Hi everyone. I'm new to the forums.
I'm just looking for a 'once and for all clarification' on import sets purchased from online/local distributors, specifically for China hand sets.
These China phones that can be bought from online/local distributors:
1. are they usually flashed to English ROMs by the distributors? Or were they using stock China ROMs but distributors set them to English language? How can we determine this (if the phones had been indeed flashed)?
2. if they were flashed to English ROMs, will the OS be able to pull these updates from Lenovo database itself? Any OTAs available?
3. If you flash from China stock OS to an original/official Lenovo OS on your own, will it get updates? I read that people usually flash on their own because of Chinese bloat wares.
Thanks for the support fellas.
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As titled, is there a Simplified Chinese firmware available for this phone, or if any ROM that contains Chinese natively?
Thanks!
Try searching for this:
Code:
RUU_Ace_Gingerbread_S_hTC_Asia_WWE_2.37.707.3_Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2_release_188759_signed
See if you can find a rooted ROM base on this build. I believe this one has Chinese support, but it is made for the DesireHD and so needs a little tweaking to run on the Inspire.
Isn't MIUI chinese by default?
So I was in China and bought a Lenovo A560 phone with Android 4.3 on it and used it as a wifi hotspot for my regular phone because that was cheaper than global data roaming. Now that I am back in the US I would love to load a ROM or firmware that is all in english as opposed to Chinese. I have looked everywhere to download the firmware but it seems I cannot find it. I have also looked for a ROM but seems no one is really interested in this phone. Any one have some ideas?
As you said, there is indeed no forum or even an effort to make the Rom. The Stock Rom is supposed to include English as one of the Languages. You can contact Lenovo for the Stock Firmware.
You can go to Settings > Language & Input to change default Language.
Does any one can find which bands does this one support and where can I find it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q5-_GPjJKc
The reason that im asking that is that in the video above you can see that the device come with the Google apps pre installed.
saar17 said:
Does any one can find which bands does this one support and where can I find it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q5-_GPjJKc
The reason that im asking that is that in the video above you can see that the device come with the Google apps pre installed.
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you can find it in Taiwan...it must have google.
The china mainland version do not have google preinstalled, it is because the argument between china government and google. but taiwan is not affected.
For the bands supportted, please refer the webpage below
http://chinese.vr-zone.com/119669/htc-one-e8-codename-m8x-passed-taiwan-ncc-06292014/
saar17 said:
Does any one can find which bands does this one support and where can I find it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q5-_GPjJKc
The reason that im asking that is that in the video above you can see that the device come with the Google apps pre installed.
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Sorry I just got confirmed from a Taiwan forumer, this phone is not a Taiwan version, it is a M8Sw from China mainland, with a 3rd party rom, the beats and other stuff are added by the seller.
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aimsakuraew said:
Sorry I just got confirmed from a Taiwan forumer, this phone is not a Taiwan version, it is a M8Sw from China mainland, with a 3rd party rom, the beats and other stuff are added by the seller.
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I got it with etotalk modrom and it came with gapps preinstalled.
I own also HTC one e8 from China with a poor Rom installed, without system update Funktion. Need help to search another Rom, a stockrom with update possibilitys. Thanks
Hello guys!
I am new to android world.I just bought this E8 from China and its the China Unicom version of E8 known as M8SW.There are many chinese apps on the phone and also it doesnt let me take cloud backup of the device as it asks for some chinese weibo account to sign in or create new account.The same phone has been launched in India and some other countries with the model code M8SD.
Sorry for my lack of knowledge,I am just curious can i flash indian or any other country rom like singapore on it which supports english as main default language.I dont wanna install custom rom on my phone and somehow wanna stay with stock rom but from some other country.
Also if i flash some other country rom on it would it be a problem with frquencies my current rom supports and frequencies what indian rom supports.i mean i dont want any hardware issue after i flash indian rom on to my e8.
After i flash indian rom would the ota updates happen or no.
Finally where I can get Indian stock rom for e8.
Thanks in advance.
Harman
I just asked realme EU. The 12+512GB version won't show itself in Europe. I just wonder if I can buy one from China and replace the Chinese version system with EU version.
Yes but why you want to do that? Chinese ROM has native call recording feature out of the box! European ROM don't have that feature.
Yes, you can order the phone from China, I purchased it on Giztop (12/256 GB 80W model, RMX3560).
The global ROM is available for RMX3560 only: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/how-to-flash-india-version-rom-on-rmx3560-80w.4468789/
It's the same as the European version.
Then you can root the phone using Magisk. There is a call recorder module for it, if you need it.
So, if you want GT Neo 3 with the global ROM, and you want to root it, you should order the RMX3560 80W model. The EU version cannot be rooted.
By the way, I don't recommend this phone, it is designed for the Chinese market, and has no community supporting it outside China.
The main reason I don't recommend this phone is the MediaTek SoC, as it means that there will not be custom ROMs developed for it (+ due to the lack of community support).
Half a year has passed since this phone has been released, I recommend to choose another phone, which has an active community on XDA, and custom ROMs, kernels, and recoveries are available for it.
Ok I have read much on the net and since I have no idea how to flash a phone or do any mods I will ask my questions here .
I am considering a Edge X30 (Chinese Version) from china where the seller will flash a Global Rom on it before shipping.
Here is what they say in the description:
"1. All the mobile phones in our store are original, Chinese version. We will open the package of this mobile phone, install and test the global rom. The global version supports multilingual and ota updates."
Now I think that if the bootloader has been unlocked to re flash the Rom it cannot be locked again and that is why it is not suppose to be able to get OTA updates
so I am wondering if the above claim by the seller is true?
I would consider the CN Rom and just put Google on it but I do not want the Chinese Apps that you cannot remove or any chinese language.
Other sellers of the same phone say no OTA if they put the Global Rom on it but this seller says it will OTA and they say they are "Motorola store"
so maybe they know more?
I've been using the CN version for most of this year without a problem. Everything works as it should using Google including Pay.
There aren't too many Chinese apps & all can be removed except the Moto apps themselves. Have installed all app's easily & have had several updates as well. Only negative is battery but I could say that about most phones. I would stay away from the global version IMO but of course it's up to you
Thanks for the reply.
I will consider the CN Version as long as I can delete or uninstall any useless Chinese apps .Are the Moto apps same as a phone from USA?
Did you download Google Play Store App and others like Google Maps etc?