Hi all,
I have a question that I need answered fairly urgently. I'm in Australia at the moment, and I'm due to fly back to South Africa fairly soon. I'm flying through singapore, and on my way out here, I saw that the airport shops in Singapore had the HD2 available. I'd like to purchase it when I pass through again, but I'm worried with regards to warranty and repairs and so on. While the price in Singapore is very good, might it not be better to buy at home in South Africa, where the warranty covers any repairs and so on? Any ideas?
Thanks,
David
I live in Thailand and had the same dilemma when I bought my Omnia about a year and a half ago. They were available in Singapore and we didn't have them in Thailand yet so I went ahead and purchased it in Singapore on a business trip and I was glad that I did. Although they showed up in Thailand about a month later I had already been enjoying the phone for one month and I never had one minutes trouble with it. Now we have the HD2 in Thailand and I just upgraded from my trusty Omnia last week. So far so good, I'm very happy with the HD2 and really enjoying that huge screen and the speed.
Aother question I have is regarding ROM updates and so on - will I be stuck updating with Asian ROMs, or will I be able to install the correct ROM for South Africa?
CloneboyZA said:
Aother question I have is regarding ROM updates and so on - will I be stuck updating with Asian ROMs, or will I be able to install the correct ROM for South Africa?
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If HTC has a service center in your country they will try to repair your phone and only send it back to the country of origin if they are not able to repair it. I got this information from HTC's headquarters in Taiwan.
When HardSPL is ready you will be able to flash to any ROM, but flashing to an unofficial ROM would void your warranty. You would have to flash back to the English Asian ROM if you find you need to use the warranty.
Hope this information helps you make your decision.
Thanks for your answers. Still not sure what I'll do about it - the price in Singapore is about $200 (US) less than at home, but the warranty is something that is worrying me, as is the ROM issue. How hard would it be to reconfigure an Asian ROM for use in South Africa? Or would it be easier to flash it when HardSPL is available? If flashing, would there be a specific ROM for south Africa? And if so, where would I get it? Sorry for all the questions, but it is a lot of money, so want to make sure I'll be getting the right package.
Thanks all!
David
CloneboyZA said:
Thanks for your answers. Still not sure what I'll do about it - the price in Singapore is about $200 (US) less than at home, but the warranty is something that is worrying me, as is the ROM issue. How hard would it be to reconfigure an Asian ROM for use in South Africa? Or would it be easier to flash it when HardSPL is available? If flashing, would there be a specific ROM for south Africa? And if so, where would I get it? Sorry for all the questions, but it is a lot of money, so want to make sure I'll be getting the right package.
Thanks all!
David
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The warranty should be no huge problem other than if you flash to different unofficial ROMS. The English Asian ROM should work fine in South Africa, all you might have to do is configure your cellular network, but usually just putting the SIM card in should work. If there are any special ROMS for South Africa it would come from your carrier and you should be able to download ROMS from their website. To easily do that though you will have to wait for HardSPL and SSPL to come out, as you would be flashing a ROM with a different CID (Country Identification), or use what is the Gold Card mehtod now available.
If I were you and could save that much money, I would go for it. XDA Developers will also be great support for you when you have questeions.
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Just found out I have been sold a Czech phone by handtec.co.uk even though I am in the UK and so are they. Seems I can't get Manila 2.5 upgrade unless someone knows where I can get it from - or if I can HTC think it may change my language to Czech. Main question is do I have a claim against Handtec as I wouldn't have bought a Czech phone for the price I paid. Unfortunately I bought the phone in June 09. If I have no claim does anyone have any advice on upgrading a Czech phone please.
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Just found out I have been sold a Czech phone by handtec.co.uk even though I am in the UK and so are they. Seems I can't get Manila 2.5 upgrade unless someone knows where I can get it from - or if I can HTC think it may change my language to Czech. Main question is do I have a claim against Handtec as I wouldn't have bought a Czech phone for the price I paid. Unfortunately I bought the phone in June 09. If I have no claim does anyone have any advice on upgrading a Czech phone please.
