Hi folks.
Last year I've got robbed in California when I was traveling with my cousin, and decided to buy one S22 Ultra, once I like so much the Samsumg Wallet app and service.
The service is working alright, however, I can not access the "Rewards Program" from Brazil.
Since I got back home in Brazil, I restored the mobile to the factory details, nothing new.
After that, realized that in "country and region" tab the country "United States" was sticky, could not change manually to Brazil.
Thinking that changing the country might solve the trouble, I contacted Samsung US, did the whole procedure they asked me (including an explicit declaration) and changed the country to Brazil. Later, restored again my phone to factory details.
Now I see that nothing changes the Samsung Wallet Rewards Programs, it keeps appearing announcements of macys and other brands in US, nothing alike brazilian program, and I actually would like to use it, like I got used to use in my last galaxy (the phone robbed was a xiaomi, had to use google pay instead of samsumg pay), one thing that inarguably made me to get back to samsung.
SHOULD I CHANGE THE FIRMWARE? I completely depleted my support with samsung.com (Brazil and US), they can not help me, they say once my phone is bought in US, it's gonna be alwase US.
Got informations about following model versions of fw: "SC-52CSCG14", "SM-S9080", "SM-S908B", "SM-S908E", "SM-S908N", "SM-S908U", "SM-S908U1" and "SM-S908W".
My phone is "SM-S908U1", but I couldnt find any brazilian firmware of SM-S908U1.
I have found ONLY the SM-S908E in brazilian version, question: IS IT GONNA WORK ON MY PHONE?
Second question: IS IT GONNA SOLVE MY PROBLEM OF SAMSUNG WALLET (appearing our Brazilian Rewards Programs [instead of americans])?
Thank you very much.
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Hello everyone, I am buying a S3 Frontier day from the United States I live in Brazil and I have a question, I would like to know if there is any original Brazilian ROM that I can make the exchange For I believe that Samsung pay will not work here due to the American version Does anyone know any place or even here on the page if you have any Brazilian ROMs thanks
HI, I live in Argentina and bought the AT&T version from Best Buy with no contract, and the Samsung Pay shows on both my watch and phone (Xperia Z5), but unfortunately we don't have this system in Argentina. I would assume that any card from any bank that has an agreement with Samsung Pay could be loaded, but can't try it for you.
Stormglider said:
HI, I live in Argentina and bought the AT&T version from Best Buy with no contract, and the Samsung Pay shows on both my watch and phone (Xperia Z5), but unfortunately we don't have this system in Argentina. I would assume that any card from any bank that has an agreement with Samsung Pay could be loaded, but can't try it for you.
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So, I live in Brazil, the Samsung Pay system works here, my cell phone is a Galaxy S7, it has a native, so I researched, in the US the system works, but the mobile phones that are imported to Brazil, would have to Rom to work, I believe that the Gear is the same system, but in the site sammobile I did not find one and probably should not find the rom anywhere!
I bought this phone from **** Smith which is an online shop that has been bought out by Kogan a year ago and although the store is in Australia, the phone seems to be imported from Korea. When I turn on the phone I get a Korean Telecom logo on boot along with the Samsung logo. I knew that wasnt normal for a phone that was bought from an Australian store but I let it slide, however, when I go into Bixby, I get Korean content from the Korean YouTube and I also get other Korean information. I hate having Korean content showing on my phone, is there any way to change it? Also, whenever I click on the weather app and just tap on the weather for the week, it takes me to a website which is a Korean weather website.
notsteven said:
I bought this phone from **** Smith which is an online shop that has been bought out by Kogan a year ago and although the store is in Australia, the phone seems to be imported from Korea. When I turn on the phone I get a Korean Telecom logo on boot along with the Samsung logo. I knew that wasnt normal for a phone that was bought from an Australian store but I let it slide, however, when I go into Bixby, I get Korean content from the Korean YouTube and I also get other Korean information. I hate having Korean content showing on my phone, is there any way to change it? Also, whenever I click on the weather app and just tap on the weather for the week, it takes me to a website which is a Korean weather website.
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You should have bought a genuine AUSTRALIAN S8+
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You should have bought a genuine AUSTRALIAN S8+
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No ****, wanna tell me anything else I dont know? ""
Install australian android via odin.
