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hello all!
I just bought a zenfone 2 from eglobal Central for £250. I done some research on the company. They are Chinese and they export devices abroad to customers. What I'm trying to find out is, will the phone come with Android in Chinese and only Chinese? Or will this be the same as any other brand new android device, where you go through initial setup choosing language and location?
I am just not sure if android devices built for use in China will come with a specific Chinese only version of android, if that was the case, could I flash the device?
Any advice on this from anyone who has bought an imported device would be much appreciated.
I have to say £250 for a 64gb 4gb smartphone is a bargain!!
Thank you!!!
deucalion0 said:
hello all!
I just bought a zenfone 2 from eglobal Central for £250. I done some research on the company. They are Chinese and they export devices abroad to customers. What I'm trying to find out is, will the phone come with Android in Chinese and only Chinese? Or will this be the same as any other brand new android device, where you go through initial setup choosing language and location?
I am just not sure if android devices built for use in China will come with a specific Chinese only version of android, if that was the case, could I flash the device?
Any advice on this from anyone who has bought an imported device would be much appreciated.
I have to say £250 for a 64gb 4gb smartphone is a bargain!!
Thank you!!!
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The phone is Taiwanese so it'll come with their language. But as soon as you power it up it'll give you the option to choose your language. Only one app stays in Taiwanese and ZenUI gives you the option to remove it. And yes 250 is a great deal. Paid more for the 32gb.
lordpipa said:
The phone is Taiwanese so it'll come with their language. But as soon as you power it up it'll give you the option to choose your language. Only one app stays in Taiwanese and ZenUI gives you the option to remove it. And yes 250 is a great deal. Paid more for the 32gb.
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Thank you for response I appreciate it. Can I ask which country you are using your zenfone 2 in??
Cheers!!!!!!!!
USA. Phone needs root and even if it has the 2.33 processor is locked at 1.33, but all an all is pretty fast and ZenUI is pretty good too.
lordpipa said:
USA. Phone needs root and even if it has the 2.33 processor is locked at 1.33, but all an all is pretty fast and ZenUI is pretty good too.
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Wow. Why does it need root and why is cpu locked 1.33? That's strange.
Thanks.
Root to proper set CPU scales and dunno on why does it stays on 1.33
lordpipa said:
Root to proper set CPU scales and dunno on why does it stays on 1.33
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That makes no sense to me, is this something that needs to be done because the phone is an import??
Cheers!
Not really. Need more info on it.
lordpipa said:
Not really. Need more info on it.
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So when you rooted your phone did you get the cpu to run at 2.33ghz?
I guess you are right with this phone being so new there is not a lot of info for this device yet.
Thanks!!!!
I haven't rooted. Reason why I don't know what's going on. Buy yeah phone is new and I'm in no hurry.
You have to gain root and most likely boot loader unlock to be able to flash new ROMs. Currently there isn't root available.
Bl00dRunzC0ld said:
You have to gain root and most likely boot loader unlock to be able to flash new ROMs. Currently there isn't root available.
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Yeah, tried rooting with the Zenfone C method but no luck. We will have to wait a bit more. Just trying a couple of things. Soon things will get better. [emoji1]
deucalion0 said:
Thank you for response I appreciate it. Can I ask which country you are using your zenfone 2 in??
Cheers!!!!!!!!
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Hi, where did you go in zenui to remove that language, I'm having the same problem and I can't find the place from where to remove it.
Thanks!
lordpipa said:
Root to proper set CPU scales and dunno on why does it stays on 1.33
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Whoa!! i didn't know that...Any way we can get the processor to work on 2.33Ghz?
deucalion0 said:
hello all!
I just bought a zenfone 2 from eglobal Central for £250. I done some research on the company. They are Chinese and they export devices abroad to customers. What I'm trying to find out is, will the phone come with Android in Chinese and only Chinese? Or will this be the same as any other brand new android device, where you go through initial setup choosing language and location?
I am just not sure if android devices built for use in China will come with a specific Chinese only version of android, if that was the case, could I flash the device?
Any advice on this from anyone who has bought an imported device would be much appreciated.
I have to say £250 for a 64gb 4gb smartphone is a bargain!!
Thank you!!!
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Hi, where did you go in zenui to remove that language, I'm having the same problem and I can't find the place from where to remove it.
Thanks!
florici said:
Hi, where did you go in zenui to remove that language, I'm having the same problem and I can't find the place from where to remove it.
Thanks!
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Go to the setup wizard and run that, it's in app drawer. It will allow you to choose the language as if you did a factory reset.
