Help Needed To Use Chinese Version Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro In Uk !!

[Abeointer]

Greetings good people, I am contemplating buying a Chinese version Xiaomi Note 3 Pro phone and I was wondering how to go about updating the MIUI 7 Chinese ROM to the global version? ( Is it possible to do this without rooting the phone?) I would also like to, at some point --if not straight away--update to the recently released MUIU 8.

I would appreciate any guidance on how to do this please, even if it just pointing me in the direction of where I can find the relevant instructions / guidance.

I thank you for your time and anticipated help.

With regards,
Abeointer

 

[lucifer76]

You dont need root for changing versions. But you need to unlock it first. Search "miui unlock" in google, first link its what you need to do first. Anyway, if you a not a geek guy, dont buy phone with chinese version if you need global.

 

[Abeointer]

You dont need root for changing versions. But you need to unlock it first. Search "miui unlock" in google, first link its what you need to do first. Anyway, if you a not a geek guy, dont buy phone with chinese version if you need global.

Lucifer76, thank you for your response. I understand that this particular phone is sold unlock. Just to clarify, by "miui unlock" do you mean unlocking Bootloader on the phone?

Thanking you once again.

 

[lucifer76]

Yes, indeed. Dont worry, even is locked, is easy to unlock.

 

[vatelie]

I just did it on a Redmi Note 3 Qualcomm 32/3 Gb with a locked bootloader. It took me some time to figure it out, so maybe I'll help you keep things shorter.

My phone had a vendor modified ROM (lots of bloatware) of the china version. By the way, don't imagine China version is unusable, you can set it to english. I wasn't aware of it, because it had Google playstore installed and this was my first encounter with Miui, so I didn't know what to expect.

I tried installing the stable global ROM and didn't know why the updater app on the phone refused to recognise it. When I finally understood what was happening I updated to China stable and I got rid of the bloatware, but still wasn't happy because of obvious reasons...

After searching for solutions on the miui.com forum, I found this guide which helped me get the global stable rom with a locked bootloader:

(can't post links apparently, so just google thread-235865-1-1)

Following the exact steps described there worked for me. I'm not sure if it would have worked directly over the vendor ROM, but I guess that things should have been the same.

KEEP IN MIND that when selecting the ROM folder in MiFlash you should point to a folder containing the ROM, not an archive. For that I had to uncompress twice the file downloaded with the fastboot ROM (because it was an archive inside another one). By the way, remember this, FASTBOOT ROM, not recovery.

It's not that hard, but if you're a computer "illiterate" you should make sure you understand what you're doing. Good luck and let me know if it worked.