+1 for NeedleGames' reply - just download the Australian version of the sm-g955f software and flash via odin. The hardware is exactly the same.
Just remember though, you'll need to go back to **** Smith/Kogan if you ever need to use your warranty...
Samsung don't honor warranty repairs for grey imports....
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No ****, wanna tell me anything else I dont know? ""
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No need to get aggressive with him, he had a point. You should've known what you were getting into when you bought it.
If you say it has a Korean Telecom logo when you boot it up, it's the SM-G955N variant, only launched in South Korea, specifically for their carriers. No way to remove the bloat without rooting the phone.
There's a separate discussion thread for the Korean S8+: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/how-to/sm-g955n-samsung-galaxy-s8-korean-128gb-t3612058
NeedleGames said:
Install australian android via odin.
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It's not that simple.
lwid said:
+1 for NeedleGames' reply - just download the Australian version of the sm-g955f software and flash via odin. The hardware is exactly the same.
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Same hardware doesn't mean Odin or the phone is gonna accept the file for a G955F.
People really need to read up before they give out suggestions.
Is anyone able to help me out with using Odin to change my phone? Obviously Im a beginner with very little knowledge on this kind of stuff
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Is anyone able to help me out with using Odin to change my phone? Obviously Im a beginner with very little knowledge on this kind of stuff
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You can't change anything.
Read the thread I linked, you'll have to root your phone and get rid of all the carrier bloatware.
**** Smith aka Kogan
notsteven said:
I bought this phone from **** Smith which is an online shop that has been bought out by Kogan a year ago and although the store is in Australia, the phone seems to be imported from Korea. When I turn on the phone I get a Korean Telecom logo on boot along with the Samsung logo. I knew that wasnt normal for a phone that was bought from an Australian store but I let it slide, however, when I go into Bixby, I get Korean content from the Korean YouTube and I also get other Korean information. I hate having Korean content showing on my phone,
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I had a similar experience to you, whilst comparison shopping on line I was given no cause to believe that the phone on offer by **** Smith Electronics was any different to that on offer by the other Iconic Australian suppliers such as JB HiFi, Harvey Norman or The Good Guys. My assumption was that the product was cheaper simply because **** Smith Electronics no longer has stores or staff to maintain. I never even heard of "grey imports".
So whilst I take the point made by Murtaza02 that we "should have known what we were getting into", its not unless you scroll down past the "also bought with this product" section and into the product description that you are alerted to the fact that this is a "direct import international version" (whatever that means to the non-suspecting consumer). And even if you do investigate further, the website states:-
"You may notice minor differences when compared with models purchased locally, however, all international models are supplied with an Australian compliant generic charger and are suited for use in Australia."
"Minor differences" ? The differences are significant enough to prompt savvy shoppers who deliberately purchase grey imports for the substantial savings that they can offer to turn around and go to a lot of trouble "flashing" the phone so that it "works like the Australian versions of the phone"
I regret my purchase with **** Smith Electronics AKA Kogan. And whilst I assume some responsibility for not having investigated the origin of the phone further before my purchase, even in retrospect, I feel I was never given any cause to do so.
In fact it seems to me that the whole DSE website is nothing more than a front for the Hong Kong based drop shipping company and the purchase procedure deliberately engineered so as to not raise suspicion in the mind of the consumer that the phone is anything other than a genuine Australian version.
On my further research, the $999 price point avoids alerting the consumer that this is an imported model by not attracting GST, and the "limit 1 per customer" in retrospect is a further prevention of the consumer being alerted to GST obligations and therefore the fact that the phone is a "grey import". DSE advertise "Don't pay $1345" (for the same phone is implied here). And they say shipping is "ex stock" and "1-2 days".
I really feel in the case where an Australian Iconic Business such as **** Smith Electronics is offering a phone for purchase within Australia that they need to make it clear to consumers from the onset and within the front matter that this is a "grey import" and differs from the "Australian" version so that consumers can make an informed decision and are not duped or fooled or led to believe otherwise.
