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Galaxy note 3 Region lock in KSA

Hey guys,
I asked a friend to buy for me a note 3 N9005 from Saudi Arabia and i wonder if the device has the sticker of region locking because i live in Tunisia.
I did several research and i didn't find out if it's locked or no.
Peace
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Yeah if your friend bought it from Saudia then it sure was region locked as I also bought my Note 3 SM-N9005 from Saudia as well. It is restricted to be used within the Arab countries.
Once you install a sim card from the allowed regions mentioned in the sticker while activating your phone the first time then it automatically disables the region lock and later you can use it anywhere in the world. I'll show you a pic of the sticker that was attached on my Note 3 bought from Jeddah. I hope it helps...
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My friend has bought for me Galaxy Note 3 N900 from Jiddah, there was no any sticker on it, so it should not be locked. But when I got it and put my local SIM card, it occurred locked. Now I cannot find any unlocking company, who can provide me with unlock code. Samsung Arabia does not respond my requests. Phone is waiting for unlock code

try this c if it helps
http://www.fastgsm.com/en/samsung/galaxy-note-3/unlocking/network-unlock
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MoonSTRuK said:
Yeah if your friend bought it from Saudia then it sure was region locked as I also bought my Note 3 SM-N9005 from Saudia as well. It is restricted to be used within the Arab countries.
Once you install a sim card from the allowed regions mentioned in the sticker while activating your phone the first time then it automatically disables the region lock and later you can use it anywhere in the world. I'll show you a pic of the sticker that was attached on my Note 3 bought from Jeddah. I hope it helps...
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I read in several threads that this method is not working, and the phone will be locked as soon as you use a different region sim card

Mine had no sticker, so it was not activate with Saudi Sim card. I opened box, put my Sim and turned on. It was immediately locked. I tried almost all third part unlockers, all of them failed. Now I dont know what do do. I had more than 50 different mobile phones. Now I have 4 Samsing smartphones, i.e. Note 3, S4, Note 2, Galaxy Win, Galaxy Gear. If was first time I was deceived and upset by Samsung. I think I will refuse buying all Samsung equipment. Planned to buy Samsing TV for 2000 usd, but decided never buy Samsung. Will buy LG smart tv and future phone will be LG or Nexus. Shame to Samsung

galaxyst said:
Mine had no sticker, so it was not activate with Saudi Sim card. I opened box, put my Sim and turned on. It was immediately locked. I tried almost all third part unlockers, all of them failed. Now I dont know what do do. I had more than 50 different mobile phones. Now I have 4 Samsing smartphones, i.e. Note 3, S4, Note 2, Galaxy Win, Galaxy Gear. If was first time I was deceived and upset by Samsung. I think I will refuse buying all Samsung equipment. Planned to buy Samsing TV for 2000 usd, but decided never buy Samsung. Will buy LG smart tv and future phone will be LG or Nexus. Shame to Samsung
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I read that u can go 2 samsung agent and they will unlock it 4 u

And where to find this samsung agent? I could not

I bought my n9005 in bahrain with out any sticker. I currently stay in Bahrain. Just to check this, i tried my indian sim in the mobile. Once i switch on, samsung terms and policies appeared in hindi language and i asked me to accept the terms. I dont know to read hindi. I didnt accept the terms and policies. My mobile didnt get locked. Everything is fine. I hope it wont get locked when i go to India.
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galaxyst said:
And where to find this samsung agent? I could not
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Where do u live? Send it back to ur friend in saudi and ask him to check with Samsung. If posssible get back ur hard earned money. Who the **** are they to control us from using our device where we want.
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Living far from Saudi Arabia and no possibilities to go back there, unfortunately

Did you try the Chainfire region unlock
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enzo2122 said:
Did you try the Chainfire region unlock
Envoyé de mon SM-N9005 en utilisant Tapatalk
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I read that rooting first then chainfire region unlock app method is working

i have rooted and tried Chainfire Regional Unlock, but this program only for N9005 version, so did not help me. I did it several time, nothing. I even wrote an email to Chainfire to upgrade his program to unlock N900 as well, but probably it is not interesting for Chainfire, so no response at all

