I just picked up my P9 from the post office and will be taking it down to the T-Mobile store after work. I tried to look at their "bring your own phone" compatibility list and it didn't show the phone as compatible. I'm assuming it is compatible because it has LTE band 2 & 4, correct? Is there anything else I should know about using it on the T-Mobile network?
I use my P9 on T-Mobile with no issues. Gets LTE just fine. You won't have VOLTE though.
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I use my P9 on T-Mobile with no issues. Gets LTE just fine. You won't have VOLTE though.
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I don't think I get VoLTE here anyway. That's part of Band 12 features, correct?
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I use my P9 on T-Mobile with no issues. Gets LTE just fine. You won't have VOLTE though.
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Okay well this isn't good... all the paperwork is in Chinese, I'm guessing. I hope the phone interface itself isn't. Otherwise, it's useless. Was yours all in Chinese?
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Okay well this isn't good... all the paperwork is in Chinese, I'm guessing. I hope the phone interface itself isn't. Otherwise, it's useless. Was yours all in Chinese?
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I imported mine from the UK, so no Chinese. Don't worry about any of the paperwork. The phone will have the option for English language.
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Kaiya_FL said:
I don't think I get VoLTE here anyway. That's part of Band 12 features, correct?
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I think so. But T-Mobile also has to approve a phone to get VOLTE on their network.
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Ulver said:
I imported mine from the UK, so no Chinese. Don't worry about any of the paperwork. The phone will have the option for English language.
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I think so. But T-Mobile also has to approve a phone to get VOLTE on their network.
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Thanks for the help. Most everything is okay now except some apps and the Android browser still go to Chinese and I can't figure out how to fix that. Most of the apps are the Huawei ones. And even though I set Google as the default browser, the Android one still keeps popping up. Any clue how to change the language? I looked in the browser settings and didn't see anything for that. Would have been nice to have been warned that "International version" really means Chinese. Only reason I went with this over the others was it was the larger memory and RAM. Live and (expensively) learn, I guess
Kaiya_FL said:
Thanks for the help. Most everything is okay now except some apps and the Android browser still go to Chinese and I can't figure out how to fix that. Most of the apps are the Huawei ones. And even though I set Google as the default browser, the Android one still keeps popping up. Any clue how to change the language? I looked in the browser settings and didn't see anything for that. Would have been nice to have been warned that "International version" really means Chinese. Only reason I went with this over the others was it was the larger memory and RAM. Live and (expensively) learn, I guess
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Oh, so you got the 4gb RAM Chinese model. I'll trade ya! ? Unfortunately, I'm not too familiar with that one, as the L09 has Google services preinstalled. Also, Chrome comes as the default browser.
I'm familiar with Xiaomi phones, and when using their Chinese ROM, even though I set the language as English, I'll still see Chinese text in their default browser and some apps. Some things you'll just learn to live with I guess.
Maybe someone who actually has the model you have can give you better answers.
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So no one has figured out VoLTE? What a bummer. Such a shame to get a phone that is modern in every way except the thing that matters the most - cellular connectivity. VoLTE already been around for years and these phones don't support them, let alone the new RCS/EVS.
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So no one has figured out VoLTE? What a bummer. Such a shame to get a phone that is modern in every way except the thing that matters the most - cellular connectivity. VoLTE already been around for years and these phones don't support them, let alone the new RCS/EVS.
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From my understanding, it's not that they can't. It's that T-Mobile won't allow them to unless they go through T-Mobile certification of some kind. Since the Phone wasn't really a USA/T-Mobile release, T-Mobile is probably not in any hurry to do it
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From my understanding, it's not that they can't. It's that T-Mobile won't allow them to unless they go through T-Mobile certification of some kind. Since the Phone wasn't really a USA/T-Mobile release, T-Mobile is probably not in any hurry to do it
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Yea but I was hoping someone found a way to turn it on. What a shame. Great phone, 6 year old technology.
