Best and Reliable way to buy Huawei P9 in USA ? - Huawei P9 Questions & Answers

Hi All,
I'm looking to buy Huawei P9 or P9 plus in USA. What will be best way to get it ? Also if I buy from third party - will Huawei still honor warranty for their device ? I've bad experience in past with LG G4. I bought international edition and LG USA will not touch it although it is known hardware problem in device.
I'm coming from LG G4 and on paper specs looks very similar between two devices. My primary concern is phone camera. I've had great time with LG G4 camera and want to make sure Huawei camera matches or exceeds LG G4 camera.
Thanks in advance.

You can try a few sites. eBay or Amazon are obvious choices. You can also try clove.co.uk. Some eBay sellers do have a warranty, but I'm pretty sure you'll have to go through the seller for the warranty.
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Where to buy genuine D802 battery?

Hi guys,
Anyone knows where can I buy a genuine battery for my D802 LG G2? I tried searching on sites such as ebay or aliexpress but I am having a hard time telling the fakes from the real ones.
http://goo.gl/e33TQD Amazon
comk4ver said:
http://goo.gl/e33TQD Amazon
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I should mention that I am based in Singapore, any retailers that ship internationally?
nobody?
What did you end up getting? Was it good? Cheers!
Why dont u go to LG for a replacement battery?
Where exactly is Lg's storefront to order them?
Any news about where to get a genuine G2 replacement battery...?
Anyone?
Just google BL T7 or EAC62058701 or both BL T7 EAC62058701
I bought a chinese battery (Aliexpress). It worked fine. I hadn't any problems.
I brought this one Batterie Origine LG G2 ( D802 ) BL-T7 Bulk 3000mAH on Amazon
Ah, just the thread I was about to create, so guys, I can only but on Ebay and not Amazon, do you know which seller there sells a genuine D802 battery?
I'm afraid to buy a Chinese one because I don't want them to explode on me.
Any suggestions?
verynoob said:
Ah, just the thread I was about to create, so guys, I can only but on Ebay and not Amazon, do you know which seller there sells a genuine D802 battery?
I'm afraid to buy a Chinese one because I don't want them to explode on me.
Any suggestions?
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I stepping stone to the question.....
verynoob said:
Ah, just the thread I was about to create, so guys, I can only but on Ebay and not Amazon, do you know which seller there sells a genuine D802 battery?
I'm afraid to buy a Chinese one because I don't want them to explode on me.
Any suggestions?
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Where do you live?
Why does it have to be eBay?
There are online spare parts stores that sell genuine parts.
I'm going to buy from
http://www.chsinteractive.co.uk/ele...-li-polymer-lg-bl-t7-eac62058701-original.htm
verynoob said:
Ah, just the thread I was about to create, so guys, I can only but on Ebay and not Amazon, do you know which seller there sells a genuine D802 battery?
I'm afraid to buy a Chinese one because I don't want them to explode on me.
Any suggestions?
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I bought a chinese one,and it works very fine so far
it will be ok if you buy a qualified battery,do not buy counterfeit LG battery..
WORF84 said:
Where do you live?
Why does it have to be eBay?
There are online spare parts stores that sell genuine parts.
I'm going to buy from
http://www.chsinteractive.co.uk/ele...-li-polymer-lg-bl-t7-eac62058701-original.htm
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Nope I can not buy from them :/
tblinshi1234 said:
I bought a chinese one,and it works very fine so far
it will be ok if you buy a qualified battery,do not buy counterfeit LG battery..
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With so many Chinese batteries on eBay I bet less than 10% are qualified.
Maybe you know of a confirmed qualified seller? I don't want my phone to explode
The official seller here charge 65$ for battery replacement lol . .
Just like when I had before my Samsung Galaxy S3, and it had the EMMC chip problem and Samsung did not take responsibility for the sh!XXy service, I can assure you that this LG G2 is my last LG device. Making a battery non replaceable, and also so expensive.
I did not let any single Samsung device in my house after my Galaxy S3, and from now on no more LG devices for this disrespect of customers as well.
Btw, I'm currently selling my LG G2 and hopefully will try another brand soon
verynoob said:
Nope I can not buy from them :/
With so many Chinese batteries on eBay I bet less than 10% are qualified.
