Question Miflash EDL mode - authorised account problem?? - Xiaomi Mi Pad 5

I'm about to receive a Mi Pad 5 Pro 5G (with CN ROM) sent from China. I know this is the wrong forum but I wanted to ask a larger audience. Anyway I wonder if Pad 5 / 5 Pro needs an 'authorised Mi account' to use MiFlash through edl? I have just read about people with bricked Xiaomi phones begging for authorisation on blogs or some people in Russia who can remotely unbrick Xiaomis but charge you etc... I had Mi Pad 4 before but I never encountered this problem in using MiFlash. The authorisation restriction sounds massively inconvenient, and I am wondering if I should return my new Pad 5. Please someone tell me this issue doesn't concern Pad 5 (pro)!! Cheers

UmiCat said:
I'm about to receive a Mi Pad 5 Pro 5G (with CN ROM) sent from China. I know this is the wrong forum but I wanted to ask a larger audience. Anyway I wonder if Pad 5 / 5 Pro needs an 'authorised Mi account' to use MiFlash through edl? I have just read about people with bricked Xiaomi phones begging for authorisation on blogs or some people in Russia who can remotely unbrick Xiaomis but charge you etc... I had Mi Pad 4 before but I never encountered this problem in using MiFlash. The authorisation restriction sounds massively inconvenient, and I am wondering if I should return my new Pad 5. Please someone tell me this issue doesn't concern Pad 5 (pro)!! Chee
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UmiCat said:
I'm about to receive a Mi Pad 5 Pro 5G (with CN ROM) sent from China. I know this is the wrong forum but I wanted to ask a larger audience. Anyway I wonder if Pad 5 / 5 Pro needs an 'authorised Mi account' to use MiFlash through edl? I have just read about people with bricked Xiaomi phones begging for authorisation on blogs or some people in Russia who can remotely unbrick Xiaomis but charge you etc... I had Mi Pad 4 before but I never encountered this problem in using MiFlash. The authorisation restriction sounds massively inconvenient, and I am wondering if I should return my new Pad 5. Please someone tell me this issue doesn't concern Pad 5 (pro)!! Cheers
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Try flashing using unlocktool

Thanks! Will look into it... Given a few people have reported they used miflash on Pad 5 / 5 Pro along the way, perhaps we are in luck. I've never heard of this account authorisation thing about Mi Pad 4 either. Fingers crossed!

I unlocked my CN mi pad normally after waiting the unlock period.
I then flashed mine using the fastboot image with the Mi Flash tool.