Please, anyone, provide me with link to KSA CSC: N900OJVBMI1. I must download and flash it via Odin. It is very important, please, help

You can download the KSA firmware from the following website:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/
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Select "SM900" from the list of models and choose KSA in the country and finally hit "check firmware". Then it will display your desired firmware. Be sure to register to the website first to download the firmware.
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Thanks to all, i did already. But could not get unlock code from Samsung

Unlocked. All that you need to ask your local Samsung authorised dealer to provide you with unlock code.
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galaxyst said:
Unlocked. All that you need to ask your local Samsung authorised dealer to provide you with unlock code.
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thermax04 said:
I read that u can go 2 samsung agent and they will unlock it 4 u
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this is what I said in the beginning, please write some more info about what u told them and what they did

Hi guys, i have problem with region lock from KSA
i have bought my n9005 in Jeddah and unfortunately i open the brand new box in my country Indonesia
i have tried regionlock away from chainfire but it didn't work because i got my firmware MJ7
the question is, if i make a call from Indonesia with KSA sim for several minutes (roaming call) can i unlock the device?
i have no time to go back to KSA only for make a call for several minutes
please help

Hi guys, can you check the info by using this app: Phone INFO ★Samsung★

note 3 sm-n9600

Hi guys I wanted to exchange my lg optimus 3d, and I found a willing person that my proposed a samsung note n9006 sm-3, coming from Korea, with an adjustment for her 50 Euros. I searched on the site of the samsung china, and the model sm-n9006 is reported, but I have not found within the European Roma moddate.
How about an exchange is in my favor or do you think the samsung is a clone?

sam150580 said:
Hi guys I wanted to exchange my lg optimus 3d, and I found a willing person that my proposed a samsung note n9006 sm-3, coming from Korea, with an adjustment for her 50 Euros. I searched on the site of the samsung china, and the model sm-n9006 is reported, but I have not found within the European Roma moddate.
How about an exchange is in my favor or do you think the samsung is a clone?
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Probably a clone leave well be if I was you

jaythenut said:
Probably a clone leave well be if I was you
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In the site there is a china samsung note 3 sm-n9006 , the problem is work in Italy?
and will in the future rom eu??

sam150580 said:
In the site there is a china samsung note 3 sm-n9006 , the problem is work in Italy?
and will in the future rom eu??
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Not to sure but there are a lot of clones coming from Taiwan so be careful

jaythenut said:
Not to sure but there are a lot of clones coming from Taiwan so be careful
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as well as to control the amount of ram and maybe the brand of processor there are other ways to tell if it is a clone??

sam150580 said:
as well as to control the amount of ram and maybe the brand of processor there are other ways to tell if it is a clone??
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Imei normally with clone it will be 1111111111111

jaythenut said:
Imei normally with clone it will be 1111111111111
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Ok tanks, the first thing I do is check if it is original or a clone, if it is original, swap my lg optimus 3d notes with an original Chinese 3 is a bargain for me??

Just got the phone, and the screen is too good to be true

Not buying this crap again

vividpaulus said:
Not buying this crap again
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May I ask you what happened? How you broke it?

It came in like this. A lot of similar issues like that in HK.
Please note that in HK, we order directly from xiaomi and they mail that crap directly to us.

What's wrong ? You don't like Xiaomi's 'margin' feature? It tells you when you should do a <CR>

I bought 3 pcs redmi note prime, two from China and one from Singapore and all working great.
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A simple factory fault may happens

I want to purchase a phone from UAE(dubai) for use in India.Will it work in India?

