Yes or no .Google play on mi3 original rom ?

[David_o_neill]

Is it possible to install Google play on a mi3 that has the original rom installed and basically has not been interfered with ?
I have a mi3 which has had the multi language rom installed but now it has no updater app so I'm stuck on miui v5 .
This phone I bought as a present for my wife and I didnt know that I would have this issue ..
Now I really really like the phone and am looking to buy one for myself so I contacted my seller on aliexpress and asked him to this time leave the original rom on the handset as English is installed on it as is and I don't need a multi language setting , but he replied that google play cannot be installed on the original rom ?? Is this information correct ?
All I want is a mi3 phone that has the Google options available and working and I can also be able to push the weekly miui updates !
Can this be done ?
I'm not very confident in flashing roms etc and don't want to pay for a phone and then mess it up ..
Any help or info on this would be greatly appreciated ..
Thanks ..

 

[Janne Kotiranta]

Use the Google installer（谷歌安装器） on Xiaomi App Store. (search for 'google installer' you will find app with those chinese letters with Google logo.)

There are better instructions on http://en.miui.com/ site but it just went down. If I remember correctly you have to install google services first and after that anything else you need : play store, calendar, maps, etc.

 

[David_o_neill]

Ok , so the answer is that it is possible to install Google play and services onto a mi3 original rom device ?

 

[s4tch]

yes, that was the answer. you can download the installer from here:
http://en.miui.com/thread-3998-1-1.html

(google 1st search result for "miui google installer", just sayin')

 

[David_o_neill]

Lovely , thanks ill sort that now ..