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Mi Max wifi problem

Dear all,
I am from India and today i got my Mi max. When ever i try to connect to any wifi, it says "saved" and after some minutes it says" wifi connection failure ". Just checked online and many users are also reporting the same issue. Does any one know how to resolve this issue? Already restarted my mobile as well as did factory reset. Couldn't resolve as of now. Please help.
Thanks in advance
Santhosh.S
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Sounds like a bad batch according to what I've read on en.miui.com. I got my Mi Max from China and I don't have any WiFi problems.
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Yep, definitely something Xiaomi screwed up and I suspect it has to do with nv_data low level configuration.
If it's not that then I am curious if problem exists in CM13.
Nothing you can do but wait for Xiaomi to fix it via update or recall all faulty devices...
Thanks for both of your replies. I hope it is a software issue and will be solved in the upcoming updates.
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Blade2014 said:
Thanks for both of your replies. I hope it is a software issue and will be solved in the upcoming updates.
Sent from my MI MAX using XDA-Developers mobile app
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That would be nice
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If it is what I think it is we might get to take a look at the Indian nv_data configuration and by comparing it with Chinese one we might have some interesting outcome.
Blade2014 said:
Thanks for both of your replies. I hope it is a software issue and will be solved in the upcoming updates.
Sent from my MI MAX using XDA-Developers mobile app
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It's a hardware issue, read the comments here
http://www.gogi.in/mi-max-wifi-issue.html
Nothing in that article points to a hardware issue as a defective chip or something. If it is then why Chinese version is not affected? Both versions hardware wise are same. Just different low level configuration which is fixable dy special software update as far as I know.
I might be wrong though... We'll see.
I received my Mi Max from flipkart yesterday and I too have the same problem. WiFi doesn't connect with any networks. Can someone please help me to resolve this issue.
Even I'm facing same issue. I updated to custom miui8 but no use. Problem persists. So is this issue hardware related then? Pls answer me. I have few more days before I can return the phone.
many people are facing same issue. we should do something for this. you can join this group also
https://chat.whatsapp.com/LmqvNAzFsFiCOohxjxKU33
we all are gather here for same issue. if we raise our voice together MI has to do something or else they will make fool of us
Today morning i spoke to xiaomi customer care and they said that it is a software issue and will be solved in future update but they didn't mention any time frame.
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Just had a word with MI Customer Support, useless guys. Asking me to visit the service center to have the JobID, and then call the customer support team to arrange for a pickup for replacement. When the whole hell lot is having the problem, then why MI wants us to visit the service center, instead trying to solve the problem MI Team is bring more frustration to customers. Can somebody let me know how to sue MI in India court of law for bringing faulty products to India market without doing the basic testing.
I am not able to join this group. Please add me to the group so that we all can work together...The number is 9986540299 and my name is Yathish
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Same here dinesh even i tried calling customer support and they speaking bull **** like the way they spoke to you... its better that we all should go to consumer court and try to sue Mi india for providing such faulty devices.
Dinesh1603 said:
Just had a word with MI Customer Support, useless guys. Asking me to visit the service center to have the JobID, and then call the customer support team to arrange for a pickup for replacement. When the whole hell lot is having the problem, then why MI wants us to visit the service center, instead trying to solve the problem MI Team is bring more frustration to customers. Can somebody let me know how to sue MI in India court of law for bringing faulty products to India market without doing the basic testing.
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nijel8 said:
Nothing in that article points to a hardware issue as a defective chip or something. If it is then why Chinese version is not affected? Both versions hardware wise are same. Just different low level configuration which is fixable dy special software update as far as I know.
I might be wrong though... We'll see.
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Please read the comments of it where someone says that he has even flashed chinese developer rom but same problem, I also have purchased from India from Flipkart in the first sale (July 13th 2016) and don't have this problem
paarkhi said:
Please read the comments of it where someone says that he has even flashed chinese developer rom but same problem, I also have purchased from India from Flipkart in the first sale (July 13th 2016) and don't have this problem
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so your MI BOX had 'MADE IN INDIA' label or MADE IN ???
paarkhi said:
Please read the comments of it where someone says that he has even flashed chinese developer rom but same problem, I also have purchased from India from Flipkart in the first sale (July 13th 2016) and don't have this problem
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It needs special update which will flash the partition holding the low level configuration (efs, fsg whatever). Regular ROM update even Chinese doesn't touch those partitions.
I am not sure though if it can be done OTA because that partition also holds IMEI, ESN other things that has be kept. So they might release a tool which will overwrite only faulty values.
I am only speculating based on what I know and the info we have so far, nothing more...
same issue wifi not connected please solve this problem update new version for wifi conectivity
nijel8 said:
It needs special update which will flash the partition holding the low level configuration (efs, fsg whatever). Regular ROM update even Chinese doesn't touch those partitions.
I am not sure though if it can be done OTA because that partition also holds IMEI, ESN other things that has be kept. So they might release a tool which will overwrite only faulty values.
I am only speculating based on what I know and the info we have so far, nothing more...
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MIUI 8 stable, which according to customer care is dropping on 16th Aug, will fix the issues. But we know MIUI 8 will only be out on 23rd or later.
I wonder if CM13 will fix it though.
roofrider said:
MIUI 8 stable, which according to customer care is dropping on 16th Aug, will fix the issues. But we know MIUI 8 will only be out on 23rd or later.
I wonder if CM13 will fix it though.
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I am curious too but I highly doubt it. It's not a simple ROM issue it's more deep lower software level thing. Phones runs Android as main OS, but also runs Qualcomm AMSS as baseband OS which we don't see and which takes care of all cpu, wireless, security etc operations at chip level. Something is wrong on that level.