The model number shown on the webpage of the retailer is SM-G935FTKDXSG. Will this phone work in India with respect to making calls and also LTE bands for 4G? How do I find out if its unlocked or not? Will VoLTE, Samsung pay work in India? Also, for warranty, is there some way to get Indian warranty?

disenchantedfool said:
The model number shown on the webpage of the retailer is SM-G935FTKDXSG. Will this phone work in India with respect to making calls and also LTE bands for 4G? How do I find out if its unlocked or not? Will VoLTE, Samsung pay work in India? Also, for warranty, is there some way to get Indian warranty?
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Definitely no
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violin.siva said:
Definitely no
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No to which part of the question?

yes it will work as i m using uae based phone...however samsung pay only works in uae...in india its yet to launch..an about warranty ..it will not..

disenchantedfool said:
The model number shown on the webpage of the retailer is SM-G935FTKDXSG. Will this phone work in India with respect to making calls and also LTE bands for 4G? How do I find out if its unlocked or not? Will VoLTE, Samsung pay work in India? Also, for warranty, is there some way to get Indian warranty?
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This phone will work in India with respect to making calls and LTE connection. But VoLTE will not work. Not sure about Samsung Pay because I don't use it.
Also, nothing can be done about the warranty.
BTW I use an S7 edge bought from Dubai in India

mathew1234 said:
This phone will work in India with respect to making calls and LTE connection. But VoLTE will not work. Not sure about Samsung Pay because I don't use it.
Also, nothing can be done about the warranty.
BTW I use an S7 edge bought from Dubai in India
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Thanks for the reply! Where did you get the phone from, and for what price? Where would you recommend I but it from? Also, are you aware of any other features being different between this phone from dubai and the one in India? Have you faced any problems with the phone till now? And, does the phone have warranty inside UAE or not?
Thanks for the help!

disenchantedfool said:
Thanks for the reply! Where did you get the phone from, and for what price? Where would you recommend I but it from? Also, are you aware of any other features being different between this phone from dubai and the one in India? Have you faced any problems with the phone till now? And, does the phone have warranty inside UAE or not?
Thanks for the help!
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I got the phone from the website souq.com for a pretty low price compared to the market price. Most shops in Dubai usually just increase the price for no reason.
My phone also came with one year warranty (Only in UAE).
My phone is almost 6 months old and I've had no problems at all with the phone. Really happy with it.

Yes you can use it with voLTE and SPay. Just flash Indian firmware on the firmware and you're good to go.

edios123 said:
Yes you can use it with voLTE and SPay. Just flash Indian firmware on the firmware and you're good to go.
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Thanks a lot mate! Really helpful! So basically its perfectly fine to buy from Dubai? No difference between the Indian and UAE version?

mathew1234 said:
I got the phone from the website souq.com for a pretty low price compared to the market price. Most shops in Dubai usually just increase the price for no reason.
My phone also came with one year warranty (Only in UAE).
My phone is almost 6 months old and I've had no problems at all with the phone. Really happy with it.
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Hey Mathew, thanks a ton for the help! If its not too much, could you please post the link or the reference to that phone on souq.com? There are multiple models over there. Also, what price did you get? Thanks!

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Thanks a lot mate! Really helpful! So basically its perfectly fine to buy from Dubai? No difference between the Indian and UAE version?
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No, there is not a difference. I think it's around 1800 there and for that money it's so value for money. Nothing gets better than this phone at that price. Myself using a UAE phone. Get this model 935FD dual sim version.
And, don't get from souq. Not heard good opinion about them from people who live there.

edios123 said:
No, there is not a difference. I think it's around 1800 there and for that money it's so value for money. Nothing gets better than this phone at that price. Myself using a UAE phone. Get this model 935FD dual sim version.
And, don't get from souq. Not heard good opinion about them from people who live there.
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I'm not in the UAE myself, so will have to ask someone to get it for me. Could you please tell me where to buy it from? souq.com shows price as 1900 AED for 128gb version. Where do I ask my friend to buy it from? And model number is 935FD or SM-G935FTKDXSG? Thanks man!

