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I want to buy a huawei mate 8. but i was wondering which version will be coming in english and i know the l29 is dual sim but i wont ever use that future since i never travel. and the l09 is just single sim but wondering which one will come in english and which is more recommended?
L09 should work. The difference will be the colors available but again. You do not need the dual sim so the L29 won't be an option.
What i know:
FRD-AL00 >>> China version (?) (32 GB)
FRD-AL10 >>> China version with 4GB Ram + 64 GB Rom
FRD-AL09 >>> EU version 32 GB
FRD-AL19 >>> EU version 64 GB
FRD-AL04 >>> US version 32 GB
FRD-AL14 >>> US version 64 GB
Maybe there are more different versions available.
Each one is a Honor 8
What i suggest:
The TWRP - Packages are not compatible (yet)
They have localized software / bloatware installed.
EMUI Roms are / are not compatible?
Frd-l09 32gb eu version
frd-l19 64gb eu version
frd-l04 32gb us Version
Frd-al00 China version
Mostar088 said:
Frd-l09 32gb eu version
frd-l19 64gb eu version
frd-l04 32gb us Version
Frd-al00 China version
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Thank your.
What Questions need an answer in the future:
Are localized roms compatible?
I have an China Mobile. Can i install The EU Rom?
Also according to their user manual 04 and 14 are single sim and 09 and 19 are dual sim.
spotting said:
Thank your.
What Questions need an answer in the future:
Are localized roms compatible?
I have an China Mobile. Can i install The EU Rom?
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There is a tool called SrkTool Huawei that can convert phone, but does not support Honor 8 yet. It supports P9, P9+, Mate8 the creator is somboons and u can ask him on that forum.
Stanley.M said:
Also according to their user manual 04 and 14 are single sim and 09 and 19 are dual sim.
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Single vs dual sims will probably result in incompatible roms between the different versions.
Please I want the EU ROM
Hi guys, I recently purchased this phone from China and it came with the AL10 ROM which is customised for the Chinese people.
I will be very glad if anyone here can teach me how to install/change my ROM to the EU version AL19 or US version AL14. Thanks
The spec of my Honor 8 is 4gb/64gb/blue FRD-AL10.
Topsdino said:
Hi guys, I recently purchased this phone from China and it came with the AL10 ROM which is customised for the Chinese people.
I will be very glad if anyone here can teach me how to install/change my ROM to the EU version AL19 or US version AL14. Thanks
The spec of my Honor 8 is 4gb/64gb/blue FRD-AL10.
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It's not possible yet, there is no rom for AL19 or AL14 out.
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Multi Tool supports debranding of Honor devices, don't know if it supports Honor 8 yet.
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Thanks for the infos
DigiGoon said:
Multi Tool supports debranding of Honor devices, don't know if it supports Honor 8 yet.
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Yes but to make it work someone with AL19 and AL14 need to make backup of there oeminfo.bin and custom.bin and send it to the Developer so he can put it in the tool, then it will be possible to debrand the phone. And we need stock firmware. I have made backup of my L09 and sent to the Developer of SrkTool Huawei and he will put it in his tool so we can crossflash Honor 8.
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Mostar088 said:
Yes but to make it work someone with AL19 and AL14 need to make backup of there oeminfo.bin and custom.bin and send it to the Developer so he can put it in the tool, then it will be possible to debrand the phone. And we need stock firmware. I have made backup of my L09 and sent to the Developer of SrkTool Huawei and he will put it in his tool so we can crossflash Honor 8.
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Awesome!!
Hi, i've got the AL-00 => 3/32
anks329 said:
Single vs dual sims will probably result in incompatible roms between the different versions.
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And 3GB ram to 4GB rom will work ?
Kikito94 said:
Hi, i've got the AL-00 => 3/32
And 3GB ram to 4GB rom will work ?
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Probably, but we're not sure
Kikito94 said:
Hi, i've got the AL-00 => 3/32
And 3GB ram to 4GB rom will work ?
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most probably not, it may require some porting
I checked the user guide of L-04 and it says Dual-Sim, can someone verify?
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/suppor...or8_en-sup.htm
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I checked the user guide of L-04 and it says Dual-Sim, can someone verify?
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/suppor...or8_en-sup.htm
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Yes it is
Mostar088 said:
I checked the user guide of L-04 and it says Dual-Sim, can someone verify?
