I'm looking to buy a new phone and considering both the Honor 7X and the Redmi 5 Plus. The main deterrent from the 7X is that listing that are priced competitively are all for AL or TL versions of the phone. The AL version has 1 out of 8 Bands for 4G and 1 out of 2 Bands for 3G on Telus in Canada. It also comes with a custom "Global" ROM that the seller installs. I'm wondering if the AL version can be rooted so that I can install the same ROMs shared on this website. Or at the very least using OTA to update to a non-Chinese version of Oreo. I'd also like to know if only using half the bands for 3G is going to affect my reception. I don't care about 4G too much since I don't use data.
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Hello, I heard a rumour to use the new mi mix 2s in the USA you need to buy the 8gb ram/256 model?
Anyone know if that is true. I would prefer to use the lower versions of the mi mix 2s on T-Mobile in the USA but worried it won't work.
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Hello, I heard a rumour to use the new mi mix 2s in the USA you need to buy the 8gb ram/256 model?
Anyone know if that is true. I would prefer to use the lower versions of the mi mix 2s on T-Mobile in the USA but worried it won't work.
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I doubt that's true. The bands are the same and the Mix2 works on both gsm and cdma (Verizon) lte. Since the new T-Mobile bands (band 60?) aren't widely deployed, I don't think you'll have a problem.
stu5797 said:
Hello, I heard a rumour to use the new mi mix 2s in the USA you need to buy the 8gb ram/256 model?
Anyone know if that is true. I would prefer to use the lower versions of the mi mix 2s on T-Mobile in the USA but worried it won't work.
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You should be fine...like the post above stated, the main T-Mobile frequencies are present. However, you will be missing band 66 and 71, the latter of which is becoming more and more important (the state of Wyoming, for instance, is almost exclusively band 71 on T-Mobile). Unfortunately it may take a while for Xiaomi or similar phones to support band 71 as it's been really slow in getting manufacturers to adopt this band, excepting Samsung, LG, and Moto. But in any case, all variants of the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S do have the vast majority of T-Mobile's network covered vis-a-vis LTE banding.
It looks like all global versions of the Mi Mix 2S are compatible with T-Mobile LTE. But only the 256GB version of the Mi Mix 2S is compatible with Verizon. So if you're only worried about T-Mobile you should be fine.
I'm also in the same doubt..
Here in France we get the new b28 lte band, which is perfectly supported in the mi mix 2 whatever version, but in the 2s, it seems to be only supported on the 256 go/international version which is very very expensive!
But on some merchant (gearbest, aliexpress, etc...) the description of 64go global version say b28 lte band compatible...
Both 256go and 64go get the same cpu, snapdragon 845, and then the same lte modem...
So is there a chance to get a 64go global version compatible with this lte band, or could it possible to unlock the missing band with some tweaks???
Hello all, I was planning on getting the Note 10 plus international to use on ATT in the US. The reason being is because the Exynos has support for rooting and custom roms. My question is if i were to purchase the international version, what would be the difference between the 5G and regular 4G? Would the 5G work in the US? Regular bands seems identical on both devices, but would the 5g also work once they are available?
Thank you in advance
I currently have the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950F/DS Dual SIM. It been working great for the past couple of years.
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Hello all, I was planning on getting the Note 10 plus international to use on ATT in the US. The reason being is because the Exynos has support for rooting and custom roms. My question is if i were to purchase the international version, what would be the difference between the 5G and regular 4G? Would the 5G work in the US? Regular bands seems identical on both devices, but would the 5g also work once they are available?
Thank you in advance
I currently have the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950F/DS Dual SIM. It been working great for the past couple of years.
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This is up to you if you want too future proof the device with getting 5h or not so? I recall 5g will be rolling out slowly in the US.
Thats the idea, but will it actually work? On att in the US if I purchase the international 5g model?
Ps. Is the snapdragon versions still an issue to install custom roms?
I don't know if it's important for you, but the 5g model is single sim only. Dual sim is only available on the 4g version.
Had the dual sim for my note 8 because of availability, but I do not have a need for the dual sim. Just was curious as to the band compatibility of 5g because i cant find anywhere where it states that the european 5g is the same as us 5g
I have been out of this game for quite a while since I have been using a company provided phone. Now I need a phone for personnel use. My question is do these cheaper Samsung phones even thought they are marketed to different regions have the same radio's? I purchased the A505G (global version) because it was $100 cheaper than the A505U (US version). There is also a Canadian version too. My question is would I get better LTE reception with the US version. Because I am only getting about 1 to 2 bars at my house.
My work phone is on verizon and I only get 2-3 bars. So, I am mostly likely just in an area with poor reception. Is there any difference between the different version?
