Buy Smartphone android in China to work in Europe

[b22222c]

Hi, just ordered a samsung A9 Pro from china since the phone right now dont exist in europe. Do you think that the phone will work like if i buy in europe? Network, play store etc? Will i have any function that will work in chinese? Anyone buy a smartphone in china to work in europe? Thanks

 

[boosted1g]

The Google Play Store and the software is the same in any country. Its not the software is configured to not work because you crossed a border line.

The big question is if it supports the voice/LTE bands in Europe, without that it can not actually receive a signal from any cellular network.

 

[b22222c]

Ok, about support of voice lte what are the options? Or work 100% or dont work at all? Or could work 50%?

 

[_JakeDavies]

Hey man, you can see if it will work by comparing the spec of your provider's bands and what bands the phone can actually receive. Can you please tell me which network you are on and I'll see whether the phone will work for you or not

 

[b22222c]

Ok, phone arrive and dont have play store 🙁, already installed with odin all the 4 official firmwares found in sammobile and no google play... I cant find any stable solution to install google play mannualy, anyone noe how?

 

[_JakeDavies]

Most Chinese phones don't come with the playstore. If you want the play store you will have to flash another ROM onto the device which can be very risky if you don't know what your doing. I always buy Chinese phones and install custom ROM's because it's better value for money but all of the phones I have dealt with in the past won't get the playstore unless you do decide to install a custom ROM

 

[b22222c]

I know to install rooms trough odin. Do you know where i can find those roms? Thanks

 

[_JakeDavies]

Hi,

It's depends what ROM you want. There's not a site that will host a variety of ROM's. Decide what skin of android you want and then just type in a google search "(Skin name) Glaxy A9 Pro ROM".

You could also check out this thread on how to install google play services for your mobile device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/samsung-a-series/help/galaxy-a9-pro-chinese-how-to-install-t3388126