Chinese Android Phones 2 - Read First Post!

McMurphy · 06-11-2017 09:17PM

Dunno if it's already been covered in this thread folks, but I got the mother in law a little Cubot Rainbow earlier in the year, and its absolutely riddled with malware.

She asked me about it earlier, told me she was besieged with ads, redirects etc etc etc and would I call over some evening and fix it.

From the little research I did this evening, malware infecting these particular handsets seems to be a very common issue, with suggestions the phones are being sold with the malware pre-installed, which then lays dormant for a few months before activating itself.

Anyone else have any experience with this?

I will have a look for a solution for her, but I fear bar I locate a custom, malware free rom somewhere, that this might be a recurring problem for her.

Suckit · 06-11-2017 11:05PM

Rick Shaw wrote: »

Dunno if it's already been covered in this thread folks, but I got the mother in law a little Cubot Rainbow earlier in the year, and its absolutely riddled with malware.

Try this (For Rainbow 2)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/root-twrp-cubot-rainbow-2-t3612133

I think this is for the Cubot Rainbow 1
https://www.needrom.com/download/twrp-cubot-rainbow/#

And remove all the offending software.

Discodog · 07-11-2017 06:30PM

How reliable are Geekbuying ? They are only estimating €4 DHL 2 day delivery from their Spain warehouse.

How would Honourbuy rate in comparison ?

Digital Solitude · 07-11-2017 06:34PM

Discodog wrote: »

How reliable are Geekbuying ? They are only estimating €4 DHL 2 day delivery from their Spain warehouse.

How would Honourbuy rate in comparison ?

Reliable as in they won't screw you over?

Sound in my experiences

Never used honourbuy

Bahanaman · 07-11-2017 06:44PM

Been following this thread for more than a year now and still haven't made the plunge into the Chinese market. Have been humming and hawing over the note 4 for god knows how long. Now wondering about the a1! Such a chicken...

07-11-2017 07:25PM

Bahanaman wrote: »

Been following this thread for more than a year now and still haven't made the plunge into the Chinese market. Have been humming and hawing over the note 4 for god knows how long. Now wondering about the a1! Such a chicken...

Xiaomi have just opened a store in spain so it may be possible to purchase from there

ImARebel · 07-11-2017 08:06PM

I used geekbuying with no issue

Discodog · 07-11-2017 08:12PM

ImARebel wrote: »

I used geekbuying with no issue

It's the quote of €4 for 24/48 DHL that seems very low.

harpstilidie · 07-11-2017 08:50PM

914 wrote: »

Xiaomi have just opened a store in spain so it may be possible to purchase from there

Any news yet on whether they ship to Ireland or UK?

GBX · 07-11-2017 08:53PM

They don't open the Spanish store till tomorrow

http://event.mi.com/es/live2017/changethegame

harpstilidie · 07-11-2017 09:04PM

GBX wrote: »

They don't open the Spanish store till tomorrow

http://event.mi.com/es/live2017/changethegame

According to that link it's the 7th which is today?

fixXxer · 07-11-2017 09:13PM

Discodog wrote:

How would Honourbuy rate in comparison ?

Discodog wrote:

How reliable are Geekbuying ? They are only estimating â‚¬4 DHL 2 day delivery from their Spain warehouse.

Used both for various things without problems.

g0g · 07-11-2017 10:56PM

harpstilidie wrote: »

According to that link it's the 7th which is today?

I watched the live show earlier on. Products go on sale in Spain from 13:00 local time tomorrow, so 12:00 for us. I can't remember the full list, but definitely amazon.es was listed as one of their retailers. Assuming Amazon match the list of products available in store then from memory the initial products will be A1, MiMax 2, MiBand2, that electric scooter and a few other older phones.

Kenny Logins · 07-11-2017 10:56PM

harpstilidie wrote: »

According to that link it's the 7th which is today?

1pm tomorrow.

It says free shipping, but don't know if that's to anywhere in Europe.

corkie · 07-11-2017 10:58PM

【News】Xiaomi makes its debut in Spain, its first entry into Western Europe

Xiaomi is partnering with Ingram Micro and AliExpress to distribute, market and support its highly innovative products in Spain. Other than its own e-commerce site http://www.mi.com/es, for the very first time, AliExpress (http://www.aliexpress.com) will launch official stores where official Xiaomi products will be sold. Xiaomi’s range of products will also be available online and offline in Spain via Amazon, Carrefour, MediaMarkt and Phone House.