Its simple scaling...your cpu idles at 1.3Ghz simply because its not on a demanding cpu task, as soon as you open a 3d game or an emulator your cpu bumps to 2.3Ghz , yes the phone is "caplable of running at 2.3Ghz" no that dosnt mean it will run at 2.3ghz 100% of the time.
Hello there.
I'm about to receive one of these from Gearbest, and from what I've read, it's likely that it will come with WW software but the device itself it's the CN version.
I already have bookmarked the tutorial to flash everything to WW, but my doubt is, what about LTE bands? Is it really possible to unlock all bands? How?
Is there anything anyone can recommend for this device regarding roms and mods?
Thank you in advance.
I know that the question may be a little noob-ish, or even a bit stupid (I don't know), but please, can anyone help?
its seems that nobody have this phone. Im going to buy one in aliexpress, it looks like a great phone but, without suport.
When and if you two get these phones and depending on what they are which you dont know at the minute, there is a forum for ze551ml which covers everything from bricked devices to changing LCDs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2
timbernot said:
When and if you two get these phones and depending on what they are which you dont know at the minute, there is a forum for ze551ml which covers everything from bricked devices to changing LCDs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2
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No need to be ironic man, I have my fair share of XDA experience, I just never came across a region-specific device that inspite having the same hardware worldwide, doesn't have all network frequencies available on every baseband... What I asked basically was, is it really possible to have all LTE bands available on a CN device, and secondly, based on users experience here, is there any rom, kernel or mod that you can recommend...
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No need to be ironic man, I have my fair share of XDA experience, I just never came across a region-specific device that inspite having the same hardware worldwide, doesn't have all network frequencies available on every baseband... What I asked basically was, is it really possible to have all LTE bands available on a CN device, and secondly, based on users experience here, is there any rom, kernel or mod that you can recommend...
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Wasnt being ironic , aliexpress - coff , better wait till you get you device
To prove i wasnt i will use the search button and see what i can find re changing bands
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/discussion-unlock-lte-bands-ww-tw-cn-t3259422
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Wasnt being ironic , aliexpress - coff , better wait till you get you device
To prove i wasnt i will use the search button and see what i can find re changing bands
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/discussion-unlock-lte-bands-ww-tw-cn-t3259422
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Mine is from Gearbest, it's not a fake, but the problem is... They only sell the CN version of the Zenfone, and what they do to sell it to Euro users is flash the WW version of the firmware but they don't convert the device fully. Anyway, for 123 euros is still not a bad deal, considering its the 4gb ram version.
Thanks for your help
Hello. I have already placed the order a few days ago. My brother sent me some coupon for a 128gb ceramic version and I didn't understand how they sell it so considerably cheaper than on other websites, but now I realize it is probably because the units they use are the China version with the ROM replaced by the store. They call it "international version" rather than "global version" to be confusing.
Their selection of different versions available for purchase was also confusing, but now I realize the one option they named "GLOBAL VERSION 6GB RAM 64GB ROM" which is considerably more expensive is the only official global version (it is even more expensive than the 128gb Mi 6 available in my country's local shops, which is weird because the shops here sell official global models).
Anyway, to my understanding hardware-wise the China and the official global models of the Mi 6 are identical (they support the same frequency bands). My order will probably come with China charger and an adapter, though. But with regards to the ROM, to my understanding these resellers put what you people call a "shop ROM", which is not an exact version of the official global ROM? What's the difference? I'm afraid they might be adding "unwanted software" when they're modifying the ROM, so I want to know whether I can (and should) wipe their shop ROM and install the official Xiaomi one.
Thanks in advance.
Flashing a global rom doesn't take much don't be worried
But you need to spend 3 days at least with the current rom as you have to wait for xiaomi to let you unlock the bootloader
So get it request unlocking your device and connect your device to your mi account
Then just wait for 3 days and flash the new rom
Sent from my MI 6 using Tapatalk
ArinAbdul said:
Flashing a global rom doesn't take much don't be worried
But you need to spend 3 days at least with the current rom as you have to wait for xiaomi to let you unlock the bootloader
So get it request unlocking your device and connect your device to your mi account
Then just wait for 3 days and flash the new rom
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Hello, thanks for the reply.
I've read some earlier posts of people trying to flash official global ROMs on their store-ROM Chinese Xiaomis and getting a brick. Apparently there's a certain way to get it done as some said it worked in the end.
But, I didn't understand whether OTA works afterwards or you need to manually install the new ROM whenever an update is available? Is there also any security concerns when using a phone with store ROM flashed by GearBest?
