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Hi guys, I will receive my atrix thuesday.
It is my third android device. (htc hero > milestone > atrix)
I have already rooted many devices.
As virgin mobile fr just began to sell the atrix there isn't really stock roms available so I would like to know if some roms are really compatible for gsm network.
1) I am aware there is a prebeta 3 for cyanogenmod 7 > Does it support gsm network?
2) Same about Alien rom > does it support gsm network?
3) Beside the gsm or cdma network issues is there any difference between the at&t device and the european one (I was used to milestone/droid differences)
4) No need to flash a sbf as the atrix will be brand new and probably updated to 2.3 ? (So my only concern will be to input the fastboot oem unlock command)
5) I read that some people have to apply ram fix to use all the 1 gb ram > Is it only a concern for orange users?
6) Is there radio updates to flash or bootloader ones ?
7) Any tip for compatible bluetooth keyboard ?
Free internets for help !
Thank you !
bumpy-bump
daily bump
Come on guys
1,2) Yes, all Atrix on the world are GSM
3) They mostly differ on memory layout ("tegrapart"), that's why you need to use a "ram fix" on some ROMs (see 5)
4) I doubt it will come unlockable from the factory, you might need pudding. Still, I suppose you can try fastboot oem unlocking, I guess it will simply say something like 'not supported'.
5) If your Atrix is not from AT&T, it will probably concern you.
6) Yes, there are some radio updates. As well as the unlockable bootloader if you need it. Read carefully and do not flash stuff without reading the posts 10 times at least and double checking what you're going to flash
Thank you very much !
A couple of hours and I will be able to try it out ^^'
My machine is chinese version GT 7.7
It looks like that some people met problems when they flashing other country's firmware on their chinese version 7.7
Does it mean that i can't flash other firmware by now?
Chinese brand
Hi,
I also have the same question.
I am new to android - coming from many years on iPhones.
I just got a 7.7 (From the Taobao Samsung shop here in China, they had a trail version program where 300 people can pay a deposit and then use the tablet for 30 days and return it)
I want to know if the Chinese version is also able to flash to the Hong Kong version as this Chinese version is really a mess - no android market, no google access and a lot of stock Chinese software. (and I think a few monitoring things a well???)
Anyway - I have read most of the post on the 7.7 and it seems that there are some people who have had a hard time flashing the Chinese version? (It also seems to me like they might just have run into some problems)
As far as I understand, coming from a server admin background, this should be really basic and should be easy to do?? One should be able to flash any countries firmware onto any version?
Please let me know.
PS...I have the 16GB 3G version
Use one thread for China p6800 issues, 'kay? Seach, boys:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22857309#post22857309
I need to buy 2 more notes.. Mine was a K50-T5 china model. Overall I am happy with that now its on marshmallow and would replace with same
Looking on aliexpress theres K50-T5 and K50-T3 which is slightly cheaper but seems to have the same specs ??
Is the T3s inferior ?? Runs the same ROMs ??
Any ideas ??
I think, hardware is same. Only difference is in stock ROM, T3s has less LTE frequencies.
On ali, you can read: "Surprise!!!After we install Custom Firmware,after flash custmoized rom, K50 T5 and K50 T3s Have same network frequency". Somewhere else I read, that you can use same ROMs for both versions.
I'm going to order the T3s
if the hardware the same.. why is there such a price difference ??
Can anyone confirm if the stock ROMs for the T5 work the same on the T3 ?? I need to buy a few so the saving is helpful, but it must run the new 6.0 stock rom nicely.
Phat Phreddy said:
if the hardware the same.. why is there such a price difference ??
Can anyone confirm if the stock ROMs for the T5 work the same on the T3 ?? I need to buy a few so the saving is helpful, but it must run the new 6.0 stock rom nicely.
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I have the same doubt. Do you have any news?
I just bought 2 more T5 versions..
I need to set them up and leave them with employees.. I cant be worrying about if MM wont flash onto them for the 20 buck price difference.
To clarify : The hardware is exactly same apparenly, in aliexpress the sellers says they flashed a rom that allow all FDD LTE frequencies (they have screenshot of available frequencies).
But officially : T5 = Worldwide version with FDD LTE
T3S = China TD-LTE only.
Its the same sroty with Redmi Note 2 but officially they decided to include also FDD bands to allow users of China Mobile to use 4G when they travel overseas.
