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Suckit wrote: »

That is not entirely true. The Global 4X had Band 20, still does if you can find anyone with any in stock.
The Software can often determine the bands. The LTE global bands are often all available in the SOCs and e.g. Xiaomi can choose whether or not to enable them.

It seems to be whatever the seller chooses to call it.
There are working Roms for both the Note 4X and Note 4 (SD625 version) that unlock Band 20. I do not know where to get them though.

But thats not accurate at all.

Saying Note 4X is like saying iPhone, which one? There are at least 5 models using that monicker. Global again refers to the software version. According to any official(or sortof) source theres no B20.



Some Chinese OEMs licence a reduced band set on the same chipset and thus have hardware for a little more than is enabled. Its not the rule, but in those cases you can use some very awkward Qualcomm software to unlock the remaining bands. Do it wrong and the phone is f'cked. With MTK I'm not sure of the procedure is, same for HiSilicon.

ED E wrote: »

But thats not accurate at all.

Saying Note 4X is like saying iPhone, which one? There are at least 5 models using that monicker. Global again refers to the software version. According to any official(or sortof) source theres no B20.

Some Chinese OEMs licence a reduced band set on the same chipset and thus have hardware for a little more than is enabled. Its not the rule, but in those cases you can use some very awkward Qualcomm software to unlock the remaining bands. Do it wrong and the phone is f'cked. With MTK I'm not sure of the procedure is, same for HiSilicon.

I was referring to the Note 4X Global in these examples: Review, Product Link, This Forum thread

* Redmi Note 4(X) Global - "mido" firmware will support band 20. (2016102) Thanks @dogiex

and
Post

But i have since looked around and see that there is no official (of sorts) B20 version of the 4X. It is just crappy naming.
Anyway, it has taken up too much space and is derailing, so apologies.

@cmac2009
Not sure what you are referring to looking at this
http://c.mi.com/thread-7332-1-1.html

But the common answer from Xiaomi support after people have issues is "clean your cache"
Also try this

• Go to settings -> installed apps -> all
• Clear data search and search provider
• Reboot Phone

cmac2009 wrote: »

Can someone confirm they have same chinese characters on their gallery app? I've had a response on MIUI official forum and seems as if this was always there. I always though search image was in english, not chinese characters. Only noticed since I updated to MIUI 8

I'm on MIUI 8.5 but I have no search box in the Gallery App.

dball wrote: »

I'm lost here:
When i go int my contacts list on Icloud i can only see about 25 / 30 contacts,

Yet there hundreds of contacts on my phone - between gmail contacts, linkedin contact and others there are at least 300 - maybe more.

I've looked on itunes back up and on icloud but I cant find where i can put them all into one list.

I'm doing this as I am jumping ship and moving to android.

Then i have to go about importing a full contact list onto a new android

Anyone any tips or ideas where i should start?
Thanks in advance

thanks

Can you not just back them up to your sim card?

If not just sync them all to your gmail account.

thanks for all the replies but all of my contacts are not showing up on my gmail.
Only some of them

cmac2009 wrote: »

Thanks Scotty. So strange, not sure why its there as I'm running xiaomi.eu rom.

Not sure if you saw previous post. But just in case you did not,try this:

• Go to settings -> installed apps -> all
• Clear data search and search provider
• Reboot Phone

Also, since Scottys reply.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-2/help/how-to-disable-search-box-miui-8-t3454011


Specifically Post #5

Sorry to the regulars, but the range of phones is mind-boggling..

Could anyone suggest a phone to meet these criteria:

- must be rooted / rootable
- have band 20
- at least 3gb / 32gb
- available in EU warehouse

The rootable thing is the most important to me.. not too bothered about custom roms - it's mainly for adblocking (and kimovil doesn't seem to have it as a search criterion)..

Phone-wise, anything with decent battery life and reasonable screen / sound - camera not an issue, snapdragon preferable, vanilla android preferable (not a deal breaker)..

Appreciate any help, as I currently find myself using an old windows phone - need to get sorted asap

Suckit wrote: »

I find myself constantly looking back at the Maze Alpha.
It is on Geekbuying for €183 from Italy at the minute

Thanks - extra 4% for subscribing to newsletter brings it to 176.11 (+3.95 shipping)

Certainly seems a lot of phone for the money..

I bought a Xiaomi redmi 4X last week from Banggood - Global version,
to be honest i couldn't have given two ****es what plug came with it - I don't remember even considering it.
I am falling over plugs and tripping over usb cables here in my house.

Your wan/man emailed me telling me that they didn't have a EU plug and would I accept a $2 dollar refund to make up for it.
I agreed and instructed him/her to do this
The cheeecky little fecker lodged €1 as a refund - but i let it go.

Dear Customer
Thank you for your shopping at Geekbuying.
Your phone is available now,
We really apologize that only the Travel Power Adaptor with UK Socket Plug couldn't pass our strict quality test, the next batch will need 10 days.
So would you like us to remove this only one Adaptor(you can buy it in your local place) and send your phone right away? And we will refund you 2$.
Looking forward to your soonest reply. we apologize for this embarrassed inconvenience .
Any questions, Please feel free to contact us
Nice day
Cecilia

Suckit wrote: »

The Doogee Mix is on Amazon and has Custom Roms
Might be another option to look at.

Cheers,

My phone made a Lazarus recovery after a night in a bag of rice on the radiator.
Will be following this thread closely though.

Not sure whether to retire my current phone and get something decent, or else get a cheap Chinese number as a backup..



Edit: great link to the xda review thanks- that whole forum looks to be a great resource for checking phone performance stats..

Does anybody know if the Xiaomi MI A1 supports the Irish LTE Bands? And if so, which website would be the best place to buy it when the phone is released? I've been looking at Honorbuy but I'm new to buying Chinese phones and I'm not sure which sites are trustworthy.

ddx05 wrote: »

Does anybody know if the Xiaomi MI A1 supports the Irish LTE Bands? And if so, which website would be the best place to buy it when the phone is released? I've been looking at Honorbuy but I'm new to buying Chinese phones and I'm not sure which sites are trustworthy.

If you read the first post there is a list of recommended sellers

Honorbuy are fine and ship from Europe so no extra charges but they are currently very expensive for that phone €225 plus around 30 shipping fee compared to around €185 and free shipping on Geekbuying but with a chance of being hit for customs and a long enough wait to get the phone

Honorbuy seem to have stock, most of the Chinese sites are presale so if you want it quickly and dont mind paying over the odds then they are the choice

Hongkong Goldway on Aliexpress claim to have stock (black only) can be got duty free using the DHL shipping option works out at €237 shipped

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Global-Version-Xiaomi-Mi-A1-MiA1-Mobile-Phone-4GB-RAM-64GB-ROM-Snapdragon-625-Octa-Core/32830253938.html?dp=d23bee8d11a8d7ee85987eb9fddc0464&af=329643&cv=47843&afref=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.kimovil.com%252Fto%252FMT9ZM4&mall_affr=pr3&aff_platform=aaf&cpt=1506244067419&sk=VnYZvQVf&aff_trace_key=7c1a53510ed240cf9c02fd130a082a1b-1506244067419-07147-VnYZvQVf&terminal_id=6c3a6fb15a104a00bde32cf286e390e8