I don't have knowledge about "store rom"
But i believe the hardware is the same
I don't think you end up with a brick
Always stick with official global rom if you are concerned about security stff
Anyways the OTA won't be too much necessary for me at least because i wanted that google camera app so much so i rooted it eventually and also there forum is a nice place they post the updates and its eazy to download and install
ArinAbdul said:
I don't have knowledge about "store rom"
But i believe the hardware is the same
I don't think you end up with a brick
Always stick with official global rom if you are concerned about security stff
Anyways the OTA won't be too much necessary for me at least because i wanted that google camera app so much so i rooted it eventually and also there forum is a nice place they post the updates and its eazy to download and install
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Rooting disables OTA? I'm not really familiar with Android modding.
Let's see if anyone here is familiar with the specific situation I'm asking about.
I ordered a MI6 couple months ago and it came with the Global Stable and with the bootloader unlocked. Everything works as it should since then. I even flashed a TWRP and I currently use a custom ROM
Also, since I have a partnership with the GearBest, they stopped flashing their phones with fake ROMs and they only flash Global ROMs if they are available.
As you, I got the ceramic version from Gearbest through a temporary special offer, at a very convenient price, much lower than the standard version.
It arrived in Dec. (ca. 1 month for delivery to Italy) with the official global stable, and was perfectly usable just out of the box.
From that, moving to the global developer was almost immediate, without unlocking the bootloader.
I am now using a custom rom, mainly because they claim the GPS settings are better optimized for western countries and because I hope a (more) usable porting of the google camera will be soon or later available.
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I ordered a MI6 couple months ago and it came with the Global Stable and with the bootloader unlocked...
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fandan said:
As you, I got the ceramic version from Gearbest through a temporary special offer, at a very convenient price, much lower than the standard version.
It arrived in Dec. (ca. 1 month for delivery to Italy) with the official global stable, and was perfectly usable just out of the box...
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So how can I verify whether the version installed is the official global ROM instead of a "fake ROM"? Why were GearBest even using fake ROMs?
And I understand the bootloader must come already unlocked by the store?
Regarding the price: I paid for the ceramic 128gb $389. For the "global 64gb" version, GearBest ask for $506. I can find in local stores a 128gb Mi 6 for about $500 (and less than $450 in a city except from VAT); I don't know whether it is ceramic or glass, but I assume the stores here sell the official global model, so it's quite weird GearBest ask for more money for a 64gb version than what the 128gb version goes for locally.
(btw, is there any glass screen protector you recommend? I can't find anything that's certainly good. I can see almost all options don't completely cover the front, but I'll be using a case as well.)
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So how can I verify whether the version installed is the official global ROM instead of a "fake ROM"? Why were GearBest even using fake ROMs?
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The MIUI version is indicated in the settings. A google search can confirm if it is an original Xiaomi rom or not. Anyway I got almost immediately the OTA update to the latest global. Possibly they developed these "fake roms" to sell xiaomi phones outside China when no official translations of miui were available
TLxda-d said:
And I understand the bootloader must come already unlocked by the store?
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No, the bootloader (at least in my case) was looked.
TLxda-d said:
Regarding the price: I paid for the ceramic 128gb $389. For the "global 64gb" version, GearBest ask for $506. I can find in local stores a 128gb Mi 6 for about $500 (and less than $450 in a city except from VAT); I don't know whether it is ceramic or glass, but I assume the stores here sell the official global model, so it's quite weird GearBest ask for more money for a 64gb version than what the 128gb version goes for locally.
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Yes, it's weird. maybe the ceramic version is not so popular? It is a nice object, but damn slippery and heavy. I also paid it around 350 euros, that was less than the standard 128, but more than the 64.
TLxda-d said:
(btw, is there any glass screen protector you recommend? I can't find anything that's certainly good. I can see almost all options don't completely cover the front, but I'll be using a case as well.)
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Not wise, but I am not using any protection
fandan said:
The MIUI version is indicated in the settings. A google search can confirm if it is an original Xiaomi rom or not. Anyway I got almost immediately the OTA update to the latest global. Possibly they developed these "fake roms" to sell xiaomi phones outside China when no official translations of miui were available
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Yeah, I heard some reviews of Xiaomi phones referring to how they used to have bad English translations. Perhaps they were talking about the phones that came with "fake ROMs".
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No, the bootloader (at least in my case) was looked.
