Hey Folks,
first i´ve to say, i´m from germany, so my english is maybe not good at all, so please be tolerant^^
a few days ago i bought the new asus rog phone 2 as an import from china, ´cause for the european market in the first time was only the 512gb-phone available, but i don´t need such a big version of the phone, also the 128gb version is cheaper. long story short, the phone arrived and the intern memory is only 18gb instead of 128gb. German asus-support gives no support ´cause the phone comes from china, but the guy told me one thing: the suppliers from china changed the firmware into "WW"-Firmware, what also means i´ll be locked from automaticly android-updates and while installing these Firmware it maybe comes to a partition problem why only 18g of the intern memory remained. Please, can anybody help me to solve this prob.? I´m really not interessted to send the phone back to china ´cause postage will be way expensive.
I´m a ´lil bit into the flashing and rooting-game, so if you have any suggestions going that way that´ll be no prob, i´ll try it.
Greetings
Fraigeizzt said:
Hey Folks,
first i´ve to say, i´m from germany, so my english is maybe not good at all, so please be tolerant^^
a few days ago i bought the new asus rog phone 2 as an import from china, ´cause for the european market in the first time was only the 512gb-phone available, but i don´t need such a big version of the phone, also the 128gb version is cheaper. long story short, the phone arrived and the intern memory is only 18gb instead of 128gb. German asus-support gives no support ´cause the phone comes from china, but the guy told me one thing: the suppliers from china changed the firmware into "WW"-Firmware, what also means i´ll be locked from automaticly android-updates and while installing these Firmware it maybe comes to a partition problem why only 18g of the intern memory remained. Please, can anybody help me to solve this prob.? I´m really not interessted to send the phone back to china ´cause postage will be way expensive.
I´m a ´lil bit into the flashing and rooting-game, so if you have any suggestions going that way that´ll be no prob, i´ll try it.
Greetings
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Check this out, though OP hasn't responded, he was advised to go through recovery and brush (flash) new ROM.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/rog-phone-2/help/rog-phone-incorrect-storage-capacity-t4008459
With your experience in flashing, it'll be easy for you to resolve as I believe it was a mistake made when flashing global ROM by the sellers.
Hello again,
i solved the problem, it's so easy that i've never thinked about it, the only thing to do is a factory reset, then the memory is complete available.
Greetings
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Is there a good place in Taipei to find HTC phones - particularly the Kaiser at this point at a reasonable price?
I'll be there on business in a couple of months - and it'd be cool to come back with a new phone....
TIA,
Richard
I share the same question but would add to it - is it possible to find there English ROM? Does the keyboard also contains Chinese characters? Is there a place that sells the international version?
No one sells it YET
There are many release dates circulating, but they are all guesses, They people who do know can't tell us).
Once you can buy it, you should be able to get an English ROM. If my experience of buying phones in Dubai is anything to go by, they stocked Arabic and Western phones, I'd suspect you won't have a problem.
Gordon
GordonTGopher said:
There are many release dates circulating, but they are all guesses, They people who do know can't tell us).
Once you can buy it, you should be able to get an English ROM. If my experience of buying phones in Dubai is anything to go by, they stocked Arabic and Western phones, I'd suspect you won't have a problem.
Gordon
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I am in Dubai and the keypad depends on the model you are buying. I recently got a new HP laptop and it did not have arabic keys but most other laptops had.
Taipei
rsolomon said:
Is there a good place in Taipei to find HTC phones - particularly the Kaiser at this point at a reasonable price?
I'll be there on business in a couple of months - and it'd be cool to come back with a new phone....
TIA,
Richard
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I live in Taiepi and have had no luck getting any HTC PDA's here. The reason is that up to now the only available models come with Chinese and if one flashes an upgrade with English, the warranty is shot. If that does not bother you, then just be aware that the keyboard will have both English and Chinese on it. As I have lived here for almost 31 years I have found that you can get used to keyboards with English and Chinese on it. Since I bought my first computer in 1980 I have never owned a keyboard without Chinese on it.
If you are going to be in Hong Kong too you could pick up an English model. I am not sure if the warranty would still cover you when you return home. Before, the people here told me to buy their PDAs in HK, but to be aware that if the darn thing needed repairs, it would have to be done in Hong Kong.
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I live in Taiepi and have had no luck getting any HTC PDA's here. The reason is that up to now the only available models come with Chinese and if one flashes an upgrade with English, the warranty is shot. If that does not bother you, then just be aware that the keyboard will have both English and Chinese on it. As I have lived here for almost 31 years I have found that you can get used to keyboards with English and Chinese on it. Since I bought my first computer in 1980 I have never owned a keyboard without Chinese on it.