Maybe you know of a confirmed qualified seller? I don't want my phone to explode
The official seller here charge 65$ for battery replacement lol . .
Just like when I had before my Samsung Galaxy S3, and it had the EMMC chip problem and Samsung did not take responsibility for the sh!XXy service, I can assure you that this LG G2 is my last LG device. Making a battery non replaceable, and also so expensive.
I did not let any single Samsung device in my house after my Galaxy S3, and from now on no more LG devices for this disrespect of customers as well.
Btw, I'm currently selling my LG G2 and hopefully will try another brand soon
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I bought it from Alibaba Tmall.There are 3 kinds of battery brand for LGG2,all made in China with quality report,I think it won't explode at least. I chose this one in the end,nearly 7$ https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?s...861227db273e5d977e45&user_id=864760226&is_b=1
also other 2 battery brands here:https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?s...61227db273e5d977e45&user_id=2455174856&is_b=1 https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?s...61227db273e5d977e45&user_id=1732501573&is_b=1
it will be difficult to buy this if you don't understand chinese
i have buy:
http://www.ebay.it/itm/BATTERIA-ORI...ttery-3-8V-Per-Optimus-G2-D802-/331722155265?
Interested to know a reputable seller on Ebay that sells genuine batery!
Hi, I need some advice , which is the bestbest:
1:Trasporto libero 3980 mah bl-t7 batteria di ricambio per lg g2 d800 d801 d802 ls980 VS98
http://s.aliexpress.com/IJfAzUfi
(from AliExpress Android)
2:100% per lg d802 d800 d803 optimus g2 p693 t7 VS9801 bl-t7 batteria genuine batterie bateria trasporto libero
http://s.aliexpress.com/m2qeMZFR
(from AliExpress Android)
The second have more feedback, but i'm looking for best performance

[Q] Cracked screen replacement?

Ok, so I dropped my Moto G 2014 and broke the glass. Now I have found service company in my city that will fix it for about 40% of the value of the phone. The thing is that they will not use original Motorola screen but some replacement. I can only imagine this will be bought on Aliexpress or some other Chinese site. Motorola in my country has very limited support so they will probably not want to fix anything outside of warranty repairs.
My question to you is the following. Have anyone of you had any experience with replacement screen that was not originally branded by motorola? Right now I do not know if the repair is worth it. If I am to pay some 80 dollars just to get a phone with a screen that is of doubious quality maybe it is better to sell the broken phone and buy a new one instead....
Yeah, instead of repairing it with non-original hardware, sell it for parts and buy a new one. This is truly a great advantage of buying a relatively inexpensive phone.
If you want LTE, you might want to wait a little as it seems as if a LTE version for Moto G 2014 is imminent.

All Things Huawei Honor Note 8

Per the advice of senior XDA moderator I'm creating this thread for *All Things* Huawei Honor Note 8 phone. This phone does not yet have a dedicated forum, so you can discuss here anything from development topics, such as rooting, bootloader unlocking (there is a working method already), custom roms/recoveries to exchanging opinions about performance or accessories for this phone, which you like.
Honor Note 8 is currently released in mainland China only. However, Honor stated the phone will have international release soon.
Please note, this thread is *NOT* for Huawei Honor 8, which is completely different phone. Stay on topic and have fun. :good::laugh:
http://www.honor.cn/products/mobile-phones/honor-note8/
6.6 inch Super AMOLED display with 2560 x 1440 (2K) resolution
HiSilicon Kirin955 chipset with Mali-T880 MP4 GPU
4GB RAM (Premium Version)
Up to 128GB ROM (Premium Version) and up to 2TB expendable storage
4500mAh Battery
Dual SIM
Primary camera: 13 MP, f/2.0, autofocus, OIS, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama. Video recording [email protected]
Front camera: 8 MP
Fingerprint
USB Type-C
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
GPS: A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
FM radio
Marshmallow 6.0.1 with EMUI 4.1
First post by me
I have an old Galaxy Note 3. I'm in the USA on Verizon. I've been drooling over the Honor Note 8 since I first heard of it. It's exactly what I want. I cannot get a straight answer online on several questions.
