miui ROM: Mi 3

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: red;"><strong>Disclaimer and to thank the authors below:</strong></span></i></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><i>1. </i><i>If you decide to follow this steps, please note that I am not responsible for your actions.  This is for your reference only.</i></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><i>2. </i><i>I would like to thank the authors of the threads that I had made references to and also for using some of their images.</i></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><i>3. T</i><i>his might work for Xiaomi Mi 4 but not tested.</i></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Break condition of Xiaomi Mi 3</span></strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Recently, my <strong><span style="color: red;">Xiaomi Mi3</span></strong> died with the following issues:</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">a. blankscreen</span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">b. no LED</span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">c. capacitive buttons not lighted</span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">d.  when the Mi3 was plugged to my Windows 8.1 computer, there was many  Windows pop-up stating that the disks need to be formatted.</span>  </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div align="left">  <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><img id="aimg_278109" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201502/11/183027s4h0jy65rvz0t4h0.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></span>    </div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Image taken from <a href="http://www.doktertekno.info/2014/10/cara-unbrick-mito-a310.html" target="_blank">here</a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Research on unbricking Mi 3</span></strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Firstly,  I left the Xiaomi Mi 3 aside for 24 hours to drain it's battery. After  that, I charge it and could see the blinking red color LED<span style="color: red;"> (symptom of battery depleted) </span>and left it to charge for more than 12 hours. The issues I higlighted above remained the same.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So I did some research and found the 3 links <span style="color: magenta;">(links at end of this post)</span> which helped me to figure out how to <span style="color: red;"><strong>unbrick my Xiaomi Mi 3</strong>.</span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The steps below is for cases of </span><span style="color: magenta;">soft break</span><span style="color: black;">.  For </span><span style="color: red;">hard break</span><span style="color: black;">, you will need to follow the complete instructions from the thread below: "</span>Unbrick YourCompletely Dead Mi3 With No Fastboot/Recovery".</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">STEPS</span></strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Download <span style="color: red;"><strong>MiFlash tool</strong></span> from <a href="http://en.miui.com/thread-56440-1-1.html" target="_blank">here</a></span> </div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Download <span style="color: red;"><strong>Xiaomi Phone Manager</strong></span> from <a href="http://en.miui.com/thread-55321-1-1.html" target="_blank">here</a></span> </div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Reboot <span style="color: red;"><strong>Windows 8.1 in safe mode</strong></span>, select <span style="color: magenta;">"Disable driver signature enforcement"</span> option.  Refer to <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/167723/how-to-disable-driver-signature-verification-on-64-bit-windows-8.1-so-that-you-can-install-unsigned-drivers/" target="_blank">this link</a> on how to do this.  <span style="color: magenta;"><i>Applicable to Windows 7 but not Windows XP.</i></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. When the Mi 3 is connected to computer by USB, in device manager, the detected device <strong><span style="color: red;">"QHSUSB_BULK" is with "!"</span></strong>.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div align="left">  <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><img id="aimg_278112" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201502/11/183127xv55awzwwt3ooowj.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></span>    </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Image taken from <a href="http://clubgsm.vn/threads/unbrick-lg-g2-d802-qualcomm-9008-qhsusb_bulk-done-khong-thao-may.25172/" target="_blank">here</a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. Click on <strong><span style="color: red;">"QHSUSB_BULK"</span></strong> to install drivers by pointing to the directory:</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">C:\Program Files(x86)\Xiaomi\MiPhone\Qualcomm\Driver\serial</span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Follow the <strong><span style="color: red;">MiFlash steps</span></strong> from the thread below : "Unbrick Your Completely Dead Mi3 With NoFastboot/Recovery".  <strong><span style="color: red;">Note  that you do not need to remove the back cover of Xiaomi Mi 3 nor to use  wire to short the two contact points of the Xiaomi Mi 3's motherboard  as shown in the thread.</span></strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. After the <strong><span style="color: red;">flashing is completed</span></strong>, press <strong><span style="color: magenta;">Power button</span> for about 20 seconds,</strong> and my Xiaomi Mi 3 booted up successfully.</span></div></div>

How to ON semi dead Xiaomi Mi 3

Disclaimer and to thank the authors below: 1. If you decide to follow this steps, please note that I am not responsible for your actions. T...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.androidos.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mi-3sale-india.jpg" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Xiaomi Mi 3 sale" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-73284" height="499" src="http://www.androidos.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mi-3sale-india.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0.857142857rem auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="605" /></a>In an attempt to clear any remaining Mi 3 inventory before the introduction of Mi 4 smartphone next week in India, Xiaomi is holding a one-day sale for the smartphone on January 26. As usual, there is no easy way to participate in the sale and the company wants you to jump through multiple hoops before you are able to buy the smartphone.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As per a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MiIndiaOfficial/photos/a.1504141266467106.1073741828.1495988390615727/1580217445526154/?type=1&theater" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">post</a> on the company’s official Facebook page, the sale will take place at 5PM on January 26 and to participate the sale, you will have to complete a few tasks given in Facebook post. If you really want the phone, here is a quick look at the tasks.</span></div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Like this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MiIndiaOfficial/photos/p.1580217445526154/1580217445526154/" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">post</a> on Facebook and share with 3 or more friends</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Submit your Flipkart registered email address once the registration link is available on 12 noon at <a href="http://promo.mi.com/webfile/globalweb/in/hd/mi3/index.html" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">this link</a>.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Log into www.flipkart.com at 5 PM on the same day– if you were fast enough to sign up, you will find the device in your shopping cart.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Complete the payment on Flipkart.</span></li></ul><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To remind you, Xiaomi Mi 3 is a high-end smartphone and comes with specifications such as 5-inch full HD IPS display, Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 13MP rear camera and 2MP front shooter. The phone also packs 16GB of internal storage, 3050 mAh battery, Android 4.3-based MIUI v5 (Android 4.4 update is available). The phone carries a price-tag of INR 13,999.</span></div><div>sourec:- AndriodOs.in</div></div>

To Clear the Mi 3 inventory before Mi 4 launch, Xiaomi is holding a one-day sale on Jan 26 in India

In an attempt to clear any remaining Mi 3 inventory before the introduction of Mi 4 smartphone next week in India, Xiaomi is holding a one-d...