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Greetings, few days ago I was in China and bought GN 2014. As most of you know in China they block access to play store and install their own firmware. I already rooted my device, and was wondering how I can enable all languages, because currently, there are 3 languages. And also, How to install play market on it. I tried downloading apk. file, but its not working (Installed but won't open)
Help please. (Sorry if this question is too noobish)
I think that the device then has no Google license, making it impossible. There are only the various other stores.
This is definitely the case with exotics, like car stereos(Parrot Asteroid). In this case theres probably a solution, which of course requires root.
Why don't you try to flash with ODIN some of the official ROMs ? Then you will have no need of ROOT and will have all the languages. What is the model name exactly ?
simichoil said:
Why don't you try to flash with ODIN some of the official ROMs ? Then you will have no need of ROOT and will have all the languages. What is the model name exactly ?
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 SM-P601
Where can I get those official Roms?
Simple_noob said:
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 SM-P601
Where can I get those official Roms?
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Here
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-P601
Flashing an other stock firmware works fine I did it on mine.
But expect some little lag there wasn't on the chinese firmware.
I'm in China too and am considering buying the Note 10.1 so I'll be facing the same problem.
With a Chinese friend's Asus Transformer Prime, I flashed an official Taiwanese ROM so that she could access Google Play, but with this method you no longer get OTA updates. Also, as mickmad noted above, you can sometimes get unpredictable performance issues if you use ROMs intended for another region. Only later did I find that you could just install the necessary Google apps while keeping the original ROM. Here's a method devilfun here on XDA used for the Prime, perhaps it will work with the Note:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21094128&postcount=11
The .rar referenced was a package of Google apps, I think. I haven't checked the package myself, but note that you probably need GoogleServicesFramework.apk and Googleloginservice.apk in addition to the obvious ones. Simple_noob may have been unsuccessful for any one of several reasons:
1. The apks were copied to the wrong location before installation.
2. Not all the necessary apks were copied.
3. The necessary file permissions were not set.
If you can work it out, let us potential Note buyers in China know how you did it!
Well when i said more lag I meant that other region firmwares have all the samsung apps which tends to produce some little lag (where chinese firware has only a limited part of these samsung apps.)
Really no big deal as it will be corrected in future versions I am sure (see the example of mk1 firmware for p600)
Not sure for OTAs thought, but i never waited for them anyway on my other devices.
And just to got the samsung keyboard (and not the one for chinese which is different) it already worst the change .... plus getting rid of chinese useless apps, some settings which weren't in english even the language was set to english ... choice between almost any language ... and so on
Thanks a lot to everyone who replied and helped.
I installed needed firmware and everything works perfectly
Hello,
Im living in china and I plan to buy a 10.1 2014 for my gf. But no way i keep the original chinese without the google apps (google play most of all).
I just need the root and to install the google apps. (and after i can freez the chinese bloatware).
Anybody successed to root with Auto-root ?
Which procedure shall i follow to install those google apps ??
Thanks a lot !
digitalH said:
Hello,
Im living in china and I plan to buy a 10.1 2014 for my gf. But no way i keep the original chinese without the google apps (google play most of all).
I just need the root and to install the google apps. (and after i can freez the chinese bloatware).
Anybody successed to root with Auto-root ?
Which procedure shall i follow to install those google apps ??
Thanks a lot !
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CF Auto root works. I did it and there were no problems
Note 10.1 bought in China without Play Store
Simple_noob said:
Thanks a lot to everyone who replied and helped.
I installed needed firmware and everything works perfectly
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I have the same case as yours. I am planning to do the same as you did. Can you help provide the steps on how to flash another stock firmware for Note 10.1 P-601 model? Which region/country firmware did you use?
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I have the same case as yours. I am planning to do the same as you did. Can you help provide the steps on how to flash another stock firmware for Note 10.1 P-601 model? Which region/country firmware did you use?
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Just follow these steps :
1, Download any region / country rom from this link , preferable MJB being the latest. http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-P601.
