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corkie

ActingDanClark wrote: »

Bought a redmi note 5 ( my third Xiaomi)and am having trouble on tesco. Inserted card yesterday , calls no data. Today I thought I'd both but then several people couldn't get through to me so I rang tescomobile C's and got a very helpful assistant who suggested a fresh APN, did this , rebooted and everything seemed fine. Now I've no data. She did say that it appears that TM don't support this model. Any suggestions or alternatively can a fellow owner suggest a network that works?

Welcome to the WHYRED world.

Three Network, works fine on the device, which is strange since TM uses that network as well. (I think), probably still on the old O2 network owned by Three.

Did you try getting a new sim?

Join the rest of us users here.

Maybe someone in that thread may have the device working with TM.

corkie

@ActingDanClark

What MIUI version is on the device?

Settings - About Phone. (Report the full string, any chance of a Vendor rom?)

Have you tried updating the rom on the device?

Where did you buy the phone from?

ActingDanClark

corkie wrote: »

@ActingDanClark

What MIUI version is on the device?

Settings - About Phone. (Report the full string, any chance of a Vendor rom?)

Have you tried updating the rom on the device

Where did you buy the phone from?

Bought from eglobal central arrived sealed, MIUI is 9.5 global

ActingDanClark

corkie wrote: »

Welcome to the WHYRED world.

Three Network, works fine on the device, which is strange since TM uses that network as well. (I think), probably still on the old O2 network owned by Three.

Did you try getting a new sim?

Join the rest of us users here.

Maybe someone in that thread may have the device working with TM.

Yeah Got a new SIM in April cos mine was several years old, ta

ActingDanClark

ActingDanClark wrote: »

Yeah Got a new SIM in April cos mine was several years old, ta

Joined that, gracias

ActingDanClark

corkie wrote: »

@ActingDanClark

What MIUI version is on the device?

Settings - About Phone. (Report the full string, any chance of a Vendor rom?)


Reseller:- yes it came with Google play preinstalled but doesn't have CAN or CL in the miui version. Thank

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

Looking for something no more than 250, with nfc

vodafone network.

ED E

Umidigi S2. Man that camera is trash.

accap1f8

Lost my third xiaomi phone recently, being the Note 4.
Looking to get another one with a wide band range as I'll be in New Zealand and Canada within the next year.
The Mi Mix 2 seems to cover global bands.
It's quite costly at €320 from Hong Kong goldway before shipping.

Any other suggestions?

g0g

Have had the RedMi 3S Pro Prime (think that's the correct term) but would like an upgrade.
Ideally max around 200ish.
Not mad on 6" screen but could do if needed
Want Band 20, Min 3GB memory but ideally 4GB, NFC
Like the idea of Android One and think Id prefer move away from Miui back to plain Android is possible.
Have looked on Kimovil and seems like my only options are Nokia 6 2018 (maybe not the highest spec) and Nokia 7 Plus (pretty big but better specs)
I thought Xiaomi were due another Android One phone after the A1(?) but guessing might not have NFC?
Any recommendations much appreciated!

jayo26

Hey guys waiting on a delivery(not a phone) via DHL and will have to pay import tax on it I'd say but just wondering when will they notify me of what has to be paid? Will they call me before hand or something? I just seen on the tracking that it's been cleared by customs.

jayo26

Just got a text from DHL that answers that question. does 104 euro vat seem like high import tax on something that I paid 350 euro for?

Iseedeadpixels

jayo26 wrote: »

Just got a text from DHL that answers that question. does 104 euro vat seem like high import tax on something that I paid 350 euro for?

Was 350 the phones price on its own or with delivery?

jayo26

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Was 350 the phones price on its own or with delivery?

Its an android upgrade screen for bmw but yeah it cost me 350 for The screen and delivery was free.

Iseedeadpixels

jayo26 wrote: »

Its an android upgrade screen for bmw but yeah it cost me 350 for The screen and delivery was free.