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Assuming its an authentic HTC you can flash hard SPL and change your ROM to whatever you want.
Not sure about the claim stuff, sorry.
The hardware is the same no matter what country you buy it from (assuming it's not a copy) You can download an official Eastern European manila 2.5 rom here: sunnysoft.cz/htc/ (it will be in English by default)
I too was sold the Eastern European (EE) version by Handtec. They claimed that they could legally source any unit from one EU country to another without breaking any consumer protection law. Not sure they are right but don't have time to contest it.
However, the EE versions also support English and you can upgrade from the relevant country site and still read it. Happily the upgrade itself has an English title even on the Czech site. I think you are prompted for the language you want when you run the upgrade - I've certainly done it without any trouble.
The only two issues are:
a) upgrades for minor markets (e.g. EE) lag behind the 'major' ones by some weeks (and I suspect some won't appear at all);
b) some ROM applications appear with EE defaults (eg the clock comes with Warsaw and Budapest times not London, Paris, New York).
b) is trivial but a) can be a pain. I certainly won't be buying from Handtec again as I think this is a con.
its been bothering me that i dont know what sg means. thanks!
at a guess... sony generic??
i was thinking its singapore?
SG is Singapore.
yes that would make sense... i got my phone on ebay and its from malayasia. so we need to wait for the singapore firmware to come online..
wow what the heck, i have a singapore version eventhough im in america? it would make more sense if i had the UK version.
depends where it came from originally. whoever you got it from might of imported it. a lot of tech stuff comes from malayasia first. it was out there months before the UK. its why i got mine from ebay.. i would of thought theres a lot of singapore X2s out there.
out there first but the update still hasnt reached them, great
i want a usable x2 =p
good point! maybe we moan more in the UK than in malayasia lol. i suspect its just some localisation differences and the update went up on friday so hopefully theyll finish off the rest on monday...
Hello,
In my country (Serbia) this phone will show up for maybe 2-3 months or later. I can't order online because importing is too complicated (radio frequency etc..blah blah..) so I would like to buy this phone somewhere in Hungary or Austria. I will go on trip for few days from 3 july. Can anyone tell me is there any store in Austria (can't read germany) like vodaphone shop or something to buy this phone. I will visit Austria and Hungary. If there any place please let me know.
I made contact to this website
http://www.zippzarmobile.hu/
and they told me for 20 days they will have it but I need before that because I will be on trip before that.
Why is importing difficult? Amazon.de has it already in stock, sells it for 484,97€ (the 8gb version) and it uses the same frequencies as everywhere else in Europe. They charge 6€ for shipping to non-EU european countries, which includes Serbia. If you have difficulties navigating the amazon.de page, use www .amazon.co.uk as a guide, they look the same.
To look for stores in Vienna, see: geizhals.at/a535151. html. currently, nobody has it in stock yet. I bought it last week at an A1 outlet, but they only have branded versions.
In Hungary, i have also seen some ads, like www .220volt.hu/Samsung+GT-i9000+Galaxy+S+8GB , but it is expensive, almost 100€ more than in Germany or Austria. This was the same with the HTC HD2 back in 2009. It was available in Budapest some weeks before in Vienna, I even went by the store, but it was way too expensive to not wait for one or two weeks longer.
So I would recommend to use amazon.de. They have very good customer service if the device should turn out to be faulty and ship very fast. If mail order is really not possible, check out the geizhals.at/ a535151.html page for Austrian shops: if any of them turns green, it means, that they have it in stock.
importing is very difficult because they are asking me for some document from radio regulatory agency + for new products you need to make some test in some special facility + will cost me like 400euros....for 2 phones.
Anyway I ordering online a lot ...but when you order something with radio frequency that is ....really hard.
I will consider this Hungary. Thank you!!!
I bought it with 381GBP at HandTec UK
I would say it depends on when you will be in Austria. At the moment the phone is just launching, so most stores handle their pre-orders first. Here in Germany more and more shops claim it "in stock" so things seem to relax. But for now I can't find a shop in Austria. Are you in Austria before or after July, 3rd?
