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My I9505 don't seem to have been made in any country ...

When I looked under the battery cover of my I9505, it doesnt say any country name, it just says "MADE BY SAMSUNG".
The strange thing is, this is a replacement for another i9505, that I returned (mainly) for a rattling volume rocker and the headphone crackling issue. That previous S4 ALSO said "MADE BY SAMSUNG" under the battery cover, no mention of a country on either of these two devices, nor on their boxes. I'll be returning this S4, because it has the same issues but with the added bonus of a dead black pixel, chip on the chrome rim and it gets extremely hot, much more so than the previous model.
Does anyone else's S4 say "Made by Samsung"? Googled it but they all seem to made in either China or Korea or Vietnam...
S4 is on O2 network in U.K.

my GS3 says made in china by samsung
so check your bootloader if its not chinese bootloader ur good to go

Vietnam under my battery. Is there supposed to be major difference between counties?
Sent from my GT-I9505

GR13V3R said:
Vietnam under my battery. Is there supposed to be major difference between counties?
Sent from my GT-I9505
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no it's just in which of samsung's factory it has been made

My i9505 is "made by samsung" and my s3 also same.
Thanks God i don't have any problems with none of them.
So far i didn't experience nothing from what i see here on forum, just the purple smearing which doesn't bother me at all.
Everything is smooth and is on MDM which was out of the box.

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??

what is DIFFERENCE between manufacturers

Hi
in the market there there is some manufacturers of same model any quality difference and which one is better : made in korea ,made in vietnam , made in china , made by samsung also what is manufacturer of last one is it also made in korea please explain all.

FARSHOOD said:
Hi
in the market there there is some manufacturers of same model any quality difference and which one is better : made in korea ,made in vietnam , made in china , made by samsung also what is manufacturer of last one is it also made in korea please explain all.
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lol.
I haven't heard or read the last one. All of samsung product is made by samsung, you won't find galaxy note 4 made by apple or sony. x.x
I believe that is their strategies to reduce shipping cost and import taxes in some country..
Later, you will also find made in indonesia because samsung has plan to make their factory in indonesia. But still don't know when that will happened and what they made in the factory, it can be their phone, tablet, tv, home appliances, etc.

ar216893 said:
lol.
I haven't heard or read the last one. All of samsung product is made by samsung, you won't find galaxy note 4 made by apple or sony. x.x
I believe that is their strategies to reduce shipping cost and import taxes in some country..
Later, you will also find made in indonesia because samsung has plan to make their factory in indonesia. But still don't know when that will happened and what they made in the factory, it can be their phone, tablet, tv, home appliances, etc.
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dear sir thank you for your reply my mean is any quality difference between all country assembling mobiles(cellphones) under licence of samsung if yes which country made is best excluding korea

FARSHOOD said:
dear sir thank you for your reply my mean is any quality difference between all country assembling mobiles(cellphones) under licence of samsung if yes which country made is best excluding korea
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I can't tell you for sure, all samsung phone and tablet that comes to my country is made in vietnam, but it should be no difference if they have good quality controls.
But as far as I read here (for note 4 ,correct me if I'm wrong), device made in vietnam have better screen curvature so TG will fit easily, I only bought 1 TG and has no halo since day 1, not like most people over here that already bought many TG.
And I also never have to return my device like few peoples experienced over this forum, so maybe I'm just lucky, or device that made in vietnam has best quality control.
And that is my experience with my old s4, my dad note 3, my note 8.0 tablet, my gf s5, and my note 4. Never had hardware issue until now, and all of them is made in vietnam.
That's just my experience though, need confirmation and experience from people that get product made by samsung factories in other country.

