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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.
I have recently bought 'Samsung galaxy notepro 12.2 lte [p905] unlocked'
From US dealer ( I am from Israel ).
I got a 4G sim from my provider, how ever my tab dont show an lte option on network settings.
LTE option in network options selection?
I have only
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Auto WCDMA/GSM
Only WCDMA
Only GSM
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My region dont have a stock rom available for this tab.
I tried to install an eu rom with no luck .
I know it is region related issue.
Is there a way to know what stock rom will be supported by my provider.
After reserching about it, I have read that that CSC is not per provider but group of provider.
So i should find a parallel rom that would work shuld I ?
Kindly help
(+ UPDATE +)
just install russion rom no news [emoji25] [SER]
Next trying to install czech rom
(+ UPDATE +) czech rom didn't work as well
next one is south africa stock rom
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koopg said:
I have recently bought 'Samsung galaxy notepro 12.2 lte [p905] unlocked'
From US dealer ( I am from Israel ).
I got a 4G sim from my provider, how ever my tab dont show an lte option on network settings.
LTE option in network options selection?
I have only
***************************
Auto WCDMA/GSM
Only WCDMA
Only GSM
***************************
My region dont have a stock rom available for this tab.
I tried to install an eu rom with no luck .
I know it is region related issue.
Is there a way to know what stock rom will be supported by my provider.
After reserching about it, I have read that that CSC is not per provider but group of provider.
So i should find a parallel rom that would work shuld I ?
Kindly help
(+ UPDATE +)
just install russion rom no news [emoji25] [SER]
Next trying to install czech rom
(+ UPDATE +) czech rom didn't work as well
next one is south africa stock rom
(--)
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I find a way by using "advanced signal status" app where you can chooce various mode and there is LTE mode only too ,but there is also auto mode gsm,wcdma/lte. try this app and it will work.
but i think you need root for this
In the app there is Additional info at bottom then there is information about tablet (or something like that , its estonian for me, but its first choice there) then there is option what you wana use.
i hope it helped.
I will give it a go but I am not going to root my device .
The problem here is that the LTE whitelist file for the US region doesn't have the non-US providers in it. Thus, you won't see the LTE option with your SIM.
You can try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.viaero4gtoggle, but if that doesn't work, rooting is the only option.
Hello everyone,
as per the title, can i buy the mi mix 2s in china from a local seller and then switch it to a Global Rom?
Will i encounter bands problem for example? i live in EU
Thank youu
Yes, you can just install the global rom, I'm living in germany and also got the chinese version. You may check what LTE bands are used in your country since the chinese version does not have all the bands the global version has. However, the extra bands the global version has are mostly used in africa and america so chances are good that you'll be fine
Are you entirely sure that the two versions come with different bands? I can't find any confirmation anywhere
noobsgs2 said:
Are you entirely sure that the two versions come with different bands? I can't find any confirmation anywhere
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Yes they do come with different bands. I do not recommend you buying the chinese variant!
Look for the model that ends with XA ! this is the Global one with all bands.
Trust us. There is a reason for different models to exist.
The Chinese model can install global ROM but you cannot lock bootloader afterwards so it is not safe and many apps will not work.
Global model has more bands than base Chinese models but same as 8/256 Chinese model.
You can, but it would be "better" to buy it and install a rooted ROM from here if you want full features like Android Pay to function.
You can't relock the bootloader if you change from the chinese ROM.
Yes you could, but that may be not suggested depending on the model you want to get...
For 6+64 / 6+128 models, China variant (XE model) differs from global variant (XA model): XE has less band support and you need to keep your BL unlocked to install global ROM. So you'd better not buy these two models in China.
Still, I can show you the missing bands on XE model if you'd like to know, but anyway I don't think it necessary to buy it...
For 8+256 model, there's no two variants, only one XA model for both China and other countries. You should be safe to buy it.
And, if you get XE variant and flash global ROM with BL unlocked, you still cannot install Magisk - you'll see bootloop and then enter recovery. That's another important reason why I don't recommend XE variant. The only way to install Magisk is to install MiPa kernel instead of the stock one.
I'm from Europe.
If I buy a second hand Android phone from a different country (inside of EU too), can I use it in my country (in Europe) with my carrier (which it will be different than the one on that country) and flash an official LineageOS ROM in my country language.
