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Official Canadian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread [Availability, Discussions, Help, Tips etc]

You may’ve heard that carriers all around the globe where Samsung Galaxy S4 has been launched are struggling to keep up with the enormous demand. In Canada, we’ve seen TELUS offering $50 $100 credit to customers willing to wait for two weeks to get their unit.
Samsung Canada is well aware of the problem not just TELUS but all other operators in the country are facing – there are still not enough Galaxy S4 units out there.
Those who pre-ordered Sammy’s flagship should be getting their phones now. That “should” is there because not everyone will get it at the same time. Pretty much all Canadian carrier issued a statement saying that pre-registration numbers are higher than any other device before, including the S3.
Samsung on its behalf is asking users for understanding. Here’s what they said on Facebook:
Samsung is excited to see the level of pre-orders that Canadian consumers have for the GALAXY S4. Samsung Canada had intended to ship pre-orders by the 27th, but due to the overwhelming global demand of the Samsung GALAXY S4, we will not be able to meet the pre-order date of April 27th for all customers. These orders remain the highest priority with carrier and retail partners and will be fulfilled in the coming days.
No doubt, this is a sweet problem for the Korean company and its shareholders…
Anybody got his hands on it??

I got my Telus galaxy S4 on Saturday at BestBuy.
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I have one pre-ordered for May 3rd. Was told it may come sooner, on May 1st.

Would like to see if I can get my hands on one for Bell asap.
OT: should we be discussing the Canadian S4 in the ATT S4 forum now? Seems that info for us is all over the place now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2257

pterry30 said:
I got my Telus galaxy S4 on Saturday at BestBuy.
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Can you comment on whether the Telus bootloader is locked? Have you tried to root with the "AT&T" exploit?

I have not attempted to root yet. I do not think the bootloader is locked through. I will root when a custom recovery is avialable and stock rom is as well.
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pterry30 said:
I have not attempted to root yet. I do not think the bootloader is locked through. I will root when a custom recovery is avialable and stock rom is as well.
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I don't blame you I believe you can tell if the BL is locked by booting into the (stock) recovery? I'll feel much better if Canadian BL's are unlocked as I know I'm going to hate Touchwiz and there's plenty of talk about lag.

There is no lag on my telus s4. There is only one carrier app. The at&t version I hear has lot of bloat. My s4 is lot faster
Than my note 2 and just as smooth.
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I have already received a ota update from samsumg. It looks like mostly a modem change
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pterry30 said:
I got my Telus galaxy S4 on Saturday at BestBuy.
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Congrats! Do they have display units in best buy yet?
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I dont think so. They Do not offical go on sale until may 3.
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pterry30 said:
I dont think so. They Do not offical go on sale until may 3.
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Could you boot to recovery and look for WRITE PROTECTION: Enable? That'll let us confirm if it's locked or not.

Is i9505 available as unlocked anywhere?
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Is i9505 available as unlocked anywhere?
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I don't believe we'll be receiving the i9505 in canada. The i9505 only houses LTE Bands 1800 , 2100, 2600, 800 , 900. It's missing 1900, so chances are we are getting the SGH-i337 and i337m which support our LTE freqencies in Canada.

. Adam outler is working on a way to unlock bootloader. Go to the at&t galaxy s 4 forum. They have the same phone model.
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pterry30 said:
Ya guys, bootloader is locked. Adam outler is working on a way to unlock bootloader. Go to the at&t galaxy s 4 forum. They have the same phone model.
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But they don't have the same phone model. As you know it's I337 vs. our I337M and bootloader locking comes down to the carrier.

Software is a little different but hardware is the same. Galaxy s 3, note and the note 2 were the same other than the software.
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pterry30 said:
Software is a little different but hardware is the same. Galaxy s 3, note and the note 2 were the same other than the software.
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Yes, but my point is that their bootloader being locked is due to a request by AT&T. We do not know if the Rogers, Bell, and Telus requested locked bootloaders yet.

tietherope said:
Yes, but my point is that their bootloader being locked is due to a request by AT&T. We do not know if the Rogers, Bell, and Telus requested locked bootloaders yet.
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The Canadian carriers might not lock their devices, but if they do, the ATT unlocking method (if/when it comes) will apply to us. Thats why we should be watching that forum much closer than this one.
This thread really is in the wrong forum; what will be released in Canada will have very little to do with the device listed at the top of these forums (the Exynos S4). If you are Canadian I would stay very far away from any exploits posted over here.

Well, to get back on-topic, I just received an email from Fido saying my phone has been shipped to my local store by UPS. I am guessing it will arrive tomorrow.

My position on the reserve dropped from 268 to 263 on launch day at Rogers but I've been sitting at 263 ever since.

[Q] Switch a GS3 from Sprint?

I have four Sprint devices [two are GS3s] that I'd like to use on Verizon.
Can anyone tell me if it's possible to do something like that?
Verizon says that I can't use a Sprint device, but is it possible to flash something that will make it look like a Verizon device?
Thanks- I need to know whether to try to sell these phones or not.

Don't quote me on this, but I thought Sprint devices had integrated sim cards, only accessible via mods?
Assuming I'm wrong, you'd first need to check that the radio on the sprint variants supports any of Verizon's bandwidths. From there I'm not sure. Maybe flash a Verizon ROM and test? I'll do some research when I get home and let you know if I find anything useful.
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Alright, did some reading. From what I can tell, the Sprint GS3 will have limited connectivity at best. The reason being that the radios do not in fact support the same bandwidths.
Verizon's S3 supports:
LTE 750
CDMA 850 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Sprint's S3 supports:
LTE 1900
CDMA 800 / 850 / 1900
US Cellular version adds CDMA 1700, LTE 700/850/1700
Verizon operates on LTE at 750 (mhz?) only, so that's a definite no-go on the LTE. As far as the CMDA 850 matching up - you might get some connectivity, such as voice, maybe 1x data/3g data, but I don't really know enough about the topic to speak with any certainty.
Hope this helps.