Fake or Real Note 4 (HK or CN version N9100)

I am in Guangzhou and wanted to purchase N9100 HK version . I read the thread here . While asking for a mobile phone market someone referred me to second hand stuff da sha tou market which is filled with knock offs. It took me quite a while to identify a fake . The recovery and knox were copied and imei.info suggested it to be n9100.I saw such a good knock off that may be now i have the original one and i cannot believe it,
The very next day i went to a different market in guading . I purchase note 4 n9100 hk version but there are many inconsistencies in the box and back panel from the pics already present on xda
1.Made in Vietnam is not printed on the box.
2.Made in XYZ country is nowhere mentioned on the phone and battery . The sticker at the back of the phone just mentions made by samsung.
3.The speaker grill is steel color , pics in the above thread have black speaker grill.
4.There is no IMEI stickers on the box but the imei matches everywhere
Antutu gave around 44113 ,specs matched and thats the reason i purchased it however i cannot clear some points in my head. Screen is amoled white sucks while black is awesome.I am not impressed with the screen , the whites have yellowish tint . My tab pro has much much better screen than note 4
SECOND ROUND OF CONFUSION HK OR CHINA VERSION
I was considering the baseband version as SM-N9100ZWUTGY of Hong Kong version as printed on the box imei sticker and URL but it turned out to be different . http://www.samsung.com/hk_en/consumer/mobile/smartphones/smartphones/[B]SM-N9100ZWUTGY[/B]#none
N9100ZHU1ANK2 is the baseband version
q1. Did the seller flash the china version with hk rom and replaced the box ? Is there any to check via serial number from samsung ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/n9100-dual-flash-try-n9100-hongkong-t2956342 . I wasn't aware of this method until i purchased this devices otherwise i would have purchased a china version and paid lesser . I was under the impression that flashing GAPPS isnt imperfect and there are some sync issues.
q2 . Is there any way to check if the samsung battery is genuine ? Nokia provided web verification
Please clear the points mentioned , i cannot get this out from my head. I paid so much for a phone whose warranty i cannot use .
q3. Is there any way i can identify that its a HK version and not a china version ? The box has url printed as samsung.com.hk but inside the box the manual has the url printed samsung.com/cn .There is a spelling mistake too in the manual "Samsung Elcetron cs:
Can someone readout the chinese , is it mandarin or cantonese? Battery and Charger
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Manufacturing country is printed on the battery but not on the phone . Its 100% original samsung HK version , got it checked from the service center.

Dead giveaway that its a fake note4...

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Dead giveaway that its a fake note4...
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I just checked it with cpu-z everything matches with the original one , it recognizes a 64gb card

I just returned back from market and posted this . I guess the knockoff can't connect to kies . I also got a update notification on phone. The phone is working good on china unicom 4g .
I am watching some youtube videos and the device seems to be ok but there is NO Note 4 written on the back , the promotional pics on samsung website also doesnt have note 4 written but production model has note 4 written.
Heart rate sensor app is missing but the sensor seems to be working *#0*# check
My head is spinning right now even after few hours of use its still not clear may be someone owning the n9100 hk version can clear it up .
The stylus is of good quality with the textures and steel frame is machined (dont know what its called but like the one on htc phones.

Man try phone info samsung on play store and has a thread on xda it will help you

Original or Fake SM-N9100 ?
Hi All, i bought N9100 dual sim international version from china... I checked in IMEI.info site... there its listed and having warranty. But below are the discrepancy,
1) Its an play store installed version but Samsung Voice Recorder app, KNOX app is not available.
2) Samsung S note is working offline, but not logging into samsung cn account even.
3) Kites 2.6 and 3 is not at all recognizing the device ( does it not recognize in kitkat version? ).
phone details from about phone.
SM-9100 running stock kitkat 4.4.4, baseband version N9100ZCU1AOB1
security s/w version MDF v1.1 release 5, VPN v1.4 release 2
Knox 2.2 stated to be available. I checked phone info samsung app and the Knox warranty void 0x1, but the color mentioned in the app is wrong as white, but mine is black
Can anyone suggest resolutions for the above to confirm originality and stock samsung apps availability, any would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ajitanto

Both the phone and battery look original to me. However i am not sure if its chinese or hk version. The amoled screen's yellowish white is normal i have it on all my note 4s and the knock offs "never" have amoled screen.

Do you still have that phone?

Galaxy Note 4 - Fake??!

