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I see this phone last week, and was impressed by this MONSTER
first thing I do is taking my credit card and search on net for a good seller, i know this phone is on sale only at 12may
but my biggest surprise was his LTE capabilities.... really ?? a monster spec flagship phone... with only FDD LTE: 1800/2100/2600MHz ???
only 3 categories ?... i want this phone .... but without 800mhz (cat20) it will be a fail in many europe countries ...
and one strange thing too: this phone is announced nothere on the official website... why ?
Most xaomi phones are only meant for China, from what I've heard, and so only support Chinese bands, and nothing else.
It's quite a shame, since I'd happily buy this over the zenfone 2 if it came to the US.
TOT_tomdora said:
Most xaomi phones are only meant for China, from what I've heard, and so only support Chinese bands, and nothing else.
It's quite a shame, since I'd happily buy this over the zenfone 2 if it came to the US.
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i want the zenphone 2 too, but after realising than Asus will not release the bootloader, and can't install custom roms, this phone is not for me ...
I pre ordered an Elephone P7000
xTremePower said:
i want the zenphone 2 too, but after realising than Asus will not release the bootloader, and can't install custom roms, this phone is not for me ...
I pre ordered an Elephone P7000
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1) Where did you get the idea that Asus won't release the bootloader?
2) The phone has barely been out. Give it some time for ROMs, they don't pop up overnight.
3) The P7k is also somewhat tempting, that's true [emoji14]
Got two of these bad boys coming one for me and one for a friend of mine. I should have them by the end of this month as I got them on a pre-order.
Xiaomi mi note pro 4G LTE can not work in the USA.
I know that it will work in United Kingdom as I checked the bands.
Kahun said:
I know that it will work in United Kingdom as I checked the bands.
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I am in the UK using a Mi Note (not Pro) which supports the same bands and it works like a dream.
xtremepower said:
i see this phone last week, and was impressed by this monster
first thing i do is taking my credit card and search on net for a good seller, i know this phone is on sale only at 12may
but my biggest surprise was his lte capabilities.... Really ?? A monster spec flagship phone... With only fdd lte: 1800/2100/2600mhz ???
Only 3 categories ?... I want this phone .... But without 800mhz (cat20) it will be a fail in many europe countries ...
And one strange thing too: This phone is announced nothere on the official website... Why ?
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lets get party started xiao mi note pro
Currently using mi note pro in London workslike a charm on ee. Not
xTremePower said:
I see this phone last week, and was impressed by this MONSTER
first thing I do is taking my credit card and search on net for a good seller, i know this phone is on sale only at 12may
but my biggest surprise was his LTE capabilities.... really ?? a monster spec flagship phone... with only FDD LTE: 1800/2100/2600MHz ???
only 3 categories ?... i want this phone .... but without 800mhz (cat20) it will be a fail in many europe countries ...
and one strange thing too: this phone is announced nothere on the official website... why ?
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Using in Malaysia work like charm as well, don assume with the specs of bandwidth la, buy and use
Kahun said:
Got two of these bad boys coming one for me and one for a friend of mine. I should have them by the end of this month as I got them on a pre-order.
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I have a couple questions
I saw someone with this phone on the train the other day
I want one but have some doubts so can I ask....
1) are all menus etc in english or is some stuff still in chinese
2) what site did your order from and how much did you pay
3) what if something goes wrong with it
4) what is the battery life like
RCJ89 said:
I have a couple questions
I saw someone with this phone on the train the other day
I want one but have some doubts so can I ask....
1) are all menus etc in english or is some stuff still in chinese
2) what site did your order from and how much did you pay
3) what if something goes wrong with it
4) what is the battery life like
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1. Yes, all menus are in English when the system language is English.
2. Ordered from aliexpress for 640 USD
3. Not sure if you mean with the shipment or if you break the device.
4. Battery life could be better honestly. I can get through the day, however I'm only getting about 4 hours SOT if I'm lucky. I was able to reach that point with my Nexus 5.