You can't anyway because Sprint and Verizon phones are locked because of cdma regulations or something like that.
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tylerlawhon said:
You can't anyway because Sprint and Verizon phones are locked because of cdma regulations or something like that.
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My Verizon Note 2 is unlocked factory. T mobile sim cards work fine, I've tested it, just no data because the bandwidths aren't supported by the radio.
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zerofighter1 said:
My Verizon Note 2 is unlocked factory. T mobile sim cards work fine, I've tested it, just no data because the bandwidths aren't supported by the radio.
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That's different. Note 2 is hardware unlocked so that you can switch to any carrier or use any rom worldwide thanks to your root method. Not the same for the GSIII. In Adam Outler's first Casual method for Note 2, he has a video explaining just how far unlocked the phone is and what you can flash since the hardware (as in the insides) is unchanged worldwide.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
That's different. Note 2 is hardware unlocked so that you can switch to any carrier or use any rom worldwide thanks to your root method. Not the same for the GSIII. In Adam Outler's first Casual method for Note 2, he has a video explaining just how far unlocked the phone is and what you can flash since the hardware (as in the insides) is unchanged worldwide.
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Obviously. Not disputing that - in fact I was more or less observing it. He said that CDMA phones are locked or "something like that" . That statement could be misleading to some, indicating that ALL CDMA phones are locked due to "regulations", when I know for a fact they are not.
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zerofighter1 said:
Obviously. Not disputing that - in fact I was more or less observing it. He said that CDMA phones are locked or "something like that" . That statement could be misleading to some, indicating that ALL CDMA phones are locked due to "regulations", when I know for a fact they are not.
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Ahh, I see now. Yea, I do agree with you there.
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zerofighter1 said:
My Verizon Note 2 is unlocked factory. T mobile sim cards work fine, I've tested it, just no data because the bandwidths aren't supported by the radio.
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zerofighter1 said:
Obviously. Not disputing that - in fact I was more or less observing it. He said that CDMA phones are locked or "something like that" . That statement could be misleading to some, indicating that ALL CDMA phones are locked due to "regulations", when I know for a fact they are not.
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They're locked in a way that makes it to where you cannot switch to Sprint if you're using a Verizon phone and voice versa. So they are in fact locked. Not gsm locked though. Cdma phones are locked. Our phones are gsm capable.
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tylerlawhon said:
They're locked in a way that makes it to where you cannot switch to Sprint if you're using a Verizon phone and voice versa. So they are in fact locked. Not gsm locked though. Cdma phones are locked. Our phones are gsm capable.
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Can you cite this information?
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Does the Gear S1 (AT&T) work on T-Mobile with Note 5

I've seen mixed results with the Samsung Gear S smartwatch 1st gen working on T-Moible with the Note 5. Does anyone have this combo? If so was it hard to get the Gear S unlocked and activate with T-Mobile? Does the AT&T smartwatch work just as good as the T-Mobile one? thanks

Yes it does. I have the gear s and is the att version but it works with my T-Mobile note 5
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Yes it does. I have the gear s and is the att version but it works with my T-Mobile note 5
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Cool. Damn I was going to get one at Best Buy since I have a gift card but doesn't look like they have any.
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[Q] Is it possible to buy factory unlocked note 5, root it, then use on Verizon?

So, title says it all. Is it possible to buy a factory unlocked note 5 (like say...perhaps from Ebay), root it and then use it on Verizon?

Yea but you might not get 4glte only 3g, why would you do that though when the Verizon note 5 has already been rooted?
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YousKoose said:
Yea but you might not get 4glte only 3g, why would you do that though when the Verizon note 5 has already been rooted?
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Thank you for your quick response. I haven't seen where the Verizon variant has been rooted. Do you have a link?

http://www.iroot.com/how-to-articles/how-to-root-samsung-note-5.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...elopment/finally-root-verizon-note-5-t3368127
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http://www.iroot.com/how-to-articles/how-to-root-samsung-note-5.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...elopment/finally-root-verizon-note-5-t3368127
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iroot doesn't work for Verizon and in the second link it doesn't work for Verizon, either.

Yah your right I didn't fully read through the comments, u can use a T-Mobile for Verizon I did it for the note 4 before it got rooted and worked on Verizon without 4g, but I was getting really fast 3g speeds at least 10/20 mbps, the note 4 is also a great phone that is rooted on verizon
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Yah your right I didn't fully read through the comments, u can use a T-Mobile for Verizon I did it for the note 4 before it got rooted and worked on Verizon without 4g, but I was getting really fast 3g speeds at least 10/20 mbps, the note 4 is also a great phone that is rooted on verizon
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Thnx. I was considering the Note 4 but am quite frustrated with how Verizon is trying to lock us down lately. While I've had Samsung devices for a long time, I'm now thinking about the Nexus 6P...

I would go with nexus for sure or one plus devixe, but the note 4 retail editions have now all been successful in converting to developer editions witch is really dope, it brought life back to my device.
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Use VZW Note 5 in Korea?

Planning a trip to Korea. If I buy a local SIM when I arrive, can I use a stock Verizon Note 5 in Korea?
Thanks!
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It depends on the frequencies the carriers there use. You can look up compatibility on https://www.frequencycheck.com/ Bear in mind, you'll probably have to enter the APN info for whatever carrier you choose to get data working. HTH

Thanks. So the Note 5 is not SIM locked?
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Redflea said:
Thanks. So the Note 5 is not SIM locked?
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No Verizon phones are sim locked anymore. None.