2. Extract the downloaded zip file.
3. Extract the attached odin 3.09.
4. Enter download mode by pressing power+volume down , then volume up.
5. Connect your PC/Laptop to your Note , wait till the com port turns blue.
6. Flash the .tar file of the rom through "AP" & hit start.
7. Wait till flash is complete, & note restarts.
8. You now will have a working PLAY STORE.
other download links or torrents for official firmware
Great info supplied in the above posts ! I also currently have a P601 bought in China and would like to change the firmware but the rapidgator and terafile links aren't working so well for me.
Terafile now has a limit of one Gig for free users and rapidgator downloads keep failing mid way.
Does anyone have any torrent links or other download links for the official firmware?
Thanks in advance.
Hello,
I'm interested as I'm in the same case. Where can I download a good English version (wifi +3G)?
Buy a Samsung tablet from the US (or Europe) next time!
Simple_noob said:
Greetings, few days ago I was in China and bought GN 2014. As most of you know in China they block access to play store and install their own firmware. I already rooted my device, and was wondering how I can enable all languages, because currently, there are 3 languages. And also, How to install play market on it. I tried downloading apk. file, but its not working (Installed but won't open)
Help please. (Sorry if this question is too noobish)
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I have the US model (SM-P6000ZKVXAR) and have all 52 languages. Here is the list.
The language list is the same as the UK Galaxy Note 3.
Full List of All 52 Languages
- Azerbaijani
- Catalan
- Czech
- Danish
- German (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
- Estonian
- English (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, US)
- Spanish (Spain, US)
- Basque
- French (France, Switzerland)
- Irish
- Galician
- Croatian
- Icelandic
- Italian
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Hungarian
- Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands)
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Uzbek (Latin)
- Polish
- Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal)
- Romanian
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Serbian (Latin)
- Finnish
- Swedish
- Turkish
- Greek
- Bulgarian
- Kazakh
- Macedonian
- Russian
- Ukrainian
- Georgian
- Armenian
- Arabic (United Arab Emirates)
- Korean
- Chinese (Simplified)
Hi all,
I recently received a second hand Z00AD (2GB / 32GB, 1.83Ghz) which I believe was purchased from China (it has a Chinese manual & charger). It was running a WW firmware when I first received it, which OTAed up to 2.20.40.97 (WW) when I got it out of the box.
I wasn't too surprised that the phone came with a lot of Chinese apps built into the firmware - e.g. a Chinese game store, lots of links to Yahoo China & a couple of other Chinese apps - and also defaulted to the Chinese language on a factory reset (but could be changed to English easily enough).
I figured that if I downloaded the latest full version of WW_2.20.40.97 from Asus' website, adb sideloaded it & did a factory reset in Recovery that I would lose all the Chinese apps & perhaps default to English. To my surprise, however, all the Chinese apps remained!
I downloaded the firmware from here:
https://www.asus.com/Phone/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/HelpDesk_Download/
My questions are:
1. Does flashing WW_2.20.40.97 default to the Chinese language & come preloaded with Chinese apps on all devices?
2. If it does, are there official firmwares that do not come with Chinese apps?
3. If it doesn't then why is this happening on my phone & is there a way to modify my device to behave like a worldwide phone without Chinese apps?
4. Is it possible to default the language to English after a factory reset?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
Mike
Try to reflash, maybe fix this time.
mwarner said:
Hi all,
My questions are:
1. Does flashing WW_2.20.40.97 default to the Chinese language & come preloaded with Chinese apps on all devices?
2. If it does, are there official firmwares that do not come with Chinese apps?
3. If it doesn't then why is this happening on my phone & is there a way to modify my device to behave like a worldwide phone without Chinese apps?
4. Is it possible to default the language to English after a factory reset?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
Mike
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On a US model, flashing the WW firmware defaults to English and does not have any Chinese apps visible/installed.
You mentioned Z00AD, my US model uses Z00A firmware. Maybe you need to use Z00A instead of Z00AD?
chp said:
On a US model, flashing the WW firmware defaults to English and does not have any Chinese apps visible/installed.
You mentioned Z00AD, my US model uses Z00A firmware. Maybe you need to use Z00A instead of Z00AD?