Hallo.
Just got my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 from an e-Bay trader. I think the dealer has a Chinese seat but the phone was shipped from England.
Please have a look at the photos. I also have a box of the original Polish version. It is in both cases the Exynos variant: SM-N910C.
The boxes are slightly different in the color of the printing: Polish ink is slightly darker than the new variant. On the back side of the package the dubious box has "WiFi Certified" instead of "HD Voice", which is labeled on the Polish box. Everything else is equal.
If the device is nominally a SM-N910C model, however it is sold for the Arabic market, can I assume that this device still is technically strictly equivalent to the variant for the European market never the less? Could it be that different or inferior components are used for different Markets? Does Samsung use different tolerances for different markets? Or is the device absolutely identical to the European variant?
Is there a way to check whether this device is an original Samsung Note 4 without opening the box?
Thanks for the hints!

You could watch a youtube video over the fake differences with the clones.

Just boot into download mood

take a look here,and fill out the IMEI nr
https://support-ca.samsung.com/secaew/consumer/ca/findwarranty/warrantyinfo

In which country is the Note 4 being produced? I know that the Polish Variant of the Model SM-N910C is produced in Vietnam. My Model is produced in China however. So is it a fake or is the Note 4 being produced in both countries? How does the SM-N910C from Vietnam differ from the SM-N910C from China? Are they technicaly identical? Is one country better" than the other? Are there different parts and tolerances being used?

Note 4's are being produced in vietnam and china....The ones being produced in china are not fake (in my country we get 910c which is made in china under official warranty). You can download an app called "phoneinfo" from playstore it will tell you whether you have a genuine samsung phone or not. The 910C being made in china and Vietnam are identical and have no difference.....no quality preference i have seen many phones from both countries. However this is my personal opinion and experience, a senior member may guide futhur on "different parts and tolerances" being used.
Dont worry about the box. In my country some people import brand new phones and ask the sellers to send phone and accessories only. They do this to avoid custom duty (which is levied on new phones only) so they pose as if they are importing a used phone. Then the use a locally made clone box to sell the phone.....the phone itself and the accessories are mostly original.

If the s-pen works while hovering above the screen then it's a real note 4.

If you turn it on, you will see right away the on the screen.
Replicas will never have SAMOLEDs and you will see right away the difference in colors and they are so obvious.

The Polish C-version, which is manufactured in Vietnam and no doubt original, has an internal memory of 24,65GB (according to Kies and Windows). The new Arabic C-version, which has been manufactured in China, has an internal memory of 24,57GB (again, according to Kies and Windows). Could this be a sign for a fake phone or are such minor differences and fluctuations normal and due to the manufactoring process?
CPU Z and Phone Info show absolutely identical hardware, only the internal memory is slightly smaller in the China-manufactured device. The China-version is slightly faster in the Antutu and Geekbench benchmarks however. So, can I now finally and definitly be SURE that the nev, China-made Note 4 is an original, genuine Samsung Galaxy Note 4 SM-N910C and is definitly NOT a fake ?
Hmm .. Could all you Note 4 owners write here which version you have, where it was manufactured ​​and how big the internal memory is.
Many many thanks!
P.s.: Where is the N910F (Snapdragon-Version) being produced?

dork997 said:
Note 4's are being produced in vietnam and china....The ones being produced in china are not fake (in my country we get 910c which is made in china under official warranty). You can download an app called "phoneinfo" from playstore it will tell you whether you have a genuine samsung phone or not. The 910C being made in china and Vietnam are identical and have no difference.....no quality preference i have seen many phones from both countries. However this is my personal opinion and experience, a senior member may guide futhur on "different parts and tolerances" being used.
Dont worry about the box. In my country some people import brand new phones and ask the sellers to send phone and accessories only. They do this to avoid custom duty (which is levied on new phones only) so they pose as if they are importing a used phone. Then the use a locally made clone box to sell the phone.....the phone itself and the accessories are mostly original.
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Yes, just instal free "Phone Info" from play store, we'll know it fake or not.

FYI: It's definitly original.. Best way to find out is the Antutu Officer..
Other possibility:
- (Samsung) Phone Info
- CPU-Z
- KIES

pimpl said:
FYI: It's definitly original.. Best way to find out is the Antutu Officer..
Other possibility:
- (Samsung) Phone Info
- CPU-Z
- KIES
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Told you....if it has SUPER AMOLED (PURE BLACKS)...and S-pen hovering works....then its deffo an original phone.