Unlocking bootloader with an "old" mi account

My current mi account reseted so I need to wait 312 hours yet. My mother has an old mi account (made it 3 or 4 years ago) but she never tried to unlock her phone.
Can I use it to unlock my phone after unbind my current account or it has a 360 hours waiting time too?
Sigray said:
My current mi account reseted so I need to wait 312 hours yet. My mother has an old mi account (made it 3 or 4 years ago) but she never tried to unlock her phone.
Can I use it to unlock my phone after unbind my current account or it has a 360 hours waiting time too?
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No way around it, wait.
Incogn said:
No way around it, wait.
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Maybe the old account's counter is finished ?
Sigray said:
Maybe the old account's counter is finished ?
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What counter? You said it yourself, she never even tried to unlock, so there never was a counter to begin with. These threads come up every day, just read the forum, there is no way around it, xiaomi fixed it. If you dont believe, then just go and try, you will see for yourself.
if your old mi account is unlock before sure can unlock on the spot with other phone, i have try before is work
Not working anymore. I have three accounts that unlocked miui devices before and they can't unlock new devices now. It says to wait for 15 days.
devcon69 said:
Not working anymore. I have three accounts that unlocked miui devices before and they can't unlock new devices now. It says to wait for 15 days.
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Sh*t
I tried to bind my account with a new RN5 PRO device with an old account which has already bound and waited the 360 hours and unlocked successfuly, but When I tried to unlock with the new one, just asked me to wait 360 hours.
Falcon1 said:
I tried to bind my account with a new RN5 PRO device with an old account which has already bound and waited the 360 hours and unlocked successfuly, but When I tried to unlock with the new one, just asked me to wait 360 hours.
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Sometimes hard to understand your post ?
Sigray said:
Sometimes hard to understand your post
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I tried to bind my account with a new RN5 PRO device with an old account which has already bound and waited the 360 hours and unlocked successfully with my Redmi 5 plus, but When I tried to unlock with the new device that got this morning (Redmi note 5 PRO), just asked me to wait 360 hours. Whatever If you have an old account with an unlocked device before or a new one, Xiaomi is going to ask you to wait for 360 hours.
My 2 latest phones unlocked right away without wait time. My account status on en.miui.com is Senior Member, don't know if it has anything to do with it.

Where to sell my bricked device

As the tittle says, I want to sell my xiaomi redmi note 5. It is bricked and there is no way to unbrick it, so if there is any company that wants it to pieces or something like thar, tell me please
Try unbrick thread for redmi note 5 pro.
You may once again see your working phone.
gursewak.10 said:
Try unbrick thread for redmi note 5 pro.
You may once again see your working phone.
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I´m sorry, but my device is hard-bricked. I tried myself, and many repar shops, and none of us could introduce a SO or whatever the mobile need, so my last chance is to sell it. They told me all is perfect but the motherboard
If its in warranty mi will change it if back case note opened.
I had my motherboard replaced twice , once for note 5 pro and once for redmi 4.
But i never opened phones myself untill warranty period ends.
If its in warranty they change motherboard.
&& One thing try to visit authorized service centre only.
They provide original parts and know more than repair shops.
They have with them all company provided equipments and parts.
I want it.
Hi, if u still have it, I want it. How to get in touch with you?
I want to buy your bricked device

