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My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Gbadebo01(m): 8:32pm On Aug 13, 2018 |
My 3 Month Redmi note 5 story I pre-ordered the Redmi note 5 Global version (3 GBx32 GB) in 27th of March 2018 but got delivered in May 2018. I laboured throughout the month of April as I was already tired of using the LG G3. Fast forward to today I have been using the phone for the past 3 months but I have some beautiful things to say and some not so beautiful things to say. So let’s start. I am in love with shape of the phone, that 2:1 aspect ratio is ‘lit’. People often mistake the phone for an iphone from afar. Most people find it hard to believe the phone costs about between 70k and 80k. I got a few cases from aliexpress and they make the phone extra cool. To the feel of the phone, the phone feels very light in hand without the pouch, the phone is also slim at 8.1mm it has a velvet feel in hand. The back of the phone is curved around the edges which makes it easy holding the phone for people with small hands. the hybrid sim port frustrated me till i got the sim extended so i have 2 sims and a memory card in the phone The interface At first I thought the interface was overrated but thank God I gave it a chance before getting angry and flashing AOSP android Oreo. The phone came preloaded with MIUI 9.5 stable rom which was initially for me very dry as it came with just 2 themes the default and the limitless. I personally prefer the limitless as it makes the interface cleaner. The issue that didn’t sit well with me is the region issue. Before I was able to get some themes and get to change my font at will I had to change my region from NIGERIA to INDIA; that also gave me a wider library of fonts in the built-in theme app. I have a list of themes I like but let me share my personal favourite, yellow. I have attached some screenshots for your lovely pleasure. The font is San Francisco from iOS. To be continued
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Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by vivypretty(f): 8:49pm On Aug 13, 2018 |
you didn't say anything about the not too beautiful features. 1 Like |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Nobody: 9:20pm On Aug 13, 2018 |
Please what's the name of this theme |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Gbadebo01(m): 10:02pm On Aug 13, 2018 |
Gestures I am using the gestures based control which I must say is very well implemented. The times I have had issues using the gesture control is when I am playing games and want to leave the game it takes sometime before it switches to the home screen which is somewhat understandable. When I am typing very fast sometimes the screen keeps moving when I type or totally takes me out of the current page. Battery life and real life performance With 4000mah you can do almost anything and with a snapdragon 636 CPU to go with it, you get an awesome performance. I get two days of moderate use from the battery but on the days I play games I get a full day of heavy use. Football manager Mobile which is my favourite mobile game works smoothly on the redmi note 5 AI with enhanced match engine. I have played asphalt and there was no ‘chopping’ while playing. I have not played a lot of games on the phone but it looks capable of handling most games you throw at it. Scrolling through the interface feels buttery smooth, feels very snappy. I also reduced all animations to 0.5x speed and makes the phone feel faster. There are some settings I have disabled because they don’t make some a lot of difference such as memory optimisation and MIUI optimisation. I don’t see a need for the memory optimisation as android does a good job of that. The reason I turned the MIUI optimisation is that when I apply a new theme or wallpaper it reverts in some couple of minutes or max couple of hours but when I disabled those options the themes stayed longer before reverting. The Camera The phone comes with dual cameras (12MP and 5MP) on the back and 13MP upfront. The main camera on the back is 12MP and the other camera is for depth sensing. The camera had me resurrecting my photography gene because of the level of detail the camera captures. The camera is very good but doesn’t do well in low light. The level of details in each shot is very good but when it comes to low light there is usually a lot of noise. The bokeh effect (background blur) is the most talked about feature of the camera. Check out some of my pictures. For the front camera, it also has the bokeh shot capability but not as seamless as the back camera as sometimes you would notice stitching on some shots. i would not dwell on this too much and let the pictures do the talking. the pictures are very large due to upload size i could only upload one picture. 1 Like
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Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Gbadebo01(m): 10:03pm On Aug 13, 2018 |
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Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Precixx(m): 10:03pm On Aug 13, 2018 |
Following, Question number one, How much u buy that things to add extra sim Question number two, Did u root the phone to flash oreo |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Gbadebo01(m): 10:04pm On Aug 13, 2018 |
vivypretty:it's coming in the second part by tomorrow afternoon |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Gbadebo01(m): 10:17pm On Aug 13, 2018 |
