Supports cellular and data State: Active

Description

Released in November 2015, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 aka kenzo is one of the best value for money mid-ranger of its time with a massive 4000mAh battery , it also had a 5.5 inch IPS LCD display, Hexa-core Snapdragon 650 processor with 2 big cores for perfomence and 4 little cores for efficiency , and comes with either 2GB of RAM and 16GB internal storage, or 3GB of RAM with 32GB internal storage. The main shooter is 16MP with an f/2.2 aperture, while the front camera is 5MP with f/2.0 aperture.

Features & Usability

Automated Usability (beta)

This device currently offers minimal features, most of the smart functionalities might not work yet. It can be a very nice second device.

  • Actors:

  •  Manual brightness
  •  Notification LED
  •  Torchlight
  •  Vibration
  • Camera:

  •  Flashlight
  •  Photo
  •  Video
  •  Switching between cameras
  • Cellular:

  •  Carrier info, signal strength
  •  Data connection
  •  Dual SIM functionality
  •  Incoming, outgoing calls
  •  MMS in, out
  •  PIN unlock
  •  SMS in, out
  •  Change audio routings
  •  Voice in calls
  •  Volume control in calls
  • Endurance:

  •  24+ hours battery lifetime
  •  7+ days stability
  • GPU:

  •  Boot into UI
  •  Hardware video playback
  • Misc:

  •  Anbox patches (deprecated)
  •  AppArmor patches
  •  Battery percentage
  •  Offline charging
  •  Online charging
  •  Recovery image
  •  Reset to factory defaults
  •  RTC time
  •  SD card detection and access
  •  Shutdown / Reboot
  •  Wireless External monitor
  •  Waydroid
  • Network:

  •  Bluetooth
  •  Flight mode
  •   Hotspot
  •  WiFi
  • Sensors:

  •  Automatic brightness
  •  Fingerprint reader
  •  GPS
  •  Proximity
  •  Rotation
  •  Touchscreen
  • Sound:

  •  Earphones
  •  Loudspeaker
  •  Microphone
  •  Volume control
  • USB:

  •  MTP access
  •  ADB access
Working

Confirmed, depending on the maintenance

Not Working

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Partial

Working to some extent but with issues

Global Issue

Issue is not specific to this device

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (kenzo)

Specifications

CPUHexa-core 64-bit
Architecturearm64
ChipsetQualcomm MSM8956 Snapdragon 650
GPUQualcomm Adreno 510
Storage16/32GB
Memory3GB
Android VersionAndroid 6.0.1
Battery4000 mAh
Display1080x1920 pixels, 5.5 in
Rear Camera16 MP
Front Camera5 MP
Dimensions150 x 76 x 8.7 mm (5.91 x 2.99 x 0.34 in)
Weight164 g (5.78 oz)

Known limitations

Sound

sound won't come up on every boot in such cases do a force reboot ,it should work from next boot.

Bluetooth

everything except file transfer works.

Camera

camera preview works but cant save picture and video.

More Details and status

Can be found in this xda post

Installation

The port is not ready to use the installer, yet :)

If u prefer a flashable zip

Please download,

To install please reboot to twrp or orange fox recovery and flash halium-boot and the above zip file

If u prefer the standerd halium-install method

Fetch files and tools

Download and install the following tools:

Download the following files:

Unlock OEM installation

In Android activate developper mode and use MI unlock tool to do an oem unlock (skip this step if you are on a custom rom)

If this step is not done you willnot be able to flash hlium-boot.

Install TWRP or Orange fox recovery

Install the TWRP recovery as instructed in its documentation. or install Orange fox recovery fromhere

Reboot to recovery and format data
  1. From the computer enter adb reboot recovery.
  2. On your phone go to wipe->Format Data then enter yes as instructed.
  3. From the PC Flash system.img using the halium-install script ./halium-install -p ut ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz system.img.
  4. Flash halium-boot from pc using fastboot fastboot flash boot halium-boot.img.
  5. Wait, after the reboot, you should have Ubuntu Touch Running on your Kenzo :-)
  6. please reboot once more after initial setup is done .