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But isn't unlocking the bootloader required in order to flash a different ROM on an Android phone?
fandan said:
Yes, it's weird. maybe the ceramic version is not so popular? It is a nice object, but damn slippery and heavy. I also paid it around 350 euros, that was less than the standard 128, but more than the 64.
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I'm not sure whether the local stores sell the ceramic version. I'm referring to how the local stores should usually sell the official global version and yet the 128gb offered here is cheaper than the global 64gb offered on GearBest.
I ended up ordering the "original Xiaomi silicone soft case" and some screen protector called "Asling" from GB. Used some of the GB points gained from the Mi 6 purchase to get a few dollars off, though it seems to limit how big of a discount you may claim in regards to the size of the purchase, so it didn't allow me to use all of the points.
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But isn't unlocking the bootloader required in order to flash a different ROM on an Android phone?
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Sure. if the phone was released with the global miui directly by xiaomi the bootloader is locked and the only rom you can install without unlocking is the global developer (look at the miui site).
For using any other rom you have to unlock the bootloader, flash recovery, flash rom, ...etc. There are a number of detailed guides around.
If the phone comes with a shop rom, or the global miui was installed by the shop, it could happen that the bootloader is already unlocked, but I think that this case now is almost improbable.
fandan said:
Sure. if the phone was released with the global miui directly by xiaomi the bootloader is locked and the only rom you can install without unlocking is the global developer (look at the miui site).
For using any other rom you have to unlock the bootloader, flash recovery, flash rom, ...etc. There are a number of detailed guides around.
If the phone comes with a shop rom, or the global miui was installed by the shop, it could happen that the bootloader is already unlocked, but I think that this case now is almost improbable.
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But if the phone I will be getting, and most likely the one you have ordered from GearBest as well, is the China model, why would it come directly from Xiaomi's factory with the Global ROM? The main reasoning behind the lower price for these China units when their frequency support is actually the same is that they're only ment for the Chinese market when they leave the factory with the Chinese ROM. The other differences is the Chinese type plug on the charger and the Chinese writing on the back of the phone (does yours have it?), but combining these with Global ROM on Xiaomi's behalf seems strange...
MAYBE they make these for foreigners living in China (though I don't think installing the phone with Google services when it's intended for local usage is allowed in China), but perhaps there's simply a way to relock to bootloader and that is what GearBest is doing?
mi 6 64gb version
i have received today the 64gb version i have ordered from gearbest for 352$. after seeing this article i still have my suspicious about the originality of this rom.
here is a pic of the specs below, i think it will be helpful for me and the other who seek to find the true.
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i took a physical pic of the phone so this is why there's Chinese text
blazsoul said:
i have received today the 64gb version i have ordered from gearbest for 352$. after seeing this article i still have my suspicious about the originality of this rom.
here is a pic of the specs below, i think it will be helpful for me and the other who seek to find the true.
i took a physical pic of the phone so this is why there's Chinese text
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Looks fine to me.
Is there an update available bringing you to MIUI 9?
You can also check if the bootloader is locked or unlocked by enabling developer settings and then taping bootloader status
If it is unlocked it only means they flashed the Global ROM onto the Chinese phone which is fine.
Your warranty should be with gearbest either way so if there is a problem you deal with them and they deal with Xiaomi.
You're not likely to get a "shop ROM" anymore for phones that have a Global version officially.
My Mi 6 128 GB is the Chinese MTC1 variant but came with the global ROM and locked bootloader which I have since unlocked and flash AOSPA.
It was from an independent reseller in Russia. I'm assuming I have no warranty haha
Dobsgw said:
Looks fine to me.
Is there an update available bringing you to MIUI 9?
You can also check if the bootloader is locked or unlocked by enabling developer settings and then taping bootloader status
If it is unlocked it only means they flashed the Global ROM onto the Chinese phone which is fine.
Your warranty should be with gearbest either way so if there is a problem you deal with them and they deal with Xiaomi.
You're not likely to get a "shop ROM" anymore for phones that have a Global version officially.
My Mi 6 128 GB is the Chinese MTC1 variant but came with the global ROM and locked bootloader which I have since unlocked and flash AOSPA.
It was from an independent reseller in Russia. I'm assuming I have no warranty haha
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But how can a Chinese Mi 6 that had the Global ROM installed remain bootloader locked? Isn't it required to unlock it in order to flash a different ROM than the one it came with?
And I know they say to check whether the MIUI version number in your phone's "about" matches an official one by Xiaomi, but isn't it possible that someone distributing a "fake ROM" also adjusted the version number being displayed?
mi 6 64gb version
Dobsgw said:
Looks fine to me.