Related
I have successfully rooted my phone and I have been successfully trying out some of the ROM's found here on xda. One thing I've noticed though is that every time I boot into any rom, I'm always stuck in roaming and I can't seem to get out.
Anyone have any ideas?
I'm running LG Optimus 2X P990HN on FIDO network.
Cheers,
taoli said:
I have successfully rooted my phone and I have been successfully trying out some of the ROM's found here on xda. One thing I've noticed though is that every time I boot into any rom, I'm always stuck in roaming and I can't seem to get out.
Anyone have any ideas?
I'm running LG Optimus 2X P990HN on FIDO network.
Cheers,
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Weird. Roaming is supposed to be a network setting and is not made automagically by the rom. Are there chances you enabled it before the flash?
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Weird. Roaming is supposed to be a network setting and is not made automagically by the rom. Are there chances you enabled it before the flash?
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Nope, not that I'm aware of anyway, I wasn't in roaming before flashing and I wasn't in roaming after flashing back to original.
I'm stumped thus far :\
taoli said:
Nope, not that I'm aware of anyway, I wasn't in roaming before flashing and I wasn't in roaming after flashing back to original.
I'm stumped thus far :\
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Ok. Hope your problem gets fixed. When you do, please report back in case someone gets in the same situation
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taoli said:
I have successfully rooted my phone and I have been successfully trying out some of the ROM's found here on xda. One thing I've noticed though is that every time I boot into any rom, I'm always stuck in roaming and I can't seem to get out.
Anyone have any ideas?
I'm running LG Optimus 2X P990HN on FIDO network.
Cheers,
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I just got my wife and I 2 brand new phones rooted and installed custom roms.. I know this is a radio issue cause its not picking up the fido network thus i have the same problem you do. Im trying to look into a different baseband as we speak.
Metalshadowx2 said:
I just got my wife and I 2 brand new phones rooted and installed custom roms.. I know this is a radio issue cause its not picking up the fido network thus i have the same problem you do. Im trying to look into a different baseband as we speak.
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I tried the newest baseband i could find to no avail. i tried punching in all my apn settings manually, nothing. I was able to connect and register on FIDO umts and gsm networks but it still said I was in roaming.
I was doing a bit of googling earlier and some ppl were saying that it's got something to do with many of the roms are running gingerbread and that the p990hn has no love for gingerbread atm. I just kinda skimmed but that's what I got from it.
I'm going to see try a froyo rom for the 2x and see if I encounter the same issue.
taoli said:
I tried the newest baseband i could find to no avail. i tried punching in all my apn settings manually, nothing. I was able to connect and register on FIDO umts and gsm networks but it still said I was in roaming.
I was doing a bit of googling earlier and some ppl were saying that it's got something to do with many of the roms are running gingerbread and that the p990hn has no love for gingerbread atm. I just kinda skimmed but that's what I got from it.
I'm going to see try a froyo rom for the 2x and see if I encounter the same issue.
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Wow that sucks... so we have to offically wait for them to release gingerbread?
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"Of course you wont be charged more.
Just an FYI, you are ON the Fido network even if it says Rogers or roaming on rogers. When you roam outside of the Fido/Rogers network, on something like AT&T or T-Mobile, then you are roaming on a different network, not only that, you get a text message to remind you that you are on a foreign network. Hope this helps."
That was quoted from the fido forums.. so apparently its already on fido but because the coding is not right and no official gingerbread support its considered roaming but wont be charged extra money.. I wont be able to know until next month and even still its a risk.
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Wow that sucks... so we have to offically wait for them to release gingerbread?
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I can't confirm without doing a bit more googling, but that's what it sounded like to me.
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Wow that sucks... so we have to offically wait for them to release gingerbread?
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"Of course you wont be charged more.
Just an FYI, you are ON the Fido network even if it says Rogers or roaming on rogers. When you roam outside of the Fido/Rogers network, on something like AT&T or T-Mobile, then you are roaming on a different network, not only that, you get a text message to remind you that you are on a foreign network. Hope this helps."
