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How Can I Tell If a GT-N7000 is Genuine? (Should I Buy this Phone?)

I'm going to buy a used GT-N7000 off craigslist tomorrow but I'm concerned that it could be an imitation as I have read that there are several Chinese copies available ...
How can I tell if the phone on craigslist is the real deal?
I'd very much appreciate any quick responses!
Thanks!

Haints said:
I'm going to buy a used GT-N7000 off craigslist tomorrow but I'm concerned that it could be an imitation as I have read that there are several Chinese copies available ...
How can I tell if the phone on craigslist is the real deal?
I'd very much appreciate any quick responses!
Thanks!
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Check the about phone options...

glevitan said:
Check the about phone options...
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Thanks for responding, glevitan!
What should I be looking for under "about phone," exactly?
I know "about phone" will give you the model number, but couldn't a fake Note list a fake model number as well? All they would have to do is have it say "GT-N7000" under model number, right?
Thanks again for weighing in!

Haints said:
Thanks for responding, glevitan!
What should I be looking for under "about phone," exactly?
I know "about phone" will give you the model number, but couldn't a fake Note list a fake model number as well? All they would have to do is have it say "GT-N7000" under model number, right?
Thanks again for weighing in!
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Check that build version And model are correct. Usually that information differs from oem Samsung.

glevitan said:
Check that build version And model are correct. Usually that information differs from oem Samsung.
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But if it is rooted and running a ROM, which I believe this one is (some ICS rom), then won't it just display the custom ROM info under "Build number?"
At least, that is the way it is with my current S2. Under "Build number" it says SHOstock Rom v1.9.4.
EDIT: Just looked at the ad again--it doesn't say the phone is running a custom ROM, just that it is running the latest version of ICS ... What build number would that be?
Here is the ad, with photos, in case that helps ...
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/ele/3370379962.html

Looks genuine to me.
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From pictures looking genuine .... Although do check the information mentioned by glevitan

Take the battery cover off, remove the battery. It will say GT N7000. But that looks legit.
It looks like he's running a Miui of some sort by the lock screen.

Personally the easiest way to spot a fake is to check the camera...most replica phones won't even sport a 8mp camera and hd video recording. After checking the 'About' in the settings, your best bet would be to check the cam. Check the cam's menu,photo/video resolution/quality.

Thanks to all of you for the excellent suggestions! They're very much appreciated and I feel a lot more confident going to meet with this guy today. Hopefully I'll be joining the Note family ....

antiochasylum said:
Take the battery cover off, remove the battery. It will say GT N7000. But that looks legit.
It looks like he's running a Miui of some sort by the lock screen.
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Yup, he's using MiLocker (free in the Play Store)
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looks genuine n7000
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2

Hey check the internal memory it should be over 11GB.. If it's less.. Around 8GB so might be a brick device..
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the real one has the battery charging input near the home button, the fake one battery charging slot is next to audio 3.55mm hole.
you may also closely examine the box, any bar coding, manufacturing info.Remove the back cover examine the sticker under the batteryMatch the IMEI, *#06# to the sticker, and to label on box.Use some web-based IMEI look up sites to verify the IMEI matches the model.
buy from a geniune samsung authorise dealer.
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There are many imei checking sites.. Get the imei and give a search. It will give you the manufacture info in a sec...
Build quality is also a thing, Only Geniune Note will feel solid in hand without any quickie noise...

A fake won't have an spen if a stylus is there then either will that work or multi touch pinch etc. Will but if both work then it's genuine.

Korea s3 i9300, is it a fake?

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problem solved, the phone was fake, got my refund thanks to everyone
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brought i9300 (used, cracked screen) online for mobo replace of my old bricked phone, can anyone tell if this phones a fake or not?
im not with the phone atm, i got my brother to take pictures, it doesnt have a samsung boot logo, it goes straight to the "android" logo,
i would like to know ASAP, to see if i can do anything with the seller. get my money back or something (i highly doubt)
thanks heaps, any help would be greatly appreciated.
PS: new phone on the right, old legit samsung on the left

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sorry, i most likely put this in the wrong place too, i didnt really know what i was doing, hence buying the fake s3......

adamDilger said:
sorry, i most likely put this in the wrong place too, i didnt really know what i was doing, hence buying the fake s3......
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I think you have bough pure s4 with stock android

Wow!
jPush said:
I think you have bough pure s4 with stock android
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oh wow! what a score!
no please. i would like to try and get my money back, any help would be greatly appreciated

adamDilger said:
PS: new phone on the right, old legit samsung on the left
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Well, it's obvious I guess... I start to hate ebay too
That's a S3 clone yes. Get your money back.

