Hi!
It turns out that my device was a German region device but i wanted a Nordic one.
My question is, WHEN we can root this phone, will i be able to flash it with a Nordic ROM from HTC to get my Nordic ROM?
Not ONE person who can answer this question... ? And this is the leading forum for hacking phones of all kinds
I have no answer for your problem, but decided to post because I am on a similar boat.
Bought my sensation without thinking much, because I was under the impression (having read somewhere) that gingerbread now covered loads of languages (of which japanese is the one I need)
Anyway, it turned out mine was Thai or vietnamese. cannot tell which. It has both keyboards in the IME.
But using localisation software from the market and adding japanese IME made it as good as a Japanese sensation, if there ever will be such thing.
The only gripe is Android market limits me to access of certain downloads due to, what I can only understand as a regional lock(?) which only rooting can solve?
jewelkobayashi said:
I have no answer for your problem, but decided to post because I am on a similar boat.
Bought my sensation without thinking much, because I was under the impression (having read somewhere) that gingerbread now covered loads of languages (of which japanese is the one I need)
Anyway, it turned out mine was Thai or vietnamese. cannot tell which. It has both keyboards in the IME.
But using localisation software from the market and adding japanese IME made it as good as a Japanese sensation, if there ever will be such thing.
The only gripe is Android market limits me to access of certain downloads due to, what I can only understand as a regional lock(?) which only rooting can solve?
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Hope you've right about rooting is our salvation here
Anyone else?
jewelkobayashi said:
The only gripe is Android market limits me to access of certain downloads due to, what I can only understand as a regional lock(?) which only rooting can solve?
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Market region is normally a function of the sim card inserted..
Interesting...
The only SIM I own at the moment is Vietnamese, so no way of finding out. But it means next time I am abroad and buy a pay as you go, I might be able to get access to stuff I do not have at the moment.
Lets hope it works.
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I am the (unfortunate ?) owner of a Korean Motorola XT720 "Motoroi". And I have to say I am very unsatisfied with the general experience this phone provides.
The ROM is slow, and really chaotic. It's very hard to get your stuff done with this phone, as it randomly crashes or FC important applications. The general feeling the phone gives is of slowness, and is not very convenient to use.
What is strange is that on paper, the phone specs are really nice and I would really appreciate to use it under a faster system.
First, I would like to ask XT720 owners : Is it the same experience for you ?
This is what I tried (thanks to this website) : Rooting the phone + Milestone overclock. The phone is slighty faster at 800 Mhz, but still lags awfully. Putting 1Ghz makes the phone very unstable and heats a lot.
Is changing to Singapore ROM will help ? Can I use Singapore ROM with Korean carrier (SK Telecom) ?
I regret having bought this phone. Unless Motorola fixes this with a nice, well done, fit for the phone, Froyo release, I will never buy any Motorola product.
I am also a korean motoroi owner. At some points i agree with you. The phone is slow. Some tricks don't work that works on other xt720 model. But on the other side, if you know how to tweak, your phone's gonna be fast ( not that really fast). I oc my motoroi up to 1ghz without problems. Sometimes up to 1.2. Btw i understand your situation, i'll post some links of what tweaks i use on my phone.
Btw my friend has glaxy s. And my comment is. Galaxy s faster a very little.
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Here is one of tricks i apply my friend. If you are not in korea you can flash with europe firmware, that changes the cpu to 750mhz by default. But if you are using your phone and you are in korea. You gonna lose the service. Anyway i hope it helps you. I spend a lot of times digging some forums for this phone. I guess that's the best start.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/mo...-guide-milestone-xt720-apps2sd-froyo-jit.html
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Anyway. To all korean motoroi holders. Please post what you've researxh here. It would be a big help. Have a nice day...
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I own a Korean Motoroi, and I think it's pretty much ok. I have some issues:
1) Default home is slow.
2) Browser doesn't automatically wrap text to fit zoom.
3) Only 256 MB.
I'm using Launcher Pro, so #1 is not a problem anymore. I'm currently on a EU ROM, where #2 is working as expected, but the light and acceleration sensors don't seem to work. Not much I can do about #3, but I *think* I have a little more free memory on the EU ROM.
If you haven't upgraded your Korean Motoroi to 41R without SKAF, I suggest doing it ASAP. I did experience some crashes on the original ROM, but nothing on 41R.
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I own a Korean Motoroi, and I think it's pretty much ok. I have some issues:
1) Default home is slow.
2) Browser doesn't automatically wrap text to fit zoom.
3) Only 256 MB.