No longer be able to say that Xiaomi do not have an official store on aliexpress.

Xiaomi’s range of products will be available in Spain starting 8 November at 1p.m. on all online channels including Xiaomi’s own http://www.mi.com/es, AliExpress and Amazon, as well as the online sites of retailers including Carrefour, MediaMarkt and Phone House. They will be available on 11 November at the two Authorized Mi Stores at La Vaguada and Madrid Xanadú. The rest of the offline channels, namely Carrefour, MediaMarkt and Phone House, will start selling Xiaomi’s products on 22 November.

For more information about the products coming to Spain, visit http://www.mi.com/es.

iba · 07-11-2017 11:16PM

There are a few stores on Ali that say they are the official store.
Hopefully Amazon Spain will ship here for free or reasonable cost. Or we could just all Ryanair over to Madrid. I'm really tempted by the scooter.
Btw I write this on a Mi5S plus bought from Ali. Oh, and I believe the plan is to open 200 stores worldwide. World domination beckon.

07-11-2017 11:30PM

Any chance of them selling the mi 6 or mi 5s via spain???

sydthebeat · 07-11-2017 11:36PM

914 wrote: »

Any chance of them selling the mi 6 or mi 5s via spain???

The mi6 still has that 4g band 20 issue.

07-11-2017 11:43PM

Thats true i presume any devices on sale will meet all 4g requirements such as the miA1.

4g isn't a deal breaker for myself so the mi6 is tempting me, although I'd say purchase a mi 5s if I can find it in black! (Not the prime version as thats almost the same price as the mi6)

ImARebel · 07-11-2017 11:44PM

Discodog wrote: »

It's the quote of €4 for 24/48 DHL that seems very low.

I paid 4.03 I went back and checked my invoice

No issues and was here within a week (from Italy)

Discodog · 08-11-2017 10:02AM

I emailed Xiaomi Spain asking the price & delivery cost for the MiA1 & Note 4. I got the following reply. It was in Spanish - google translate.

First thank you very much for your favorite and attention ng Xiaomi products.
Our sales activities will be published for the first time on our website, http://www.mi.com/es/ , please prevail official information activities.
I hope est appy with my service attitude.
A greeting.

Kenny Logins · 08-11-2017 10:21AM

914 wrote: »

Any chance of them selling the mi 6 or mi 5s via spain???

Did you check the site??

http://www.mi.com/es/index.html

eamonnq · 08-11-2017 10:30AM

Discodog wrote: »

I emailed Xiaomi Spain asking the price & delivery cost for the MiA1 & Note 4. I got the following reply. It was in Spanish - google translate.

First thank you very much for your favorite and attention ng Xiaomi products.
Our sales activities will be published for the first time on our website, http://www.mi.com/es/ , please prevail official information activities.
I hope est appy with my service attitude.
A greeting.

Mi A1 is on the site at 229 (not sure about shipping charges), but even at the 229 it is dearer than buying from HK GOLDWAY on Aliexpress etc.

Discodog · 08-11-2017 10:54AM

eamonnq wrote: »

Mi A1 is on the site at 229 (not sure about shipping charges), but even at the 229 it is dearer than buying from HK GOLDWAY on Aliexpress etc.

Now showing the Note 4 on the site. Personally I would pay a small premium to buy direct.

CantGetNoSleep · 08-11-2017 11:05AM

Discodog wrote: »

Now showing the Note 4 on the site. Personally I would pay a small premium to buy direct.

Warranty-wise my preference would be to buy from Amazon assuming they ship here

eamonnq · 08-11-2017 12:16PM

Discodog wrote: »

Now showing the Note 4 on the site. Personally I would pay a small premium to buy direct.

I probably would too, but if there is a shipping charge on top of their price, it might be more than a SMALL premium !!

Raoul · 08-11-2017 12:45PM

The site on AliExpress doesn't ship to Ireland.

Now lets wait and see does the Xiaomi es site or Amazon.

ImARebel · 08-11-2017 01:14PM

I'm looking at the 4x for my dad - don't know whether to buy using the ES site or not, lol

Anyone took the plunge yet?

Edited to say: I can't get it to take an Irish address

Think I'll jsut go with an EU store like honorbuy

GBX · 08-11-2017 01:17PM

Showing "Free shipping for orders over € 69" - Which is great

Kenny Logins · 08-11-2017 01:22PM

GBX wrote: »

Showing "Free shipping for orders over € 69" - Which is great

Doesn't say where they ship to yet. I tried to checkout but can't enter my address.

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