Does anyone know if Samsung Pay can be made to work in the US on the International Exynos variant? I've been monitoring the other Galaxy threads and there;'s been some success, but haven't seen anything on the S9 yet.
There are all types of issues trying to get Samsung Pay working on an international Galaxy device.
I contacted Samsung Support last year or the year before and they stated that Samsung Pay could possibly work if the origin country of the device you are using supports Samsung Pay.
I couldn't get it to work properly back then and I switched phones before I could resolve the issue.
Not sure how it is now. If Samsung Pay is important to you, I'd recommend an unlocked US variant of the phone.
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Hey! This is my first post on the forums, so correct me if this is in the wrong section or anything of that nature. Anyway, I've been interested in purchasing a Galaxy S6 Edge for a while now. I currently use a Nexus 4 on the daily, and I love the Edge's similarly beautiful design. I am going to buy the phone unlocked, as I have never been and will never be locked into a service contract. Right now I use Cricket Wireless in the United States. (which operates on At&t's towers). Cricket only sells the not-so-edgy galaxy s6, but I should be able to use any gsm model on the carrier. I was wondering if there are any reasons to pick one variant over another? Could the non carrier specific ones will receive updates quicker? Or maybe US specific models will operate better in the US (reception wise)? Do some get more developer support from the community for rooting and rom development? Is there even a difference (perhaps not)? These are all just random examples that come to mind. I just want to make sure I'm not hit with any curve ball when making such a large purchase. In any case, it's sure to be an upgrade from 2012. Thanks in advance
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Hey! This is my first post on the forums, so correct me if this is in the wrong section or anything of that nature. Anyway, I've been interested in purchasing a Galaxy S6 Edge for a while now. I currently use a Nexus 4 on the daily, and I love the Edge's similarly beautiful design. I am going to buy the phone unlocked, as I have never been and will never be locked into a service contract. Right now I use Cricket Wireless in the United States. (which operates on At&t's towers). Cricket only sells the not-so-edgy galaxy s6, but I should be able to use any gsm model on the carrier. I was wondering if there are any reasons to pick one variant over another? Could the non carrier specific ones will receive updates quicker? Or maybe US specific models will operate better in the US (reception wise)? Do some get more developer support from the community for rooting and rom development? Is there even a difference (perhaps not)? These are all just random examples that come to mind. I just want to make sure I'm not hit with any curve ball when making such a large purchase. In any case, it's sure to be an upgrade from 2012. Thanks in advance
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The unlocked, unbranded international edition will get you the fastest updates.
Although I have not personally researched it, I have heard from other users that it gets LTE connectivity on AT&T's network, so you are good there.
If you buy any other Variant, updates will be slower.
I would discourage the purchase of the AT&T variant because it is the only one that has not been updated to 5.1
Just make sure you are very careful with where you are buying.
I have heard plenty of stories of people buying the Galaxy S6 online and either it is counterfeit, was stolen, or KNOX had been tripped.
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The unlocked, unbranded international edition will get you the fastest updates.
Although I have not personally researched it, I have heard from other users that it gets LTE connectivity on AT&T's network, so you are good there.
If you buy any other Variant, updates will be slower.
I would discourage the purchase of the AT&T variant because it is the only one that has not been updated to 5.1
Just make sure you are very careful with where you are buying.
I have heard plenty of stories of people buying the Galaxy S6 online and either it is counterfeit, was stolen, or KNOX had been tripped.
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Oh thanks a lot. I didn't even think about counterfeit or stolen devices. But it sounds like international is the way to go
In India, 99% of mobile phones fall into the "unlocked" and "international" version. Carrier based phones are extremely rare.
Since you are from a different country, I suggest you email and ask Samsung about it, because like the others said, could be counterfeit, stolen or KNOX tripped.
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Hello guys. I bought a Korean Note 8 (N950N) and I'm currently using it on AT&T. However, because it's an unlocked phone I can't get full speed LTE on it. I've lurked around on different forums and the only resolution to this is to buy an AT&T branded phone and call their tech support and give that IMEI as your Note8 IMEI and then you'll get full speed and all the other features.
I wanted to ask you T Mobile folks if I switch carriers, do I need to jump through these kinds of hoops or do you get full LTE speeds out of the box on unlocked, korean Note 8?
Thanks in advance for your help/suggestions.
Not sure if anyone here will have the Korean version. However, the best way to know is to just put a tmobile sim card and try the speed. You can go to the store and they will help you out.
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Hello guys. I bought a Korean Note 8 (N950N) and I'm currently using it on AT&T. However, because it's an unlocked phone I can't get full speed LTE on it. I've lurked around on different forums and the only resolution to this is to buy an AT&T branded phone and call their tech support and give that IMEI as your Note8 IMEI and then you'll get full speed and all the other features.
I wanted to ask you T Mobile folks if I switch carriers, do I need to jump through these kinds of hoops or do you get full LTE speeds out of the box on unlocked, korean Note 8?
Thanks in advance for your help/suggestions.
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I love my Korean version of the Note 8. 500gb of phone storage (256 + 256) is handy. The only downside I've found is using Samsung Pay. I get the 'invalid sim card' and 'try again' error message. Australian Samsung Support wont offer anything more than 'contact the source country' (Korea). At least Samsung Pay is working on my Samsung S3 Frontier so i can live without it on my phone. I'm just a bit upset the ebay seller advertised that Samsung Pay would work on this international model.
Is there anyone know how to change the region of Samsung Pay ?
I have a S9+ SM-G9650 Dual Sim
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Is there anyone know how to change the region of Samsung Pay ?
I have a S9+ SM-G9650 Dual Sim
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How come SM-G9650/DS come with Exynos? isn't it a Snapdragon variant?
But if you were asking how to change the region of Samsung Pay to a 100% Exynos country then I join the club. Looking for answers too. My CSC is G9650TGY2ARC6 and I am looking for a way to use Samsung Pay with international cards.
I join the club too... I'm going to buy a S9+ of a different country than mine (same hardware, of course) but I want to keep using Samsung Pay... it's simply absurd that their service is firmware-dependent !!!
Looking for answers as well. I have S9+ Dual from Philippines but there's no SPay yet there so I need to see if it can enable SPay in the US using T-mobile Sim.
Hello, this is the thread for discussing where to buy this phone and other important info like that
Get the galaxy a80
You will be able to get the galaxy a80 from 29th of May Globally and you may opt for any of the e-commerce platform or any store if it is being sold in your country.
Haven't seen it on showing up as available soon on Clove or the other usual suspects, I'm hopeful that will change soon.
Does it have an exynos version?
Does anyone know if this phone will have an exynos version? Or it's just Snapdragon
There are some NL shops that has stock now. The EAN code on the box is 8801643970666.
it will be only SD variant, available in UAE now
I searched first!
I'm in the market for an LTE enabled Tab S6 but don't want to spend the money for an international one. I've found mostly T-Mobile branded ones for sale (OfferUp and CList). But, I am using Verizon for my Tab S4 and don't want to change carriers.
I tried finding the bands for the two, but have come up empty handed. I also can't find if they are sold unlocked or if I will need to go through that pain.
But, has anyone used a T-Mo Tab S6 on VzW and if so, any issues with getting it setup?
I honestly cannot recommend doing this at ALL. Samsung barely tries to push out updates for the tablet lineup and the carriers are even WORSE. I had to wait something like 4 months after Samsung pushed a Tab S4 update to have T-mobile publish it and have it actually get propagated to my tablet. I'm currently on an S6 and I can tell T-Mobile and Samsung aren't going to give a **** after the Android 10 update in April.