Made in China or Taiwan? - HTC Excalibur

Hi, i just got another dash from a friend.
and this one is made in taiwan.
is it better than my Made in china one?
is there a difference?
the differences that I notices are:
the Taiwan screen is dimmer. low contrast?
China screen is brighter, more contrast
Taiwan keypad is purple color LED
China is blue Color LED
I searched, and i read Taiwan can over color to 288, so far it's not working,
Thanks
Edit::
for some reason, when i try to use a backup and restore it into the taiwan one, it thinks it's a different phone.
I have the same Rom and radio installed.
odd.

from your description it sounds like the one made in china has better quality.

It's one of them that just because it's from a certain country doesn't gurantee, has been known taiwan are meant to be better to OC but i think it's pick of the bunch, ya getz me

Did you update your firmware to one of good roms from here? It maybe explain why yours is brighter,higher contract..., etc.

I installed the same rom into both of them.
i also noticed for the china one, when i use the file explorer to look at programs without an icon, the icon flickers. (omap clock for example)
but for the taiwan one, theres no flickering.
does programs like omapclock flicker for u guys?
China one looks brighter and sharper, but the color seems more washed out.
the taiwan one seems to have better white.

I have a black dash that was made in china and the screen is noticeably brighter than my silver dash that isn't very old with the same wm6 rom.

Can you read the new one (Taiwan made) under direct sun light? If you can, it should be a better screen.

Brazilian one
Hi man, I have another model of Excalibur, the Brazilian...
I looked up for a amarecian (I think that's chinese) and I see more qualitty in the Brazilian one
By the way, here isn't S620, is S621, maybe a diferent model???
This freaks...

Saga23 said:
Hi man, I have another model of Excalibur, the Brazilian...
I looked up for a amarecian (I think that's chinese) and I see more qualitty in the Brazilian one
By the way, here isn't S620, is S621, maybe a diferent model???
This freaks...
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There can be differences between s620 & s621 some of the s621's where without wi-fi

Wi fi
stylez said:
There can be differences between s620 & s621 some of the s621's where without wi-fi
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I've not noticed about wi fi, maybe is a difference...
But mine have wifi and works very Well (thanks to god!!!)
But one thing is equal in all models, they're amazing

just wonder,
when u look at black on ur taiwan made ones, does it look negative? like funky looking?
can't explain it. almost like theres no light behind the black.
and when i use the china one. the black looks black. like backlit black.
i wonder if theres something wrong with the china lcd.
thanks

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Diamond VGA Colors Problem!

hey guy I own a HTC Fuze and is loaded with NATF v4.5S Rom and the color are amazing, but my diamond VGA color are too bright and doesn't look too real.
Any suggestion on what is causing that?
I thought it was the original rom I loaded with shak 4.0 ROM, but no luck.
i know that the diamond got two different types of displays
when white appears yellowish then you got the bad one
hope it helped
Hamido123 said:
i know that the diamond got two different types of displays
when white appears yellowish then you got the bad one
hope it helped
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Well it seen to be my case, but the question is one bought it jusst 3 days ago in best buy just i return it and chance it for another one? and see if is not yellowish before walk away from the store with it.
or thats not a big deal and i can still use it with no problem? or is going to cause me problem ?
thankx for the advise..
When the Diamond was launched - it was in mass demand with a few different companies make parts for it. HTC recognise some screens are not up to standard and will replace the faulty part if you contact them or alternative bring it back to the place of sale for a replacement.
Good luck
R3PUBL1K said:
When the Diamond was launched - it was in mass demand with a few different companies make parts for it. HTC recognise some screens are not up to standard and will replace the faulty part if you contact them or alternative bring it back to the place of sale for a replacement.
Good luck
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Thanks I will contact HTC

