Paxziano:


But I thot global stable was an official rom.

Also, what does the vendor gain by removing the official rom and installing his/her own rom?

From what you posted above, you have a Vendor Rom. I wish we could ask the vendors that question

bily:


there's absolutely nothing wrong in informing people about possible problems they may encounter when trying to flash their devices.

on the other hand, telling people to "avoid a device" and saying the device is "not a finished product", just because some vendors installed vendor roms and some people are finding it difficult to go back to official rom is a bit far reaching.


there are a lot of vendors out there that install official roms or state the type of rom installed on a device eg xiaomi online store, so you know before buying. its also even possible to chat up a seller and request that you want an untouched device with the offical rom.

so if xiaomi makes a product, puts an official rom on it, and some vendors remove the rom and put thier own, how does that make the product an unfinished product?

the same thing happened when redmi note 3 snapdragon first came out. a lot of poeple where bricking their phones trying to revert to offical roms from vendor roms. there are so many unbricking guides for redmi note 3 on the internet. does that make redmi note 3 an unfinished product too? even till date as we speak, some redmi note 3 phones still ships with vendor roms from china, and till date, people are still bricking their redmi note 3 phone trying to change to official rom. it doesnt take anything away from the device

you are doing a great job on this thread and im sure even if people dont say it out loud, they do appreciate and respect your contributions. keep it up and keep it real.

if anyone here has bought the redmi 4, there's no need to be scared, its a good device. once its popular and out of china, global roms will be available and you can flash to to your hearts desire.

I specifically asked @Dexter247 to avoid it for now. I'm not sure if you read that well.

@ the bolded. The question remains why xiaomi failed to provide these official roms( as they usually do) on their website? If indeed these phones came shipped with official roms and vendors tampered with it, why did xiaomi not upload them on their server? Why did dey have to release an update to an existing official rom when the said official rom is not even available. People should have something they fallback to, in case they encounter problems.

Paxziano:


But I thot global stable was an official rom.

Also, what does the vendor gain by removing the official rom and installing his/her own rom?

Yes. So is China stable/developer.

There is nothing bad about your phone. It's just that you won't be able to update for now.

bily:




[s]you are doing a great job on this thread and im sure even if people dont say it out loud, they do appreciate and respect your contributions. keep it up and keep it real. [/s]

Totally unnecessary. Everybody is learning

GrandMufti:


I specifically asked @Dexter247 to avoid it for now. I'm not sure if you read that well.

@ the bolded. The question remains why xiaomi failed to provide these official roms( as they usually do) on their website? If indeed these phones came shipped with official roms and vendors tampered with it, why did xiaomi not upload them on their server? Why did dey have to release an update to an existing official rom when the said official rom is not even available. People should have something they fallback to, in case they encounter problems.

Official stable and developer roms are available for the redmi 4 series.

http://en.miui.com/download-320.html

scarr:

pls can I get a link to flash stock ROM on Redmi 4. Preferably the Chinese ROM

scarr:


Thanks sire.
however pressing volume up and power to get into recovery mode shows the below pic rather than what was on the site.
Any ideas how to get to the download mode?.

Thanks

scarr:






POC, I haven't actually tried flashing any ROM on it yet, was just gathering info from countless threads on en.miui and xiaomi.eu.

I thought you attempted to flash some days back?

bily:


Official stable and developer roms are available for the redmi 4 series.

http://en.miui.com/download-320.html

Already in the link I sent for flashing. But again how do people flash to official rom?

toluwanimi07:
I am going to sell my rn3prpo case once it arrives Nigeria ...... Its a flipcase by the way

will it fit the rn3 pro s.e??

GrandMufti:


Already in the link I sent for flashing. But again how do people flash to official rom?

Simple.. .use miflash tool together with fastboot rom on PC. Very easy.

http://en.miui.com/a-234.html

bily:


Simple.. .use miflash tool together with fastboot rom on PC. Very easy.

http://en.miui.com/a-234.html

Good luck with that

quivah:

will it fit the rn3 pro s.e??

