Xiaomi Redmi Note 9

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Zuka
8ar
01 Jan 2024

This mobile phone is the worst in the world Especially the RAM model 3GB The device freezes and does not respond.
I had to press and hold the power off button to reboot the system. The rom is terrible, the developer never updates the system. OTA Fix problems with software that malfunctions The system consumes too much of the device's resources, causing it to freeze. My English may be strange. I use google translate

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Czulix
JhS
29 Dec 2023

For that Price Xiaomi redmi note 9 is pretty good but after 2 years is a little bit laggy

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Nd5
15 Dec 2023

Shady GH, 13 Dec 2023I recently bought 120 watt charger because it was charging ... moreif it charges fast that normal otherwise change batt

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Wongwatt
Mjx
14 Dec 2023

Shady GH, 13 Dec 2023I recently bought 120 watt charger because it was charging ... moreThe faster you charge the warmer the battery gets - that physics at work

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Shady GH
CGH
13 Dec 2023

I recently bought 120 watt charger because it was charging very slow. But now my phone heat when charging is it normal? Sorry my phone is note 9 pro

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Anonymous
U3M
10 Dec 2023

Anonymous, 10 Dec 2023Just check out smartphone reviewers, like 50%+ of their Sam... moreand a reviewer has said that every single samsung with some age they had has their battery expanded. I do not want my house burned down, ok?

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Anonymous
U3M
10 Dec 2023

This does not mean that i like redmi note 9. In fact redmi note 7 is better than redmi note 8 and note 9 in performance

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Anonymous
U3M
10 Dec 2023

Anonymous, 10 Dec 2023Except the battery will literally explode on your average 3... moreJust check out smartphone reviewers, like 50%+ of their Samsungs have their battery expanded after 2 years of purchase

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Anonymous
U3M
10 Dec 2023

I do agree that helio g85 is pathetic though.

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Anonymous
U3M
10 Dec 2023

Ggdd, 01 Dec 2023The worst phone that you can ever buy. Instead go buy an ol... moreExcept the battery will literally explode on your average 3 year old Samsung and whatever iPhone X today doesn't have over 10 seconds of screen time unplugged.

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06 Dec 2023

Ggdd, 01 Dec 2023The worst phone that you can ever buy. Instead go buy an ol... moreagree

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Anonymous
56G
03 Dec 2023

Very nice Phone this phone is very solid and this phone camera very good

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Ggdd
pRc
01 Dec 2023

The worst phone that you can ever buy. Instead go buy an older and cheaper version of iPhone or Samsung from 5 years ago, still will be better than this.
The only positive is the endurance of it. It will not break no matter what you do and you will not need to replace it. Don't buy it, never again anything from xiami!

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Anonymous
yJt
21 Nov 2023

A HUGE rant, but here goes...

(This is my experience of the Redmi Note 9 3/64 Model, it might be different if you have a better configuration)

This has got to be the WORST smartphone experience in my life by far. This phone is borderline unusable to me for the following reasons.
1) The phone really, and I mean "really", likes to freeze, even just doing everyday tasks; browse social media apps for a while --> freeze, play games (that's not even that demanding) --> freeze, use the camera app --> freeze, load a heavy web page using chrome --> freeze. And believe me, I tried to make it usable (because it's my phone, after all), I tried clearing apps after I don't need to use them from my recent, I tried clearing the RAM, I tried to use it normally without clearing the RAM, I tried both turning on and off the virtual memory feature, I tried factory resetting, all of them to no avail and eventually coming to the same conclusion, freeze.

2) Retainment of apps. Whenever I tried to switch apps to do other things and switch back to the app I was using, It will be very likely that the app that you were using will have to reload. This makes me have to be careful on what I chose to do on my phone. For example, I got an email from someone, I clicked the notification to read and perhaps reply to that email. When I come back to what I was doing. The thing just decides to reload and I lose track of what I was doing. Very annoying.

3) The camera. For whatever reason, when taking pictures using 1x level zoom, the picture will come out blurry. Only when I use 2x, then the picture is significantly clearer, but then I'd have to walk out to get more field of view which is just ridiculous. Also, when scanning QR codes using the camera app, I have to walk so close into the QR code for it to register, even though I can zoom into to it and see it just fine. Also, did I mention that it'd freeze sometimes when I used the camera app?

And you know what is the best part? All of the above issue persists throughout MIUI 11 to 13, without any meaningful fix. What a joke.

And I know some of you might think "Hey, I don't have that problem!". Well, first of all, mine is the 3/64 model, which admittedly, is the worst one out of all the possible configurations. However, Xiaomi shouldn't release a phone if it is this bad. Even if it's cheap. This is just unusable and shows the lack of care to the customers. This thing is so bad that I wouldn't even wish my worst enemy to use this phone.... You know what, never mind that. I wanted my worst enemy to use this phone, so that they can suffer haha.

Also, I aware that custom rom exists, but It is way too inconvinience for me to it, also I do not want to risk the possibility of not being able to use banking apps.

Now, to be fair to this phone. The one saving grace it has is it's battery. It has one of the best battery life in a smartphone I've ever experienced. I can go a whole day with a full charge with somewhat moderate use, with some juice remaining at the end of the day. And the SoT is quite impressive, too.

With that said, It has been long since I had moved on to another phone by now (about half a year, and no it's not a Xiaomi). And I could fully said that it was one of the most liberating feelings I've had in a while. No more have I had to deal with the freezes, the camera is much better and the performance of the new phone is just miles better than this mess. It speaks volume on how bad this thing was when I still remember how bad it was when I used it, even after more than 6 months. What a shame.

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Haseeb
3YY
08 Nov 2023

akioh, 20 May 2023how many times do you have to charge the phone per day?This is very nice. I am using 3 years 4gb ram but this phone using smooth. I am one day charge 3 times . this time use no problem small lag coming enother no issues

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Anonymous
mPH
04 Nov 2023

AsagiX, 09 Sep 2023Don't bother to share those here. Too many fanatics he... moreI'm assuming it's the basic version with 3GB of RAM, since I have a Redmi 9 that shares the same SoC with the Note 9 and suffers similar problems. Including to have once had the phone so messed up after opening Gcam that it crashed and ended calling emergency services, trying to reset it.

The problem there is MIUI 13 (and probably Android 12 too, knowing each new version eats more system resources), that has turned the phone into a mess even after a factory reset once it updated, when in a previous version was quite usable. MIUI 13 first and MIUI 14 now work much better on a Note 9 Pro (bought second-hand, so Xiaomi did not get extra monies), especially the latter, with twice as much RAM.

Since both the Redmi 9 and Note 9 will supposedly receive the MIUI 14 I'm waiting to see if the update fixes somewhat the former. If not, time to unlock bootloader and try a custom ROM.

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Anonymous
vxu
22 Sep 2023

akioh, 20 May 2023how many times do you have to charge the phone per day?every two days

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Anonymous
vxu
21 Sep 2023

AsagiX, 09 Sep 2023Don't bother to share those here. Too many fanatics he... moremaybe you are more bump than this phone

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PKM
7kk
17 Sep 2023

Hi , 12 Sep 2023Hi Any idea how to remove the shortcut of camera and torch... morePress on them and move them to the top

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Hi
t7V
12 Sep 2023

Hi
Any idea how to remove the shortcut of camera and torch from the main screen of redmi note 9?
Thank you.

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