Hello,
I was looking to get one of these phones but because Amazon UK has ran out of Axon 7s I had to look else where. While I was looking I found Aliexpress, I have brought things off there before while looking for cheap keyboards so this is not my first time.
At first I thought there was just 2 types, the EU/US type which has the same ish hardware while the chinese one is different because it china only.
But after a few hours I have found that all 3 different model numbers have different LTE bands. This was not a problem as my network (UK EE), supported the bands.
BUT THEN... I found that some versions of the phones has on scree buttons while the other ones have capacitive buttons.
Can someone please just clear this up for me.
Which phone and which model number belongs to which region and what are the pros and cons of each of these?
Also, anyone found a way to install the US rom on the EU phone or the EU rom on the China phone? or any other combonation of these? I might want to install a custom rom in the future or get rid of the volume thing on the EU model.
There are 3 variants A2017 - China A2017G -Europe/Global and A2017U for the United States. I'm no expert but from what I've found in my research before buying the device is that essentially on a hardware level all 3 are almost similar. The China version i suppose has capacitive + onscreen . The EU version of the phone is of slight variance from the China version. US version has CDMA support.
The main differences are on a software level with ROMs that are different for each region. The most preferable is the US version with much better support from ZTE considering they are trying to pamper that market. I would suppose based on how things currently look, EU will be behind the pack till we get a bootloader unlock and that will usher in custom ROM dvelopment.
Note that the official ROMs cannot be interchanged among models mainly due to modems being different. Maybe once custom ROM's are made they might be, not the official ZTE ones. If you are in the UK, i'd recommend buying the version meant for UK/EU and don't get yourself into the hassle of a model meant for China unless you looking for the 6GB RAM/128GB version and know your way around rooting/flashing et al. Another factor you would want to consider is warranty. Aliexpress phones can be considered having none. I read somewhere that you get 3 years for the UK/EU one so why not wait for that
Hopefully someone corroborates or corrects whatever i stated above, whichever is necessary . I hope this helps!
bonk3rzzz said:
There are 3 variants A2017 - China A2017G -Europe/Global and A2017U for the United States. I'm no expert but from what I've found in my research before buying the device is that essentially on a hardware level all 3 are almost similar. The China version i suppose has capacitive + onscreen . The EU version of the phone is of slight variance from the China version. US version has CDMA support.
The main differences are on a software level with ROMs that are different for each region. The most preferable is the US version with much better support from ZTE considering they are trying to pamper that market. I would suppose based on how things currently look, EU will be behind the pack till we get a bootloader unlock and that will usher in custom ROM dvelopment.
Note that the official ROMs cannot be interchanged among models mainly due to modems being different. Maybe once custom ROM's are made they might be, not the official ZTE ones. If you are in the UK, i'd recommend buying the version meant for UK/EU and don't get yourself into the hassle of a model meant for China unless you looking for the 6GB RAM/128GB version and know your way around rooting/flashing et al. Another factor you would want to consider is warranty. Aliexpress phones can be considered having none. I read somewhere that you get 3 years for the UK/EU one so why not wait for that
Hopefully someone corroborates or corrects whatever i stated above, whichever is necessary . I hope this helps!
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UK is meant to drop in Q4(like now...), I'll give it a few more weeks before buying one.
Also, does anyone here who is a dev know if 6gb/4gb and 64/128gb will change rom compatibility?
BlazingBullets said:
UK is meant to drop in Q4(like now...), I'll give it a few more weeks before buying one.
Also, does anyone here who is a dev know if 6gb/4gb and 64/128gb will change rom compatibility?
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No it won't.
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I have the Note 3 but it's the HK 16gb variant. This has been an absolute pain in the donkey at times. The only RoM I really have working guaranteed is Miui, which is great, but ... Anyway, I will not want to fall for the same mistake twice.
I live in China too - and for some reason (probably the bands used) I have never got 4G to work on my Phone. I am pretty sure I don't want to get stuck with a model number from mainland china though, as I cannot read Chinese websites to root and get decent roms and Gapps etc. Really wish Google would stop getting banned in China.
Need it to work when travelling to the States and other countries too.
Any decent advise would be appreciated.
