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Samsung Pay on International Galaxy S6

I bought samsung galaxy s6 (920i version) on ebay to use on AT&T. I got a couple of ota updates so far, but I am wondering whether my s6 will get "samsung pay" app in over the air update. Mine is international model unlocked, so I was wondering what would happen next when samsung pay launches in the us. (Maybe samsung pay app will be on galaxy store?)

Samsung Pay is built-in to your S6. We only need to wait for its implementation on the vendor side.

roydok said:
Samsung Pay is built-in to your S6. We only need to wait for its implementation on the vendor side.
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But don't I need a software update to install samsung pay app (which definitely isn't present on my phone yet) on my phone? Samsung website on samsung pay says I will need a ota software update to install samsung pay on s6. What I am wondering is whether the update that will install samsung pay system will come to my phone, which is international galaxy s6 (920i)although samsung pay is only available in the us and korea.

Yes, you would need a service payment app. This will be available once vendors/credit card companies implement Samsung Pay.

roydok said:
Yes, you would need a service payment app. This will be available once vendors/credit card companies implement Samsung Pay.
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Thanks for your reply! But do you think I will be able to download those apps even though mine (international -singapore version of s6) doesn't get those apps via ota update (as samsung says they will start the service only in us and korea?)

To be able to use it your local credit card company must 1st support it together with local vendors. As youe mentioned only US and south Korean markets will go 1st. If successful other markets including yours will follow.

roydok said:
To be able to use it your local credit card company must 1st support it together with local vendors. As youe mentioned only US and south Korean markets will go 1st. If successful other markets including yours will follow.
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Yes as I am in the United States, samsung pay will be supported from Sept 28th. On that day, carrier-branded phones (at&t/tmobile)will get software update that will install samsung pay system on their phones. But will my phone (unlocked international) get software update that will install samsung pay on Sept 28th?? That is exact question of mine... sorry for bugging but it is very important question for me thanks as always!

Call your US credit card company for details. I feel they can already answer most of your questions as the implementation date is near. It is they who will give you credit and use it thru your S6.

I've found the link to be able to download the Samsung Pay Beta .apk file but I haven't figured out how to get it to install. Does someone else want to try? I'm stuck on a Samsung S6 Edge running 5.0.2. I wonder if you have to have 5.1.1 to run it.
Korea Link - https://kr.mpay.samsung.com/apk
US Link - https://us.mpay.samsung.com/apk
Here's a download link for the Samsung Pay .apk file I found on the Korean link. It lets me install it on my Samsung S6 Edge+ running android 5.1.1.
https://mega.nz/#!cRFkUAhT!8h7kOQ8opFy3YWal7xgw68EByv6dOsgepURGy9C005E

If you don't get a OTA with Samsung Pay, you can probably install the APK from apkmirror or something like that. I would be surprised if Samsung Pay checks model number instead of carrier/location. If it is anything like Android Wallet/Pay, you can install and use it in the country where is active regardless of phone model number. I.e. I have used Android Pay in the US but I can not use it back in Denmark.

roydok said:
Samsung Pay is built-in to your S6. We only need to wait for its implementation on the vendor side.
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From what I've read, it's only built-in on the Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+. The regular S6 and S6 edge will receive an ota update to enable it (I think this means the OTA will be Android 5.1.1). I am using the SM-G920i (seems to be the Australian version) on AT&T and I received the 5.1.1 update a few days ago. I did manage to download and install the APK from the Korean version of the site, signing in with my regular samsung account (same as on the phone) and just did a google translate on the page to find where I needed to tap to download the file. My cousin has the S6 on Sprint with OS v5.0.2 and the APK didn't install, so you definitely need to be on AT LEAST 5.1.1 for it to install.
Mine installed and runs, but won't go past the screen with the "start" button - I'm guessing b/c the beta hasn't activated in the US yet (which I think is slated for 8/28) with a full release in the US market on 9/25.

hopkinsdn said:
It seems Samsung has created a hotline in the U.S for testers. +1-844-726-7297
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I called today and they told me to download the Samsung Plus app from the Google playstore. I downloaded it agreed to the terms and logged in and then inside the app there was a link that said "Join Samsung Pay Beta". So far it doesn't do anything, but it seems promising that it might work tomorrow after the beta has officially begun.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.oh
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Just bought an 920i on eBay. You guys get this working after the service went live?