I'm using Launcher Pro, so #1 is not a problem anymore. I'm currently on a EU ROM, where #2 is working as expected, but the light and acceleration sensors don't seem to work. Not much I can do about #3, but I *think* I have a little more free memory on the EU ROM.
If you haven't upgraded your Korean Motoroi to 41R without SKAF, I suggest doing it ASAP. I did experience some crashes on the original ROM, but nothing on 41R.
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Very sorry to bother you, but :
1/ when you upgrade to another ROM, do you lose your service with SK Telecom ?
2/I am pretty much newbie in the phones world. What is 41R without SKAF ?
thanks a lot for your reply.
1. I mean when i install differrent rom execpt for korean sbf. There is no service. Maybe SK telecom blocked it.
2. I dont know about 41r. Im using 39r.
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My big advice is you should update to 2.1. Maybe you still using the 2.0.1 version.
lupinkor said:
Very sorry to bother you, but :
1/ when you upgrade to another ROM, do you lose your service with SK Telecom ?
2/I am pretty much newbie in the phones world. What is 41R without SKAF ?
thanks a lot for your reply.
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lupinkor said:
Very sorry to bother you, but :
1/ when you upgrade to another ROM, do you lose your service with SK Telecom ?
2/I am pretty much newbie in the phones world. What is 41R without SKAF ?
thanks a lot for your reply.
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No bother
1: Yes, I lost SKT service. I think SKT is blocking somehow, because the radio still seemed to be working and I could see both KT and SKT networks. I moved out of Korea a couple of weeks ago though, so I don't have any service at all right now. I've read that someone successfully unlocked a Korean XT720, but I haven't tried it myself yet:
http://www.chinalife.kr/blog/?p=364
2: SKAF is SK Application Framework, also known as "all the crap SKT put on the phone". After a lot of outrage from users, SKT now provides a way to flash a ROM without SKAF. It hasn't been pushed OTA though, so you have to manually update. To update to 41R, you can download the sbf from here, if you trust it:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7N9U46XJ
Alternatively, you can upgrade using the Korean Motorola website:
http://www.mymotorola.co.kr/product/PrdRsdMain.aspx
If you don't read Korean, I'd go with just flashing the sbf, the whole procedure is in Korean. You have to pick between SKAF and non-SKAF versions. There is talk on Korean message boards that there will be a 44R soon, which will not be the 2.2 upgrade, but I haven't really followed the boards lately.
The 44R is out, and sets the processor to 600mhz by default and supports wifi n, and crashes less. For Korean users like me you can do the upgrade through the page svenhenrik mentioned in his post.
EDIT : This is the last update before Froyo release next month.
Hello!!! I also have the Korean xt720. I just rooted it yesterday and also overclocked it. I have notice a very big difference between when it was stock and now. As I was read through the post I had a few questions.
1. Is the 44R out on the Motorola web site? Because I downloaded the 41R from the link svenhenrik posted.
Could you please tell me how to go about flashing the 41R or the 44R without SKAF.
2. Are there custom rom that works with the Korean xt720?
3. What are some good themes to use with the xt720?
My phone is currently has Universal androot. V1.6.2 beta 5
Milestone overclock: Overclocked to 1GHz @56vsel
Setcpu: Set to 1 GHz and 250 MHz range.
Titanium Backup.
Since I have only had the phone rooted and at with these setting for a day, I can't how well it’s working out right now.
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Hello!!! I also have the Korean xt720. I just rooted it yesterday and also overclocked it. I have notice a very big difference between when it was stock and now. As I was read through the post I had a few questions.
1. Is the 44R out on the Motorola web site? Because I downloaded the 41R from the link svenhenrik posted.
Could you please tell me how to go about flashing the 41R or the 44R without SKAF.
2. Are there custom rom that works with the Korean xt720?
3. What are some good themes to use with the xt720?
My phone is currently has Universal androot. V1.6.2 beta 5
Milestone overclock: Overclocked to 1GHz @56vsel
Setcpu: Set to 1 GHz and 250 MHz range.
Titanium Backup.
Since I have only had the phone rooted and at with these setting for a day, I can't how well it’s working out right now.
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1. Dunno
2. As I saw so far there's no custom ROM for XT720
3. You can download another Laucher and their themes on MARKET
I've been used 1GHz @56vsel for quite sometimes (2 weeks), nothing happened so far so I think it's good to run at that speed
Anyone ever has this problem? No INCOMING / OUTGOING Calls & SMS.
Everything else work fine, except the PHONE Function itself.
Inserted the SKT Sim and the phone manage to detect the CELL# and OBTAIN SKT Network signal. However when attempted to DIAL, NO RINGTONE and SIGNAL just drop out unexpectedly and CALL FAILED.