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/suppor...or8_en-sup.htm
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Second slot is a hybrid for Micro SD and a Nano SIM.
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Mostar088 said:
I checked the user guide of L-04 and it says Dual-Sim, can someone verify?
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/suppor...or8_en-sup.htm
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Although it's dual Sim capable, huawei is promoting it as a single sim in the US
Mostar088 said:
I checked the user guide of L-04 and it says Dual-Sim, can someone verify?
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/suppor...or8_en-sup.htm
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i has dual sim indeed
Will stuff for the L09 model work on an L04? What's the difference?
jjdavis699 said:
Will stuff for the L09 model work on an L04? What's the difference?
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L09 Europa version dual sim L04 US version singel sim.
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Mostar088 said:
L09 Europa version dual sim L04 US version singel sim.
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A bit false. Currently have the L04 and it has dual sim. Getting the L09 will have more bands for Europe and L04 has more bands for the US. That's the key difference. Other than that it's basically the same phone.
XjokiX7 said:
A bit false. Currently have the L04 and it has dual sim. Getting the L09 will have more bands for Europe and L04 has more bands for the US. That's the key difference. Other than that it's basically the same phone.
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You are right, other people said it was singel-sim and i check the user guide of L04 and it says dual-sim, have u tested? I have L09 version.
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FRD-L04 is a dual SIM
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You are right, other people said it was singel-sim and i check the user guide of L04 and it says dual-sim, have u tested? I have L09 version.
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I tested it once to see how it all worked and I can at least confirm that it works. The only downside was that I was not used picking which sim to make calls from or send messages from. Neat feature but not a necessity for me
I still don't get it, why huawei is commercializing the honor 8 as a single Sim phone when it's able to be dual Sim
PalakMi said:
I still don't get it, why huawei is commercializing the honor 8 as a single Sim phone when it's able to be dual Sim
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Maybe cause the phone was made for millennials. Like they said in their announcements! Which means most "teens" who buy the phone will not really care about the second sim card slot cause they won't need them.
No but out of all seriousness they advertised it as one nano sim and one nano sim/ sd card. Just because it has an sd slot in the place of second sim people will probably not even acknowledge it cause well.. let's be honest, more memory is rather nice
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Maybe cause the phone was made for millennials. Like they said in their announcements! Which means most "teens" who buy the phone will not really care about the second sim card slot cause they won't need them.
No but out of all seriousness they advertised it as one nano sim and one nano sim/ sd card. Just because it has an sd slot in the place of second sim people will probably not even acknowledge it cause well.. let's be honest, more memory is rather nice
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It seems logical to me :laugh: :good:
XjokiX7 said:
A bit false. Currently have the L04 and it has dual sim. Getting the L09 will have more bands for Europe and L04 has more bands for the US. That's the key difference. Other than that it's basically the same phone.
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Are u sure u have L04?, as u can see in the Picture the L04 do not support dual sim only L09 and L19-
Mostar088 said:
Are u sure u have L04?, as u can see in the Picture the L04 do not support dual sim only L09 and L19-
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Well I'll be damned.. Mine is the L09 and my brothers is the L04. I somehow got those mixed up but I guess that explains a lot ;P Consider all of my statements invalid! Honest mistake since they both look like the exact same phone ._.
Mostar088 said:
Are u sure u have L04?, as u can see in the Picture the L04 do not support dual sim only L09 and L19-
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I just picked up the FRD-L04 today, and it has a dual SIM tray - the 2nd slot doubles as a Micro SD slot, so you have to choose between two SIM cards and extra storage capacity.
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I just picked up the FRD-L04 today, and it has a dual SIM tray - the 2nd slot doubles as a Micro SD slot, so you have to choose between two SIM cards and extra storage capacity.
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It is confirmed that the L04 does NOT have dual sim, only 1 sim and sd card. Check the picture in post above! L09 and L19 have dual sim.
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As far as I remember, one owner of honor 8 put two sim cards in his phone (L04), he called the number of the second slot and it did work, but it didn't show up on the phone.
Mostar088 said:
It is confirmed that the L04 does NOT have dual sim, only 1 sim and sd card. Check the picture in post above! L09 and L19 have dual sim.