Is there an update available bringing you to MIUI 9?
You can also check if the bootloader is locked or unlocked by enabling developer settings and then taping bootloader status
If it is unlocked it only means they flashed the Global ROM onto the Chinese phone which is fine.
Your warranty should be with gearbest either way so if there is a problem you deal with them and they deal with Xiaomi.
You're not likely to get a "shop ROM" anymore for phones that have a Global version officially.
My Mi 6 128 GB is the Chinese MTC1 variant but came with the global ROM and locked bootloader which I have since unlocked and flash AOSPA.
It was from an independent reseller in Russia. I'm assuming I have no warranty haha
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after checking in the adb, its seems like the device came locked.
and yes, i have the system update alert(v9.0.2.0.NCAMIEI)
blazsoul said:
after checking in the adb, its seems like the device came locked.
and yes, i have the system update alert(v9.0.2.0.NCAMIEI)
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Then its all good
TLxda-d said:
But how can a Chinese Mi 6 that had the Global ROM installed remain bootloader locked? Isn't it required to unlock it in order to flash a different ROM than the one it came with?
And I know they say to check whether the MIUI version number in your phone's "about" matches an official one by Xiaomi, but isn't it possible that someone distributing a "fake ROM" also adjusted the version number being displayed?
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Even if Xiaomi is mainly oriented toward the Chinese market, and Mi6 (all the versions) is a device for the Chinese market (no band 20...), Xiaomi is anyway opening towards other countries:
for example in 2017 Xiaomi stores opened in Spain, Xiaomi phones (MI6 included) are officially distributed by Amazon.es, and the same is planned for Italy in 2018.
Not sure, by they possibly officially sell their products also in India...
These phones are natively equipped with the Global MIUI, so no need to unlock any bootloader. I am not surprised that also Chinese shops are now shipping these products abroad.
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Even if Xiaomi is mainly oriented toward the Chinese market, and Mi6 (all the versions) is a device for the Chinese market (no band 20...), Xiaomi is anyway opening towards other countries:
for example in 2017 Xiaomi stores opened in Spain, Xiaomi phones (MI6 included) are officially distributed by Amazon.es, and the same is planned for Italy in 2018.
Not sure, by they possibly officially sell their products also in India...
These phones are natively equipped with the Global MIUI, so no need to unlock any bootloader. I am not surprised that also Chinese shops are now shipping these products abroad.
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The phone arrived pretty quickly (2 weeks). The seal of the box was missing, though, so it means the shop (most likely) did open it. I previously tried to get a Lenovo P2 from India (because in this case they actually had a version with more frequency support than that of the Chinese version), and the forwarding service I considered using told me they will have 5o
fandan said:
Even if Xiaomi is mainly oriented toward the Chinese market, and Mi6 (all the versions) is a device for the Chinese market (no band 20...), Xiaomi is anyway opening towards other countries:
for example in 2017 Xiaomi stores opened in Spain, Xiaomi phones (MI6 included) are officially distributed by Amazon.es, and the same is planned for Italy in 2018.
Not sure, by they possibly officially sell their products also in India...
These phones are natively equipped with the Global MIUI, so no need to unlock any bootloader. I am not surprised that also Chinese shops are now shipping these products abroad.
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The phone arrived pretty quickly (2 weeks). The seal of the box was missing, though, so it means the shop (most likely) did open it. I previously tried to get a Lenovo P2 from India (because in this case they actually had a version with more frequency support than that of the Chinese version), and the forwarding service I considered using told me they will have to open the phone and drain the battery due to air shipping rules. I don't know if that's BS, but if it's a reason to open to unbox the phone - my Mi 6 came with an almost-full battery charge.
Hello,
i just got my max3 the other day and only now i begin to understand into what sort of spicy hell i've gotten myself into by buying a CN model. Unlike the fake "globals", mine was advertised as CN so it came with proper firmware and a locked bootloader. As much as i read around here in the past 3 hours, the best way to get near to proper global is to get EU rom, but for that i need TWRP and for that i need an unlocked bootloader.
The only way i found to unlock it is to use Xiaomi's official procedure, requesting permission and then waiting an undefined amount of time for it to pass through. Is it really the only way? Am i left at the mercy of our Chinese Overlords?
(I'm on 9.6.12.0 Stable if that changes anything. )
ki01 said:
Hello,
i just got my max3 the other day and only now i begin to understand into what sort of spicy hell i've gotten myself into by buying a CN model. Unlike the fake "globals", mine was advertised as CN so it came with proper firmware and a locked bootloader. As much as i read around here in the past 3 hours, the best way to get near to proper global is to get EU rom, but for that i need TWRP and for that i need an unlocked bootloader.
