FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE - Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers

Hi everyone.
Are there two different versions of Redmi Note 3 Pro?
Following situation:
In Germany, LTE-FDD is used. In China LTE-TDD is used.
I've bought the phone from Gea*rbest. The Description on the website says
4G: FDD-LTE 1800/2100/2600MHz
There was a sticker on the backside of the phone and there was only LTE-TDD listed. Also on the package of the phone is LTE-TDD listed.
So, LTE will not work in germany and Gea*rbest sent me a wrong version?
In a few days, my Telekom LTE contract will be active. Till then i can not see if LTE is working or not.
I'm a bit scared it wont work because ive already unlocked the bootloader and flashed a custom Rom and a new Kernel

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Sorry to say that but the phone does not support most of the Telekom LTE antennas in Germany because they are sending on Band 20 (800Mhz). You would need the special edition for this. I too live in Germany but use O2/E-Plus and don't get LTE at all.

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crckmc said:
Sorry to say that but the phone does not support most of the Telekom LTE antennas in Germany because they are sending on Band 20 (800Mhz). You would need the special edition for this. I too live in Germany but use O2/E-Plus and don't get LTE at all.
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Thanks for your reply. I live in Hannover and the Telekom LTE Map shows, that the Band 3 (1800MHz) is very good in this city.
Shown here: https://www.t-mobile.de/netzausbau/0,25250,15400-_,00.html
"4G/LTE mit bis zu 150 MBit/s"
So from this point, i will not have any problems with LTE.
The question is: Will LTE generally work, because of the TDD-LTE standard. In germany, FDD-LTE standard is used.
Some specs from the phone showing that it supports TDD and FDD. Others only show TDD. So i'm not sure if there are different versions of the phone.

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I think if you see the network "Telekom 4G" and can connect to it you will have LTE. I just did a scan and can see "Telekom 4G" and "Vodafone 4G" so if you live in an area with Band 3 support all should work! Lucky you but I think thats what I get for being a cheap ass and don't want to pay 40€ per month to the Telekom

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hehe, thanks
Hopefully u r right and i can use LTE.
It was an offer. 6GB LTE for 9,99EUR/month. But its only Traffic Contract. As second Sim i will use Congstar 9ct./min and sms. I write 2 or 3 SMS a month and phonecalls? Maybe 10 Minutes a month. So i won't come over 12EUR/month.
So, its also affordable for a "cheap ass"

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yes you're right but i wanted it all and yourfone had the best offer with their "volksflat" for 8€
I have some hope left that we can unlock Band 20 too on our devices if we get ahold of a dump from a special edition (kate) device.

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OK, LTE is working, my contract is active
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lucky you
But even without LTE I love my RN3 Pro its a really good phone for little money. Did you order @gearbest?

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Yea i like it too hopefully it will last long.
You are right, got it from gearbest.
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Do you still have stock firmware installed? If so I would advise you to clean flash MIUI directly from Xiaomi or one of the custom roms from here.
My device came with unlocked bootloader and everything was screwed up so that i couldn't even install a custom firmware from TWRP.
After cleaning up with MiFlash and reinstalling TWRP it worked fine.
So I'm guessing they flash a custom firmware of themselves.

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Yes, it was a shop Rom installed. My bootloader was unlocked too. I installed hexagon Rom and dominator kernel. Everything fine till now, no bugs recognized.
Now i See that cm13 is official from TheStix one hour ago. Some bugs. For the future very interesting
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why you buy a phone from china and dont know nothing about?

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Nothing? It was just the fdd and tdd thing. And i didnt know that germany and China are using different Standards. And it seems that these Standards dont matter, because LTE is working.
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Well, the beauty is that the Snapdragon 650 can handle both LTE FDD and TDD.
Don't know about the Mediatek version.

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Hoschie1983 said:
hehe, thanks
Hopefully u r right and i can use LTE.
It was an offer. 6GB LTE for 9,99EUR/month. But its only Traffic Contract. As second Sim i will use Congstar 9ct./min and sms. I write 2 or 3 SMS a month and phonecalls? Maybe 10 Minutes a month. So i won't come over 12EUR/month.
So, its also affordable for a "cheap ass"
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me in france i have 4euro 20gb
but with my xiaomi with SFR (vodafone) i have no 4g at all not even in the city because they only use 800mhz even if there antenas have 1800 and 2600mhz so yeah f=ckedup. but with bouygue telecome its fine in the city 4g all the way on 1800 and 2600mhz and H+ outside that fine

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paul_damian said:
Well, the beauty is that the Snapdragon 650 can handle both LTE FDD and TDD.
Don't know about the Mediatek version.
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Yes, the specs on the xiaomi website saying FDD and TDD. But the Package and the Sticker on the backside said only TDD. That was confusing
But know i see it can handle both and i am happy
reggiexp said:
me in france i have 4euro 20gb
but with my xiaomi with SFR (vodafone) i have no 4g at all not even in the city. but with bouygue telecome its fine in the city and H+ outside that fine
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In Germany, mobile Internet is very expensive. But The last 2 or 3 month the prices are getting better. Here is chart from april which shows what u got for 35EUR in the EU. That is saying everything
http://dfmonitor.eu/images/headline_chart1.png