Hi people!
I'm about to buy a phone to a person, and he claims that the phone is factory unlocked (from Argentina). The model code is GT-I9300MBPCTI, but I don't find nothing like that in Google...
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Thanks so much!
Get the phone, type *#1234# and check the CSC region code. There should be something like:
I9300<region>version
Mine, for example, is I9300PHEBLH1
PHE is the region, also had some issues to find from where it is (bought the phone over 3 months ago on amazon europe as "spanish version", right when it was released). Spend few time to find the PHE means Spain(unlocked).
Check that region again with *#1234#. That's the only way to find from where it is.
P.S When you buy it personally (not from internet), make some kind of handmade document with your ID, seller ID and the signatures, just in case, as proof you bought it. Many people had problems (with jerks reporting the phone as robbed or lost) and then you may lose the phone and get in problems.
Un saludo !
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Hello all,
So after much testing, I have determined that when the temperature is less than about 45 degrees Fahrenheit, grey horizontal lines appear on my screen. As it gets colder, they increase in number and contrast. When the temperature rises, they fade over time and eventually disappear. I have rebooted, and reflashed different roms, and have not dropped it on the ground or in water.
Yes, I know its weird, and I suppose that my only course of action is to get the screen replaced. The Chinese Samsung Repair Center will not honor my manufacturer's warranty (want me to pay $$) because the phone is not a Chinese GSII Here is where my question(s) comes in:
I bought my phone in the famous Beijing Dinghao Electronics market in July, and it is what used to be known as the european model (meaning no dvb antenna) and quad band GSM. This model however, if i'm not mistaken, was also used in south america (chile etc). And I'm not sure if mine is from UK, or Chile, or another south American country.
Is there a way to know for sure exactly what country my phone is from?
If i can figure that out, most likely I can send it there for a repair, as it is still under manufacturers warranty.
All the CSC etc are different because ive been flashing, but here's what it says on the back of my phone.
Code:
TELEFONO CELULAR/CELLULARPHONE
MODELO:GT-I9100
SSN:-I9100GSMH
FCC ID:A3LGTI9100
ALIMENTACION:3,7v;1000mA
HECHO EN CHINA/MADE IN CHINA
That's it. It really seems like some latin country, but there may be something I don't know.
Does anyone know where, ultimately I should send this phone to to get it the manufacturer's warranty honored?
And yes, this is a real Galaxy SII.
Thank you.
Product Code says where .
jje
GT-I9100LKLKOR
I cant find it on any lists. And google is oddly speechless.
What do you think?
Thank you again.
endor43 said:
GT-I9100LKLKOR
I cant find it on any lists. And google is oddly speechless.
What do you think?
Thank you again.
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Anyone?
Thank you
endor43 said:
Anyone?
Thank you
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Mi cousin has the same phone.
It was bought in Paraguay, not locked to any operator.
I purchased a GS3 from newegg and I'm trying to work out the country of origin for warranty service. Here's the kicker: I'm trying to do this without opening the box and voiding their return policy as I haven't decided whether to keep it.
(Basically, newegg told me it was new-in-box, but later said it might have been 3rd party unlocked with no warranty other than that provided by their vendor in the US. So I'm trying to independently verify the country of origin and warranty status since newegg is no help.)
I'm still new at this, but would the Final Assembly Code portion of the IMEI tell me the country of origin?
I also tried looking up the IMEI and found the issuer was British Approvals Board of Telecommunications. I thought this might mean that it's a British handset, but that might be a bit of a leap.
Try checking the CSC. You can find it by either way:
1) By connecting to KIES and checking the code (3 alphabets).
2) By going to the dialler on the phone and pressing *#1234#.
Again, I'm trying to see if this can be determined without opening the box. I have the IMEI code, which is on the sticker outside the box. Do you know how I can determine the country of origin from the code? The FAC is 05. Thanks!
That's not possible but why don't you have warranty from the shop where you purchased it? If there is some kind weird warranty thing going on juat retutn it and invest few more bucks to the device from trusted dealer
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
http://www.numberingplans.com/?page=analysis&sub=imeinr
All you can do .
jje
beetmonger said:
I purchased a GS3 from newegg and I'm trying to work out the country of origin for warranty service. Here's the kicker: I'm trying to do this without opening the box and voiding their return policy as I haven't decided whether to keep it.
(Basically, newegg told me it was new-in-box, but later said it might have been 3rd party unlocked with no warranty other than that provided by their vendor in the US. So I'm trying to independently verify the country of origin and warranty status since newegg is no help.)
I'm still new at this, but would the Final Assembly Code portion of the IMEI tell me the country of origin?
I also tried looking up the IMEI and found the issuer was British Approvals Board of Telecommunications. I thought this might mean that it's a British handset, but that might be a bit of a leap.
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Just call Samsung customer servic in your country, i did and they can tell you from the imei number the country of origin.
Thanks for all the advice, though I'm still hoping that someone can tell me which country is identified by the Factory Assembly Code 05.
gee2012 said:
Just call Samsung customer servic in your country, i did and they can tell you from the imei number the country of origin.
