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jonathan18:
Hey there
I'm debating purchasing a Xiaomi Note 2 for my wife (as discussed on this thread), but if I do so I want to be sure I order one that is fully compatible with the NZ bands (especially Spark.
My reading of the above is that the FDD model (which is more expensive than the TDD model by a few $$) is sure to work with all NZ bands, so is a safe bet.
However, is it pretty much guaranteed that buying the TDD model and flashing the FDD ROM will ensure the cheaper model will work with all NZ bands? And is this a relatively easy task to do?
Is the safest option just to buy the FDD model to ensure it'll work out of the box?
Second, having read through this whole thread, I can see some have stuck with the Miui interace - have those that have done so found any ongoing issues with this, especially in regards to problems, eg issues with Google Play store, non-English bloatware etc?
Many thanks
richms: I have not flashed mine with anything and it gets 3g 4g reception fine.
No issues with google play store. It only came with the store, all the other google stuff I had to install like gmail and maps etc.
richms: Vodafone on the main sim, and 2degrees as a second sim since that will only do GSM, its no use for my spark sim which still sits in my note 3.
I did have my optus sim in for a bit, and that roams on spark, but I get 2100 3G at home so doesnt prove anything either way.
richms: I will stick my spark sim into it later and see how it goes, but what is listed it should be fine except for 700Mhz LTE which it doesnt seem any of the cheap chinese phones do. Not even sure if they use it over there or not.
richms: I find 3g good enough for most things. Perhaps the phone after this there will be enough 700MHz 4G to care, but Im not seeing 4G on my note 4 but not on the redmi anywhere I have looked with vodafone - yet. Im mainly on VF after moving all but one connection off spark when they decided to be idiots about slingshots global mode.
P1n3apqlExpr3ss: I've had no issues with my TDD model. The only thing the RN2 doesn't have for NZ is Band 28 LTE, which I think spark uses quite a lot?
Most retailers will flash a FDD rom so it works out of the box but I'd recommend flashing the xiaomi.eu rom anyway. This is very easy to do and avoids problems with malware on modified stock roms.
jonb: Redmi Note 2 still has 1800 MHz 4G (band 3), and 2600Mhz 4G (band 7, beginning to be rolled out by Spark in dense urban areas as back up to 1800 Mhz). 1800Mhz 4G is the main 4G band in NZ. 700Mhz is the future 4G for less urban areas.
The 32GB version is US$165 at GearBest at the moment (thanks to a pertinent geekzone ad for the link): http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_229218.html?currency=USD&gclid=CNCnqaCxnckCFYSWvAodI4YFEw
Regards,
Old3eyes
jonathan18:P1n3apqlExpr3ss: I've had no issues with my TDD model. The only thing the RN2 doesn't have for NZ is Band 28 LTE, which I think spark uses quite a lot?
Most retailers will flash a FDD rom so it works out of the box but I'd recommend flashing the xiaomi.eu rom anyway. This is very easy to do and avoids problems with malware on modified stock roms.
Sorry for (edit: three) more dumb questions:
1. Given that the seller can flash the TDD model with the FDD firmware, thereby providing it with the ability to work on the WCDMA frequencies used for 3G in NZ, is there any reason to purchase the more expensive FDD model over the TDD model?
2. If I elect to flash the phone with the xiaomi.eu rom, does this impact on how one can update the phone? I see the site has weekly updates that I assume are in line with the official incrimental updates; but once the xiaomi.eu rom is installed, is making these updates made any more mandrolic or complex than sticking with the seller's original rom? I'd not like to make keeping the phone up to date any more complicated than necessary.
Edit: 3. I'm assuming the xiaomi.eu rom also includes support for all the NZ 3G frequencies?
Thanks again.
Regards,
Old3eyes
jonathan18: Edit: 3. I'm assuming the xiaomi.eu rom also includes support for all the NZ 3G frequencies?
old3eyes: Edit 3. If you're talking about a European ROM then you won't see the 850meg 3G band. They only seem to do 2100 and 900 though my Mi4i it has all NZ 3G bands and band 3 LTE..
rmt38:
I bought cheap model with chinese bands.
It has xiaomi.eu rom installed by the store I bought it from.
Here are enabled bands as shown by mediatek app.
rmt38: I installed MTK Engineering Mode on the Redmi Note 2 cheaper chinese version, and it lists as enabled the following bands:
GSM: EGSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900, GSM850
UMTS: WCDMA-IMT-2000, WCDMA-PCS-1900, WCDMA-CLR-850, WCDMA-GSM-900
LTE: 1,3,7,38,39,40,41
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