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Hello !
So I decided to return to the Windows Phone/Mobile land after an hiatus of a few years (yes with the thing from Apple ). After some toughts I would like to buy the Samsung Focus. I'm with Rogers but I would prefer to get an unlocked device if possible.
I try with few hopes the shops (Rogers and Bbest Buy since they got some flyers with it) here in Montreal but it seems that the device will be available only at the end of month or early next one. Expansys got it (can't put links in my post) but even if I got prior good experiences with them my order is pushed back since two weeks ... Rogers.com seems to have it but when I phoned the customers service they said they don't have it even f they recognized that Rogers.com can.
I saw several threads here about Rogers etc. so it must have some fellow Canadians with advices/information ?
Thanks !
Matthieu
I ordered it from rogers.com and it shipped within days.
As far as I know, its ONLINE only until the end of the month.
Thanks ! I will order it on Rogers.com if i don't have a clear answer from Expansys Monday.
When Rogers opened their limited online launch, I placed an order on the second day.
It shipped Friday, and I received it the monday after (got it on the 15th).
You have to be carefull buying unlocked, because of the time issues on Rogers network (ie. texts come in with a timestamp of the past, or future, annoying as ****).
Yes I saw some messages about this problem, but why ? is it affecting only devices not from Rogers ?
sorry for hijacking the thread, i live in chile but i have a friend in canada who is coming back for the holydays.... is it possible for him to buy the phone for 599 without plan, and if so, will it work on my country?
(im not asking about the bands, from what ive read, i think its compatible. what id like to know, if its unlocked or if i have to unlock it myself)
thanks a lot!
Yes he can but before he must unlocked it. Serach for "samsung focus unlock" on ebay.ca. I saw members of this forums used it succesfully.
Yep, the best and only place to get it right now is from Rogers.com... I ordered mine the day it was released and received it on Friday of the same week. UPS and Rogers were great about shipping it out to me, didn't have any hassles that you can usually expect. Enjoy!
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Yes he can but before he must unlocked it. Serach for "samsung focus unlock" on ebay.ca. I saw members of this forums used it succesfully.
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Yeap, I canceled my order with Expansys, they can't get their process right (my order went through all statuses the past two weeks).
I tried to order on Rogers.com but I got weird error during the checkout (JSP compilation error, welcome back in 1996 ). I called the Rogers.com support but I need to wait the fix to order it
aimer said:
Yep, the best and only place to get it right now is from Rogers.com... I ordered mine the day it was released and received it on Friday of the same week. UPS and Rogers were great about shipping it out to me, didn't have any hassles that you can usually expect. Enjoy!
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Yeap after few days of snafu with the Rogers HUP order page not working and Focus’s availability subject of uncertainty from Rogers, I succeed to order it today by phone with the Retention service. I just got the shipping notice so hopefully I will get it next week
I became frustrated and ordered one on ebay from at&t. The Canadian launch has been a complete failure in my opinion.
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I became frustrated and ordered one on ebay from at&t. The Canadian launch has been a complete failure in my opinion.
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Be aware of the problems even with unlocked devices. Here some solutions:
http://geekswithblogs.net/dlussier/archive/2010/11/26/142884.aspx
Hi guys,
I live in Europe and would like to get the Motorola Atrix 4g. There's still no official date on the release in Europe as far as I know and just might be released in July 2011 in UK.
Well, I don't really want to wait that long and I might get the phone from US or from Canada, where it should be released next week.
Is there something I should consider or any problems I might expect because of using the phone in Europe?
dubak
There is no problem for Atrix using on any others country. I wish it can switch 3G to 2G only to extend battery life and switch back when need.
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dubak said:
Hi guys,
I live in Europe and would like to get the Motorola Atrix 4g. There's still no official date on the release in Europe as far as I know and just might be released in July 2011 in UK.
Well, I don't really want to wait that long and I might get the phone from US or from Canada, where it should be released next week.
Is there something I should consider or any problems I might expect because of using the phone in Europe?
dubak
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I bought mine from the States and I'm in Australia and it works perfectly. I read up on all the frequencies around Europe as well, because I'll be there at the end of the year and most of Europe has the 2100mhz 3G frequency which is supported by the Atrix, so you should be all good.
How did you unlock?
Do you know where can you get the Atrix unlocked online? @ikenley did you get yours in the US or online, and if online, which site? I am planning to get one to replace my old Nexus One...
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Do you know where can you get the Atrix unlocked online? @ikenley did you get yours in the US or online, and if online, which site? I am planning to get one to replace my old Nexus One...
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You can buy "unlocked" from Negri Electronics (that is where mine came from). They are a bit pricier than other offers, but they ship directly internationally. The phone ships locked, but they send you the unlock code by email. As I mentioned in another thread, it may take some time (two weeks for me) to ship out, as they do not seem to have a steady supply.