Mi Max 3 Bootloader Unlocking Taking Too Long

Hello all
Can anyone tell me why Xiaomi keep moving the 'time period' for unlocking the BOOTLOADER on the Mi Max 3 ?
Initially I was told onscreen (PC Mi software) to try again in 360 hours. So I waited for the 360 hours and now it is saying onscreen, unable to unlock , try again in another 4 days time......
The phone is VERIFIED onscreen , my Mi Account is well established and verified.
Has anyone else experienced this ?
Will the BOOTLOADER ever unlock ?
I am becoming less interested in the Xiaomi brand as every day goes by. At least with a Samsung product there is no waiting nor external company control.
I am curious to know if Xiaomi are collecting personal data or info when you connect your device to their PC software to unlock the device.
Seems like Xiaomi like to control what the end user can and can't do with their products.
Thanks for reading :good:
tsam19 said:
Hello all
Can anyone tell me why Xiaomi keep moving the 'time period' for unlocking the BOOTLOADER on the Mi Max 3 ?
Initially I was told onscreen (PC Mi software) to try again in 360 hours. So I waited for the 360 hours and now it is saying onscreen, unable to unlock , try again in another 4 days time......
The phone is VERIFIED onscreen , my Mi Account is well established and verified.
Has anyone else experienced this ?
Will the BOOTLOADER ever unlock ?
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I've just read this message in a different thread here that seems related to your problem. How much have you been using the device while waiting for it go get unlocked?
RE Zacki06
Thanks for the link. As for using the phone i.e making calls or texting. I haven't really used it that way. I've installed a few apps on it. Surfed the web occasionally.
I don't want to use or customise it because when the bootloader gets unlocked it wipes the device like in a fresh format.
It seems like yet another bizzare, controlling twist from the Xiaomi manufacturers if they demand the user to use the device. Before allowing the bootloader to be unlocked.
It also seems suspiscious that Xiaomi are keeping tabs on the owner i.e knowing if they are using the device or not. Personally I don't like being spied on when I invest in buying a product.
I am swaying more and more to stay with a Samsung product if Xiaomi keep dangling a carrot then pulling it away at the last minute.
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RE Zacki06
Thanks for the link. As for using the phone i.e making calls or texting. I haven't really used it that way. I've installed a few apps on it. Surfed the web occasionally.
I don't want to use or customise it because when the bootloader gets unlocked it wipes the device like in a fresh format.
It seems like yet another bizzare, controlling twist from the Xiaomi manufacturers if they demand the user to use the device. Before allowing the bootloader to be unlocked.
It also seems suspiscious that Xiaomi are keeping tabs on the owner i.e knowing if they are using the device or not. Personally I don't like being spied on when I invest in buying a product.
I am swaying more and more to stay with a Samsung product if Xiaomi keep dangling a carrot then pulling it away at the last minute.
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So as mentioned here this might have to do with the fact that xiaomi wants to prevent chinese vendors to sell their stuff elswere.
But of course I agree that this level of "spying" is absolutely not ok and actually reminds me a bit of windows 10...^^
Thank goodness I'll be switching to the xiaomi.eu rom after unlocking, so this stuff is just for a while.
I mean, it does make some sense from their point of view as a company, but it's still annoying for the average customer.
Chinese vendors or any other seller, will sell any products where ever they can to make money, so it's naive of any big company like Samsung or Xiaomi to think they can sell their products to a selective audience. And prohibit the sales to an unwanted group or country.
Places like eBay are littered with these devices with cheap shipping worldwide.
From a buyers point of view who has trusted and bought a product doesn't expect to be spied upon or had barriers put in place to stop customising a device. It's similar to Apple and they way they control the end user on what they can and can't do with their products.
Tech companies aren't doing themselves any favours by behaving the way they do. It forces customers to look for a better product elsewhere.
Where is the Xiaomi.EU rom found ?
Personally for me if the device cannot be unlocked then I will be getting rid of it asap.
Regards :good:
tsam19 said:
