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Hi, i hv a question. If i buy the galaxy s2 from korea, will it work in Canada?
Whatever you do, do not buy a Korean SGSII. The Korean SGSII is highly localized with a different type of SMS that Canada uses right now. It's going to be a real pain in the butt trying to get it to work in Canada which is why I suggest getting an international version or a US version when it comes out.
miniflight said:
Hi, i hv a question. If i buy the galaxy s2 from korea, will it work in Canada?
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Korean galaxy model support frequncies are follow.
UMTS single 2100
GSM 900/1800/1900
so, if your carrier frequencies are UMTS 850/1900 , you can't use it.
(i heard that some of carrier support UMTS 850/1900)
and Our korea SKT model using their own SMS(SK-MMS).
(KT model support OMA-MMS)
Finally, i can NOT recommend you are using to our korean galaxy using in canada.
And in Italy? would it be usable in Italy?
Thank you guys
marxpix said:
And in Italy? would it be usable in Italy?
Thank you guys
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What's your phones carrier? Three(hutchison)?
I think your carrier support umts 2100, you will use korean gs2 use in italy.
And i recommend that shw-m250k(korean kt carrier model).
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Hey pulverizer it seems as though you have sgs2. Do you happen to know the sound quality difference between sgs voodoo and the sgs2?
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jay_993 said:
Hey pulverizer it seems as though you have sgs2. Do you happen to know the sound quality difference between sgs voodoo and the sgs2?
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No i haven't sgs1 and sgs2. Yet.
So i can't answer about your question.
I ' ve known only our korea galaxy spec and eu galaxy spec.
Please Understand me.
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thanks for the reply, i knew about some locks that korean phone have for something...wanting to make sure
miniflight said:
thanks for the reply, i knew about some locks that korean phone have for something...wanting to make sure
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2010years before models are some of phones locked.
2010year after korean all cellphones are UNLOCKED.
So our korean gs2 all models are unlocked.
(Shw-m250s,m250k)
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Just to hijack the thread, does anyone have a source on a compiled SHW-250S/SHW-250K firmware so I can mess around with it and reflash it back just in case I need to send it back in for warranty?
If not i'll just have to do it myself from the open source release, hmm
Sticks02 said:
Just to hijack the thread, does anyone have a source on a compiled SHW-250S/SHW-250K firmware so I can mess around with it and reflash it back just in case I need to send it back in for warranty?
If not i'll just have to do it myself from the open source release, hmm
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System dump I guess? And repackage them Odin flashable (.tar)
I have not tried yet but probably work.
I would do that if I wasn't a silly and flashed before dumping the original firmware. Carrier specific settings I can get easily enough from talking to a service rep, but they'll probably raise eyebrows at the odd firmware without any of their branding and the giant yellow caution sign, lol
No big deal atm, i'm still fooling around.
Quick question... does anyone know if the ringtones and notifications and other media are available from the Korean SGS2?
I dont want the international version
Just the Korean version.. Thank you
Did I ask in the wrong forum/thread?
Anyone knows where or how to get a Korean S2. I wanna use it when I'm in Singapore
Sorry to bump an old thread but.
- what is the difference between a european/international and Korean SGS II ?
- How can I tell if this is a korean or international version? It's parallel imported from Hong Kong.. http://eking.co.nz/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=10&products_id=300
chiggah said:
Sorry to bump an old thread but.
- what is the difference between a european/international and Korean SGS II ?
- How can I tell if this is a korean or international version? It's parallel imported from Hong Kong.. http://eking.co.nz/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=10&products_id=300
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Korean versions support NFC and they have an antenna. The device in the link is a generic SII, surely not a korean version.
dont buy from korea
just buy from canada made in korea device
same as me but different countries
hey guys thanks for that
To be honest - i am buying through a company in New Zealand which drop ships directly from Hong Kong. So I dont really know what version that will be. Will that be the korea or international version?
Any ideas ?
sorry for bumping a old thread. Any idea if I can flash a korea galaxy S2 with a stock international version Android firmware? or any custom ROM I can flash with? And how do I do it? I got mine when I was posted in Korea to work, now I am back to my country, the 80 character limit for sms is wasting a lot of my money. Any advice? thanks
Hello all, now that Sprint has confirmed the release date for their version of this awesome device, I'm wondering if there'll be a separate forum for it, or will this be it?
Any clue? I tried searching for the device on xda site, but it isn't listed yet.
Because it's not even out yet, i would bet there's enough differences with the hardware that international sgs2 roms won't work as it's, and modems defiantly won't
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veyka said:
Because it's not even out yet, i would bet there's enough differences with the hardware that international sgs2 roms won't work as it's, and modems defiantly won't
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Exactly. That's why I'm thinking a new forum section may get added specifically for it and (maybe) other US variants.
Hello all xda dev,
i would buy an atrix (version 1) with tegra2 chipset. It's the european model , my question is
- does the atrix european version is the same as atrix 4g ?
- Can i use the ICSROM 1.4 on the atrix european version ?
thanks
Hi!
1. yes
2. yes, but you have to flash ramfix
buy Samsung
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why samsung ticiano_arraes ???
i'm a linux user but not android
attrixnor said:
why samsung ticiano_arraes ???
i'm a linux user but not android
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Because Motorola killed the phone. You will be stuck with stock Gingerbread roms or unoficial custom roms without hardware acceleration.
