Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 (/pro) [WHYRED][China/Global] ***(Please read first post)***

imonboard

Is this the correct screen ? It seems to be xiaomi brand
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/IPS-LCD-Display-For-Redmi-NOTE-5-Pro-CPU-Snapdragon-636-touch-screen-Digitizer-Assembly-5/32868681225.html?spm=2114.search0604.3.2.3f3f7bd0lHn9PS&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_4_10065_10068_319_317_10696_10084_453_454_10083_10618_10304_10307_10820_10821_538_537_10302_536_10059_10884_10887_100031_321_322_10103,searchweb201603_51,ppcSwitch_0&algo_expid=db0bee81-6c1b-4609-8771-9bf81566c4cd-0&algo_pvid=db0bee81-6c1b-4609-8771-9bf81566c4cd


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/For-Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-5-Pro-LCD-Display-Touch-Screen-100-Test-Good-Digitizer-Assembly-Replacement/32963198143.html?spm=2114.search0604.3.22.3f3f7bd0lHn9PS&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_4_10065_10068_319_317_10696_10084_453_454_10083_10618_10304_10307_10820_10821_538_537_10302_536_10059_10884_10887_100031_321_322_10103,searchweb201603_51,ppcSwitch_0&algo_expid=db0bee81-6c1b-4609-8771-9bf81566c4cd-3&algo_pvid=db0bee81-6c1b-4609-8771-9bf81566c4cd




another brand
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-5-Pro-LCD-Display-Touch-Screen-Test-Good-Digitizer-Assembly-Replacement-For-Xiaomi/32853293636.html?spm=2114.search0604.3.2.2ac73ddfwLiB4x&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_4_10065_10068_319_317_10696_10084_453_454_10083_10618_10304_10307_10820_10821_538_537_10302_536_10059_10884_10887_100031_321_322_10103,searchweb201603_51,ppcSwitch_0&algo_expid=e6885695-863e-4e24-8536-d112a862cf23-0&algo_pvid=e6885695-863e-4e24-8536-d112a862cf23

RasTa

Dirtdrifter wrote: »

The note 6 Pro is £140 on Amazon

Worth it for the Amazon warranty

For some reason that takes 1-2months to ship. How come it's the same price on Amazon as gearbest?

Who is a good site to use these days. Got my last one from banggood but customs got it

corkie

@imonboard Yes, but get the version with frame for easier replacement.

Dirtdrifter

RasTa wrote: »

For some reason that takes 1-2months to ship. How come it's the same price on Amazon as gearbest?

Buy it and see what delivery date you get ,you can always cancel after

The have good deals on xiaomis at times ,only a bit dearer than the Chinese,big advantage is the after sales with Amazon

The Chinese sellers are mostly( but not all ) hassle with warranty issues

Grassey

On the off chance someone can help...

Anyone have issues with roaming in EU? I'm on virgin media (had no issues on previous phone with same sim) and landed into Poland yesterday. Got the welcome to EU roaming text(s). Calls and texts work, shows roaming symbol & I'm connected to 3g but I've no data connection. Missus has same issue. Now her mum has a local aim and has had no issues roaming at all.

I'd a mate went to UK a few weeks back and also had this problem he wasn't able to resolve. (all 4 of us have redmi not 5 for context)

Is there something bleeding obvious I'm missing in settings here?

I've enabled roaming, I've checked the STK is automatic (also manually set it to international too to see if it helped). Manually entered virgin apn (doesn't save) but resetting defaults to network I'm connected to now. If I delete this apn, then the virgin EU partner BEL Telestra populates.

*#*#4635#*#* shows that data network type is HSPA but data service is constantly stuck on connecting.

Being driven demented here trying to work out is it a note 5 setting/issue or virgin.

Any thoughts?

ImARebel

Maybe a virgin issue? I've roamed loads with my RN5, Spain Portugal UK.