1. Will it work now on Verizon? Most say no, some say yes.
2. Will it come to the USA soon? Again, I'm getting different answers on this.
3. Are there 'tricks' I can learn to force this phone to work well on Verizon now very well, or should I just wait?
I'd prefer to stay on Verizon, but I'd switch to AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile if I have to in order to use this phone.
I'm not a tech wiz, so I'll need some help here. If you can answer my questions and guide me, I'd sure appreciate it. Thank you very much.
Proud Owner of the Huawei Honor Note 8
Hi All,
So having lived in China for a while and having owned and used Huawei phones in the past (my last Huawei Phone was the massive Mediapad X1), I can testify to the quality and advantages of huawei smartphones.
First, I've had this phone for about a week. I ordered it off of aliexpress. I'm pretty familiar with making purchases from chinese websites and getting technical support from chinese companies and sources so i was pretty confident with making this purchase (I can read/write mandarin). Phone arrived super fast and I was happy with the purchase.
Right now I'm working really hard to root my device. I have already unlocked the bootloader using the dc-unlocker method and it worked perfectly (btw, its cheaper to download the app and pay only 1 usd instead of 4 euros). I'm literally scouring the internet and all the chinese websites for news on different roms, but very little luck thus far. I have downloaded some different versions of the operating system (ver. B017 only, as B018, B019, and B020 are not yet available as far as I've seen) but these versions are not boot versions. So no luck there.
I've also spoken directly with Huawei regarding when they will release the updated factory versions of the operating system for download from the EMUI website. There is no confirmation that they will even release them however, as the answer I received was that Huawei wants to move to a system in which all updates are OTA. I was a bit upset to say the least but we'll see what happens in the future.
For now just enjoying this awesome phone. feel free to ask me any questions.
-chris
JohnnyF118 said:
I have an old Galaxy Note 3. I'm in the USA on Verizon. I've been drooling over the Honor Note 8 since I first heard of it. It's exactly what I want. I cannot get a straight answer online on several questions.
1. Will it work now on Verizon? Most say no, some say yes.
2. Will it come to the USA soon? Again, I'm getting different answers on this.
3. Are there 'tricks' I can learn to force this phone to work well on Verizon now very well, or should I just wait?
I'd prefer to stay on Verizon, but I'd switch to AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile if I have to in order to use this phone.
I'm not a tech wiz, so I'll need some help here. If you can answer my questions and guide me, I'd sure appreciate it. Thank you very much.
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1. You can check on a site called willmyphonework.net
2. You can buy it on ebay
3. Don't know
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toasty32 said:
Hi All,
So having lived in China for a while and having owned and used Huawei phones in the past (my last Huawei Phone was the massive Mediapad X1), I can testify to the quality and advantages of huawei smartphones.
First, I've had this phone for about a week. I ordered it off of aliexpress. I'm pretty familiar with making purchases from chinese websites and getting technical support from chinese companies and sources so i was pretty confident with making this purchase (I can read/write mandarin). Phone arrived super fast and I was happy with the purchase.
Right now I'm working really hard to root my device. I have already unlocked the bootloader using the dc-unlocker method and it worked perfectly (btw, its cheaper to download the app and pay only 1 usd instead of 4 euros). I'm literally scouring the internet and all the chinese websites for news on different roms, but very little luck thus far. I have downloaded some different versions of the operating system (ver. B017 only, as B018, B019, and B020 are not yet available as far as I've seen) but these versions are not boot versions. So no luck there.
I've also spoken directly with Huawei regarding when they will release the updated factory versions of the operating system for download from the EMUI website. There is no confirmation that they will even release them however, as the answer I received was that Huawei wants to move to a system in which all updates are OTA. I was a bit upset to say the least but we'll see what happens in the future.
For now just enjoying this awesome phone. feel free to ask me any questions.
-chris
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Helllo,
I have two questions:
1. What's the audio output like through the headphone 3.5mm jack?
2. What's the camera like?
Racerdude said:
1. You can check on a site called willmyphonework.net
2. You can buy it on ebay
3. Don't know
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Helllo,
I have two questions:
1. What's the audio output like through the headphone 3.5mm jack?
2. What's the camera like?
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To answer your questions:
1. The audio output is excellent. Crisp with perfect amount (not too much I hate that) of base. The volume goes loud enough (using the jack) to hurt my ears, and that's hard to do.
