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Inquiries about the Mi Mix 2s.

Hello I am interested in buying the Mi MIx 2S 8GB 256 GB, but I have a few concerns.
1- i found this out on frequency check:
frequencycheck.com/carrier-compatibility/Y0VKtoe/xiaomi-mi-mix-2s-premium-edition-global-dual-sim-td-lte-256gb/etisalat-egypt
I would like to know if its true or not, that it wont support LTE band in my country ( although the band is listed in the Device description)
2-Do you have any idea when to expect a global rom ?
3-I am buying it from JD.com - Because AliExpress and Gearbest are very pricy. So i was also wondering if it would be easy to install Google services and use the phone normally and get rid of Xiaomi bloatware or some of it at least, until global rom is available.
4- Is it true that It should be easier to make custom roms and thus installing them for this device, wouldnt have to wipe phone every time i do so, or ??
5-What are Mi Mix 2S Daily MIUI Builds that i found here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-mix-2s/how-to/mi-mix-2s-daily-emui-builds-t3775064
is it worth it or waiting for an official global rom is a better alternative ?
Thank you.

Riyokan said:
Hello I am interested in buying the Mi MIx 2S 8GB 256 GB, but I have a few concerns.
1- i found this out on frequency check:
frequencycheck.com/carrier-compatibility/Y0VKtoe/xiaomi-mi-mix-2s-premium-edition-global-dual-sim-td-lte-256gb/etisalat-egypt
I would like to know if its true or not, that it wont support LTE band in my country ( although the band is listed in the Device description)
2-Do you have any idea when to expect a global rom ?
3-I am buying it from JD.com - Because AliExpress and Gearbest are very pricy. So i was also wondering if it would be easy to install Google services and use the phone normally and get rid of Xiaomi bloatware or some of it at least, until global rom is available.
4- Is it true that It should be easier to make custom roms and thus installing them for this device, wouldnt have to wipe phone every time i do so, or ??
5-What are Mi Mix 2S Daily MIUI Builds that i found here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-mix-2s/how-to/mi-mix-2s-daily-emui-builds-t3775064
is it worth it or waiting for an official global rom is a better alternative ?
Thank you.
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1. Can't help you there sorry:/
2. As soon as they start to sell it officially in countries outside China, I don't think there's already a date for that
3. Yes, it's easy, you can read about it in the xiaomi Reddit wiki here. lots of information there for other topics too
4. I think it should be easy because of project treble. My current understanding is you only have to wipe the phone completely if you go from miui to a aosp or cm based custom rom or the other way around, if you flash for example resurrection remix and then want to flash omni rom you don't have to do a full wipe
5. I don't know about these daily builds but I will test them as soon as I get my 2s
You can (according to stuff I read in other forums) use the chinese rom without any issues if you install the playstore and so on described in 4. I will do the same

Flatric said:
1. Can't help you there sorry:/
4. I think it should be easy because of project treble. My current understanding is you only have to wipe the phone completely if you go from miui to a aosp or cm based custom rom or the other way around, if you flash for example resurrection remix and then want to flash omni rom you don't have to do a full wipe)
5. I don't know about these daily builds but I will test them as soon as I get my 2s
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I didn't quite understand the part Resurrection remix part? what is that ? Could you explain a bit more?
Also when are you expected to get your Mi 2s?

Riyokan said:
I didn't quite understand the part Resurrection remix part? what is that ? Could you explain a bit more?
Also when are you expected to get your Mi 2s?
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Resurrection remix is a popular custom Rom, that was just an example to tell you that you don't have to wipe everything when you go from one custom Rom to another, but a factory reset is, as always, recommended. Wiping the whole data partition is only necessary if you want to flash miui after a cm or aosp based custom Rom or flash a custom Rom when you are coming from miui.
It will arrive within the next 20-30days according to the shop it ordered it (tradingshenzen).

Flatric said:
Resurrection remix is a popular custom Rom, that was just an example to tell you that you don't have to wipe everything when you go from one custom Rom to another, but a factory reset is, as always, recommended. Wiping the whole data partition is only necessary if you want to flash miui after a cm or aosp based custom Rom or flash a custom Rom when you are coming from miui.
It will arrive within the next 20-30days according to the shop it ordered it (tradingshenzen).
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Okay I got it now.
I couldn't make the flash sale on JD.com :S
Is tradingShenzen trusted? Have you used it before, coz it seems to have a lower price than gearbest or aliexpress.