RCJ89 said:
I have a couple questions
I saw someone with this phone on the train the other day
I want one but have some doubts so can I ask....
1) are all menus etc in english or is some stuff still in chinese
2) what site did your order from and how much did you pay
3) what if something goes wrong with it
4) what is the battery life like
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1) all is English apart from the app store but I use Google play store instead
2) OPPOMART
3) send it back
4) lasts me all day easily
skw5115 said:
1. Yes, all menus are in English when the system language is English.
2. Ordered from aliexpress for 640 USD
3. Not sure if you mean with the shipment or if you break the device.
4. Battery life could be better honestly. I can get through the day, however I'm only getting about 4 hours SOT if I'm lucky. I was able to reach that point with my Nexus 5.
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Thanks for the reply
for point number 3 I meant if there are any warranty issues with the device.
for point number 4 I was looking on GSM arena and they showed the mi note as around 49 hours battery life which doesn't seem that good overall considering the mi note pro has a higher res screen.
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Thanks for the reply
for point number 3 I meant if there are any warranty issues with the device.
for point number 4 I was looking on GSM arena and they showed the mi note as around 49 hours battery life which doesn't seem that good overall considering the mi note pro has a higher res screen.
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Ah ok. Well as far as warranty goes, that would likely have to go through the 3rd party seller. So if they don't offer any type of warranty, you might be out of luck there. But yes the high res screen definitely has an impact on batter life. But it all depends on how you use your device I suppose. I can make it through the day and that is the important part for me
Can I trust buying from Oppomart, I don't really know much about them.
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Can I trust buying from Oppomart, I don't really know much about them.
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I haven't personally bought from Oppomart but a few folk have posted here stating that it was a good experience. I went through aliexpress because I'm more familiar
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I haven't personally bought from Oppomart but a few folk have posted here stating that it was a good experience. I went through aliexpress because I'm more familiar
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Thanks for the reply.
My Dad got a Note 5 from China. He say it no have Google Play, so he gonna give it to me. Now I want to upgrade it to Marshmallow with a custom ROM(To get rid of Chinese restrictions). But I'm confused if my device is N9200 or N920G. In settings it says N920G. On the back a sticker says N9200. It should be N9200 since it from China. Is there even root, kernel, bootloader and custom recovery for this Model? Here is like the only pic of it my dad sent me.(then he packaged it and put it away till I go to where he is).
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My Dad got a Note 5 from China. He say it no have Google Play, so he gonna give it to me. Now I want to upgrade it to Marshmallow with a custom ROM(To get rid of Chinese restrictions). But I'm confused if my device is N9200 or N920G. In settings it says N920G. On the back a sticker says N9200. It should be N9200 since it from China. Is there even root, kernel, bootloader and custom recovery for this Model? Here is like the only pic of it my dad sent me.(then he packaged it and put it away till I go to where he is).
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If I was you, when you get it, I'd go to settings and then about phone.. Because that will tell you which version it really is, cause the Note 5 has a fake replica that looks almost the same, but different softwares and bigger bezels on the sides.
MrMike2182 said:
If I was you, when you get it, I'd go to settings and then about phone.. Because that will tell you which version it really is, cause the Note 5 has a fake replica that looks almost the same, but different softwares and bigger bezels on the sides.
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Yeah my Dad originally thought it's fake. I told him to check the Camera and to feel the back(plastic or glass) and sides(if it actually metal. He was positive on those. Then I asked him to go to setting--->about. And that says N920G.
fp1707 said:
My Dad got a Note 5 from China. He say it no have Google Play, so he gonna give it to me. Now I want to upgrade it to Marshmallow with a custom ROM(To get rid of Chinese restrictions). But I'm confused if my device is N9200 or N920G. In settings it says N920G. On the back a sticker says N9200. It should be N9200 since it from China. Is there even root, kernel, bootloader and custom recovery for this Model? Here is like the only pic of it my dad sent me.(then he packaged it and put it away till I go to where he is).
