Hello everyone,
I have bought a Note 8 from china, and I'm waiting for it to be shipped, so I want to know some details while I can still get a refund.
Can I install google play services, and be able to use them with no problem ?
Will I be able to root my phone in the future ?
Does the chinese model have some limitations compared to the other models ? If so, can I flash another model firmware on it ?
Thanks a lot for your help, I'm really worried about this purchase.
Ps: I'm sorry, I just noticed I posted this in the wrong section, if a mod sees this please transfer it to the appropriate section.
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Hello All,
Bought a Lenovo A560 from China, and all system is in CHinese. I have switched to English, but only the menu. I have looked all over the internet for the ROM for this device, but was unable to find it.
I even contacted the Lenovo representatives here in Romania, and they said that given that the warranty is not international, they cannot help me. Nevertheless, I wonder whether there is still something I could do, maybe install a ROM from a different device having a similar chip, or any ROM that would work for the Android 4.3 OS as this phone has.
As mentioned by other users, the Google Play store is not working, nor the GPS.
But if installing a different ROM, which one should I choose and how do I find it?
Thank you very much in advance. I hope I would find some ansswers given that the phone looks really good and I really wish I could use it.
Sabina
Hi guys, first of all I'd like to apologise if I'm posting in the wrong section. I bought a tablet from a Greek store called plaisio. This store is known to buy tablets from the Asian market (China I believe), rename them and sell them in decent prices regarding their specs. The model I bought is called TurboX (name of the brand) Hive V (4 cores, 1gb RAM, 16gb internal storage, android 4.4.2).
I managed to successfully root my phone and make some changes (install Google play etc.) but I'm afraid that it's not enough. I'm looking for a custom ROM but I can't find anything for my device. Is it possible that my device matches any of the known devices and therefore be able to flash custom ROM? Or should I give it a try, building/porting a ROM such as cyanogenmod especially for my device? Another thought of mine is trying to port and install "Linux touch" which I really want to give a try at some point.
Please feel free to share any thoughts/help/info of yours!
Thank you in advance!
panos91 said:
Hi guys, first of all I'd like to apologise if I'm posting in the wrong section. I bought a tablet from a Greek store called plaisio. This store is known to buy tablets from the Asian market (China I believe), rename them and sell them in decent prices regarding their specs. The model I bought is called TurboX (name of the brand) Hive V (4 cores, 1gb RAM, 16gb internal storage, android 4.4.2).
I managed to successfully root my phone and make some changes (install Google play etc.) but I'm afraid that it's not enough. I'm looking for a custom ROM but I can't find anything for my device. Is it possible that my device matches any of the known devices and therefore be able to flash custom ROM? Or should I give it a try, building/porting a ROM such as cyanogenmod especially for my device? Another thought of mine is trying to port and install "Linux touch" which I really want to give a try at some point.
Please feel free to share any thoughts/help/info of yours!
Thank you in advance!
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Any luck?
nothing yet?i got same problem...guys help please.....greek crisis need help...lol...
If you haven't turned that tablet into a sous-plat yet, search for Cube Talk 9X [U65GT]. There are roms, recoveries and root guides available. I think it was in freaktab forums, but I can't post a link.
P.S. Dead thread, if anyone googles it
Hello friend - please forgive any ignorance exhibited in my question.*
I received as a gift a Chinese version of Moto Z Play model xt1635-03 very cool phone. This is unlocked/dual SIM. I can choose English at setup, however none of the standard Android apps are present -- not even Play Store. I tried (and failed) to use a Chinese-language Lenovo app store to setup Play Store. Essentially this is a brick to me.*
Is there a way to solve? For example, can I root the device and install a standard version of Marshmallow? If so, would someone be kind enough to point me the right direction? I have a moderate amount of tech capability, but def not expert mode.
Again, sorry for rookie questions. Thank you
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parrotgeek1 said:
Unlock the bootloader then Download another European Moto Z play firmware and install it. It's that simple
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hello,
I have the same problem if i will change the firmware of my chines version of moto z play to European then the phone will get the OTA updates and patches ?