Chinese vendors or any other seller, will sell any products where ever they can to make money, so it's naive of any big company like Samsung or Xiaomi to think they can sell their products to a selective audience. And prohibit the sales to an unwanted group or country.
Regards :good:
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The point is to miminise the risk for the seller to unlock and flash own shady firmwares on the phone before selling.
tsam19 said:
Where is the Xiaomi.EU rom found ?
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You can find the stable version of the rom here: Link
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Personally for me if the device cannot be unlocked then I will be getting rid of it asap.
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Well I'm quite certain that it can be unlocked but it's rather surprising to me that it is so difficult But yeah, if I can't unlock mine (that hasn't even been shipped since I ordered it almost a week ago ) then I'll probably also have to think what to do with it.
Zacki06 , yes others have unlocked their Xiaomi bootloader. However the process is not as straight forward as rooting or unlocking a Samsung bootloader.
If your not aware you have to register for an Mi account, verify it. Use that login to be able to use the unlocking PC software and at the same time register and verify your Mi account / phone number on the Xiaomi device you have bought . Boot into fastboot mode and connect to the Mi servers who verify your device and that is when the time duration kicks in. Either 360 hours or 720 hours message will appear.
As in my experience I am having to use the device for yet another 4 days before I may or may not be allowed to have the bootloader to be unlocked.
All I want to do is root the device. No bootloader unlock, no root!
dannejanne , As for sellers selling Xiaomi devices with flakey firmware already on them, that is quite widespread on eBay and similar for sales places. And if these sellers have registered that particular handset with their details registered to that device for them to have had the bootloader unlocked. Then you or anyone who has bought that device. The new owner will / could have problems when trying to use that device or register it. There are lots of instances when the Xiaomi device can become Mi cloud blocked ( just like Apple icloud) . :good:
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Zacki06 , yes others have unlocked their Xiaomi bootloader. However the process is not as straight forward as rooting or unlocking a Samsung bootloader.
If your not aware you have to register for an Mi account, verify it. Use that login to be able to use the unlocking PC software and at the same time register and verify your Mi account / phone number on the Xiaomi device you have bought . Boot into fastboot mode and connect to the Mi servers who verify your device and that is when the time duration kicks in. Either 360 hours or 720 hours message will appear.
As in my experience I am having to use the device for yet another 4 days before I may or may not be allowed to have the bootloader to be unlocked.
All I want to do is root the device. No bootloader unlock, no root!
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I am fully aware of the process, I asked a ton of questions before buying this phone because I was not sure at first if it was worth the wait. Turns out I still didn't learn everything but I still bought it because it is an amazing phone (screen size, battery, etc.). And I'm not new to android It has just been a while since I flashed a custom rom on a decvice, my Honor 5x is running stock at the moment so I was not familiar with all the recent changes that have happened.
I still hope you will try and keep the phone. And as a personal note, I never had a good hand with samsung phones (no problem with tablets). I can't stand AMOLED screens and my experiance shows, that they also don't like me. So all my phones except for the only samsung phone I had for only a week until it broke had an LCD or another kind of screen, but never an amoled
Cheers
A good result at last
After more messages of wait, wait, wait.
Today, finally, at last the job is done !! :good:
I don't know what information Xiaomi have extracted from my handset in order for their servers to allow 'unlock'.
But for anyone else in the same 'waiting position', there is light at the end of the tunnel! :victory:
tsam19 said:
After more messages of wait, wait, wait.
Today, finally, at last the job is done !! :good:
I don't know what information Xiaomi have extracted from my handset in order for their servers to allow 'unlock'.
But for anyone else in the same 'waiting position', there is light at the end of the tunnel! :victory:
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Good news, congratulations

