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

stockshares

Invincible wrote: »

4/64GB version available from eglobal.eu in red for €134.63 including shipping insurance presently.

Would this be better value than the redmi note 7

Invincible

stockshares wrote: »

Would this be better value than the redmi note 7

Was looking at the Note 7 & Mi 9 SE but this is hard beat at the pricepoint.

biebiebie

That's excellent value for the Xiaomi Note 5 (posting from mine!)
Afaik the note 7 pro isn't officially being sold outside of India / China?

Invincible

biebiebie wrote: »

That's excellent value for the Xiaomi Note 5 (posting from mine!)
Afaik the note 7 pro isn't officially being sold outside of India / China?

Yes, according to article on Android Authority, we won't be getting the Pro version.
Did you get a good case for Note 5?
Saw a 360 case mentioned earlier in this thread from aliexpress.

biebiebie

Invincible wrote: »

Yes, according to article on Android Authority, we won't be getting the Pro version.
Did you get a good case for Note 5?
Saw a 360 case mentioned earlier in this thread from aliexpress.

I bought my cases from GearBest. Cheap as chips yet still great quality. You'll find the 360 case there too.

I'm using a slim carbon fibre one currently which is my favourite. Barely even notice it, but somewhat less protection. I've had my phone just over a year now so I find I get less overprotective with my phones as they get older

Andy From Sligo

I'd quite like one of these vertical flip cases this time for my Redmi Note 5 Pro .... but of course I want to go further and have it with a 'window' on the front so I can see any messages through the window



- but I cannot find one with a window in vertical flip case .. I can find plenty in the side flip case variety with a window...

b.gud

I've switch my rom to Pixel experience and I'd like to get Google camera working. Does anyone have a link to a good howto on this? I've been looking but haven't found a good one yet

corkie

b.gud wrote: »

I've switch my rom to Pixel experience and I'd like to get Google camera working. Does anyone have a link to a good howto on this? I've been looking but haven't found a good one yet

Getting a working GCam Mod for your rom and Android version, will require testing a few of them and seeing which has the most features (or your required) working.

See this post, almost a year old now, but links should have been updated.

ActingDanClark

Posted here and in several other forums seeking advice on loss of audio in calls and video without success. Formatted phone to no avail and it was only the expectation that I'd never see it again that stopped me returning it to eglobal.
Anyhoo, discovered the solution by accident- turn off Bluetooth!!
Hope this helps someone!

Discodog

Any problems with using an sd card ? Asking for a friend.

ryaner777

Great price in Argos at the minute - €120 64/4GB version

https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8674012/Trail/searchtext%3EXIAOMI.htm

Invincible

ryaner777 wrote: »

Great price in Argos at the minute - €120 64/4GB version

https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8674012/Trail/searchtext%3EXIAOMI.htm

€113.53
Didn't last long.

Kamili

doesn't seem to be much stock of it.

Andy From Sligo

my redmi note 5 (global) updated by itself today to miui 10.3.1.0 -

changelog:

updated android security patch to apr 2019

fix ending calls took longer time than expected

status bar shortcut & floating notification for calls appeared at the same time

Lockscreen status bar notification shade
you can restrict opening notification shade on the lockscreen now

Fix: LED didn't blink when battery was low

Fix: Low battery warning did not appear in landcscape mode

Fix: Notification shade went black on the lockscreen when new notifications were received

Homescreen
Fix: Notification badges were displayed incorrectly on the whatsapp icon

Settings
Fix: Sync page couldn't be refreshed whenever sync was turned on or off in the notification shade

Recents

Optimisation: App names were truncated when text size was set to large

Mi Cloud
Optimisation: We redesigned Mi clouds start page it looks much better now

biebiebie

Can you confirm please.
Is that Android 9 Pie?

(I'm on MiUi.eu Pie Beta. Think I'll change back to stable)

Andy From Sligo

biebiebie wrote: »

Can you confirm please.
Is that Android 9 Pie?

(I'm on MiUi.eu Pie Beta. Think I'll change back to stable)

no, phone is still on Android 8.1.0 - the update just updates XIAOMI MIUI software to 10.3 stable

biebiebie

Ok cheers Andy.
The Pie stable update is due soon.

Andy From Sligo

biebiebie wrote: »

Ok cheers Andy.
The Pie stable update is due soon.

oh good - thanks for the info...

biebiebie

Redmi Note 5 Starts Receiving MIUI 10.3.1 Stable Update with Android 9 Pie (China ROM)

Available already on MIUI.eu

I'm going to remove Beta Pie and install stable pie tonight.
Full wipe here we come; fingers crossed!

biebiebie

Running latest stable pie android 9 now.
All good so far.
Google camera working great still.

Too early to assess battery life yet (and I can be a heavy user anyhow!)

Andy From Sligo

biebiebie wrote: »

Running latest stable pie android 9 now.
All good so far.
Google camera working great still.

Too early to assess battery life yet (and I can be a heavy user anyhow!)

so thats just China version ROM is it? - there doesnt seem to be any android 9 Pie OTA at the moment

biebiebie

Correct its the China ROM which usually gets released first.
But the fact that it's the stable release means that the global OTA isn't too far off.

I'm on my first full charge.
1 day 5 hours and battery is at 37%
3 hours 35 mins screen on time.
With the battery saver switched on.
That's unusual for me as I'm usually running down the battery playing PUBG!

south

Mine got updated to pie today.

Andy From Sligo

Got a message on mine couple of days ago about update to pie OTA but I havent downloaded it or installed it yet. Will do this weekend tho

Andy From Sligo

Updated to 9 pie now on mine. Cannot see any difference . can see though when you plug it in USB to charge it has a weird graphic now on screen and much preferred the graphic when it was on 8 where it said 'fast charging' and said how long to charge.

wilser

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Updated to 9 pie now on mine. Cannot see any difference . can see though when you plug it in USB to charge it has a weird graphic now on screen and much preferred the graphic when it was on 8 where it said 'fast charging' and said how long to charge.

That was the only difference I noticed as well

biebiebie

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Updated to 9 pie now on mine. Cannot see any difference . can see though when you plug it in USB to charge it has a weird graphic now on screen and much preferred the graphic when it was on 8 where it said 'fast charging' and said how long to charge.

Tap on the new charging animation. That should bring up the old charging screen with the fast charge wording etc. Tap on that and you get the battery stats.
Hth.

Andy From Sligo

biebiebie wrote: »

Tap on the new charging animation. That should bring up the old charging screen with the fast charge wording etc. Tap on that and you get the battery stats.
Hth.

ah right , thanks for that. i shall try that tonight when I put it on charge.

Anyone else noticed anything else significant ? - I cant see anything.
Maybe its because it runs on the MIUI system and is not stock 9 PIE ?

0lddog

Now €120 at Argos Irl for 4/64 version.

Still great value

https://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&searchTerms=redmi+note+5&authToken=

long_b

Has anyone played Fortnite on this? Looking at it for the young fella who's a fanatic