The only way i found to unlock it is to use Xiaomi's official procedure, requesting permission and then waiting an undefined amount of time for it to pass through. Is it really the only way? Am i left at the mercy of our Chinese Overlords?
(I'm on 9.6.12.0 Stable if that changes anything. )
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Unfortunately, yes, you have to play the waiting game. The CN version was the way to go for some when it was a 240 hour (10 day) wait time. Now that they've changed it to 720 hours (30 days), you're better off with global /eu rom versions because of the helpful guides and development of this forum.
it seems that i can't root with locked BL as well. guess i'm SOL.....
The saddest part is that i can't blame anyone but myself, so i can't even vent
ki01 said:
it seems that i can't root with locked BL as well. guess i'm SOL.....
The saddest part is that i can't blame anyone but myself, so i can't even vent
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I would blame xiaomi for the unnecessary long wait time, guess max 3 is my 1st and last xiaomi phone...
u can see that it significantly slow down all custom roms development and forum activities
totalz said:
I would blame xiaomi for the unnecessary long wait time, guess max 3 is my 1st and last xiaomi phone...
u can see that it significantly slow down all custom roms development and forum activities
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lol, happy to see someone like you will change to different branch soon. Xiaomi sell their phone at a cheap price, with the unlocking bootloader then install new rom for China version, their Global version cannot be sold with the amount as they want. I can understand their policy & method. "unnecessary long wait time"? If so, go directly to any Samsung or Apple store.
How do these unofficial resellers unlock the CN ROM phones and install a fake global ROM? This has been happening for ages.
I would rather wait for a reseller with a proper global ROM and a global version. I did that with my Mi Max 1, it took a bit of waiting compared to getting the Chinese release but it's meant less hassles.
Global version is out now anyhow so no need to wait. Mine came sealed in box with global writing on side and included a UK /Hong Kong 3 pin charger in the box.
Still waiting for 720 hrs though lol as want the EU rom on it. Global 9.6.6 is OK for now though.
oatcooky said:
How do these unofficial resellers unlock the CN ROM phones and install a fake global ROM? This has been happening for ages.
I would rather wait for a reseller with a proper global ROM and a global version. I did that with my Mi Max 1, it took a bit of waiting compared to getting the Chinese release but it's meant less hassles.
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i wouldn't be surprised if the waiting time from china mainland is not in fact a month. Also it might be that someone knows a guy that knows a guy that has a cousin that works in a Xiaomi-certified repair center
waj1234 said:
Global version is out now anyhow so no need to wait. Mine came sealed in box with global writing on side and included a UK /Hong Kong 3 pin charger in the box.
Still waiting for 720 hrs though lol as want the EU rom on it. Global 9.6.6 is OK for now though.
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where did you order your global from?
ki01 said:
i wouldn't be surprised if the waiting time from china mainland is not in fact a month. Also it might be that someone knows a guy that knows a guy that has a cousin that works in a Xiaomi-certified repair center
where did you order your global from?
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Got it from eglobal.com/uk
They have China and global for sale. Took 7 days to UK and never any customs charges. £203 delivered.
I think aliexpress sell global too.
waj1234 said:
Got it from eglobal.com/uk
They have China and global for sale. Took 7 days to UK and never any customs charges. £203 delivered.
I think aliexpress sell global too.
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Į envy the deal that you got. Ah well, live and learn.... Cn Edition never again.
I bought the Chinese 128gb version from Tradingshenzhen and got it pre-unlocked and pre-flashed with an old build of Xiaomi.eu.
All I had to do was to manually flash the latest Xiaomi.eu build via TWRP and all was good.
Not only did it work fine, it also saved me the long waiting time for the bootloader unlock.
dinhvtai said:
lol, happy to see someone like you will change to different branch soon. Xiaomi sell their phone at a cheap price, with the unlocking bootloader then install new rom for China version, their Global version cannot be sold with the amount as they want. I can understand their policy & method. "unnecessary long wait time"? If so, go directly to any Samsung or Apple store.
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Not sure what u're getting at, I bought it in official store locally with official price. The problem is stocks are somehow "leaked" to non-official dealer in much lower price. And u think this will actually make those non-official dealer wait!? LOL, all xiaomi's hurting are its true users.
I am new to all of this as well as new to the Mi Max 3. I purchased the global version of the phone. All I wanted to do was root the phone so I could get into the settings to change the volume values to increase volume. Pardon me for using the incorrect terminology but I hope you guys understand what I am getting at. I did this with my Samsung Galaxy Note and was able to really increase the speakerphone volume for phone calls.
