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Hi all I am desperate. I just ordered my TyTn II from Expansys Hong Kong.
It is only after ordering that I realized that it is in the Traditional Chinese Language and not the World Wide English language. The Expansys UK site has the English units but I have already ordered.
What does Traditonal Chinese mean. Will the software be in Chinese. Will the QWERTY keyboard be in Chinese. And since I don't know Chinese will I not be able to use it.
In the meantime I have also e-mailed Expansys regarding the mistake I have made and let us see what they have to say.
Please help me in understanding what Traditional Chinese means.
there are two ways to write chinese: traditional and simplified. traditional is obviously the older one, where as simplified allows for less strokes per character.
they are not english
i dont know how it'll turn out on the phone though, just wanted to clarify what traditional was for you
Traditional Chinese is a Chinese script written by people unaffected by the Peoples' Republic of China's simplification of the Chinese script. Primary users are Hong Kong, Taiwan and their respective diasporas. At any rate, you can't type Chinese - it's not alphabetical.
Most phones sold in Hong Kong have both English and Chinese pre-installed, but that's not true for all phones, especially smartphones. There's a chance that you can switch yours to an English interface when you get it - I haven't bought a HTC device in Hong Kong, so I can't give you a definite answer.
They have an english one too on Hong Kong site too, so why don't give them a call?
srmz said:
In the meantime I have also e-mailed Expansys regarding the mistake I have made and let us see what they have to say.
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As long as they have not shipped, Expansys usually do not object to cancelling the order. No worries there.
Hi,
New user but I felt I could add something to your problem.
I bought a TyTn2 in HK, and my understanding is that they ship 2 versions- chinese and english. There is no setting in the phone to change the language, and the diff language versions actually run different roms.
If in the end you get a chinese version, my understanding is english apps will work and the icons are fairly self explanatory.
If you are still struggling, then I guess you can hope that an english ver rom will take.
Grump
Chinese version do have a chinese keyboard which allow easy entry of chinese words.
It will work with all english and other language apps.
I am a chinese TyTNII user because I need Chinese input.
If you don't need the chinese input, just cancel the order and make a new one.
Thanks to everyone for all your responses.
What I have done is to cancel my order and made a fresh one at the Expansys UK site instead of the HK site.
And now the wait begins and once again thanks to all
Regards
[Q] Is there a way to "reset" my Chinese S6 Edge as if I purchased it in the US?
I'm not sure if this belongs here, but I am somewhat desperate for help at this point. My awesome father-in-law gave me a brand new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge that he received as a gift from a colleague who lives in China. The problem is, it comes preloaded with a bunch of Chinese apps, and Google Apps are nowhere to be found. I can't even browse Google on the phone on its own version of a web browser, which is all in Chinese. Is there any way of "resetting" the phone so that I can install Google Apps on it, such as the Play Store?
I've looked up how to do this, but I'm a complete novice to the world of customizing devices, and I did not get any farther than rooting the phone, which I did following this site: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/root-pingpongroot-s6-root-tool-t3103016
I'm struggling to understand how to proceed from here because this stuff is very unfamiliar to me. If anyone could tell me what to do in a very layman-friendly, step-by-step fashion, I would greatly appreciate it. I would love to use the phone that my father-in-law gave me!
They bought it from China but it's unusable in USA. You can try the international XDA forum and ask there.
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First, You can change the language as Chinese in the setting. For that, You can translate the "setting" "language" " English" in Chinese online. then you can understand all the app on your phone. But I am not sure. whether the phone will work in USA due to the fact of the operators.
HI All, I am ordered the note 9 from PDAPLAZA the N9600, to be able to use dual sim. I live in Canada I will be using it with Telus and rogers. Looking at the forums here it sounds like there are some issues using this model with the networks in Canda.
Can someone please who bought this model in Canada comment if the phone work fine with the networks. Also any limitation like play store, pay app, or otheres.
Also, if someone bought it from PDAPLAZA can you comment if the phone comes with English or Chinese?
thanks for the help
iyas87 said:
HI All, I am ordered the note 9 from PDAPLAZA the N9600, to be able to use dual sim. I live in Canada I will be using it with Telus and rogers. Looking at the forums here it sounds like there are some issues using this model with the networks in Canda.
