Hi. I am a complete novice when it comes to flashing ROM, rooting and unlocking bootloaders. To be honest I don't full understand the difference so please be kind!
I am looking to get a Mi5 in the UK. I am looking at getting it from Ibuygou or Aliexpress. Both retailers offer to send the phone with stock Chinese ROM or with a multi-language ROM. They also claim the multi-language ROM is the official Global ROM.
If I understand correctly, the official global ROM only supports English and Chinese so the multi-language ROM must be a custom ROM. Is that correct?
Would you recommend that I get them to install the multi-language Global ROM with Google play installed or should I stick with the Chinese ROM and flash myself?
As I said, I am a complete novice on this so I don't want to brick my phone!
Also, I have some banking apps that won't work on a rooted phone. Will flashing the ROM affect this?
Thanks
John
I am looking to get a Mi5 in the UK. I am looking at getting it from Ibuygou or Aliexpress. Both retailers offer to send the phone with stock Chinese ROM or with a multi-language ROM. They also claim the multi-language ROM is the official Global ROM.
If I understand correctly, the official global ROM only supports English and Chinese so the multi-language ROM must be a custom ROM. Is that correct?
Would you recommend that I get them to install the multi-language Global ROM with Google play installed or should I stick with the Chinese ROM and flash myself?
As I said, I am a complete novice on this so I don't want to brick my phone!
Also, I have some banking apps that won't work on a rooted phone. Will flashing the ROM affect this?
Thanks
John