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The firmware I pointed to in the post is suited to these phones:
ASUS ZenFone 2=ZE551ML(Z00AD/Z00ADA/Z00ADB/Z00ADC) software Image: V2.20.40.97 for WW SKU only*
I don't think there are other firmwares for the Zenfone 2 on Asus' website? Is your product code also ZE551ML?
Mike
Yes, I have the US release of the ZE551ML (4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage, 2.3 GHz)
After looking a bit more closely, it looks like it is actually the Z00AD, not the Z00A. Sorry about that. There must be somewhere else in the phone that identifies itself as a CN model vs WW, I'm guessing.
You should have done factory reset after flashing WW firmware or at least wiped cache and data. If you insist you don't need to wipe you might check if those apps are uninstallable. They could have updated via PlayStore so the system keeps newer downloaded versions as user installed apks.
Hello,
Just got a hold of a AT&T Note 5. From what I have read so far, I understand you cannot use a different firmware without bricking the phone. On my version, there is only a handful of languages available, which is very different from the regular Android versions I have encountered. Is there a firmware available for this particular model that have more languages?
Thanks.
How to add Langugage (Russian) ?
Please help me to install Russian langugage to Phone Settings !:плач::плач::плач:
EkkoBravoDelta said:
there is only a handful of languages available
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I believe this is an internal debloating process decision since the AT&T phones was only made for use in the United States anyway. It seems as though you are out of luck, since rooting isn't an option, so you may have to buy another rootable Note5 (or phone)
So im thinking about buying a mate 20x!
As im in Hongkong i have plenty of options to consider:
1: used one (store) for 2700hkd , global. Mint condition, dont know about battery though... Could be bad, because its been on the charger constantly?
2: new global, 4700hkd,
3: new chinese, 128gb, 3700hkd.
(1000hkd is roughly 100€)
I was thinking about getting the chinese Version, because its cheaper. Also i like to tinker around with open bootloader and custom roms. Is there anyone out there though that could get Banking apps to work? (Magisk?) Does Google Pay work on the chinese version?
Is it possible to completly transform the cn version into global, with an open bootloader, so i dont run into annoying problems everyday with google services?
Or maybe just a complete custom rom?
Chrisxe said:
So im thinking about buying a mate 20x!
As im in Hongkong i have plenty of options to consider:
1: used one (store) for 2700hkd , global. Mint condition, dont know about battery though... Could be bad, because its been on the charger constantly?
2: new global, 4700hkd,
3: new chinese, 128gb, 3700hkd.
(1000hkd is roughly 100€)
I was thinking about getting the chinese Version, because its cheaper. Also i like to tinker around with open bootloader and custom roms. Is there anyone out there though that could get Banking apps to work? (Magisk?) Does Google Pay work on the chinese version?
Is it possible to completly transform the cn version into global, with an open bootloader, so i dont run into annoying problems everyday with google services?
Or maybe just a complete custom rom?
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In your situation, I would go for the Chinese, new. For that price, it worths every cent.
Periodically you can get boot unlocked code. Then you will be able to install global 2.2 rom, magisk incorporated: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ma...-mate-20-x-global00ized-2-0-emui-9-1-t3920956. It's 9.1 beta. As long as you stay rooted (magisk) you can have Google Pay operational with this method: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/magisk-google-pay-gms-17-1-22-pie-t3929950.
But you may never have Q10 and beyond. Nor even 9.1 beyond beta. Huawei has implemented a new memory system erofs and installed the system as read only. There are some promising attempts to break through though.
I'd get the Chinese version local. I had the AL00 and had no problems with Google play services. For the price, I wouldn't worry about the battery too much. This phone has a couple mAh to spare....
HI friends, I have made a mistake buying iqoo9 from Aliexpress without reading the OS description. I read somewhere that vivo is supposed to be offering the option for owners to switch to funtouch is that true will I be able to do that or was that just a rumor?
Thanks in advance
Hi guys,
same situation for me. I have bought the IQOO 9 pro PD2172A and I would try to flash PD2172F ROM but I don't want to brick my phone.
I hope there is someone expert who can help.
Thank you
Same situation for me!
