How To: Xiaomi Hongmi / Redmi Note 3 (SnapDragon/Qualcomm) – Flash Chinese Rom to Global Rom – Locked Bootloader – Mac OSX / Linux Ubuntu / Windows via Virtualbox

RedditDiggFacebookTwitterFlipboardPinterestLinkedinLineI recently purchased a Redmi Note 3 (SnapDragon/Qualcomm) in China and wanted to Flash from a Chinese Rom to Global Rom. I quickly learnt that because of the Locked Bootloader you can not simply Flash from a Chinese Rom to a Global…

ADB Xiaomi Mi Pad start Hardware Test app without Dailer – Calibrate Display, Proximity Sensor

RedditDiggFacebookTwitterFlipboardPinterestLinkedinLineI recently had some display and button problems and wanted to calibrate the display and Proximity sensor on my Xiaomi Mi Pad. Xiaomi`s MIUI ships with a great app for testing and calibrating all the hardware on the phone, the…

How To: Xiaomi MIUI V6 – Enable Developer Options and turn on and USB Debugging

RedditDiggFacebookTwitterFlipboardPinterestLinkedinLineThis is a Image how to on how to enable Developer Options and turn on USB Debugging on a Xiaomi Device running MIUI V6 1. Open Settings > About Phone (very Bottom) 2. Tap MIUI Version 7 Times in rapid succession until you…

Mac Fastboot Flash Xiaomi Hongmi Recovery Rom when all else Fails

RedditDiggFacebookTwitterFlipboardPinterestLinkedinLineThis is a short guide on how to flash a Recovery Rom to any Xiaomi Device on a Mac Using Fastboot 1. Install Fastboot Use something like this – https://code.google.com/p/adb-fastboot-install/ Or directly from Google – http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html 2. Download your recovery rom from…

How to: Xiaomi Hongmi/Redmi 1S Flash Global Rom to Chinese WCDMA / China Unicom Version – Add Google Play

RedditDiggFacebookTwitterFlipboardPinterestLinkedinLineCaution: FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING AT YOUR OWN RISK This is a short guide on how to flash the Global Rom to a Chinese WCDMA / China Unicom version of the Xiaomi Redmi 1S so that you can add Google Play…

How to: Mac OSX Bluestacks Install APK Terminal – ERROR Device not found

RedditDiggFacebookTwitterFlipboardPinterestLinkedinLineThis is a how to on installing a APK to Bluestacks using the terminal on a Mac. To install the APK run the following command, replacing PATHTOAPK with the path to your APK file ~/Library/BlueStacks\ App\ Player/Runtime/uHD-Adb install PATHTOAPK This…

Best Cheap Basic Android Smartphone, ZTE 中兴 U791, Spreadtrum, for Android App Development, ADB Testing, ROOT – China Mobile

RedditDiggFacebookTwitterFlipboardPinterestLinkedinLineHi, I have been developing apps for Android for a while and needed a really cheap device to do basic Android Testing on. I went to China Mobile in China and looked around and found this little Gem! It runs…

How to: Spreadtrum ADB (Android Debug Bridge) Drivers / Setup – ZTE U791 – Windows 7 64Bit and MAC

RedditDiggFacebookTwitterFlipboardPinterestLinkedinLineI recently bought a very cheap ZTE U791 that I wanted to use as a debugging device while developing an Android app. It took me a whole day to find the correct drivers that would work, Windows 7 64Bit made…