Chinese Android Phones 2 - Read First Post!

Hayezer · 09-06-2017 02:01PM

How likely is it to get done for customs when ordering from Banggood using the free delivery or the express mail service? Mi5 is 198 euro with them, very tempting compared to the EU warehouse prices.

GBX · 09-06-2017 02:07PM

Hayezer wrote: »

How likely is it to get done for customs when ordering from Banggood using the free delivery or the express mail service? Mi5 is 198 euro with them, very tempting compared to the EU warehouse prices.

It depends on who is at the post depot. There's no guarantee even if its marked at a lesser value or as a remote control on the customs declaration that it wont get stopped.

Berberis · 09-06-2017 03:44PM

Took delivery of my phone at lunch time today. That is super fast delivery I have to say. Just over 36 hours from when I ordered it.
Fun begins later when I get home to look at my friend Google in how to set it up and transfer all my contacts and other stuff from windows phone.&#55357;&#56842;&#55357;&#56842;&#55357;&#56842;&#55357;&#56842;

Berberis · 09-06-2017 04:59PM

Right first problem for a novice. Hopefully someone can help me out or direct to a thread for total novice like me.

Turned on the phone and on top of list of languages is MIUI8 then a load of languages to selct, I selected English (United Kingdom) Then on next page to choose region there is no Ireland or United kKingdom loads of other european countries france germay italy etc and nearly every other country in the world to choose from but no Ireland.

I googled the problem and read some suggestions about choosing Ghana or Morroco as they are same time zone but wouls like advice from boardsies if possible before I selct a country.
Thanks in advance

wiz569 · 09-06-2017 05:15PM

Berberis wrote: »

Right first problem for a novice. Hopefully someone can help me out or direct to a thread for total novice like me.

Turned on the phone and on top of list of languages is MIUI8 then a load of languages to selct, I selected English (United Kingdom) Then on next page to choose region there is no Ireland or United kKingdom loads of other european countries france germay italy etc and nearly every other country in the world to choose from but no Ireland.

I googled the problem and read some suggestions about choosing Ghana or Morroco as they are same time zone but wouls like advice from boardsies if possible before I selct a country.
Thanks in advance

Just pick any other european country it wont make a difference

Berberis · 09-06-2017 05:25PM

Cheers seen this link on how to set up a different Redmi
Would these be good reflection on what to do

jk23 · 09-06-2017 05:27PM

How long does Post take from China on aliexpress usually? Thank you, I am sure this has been asked before but would appreciate a reply. Thank you

corkie · 09-06-2017 05:35PM

jk23 wrote: »

How long does Post take from China on aliexpress usually? Thank you, I am sure this has been asked before but would appreciate a reply. Thank you

It will depend on what you ordered and what shipping method you selected.

Free China Post can take anywhere from 1 month to 3 months. Registered mail will arrive sooner.

jk23 · 09-06-2017 05:38PM

I gave up on an order before and low and behold it arrived nearly 3 months later like you say!! I ordered off ioffer which seemed to be a lot quicker post. Thank you for replying

corkie wrote: »

It will depend on what you ordered and what shipping method you selected.

Free China Post can take anywhere from 1 month to 3 months. Registered mail will arrive sooner.

wiz569 · 09-06-2017 06:02PM

Berberis wrote: »

Cheers seen this link on how to set up a different Redmi
Would these be good reflection on what to do

Yeah would be a fair enough comparison,just dont pick India as your location

And if you want a more "normal" android look then just download the Nova launcher from the play store and enable it.

eoinpower02 · 09-06-2017 06:35PM

914 wrote:

Has anyone found the mi5 in black? I was never a fan of white phones!

Have it in black bought it from geekbuying a while back, great phone camera is amazing for the price

RossieMan · 09-06-2017 06:55PM

wiz569 wrote: »

Yeah would be a fair enough comparison,just dont pick India as your location

And if you want a more "normal" android look then just download the Nova launcher from the play store and enable it.

why?

India always get the updates first, i always pick India.

uck51js9zml2yt · 09-06-2017 07:07PM

Berberis wrote: »

Right first problem for a novice. Hopefully someone can help me out or direct to a thread for total novice like me.

Turned on the phone and on top of list of languages is MIUI8 then a load of languages to selct, I selected English (United Kingdom) Then on next page to choose region there is no Ireland or United kKingdom loads of other european countries france germay italy etc and nearly every other country in the world to choose from but no Ireland.

I googled the problem and read some suggestions about choosing Ghana or Morroco as they are same time zone but wouls like advice from boardsies if possible before I selct a country.
Thanks in advance

I picked Spain and then adjusted my time zone in settings to Dublin, London, Lisbon.

abarkie · 09-06-2017 07:56PM

Steven Numerous Flare wrote: »

My Xiaomi Note 4 arrived from geekbuying Spanish store a week after purchase.
On first use, its relatively smooth and Google play is installed.
The anatutu reading was about 75,000.

In all, it took me less than 20 minutes to get it set up and my apps reinstalled.

its comes with Miui 8.

How did you get it set in 20 minutes?

What did you use?

Digital Solitude · 09-06-2017 08:00PM

So, anyone else get a new job as a shill for Geekbuying?

wiz569 · 09-06-2017 08:04PM

RossieMan wrote: »

why?

India always get the updates first, i always pick India.

I just presumed that by picking India, any localizations or updates would be India specific instead of European variants

GBX · 09-06-2017 08:08PM

Digital Solitude wrote: »

So, anyone else get a new job as a shill for Geekbuying?