Hey guys
I have a SGT 10.1 (3G) model, which was bought through Mobicity in Australia. Now i KNOW they source their stock from overseas, but i just spotted yesterday that the HC 3.2 update was available for download?
Now am i getting that pushed because i'm in Australia? Or is it being pushed to the device because it was bought in a specific country thats getting it? (e.g The UK have been receiving it)?
Am just curious, so i can get an idea of when future PUSH updates might be coming to mine.
Updates are being pushed according to origin of the ROM that is on your device.
If you put a given UK carrier rom, you will get this UK carrier updates, and so on.
Well all i've done is root it, not put any custom ROM's on yet....
So how can i tell the origin of the stock ROM on it?
Well if you bought it from a regular carrier and not something like Ebay, you most likely have an Australian version! (no idea what Mobicity is but every carrier have its own ROMs)
What is your current ROM version anyway?
As long as you are on stock ROM, any update will have to go through your carrier for approval and such. So look on their site / ask them for info.
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no idea what Mobicity is but every carrier have its own ROMs)
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Mobicity is an importer who deals in phones, tablets and accessories. I got my tab through them before Apple sued Samsung to stop selling them locally (nd then I loaded leaked roms)
If you got it from MobiCity like my self I believe you got an Asian ROM
They source the tablet from Hong Kong
So most likely you didn't get an Australian specific ROM
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nandihno said:
If you got it from MobiCity like my self I believe you got an Asian ROM
They source the tablet from Hong Kong
So most likely you didn't get an Australian specific ROM
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I agree that you won't have an Australian rom on the tablet but just because you get it from Mobicity means that it's from Asia. They seem to source the products from Europe, Asia and USA (depending on avaiability). My Galaxy S 2 came from Europe somewhere, my Galaxy Tab 10.1 came from America I believe and a HTC Desire S I bought for someone came from Asia.
Got my tab from Vodafone. Its going to be 6 months before it'll get 3.2. why not flash? im sure I'll get ics way before if you're willing to wait.
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Thanks for the replies guys.
Yeah i figured Mobicity would be buying from Asia. So can i tell which ROM i'm on from the Build Number? Mine says (with 3.2 installed) HTJ85B P7500XWKL1
Thanks
P7500XWKL1:
XW: Poland ROM, with support for deutch, english, spanish, french, italian, and 2 more languages I dont know about (de,en,es,fr,it,pt,tr)
KL1: Built 1st week (1) of December (L) 2011 (K)
I just got my Tab tonight, so forgive me if I'm not posting this right as I've just downloaded the update and its installing, so I can't see my exact screens. All I did was go to the settings menu and check for updates. I had to sign up for a Samsung account first, but then it went right through. It said it was updating to 3.2. And just an observation, but it looks like it may take a bit of time. Mine has been updating for over 5 minutes now and its only at 39%.
Edit: I'm on a Wifi only Tab BTW...
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P7500XWKL1:
XW: Poland ROM, with support for deutch, english, spanish, french, italian, and 2 more languages I dont know about (de,en,es,fr,it,pt,tr)
KL1: Built 1st week (1) of December (L) 2011 (K)
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Aha! Cool, thanks for that, good to know.
Hi folks,
I own a Galaxy S with a Cyanogenmod9 ICS ROM (which is amazing and works like a charm, by the way)
The phone is now 1 1/2 year old ans shows a massive burn in that's even visible in normal usage.
I called Samsung for a repair and they told me they will do it.
Now my question is: Which ROM should I flash before sending the device into repair. There are so many official and unofficial kernels around and I lost track of.
Another issue: F***ing Amazon sold me some eastern European model instead of a German one (forgot the exact country), so the newest ROM for Germany might not be apply to my device as it may be not yes available in eastern Europe.
I don't want Samsung to tell me I fiddled around with the ROMs and refusing the warranty.
Maybe a not so recent ROM would be the best!?
Thanks for any answer and thanks to the Cyanogenmod team for their great work.
Paul