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pretty confident that's the real deal looks pretty good for a fake
GOIGIG said:
pretty confident that's the real deal looks pretty good for a fake
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You cannot tell by looking at the back I've seen the fake one and it looks exactly the same on the back of the phone fake or not. The only 2 real ways to tell are the size of the bezels in the front and the system software installed.. It's seriously insane how close they look.
fp1707 said:
My Dad got a Note 5 from China. He say it no have Google Play, so he gonna give it to me. Now I want to upgrade it to Marshmallow with a custom ROM(To get rid of Chinese restrictions). But I'm confused if my device is N9200 or N920G. In settings it says N920G. On the back a sticker says N9200. It should be N9200 since it from China. Is there even root, kernel, bootloader and custom recovery for this Model? Here is like the only pic of it my dad sent me.(then he packaged it and put it away till I go to where he is).
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No Google play? Then it must be fake one running on custom rom which needs Gapps installed separately.
Good luck.
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People, c'mon... It's from China, of course it's fake.
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I think its fake
Dude, it is a genuine device. The back cover of the chinese clone is made of plastic of the same color (usually black or white) and usually that plastic is bended near the camera lens. In the photo you can clearly see that it's glass and it's the original color (shappire blue). As far as I know the SM-N9200 is the dual sim variant so please check if the device has a dual-sim caddy or there's place for a single one. If it isn't dual sim, (and it shows SM-N920G in settings) then it's probably that version and the sticker is just a generic one (judging by how bad it's glued on the phone).
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Dude, it is a genuine device. The back cover of the chinese clone is made of plastic of the same color (usually black or white) and usually that plastic is bended near the camera lens. In the photo you can clearly see that it's glass and it's the original color (shappire blue). As far as I know the SM-N9200 is the dual sim variant so please check if the device has a dual-sim caddy or there's place for a single one. If it isn't dual sim, (and it shows SM-N920G in settings) then it's probably that version and the sticker is just a generic one (judging by how bad it's glued on the phone).
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Idk about that. The fake white 1 I had side by side of my real gold colored 1 looked extremely perfect on the back.
Dejan Sathanas said:
People, c'mon... It's from China, of course it's fake.
Sent from my Note 3 running Purify CM13
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But the people who gave it to him wouldn't give him fake crap. They gave him legit 6S. Lenovo Yoga 2 and another Chinese tablet. None of them had Google Play(exception being iPhone).
In China there is a restrictions to use GPlay. You can download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3179068 to check your legit status. Or just try to enter in download mode.
My dad just told me this device is indeed dual sim. So....
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In China there is a restrictions to use GPlay. You can download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3179068 to check your legit status. Or just try to enter in download mode.
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Lol how'd i download without play store?
Ask the dev for free apk version. The easiest way is to check download mode - if there is odin dw mode, your device is legit! If there is knox flag, everything is perfectly fine
This turned out to be real
Good for you.
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I live in the US and the phone works - but it's a Snapdragon, not an Exynos ( so ... better?) and I'm not really sure what to think now that I see the hardware model of it.
The only noticeable differences I could find are that handwriting defaulted to Chinese and the Chinese calendar seems burned into the Samsung Calendar app.
Anything I should look out for? Should I pursue a return through Amazon?
Samsung pay?
Try hard reset then immediately sideloading Samsung Pay 2.7.03 (apk from apkmirror) and Framework 2.7.51 see if spay will work.
If you have problems with language options in general, you can factory reset and set up your languages defaults from the very beginning (on the very first page, you will have a language selector, possibly showing Korean as a default choice, type the Korean writing and choose your favorite localization; this happens on any model by Samsung). This is highly recommended if you do not trust the vendor.
As far as I can tell, the main limitation of N9500 is localization of hardware-secured features: if you plan to use the (awesome) Samsung Pay, apparently you can do so only in Hong Kong so far (with N9500). As I understand, Samsung uses/experiments a more advanced system in Hong Kong, which you will not be able to use elsewhere. I have a N9500 and I want to try to spoof the model number in build.prop to see if one can cheat the phone to have Samsung Pay work everywhere.