The only thing I still need to find out is that if flashing a T5 rom on T3S works (I'll try VIBE 3.1 tomorrow) or if the guys in aliexpress really use a special rom to make it work or if T3S rom actually has all FDD frequencies activated.
About price difference : Officially the T3S is only registred to be used on TD-LTE so they do not have to pay for FDD licenses. That's why all brands like Nubia XIaomi ... are cheaper in chinese version than worldwide.
Hello,
I m new user of t3S .
I registered to this forum, after reading this post.
I've wondered about this compatibility.
If it can help you, I've flashed (4 days ago) a custom rom (with vibeui/android 6.0 found on needrom) designed for the T50 on the "k3 note t3s" (Edit : without any modification) with success. I can't say for the 4G frequencies because i don't use them, but I didn't encounter any problem .
I have the t3s version from Ali Express too. I wonder what changes the seller made to the ROM.
The ROM is listed in the settings as VIBEUI_V3.0_1604_7.209.1_ST_K50-T3s
It's not listed on the XDA page of downloads.
Also, this ROM doesn't provide OTA updates.
But before flashing it, I think it would be a good idea to save the ROM as flashed by the seller. Just in case it doesn't work with this particular hardware. Also, I don't want to lose the 4G.
I'm not sure how to do that though.
Thanx Very Much
Hello,
Currently I have the latest RU installed with twrp and rooted on top of it. I was wondering if there are any benefits to going back to the EU version? I saw that people are having problems with the EPD so I'm not looking forward to that.
Cheers!
Is there anything you would gain by moving to EU version? Are there more languages (I'm assuming RU has at least Russian and English)?
My unit wasn't shipped yet but after reading about EU firmware issues I'm looking at RU as more stable option...
mc_gee said:
Is there anything you would gain by moving to EU version? Are there more languages (I'm assuming RU has at least Russian and English)?
My unit wasn't shipped yet but after reading about EU firmware issues I'm looking at RU as more stable option...
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I'm currently on the latest RU firmware, but I concider moving to EU version.
On RU there are only 6 avaliable dictionaries for EPD screen: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Russian - are there more on EU?
I looked in the LatinIME_EPD.apk in the system.img of both the RU and EU firmware but both seem to support the same languages.
Code:
empty.dict
main.dict
main_de.dct
main_en.dict
main_es.dict
main_fr.dict
main_it.dict
main_pb_br.dict
main_ru.dict
setup_welcome_image.png
setup_welcome_video.mp4
I also found some apps that are in the EU firmware but not in the RU. Going to check what these do.
Update:
Nothing much in the extra EU apps. Most seem to be internal, the only thing of note is that the EU firmware still contains the Instagram EPD widget which seems removed from the RU firmware. Installing the APK on the RU firmware seems to work fine but I haven't tested it with a Instagram account.
I'm on EU 1.1.124b which doesn't have the Instagram EPD widget.
Does anyone have the apk?
Saying that I think they removed it because Instagram updated their security on june 1st.
Can anyone test it please?
Ta
Rarelyamson said:
I'm on EU 1.1.124b which doesn't have the Instagram EPD widget.
Does anyone have the apk?
Saying that I think they removed it because Instagram updated their security on june 1st.
Can anyone test it please?
Ta
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Here is the APK.
https://ufile.io/9e813
I'm also on the latest EU 1.1.124b. I thought about upgrading to the newer RU, but it seems like developers are still working on that version. Also there are some smaller bugs it seems.
I think I will wait for an updated EU version. 1.1.124b EU runs fine so far. All in all a great phone for 130€! Just sad, that there is not much 3rd party support for the e-ink display.
Mine is due to arrive tomorrow, I have spent days on the tracking service, it makes you go a little crazy. I prepared all the USB drivers and ROM on my PC. There will probably a blip in users on here because of the continuing price drops, mine was 136USD only. Looking forward to flashing the ROMs, hopefully without any problems.
Parmo100 said:
Mine is due to arrive tomorrow, I have spent days on the tracking service, it makes you go a little crazy. I prepared all the USB drivers and ROM on my PC. There will probably a blip in users on here because of the continuing price drops, mine was 136USD only. Looking forward to flashing the ROMs, hopefully without any problems.
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Have fun tomorrow!!
I missed the call from the delivery company because phone volume was on 0, so now waiting until Monday.
When you have installed the USB drivers on the PC, how to check if they are working OK? I tried installing drivers for another handset to practice for the yotaphone, I installed USB drivers on my PC, I can see them with device driver "Android composite adb interface" , albeit with an error code 10 (I think). When I try to run fast boot from PC connected to the phone in fastboot mode, using "fastboot devices" command, there is nothing there.
