[OFFTOPIC] China Phone Discussion - UPDATED 30/10/2013

[Guest Frankish]

Maybe it's due to using iPhone headphones but thought they are all the same?

[Guest dalyer]

Hi all,

Will anyone suggest a best phone around 100 dollars. I want to present to someone. I shall indeed be thankful.

 

Best based on what criteria?!?  :wacko:

[Guest dalyer]

Yes, yes, advise him.

 

And man, common, move yourself to Haier and give us a review. :)

 

Patience patience... :D

[Guest SG8]

Maybe it's due to using iPhone headphones but thought they are all the same?

Headphones should be all the same, the set I used had the 'controls' on the headphone lead as well, with a different sort of plug (same size just with an extra band on them which I think is either for a mic or the controls).

[Guest Frankish]

On an unrelated note I just went into my local Carphone Warehouse. Asked if they had any of the Nexus 4 in. They had but the girl said oh we have the new Nexus 5 in too. Obviously quite excited I waited for her to go get one out the back and she shows me it, the LG G2. HA HA. A gorgeous phone of course but it is not exactly the N5.

[Guest tillaz]

the nexus 4 was removed from the play store in the US yesterday and replaced with the nexus 5 with the starting price ($349.99)

then removed again after an hour lol

 

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/nexus-5-listing-spotted-in-google-play-store-1190718

 

[Guest neroxezx]

I would like to buy the Haier W910, buttt the specs of this phone are:

2G: GSM850/900/1800/1900  3G: WCDMA2100  ( Some sites are mentioning 900 at 3G, but mosts don't mention. )

 

I see 900 at 2g, but I don;t see it at 3G. So, could I have problems using the phone on 3G?

 

 

I believe that the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8260A SoC supports all frequencies including 3G 900MHz. But at the moment I can't find authoritative info on this. However several other MSM8260A based phones are listed as supporting all frequencies. The Qualcomm page also says:

 

3G/4G World/multimode

 

http://www.qualcomm.eu/uk/snapdragon/processors/s4/specs

 

I still haven't shifted over form my G300 to my Haier W910 but if there is some way to check 900MHz support in practice I can try that if somebody can advise me?!?

 

 

Apparently the phone supports the 900 frequency, based on this 2 topics:

One in spanish and the second one in french. :D

http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=657055 ( post #1)

http://www.phonandroid.com/forum/caracteristiques-du-haier-w910-t57889.html ( post #7)

[Guest apple2005]

Best based on what criteria?!? :wacko:

In every respect. Cheap but good also. Minimum one gb ram... Rom could be less, no problem... Single or double sim... Good build etc etc.. Thanks for reply though...

[Guest GTRX3]

Hey is there anyway to download apps directly to the external sd? I'm struggling with the 4gb storage (having only about 500mb free internal storage and 600mb free in USB storage) because the free space is too small to download large apps or their additional data in th first place to be able to folder mount it to the external sd.

[Guest akarana]

 

I would like to buy the Haier W910, buttt the specs of this phone are:

2G: GSM850/900/1800/1900  3G: WCDMA2100  ( Some sites are mentioning 900 at 3G, but mosts don't mention. )

 

I see 900 at 2g, but I don;t see it at 3G. So, could I have problems using the phone on 3G?

 

You might have a problem, depends on how your carrier uses UMTS 900.

Here in New Zealand Vodaphone have WCDMA 2100 in the towns and cities, and for wider coverage out in the country they use WCDMA 900, so a Haier W910 would work fine in town but data at only 2G speeds if I go out in the country.

 

I've looked around the web and there are many people asking, but no useful answers,

How can you tell what frequency band your phone is actually using right now?

[Guest metal.mickey]

@ frankish,

My mum just got a new LG G2, shes the most untech savvy person ever. Turns out my sister got given a phone at work and she sent it to my mum. I googled it and the specs are good, but no external storage slot and the battery isnt removable.

looks a nice unit, but my K1a is 0.1 inch bigger screen. (well thats what i keep telling myself)

MM

[Guest dakok]

A list of recent, mostly MTK6589 phones with wcdma 3g that have

their official MIUI, LeWa and Baidu roms:

 