Snapdragon vs Exynos is a mixed bag, depending on your workload. Exynos performs slightly better, Snapdragon will offer a faster web experience. In my opinion, no noticeable difference at all. However if you:
-Have a 64GB model
-Have a write heavy workload (quite rare, for instance you do some video-editing on phone or backup GB of data TO the phone every day)
exynos will perform noticeably better in these tasks since Samsung uses different NAND on the two models. For reading workload, again the difference is not noticeable.
Also, my guess is that you got N9500 for a better price: these are usually imported models from Hong Kong or UAE, with no official support. Importers likely got a much better price than the local Samsung offer, or maybe they avoided some import taxes via shady practices. If you paid the same as the official listing in your country, you may want to ask for a replacement regardless of the hardware.
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Just to clear out, in the message before I meant that both the conditions (64GB AND write heavy) need to be satisfied to have an Exynos preference.
I haven't run into any actual problems yet (4 hours of use?) and I'm trying to avoid any modifications while I decide how to handle this... The whole thing seems shady, there's a promotional coupon stuck over the model number on the box. I feel like it was done intentionally for some reason.
delugeofspam said:
I haven't run into any actual problems yet (4 hours of use?) and I'm trying to avoid any modifications while I decide how to handle this... The whole thing seems shady, there's a promotional coupon stuck over the model number on the box. I feel like it was done intentionally for some reason.
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Well if you were sold a model different than the listing description and you are worried/not happy about it, get your money back and make sure you don't lose even a penny (teaching seller a lesson in the process since a lot of this purposeful shadiness seems to be happening even when seller knows).
Don't be upset. You might have gotten the only Snapdragon variant with an unlockable bootloader out the box. If you don't mind double checking this, go to developer options and see if there's an OEM unlocking toggle. Then download Crom and run it, it should unlock your bootloader.
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Don't be upset. You might have gotten the only Snapdragon variant with an unlockable bootloader out the box. If you don't mind double checking this, go to developer options and see if there's an OEM unlocking toggle. Then download Crom and run it, it should unlock your bootloader.
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Unfortunately, no such luck.
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Unfortunately, no such luck.
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Really? Damn, Samsung is seriously tightening things up, the HK and CN variants used to the only Snadragon models that came with an official bootloader unlock tool/method.
Paradoxumical said:
Really? Damn, Samsung is really tightening things up, the HK and CN variants used to the only Samsung models that came with an official bootloader unlock tool/method.
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Didn't people have to wait exactly a week after activation for that option to show up or something like that?
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Didn't people have to wait exactly a week after activation for that option to show up or something like that?
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I don’t recall anything of the sort, but don’t hold that against me. My last Samsung device prior to the Note 8 was the S6 (which I despised). The S5 was Samsung’s last great and true user/developer/mod friendly device. Even though the design got a lot of hate, I quite liked it. It went to eight different countries with me, and never gave me grief even though I used it as an underwater camera countless times.
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I don’t recall anything of the sort, but don’t hold that against me. My last Samsung device prior to the Note 8 was the S6 (which I despised). The S5 was Samsung’s last great and true user/developer/mod friendly device. Even though the design got a lot of hate, I quite liked it. It went to eight different countries with me, and never gave me grief even though I used it as an underwater camera countless times.
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Yep double checked and there is a 1 week wait post activation for OEM UNLOCK option to appear.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-8-exynos-n950f-fd-oem-unlock-t3673140/page64
Not sure if applies to qualcomm variants too. Doesnt HK/CN by law require OEM UNLOCK? Read something along this line somewhere here.
evangelionpunk said:
Yep double checked and there is a 1 week wait post activation for OEM UNLOCK option to appear.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-8-exynos-n950f-fd-oem-unlock-t3673140/page64
Not sure if applies to qualcomm variants too. Doesnt HK/CN by law require OEM UNLOCK? Read something along this line somewhere here.
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Hey! That’s amazing news for OP. I believe HK/CN does require that by law. I remember when the S7 was released there, it looked so sleek without the Samsung logos.
