The Xiaomi Redmi thread

[adix_82]

I am pretty sure my Redmi is fake.

1. Very slow. Antutu only 10900. S3 have 15000ish and this supposed to be on par with S3

2. Resolution only 540 x 960 its so obvious this is not 720p! I was suspicious from start.

3. Using MT6572 instead of MT6589. Uses Mali GPU instead of PowerVR

This is fake UNLESS China Redmi/Hongmi comes in this spec as standard? Mine is Qoo10 set

I got it from a customer who trade in. I didn't know until a China Xiao mi rep told me..

 

[jedi5diah]

yah nothing but actually something: accessories like a neighborhood phone shop...bah..

Nothing there. Went before to replace faulty redmi phone. But Xiaomi did mention going to bring in accessories but wonder when.... Wanna buy the extra battery and charger

BTW its call Customer Service Center... not a Xiaomi Shop atm...

 

[Montoya]

Just received it yesterday night. Btw have they started pushing out any OTA updates for the SG rom yet??

 

[jedi5diah]

Just received it yesterday night. Btw have they started pushing out any OTA updates for the SG rom yet??

use the updater to get the latest stable version.

 

[babyqwerty]

what are some of the pre-installed apps which i can delete to free up more space?

so far only deleted mi-talk, anyone which i can delete?

 

[jedi5diah]

what are some of the pre-installed apps which i can delete to free up more space?

so far only deleted mi-talk, anyone which i can delete?

its usually more of what apps u install...the default rom is around 450mb only...

 

[babyqwerty]

its usually more of what apps u install...the default rom is around 450mb only...

so far i've installed only a few apps like fb, whatsapp, twitter, livescore, etc

 

[jedi5diah]

so far i've installed only a few apps like fb, whatsapp, twitter, livescore, etc

i don't think you will face any storage issues unless u have no sd card. good to have one for media n photos, so leave the internal storage for apps

 

[elimmel]

I noticed that every time I update an app, the phone storage drops.
Most of my user apps already transferred to SD card but phone storage still use up almost 1gb?
How to cleanup?

 

[Backlash]

Do a Memory Clean and clear your cache file.

 

[ruhuaa]

Got my hongmi last night. installed framaroot and rooted phone. Installed app2sd app. Installed a game and using app2sd tried to transfer game app to sdcard. It said successful but further checked the storage the app was still in the internal memory. any ideas?? Need to create partition on sd card?

 

[pngjm91]

Still haven received my Redmi...

 

[vcr03]

Still haven received my Redmi...

waiting..... neck long long !

 

[Just Me]

i don't think you will face any storage issues unless u have no sd card. good to have one for media n photos, so leave the internal storage for apps

By default the camera saves the photos to an external sdcard if it's inserted? Anything to set?

 

[oaynait]

Guys, I just got my redmi today!

just wondering if anyone have this issue. If you only want sim card 1 for 3G and sim card 2 for making call. is there a way to prevent accidentally making call from SIM card 1?

Maybe this question has been asked before... can someone point me to the post?

Thanks!

 

[butterbarter]

The Android's App2SD capability is a little bit stupid.

Some apps, such as widgets, cannot be installed to SD. Even for those that you can install to SD, parts of the app still remains in the internal memory. For example, the dex file and (usually) the data still remains in internal mem, while the apk and lib gets moved. Some apps will stupidly keep their data (eg, Chrome and the Straits Times app) inside the main app storage, taking up several hundred megs of precious space.

The advantage of App2SD is that it does not require root, you don't need a 2nd partition, and most backup programs can handle it well.

Another option is to use Link2SD. You have to pay for it, but it's superior in almost every way. It's better in that all apps can be moved to SD, and even the dex file is moved, so you save more space. The disadvantages are that 1) you need ROOT, 2) you need to create a 2nd partition in your SD card, and 3) not all backup programs know how to handle the 2nd partition.

Got my hongmi last night. installed framaroot and rooted phone. Installed app2sd app. Installed a game and using app2sd tried to transfer game app to sdcard. It said successful but further checked the storage the app was still in the internal memory. any ideas?? Need to create partition on sd card?

 

[exent]

"problems"

cannot receive bank sms [out of box]
whatsapp/facebook/sms notification no contact pic
video recording air noise damn loud
MTK chipset another closed-source rubbish like the $##@@ S3 Exynos
cannot use any miui theme except those provided by the limited non chinese store [out of box]


other than that I'm happy with the phone.
till i find more bugs.

 

[lionsroar]

waiting..... neck long long !

Haven't got it too..heard some people got theirs at 11pm

 

[pngjm91]

seems to have quite a no. of prob but i guess can't complain with that price tag

 

[shpesft]

Haven't got it too..heard some people got theirs at 11pm

I got my first set yesterday at 6pm and the second set at about 1015pm today