Just been told by Huawei that my Mate 20 Pro doesn't have Google Feed because it's a Chinese model (its Hong Hong with Google Play) so can I change the firmware to make it more local like UK with Google Feed?
Shipoftheline said:
Just been told by Huawei that my Mate 20 Pro doesn't have Google Feed because it's a Chinese model (its Hong Hong with Google Play) so can I change the firmware to make it more local like UK with Google Feed?
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Hong Kong model is international model.
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Download the Google app switch to English as your system language and you got Google news feed
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KedrosNg said:
Hong Kong model is international model.
LYA-L29C636
Download the Google app switch to English as your system language and you got Google news feed
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Default language is English United Kingdom but still no Google Feed, Huawei have told me its disabled
Some international model M20P's do have Huawei's feed rather than the Google feed. I have the UK model that I purchased at launch which always had the Google Feed. I also briefly had an international model I purchased on Ebay from a Hong Kong seller--that one had the Play Store and all the Google apps but did not have the Google Feed on the launcher. It had Huawei's own swipe right screen instead. It also didn't have the standard Google Trust Agent (which is on the UK model) but had a Huawei version instead so the only smartlock option was for connected Bluetooth devices. The UK model has all the standard Google Smart Lock options.
Hong Kong is part of China since the 1997 handover so it is possible that the international model sold in Hong Kong is slightly different than the international model sold everywhere else.
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It looks like the Smartone version in Hong Kong will come preloaded with a bunch of apps I don't really need.
Is it worthwhile this version to benefit from the small discount (for smartone subscribers) and the ability to exchange it at the store if there is a defect ?
Will official samsung updates work on the Smartone version ?
Thanks.
Hi, was looking at the Mate 10 ALP-AL00 as it appears to be available now by resellers. Can anyone confirm if the bands on this Chinese model are sufficient for Europe? And any other potential issues? Thanks.
I think that is Chinese, I believe the international is L29.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/help/difference-alp-tl00-alp-al00-variations-t3692974
podgeandrodge said:
Hi, was looking at the Mate 10 ALP-AL00 as it appears to be available now by resellers. Can anyone confirm if the bands on this Chinese model are sufficient for Europe? And any other potential issues? Thanks.
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Yes, since AL00 has even more bands supported than ALP-L29 (version that will be sold in Spain, for example).
See bellow Mate 10 ALP-L29 (Huawei Alps) vs. Mate 10 ALP-AL00 (Huawei Alps) Frequency Band Comparison
https://www.frequencycheck.com/comp...-mate-10-dual-sim-td-lte-alp-al00-huawei-alps
The only hiccup you get with buying Mate 10 ALP-AL00 (Huawei Alps / China) is that although it does include English language there will be few parts in EMUI that are not fully translated therefore re-branding will be necessary (see link bellow for the rebranding tool and info) to have it without any chinese language leftovers throughout the system. After re-branding is done your phone will "act" like the ALP-L29 version with all OTA's and everything working
Announcing FunkyHuawei Mate 10 Root/Rebranding tool!
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https://www.reddit.com/r/FunkyHuawe...cing_funkyhuawei_mate_10_rootrebranding_tool/
Did you have opportunity to check if dual sim is active or it is only standby?
Can you you be more specific? When you say that parts of the OS will still be in Chinese are you referring to system files that the average user will not be using and doesn't need to care about or part of the user interface that will be interacted with regularly or occasionally.
Why!!!
I bought a ALP-AL00 like it says in the box and in the cellphone itself.... I bought that version because of de 6Gb RAM and 128Gb ROM... BUUUUUUT... The firmware says it is ALP-L29.... I checked de imeis and both are the same that is shwon in tthe box.... Why?????
jtenorio1983 said:
I bought a ALP-AL00 like it says in the box and in the cellphone itself.... I bought that version because of de 6Gb RAM and 128Gb ROM... BUUUUUUT... The firmware says it is ALP-L29.... I checked de imeis and both are the same that is shwon in tthe box.... Why?????
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Unless you are in China, that is actually a good thing... AL00s are models for Chinese market, with different software and no Google apps. The fact that it say inside the phone software that it is L29 model means it has been rebranded to international software, with fully translated apps, Google apps and international OTAs
neverone said:
Unless you are in China, that is actually a good thing... AL00s are models for Chinese market, with different software and no Google apps. The fact that it say inside the phone software that it is L29 model means it has been rebranded to international software, with fully translated apps, Google apps and international OTAs
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So it is good then???
jtenorio1983 said:
So it is good then???