Paradoxumical said:
Hey! That’s amazing news for OP. I believe HK/CN does require that by law. I remember when the S7 was released there, it looked so sleek without the Samsung logos.
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Yep it would be if it applies to Qualcomm variants and if it does it may only apply to HK/CN variants.
Maybe someone that has already had this model for 7+ days can confirm it for him.
The company I purchased it from refuses to advance-replace this with the phone I ordered and seems to expect me to pay to ship it back to them. This is probably going to turn into a dispute with Amazon, so I'm out another $900+ as I have to get into a new phone ASAP, and leave this one with zero wear.
I'm pretty convinced that I want the N950FD/S Aus, Europe & Lat edition of this phone despite living in the U.S. I don't want to suffer heavily locked bootloaders even for a Snapdragon and it seems there is more development for Exynos.
Please, though, tell me I'm wrong and that I should keep this phone that I dumped hours into configuring before catching on to the damn Chinese calendar embedded in the Samsung Calendar app :|
Damn yeah I would return it and get the exynos model you want oem unlock for sure ! I love my deep sea blue 256gb N950N its a work horse things were a pain at first but most the issues have been sorted out and its the best 1200$ i spent.
delugeofspam said:
The company I purchased it from refuses to advance-replace this with the phone I ordered and seems to expect me to pay to ship it back to them. This is probably going to turn into a dispute with Amazon, so I'm out another $900+ as I have to get into a new phone ASAP, and leave this one with zero wear.
I'm pretty convinced that I want the N950FD/S Aus, Europe & Lat edition of this phone despite living in the U.S. I don't want to suffer heavily locked bootloaders even for a Snapdragon and it seems there is more development for Exynos.
Please, though, tell me I'm wrong and that I should keep this phone that I dumped hours into configuring before catching on to the damn Chinese calendar embedded in the Samsung Calendar app :|
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If I were you, I would keep it. I’m 92% sure TWRP will pop-up for your device in the upcoming weeks. I don’t know if Samsung has released the kernel source yet, but once they do, I’ll be more than happy to compile it for you. I remember the same thing happened with the HK/CN variant of the S7. Holding out a week to see if OEM Unlocking shows up will be worth if it does.
Dont want to start a new thread so hopefully someone can help on here.
I ordered a N950fd but have received a N9500. It's currently sat in dubai waiting for a friend to bring back to UK.
Should i stick with it or get the N950FD instead? I would like to use Samsung pay but it's not a deal breaker as dont use it that much now anyway. Is there anything else i should be worried about?
thanks
So you ordered the Big Mac and got a Cheeseburger...
If you were at Macca's would you complain and want the right order? I know I would...
ultramag69 said:
So you ordered the Big Mac and got a Cheeseburger...
If you were at Macca's would you complain and want the right order? I know I would...
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Lol do you really think there's that much difference?
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Lol do you really think there's that much difference?
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Yes.....
Not only is there a difference, but I want what I ordered...
I am eyeballing a china version on ebay in the US because I don't want to wait until september. I know some folks have already found a way to flash the international software on the china phone, but is that needed? Are there major software differences between the chinese and international models other than the google play store being removed? Thanks.
I would avoid the Chinese version, I would avoid any Chinese-market-targeted phone. It's just a bloated spyware and not easy to ROM/root etc.
Wait for the the international version to come out. Worth it.
Why do I say that? I work and live in China, have made this mistake a couple of times. And my lovely girlfriend just purchased this phone without consulting me and now I have to go through the hard work of cleaning it up.
havork said:
I would avoid the Chinese version, I would avoid any Chinese-market-targeted phone. It's just a bloated spyware and not easy to ROM/root etc.
Wait for the the international version to come out. Worth it.
Why do I say that? I work and live in China, have made this mistake a couple of times. And my lovely girlfriend just purchased this phone without consulting me and now I have to go through the hard work of cleaning it up.
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But international version is 12 gb ram only and double the price.
havork said:
I would avoid the Chinese version, I would avoid any Chinese-market-targeted phone. It's just a bloated spyware and not easy to ROM/root etc.
