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[Q] an American trying to use google apps on a chinese Xiaomi Redmi Note 4g

hello!
I recently bought a Redmi Note 4g and I'm trying to set it up so it's actually useful to me. I've tried downloading the apk for google play app store, doesn't work. I think it might be because I'm using a Chinese ROM, but I have so far failed to replace my current ROM with a Global version, and I'm not sure why.
model number HM NOTE 1LTE
Android Version 4.4.4 KTU84P
MIUI version 6.4.1.0 (KHICNCB) Stable
is the global ROM sufficient? if so, how do I install it? I have attempted this, but I'm not very knowledgeable, and have so far failed to understand the directions provided.
do I need a custom ROM?
all I really need is the ability to use google apps, I think. please help!

mdfzhi said:
1- flash custom recovery ie cwm, twrp etc.
2- boot into the custom recovery and flash gapps.
3- profit.
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thank you for your timely response, however, "I'm not very knowledgeable, and have so far failed to understand the directions provided." I only sort of vaguely understand your instructions, and I'm not sure how to proceed from here. can you be more specific? thanks again

blue_banshee said:
hello!
I recently bought a Redmi Note 4g and I'm trying to set it up so it's actually useful to me. I've tried downloading the apk for google play app store, doesn't work. I think it might be because I'm using a Chinese ROM, but I have so far failed to replace my current ROM with a Global version, and I'm not sure why.
model number HM NOTE 1LTE
Android Version 4.4.4 KTU84P
MIUI version 6.4.1.0 (KHICNCB) Stable
is the global ROM sufficient? if so, how do I install it? I have attempted this, but I'm not very knowledgeable, and have so far failed to understand the directions provided.
do I need a custom ROM?
all I really need is the ability to use google apps, I think. please help!
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The Playstore app requires google services framwork installed as a system app, for that you need root access and/or a custom recovery
see [dior] CWM Philz Touch for RedMi Note 4G
[dior] [UNOFFICIAL] CyanogenMod 11 for Redmi Note 4G LTE
This thread will be moved to Redmi Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

tried the attached in the post

blue_banshee said:
hello!
I recently bought a Redmi Note 4g and I'm trying to set it up so it's actually useful to me. I've tried downloading the apk for google play app store, doesn't work. I think it might be because I'm using a Chinese ROM, but I have so far failed to replace my current ROM with a Global version, and I'm not sure why.
model number HM NOTE 1LTE
Android Version 4.4.4 KTU84P
MIUI version 6.4.1.0 (KHICNCB) Stable
is the global ROM sufficient? if so, how do I install it? I have attempted this, but I'm not very knowledgeable, and have so far failed to understand the directions provided.
do I need a custom ROM?
all I really need is the ability to use google apps, I think. please help!
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I think you are using chinese version, you need to update version by installing global version.
you can download the ROm , en miui forum
, save file in the root of memory internal, boot into recovery and choose update

Provided you have developer edition ROM (which comes pre-rooted) I had the same issue. Just search the Web for "Google installer for Xiaomi and you'll find an apk which will let you install Google Play and subsequently all the Google Apps.

Original Redmi Note 2 Roms

Hey everyone everyone on XDA has been great to me so thought I would give something back
I know MIUIs servers have been tragic lately so I have a mirror of the Dev MIUI 7 Rom and The Stable MIUI 6 Rom for the Redmi Note 2 both are completely unedited or modified and are the full Rom versions.
Author: MIUI Official TeamVersion: 5.9.11 （MIUI7） Size: 760M - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0QZN1lt0yyGNlo1VC1MelVWbTA/view?usp=sharing
Author: MIUI Official TeamVersion: V6.7.5.0.LHMCNCH （MIUI6） Size: 739M - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0QZN1lt0yyGUHlWTE83M3RHT1k/view?usp=sharing
To Install just download and use the MIUI updater app or you can use TWRP which ever you prefer. Any Issues let me know.
Older Versions:
Author: MIUI Official TeamVersion: 5.9.2 （MIUI7) 758MB - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0QZN1lt0yyGb0hIZ2pMVUV6UmM/view?usp=sharing

I needed that. Thanks a lot !

Is there any chance we can get the GLOBAL ROM instead the Chinese Rom?

huma_dawii said:
Is there any chance we can get the GLOBAL ROM instead the Chinese Rom?
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Check General section, you can find the international version there.
Sent from my Redmi Note 2 using XDA Free mobile app

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Thanks Kenneth, most useful!