That was quoted from the fido forums.. so apparently its already on fido but because the coding is not right and no official gingerbread support its considered roaming but wont be charged extra money.. I wont be able to know until next month and even still its a risk.
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/agree, but that clears it up a bit more. thanks for the post
taoli said:
/agree, but that clears it up a bit more. thanks for the post
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Ok i confirmed this info i found on the net and it works fine.
"APN: internet.fido.ca
User: fido
Pass: fido
After calling Fido, it seems that using National Datat Roaming on the Rogers network is allowed, and there is no extra billing since it's what the Nexus has to do as well. Cool. I guess someone can close this if they want."
So I just put that info in and it works.. I can make calls and use data... make sure you click use data roam
Metalshadowx2 said:
Ok i confirmed this info i found on the net and it works fine.
"APN: internet.fido.ca
User: fido
Pass: fido
After calling Fido, it seems that using National Datat Roaming on the Rogers network is allowed, and there is no extra billing since it's what the Nexus has to do as well. Cool. I guess someone can close this if they want."
So I just put that info in and it works.. I can make calls and use data... make sure you click use data roam
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awesome sauce. thanks again ^^
taoli said:
awesome sauce. thanks again ^^
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Yeah its funny cause i flash roms and stuff on the side for alot of people and i had to do the same thing for someone who had a nexus S for fido and I always wanted to know that.. guess this answers it. I hope this can get sticked or something cause i know more Canadians are gonna get this phone and have the same problem
Metalshadowx2 said:
Yeah its funny cause i flash roms and stuff on the side for alot of people and i had to do the same thing for someone who had a nexus S for fido and I always wanted to know that.. guess this answers it. I hope this can get sticked or something cause i know more Canadians are gonna get this phone and have the same problem
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/agree again, with any luck we'll see a gingerbread update in the incredibly near future and this problem will cease to exist.
Hi,
I wll be purchasing a new phone soon and am looking for a phone that has a great chance to be rooted/able and compatable with the Verizon network.
Can an unlocked Note 8 (SM-N950U1) be used on Verizon's network?
Thanks for your input?
Yes it can. I'm using the unlocked version on the Verizon network right now.
plainbum said:
Hi,
I iwll be purchasing a new phone soon and am looking for a phone that has a great chance to be rooted/able and compatable with the Verizon network.
Can an unloecked Note 8 (SM-N950U1) be used on Verizon's network?
Thanks for your input?
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Jrockz said:
Yes it can. I'm using the unlocked version on the Verizon network right now.
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+1, no issues.
But, no HD calling or wi-fi calling?
I am using one as well. But none of the features/services are working. I can't get any VZW apps, like visual Vmail. I don't even get vmail notifications. No HD voice or video. No NFL app live video. Nothing HAS works except voice & data.
I have been on with VZW everyday. They can't figure the s**t out. They blame Sammy and Sammy blames them. Very frustrating!!!!
Yes I got the unlocked one and I have hd calling and the phone provisioned I'm on Verizon
I clicked on self provision and restarted phone everything works
Even gave me a toggle after
bambam126 said:
Even gave me a toggle after
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How you get black menues
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GreenGoblin227 said:
How you get black menues
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Samsung
plainbum said:
Hi,
I wll be purchasing a new phone soon and am looking for a phone that has a great chance to be rooted/able and compatable with the Verizon network.
Can an unlocked Note 8 (SM-N950U1) be used on Verizon's network?
Thanks for your input?
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No and yes, in that order.
You'll have the model with the Snapdragon SoC and that has a locked bootloader. You might one day get root (if you're lucky) but you'll probably never get TWRP compatibility or any custom ROMs.
But on the bright side, it will work on the Verizon network, so that's nice.
How did you self provision?
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Yea I cant find that section either. Where is it and is it a snapdragon phone???
bambam126 said:
I clicked on self provision and restarted phone everything works
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Great info
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so now u have visual voice mail too???
There you go app is called shortcut master
mgault said:
Yea I cant find that section either. Where is it and is it a snapdragon phone???
