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I boughtta Huawei P10 Lite. It's the WAS LX1 model. It was bought from a vendor who has blocked the use of a single SIM card.
From the specs I've found this model support Dual SIM, has a slot available, but the software does not recognize second SIM.
It is possible to unlock this feature to use the phone in Dual SIM?
I think blocking second SIM was made by the vendor through software.
Best regards,
Hey according to the official huwaei website both WAS-LX1A and WAS-LX1 support dual sim.
It's possible to enable the second sim but I don't know how, maybe custom roms
catalin22185 said:
I boughtta Huawei P10 Lite. It's the WAS LX1 model. It was bought from a vendor who has blocked the use of a single SIM card.
From the specs I've found this model support Dual SIM, has a slot available, but the software does not recognize second SIM.
It is possible to unlock this feature to use the phone in Dual SIM?
I think blocking second SIM was made by the vendor through software.
Best regards,
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The phone is most likely carrier locked, there is no reason to issue special software to block the use of a second SIM card for a phone sold for dual SIM use (and sounds like something you could sue the company for).
Are you trying to insert SIM cards from 2 different carriers? Ask your carrier if your phone is carrier locked and if they are willing to unlock it and report back.
hi,
i am working on it, firstly i rooted the phone with twrp and this is working, but still i dont see the settings for dual sim.
Can anybody help with that ?
thx Karol
karolq said:
hi,
i am working on it, firstly i rooted the phone with twrp and this is working, but still i dont see the settings for dual sim.
Can anybody help with that ?
thx Karol
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try this go to /hw_oem/prop/local.prop
look for ro.dual.sim.phone=false change it to true and reboot
It won't work, you will have to find a OEMInfo TWRP partition from a dual sim P1 0 lite, or use this alternative : https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72523572&postcount=4
Orphee said:
It won't work, you will have to find a OEMInfo TWRP partition from a dual sim P1 0 lite, or use this alternative : https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72523572&postcount=4
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What does OEM contains?
aburezk said:
What does OEM contains?
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I guess the needed informations, probably the 2 IMEIs from the backuped partition...
I guess it will replace your original single IMEI...
aburezk said:
try this go to /hw_oem/prop/local.prop
look for ro.dual.sim.phone=false change it to true and reboot
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i have problems to save the change in the hw_oem in root folder but i found next .prop in:
product/hw_oem/WASL01A/prop local.prop
persist.sys.dualcards=false
i changed it to:
persist.sys.dualcards=true
after that it has changed also in /hw_oem/prop/local.prop
but after reboot still single sim.
could somebody give me the TWRP OEMinfo Partition backup from P10lite dual sim?
karolq said:
could somebody give me the TWRP OEMinfo Partition backup from P10lite dual sim?
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https://mega.nz/#F!2ksGUJAD!M8k9a86izjGvbuSfZttJxw
Credit stefan
aburezk said:
https://mega.nz/#F!2ksGUJAD!M8k9a86izjGvbuSfZttJxw
Credit stefan
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thank you! i found it before in this long topic about how to root I am downloading and give you reply here. Thanks!
after oem partition restroring phone dont stand up and goes into recovery mode.
after restoring whole partitions from the link - the same.
any sugestions?
k.
karolq said:
after oem partition restroring phone dont stand up and goes into recovery mode.
after restoring whole partitions from the link - the same.
any sugestions?
k.
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i got some backup from TWRP back (restore) and the phone swich on to EMUI with some funcktional and app bugs.
so it is working but something is still messed up.
could somebody give me full TWRP backup with system and so on that i can restore whole phone? will it work like this?
other option is to dowload firmware but the instalation stops on 5% and as always fail.
so if this could be an option plese can somebody make fresh pure copy of all partitions from WAS Lx1A and upload it.
i tryied one from forum but this is not working for me.
br
K.
I read this post some days ago, when i bought the same device with the same kind of sim "lock".
I contacted the huawei support, asking if it was possible to have the complete firmware because it is not fair buying it expecting it to be dual sim.. and it is not.
Their answer, where in a previous mail they told me that p10 lite german version is not dual sim:
Dear Customer,
thank you for your reply.
Sadly your device is a single-SIM device.
All the devices have the same second hybrid slot for 1 memory-card and 1 SIM-card anyway. But the needed hardware parts are missing. So it is not possible to get this DUAL-SIM feature with an other firmware.