See more sources at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=964641 . Most of them only ship within the US though, but if you have an address in the US that you can ship to, it should work. (As long as that address is linked with your Google Checkout / Amazon / Paypal / other account used for payment.)
There is also an unlock thread, discussing unlock sites for Atrix. It seems possible for US$ 15.
there are many offers on ebay also
And what about the laptop dock?
First of all sorry if this is the wrong section but the Q&A looked more like Note related question rather than ordering assistance.
I am trying to order from Amazon.de and have it shipped to the UK, tried and almost succeeded when i ordered it, a case and a host USB lead. It said it had shipped (all of it) last week but soon after i received an email saying that the Note could not be shipped do to weight problems?
So now i have been screwed on the shipping for the extras and they wont send me the phone, have tried several times but when i get to confirming the order it says the same thing about electronic goods.
My question is for anyone in or around the UK that has received a note from Amazon.de how on earth did you do it lol i have tried emailing and phoning them since i have a German speaker in the house who can help out but nothing back yet in over 5 days
I ordered my Note from Amazon.de a few weeks ago but didnt order extras to avoid any complication. I ordered those from elsewhere and in the uk. My Note arrived in a few days with no difficulties at all.
Try doing the same.
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I ordered my Note from Amazon.de a few weeks ago but didnt order extras to avoid any complication. I ordered those from elsewhere and in the uk. My Note arrived in a few days with no difficulties at all.
Try doing the same.
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Sadly i have tried that just the note on its own gets the the confirmation section before saying it cannot be shipped to my chosen address (mainland UK) funny thing is i have already had several items from amazon.de throughout the year including some very expensive items and very inexpensive items.
Really want the Note but i refuse to pay the prices some users think are fair in the UK especially for used models, i mean £500 for a USED item when i can get it for £350 :s
Yes the UK prices are a rip off as are the contract prices which is why i went to amazon.de. I must have been lucky as that was my first ever purchase from there.
I successfully placed an order for a white Note via Amazon.de on Tuesday last week and received it without any issues on Friday ...
That's not very helpful to you I know, but just wanted to let you know that even until very recently, orders have been going through fine with them with shipping to the UK ...
For info, I ordered without accessories ...
Hope you get it sorted cos the cost saving is fab
I wonder if they've got wind of people ordering it to save a fortune and put an end to it. I got mine from Amazon.de at the beginning of January for just 410 Euros. It arrived at my house the following day and bizarrely enough even though it came with a Euro mains plug it was shipped via City Link and came from Milton Keynes.
Sorry that doesn't help you.
I'm not sure why anyone is now ordering through German amazon as the price is now €564 around £475 but UK price is now £519 so for £45 more you get UK delivery and UK warranty. . I was gonna order from Germany but due to sgreen problems chose UK and I'm glad I did cos first note had a really bad screen and amazon replaced it and paid for return postage
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And worst UK prices have increased. Handtech was selling for £480 when I ordered from Amazon.de.
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Right i went away and tried a few different addresses just in case it was the layout of the address that was messing with the system. Tried 5 different addresses from around the country (friends) and two business addresses (my current and previous) with no luck but i am now thinking it has something to do with what Lakota suggested? as i ordered about £3000 in goods from them before Christmas?
And with a discount i get normally it would mean i would get the Note from from them for around about £350 DELIVERED that's the only reason i am trying to push for this.
Would anybody mind logging into amazon.de and trying to purchase a note for a test? i get as far as choosing an address when it fails so nowhere near checkout? it would make things clear or at least solve an issue because if someone from the UK can still do it, it has to be a problem with the storage of my addresses thats causing the problem.
Just tried the order process again ... I get all the way through to the payment page ... Address went through fine
I order one January 15th, shipped 17th, arrived 19th.
No extras.
Price paid: e546.68 = £441.98 (by my calculation).
Judicous use of Google Translate helped.
Lovely machine. Glad to join this forum.
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Just tried the order process again ... I get all the way through to the payment page ... Address went through fine
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God damn it what am I doing wrong then, no matter what I do it rejects the address every time :/ I don't know what else to try. Going to try some more address changes tomorrow then give up
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Looks like Amazon have run out of Notes!
The only links now are to used Notes - 481yoyos! I paid on 450 for a new one.
did you all order new ones? because for used products, the seller can restrict the shipment to Germany.
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did you all order new ones? because for used products, the seller can restrict the shipment to Germany.