Will the baseband be the same as an equal model in my country, no? I mean I should flash some baseband firmware or something if I use it in my country?.
Probably is a stupid question to ask, but... thx anyway!
I have the chance of getting for quite cheap a Chinese version of the S10e. While I've read that it should work alright where I live as it is, it seems I can't install a different International firmware. Would that prevent me from installing future custom ROMs? If yes, is it possible to change the firmware?
Also, is it possible to install a Hong Kong firmware? Both versions are G9700, but I suppose the HK firmware is more international and has Google Play.
Got the same phone last week from China. HK firmware is a must. You can easily flash it with Odin. Unfortunately you can't flash other official firmwares.
mesologgi said:
Got the same phone last week from China. HK firmware is a must. You can easily flash it with Odin. Unfortunately you can't flash other official firmwares.
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HK firmware is similar to EU or US, right? Do you get OTAs after flashing?
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luizedu said:
HK firmware is similar to EU or US, right? Do you get OTAs after flashing?
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yeah, both the Samsung S10 Note10 series . the HK version and the China Mainland version, their hardware are all the same. So of course you can get OTA after flashing a Chinese Mainland version S10's ROM into HK version ROM.
BTW, you guys get a Chines mainland version cheap ? Chinese Mainland verion is the most expensive version for us, all of us tries to buy a HK Version Samsung smartphone and Flash it into Chinese Mainland ROM, for the HK version is Cheaper.
Castor_WONG said:
yeah, both the Samsung S10 Note10 series . the HK version and the China Mainland version, their hardware are all the same. So of course you can get OTA after flashing a Chinese Mainland version S10's ROM into HK version ROM.
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are you referring to Mainland S10e as SM-G9708 and HK S10e as SM-G9700? so both firmwares are interchangable?
I have a SM-G9708 (bought from China Mobile; with China Mobile bootscreen), i also got Google Services and Play Store working on it. But Google Pay doesn't work. So i thought later, when i move back to Europe, to flash HK firmware to get Google Pay working.
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td101 said:
are you referring to Mainland S10e as SM-G9708 and HK S10e as SM-G9700? so both firmwares are interchangable?
I have a SM-G9708 (bought from China Mobile; with China Mobile bootscreen), i also got Google Services and Play Store working on it. But Google Pay doesn't work. So i thought later, when i move back to Europe, to flash HK firmware to get Google Pay working.
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it's very odd that Samsung has Chinese mobile customized S10 series (which has Chinese Mobile bootscreen). ,for Samsung has less than 1% smart phone market share in China. BTB, almost all the Samsung phones' models in China Mainland has the same hardware as the HK version. So Flash a HK rom to your S10e is feasible. BTW, you can even try Unlocking oem and flash a customized ROM, available on this forum：
http://bbs.gfan.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=1725&filter=typeid&typeid=13042
td101 said:
are you referring to Mainland S10e as SM-G9708 and HK S10e as SM-G9700? so both firmwares are interchangable?
I have a SM-G9708 (bought from China Mobile; with China Mobile bootscreen), i also got Google Services and Play Store working on it. But Google Pay doesn't work. So i thought later, when i move back to Europe, to flash HK firmware to get Google Pay working.
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Can You please tell if multilanguage works (so other laguages than Chineese and English) on HK version?
Castor_WONG said:
it's very odd that Samsung has Chinese mobile customized S10 series (which has Chinese Mobile bootscreen). ,for Samsung has less than 1% smart phone market share in China. BTB, almost all the Samsung phones' models in China Mainland has the same hardware as the HK version. So Flash a HK rom to your S10e is feasible. BTW, you can even try Unlocking oem and flash a customized ROM, available on this forum：
http://bbs.gfan.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=1725&filter=typeid&typeid=13042
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nightm said:
Can You please tell if multilanguage works (so other laguages than Chineese and English) on HK version?
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In the meantime i also bought a SM-G9700, which came with Mainland China Firmware (no google). This phone i flashed to HK firmware (with google) without any problem.
both phones, 9708 and 9700, are running in German language.
td101 said:
In the meantime i also bought a SM-G9700, which came with Mainland China Firmware (no google). This phone i flashed to HK firmware (with google) without any problem.
both phones, 9708 and 9700, are running in German language.
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well, the Chinese Mainland version actually as google core inside just install all the google Apps and it will work.