If I flash V6.7.5.0.LHMCNCH version, than I haven't got a 3G or 4G signal in hungary.

you can add "o" at the beginning of the download link to get a much faster download speed
for example the original link is http://bigota.d.miui.com/V6.7.5.0.LHMCNCH/miui_HMNote2_V6.7.5.0.LHMCNCH_7b45a9a562_5.0.zip
then the faster link will be http://obigota.d.miui.com/V6.7.5.0.LHMCNCH/miui_HMNote2_V6.7.5.0.LHMCNCH_7b45a9a562_5.0.zip
(add the letter 'o' before 'bigota')

Not sure why, my TWRP 2.8.6.0 could not update any zip. it says unable to mount

Thanks Kenneth
I'm trying to get the Miui6 stable version but Miui download site for Note2 always giving a 404 error. After flashing this version, I can download the latest version via the phone updater to V6.7.10.0.LHMCNCH

Does this ROM include English, or is it only Chinese?

ScaleTail said:
Does this ROM include English, or is it only Chinese?
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english as well

Original Fastboot ROM's
Hi, someone knows where can I found the original fastboot roms? I need to have my device factory reseted and i can't found nothing. Please give me a hand! thanks a lot!

vicape92 said:
Hi, someone knows where can I found the original fastboot roms? I need to have my device factory reseted and i can't found nothing. Please give me a hand! thanks a lot!
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http://update.miui.com/updates/v1/fullromdownload.php?d=hermes&b=F&r=cn&n=
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~

Install flashify and than twrp
vicape92 said:
Hi, someone knows where can I found the original fastboot roms? I need to have my device factory reseted and i can't found nothing. Please give me a hand! thanks a lot!
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First install flashify.apk from this link:
https://www.google.si/url?sa=t&sour...udNmG_HrjPKjRWTWQ&sig2=CgTo6iMB9eCRlF_zxyY_mg
Next you install twrp recovery for future use from flashify and than you can intall fresh weekly ROM from http://xiaomi.eu/community/forums/mui-weekly-rom-releases.103/
Have a nice day:good:

why miui 7 doesn't support 4g lte?

is this official rom?

tama-sama said:
why miui 7 doesn't support 4g lte?
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Miui 7 supports 4g lte. The phone supports 4g lte, but not all bands.
tama-sama said:
is this official rom?
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It's a repost of the official one. You can found all the officials rom on http://en.miui.com
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~

how about miui 6? is that support 4g lte?

i can't install the miui 6? why?

a bit confused: which ROM ?

Hello,
My Redmi note 2 does not do the automatic updates via the updater app and I am stuck on 5.9.2 beta.
I realized that I probably do not have an official rom (since I have GoogleAppStore) and that might be the reason why the updater will not connect to the servers.
So I think I would be better off wiping and flashing my phone to reinstall a rom. My question is this: which rom should I install ? I see a lot off different stuff that I do not understand, Official, Hermes, Global, Xiamo.eu etc... All of this is very confusing to me. All the threads consists in installation guide and are not very clear on what are the differences between theses roms.
Ideally I would need an english rom, without the chineese apps, with the GoogleStore and that could be upgraded automatically without having to wipe the phone every time.
I also see that the 5.10.15/16 miui rom is running on a new version of android. Do I need to make the android upgrade myself or does it come with the rom ? Should I be worried about bugs, loss of performance/battery life with these new roms and android version ? What are the real improvements ?
Thanks a lot !
Cheers

Where did you see that 5.10.15 works on a new version of android? I din't see anything... I only saw that it changed the sign, that now is private, so we need TWRP for update unofficial miui rom (if we want gapps and multilanguage)
For the rom:
Hermes is the codename of our device. Our roms names are HMNote2 or Hermes.
Xiaomi.eu is an european translation site. It create a weekly rom multilanguage. From miui v7 his OTA update (yes, xiaomi.eu release OTA updates) don't work fine. Update manualy downloading the rom and then installing it from updater
Global is as the xiaomi.eu rom but it's official. There isn't a global rom for our phone yet.
Official. For now the official roms are only the v6 stable and the v7 china developer. Only chinese and english and no gapps.
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~