Not yet ... What they offer you ??

buzzwell · 09-06-2017 08:38PM

eoinpower02 wrote: »

Have it in black bought it from geekbuying a while back, great phone camera is amazing for the price

I'm also very interested in these, but would have to have a reasonable camera.

What are you comparing it with?
I have an S5 and am very happy with the camera.
(Either I'm easily pleased or things have progressed a lot since that was new!)

Digital Solitude · 09-06-2017 09:58PM

GBX wrote: »

Not yet ... What they offer you ??

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I'm writing to get in touch to see if you are interested in cooperating with us for sponsored posts in forum. Look forward to your reply. Thank you very much"

Offering sweet **** all at the minute.

Don't like my HTC so if they can replace my LeTV, send on a tristar screwdriver and one of those little roombas I'll consider the offer

09-06-2017 10:01PM

buzzwell wrote: »

I'm also very interested in these, but would have to have a reasonable camera.

What are you comparing it with?
I have an S5 and am very happy with the camera.
(Either I'm easily pleased or things have progressed a lot since that was new!)

Which phone are we talking about here?

johnytwentyten · 10-06-2017 12:03AM

Please help, cracking up!
In the last few weeks my headphone sound keeps knocking off if I'm moving about too much .i.e running,

I thought it was dirt inside the jack so tried cleaning that out,

Now it's stuck in headphone mode and I have looked up some of the "fixes" but nothing has worked, any ideas?

My phone isn't unlocked or anything like that

RossieMan · 10-06-2017 12:51AM

Sounds like dirt in the headphone jack alright and you've managed to wedge it in there so it things there's headphones in there. Compressed air perhaps?

GBX · 10-06-2017 01:01AM

Do you have a case that's not letting the jack stay settled in the phone?

johnytwentyten · 10-06-2017 08:52AM

RossieMan wrote: »

Sounds like dirt in the headphone jack alright and you've managed to wedge it in there so it things there's headphones in there. Compressed air perhaps?

Could be the problem but there definitely seems to be a bug around this according to the mi forum, so wondering if a hard reset would work, think the compressed air could be worth trying first though

johnytwentyten · 10-06-2017 08:54AM

GBX wrote: »

Do you have a case that's not letting the jack stay settled in the phone?

Was thinking this myself so I removed the case and it was still the same, it's annoying because I use the phone a lot for podcasts and music

X6.430macman · 10-06-2017 01:14PM

So I'm looking at the Redmi note 4x with the global rom but have just noticed that these only come in 32GB configurations.. I would have preferred a 64GB but have to stick to a standard note 4 for that and I have checked and I don't think it has band 20 which I would like.

Wondering now what to do.. should I chance the note 4 and hope it works or go for the 4x which definitely has 4G, ones I was looking at are below. Any help greatly appreciated.
https://www.honorbuy.com/1078-xiaomi-redmi-note-4x-official-global-rom-32gb-smartphone-gray.html

https://www.honorbuy.com/936-xiaomi-redmi-note-4-64gb-gray.html

Scotty # · 10-06-2017 04:04PM

I bought a Redmi Note 4 for the Mrs last week. Here's the link. 4GB ROM 64GB RAM. International version with Band 20. It's also the octacore version with the Snapdragon 625 at 2GHz. Ordered it Friday and it was delivered Tuesday. €224.47 in total. Though I'd recommend you pick up a case and tempered glass screen on there while your at it (the phone is quite slippy).

The Mrs absolutely loves it. Lightning fast and great battery life.

Only one minor complaint... if you are using your earphones and make a call the audio is perfect. However if you are already on a call when you plug your earphones in, there is a hissing noise. I think it has something to do with some audio correction software that runs on the phone? It's definitely not a hardware issue. If you quickly toggle the call to loud speaker and off again it corrects it.

X6.430macman · 10-06-2017 04:07PM

Scotty # wrote:

4GB ROM 64GB RAM. International version with Band 20. It's also the octacore version with the Snapdragon 625 at 2GHz. Ordered it Friday and it was delivered Tuesday. â‚¬224.47 in total. Though I'd recommend you pick up a case and tempered glass screen on there while your at it (the phone is quite slippy).

Thanks for reply..that helps alot

uck51js9zml2yt · 10-06-2017 04:12PM

abarkie wrote: »

How did you get it set in 20 minutes?

What did you use?

I just logged into my Gmail account and everything I've downloaded was in "my apps". Just had to install them. Contacts are also backed up to Google

Nice little phone. I put nova launcher on last night which improves the experience but miui is fine .

I got the Helios x20 chip instead of Snapdragon. From my reading it's slightly faster.

johnytwentyten · 10-06-2017 08:10PM

johnytwentyten wrote: »

Please help, cracking up!
In the last few weeks my headphone sound keeps knocking off if I'm moving about too much .i.e running,

I thought it was dirt inside the jack so tried cleaning that out,

Now it's stuck in headphone mode and I have looked up some of the "fixes" but nothing has worked, any ideas?

My phone isn't unlocked or anything like that

So did a hard reset on the phone because I'm convinced it's a bug, came back on and the headphone icon was still there, it then went off by itself with no interference from me, this led to the phone not recognising the headphones at all!

I then rebooted the phone and it is now back to the icon being permanently there, so I don't know where to go from here,

If it's any help to any one in a similar situation, I downloaded soundabout from playstore, allows you to pick where you want your audio to come from, such as from earpiece for calls, headphones for media etc, not ideal but better than nothing

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