Rhodium Pics

A mate of mine bought a rhodium and kindly uploaded pics, have at it
I must say, it's pretty damn sexual.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmnnn, that's one nice phone. Thanks for the pictures.
Dave
I should add... that friend is me .
If anyone has questions I'll be happy to answer.
Damn you Oli - looks pretty damn nice.
You happy with it?
Dave
NIIIIIICE pics !! thanks for the upload..
I've had a bit more of a play with the device and as a previous Blackstone owner (Touch HD), there are some pretty noticeable differences in the UI which I'd thought I'd share for those who are interested and havn't yet got their own to play with.
Firstly, the start menu has now been totally replaced with a HTC version, which can be disabled it seems by browsing this forum, but TF3D offers no in-built method to disable it which is kind of annoying (see attached image).
Secondly, the TF3D menu style is extended into almost all programs. For example even in file explorer, opening the standard menu from the soft key shows a 'finger friendly enlarged menu' (see attached image).
Also the Bluetooth UI is completely different (see attached image).
Also a welcome change from the Blackstone is vibration feedback when using the on screen keyboard, and it also shows a button preview above the buttons when pressed (similar to the iPhone). Although this will be less useful since the device has a full QWERTY keyboard, but I'm assuming the Topaz (Diamond 2) has the same feature improvements, so it will be a welcome change for users of that device.
crypticalpha said:
I should add... that friend is me .
If anyone has questions I'll be happy to answer.
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Could you load Skyfire and see how it performs? Someone else mentioned that Skyfire was slow and i got the feeling that he just didn't want to do it.
How is the redraw in Opera, and most importantly how is the battery life?
Great pics
Thanks!
What does it use for a notification light on the front? I can't really find one...
I wanna ask, is there a proximity sensor or no? Cuz when reading some specs, some say it does have one, some don't say anything. The HTC website doesn't mention anything either.. So?
The more pics I see of the it , the better it looks! Can't wait to get it in the States!
LordLugard said:
Could you load Skyfire and see how it performs? Someone else mentioned that Skyfire was slow and i got the feeling that he just didn't want to do it.
How is the redraw in Opera, and most importantly how is the battery life?
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Can you clarify what you mean by redraw? Do you mean when you scroll around and have to wait for the page to be displayed in the newly visible area? As for battery life, no idea yet sorry. Havn't done much testing in that area.
BoostedSR20 said:
What does it use for a notification light on the front? I can't really find one...
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There aew two LED's on the top of the unit on either side of the speaker. The one on the left seems to indicate charge with an orange LED and notifications with a flashing green LED. Not sure what the other LED does yet (See attached image).
orbitalen said:
I wanna ask, is there a proximity sensor or no? Cuz when reading some specs, some say it does have one, some don't say anything. The HTC website doesn't mention anything either.. So?
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I can confirm there is. If I make a call and hold the phone to my head, the screen dims, when I bring it back down it comes to life again. Pretty cool .
What I will add though it the CorePlayer movie speed seems to be a bit better than the Touch HD (well from my experience anyway). I have only tried one 350MB TV Episode so far, but it managed 90.34% in a benchmark with a framerate of 21.7. Although there wasnt a lot of 'action' in my test video so it might be worse with other videos.
3g?
does the phone have 3g but for the US, specifically AT&T??, ohh and nice phone can't wait to buy it.
crypticalpha said:
There aew two LED's on the top of the unit on either side of the speaker. The one on the left seems to indicate charge with an orange LED and notifications with a flashing green LED. Not sure what the other LED does yet (See attached image).
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Sweetness. Doesnt seem as spiffy as the light on the Fuze, but good enough.
Thanx for the pic to BTW.
crypticalpha said:
There aew two LED's on the top of the unit on either side of the speaker. The one on the left seems to indicate charge with an orange LED and notifications with a flashing green LED. Not sure what the other LED does yet (See attached image).
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This is probably the ambient light detector for automatic control of LCD brightness under varying light levels.
I haven't seen the keyboard quite that close up before. Looks like there are Caps and FN LEDs at the top.
Thanks for the pics
oquen2001 said:
does the phone have 3g but for the US, specifically AT&T??, ohh and nice phone can't wait to buy it.
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There are two versions of the phone, one that supports 850MHz UMTS and one that does 900MHz UMTS.
My phone is the 900MHz version, which is what the networks in Australia use (EXCEPT for Telstra Next-G which is 850MHz in regional areas).
I 'THINK' the US uses the 850MHz UMTS band but since I don't live there, I can't really say for sure. But I do not know if the 850MHz version will be released at the same time.
would it be possible for you to take some pictures with the phone and some video so we can see the quality? Thanks!
doctajay said:
would it be possible for you to take some pictures with the phone and some video so we can see the quality? Thanks!
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I believe there's a sample video linked in the pocketnow full review--see quarintus' review thread in this forum for a link.
Well, when Olipro' mate has got this baby, we can expect Hard SPL on the way very soon.
Regards,
Carty..