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Yes it is I uploaded screen shots
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mgault said:
Yea I cant find that section either. Where is it and is it a snapdragon phone???
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Click on the ims activity not the self provision I circle the wrong one
bambam126 said:
I clicked on self provision and restarted phone everything works
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i am trying to use it on verizion, where is self provision? from which menu? search on settings , unable to locate it.
It can be found by searching in Shortcut Master (light) app. I can still find it, but cannot run as from BL version 3 (not sure if it was that one) many shortcuts no longer work (including all IMS-related shortcuts).
I have N950U1 on FW version N950U1UEU5CRJ2.
OnnoJ said:
It can be found by searching in Shortcut Master (light) app. I can still find it, but cannot run as from BL version 3 (not sure if it was that one) many shortcuts no longer work (including all IMS-related shortcuts).
I have N950U1 on FW version N950U1UEU5CRJ2.
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doesn't work on Oreo nougat only
- WiFi Calling
- HD Calling
- Video Calling
- VoLTE
I figure since people have had the phone for a few days now, maybe there is a definitive answer to be had. I contacted Verizon and they said that WiFi calling and HD calling will not work and that an unlocked phone will remove these features from my account. But, Verizon did say that VoLTE and Video calling will work. I contacted Samsung support and they said that all 4 features will work but that I would need to contact Verizon to enable the features on their end. Seems like a runaround.
Is there anyone with the unlocked variant and Verizon that can confirm what does and doesn't work? Thanks!
I do not have any of those working. I will try calling Verizon. I really want VoLTE/HD calling to work.
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- WiFi Calling
- HD Calling
- Video Calling
- VoLTE
I figure since people have had the phone for a few days now, maybe there is a definitive answer to be had. I contacted Verizon and they said that WiFi calling and HD calling will not work and that an unlocked phone will remove these features from my account. But, Verizon did say that VoLTE and Video calling will work. I contacted Samsung support and they said that all 4 features will work but that I would need to contact Verizon to enable the features on their end. Seems like a runaround.
Is there anyone with the unlocked variant and Verizon that can confirm what does and doesn't work? Thanks!
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Yes it works. I had called someone in Verizon and he went through line by line, updated something called mpas or empass,and then I had to restart my phone to get it active. Finally worked after talking to 3 different people. Ask to speak to a level 2 tech if the first guy doesn't get it
Thanks, MACHEK. Which of the features are you referring to? All of them? Or, specific ones? Thanks.
MACHEK said:
Yes it works. I had called someone in Verizon and he went through line by line, updated something called mpas or empass,and then I had to restart my phone to get it active. Finally worked after talking to 3 different people. Ask to speak to a level 2 tech if the first guy doesn't get it
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Also curious as to which features (all?) are working now. I will have to go through this process to soon.
MACHEK said:
Yes it works. I had called someone in Verizon and he went through line by line, updated something called mpas or empass,and then I had to restart my phone to get it active. Finally worked after talking to 3 different people. Ask to speak to a level 2 tech if the first guy doesn't get it
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Awesome. I will call tomorrow.
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unrequited said:
Also curious as to which features (all?) are working now. I will have to go through this process to soon.
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Yes all (I haven't video called anyone but I did try to myself accidentally and it briefly turned on) All the rest for sure work on my phone
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Thanks, MACHEK. Which of the features are you referring to? All of them? Or, specific ones? Thanks.
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All
MACHEK said:
Yes all (I haven't video called anyone but I did try to myself accidentally and it briefly turned on) All the rest for sure work on my phone
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All
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You're the first that I've heard that Wifi calling has worked, that's great to hear! I'll make sure to get escalated when my Unlocked finally comes.
unrequited said:
You're the first that I've heard that Wifi calling has worked, that's great to hear! I'll make sure to get escalated when my Unlocked finally comes.