Parmo100 said:
I missed the call from the delivery company because phone volume was on 0, so now waiting until Monday.
When you have installed the USB drivers on the PC, how to check if they are working OK? I tried installing drivers for another handset to practice for the yotaphone, I installed USB drivers on my PC, I can see them with device driver "Android composite adb interface" , albeit with an error code 10 (I think). When I try to run fast boot from PC connected to the phone in fastboot mode, using "fastboot devices" command, there is nothing there.
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Is your phone maybe plugged in to a USB3 port? I have had soms problems in the past with phones using USB3 and adb / fastboot.
Parmo100 said:
Mine is due to arrive tomorrow, I have spent days on the tracking service, it makes you go a little crazy. I prepared all the USB drivers and ROM on my PC. There will probably a blip in users on here because of the continuing price drops, mine was 136USD only. Looking forward to flashing the ROMs, hopefully without any problems.
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Did you get the Chinese version (yd206)? Keep in mind the differences in bands:
https://www.frequencycheck.com/compare-devices/qkjseR/yota-yotaphone-2-yd201/yota-yotaphone-2-yd206
LTE bands B1 and B41 are exclusive to yd206:
https://www.frequencycheck.com/carr...eq]=&q[frequency_bands_id_eq]=1&commit=Search
https://www.frequencycheck.com/carr...q]=&q[frequency_bands_id_eq]=39&commit=Search
LTE bands B7 and B20 are exclusive to yd201:
https://www.frequencycheck.com/carr...eq]=&q[frequency_bands_id_eq]=7&commit=Search
https://www.frequencycheck.com/carr...q]=&q[frequency_bands_id_eq]=18&commit=Search
For those interested, you can find the international version (yd201) for $10 more on AliExpress.
10basetom said:
Did you get the Chinese version (yd206)? Keep in mind the differences in bands:
https://www.frequencycheck.com/compare-devices/qkjseR/yota-yotaphone-2-yd201/yota-yotaphone-2-yd206
LTE bands B1 and B41 are exclusive to yd206:
https://www.frequencycheck.com/carr...eq]=&q[frequency_bands_id_eq]=1&commit=Search
https://www.frequencycheck.com/carr...q]=&q[frequency_bands_id_eq]=39&commit=Search
LTE bands B7 and B20 are exclusive to yd201:
https://www.frequencycheck.com/carr...eq]=&q[frequency_bands_id_eq]=7&commit=Search
https://www.frequencycheck.com/carr...q]=&q[frequency_bands_id_eq]=18&commit=Search
For those interested, you can find the international version (yd201) for $10 more on AliExpress.
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I think on the YotaPhone this is controlled by software instead of hardware. I bought the 206 but after flashing it with the RU firmware it is now a 201. There are also some people on the forum who have successfully changed the radio in a firmware with the radio from another firmware. This seems to suggest that there is one hardware version and the available LTE bands are controlled by software. However, I am not an expert on this and this is just my observation.
Yes I live in Asia, so Chinese LTE bands are better for my location in Thailand anyway. The yd206 firmware cannot be updated OTA and has poor software compared to international version where you can do an OTA. Flashing can be difficult , correct driver setup took me 2 days. I am very happy now to have flashed Russian firmware and look forward to fly on Aeroflot. (Hehe).
There are many more yotaphone apps now on the lollipop. I flashed to a Russian KitKat first and then did an OTA to get a mammoth 1Gb download . But happy now and elated to have got over the technical problems of drivers. Now to learning about yotaphone . When I charge the phone, it automatically starts the phone, wasting battery and time which I found annoying.
Could you please write steps on how to update YD206 to Russian firmware?
sonof said:
Could you please write steps on how to update YD206 to Russian firmware?
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Please check this thread. It should contain the info you need to flash to the latest RU firmware. http://forum.xda-developers.com/yotaphone-one/help/yotaphone-2-yd-206-china-flash-firmware-t3306797
VirtuaLeech said:
I think on the YotaPhone this is controlled by software instead of hardware. I bought the 206 but after flashing it with the RU firmware it is now a 201. There are also some people on the forum who have successfully changed the radio in a firmware with the radio from another firmware. This seems to suggest that there is one hardware version and the available LTE bands are controlled by software. However, I am not an expert on this and this is just my observation.