Can someone please who bought this model in Canada comment if the phone work fine with the networks. Also any limitation like play store, pay app, or otheres.
Also, if someone bought it from PDAPLAZA can you comment if the phone comes with English or Chinese?
thanks for the help
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There's a complete dedicated Canadian thread on here. Maybe you'll get better responses there.
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Thanks for the reply, where would i find the Canadian thread, new to this sorry.
iyas87 said:
Thanks for the reply, where would i find the Canadian thread, new to this sorry.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=77279762
I got the SM-N9600 from PDAPlaza. It works fine, but the one thing I'm looking into right now is how to change the country code easily to a Canadian one without completely flashing the phone (as the firmware available for that specific model doesn't have a Canadian option, so I'd have to go with SM-N960W firmware, and I'm not sure if flashing with that version of firmware on a model number that doesn't match will have any negative effects). It's not a big deal, except that Samsung Pay doesn't work and assumes I'm in China. The other option I've read is to just keep it as it is and use Google Pay instead.
If you come across anything on that topic, let me know.
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I got the SM-N9600 from PDAPlaza. It works fine, but the one thing I'm looking into right now is how to change the country code easily to a Canadian one without completely flashing the phone (as the firmware available for that specific model doesn't have a Canadian option, so I'd have to go with SM-N960W firmware, and I'm not sure if flashing with that version of firmware on a model number that doesn't match will have any negative effects). It's not a big deal, except that Samsung Pay doesn't work and assumes I'm in China. The other option I've read is to just keep it as it is and use Google Pay instead.
If you come across anything on that topic, let me know.
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Thank you for the info. If it just samsung pay is the limitation then it should be fine. Can I ask you when you got the phone, was it sealed? Also, was it in English when you first set it up? and did it have a US adapter.
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Thank you for the info. If it just samsung pay is the limitation then it should be fine. Can I ask you when you got the phone, was it sealed? Also, was it in English when you first set it up? and did it have a US adapter.
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I just got it in the mail on Wednesday (ordered it on Sunday, so pretty quick turn around over the long weekend). Everything was totally sealed and when you start it up you can select English right off the bat. I just got rid of the additional Chinese keyboard language settings and made it either English (US or Canada). The charger is an Asian one, but they send an adapter with it. Also, the cord is USB, so it can be used with any other plug-in. I'm not sure if that affects the fast charging, so I'll probably get an induction charger instead anyways. If you're switching over from a different brand, the Samsung Switch app is awesome. I just finished it and got everything, including my messages transferred from my iPhone.
MikiMau5 said:
I just got it in the mail on Wednesday (ordered it on Sunday, so pretty quick turn around over the long weekend). Everything was totally sealed and when you start it up you can select English right off the bat. I just got rid of the additional Chinese keyboard language settings and made it either English (US or Canada). The charger is an Asian one, but they send an adapter with it. Also, the cord is USB, so it can be used with any other plug-in. I'm not sure if that affects the fast charging, so I'll probably get an induction charger instead anyways. If you're switching over from a different brand, the Samsung Switch app is awesome. I just finished it and got everything, including my messages transferred from my iPhone.
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Oh great! can I ask you did you order the 512gb or the 128gb. The 512gb model lead time 15-25day!!!
iyas87 said:
Oh great! can I ask you did you order the 512gb or the 128gb. The 512gb model lead time 15-25day!!!
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I got the 128 GB model.
Hey there, thanks for the helpful info. Just womdering, have you noticed anything megative with network speeds? And I presume you got that model so you can root, correct? Have you had any luck? I saw the whole guide and everything, just curious if it was worked out for a canadian as well.
I received the 512GB from PDAplaza, it is great! for some reason, I found it much faster than the unlocked one 512Gb i bought from amazon US Version. Please note the device comes with Chinese first, you need to change the language, samsung pay and samsung members are stuck to hong kong.