Hopefully this inforamtions are what you've been searching for.
For further questions please do not hesitate to contact us again.
Best regards,
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P4p3r1n0 said:
I read this post some days ago, when i bought the same device with the same kind of sim "lock".
I contacted the huawei support, asking if it was possible to have the complete firmware because it is not fair buying it expecting it to be dual sim.. and it is not.
Their answer, where in a previous mail they told me that p10 lite german version is not dual sim:
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Some dual sim phones are not mean't to sold in some countries, if you need a dual sim phone, make sure it has been stated before you buy it, buying a single sim phone and expecting it suport dual sim is not the right way to go. Countries like korea and Japan, although there are more countries, they never sell dual sim phones, as these countries only sells phones through carriers, so phones are normally locked, and does not support dual carrier network.
China has the biggest market for dual sim phones, and Hong Kong has only started selling dual sim phones in the past few years, as many people from Hong Kong are buy dual sim phones from china, probably don't want to lose out on business, so most mid to high end phones and many low end phones now support dual sim.
kms108 said:
Some dual sim phones are not mean't to sold in some countries, if you need a dual sim phone, make sure it has been stated before you buy it, buying a single sim phone and expecting it suport dual sim is not the right way to go.
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On their website, t-mobile, there was nothing about it being single or dual sim. I found the specs both at Huawei website and gsmarena.
This last one, writes:
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
But the Huawei website's got plenty of p10 lite, each with both single and dual sim for each product code.
Mine is a WAX-LX1 and is both single and dual.
I did read nothing on t-mobile website, about it working on single or dual sim, you know.. like those T&C where you'd read it ..
I supposed it was dual. Because it is nice to have more than less.
It is not. It is single.
But the funny thing is that I'm not really interested at this, because I own a Zenfone too and this is dual sim (now using as an iPod, android version eheheh).
Still.. If someone managed to "hack" it with another firmware, that would be great!
But, Huawei wrote there are hardware part missing.
I don't really believe it.. And I'm not even skilled to try and flash firmware.
If someone, someday, manages to have the second sim working, I'd love to follow the process and having it unlocked as well. Else, nevermind..
P4p3r1n0 said:
On their website, t-mobile, there was nothing about it being single or dual sim. I found the specs both at Huawei website and gsmarena.
This last one, writes:
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
But the Huawei website's got plenty of p10 lite, each with both single and dual sim for each product code.
Mine is a WAX-LX1 and is both single and dual.
I did read nothing on t-mobile website, about it working on single or dual sim, you know.. like those T&C where you'd read it ..
I supposed it was dual. Because it is nice to have more than less.
It is not. It is single.
But the funny thing is that I'm not really interested at this, because I own a Zenfone too and this is dual sim (now using as an iPod, android version eheheh).
Still.. If someone managed to "hack" it with another firmware, that would be great!
But, Huawei wrote there are hardware part missing.
I don't really believe it.. And I'm not even skilled to try and flash firmware.
If someone, someday, manages to have the second sim working, I'd love to follow the process and having it unlocked as well. Else, nevermind..
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Is this T mobile in the US, I think the US is not know to have many dual sim phones, especial from the main brands like Samsung, Sony, LG and Hauwei, and if they are not stated dual sim, it's usually a single sim version, or refer to the model number.
I think reading somewhere, someone has done it with the P10, but haven't heard about the P10 Lite.
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Is this T mobile in the US
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Germany, or better, Austria. Since there isn't a website for Huawei Austria, and the customer support is the one for Germany.
...At least it is not sim-lock! But I still believe it is firmware-related. I don't think they intentionally removed hardware. It would cost more to produce lots of the same phones with different hardware than flashing them with different firmware.
We're here, simply waiting for the guy with a unlocked P10 Lite dual sim working, who can share its backup..
If the concept is similar as for P9 lite, you guys just need to read oeminfo using Twrp from some dual.sim verzion of device, then make flashable zip file and flesh it throu Twrp. After fleshing the firmware is corupted and just need full stock firmware recovery with compatible version of vendor using dload method. But converting single sim into dual sim in Nougat is more difucult then on MM. On P9 lite we only success to convert it using MM. After upgrading on N its dificilts but not imposible. Just find oeminfo share it and make a try. After unlocking dual sim option the phone still has one Imei but two open sim slots, and its normal. All the best!