If you are going to be in Hong Kong too you could pick up an English model. I am not sure if the warranty would still cover you when you return home. Before, the people here told me to buy their PDAs in HK, but to be aware that if the darn thing needed repairs, it would have to be done in Hong Kong.
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Seems sad that HTC is *IN* Taiwan but doesn't have a way to sell the phones there
Richard
Taipei again
rsolomon said:
Seems sad that HTC is *IN* Taiwan but doesn't have a way to sell the phones there
Richard
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Oh, you can buy the phones here, no problem, with the Dopod brand, or CHT (Chung Hwa Telecom), and now HTC brand, but the problem is again warranty, if you change from Chinese to English. As you know, a PDA phone is not like a smart phone that you can change the language just by going through menus.
Frustrating for me that these things are made here but I have not been able to buy an English model, but see the Chinese versions sold all over the place here, including several stores within 15 minutes of walking of where I live. I exhausted Dopod's customer service email with complaints about lack of English models here............
HTC and Dopod are of course Taiwanese companies.
Chinese to English
You can flash an English ROM (which voids the warranty).. then, if some unforeseen problem occurs, flash back to a Chinese Rom to send back for repair (re-instates warranty coverage.)
I have a CHT9000 (from Taiwan) which I have flashed (too many times.. back and forth).....I don't think "they" can detect which roms have been flashed to the phone.
Not sure if Kaiser has been CID-unlocked yet.."if not" only a matter of time.
If you can't flash back to Chinese, before repair... you are obviously screwed.
Edit: didn't realize the date..
Tytn II in Taipei
EDIT: me neither :-(
The current price is around 780 USD (23.500 NTD) here in TPE, but as mentionned by another earlier, only CHT ROM.
I bought my Tytn II in HK at a cheaper price than here in TW.
Side kick is that I need to go to HK if my TW device gets broken under warranty
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Sorry every1 i posted this in the general section , i had plenty of reads but no advice so im posting it here cos the auction im interested in ends very soon. 'just wanna buy a german kaiser and use it in the uk by flashing it with english rom and using in uk network' u don't have to read the rest just answer me this please. is it possible, thanks guys
hello everyone, im glad to be back! haven't used this forum in well over a year and ive missed it. ive decided to get another ppc. i'm looking at getting the tytn 2 off ebay. basically i want just the most powerful spec ppc. apart from the shift and advantage (cant afford them) this seems the best choice. also i would like a qwerty keyboard although b4 i got by with the spb full keyboard but now i want a qwerty one. if anyone can suggest any other ppc's with a high spec let me know plz. i didn't wanna spend more than a 200 quid but after watching ebay for 3 days it seems i have to.i've got 300 quid but for that i'd like a ppc a decent memory card and some bluetooth stereo headphones such as the sony ones. luckily ive got still got loads software (i.e. tomtom) from b4 but that's from older os'es. the one on ebay is 200 buy it now but its shipped from germany.the whole lisitng is in german but at the bottom is says 'attention int. buyers this phone has german software' surely i can just flash it with an english rom such as dutty's? is that correct?just as i was leaving the forums last time. xda-dev had 2 take all the roms down due to a copyright warning from ms. does this mean i have to cook my own? sounds daunting. basically i just wanna know if this german stellar is gonna b compatible on english nets? and if anyones got any suggestions for another ppc. sorry for posting in the general section, maybe this could have went in a different board but i've got 21 hours or so till the auction ends. thanks guys. glad 2 b bk, gareth
p.s. i've got an almost new orbit with a cracked screen. anyone good at fitting screens, or wanna buy it? or sell me a screen lol. ( i still want a newer ppc though) this is why i left the boards- cracked me screen didnt i lol.