2. The cameras on Huawei phones are usually very good to excellent. This particular phone does not sport Huawei's top camera (I think that might be the Huawei P9 plus or the Mate 8. But again, those phones are much smaller and focus on high quality cameras. This phone's advantages are its size, screen quality, CPU and memory. The camera is very good but definitely not top top quality. It doesn't focus instantaneously for example like some galaxy cameras, but I think it's good enough. I'm not THAT into photography.
3. ALSO**** just so everyone knows, I bought this phone because I wanted to use the latest CAT6 4G LTE speeds in Brazil (where I currently reside) and in China. I'm American though btw. The version I bought in its current form from China does NOT support the LTE bands commonly used by AT&T. Its bands are (1,3,7,38,39,40,and 41). Thus, 3G is the fastest speeds you would get in the US with AT&T. But it will be 4G in Europe, South America and China. If the phone is sold in the US market, Huawei changes the LTE bands to suit the target country's market, so I'm sure the bands for any US or International version of the phone will have different bands.
-chris
JohnnyF118 said:
I have an old Galaxy Note 3. I'm in the USA on Verizon. I've been drooling over the Honor Note 8 since I first heard of it. It's exactly what I want. I cannot get a straight answer online on several questions.
1. Will it work now on Verizon? Most say no, some say yes.
2. Will it come to the USA soon? Again, I'm getting different answers on this.
3. Are there 'tricks' I can learn to force this phone to work well on Verizon now very well, or should I just wait?
I'd prefer to stay on Verizon, but I'd switch to AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile if I have to in order to use this phone.
I'm not a tech wiz, so I'll need some help here. If you can answer my questions and guide me, I'd sure appreciate it. Thank you very much.
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Some corrections/clarifications to what Racerdude and toasty32 said. First, no one will be able to answer questions about Verizon, because Honor did not announce this phone for US market yet, and it also did not pass through FCC certification. Having said that - most likely the answer is No, it will not work on Verizon. Typically, what Huawei, ZTE and other Chinese manufacturers do when they bring phones to North American market - they don't strike a deal with carriers and they don't release carrier branded phones, like Samsung, Apple, LG and others do. If you want to take past behavior of Chinese manufacturers as an indication what Honor will do - they will just release GSM only (no CDMA, hence no Verizon or Sprint) US version of Note 8, with all North American LTE bands enabled, and let people decide whichever GSM carrier they want to use it with. Honor just did this exact thing with Honor 8 phone in US a couple of weeks ago.
What toasty32 said about this Chinese version working in Europe and South America is not completely true - this Chinese EDI-AL10 version has only one overlapping TDD-LTE band 38 with some of South American carriers (most don't use it), and some European countries support LTE bands 3,38,40 so in some Euro regions 4G will be spotty at best, and in many places won't work at all. Here is the list of operating LTE frequencies by country and carrier
US T-Mobile requires LTE bands 2,4,12 (and optional band 17 used by AT&T because FCC requires them to support roaming)
US AT&T requires LTE bands 2,4,5,17 (and optional band 12 used by T-Mobile because FCC requires them to support roaming)
bootloader unlock
toasty32 said:
Right now I'm working really hard to root my device. I have already unlocked the bootloader using the dc-unlocker method and it worked perfectly (btw, its cheaper to download the app and pay only 1 usd instead of 4 euros).
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I've used dc-unlocker before and had to pay 4 euros to read bootloader code. Do you mind explaining what you meant by this, what app are you talking about and how to pay only $1 USD instead, to unlock bootloader?
JohnnyF118 said:
I have an old Galaxy Note 3. I'm in the USA on Verizon. I've been drooling over the Honor Note 8 since I first heard of it. It's exactly what I want. I cannot get a straight answer online on several questions.
1. Will it work now on Verizon? Most say no, some say yes.
2. Will it come to the USA soon? Again, I'm getting different answers on this.
3. Are there 'tricks' I can learn to force this phone to work well on Verizon now very well, or should I just wait?
I'd prefer to stay on Verizon, but I'd switch to AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile if I have to in order to use this phone.