I think the Samsung Pay need time till it reach the International Galaxy S6.

Mistar Muffin said:
Just bought an 920i on eBay. You guys get this working after the service went live?
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Nope, but in the same boat as you and several others here - got a 920i on AT&T here in the U.S. But seems that Samsung Pay comes bundled with an OS update that of course our handsets will not see as it is targeted to specific country\carrier handset variants. Hoping someone here figures out how to back the apks and associated frameworks off one of those working devices so we can perhaps apply them to ours.

I also have a Galaxy S6 G920i that I bought on e-bay. Mine came from Singapore. I thought I was smart by buying an locked phone. I thought for sure I'd get all the updates sooner that everyone else. FAIL! T-Mobile variants get most updates about a week or two before me.
What really sucks is one of the main reasons I wanted the S6 was samsung pay. Had I knew I was going to run in to this problem I would never have bought it.
I too use my G920i on AT&T and have been searching the web like crazy for a way to get Samsung pay to work on my phone. Has anyone had any success getting it to work on a G920i or G920f? If you have, please share your wisdom.

Any luck guys ? with samsung pay on s6 G920i?
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jimmiekain said:
I also have a Galaxy S6 G920i that I bought on e-bay. Mine came from Singapore. I thought I was smart by buying an locked phone. I thought for sure I'd get all the updates sooner that everyone else. FAIL! T-Mobile variants get most updates about a week or two before me.
What really sucks is one of the main reasons I wanted the S6 was samsung pay. Had I knew I was going to run in to this problem I would never have bought it.
I too use my G920i on AT&T and have been searching the web like crazy for a way to get Samsung pay to work on my phone. Has anyone had any success getting it to work on a G920i or G920f? If you have, please share your wisdom.
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i just s6 G920i from b&h and wondering if i can install samsung pay. i got to get $200 giftcard from samsung.com

paparaji said:
Any luck guys ? with samsung pay on s6 G920i?
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i just s6 G920i from b&h and wondering if i can install samsung pay. i got to get $200 giftcard from samsung.com
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Nope. No SamsungPay for unlocked versions like ours.
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You need to wait until Samsung and your carrier enables it for you.

lokjianming said:
You need to wait until Samsung and your carrier enables it for you.
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Can i call att and ask them to enable it or threaten them that i will leave them for tmobile? (my contract is up and I can leave them anytime without paying penalty?)

Samsung pay on S2

Does anyone have it working or know what's going on with it. All I have found was it was supposed to be working in November. Any ideas on it?

painball64 said:
Does anyone have it working or know what's going on with it. All I have found was it was supposed to be working in November. Any ideas on it?
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Pushed back to 2016 avmccording to samsung's twitter
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thanks and that sucks. looking forward to using it with my note 5

painball64 said:
thanks and that sucks. looking forward to using it with my note 5
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Found the link
https://twitter.com/SamsungMobileUS/status/671030151573078020
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I emailed Samsung about it a month ago and they said first quarter of 2016. So as late as March 2016.

SRZ1977 said:
I emailed Samsung about it a month ago and they said first quarter of 2016. So as late as March 2016.
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Im ready for the Gear S2 to get Samsung Pay support!!!

No gear Samsung Pay support until last quarter 2016...

rodalfa said:
No gear Samsung Pay support until last quarter 2016...
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When did they extend from first quarter to last quarter?
Thanks.

rodalfa said:
No gear Samsung Pay support until last quarter 2016...
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Yeah, probably will come enabled on Gear S3 and never on S2, so you have to buy a Gear S3. This is Samsung's marketing strategy.

Just bought the gear s2 classic T-Mobile and it has tap and pay pre-installed is this what you guys are asking about

rkingsparx81 said:
Just bought the gear s2 classic T-Mobile and it has tap and pay pre-installed is this what you guys are asking about
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Where are you located? I don't have that on my non-classic WiFi S2. Maybe it is only for the 3g models for now? I'm in the US outside of DC

I'm in Houston Texas. I noticed the software version is slightly different from the original gear s2

rkingsparx81 said:
I'm in Houston Texas. I noticed the software version is slightly different from the original gear s2
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Are you able to use your T-mobile s2 classic to make purchases at NFC enabled terminals? We all have a "tap and pay" option listed under settings/connections/nfc, but so far, it does not work because Samsung has yet to enable the service with a firmware update (which it originally said would be enabled last fall, but then announced it had been pushed back to some time in 2016).
If yours actually works to buy things, that would be big news.

