How do you find out where your XDA II was made?, Asia, Uk, Ireland, etc? Because in order to get updates I need to know, I myself am in the US and bought one from someone outside of the U.S.
I dont think thats refering to where it was made, more where you are using it/whick operator you are on/which language rom you have.
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Hi all,
as the distribution for this phone is currently limited to those 4 countries, what are the options of buying one there (an unlocked one) and then using it in a regular Network outside?
What limitations do i need to consider?
What risks am i taking?
I believe switzerland runs a regular GSM network,nothing special.
regards
Living in France, I am also considering buying it in the UK.
As far as I remember, the French and UK 3G bands are similar, and I could pickup some 3G signal with my French HD while in the UK. I guess it should work the other way around
Has anyone ordered from non US countries? Any info about the price there?
I live in France too, and I'm very interested in this phone. I wait to know if it works in France.
Waiting for it from Switzerland
It is expected to hit France in the first quarter of 2010 on SFR...
If you want it now, you'd better find a friend in the UK who will order it for you and ship it. In the UK, it retails at around 450€ inc VAT.
Dhirmadi said:
Hi all,
as the distribution for this phone is currently limited to those 4 countries, what are the options of buying one there (an unlocked one) and then using it in a regular Network outside?
What limitations do i need to consider?
What risks am i taking?
I believe switzerland runs a regular GSM network,nothing special.
regards
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Nothing special if you are using GSM SIM. However, google is controlling the sale, so the location to ship the phone to must be within its restricted country list. If you know of an escrow service in Switzerland which charges you for a shipment address in US, you can bypass that restriction.
Hey all,
I found a person selling a Chinese X10, and I was wondering if/how I can change its region to Canada, change it's language to English, and make it work with Rogers.
Help would be greatly appreciated,.
Thanks!
you can root with build r2ba023 from this region
It'll be a X10i so you'll only have 2g working no 3g.
This phone would be for my girlfriend because she is in love with the X10, but doesn't want a contract, so I would prefer not having to root hers if i dont have to because she will most likely not see any benefits from it. I'm getting one myself this weekend, and I'll root mine because I luvs me some fiddling with software. As for the 2g and not 3g, she will probably not have a data plan, so it would be mainly wifi and the lack of 3g wouldn't matter.
So I guess what it comes down to is, will the phone have an english language option? and will switching it to english, and unlocking it for use with rogers be enough?
Thanks for the replies
All x10 (or all android phones?) comes with multiple languages like Iphone does.
what you need to do is change the phone language in settings. and I think all x10 they sell in china are unlocked, so it shouldn't be a problem if you just put your sim card in.
stevencxr said:
I think all x10 they sell in china are unlocked, so it shouldn't be a problem if you just put your sim card in.
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Sir, if this is true, you have made my life easier than...it would have been otherwise.
Yea I couldn't think of anything smarter.
I'm in China, and I bought mine here a month or so ago. I could be wrong, but I believe the X10 isn't officially available in China - my model was illegally imported (as many big-name phones are, as they haven't been crippled in any way; like removing WiFi), so your phone is likely from another country, not China. I just checked the SE China website; they have the X10i on it, but clicking 'buy now' takes you to the Vivaz!
Mine is an X10i and came with English, Japanese and Chinese keyboards. The phone's region can be set to English (UK or US), and western software like Twitter and Facebook was included.
When I got mine, I didn't actually check which region my phone was actually from, and I now have HK firmware running on it (even this can be set to UK or US regions).
Oh, and it was also fully unlocked and unbranded out of the box.
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I'm in China, and I bought mine here a month or so ago. I could be wrong, but I believe the X10 isn't officially available in China - my model was illegally imported (as many big-name phones are, as they haven't been crippled in any way; like removing WiFi), so your phone is likely from another country, not China. I just checked the SE China website; they have the X10i on it, but clicking 'buy now' takes you to the Vivaz!
Mine is an X10i and came with English, Japanese and Chinese keyboards. The phone's region can be set to English (UK or US), and western software like Twitter and Facebook was included.
When I got mine, I didn't actually check which region my phone was actually from, and I now have HK firmware running on it (even this can be set to UK or US regions).
Oh, and it was also fully unlocked and unbranded out of the box.
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Sorry that this is off topic but I'm glad to find someone in the same boat. I have the HK region X10i and I'm sick of not getting updates from SEUS. I think the HK firmware is causing some troubles on my phone such as the camera shutter sound won't shut off. Does yours do that?
Hello, I'm from Pakistan and I was wondering a few things:
1- What if your region is not supported by the market place? There really is no way for me to know other than when I have bought the phone. So if the marketplace is not supported, I wont be able to download the apps? And if I will be, what about paid apps? If the market place does not support Pakistan for paid apps, is there any other way to get them?
2- Are updates region specific? The phones we get here are factory unlocked direct from HTC or Samsung. So will I get the NoDo update even if this region might not be officially supported?
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Hello, I'm from Pakistan and I was wondering a few things:
1- What if your region is not supported by the market place? There really is no way for me to know other than when I have bought the phone. So if the marketplace is not supported, I wont be able to download the apps? And if I will be, what about paid apps? If the market place does not support Pakistan for paid apps, is there any other way to get them?
2- Are updates region specific? The phones we get here are factory unlocked direct from HTC or Samsung. So will I get the NoDo update even if this region might not be officially supported?
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First question... If you want to know of your country is suported go to the zune site and try to change you region and see the ones avaidable..
