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[Q] Xiaomi MI4 FDD LTE version - LTE Bands

Hello friends,
I have an FDD-LTE MI4 and I live in Brazil.
I realized that the MI4 only works in the bands 1 and 3 of LTE, whereas in Brazil using the band 7, is there any way to unlock the other bands in MI4? I saw that this procedure is possible in other cells, but found nothing about the MI4.
I await response, and now thanks.

rhulio said:
Hello friends,
I have an FDD-LTE MI4 and I live in Brazil.
I realized that the MI4 only works in the bands 1 and 3 of LTE, whereas in Brazil using the band 7, is there any way to unlock the other bands in MI4? I saw that this procedure is possible in other cells, but found nothing about the MI4.
I await response, and now thanks.
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Pity no one has idea about this one. More xiaomi are vailable now throw sellers but it seems the LTE bands will not satisfy much countries.
I am in France and as you, if I buy I will not benefit from LTE...

I heard non-mtk models do support other bands but are locked because of licenses, don't know if true

B28 band on NXT-AL10 or any dual sim version

Is there any chance to get the B28 Lte band working on 64gb or 128gb chinese model by flashing the international modem firmware?
Only the 32gb international 1 sim model has this B28 band avalaible. I need the dual sim stuff and the B28 band...
In France this band will start to be used by providers from april. My provider will use principaly this band for LTE.
If anybody has an idea, i'm listening to it

no idea, wed first have to figure out of the LTE band support is hardware or software-based before we can answer this question

Yep, that's what i ment by this question... If anybody already knows if it's the same hardware for LTE support than in the L09 or not.
Hope we'll find out.

ideally, we could potentially manipulate the modem.img as to unlock any and all available bands supported by the hardware modem

That would be great... but i'm a newbie in the dev world... So i have no idea about how to process to test things...
And i'm still waiting my mate 8. Hope i'll get it next week.

Hello,
I am also interested in this subject, it would be a good solution to unlock this frequency ....

Hi ? can install chinis software on international

yep, it should work
Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10 using Tapatalk

Any news on this subject?

Just to let you know it seems that our mate 8 NXT L29 support the B28 band. Huawei made an update in february. You can see it here : http://m.huawei.com/be-frmobile/consumer/support/faqs/detail/index.htm?id=74232

Any news?? On B28

I looking to Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks_in_Europe
and not Country in Europe use Band 28.
All Country in Europe using 1/3/7/20

letschky said:
I looking to Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks_in_Europe
and not Country in Europe use Band 28.
All Country in Europe using 1/3/7/20
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Hi,
This band is going to be used soon in France.

Wich Operator is this and is Band 28 only or have other Bands?

In near future all French carrier will use it. They have other too but none as good as the 28 is.
Tapatalké depuis mon mega Mate 8

Mi4c TDD/mobile version

Hi everyone,
I'm about to buy this phone from china, and it comes with two versions
-TDD mobile version
-FDD telekom/unicom version
Now, I know that the suitable one for europe is the FDD, but the TDD is a lot cheaper, and aliexpress vendors are also selleing it cheaper and saying that with flashing a new ROM you will get the FDD bands (only in one SIM, for me it's enough).
Can anyone here confirm it?
Many thanks.

That sounds like the Mi4 not the Mi4C. The 4C is capable of FDD and TDD, there are no different versions.

der shadow said:
That sounds like the Mi4 not the Mi4C. The 4C is capable of FDD and TDD, there are no different versions.
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it's the Mi4c, in fact here is an example of a aliexpress vendor with two versions of the Mi4c (both 2/16 GB)
http://es.aliexpress.com/store/product/Original-Xiaomi-Mi4c-Mi-4c-4G-FDD-LTE-Mobile-Phone-Snapdragon808-Hexa-Core-5-0-inch/900031_32547896903.html?storeId=900031&aff_platform=aaf&sk=IYbMNznYJ:&cpt=1462555534080&aff_trace_key=4b5006033c6649c580c30b5e0492b08c-1462555534080-02056-IYbMNznYJ

I confirm when flashed no difference, buy cheapest.

LtGarcia said:
I confirm when flashed no difference, buy cheapest.
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Thanks, any special way to flash the ROM, or any ROM in particular?

Well.. It seems really odd to me.
I've never heared of an TDD version of it, and I am quite sure, they only made one with FDD/TDD.. but of course, it could be, that I missed something.
Also the fact, that they have a "special" rom doesn't sound good to me...
And since you are going to flash a new one, you would lose the WCDMA capability. (In the case of the strange TDD unlocked one)
Regarding the Rom, I am using miuipro.ru, because I want a german rom, and I'm happy with it.
Xiaomi.eu is really good as well, and sMiui should be also good.
So I would suggest one of those three. Depending on your desired language, and root etc. All three are multilingual, if I'm not mistaken.
For flashing, you probably need to unlock the bootloader, for flashing TWRP. There should be a tutorial on xda.