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Yeah I had my phone on airplane mode just to check and only had Wi-Fi. Received texts, calls etc no problem. HD calling works too. I tried to reach out to my contact at Verizon for a real good description of what he checked but he hasn't replied yet. It took him a good 15 minutes but eventually he got it. He said he went line by line to double check each setting.
Thanks again, MACHEK. If your contact gets back to you can you please reply here with the info so I and others know what to ask for when calling Verizon to get these features working on our unlocked phones?
Mr. Toad - Since you're calling tomorrow, if you get any specifics can you please post it as well?
Thanks!
Thanks again, MACHEK. If your contact gets back to you can you please reply here with the info so I and others know what to ask for when calling Verizon to get these features working on our unlocked phones?
Mr. Toad - Since you're calling tomorrow, if you get any specifics can you please post it as well?
Thanks!
MACHEK said:
Yeah I had my phone on airplane mode just to check and only had Wi-Fi. Received texts, calls etc no problem. HD calling works too. I tried to reach out to my contact at Verizon for a real good description of what he checked but he hasn't replied yet. It took him a good 15 minutes but eventually he got it. He said he went line by line to double check each setting.
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Yes, if you do hear back, please post with what was necessary to turn on, I'm so glad that wifi calling works, that was the last piece which I was worried about from reading other threads.
Just some screenshots of it (on a side note it's annoying my theme isn't dark on that one setting, seems odd looking)
blaidan said:
Thanks again, MACHEK. If your contact gets back to you can you please reply here with the info so I and others know what to ask for when calling Verizon to get these features working on our unlocked phones?
Mr. Toad - Since you're calling tomorrow, if you get any specifics can you please post it as well?
Thanks!
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Yeah. I will hopefully be able to take care of it in a couple hours.
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MACHEK said:
Just some screenshots of it (on a side note it's annoying my theme isn't dark on that one setting, seems odd looking)
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Looks like they also changed your statusbar. Verizon's 4G letters are like that.
Can you check if your hotspot works without a subscription prompt?
leyvatron said:
Looks like they also changed your statusbar. Verizon's 4G letters are like that.
Can you check if your hotspot works without a subscription prompt?
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Wow sorry guys I just realized you guys are talking about the non snapdragon version? I missed that part in the original post, but to be honest, a few people even with snapdragon are having this problem of getting it set up so I wouldn't give it up.
I'm taking about the snapdragon US unlocked variant so please update when you have the details, thanks again!
Yeah, I think we're all probably talking about the snapdragon US unlocked variant. So, MACHEK, I think you're info is still good, correct?
blaidan said:
Yeah, I think we're all probably talking about the snapdragon US unlocked variant. So, MACHEK, I think you're info is still good, correct?
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just by looking at his statusbar, I believe he doesn't have an unlocked version.
He must have the Verizon carrier specific Note 8.
leyvatron said:
I believe he doesn't have an unlocked version.
He must have the Verizon carrier specific Note 8.
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Yeah I bought mine from Verizon but it does show an unlocked lock at boot, are we still talking the same phone?
Omg was this not a simple process, finally running L29C636 on the mate 10, fully re branded, the China firmware wasn't bad but too much chinese
Managed to brick it in the process, FRP locked, Bootloader locked, after a long night crying in my sleep we finally manged to unbrick and do it properly, or I should say he did lol
All thanks go to FUNKYHUAWEI, jesus this ain't like it was on the Mate 9, that was s, so simple, FH is finding a way to simplify it but that might not happen, you really gotta know what you're doing here but with FH's help...he made it look easy, very happy now, I'll rebrand to C432 when thats available lol, I feel much better about doing it again
Great news! Where can we find the instructions and the International firmware? Thanks!
SAVVAS. said:
Great news! Where can we find the instructions and the International firmware? Thanks!
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Funkyhuawei support, go to their site
Hi. Once you've rebranded, do you get the updates associated with the new "brand" you converted to? Thanks!
mscion said:
Hi. Once you've rebranded, do you get the updates associated with the new "brand" you converted to? Thanks!
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Sure.