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Honestly, I don't know. I haven't had the chance to test and use it. But as mich as I've read on dozens of threads here and online, yes - it should be a good thing.
hello all
i received my mate 10 4g ram - 64gb
model : alp al00
build number : alp al00 8.0.0 113 (sp3c00)
i buy it from china TMALL it came with out google apps of course.
from what i read should i change to international rom to add google apps or i can add also in this rom
what about updates ? i can receive now or better to change rom
about the band compatibility its cover all i need , and there is no apps (except few) or something in setting that written in Chinese .
so what you guys recommend to me to do.
aela111 said:
hello all
i received my mate 10 4g ram - 64gb
model : alp al00
build number : alp al00 8.0.0 113 (sp3c00)
i buy it from china TMALL it came with out google apps of course.
from what i read should i change to international rom to add google apps or i can add also in this rom
what about updates ? i can receive now or better to change rom
about the band compatibility its cover all i need , and there is no apps (except few) or something in setting that written in Chinese .
so what you guys recommend to me to do.
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i would recommend to rebrand to bla29 aka the international version, but only possible via funkyhuawei so it will cost you 31 US $
Thanks that I Will do now just to choose The right firmware.
I think so it's more than 31$ because my boot loader is locked.
So, I'm seriously torn between which Mate 10 I want, the ALP-AL00 or the ALP-L29. The L29 would cost be about $600, where the AL00 would hit me for about $840.
I feel like I'm not a super power user so I wouldn't notice any kind of a difference between 4gb and 6gb, but at the same time I want the best.
I have a Mate 10 AL00
I rebranded my phone to L29
Will the LTE bands on my phone work like AL00 or L29?
I own an alp-al00 6gb version which is Only availble in china. Installed all the google stuff easily. And if you change the language its all English.
Cyromania said:
I own an alp-al00 6gb version which is Only availble in china. Installed all the google stuff easily. And if you change the language its all English.
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Same here, I bought the AL00 6gb version in china, and use it in USA without a problem. I download all the google stuff. The phone can automatically receive updates without a problem.
james101291 said:
Same here, I bought the AL00 6gb version in china, and use it in USA without a problem. I download all the google stuff. The phone can automatically receive updates without a problem.
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I'm also using the AL00, however, Google Location History does NOT work. Does anyone know how to make Google Location History to work on AL00? Thanks!
james101291 said:
Same here, I bought the AL00 6gb version in china, and use it in USA without a problem. I download all the google stuff. The phone can automatically receive updates without a problem.
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how you installed the google stuff
james101291 said:
Same here, I bought the AL00 6gb version in china, and use it in USA without a problem. I download all the google stuff. The phone can automatically receive updates without a problem.
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ok...that's good but as I own mate 8 & mate 9 china versions I had major problems in Europe with both of them with all social media apps notifications...they never arrive until I turn on screen or leave them locked running in recent apps list...
With china version everything works great with notifications or rebranding is nessesery???
tsiglas said:
ok...that's good but as I own mate 8 & mate 9 china versions I had major problems in Europe with both of them with all social media apps notifications...they never arrive until I turn on screen or leave them locked running in recent apps list...
With china version everything works great with notifications or rebranding is nessesery???
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Yes if you are in eu you need to rebrand to c432 because the problem it's only for Europe huawei still didn't added eu country's to the list for associate the phone services with huawei ID that's why in the rest of countries in the world they don't have this problem With notifications with cn version of huawei devices
I had a honor v9 and I had the same problems In Spain then I rebranded to c432 and any more problems with notifications before that I need to have opened the apps for recive notifications
Hi,i have an mate 10 alp-l29 with middle east branding C185 bought in Kuwait.
I contacted Huawei Netherlands how about warranty...
Answer :since the phone is not being sold in netherlands (only lite and mate pro )they don't have spareparts for it .
I have warranty,however but in Kuwait.
So in case of problems i must send it to Kuwait
In whicjh european countries is the mate 10 being sold (close to netherlands) ?
Maybe i will rebrand it to european branding so i can send it to there in case of warranty.
I think they use IMEI
yeah,ur right..rebranding will not help me.
UK is the closest maybe Germany
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Bla-L29 is Germany and Bla-L09 is NL, i have a NL Version from Mate Pro, bought on ebay
P.S. if you rebrand/flash the Phone do you have void the warranty
Right now the only official version of the Mate 10 (not PRO!) is available in Spain.
It's a BLA-L09 with C432 firmware and has warranty in Europe.
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In whicjh european countries is the mate 10 being sold (close to netherlands) ?.
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Spain. They are selling both black and brown versions and both 4GB RAM _ 64GB storage and 6GB RAM _ 128GB storage versions (ALP-L29, dual sim):
https://www.elcorteingles.es/electr...smartphone-libre-huawei-mate-10-6128gb-negro/
https://www.elcorteingles.es/electr...rtphone-libre-huawei-mate-10-6128gb-moka-oro/
https://www.elcorteingles.es/electronica/A24291607-smartphone-libre-huawei-mate-10-64gb-negro/
https://www.elcorteingles.es/electronica/A24291609-smartphone-libre-huawei-mate-10-64gb-mocca-gold/
wooley4766 said:
Maybe i will rebrand it to european branding so i can send it to there in case of warranty.