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Actually, that is incorrect. The second SIM card slot doubles as a Micro SD slot. From the Honor website:
SIM slot
SIM card 1(Main card): LTE FDD/ TD-LTE/ WCDMA/GSM/EGSM/DCS/PCS;
SIM card 2(Share with microSD card): GSM/EGSM/DCS/PCS
Given that I've already used dual SIM cards in the phone successfully, I'd say your information is incorrect...
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Actually, that is incorrect. The second SIM card slot doubles as a Micro SD slot. From the Honor website:
SIM slot
SIM card 1(Main card): LTE FDD/ TD-LTE/ WCDMA/GSM/EGSM/DCS/PCS;
SIM card 2(Share with microSD card): GSM/EGSM/DCS/PCS
Given that I've already used dual SIM cards in the phone successfully, I'd say your information is incorrect...
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As i showed u a picture from the user guide u cant have 2 sim in L04 version only if u have L09 version. So u must have the L09 version.
Can u show me a pic of your modell under Settings - About phone.
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tntoak said:
Actually, that is incorrect. The second SIM card slot doubles as a Micro SD slot. From the Honor website:
SIM slot
SIM card 1(Main card): LTE FDD/ TD-LTE/ WCDMA/GSM/EGSM/DCS/PCS;
SIM card 2(Share with microSD card): GSM/EGSM/DCS/PCS
Given that I've already used dual SIM cards in the phone successfully, I'd say your information is incorrect...
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You have L04?!
hi to all. i've got L04 version, and tried to use 2sim. second one didn't work. but i can see pins for second sim reader in phone. may be it doesn't work because of firmware?
techno_rock said:
hi to all. i've got L04 version, and tried to use 2sim. second one didn't work. but i can see pins for second sim reader in phone. may be it doesn't work because of firmware?
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We need someone brave who can crossflash it with SrkTool Huawei, change oeminfo and custom, then flash L09 firmware. It's possible with P8 Lite and P9 Lite, but not P9 L09 singel sim vs P9 L29 dual sim. Who is brave to do it?
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Mostar088 said:
We need someone brave who can crossflash it with SrkTool Huawei, change oeminfo and custom, then flash L09 firmware. It's possible with P8 Lite and P9 Lite, but not P9 L09 singel sim vs P9 L29 dual sim. Who is brave to do it?
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Not to mention where to get the second IMEI
Hy all,
I just want know if they are possible to upgrade the mate 9 with firmware MHA-L09C432B126 to the firmware MHA-L29C432B122 ?
thank you for your answer and excuse my English.
alibisse said:
Hy all,
I just want know if they are possible to upgrade the mate 9 with firmware MHA-L09C432B126 to the firmware MHA-L29C432B122 ?
thank you for your answer and excuse my English.
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It's possible if you unlock the bootloader.
As L09 is the single SIM version of the Mate 9, does it get full dual SIM functionality with the L29 firmware?
spakimo said:
Good morning, any news about this? Is possible consider to upgrade the firmware to the MHA-L29 to obtain full dual sim functionality? Someone has tried this way?
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You can flash with a dual SIM capable firmware but the second slot will not be usable. Your device only has one IMEI assigned, not two.
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Governa said:
You can flash with a dual SIM capable firmware but the second slot will not be usable. Your device only has one IMEI assigned, not two.
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Hi,
ok then there's any possibility to use the MHA-L09 with a MHA-L29 firmware and two SIM? I thought that the limitation between the two phones was only the fw!
Regards,
Jeff
spakimo said:
Hi,
ok then there's any possibility to use the MHA-L09 with a MHA-L29 firmware and two SIM?
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Again, your L09 device only has one IMEI assigned from factory, not two. Flashing L29 will still not allow you to use slot #2 as your device was never assigned a second IMEI to begin with, it will simply show as non existent (all zeros), ie unusable.
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If someone fix this, I am in too This single sim sucks... Another question is, slot used at L09 is meant only for one sim and memory card. There is no way how to place another sim. From HW point of view, there may be not HW interface for 2nd sim, but I doubt that Huawei would produce two types of boards...
I checked the SIM tray on my MHA-L09 and I don't see how one would put 2 SIMs there ?? Not possible.
enrique71 said:
I checked the SIM tray on my MHA-L09 and I don't see how one would put 2 SIMs there ?? Not possible.
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See attached.
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pity is, that they didn't assign imei for second slot. I was able to make dualsim from P8 lite and Honor 7, but they have 2nd imei despite both bought as single sim.
