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.
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
Mostar088 said:
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.
tntoak said:
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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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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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
Can the L09 support dual sim cards thanks
I have opened it up but cannot fit a 2nd sim card in,
Is there any mods, or simcard tray I can buy which will allow me to switch between simcards fasts
Thanks
No, The L09 is Single Sim!
The L29 have Only Dual Sim
No its wrong buy the dual Sim tray and rebrand your Mate to MHL29Cxxx.
Voila Dual Sim works
redmkiv said:
No its wrong buy the dual Sim tray and rebrand your Mate to MHL29Cxxx.
Voila Dual Sim works
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Bought from AliExpress, can you help point me in the right direction for the firmware
all you need is here :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-mate-9-flash-update-package-t3593108
I did the rebrand to dualsim 8 months ago, is it straightforward setup
Hi Everyone,
I have a Huawei P20 EML-L09 single sim from the French operator Orange.
I would like to transform it into a dual sim working phone. I didn't find any relevant information's about that, except that i will need to rebrand it.. And now i'm stuck.
Does anyone already do this ?
it seem's that i have to rebrand it into an EML-L29, but I dont know how, where to find tools and images, and also if it will brick the phone or not. Also i'm lost with country codes, mine is C109 .
Many thanks !
xsouxsou said:
Hi Everyone,
I have a Huawei P20 EML-L09 single sim from the French operator Orange.
I would like to transform it into a dual sim working phone. I didn't find any relevant information's about that, except that i will need to rebrand it.. And now i'm stuck.
Does anyone already do this ?
it seem's that i have to rebrand it into an EML-L29, but I dont know how, where to find tools and images, and also if it will brick the phone or not. Also i'm lost with country codes, mine is C109 .
Many thanks !
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You can change your model to EML-L29 (dual SIM) but you will not be able to use the dual SIM because of the hardware.
Todesdoktor said:
You can change your model to EML-L29 (dual SIM) but you will not be able to use the dual SIM because of the hardware.
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Hello, are you sure ? Because some post says that it works (it's seem's to be the same hardware).
Do you have a procedure for me ?
You are joking.
Hardware is not the same, on single sim version there is only one sim port. You can check it by taking off the sim tray and looking inside the sim port. You will see only contacts for SD card and for one SIM.
If some post says that it work, pelase go ask author of that post.
xsouxsou said:
Hello, are you sure ? Because some post says that it works (it's seem's to be the same hardware).
Do you have a procedure for me ?
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Seriously?
this is impossible. Hardware is the same base but totally differrent setup. You can rebrand but that will do nothing but change your model description to another region/model.
Not offending but this is the dumbest question i ever read on xda
The hardware supports dual SIM. You need to buy the dual SIM tray though.
Also, I have rebranded and then changed over to dual SIM using funky Huawei. I was left with a fully functional dual SIM and broken speaker sound volume. It was stuck at 20% and no matter how many resets I did could not get it fixed.
You also loose bootloader unlock using Funky Huawei. I luckily had my phone replaced under warranty...
tickmaster said:
You are joking.
Hardware is not the same, on single sim version there is only one sim port. You can check it by taking off the sim tray and looking inside the sim port. You will see only contacts for SD card and for one SIM.
If some post says that it work, pelase go ask author of that post.
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Are you sure for SD ? i thinked that there was no SD slot on any version of P20. only on p20 lite no ?
Hi. Is there any custom roms that give dual sim support or one that contains firmware from dual sim version i can flash 5g version. As it does have two set of sim pins and also 2 modem do must me firmware issue
Any ideas
I'm pretty certain the hardware can't do dual SIM.
None of the specs available ever show dual SIM support in any of the 5G variants, so I think there IS a hardware restriction on this.
chwads2k8 said:
Hi. Is there any custom roms that give dual sim support or one that contains firmware from dual sim version i can flash 5g version. As it does have two set of sim pins and also 2 modem do must me firmware issue
Any ideas
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You can do dual SIM but you lose 5G.
tech_head said:
You can do dual SIM but you lose 5G.
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how can i do this? i dont mind losing 5g