FredBE said:
That's a S3 clone yes. Get your money back.
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thanks for the help, when i said to the guy it was a fake he told me he did an imei number check and it come up as a korean samsung (i dont believe him) , is there anyway i can prove that its a fake? i want to be %100 sure before i start
thanks heaps

adamDilger said:
thanks for the help, when i said to the guy it was a fake he told me he did an imei number check and it come up as a korean samsung (i dont believe him) , is there anyway i can prove that its a fake? i want to be %100 sure before i start
thanks heaps
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Try fitting some Samsung Accessories to see if it fits? Search on Youtube "Samsung Galaxy S3 Korean" and compare it with your phone and send the seller the video. I hate fake phones!

cheers
Cesar124 said:
Try fitting some Samsung Accessories to see if it fits? Search on Youtube "Samsung Galaxy S3 Korean" and compare it with your phone and send the seller the video. I hate fake phones!
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hmm thats not gonna cut it, my old s3 is a i9300, and this "new" one claims to be a i9300, but its completely different, and doesn't have the samsung boot logo, just comes up "android", should this be enough? cause i9300 is the international s3, so how could the korea i9300 be any different? does a korea i9300 even exist?
thanks, i just need some facts so i can get my money back

adamDilger said:
hmm thats not gonna cut it, my old s3 is a i9300, and this "new" one claims to be a i9300, but its completely different, and doesn't have the samsung boot logo, just comes up "android", should this be enough? cause i9300 is the international s3, so how could the korea i9300 be any different? does a korea i9300 even exist?
thanks, i just need some facts so i can get my money back
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A Korean i9300 does exist. But once it shows "Android" as the boot animation, It's automatically a fake as Samsung never distributes phones that show that (that I know of). Get your money back! :fingers-crossed:

adamDilger said:
thanks for the help, when i said to the guy it was a fake he told me he did an imei number check and it come up as a korean samsung (i dont believe him) , is there anyway i can prove that its a fake? i want to be %100 sure before i start
thanks heaps
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My brother bought one of those too during a travel. Korean Samsung IMEI as well.
But then he came back to Belgium and our local GSM/3g network provider blacklisted his S3/IMEI...

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FredBE said:
My brother bought one of those too during a travel. Korean Samsung IMEI as well.
But then he came back to Belgium and our local GSM/3g network provider blacklisted his S3/IMEI...
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Cesar124 said:
A Korean i9300 does exist. But once it shows "Android" as the boot animation, It's automatically a fake as Samsung never distributes phones that show that (that I know of). Get your money back! :fingers-crossed:
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wow, thanks heaps, you guys are awesome, and how good is this site!
cheers, i've contacted the seller, lets hope he gets back to me :good:
EDIT: seller gave refund, he'd been ripped off himself, so he tried to get rid of it on gumtree. Phew. thanks again.

[Q] How to check if my S4 is genuine or fake?

I bought the phone at quite a good bargain 2 months ago. It was meant to be used by my wife, but she decided to keep the Note2 she was using. So I then decided to sell it off, but still with no luck.
Just today, my wife happened to talk about the phone with her sister, and her husband overheard the conversation and went on to join the conv, and he brought up something that is very troubling to me.
He said that there's a chance my S4 is a fake product or a clone as he has heard a similar story from a friend of his who had been scammed with a clone S4.
That bugs me a lot, and I have been googling for more information about it but cannot find certain things.
My galaxy s4 is still in a sealed box. I bought it in Malaysia 2 months ago at RM1899 off-contract. It has a sticker of e-register on the front, a blue seal sticker on 2 sides (top and left) and a white sticker saying distribution by Samsung Malaysia Electronics on the right, and another white sticker at the bottom with serial number on it.
Without opening it, is there any way for sure to know that I have purchased a genuine S4?
I don't intend to open the box, and still want to sell it off, so keeping it sealed in a box is a better option for me.
Thanks in advance.
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Box should have info like MEID and serial number

Is the IMEI number visible on the box? If so check it out at the site below. If legit it should bring up the correct details.
http://www.imei.info
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About that.. I see 2 sets on numbers. How many digits does each have?
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Install cpu z form play store. Post a screen shot here.
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s4
As for galaxy s4 in Malaysia, the one with the blue e-warranty sticker on the top right/left of the box indicate that it was original set.