No. S.E is 2mm longer

GrandMufti:


Yes and it's difficult to flash official rom; that's if you care about updates. @scarr tried it and was unsuccessful

u are right but presently have chinese developer rom(version 29/12/16) on my redmi 3s (which is some days old now) at first i got my phone software brick the following day after receiving from post office by failing to disable dm–dm-verity after flashing twrp recovery. with some guide i was able to revive it with EDL MODE. now i have unlock my bootloader and have twrp reovery. yes its difficult if u are unable to exercise patient and made proper research b4 flashing anything on ur device. one of the safest way to flash rom (either official or unofficial) is to first unlock ur bootloader and have custom recovery (twrp recovery)on ur phone. note b4 u carry out this process its advicable to make a proper findings and u will also need a pc. yes my phone came with a vendor rom which is very boring asin when guy with dsame phone are busy enjoying latest android version, one will be stuck with a boring outdated vendor rom. due they are 2 type of andriod user, dose who made use of the phone d way d manufacturer wanted dem to(asin calls, message, videos music, chatting etc ) and dose who really wish to make the best out of their phone(asin to maximize the hidden potential of the phone ) by rooting flashing, customizing and overclocking or underclocking the phone cpu. but it comes with a price of either hard brick or soft brick, but all in all to me its fun.

akinis09:
u are right but presently have chinese developer rom(version 29/12/16) on my redmi 3s (which is some days old now) at first i got my phone software brick the following day after receiving from post office by failing to disable dm–dm-verity after flashing twrp recovery. with some guide i was able to revive it with EDL MODE. now i have unlock my bootloader and have twrp reovery. yes its difficult if u are unable to exercise patient and made proper research b4 flashing anything on ur device. one of the safest way to flash rom (either official or unofficial) is to first unlock ur bootloader and have custom recovery (twrp recovery)on ur phone. note b4 u carry out this process its advicable to make a proper findings and u will also need a pc. yes my phone came with a vendor rom which is very boring asin when guy with dsame phone are busy enjoying latest android version, one will be stuck with a boring outdated vendor rom. due they are 2 type of andriod user, dose who made use of the phone d way d manufacturer wanted dem to(asin calls, message, videos music, chatting etc ) and dose who really wish to make the best out of their phone(asin to maximize the hidden potential of the phone ) by rooting flashing, customizing and overclocking or underclocking the phone cpu. but it comes with a price of either hard brick or soft brick, but all in all to me its fun.

Nice.

quivah:

will it fit the rn3 pro s.e??

no ma'am
Rn3pro is 150mm while the s.e is 152mm

akinis09:
u are right but presently have chinese developer rom(version 29/12/16) on my redmi 3s (which is some days old now) at first i got my phone software brick the following day after receiving from post office by failing to disable dm–dm-verity after flashing twrp recovery. with some guide i was able to revive it with EDL MODE. now i have unlock my bootloader and have twrp reovery. yes its difficult if u are unable to exercise patient and made proper research b4 flashing anything on ur device. one of the safest way to flash rom (either official or unofficial) is to first unlock ur bootloader and have custom recovery (twrp recovery)on ur phone. note b4 u carry out this process its advicable to make a proper findings and u will also need a pc. yes my phone came with a vendor rom which is very boring asin when guy with dsame phone are busy enjoying latest android version, one will be stuck with a boring outdated vendor rom. due they are 2 type of andriod user, dose who made use of the phone d way d manufacturer wanted dem to(asin calls, message, videos music, chatting etc ) and dose who really wish to make the best out of their phone(asin to maximize the hidden potential of the phone ) by rooting flashing, customizing and overclocking or underclocking the phone cpu. but it comes with a price of either hard brick or soft brick, but all in all to me its fun.

Most times, it's a phase. You will soon discover that over time, those in your 2nd category , gradually metamorphose back to the first category.

Most of us started with serious flashing,tweaking and customizing our phones with all kinds of tweaks and custom roms, nowadays sef, I even hardly update apps on playstore talkless of installing xposed or custom roms.

