Hi Guys
Recently I purchased a Note 3 (N9005) from Saudi Arabia. I put a SIM card from Saudi Arabia (STC Carrier) and made calls also. But i made calls to different mobile numbers altogether it will b more than 5 minutes. in the palm let also its stating that a cumulative calls of 5 mins will unlock the region locking. now iam in India and the region lock is present. i tried the Region Lock-away (thanks to Chainfire) , but unfortunately it doesn't support kitkat firm-wire. but now i have a working STC prepaid connection also. a 5 minutes of cal can unlock me or is there is anyway to unlock the phone. any help would be appreciated. Thank you
NB ; I rooted my phone
I have the Galaxy S5 SM-G900M, from Claro, Dominican republic but I recently installed the 6.0.1 from Movistar.
In case of sim unlocking, which carrier should I put? Claro (the company where I got the phone)
Or Movistar (The software that's actually running on my phone)
Thanks!!
Hi!
I does not have to do with whether can connect in a carrier or not
Carrier version have to do with custom apps which a carrier put in its ROM. For example, movistar can bundle an app which you can start to know your bills, recharge to other pals of you, etc.
Sometimes there is no personalization whatsoever
I would flash carrier's ROM which the phone will be connected
so for those who got their S8 UNLOCKED from ebay\amazon..etc there is a chance that you might have got the version of the S8 of a country that doesn't support it yet, thus it will not work on your phone, for e.g. (AFG- Afghanistan, EGY- Egypt...etc).
So to solve this issue we need to flash the firmware of a country that has SAMSUNG PAY working on an EXYNOS device (G950F, G950FD).
Last year that fixed the issue for me on my S7 Edge G935F.
An example of a country firmaware that have Samsung Pay working is XSG - UAE
So if someone can provide us with the firmware files for both G950F and G950FD , that will be so much of help for many of us.
Also we need ODIN that works for the S8.
Thank you!
Joe
I think you are looking for this firmware -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72612738&postcount=28
Hi,
Are you sure that flashing the rom of specific country will make samsung pay work on S8 or S8 Plus
I have an Exynos S8 Plus SMG955FD which was bought in Nepal but there was no pre installed samsung pay as it has not launched its service for S-Pay in Nepal.
If i flash the indian firmware for Exyons S8 Plus on the same Nepal Device as becasue In india now it S-pay service is launched and supported.
Will this work ? 100 %
Both Indian And Nepal device are same model SM G955FD and both country support carries of both countries as well. Only the CSC code is different i.e. India - G955FXXU1AQE5 & Nepal - G955FXXU1AQDG
Since almost all the international S8/S8+s are on the multi CSC ROM, all you need to do is find a SIM from one of the SPAY supported countries (India, Singapore, UAE, UK works) and reset your phone (preferably from the recovery menu) and put in the SIM and reboot. All the regional features are activated, and you get SPAY to work even after changing your SIMs.
I am currently using the India SPAY and it works with all cards (Chase, Amex, Citi are what I have checked). Of course you won't get Samsung rewards since its a program only available in US.
tl;dr No need to flash ROMs. Only reset required.
cooolzzz_guy said:
Since almost all the international S8/S8+s are on the multi CSC ROM, all you need to do is find a SIM from one of the SPAY supported countries (India, Singapore, UAE, UK works) and reset your phone (preferably from the recovery menu) and put in the SIM and reboot. All the regional features are activated, and you get SPAY to work even after changing your SIMs.
I am currently using the India SPAY and it works with all cards (Chase, Amex, Citi are what I have checked). Of course you won't get Samsung rewards since its a program only available in US.
tl;dr No need to flash ROMs. Only reset required.
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I'll try this but will this make Samsung Pay work for only that region? I.e. if I use an Indian SIM will it activate the Indian version of Samsung Pay or can I use the US version which has rewards
I buy a Samsung Galaxy S8 from Germany and is regional locked for use in Latin America so I was thinking to change the firmware to another from Ecuador. It will work or no to remove regional lock?
I got US unlocked note 8 and would like to use phone with one of carriers in Canada.
I checked my phone info and noticed that all available CSC codes are for carriers in US.
I am wondering if it is possible to change CSC codes for Canadian by flashing Canadian carrier rom.
Thanks