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Anyone ever has this problem? No INCOMING / OUTGOING Calls & SMS.
Everything else work fine, except the PHONE Function itself.
Inserted the SKT Sim and the phone manage to detect the CELL# and OBTAIN SKT Network signal. However when attempted to DIAL, NO RINGTONE and SIGNAL just drop out unexpectedly and CALL FAILED.
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Not sure about this. I know when I took the phone to Thailand I got signal but couldn't use it because of the type of contract I have.
I was looking at App2SD and was woundering if using this will free up my internal memory. Right now I am close to using it all up. If I use this will the app run form the sd so that i can download more apps? Any info will be great. Thanks!!
svenhenrik said:
1: Yes, I lost SKT service. I think SKT is blocking somehow, because the radio still seemed to be working and I could see both KT and SKT networks. I moved out of Korea a couple of weeks ago though, so I don't have any service at all right now. I've read that someone successfully unlocked a Korean XT720, but I haven't tried it myself yet
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The page is in Korean and the translation by google is pretty much confused. Have you tried this method for yourself? or, can you please, or anyone here explain in english what i have to do to unlock my sk telecom xt720 and make it work with any carrier?
Thanks
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Not sure about this. I know when I took the phone to Thailand I got signal but couldn't use it because of the type of contract I have.
I was looking at App2SD and was woundering if using this will free up my internal memory. Right now I am close to using it all up. If I use this will the app run form the sd so that i can download more apps? Any info will be great. Thanks!!
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Thanks for the reply. I don't think it has to do with the type of contract because i'm using SKT SIM and I'm covered by the Network in the area (s. korea). However, i did recently discovered that if the 3G signal is available, then i can make INCOMING/OUTGOING CALLs and SMS. Without the 3G signal then the problem persist. Don't know why even though the phone was able to pick up the regular SKT network service.
Greediest said:
The page is in Korean and the translation by google is pretty much confused. Have you tried this method for yourself? or, can you please, or anyone here explain in english what i have to do to unlock my sk telecom xt720 and make it work with any carrier?
Thanks
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From what I understood and read on that page is, that the unlock code for the Motoroi is 16 digits not 8. The web page doesn't tell you anything on how to unlock but going to the pay sites for unlock codes. The author wanted to let people know about the 16 digit unlock code.
NinjaX96, thanks, will try to purchase this code since there are no other ways available.
Greediest, Your welcome and let me know if you have any luck with unlocking your phone. I would also like to unlock the phone once I leave Korea.
Is there anybody met problem with sending sms by korean xt720? I can't send sms but can recieve. And i can't apply USSD commands because dialer put "-" into command. Can you help me resolve that problems?
Can someone please explain what just happended, thanks!
I bought a new Wifi only, 32G xoom from the US and had it shipped to me here in Sweden. I booted it, configured timezone etc and went into the settings. Naturally it showed version 3.0.1. I also configurred a wifi ap and added my google account in order to install some apps from Market.
After a while I got a popup that the device had an update and needed a reboot. I did so and after a couple of minutes I was back online again. And now the version showed 3.1.
What make me puzzled is how the update was triggered OTA since I dont have any operator here in Sweden that push them via 3G. Does Motorola centrally push updates over Wifi? After all I have read about the difficulty to get the 3.1 upgrade, this was certainly good news, but very unexpected.
Can someone please explain, thanks
Moto does not push the udate, but google does. It is an internet process and not depending on the way you access it. US devices received the update weeks ago.
Non us devices are still waiting as their updates have to come from Moto.
Hdtvpower
US models get the update via wifi as soon as they hit the internet. Doesn't matter where they are. That is why I made sure to import an American version.
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rschenck said:
US models get the update via wifi as soon as they hit the internet. Doesn't matter where they are. That is why I made sure to import an American version.
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That was exactly what I suspected. Now I only need to find a EU language pack so that I can convert the tablet to Swedish. I assume that this will not void the US "branding" of the device (for future updates). Is that true?
As it's a US Xoom you should be able to use the language pack from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083612
burden010 said:
As it's a US Xoom you should be able to use the language pack from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083612
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Yes I found that thread, but the given method require SD card support. My device does not recognize the 8GB card that I inserted. Arrgggghhhh.
Ah, yeah you'd need to root in order to use that pack. Don't know of any other way though, sorry.
pingvinen said:
That was exactly what I suspected. Now I only need to find a EU language pack so that I can convert the tablet to Swedish. I assume that this will not void the US "branding" of the device (for future updates). Is that true?