With all of the above being said. I tried to unlock the boot loader and got the message saying that I needed to wait 360 hours. If I have a global phone do I still have to unlock the boot loader and wait the 15 days?
DO you guys have any suggestions for me to help me get into the volume codes in the phone in order to change them? That is my only goal because I need to amplify the speakerphone volume for phone calls as I only use the speakerphone given how big the phone is.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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I am new to all of this as well as new to the Mi Max 3. I purchased the global version of the phone. All I wanted to do was root the phone so I could get into the settings to change the volume values to increase volume. Pardon me for using the incorrect terminology but I hope you guys understand what I am getting at. I did this with my Samsung Galaxy Note and was able to really increase the speakerphone volume for phone calls.
With all of the above being said. I tried to unlock the boot loader and got the message saying that I needed to wait 360 hours. If I have a global phone do I still have to unlock the boot loader and wait the 15 days?
DO you guys have any suggestions for me to help me get into the volume codes in the phone in order to change them? That is my only goal because I need to amplify the speakerphone volume for phone calls as I only use the speakerphone given how big the phone is.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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I'm trying to figure out how you only have 15 days wait. I just tried to unlock mine yesterday and i'm at 30 days wait. I dunno why they make us go through all of this but it's extremely lame.
I have just under 200 hours left.
If you have 720 hours, make sure you have an account that's been open for a while (I have an authorized account? Since I've had it for two years with my Mi5s Plus)
Make sure you disconnect devices that exist on the Mi Cloud account, bind the account to your Mi device ONLY, no other devices.
It will say 720 hours but give it a day and it should shoot down, if not, use a VPN to get into China, re-bind the account and wait a day (don't need the VPN active whilst waiting).
I don't know, it seemed to have shot down with me after it resetting to 720 hours, maybe the system picked up I have a 2 year account and reduced it?
Used miunlock took on Friday and gave me 208 hours (8 days) mi max 3 global version
Hey everyone,
i have a new ROG phone 6 tencent CN version, id like to convert to Globla firmware, can i anyone share steps to do so? i have the global firmware zip downloaded from Asus, but not sure if i need to unlock bootloader, and how to flash that zip.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers
Use the phone with cn rom for a while until official files are released don't do anything without making sure or you will brick your device we don't know asus plans for now
shahram Ali said:
Use the phone with cn rom for a while until official files are released don't do anything without making sure or you will brick your device we don't know asus plans for now
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Thanks for the reply mate. I can see the bootloader Unlock tool and global firmware as well as source code on Asus website for rog 6, what other files do we need to wait for ?
Also, I would use the phone with cn firmware but problem is google / firebase notifications don't work on that firmware , as is the issue with many Chinese phones with google services manually installed.
<Moderator Edit>: Multiple posts merged into one.
mahdibassam said:
Can anyone help me with converting the new ROG phone 6 from CN to global rom? happy to donate some money as incentive
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You'll have to excuse me for being so blunt, but...
You're not asking for help and offering a donation. You're asking if you can pay someone to convert your phone, which is a violation of the rules.
The rest of the original post is also irrelevant, as it was posted in the ROG Phone 5 section. What appeared to be a typo was actually asking about a different phone.
twistedumbrella said:
You'll have to excuse me for being so blunt, but...
You're not asking for help and offering a donation. You're asking if you can pay someone to convert your phone, which is a violation of the rules. There are two guides already here on how to do it (one for each series), along with hundreds of posts where people hastily attempted to fly through them and wiped their IMEI. Of the three threads you spammed this message on, one even happened to be the guide for yours.
Repair ROG Phone 5S through edl firmware, no need to unlock Bootloader to modify COUNTRY CN to WW
Success is disgusted by some people, and will not share any files for free in the future.
forum.xda-developers.com
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Hi Mr Twisted Umbrella
I Appreciate your response. I think there is a misunderstanding. I offered a donation for someone to create a guide for ROG phone 6, which can be posted on XDA so hundreds of others can benefit as well. Sorry if it sounded like i wanted to pay someone to do my work.
I have already read through all of the forums that i have spammed (apologies again) and also the link you just sent above. All of them are written for ROG 5 and 5S. All the batch files and etc reference ROG phone 5 and 5S, hence why i wasnt sure whether i am safe to use the exact same guide and files with my ROG Phone 6.
I didnt want to brick a brand new rog phone 6. hence why I asked for help here, apologies if it came off the wrong way.