This is what it says so I guess not.

Should I exchange my s7 for an s6 active?

The at&t version i got has a locked bootloader so no root. Im so used to rooting all my android phones for various reasons. I know the s6 active has root. Should I just return the s7 and get an s6 active?

I returned my S7 Edge two days ago and reactivated my beautifully rooted S5. No regrets. I'll pickup the S7 again if it gets root (unless I have another new rooted phone by then).

Return the att s7 and take a road trip to canada and buy the exynos version up there.

peachpuff said:
Return the att s7 and take a road trip to canada and buy the exynos version up there.
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Lol too far. I live far away from Canada

jmindset said:
Lol too far. I live far away from Canada
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Buy it on ebay then?

hugeadrian said:
Buy it on ebay then?
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Nah im good with it now. Before i thought i would miss root. I just use my old phones for root

Get $350 off new Samsung Galaxy S8+

Samsung is doing a trade in your old phone deal on its new Samsung Galaxy S8 / S8+ Devices
$200 Any smartphone
$300 Galaxy Note 5
$300 Galaxy S7
$350 Galaxy S7 Edge
Unfortunately at the moment this is only in a few country's
(sucks for me i have a note 5 and s7edge but i am in the UK)
US Link : http://www.samsung.com/us/trade-in/
Visit your regions Samsung Website to see if the deal is available for you!
Requirements:
Phone Powers On
Normal Wear & Tear
No Cracked Screen
Not Bricked. Not Blacklisted.
Does not say anything about a tripped knox so i do not think that matters
Hopefully this deal will come to other country's too

It appears that Malaysia are doing this too...
http://www.samsung.com/my/offer/s8-s8plus-tradeup/
I am in the UK but I'm waiting for the S9 so I would rather skip the S8

CuBz90 said:
It appears that Malaysia are doing this too...
http://www.samsung.com/my/offer/s8-s8plus-tradeup/
I am in the UK but I'm waiting for the S9 so I would rather skip the S8
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Nice hopefully it will remain for future devices and spread to other country's
i know what you mean there isnt a great deal of difference from the s7e and s8 apart from looks and i hear our battery is even better than the new flagship..
i was kinda waiting for the note 8... i have not heard anything about the s9
but i am definately interested in the trade in deals as ive been with samsung since there s2

I couldn't find anything if they would accept my S7 Duos on this trade in through the US store.

daLareid said:
I couldn't find anything if they would accept my S7 Duos on this trade in through the US store.
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g930fd ?
it will be the same as galaxy s7

EasyAndroidPro said:
g930fd ?
it will be the same as galaxy s7
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Forgot to mention mine is a S7 Edge Duos, but since I bought the UAE phone to use here in the US I fear they might not accept it because of that even though it has never been rooted.

daLareid said:
Forgot to mention mine is a S7 Edge Duos, but since I bought the UAE phone to use here in the US I fear they might not accept it because of that even though it has never been rooted.
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it should still qualify, its still an official samsung galaxy s7 edge regardless of variant, i'm confident if i was willing to pay the price of fast shipping i could send mine in from the UK to a friend over there to do the swap for me. (and my s7e g935f is rooted) the only problem is i dont have a friend in the US lol or i would.
you could always ring them up and clarify... should only take a minute im sure it will be no problem to get the full price of a s7e

Anyone know anything about the T-Mobile / Sprint variant of the Tab S6 Android 10?!

Been trying to find something about this variant with no luck just got the April security update but no Android 10..

I have the T-Mobile variant (SM-T867U). I called T-Mobile and they could tell be nothing. I also read somewhere that the Verizon variant had the update rolling out maybe 2 weeks ago. It seems like the delay is with T-Mobile at this point. I also asked about being able to beta test and was told there's no option for customers to beta test with T-Mobile. Looks like we just have to wait and watch our toe nails grow.