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I've called Samsung US three times. And tried their chat bot. And tried Samsung in Australia and the UK. No luck.
JJEgan said:
http://www.numberingplans.com/?page=analysis&sub=imeinr
All you can do .
jje
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Tried that, too. Didn't have it in the database.
johku12 said:
That's not possible but why don't you have warranty from the shop where you purchased it? If there is some kind weird warranty thing going on juat retutn it and invest few more bucks to the device from trusted dealer
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In brief, it appears that newegg gets their phones from a third party rather than direct from Samsung. That doesn't mean the phones aren't new, but they don't know (or won't tell) the country of origin. I'm pretty sure it's somewhere in Central or South America.
Just to follow up: I called Samsung again and this time got someone with a brain who looked up the IMEI and told me the phone is of British origin. Of course, then she gave me the number for Samsung's Canada office...
Anyway, I called Samsung UK and was able to verify not only that it is a British phone, but that it has an extended warranty good through August 2014. Not sure how that happened, but not going to complain, either!
I have order one from Newegg also. HAVE YOU TRIED IT YET? Does it work? Never had problems with Newegg on warranty before.
It works and appears to be new. I've been pretty happy with it so far, but I probably wouldn't order from newegg again since they make you click through a disclaimer that phones might not be new.
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hmm might have to give this a try to see where my S3 came from, does this mean the country where it was meant to be sold, not where it was manufactured right?
it's just that grey market imports are rampant here in Hong Kong and you can't tell if its been repackaged with the correct adapters and language manuals etc.
Bottom Line
Bottom line, there is no guarantee of of any cell phone you buy being what is claims to be. If you buy online, realize that if you are getting a killer deal, something is amiss. Cell phones are just like perishables, they do drop as they get older, but there is little difference in price between Amazon, New Egg, etc. If you find a seller selling $100 cheaper than everyone else, something is sketchy. If someone wants to take a used phone and make it look new, you will never know the difference. Buy your cell phone from somewhere that gives you a warranty, better if it is an actual local store or someone you trust.
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Bottom line, there is no guarantee of of any cell phone you buy being what is claims to be. If you buy online, realize that if you are getting a killer deal, something is amiss. Cell phones are just like perishables, they do drop as they get older, but there is little difference in price between Amazon, New Egg, etc. If you find a seller selling $100 cheaper than everyone else, something is sketchy. If someone wants to take a used phone and make it look new, you will never know the difference. Buy your cell phone from somewhere that gives you a warranty, better if it is an actual local store or someone you trust.
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wow, that's quite a thread necro! the problem for US customers is that the international S3 isn't sold in local stores or by carriers.
I got a new phone for Christmas today! I was asked what I'd like, and I specifically requested the Samsung Galaxy S3 because of the flexibility for modding.
The phone itself seems to work fine, and it's in English, but for some strange reason the firmware preloaded on it, with Android 4.3, is the Greek firmware. (I actually live in Scotland, in the UK.) When I do *#1234# in the dialer, this is what I see:
AP : I9300XXUGNG3
CP : I9300XXUGNA8
CSC : I9300EURGNG1
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According to SamMobile, this is the 2014 September firmware for Greece. I asked where the phone was bought from and it apparently was bought on Amazon. Since Amazon still seem to be selling and shipping S3s themselves, I don't believe this came from the Marketplace. (I could be wrong, tough.)
Does anybody have any idea as to why I might have had the Greek firmware preloaded? Nothing in the materials with the phone seems to be Greek - there's a UK power adapter from Samsung, English manuals, and even the label in the battery compartment gives the address for Samsung UK. In fact, apart from the *#1234# output above and the output in the About This Phone section of the settings, the only giveaway that it might be Greek firmware is that when rebooting into the stock recovery, the background image has text in Greek. (However, the actual interface is in English.)
I've downloaded the Greek stock firmware files corresponding to my phone from SamMobile for future reference, but before I do any flashing I'd like to work out what's going on...
TheSophera said:
I got a new phone for Christmas today! I was asked what I'd like, and I specifically requested the Samsung Galaxy S3 because of the flexibility for modding.
The phone itself seems to work fine, and it's in English, but for some strange reason the firmware preloaded on it, with Android 4.3, is the Greek firmware. (I actually live in Scotland, in the UK.) When I do *#1234# in the dialer, this is what I see:
According to SamMobile, this is the 2014 September firmware for Greece. I asked where the phone was bought from and it apparently was bought on Amazon. Since Amazon still seem to be selling and shipping S3s themselves, I don't believe this came from the Marketplace. (I could be wrong, tough.)
Does anybody have any idea as to why I might have had the Greek firmware preloaded? Nothing in the materials with the phone seems to be Greek - there's a UK power adapter from Samsung, English manuals, and even the label in the battery compartment gives the address for Samsung UK. In fact, apart from the *#1234# output above and the output in the About This Phone section of the settings, the only giveaway that it might be Greek firmware is that when rebooting into the stock recovery, the background image has text in Greek. (However, the actual interface is in English.)
I've downloaded the Greek stock firmware files corresponding to my phone from SamMobile for future reference, but before I do any flashing I'd like to work out what's going on...