Serious question. I understand many want to rebrand Chinese ROM to international L29 ROM. But why? My understanding is that you can change AL00 system language to English and you can install Google Play (and services). You can even uninstall all the Chinese bloatware apps via Huawei's Application Store manager app.
So what are the pros and cons? Surely there will be more updates too with the AL00 ROM considering Huawei is a Chinese manufacturer?
So why debrand? Why not just stick to AL00 and do all the above? What am I missing?
tboy2000 said:
Serious question. I understand many want to rebrand Chinese ROM to international L29 ROM. But why? My understanding is that you can change AL00 system language to English and you can install Google Play (and services). You can even uninstall all the Chinese bloatware apps via Huawei's Application Store manager app.
So what are the pros and cons? Surely there will be more updates too with the AL00 ROM considering Huawei is a Chinese manufacturer?
So why debrand? Why not just stick to AL00 and do all the above? What am I missing?
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You cannot remove all the chinese things from china firmware that's why.
What "Chinese things" though? How do they affect day to day use? Thanks.
podgeandrodge said:
What "Chinese things" though? How do they affect day to day use? Thanks.
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You will get Hiboard instead of Google's version of that board. Hivoice instead of Google Now. Since the yellow book is filled with Chinese contacts, the dial pad shows up predictive Chinese contacts from yellow book whenever you dial. The Music and Video app has Chinese online content. And maybe because of the new "AI" introduction you might face China based AI pop up tips. You can turn off the Hiboard, but you can't replace it with Google board in a way you get the same swipe left shortcut. You can't remove nor replace the Hivoice (swipe up shortcut). The Music and Video app you can only get around by hiding the app and using alternate app from playstore. The Chinese Yellow book problem in dial pad also could not be resolved, however not sure if its different on the Oreo + EMUI 8. Most bloatware can be deleted but a couple of them cannot be. So those who wish to use the Chinese rom be sure you can adapt to these. Also not sure if 3rd party NFC payment apps will work.
Up to now I have brought Huawei phones from China because Huawei releases these phones internationally a couple months later, it is priced cheaper and more faster rom updates. So i didn't take much issue to the problems stated above. But this time i might go for the local version of Huawei itself as the release date here is not far off and the price is as cheap as the official price in China (getting from re sellers in China would increase price by 100-200$) and if i get 4-6 rom updates a year (https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/how-rom-update-year-t3696371) that should be more than enough for me.
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What "Chinese things" though? How do they affect day to day use? Thanks.
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I can't remember all but one of them is the chinese yellow page in dialer.
And one more thing not sure if they fix the notification bug in mate 10 cause in mate 9 all chinese firmwares has a bug that won't allow notifications like WhatsApp and Facebook to appear till you open the application itself.
gm007 said:
And one more thing not sure if they fix the notification bug in mate 10 cause in mate 9 all chinese firmwares has a bug that won't allow notifications like WhatsApp and Facebook to appear till you open the application itself.
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That is more to do with changing the settings that makes selected apps to close when phone is in sleep and also maybe toggling notification permissions. Also there is toggle in wifi settings which turns off wifi when in sleep.
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Sure.
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Hi. Thanks. Just to be clear. Does that include OTAs. Or are updates handled via FunkyHuawei? If you happen to know, can one simply purchase the rebranded Mate 10? Thanks again!
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tboy2000 said:
Serious question. I understand many want to rebrand Chinese ROM to international L29 ROM. But why? My understanding is that you can change AL00 system language to English and you can install Google Play (and services). You can even uninstall all the Chinese bloatware apps via Huawei's Application Store manager app.
So what are the pros and cons? Surely there will be more updates too with the AL00 ROM considering Huawei is a Chinese manufacturer?
So why debrand? Why not just stick to AL00 and do all the above? What am I missing?
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All the replys are quite accurate. From my experience with the Mate 9, another thing I noticed is that there are some features that work only if you know Chinese language. For example, you can set the phone to answer a call, hands free, by voice but you have to say "answer" in Chinese. I could never figure a way around that.
warea said:
That is more to do with changing the settings that makes selected apps to close when phone is in sleep and also maybe toggling notification permissions. Also there is toggle in wifi settings which turns off wifi when in sleep.