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Rebranding won't allow you to use Huawei service centres in Europe, since you won't be able to "trick" the part which relates to IMEI number
Before I bought my Mate 10 (currently I already sold it and moved to Galaxy S8+ due to lack of any custom roms for Mate 10) in UAE, Abu Dhabi, I made inquiries to local Huawei support here in Latvia (EU) in order to understand Huawei warranty policy regarding phones bought in different part of the world, and they said the following regarding phone bought in UAE and Spain which was also an option I was considering:
A device purchased in the United Arab Emirates will be covered by Huawei warranty in all Huawei service centers located in the region (Middle East region)
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and the following regarding Huawei phone bought in Spain (part of EU):
Huawei products purchased from official distributors in Europe will be covered by Huawei warranty in all Huawei service centres located in all European countries, which means that if you buy it in Spain it will be possible to carry out warranty repairs in Latvia authorized Huawei service center.
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It all makes sense.
Hello, anyone have an idea if there is going to be official firmware for US honor 10? I currently have Chinese version AL10 and it does not support LTE bands on top of that it's fully operated in Chinese except for some apps were translated to English once selecting language.
Quick question that is not realated to your`s
From where you got the phone?link? i just bought one and i was told that it has full english with a few chinese
I got it from eBay. You can download rest of the Google Apk
What ebay store did you buy it from? I just got an Honor 10 COL-L29 which is supposed to have US bands. If you keep an eye out ebay has 15-20% coupons which bring the price down to 359-380-ish.
Hello, did anybody of you know if Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro 5g will be launched globally or maybe only Pad 5 with Snap 860 will be available in global version? I wan't to buy this tablet but i wan't to flash global version of Miui into it, buying model available only in China will cause forcing me to use english language in it which i don't want.
i just got myself the 5G variant.
it still has english language in it.
i can also uninstall the chinese apps that came with it
yoshitoshi said:
i just got myself the 5G variant.
it still has english language in it.
i can also uninstall the chinese apps that came with it
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Yes i know, but unfortunately china rom doesn't have other languages like polish, of course i can use it in english but it would be better to have it in polish. Standard version (Xiaomi Pad 5 without pro) will be available globally, but I don't have info if Pro 5g will also be available.
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polish is EULOPE? SO 5G GLOBAL is sold.
There is a possibility
Pro version 5G version is not yet available, isn't it?
The reason why the PRO version is not released has not been clarified.
only this 5 Languages on Pro 5G
ps3nano said:
ver.global THERE IS EULOPE　Technical suitability
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polish is EULOPE? SO 5G GLOBAL is sold.
There is a possibility
Pro version 5G version is not yet available, isn't it?
The reason why the PRO version is not released has not been clarified.
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This is standard version without 5g, and it's abailable in Poland, but there is no information about launch 5g pro version there. Pro 5g version is available in China and we can order it to Poland but it will not have polish language.
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only this 5 Languages on Pro 5G
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Thank for information, we have to wait for global launch if it will be available globally for more languages.
Hi,
Im thinking about buying the Pro version (China / English). Is there any disadvantage to buying this version, I understand Play is installed (at least when you buy from Wonda) and I can uninstall the chineese bloatware - what about updates? Other than languages and not having china apps on how does the global rom vary from the China/English version?
John
Wallace4793 said:
Hi,
Im thinking about buying the Pro version (China / English). Is there any disadvantage to buying this version, I understand Play is installed (at least when you buy from Wonda) and I can uninstall the chineese bloatware - what about updates? Other than languages and not having china apps on how does the global rom vary from the China/English version?
John
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I think there aren't any other disadvantages other than no play store (you can install it manually) and no other languages. If you plan to buy Pro 5g version you should look if 5g modem of this tablet would work in your country, if no you will be forced to use 4g, 3g or 2g. Other differences are unnoticeable for average user like more themes or beta updates in every week.
U cant watch movies in Netflix and Amazon prime in HD quality
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U cant watch movies in Netflix and Amazon prime in HD quality
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Yes, you can watch NF FHD+HDR if you flash into the development version of China
Xpatryk89 said:
Hello, did anybody of you know if Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro 5g will be launched globally or maybe only Pad 5 with Snap 860 will be available in global version? I wan't to buy this tablet but i wan't to flash global version of Miui into it, buying model available only in China will cause forcing me to use english language in it which i don't want.
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I don't think this thing would be sold out of China.
yoshitoshi said:
i just got myself the 5G variant.
it still has english language in it.
i can also uninstall the chinese apps that came with it
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Is the device rooted to accommodate the play store? Thinking of getting this too but I'm wondering if the banking apps of the country you live in will work? I'm in the UK.
Google Play can be found in Xiaomi Apps Store