Wait for the the international version to come out. Worth it.
Why do I say that? I work and live in China, have made this mistake a couple of times. And my lovely girlfriend just purchased this phone without consulting me and now I have to go through the hard work of cleaning it up.
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Whats involved in the cleanup? After a bit more research I read its just disabling a few apps and installing the play store.
I agree, some chinese phones can be an absolute disaster for a US user (oppo reno 10x). But hopefully this one isn't because I went ahead and ordered it.
I'm holding the thing in my hand, great hardware, crap software. Bloated with Chinese party Mao spyware. And that's what you can see, imagine what you can't.
Your only hope is to be able to rom it using the international firmware, but that might not be possible according to another thread.
I'm still trying to find a way to at least root it.
Also, seems like you can't set another launcher as default. Option doesn't exist in settings. So no Nova launcher and no sesame shortcuts
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I'm holding the thing in my hand, great hardware, crap software. Bloated with Chinese party Mao spyware. And that's what you can see, imagine what you can't.
Your only hope is to be able to rom it using the international firmware, but that might not be possible according to another thread.
I'm still trying to find a way to at least root it.
Also, seems like you can't set another launcher as default. Option doesn't exist in settings. So no Nova launcher and no sesame shortcuts
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I'm actually planning on buying this device when it's available in the states, but seeing what has been said about the launcher issue as well as Gboard not being able to be installed(another thread), i am a bit concerned. Surely they wouldn't put such restrictions on the international edition, otherwise their dales aren't going to be as good as they could've been. They will have lost my purchase if that's the case. The specs are outstanding, but noone is going to tell me what I can and can't install on my nearly $1,000 dollar device.
ZeroKool76 said:
...noone is going to tell me what I can and can't install on my nearly $1,000 dollar device.
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Exactly.
I wonder why these big manufacturers are just getting in our faces.
What's up with all the bloatware and restrictions on rooting and installing custom recoveries?
I'm looking for to the day people get together and fund a project to manufacture a great , clean, and rooted phone out of the box and put these ****s out of business.
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I'm holding the thing in my hand, great hardware, crap software. Bloated with Chinese party Mao spyware. And that's what you can see, imagine what you can't.
Your only hope is to be able to rom it using the international firmware, but that might not be possible according to another thread.
I'm still trying to find a way to at least root it.
Also, seems like you can't set another launcher as default. Option doesn't exist in settings. So no Nova launcher and no sesame shortcuts
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Native Chinese here, I'd say it's just you as a non-Chinese user don't really get used to the culture, basically "bloated" would be considered as "multi-functional" for Chinese users as we don't really like to install tons of apps for every needs. TBH I think the stock CN firmware of this phone has much less apps preinstalled compared to other phones' CN firmware. (However the lack of Classic theme is quite disappointing.)
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I'm actually planning on buying this device when it's available in the states, but seeing what has been said about the launcher issue as well as Gboard not being able to be installed(another thread), i am a bit concerned. Surely they wouldn't put such restrictions on the international edition, otherwise their dales aren't going to be as good as they could've been. They will have lost my purchase if that's the case. The specs are outstanding, but noone is going to tell me what I can and can't install on my nearly $1,000 dollar device.
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As I tried you can totally install other IME but for some reasons it would switch to original IME after some time. I guess that might be unintended, maybe we'll see it get patched in a future update but I'm not really sure.
havork said:
I'm holding the thing in my hand, great hardware, crap software. Bloated with Chinese party Mao spyware. And that's what you can see, imagine what you can't.
Your only hope is to be able to rom it using the international firmware, but that might not be possible according to another thread.
I'm still trying to find a way to at least root it.
Also, seems like you can't set another launcher as default. Option doesn't exist in settings. So no Nova launcher and no sesame shortcuts
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As I know.
Changing launcher is done only after the first day selling. And root is done 2 days later. So what you are asking is over 1 week after these are done.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80037367&postcount=79
whyou said:
As I know.
