I'm a newbie and I need some help with my new MI3

[POliveira]

Hey guys,

I bought a XiaoMi 3 smartphone in a street-store in Shenzhen a few days ago. It cost 1200¥ and now I suspect it is fake, but I'm still not sure about that :s
It's my first smartphone and I have no experience with Android (and even less with MIUI, of course).

I was able to change the system's language to English, though some apps still are in chinese.

In order to use the applications I'm used to (lets say, e.g., Instagram), I would like to install Google Play Store.

Now begins the epic. I spent 2 days following all kinds of tutorials in this forum and all around the web and I wasn't able to properly install the Google Play Store. I was also unable to root or flash my phone as well!

I tried to install Google Play Store using several different methods, tried to flash and tried to root my phone, and I failed at all.

Let me point an important fact: apparently, I don't have the updater app installed on my phone!

The following pictures are screenshots of my phone's settings:

Before hand, let me thank you guys for any help!


EDIT: When I install Google Play Store using Eric Xiang's google installer app, I can't use it because the Google Play Store app always crash when I launch it.

 

[NisseCool]

You can boot into recovery? Vol up + Power

 

[POliveira]

You can boot into recovery? Vol up + Power

Hi NisseCool!

Yes, I was able to boot into recovery.
After a menu with 3 options:

• Recovery Mode
• Fast Boot Mode
• Normal Boot

I got the Recovery Mode menu as shown in the next picture:

 

[Edo Yehezkel]

Hi NisseCool!

Yes, I was able to boot into recovery.
After a menu with 3 options:

• Recovery Mode
• Fast Boot Mode
• Normal Boot

I got the Recovery Mode menu as shown in the next picture:
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Uhmm
The recovery shouldnt be that one..
I'm sorry but I'm almost sure 99% thats its a fake ;(

 

[POliveira]

Uhmm
The recovery shouldnt be that one..
I'm sorry but I'm almost sure 99% thats its a fake ;(

Yeah.. that's what I've been realizing :s

Anyway, I hope someone can still be able to help me root this thing XD

 

[NisseCool]

Yeah.. that's what I've been realizing :s

Anyway, I hope someone can still be able to help me root this thing XD

Umm, can you share a screenshot of cpu z? (app)

 

[POliveira]

Umm, can you share a screenshot of cpu z? (app)

Here you go:

 

[NisseCool]

Here you go:

MediaTek = Fake

 

[gh0st3g]

1000% fake, sorry

 

[siegal]

Sry for you. But it is a fake.

 

[jack4ya]

You could try updating it, but the phone being fake, it might cause some (more) issues. If it's not an urgent reason to update, you might want to leave it?
Otherwise, you might try sideloading the zip (try ftp, or any other method) in the top directory (root folder).
Make sure the file is named update.zip
and try using "update from sd card"

It might be worth a try.

 

[harshil.mehta.1217]

I want it

 

[globalsat.stamatis]

I also beleivi is afake

www.gps-trackers.gr

 

[kiswum]

Hardware state says it is fake.
Mi3 doesn't have a MediaTek CPU.

 

[aaland]

Is a clone, very bad

 

[reneftw]

In case you didn't get already it after 7 replies, your phone is a replica.

 

[silas guo]

I think also it is a fake. Original xiaomi mi3 will costs 1499 ￥（about 250usd) in China.

 

[DKOKKK]

hi guys, i bought a mi3 before a few days from to2c and i installed the new greek stable rom from miui.gr, 3.13

the bigger problem is that it cant go from 2G to 3G automate when i choose this setting.. so until now i must choose if i want fast internet or good sign for calls..

 

[silas guo]

Both are important.

 

[Samik Guha]

Really sorry to hear about this
Before buying u should be enquired a lot,if u can try to get another device from that same shop
If u got warranty then visit service centres

 

[discom]

Not very kind to sell a fake. Give it to your kids