Xiaomi Mi 3 - Comments

Advantages: Build quality Kodi performance

Limitations: No lanChinese osNo google play without hackingOnly 1 gb is not enough

Advantages: Quality made, Hardware, Abilities. Great for Kodi.

Limitations: Getting English interface is NOT straightforward, although not too hard if you know what you're doing. Not an out-of-the-box experience. I wish sellers would through in a 1 cent flash drive with necessary soft and instruction. Took me 2 days fiddling to get it working. But it's all good now. Hint: Use Google Translate on the android phone to figure out what you're up to. For a non-Chinese reader (like myself) it's a lifesaver. Here is what you do: 1. Ignore = do not use ANY instructions you'll find online for older hardware versions. Specifically: DO NOT activate ADB, you don't need it to get English menu. And if you do, you won't see your USB flash. 2. Follow the instructions from Remy (in this review thread). He got it all covered. 3. Shafa app is changing, so you might need to click around to find that Globe setting. But with minor changes, I found it where it was supposed to be. It's all straightforward from there.

Advantages: Quality made, Hardware, Abilities. Great for Kodi.

Limitations: Getting English interface is NOT straightforward, although not too hard if you know what you're doing. Not an out-of-the-box experience. I wish sellers would through in a 1 cent flash drive with necessary soft and instruction. Took me 2 days fiddling to get it working. But it's all good now. Hint: Use Google Translate on the android phone to figure out what you're up to. For a non-Chinese reader (like myself) it's a lifesaver. Here is what you do: 1. Ignore = do not use ANY instructions you'll find online for older hardware versions. Specifically: DO NOT activate ADB, you don't need it to get English menu. And if you do, you won't see your USB flash. 2. Follow the instructions from Remy (in this review thread). He got it all covered. 3. Shafa app is changing, so you might need to click around to find that Globe setting. But with minor changes, I found it where it was supposed to be. It's all straightforward from there.

Advantages: Quality made, Hardware, Abilities. Great for Kodi.

Limitations: Getting English interface is NOT straightforward, although not too hard if you know what you're doing. Not an out-of-the-box experience. I wish sellers would through in a 1 cent flash drive with necessary soft and instruction. Took me 2 days fiddling to get it working. But it's all good now. Hint: Use Google Translate on the android phone to figure out what you're up to. For a non-Chinese reader (like myself) it's a lifesaver. Here is what you do: 1. Ignore = do not use ANY instructions you'll find online for older hardware versions. Specifically: DO NOT activate ADB, you don't need it to get English menu. And if you do, you won't see your USB flash. 2. Follow the instructions from Remy (in this review thread). He got it all covered. 3. Shafa app is changing, so you might need to click around to find that Globe setting. But with minor changes, I found it where it was supposed to be. It's all straightforward from there.

Advantages: Quality made, Hardware, Abilities. Great for Kodi.

Limitations: Getting English interface is NOT straightforward, although not too hard if you know what you're doing. Not an out-of-the-box experience. I wish sellers would through in a 1 cent flash drive with necessary soft and instruction. Took me 2 days fiddling to get it working. But it's all good now. Hint: Use Google Translate on the android phone to figure out what you're up to. For a non-Chinese reader (like myself) it's a lifesaver. Here is what you do: 1. Ignore = do not use ANY instructions you'll find online for older hardware versions. Specifically: DO NOT activate ADB, you don't need it to get English menu. And if you do, you won't see your USB flash. 2. Follow the instructions from Remy (in this review thread). He got it all covered. 3. Shafa app is changing, so you might need to click around to find that Globe setting. But with minor changes, I found it where it was supposed to be. It's all straightforward from there.

Advantages: Quality made, Hardware, Abilities. Great for Kodi.

Limitations: Getting English interface is NOT straightforward, although not too hard if you know what you're doing. Not an out-of-the-box experience. I wish sellers would through in a 1 cent flash drive with necessary soft and instruction. Took me 2 days fiddling to get it working. But it's all good now. Hint: Use Google Translate on the android phone to figure out what you're up to. For a non-Chinese reader (like myself) it's a lifesaver. Here is what you do: 1. Ignore = do not use ANY instructions you'll find online for older hardware versions. Specifically: DO NOT activate ADB, you don't need it to get English menu. And if you do, you won't see your USB flash. 2. Follow the instructions from Remy (in this review thread). He got it all covered. 3. Shafa app is changing, so you might need to click around to find that Globe setting. But with minor changes, I found it where it was supposed to be. It's all straightforward from there.

Advantages: Quality made, Hardware, Abilities. Great for Kodi.

Limitations: Getting English interface is NOT straightforward, although not too hard if you know what you're doing. Not an out-of-the-box experience. I wish sellers would through in a 1 cent flash drive with necessary soft and instruction. Took me 2 days fiddling to get it working. But it's all good now. Hint: Use Google Translate on the android phone to figure out what you're up to. For a non-Chinese reader (like myself) it's a lifesaver. Here is what you do: 1. Ignore = do not use ANY instructions you'll find online for older hardware versions. Specifically: DO NOT activate ADB, you don't need it to get English menu. And if you do, you won't see your USB flash. 2. Follow the instructions from Remy (in this review thread). He got it all covered. 3. Shafa app is changing, so you might need to click around to find that Globe setting. But with minor changes, I found it where it was supposed to be. It's all straightforward from there.

Advantages: Quality made, Hardware, Abilities. Great for Kodi.

Limitations: Getting English interface is NOT straightforward, although not too hard if you know what you're doing. Not an out-of-the-box experience. I wish sellers would through in a 1 cent flash drive with necessary soft and instruction. Took me 2 days fiddling to get it working. But it's all good now. Hint: Use Google Translate on the android phone to figure out what you're up to. For a non-Chinese reader (like myself) it's a lifesaver. Here is what you do: 1. Ignore = do not use ANY instructions you'll find online for older hardware versions. Specifically: DO NOT activate ADB, you don't need it to get English menu. And if you do, you won't see your USB flash. 2. Follow the instructions from Remy (in this review thread). He got it all covered. 3. Shafa app is changing, so you might need to click around to find that Globe setting. But with minor changes, I found it where it was supposed to be. It's all straightforward from there.

Advantages: Quality made, Hardware, Abilities. Great for Kodi.

Limitations: Getting English interface is NOT straightforward, although not too hard if you know what you're doing. Not an out-of-the-box experience. I wish sellers would through in a 1 cent flash drive with necessary soft and instruction. Took me 2 days fiddling to get it working. But it's all good now. Hint: Use Google Translate on the android phone to figure out what you're up to. For a non-Chinese reader (like myself) it's a lifesaver. Here is what you do: 1. Ignore = do not use ANY instructions you'll find online for older hardware versions. Specifically: DO NOT activate ADB, you don't need it to get English menu. And if you do, you won't see your USB flash. 2. Follow the instructions from Remy (in this review thread). He got it all covered. 3. Shafa app is changing, so you might need to click around to find that Globe setting. But with minor changes, I found it where it was supposed to be. It's all straightforward from there.