Changing launcher is done only after the first day selling. And root is done 2 days later. So what you are asking is over 1 week after these are done.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80037367&postcount=79
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The Chinese version is better than the global one especially on ASUS devices and i am not a local citizen, i own the ROG phone 1 and 2. Both come with in built call recorder which is very important to me. Also the Chinese version gets faster updates than the global one add to that if you head to the Chinese forums of the device you will find a lot of support from there for issues unresolved on XDA and other Tech sites.
Regarding the default launcher i created a thread to solve this issue without root check it out: https://forum.xda-developers.com/rog-phone-2/how-to/disable-default-asus-launcher-root-t3955949
ROG 3 Chinese version.
I have just traded in ROG 2 for ROG 3 in Shanghai and I couldn’t be happier. The cost was 757 dollars for 12/256 Gig version, minus the trade in of 300 dollars, (converted from RMB). The Google Play Services app is preinstalled and Google Play Store is in Asus App Store. Here in China, of course, VPN is a must, but in USA, you shouldn’t have any problems without VPN, because the block is administered by my Chinese ISP and you won’t face any restrictions in America. I had backed up my "old"; (if you can call about 8 months old phone old), on USB stick and restore everything on the new phone. It was flawless. So, if you can’t wait, you can’t go wrong getting the phone now. There is only one thing, the new ROG works and feels exactly the same as the old ROG and the only difference is 5G and Wi-Fi 6. It looks like I have traded 3 speed bike for 6 speed bike and I’m not sure if it’s worth to everyone.
Good luck.
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ZeroKool76 said:
I'm actually planning on buying this device when it's available in the states, but seeing what has been said about the launcher issue as well as Gboard not being able to be installed(another thread), i am a bit concerned. Surely they wouldn't put such restrictions on the international edition, otherwise their dales aren't going to be as good as they could've been. They will have lost my purchase if that's the case. The specs are outstanding, but noone is going to tell me what I can and can't install on my nearly $1,000 dollar device.
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Sure, you can’t switch launchers readily, but other than that, there is no difference between Chinese and global version and there is a way, contrary to biased/racist opinion of one guy, to change to other launcher. Besides, the stock version of the ROG launcher Is great and I’m using iPhone OS 11 launcher just to show off my ROG to iPhone user, saying, see, I can make my phone look like yours, but you can’t make yours look like mine, but after the show I always switch to the original ROG launcher. I have just traded in ROG 2 for ROG 3 in Shanghai and I couldn’t be happier. The Google Play Services app is preinstalled and Google Play Store is in Asus App Store. Here in China, of course, VPN is a must, but in USA, you wont have any problems without VPN.
There is a thread (not sure if allowed to share links) claims that all Mi 11 ultra earlier buyers will get a push notification to redeem free Air 2s. Anyone got the push notification or that link? and anyone familiar with this news? and if it does apply to all models or just Chinese? not enough information in the thread.
The thread I got it from MIUI telegram page. if I am allowed to put links let me know and i'll share link in replies or update post.
Update: link of thread https://www.themyme.com/2021/06/15/...2s-tws-earphones-to-early-mi-11-ultra-buyers/
Post it, worst case scenario it might get deleted
This will likely be disabled for people running unofficial firmware lol
When I checked my serial number on the xiaomi authentication site ,I get a warning that my china phone is not on Chinese ROM anymore
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It'll be CH only and then only to people actually in China.
Can confirm, I've gotten the earphones as part of the sale in China today. (Am currently in China)
lambstone said:
Can confirm, I've gotten the earphones as part of the sale in China today. (Am currently in China)
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Congratulations, lucky you
lambstone said:
Can confirm, I've gotten the earphones as part of the sale in China today. (Am currently in China)
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Is it worth it? Any special functions? Worth to change from OnePlus wireless z?
hassanaliyeh said:
Is it worth it? Any special functions? Worth to change from OnePlus wireless z?
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Its worth it because it's free. But it's pretty much an entry level Bluetooth earbuds. I think there's no point changing if you already own one