I have a Galaxy Note 2 7105 bought in Hong Kong that I have been using in the UK. The phone has prompted me that I can upgrade to Android 4.3, however I am concerned that this will include the recent regional locking update causing some issues for Galaxy Note 3 users. Can anyone set my mind at ease about accepting the update and not getting locked out of my phone?
Thanks,
James
Chain fire has already cracked this region lock.
The region lock was implemented in a way such as the home network is in the whitelist and the rest of the networks from other region falls in the black list.Chainfire's app/crack just removed all the networks from the blacklist.
Although you should read his threads regarding this.
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akp.ajinkya said:
Chain fire has already cracked this region lock.
The region lock was implemented in a way such as the home network is in the whitelist and the rest of the networks from other region falls in the black list.Chainfire's app/crack just removed all the networks from the blacklist.
Although you should read his threads regarding this.
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Many thanks for your response. I haven't seen any experiences of people who have tried this crack on the note 2 - does it require the device to be rooted (it is currently not)? Should the hack be installed before or after the 4.3 update?
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I hear that the Galaxy Note 3 in US will be carrier locked (even though it will be global ready). If I manage to carrier-unlock the phone by 3rd party, will I still receive OTA in future or will my phone be blocked out?
You'll still receive them.
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Hello, I'm on the verge of ordering a Note 3 on Vodafone UK and i'm wondering if it ships with much bloatware/branding? I've had a bad experience before and wondered if any xda users could shed any light.
Vodafone note 3 is probably the least bloated Out of all UK carriers. You get stock boot animation. And only 3 voda apps with 1 widget. All of which have no bother to the user if never used. And you can very easily change it to unbranded and have no voda apps at all.
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Swanseatom said:
Vodafone note 3 is probably the least bloated Out of all UK carriers. You get stock boot animation. And only 3 voda apps with 1 widget.
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EE looks pretty much like stock, with one extra app installed (Deezer). I'd say that's less bloat than Vodafone.
My Vodafone Ireland note 3 has some mobile branded apps alright but no branded boot animation lots of Samsung bloatware but I installed apex launcher and made it look like vanilla android for the time being at least until I get rooted. All in all a super fast piece of kit
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I got my Note 3 from Vodafone (UK) today and I'm not seeing any Vodafone branded apps, widgets or anything.
Can I tell from the system software if it is a completely unbranded/generic handset?
Got mine from phones 4 U on orange. There is an orange wifi app and that's it. No widgets either.
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fz9999 said:
I got my Note 3 from Vodafone (UK) today and I'm not seeing any Vodafone branded apps, widgets or anything.
Can I tell from the system software if it is a completely unbranded/generic handset?
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Yes. Type *#1234# in the dialer app and look at the CSC code. Unbranded UK is BTU, Vodafone UK is VOD.
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ShadowLea said:
Yes. Type *#1234# in the dialer app and look at the CSC code. Unbranded UK is BTU, Vodafone UK is VOD.
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I'm not sure that's right. I'm on an unbranded and for the CSC when entering that code I get OXABMJ1
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I'm not sure that's right. I'm on an unbranded and for the CSC when entering that code I get OXABMJ1
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Yeah, it's not right.
The firmware CSC stated above is OXA and that firmware is a multi-CSC for "Open/Europe", as it contains BTU and other major European CSCs. BTU is UK.
You can find which CSC has been applied in your phone by invoking the recovery menu: keep volume up and home whilst you power up the phone.
Ah thanks guys, using the recovery menu my CSC shows as VOD.
I just got my note 3 yesterday and I'm struggling with whither or not to root now or wait a week to make sure I don't need the warranty
Are there any issues I should consider while I'm weighing the decision
My phone with out root is like a car with out wheels but I also don't want root and find out the hardware is faulty
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taz44410 said:
I just got my note 3 yesterday and I'm struggling with whither or not to root now or wait a week to make sure I don't need the warranty
Are there any issues I should consider while I'm weighing the decision
My phone with out root is like a car with out wheels but I also don't want root and find out the hardware is faulty
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Take the plunge and root the device! I purchased mine 2 days ago, bought an unlock code and rooted the device. It was a WIND Mobile version which had LTE crippled (since WIND only supports a MAX speed of 4G). I installed the Telus firmware (ROM) and enabled the regional carrier settings to enable the LTE radio band. I have no regrets!
Well went to download cf auto root then i see to check for multitouch issue and find out my new baby is sick
That leaves me with two questions
1 is there a fix
2 will it get any worse because as it is it doesn't bother me but if it were to get worse who knows
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My Note 3 from Telus came region unlocked. I sim unlocked it same day. But i do not have multi touch issues. It registers all 10 fingers and when moving all 10. If u shell out lots of cash best get the best possible. But if it doesnt bother u. Take the plunge. Its worth.
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Well i didn't shell out anything it was a gift
As i don't play games on it i decided to go ahead with rooting
Not much in the way of custom roms or mods for my model as of yet so i chose lidroid
I liked his work on the n7100
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I live in Australia and there is a couple of different models being sold by different retailers here namely SM-G900X and SM-G900I. With all my previous Galaxy phones I used to flash them to Polish ROMs as they got firmware updates well in advance of Australia but the Polish ROM is SM-G900F. Is there any issue still doing this does anyone know? I cant even find a 900I ROM to reflash with if something goes wrong and I don't want to brick my phone the second day I have it.
Anyone have any idea? Also the Australian 900I version has its dock icons locked which is annoying.
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bnathan said:
Anyone have any idea? Also the Australian 900I version has its dock icons locked which is annoying.
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im in the same boat as you maye so frustrating
There must be someone game enough to try this out. There all isn't a 900I ROM available anywhere.
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Ok I gave up waiting for an answer and went and saw a friend in retail with stock and we tried it on his demo unit. You CAN NOT flash a 900F from onto a 900I it errors out before it begins saying the model is different.
Seems like we are stuck with the handicaps imposed on our model as Samsung has chosen to make regional models.
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Anyone have any idea? Also the Australian 900I version has its dock icons locked which is annoying.
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Same thing with the Aus S4. You can unlock the dock but you'd have to root the phone first.
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The S4 I just flashed mine to a UK or Polish ROM and had no issues and got updates earlier.
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Hi to all of you.
I have a Galaxy Note 4 N910C the octacore version. The phone is unlocked and unbranded from the box.
Recently I updated to ANK5 firmware. I updated with odin, using the firmware for the original phone product code(ROM).
I always like to make my updates clean so I performed a Wipe Cache and a factory reset after.
The firmware is ok but it seems that is not solving the IR Blaster issue, meaning that after a while the remote control is not working anymore. This can be fixed with a restart so I assume this is a software and not a hardware problem.
Please confirm, those with N910C version if you can reproduce this and eventually if you found a solution to fix this.
Thanks.
N910c my country code is ROM...baseband NK5 . I use it regularly on a sony and two samsung tv's as well for two air-conditioning units. Sounds a little strange as I am not having problems whatsoever...
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I'm having problems to. Sometimes I need to press a lot of times the command to make it work. It's clear that is a software issue. Hardware problems looks different than that.
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.IC3M4N. said:
N910c my country code is ROM...baseband NK5 . I use it regularly on a sony and two samsung tv's as well for two air-conditioning units. Sounds a little strange as I am not having problems whatsoever...
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Don't restart the device or clean your memory for 1-2 days and tell me after if it still works.
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Hardware problems looks different than that.
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I also believe this. Still I will like to hear more opinions about this.
Sure thing...will keep you informed.
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Have you seen the thread in the Note 4 General forum on this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/ir-blaster-t2923008
Yes I've seen it.