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Yup mine is a brand new white Note ... Amazon.de are showing as having 11 in stock at the moment ...
mine was ordered on the 7th and came on the 9th. you can email custmer service or call them with number given on same webpage. i had to call them a couple of times for replacement. ist ***** hung up on me cause i couldnt speak german. next chap was nice and helpful but phone was out of stock so advised only refund after i sent phon ebcak. but phone worked fine after software update so didnt send it back. having some issues with sd card though, dont know if it is the card as phone works fine without card.
since i had enquired in my email if available for delivery to uk a week or so ago and to let me knw when in stock as i wanted to buy one more note. they emailed me last week saying 1-2 week lead time for delivery to uk so they did get more stock unless they ran out of it again. and yes it was for the black/blue note and not the costlier white one.
call them to sort out your probs. 2 people i spoke to at amazon.de customer service spoke ok english and were helpful but one ***** hung up on me cause i didnt speak german.
wtf yesterday was showing as 503euros now today showing 70euros more!
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... ist ***** hung up on me cause i couldnt speak german. ....but one ***** hung up on me cause i didnt speak german.
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So you ring a German company in Germany and call someone a ***** because they can't speak English!
You sir are a twunt.
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Yup mine is a brand new white Note ... Amazon.de are showing as having 11 in stock at the moment ...
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Which Amazon.de are you looking at?
Amazon have no stock at the moment, Amazon Sellers on the other hand do.
ATELCo are the first seller listed.
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So you ring a German company in Germany and call someone a ***** because they can't speak English!
You sir are a twunt.
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Which Amazon.de are you looking at?
Amazon have no stock at the moment, Amazon Sellers on the other hand do.
ATELCo are the first seller listed.
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i didnt call her a ***** because she couldnt speak english. it was because she didnt pass me on to their english speaking colleagues who deal with international customers bearing in mind i called their separate number for international customers (excluding german, swiss or austrians who have a separate free call back number from amazon.de) at my cost on a number they provide for international customers like me.
if you take the time to amazon.de customer services contact us page, and use the option for phone contact, they will call you for free if you are in germany, switzerland or austria. but for other countries they give another number international customers can call. You are the twunt if you expect a company that gives a separate number for international customers to call from outside germany / austria / switzerland but still speak only german. jerk.
for your information they do have customer service operators that speak english and i spoke to two of them who were good. they also have reps who write back to you in engish and they wrote back to me in english. and they wrote back to me in english by email informing me of new stock as i wanted to buy another note.
twunt yes but thats you sir and not me!
why because they allow me to use my uk account name and passowrd to buy from that website with delivery to the Uk and EU wide warranty and they do have reps thats speak and write english, all that ***** had to do was forward me to one instead of hanging up. That goes against their own customer service moto to provide the best customer service of any company.
rant over.
Right I finally got an email back claiming to not know why I can't order a new note (while in stock) and when I asked why I couldn't order from their warehouse they said they do not ship from warehouses to the uk? I would have though most products make that leap?
Anyway with the prices becoming stupid I guess I will just pass in the note for now since it was going to be replacing my half dead optimistic 2x but it looks like I will be holding on a while longer lol
Thanks for the help and suggestions guys/gals, I will be a note owner some day and.....I'LL BE BACK!!!
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Hi!
Here some galaxy notes in stock: http://www.electronic4you.at/samsung-galaxy-note-n7000-blue-16gb-129711.html
(Austrian company)
regards
Hi Guys.
Can someone explain what the Available Csc codes section is and if it means anything with mine being blank ?
Update just in case this question pops up for another person.
Another owners phone purchased from the same outlet reports its the same on his phone.
Samsung U.K. confirm it's nothing to be concerned over.
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Update just in case this question pops up for another person.
Another owners phone purchased from the same outlet reports its the same on his phone.
Samsung U.K. confirm it's nothing to be concerned over.
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Mine is XEU (purchased from Carphone Warehouse) and Available CSC Codes shows multiple.
Mines from the Samsung Experience Stores also owned by Cpw (well until 1/3/17 when Samsung take them over)
Was your supplied with contract via Cpw or sim free.
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Mines from the Samsung Experience Stores also owned by Cpw (well until 1/3/17 when Samsung take them over)
Was your supplied with contract via Cpw or sim free.
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Come to think of it, mine is actually an exchange from my Insurance (original phone was from Carphone Warehouse, forgot I had it changed).
That could well explain the difference then.
Same problem my device j710fn.....
How to get many available csc code????
Hello,
My name is Roberto, Iive in Chile and here the Galaxy S8 is still not selling and there is no information about the date, the price? way to high.
I wil be in the US in april and would love to buy the New S8 because is much cheaper, but there is no unlocked version untill MAY.
Can someone tell me, if I buy the AT&T version from the Samsung web page, if I have to activate with a contract or something? or I can Just buy a prepaid at&t sim and use it?
What I want is, to buy the AT&T version, unlock it, and then use it.
Then may be Install the future Unlocked Rom.