Precixx:i cant remember how much I bought it but you can check AliExpress it's called hybrid simeo adapter. 2. i have not flashed the Oreo yet but if you want to you need to unlock your phone first, get twrp to flash oreo |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by mubarakyoung: 10:59pm On Aug 13, 2018 |
is that redmi better than infinix note 5 |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Precixx(m): 11:51pm On Aug 13, 2018 |
Gbadebo01: How do u manage the extra popping out sim |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Gbadebo01(m): 8:50am On Aug 14, 2018 |
Precixx:the case helps alot, as most people dont get to see it. |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by nerdfrost(m): 9:39am On Aug 14, 2018 |
mubarakyoung:guy pls don't start this morning...even note 4x is better than infinix note 5 9 Likes |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by loverboys: 12:07pm On Aug 14, 2018 |
I don hear |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Dacronym(m): 12:44pm On Aug 14, 2018 |
This phone and the Note 4 which has a longer lasting battery |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by orenzi: 4:44pm On Aug 14, 2018 |
I have a brand Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Global version 4GB Ram 64GB storage...Black colour.display is gorgeous snapdragon 636 processor is very fast,It has A1 Dual Camera,updated to latest Android Oreo and miui and lots of fantastic features.one of the best at this price range.Call/WhatsApp 08025220285 if interested.Location is Lagos.77k only
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Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by biggmusty(m): 5:39pm On Aug 14, 2018 |
Let's see the cases u bought for ur machine |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Chiefkester: 7:53pm On Aug 14, 2018 |
Gbadebo01: please how does the 2 sim thing wrk i am considerin dis device |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by skyhighweb(m): 8:00pm On Aug 14, 2018 |
orenzi:How much if i give u my honor 5c |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Gptech(m): 8:32pm On Aug 14, 2018 |
Gbadebo01:It's strange to hear that your phone did not come with Oreo as all Redmi note 5 AI comes with Oreo out of the box. Can you upload your about phone to confirm? Also, you don't need to unlock bootloader or flash TWRP to get your device updated if need be. 1 Like |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by fibonacci2526: 8:59pm On Aug 14, 2018 |
Gptech: Hahaha, I get follow this story. Too many misinformation on this forum. |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Gbadebo01(m): 9:44pm On Aug 15, 2018 |
Gptech:yeah! what i wanted to flash was the AOSP Oreo firmware. i apologize for any misgivings. i will adjust the write up to reflect that |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Gbadebo01(m): 9:52pm On Aug 15, 2018 |
Dacronym:the note 4 is the battery king due to its energy efficient Snapdragon 625 |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by henry007(m): 9:53pm On Aug 15, 2018 |
Changing font and theme made you love the display? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Gbadebo01(m): 9:55pm On Aug 15, 2018 |
Chiefkester:please check this video sir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhcBp_TfXis 1 Like |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by 2kurupt(m): 4:35am On Aug 16, 2018 |
You must be running some warped up rom if ordinary wallpaper & themes keep reverting, even my ancient of days Redmi Note 3 didn't have such issue with MIUI optimisation activated. Surprised your phone didn't come with Android Oreo out of the box, or did you do some tinkering with your device? |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Dacronym(m): 6:53am On Aug 16, 2018 |
Gbadebo01:So No other phone with the a better battery than RN4 yet? |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by orenzi: 9:54am On Aug 16, 2018 |
orenzi:Still available |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Gbadebo01(m): 9:59am On Aug 16, 2018 |
2kurupt:the phone came with oreo under the guise of miui 9.5. flashing AOSP Oreo was wat i was talking about and i have not made adjustments to the firmware yet. i believe the theme that keeps reverting is a bug but i need the other note 5 ai users to confirm.
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Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by 2kurupt(m): 12:08pm On Aug 16, 2018 |
Gbadebo01: I use RN5 too, same MIUI version as yours, but no issues or bug to that effect from my end.
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Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Gbadebo01(m): 1:02pm On Aug 16, 2018 |
2kurupt:cool bro glad to knw we are in the same club .. but mine is the 3 x 32GB but yours is 4 x 64 GB. i think it may be a memory issue. btw your front camera is how many Megapixel? |
Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by Gptech(m): 1:41pm On Aug 16, 2018 |
Gbadebo01:It's not a memory issue, even 1gig ram Redmi 2 doesn't experience such. It is compatibility issues with some new themes, with time such should be fixed by developers. Same issue you experience happen with this them on a Redmi note 5 here.
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Re: My 3 Month Redmi Note 5 Story by busuyi44: 1:57pm On Aug 16, 2018 |
Hybrid sim adapter is available 1k each.let us that on WhatsApp Precixx: |
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