Cheers.
You should go for the international model (N910S)
s327374 said:
I have the Note 3 but it's the HK 16gb variant. This has been an absolute pain in the donkey at times. The only RoM I really have working guaranteed is Miui, which is great, but ... Anyway, I will not want to fall for the same mistake twice.
I live in China too - and for some reason (probably the bands used) I have never got 4G to work on my Phone. I am pretty sure I don't want to get stuck with a model number from mainland china though, as I cannot read Chinese websites to root and get decent roms and Gapps etc. Really wish Google would stop getting banned in China.
Need it to work when travelling to the States and other countries too.
Any decent advise would be appreciated.
Cheers.
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The Note 4 just released in HK 2 days ago, and it's the Exynos version with 32GB storage.
Maybe you can still consider that...
exhardy said:
The Note 4 just released in HK 2 days ago, and it's the Exynos version with 32GB storage.
Maybe you can still consider that...
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I have gone with the Chinese variant N9108v and am so far happy.
Cheers,
hi,
so I just got the s7 edge olympic edition and i read that it had a different firmware from the normal one so I have a few questions :
Can I root it? install the custom roms that are on the forum? If yes witch ones do you recommend ?
I haven't been on xda since like 2011 so i don't know a lot about kernels and stuff.
thanks for the Help
Olympic edition comes in two versions. The one given out to athletes at the Olympic Village is an international Exynos version, which is rootable as far as I understand. I believe that this one has no warranty outside Brazil either. Second version is one of 2016 copies made (it will be numbered on the back). I am not sure if all 2016 were US versions but at least some are US and are not rootable, as they are on Snapdragon chip.
I have one of US snapdragon editions.
Also the firmware is same as regular unbranded version (935U), but with an Olympic theme installed.
secondclaw said:
Olympic edition comes in two versions. The one given out to athletes at the Olympic Village is an international Exynos version, which is rootable as far as I understand. I believe that this one has no warranty outside Brazil either. Second version is one of 2016 copies made (it will be numbered on the back). I am not sure if all 2016 were US versions but at least some are US and are not rootable, as they are on Snapdragon chip.
I have one of US snapdragon editions.
Also the firmware is same as regular unbranded version (935U), but with an Olympic theme installed.
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Thanks for the answer . I got mine in Germany , the model number is G935F it has an Exynos chip does it make it suitable for rooting and installing custom Roms ?
Yes it should be fine. I assume you don't need Knox/Samsung Pay.
I'm curious, is yours one of the 2016 numbered editions? I hope they released a few hundred to each region.
I'm actually thinking of selling mine and buying international version. Mostly for better battery life. Many athletes that got theirs at the Village are now selling them on ebay so there are plenty of these to get.
Yeah number 1852 . Actually somehow I got it cheaper than the normal one and it had the gear fit 2 included . they are still selling them in Germany
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Yeah number 1852 . Actually somehow I got it cheaper than the normal one and it had the gear fit 2 included . they are still selling them in Germany
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Can they be purchased online from Germany?
Yeah i got it from a website with a 2 years contract. but they are still available online for 850 € i think
Hey guys" I want to buy it and maybe root it. Where can I find the Stock Rom for the olympic Version "SM-G935FZKZDBT". Is Nougat already released?
Hello XDA Community ,
So I want to buy an Axon 7 , but there is no local seller in my country who offer it .I'm Outside Europe and the US .
So the only way I have is to buy it online from a store who ship to my country.
I found the chinese version in aliexpress and the G version from a european store. So I'm confused which one to buy
Can you please tell me the differences and what do u recommend to me ??
PS: LTE frequency bands in my country are 3/7/20
Youssefmans said:
Hello XDA Community ,
So I want to buy an Axon 7 , but there is no local seller in my country who offer it .I'm Outside Europe and the US .
So the only way I have is to buy it online from a store who ship to my country.
I found the chinese version in aliexpress and the G version from a european store. So I'm confused which one to buy
Can you please tell me the differences and what do u recommend to me ??