Well now that you know, you can download, but not buy... Unless you create a new Live account (and using it on the phone as primary) for exemple saying your from the US and them having an ''American'' credit card... American Express cards seem to be working in other countries... Other way to get only through piracy.. So no help there...
As for the updates... They are not region specific... Only some carriers are blocking them... The if yours is unlocked, no problem...
well I just saw and Pakistan is not supported. So if I select USA as my country, I will need a credit from someone who lives in USA for it to work?
Other than paid apps, I will be able to download free apps no problem right?
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well I just saw and Pakistan is not supported. So if I select USA as my country, I will need a credit from someone who lives in USA for it to work?
Other than paid apps, I will be able to download free apps no problem right?
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Right...
And yes free apps you can download without a problem...
Thanks. What about websites like windowsphoneapplist.com? Can I use these to buy applications? It doesnt look like a region specific website
Those sites do not sell apps, they just redirect you to marketplace.
The omnia 7 available here in Pakistan was on T-mobile UK and now unlocked for the rest of the world. I wont get any troubles getting updates on this right? or i'll get them when T-mobile in UK releases them?
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The omnia 7 available here in Pakistan was on T-mobile UK and now unlocked for the rest of the world. I wont get any troubles getting updates on this right? or i'll get them when T-mobile in UK releases them?
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If it's branded T-Mobile you night have to wait until they release the update.. But you get it..
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The omnia 7 available here in Pakistan was on T-mobile UK and now unlocked for the rest of the world. I wont get any troubles getting updates on this right? or i'll get them when T-mobile in UK releases them?
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Re-flash a non-specific firmware. You won't have to worry about when T-mobile authorises the update then, you'll get it as soon as MS release it.
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Hi guys, I've searched the threads, and the only one that seems to talk about region lock is this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729956
I want to buy a SM-900F (international version) and I want to bring it to my country (South America). How will region lock affect me? I know it's SIM unlocked, but I don´t think I´ll be able to get ahold of a sim card of another country to be able to activate it... If that's a requirement, though, is it possible to bypass? Any other thing I should know about region lock?
Thanks
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Hi guys, I've searched the threads, and the only one that seems to talk about region lock is this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729956
I want to buy a SM-900F (international version) and I want to bring it to my country (South America). How will region lock affect me? I know it's SIM unlocked, but I don´t think I´ll be able to get ahold of a sim card of another country to be able to activate it... If that's a requirement, though, is it possible to bypass? Any other thing I should know about region lock?
Thanks
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I can't comment on capability to bypass it. Can you not get the SM-G900M which is the unlocked version for North and South America? Yes, it's also the branded one down there, but G900M is the "Americas unlocked version". I got mine from Expansys, and they have a Brazilian site.
On a random side note, aren't questions supposed to go in the Q&A section?
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I can't comment on capability to bypass it. Can you not get the SM-G900M which is the unlocked version for North and South America? Yes, it's also the branded one down there, but G900M is the "Americas unlocked version". I got mine from Expansys, and they have a Brazilian site.
On a random side note, aren't questions supposed to go in the Q&A section?
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I'm really sorry, I didn't even realize I was in general, the thing I'm worried about is the hardware, I know for a fact the F version will have lots of support from the community because it's Qualcomm, but as it was the case with the GS4, the Exynos version almost certainly won't get much love... I'm not sure which hardware the G900M has, but I don't think I'll be able to get one in USA... That's why I was planning on buying the F, it's way easier to get ahold of.
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I'm really sorry, I didn't even realize I was in general, the thing I'm worried about is the hardware, I know for a fact the F version will have lots of support from the community because it's Qualcomm, but as it was the case with the GS4, the Exynos version almost certainly won't get much love... I'm not sure which hardware the G900M has, but I don't think I'll be able to get one in USA... That's why I was planning on buying the F, it's way easier to get ahold of.
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No worries, I was just bugging heh.
I have the G900M. It's Qualcomm. I'm running kernel and ROM for G900F as we speak, and it's perfectly fine. Expansys has many sites around the world, including the USA. I wasn't sure what country you were in. You mentioned South America which is why I pointed out they have a site native to Brazil.
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nvm, I can't read. I see you're in Ecuador, so a Brazilian site may not help. The G900M would pass with your SIM card though.
maybe someone else can comment on the region lock itself.
You can unlock it by calling the samsung hotline or going to a samsung service center,pls try next time to google your issue before spamming xda, http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_on_region_lock_you_need_5_min_of_voice_calls-news-7184.php
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atilla88 said:
You can unlock it by calling the samsung hotline or going to a samsung service center,pls try next time to google your issue before spamming xda, http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_on_region_lock_you_need_5_min_of_voice_calls-news-7184.php
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Did you even read your link? That info is regarding the Note 3... In my original post I included a link to another thread in which someone says the region lock works differently for the GS5
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Did you even read your link? That info is regarding the Note 3... In my original post I included a link to another thread in which someone says the region lock works differently for the GS5
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I dont think that sammy has different region lock policies for their smartphones,you should really just call the sammy service center,this takes 5 minutes and is much faster then waiting on xda
I've searched almost everywhere but I can find NOTHING.
Where did you buy it? I live in the Netherlands so it has to be possible to ship it to Netherlands.
Thanks
Someone???????????
The international version is exclusive to flipkart. You might find one on eBay, but honestly the China Mobile ones with Android are still as good. I'm currently using a Chinese version on att, but no 4g