I'm not a tech wiz, so I'll need some help here. If you can answer my questions and guide me, I'd sure appreciate it. Thank you very much.
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i've done some research into this and followed up with some other threads with people who bought the phone. Forget the different phone frequency websites, this phone will not get you what you want in the US. No LTE. Some carriers like tmo will get you 3g/3.5g hspa+ but that's the best you'll get and not a smart move. I'm also desperately waiting some any big phone to come with US compatible bands but as it seems now, we're still waiting..
Hi everyone, i write from Italy.
I always loved big smartphones and this would be one of the best right now.
Unfortunately, i think that Honor won't bring in Europe.
I talked to their FB page, and they wrote me :
"Hi Marco, we don't have official news to launch the honor note 8 in Europe. If we have any plans, we will announce at once on our page, thank you - If you buy it from China, Well.. Then the warranty and post-sale service would not apply elsewhere but China" .
I'm a bit disappointed actually, i really don't understand why this amazing phon is sold just in China and they said " We don't know either" ... GOOD
Guys, on the web i saw that the camera sensor is the Sony Imx 278. (Same of P8/Mate S/G8) ...i'm a bit disappointed because i didn't love this camera sensor in the past...what do you think ?
Can you guys update from which seller in Aliexpress you bought from?
I paid for the phone last week and it has been 7 days but no update from the seller. Today I cancelled the order but Aliexpress have rejected it stating Seller has the phone in stock and order cannot be cancelled. The sad thing is Seller is not responding has 40 days (33 now) to ship the order (I did not see this while ordering). I ordered because seller was the Highest/most reputed seller while sorting and had DHL shipping. Any ways to resolve?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ori...2722895630.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.56.UCIAcX
Edit: Avoid this seller at all costs!
cashif said:
Can you guys update from which seller in Aliexpress you bought from?
I paid for the phone last week and it has been 7 days but no update from the seller. Today I cancelled the order but Aliexpress have rejected it stating Seller has the phone in stock and order cannot be cancelled. The sad thing is Seller is not responding has 40 days (33 now) to ship the order (I did not see this while ordering). I ordered because seller was the Highest/most reputed seller while sorting and had DHL shipping. Any ways to resolve?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ori...2722895630.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.56.UCIAcX
Edit: Avoid this seller at all costs!
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I'd tell Aliexpress to F*** OFF and do a chargeback with your credit card company. People should be allowed to cancel orders, for items which havent shipped, at any time. I'd also recommend to never buy from that marketplace again. Use places like Amazon, or at least eBay, where things are controlled more tightly and these US headquartered businesses will not screw you over without explanation.
My experience with AliExpress and UPDATE on ROOTING
Hi All,
So to answer the question regarding Aliexpress....I purchased from this store/seller here:
.aliexpress.com/store/1802347?spm=2114.13010608.0.126.x0uHsw
and in particular, this product:
.aliexpress.com/item/Original-Huawei-Honor-Note-8-4G-LTE-Mobile-Phone-Kirin-955-Octa-Core-6-6-2K/32714180113.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.129.x0uHsw
I used singapore expedited shipping (super cheap) as it was one of the few options I could use to get expedited shipping to the US considering there was a lithium ion battery being shipped internationally.
I cannot stress how pleased I was with both the seller and the service. I understand that Aliexpress may have a bad reputation because it is a foreign/chinese website and doing business internationally is almost always more difficult that doing business domestically, but that being said, I do want to be fair, and when I do have a good experience, I'll promote it. Like any mass seller website ebay or otherwise there are going to be good merchants and bad ones. Luckily I found a good one.
cheers,
chris
UPDATE:
I was able to finally root this phone with the help of some Chinese programmers (from bbs.xxroot.com <--- the Chinese equivalent of xda developers haha). More details to come.
toasty32 said:
Hi All,
So to answer the question regarding Aliexpress....I purchased from this store/seller here:
.aliexpress.com/store/1802347?spm=2114.13010608.0.126.x0uHsw
and in particular, this product:
.aliexpress.com/item/Original-Huawei-Honor-Note-8-4G-LTE-Mobile-Phone-Kirin-955-Octa-Core-6-6-2K/32714180113.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.129.x0uHsw
I used singapore expedited shipping (super cheap) as it was one of the few options I could use to get expedited shipping to the US considering there was a lithium ion battery being shipped internationally.
