- Oct 14, 2012
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Warning to online buyers!!
Check always if your phone is original!
If you bought your phone on Aliexpress confirm your order only after checking if everything works and if it's a original one.
A order made with Paypal allows you to open a dispute 45 days from the payment
Safe sellers list check this
I wrote this post to help people to recognize xiaomi clones, lets see if it works
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I used some info and images from miui.it this forum and some google searches.
http://miui.nexus-lab.com/site/2012/10/16/xiaomi-mi-one-mi-two-attenzione-truffe-casi-documentati/
How to Discover a fake in 30 sec
Speedy steps:
- wrongly placed proximity sensor, mi button, volume buttons to official images of xiaomi
- Dual sim slot and different battery slot
- A nonQualcomm cpu and Adreno GPU (fake usually have MTK cpu and PowerVR gpu)
-No Mi recovery or a different fastboot logo (fake usually have a textual recovery and an android logo in fastboot )
To check your cpu and gpu with Hw info, this is what you should get :
- http://imagecherry.com/or22007o3t51
- http://imagecherry.com/qn243d3diiuo
Known fakes
Case 1
Differences Front side
- wrong placed proximity sensors on the right of speaker (m1 has it on the left)
- mi button placed in mid of right side (m1 has it at the bottom of the left side)
- volume buttons placed on the left side (m1 has them on the right side)
Back side
- Dual sim slot (m1 has 1 sim)
- different size battery and battery slot (m1 battery is smaller, and has a different logo)
- speaker placed on the top of the phone (m1 speaker is on the bottom)
Recovery
This fake doesn't have the Mi Recovery but a textual one
This clone has a Mediatek cpu (MT or MTK) xiaomi hones have Qualcomm cpu
Case 2
Xiaomi m1 c2000
Differences front side
as case 1
- wrong placed proximity sensor on the right
- mi button on the mid of the right side
- volume buttons on left side
Back side
- dual sim slot
- completely different battery slot and battery size
This phone boats a Mediatek cpu (MT or MTK)
Xiaomi m1 c2000 fake phone video
Check always if your phone is original!
If you bought your phone on Aliexpress confirm your order only after checking if everything works and if it's a original one.
A order made with Paypal allows you to open a dispute 45 days from the payment
Safe sellers list check this
I wrote this post to help people to recognize xiaomi clones, lets see if it works
I used some info and images from miui.it this forum and some google searches.
http://miui.nexus-lab.com/site/2012/10/16/xiaomi-mi-one-mi-two-attenzione-truffe-casi-documentati/
How to Discover a fake in 30 sec
Speedy steps:
- wrongly placed proximity sensor, mi button, volume buttons to official images of xiaomi
- Dual sim slot and different battery slot
- A nonQualcomm cpu and Adreno GPU (fake usually have MTK cpu and PowerVR gpu)
-No Mi recovery or a different fastboot logo (fake usually have a textual recovery and an android logo in fastboot )
To check your cpu and gpu with Hw info, this is what you should get :
- http://imagecherry.com/or22007o3t51
- http://imagecherry.com/qn243d3diiuo
Known fakes
Case 1
Differences Front side
- wrong placed proximity sensors on the right of speaker (m1 has it on the left)
- mi button placed in mid of right side (m1 has it at the bottom of the left side)
- volume buttons placed on the left side (m1 has them on the right side)
Back side
- Dual sim slot (m1 has 1 sim)
- different size battery and battery slot (m1 battery is smaller, and has a different logo)
- speaker placed on the top of the phone (m1 speaker is on the bottom)
Recovery
This fake doesn't have the Mi Recovery but a textual one
This clone has a Mediatek cpu (MT or MTK) xiaomi hones have Qualcomm cpu
Case 2
Xiaomi m1 c2000
Differences front side
as case 1
- wrong placed proximity sensor on the right
- mi button on the mid of the right side
- volume buttons on left side
Back side
- dual sim slot
- completely different battery slot and battery size
This phone boats a Mediatek cpu (MT or MTK)
Xiaomi m1 c2000 fake phone video
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