der shadow said:
Well.. It seems really odd to me.
I've never heared of an TDD version of it, and I am quite sure, they only made one with FDD/TDD.. but of course, it could be, that I missed something.
Also the fact, that they have a "special" rom doesn't sound good to me...
And since you are going to flash a new one, you would lose the WCDMA capability. (In the case of the strange TDD unlocked one)
Regarding the Rom, I am using miuipro.ru, because I want a german rom, and I'm happy with it.
Xiaomi.eu is really good as well, and sMiui should be also good.
So I would suggest one of those three. Depending on your desired language, and root etc. All three are multilingual, if I'm not mistaken.
For flashing, you probably need to unlock the bootloader, for flashing TWRP. There should be a tutorial on xda.
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I decided to go for the TDD version. I will have it by monday, and I will confirm it then.

hipsdog said:
Thanks, any special way to flash the ROM, or any ROM in particular?
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I bought mine on fasttech during a 20% rabatte period - There where two models with different model numbers showned on the genuine box if i remind well it was given at TDD and FDD/TDD and it was claimed to have same 4G frequency after flashing. So i bought the cheapest and when received update with official chinaDev 5.10.8 (a downgrade in fact) don't remmind exactly why, after that and perhaps in consequence i reboot in mi recovery and flashed TWRP and after begun to flash unofficial roms. Actually i use a lighted sMiu (more options removed) 6.4.28, i dind't find any issue for my use on it so i will let stuck on that for a while, i never find any limitation so i think there is no, only one model materially exist for me. My Mi4c Prime works great and i love it.

Status on conversion from TD-LTE to FDD-LTE
hipsdog said:
I decided to go for the TDD version. I will have it by monday, and I will confirm it then.
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Did you succeed? It will save me 11 USD if I order the TD-LTE version over the FDD-LTE and flash it to support FDD-LTE subsequently. Living in Europe, so need FDD-LTE. I can use 1800, 2600 (and the 800 mhz, but that seems unlikely from XDA posts).
So, can you give an update here - did you in fact enable FDD-LTE on a TD-LTE version by flashing?
Cheers!

fxfxfxdk said:
Did you succeed? It will save me 11 USD if I order the TD-LTE version over the FDD-LTE and flash it to support FDD-LTE subsequently. Living in Europe, so need FDD-LTE. I can use 1800, 2600 (and the 800 mhz, but that seems unlikely from XDA posts).
So, can you give an update here - did you in fact enable FDD-LTE on a TD-LTE version by flashing?
Cheers!
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I just noticed the sticker on the back of mine says TD-LTE.
I'm also in Europe, using bands 3/7 and it works fine. I've been using it for about a week and a half and LTE reception seems to be on par with my N5 and 2nd gen Moto X

Which X2 to buy: 701L or 703L?

I understand that no difference besides LTE bands and Honor or Huawei label on the back, but the biggest thing is price, Huawei is much more expensive than Honor, so which is better for me for today?
Thank you all for answers.

This depends on the region you live. I use ths special LTE often.
Although 703 is offered on eBay, there is no permission to use it in some countries, because of missing CE conformity.
My device: 701->703 B201 xposed

There is a difference,703 use not the B20 (800MHz) Band.
Use in Europe,better you buy the 701 but stuck on Android 5.0
But you can the 701 convert in 703 and have Android 6.0 with B20

FRD-L04 - Which LTE Bands?

Hi all,
Looking at replacing my Nexus 5X with an Honor 8 from the US (FRD-L04). I split my time between the USA and Australia, and as such I need good band support in both countries.
In the USA, I use T-Mobile which looks as though it'll be fine.
In Australia, I use Telstra. They use the following frequencies:
LTE
Name Interface
B1 (2100) LTE
B3 (1800 +) LTE
B28 (700 APT) LTE
Supported LTE Protocols
Name Generation
LTE 4G
LTE-A 4G
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As well as:
UMTS
Name Interface
B1 (2100) UMTS
B5 (850) UMTS
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I am a bit confused, because in some places it indicates that the phone does not support the LTE bands in Australia. But according to the HiHonor website, it supports all but one of them.
Any guidance on this? Thanks.

I've posted there details within the forum before, but here you go.
USA Honor 8 radio bands
www.frequencycheck.com/models/vn2DZ/huawei-honor-8-dual-sim-td-lte-frd-al10#frequencies
Foot note; L04 & L14 same just L14 is 64GB

Nyssa1104 said:
I've posted there details within the forum before, but here you go.
USA Honor 8 radio bands
Foot note; L04 & L14 same just L14 is 64GB
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Hmm, see here is the problem.
According to frequencycheck, L14 supports B1 and 3, but not 28 and L04 supports neither.
But yet according to Honor themselves and even BestBuy, the phone should support everything I need for both Telstra and T-Mobile (except Band 28 which is no big deal for me).
So, which is correct? I'm sure you can see my confusion.

NoFlips said:
Hmm, see here is the problem.
According to frequencycheck, L14 supports B1 and 3, but not 28 and L04 supports neither.
But yet according to Honor themselves and even BestBuy, the phone should support everything I need for both Telstra and T-Mobile (except Band 28 which is no big deal for me).
So, which is correct? I'm sure you can see my confusion.
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Trust the manufacturer. Honor official site will have correct info

I can confirm FrequencyCheck is incorrect. I can also, however, say I wouldn't want a phone without band 28 in your situation. The lower frequency should have much better coverage.

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