I cannot stress how pleased I was with both the seller and the service. I understand that Aliexpress may have a bad reputation because it is a foreign/chinese website and doing business internationally is almost always more difficult that doing business domestically, but that being said, I do want to be fair, and when I do have a good experience, I'll promote it. Like any mass seller website ebay or otherwise there are going to be good merchants and bad ones. Luckily I found a good one.
cheers,
chris
UPDATE:
I was able to finally root this phone with the help of some Chinese programmers (from bbs.xxroot.com <--- the Chinese equivalent of xda developers haha). More details to come.
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Just wanted to point out that Aliexpress has bad reputation not because it is a foreign/chinese website, but because that reputation is well deserved. I personally got scammed for over $300 by that site years ago, and I personally know several people, who got screwed as well. Also, if you do a bit of internet research then like you said - you will discover that marketplace has a bad reputation, and for a good reason - there are plenty of people's testimonies of fraud. Aliexpress is nothing like eBay - scam/fraud rate is orders of magnitude higher.
If you want to take the time and post the root guide for the rooting method you used - I'm sure it'd be much appreciated by a lot of people here, who have or plan to buy this phone. Also, you didn't answer my question from earlier post about how to avoid paying 4 euros to dc-unlocker for unlocking the bootloader.
How can Honor put the same camera of Huawei P8 (Just sufficient) in a phablet with 4gb of Ram DDR4, Kirin 955, QHD Screen....c'mon..
toasty32 said:
Hi All,
So to answer the question regarding Aliexpress....I purchased from this store/seller here:
.aliexpress.com/store/1802347?spm=2114.13010608.0.126.x0uHsw
and in particular, this product:
.aliexpress.com/item/Original-Huawei-Honor-Note-8-4G-LTE-Mobile-Phone-Kirin-955-Octa-Core-6-6-2K/32714180113.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.129.x0uHsw
I used singapore expedited shipping (super cheap) as it was one of the few options I could use to get expedited shipping to the US considering there was a lithium ion battery being shipped internationally.
I cannot stress how pleased I was with both the seller and the service. I understand that Aliexpress may have a bad reputation because it is a foreign/chinese website and doing business internationally is almost always more difficult that doing business domestically, but that being said, I do want to be fair, and when I do have a good experience, I'll promote it. Like any mass seller website ebay or otherwise there are going to be good merchants and bad ones. Luckily I found a good one.
cheers,
chris
UPDATE:
I was able to finally root this phone with the help of some Chinese programmers (from bbs.xxroot.com <--- the Chinese equivalent of xda developers haha). More details to come.
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Damn. That was my preferred seller. While ordering, it showed processing time of 5 days, so decided to skip it and went with the Highest rated seller (Who has/d not mentioned processing time in the listing) and whose feedback was filled with positive reviews about quick shipping.
Apo11on said:
Just wanted to point out that Aliexpress has bad reputation not because it is a foreign/chinese website, but because that reputation is well deserved. I personally got scammed for over $300 by that site years ago, and I personally know several people, who got screwed as well. Also, if you do a bit of internet research then like you said - you will discover that marketplace has a bad reputation, and for a good reason - there are plenty of people's testimonies of fraud. Aliexpress is nothing like eBay - scam/fraud rate is orders of magnitude higher.
If you want to take the time and post the root guide for the rooting method you used - I'm sure it'd be much appreciated by a lot of people here, who have or plan to buy this phone. Also, you didn't answer my question from earlier post about how to avoid paying 4 euros to dc-unlocker for unlocking the bootloader.
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Have purchased more than 75 times from AliExpress (atleast 20 expensive items) and this has been my WORST experience for me. Everytime, Orders were shipped either next day or 2 days after and I generally order expensive items thru DHL/Fedex and have had it with me within 10 days. On the contrary, had very bad experience with ebay- both as seller & buyer- and have completely stopped using it (Lost close to $1200 while selling).