Hello,
I'm brazilian and I bought my Gear S3 Frontier (R760) from ebay. As soon as I turned on, I could easily register my credit card and use Samsung Pay almost anywhere. The problem is: it's reged under "United Arab Emirates" and it doesn't allow me to change to brazilian store, where my Note 8 is. I'm not able to get points for using it as I do on my phone, and it doesn't allow me to change to my country.
Do I need to reset back and use another firmware? If so, where can I find it? Already tried on sammobile and there's nothing in there.
SM-760
Vers: 3.0.0.1
R760XXU2CQL1
Oops: just realized that's under the wrong section. Sorry
Hi Friends !
Excuse me for my English but I speak very little (which makes my understanding more difficult). I speak spanish.
Short version: I´m in Argentina with an Active 2 SM-R825U (Tizen 5.5.0.2 / Build Number: R825USQU1CUD1 ) that cannot see the movil network.
Company says I should have bought SM-R825 ( without U , my fault ) but confused me saying american models. After my bought said Mexico and Canada models )
My Questions:
1- What must I specific do ? Can I fix that only changing the CSC code to ARO , MXO or XAC ?
I not finding or not knowing what combination files I must use.
Don´t match last 4 characters: https://easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=folder&id=47818
2- I´d be interested to know if I can use SM-R820 or SM-R825 combination files or would that kill the watch ?
3- Are there any method to backup and save combination files of my watch ?
I´ve reached to establish communication between the watch and NetOdin but I´ve stopped there for not knowing the above.
From already, thank you very much ! Sincerely.... Eduardo.
Hi,
First of all, here is a list of officially supported careers: https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-watch-active2/carrier/
From this list you can clearly see there is no such thing as SM-R825. It's either SM-R825U (I guess this is for USA), and SM-R825F (for everything else).
Also, from here you can see there is no official support for Argentina as of now.
Now to your questions:
You can change the CSC yes. Will it work? Depends on how your career has implemented their service. Best way to find someone who did the same as you want to do. My bet: as no careers are supported officially in Argentina, you can simply use my recommended trick with the QR code, and you are good to go. No need to change the CSC. CSC change is only viable in case you can change it to that code which is officially supported. Let's say you bought a watch in Europe, and want to use it USA. It won't be able to activate, but if you change the CSC to the one USA is using, it will work.
You should NEVER use anything else then what your watch precisely is. In case you have SM-R825, you MUST use files for SM-R825. (Also: SM-R820 is Bluetooth-only version)
I have no idea.
So, basically: changing CSC won't solve your problem. People here usually change their CSC to have Blood-pressure monitoring or Samsung Pay in a country where these are not officially supported.
After changing the CSC to a supported country, these people can have the SPay working, and also the BP.
For LTE Activation, CSC change is usually overkill, especially if your target country is not officially supported.
Go with the QR code method, that's the easiest and quickest way. With that method you can activate your watch with those careers which are not officially supported.
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First of all, here is a list of officially supported careers: https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-watch-active2/carrier/
From this list you can clearly see there is no such thing as SM-R825. It's either SM-R825U (I guess this is for USA), and SM-R825F (for everything else).
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Hi Danergo!
First of all, thank you very much for taking the time to help me.
I hope you can understand me, given my poor English (google translate helps me) ...
I saw that list looking for CSC codes but I think it is out of date. I have spoken with Samsung Argentina and they never told me that the service was not supported. I didn´t receive any information from them to help me and neither from Samsung USA. Only "you made a mistake in the purchase, so I'm sorry for you."
The only company that provides the service in Argentina is CLARO, a company owned by the mexican and one of the richest men in the world, Carlos Slim (I don't know why I haven't seen it in Mexico, but it's in several countries). I use its service in Argentina and use it in the past months for data in the USA with very good performance (associated with the T-Mobile network). I´m attaching a translated screenshot of its terms, which caused my wrong purchase). As I said, now, many days later, its technical service tells me that I should have been bought models from Mexico or Canada.
If the above was correct, you still think the same about "For LTE Activation, CSC change is usually overkill, especially if your target country is not officially supported." Because if I can't have LTE, I´d like to have BP and ECG. I don't know if I could have SPay because it isn´t implemented in Argentina. Maybe with an American card (in USA I used very well).
