Redmi Note 9S versions

Hi everyone,
So, i’m interested in installing e/OS on my Note 9S, but I realized its code is slightly different from the one given on the compatible devices list: the code given is M2003J6A1G (the global version) whereas my phone is a M2003J6A1R (which, I suppose, stands for Japan where I bought it. Or maybe Korea, as the certificate does say Korea).
In any case, does anyone know whether that difference is relevant or not ? I’ve been looking around but I couldn’t find whether it only means a software difference or if it is at a much lower level than that (and trying to install would brick my phone).

Thanks

If I was facing this problem/question, I would have a look at the XDA forum. One can perform an internet search with it’s preferred search engine adding XDA in the keywords.

In case you did not already find these links…

The lineage wiki for miatoll has a “variants” page Info about miatoll variants | LineageOS Wiki.

M2003J6A1R does feature on Info about miatoll | LineageOS Wiki

Supported models

  • M2003J6A1G
  • M2003J6A1R

While Info about Xiaomi POCO M2 Pro / Redmi Note 9S / Redmi Note 9 Pro / Redmi Note 9 Pro Max - miatoll has a different list.

Perhaps @CorentinR could comment?

@Trenien, is quite be difficult to really brick a phone.
And you can easily unbrick it by reinstall original ROM (or with specific tool).
After a quick search I didn’t find hardware differences. I think it’s only about LTE frequencies configuration.
As @aibd mentioned both version are compatible with LineageOS build and e/OS is base on the same devices tree sources.
I also find original firmware here and here.

Tell us if you have some difficulty.

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Thanks for the answers. I’ll give it a try this weekend and report the results.