I tried to buy the UK version but is Region Locked, you have to make a 5 minut call form the place it was ment to sell UK
Please help.
Thanks.
Hi Roberto,
I am from Brazil and I will be in US in April and wanna get the S8 too.
I always do the purchase on eBay. Today there is some auctions and sellers offering the S8 to $849,00 on pre-order.
I figured out a second option, that is get the phone on Clove.co.uk. On the checkout page, you can choose this option: "Samsung’s region lock stops use of this handset within your chosen country unless activated with a European SIM. I agree for Clove Technology to break the seal on the box, activate the phone and remove the region lock by completing a 5 minute call on the handset." I think it is a good way to get the S8, it costs around $740 with shipping to US on Clove store.
I see no advantage getting the US version for foreign users, because you will not have your country language and can not flash an international firmware. You will be stuck only in AT&T's firmware version
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Hi Roberto,
I am from Brazil and I will be in US in April and wanna get the S8 too.
I always do the purchase on eBay. Today there is some auctions and sellers offering the S8 to $849,00 on pre-order.
I figured out a second option, that is get the phone on Clove.co.uk. On the checkout page, you can choose this option: "Samsung’s region lock stops use of this handset within your chosen country unless activated with a European SIM. I agree for Clove Technology to break the seal on the box, activate the phone and remove the region lock by completing a 5 minute call on the handset." I think it is a good way to get the S8, it costs around $740 with shipping to US on Clove store.
I see no advantage getting the US version for foreign users, because you will not have your country language and can not flash an international firmware. You will be stuck only in AT&T's firmware version
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Hy, thanks for that information, I wrote to them to ask about the shipping time because I will be in the US until the 25th of april so I do not know if they can ship the phone on time.
But great information, about the unlocking service.
rafaelpinaf said:
Hi Roberto,
I am from Brazil and I will be in US in April and wanna get the S8 too.
I always do the purchase on eBay. Today there is some auctions and sellers offering the S8 to $849,00 on pre-order.
I figured out a second option, that is get the phone on Clove.co.uk. On the checkout page, you can choose this option: "Samsung’s region lock stops use of this handset within your chosen country unless activated with a European SIM. I agree for Clove Technology to break the seal on the box, activate the phone and remove the region lock by completing a 5 minute call on the handset." I think it is a good way to get the S8, it costs around $740 with shipping to US on Clove store.
I see no advantage getting the US version for foreign users, because you will not have your country language and can not flash an international firmware. You will be stuck only in AT&T's firmware version
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I got the answer from Clove, the shipping starts on the 28th so It wont arrive on time to me in the US
Too bad.
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I got the answer from Clove, the shipping starts on the 28th so It wont arrive on time to me in the US
Too bad.
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Sad to hear that :/
The imei's are not in ATT's database yet if you go to the unlock page. Itll be a few weeks probably.
Make sure you scroll to the right and choose if you are an ATT customer or not.
https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/request/#/unlockstep1
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If you buy the phone from Samsung it should come with a unlock code in the email they send you.
If you want to buy it directly from AT&T they can unlock it within 24hrs. after the device is fully paid/bought out right. You just have to choose the lowest plan there and roll with it then cancel it after you unlock it
i used sim-unlock.net and it worked perfect man but im on tmobile dunno how to get video chat and **** to work
Mine was unlocked in less than 48 hours.
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where did you get your phone? I am thinking get a ATT S8 from samsung.com, but I don't know if ATT will unlock the phone for me...
Timesnewmen said:
where did you get your phone? I am thinking get a ATT S8 from samsung.com, but I don't know if ATT will unlock the phone for me...
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i got an att s8+ from samsung.com... att didnt unlock my phone because the phone was bought from samsung.com, they told me to call them so i did, samsung told me i had to call with my an agent from my carrier a 3 way line. so i did, i gave them the info and my imei, then they told me to factory reset my phone and that was it, and now i flashed g955u1 firmware so i am fully unlocked and bloatless
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i got an att s8+ from samsung.com... att didnt unlock my phone because the phone was bought from samsung.com, they told me to call them so i did, samsung told me i had to call with my an agent from my carrier a 3 way line. so i did, i gave them the info and my imei, then they told me to factory reset my phone and that was it, and now i flashed g955u1 firmware so i am fully unlocked and bloatless
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Thanks. I have got an unlock.version from samsung.com for about $500. It's an more easy way.
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Thanks. I have got an unlock.version from samsung.com for about $500. It's an more easy way.
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well yea since its released its a lot easier lol, received mine a day before launch day
So if i use the phone on another carrier (in my case in Argentina) It works perfectly but I would not be able to receive any OTA unless it has an ATT sim in it?
Does anyone know if it is possible to unlock the ATT version to use on Verizon if there is a 2yr contract still in place but another device is moved onto this contract to keep it active?