Hello all,
So I'm tempted to buy a Tim-branded S8 on Amazon.it because it's crazy cheap currently. I'm not in Italy but from what I've gathered online (and confirmed by a review on the product's page on Amazon), branding in Italy doesn't mean sim-locking so it should be usable with my local carrier. I'm in Europe anyway.
The only major difference with an unlocked phone (since it doesn't seem to have any hardware trace of the carrier) will be the software : potential TIM-related bloatware, delays for updates, etc.
My question would be : could it be possible to flash an official "clean" image, without affecting the phone and its warranty ? If so, which reference should I use ?
Thank you very much !
Yes, was going to ask if it was also sim locked.?
What county are you in and what sim do you use?
Out the box, if sim unlocked, it will work anyway.
Unless you want any advanced features.
Fw wise it's not a problem. I went the other way though, flashing EE ( UK) firmware into an unbranded unlocked BTU version to get VoLTE to work. It caused no issues.
Belgium but I guess European models pretty much have all bands available across Europe...
Thanks for the feedback !
I have the tim s8 here in the UK, flashed the h3g firmware and have WiFi calling and volte functioning without issue.
Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
hi
Im also interested in buying a tim branded phone (https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B071RSVYSH/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&psc=1) and was hoping if someone who has one could answer me couple of questions.
1) Does the phone have universal warranty? I mean if something was wrong with it and it needed any repair, could I just take it to a local Samsung store?
2) The model number on amazon site is G950, is that different from G950F? i couldn't find any reliable info on this..
Thanks in advance!
If the phone is designed for the European market then warranty applies regardless where you are (within Europe).
All European models are F-models.
You can flash an unbranded ROM through Odin to get rid of any branding which does not trigger Knox.
Hello fellow S8 users,
I've recently purchased a Samsung S8 SM-G950FD from eBay as I wanted the Dual SIM capability. Version image attached, I'm not entirely sure where it's from.
Unfortunately the Samsung Pay version on the phone is in Chinese as are the promotion, images attached.
Can someone tell me if it's possible to get the Australian version on Samsung Pay on this phone?
Can I just update the ROM to an Australian version? If so, would I end up losing the Dual SIM capability?
Any help on this would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
Any suggestions?
kuri_2k said:
Hello fellow S8 users,
I've recently purchased a Samsung S8 SM-G950FD from eBay as I wanted the Dual SIM capability. Version image attached, I'm not entirely sure where it's from.
Unfortunately the Samsung Pay version on the phone is in Chinese as are the promotion, images attached.
Can someone tell me if it's possible to get the Australian version on Samsung Pay on this phone?
Can I just update the ROM to an Australian version? If so, would I end up losing the Dual SIM capability?
Any help on this would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
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Your Australia cards should work as Australia already have support for Samsung Pay. I have setup few of my Indian cards with Australian version phone. I guess you need to bear with the Chinese though. Updating XSA room will definitely disable the Dual sim option and I am not sure 950FD support 950F.
venki5star said:
Your Australia cards should work as Australia already have support for Samsung Pay. I have setup few of my Indian cards with Australian version phone. I guess you need to bear with the Chinese though. Updating XSA room will definitely disable the Dual sim option and I am not sure 950FD support 950F.
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Yeh the Samsung Pay Application doesn't like my American Express Card....
It states that Amex is not supported in my country, but in fact it's working on my Samsung S6, and my Gear 3.
So you think changing the firmware to AU I would lose the Dual SIM capabilities?
It might just be easier to try and get the Samsung Pay and Samsung Pay Framework from AU ROM and extract it to mine maybe?
If it's anything like the S7, you should be fine putting the Australian firmware on it. I got an S7 edge from the UAE and had to flash German firmware and the T-Mobile CSC to it for spay to finally work. It'll be trail and error, but the multi sim function never went away for me.
Since almost all the international S8/S8+s are on the multi CSC ROM, all you need to do is reset your phone (preferably from the recovery menu) and put in the Oz SIM and reboot. All the regional features are activated, and you get Oz SPAY.
Using that method, I am currently using the India SPAY on an Afghanistan S8+ (Dual sim) and Taiwanese S8 and both work with all cards.
cooolzzz_guy said:
Since almost all the international S8/S8+s are on the multi CSC ROM, all you need to do is reset your phone (preferably from the recovery menu) and put in the Oz SIM and reboot. All the regional features are activated, and you get Oz SPAY.