No issue it bleeps when you land picks up the carrier and on you go

I've roamed with both Vodafone and Eir both on this phone. No issue whatsoever

Grassey

ImARebel wrote:

Maybe a virgin issue? I've roamed loads with my RN5, Spain Portugal UK.

I'm thinking that, but then again same sims no issue on previous phones. Annoying all the same.

ImARebel

Grassey wrote: »

I'm thinking that, but then again same sims no issue on previous phones. Annoying all the same.

Very annoying! Could be a combination of both?!

Muahahaha

Have a Xiaomi Redmi 6 Helio P22 Octa core 5.45 inch on the way in the post. Had to buy something quick as I broke the screen on a 1+ for the third time and wasnt replacing it. Im not a heavy user so hope this phone does the trick. Is there any thread about info on the Redmi 6 and is this different to the Redmi Note 6? Xiaomi have so many models and names that are similar you'd be confused.

Also when youve a broken screen is there anyway to rig up a mouse so I can delete some stuff before selling it for spares or repair

Damo W

Hi Guys,

Just got a Redmi Note 5 (Global rom) but couldn't d/l Netflix to it from the play store, it did not appear there.

Went to Netflix site and d/l the .apk from there , but now get message saying 'device does not support app'...when I try and open it.

Any advice?

Thanks

corkie

Muahahaha wrote: »

Have a Xiaomi Redmi 6 Helio P22 Octa core 5.45 inch on the way in the post. Had to buy something quick as I broke the screen on a 1+ for the third time and wasnt replacing it. Im not a heavy user so hope this phone does the trick. Is there any thread about info on the Redmi 6 and is this different to the Redmi Note 6? Xiaomi have so many models and names that are similar you'd be confused.

Also when youve a broken screen is there anyway to rig up a mouse so I can delete some stuff before selling it for spares or repair

Redmi 6 is cheap crap mediatek, entry level device.

Where the note series are mid-level budget devices and you really can't compare the two. Check the rest of the xiaomi wiki linked.

If you have an OTG Cable, you could possibly connect a mouse.

Damo W wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Just got a Redmi Note 5 (Global rom) but couldn't d/l Netflix to it from the play store, it did not appear there.

Went to Netflix site and d/l the .apk from there , but now get message saying 'device does not support app'...when I try and open it.

Any advice?

Thanks

Don't use netflix, but you may need to download an older version of the apk, just don't expect to play full HD Content as the device doesn't have windvine support.
https://netflix.apk.cafe/xiaomi/redmi-note-5-pro-sd636-india

Grassey

ImARebel wrote:

Very annoying! Could be a combination of both?!

Resloved... Turns out that when it registered on network it set apn to Internet.ch.upcnet when it should just be internet

Stupid virgin media!

Andy From Sligo

If you have a RMN5 and a bit miffed that the stock camera app only has WB and ISO in its manual settings - but crave for Manual focus and shutter speed why not give Bacon Camera a go:

https://tinyurl.com/y8g2pjp2

I know for sure the manual focus works .. I havent tried the shutter speed part yet .. but its there. - The manual focus part works really well for the times you are taking a photo and the camera doesnt know what it should be focusing on or gets confused when taking a photo with high reflection.

Why not give it a go.

Damo W

corkie wrote: »

Don't use netflix, but you may need to download an older version of the apk, just don't expect to play full HD Content as the device doesn't have windvine support.
https://netflix.apk.cafe/xiaomi/redmi-note-5-pro-sd636-india

Super thank you, will try this.

Andy From Sligo

for such a device with a high end Dual rear camera am really surprised they didnt make the RN5 phone camera2.api compatible

corkie

@Andy From Sligo It is capable of level 3 support, you just need to manually enable it or use magisk module.

Obviously need a bootloader unlocked device to do so.

Andy From Sligo

corkie wrote: »

@Andy From Sligo It is capable of level 3 support, you just need to manually enable it or use magisk module.

Obviously need a bootloader unlocked device to do so.

ah right - very interesting that. i shall have to look into it further, do a bit of read up on it cheers

Basq

Hey gang,

Got a Note 5 for my OH for Christmas from Three..