Best I do now is root and install twrp for backup purposes. Sometimes if it ain't broke, why fix it

bily:


Official stable and developer roms are available for the redmi 4 series.

http://en.miui.com/download-320.html

In all honesty, I want to be on an official rom so I can be updating the fone. But I am worried as I don't know how to flash the rom or unlock bootloader and all those other technical terms used here. Is der a way I can be helped? I stay in lag. I won't mind meeting the person in any location of the persons' choice to assist me with it

Cc @grandmufti, Gptech, bily

bily:


Most times, it's a phase. You will soon discover that over time, those in your 2nd category , gradually metamorphose back to the first category.

Most of us started with serious flashing,tweaking and customizing our phones with all kinds of tweaks and custom roms, nowadays sef, I even hardly update apps on playstore talkless of installing xposed or custom roms.

Best I do now is root and install twrp for backup purposes. Sometimes if it ain't broke, why fix it

This is so me right now. i don tire to dey flash, tweak and install custom roms for phones, just want to use my phone in peace.

willian10:

U don't need to be worried so far aliexpress themselves sent you mail

I checked my email they sent me a mail for each good I ordered.
how do I go about tracking it?

Paxziano:



In all honesty, I want to be on an official rom so I can be updating the fone. But I am worried as I don't know how to flash the rom or unlock bootloader and all those other technical terms used here. Is der a way I can be helped? I stay in lag. I won't mind meeting the person in any location of the persons' choice to assist me with it

Cc @grandmufti, Gptech, bily

I will say just be patient for now until there is a more general and easier way of going about it.

Gmajor:

I checked my email they sent me a mail for each good I ordered.
how do I go about tracking it?

U can add me on WhatsApp for further discussion bro

bily:


Most times, it's a phase. You will soon discover that over time, those in your 2nd category , gradually metamorphose back to the first category.

Most of us started with serious flashing,tweaking and customizing our phones with all kinds of tweaks and custom roms, nowadays sef, I even hardly update apps on playstore talkless of installing xposed or custom roms.

Best I do now is root and install twrp for backup purposes. Sometimes if it ain't broke, why fix it

yes I do find myself back on stock ROM only on miui device because miui is my best OS, second to HTC SENSE OS. But will have to flash Chinese developer ROM because to me, the Chinese developer ROM is a custom ROM which get update weekly with latest features(new android code). On my any other brand I ensure to find a ported miui ROM to flash because I so much love their user interface.

@House... who used DHL to ship an item, and how many days from placing Order to receiving it...which other Shipping is lightening fast

nuramohammed26:
@House... who used DHL to ship an item, and how many days from placing Order to receiving it...which other Shipping is lightening fast

Never used DHL, but i have had a record of 10 days delivery using Alixpress Standard shipping and it was even free.

Meanwhile, where can I get badass themes to download to my vendor rom? Lol. Want sumtn krazy n different.

@Grandmufti, Gptech, Bily

fibonacci2526:


Never used DHL, but i have had a record of 10 days delivery using Alixpress Standard shipping and it was even free.

my package arrived at last,please which post office should I go to?

willian10:

U can add me on WhatsApp for further discussion bro

Pls drop your whatsapp number

bily:


you are on vendor rom.

it is still ok and usable, but you will not be able to do OTA updates. keep enjoying the phone.

hi.
how did you know he's on vendor rom from the screenshots?

nuramohammed26:
@House... who used DHL to ship an item, and how many days from placing Order to receiving it...which other Shipping is lightening fast

Dhl ... Hmmmn ... Had to cancel my own order

Gmajor:

Pls drop your whatsapp number

It's in my profile

Happy new year xiomi family


Please if you use glo and your phone and environment is 4lte enabled, please send me a message let me share my 1 week data with you.


I subscribed when spectranet was having issues but there's no 4lte network in my area.

Make una no let my #500 waste

amlos007:
my package arrived at last,please which post office should I go to?

From the above info,your order is apparently in lagos but i can't find the next specfic location. Refresh that page.

Bookiemart01:
Happy new year xiomi family


Please if you use glo and your phone and environment is 4lte enabled, please send me a message let me share my 1 week data with you.


I subscribed when spectranet was having issues but there's no 4lte network in my area.

Make una no let my #500 waste

LOL!