[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Tmv_Josue:
I don't say they are the same version or no, I say that the two specifcic VBmeta files you linked here are the exactly same file.

No matter where you obtain them, if one is from a Samsung galaxy, from a Iphone or whatever, them are the same file.

Is like you make a copy of one file and think the copied file is different in some way and can make different things... and that's impossible.

I think the misunderstoot here is that you don't understand what a checksum is, basically they say if a file differs from other giving a easily human readable number.

If one bit of the file change the checksum number change too.

Theres no way the 2 VBmetas here can make diferent things or that one function in some FW version and the other not, they make the same things and function in the same way becasue them are the exactly same file.

You can compare them bit-to-bit in a Hex editor and you see the same result too.

All the RealmeQ and Realme5pro have neither different drivers nor different config hardware by software, at least.

They all have the same drivers source and you can review it here:

https://github.com/realme-kernel-opensource/realmeQ_realme5Pro-kernel-source

I have only a RMQ device so ofcourse I can't make any test in a RM5p device, but the thing is there's no evidence at all that indicate they have different FWs.

If you look at Realme specific regional webpages, you can see that all link to the same FW file, heres the regional webpages list:

https://www.realme.com/es/support/software-update
https://www.realme.com/eu/support/software-update
https://www.realme.com/id/support/software-update
https://www.realme.com/in/support/software-update
https://www.realme.com/ru/support/software-update

Right now all of them list RM5p download and info. If you look at it you can see all of them link to the very same file:

https://www.realme.com/es/support/software-update#
https://www.realme.com/eu/support/software-update#
https://www.realme.com/id/support/software-update#
https://www.realme.com/in/support/software-update#
https://www.realme.com/ru/support/software-update#

https://download.c.realme.com/osupdate/RMX1971EX_11_OTA_0130_all_eKIFcPdqX9wL.ozip
https://download.c.realme.com/osupdate/RMX1971EX_11_OTA_0130_all_eKIFcPdqX9wL.ozip
https://download.c.realme.com/osupdate/RMX1971EX_11_OTA_0130_all_eKIFcPdqX9wL.ozip
https://download.c.realme.com/osupdate/RMX1971EX_11_OTA_0130_all_eKIFcPdqX9wL.ozip
https://download.c.realme.com/osupdate/RMX1971EX_11_OTA_0130_all_eKIFcPdqX9wL.ozip

Them are exactly the same links that are linked here in the OP:

ID (Indonesian)	https://download.c.realme.com/osupdate/RMX1971EX_11_OTA_0130_all_eKIFcPdqX9wL.ozip
IN (India)	https://download.c.realme.com/osupdate/RMX1971EX_11_OTA_0130_all_eKIFcPdqX9wL.ozip
EU (Europe)	https://download.c.realme.com/osupdate/RMX1971EX_11_OTA_0130_all_eKIFcPdqX9wL.ozip
RU (Rusia)	https://download.c.realme.com/osupdate/RMX1971EX_11_OTA_0130_all_eKIFcPdqX9wL.ozip

And that's what I saying, all the links here for the RM5p "Regional" FWs are the same link and ofcourse the very same download file.

About your thoughts about different band support betwen variant regions, I only can think that could happen 2 things:

1. The supported bands/modems are hardware based, so does not affect it the FW they have.

2. The regional variants have a software label inside the hardware that the FW reads and behave different according to it.

I am inclined for the number 1, but thats my wild guess ofcourse.