Question Motherboard replaced and different smartphone model! HELP

hi guys, I recently sent my Xiaomi MI 11 Lite 5G NE to repair for a problem with the mobile networks ... Picked up yesterday and everything works fine.
Tonight I was tweaking a bit in the settings and I realized that the model in the phone info does not match the one printed on the back of the phone!
On the back of the phone is printed 'Model: 2109119DG' and in the settings 'M2101K9G'... which corresponds to the Xiaomi MI 11 Lite ... NOT NE!
Another thing ... Checking with AIDA64 also the processor turns out to be that of the Xiaomi MI 11 Lite 5G not NE ...
Could it be because they installed a wrong motherboard? I'm going to the store tomorrow but I wanted to Hear your opinion.
Thanks a lot..
Yes, they probably replaced the motherboard with the non-NE one. You're kinda lucky and unlucky at the same time lol. The NE is a bit inferior to the Mi 11 Lite 5G, but the NE is the one widely available.
varunkp said:
Yes, they probably replaced the motherboard with the non-NE one. You're kinda lucky and unlucky at the same time lol. The NE is a bit inferior to the Mi 11 Lite 5G, but the NE is the one widely available.
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Thanks for the answer ... What would you do? I think I will send it back to repair .. again
mmm... Are you sure they just changed the motherboard? Maybe they just replaced your phone totally.
Did you check the IMEI numbers?
I was also following you regarding the mobile data issue, if the issue is gone and you don't have any issue with this non-NE mobile, I would keep it.
As your messages are from last week, just tell us what you decide and if mobile data issues are totally gone.
Thanks!
Hi Raulci ... Yes, the phone now works perfectly, I also noticed that the proximity sensor has improved. I am sure that the motherboard has been changed and not the phone cause as I said in the post, on the back of the phone is engraved the model corresponding to NE, and in the phone settings the model corresponds to non-NE (like the processor etc...). I'm pretty sure they installed a "wrong" motherboard. I went back to the shop and they told me that that is the motherboard that Xiaomi sent and they can't do anything about it. I wrote to Xiaomi assistance and they told me after some checks it turns out that the motherboard is original and correct for my model ... I know it's not a problem but this is not the way I like to work, unfortunately this is definitely the first and last experience with Xiaomi...
raulci said:
mmm... Are you sure they just changed the motherboard? Maybe they just replaced your phone totally.
Did you check the IMEI numbers?
I was also following you regarding the mobile data issue, if the issue is gone and you don't have any issue with this non-NE mobile, I would keep it.
As your messages are from last week, just tell us what you decide and if mobile data issues are totally gone.
Thanks!
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Hi Raulci ... Yes, the phone now works perfectly, I also noticed that the proximity sensor has improved. I am sure that the motherboard has been changed and not the phone cause as I said in the post, on the back of the phone is engraved the model corresponding to NE, and in the phone settings the model corresponds to non-NE (like the processor etc...). I'm pretty sure they installed a "wrong" motherboard. I went back to the shop and they told me that that is the motherboard that Xiaomi sent and they can't do anything about it. I wrote to Xiaomi assistance and they told me after some checks it turns out that the motherboard is original and correct for my model ... I know it's not a problem but this is not the way I like to work, unfortunately this is definitely the first and last experience with Xiaomi...
Sorry for the double post i can't delete the First One
Very very strange case... It's clear that the motherboard is for renoir, not lisa, but Xiaomi says it's correct, it makes no sense! Very weird.
Fortunately, I think you were lucky. Now problems are gone with your phone.
Be careful if you update MIUI manually, you should use Lisa or renoir rom? Better do it by OTA.
Thanks for your feedback.
You are lucky getting an free upgrade to 780G, which is equal to 855+
Thats strange. Its must be that xiaomi knows that they have messed up with wrong motherboard for 11 lite ne 5g with bad modems, not able to deliver performance, so this is their way of solving problems.
But any such act should be informed. User should be aware before replacement.
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Thats strange. Its must be that xiaomi knows that they have messed up with wrong motherboard for 11 lite ne 5g with bad modems, not able to deliver performance, so this is their way of solving problems.
But any such act should be informed. User should be aware before replacement.
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Say what do, do what you say... those reps need to learn some business ethics.
The OP could demand a full refund.
That's basically theft by deception.
If the substituted mobo puts you in a better position then go with it.
Dude you are literally getting a free upgrade, 778G to 780G. You should keep it.

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