Amoi Big V II m
Amoi N828 m m m l b
Amoi N850 m
Amoi N890 m m
Beidou / Yusun LA-Q1 m
Beidou / Yusun LA-M1 l
Beidou K+ m
BFB 100% S7 m
Eastcom W1 (Big Easy) m m
ET100 m
Faea F2 m
G`FIVE G9 / Kivu big 7 m l
Goophone I9 m
HONphone V10 m
Huawei G510 m l
Huawei G520 m l b
Huawei G525 l b
Huawei G610 m l
Huawei G700 m l
Jiayu G4 m m l b
K-Touch U86 l
Lenovo A820 m m b
Lenovo A830 m
Lenovo P780 m l
Lenovo S820 l
Lenovo S920 m l
Maxon X3 m l
MIGO G9200 m
Neken N6 m l
Neo / Rio N003 16GB m m
Newman N1 m b
Sony Xperia Z m
TCL Idol X l
THL W8 m
UMI X2 m m
Vowney / Verne V5 m
Xiaocai X9 m l
Zopo 950+ m
Zopo C2 m l b
Zopo ZP810 / ZP800H m
ZTE v967s m m l b
ZTE v970 m b
ZTE v987 m m l b

m = miui
l = lewa v5
b = baidu

 

m m means two independent MIUI roms

 

If you want to buy a reliable phone, check how many official roms are there for each phone

[Guest yaqh]

mate is looking to buy new phone,is there anything aroung £100.he is looking at huawei g510 or zte v.can anyone recomend anything better?

[Guest Costy88031]

A list of recent, mostly MTK6589 phones with wcdma 3g that have

their official MIUI, LeWa and Baidu roms:

Amoi Big V II m

Amoi N828 m m m l b

Amoi N850 m

Amoi N890 m m

Beidou / Yusun LA-Q1 m

Beidou / Yusun LA-M1 l

Beidou K+ m

BFB 100% S7 m

Eastcom W1 (Big Easy) m m

ET100 m

Faea F2 m

G`FIVE G9 / Kivu big 7 m l

Goophone I9 m

HONphone V10 m

Huawei G510 m l

Huawei G520 m l b

Huawei G525 l b

Huawei G610 m l

Huawei G700 m l

Jiayu G4 m m l b

K-Touch U86 l

Lenovo A820 m m b

Lenovo A830 m

Lenovo P780 m l

Lenovo S820 l

Lenovo S920 m l

Maxon X3 m l

MIGO G9200 m

Neken N6 m l

Neo / Rio N003 16GB m m

Newman N1 m b

Sony Xperia Z m

TCL Idol X l

THL W8 m

UMI X2 m m

Vowney / Verne V5 m

Xiaocai X9 m l

Zopo 950+ m

Zopo C2 m l b

Zopo ZP810 / ZP800H m

ZTE v967s m m l b

ZTE v970 m b

ZTE v987 m m l b

m = miui

l = lewa v5

b = baidu

m m means two independent MIUI roms

If you want to buy a reliable phone, check how many official roms are there for each phone

Hy. Where can I find this roms? My device is Lenovo A820

[Guest sedj]

http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/72057-lenovo-ideaphone-a820a830s820/

Start here if you don't like Chinese

[Guest apple2005]

A list of recent, mostly MTK6589 phones with wcdma 3g that have

their official MIUI, LeWa and Baidu roms:

Amoi Big V II m

Amoi N828 m m m l b

Amoi N850 m

Amoi N890 m m

Beidou / Yusun LA-Q1 m

Beidou / Yusun LA-M1 l

Beidou K+ m

BFB 100% S7 m

Eastcom W1 (Big Easy) m m

ET100 m

Faea F2 m

G`FIVE G9 / Kivu big 7 m l

Goophone I9 m

HONphone V10 m

Huawei G510 m l

Huawei G520 m l b

Huawei G525 l b

Huawei G610 m l

Huawei G700 m l

Jiayu G4 m m l b

K-Touch U86 l

Lenovo A820 m m b

Lenovo A830 m

Lenovo P780 m l

Lenovo S820 l

Lenovo S920 m l

Maxon X3 m l

MIGO G9200 m

Neken N6 m l

Neo / Rio N003 16GB m m

Newman N1 m b

Sony Xperia Z m

TCL Idol X l

THL W8 m

UMI X2 m m

Vowney / Verne V5 m

Xiaocai X9 m l

Zopo 950+ m

Zopo C2 m l b

Zopo ZP810 / ZP800H m

ZTE v967s m m l b

ZTE v970 m b

ZTE v987 m m l b

m = miui

l = lewa v5

b = baidu

m m means two independent MIUI roms

If you want to buy a reliable phone, check how many official roms are there for each phone

At least it is not official miui for my device zopo zp950 plus. It's a ported rom and although I installed, will be having no updates like what the official ones are getting.