kirikoukirikou said:
Hello,
My Redmi note 2 does not do the automatic updates via the updater app and I am stuck on 5.9.2 beta.
I realized that I probably do not have an official rom (since I have GoogleAppStore) and that might be the reason why the updater will not connect to the servers.
So I think I would be better off wiping and flashing my phone to reinstall a rom. My question is this: which rom should I install ? I see a lot off different stuff that I do not understand, Official, Hermes, Global, Xiamo.eu etc... All of this is very confusing to me. All the threads consists in installation guide and are not very clear on what are the differences between theses roms.
Ideally I would need an english rom, without the chineese apps, with the GoogleStore and that could be upgraded automatically without having to wipe the phone every time.
I also see that the 5.10.15/16 miui rom is running on a new version of android. Do I need to make the android upgrade myself or does it come with the rom ? Should I be worried about bugs, loss of performance/battery life with these new roms and android version ? What are the real improvements ?
Thanks a lot !
Cheers
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The official Xaiomi ROM is MIUI 7 and it came out for the phone at the same time as the hardware launch. The ROM can be downloaded here. You can pick between the developer version that's updated weekly or the stable version that is updated every six months. I believe they come with Google Apps. The ROM contains the OS so you don't need to worry about upgrading separate software. You can mostly just read about the ROM's on other threads on forums (and I suggest going to the official MIUI forums).
To flash the ROM, you can download the PC updater as well at the link.

SkiFire13 said:
Where did you see that 5.10.15 works on a new version of android? I din't see anything... I only saw that it changed the sign, that now is private, so we need TWRP for update unofficial miui rom (if we want gapps and multilanguage)
For the rom:
Hermes is the codename of our device. Our roms names are HMNote2 or Hermes.
Xiaomi.eu is an european translation site. It create a weekly rom multilanguage. From miui v7 his OTA update (yes, xiaomi.eu release OTA updates) don't work fine. Update manualy downloading the rom and then installing it from updater
Global is as the xiaomi.eu rom but it's official. There isn't a global rom for our phone yet.
Official. For now the official roms are only the v6 stable and the v7 china developer. Only chinese and english and no gapps.
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~
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Hi,
First of all, let me thank you for your answer.
Does this mean I should install this rom ? xiaomi.eu community threads 5-10-15-16.28809
And then do my weekly updates manually by unzipping the files ?
About the android update, you will see in the second post on the link I just sent:
"[System]
New - Android version upgraded to 5.1.1. Please note that users cannot go back to older developer version after this update, otherwise your device might face severe damages such as not able to make calls (Mi Note Pro) (10-09)"

SkiFire13 said:
Where did you see that 5.10.15 works on a new version of android? I din't see anything... I only saw that it changed the sign, that now is private, so we need TWRP for update unofficial miui rom (if we want gapps and multilanguage)
For the rom:
Hermes is the codename of our device. Our roms names are HMNote2 or Hermes.
Xiaomi.eu is an european translation site. It create a weekly rom multilanguage. From miui v7 his OTA update (yes, xiaomi.eu release OTA updates) don't work fine. Update manualy downloading the rom and then installing it from updater
Global is as the xiaomi.eu rom but it's official. There isn't a global rom for our phone yet.
Official. For now the official roms are only the v6 stable and the v7 china developer. Only chinese and english and no gapps.
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~
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from xiaomi site they said the first global rom v7 will be the 10/27 so you can wait one week to get it on xiaomi miui eu.

tailslol said:
from xiaomi site they said the first global rom v7 will be the 10/27 so you can wait one week to get it on xiaomi miui eu.
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Haha great, I am just in the process of installing the Xiaomi.eu weekly rom...
Anyway thank you all for your answers.
I am installing the Xiaomi.eu 5.10.16 weekly. From what I understand I will need to patch and upgrade by downloading the .zip file manually.

kirikoukirikou said:
Haha great, I am just in the process of installing the Xiaomi.eu weekly rom...
Anyway thank you all for your answers.
I am installing the Xiaomi.eu 5.10.16 weekly. From what I understand I will need to patch and upgrade by downloading the .zip file manually.
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with luck the rom you have come with a update installer included,the miui france got one so they can update it really easily just by running the app,but it is french only. it come with gapps and i think all dev roms are rooted by default. you acces root permission in the security center.

kirikoukirikou said:
Hi,
About the android update, you will see in the second post on the link I just sent:
"[System]
New - Android version upgraded to 5.1.1. Please note that users cannot go back to older developer version after this update, otherwise your device might face severe damages such as not able to make calls (Mi Note Pro) (10-09)"
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I was excited about upgrading to 5.1.1. On rereading the post, I interpreted it to apply to only one phone, the Mi Note Pro.
Sent from my Asus Zenpad S 8.0

Explore3 said:
I was excited about upgrading to 5.1.1. On rereading the post, I interpreted it to apply to only one phone, the Mi Note Pro.
Sent from my Asus Zenpad S 8.0
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Yeah, I though the phone was mentionned because the but bug was reported on this one...