I got the N9600 from Hong Kong and I am with Fido network right now. As soon as booted it up it was all in chinese but quickly changed to english, so no problems there. However, sadly it only runs on 4G network, no LTE
Turbenator said:
I got the N9600 from Hong Kong and I am with Fido network right now. As soon as booted it up it was all in chinese but quickly changed to english, so no problems there. However, sadly it only runs on 4G network, no LTE
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You sure it's not just showing 4G instead of 4G LTE?
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Turbenator said:
I got the N9600 from Hong Kong and I am with Fido network right now. As soon as booted it up it was all in chinese but quickly changed to english, so no problems there. However, sadly it only runs on 4G network, no LTE
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4G =Lte
Just 2 different terminologies bars on the Rom u have
Hi. I have recently purchased a new Note 9 N9600 from an eBay seller in Hong Kong.
There are a few of issues:
1. Coming from a Note 8, the display on the Note 9 seems to be quite blue in comparison. Where whites appeared to be slightly warmer on the Note 8, it is noticeably more blue on the Note 9. Is this normal?
2. Despite setting the language to English during intial setup after first boot, there is still a lot of chinese on throughout the UI. Is there a way to set everything to english?
3. Despite being the same keyboard app, the keyboard layout is totally different to my Note 8. Is there a way to change the layout?
Thanks in advance!
Byte_76 said:
Hi. I have recently purchased a new Note 9 N9600 from an eBay seller in Hong Kong.
There are a few of issues:
1. Coming from a Note 8, the display on the Note 9 seems to be quite blue in comparison. Where whites appeared to be slightly warmer on the Note 8, it is noticeably more blue on the Note 9. Is this normal?
2. Despite setting the language to English during intial setup after first boot, there is still a lot of chinese on throughout the UI. Is there a way to set everything to english?
3. Despite being the same keyboard app, the keyboard layout is totally different to my Note 8. Is there a way to change the layout?
Thanks in advance!
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Turn off blue light filter two finger swipe down you will see it there and if you go to settings then screen mode you can change the cool and warm!
Have you tried going into settings general management, language and input, Language to download USA OR UK or where ever you are to set it to that?
Keyboard is in the same spot as language and input select keyboard from there!
I can confirm that the keyboard on the HK N9600 is slightly different to other Note 9s.
When you switch to symbols, the keyboard looks more like a T9 dialpad. No way to change that.
I solved this issue by flashing to the southamerican firmware (Brazil for example).
There are other minor differences in the HK firmware as well, for example you cannot change the sort order for your contacts in the phone or contacts app (first name, last name)
Also resolved by flashing it to south american firmware.
And there are also still bits of Chinese, for example in Bixby or Bixby vision. The language there seems to be connected to the CSC of the phone.
Since there is no pure English variant firmware for the N9600, I have only managed to change the Chinese parts to Spanish with the south American firmware.
I didn't have the problems you outline with my 9600. English is still a national language in Hong Kong, on first booting, two language options given were Cantonese or English. Selected English and it's perfect.
Maybe it's not a HK version, but a mainland China version?
I also have the N9600 HK version (CSC TGY).
Some things remain in Chinese for example some parts of Bixby, or Bixby vision suggestions.
Thanks for all the feedback.
I actually purchased the phone for my brother after he cracked the display of his Note 8. (International variant)
The information that I described in the first post is feedback that my brother gave me but I haven't seen it myself.
At this stage, I can't confirm whether the Note 9 that he has is a HK variant or a Chinese mainland variant. How can I check this?
The Hong Kong based eBay seller that I bought the phone from is shipping what they call "Global variants" of every phone that they sell, or at least the next best option if there is no global variant. Meaning that in terms of bands and region specific firmware, they try to select the version that is as "Global" as possible. In this case, since I asked for an N9600 (because I wanted Snapdragon), I believe they shipped the HK variant.
My brother did inform me this morning that he thinks he managed to change all the language settings to English but his keyboard layout is still different from his Note 8. (I don't know how it differs because I haven't seen it yet)
Other than that. He thinks that the phone seems to be quite normal. (Comparing to the experience he had with his Global Note 8 with Exynos SoC)
Byte_76 said:
Thank for all the feedback.
