The Official Xiaomi Thread

[voldoverse]

What's the flagship phone atm in the Xiaomi brand? Interested in seeing how their best device performs.

mi6

mi mix 2 (announced tomorrow)

 

[backstreetboy]

My next phone gonna be Xiaomi A1 (Mi 5X) with Stock Android

Probably fake hardware in there. I'll be weary.

EDIT: and it uses proprietary Xiaomi Camera HAL so custom firmware will have terrible camera. No NFC etc.

 

[NeonNinja]

My redmi note 2 reboots almost every day due to it's battery dying on me.

Mine used to until I installed the developer ROM.

 

[Sumen]

I think MIUI 9 beta ROM is available for all Xiaomi Phones because I Received the update on my Redmi 2 Pro and Xiaomi did state the Redmi 2 would be in the last batch of phones to receive it.

 

[NeonNinja]

I think MIUI 9 beta ROM is available for all Xiaomi Phones because I Received the update on my Redmi 2 Pro and Xiaomi did state the Redmi 2 would be in the last batch of phones to receive it.

Just checked now. Says no system updates available. Still on 8.7.5.25.

Edit: Redmi 4A.

 

[AlphaJohn]

Probably fake hardware in there. I'll be weary.

EDIT: and it uses proprietary Xiaomi Camera HAL so custom firmware will have terrible camera. No NFC etc.

The FUD is strong with this one.....

Just checked now. Says no system updates available. Still on 8.7.5.25.

Edit: Redmi 4A.

Guess you not getting it?

 

[NeonNinja]

The FUD is strong with this one.....



Guess you not getting it?

Or maybe could download it and install it that way.

 

[backstreetboy]

The FUD is strong with this one.....

Just experience talking.

 

[shiverz]

I'm jonsin for the Mix 2 badly.

 

[voldoverse]

I'm jonsin for the Mix 2 badly.

im thinking as soon as the pre order become available on gearbest im going to order regardless of price

 

[AlphaJohn]

Just experience talking.

Please enlighten us about this so called fake hardware?

Side Note: Xiaomi A1 = Ford Figo vs Nokia = Mercedec C Class. I have way better things to spend money than dropping R10K on a phone so the Figo (R3K) would do, esp seeing that its the cheapest "Pure" Android you gonna get.

Oh and both phones have proprietary camera HAL's.

 

[PhireSide]

The issue with the Xiaomi camera app being used I believe is to do with the fact that it has two camera elements (Xiaomi A1). Google might still be able to replace the app with their own version down the line

 

[Lupus]

Please enlighten us about this so called fake hardware?

Side Note: Xiaomi A1 = Ford Figo vs Nokia = Mercedec C Class. I have way better things to spend money than dropping R10K on a phone so the Figo (R3K) would do, esp seeing that its the cheapest "Pure" Android you gonna get.

Oh and both phones have proprietary camera HAL's.

He's referring to the fake sensor in the Note 2.

 

[Fox1]

He's referring to the fake sensor in the Note 2.

Fake sensor? How so is it a illegitimate hardware element?

 

[PhireSide]

I believe Xiaomi claimed it to be a Samsung sensor when it was actually a knockoff Chinese brand or something to that effect

 

[Lupus]

I believe Xiaomi claimed it to be a Samsung sensor when it was actually a knockoff Chinese brand or something to that effect

This, they claimed it was a Samsung/Sony or Omnivision sensor, but it turned out to be a clone. Even worse is that on some models it was an 8mp interpolated to 13mp.

 

[PhireSide]

You can check which version camera you have by opening the dialer, typing *#*#6484#*#*, selecting Version Information and checking the Front and Back camera values

My RN4 is ofilm_s5ke8 for the front and ofilm_s5k3l8 for the rear, both which are Samsung chips (allegedly)

 

[Zuner]

So I fiddled and set a data limit, cause I couldn't find the page where it shows data usage per app.

Now there's always a notification about my data usage. By default it's set to "unknown data plan"

But once set I can't figure out how to unset it. It's annoying the crap out of me.

 

[AlphaJohn]

This, they claimed it was a Samsung/Sony or Omnivision sensor, but it turned out to be a clone. Even worse is that on some models it was an 8mp interpolated to 13mp.

If you know China the way I do... 90% of the stuff that come from them are cloned. Even Parts inside name brands can and do get cloned. Stayed/Worked in Guangzhou for 3 years. Our main problem was that we would contract something out and they would make it for 3 to 4 shipments and then swap some components to cheaper ones. Only way to catch this was to test every batch properly, and even then we had some "clones" slip in. So I am very well aware of cloned parts.

What confuse me re his statement is that Xiaomi is very much a a clone product made on the cheap. To expect 100 original parts 24/7 is kinda like not gonna happen. ie: Fake Samsung you will get, a fake fake not so much... get what I am saying

 

[Lupus]

If you know China the way I do... 90% of the stuff that come from them are cloned. Even Parts inside name brands can and do get cloned. Stayed/Worked in Guangzhou for 3 years. Our main problem was that we would contract something out and they would make it for 3 to 4 shipments and then swap some components to cheaper ones. Only way to catch this was to test every batch properly, and even then we had some "clones" slip in. So I am very well aware of cloned parts.

What confuse me re his statement is that Xiaomi is very much a a clone product made on the cheap. To expect 100 original parts 24/7 is kinda like not gonna happen. ie: Fake Samsung you will get, a fake fake not so much... get what I am saying

I had a colleague who sent a part off to China to get copied. They copied it so well even the scratches from the transportation were in the exact same spot.