Tmobile is always last to get any sort of update. We're usually last for updates on my S20U

whouston.jr said:
I have the T-Mobile variant (SM-T867U). I called T-Mobile and they could tell be nothing. I also read somewhere that the Verizon variant had the update rolling out maybe 2 weeks ago. It seems like the delay is with T-Mobile at this point. I also asked about being able to beta test and was told there's no option for customers to beta test with T-Mobile. Looks like we just have to wait and watch our toe nails grow.
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Yeah mine is the Sprint Variant and still nothing.. in the past with my other devices I usually always received updates before Verizon and others... Not this time around

imtjnotu said:
Tmobile is always last to get any sort of update. We're usually last for updates on my S20U
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I'm super annoyed with T-Mobile on this but saying they are always last is silly. It is such wide variance with literally every carrier. Sometimes T-Mobile seems on top of it and at other times it's ridiculously delayed. In the case of the Galaxy Tab devices, it's clear that Samsung barely keeps support going for each variant and T-Mobile has almost no focus on supporting them. That has been consistent for at least 2 years now and it has caused me to completely switch over to an iPad Pro.

Tundrok said:
I'm super annoyed with T-Mobile on this but saying they are always last is silly. It is such wide variance with literally every carrier. Sometimes T-Mobile seems on top of it and at other times it's ridiculously delayed. In the case of the Galaxy Tab devices, it's clear that Samsung barely keeps support going for each variant and T-Mobile has almost no focus on supporting them. That has been consistent for at least 2 years now and it has caused me to completely switch over to an iPad Pro.
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When it comes to the major 4 carriers in the US, the Tmobile variant is always last to get every firmware update. Verizon is usually first, and Tmobile is mostly always last

Hi i got the tab s6 from tmobile and i have doubts if is a good idea to flash it firmware to international or other variant of it?

Still waiting for Tmobile ?

Still waiting on tmobile too anyone has patched the German or UK firmware on their tab s6 just want to know if the LTE Bands works here fine the bans is my only concern here ?????

I'm guessing we aren't getting it

avid_droid said:
Yep. Disgusted with the lack of security updates for the Tab S6. You pay 725 with Tnobile and get an outdated tablet and just stays outdated. This is a shame. They should be charging cheaper for an outdated tablet.
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Damn, I really wished I researched this before latching on to TMobile for S6. Didn't realize a lack of root for this tablet was in at as well. Oh well. Hopefully a solution will happen soon enough

Downloaded the UK and German version and attempted to install with ODIN, patched and unpatched. Got a Fail each time.
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Wish we at least get a SM-T867U1 version so we could get an unbranded Tab.

avid_droid said:
I spoke with tech support the other day and they said they've already received numerous calls. She said she made a note and emailed the team to find out what the hold up is. So hopefully soon we receive the update. Its a shame to pay 725 for an outdated tablet with no support.
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This was a lie from support. They didn’t do anything whatsoever without giving you some sort of issue tracking number. They say all sorts of BS to appease customers

avid_droid said:
Yep. Kinda figured that. It was funny though. At first she was like," android 10 is the firmware on the device and was pushed out." Then when she checked again she was like, " sorry, Samsung hasn't pushed the update." Then in which I told her that wasn't true because it has been pushed and tmobile hasn't released it. Im just irritated that we pay 725 for it and its outdated. Tmobile shouldn't be doing that kind of crap.
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Yeah man, it's freakin disappointing. I'm still within my 14 day return, so I definitely been thinking about that....
I can't even root the thing because there's no OEM unlock in the developer settings

avid_droid said:
I spoke with tech support the other day and they said they've already received numerous calls. She said she made a note and emailed the team to find out what the hold up is. So hopefully soon we receive the update. Its a shame to pay 725 for an outdated tablet with no support.
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Greatness83 said:
Yeah man, it's freakin disappointing. I'm still within my 14 day return, so I definitely been thinking about that....
I can't even root the thing because there's no OEM unlock in the developer settings
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Return it! Seriously. It is definitely not worth the price because even Samsung barely maintains tablet support. All of their focus is on a new tablet to compete with iPad Pro anyway.

Regret getting mine bow from Tmobile. I'm just going to pay it off and sell it for the new iPad

It's released
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/06/28/samsung-galaxy-tab-s6-android-10/

imtjnotu said:
Regret getting mine bow from Tmobile. I'm just going to pay it off and sell it for the new iPad
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Getting it now
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Now people can stop crying about updates
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BROKEN1981 said:
Now people can stop crying about updates
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It's not about "crying" so to speak.
It's about paying $700+ for a machine that should be kept up to date with the latest software