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Someone who did the firmware upgrade from yd206 to yd201 confirmed that the bands don't change after the upgrade:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/yotaphone-one/help/yotaphone-2-yd-206-china-flash-firmware-t3306797
Edit: LTE bands are the same as were before the upgrade.
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There is also anecdotal evidence of people who changed to yd201 and found out their LTE was not working properly, so to fix it they had to replace the RADIO folder with the RADIO folder from the Chinese firmware and re-flash. You can probably find that thread somewhere on here.
10basetom said:
Someone who did the firmware upgrade from yd206 to yd201 confirmed that the bands don't change after the upgrade:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/yotaphone-one/help/yotaphone-2-yd-206-china-flash-firmware-t3306797
There is also anecdotal evidence of people who changed to yd201 and found out their LTE was not working properly, so to fix it they had to replace the RADIO folder with the RADIO folder from the Chinese firmware and re-flash. You can probably find that thread somewhere on here.
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Thanks for clearing that up!
I have bought the 128 gig storage - 4 gig RAM from china and it arrived today, need some help and have some questions here:
1. In "about phone - Model number" section it said ZTE A2017, No app drawer, No G or U after the model number, no google play store, I searched a little on the various models, it seems mine is Chinese, am I right?
2. Is it possible to unlock the bootloader/ root/ xposed for my device model ( Chinese)?
3. If the answer is yes, Can I flash G or U model to the device? or because of its possible band differences and 128 G storage instead of 64 G it will cause problems?
4. It has android version 6.01 , mifavor ZTE_A2017V1.0.0B07, it said I can update if to B13, size 711.75 mb, are the info and changelogs are in Chinese, I don't know is it Nougat or just a regular bug fixing update. anyone have the same device that could help me here? I read in previous mifavor roms it is possible to unlock the BL, Should I update now?
please check the attachments
Thank you in advance
This is a Chinese version of axon 7 (that's why you don't have G or U). As I know so far only this version have combination of 128GB/4GB.
There are development section for rooting unlocking - just jump there and read a loot of stuff.
Probably the whole process is nearly same as U and G model.
Also you might have Chinese recovery menu. I do not have Chinese version of axon 7 in my hand but I have few others Chinese exclusive phones and they have some type of Chinese language core.
And before update search that unlocking method work with B13.
Cheers
Pretty sure bands are set by hardware and are not changeable.
Read your post again and see you just want to flash other firmware. This is fine if you follow the twrp flashable firmware guide.
MrMD69 said:
This is a Chinese version of axon 7 (that's why you don't have G or U). As I know so far only this version have combination of 128GB/4GB.
There are development section for rooting unlocking - just jump there and read a loot of stuff.
Probably the whole process is nearly same as U and G model.
Also you might have Chinese recovery menu. I do not have Chinese version of axon 7 in my hand but I have few others Chinese exclusive phones and they have some type of Chinese language core.
And before update search that unlocking method work with B13.
Cheers
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It seems bootloader of U models in previous firmware builds can be unlocked, seen it on youtube, I want to know if I do the same with my Chinese model it won't brick the device; hoped someone did this before, then I wanted to flash the G or U model on it, it would be so good if someone know if specific bands are limited in other models and they have all actual similar inside that could be useable in different models or some bands are really missed in different models and if not, maybe flash U firmware with Chinese model bands separately, confused here that I am only one trying to do that!
Chines recovery menu?! now I am :silly: now I am pissed why i did not think about it before
I think frimware numbers are different from U and Global models, last U model frimware is B29 and Chinese is B13, am I right? if that so I could not use the unlocking method on it
reasons that I order from China:
1. I don't live in US, I'm in middle east, even though I can get it with help of my brother who lives in US I have preferred not to bother him for purchasing and sending by post, tax...
2. when I decided to buy one, 128 G wasn't available in US
3. 64G is not enough for me especially with these VR programs and games sizes and yes I know I can expand with MicroSD but it's not adaptative and I always prefer more internal storage and it is UFS 2 and I want to use my 2sims on it.
4. this model cost me around 350 US$ (silver color), that's a good deal; this year BF the 64G model were 350$ , also 128+6 G is around 500 US$ and I think its not worth the 150 extra $.
lafester said:
Read your post again and see you just want to flash other firmware. This is fine if you follow the twrp flashable firmware guide.
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You said bands are not changeable, but if I flash other models frimwares like U or G model if the bands weren't there it could cause problem.
another question is firmwares of the same models but with different storage ( 64/128G) or Ram (4/6G) are different?