disenchantedfool said:
Hey Mathew, thanks a ton for the help! If its not too much, could you please post the link or the reference to that phone on souq.com? There are multiple models over there. Also, what price did you get? Thanks!
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Hey check this phone out from souq.com:
https://uae.souq.com/ae-en/samsung-...-128gb-4gb-ram-4g-lte-black-pearl-12075981/i/
It comes with a one year official Samsung gulf warranty.
When I got my phone 6 months ago I paid 2000dhs. And I've had no problems at all with my device.
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edios123 said:
No, there is not a difference. I think it's around 1800 there and for that money it's so value for money. Nothing gets better than this phone at that price. Myself using a UAE phone. Get this model 935FD dual sim version.
And, don't get from souq. Not heard good opinion about them from people who live there.
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I bought my Nexus 5 from there and used it for 4 years without any issues. Then I bought my S7 edge from there 6 months ago and it has no issues.
My brother bought his LG G3 from there and used it for 4 years without any issues. He bought his LG G5 recently (around the same time I got my S7 edge) and he has no issues with his device whatsoever.
All these devices from souq.com
The site is good as long as you buy from a good dealer. Since anyone can setup a shop on the site, there might be some people trying to sell bad stuff. Just buy from the trusted dealers and you'll be fine.

I don't think Samsung issues international warranty. My home appliances are Samsung branded which doesn't have and one more using the firmware of UAE Volte will definitely not work unless you flash indian package on your mobile that's why I said no.
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Recently i brought samsung s8 from dubai, and using it in india as it is....no problems at all.

Samsung xda said:
Recently i brought samsung s8 from dubai, and using it in india as it is....no problems at all.
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Hi Mate, I'm planning to buy S8 from Dubai in November, can you please let me know from where did you get urs S8 at what price ?
Thanks in advance.

g935ftkdxsg firmware / rom
Hey Dear,
I need firmware of S7 Edge Black pearl "g935ftkdxsg". if possible.
I purchased it from Dubai. now i trying to Flash it to another theme but now i want to go back to my previous rom. kindly guide.
I will thankful to you.
Regards;
Umair

edios123 said:
Yes you can use it with voLTE and SPay. Just flash Indian firmware on the firmware and you're good to go.
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Hey are you 100% sure that we can flash Indian firmware on a Dubai model using ODIN?
I am on some custom ROM on my dubai phone but I really want to shift to the latest OREO INS Stock via ODIN. So that I have everything working smoothly including jio VOLTE. Please let me know if you have tried and tested this as I don't want to brick my phone
Also do I have to tick anything special on ODIN? I've been reading about people saying to tick re partition if coming from Dubai model?

S7 edge international variant
disenchantedfool said:
Thanks a lot mate! Really helpful! So basically its perfectly fine to buy from Dubai? No difference between the Indian and UAE version?
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Just make sure you buy the international variant applicable to any model of Samsung. Experience wise I usually buy my phone from Sohar, Oman and use it in Manila and didn't encounter any issues whatsoever.
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Exynos s8 working in us?

Alright this may be kind of a dumb question and I apologise if it's not in the correct spot/has already been answered but I currently have a oneplus 5t and I want to move to the s9 when it comes out. I am a huge themer and I love to root/unlock bootloader/install custom roms. Based on what I read it seems that exynos version of Galaxy phones are a lot easier to tinker with compared to snapdragon. Id assume if the s8 exynos works in the US so will the s9. Can anyone confirm this or let me know? I have at&t. Thank you.

Yes, it should work. I don't think I heard anyone mention the opposite. So it should work without any issues.

I have an Exynos Galaxy S8 Duos (SM-G950FD) and I use it with T-Mobile here in Arizona. I haven't had any problems with carrier compatibility, 4G/4G+ works like a charm.

Thanks guys!

I went from 6P, to Pixel XL, to SM-G955F(S8+) on T-Mobile here in Idaho. The signal is great, and I dont have any problems. The S8 is much easier to flash stuff on and modify than the Pixel was, and its working fine here in Idaho. I made the move to Samsung in September.

