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eamonnq

pcasso wrote: »

Yep, you are right.
Holding the power button for about ten seconds has booted it up again.
Still think I am out of my league so at this point I think I will take it to a phone repairs shop if anybody can recommend a decent one

A phone repair shop will most likely not sort it out for you. They are fine for dealing with known brands and replacing screens etc. but fixing a bricked chinese phone is probably not something they offer a service.

eamonnq

jacksie66 wrote: »

What are Gearbest like? Was looking at getting the Mi Mix from them.

AVOID AVOID AVOID, they were actually banned from boards.ie for a long time.

CantGetNoSleep

eamonnq wrote: »

AVOID AVOID AVOID, they were actually banned from boards.ie for a long time.

Until boards sold their principles for about 50€ a month. Buy somewhere else

wiz569

pcasso wrote: »

Well I gave it a try and when trying to get the phone into emergency download mode it completely shut down and now is it seems fully bricked.:(:(:(:(
Does anybody know a decent and trustworthy phone repair shop I can bring it to, preferably near the Dublin 3 area.

Try pressing volume up and power together to enter fastboot mode

Missymoohaa

Anybody have any experience of cancelling an order with AliExpress straight after ordering It? If so how long did it take to get your money back? I ordered and cancelled on the 26th Oct, I know it can take days but I'm just concerned and would like to hear if anyone got their money back safely. Thanks it's over €220.

Iseedeadpixels

jacksie66 wrote: »

What are Gearbest like? Was looking at getting the Mi Mix from them.

Ive never had a problem with them but I only use the E.U site to be safe.

fixXxer

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Ive never had a problem with them but I only use the E.U site to be safe.

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLL

Are you going to buy a Mi5s with your thirty pieces of silver??

Iseedeadpixels

fixxxer wrote: »

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLL

Are you going to buy a Mi5s with your thirty pieces of silver??

No I like my Umi Super I got from Antelife.com

ANTELIFE.COM BEST SUPER BUY NOW SPAIN WAREHOUSE

:pac:

RossieMan

BUY FROM WE, I GET PRICE GOOD FOR YOU, SPECIAL DISCOUNT FRIEND

*Gives a $2 dollar voucher

****ing hate Chinese promotions!

Thecageyone

Bang good, sounds like a porn site, but I hear they're reliable?

pcasso

Okay, I got to the stage where I tried to install the new driver onto the phone and at first it wouldn't let me in and then the phone just died.
I reckon it is properly bricked this time as it is isn't responding to any signals or even an attempt to charge.
I am open to any ideas at this stage

RossieMan

There is noob guides for these, its almost impossible to make a mistake.

You don't sound like you have the slightest idea of what you're doing though.

I'd be more than happy to try and sort it out if you want to send it over to Mayo.
Someone closer might help out possibly?

You can't fully brick a phone really, unless you turn it off while its installing.

pcasso

RossieMan wrote: »

There is noob guides for these, its almost impossible to make a mistake.

You don't sound like you have the slightest idea of what you're doing though.

I'd be more than happy to try and sort it out if you want to send it over to Mayo.
Someone closer might help out possibly?

You can't fully brick a phone really, unless you turn it off while its installing.

To be honest I wouldn't be overly techie but my son who is, was helping today.
We got to the stage where were were trying to install the driver and we got a message saying that the current driver was the optimum one, which was not something that happened in the step by step guide.
While he was trying to see was there a work around, the phone vibrated and was no longer visible on the pc.
Since then it is not responding to the on button or to being plugged into a charger. A charging light should normally appear.

RossieMan

What driver? The windows driver for flashing?

This is a fools proof guide, with everything you need here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-3/development/redmi-3-pro-spacex-rom-t3406919

Looks like you need to unlock the bootloader to flash any roms, assuming the place you bought it re-locked the bootloader.

pcasso

RossieMan wrote: »

What driver? The windows driver for flashing?

Yea the Qualcom driver

pcasso

Cheers, I'l give that a go

Missymoohaa

Well got the refund back from AliExpress this morning and ordered the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 pro from Top line (thanks iona) saved over €20 with that link. now for the wait.

CantGetNoSleep

Top One?

wozza

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

Top One?

Seller on Aliexpress ðŸ‘

CantGetNoSleep

Can you send the link to the one you ordered? I'm trying to order it but it won't let me choose the colour (any colour)

Patrick Derrymore

pcasso wrote: »

Cheers, I'l give that a go

Hi was following this post for last few days I have redmi 3s phone as well with some popups probably from vendor rom got it from dx.com apart from them popping up every few days no problems will eventually have a go at loading global rom have seen posts on miui forum group how to do this .
I also email Xiaomi support for redmi 3s how to upgrade and they gave me the below instructions .I do think I will need to use miflash have instructions saved as pdf and can send on to pcasso if need be .I do think though you need to feel comfortable with drivers and loading roms and lots of patience or you will deffo brick the phone heres instructions below I got from Xiaomi I dont know if this will work though on vendor rom .:
Europe E-Mail Support via freshdesk.com
Oct 20


Hi Patrick,

Welcome to Xiaomi Customer Support!

I understand your concern and I'll surely help you in this regards. Please follow below mentioned steps in order to update your MIUI version :-

Sign Out from your Mi Account :-

Go to Settings.
Select Mi Account.
Then confirm to Sign out.