Hi, I got a gift from my family a Mate 20 pro and they didn't know that they bought a chinese model, and now im stuck without being able to change launcher, use some google apps and more...
Is there any way, doesn't matter how hard or tidious it is to release the phone from the chinese rom???
Any help will be greatly appriciated!
(New to the forums so if i made a mistake in my post location or something i am sorry).
taltal3032 said:
Hi, I got a gift from my family a Mate 20 pro and they didn't know that they bought a chinese model, and now im stuck without being able to change launcher, use some google apps and more...
Is there any way, doesn't matter how hard or tidious it is to release the phone from the chinese rom???
Any help will be greatly appriciated!
(New to the forums so if i made a mistake in my post location or something i am sorry).
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I'm waiting for this tutorial too! Hope there's something to do! :/
You aren't likely to find your answer on XDA. There is no free method for unlocking the bootloader on Huawei phones (which might not be an issue on the Chinese version). There also is no simple way to manually flash firmware on Huawei phones because they don't want owners (or unscrupulous Chinese merchants) to modify the software.
You would probably need to rebrand your phone to run the international ROM on it and I don't know if rebranding is even possible on this phone--it wasn't on the P20 Pro.
You might want to contact Funky Huawei. It's not a free service but they might at least be able to tell you if running the global ROM on the Chinese hardware phone is possible.
If that isn't an option somebody said there was an unnoficial build of LOS for the M20P. You might be able to flash that which wouldn't be an ideal solution but it would give you access to most Google apps.
Only issue so far is WiFi calling missing on my Chinese version, Google map timeline can't working properly.
I can use okay Google, Google feeds etc...after deleted some related Chinese softwares.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-x/help/evr-tl00-ok-google-google-feed-instead-t3873070
Hello everyone,
Would anyone know if it is possible to download the overseas/international version rom/firmware for the Gome U9?
I recently purchased the phone with the international version and thought I might be able to root it and remove the default Google apps, but instead I`ve managed to install the original rom (chinese/english), which contains the Gome app store. I suppose I should have checked first what I was installing. Oh, well, no big deal.
Installing a custom recovery is proving a little difficult and I`m struggling to get the Google play store back in. It may not even be possible with this build, so if I could somehow restore it to the international version that will do for now. I`ve found the international version for the U7, but not for the U9. Shame LineageOS isn`t compatible or something else.
If there isn`t a solution, I guess I`ll just have to wait.
Thanks for any help you might be able to give me.
As a follow up I have used adb to install a few apps and that works fine. But when I install Google Play and Google Play Services, it just crashes on launch. So, something is causing GP to keep crashing. Once I figure that out I think I`ll be good to go.
angelofmusic67 said:
Hello everyone,
Would anyone know if it is possible to download the overseas/international version rom/firmware for the Gome U9?
I recently purchased the phone with the international version and thought I might be able to root it and remove the default Google apps, but instead I`ve managed to install the original rom (chinese/english), which contains the Gome app store. I suppose I should have checked first what I was installing. Oh, well, no big deal.
Installing a custom recovery is proving a little difficult and I`m struggling to get the Google play store back in. It may not even be possible with this build, so if I could somehow restore it to the international version that will do for now. I`ve found the international version for the U7, but not for the U9. Shame LineageOS isn`t compatible or something else.
If there isn`t a solution, I guess I`ll just have to wait.
Thanks for any help you might be able to give me.
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I also need the original rom (chinese/english), Could you please give me a link to download.
z7ykLon said:
I also need the original rom (chinese/english), Could you please give me a link to download.
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Stock Firmware EN/CN https://www.needrom.com/download/gome-u9/
hanuma said:
Stock Firmware EN/CN https://www.needrom.com/download/gome-u9/
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No, I'd try to pay for account premium with paypal more than 10 times but not success, That should be somewhere easy to download it.
Sir , do you have a backup of your nvram ? because mine is missing after i flash the chinese rom .
i wonder if you could send me a file of it . Thanks sir .
Any link?
please backup stok firmware
In case anyone else needs the overseas version, here it is:
https://www.needrom.com/download/gome-u9-global-firmware-v1/
Works great.