SkiFire13 said:
Hermes is the codename of our device. Our roms names are HMNote2 or Hermes.
Xiaomi.eu is an european translation site. It create a weekly rom multilanguage.
From miui v7 his OTA update (yes, xiaomi.eu release OTA updates) don't work fine. Update manualy downloading the rom and then installing it from updater. these miui v7 roms atm are the beta/alpha versions before they finalise a stable vision.
Global rom is as the xiaomi.eu rom but it's official. Usually the 'stable' release/version after all the beta/alpha stages.
There isn't a global rom for our phone yet.
Official. Original releases from xiaomi.com team at china, real official.
For now the official roms are only the v6 stable and the v7 china developer. Only chinese and english and no gapps.
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~
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So ideally, for us non-chinese preferred/english/google users, we would like to be on the Global version.
Hope this helps more :silly:

aliguu said:
So ideally, for us non-chinese preferred/english/google users, we would like to be on the Global version.
Hope this helps more :silly:
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for the non chinese the best could be a aosp rom without miui.
they are a lot more stock,you will find them in the forum if you want.

MIUI isn't better than AOSP and AOSP isn't better than MIUI. I prefer MIUI, another persons can prefer AOSP.
The best miui version... Global and Xiaomi.eu can be good, but the translations are a bit old (a week behind). All the translations community release a ROM that contain the latest rom with that language translated.
So for example miui.it release the miui with the latest italian translation, miui.es with the latest spain translation ecc ecc
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~

SkiFire13 said:
MIUI isn't better than AOSP and AOSP isn't better than MIUI. I prefer MIUI, another persons can prefer AOSP.
The best miui version... Global and Xiaomi.eu can be good, but the translations are a bit old (a week behind). All the translations community release a ROM that contain the latest rom with that language translated.
So for example miui.it release the miui with the latest italian translation, miui.es with the latest spain translation ecc ecc
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~
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miui is full of untranslated chinese bloatware and has no voice reconisation,limited hand free fonctions with bluetooth headset for example and block a lots of tweaks.
google now can be used but it will not work in hand free mode and you cant assign to a bluetooth or wired headset without unlock the phone.but the user interface and security is great.
on the other hand aosp roms have all hand free fonction intact with no chinese bloatware . but you will lose the miui avantages (the ui and security tweaks),aosp is very stock but you can add your launcher and extra apps and fonction like xposed (walkman/xperia stuff or dolby atmos...)

tailslol said:
miui is full of untranslated chinese bloatware and has no voice reconisation,limited hand free fonctions with bluetooth headset for example and block a lots of tweaks.
google now can be used but it will not work in hand free mode and you cant assign to a bluetooth or wired headset without unlock the phone.but the user interface and security is great.
on the other hand aosp roms have all hand free fonction intact with no chinese bloatware . but you will lose the miui avantages (the ui and security tweaks),aosp is very stock but you can add your launcher and extra apps and fonction like xposed (walkman/xperia stuff or dolby atmos...)
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I don't see chinese bloatware untranslated... Are you using the chinese developer rom or a xiaomi.eu rom? And which language?
I never had problems with miui.
I don't need extra functions because all that I need is in miui.
I like miui style, and I didn't find anything similar to it on AOSP or CM themes. Or I'm wrong?
Ps I don't understand the launcher thing... I can also change it on miui...

SkiFire13 said:
I don't see chinese bloatware untranslated... Are you using the chinese developer rom or a xiaomi.eu rom? And which language?
I never had problems with miui.
I don't need extra functions because all that I need is in miui.
I like miui style, and I didn't find anything similar to it on AOSP or CM themes. Or I'm wrong?
Ps I don't understand the launcher thing... I can also change it on miui...
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i am using the french dev rom for the moment with included root ,gapps and ota updater.
well yes you can change the launcher in miui but it takes lots of ram by default,
the chinese browser,the mi market,kuaipan are bloatware not realy nicely translated.
the music ,market,gallery,fm radio,video and theme app have a lots of chinese unstranslated shop pages and those shops are not usefull at all here.
especialy the untranslated themes that add chinese part to your phone.
and to me the lack of hand free voice reconisation on a phone is just a killer .