gsmyth said:
Is the IMEI number visible on the box? If so check it out at the site below. If legit it should bring up the correct details.
http://www.imei.info
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I did, and it gave me the correct details. It is an i9500 octacore S4, but I'm still unsure. Why? Reason has got to do with the reply under the quote below.
kimjs90 said:
As for galaxy s4 in Malaysia, the one with the blue e-warranty sticker on the top right/left of the box indicate that it was original set.
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I was told that the sticker does indicate an original set, but from the story told by my brother in law, his friend also bought a set with such sticker on the box, and he still got a fake one :S
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Two things will tell you:
CPU Z and the TW dialer codes. The fakes don't have the correct processors and the Samsung dialer codes don't work on fakes.

donalgodon said:
Two things will tell you:
CPU Z and the TW dialer codes. The fakes don't have the correct processors and the Samsung dialer codes don't work on fakes.
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True. I did read about this somewhere else. However, as I stated earlier, I want to keep it mint in the box so I can sell it. I have no intention of using it for myself.
That's why I was inquiring for clues to know whether it's genuine or not from just the packaging.
Below I have attached a picture of the packaging. Maybe that can help shed some lights.
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help!
Hello! Guys. I just want to know if my s4 is original coz im confused. It was made in india by samsung at back under the battery. Thanks guys much appriciated for replies.ģ

It is a fake
sepam00 said:
View attachment 2534245Hello! Guys. I just want to know if my s4 is original coz im confused. It was made in india by samsung at back under the battery. Thanks guys much appriciated for replies.ģView attachment 2534245
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It is a fake, see here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334609
and
http://hdcmobile.com/hdc-galaxy-s4-legend.html
The board is Universal5410 thats what gave it away.

hey guys please tell me if my s4 legit
Can u guys tell me if my s4 is legit or fake just bought it at a local store really cheap they apparently reslly needed moneu for250 bucks so the cpuz specamare
SOC
Cpu architecture krait 300
Cores 4
Revision r1p0
Process 28nm
Clock speed 384mhz - 1.89ghz
Core 0 1134mhz
Core 1 stopped
Core 2 stopped
Core 3 stopped
Cpu load 31%
Gpu vendor qualcomm
Gpu renderer adreno (tm) 320
Scaling governor ondemand
SYSTEM
Model sch-r970
Manufacturer samsung
Display jss15j.r970tyuemk2
Hardware qcom
Android version 4.3
Kernel arquitecture armv71
Kernel version 3.40-1986810 (r970tyuemk2)
Screen resolution 1080x1920
Screen density 480dpi
Total ram 1820mb
Available ram 1001 mb 54%
Internal storage 9.74gb
Available storage 7.74gb 79%
I WILLMREALLY APPRECIATE MAN thanks guys for help in advance hope someone reads my post fast ! Sry

All you guys with suspicious phones. Assuming that only Samsung has AMOLED (OLED) displays - go in pitch dark room (no light) and restart your phones. If the black part of the screen is really 100% dark without light bleed, you have genuine Galaxy S4 phone (as all LCD will bleed light and the black is greyish). If the black part is not perfect - it's fake, because there's no S3/S4 with LCD display.

zomgiloveyou said:
Can u guys tell me if my s4 is legit or fake just bought it at a local store really cheap they apparently reslly needed moneu for250 bucks so the cpuz specamare
SOC
Cpu architecture krait 300
Cores 4
Revision r1p0
Process 28nm
Clock speed 384mhz - 1.89ghz
Core 0 1134mhz
Core 1 stopped
Core 2 stopped
Core 3 stopped
Cpu load 31%
Gpu vendor qualcomm
Gpu renderer adreno (tm) 320
Scaling governor ondemand
SYSTEM
Model sch-r970
Manufacturer samsung
Display jss15j.r970tyuemk2
Hardware qcom
Android version 4.3
Kernel arquitecture armv71
Kernel version 3.40-1986810 (r970tyuemk2)
Screen resolution 1080x1920
Screen density 480dpi
Total ram 1820mb
Available ram 1001 mb 54%
Internal storage 9.74gb
Available storage 7.74gb 79%
I WILLMREALLY APPRECIATE MAN thanks guys for help in advance hope someone reads my post fast ! Sry
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Don't stress, CPU-z tells true.
Your phone is a genuine S4 GT I9505
Lucky man!