Using that method, I am currently using the India SPAY on an Afghanistan S8+ (Dual sim) and Taiwanese S8 and both work with all cards.
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I've actually tried to restore to factory setting 6+ times with an assortment of sim cards from Vodafone, Optus, Telstra, Macquarie (Telstra variant), samsung pay keeps loading up as Taiwanese version (Chinese)...
I've recently asked a friend to extract his Samsung Pay & Framework.apk, it still loads Taiwan Samsung pay.
I think it's region locked?
I'm going to try and restore to XSA Firmware, apparently this worked for the S7 guys, whilst retaining Dual Sim functions.
neoslink1 said:
If it's anything like the S7, you should be fine putting the Australian firmware on it. I got an S7 edge from the UAE and had to flash German firmware and the T-Mobile CSC to it for spay to finally work. It'll be trail and error, but the multi sim function never went away for me.
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Thank you! You've just reaffirmed what I actually just read in another forum, going to give it a try and will update my findings.
kuri_2k said:
I've actually tried to restore to factory setting 6+ times with an assortment of sim cards from Vodafone, Optus, Telstra, Macquarie (Telstra variant), samsung pay keeps loading up as Taiwanese version (Chinese)...
I've recently asked a friend to extract his Samsung Pay & Framework.apk, it still loads Taiwan Samsung pay.
I think it's region locked?
I'm going to try and restore to XSA Firmware, apparently this worked for the S7 guys, whilst retaining Dual Sim functions.
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Did you try to factory reset from recovery? Vol up + Bixby + power, wait for few seconds it goes into recovery. Put the regional SIM in, then reboot. It will reboot twice and activate SIM specific features (prominently tells you that it's doing so).
Also please post a screenshot of the Settings->Software information screen (Service provide SW ver. is 2nd last row) both before and after you complete the process.
Someone recommended me this solution after I had a similar problem with my UAE S8 and flashing other country firmware no longer works without supporting SIM card. Download Samsung Pay version 2.7.03 and try that.
oplix said:
Someone recommended me this solution after I had a similar problem with my UAE S8 and flashing other country firmware no longer works without supporting SIM card. Download Samsung Pay version 2.7.03 and try that.
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Worked for me as well !!
oplix said:
Someone recommended me this solution after I had a similar problem with my UAE S8 and flashing other country firmware no longer works without supporting SIM card. Download Samsung Pay version 2.7.03 and try that.
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What do you mean flashing other country firmware no longer works without supporting SIM card ?
vortexmak said:
What do you mean flashing other country firmware no longer works without supporting SIM card ?
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Means that it doesn't matter which firmware you flash if you don't have the country's sim card because s8 will default back to factory CSC. Only way to change CSC without root is to flash with the supporting sim card installed.
cooolzzz_guy said:
Since almost all the international S8/S8+s are on the multi CSC ROM, all you need to do is reset your phone (preferably from the recovery menu) and put in the Oz SIM and reboot. All the regional features are activated, and you get Oz SPAY.
Using that method, I am currently using the India SPAY on an Afghanistan S8+ (Dual sim) and Taiwanese S8 and both work with all cards.
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Just came across this post. Wondering if the same method works with the dual sim version of S7 (G930FD)?
Thanks.
TopGun2000 said:
Just came across this post. Wondering if the same method works with the dual sim version of S7 (G930FD)?
Thanks.
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Has anyone here got the Australian Samsung Pay app onto the Taiwanese dual-sim model? I purchased an S8+ at $799 (compared to the RRP of $1349) but I don't want to factory reset if I don't have to.
Anyone got spay working? Pkease share what firmware version are you using.
As the title says, I live in the US but bought a sm-g950fd from Pakistan while I was there. Software information tab is attached below.
How do I get to run spay in the US?
I have read a few threads about this but haven't found a definite answer. From my understanding I need to:
Backup and factory reset
Install UAE (XSG) firmware through Odin
Uninstall stock spay app and install the US one from apkmirror
Is this the correct way to enable Spay? How risky is it to flash the firmware? Will I lose OTA updates? My phone isn't rooted yet.
And in Odin, which file do i select in CSC. The one starting with Home_csc, or just csc ?
Here's what I did and got it working for me
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73498072&postcount=24
danman132x said:
Here's what I did and got it working for me
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73498072&postcount=24
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Thanks for this. Do I need to have a foreign sim card or can it work without one?