Riyokan said:
Okay I got it now.
I couldn't make the flash sale on JD.com :S
Is tradingShenzen trusted? Have you used it before, coz it seems to have a lower price than gearbest or aliexpress.
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I never used it before but I checked on reddit and other forums and most of the people from germany buy on tradingshenzen because we get a 2 year warranty there. The price on gearbest will be lower in a few weeks for sure

Flatric said:
I never used it before but I checked on reddit and other forums and most of the people from germany buy on tradingshenzen because we get a 2 year warranty there. The price on gearbest will be lower in a few weeks for sure
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Okay, please let me know when you get your phone and flash the rom etc.
And thank you for your help so far.

Riyokan said:
Okay, please let me know when you get your phone and flash the rom etc.
And thank you for your help so far.
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You're welcome
Yes, I'll let you know

Riyokan said:
Hello I am interested in buying the Mi MIx 2S 8GB 256 GB, but I have a few concerns.
2-Do you have any idea when to expect a global rom ?
Thank you.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-mix-2s/how-to/miui-global-rom-twrp-released-t3778465

Riyokan said:
3-I am buying it from JD.com - Because AliExpress and Gearbest are very pricy.
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You can try to use the code GBMBP on gearbest, on many phones you get some discount
Edit: Just checked it, seems like the code is expired

Frequencycheck has false info for Mi Mix 2S, claims it doesn't support any LTE bands.

Flatric said:
You can try to use the code GBMBP on gearbest, on many phones you get some discount
Edit: Just checked it, seems like the code is expired
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Yeah, I am that lucky.
Even the flash sales on JD.com have ended, now all the prices are 4800 Yuan and up!
And Aliexpress price spiked to 860$
I can only buy the 256 8G version for it to work where I live!
I am screwed
Edit:They are back, The flash sale is BACK!

Riyokan said:
Yeah, I am that lucky.
Even the flash sales on JD.com have ended, now all the prices are 4800 Yuan and up!
And Aliexpress price spiked to 860$
I can only buy the 256 8G version for it to work where I live!
I am screwed
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Are you 100% sure you need 256 version? As far as I know you only need the 256 version for America

Flatric said:
Are you 100% sure you need 256 version? As far as I know you only need the 256 version for America
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I asked their local distributor in Egypt ( Although they don't exude much confidence, but they said for our 4G networks that seems to be the case although the bands of our LTE are on the lower models as well.
I am still debating it any way.

Riyokan said:
I asked their local distributor in Egypt ( Although they don't exude much confidence, but they said for our 4G networks that seems to be the case although the bands of our LTE are on the lower models as well.
I am still debating it any way.
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I tried to google a little bit and this is my conclusion:
These and these are the Bands used in Egypt and here are the bands supported by the mi mix 2s. According to wikipedia GSM 900 and 1800 are Band 3 and 8 and both supported by the standard version of mi mix 2s.
For 3g you need UMTS 2100 which is B1 and also supported by standard 2s and for LTE you need LTE B1 which is supported too. I'm not 100% sure about it, maybe just create a question thread on Xiaomi reddit forum to double check

I tried to google a little bit and this is my conclusion:
These and these are the Bands used in Egypt and here are the bands supported by the mi mix 2s. According to wikipedia GSM 900 and 1800 are Band 3 and 8 and both supported by the standard version of mi mix 2s.
For 3g you need UMTS 2100 which is B1 and also supported by standard 2s and for LTE you need LTE B1 which is supported too. I'm not 100% sure about it, maybe just create a question thread on Xiaomi reddit forum to double check
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Yeah those are the answers I found, But here in Egypt everything tech wise is a bit vague and no official website can be really trusted, which is why I didn't wanna risk it from the beginning ,but the price will probably lead me to that eventually If the flash sale plan doesn't go through.

Riyokan said:
Yeah those are the answers I found, But here in Egypt everything tech wise is a bit vague and no official website can be really trusted, which is why I didn't wanna risk it from the beginning ,but the price will probably lead me to that eventually If the flash sale plan doesn't go through.
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Ok, good luck

Seems like on the global version you get all the bands with the small versions too. https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-mix-2s/help/global-lte-model-t3770545 but it's not confirmed

[WHY] Not many discussion in this device forum

Why there are not many forum discussions for the this device. Is it because this device not popular yet.
I migrated from Xiaomi mi9. I was using mi9 for more than a year and can also see the forum discussions are very active including custom ROMs.
Sent from my Mi 10 Pro using Tapatalk

i think the combination of
- The most expensive MI device
- COVID
- Limitation of the international market, they just focus on China?

