Hello guys, I know the release of Samsung pay was pretty recent in the US but I was wondering if anyone has an idea if a rooted user with Knox tripped will ever be able to use Samsung pay. Will the only option to get Samsung pay be to trade in your phone and get a new phone from your carrier? (if anyone already did this please share what you told them/how you got them to let you trade in a rooted phone).
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I just bought a samsung moment unlocked on ebay I don't have it yet but I am told that the samsung moment only works with sprint is this true? If so what is this unlocked feature that comes with my phone? Thank you very much
Hey guys,
I have several questions that I want to ask.
I'm planning on getting a factory unlocked Samsung Galaxy S6; I am planning to buy it from the UK Samsung online web store and use a third party re-shipper Borderlinx to ship it to my residence. To calculate the costs, I need the data on the weight and size of the box. So does anyone know?
Secondly, is it even advisable to get it from the Samsung UK website and use the third party shipper or should I just get it from someone on eBay? Even further, should I just stick with a carrier locked S6? I currently have AT&T and my contract dries up in May. I'm planning to get Cricket Wireless to save approximately $100/month with Groupsave. I am also a pretty avid Android user who likes to flash ROMs, so I believe going with a carrier locked device would be a bad idea.
Thanks to anyone who replies.
Just get a T-Mobile one and save the trouble.
Anyone mind telling me the terms necessary for Samsung mods/roots/etc...
On HTC I had things like S-Off
On LG I had things like Download Mode
What does Samsung have?
Any words or uh-ohs I should look out for. I don't know what things like Knox or Odin mean
Chocolina said:
Anyone mind telling me the terms necessary for Samsung mods/roots/etc...
On HTC I had things like S-Off
On LG I had things like Download Mode
What does Samsung have?
Any words or uh-ohs I should look out for. I don't know what things like Knox or Odin mean
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I'm in the same boat wondering the same things. Are you on T-mobile? They offer device unlock and I'm wondering if I should do that.
SammyTRK said:
I'm in the same boat wondering the same things. Are you on T-mobile? They offer device unlock and I'm wondering if I should do that.
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I had a few extensive questions for T-mo. They said you need to have a T-mo account/service for 40+ days before you can start requesting unlocking.
I'm not sure if you can unlock phones already on a plan, or phones that have been fully paid off. If you're happy with T-mo, then unlocking is pretty much pointless, but it does give you more selling options down the line. T-mo has a "no hassle" upgrade service where for an extra $10 a month on your bill, you can trade up to another device by trading in your current one at half-value. This would mean if I wanted a Note 5, they would only give me half the value of the S6 to apply to the new phone. Alternatively if you had an fully-financed unocked S6, you could sell it for much more down the line. I'm expecting to sell my S6 for around $700-$750 in a few months.
Chocolina said:
Anyone mind telling me the terms necessary for Samsung mods/roots/etc...
On HTC I had things like S-Off
On LG I had things like Download Mode
What does Samsung have?
Any words or uh-ohs I should look out for. I don't know what things like Knox or Odin mean
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Click to collapse
i havent used Samsung since the galaxy nexus so im trying to figure things out again too. S-off is an unlocked bootloader? I think most carrier versions of the S6 have an unlocked bootloader with the exception of Verizon and AT&T. Samsung also has download mode but you need to use a program call Odin. There's also Samsung Kies and Smart Switch used for backup, restore and flashing back to stock carrier firmware.
Hi all, I have an unlocked s6 edge (925f) living in the U.S. I understand that it will not be officially bundled into the software since it's an international variant, but has anyone gotten it to work through the framework and APKs? When I try it , I'm able to get into the app and all that, but when I try to add a card, it tells me that it can't communicate with the server. If anyone could help that'd be awesome.
Thanks!
Same exact scenario here. 925F, sideloaded the framework and app, can add card, can't communicate with server. Went to Samsung counter at Best Buy, they couldn't do anything. The girl there though did say she had experienced the same scenario with no connection but in an ATT branded S6 which then cleared itself up in a day or two.
Two things I'm thinking of:
1. Flash a US branded firmware (ATT or Tmobile) and see if that fixes it. Though I'm not even sure if they will flash on the 925F version, and/or the flash will lock the phone to that firmware's brand SIM.
2. Somehow try to get the Samsung Pay logs to see where it's trying to connect but I don't think that's even possible without root which will trip Knox which makes Samsung Pay unusable.
Hello!
Not sure if im allowed to say this buuuut...
I have a samsung galaxy a01 that's locked with simple mobile, i went to their official support but they said I need the receipt. The issue is, I bought it second handed so it didn't come with a receipt, which leaves me unactivated.
So how would I bypass it, like rooting it, resetting it with another rom? Thanks in advance.