[Guest dakok]

A list of recent, mostly MTK6589 phones with wcdma 3g that have

their official MIUI, LeWa and Baidu roms:

 

Amoi Big V II m

Amoi N828 m m m l b

Amoi N850 m

Amoi N890 m m

Beidou / Yusun LA-Q1 m

Beidou / Yusun LA-M1 l

Beidou K+ m

BFB 100% S7 m

Eastcom W1 (Big Easy) m m

ET100 m

Faea F2 m

G`FIVE G9 / Kivu big 7 m l

Goophone I9 m

HONphone V10 m

Huawei G510 m l

Huawei G520 m l b

Huawei G525 l b

Huawei G610 m l

Huawei G700 m l

Jiayu G4 m m l b

K-Touch U86 l

Lenovo A820 m m b

Lenovo A830 m

Lenovo P780 m l

Lenovo S820 l

Lenovo S920 m l

Maxon X3 m l

MIGO G9200 m

Neken N6 m l

Neo / Rio N003 16GB m m

Newman N1 m b

Sony Xperia Z m

TCL Idol X l

THL W8 m

UMI X2 m m

Vowney / Verne V5 m

Xiaocai X9 m l

Zopo 950+ m

Zopo C2 m l b

Zopo ZP810 / ZP800H m

ZTE v967s m m l b

ZTE v970 m b

ZTE v987 m m l b

m = miui

l = lewa v5

b = baidu

 

m m means two independent MIUI roms

 

If you want to buy a reliable phone, check how many official roms are there for each phone

 

 

Sorry, here are the links:

 

MIUI

LeWa

Baidu

 

@apple - check for 950H on miui link

[Guest neroxezx]

Regarding Haier W910:

 

Apparently the phone supports the 900 frequency for 3G, based on this 2 topics:

One in spanish and the second one in french. :D

 

http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=657055

post 1

http://www.phonandroid.com/forum/caracteristiques-du-haier-w910-t57889.html

post 7

 

This becomes realllllly funny. Check this out: http://www.pandawillforum.com/showthread.php?23178-Haier-W910-UMTS-%28WCDMA-3G%29-frequency&p=122014#post122014

Edited October 21, 2013 by neroxezx

[Guest apple2005]

Sorry, here are the links:

 

MIUI

LeWa

Baidu

 

@apple - check for 950H on miui link

Thanks dakok for the links but the links are the translation, And Unclickable. I could not find even the Chinese version of the page. The official MIUI page doesn't have my Zopo zp950H. Will you please help in providing the Chinese page so that I could download the ROM...Thanks in advance.

Edited October 21, 2013 by apple2005

[Guest akarana]

A list of recent, mostly MTK6589 phones with wcdma 3g that have

their official MIUI, LeWa and Baidu roms:

 

(snip)

 

 

Wot, no Gionee? 

I've got a Gionee E3 and the guys over at xda-dev

are beavering away at roms for this. Start at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44455806

 

I can post a review of the E3, anything particular you guys would like to know about it?

[Guest dakok]

Thanks dakok for the links but the links are the translation, And Unclickable. I could not find even the Chinese version of the page. The official MIUI page doesn't have my Zopo zp950H. Will you please help in providing the Chinese page so that I could download the ROM...Thanks in advance.

Just look at the top of any translated page in search field. Anyway, here it is

Download

[Guest yaqh]

guys I'm on look out for a new phone, requirements below.

4.3-4.5" screen

latest android with future proof updates

slim size so camera dose not stick out too much

preferable quadcore with a big battery

good camera with flash.

good screen and build quality

supports 3g network

budget around £100 could pay a little more

would prefer to order from UK seller, just in case if something went wrong.

Edited October 22, 2013 by yaqh

[Guest Dovahpig]

Got mine ZTE v967s and this phone is amazing compared to g300.

[Guest yaqh]

Got mine ZTE v967s and this phone is amazing compared to g300.

nice, whats it like, as i am also looking to gut new phone , i has posted my requirements above, would you care to post short review and spec?

[Guest Dovahpig]

CPU: MTK6589 ARMv7 Cortex-A7 28nm Quad-core 1.2GHz

GPU: Imagination PowerVR SGX544

1GB ram, 5" and dual sim. Battery 2500mah

It came preinstalled with english rom but i flashed newer one straight away.

For the price i paid 131$ its really best buy right now.

Antutu score 13800, which is almost like samsung gs3. All new games like fifa 14, real racing 3, plants vs zombies 2 run really smooth.

Battery life is the best one i seen on the phone thanks to low power 28nm cpu/gpu. With g300 i got barely a day then needed a charge now, three days with ease. Two days after heavy use.

I order mine frome ali express (ebe store) and got free two screen protectors and one silicon case.