Default cmon ppl
cmon guys sum1 must b able 2 spare me a minute. the auction ends soon. 'can i buy a german kaiser, flash it wiv english rom and use on uk network'
no man. most of the times the device ID does not match along with the carrier rom of other operators. so if your device is german operator specific, i dont think it will match along with ur desired rom updated. and since u r planning to buy from ebay, you only have a less chance of getting the full advantage of knowing you can rom update into english
German to English ROM change should be OK
garethsimpsonuk said:
. . . cmon guys sum1 must b able 2 spare me a minute. the auction ends soon. 'can i buy a german kaiser, flash it wiv english rom and use on uk network'
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I don't think you should have any trouble - people take devices that started out with WorldWideEnglish on them and flash to different language ROM's all the time. The hardware is the same, the keyboard layout may be slightly different. You will have to follow directions here and Hard-SPL unlock, and may need to do SIM-unlock, but I know it's all do-able.
thanx 4 the reply
thanks a lot guys,well.. what do i do here? 2 pieces of conflicting info from 2 experienced guys. shall i take this as it should be ok but theres a possibility of it going wrong? i called uk 02 tech support, they wouldn't tell me anything 'cant make any guarantees, we dont support this etc.etc.'the guy has posted it on uk ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=270225685569&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017
is it not worth the risk then do you think
n e got 1 for sale? lol
i wouldnt listen to what ayyu3m said at all. true the ID will be different, but that is one of the reasons we use hardspl. we can bypass the CID and install rom from other kaisers. no problems whatsoever, expect maybe the keyboard layout
yea i agree, cid is counrty id isnt it? still not sure what 2 do. ill have to check the standard german keyboard layout. 200 quid is alot to waste but then again i could whack it back on ebay.has anyone actually tried this?cheers 4 ur reply m8, and the others all appreciated
CID=carrier ID
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thanks a lot guys,well.. what do i do here? 2 pieces of conflicting info from 2 experienced guys. shall i take this as it should be ok but theres a possibility of it going wrong? i called uk 02 tech support, they wouldn't tell me anything 'cant make any guarantees, we dont support this etc.etc.'the guy has posted it on uk ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=270225685569&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017
is it not worth the risk then do you think
n e got 1 for sale? lol
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The phone sold on this auction is HERMES not KAISER
if it is a hermes you want i have one for sale
full working order
sadly no box but i have the case - charger - usb sync cable - spare styliii
let me know
hermes offer
i will if its cheaper than the ebay ones, i woz gonna get a kaiser but if ill save money ill buy it then i can get a umoc aswell!how much mate?
My Huawei ascend p7-l01 seems to have only 1,84gb usable space
Yesterday i bought this phone. I was really convinced that it will suit me. Boy, was I in trouble, when i came back home and started tinkering with the phone. I saw only 1,84gb usable space! The phone should have 16gb in total and maybe 9-13gb usable space to some websites. I do not know what is it. Can anyone help? I tried clean master which actually made my usable space to 1,89gb. I will do a factory reset later today. Though any other options? Also this phone is new bought from a legit place(Mobile operator). Any help?
I would send it back to them and demand for a new one/ repair. This issue is probably caused by flashing a wrong firmware by your operator, I had the same problem using a Chinese rom and an European device. This is all really unfortunate, but I believe you will get a new one without problems.
Hi all,
Sorry in advance if I created a new thread unnecessarily.
I was late with trying to buy that phone and now its basically sold out. Im looking for 4gb RAM 128gb ROM black version of Mi5 and the remaining phones I could find online were white. I tried to ask on the official MI forum but without success. Does anyone know whats going on with that phone? Did the production stop? I saw Mi6 came out but Im not interested. Or maybe im wrong? Does anyone know a place where I could buy it?
Black is rare, you almost cant find it on every online store, xiaomi not produce it again, except someone sold it. It means 2nd hands.
zbysogi said:
Hi all,
Sorry in advance if I created a new thread unnecessarily.
I was late with trying to buy that phone and now its basically sold out. Im looking for 4gb RAM 128gb ROM black version of Mi5 and the remaining phones I could find online were white. I tried to ask on the official MI forum but without success. Does anyone know whats going on with that phone? Did the production stop? I saw Mi6 came out but Im not interested. Or maybe im wrong? Does anyone know a place where I could buy it?
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I just checked on the store i bought my mi5 a year ago and it was sold out, so I asked them if they will get it on stock again soon and they told me no, they won't get it anymore, so maybe xiaomi doesn't produce that device anymore... The shop I'm referring to is here
Hi, I bought an asus rog phone 2 tencent by second hand with some technical problems that the seller didnt informed me.
The phone turns off randomly and I took it for repair.
Now, checking about the ww and cn, using the app hardware device info, I see that the rom is ww, the fingerprint is ww too, but in description it says cn, and I cannot understand it.
I cant install netflix, and I think is because of it.
I took the phone again to the store because it continues switching off, because of some motherboard problem, but when I will receive it again I hope I can solve it.
I updated the phone with the last ww rom from asus website.
if someone can help me I will be pleased. And sorry my english, im spanish.
thanks