tailslol said:
i am using the french dev rom for the moment with included root ,gapps and ota updater.
well yes you can change the launcher in miui but it takes lots of ram by default,
the chinese browser,the mi market,kuaipan are bloatware not realy nicely translated.
the music ,market,gallery,fm radio,video and theme app have a lots of chinese unstranslated shop pages and those shops are not usefull at all here.
especialy the untranslated themes that add chinese part to your phone.
and to me the lack of hand free voice reconisation on a phone is just a killer .
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in xiaomi.eu rom (italian language):
-Browser -> translated (and the default page is google)
-MiMarket -> removed
-Kuaipan -> translated and integrated in File Manager (so you can use only File Manager)
-Music, Video -> online services removed
-Gallery, FM Radio -> no chinese services...
-Themes -> Nobody translate the themes, only the official themes are translated
-Free Voice Reconisation -> Just install an app for it. in my opinion this technology is too slow so I use the keyboard
So, what is the problem? Maybe you are using the wrong ROM?

SkiFire13 said:
in xiaomi.eu rom (italian language):
-Browser -> translated (and the default page is google)
-MiMarket -> removed
-Kuaipan -> translated and integrated in File Manager (so you can use only File Manager)
-Music, Video -> online services removed
-Gallery, FM Radio -> no chinese services...
-Themes -> Nobody translate the themes, only the official themes are translated
-Free Voice Reconisation -> Just install an app for it. in my opinion this technology is too slow so I use the keyboard
So, what is the problem? Maybe you are using the wrong ROM?
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well do you have root?
my security center has root manager.
and as i said the hand free mode of most 3rd party apps cant be used in miui because it just does not allow to be trigered by a headset without unlocking the phone.
and as i am seeing your miui have lots of stuff removed.
does it support natively french language ?
i did not flash the rom myself,
when i purchased my phone on xiaomi france site,i
had this rom on it. i receive an ota update every weeks so i am guessing it is the most untouched miui you can get.

Yes, I have root.
Xiaomi.eu roms supports French
I don't know what rom you have, usualy stock roms aren't very good
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~

SkiFire13 said:
Yes, I have root.
Xiaomi.eu roms supports French
I don't know what rom you have, usualy stock roms aren't very good
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~
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miui france dev rom 7 5.10.22 beta
edit : oki i looked the issue closely and it seems 2 groups are actuly translating miui in french...
miui france provide a untouched rom and xiaomi eu make a global rom with most chinese services removed.
i switched by using the included update app and it removed most chinese stuff.
but the hand free limitation is still a problem...

Try this. On my phone work
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~

Guide to debloat MIUI

I've searched but couldn't find anything useful about how to best debloat a Chinese MIUI ROM for the non-Chinese market? I'm awaiting a Xiaomi Mi 5S in the coming days which doesn't have an internatinoal ROM yet albeit any other AOSP cloaser ROM. So it will be coming with a Chinese ROM. I would surely like to debloat it properly and make Google apps available on it by default so it would be more like a normal Android phone. I've heard that MIUI is a ice ROM (only been using Nexus devices so far, but never tried anything else apart from original AOSP or some custom AOSP ROM (becase device wasn't officially supported any more by Google). So. Debloat a MIUI 8 then...

Flash xiaomi.eu ROM
Gesendet von meinem ONEPLUS A3003 mit Tapatalk

This should help: http://xiaomitips.com/download/google-installer-app/
I haven't tested it myself, as I'm also waiting for the phone delivery.
This is just for the whole google stuff, you might want to first uninstall all apps in the normal app uninstall menu.

Flash xiaomi.eu ROM as @Klanac89 said and then I use App Quarantine to freeze remaining bloatware. Works a dream.

How to disable "security" app without issues? When I try delete apk with root I have a lot of FC and other issues.

Is there any way possible to instal a stock-like ROM on the Xiaomi Mi5S? Cyanogenmod for example, rooting, TWRP recovery all that stuff.
Thanks in advance

Kikkert said:
Is there any way possible to instal a stock-like ROM on the Xiaomi Mi5S? Cyanogenmod for example, rooting, TWRP recovery all that stuff.
Thanks in advance
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No, not until we get kernel sources and someone builds the roms

ermacwins said:
No, not until we get kernel sources and someone builds the roms
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Can root / instal twrp + xiaomi.eu rom and customize it as u want with xposed.
Probably not as good as CM, but is a good start.