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Questions go in the q&a area, I'll Get a mod to move it.
It could be a refurbished model, things like that can be expected when buying from amazon, ebay etc.
Just flash the latest stock rom for your area If you want to change it.
Read and understand these links and you will be fine. And always backup your EFS!
FAQ's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/frequently-questions-t2148708
Guides
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/samsung-galaxy-s3-sticky-roll-thread-t2344125
Oops, sorry for posting this in the wrong forum. Thanks for the answer, though!
[edit: One question, though - won't using firmware for a different region fail because of potentially different hardware revisions? Or do all i9300's have exactly the same hardware revisions?]
All i9300 have the exact same hardware so can be flashed with any firmware published for that model.
Hello everyone!
Okay so first off, sorry for having to post my first post as a question.
So I'm from Egypt (we still don't even have the s5e in stores..), I usually get all my tech from Amazon.com, seeing that the LTE variantof the Tab S6 is not available there yet, I went to check out amazon UK(also has global shipping)
I found an LTE variant of the tablet (Can't link it since I'm a new user) but its the "Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 LTE 256 GB 10.5-Inch Tablet - Mountain Grey (UK Version)". Link: amazon.co.uk/dp/B07W4KVH18?tag=dradisplay0bb-21&ascsubtag=8ae47d4591cfa385f0e63929fb543ed4_CT&ref=dra_a_ms_sb_ho_xx_P600_100
I found alot of questions getting answered by (it'll work only after you make a 10 min phone call in the UK using a UK sim card), is this what they call (Unlocking process) ? and is there anyway I can bypass that ? will I even need to do this ? since someone who lives in the EU asked that question and they said it'll work just fine without going through that process. also I use (Vodafone EG) as my carrier
I do apologies for a somewhat silly question, but I don't quite get how the locked/unlocked/GSM/CMDA thingy works
Thank you in advance !
Try putting in the link, but without the http(s)://www bit at the beginning
Oh and it's not at all a silly question.
Was it this one?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-10-5-Inch-Tablet/dp/B07WC1BF34
pinsb said:
Try putting in the link, but without the http(s)://www bit at the beginning
Oh and it's not at all a silly question.
Was it this one?
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Done, and yeah that's the one.
OK, there are two issues.
Service Provider Lock
Region Lock
As this is from Amazon then it should be Service Provider unlocked.
However to stop what are known as 'Grey Imports' where a unit is destined for say the Hong Kong market, to stop it being then re-exported to say the UK they require a HK sim to be installed first (which is why if you but a new unit from Hong Kong it's usually been opened and a sim put in it so that it performs it's initial region check) this then allows you to subsequently install any sim, as long as the first sim is from a matching region.
In this instance I would guess that the unit Amazon are selling are probably region locked to Europe (I'm not certain though obviously), which means the first sim you installed would have to be a euro sim and you would have to do it in Europe for the sim to validate live and disable the region lock.
A potential way around this would be buy a used unit off ebay where the Region Lock has already been deactivated.
Hope the above makes sense, if you need further help and don't want to do it in the thread you could PM me.
Update: I got the tablet from Amazon UK and it worked just fine in Egypt, (I just popped in my Egyptian sim card and turned on the device
I am glad it works well for you.
I am wondering if it will work in the US if I get it from Amazon.uk. T-Mobile only carries the 128gb one; I need the 256gb one.
Hi folks.
Last year I've got robbed in California when I was traveling with my cousin, and decided to buy one S22 Plus, once I like so much the Samsumg Wallet app and service.
The service is working alright, however, I can not access the "Rewards Program" from Brazil.
Since I got back home in Brazil, I restored the mobile to the factory details, nothing new.
After that, realized that in "country and region" tab the country "United States" was sticky, could not change manually to Brazil.
Thinking that changing the country might solve the trouble, I contacted Samsung US, did the whole procedure they asked me (including an explicit declaration) and changed the country to Brazil. Later, restored again my phone to factory details.
Now I see that nothing changes the Samsung Wallet Rewards Programs, it keeps appearing announcements of macys and other brands in US, nothing alike brazilian program, and I actually would like to use it, like I got used to use in my last galaxy (the phone robbed was a xiaomi, had to use google pay instead of samsumg pay), one thing that inarguably made me to get back to samsung.
SHOULD I CHANGE THE FIRMWARE? I completely depleted my support with samsung.com (Brazil and US), they can not help me, they say once my phone is bought in US, it's gonna be alwase US.
Got informations about following model versions of fw: "SC-52CSCG14", "SM-S9080", "SM-S908B", "SM-S908E", "SM-S908N", "SM-S908U", "SM-S908U1" and "SM-S908W".
My phone is "SM-S908U1", but I couldnt find any brazilian firmware of SM-S908U1.
I have found ONLY the SM-S908E in brazilian version, question: IS IT GONNA WORK ON MY PHONE?
Second question: IS IT GONNA SOLVE MY PROBLEM OF SAMSUNG WALLET (appearing our Brazilian Rewards Programs [instead of americans])?
Thank you very much.