Hi all, would some be able to tell me if the device is legit/real?
CPU-Z screenshots are attached...
All looks real to me but when I checked the IMEI on imei.info it showed Nokia 6300!?!?!
I've used the site couple of times already and showed accurate results (including my S2)... is it reliable?
Many thanks,
Dimitar

dgkovachev said:
Hi all, would some be able to tell me if the device is legit/real?
CPU-Z screenshots are attached...
All looks real to me but when I checked the IMEI on imei.info it showed Nokia 6300!?!?!
I've used the site couple of times already and showed accurate results (including my S2)... is it reliable?
Many thanks,
Dimitar
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That Galaxy S4 is a genuine one!

jeffrey268 said:
It is a fake, see here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334609
and
http://hdcmobile.com/hdc-galaxy-s4-legend.html
The board is Universal5410 thats what gave it away.
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UNIVERSAL5410 board is being used in most of the phones here in india and samsung is providing warranty too.
Hence not fake. Even my phone has universal5410 which was bought from a samsung store and in addition to it, my phone is being detected by kies aswell.

DeepankarS said:
UNIVERSAL5410 board is being used in most of the phones here in india and samsung is providing warranty too.
Hence not fake. Even my phone has universal5410 which was bought from a samsung store and in addition to it, my phone is being detected by kies aswell.
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my phone also universal 5410 and its an original one, just try with kies if its detected and its real.

andre_X_X said:
my phone also universal 5410 and its an original one, just try with kies if its detected and its real.
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And yeah maybe theyve named the Exynos 5410 as universal5410 (read at some site). Attached is the sc.

Checking Websites *NOT* Enough
--> I traded my HTC One for a Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 with someone through Craigslist. Unfortunately, I was so excited to get the phone I only used imei-dot-info to verify the phone's authenticity and checkesnfree-dot-com to see if the phone was blacklisted.
Results from both sites were a "go" so I did the trade.
With T-mobile (or any carrier) I knew I wouldn't get 4G or LTE speeds with this model phone, which was fine. However, it was impossible for me to get off EDGE (pure H3LL after having LTE with the HTC).
Did the research I should have done before doing the trade and found out at least one easy way to ID a fake i9500: Check the phone's serial number. It shouldn't be "123456789ABCDEF" - obvious enough, if you know where to look. If it is you absolutely have a fake.
They may get smarter and this not work to check the i9500's, but for now it's good enough.
POINT: Don't be an idiot like me and fail to do your research first . Checking a couple websites isn't enough.

Samsung galaxy light (cheap lte on tmobile USA)

I have not seen much about this phone. It's a cheap ( no exact price yet) small sized phone to test out tmobile's lte if you want to think about switching away from big V like me.
http://m.androidcentral.com/t-mobile-announces-samsung-galaxy-light
1.4ghz Quad core with 1GB system memory and 8GB internal storage. It also has an 1800 mah battery and microsd.

LBJM said:
I have not seen much about this phone. It's a cheap ( no exact price yet) small sized phone to test out tmobile's lte if you want to think about switching away from big V like me.
http://m.androidcentral.com/t-mobile-announces-samsung-galaxy-light
1.4ghz Quad core with 1GB system memory and 8GB internal storage. It also has an 1800 mah battery and microsd.
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Currently listed on hsn.com for 199.95. Noticed via prepaidphonenews.com. Looking forward to hear from someone about unlocked bootloader status and partition arrangement.

aaopt said:
Currently listed on hsn.com for 199.95. Noticed via prepaidphonenews.com. Looking forward to hear from someone about unlocked bootloader status and partition arrangement.
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Just noticed, among the features listed on hsn.com is something called "secure boot." Why does that sound like something I don't want? And they mention it as if it's a good thing.

aaopt said:
Currently listed on hsn.com for 199.95. Noticed via prepaidphonenews.com. Looking forward to hear from someone about unlocked bootloader status and partition arrangement.
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Now $149. I'd grab it if I could root it. Zero development on this device and this is the only thread even discussing it. Shame but not surprising. You're almost better off to get an old phone that has plenty of options than a new one with none.

Sounds very interesting. I hope it will be released in Europe soon too.
I've read that that it reaches an antutu score around ~17000+. First an only 4'' phone with a quad core at the moment.!
But, does anybody know if it has a light sensor to adjust the brightness automatically?

Lol some guy wanted to trade me the Light for my One S...
Seeing that its pretty...new and no dev'ment yet, its a no.
Thats the same exact reason I got rid of my ol Boost Mobile LG Venice.
Besides, I'm not a fan of mediocre carrier service.
It sounds appealing though, i mean 1gb ram tied in with quad core, clocked at 1.4GHz not bad.
But its using TFT screen technology sized at 4 inches, a 5mp cam and a 0.3mp front. What sort of odd combo is that?
At least they should have given it an AMOLED then maybe the miniature screen would make some sense.
If you ask me, its like a merged Galaxy Prevail and a Galaxy S. Good for those who want something cheap yet preformance
worthy (I guess) but for a quad core device, ratings for it on many review sites are depressingly low. Hey at least it
has NFC, but still all that preformance on a TFT screen will make playing games feel like your on an older device.
I think the screen alone was a let down for me.
It does not make my list, nor capture my attention. My guess is, NAY.