Model name

Hello, i am looking forward to buy HOX, but i haven't find meaning of S720E, S720EB or S720EW. I am thinking if any of this can have wifi issue.
MrKaupo said:
Hello, i am looking forward to buy HOX, but i haven't find meaning of S720E, S720EB or S720EW. I am thinking if any of this can have wifi issue.
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The s720e is the model number if the phone. It comes in black and white, looks like some retailers have appended the first letter of the colour to the model name.
Oh sounds logical, probably in my store they placed wrong price tad to phone, because both (black and white) have ew at the end.

Does EVR-L29 only come in Blue?

Or is silver really available for EVR-L29?
Available in silver right here. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Huawei-Mat...cdecb9854:m:mbmVlXzSrP9-WyZWmeS0z2w:rk:1:pf:0
I just bought a blue from him. I've purchased a mate 8, p9 and p9 pro from this seller before. I debated hard on buying silver but for every picture I saw where it looked silver, I saw two more where it looked too purple.
NeutronBomb said:
Available in silver right here. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Huawei-Mat...cdecb9854:m:mbmVlXzSrP9-WyZWmeS0z2w:rk:1:pf:0
I just bought a blue from him. I've purchased a mate 8, p9 and p9 pro from this seller before. I debated hard on buying silver but for every picture I saw where it looked silver, I saw two more where it looked too purple.
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Yeap, that's the one I was going to buy but I was certain only blue is available for EVR-L29. All the other sellers online (ebay, amazon, wondamobil, etc...) only do EVR-L29 in blue. He's the only one doing silver. Interesting.
Got it in silver bought it from mobyshop Singapore they have international shipping methods.
casinca said:
Got it in silver bought it from mobyshop Singapore they have international shipping methods.
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Could you put a picture of the silver i look online but it's always d stock photo, nobody even shows the silver one in reviews
joselb said:
Could you put a picture of the silver i look online but it's always d stock photo, nobody even shows the silver one in reviews
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Ye you often see the blue one or china version in silver, there are some reviews from South Asian regions youtubers where you can sometimes see a view of it.
Not really good at photos and still have the back film on the phone but you can get an idea :
https://imgur.com/a/mO4eSJW
found a video with good enough quality to get a view of the color : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZXmQ5nxz3U
CCJ22 said:
Or is silver really available for EVR-L29?
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I’ve never seen it in any color but blue from a legitimate site
baskinrobbin said:
I’ve never seen it in any color but blue from a legitimate site
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Exactly my thoughts
It depends on the region it's sold in. I know in Malaysia it's sold in both blue and silver, while in Hong Kong it's in blue only.
Silver does exist, it's just more rare.
SmartPhonesFan said:
it is not rare .. on aliex all sellers selling both colors ..https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesal...SB_20190105155045&SearchText=HUAWEI+MATE+20+X
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I'm referring to EVR-L29, the global model.
Not EVR-AL00 the mainland China model. EVR-AL00 comes in more configurations. Silver, blue, 128G, 256G.
SmartPhonesFan said:
they will flash global firmware onto china fw ... just mention it to them ..
or go even here u will find 4 sellers with L29 -silver ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=huawei+mate+20+x&_sop=16
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Rebranding a Chinese Mate 20 series phone isn't possible. They will probably add play store, but that's the extent of what they can do.
who cares about the color? I assume you will throw a case on it anyway... ?
SmartPhonesFan said:
Man don't play smart boy .. I am telling you they can .. for $60 on top.. It is your fault you not reading my threads ..
Don't say ''not possible'' everything is possible !
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-x/how-to/guyyyz-revolutionary-message-flashing-t3884202
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It's not. Trust me. My full time job is reverse-engineering Huawei devices.
Many of the Chinese resellers who rebrand phones are my customers.
If someone tells you it is, they're mistaken. They're either scamming you, or they don't realize the changes in oeminfo for the Kirin 980 generation of phones. The oeminfo is encrypted/signed for each individual device, and modifying the regional branding isn't possible. Having a fully rebranded device isn't possible. Nobody has developed a way to do it, and sadly, it's looking unlikely to be able to fully rebrand the phone.
I'm only telling you to help you not get scammed. I'll be very impressed if you prove me wrong.
Do you have such a device in-hand? A screenshot of the About Phone screen?
SmartPhonesFan said:
I don't think they lying.. chinese can do anything .. and u can buy any tools and readers .. They will be probably removing chip on the phone flashing it with global rom with special tool connected to laptop using windows ..
you have to START BELIEVE
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It's not an issue of being able to write to the memory of the phone. Anyone can do this with an unlocked bootloader. The issue is the regional branding of the phone, and the inability to change it from all/cn to something else due to device-specific signing/encryption.
It's fine if you don't believe me, but I think you will be disappointed with what happens if you trust they can do it.
SmartPhonesFan said:
man absolutely no .. huawei /honor just making one production line where motherboards goes through the manuf. process and at the end of the line
they have PC and already set which firmware will goes to which piece or batches .. and worker just will flash it he has 3 ROMs global /EU and china ..
branding or region that is irrelevant..
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It seems that you have been very, very badly misinformed about both Huawei's production process and the relevancy of region/branding. Still, I'm very interested to see what the reseller ends up doing, so please let us know.
I did a quick search for EVR-L29 Malaysia and did come up with a midnight blue or phantom silver for sale on Expansys.
Ye Malaysia and Singapore are the only known regions that i know of which have both color EVR-L29, I'm not sure about 3rd party sellers, if it's true or not but since i bought it from an official seller/store, i have the phone and it's legit EVR-L29 phantom silver but not sure about the others. You're also covered with the 2 years Huawei warranty + mpen and smart cover free (maybe a limited time offer).
Most EVR-L29 from resellers are coming from HK supply and HK only have Blue for now in global version, that's why you see most of the time Blue ones.

