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Hi Guys, I'm just frustrated and would like to share my experience buying Galaxy Note in an online market in China. (I will go to appropriate forum for help on the problems I'm still having later).
The moral of the story is: If you are not a Chinese-language user, buy an android device at a Chinese online market at your own risk!
My wife and I are non Chinese-language users who live in China. I have a G-Tab P1000 and am extremely happy with it. Thus, I got my wife - an iPhone user - interested to get G-Note N7000 since the day it was announced. So last week, I bought it at a Chinese online market (Taobao) for her early birthday present. It came with Hungarian User Manual.
It arrived Monday (2 days ago). After started it up and changed the language to English, I was shocked and upset! A lot of Samsung specific Apps were missing. I got even more worried when the Android Market was not even there! Instead, there was a Mandarin version Market App customized for Chinese not even developed by Google. In addition to that, there were several other default chinese apps including the QQSecurity, Dolphine Browser in Chinese, Chinese bookstore, etc (all in chinese characters).
Later I found out that I was missing: Android Market, Samsung Apps Market (and all the 'hub' things), Gmail App, Kies connectivity, S Memo (Just found out last night because S-Planner and Screen Capture were "unexpectedly Stopped") and Who-knows-what-I-miss. There is a notification of "Firmware update available" but upon installation and reboot, it failed to 'write' so I couldn't update my firmware either - (and did I mentioned I couldn't connect to Kies?)
So I, a newbie who had not done a single successful rooting (I tried and failed miserably with Z4root and other things before), spent Monday night and the whole day yesterday -- rooted my G-tab(as an experiment) and my wife's G-Note, learned how to block the Chinese Apps using Gemini App Manager, installed Android Market successfully (That's when I learned I have to install the .apk in the /system/app directory, installed Samsung Apps (by far the easiest of all). Only one thing (I think) I haven't been able to install successfully: S MEMO.
Now, I can connect to Kies, but I have this message on it: "Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies"
The product was sent from Shenzhen (the capital of tech and hacks in China, and these people tried to be nice for the Chinese-language users by replacing some English apps with Chinese Character apps, but they didn't do it correctly. I guess they didn't even bother understanding why S-memo is so important, and now I'm missing the most important thing, the reason people buy G-Note: S MEMO!!!!
Now on, I'll be off searching for S Memo's .apk and .odex. or Should I just flash it with the new 2.3.6 ROM?
That's another question in another forum I guess.
P.S. Thanks to everyone's posts in this forum website and thegalaxytabforum
I have done all those above by going through many different posts. Great postings!
Yappoe.
Just root it then install cwm then flash a euro rom
I would perhaps just flash the hong kong rom.
It doesn't have the samsung apps / hubs? I've been trying to get them - they aren't on the HK rom.
S-memo is though, as are the main things I care about.
- Frank
As long as the hardware is good and it isn't bricked, youre totally fine. And it seems that is the case. Just root it and flash any ROM with a high number of replies. You'll be blown away with the outcome.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
Not surprised that the Google apps are missing, especially the Market. I'm sure you have heard of China's love affair with Google!
Sent from my Dell Streak using Tapatalk
Next time arrange a trip to Hong Kong and get it there.
ahhh don't worry.. this is a very small issue... I got into this before.. just root and install a new fresh ROM... problem solved easily... rooting and flashing a new ROM shouldn't take more than 15mins
Not exactly horrific. Flash a new ROM and done. Many devices here in Dubai are also without the official market. You can simply sideload the market app.
I'd hate to see what you'd think of a really horrific situation.
ShaggyDragon said:
Not exactly horrific. Flash a new ROM and done. Many devices here in Dubai are also without the official market. You can simply sideload the market app.
I'd hate to see what you'd think of a really horrific situation.
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exactly.. we have the same issues here in KSA..
UPDATE: Got it flashed with German ROM
It's WORKING....LOVE THE PHONE!!!
Here are the steps I did to make my Galaxy Note GT-N7000 work after a scary day:
I found a place to download firmware at: h**p://fus(dot)nanzen(dot)se/
(from Hoffighter's posting) http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1350960
I downloaded Fus Check Downloader 2.1 and downloaded Firmware N7000XXKK9 (for Germany). It will automatically decode the .enc2 file to.zip file
I extracted the .zip file generated from decoding file to a folder and I got
"N7000XXKK9_N7000OXAKK9_N7000XXKK5_HOME.tar.md 5" file.
I downloaded Odin3 1.85 (search "odin3 1.85" in XDA Dev forum)
opened Odin3 1.85, attach the file .md5 to the PDA field on Odin.
I went to download mode on mt G-Note (Power + home + Volume down)
and click start. It took about 6 to 7 minutes to do the flashing,
and I got my brand new Galaxy Note working!!! I lost my root access, but I got all the apps I installed earlier back.
Thanks for all the good postings, guys!
Glad to hear you have fixed your issues.