.. and it really is a fantastic phone.

Looking to upgrade my OnePlus One, so is the Three offer still the best value? Am in no rush to order online if there's value to be had there.

corkie

Basq wrote: »

Hey gang,

Got a Note 5 for my OH for Christmas from Three..

.. and it really is a fantastic phone.

Looking to upgrade my OnePlus One, so is the Three offer still the best value? Am in no rush to order online if there's value to be had there.

If i remember correctly it was on offer for €139 before xmas, at €199 for the 3/32gb is a bit pricey, when possible to get 4/64gb online for similar price?

Basq

corkie wrote: »

If i remember correctly it was on offer for €139 before xmas, at €199 for the 3/32gb is a bit pricey, when possible to get 4/64gb online for similar price?

It's still that price AFAIK, though not sure for how much longer..

https://www.three.ie/online/voice/prepay/xiaomi-redmi-note-5/?src=p

EDIT: I am going to London at start of February and will be staying a 20 minute walk from the Xiaomi Store which has just opened there, so is the UK RRP any better than this?

corkie

Basq wrote: »

It's still that price AFAIK, though not sure for how much longer..

https://www.three.ie/online/voice/prepay/xiaomi-redmi-note-5/?src=p

EDIT: I am going to London at start of February and will be staying a 20 minute walk from the Xiaomi Store which has just opened there, so is the UK RRP any better than this?

https://buy.mi.com/uk/buy/product/redmi-note-5

4/64gb £229 ~ €252 still cheaper from online resellers, but lack of warranty etc.



Redmi Note 6 Pro
£ 249 (4GB+64GB )
https://buy.mi.com/uk/buy/product/redmi-note-6-pro

Basq

Thanks corkie.

Probably will just just do 3/32GB so maybe Three's deal is best. Will drop in-store over next few days and hope it's still available.

popsy09

Basq wrote: »

Thanks corkie.

Probably will just just do 3/32GB so maybe Three's deal is best. Will drop in-store over next few days and hope it's still available.

https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/mobiles-and-tablets/mobile-phones/#/product/26920

Where I got mine was delivered in a day

ImARebel

popsy09 wrote: »

https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/mobiles-and-tablets/mobile-phones/#/product/26920

Where I got mine was delivered in a day

I wasn't so lucky and mine still isn't delivered. . And their customer service is shocking, they couldn't give a fcuk that they sat on the order and didn't send it

popsy09

ImARebel wrote: »

I wasn't so lucky and mine still isn't delivered. . And their customer service is shocking, they couldn't give a fcuk that they sat on the order and didn't send it

Ya I suppose there is always a few bad stories not sure was I just lucky but no complaints from me anyway

Raoul

Basq wrote: »

Thanks corkie.

Probably will just just do 3/32GB so maybe Three's deal is best. Will drop in-store over next few days and hope it's still available.

Let me know how you get on!

Edit - Is it worth upgrading from the Note 4 to the Note 5?

Andy From Sligo

i'd like to know more about how these dual cameras work - my understanding and from what I have read up on, one of the cameras on the rear is 12megapixels and the other one on the rear is 5megapixels and that the extra 5megapixel one comes into play for depth of field photos. - so would I be right in saying there wouldnt be a scenario of the 2 lenses combining to give a 17megapixel in total photo?

I done an experiment with my wife's samsung Galaxy S6 and my Redmi Note 5 - both pictures shot had a 'fuzzy/blurred' background and the person in front in focus - so why have 2 cameras on the rear of the phone when an S6 with just one camera lens can still do DOF and blur the background with just one camera or am I missing something here?

corkie

[Makan] Technology Behind Dual Camera; Explained!

The camera pixels don't get combined, you still will only have the resolution of the main camera.

Andy From Sligo

corkie wrote: »

[Makan] Technology Behind Dual Camera; Explained!