Please refrain from any chat and discussion on changing the IMEI, even for restoration purposes. It is illegal and we do not allow discussion of it on XDA.
Forum moderator,
Matt
Ing.King said:
If someone fix this, I am in too This single sim sucks... Another question is, slot used at L09 is meant only for one sim and memory card. There is no way how to place another sim. From HW point of view, there may be not HW interface for 2nd sim, but I doubt that Huawei would produce two types of boards...
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Hi, you can buy the L29 slot that is designed for dual sim. Have you try to change the firmware to L29?
Regards,
Jeff
spakimo said:
Hi, you can buy the L29 slot that is designed for dual sim. Have you try to change the firmware to L29?
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Once again, you can convert L09 to L29, you can buy a dual SIM tray, but the second SIM slot will NOT work as it doesn't have any IMEI assigned. It's a dead end.
The only "fix" is buying a dual SIM model next time.
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Governa said:
Once again, you can convert L09 to L29, you can buy a dual SIM tray, but the second SIM slot will NOT work as it doesn't have any IMEI assigned. It's a dead end.
The only "fix" is buying a dual SIM model next time.
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Hi Governa,
because correctly Matt says that we can't talk about problem of IMEI and so on, we will find a workaround to solve the problem of change an L09 to an L29 but we need a specific slot...
See you,
Jeff
spakimo said:
because correctly Matt says that we can't talk about problem of IMEI and so on, we will find a workaround to solve the problem of change an L09 to an L29
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Spoofing an IMEI is illegal, reverse engineering the board is unfeasible. You're beating a dead horse.
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alibisse said:
Hy all,
I just want know if they are possible to upgrade the mate 9 with firmware MHA-L09C432B126 to the firmware MHA-L29C432B122 ?
thank you for your answer and excuse my English.
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Hello.
Suspecting that the hardware of the L09 and L29 would be the same, I wanted to test if it would work as dualsim a L09 with a Rom of L29. So I did the rebranding by installing the L29C636. I had bought a tray porta for dualsim, I got 2 cards and the 2 works perfectly, even though the second IMEI is all zeros. One of the cards uses the vodafone network and the other one of movistar, I have tried the 2 like Sim1 and Sim2, and they work without distinction.
proof pls, where did you buy tray for dualsim ?
Ing.King said:
proof pls, where did you buy tray for dualsim ?
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Aliexpress
It's also tested on P10, convert from singel sim to dual sim and it works.
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Tray purchased waiting for delivery then rebrand to mha-l29
Hello,
I have the MHA-AL00 and since the last 2 firmware updates the auto-rotation stopped working.
I've tried the hard reset (by the way the backup does not store account information and other stuff - had to configure lot's of stuff again by hand after restore) and the problem remains.
It's not rooted, because It's still brand new (7 days old).
One thing I did not try was to wipe the cache partition. would it help?
Also, is there a simple way to install the European firmware? Lot's of apps are in Chinese and it's not possible to change the language...
Thanks.
Cheers.
K12-Blue said:
Also, is there a simple way to install the European firmware? Lot's of apps are in Chinese and it's not possible to change the language...
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You can rebrand to L29C636 International (see post #1): https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-rebrand-chinese-al00-mate9-to-t3554656
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Governa said:
You can rebrand to L29C636 International (see post #1): https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-rebrand-chinese-al00-mate9-to-t3554656
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Found this Info:
Mate 9, Dual Sim, Europe Version (MHA-L29C432)
Mate 9, Dual Sim, Asia Version (MHA-L29C636)
Mate 9, Dual Sim, Middle East Version (MHA-L29C185)
Mate 9, Dual Sim, Japan Version (MHA-L29C635)
Mate 9, Dual Sim, USA Version (MHA-L29C567)
Mate 9, Dual Sim, Russia Version (MHA-L29C10)
Mate 9, Dual Sim, China Version (MHA-AL00C00)
Mate 9, Single Sim, Europe Version (MHA-L09C432)
Mate 9, Single Sim, Middle East Version (MHA-L09C185)
Mate 9, Single Sim, France Version (MHA-L09C33)
Mate 9 Pro, Europe Version (LON-L29C432)
Mate 9 Pro, Asia Version (LON-L29C636)
Mate 9 Pro, Middle East Version (LON-L29C185)
Mate 9 Pro, China Version (LON-AL00C00)
Witch one is correct? Is it International or Asia?
Anything other than AL00 is international.