The phone has nice specs, it's a damn shame tho.
the atrix actual price is 220 euros and a new cm10 roms seems to have HW accel too with JB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1934662&page=94
They still have a lot of bugs and it's uncertain if devs can fix it.
Don't get me wrong, I love my phone, but I wouldn't recomend it, at least not till the devs make a 100% stable rom with decent battery life and HWA working. This would never happen with Samsung.
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Not correct. This would happen with any manufacturer, eve Samsung, all except Nexus devices. Do yourself a favour and buy a Nexus, that way you will have an updated software always.
attrixnor said:
Hello all xda dev,
i would buy an atrix (version 1) with tegra2 chipset. It's the european model , my question is
- does the atrix european version is the same as atrix 4g ?
- Can i use the ICSROM 1.4 on the atrix european version ?
thanks
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There is ONLY ONE version of Atrix in existance. It might be called different in different regions, but it is still the same device.
Yes, you can install that ROM on an euro-Atrix, just like on any other Atrix.
otsnd said:
They still have a lot of bugs and it's uncertain if devs can fix it.
Don't get me wrong, I love my phone, but I wouldn't recomend it, at least not till the devs make a 100% stable rom with decent battery life and HWA working. This would never happen with Samsung.
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ditto
ravilov said:
There is ONLY ONE version of Atrix in existance. It might be called different in different regions, but it is still the same device.
Yes, you can install that ROM on an euro-Atrix, just like on any other Atrix.
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unless you get the updated version of the atrix (like me). then you wont be able to install any custom rom because you can not unlock the bootloader.
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HeroUser96 said:
unless you get the updated version of the atrix (like me). then you wont be able to install any custom rom because you can not unlock the bootloader.
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Well yeah, I meant there are no hardware limitations based on a specific geographic region. Locked BL is a software limitation, and also has nothing to do with the device being american or european or whatever.
ravilov said:
Well yeah, I meant there are no hardware limitations based on a specific geographic region. Locked BL is a software limitation, and also has nothing to do with the device being american or european or whatever.
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thats true, but if he is going to buy a new phone he will most likely get one with a locked bootloader.
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Thread closed. Went way off topic after the questions were already answered.
Here is a noob question
I wonder the reason why Samsung releases the firmware updates country by country. Why don't they push the update once for all regions, like iOS updates? Is there any differences like special optimizations for local carriers, between the firmwares has different Csc?
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_lightning_ said:
Here is a noob question
I wonder the reason why Samsung releases the firmware updates country by country. Why don't they push the update once for all regions, like iOS updates? Is there any differences like special optimizations for local carriers, between the firmwares has different Csc?
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Mostly carriers need to insert they garbage into it, different countries have different standards, wifi, 3g/4g bands, etc.
So should I wait for Kies updates? I don't own a carrier branded gs2, it's just i9100. Do you recommend me to install eg. Nordic countries firmwares? Unfortunately, we have to wait a lot for Kies updates in Turkey, in spite of Galaxy Note and S series are the most selling here.
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So should I wait for Kies updates? I don't own a carrier branded gs2, it's just i9100. Do you recommend me to install eg. Nordic countries firmwares? Unfortunately, we have to wait a lot for Kies updates in Turkey, in spite of Galaxy Note and S series are the most selling here.
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Only reason to wait for Kies is you aren't into flashing roms, and have everything you need on current version.
If you wanna update i recommend http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994313.
But remember, always backup your data and do it when you have plenty of time, no one can guarantee it will work flawlessly.
Yeah, I know about that leak. But I've decided to wait for the first Kies version (from any country) of Jellybean because of the lockscreen problem in the leak version.
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Hi guys I'm just curious why samsung is doing this? We know that we can flash using other countries rom using odin and it works fine. Why do they need to release official update by each country if we can use any countries rom?
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Yes I also wonder precisely
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Hi guys I'm just curious why samsung is doing this? We know that we can flash using other countries rom using odin and it works fine. Why do they need to release official update by each country if we can use any countries rom?
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Just to let you know that as long as the Rom/Firmware is for the the I9300 then you can flash it to your device no matter what country it is for.
So for example if the official firmware was for Poland and your device was in the UK then you can flash it.
Hope this clears things up for you.
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So that each country has a reason to withhold your warranty if you're found to run a firmware version they don't associate themselves with. I mean, when I had my Gnex, I ran a british firmware on a nordic phone, with a US modem and all worked superbly.
On this GS3, I've run everything from Russian to Egyptian and my phone has never once failed me.
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So that each country has a reason to withhold your warranty if you're found to run a firmware version they don't associate themselves with. I mean, when I had my Gnex, I ran a british firmware on a nordic phone, with a US modem and all worked superbly.
On this GS3, I've run everything from Russian to Egyptian and my phone has never once failed me.
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But still, for example, they can have 1 official rom to all unbranded I9300 instead of releasing one by one for each country... This will be less stressful for them and for us (always waiting for an official release for our country)
I wonder what is really their reason...
" Why do we have different firmware for each country?"
Because your phone / provider relationship is country specific (I use an SGS3 i9300 on a T-Mobile UK contract for example) providers (try to) ensure phone / provider / country specific set-ups.
They justify this on the grounds of providing tailored maintenance and support based on known and controlled configurations.
....it works for the masses....not for us more troublesome and independent minded users in the XDA and other communities