PS: LTE frequency bands in my country are 3/7/20
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Chinese version has on screen navigation bar (no capacitive buttons) which might be better for some, but the big bezel where the capacitive buttons are located is still there, just without the buttons. I think it has a more stock Android launcher (A2017G has one too, on update B02). I've heard that some parts of the system (maybe bootloader?) are in Chinese, would be better if someone confirmed though. No idea about the LTE bands it supports.
Has no warranty. You probably won't use any warranty though if you aren't able to get to the country where they sent you the device from, but it's REALLY handy if you wasted the screen or have a camera problem, like the OIS buzzing.
It has a Theme engine but it's a little weird and it seems not to change what's important (can't put the OS to black).
On the other hand the G has full MiFavor which 99% of people here in XDA hate. Launcher without drawer, like Apple. The icons are all square rounded in the corners. Capacitive buttons below the screen. maybe a little too close to each other, and without any backlight, but you get used to them by muscle memory or whatever. A couple of years of Passport 2.0 warranty + a year of ZTE VIP warranty that covers one screen replacement and a couple of other things.
Be careful though, it explicitly says that it doesn't cover acts of God! lol
AFAIK Chinese version does have capacitive buttons. 6gb version has force touch exclusive.
Youssefmans said:
Hello XDA Community ,
So I want to buy an Axon 7 , but there is no local seller in my country who offer it .I'm Outside Europe and the US .
So the only way I have is to buy it online from a store who ship to my country.
I found the chinese version in aliexpress and the G version from a european store. So I'm confused which one to buy
Can you please tell me the differences and what do u recommend to me ??
PS: LTE frequency bands in my country are 3/7/20
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Chinese won't be good for you. Most likely you should choose G model. Some sources say that U model also has B20 others don't mention it.
Spec for G and Chinese can found here:
http://www.ztedevice.com/product/smart-phone/AXON-7
Thats fake that chinese version don't have buttons, maybe first copies don't had them, but I bought mine A2017 64GB on March '17 and I got normal buttons under screen.
I was planning to buy a new phone next January but unfortunately my fantastic Mate 8 decided to die prematurely.
I'm looking to buy a new replacement and I was thinking about the OnePlus 5 8G/128G however I need to understand the difference between different versions.
I have found the A5000 that seems to be much cheaper compare to the international version, why?
I live in Europe, UK - would that version be ok?
Thanks!
Oneplus 5 with 6gb of RAM and 64gb of memory
Oneplus 5 with 8gb of RAM and 128gb of memory
That's all.
They are all A5000.
There's an international one and a Chinese one, but both are the same. Only difference being the software.
As mentioned and as you could search, there are no differences other than memory/storage.
Some versions come with HydrogenOS, some come with OxygenOS. It is just a matter of flashing the other OS to switch, which can be done by simply downloading the ROM and going to system update in the settings.. There are no hardware differences.
Is there international veriosn?
Hi guys, so my little brother is wanting the one plus phone. I noticed from AliExpress etc , the oneplus 6T is significantly cheaper as it’s from China. He can only afford this as in the U.K. it’s 100+ more in cost.
It states it’s running global firmware oxygen. I’m asking the seller what LTE bands this runs on to ensure it works with the EE network here in England.
I just wanted to see if anyone here had experiences with buying from China? Let me know if it’s worth it
Polaflex said:
Hi guys, so my little brother is wanting the one plus phone. I noticed from AliExpress etc , the oneplus 6T is significantly cheaper as it’s from China. He can only afford this as in the U.K. it’s 100+ more in cost.
It states it’s running global firmware oxygen. I’m asking the seller what LTE bands this runs on to ensure it works with the EE network here in England.
I just wanted to see if anyone here had experiences with buying from China? Let me know if it’s worth it
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It should work properly.
Just to be safe, run the phone through MSM Tool to get rid of any Chinese SW.
If the seller has good feedback from foreign buyers you should be ok. The 1st thing I would do though is unlock the bootloader, install twrp, and flash the latest version of OOS, regardless of what rom they say it has. This should eliminate any issues with shady or corrupt or spyware software.
Option 2 find a used 6t locally, that is what I did.
As stated above I would run this through the msm tool to restore the phone to 100% stock international software. Unless you understand root and have a need for it I would leave the device that way as well.