Availabilities of the Mate 20 X (regions)

Hello everyone,
it's been 3 years ago since I've been rooting my Huawei P8Max and still have it and working fine. Although the stabilisator of my camer is out of place so it's making buzz sounds when using the camera and making bad photos. But also outdated too?
Anyway, I'm looking for a new phone and now it's between the Mate 20 and the Mate 20X. However... it's the same story again with the P8Max: not available for purchase here in the Netherlands.... What a [email protected]#*& joke! If I buy one from Chinese webstore, I may end up having Chinese apps with Chinese characters in lock screen and chinese characters in 'Configs - apps' which I cannot remove it despite I rooted it.
So what is the best place to buy the Mate 20X? German Mediamarks doesn't send to the Netherlands? Amazon? Or other places?
And what about the root possibilities? Has it changed much? Possible to root either the Mate 20 or Mate 20X? What can I do if rooted?
CTR640 said:
So what is the best place to buy the Mate 20X? German Mediamarks doesn't send to the Netherlands?
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You can buy in Mediamarkt.de and use a package forwarding service like Mailboxde.com
Governa said:
You can buy in Mediamarkt.de and use a package forwarding service like Mailboxde.com
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Can you explain more on how? I live a bit too far from the Germany borders so if I have to go over there, I can't. I don't own a car too.
CTR640 said:
Can you explain more on how? I live a bit too far from the Germany borders so if I have to go over there, I can't. I don't own a car too.
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Register on Mailboxde.com , they will provide you with their German address and a code. Order online from Mediamarkt.de and use the address Mailboxde provided, and in the name field put the code. Once they receive the package, it will be reshipped to your Dutch address for a fee. 15-20 Euros if I recall, depending on size and weight.
Read their website, it explains all in detail.
I believe you can buy it off clove and they are also including the m-pen and flip case cover. There are normally quite a few available from either Norway or Switzerland on eBay that have international shipping.
Why is that device so little spread with stores ? I bought it in the end at Saturn here in Germany, and I know its available at Mediamarkt. But then thats almost the same store these days.
But other than that, its hardly anywhere available in stores, local or online. How come ?
Is it that new ? I dont know when it was released here in germany. But since the above big local stores have it, why not more ? And especially online stores. Is that phone going to be one of those hardly introduced ones ?
wpkwolfseye said:
Why is that device so little spread with stores ? I bought it in the end at Saturn here in Germany, and I know its available at Mediamarkt. But then thats almost the same store these days.
But other than that, its hardly anywhere available in stores, local or online. How come ?
Is it that new ? I dont know when it was released here in germany. But since the above big local stores have it, why not more ? And especially online stores. Is that phone going to be one of those hardly introduced ones ?
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Exactly my thoughts. I thought Huawei has learned from the Huawei P8Max which was way to hard to get it and yet it happens with the 20X too!
I bought mine on Chinese webstore and I won't make the mistake again as I know there are European, Global and Chinese version. I didn't knew that back in 2015.
Mine was Chinese and it contained a lot of chinese bloat and apps I don't understand. German Mediamarkt sells the Mate 20X but Dutch Mediamarks doesn't?? Wtf?? Now I either got the choices to get it from European eBay sellers or Amazon.co.uk. I am only worried about the warranty between the countries and some has reported they got problems with the OLED screen after 4 days of use. And another thing is, I thought the Mate 20X has theTwilight version too but nope, only in silver and blue and I've seen the Mate20 Twilight in real store and I like it. So after a week of searching lots of informations and all, I'm thinking to go for the Mate20 here in the Netherlands to save myself from lots of troubles and headache. Shipping also takes long too :/
After gathering the info, this is what I've been told:
AL-00 is Chinese version