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I have the US wifi modell, I live in Norway, and has got at least norwegian keyboard layout... But You might want the whole UI to be swedish?
torespen said:
I have the US wifi modell, I live in Norway, and has got at least norwegian keyboard layout... But You might want the whole UI to be swedish?
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Yup, that was the intention. I now understand that I need to root, install cwm and then flash the langpack from recovery. But that's not all. The current kernel does not support external sd cards, so first I need to flash a kernel with sd support. A whole lot of work for getting Swedish menus. I think that I will simply wait and see.
Honestly its not that time consuming to unlock and root. I bought my xoom a few weeks ago, and about a half hour after I took it out of the box it was running brd's Tiamat kernel and good to go. Just be sure to read everything about unlocking/rooting before you do. It's actually one of the easiest devices I've ever rooted.
eliteone said:
Honestly its not that time consuming to unlock and root. I bought my xoom a few weeks ago, and about a half hour after I took it out of the box it was running brd's Tiamat kernel and good to go. Just be sure to read everything about unlocking/rooting before you do. It's actually one of the easiest devices I've ever rooted.
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Do you think that you can hand-hold me through the process? If so, I do have a US Wifi only device that has been automagically updated to 3.1 (by Google I guess).
I would like to end up with a 3.1, a Swedish interface and a working SD card slot. I dont really care about root on this one, unless its needed through the process. And I also want to have a device that can continue to recieve updates OTA (if possible). Is this to ask for too much ?
So if you feel inclinded, can you help with a step by step guide? I am not a novice, but the Xoom is new to me. I have been playing with many different roms on my SGS for almost a year, so the concepts of rooting and CWM is far from new to me.
So I recently purchased an HTC Sensation online from Welectronics. So after getting the phone and trying to set it up, I noticed that it does not come with US English or even UK English in the Locale, it comes with English from Asian countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia etc.
I can live with it, as long as it's still English, but I would prefer to use US English or even Canadian English if possible. Is there any market apps I can use to get other locales installed onto my phone?
Furthermore, because I am in Canada and am using Wind Mobile, the notification bar does not display my "Wind Home", it only displays the operator network code. Again, any way I can change that?
Despite all this, I do hope HTC releases the S-Off ASAP so I can flash other roms onto it! Cheers
Bump. Same here, purchased from expansys.
Try this app:
https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale&feature=search_result
haven't tried it on the Sensation, but it worked on my Desire HD.
Yup, tried that app and it's alright, at least I have standard English language now
hey mixmaven, did you purchase from expansys-usa. i haven't gotten it yet but want to know because i ordered one from them and they told me it was a US version with no bloatware, so i assume it would have US english on it.
hey chris, yes to expansys usa - and the more I used the phone the more I found that everything appeared to be correct, it just didn't have the English US option when I booted which was annoying. Selecting another english language triggers a few strange input screens. I see no major bloatware, looks like a clean version of sense. Has sound hound and a few other common apps.
chrisg1548 said:
hey mixmaven, did you purchase from expansys-usa. i haven't gotten it yet but want to know because i ordered one from them and they told me it was a US version with no bloatware, so i assume it would have US english on it.
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mixmaven did you try the app that kuba1410 say to use and did it work. also how are you liking the phone. thanks for the reply.
not yet, I wanted to pull down a sense 3.0 rom and pull out the en us file. Haven't had time. I wonder if the dictonary contains more words if you are using the correct language.
Differentiation, assuming it work perfectly on your sensation did it change everything to US english without problems?
Anyone willing to provide a system dump off a US edition phone with no bloatware?
Locale2 did not fix the keyboard settings screen (Thai Keyboard is shown) and Vietnameses IME. However the keyboards are in english and work correctly so far.
Not sure where the files are saved in a US rom. I was hoping I could push them to the rom and then run setup again. S=On is killing me.
chrisg1548 said:
Differentiation, assuming it work perfectly on your sensation did it change everything to US english without problems?
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chrisg1548 said:
Differentiation, assuming it work perfectly on your sensation did it change everything to US english without problems?
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I just chose Canadian English, so far it seems to be alright, haven't really had too much problems.
Is there anything you would specifically want me to look at?
Differentiation just want to know that when i get mine that i can set things to US english using the app and work fine. is there any areas that are not working like google maps, weather..etc. thanks for the info.
thanks mixmaven for trying the app. Differentiation said he used canadian engliah and seems to work with little problem. dont know if you seen his post. you may want to try it and see what happens.
There is a thread in the development forum for the sensation that includes links to the official RUU roms for various regions of the world. I'm wondering if you would be able to flash one of these official roms to your phones. I think you should be able to flash a rom for an unbranded phone since I'm assuming your phones are unbranded. You might want to try it.