About "no such thing as SM-R825", I saw SM-R825 combination files in Easy Firmware https://easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=folder&id=18298 (I don't know how that is interpreted, sorry)
Finally, I´ll tell you something so you can see how CLARO's customer service is. Yesterday, in a first call they answered me that they do not implement the activation through QR code, and after seeing the opposite in forums, in my second call, the interlocutor acknowledges that if there are any, that she leaves my request scheduled and that she will call me In the future, call that I bet will never be made.
I´ve read that only in big service centers (Rosario city, 70 km away, is the closest) do the activation by QR. I read that they don't print the code, that they take our cell phones and scan it from their pc screen. Argentina is a banana republic (but some of its people are very good). I was in Rosario in authorized Samsung service (without any improvement) but I didn´t go to the provider because I did not know that information at that time.
I´m reading https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/sm-r825f-csc-change-tutorial.4061905/page-22 to learn a little more. Last post is similar to mine. I think I should and would like to make the switch to the SM-R825F, even if it's just for fun.
Well, here we are and we'll see how the story ends. I'm optimistic. Thank you again for your help to my understanding.
Have a very good weekend.
danergo said:
... People here usually change their CSC to have Blood-pressure monitoring or Samsung Pay in a country where these are not officially supported.
After changing the CSC to a supported country, these people can have the SPay working, and also the BP.
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Hi @danergo !
I want to tell you that I could install BP and ECG with the @Dante63 method , without region change !
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...triction-removed-27th-september-2021.4202685/
danergo said:
Hi,
...Go with the QR code method, that's the easiest and quickest way. With that method you can activate your watch with those careers which are not officially supported.
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Hi @danergo !
Fortunately I just arrived from an assistance center of my mobile network provider (city 70 km from mine) where I loaded the data through QR code (they didn´t send me by email) and the watch picked up the network and it is working very well.
I'm still not sure what combination of files I´d have needed to flash it, and if they should contain inside the CSC code that I want to change, I think so but I'm not sure.
I don´t need anything else but it would be a great help if we could backup, save or upgrade (or whatever it is called) the firmwares that we have on our watches in order to share it.
Since now, I´ll working to find the movil network profile file (xml file ?).
I don´t know where are you from @danergo, but if you are in USA, it will be a pleasure to me to invite you a pair of beers ( I don´t have more budget ! ).
Thank you very much for your advice. They avoided the risk of flashing. At your service from Argentina.
Perfect, I'm happy you succeed
I would up for a beer, but I'm more a wine person, and I'm very far from the US
I don't know any methods to backup/share your firmware unfortunately.
danergo said:
I would up for a beer, but I'm more a wine person, and I'm very far from the US
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Argentina has very good wines. This Argentine winery has just won for the third consecutive year the award for the best winery in the world. https://familiazuccardi.com/
La bodega argentina Zuccardi fue elegida como el mejor viñedo del mundo 2021
Por tercer año consecutivo, quedó primera en el ranking World's Best Vineyards, entre 1.500 establecimientos de 15 países.
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Hello everyone.
I am planning to buy soon the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra but I am in a situation when I would be moving country (from France to Spain) in a few months.
It looks like the Samsung Care + insurrance is bound the the country it's being contracted for ?
Also I remember back then I had a S9+ and when I moved from Spain to France I could not use Samsung Pay anymore even after device reset, from what I remember I had to reflash it completely with Odin using a stock firmware made from France instead of the Spanish firmware I had, do you know if this is still the case ? (From what I see on the sammobile firmwares lists it looks like it's mostly an unique european firmware now instead of one per operator and per country ?)
Do you know if by luck we can register card from both country like how it's possible with iPhone ?
Do you know if the same limitations also apply to Samsung Watches ? (I remember I had to do the same back then with Odin and my previous Samsung Watch that was on Tizen to be able to register French card on Samsung Pay on it)
Thanks
I am Argentinian and brought my s22 ultra in Uruguay. They told me that the warranty was valid for three countries, Argentina, Chile and of course Uruguay. It is a carrier unlocked device, meaning that I can use it with any carrier. Perhaps you should just ask if your warranty and Care services will still be valid?
For the thing about using Samsung Pay when changing country, back then I had flash it with Odin with a new CSC.
Is this something I would so have to do if I move from France to Spain? I see that there is an European CSC for this model so I'm not sure.