Samsung S21 Ultra at half the price (minus the 10x zoom lense).

Before I had Mi 10 which I bricked somehow, idk for sure it's my fault but anyway I've got refund of price which I paid when I bought 10, so natural choice of my was 11, and in comparison to 10 it's way better fingerprints reader, faster which you can feel everywhere, stunning display even when compared to 10, still way better, battery lot better, camera no words the huge difference, in overall my 10 had about 250 apps and was really slow sometimes, getting hot with no reason,.
Now 11 the same amount, almost but mostly all, before bootloader unlock and flashing Xiaomi.eu is working as I expect from mobile, fast, no lags and no overheating.
But it's not like 10 was bad, try to understand me comparing to 10 Xiaomi made a good job and released much better successor. That's it, if my 10 would still work I probably wouldn't buy it.
Previously I had mix 2s and wait two generations to hop into new one, and same before.
In overall it's very good model, and I don't regret that I picked that one instead of Poco F3 or whatever else. I trust flagships are better not only with 10-15% performance, where's more of everything...

Question I want to buy a 5a 5g, smart or not?

Hiya, I been looking for a smaller phone for months now, im on a budget, and my best option for me seems to be the 5a 5g. My concern is that Google won't update it that much longer, i think i read until november 2023. I'm alright with that as long as i can do it myself with custom ROMs. My question is, do these phones have a good history with custom ROM development?
I'm also a bit confused, are all 5a's, 5g? Or is that different phones? If so they also use different roms i assume, I don't know how many 5g's there are, but I don't want a niche phone that not many owns and won't be developed much for, so is the 5g a safe bet to that way? If not any suggestions for another phone?
Pixel 6 aint an option, i just dont like it,7 is too expensive.
I also looked at Xiaomi mi 9se its cheap, small but getting old and i feel like the pixel 5a5g is a much better phone.
Any thoughts and input is very welcome

hectus said:
Hiya, I been looking for a smaller phone for months now, im on a budget, and my best option for me seems to be the 5a 5g. My concern is that Google won't update it that much longer, i think i read until november 2023. I'm alright with that as long as i can do it myself with custom ROMs. My question is, do these phones have a good history with custom ROM development?
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Pixels in general are great development platforms. They're also Treble compliant so even after Google stops pushing system updates, you'll still be able to run a GSI release.
hectus said:
I'm also a bit confused, are all 5a's, 5g?
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Yes. All Pixel 5a have 5G capability.
hectus said:
Pixel 6 aint an option, i just dont like it,7 is too expensive.
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I'm with you there, I didn't upgrade from my Pixel 2 until the Pixel 5 came out. I'm not particularly impressed with the 6 or 7; I want a simple slate device like my 5, not something flashy and fancy.

V0latyle said:
Pixels in general are great development platforms. They're also Treble compliant so even after Google stops pushing system updates, you'll still be able to run a GSI release.
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Thank you for your answer. Sounds like im going to buy me a 5a then.
What is a GSI release? And system updates, does that also involve new android versions like from 13 to 14 and so on?
I looked at some of these phones used, i see a few of them have burn in on the screen, is this a weakness on this phone or does it pretty much go for all phones? any way to lower the risk for my phone getting burn in?
Thanks again

hectus said:
Thank you for your answer. Sounds like im going to buy me a 5a then.
What is a GSI release?
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GSI: Generic System Image. No device (product) specific code, meant to be used with a separate kernel on any device
hectus said:
And system updates, does that also involve new android versions like from 13 to 14 and so on?
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Potentially...See here
hectus said:
I looked at some of these phones used, i see a few of them have burn in on the screen, is this a weakness on this phone or does it pretty much go for all phones? any way to lower the risk for my phone getting burn in?
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All OLED screens are susceptible to burn in. It's one of the drawbacks of OLED. Unfortunately, pretty much all mobile screens are OLED, so burn in will always be a possibility.
Burn in is caused by having a static image on the screen for long periods of time. Keep the screen off while you aren't using it, and don't leave it on something that doesn't move.

Thanks again for you answers.
Im going to be looking for a 5a, either new or used and i hope its a phone i can enjoy for a long time.

did you dismiss the 6a along with the 6? the 6a size isn't that much different than the 5a.
the 6a has a much longer published support life than the 5a, because it moves to google's chipset. it's also selling unlocked direct from google at $299 here in the US, cheaper than my 5a was in the first year.

I picked up a used 5a on eBay for under 200$ USD not a bad phone there really a lot of custom roms that I can find beside the basic asop ones and pixel experience