L29 is Europer version or non-Chinese
I never understood why there is always these differences with smartphones. Its like here in germany, when there is a new Smartphone introduced, its usually that we dont get all the colors (why the hell not???) or we only get the 256 GB version or only the 128 GB version or this or that, the other versions are always available in other countries only. I dont get it. Nowadays its slowly getting a bit more in regards to colors, that its not usually only the black, white & silver (or grey) version of phones that you can get here. But still, with a lot of phones its still the usual "This Version is not available here!" or so.
People are tired of only the basic colors by now. From different-size memory on the phone models i dont even wanna start, you only always get one model or maybe two, while there are in fact 3 or 4. Who decides what amount of memory people here "would want" to have, or which color we can get and why.
I am glad i found the Mate 20 X in Saturn & Mediamarkt in town, so I had it easy in this case. I could simply go there and buy it, but honestly i would have preferred ordering online with Amazon.
I think I made my choice: I'll go for the Mate 20 Twilight in my country to save myself lots of troubles and headache and eventually shipping when something is broken or some problems on the OLED screen of the Mate 20X. Just the colors black, blue and silver are simply boring, all my family have the basic black or grey colors of their iPhone, Samsung and Huawei. It would have been an insta-buy if Huawei sells the mate 20X Twilight in Netherlands too but nope, their logic is flawed, big time. #@&* it.
Is the Mate 20 root-able? And what can I do with it once it's rooted? Or should I keep it stock? I do know for sure it will have no more the chinese apps and characters like my P8Max have when I bought it from gizok. My cousin has the P10 from our country and he has no gibberish apps and I also have seen the Mate 20 in real life in a store, so beautiful phone And 3.5mm audiojack too!!!
In addition to the very little availability of the Mate 20 X (whyever), there are also hardly any good cases for it. Already asked UAG (Urban Armor Gear) which I used a lot over the years for many phones, but even they dont have any immediate plans to make a case for that phone. I suppose Huawei f**** that up, with releasing the phone so little compared to the other Mate 20 models. I dont get these companies, I really dont.
Yes, I experienced that about hardly good cases indeed! I was searching for good cases and the ones I found or suits my needs or I like, are not available for Mate 20X.
One more reason to go for the Mate 20 non-X. It's really a shame :/
True, but that doesnt make me scare away from the phone. There are several reasons, for me, why i wouldnt go for the other Mate 20 versions. For me, that large display is simply awesome. In addition, something i really hate on all the phones that have come to use these "supposedly" fancy edge displays. Samsung started this, and since the S6 Edge I learned one thing, rounded displays are prown to being broken very quickly. And repair costs of those is always much higer than with non-edge displays. The other Mate 20s have, as far as I know, all a rounded display, and already for that they are not interesting for me. Also, and i know that seems to be something one sooner or later has to get used to (but as long as I dont have to, why should I), i hate Headphone adapters. And the longer I can avoid using them, i will.
But the size of this phone is what really attracts me. Guess I can only hope some better cases come out in time.
wpkwolfseye said:
The other Mate 20s have, as far as I know, all a rounded display
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No, only the Mate 20 Pro.
Even so, but the other Mate 20s dont have that appeal to me.
Ye, I really would love a huge display and that's why I've been searching to death. I don't care about what everyone says about the size. The OLED display is also really nice too.
Filtering the search results on eBay shows some sellers from UK and EU which is pretty nice. They shouldn't be Chinese versions?
These are search results:
https://www.ebay.nl/sch/GSMs/9355/i...te%2020%20X&_nkw=mate+20+x&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=3
And a phone without a 3.5mm audiojack means: a very big no-no, end of story. Adapters are prone to be broken very soon or to get lost.

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