Bad news guys I contacted Vivo. Switching is not possible as the Chinese version is made for Chinese audience and won't let you flash funtouch. At this point all I can hope for is to be at least able to access USB debugging and remove vivos bloatware.
moe990 said:
Bad news guys I contacted Vivo. Switching is not possible as the Chinese version is made for Chinese audience and won't let you flash funtouch. At this point all I can hope for is to be at least able to access USB debugging and remove vivos bloatware.
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Hi mate, can you post us the link please? I would try to convince them to give us the possibility to switch to Global rom. At the end we have spent a lot of money for this flagship and if they don't want to lose customers in the future, they should make us happy in someway.
So there's no single way for us now to be able to flash something different onto it? Nobody tried?
the main problem is to find the original ROM so in case of problems you can revert back.
Hi there,
I've got 9 Pro version and I am interested too. is it possible to unlock bootloader? Developer options are very limited - most of functions are grayed.
PanNet said:
Hi there,
I've got 9 Pro version and I am interested too. is it possible to unlock bootloader? Developer options are very limited - most of functions are grayed.
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Unfortunately you can't. They won't even let you use root account to use adb debugging mode to remove their crap bloatware. Unfortunate that an incredible phone like this with amazing specs is locked. I would be happy if they let me at least use adb
Do you think it's possibile at least to flash the Global version over the China version?
warrio said:
Do you think it's possibile at least to flash the Global version over the China version?
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No the Chinese phone are branded with different model code even if we assume you manage to get to bootloader which they already have locked and when I asked them they said no. We don't allow bootloader access for phones made for Chinese markets
Traying to find the correct stock software to the Chinese version of Iqoo 9 Pro I found instead software to F model not A. I didn't know the F model does exist at all. Recently Vivo released this model (9 Pro) to India market but I am not convinced it is V2172F. Possibly this software could be downloaded to ours 9 Proses after bootloader unlocked. Am I right?
Vivo Iqoo 9 Pro PD2172F Firmware Flash File (Stock ROM Guide)
If you're a Vivo Iqoo 9 Pro PD2172F user and looking for the official Stock Firmware to download, you can follow this full guide below. Here you can check
www.getdroidtips.com
Regards'
PanNet said:
Traying to find the correct stock software to the Chinese version of Iqoo 9 Pro I found instead software to F model not A. I didn't know the F model does exist at all. Recently Vivo released this model (9 Pro) to India market but I am not convinced it is V2172F. Possibly this software could be downloaded to ours 9 Proses after bootloader unlocked. Am I right?
Vivo Iqoo 9 Pro PD2172F Firmware Flash File (Stock ROM Guide)
If you're a Vivo Iqoo 9 Pro PD2172F user and looking for the official Stock Firmware to download, you can follow this full guide below. Here you can check
www.getdroidtips.com
Regards'
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I don't know about the Indian version I looked for the model number but don't seem to find it. Either way there is no point of that. I already tried to do extract the boot file and attached it to magisk here is the catch you can't run that without bootloader unlocked
If you looking for chiness file, you may find on PAID website, such as ROMDevelopers ETC
Quick update I managed to remove a lot of vivos bloatware, not all but most of them using adb appcontrol just wanted to leave this here in case someone may find use of this info
Hi Moe990
I am doing the same and building a list of what is safe to remove.
A few weeks ago I removed an APP that disabled my NFC (Google Pay) - I had to factory reset my phone
Have you managed to remove :
- Music and Video players
- Phone / SMS / Contact APP
Thanks
Nah not everything is removable. But I'm glad with what I removed so far
I noticed I cannot google back up my phone. its greyed out ... so annyoing
Hello I'm new member who also buy Chinese version I very like this smart phone.
I found on the internet this method https://vivogeek.com/root-vivo-iqoo-9-pro/
but I don't have usb c to normal usb to try....
maybe somebody who can connect original cabel will check this method...
IguanaX said:
Hello I'm new member who also buy Chinese version I very like this smart phone.
I found on the internet this method https://vivogeek.com/root-vivo-iqoo-9-pro/
but I don't have usb c to normal usb to try....
maybe somebody who can connect original cabel will check this method...
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If something looks so easy it cannot be true. This metod simply does not work.