I'm guessing 80ish for VAT the rest made up of admin and handling fee's.

jayo26

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

I'm guessing 80ish for VAT the rest made up of admin and handling fee's.

No 104 for vat and 14 for advanced payment which I guess is handling fees and 4 for customs.

It don't really bother me as the cheapest to buy in Ireland is 650 so still saving a lot but was just a little more then expected so was wondering if they made mistake.

allthedoyles

The Vat rate is 23 and the duty rate is 6.5 . DHL charge about 12.50.
So it looks about right.

RossieMan

No seems right. You'll have customs of 12% as it's over 150 and you'll have VAT of 23% on top of that. They'll add the delivery cost onto the value of the item so probably more like 365 total value.

jayo26

Cheers guys I paid it online anyway so just waiting on delivery.

The seller offered to put it down as a gift when he was shipping if I had asked him to do that would I of still been caught for tax ECT?

GBX

jayo26 wrote: »

Cheers guys I paid it online anyway so just waiting on delivery.

The seller offered to put it down as a gift when he was shipping if I had asked him to do that would I of still been caught for tax ECT?

It was something in the past that you might have gotten away with, but they customs etc know all the tricks in the book at this stage. So its not really a guaranteed way anymore.

jayo26

GBX wrote: »

It was something in the past that you might have gotten away with, but they customs etc know all the tricks in the book at this stage. So its not really a guaranteed way anymore.

Cheers mate. Hope it all works ok now haha.

Suckit

allthedoyles wrote: »

The Vat rate is 23 and the duty rate is 6.5 . DHL charge about 12.50.
So it looks about right.

It seems a little more than should be, to me, but I am assuming that it should have zero rate duty.
https://customsdutyfree.com/ireland-customs-and-import-duty-tax-calculation-method/
https://customsdutyfree.com/customs-or-import-duty-for-mobile-phones-to-ireland/
https://www.revenue.ie/en/importing-vehicles-duty-free-allowances/buying-of-goods-online-for-personal-use/buying-goods-from-outside-the-eu.aspx

https://www.calculatevat.net/index.php

Vat is €80.50 + DHL handling €15 = €95.50

RossieMan

It's over the 150 limit for duty though? So it's charged at 13% from my understanding?

Suckit

Here is another calculator, handy for Vat + Duty.

https://customsdutyfree.com/duty-calculator/

idnkph

So i bought a redmi 5 plus 2 week ago from joybuy. I have the tracking number and the lady tracking taken was despatched to overseas on the 30th june but nothing since.
Is it normal for to hear nothing in that time frame.
Cheers for any reply

idnkph

So i bought a redmi 5 plus 2 week ago from joybuy. I have the tracking number and the lady tracking taken was despatched to overseas on the 30th june but nothing since.
Is it normal for to hear nothing in that time frame.
Cheers for any reply

GBX

Yes. It's not unusual for a package to get delayed and show no signs of movement whilst in transit. Unless you paid for expedited shipping, you will probably have to wait a bit longer.

fixXxer

idnkph wrote: »

So i bought a redmi 5 plus 2 week ago from joybuy. I have the tracking number and the lady tracking taken was despatched to overseas on the 30th june but nothing since.
Is it normal for to hear nothing in that time frame.
Cheers for any reply

As I was told during a recent dispute with a Chinese seller

"The website says it can take 12-45 days, but it is not unusual for it to take 75 days or more."

Suckit

For anyone looking at the OnePlus 6

OnePlus 6 https://www.joybuy.com/600316558.html

6GB/64GB €392.92 using code JSHKJHKJSKD
Black 8GB/128GB €454.18 using code WB232VGVD
White 8GB/128GB €454.18 using code WEBWFEEW
Grey 8GB/128GB €454.18 using code WKEKWFKEW

coldfire1x

^^ I guess if you get hit with custom it will negate all the saving.