Order Update: Seller has mailed me apologising for delay and stating he will ship ' asap' but Still no commitment- (He replied after I bombarded him with messages)
@chris- Do update with the root method. Am so happy that it has been rooted as one of the reasons I tried cancelling the phone (other than obvious delay) was that you mentioning no root and someone mentioning about it not being launched in Europe
cashif said:
Have purchased more than 75 times from AliExpress (atleast 20 expensive items) and this has been my WORST experience for me. Everytime, Orders were shipped either next day or 2 days after and I generally order expensive items thru DHL/Fedex and have had it with me within 10 days. On the contrary, had very bad experience with ebay- both as seller & buyer- and have completely stopped using it (Lost close to $1200 while selling).
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This sounds a lot like Aliexpress advertisement. I bet it's because you sell there yourself, and want people to use it. I'm glad it allegedly works fine for you, but I myself and a lot of people I know would never go near it. Regardless, this is kind of off topic stuff, not related to Honor Note 8, so I suggest we move on.
If anyone can post a root method, or free/chip bootloader unlock method - that'd be very much appreciated. And if someone car figure out a way to mod NVRAM and unlock additional LTE bands in this Kirin955 chipset - that'd be a home-run!
Apo11on said:
This sounds a lot like Aliexpress advertisement. I bet it's because you sell there yourself, and want people to use it. I'm glad it allegedly works fine for you, but I myself and a lot of people I know would never go near it. Regardless, this is kind of off topic stuff, not related to Honor Note 8, so I suggest we move on.
If anyone can post a root method, or free/chip bootloader unlock method - that'd be very much appreciated. And if someone car figure out a way to mod NVRAM and unlock additional LTE bands in this Kirin955 chipset - that'd be a home-run!
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Just to clarify I used to sell in Ebay not AliExpress and I have no relation/business whatsoever with AliExpress !!
Apo11on said:
This sounds a lot like Aliexpress advertisement. I bet it's because you sell there yourself, and want people to use it. I'm glad it allegedly works fine for you, but I myself and a lot of people I know would never go near it. Regardless, this is kind of off topic stuff, not related to Honor Note 8, so I suggest we move on.
If anyone can post a root method, or free/chip bootloader unlock method - that'd be very much appreciated. And if someone car figure out a way to mod NVRAM and unlock additional LTE bands in this Kirin955 chipset - that'd be a home-run!
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So it sounds like it's been a while since you've actually used AliExpress. If that's true, than I have to say that it has changed and improved a LOT from 5 or even two years ago (not perfect of course). I hate to sound like an advertisement as well though but I do want to be fair. I think you should probably try it again to see for yourself because you're missing out on a lot. But your decision.
In regards to unlocking the bootloader: A little while ago DC-unlocker had a promotion on their website because they had just released their android app on the play store (play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dc.huaweibootloadercodes) and I remember seeing that there was a discount in prices for people who used the app. I took the bait, clicked the link and downloaded the app. Opening up the app on my phone I saw that there was the option to purchase a DC-unlocker account directly for $0.99. This as opposed to buying credits directly from their site. I purchased it and it worked. You guys should definitely try it.
Finally, it cost me a bit to finalize the rooting of my phone (50-100 RMB) especially because I downloaded some software tools from bbs.xxroot.com that they developed to unroot it. Also, it took a LOT of conversations (in mandarin haha) and several painful mistakes to figure out how the hell to root my phone. I am going to describe in a future post exactly what I did in detail but I'm not sure how much it will help people. I'll keep everyone posted.
cheers,
chris
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So I'm pretty sure I'm hated at bbs.xxroot.com right now. But I succeeded....
check it out --> drive.google.com/file/d/0By2RD6aSQhsNb1NqRnFEd2VMcDA/view?usp=sharing
gonna work on trying to unlock additional LTE bands (if possible).
cheers,
chris

Watch Urbane 2nd Edition band and loops cracked (pics), where to buy OE replacement ?

Hello everyone,
I love(d) my Watch Urbane 2nd Editon smartwatch, but, after noticing that the band loops broke, now I just noticed that the actual band cracked and will break really soon (see attached pic).
I am looking for an original replacement band. Any ideas where to get one ?
PS: I bought the watch from an AT&T store in the US, but I am from an EU country and the watch doesn't officially sell in my country, for what I know of. So making a warranty claim would be pretty useless.
Thank you !