Klanac89 said:
Flash xiaomi.eu ROM
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Care to provide a link to it?

literadesign said:
Care to provide a link to it?
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Use the guide from xiaomi.eu, (unfortunatelly i can not post link on this forum yet), the post is called "All-in-one Guide Compilation On How To Flash Xiaomi.eu Roms On Your Mi5s"
I used the guide above to succesfully flash xiaomi eu rom on my mi5s. All the necessary links to tools and roms are available in the guide.

Friborg said:
Use the guide from xiaomi.eu, (unfortunatelly i can not post link on this forum yet), the post is called "All-in-one Guide Compilation On How To Flash Xiaomi.eu Roms On Your Mi5s"
I used the guide above to succesfully flash xiaomi eu rom on my mi5s. All the necessary links to tools and roms are available in the guide.
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But is xiaomi.eu ROM official or is it just some other ROM that's faking officiality?

xiaomi.eu ROM is a custom rom, like CM. It just looks more or less the same and I think it's even part the same developers as the official ROM, but that's just a guess.

patoberli said:
xiaomi.eu ROM is a custom rom, like CM. It just looks more or less the same and I think it's even part the same developers as the official ROM, but that's just a guess.
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If they're not official devs, then I don't know how are they able to create custom ROM as Xiaomi hasn't officially released kernel sources? XDA developers can't do zilch about custom ROMS but they can. That would make them either creme de la creme of Android/Linux devs or they just have access to more Xiaomi original sources than the rest of the world does... Is there a third option?

literadesign said:
Is there a third option?
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Could the changes be in the APKs and not the kernel?

CL0SeY said:
Could the changes be in the APKs and not the kernel?
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I suppose they could be yes, but one would need either source code of all those APKs or at least a working reverse engineered source. Which gets us basically back to square one. There's a lot more APK sources than there is of the kernel. I would guess so. Which simply means much more work.

Honestly I'm not sure. I don't have an account at xiaomi.eu (yet), but maybe you want to ask your question there?
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The only information I found: https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/how-is-this-different-than-miui-com.18629/
Sadly they don't write about SafetyNet there.

flash the mi 5s poland version rom which is official
https://miuipolska.pl/DOWNLOAD/
I haven't flashed it yet. However, from my past experience, the Polak rom comes rooted and debloated.

Hmm if that is the same as the official beta ROM, then this version doesn't yet include support for the MI 5s. That was probably completely added this week, in the new version 6.11.24 (source: http://en.miui.com/thread-417573-1-1.html). Release notes with the list of supported devices will be out tomorrow. Last weeks version included the 5s for the first time, but it was "on hold - because of new drivers", which means no download links.

patoberli said:
Hmm if that is the same as the official beta ROM, then this version doesn't yet include support for the MI 5s. That was probably completely added this week, in the new version 6.11.24 (source: http://en.miui.com/thread-417573-1-1.html). Release notes with the list of supported devices will be out tomorrow. Last weeks version included the 5s for the first time, but it was "on hold - because of new drivers", which means no download links.
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No download links in 6.11.24 either. And I suspect that device listing has a typo as instead of stating Mi 5s it should likely state Mi 5s Plus which does have global ROM support. I sincerely hope there will be a global ROM for Mi 5s as well in the near future, but that may never happen. I hope my request to unlock doesn't get rejected though, so I have hopes of flashing the EU version... BTW: 6.11.24 still has Mi 5, Mi 5s (plus), Mi Mix on hold because of Qualcomm.

im8a said:
flash the mi 5s poland version rom which is official
https://miuipolska.pl/DOWNLOAD/
I haven't flashed it yet. However, from my past experience, the Polak rom comes rooted and debloated.
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If this is official ROM then you should be able to flash it without unlocking your device. If an unlock is required, then I'm afraid this is not official as I'm pretty sure there is no special Polish version of the ROM. It's either Chinese or Global... Everything else is unofficial and requires bootloader unlock.