As a (too) late word of caution, I would never ever buy that kind of expensive and sensitive piece of electronics from Taobao! Here in China, it is very important to be able to look with your own eyes to make sure this kind of small issues aren t here
Im sorry there was a post to this question but i still couldn't resolve this issue which was that when you try to save a video from youtube or from any other website the scrapbook app saves it as an image.
firmware update fixed this
Teleported from my SM-N9005 from The Enterprise
Im running omega 2.2 which isnt the latest but still having issues
Either remove youtube updates or get the new firmware which patches this issue.
the new firmware fixes this issue
Thanks guys
Now that i'm rooted, I need a backup plan incase any of the mods I do breaks the system. I went to SamMobile's website for the firmware, and the only firmware that matches, says it's for the Canadian device. All the information matches on my US model as the Canadian firmware. In fact, there is no US model listed on their Firmware list. Has anyone tried flashing the Canadian Firmware to their US Tab with success? Please let me know so I can safely start to make mods to me system. Thanks.
Here's the link to SamMobile's Firmware page for SM-T330NU.
need to reset
Im also interested on install this version to see if it fixs the choppy video playback issue
To fix choppy vid playback on my 8.0 tab I removed most of the preloaded apps and pushed aside the stock TouchWiz launcher for Nova launcher. All my video apps played smooth afterward.
The preloaded apps and stock launcher are hogs. Free up memory and it should fix video playback.
chris peas said:
To fix choppy vid playback on my 8.0 tab I removed most of the preloaded apps and pushed aside the stock TouchWiz launcher for Nova launcher. All my video apps played smooth afterward.
The preloaded apps and stock launcher are hogs. Free up memory and it should fix video playback.
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I did the same
mine is actually cellular south
im guessing based on this
Product Code: XAR
when i enter recovery mode it sais soemthing about CSC XAR dont know if its the same thing.
paulrileysullivan said:
Now that i'm rooted, I need a backup plan incase any of the mods I do breaks the system. I went to SamMobile's website for the firmware, and the only firmware that matches, says it's for the Canadian device. All the information matches on my US model as the Canadian firmware. In fact, there is no US model listed on their Firmware list. Has anyone tried flashing the Canadian Firmware to their US Tab with success? Please let me know so I can safely start to make mods to me system. Thanks.
Here's the link to SamMobile's Firmware page for SM-T330NU.
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can someone tell me what preloaded apps were removed?
I disabled most of the bloatware already, and still doesn't work.
regards.
scihte said:
I did the same
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I wish I could give you a complete list of what I removed. However I didn't make one. My advice. Back up your system, delete 1 or 2 at a time, reboot, continue on. Anything from Samsung I tried to remove. IF not sure about removing a particular app, google its use, ask here, make a copy first.
Stock Netflix 1.8.1
i tried disabling almost everything , it tried without adding any account to avoid updates, what finally works was to install stock Stock Netflix 1.8.1
what i think is happening is that Netflix mistakenly try to reproduce 1080p video, and that is to much for the tablet, old Netflix is cap at 720p and there isn't to much difference really since tablet is only 800p.
video plays smooth using old netflix no matter default process are running in background.
i went to ask full refund and get another one, same problem.
paulrileysullivan said:
Now that i'm rooted, I need a backup plan incase any of the mods I do breaks the system. I went to SamMobile's website for the firmware, and the only firmware that matches, says it's for the Canadian device. All the information matches on my US model as the Canadian firmware. In fact, there is no US model listed on their Firmware list. Has anyone tried flashing the Canadian Firmware to their US Tab with success? Please let me know so I can safely start to make mods to me system. Thanks.
Here's the link to SamMobile's Firmware page for SM-T330NU.
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I successfully installed the Cellular south XAR Version in mine.
regards
Hello @all here,
I bought a SM-N9100 (Note 4 DuoS) in Germany as an international Version (Hong Kong) with 5.0.1 and PlayStore preinstalled.
After some very bad and suspicious preinstalled System apps disturbed my joy, I decided to root the phone with CF, what went perfect.
After downloading a anti irus software and all my stuff from playstore (including the missing Play Services), i uninstalled all above mentioned crap- and bloatware using Jumobile System app uninstaller.
Sometimes, a small ad Pops up, asking me ti install SuperbCleaner and a kind of game, but pressing on it, it always disappears.
Now I wanted to use Chrome for the first time, which popped up several suspicious Websites, each in a new tab.
Scanning with several malware-Killers, i found
Processor.apk
and
Com.Android.OS
two obviously well known malware-apps, which i deactivated.
To be honest, i am not positive, if this was the final shot against my Problem and I am very angry about Samsung, preinstalling all this **** as system app!
Maybe there is someone else here, having the same Problems?
What did you do solving them?
Did you have success?
PLS help me collecting all installed rubbish in StockRom 5.0.1
Many thanks
Michael
My phone is a hand-me-down Note 3 with SuperSU (?) on it and Android 4.3. It's worked fine for about a year, but this app for streaming audiobooks from my library stopped working. (I can't post links yet, but it's hoopla digital on the play store)
I contacted support and they told me I need to update to at least 4.4, but the software update through my phone keeps telling me that I am up to date. I feel like a bit of an idiot walking into the lion's den with a community like this, but I'm at a total loss - what should I do to get access to this app again?
Thanks, and sorry again for my extreme ignorance!
sammobile or updato .com#
download 4.4 stock firmware and flash through odin.
instructions
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/finally-official-5-0-firmware-galaxy-t3029557