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It's not about settings,the notifications bug in Chinese firmwares is true and you cannot do anything about it,you can check by yourself the mate 9 forum.i don't have the phone anymore but i remember correctly.
mscion said:
Hi. Thanks. Just to be clear. Does that include OTAs. Or are updates handled via FunkyHuawei? If you happen to know, can one simply purchase the rebranded Mate 10? Thanks again!
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All the replys are quite accurate. From my experience with the Mate 9, another thing I noticed is that there are some features that work only if you know Chinese language. For example, you can set the phone to answer a call, hands free, by voice but you have to say "answer" in Chinese. I could never figure a way around that.
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When you rebrand the phone you will get the ota specified for the region u rebranded to,so no worry about that.
Once rebranded the phone acts like a genuine phone from the region it's rebranded to. Ota updates work normally. You can use volte, WiFi calling and so on
According to O2 in the UK, Volte only works with phones with O2 firmware so it's no point rebranding specifically if you want Volte and you will use an O2 SIM card.
Hi, did you by any chance managed to achieved root as well ? Saw funkyhuawei post on reddit regarding rooting mate 10.
And root is indeed all i need on any android phone. Including this. LoL
Btw, unfortunately, there's no VoLTE option on 636. My carrier has VoLTE and worked out of the box with my s8 and pro7, but not this phone
otonieru said:
Hi, did you by any chance managed to achieved root as well ? Saw funkyhuawei post on reddit regarding rooting mate 10.
And root is indeed all i need on any android phone. Including this. LoL
Btw, unfortunately, there's no VoLTE option on 636. My carrier has VoLTE and worked out of the box with my s8 and pro7, but not this phone
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Yeah root only works. I had volte and wifi calling on mate 9 oreo beta. But not mate 10 at the moment. How do in an update
how about volte
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Omg was this not a simple process, finally running L29C636 on the mate 10, fully re branded, the China firmware wasn't bad but too much chinese
Managed to brick it in the process, FRP locked, Bootloader locked, after a long night crying in my sleep we finally manged to unbrick and do it properly, or I should say he did lol
All thanks go to FUNKYHUAWEI, jesus this ain't like it was on the Mate 9, that was s, so simple, FH is finding a way to simplify it but that might not happen, you really gotta know what you're doing here but with FH's help...he made it look easy, very happy now, I'll rebrand to C432 when thats available lol, I feel much better about doing it again
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dose it support VOLTE in EURO? because C636 for Asia market !
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You will get Hiboard instead of Google's version of that board. Hivoice instead of Google Now. Since the yellow book is filled with Chinese contacts, the dial pad shows up predictive Chinese contacts from yellow book whenever you dial. The Music and Video app has Chinese online content. And maybe because of the new "AI" introduction you might face China based AI pop up tips. You can turn off the Hiboard, but you can't replace it with Google board in a way you get the same swipe left shortcut. You can't remove nor replace the Hivoice (swipe up shortcut). The Music and Video app you can only get around by hiding the app and using alternate app from playstore. The Chinese Yellow book problem in dial pad also could not be resolved, however not sure if its different on the Oreo + EMUI 8. Most bloatware can be deleted but a couple of them cannot be. So those who wish to use the Chinese rom be sure you can adapt to these. Also not sure if 3rd party NFC payment apps will work.
Up to now I have brought Huawei phones from China because Huawei releases these phones internationally a couple months later, it is priced cheaper and more faster rom updates. So i didn't take much issue to the problems stated above. But this time i might go for the local version of Huawei itself as the release date here is not far off and the price is as cheap as the official price in China (getting from re sellers in China would increase price by 100-200$) and if i get 4-6 rom updates a year (https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/how-rom-update-year-t3696371) that should be more than enough for me.