[unofficial global rom] miui 8.2.22 latest stable cn base global modded

This is not my ROM. I'll post here for HELPS, TUTORIALS, PROBLEM SOLVING.
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ROM credited to Helious from bhnotes.com
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100% Stable CN ROM base
NO CHINESE BLOATWARE
BASIC PLAYSTORE
CLEAN
STABLE
GLOBAL MODDED (90% Translation PERFECTED FOR JAPANESE language)
Other languages based on Global languages
No ROOT
SAFE AND WORKING
STEPS TO INSTALL
YOU MUST HAVE
? A Xiaomi Mi 6 device (any variant)
? *Mi Account synced with device at least 72 Hours (for new users)
? Unlocked Bootloader
? TWRP
? PC/LAPTOP
? **OTG
? Internet connection
? Basics of MIUI ROM flashing for Mi devices (refer en.miui.com/forum.php)
STEP 1
Unlock your device bootloader using the Mi Unlock tool. If done ignore this step, if not read.
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New user must sync Mi Account for at least 72 Hours before able to unlock bootloader using the Mi Unlock tool. Once synced, use the tools to unlock
STEP 2
Flash TWRP using CMD via PC/Laptop
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4d6gFePZwjDOHlzeGRjSVdldEk/view
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This is the English version from android-hilife.de
STEP 3
Download ROM here
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634769960
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This is the latest MIUI version for CN Stable 8.2.22 modded by Helious from bhnotes.com called ECRMod,
Also download the "packageinstaller_zip_7.1.zip" here
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298955410
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This is a Google Play Services patch for stability, if not flash lots of FC going to annoys you and also probably BOOTLOOP
STEP 4
In TWRP select "Wipe", select "Format Data". Oh yeah, do a backup using the Mi Backup app before start everything and transfer "AllBackup" folder to your PC/Laptop.
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Transfer both downloaded files to your device
STEP 5
Flash ROM.
Wipe Caches.
Reboot.
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Bootloop or probably infinite loading at Mi logo with dotted android loading animations..
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So, enter your recovery by pushing the power button than after the blank screen immediately push the upper volume button.
MUST DO THIS ONE BY ONE, DON'T FLASH 2 zips at once or flash zips before rebooting after 1 zip installation
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Flash the patch.
Wipe Caches.
Reboot.
Booted.
Crash.
Force to reboot.
Setup.
STEP 6
Enjoy your Mi 6 with Global ROM
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IF PLAYSTORE NOT WORKING
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Download and flash this
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298946245
If you want the ORIGINAL Mi 6 Stock Recovery download it here..
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4d6gFePZwjDRXp6ZkJseTVHQjg/view
NO NEED OTHERS SCREENSHOTS AS MIUI 8 IS ALWAYS THE SAME WITH FEW TWEAKS AND FEATURES ADDED. DISCOVER YOURSELF.
Btw the new recent app is BEAUTIFUL
Hit me at Twitter @FahimZahar if I slowly response here. I'll get it back to you ASAP as I can.

Thx bro!! Can u confirm this has all the following working properly"
camera
google contacts sync
google play services
gmail sync
Thx

sprockettyz said:
Thx bro!! Can u confirm this has all the following working properly"
camera
google contacts sync
google play services
gmail sync
Thx
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Hi,, follow all the steps above, but download newer ROM from mi-globe.com or xiaomi.eu. It's much stable now

Original Recovery file
The original recovery file you posted is in Chinese language. Any chance of posting the English version?
Thank you

xkim toino said:
The original recovery file you posted is in Chinese language. Any chance of posting the English version?
Thank you
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Take this one!
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634771569

Fyi, Xiaomi EU had released their stable version for MI6. They used 8.2.23.0.
This Rom has gapps fully working, also for Gmail notification.

Superwitschi said:
Take this one!
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This one is twrp and I have already. What I want is the original one from xiaomi English language

Does this Rom allow OTA-Updates?

trytogetme said:
Does this Rom allow OTA-Updates?
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Xiaomi.Eu maybe got OTA but superb slow. Better download ROM and FLASH

xkim toino said:
This one is twrp and I have already. What I want is the original one from xiaomi English language
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Not available as for now. Because no OFFICIAL global ROM to extract the Recovery..

thanks

How is the camera on this one? I've read some unofficial roms have poor camera performance.

Anyone updated this rom to thé version MI6_sagit_V8.2.22.0.NCACNEC_7.1_ECRMod_20170522.zip
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7.5.25 rom bug ?
Hello there
I'm a new xiaomi mi6 user. I have 7.5.25 version rom installed on my phone. My phone does not see andriod wear app on my smart clock with bluetooth. Also does not share internet with hotspot. There is also a problem with the GPS, the satellites can not find it immediately. can you help me.
Thank you

Official Global Stable is released. so enjoy..

Can I install root