is there any difference between them?
I was just about to post this very question.
AL00 is China Unicom. While TL00 is either China Telecom or China Mobile, not sure.
"The telecommunications industry in China is dominated by three state-run businesses: China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_industry_in_China
If you are buying from China (i.e., from all re sellers), confirm all network bands are suitable to your country and make sure dual sim, dual 4g and other network issues are intact and not removed.
Also even though resellers give choice for international rom, im not sure if that device will receive OTA updates anymore as these phones are not international release versions and so because of difference in rom and model no. the OTA updates might no longer be received. So better to confirm before a purchase.
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I'm in China at the moment and here they are selling a slightly different version of the 920 called the 920T, this model should come with added support for the Chinese TD-SCDMA technology and it even has a slightly faster chip. I'm thinking about buying the phone in China, considering it is much cheaper than in Europe, my only question is if I will be able to use the phone on the European network without problems?
Hi guys,
I just bought a Chinese version of the X820 and I was wondering how do I move from China to Indian firmware? Do I do it via the updater and download the Indian firmware and renaming it to update.zip? (Not rooted)
and another question, which is better, Chinese or Indian version?
Thanks.
Yes, you can. I have flashed rom 16S X821 India for my mobile. Everything is ok.
Thanks. Which is better for you?
Hi, wanted to tell you that I moved from the chinese to the indian to the us version, didn't use the indian one, but between the us and chinese, the us is better as it doesnt have as much bloatware (for the rest is pretty much the same)
I had problems setting up the APN for my data on the Indian version tho. The China one was fine. Is saving APN working fine on the US version?
I didn't have to do anything after flashing the US one, so I would say that it just works.
Do all LTE bands sill work, whichever firmware you use?
Don't know about all of them, I'm currently in Asia, and this this had originally the Chinese version, flashed the us and still get 4g in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore.
I'm inclined to think that they do work no matter the ROM.
Btw, I was trying to go from Chinese 14s to US 16s and it got stucked in a boot loop, so I flashed again the Chinese, then went to the Indian one, I think 15s, and then the US one, it worked without an issue that way.
Now i'm using CN 16S. I have a problem with 4G+/LTE-A in Malaysia.
When it switch to 4G+ coverage, all phone signal include data and call will lost (Can't use at all)
No toggle switch to turn off 4G+ only, but able set preference to 3G to run without signal drop (Only HSPDA)
Now my containment solution of this is :-
In Malaysia, telco using CA for Band 3 and 7 for 4G+. The coverage for Band 3 is higher than band 7. So i disable the Band 7 to stop the phone switch to 4G+, I still able to enjoy the 4G of Band 3, rather than only set to 3G (HSPDA)
Anyone with better solution, please let me know. Thanks
Hey, I'm from Malaysia too. Had the same issue. You got to make a new APN. Eventho it looks like an APN has already been set, it still won't work. I find my LTE to be working again after I set a new APN.
Went to the shop to buy a Huawei Mate 20 Pro intending to use it in Asia (Taiwan) most of the time and got warned by the kind sales lady that their models (lya-l29) explicitly state that they are for European sim only.
AFAIK with my limited knowledge and experience that only USA bands are different from the rest of the world, and if it works in the European market it should work fine in various Asian countries as well.
Can anyone confirm this to reassure my doubts?
oraclexl said:
Went to the shop to buy a Huawei Mate 20 Pro intending to use it in Asia (Taiwan) most of the time and got warned by the kind sales lady that their models (lya-l29) explicitly state that they are for European sim only.
AFAIK with my limited knowledge and experience that only USA bands are different from the rest of the world, and if it works in the European market it should work fine in various Asian countries as well.
Can anyone confirm this to reassure my doubts?
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Phone comes unlocked, and locks to carriers IF on a contract. Many people have gone L29 dual sim and it works with ANY GSM carrier. As long as paid in full
oraclexl said:
AFAIK with my limited knowledge and experience that only USA bands are different from the rest of the world, and if it works in the European market it should work fine in various Asian countries as well.
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Unless network-locked by a carrier, it should be fine so long as your network's bands are supported by the device.
I would suggest checking what bands your carrier uses and comparing.
You can check the bands on FrequencyCheck, as well as other places.
ONikku said:
Unless network-locked by a carrier, it should be fine so long as your network's bands are supported by the device.
I would suggest checking what bands your carrier uses and comparing.
You can check the bands on FrequencyCheck, as well as other places.
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Thanks for the good link
Thank you all!
Hi
received my Mate 20 Pro 256GB Dual Sim from Trading Shenzen.
So far great device, but missing Wifi calling.
There is no option to activate in settings.
My phone details:
Modell: LYA-AL10
Build Nummer: 9.0.0.161(C00E155R1P20) GPU Turbo
So maybe i had to switch to another firmware.
Wondering in hiSuite: Got information there that i have the newest Developer Version?
So can some assist / help to get wifi calling?
Or is it possible to flash LYA-L29 to this device?
thanks
I've never had WiFi Calling on any Huawei phones running EMUI or Xiaomi phones running MIUI but I am in the United States. MIUI doesn't have any option for WiFi Calling but maybe EMUI does depending on region.
You have the Chinese hardware version so I don't think you will be able to flash any international firmware on it but your best bet to find out would be to contact FunkyHuawei.
In case you haven't heard of them FunkyHuawei is a paid service many Huawei owners use to flash firmware updates, rebrand their phones to different regions, obtain bootloader unlock codes, etc.
I'm not personally endorsing the service (although I have used it) but the person who runs FunkyHuawei would probably be in the best position to answer your question since he reverse engineers the software on Huawei phones and owns Chinese and international variants of the Mate 20 Pro.
Can’t go from China to Non-China
Hi I have the same problems (want to move from Chinese LYA-AL10 to a non-Chinese version such as LYA-L29 for instance).
I ask FunkyHuawei and they replied to me «*cannot go from China to Non-China*»
If someone still manage to do it, please let us know !
Cheers
I have the lya variant I picked up in Malaysia on vacation. WiFi calling does not work with my T-Mobile (US) SIM card. However it does work when I had a Malaysian Sim card in it. The option would show up in the sim settings. From what I read WiFi calling does not work outside of Asia.
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I have the lya variant I picked up in Malaysia on vacation. WiFi calling does not work with my T-Mobile (US) SIM card. However it does work when I had a Malaysian Sim card in it. The option would show up in the sim settings. From what I read WiFi calling does not work outside of Asia.
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It does work outside APAC...I'm in Canada and while my provider (Videotron) has NOT enabled VoLTE and VoWIFI for this phone, I borrowed a Rogers (other CDN provider) SIM and VoLTE and VoWIFI were available. The provider has to enable these features for a particular phone.
I live in the UK. I imported a Taiwanese s20+ 5G. Model number SM-G9860
5G will not work. It is enabled from my carrier and they have been through troubleshooting, sent a new sim, i have gone to places with good 5g coverage, so on.
I checked the update notes for the device and found it said this in the June update.
5G has been enabled.
※ Requires optimal 5G connection. 5G services are only supported in Taiwan network. Actual 5G network coverage and speed may vary on region and network service provider, since 5G international roaming service of the designated countries and areas will be supported and announced after they pass the network service provider’s verification test.
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Does this mean 5G will be enabled internationally at a future unknown date?
Is it possible to flash another snapdragon rom, maybe Hong Kong (same model number) or USA (different model number) and have it enabled? The US version doesn't seem to have the above quote in the patch notes. Or am I out of luck with this device?