Create a backup : -

Go to Settings.
Select Additional settings.
Select Backup and Reset.
Select Local Backups.
Select Backup.
Select Accounts and contacts & deselect System.
Then select Backup so that a back-up would be created.

(Note :- Please save the back-up file in your system so that your important data would be prevented)

For factory reset:-

Go to Settings.
Go to additional settings.
Backup and reset.
Go to "factory reset".

Update MIUI Version :-

Please visit mentioned link and select your phone http://en.miui.com/download.html.
Then download the Global and stable version of zip file of your phone.
Then create a folder named "downloaded_rom" in your internal storage and paste that file.
Then go to the 'Updater' application in your phone.
Then select "..." option.
Then select "Choose update package" option.
Then select that file which you had pasted and start the update.

After the update, please Reboot your phone. Your problem would be resolved.

Restore the Backup :-
Go to Settings.
Select Additional setting.
Select Backup and Reset.
Select Local Backups.
Select Backup file.
Select Restore in order to complete this process.

Should you have any queries, feel free to write to us. We'll be glad to assist you further.

Thank you for being a valued customer. Have a great day.

Best Regards,
Anant
Xiaomi Customer Support

mcgiggles

I got the Redmi note 4 from geekbuying. No issues at all with them. I opted for free shipping so took a good month to get here, but I knew that and I was in no rush to get it. I love the phone but am still figuring it out, sometimes my whatsapp/ viber/ fb messenger notifications don't show.. anyone have any ideas what settings I need to change to get them showing?

mcgiggles

vkid wrote: »

bit the bullet and bought a redmi note 4.
can anyone suggest a good case for it?

What type of cover are you looking for? I got this one from aliexpress and its spot on
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/For-Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-4-Case-Acrylic-Back-Cover-Aluminum-Metal-Frame-Hard-Phone-Coque-Fundas/32723253805.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.0.it613h

ionapaul

Do people find the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 to be slippery in the hand? I'd hope to just stick with the tempered glass and avoid using a case if possible, but if it's a real trickster in terms of jumping out of your hand all the time I suppose I'd have to go with a case.

ionapaul

mcgiggles wrote: »

What type of cover are you looking for? I got this one from aliexpress and its spot on
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/For-Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-4-Case-Acrylic-Back-Cover-Aluminum-Metal-Frame-Hard-Phone-Coque-Fundas/32723253805.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.0.it613h

I see that that case is made up of two separate parts, a metal bumper and acrylic back - do you know if the bumper would work well (i.e. fasten securely to the phone and do a job at protecting the edges) by itself, if you didn't bother attaching the back bit?

Thecageyone

ionapaul wrote: »

Do people find the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 to be slippery in the hand? I'd hope to just stick with the tempered glass and avoid using a case if possible, but if it's a real trickster in terms of jumping out of your hand all the time I suppose I'd have to go with a case.

Mine has a crappy rubbery clear cover on it for now. It's not as slippery as my old HTC M8 though, that thing just flew out of my hand and smashed one day, I just picked it up!

Missymoohaa

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

Can you send the link to the one you ordered? I'm trying to order it but it won't let me choose the colour (any colour)

Here ye go

http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=61111X1383796&site=boards.ie&xs=1&isjs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aliexpress.com%2Fitem%2FOriginal-Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-4-MTK-Helio-X-20-Deca-Core-3GB-RAM-64GB-ROM-Mobile%2F32720790752.html&xguid=a57a4def915c05eba532cd9dd2c35077&xuuid=0f190703df287bfc328284ee05747a01&xsessid=e8ce2c39c30d40a95951cb3e6d5dab68&xcreo=0&xed=0&sref=http%3A%2F%2Ftouch.boards.ie%2Fthread%2F2057438440%2F420%2F%23post101455866&pref=http%3A%2F%2Ftouch.boards.ie%2Fsearch%2F%3Fuserid%3D579707%26sort%3Dnewest&xtz=0

Missymoohaa

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

Top One?

Yeah that's the one. In my defence it was very early when I wrote that lol. Are you buying?

Missymoohaa

Missymoohaa wrote: »

Here ye go

http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=61111X1383796&site=boards.ie&xs=1&isjs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aliexpress.com%2Fitem%2FOriginal-Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-4-MTK-Helio-X-20-Deca-Core-3GB-RAM-64GB-ROM-Mobile%2F32720790752.html&xguid=a57a4def915c05eba532cd9dd2c35077&xuuid=0f190703df287bfc328284ee05747a01&xsessid=e8ce2c39c30d40a95951cb3e6d5dab68&xcreo=0&xed=0&sref=http%3A%2F%2Ftouch.boards.ie%2Fthread%2F2057438440%2F420%2F%23post101455866&pref=http%3A%2F%2Ftouch.boards.ie%2Fsearch%2F%3Fuserid%3D579707%26sort%3Dnewest&xtz=0

Oh don't forget to select dhl shipping method if you want to avoid customs. €20 is worth it imo.

CantGetNoSleep

Missymoohaa wrote: »

Yeah that's the one. In my defence it was very early when I wrote that lol. Are you buying?

Thanks - I'm going to order something today. 50-50 between this and the Zuk Z2