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I went from 6P, to Pixel XL, to SM-G955F(S8+) on T-Mobile here in Idaho. The S8 is much easier to flash stuff on and modify than the Pixel was, and its working fine here in Idaho. I made the move to Samsung in September.
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Is yours the international version? Or does it have exynos processor? Sorry I don't know the model numbers. Is exynos generally easier to root and unlock bootloader for compared to snapdragon?

Mine is international, purchased from Clove in the UK. Exynos is best if you want to do any modding on your phone. Root, flashing, etc. are all very simple with Exynos. To my knowledge the Snapdragon variants cannot be bootloader unlocked, so very limited on what you can do.

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Mine is international, purchased from Clove in the UK. Exynos is best if you want to do any modding on your phone. Root, flashing, etc. are all very simple with Exynos. To my knowledge the Snapdragon variants cannot be bootloader unlocked, so very limited on what you can do.
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Awesome! Thank you! Is clove an online store or were you actually in the uk when you got it haha.

Logan0829 said:
Awesome! Thank you! Is clove an online store or were you actually in the uk when you got it haha.
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You can buy from Clove online. https://www.clove.co.uk/

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You can buy from Clove online. https://www.clove.co.uk/
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Thanks!! Do they mark up the price of the phone when it launches? And is shipping crazy expensive? I'm only a teenager so money isn't really something I have a lot of lmao.

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Thanks!! Do they mark up the price of the phone when it launches? And is shipping crazy expensive? I'm only a teenager so money isn't really something I have a lot of lmao.
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Shipping is about $20. Not sure on the markup.

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Shipping is about $20. Not sure on the markup.
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Alright. Thank you!

shiftr182 said:
Mine is international, purchased from Clove in the UK. Exynos is best if you want to do any modding on your phone. Root, flashing, etc. are all very simple with Exynos. To my knowledge the Snapdragon variants cannot be bootloader unlocked, so very limited on what you can do.
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I assume you have to buy a separate charger then as their plugs are different over there? I assume the pins on the micro USB are still the same?

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I assume you have to buy a separate charger then as their plugs are different over there? I assume the pins on the micro USB are still the same?
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It uses usb C which I've got a couple cables already. So yeah you could probably buy an adapter or buy a charger if you didn't already have one.

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Alright this may be kind of a dumb question and I apologise if it's not in the correct spot/has already been answered but I currently have a oneplus 5t and I want to move to the s9 when it comes out. I am a huge themer and I love to root/unlock bootloader/install custom roms. Based on what I read it seems that exynos version of Galaxy phones are a lot easier to tinker with compared to snapdragon. Id assume if the s8 exynos works in the US so will the s9. Can anyone confirm this or let me know? I have at&t. Thank you.
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I bought the S8 from amazon.de, unlocked unbranded , SM-G950F, without any problems with AT/T and T mobile

Ricardo_G said:
I bought the S8 from amazon.de, unlocked unbranded , SM-G950F, without any problems with AT/T and T mobile
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Oh awesome! I trust Amazon probably more than any other site haha. So that's cool thank you!

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I bought the S8 from amazon.de, unlocked unbranded , SM-G950F, without any problems with AT/T and T mobile
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Same questions though. Was shipping expensive and was the price marked up a ton?

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Same questions though. Was shipping expensive and was the price marked up a ton?
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very competitive price... shipping for 3 days delivery...20 euros.
Warning: when you buy a Samsung phone from europe it comes with regional lock,, You can find several pages with imei based unlocking

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very competitive price... shipping for 3 days delivery...20 euros.
Warning: when you buy a Samsung phone from europe it comes with regional lock,, You can find several pages with imei based unlocking
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Yikes. And do I have to pay for a region unlock or??? Idk how that all works.

I think the only thing lacking on the Exynos S8 is Band 30 which probably doesn't really matter for most people, as it's so new and of limited deployment/use.