Anyway, id appreciate any help anyone can give me. i currently have a useless rog 6 sitting with me as push notifications dont work with CN firmware
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Hi Mr Twisted Umbrella
I Appreciate your response. I think there is a misunderstanding. I offered a donation for someone to create a guide for ROG phone 6, which can be posted on XDA so hundreds of others can benefit as well. Sorry if it sounded like i wanted to pay someone to do my work.
I have already read through all of the forums that i have spammed (apologies again) and also the link you just sent above. All of them are written for ROG 5 and 5S. All the batch files and etc reference ROG phone 5 and 5S, hence why i wasnt sure whether i am safe to use the exact same guide and files with my ROG Phone 6.
I didnt want to brick a brand new rog phone 6. hence why I asked for help here, apologies if it came off the wrong way.
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Part of it could be that you made all of your posts in the ROG Phone 5 section, making it appear to be a typo. Hundreds of others won't benefit from having to look in the wrong place to stumble onto it.
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Part of it could be that you made all of your posts in the ROG Phone 5 section, making it appear to be a typo. Hundreds of others won't benefit from having to look in the wrong place to stumble onto it.
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Those posts have all been cleaned up now. As i said, didnt mean to spam or anything like that so apologies.
Anyhow, il keep on searching for a solution. I appreciate your responses anyway. Cheers
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Anyway, id appreciate any help anyone can give me. i currently have a useless rog 6 sitting with me as push notifications dont work with CN firmware
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Just wait for someone to post a guide rog 6 isn't available in my country yet
Could you please tell how much ram and storage is tencent rog 6?
And the price?
Tencent ROG 6 comes in several variants:
8GB RAM/128GB* Flash(~700 USD)
12/128*(~700-800 USD)
12/256(~900-1000 USD)
16/512(~1100-1200 USD)
18/512 Pro(~1400+ USD)
All regular models are available in black or white, Pro is only available in white. *=AFAIK, the 128GB models are exclusive to the Chinese market, all other lines should be starting with 12/256 as the base model.
This is based on what I found looking around on AliExpress at the time of posting, prices may vary.
shahram Ali said:
Just wait for someone to post a guide rog 6 isn't available in my country yet
Could you please tell how much ram and storage is tencent rog 6?
And the price?
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I think i will either have to find a way to get Google services running properly with FCM notifications (currently have google services installed but can not register for push notifications), or sell the device as its currently useless with no proper google services or global firmware.
I purchased from Giztop, check out their website. i always buy new devices from them, it takes ages for retailers here in New Zealand to get these sorts of exotic phones in if they ever do.
mahdibassam said:
I think i will either have to find a way to get Google services running properly with FCM notifications (currently have google services installed but can not register for push notifications), or sell the device as its currently useless with no proper google services or global firmware.
I purchased from Giztop, check out their website. i always buy new devices from them, it takes ages for retailers here in New Zealand to get these sorts of exotic phones in if they ever do.
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Hi, I bought rog 6 from Alibaba. The Tencent 256gb model. I asked the seller to flash global ROM. He did it for me. The phone arrived today, works perfectly. Only thing is, I'm getting that "hardware stub" notification which says "the installed firmware does not match the device, please note you may not receive OTA updates"
Any idea how to remove that annoying message?
I purchased a ROG 5 last year from wondamobile. They too flashed global ROM for me and somehow the Rog 5 didn't have that annoying hardware stub message.
Anyway, my rog 6 works perfectly with ww global ROM, except that annoying notification
The method is out. Update your #1 post to a tutorial?
Thanos88 said:
Hi, I bought rog 6 from Alibaba. The Tencent 256gb model. I asked the seller to flash global ROM. He did it for me. The phone arrived today, works perfectly. Only thing is, I'm getting that "hardware stub" notification which says "the installed firmware does not match the device, please note you may not receive OTA updates"
Any idea how to remove that annoying message?
I purchased a ROG 5 last year from wondamobile. They too flashed global ROM for me and somehow the Rog 5 didn't have that annoying hardware stub message.
Anyway, my rog 6 works perfectly with ww global ROM, except that annoying notification
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did you find a solution for that annoying notification ?
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did you find a solution for that annoying notification ?
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I sent the phone back. But there's no solution as of yet. You can uninstall hardware stub services to remove the notification but then you won't be able to change your refresh rate. Im sticking with my rog 5 , it's got better speakers & battery life is the same. Also, speakers have been downgraded on the rog 6. I think asus didn't do a good job with rog 6