Can I ask do you roam in the US with an international provider, or do you live here and have a US cellular provider?
ChikhaiBardo said:
Can I ask do you roam in the US with an international provider, or do you live here and have a US cellular provider?
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I live here and have a US cellular provider
I live in the US. The only way I was able to change the region is by using the method I linked. I literally everything before that, flashing different versions etc, but only by changing the Sim card did it work. Paid about 10 USD to have the Sim shipped to me. It's been a while since I did it so I don't remember the specifics, but my link is pretty detailed
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I live in the US. The only way I was able to change the region is by using the method I linked. I literally everything before that, flashing different versions etc, but only by changing the Sim card did it work. Paid about 10 USD to have the Sim shipped to me. It's been a while since I did it so I don't remember the specifics, but my link is pretty detailed
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Yeah, your method is very good. Any specific network to look for? And should I flash the latest firmware or a little older one?
So I managed to get an indian sim from a friend and installed the indian firmware. What happened is that my phone's CSC has changed, but it has changed to Italy (ITV). And apparently, Italy only has the single sim variant so I didnt get update to oreo as well :/
What should i do? get a sim card from another country and do the process over again? or just manually install the indian 8.0 firmware?
Samsung pay seems to work fine though
Good day guys and gals. I recently got the Huawei P smart (FIG-LX1C16) but it does not support dual sim. Now I want to fin out if I flash the (FIG-LX1C33) firmware will it work and does the C33 model support dual sim.
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Maybe you can flash this ROM to allow dual sim
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/kangvip-rom-emui-8-0-p-smart-enjoy-7s-t3775920
UPDATE: this rom doesn't rebrand, so it doesn't allow dual sim....
Did you get this sorted i aint got option for dual sim even though it has slot
Rebranded with exit: highly recommended, nice attention and resolution. The few bucks spent are worthy due to the nice job done. Rebranded from C02 (Votafone mono sim) to C432 (european dual sim) in http://ministryofsolutions.com/2018/...-dual-sim.html
Rebranding is done by remote control with nice and easy instructions
Does anyone know how to do this for free?
I also have single SIM variant of FIG-LX1 (C02?). Is it possible to change it to dual SIM? If yes, from where does it get the second IMEI?
lapist said:
I also have single SIM variant of FIG-LX1 (C02?). Is it possible to change it to dual SIM? If yes, from where does it get the second IMEI?
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It doesn't give a second IMEI, I had a p9 lite and changed it to a dual SIM from a UK single SIM version.
Both sims worked with 1 IMEI somehow.
(2nd sim was 2g only)
mking007 said:
It doesn't give a second IMEI, I had a p9 lite and changed it to a dual SIM from a UK single SIM version.
Both sims worked with 1 IMEI somehow.
(2nd sim was 2g only)
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I see...It seems to provide second IMEI as zeroes, but that can be changed too.
I suppose we can use the same steps as listed here, if we get proper OEMInfo from C432 model and C432 firmware...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p10-lite/how-to/huawei-p10-lite-lx1c432-successfully-t3737383
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I found oeminfo here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/how-to-root-huawei-p-smart-fig-lx1-t3752705/page25
Did anybody successfully rebranded the phone already to unlock dual-SIM?
I also have a Huawei PSmart fig-lx1 running oreo 8.0.0. Its only allows for single sim while it has a slot for dual micro sims. how do I get the second sim working. What do I need to do for it to work.
We all in the same situation. I've been trying the whole day to unlock the second sim. And i cant find a solution.
Anyone ?
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Bumping this since I've just got one of these phones (Huawei P Smart 2018) and dual sim option isn't available.
From searching around it seems like you need to change the region (via paid service?) and then re-flash with a suitable firmware, but I'm along way from knowing exactly what all that entails.
Any input appreciated, thanks.
I've been scouring forums and google and here's some vague notes about what I think might need done:
1. Unlock bootloader. Requires code. Huawei used to supply this for free. Apparently they have been known to give it out via contact page. I've requested it, so we'll see. If not, dc-unlocker is a paid service which might be able to do this.
2. Install TWRP
3. Change phone region to C432 by flashing the correct oeminfo. I think this might also have to be a dual sim version.
4. Flash a C432 image.
HuRUpdater might be involved somewhere.
This post is for the P20 Lite but might also be useful for switching oeminfo: [Guide] Switching OEMINFO versions