The camera pixels don't get combined, you still will only have the resolution of the main camera.

thank you for the link, still trying to get my head around it.

Have you are anyone else got any tips to get ALL subjects in focus near and far - I can understand that the 2 len's gives a DSLR type DOF to mobile phones but there are times you may not want DOF (blurred background) in your photos and want the subject in front in focus and the background to be in focus in some photos but on this redmi Note 5 (and other mobiles with 2 lenses) it seems to be on par with making the subject in front in focus and the background blurred - what about if you dont want some photos in that way, say if you want front and rear in focus how can you even do that on the redmi note 5 ? - is there a manual setting somewhere where you can turn off the DOF 5mp lens and just use the 12mp on its own to have the whole photo in focus?

Esel

Increase the distance between camera and subject i.e. focus set to infinity?

corkie

@Andy From Sligo Not using MIUI. Look at the settings of your camera app, and choose not to select portrait mode or maybe use manual settings, if available in the app.

Alternatively use another camera app, (i.e. Open Camera) that doesn't utilize dual cameras.

Did you work out how to enable camera2 api and if enabled look to installing a Gcam Mod.

Search back the thread for working mods and links, have not update my camera apps in months, so don't know what is the latest working mods

Andy From Sligo

Have another little niggle of this phone but it could also be the android operating system itself as well, but I have an app that silences the phone to a period I set it to , so say if I want to silence the phone from all sounds from 11pm at night to 8am in the morning well what it is doing at 8am in the morning is doing this loud noise / notification like a drip sound (it's not an unlock from the lockscreen sound) it's most probably to announce that it is coming out of silent mode and into full volume mode, but I cannot for the life of me disable that sound , cannot find any setting in the app nor in the phone settings itself. I suppose I could root the phone then go into the media folder of the root folder and delete the drip sound (could be ogg or aac or something) but I don't really want to root the phone at the moment, I may at a later date ,but any other way to stop sound when coming out of mute/dnd mode it makes without rooting?
Thanks.

LorelaiG

Three still doing the 139.99 deal but you have to buy a minimum of 10 euro credit too so really it's 149.99.

Basq

LorelaiG wrote: »

Three still doing the 139.99 deal but you have to buy a minimum of 10 euro credit too so really it's 149.99.

Was 20 euro topup when I purchased before Christmas..

LorelaiG

Basq wrote: »

Was 20 euro topup when I purchased before Christmas..

Weird, I bought one mid December for my daughter and it was 10 euro then too, bought another today, for me, and still only 10.

Andy From Sligo

I had to get a 10eur Tesco sim card (with no top up)
Then the phone from three for 139eur
and 10eur top-up from Three

Muahahaha

Muahahaha wrote: »

Have a Xiaomi Redmi 6 Helio P22 Octa core 5.45 inch on the way in the post.

Got this phone in the post and trying to set it up, signed into my gmail and connected wifi but cant complete the process as I keep getting "The Google Assistant isnt available on this account". The help articles go on about G-Suite admin but Ive never had one of these accounts. It wont let me get any further, I
cant see the phones home screen or do anything unless I complete this process. Ive rebooted and it gives me the same crap. Any ideas?

beauf

Do you get badge notifications which I think are in Oreo on this phone. Like on an iPhone. Always missed these on Android

Andy From Sligo

beauf wrote: »

Do you get badge notifications which I think are in Oreo on this phone. Like on an iPhone. Always missed these on Android

i have changed the miui launcher on my redmi note 5 to U launcher Lite from the play store and it works well on the phone and has the badge notification feature :

Andy From Sligo

I have just downloaded the update of the RN5 Note today, thats the 3rd update in the short time I have had the phone. You got to hand it to Xiaomi that they are pretty on the ball when it comes to releasing updates for this phone.

here's the fixes in this update:

Basq

Mine arrived today after ordering on Sunday on Three's website.. picked up Lycamobile sim free and unlike Three store, no additional credit required. Total cost was €139.99 for 3/32GB model with a 64GB MicroSD en-route from Amazon for £8. Not too shabby at all!

