[guardian-dev] where to buy an Android device without Google Play on it?

[Nathan of Guardian]

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



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