Cst79 said:
Hello everyone,
I love(d) my Watch Urbane 2nd Editon smartwatch, but, after noticing that the band loops broke, now I just noticed that the actual band cracked and will break really soon (see attached pic).
I am looking for an original replacement band. Any ideas where to get one ?
PS: I bought the watch from an AT&T store in the US, but I am from an EU country and the watch doesn't officially sell in my country, for what I know of. So making a warranty claim would be pretty useless.
Thank you !
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LG will honour the warranty. I purchased the W200e variant which is the EU model, not sold n the UK where I reside. LG UK checked for me and said parts are available to them the system and will be covered.
I'd try that first before ordering a new strap.
Cst79 said:
Hello everyone,
I love(d) my Watch Urbane 2nd Editon smartwatch, but, after noticing that the band loops broke, now I just noticed that the actual band cracked and will break really soon (see attached pic).
I am looking for an original replacement band. Any ideas where to get one ?
PS: I bought the watch from an AT&T store in the US, but I am from an EU country and the watch doesn't officially sell in my country, for what I know of. So making a warranty claim would be pretty useless.
Thank you !
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Over on Android Central in the LG Urbane 2 lte forum there are a couple individuals that order the leather replacement band from Amazon. They had great success with it, the embedded antennas work fine. Here is a link, it's not cheap $49 plus shipping.
https://www.amazon.com/Urbane-Genuine-Korean-Leather-repair/dp/B01JSG0QFK/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1472522400&sr=8-5&keywords=lg+watch+urbane+2nd+edition&tag=androidcentral00-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU5377321
My band broke and I went on the LG website filled out a repair request, received an RMA number and sent my watch in for repair. It was free but took over three weeks to get my watch back. They only replaced the one band that broke so I expect the other to break soon.. I been looking for a replacement band and only found the leather one listed on Amazon for $49. Still looking for a stock replacement band.
Bladder61 said:
Over on Android Central in the LG Urbane 2 lte forum there are a couple individuals that order the leather replacement band from Amazon. They had great success with it, the embedded antennas work fine. Here is a link, it's not cheap $49 plus shipping.
https://www.amazon.com/Urbane-Genui...droidcentral00-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU5377321
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This looks amazing. Have been searching something like this. The stock one is pretty lame and the main reason why my watch is currently collecting dust. Thanks a lot for the link.
Update: Just noticed that it's rubber on the inside so it won't feel any more comfortable than the stock. Damn. That sucks. Hate the rubber on the skin. So stiff.
Rubber on this replacement is much more soft that original.
Watch Urbane 2 LTE OEM replacement band
In the event this information hasn't yet made its way to the Internet (I couldn't find it with Google), I found the OEM replacement bands for the LTE Watch Urbane 2 at encompass.com. Here's the details:
Part No. AJE73209201 (side w/o buckle)- $22.50
https://lg.encompass.com/item/10736901/LG/AJE73209201/
Part No. AJE73249101 (side w/ buckle)- $31.88
https://lg.encompass.com/item/10736900/LG/AJE73249101/
Shipping is $9
I just ordered the buckle side. I'll update if there's any problems with it.

Chinese shops and other scams. Do you know this particular scam?

Hello,
I honestly start to be tired with those Chinese shops. I don't think one stands out so far. Feel free to get me wrong with a certified address.
Here is what I want to talk about. Everything seeks legit, warranty is present, phone is allegedly new and presented as it, delivery seems OK abashed on Trust pilot...
I just bought a p30 pro. I contacted the company. Fast reply.
Going back-and-forth, I finally get her ti spit it out :
The phone is covered by the warranty of the shop, shipping included, but not by Huawei, whichever country you live in, including China.
So tell me : what kind of phone, unless stolen or refurbished can this phone be??
So far, to the question got the silence treatment: please kindly tell me how a phone can be new and not benefit from the Huawei's warranty in any country of the world??
Your technical opinion about it please? I mean, what kind of phone could it aside from what I quoted above?!
Can anyone explain the nature of this phone??
I bought it at T-dimensions, Germany branch. Warehouses seems to be in the UK. Phone comes China or Hong-Kong. No warranty anywhere in the world by Huawei (p30 pro 256, global version)
Seriously no one? ?

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