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I have the 115 C636 ROM and it has the Hiboard instead of the Google Now.. Is there anyway to enable google board instead?
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I have the 115 C636 ROM and it has the Hiboard instead of the Google Now.. Is there anyway to enable google board instead?
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I haven't used EMUI8.0 however for all previous versions, you cannot replace the Hiboard. You can only disable the Hiboard via home screen settings. I don't know if it can be done after rooting though.
Hey all,
Sprint variant. Just had an update pushed to the phone. Now ends in QK3... Any idea if this might address network performance issues? I was having initial connection delays when loading web/internet apps... Have been using a dns changer as a workaround that uses a local VPN to use openDNS as it may have been a DNS issue that was borked in the previous patch. Thanks!
I saw the update too, it showed up on mine around 9am EST. I've yet to do it, though, since I don't know what's included.
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Are you just now getting BQK3? I've had it since the 4th
ThaHaloMilitia said:
Are you just now getting BQK3? I've had it since the 4th
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Wow that's odd.... Yeah just got it this morning I guess... Was hoping it'd solve my network starting "lag" that I need to refresh things a few times to actually get anywhere.
sjr19 said:
Wow that's odd.... Yeah just got it this morning I guess... Was hoping it'd solve my network starting "lag" that I need to refresh things a few times to actually get anywhere.
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Yeah, that's not fixed lmao
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Yeah, that's not fixed lmao
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Do you also have the issue? It's making me mental lol
Yep, half the time Maps doesn't even work. I'll have to restart it to get it to work.
ThaHaloMilitia said:
Yep, half the time Maps doesn't even work. I'll have to restart it to get it to work.
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Yeah, I time out or get the spinning loading circle for ages... Sometimes refreshing fixes it.. That's really my biggest issue right now. Sounds like something screwed up with the modem in the update? I keep searching for updates lol
sjr19 said:
Yeah, I time out or get the spinning loading circle for ages... Sometimes refreshing fixes it.. That's really my biggest issue right now. Sounds like something screwed up with the modem in the update? I keep searching for updates lol
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See the pic, sometimes I'll get that, refresh, it's fine. Odd. Edit : hmm it didn't post. Odd. I'll try when I get home.
sjr19 said:
See the pic, sometimes I'll get that, refresh, it's fine. Odd. Edit : hmm it didn't post. Odd. I'll try when I get home.
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I had to start using imjur to get pics to post...lol
Hi all. Have any of you try flashing the N950U1 2BQK1 firmware on Sprint Note 8 and get VoLTE or WiFi calling? Back in August Sprint start pushing the VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling update on the Galaxy S8, not sure if Sprint did change their CSC so you can used the U1 firmware and get Full VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling like T-MOBILE or Verizon. I have an AT&T Note 8 and Verizon Note on Verizon service running on the new updated N950U1 2BQK1 firmware. I currently don't have Sprint service now but planning to get 1 line's
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Just want to find before I get a line, I prefer Samsung only firmware instead of carrier bloatware firmware. I like spam feature on stock Samsung unlock firmware, plus better battery life and performance.
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Hi all. Have any of you try flashing the N950U1 2BQK1 firmware on Sprint Note 8 and get VoLTE or WiFi calling? Back in August Sprint start pushing the VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling update on the Galaxy S8, not sure if Sprint did change their CSC so you can used the U1 firmware and get Full VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling like T-MOBILE or Verizon. I have an AT&T Note 8 and Verizon Note on Verizon service running on the new updated N950U1 2BQK1 firmware. I currently don't have Sprint service now but planning to get 1 line's
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Just want to find before I get a line, I prefer Samsung only firmware instead of carrier bloatware firmware. I like spam feature on stock Samsung unlock firmware, plus better battery life and performance.
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I am on the BQK1 firmware on Sprint.
WiFi calling is enabled automatically
VoIP is working with manual settings through shortcut master lite...I've posted the settings in various locations...
BlueFox beat me to the punch. I use N950U1 2BQK1 firmware*on my note as well.