binary1411 said:
i think the combination of
- The most expensive MI device
- COVID
- Limitation of the international market, they just focus on China?
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Yes. I agree with you. Due to covid sweep, this device couldn't get to European and global market.
We may have to wait until it gets into the hands of international users.
Sent from my Mi 10 Pro using Tapatalk

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Telegram..

smohanv said:
Yes. I agree with you. Due to covid sweep, this device couldn't get to European and global market.
We may have to wait until it gets into the hands of international users.
Sent from my Mi 10 Pro using Tapatalk
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mi 10 pro is a very expensive smartphone, but of high quality. soon people will start using it more actively.

Sem_Polo said:
mi 10 pro is a very expensive smartphone, but of high quality. soon people will start using it more actively.
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Or they all on telegram until proper development start's

The problem with Telegram is thats it just one massive thread.
I was expecting some custom ROMs already, MIUI is ok, but I got the phone intending to put a custom ROM on it ASAP and bearing in mind the good reviews it has got over the last 6 months and how hard it is to get hold of the global versions I too, expected a lot more activity here by now.

badaas said:
Telegram..
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Which Channels?

- Expensive
- One of the first native Android 10 devices, therefore a lot of difficulties with development of TWRP due to its super-partition
- Mi 10 mostly uses identical hardware, therefore many threads are in that sub-forum
- Telegram channels lead to people not posting on xda anymore (which is bad, because any random guy can host those telegram device channels, so they can disappear, it's an uncategorized mess and search is bad)

It really is not very expensive at all if you do some minor searching - £713 GBP (8/256) including import fees to the UK is cheap compared to most other flagships of similar spec.
I was surprised to find that the Pro does not share the same forum as the standard Mi 10 seeing as its only the battery and the cameras that are different, certainly any custom ROM would simply be a mildly tweaked version of the standard Mi 10's ROM, it would have been far better for the phones to share the same forum.

Telegram also not many people discussion,i already join in mi10 Pro global,and already sign out also..useless

Telegram is so messy. Not easy to find the appropriate information. Would like to know which gcam and xml file that are best for this phone.

cmi was test dummy, Xiaomi tested 50w wireless charge, 90hz screen, and encryption methods then dumped it to the trash.

POCO F2 PRO sold out?

Hello,
i want to buy the POCO F2 PRO, but everywhere it´s only available in purple for a good price, others are sold out!
Do you think new phones come into the market?
cheers

Personally I know there are global supply chain issues in every industry at this time. I'd be surprised if Xiaomi weren't affected as well. Blame lcokdowns etc.

xer0o0x said:
Hello,
i want to buy the POCO F2 PRO, but everywhere it´s only available in purple for a good price, others are sold out!
Do you think new phones come into the market?
cheers
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Which country do you want to buy from?

Production has stopped for the Poco F2 pro

XDRdaniel said:
Production has stopped for the Poco F2 pro
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The chinese version, redmi K30 pro also almost completely disappeared from the stores.
As an european consumer a six month product life seems a bit shorter than usual, especially as the poco f1 was launched two years before.
I always felt as an xda / custom roms user than we get the best value of a phone quite a few months after launch but if phone life is less than a year this is a real bummer for developpers.

XDRdaniel said:
Production has stopped for the Poco F2 pro
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The production of the Redmi K30 Pro (Chinese version) has been stopped because of shortage of some parts. Right now there are no plans to stop the production of the Poco F2 Pro (Global version).
Source: Two Xiaomi employees on a Telegram group

I bought the poco f2 pro 6/128 purple ...... 144 euro.
With sim contract 2 years..but seems a good price.

on gearbest white or grey only :$1048.65

@NOSS8
Bought 1 Yesterday in German Mi Store. It was about 369€ for 6/128 and 529€ for 8/256. But 8Gig seems sold Out.

broexel said:
@NOSS8
Bought 1 Yesterday in German Mi Store. It was about 369€ for 6/128 and 529€ for 8/256. But 8Gig seems sold Out.
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Of course we can still find them at this price, I just wanted to show that some abuse.

Credipede said:
The production of the Redmi K30 Pro (Chinese version) has been stopped because of shortage of some parts. Right now there are no plans to stop the production of the Poco F2 Pro (Global version).
Source: Two Xiaomi employees on a Telegram group
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There you go. Supply chain issues. Gotta love you some covid.