I don't have Canadian English only Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Philippines.
Time to look at the other ROM's
-jm
Paten said:
There is a thread in the development forum for the sensation that includes links to the official RUU roms for various regions of the world. I'm wondering if you would be able to flash one of these official roms to your phones. I think you should be able to flash a rom for an unbranded phone since I'm assuming your phones are unbranded. You might want to try it.
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Yes my phone is unbranded.
As soon as S-Off becomes official, I think I will flash a North American rom onto my phone.
Differentiation said:
Yes my phone is unbranded.
As soon as S-Off becomes official, I think I will flash a North American rom onto my phone.
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I don't know if the radios are compatible. North American Sensations are the T-mobile branded one, with 1700,2100,1900MHz 3G bands, and the one that went thru the FCC with 850/1900MHz bands for an unknown carrier. As far as the Vodafone/unbranded European/Asian phones, their 3G frequencies are listed as 900/AWS/2100MHz. I would make sure it won't brick your phone before trying to flash a "North American" rom onto your Sensation.
In the mean time, you might try one of the unbranded European roms and chose UK English.
Oh you are right! I have the 3G version, not the 4G.
I tried 3 different HTC Roms, all 3 ended with the 131 error of invalid ID.
Sup guys?
I'm an American in Saudi Arabia and I recently got an Inspire 4G. I've unlocked it and then rooted it using Ace Hack Kit. I want to make the right choices when it comes to modifying the phone, but it seems many resources out there are out dated. I want to be able to read Arabic language text correctly and even write it. Currently, with the AT&T setup, it seems the Inspire is unable to do that.
I would also like to install MIUI rom on here but most resources seem to be using terminology that I've never heard, nor do I know where to find detailed instructions on how to do it.
Any advice would help get me on my feet. I'm pretty computer literate and choose to do most things myself, but I wouldn't mind a nudge into the right direction.
eqmiami said:
Sup guys?
I'm an American in Saudi Arabia and I recently got an Inspire 4G. I've unlocked it and then rooted it using Ace Hack Kit. I want to make the right choices when it comes to modifying the phone, but it seems many resources out there are out dated. I want to be able to read Arabic language text correctly and even write it. Currently, with the AT&T setup, it seems the Inspire is unable to do that.
I would also like to install MIUI rom on here but most resources seem to be using terminology that I've never heard, nor do I know where to find detailed instructions on how to do it.
Any advice would help get me on my feet. I'm pretty computer literate and choose to do most things myself, but I wouldn't mind a nudge into the right direction.
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If you are looking to flash MIUI (not my advice) then check the MIUI sites. As for the Arabic I think there is a thread in the Desire HD section that shows you how to do it as that is the Euro version of our phone and that where Arabic would be used the most.
Hey Guys,
As I mentioned in the title I am an uber noob when it comes to any sort of customization. I am travelling for 8 months, so I decided to pick up the HTC One S (first smart phone) instead of a laptop in Beijing because I thought it would be more useful. However, I'm already experiencing many difficulties.
Everything is in Chinese and I want English apps, but the Chinese app market loaded onto the phone has nothing in English. I have been searching through these forums trying to root my phone and flash a new rom onto it in hopes of accessing Google Play (I might need a VPN, too). However, some of the sites where I need to download software from (mediafire in particular) are inaccessible from where I am. How should I proceed?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! (and please in fairly simple terms for my noobish brain to handle or something I'd be able to search online)
Try to change the language in settings!
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Before you try and unlock/root/flash your device, make sure it is an actual HTC One S, not some clone, and make sure you know whether you have an S3 or S4 model.
Graymm said:
Hey Guys,
As I mentioned in the title I am an uber noob when it comes to any sort of customization. I am travelling for 8 months, so I decided to pick up the HTC One S (first smart phone) instead of a laptop in Beijing because I thought it would be more useful. However, I'm already experiencing many difficulties.
Everything is in Chinese and I want English apps, but the Chinese app market loaded onto the phone has nothing in English. I have been searching through these forums trying to root my phone and flash a new rom onto it in hopes of accessing Google Play (I might need a VPN, too). However, some of the sites where I need to download software from (mediafire in particular) are inaccessible from where I am. How should I proceed?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! (and please in fairly simple terms for my noobish brain to handle or something I'd be able to search online)
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Does your phone look like one of these? In that case it does not have much in common with the One S versions in the rest of the world and you should absolutely not flash anything from xda. Even if it looks like the "normal" One S do as Jobo mentioned and pay attention to if it is a Z520e ("S4") or Z560e ("S3") and only flash stuff made specifically for your version. There should be a model number on the box.