Are these available yet? I hate carrier branded phones.
There's an eBay seller selling the g920i for $700 brand new. It works on all GSM frequencies. http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Samsung...t%3D711-53200-19255-0%26rvr_id%3D812610094514
I bought a Samsung Gear S2 3G smartwatch from South Korea. I presumed this is a locked device by SK Telecom due to its logo upon booting.
I bought this for a hefty price with the expectation that it could work as a "standalone" device. Since I am using this in Saudi Arabia, the capability of being "standalone" device simply doesn't work.
Folks, is there a workaround to unlock it and become usable as a standalone device using the uSIM to connect it in any networks in Saudi Arabia?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64691495&postcount=45
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/general/gear-s2-changing-firmware-to-eu-t3228687
and finally
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/general/tutorial-downgrade-gear-s2-sport-t3334123
Enjoy
Just curious where everyone's N20U was manufactured. In the past, some people had phones made in Vietnam, Korea, and China. I wasn't for sure if that had changed. It was handy to track hardware defects sometimes, if they were more prevalent in handsets manufactured in a certain country.
Stare which model you received, where you purchased it, your country, and where it was manufactured. I'll start:
Model SM-N986U1 - US Factory Unlocked
Purchased directly from Samsung.com
Country - USA
Manufactured in Vietnam
Model SM-N986B/DS - UK Factory Unlocked
Purchased directly from Samsung.com
Country - UK
Manufactured in Vietnam
SM-N986W Canadian factory unlocked
Samsung Canada direct
country: Canada
made in Vietnam
SM-N986U T-mobile carrier locked
Country : US
Made in Vietnam
SM N986U - ATT CARRIER LOCKED (for now..)
Country - USA (purchased from Samsung)
Made in Korea
SM-N986U ATT-LOCKED
COUNTRY: USA
MADE:KOREA
Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk
Unlocked US variant
Made in Vietnam
Are we going off of what's on the back of the phone versus an app like "Samsung info"?
Back of phone says Vietnam. App says Korea.
SM-N986N (unlocked)
Korea
Made in Korea
dottat said:
Are we going off of what's on the back of the phone versus an app like "Samsung info"?
Back of phone says Vietnam. App says Korea.
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I was going off the back of the phone. Odd your app says something different.
Actually my app says Korea as well. So I say we stick with what's on the back of the phone or in the box. My phone and box both say Vietnam.
Bought Samsung UK direct
paulrgod said:
Model SM-N986B/DS - UK Factory Unlocked
Purchased directly from Samsung.com
Country - UK
Manufactured in Vietnam
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I got mine from Samsung UK also and mine is from South Korea
Sm-n986u att-locked
country: Usa
made:vietnam
SM-N986U1
USA
Made in Vietnam
mancuk29 said:
I got mine from Samsung UK also and mine is from South Korea
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What does the back of your phone say? Not the phone info app
SM-N986B
Australia.
Back of the phone only shows "SAMSUNG" & IMEI number, no country of manufacture.
Thus, the box says Vietnam, but the Samsung Info app says STH Korea.
Exynos 986b/DS made in Vietnam
SM-N986B/DS
Globe-PH
So almost everyone's is made in Vietnam. Odd that we have two ATT models made in Korea. Not sure why only ATT models are made in Korea, unless those posters were going off the Phone Info App, which seems to say Korea no matter what.
Exynos.
"All" India.
Are there any providers in Hong Kong who offer esim for the SM-N9860? That would be great if Samsung HK comes out with an update that enables Esim. Not just in the US.
Issue is, the SM-N9860 is physical dual sim Note 20U and doesnt support esim to start with. I'll let other actual current N9860 owners chime in, since I had that specific model only briefly last year.
So I hope that Samsung Hong Kong will activate esim with an update - like in the USA
Hi all. I bought a galaxy watch 4 lte version rose from Uk samsung site and would like to use in Hong Kong. (Coz this version is not available in hk) I have asked the cs from uk samsung site and they said the lte function can only be used with UK carriers because the components in the watch are specified for UK carriers only. But then I have checked the carrier band in both Hong Kong and UK and seems they are using the same lte band. So does anyone know will the lte function work in HK in this case? If not, I may have to return the watch to samsung. Thanks.
Here's the carrier list I found :
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 - The Official Samsung Galaxy Site
Reach for a healthier you in the Galaxy Watch 4 with Wear OS, featuring fitness tracking, body composition, blood pressure, ECG, step counting and more!
www.samsung.com
Regional locks. A nasty thing indeed. I am going to return my GW4 because of this(no LTE available foir my country). Think about doing the same thing.