Xiaomi mi 11 Pro

please a question, the xiaomi mi 11 Pro will not be released globally? I researched and would like this information please.. a seller Aliexpress said he can change the language, because the chinese version has only chinese and english .. maybe flash another rom. he said that doing this will take another 15 days to send. saw a tutorial that make the global flash rom in minutes. work 5g in Brazil?

There is another problem, when you use not global version, chinese changed soft you will not have netflix on HD etc

Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro can be very easily converted from Chinese Version to Global or EEA.

PanNet said:
Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro can be very easily converted from Chinese Version to Global or EEA.
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Whatever, but chinese version dont have wideline certificate in partition perst. Then netflix wont work in HD. On xiaomi global rom too

so it doesn't worth to get the pro variant on Europe, no?

PanNet said:
Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro can be very easily converted from Chinese Version to Global or EEA.
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How to do this? Do you have any links?
I am planning to buy Mi 11 pro CN since Xiaomi 12 does not seem to have an IP68 rating

Hi,
All information you can find at this forum but first you must unlock bootloader (official unlock through Xiaomi) and it takes 7 days. After that you can choose right for you ROM (Global - hevily based on Google Apps, EEA - less Google Apps, EU Custom - close to original Chinese ROM). I sold my 11 Pro but now I regret it.
Just buy it and after that contact me again. In meantime you can register to Xiaomi.
Regards

PanNet said:
Hi,
All information you can find at this forum but first you must unlock bootloader (official unlock through Xiaomi) and it takes 7 days. After that you can choose right for you ROM (Global - hevily based on Google Apps, EEA - less Google Apps, EU Custom - close to original Chinese ROM). I sold my 11 Pro but now I regret it.
Just buy it and after that contact me again. In meantime you can register to Xiaomi.
Regards
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Why do you regret it? The camera it's awful, no Desktop Mode, USB 2.0 instead of 3.1....

robi101012981 said:
Why do you regret it? The camera it's awful, no Desktop Mode, USB 2.0 instead of 3.1....
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Camera isn't awful - most flagship smartphones have similar cameras now, they all perform really good
Which global Xiaomi smartphone has desktop mode? MIUI+ is still in beta and only available in China (MIUI+ doesn't even have english interface)
And no Xiaomi phone has USB 3.1 - they all have USB 2.0, including the recently announced Xiaomi 12 phones..

That's why I've said that Xiaomi phones are awful. About the camera, I can disagree with you, even a P30 Pro that's a 3-year-old device is performing better than a Mi 11 Pro....

robi101012981 said:
That's why I've said that Xiaomi phones are awful. About the camera, I can disagree with you, even a P30 Pro that's a 3-year-old device is performing better than a Mi 11 Pro....
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Sorry, You are wrong about the camera. Just got my 11 pro which I also had before and then sold it (just had to return to it ) In the meantime I had p30 pro, p40 pro, S21 Ultra, Find x2 pro...The Xiaomi is better than those smartphones, at least in my eyes.

mkovnet said:
Sorry, You are wrong about the camera. Just got my 11 pro which I also had before and then sold it (just had to return to it ) In the meantime I had p30 pro, p40 pro, S21 Ultra, Find x2 pro...The Xiaomi is better than those smartphones, at least in my eyes.
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Why do you say it's better? The zoom's awful, night photos are pretty bad, and daylight photos are not ok. Also, no Desktop Mode, USB 2.0, and software with bugs, you need to complicate with Xiaomi.EU rom to solve this...
I really hate that Huawei doesn't have GMS anymore, otherwise I would pick a P50 Pro/Mate 40 Pro with my eyes closed cause my S20+ sucks.

I have the Pro-version. Have also had standard Mi 11 and Mi 11 Ultra. For some reason I get clearly better battery life on 11 Pro compared to both 11 and 11 Ultra. Not sure why. I think the better battery life is the biggest advantage for me with 11 Pro over the standard Mi 11. The GN2 sensor on 11 Pro is really good but not that much better than the HMX-sensor in Mi 11. Sometimes I think that the 27MP binned photos from Mi 11 may be preferable since I like detailed photos.

Still worth in 2022

Hello everyone,
How does the phone age? Still worth to buy a new one in 2022?
I am thinking to choose one of the below, any comment would be appreciated:
Oppo Find X2 Pro
Oppo Find X2
Oneplus 9 Pro
Oneplua 8 pro

I would recommend to avoid any phone based on ColorOS.

ScratMan38 said:
I would recommend to avoid any phone based on ColorOS.
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Any suggestion with similar specs? Thnx