Its an old thread but there are others who should be warned that phones in other regions frequently are not compatible with US/Canada. Only the Canadian/Latin American versions have good compatibility in US (still less than the US version). The European/Asian versions are not compatible with Verizon.
Hey guys I am getting my wife a 7t. I was going to get it from their official site but noticed that Amazon had the 7t with 256gb ROM for cheaper. I noticed in the reviews a few people were complaining its the Chinese model (HD1900) and that its not global version. Should I cancel my order and just get it from one plus' website or am I fine with the one coming from amazon?
Don't take my word only but I don't think there is a specific model for China. I believe there is only a global model, european model and indan model. And a T-Mobile model if you want to count that. So I would think you probably got the global model and should be good but let someone else come in here and confirm it
You should be fine, I have the same model. all I did was change the rom to the global rom because it does come with Hydrogen OS. And also it should work fine with US carriers, I tried T-mobile, Verizon and AT&T
I think the basic differences between various variants are the network frequency bands. The question is which bands are supported in your region. On the basis of that, you can choose the correct variant.
https://www.oneplus.com/7t/specs
See the connectivity section for details.
I am from India and I ordered 7T from amazon and I got the Indian variant (HD1901).
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I think the basic differences between various variants are the network frequency bands. The question is which bands are supported in your region. On the basis of that, you can choose the correct variant.
https://www.oneplus.com/7t/specs
See the connectivity section for details.
I am from India and I ordered 7T from amazon and I got the Indian variant (HD1901).
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This.
HD1900 is missing bands 25, 30, 46, 66, 71.
25 is a superset of 2, currently used by Sprint and potentially by TMobile eventually.
30 is important for ATT.
66 is a superset of 4, used by all the main supported carriers, although generally you'll be fine with just band 4.
71 is TMobile's new lowband frequency.
Yes, the hd1900 would likely work fine with all the carriers, especially in urban areas. However, reception may be spottier (lack of lowband 71), or bandwidth may be lower (4 instead of 66, missing 30).
My guess is the hardware is the same, but there hasn't been much effort to figure out how to unlock the other bands.
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This.
HD1900 is missing bands 25, 30, 46, 66, 71.
25 is a superset of 2, currently used by Sprint and potentially by TMobile eventually.
30 is important for ATT.
66 is a superset of 4, used by all the main supported carriers, although generally you'll be fine with just band 4.
71 is TMobile's new lowband frequency.
Yes, the hd1900 would likely work fine with all the carriers, especially in urban areas. However, reception may be spottier (lack of lowband 71), or bandwidth may be lower (4 instead of 66, missing 30).
My guess is the hardware is the same, but there hasn't been much effort to figure out how to unlock the other bands.
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Ah, I cannot confirm that whether the hardware is the same or not. But in other threads, people are saying that if you flash the roms of other regions you can unlock those bands. There are many tutorials out there on how to unlock all bandwidths. I'm giving some useful links. Read them. Maybe you can find what you're looking for.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80656037&postcount=2
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7t/how-to/oneplus-7t-hardware-variants-codenames-t3981187
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/guide-unlock-aditional-bands-for-qualcomm-devices-oneplus-one-edition.193610/
Well i got it the 7t today and it works great with my carrier (Cricket but it shows AT&T in the menu). Im really impressed with it especially for paying less than $500, its a bit snappier than my s10+. It already had Oxygen 10.0.4 installed and I just flashed 10.0.7 global and it gave me an OTA for 10.0.9. Really nice phone!
I am considering purchasing the OnePlus 9 or 9 Pro. As a longtime T-Mobile customer I want to know if the International version of the phone is 100% compatible with T-Mobile. I have read on some web sites that there are frequency bands missing on the International version that are supported on the T-Mobile version. I would prefer to buy the International version because updates would come sooner. Does anyone have any information on this? Thanks!
Yes, my last 2 Global OnePlus's works great with tmobile usa including 5g...
I used 3T, 5, 6T, 7Pro and 8Pro international version with TMO sim and no issues. All works great (in my area) including 5G. (not sure about the SA band on OnePlus though, only recently updated my sim card and 5G SA works on my international S21 Ultra).
You'll have to make sure you get a model with the right bands when it comes out.
I always buy from the manufacture. The mobile cell providers always have to add their crummy annoying software tweaks.
I do not case which one as long as custom recovery and custom rom are available
I'm also a long time T-Mobile customer, and I will always buy from the manufacturer going forward. T-Mobile puts too much crapware on the phones. I also like to root and mod my device, and it's a real pain to do that on a T-Mobile device.
Been on TMo for ages. Still will alway sbuy the unlocked international version.