I actually purchased the phone for my brother after he cracked the display of his Note 8. (International variant)
The information that I described in the first post is feedback that my brother gave me but I haven't seen it myself.
At this stage, I can't confirm whether the Note 9 that he has is a HK variant or a Chinese mainland variant. How can I check this?
The Hong Kong based eBay seller that I bought the phone from is shipping what they call "Global variants" of every phone that they sell, or at least the next best option if there is no global variant. Meaning that in terms of bands and region specific firmware, they try to select the version that is as "Global" as possible. In this case, since I asked for an N9600 (because I wanted Snapdragon), I believe they shipped the HK variant.
My brother did inform me this morning that he thinks he managed to change all the language settings to English but his keyboard layout is still different from his Note 8. (I don't know how it differs because I haven't seen it yet)
Other than that. He thinks that the phone seems to be quite normal. (Comparing to the experience he had with his Global Note 8 with Exynos SoC)
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*#1234# will give you a CSC number which will give you a country of origin..
N1NJATH3ORY said:
*#1234# will give you a CSC number which will give you a country of origin..
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Okay the response to that code was CSC: N9600TGY1ARL3
Can anyone tell me, what are the differences between the HK N9600 and the Global N960FD? (I tried searching around but the answer is not clear. )
Does the N9600 have fewer features or reduced functionality compared to N960FD? (I saw in another thread that someone mentioned lack of VoLTE on N9600. Anything else?)
I didn't do extensive research before ordering the N9600 but I had read that the Snapdragon variant has better battery life and slightly better performance this year than the Exynos variants. these are the only reasons why I chose the N9600.
I am not concerned about rooting options and assumed that otherwise, the Note 9 variants are all much the same.
Hey guys. So I've been a samsung user for years now and I stopped checking XDA or rooting for a long time now. So please bear with me.
I am interested in getting this phone from AliExpress (the only way for me in the middle east).
It's obviously the chinese tencent version. The seller mentions that it is flashed with a multilanguage ROM but with no OTA updates.
He says that we can ask for pre chinese phone in a completely sealed box (running unmodified software, chinese original rom).
I personally use my phone in English only and don't care about the multilanguage thing. In fact, I've previously perfectly used a Xiaomi device running the chinese rom.
So here goes my questions:
1- Any downsides of getting the chinese version and keeping it that way to keep getting OTAs?
2- Will I be able to flash google services and apps?
3- Is it rootable and unrootable on chinese rom?
If so, will we still be able to receive OTAs when rooted?
4- Is there's any way to have call recording without root? (I mean built-in support like xiaomi phones for example)?
5- Is the RAM management really as bad as I've heard? (check this review at 6:10). I mean I want to have full use of the full use of those 8GB ram.
6- Is there any way to flash a global rom and keep getting OTAs?
Thank guys.
Buy the North American version from the Asus website and save yourself a ton of trouble. Just be aware this phone will not do VoLTE or VoWiFi with any of the USA carriers.
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Buy the North American version from the Asus website and save yourself a ton of trouble. Just be aware this phone will not do VoLTE or VoWiFi with any of the USA carriers.
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Thank you for the reply man but seems you missed the part where I said "AliExpress" is the only way I can get this phone. Also I'm not planning to pay 1000$+ for a phone.
Life Engineer said:
Thank you for the reply man but seems you missed the part where I said "AliExpress" is the only way I can get this phone. Also I'm not planning to pay 1000$+ for a phone.
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It was actually $970 with tax directly from Asus but that gets you a valid warranty and the North American LTE bands so the phone will work properly here. You may want to read through the other threads here. All of your other questions have been asked and responded to. Good luck
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It was actually $970 with tax directly from Asus but that gets you a valid warranty and the North American LTE bands so the phone will work properly here. You may want to read through the other threads here. All of your other questions have been asked and responded to. Good luck
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Why would he need NA LTE bands when he is in middle-east Asia?
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Why would he need NA LTE bands when he is in middle-east Asia?
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I don't. Can you help with my questions?