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…

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…

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…