Andy From Sligo

Basq wrote: »

Mine arrived today after ordering on Sunday on Three's website.. picked up Lycamobile sim free and unlike Three store, no additional credit required. Total cost was €139.99 for 3/32GB model with a 64GB MicroSD en-route from Amazon for £8. Not too shabby at all!

thats good, good way of doing it.

- I am pleased with the stock camera app on this phone , but when you playing around with the phone give Open Camera and Bacon Camera a go from the play store - combined with the good hardware you can get great results.

and i like MySMS as the standard SMS client instead of the stock app (can sync your sms with a mysms chrome extension as well to view/send SMS from your laptop) and I like true phone dialler and contacts from the play store rather than the built in dialer app.

then front and back flash from the play store can turn the front flash of the redmi note 5 into a notification flash for missed calls and messages which is quite nifty

Andy From Sligo

Here's a few little extra hidden things: (try at your own risk you should be ok if you don't change any parameters)

Go into 'about phone' in the settings.

Click on 'android version' a few times you will get the cookie

Click on the 'miui version' a few times you will get developer mode enable

Click on 'cpu' 3 times you will get "report a bug"

Click on 'internal storage' a few times and you will go into phone info/testing

Click on 'kernel version' 3 times and you will get into hardware testing

crasy dash

Hope somebody can help me having a problem with my phone was away in the UK for a few days phone worked fine over there.

Problem I have now is when I came home this evening I can't ring anyone as it still thinks I'm in the UK and adds +44 to any number in the phone using simpler dialer on the phone.
Have tried powering it off rebooting it set it to airplane mode nothing seems to work.

Anyone able to help me out would be great
Thanks lads

corkie

crasy dash wrote: »

Hope somebody can help me having a problem with my phone was away in the UK for a few days phone worked fine over there.

Problem I have now is when I came home this evening I can't ring anyone as it still thinks I'm in the UK and adds +44 to any number in the phone using simpler dialer on the phone.
Have tried powering it off rebooting it set it to airplane mode nothing seems to work.

Anyone able to help me out would be great
Thanks lads

At a guess try turning off roaming and check your APN settings for your network. They may have been replaced with the English network you where roaming on.





Redmi Note 5, Mi 6X, Redmi S2 & Redmi 6 Pro are getting Pie (Internal Beta)
^^^ Chinese thread, use google translate to read it.

morgana

For anyone suddenly getting notifications from a system app called "Game" after the last update. It can't be uninstalled through the Installed Apps option in settings as it is Xiaomi bloatware.
However, it is quite easily removable using abd and the USB drivers - took all of 5 minutes. This does not need root nor does it root your device.

This guide is very helpful.

https://en.miui.com/thread-4792259-1-1.html

If, like mine, when you connect the Note 5 to the PC and it doesn't offer you file transfer mode you need to enable it as follows:

Go to Settings > Additional Settings > Developer Mode > USB Debugging. Enable that.

If you have no Developer Settings, go to
Settings > ABout Phone. Tap the MIUI version 7 or 8 times.
It should then congratulate you that you are now a Develolper xD

corkie

[XDA][ROM][Pie][OFFICIAL]Resurrection Remix v7.0.0 [whyred]

Version Information
Status: Testing

Created 2019-01-17
Last Updated 2019-01-17

All I need is for this to become more stable and xposed for Pie to be announced/made available.

Basq

^ Nice.. used to run RR on my old OnePlusOne.

Andy From Sligo

has anyone tried the lineage OS on their Redmi Note 5 yet?

LineageOS 15.1

https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-5-pro/development/18-jul-lineageos-15-1-t3817814

b.gud

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

has anyone tried the lineage OS on their Redmi Note 5 yet?

LineageOS 15.1

https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-5-pro/development/18-jul-lineageos-15-1-t3817814

Yep I've been using it pretty much since I got it and it's been flawless