On Mon, Apr 4, 2016, at 10:55 AM, Nathan of Guardian wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2016, at 06:25 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > > Since Google Play is blocked in China, I imagine that phones sold in > > China do not come with Google Play installed. I recently bought two > > Chinese phone models, a Xiaomi Redphone 3 and a Lenovo A2800. Both of > > them are fully branded in Chinese, and the A2800 is actually marked > > "China Mobile", then China-only telecom. Both of these came with Google > > Play installed. So either Google Play is installed on phones sold in > > China, or I'm getting other editions like Hong Kong or Taiwan. > > > > Has anyone bought Android devices that come without Google Play > > installed? > > You have to request them to put the Chinese firmware when you buy it. > You are getting the HK / India ROMs. > > With the Xiaomi phone, you should be able to download the right firmware > and flash it yourself. > > http://en.miui.com/download-298.html
See the message down this page a bit on the "sealed box" option vs the "multi language rom": http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-3-Pro-Snapdragon-650-Hexa-Core-5-5-3GB-RAM-32GB-ROM/32597684693.html?ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_6,searchweb201602_5_10017_10005_10006_10034_10021_507_10022_10020_10018_10019,searchweb201603_9&btsid=de5c7f9d-990a-4d80-9aae-25e3005426bb -- Nathan of Guardian [email protected] _______________________________________________ List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev To unsubscribe, email: [email protected]
