miui updates

meanwhile rn3p has stable 8.1 oreo

it runs MIUI 9 on an older Android version

Android patch level is fairly recent

And they backported a shit ton of oreo features

No other manufacturer maintains a device that long

also if you flash global miui through miflash on edl mode it'll be stuck on chinese region

so you need to unlock bootloader to fix that

which is impossible if you have a redmi note 3 special edition :)()

that's the first thing you should do when you get a Xiaomi device anyway

unlock the bootloader and not buy the MediaTek versions

that's common knowledge

what if you can't unlock the bootloader and the issue has been known for like 2 years now?

you shouldn't have bought the MTK version

not mtk

what then?

redmi note 3 special edition with b20 lte

a.k.a the taiwan version

interesting

isn't B20 unlockable on the normal version, too, with a custom radio?

Since the hardware supports B20, it's just not active

i don't have a kenzo so i can't tell

so shouldn't it be a normal RN3P with another radio?

thankfully i was able to unofficially unlock my redmi note 3

i've had more issues with the stock rom than any custom rom i've ever used on this phone

@porco and yeah it technically is, but because of the extra bands, it's 2mm taller

Can you flash kenzo roms?

yeah

And B20 works still?

yeah

but if i flash a rom with kenzo firmware

it'll be a brick

i'd need a full efs backup then with imei everything

softbrick, recoverable with `fastboot boot meme.img` or hardbrick?

i don't know how to call it exactly

the phone would work still

but every signal would be lost as well as IMEI

nothing would work phone related

and would be impossible to fix without getting proper backups from another redmi note 3 special edition

no chink shit this week 😭