I just got this phone. Any clue how to root it? I don't want to brick it following the s4 method.

Does anyone know how to network unlock this phone?
I just got this phone before leaving on vacations and can't seem to find a way to network unlock it so that I can use it outside the U.S.
I have tried all popular unlocking methods for S3's and S4's but none seems to work.

There is another thread about rooting this phone, but noone has figured out how to do it, just yet. I guess the new kernel is causing some issues. Anyway, the other thread is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539232 I will be picking this phone up as soon as I am able. The small size and the quad core and the speed is also what I have read. As I am not a gamer, the screen is fine. LTE and NFC are features I would use. It's like Samsung figured out that if a user isn't gaming, a big high-end screen isn't as important as speed of connectivity. The gamers have the S4. The rest of us get the Light.

Crossvxm said:
Lol some guy wanted to trade me the Light for my One S...
Seeing that its pretty...new and no dev'ment yet, its a no.
Thats the same exact reason I got rid of my ol Boost Mobile LG Venice.
Besides, I'm not a fan of mediocre carrier service.
It sounds appealing though, i mean 1gb ram tied in with quad core, clocked at 1.4GHz not bad.
But its using TFT screen technology sized at 4 inches, a 5mp cam and a 0.3mp front. What sort of odd combo is that?
At least they should have given it an AMOLED then maybe the miniature screen would make some sense.
If you ask me, its like a merged Galaxy Prevail and a Galaxy S. Good for those who want something cheap yet preformance
worthy (I guess) but for a quad core device, ratings for it on many review sites are depressingly low. Hey at least it
has NFC, but still all that preformance on a TFT screen will make playing games feel like your on an older device.
I think the screen alone was a let down for me.
It does not make my list, nor capture my attention. My guess is, NAY.
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Just curious on what makes you think its like a prevail?

shabbypenguin said:
Just curious on what makes you think its like a prevail?
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thanks shabby for rooting this phone!

I like this phone but I wish we had a ROM for it..

EazyBreezy said:
I like this phone but I wish we had a ROM for it..
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Sounds like there will be one, soon. Patience.
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EazyBreezy said:
I like this phone but I wish we had a ROM for it..
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Proud2banoob said:
Sounds like there will be one, soon. Patience.
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There is one. Stock, but debloated and optimized. I have not tried it myself yet, as I don't have a 2nd phone in case things go awry, But it looks very promising.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/rom-lightwave-v1-t2825253
He also said he's going to attempt a Cyanogenmod 11 port. And if you excuse the archaic vernacular, that would be the bees' knees.
FYI, you can get the Galaxy Light brand new from T-Mobile for $100 right now.

Planterz said:
There is one. Stock, but debloated and optimized. I have not tried it myself yet, as I don't have a 2nd phone in case things go awry, But it looks very promising.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/rom-lightwave-v1-t2825253
He also said he's going to attempt a Cyanogenmod 11 port. And if you excuse the archaic vernacular, that would be the bees' knees.
FYI, you can get the Galaxy Light brand new from T-Mobile for $100 right now.
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Mine is rooted stock and I agree, Lightwave looks nice. The price at t-mobile just came down and I suspect Samsung will be ending the Light and releasing something of lower quality. You can't beat 4 bucks a month. Snap it up while you can.
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Planterz said:
There is one. Stock, but debloated and optimized. I have not tried it myself yet, as I don't have a 2nd phone in case things go awry, But it looks very promising.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/rom-lightwave-v1-t2825253
He also said he's going to attempt a Cyanogenmod 11 port. And if you excuse the archaic vernacular, that would be the bees' knees.
FYI, you can get the Galaxy Light brand new from T-Mobile for $100 right now.
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So I was going to try the LightWave ROM but I have some concerns... Is this going to lock my SIM out, and keep me from accessing my network? Because,I also do not have a second phone to goof off with this one, and if I brick (or worse, get locked out of the data network)I'm screwed. So does anyone know if this locks out T-Mobile's network? Thanks in advance!
On an irrelevant side note, if anyone is using a stock (w/root) ROM and are tired of TouchWiz, I actually figured out how to dump it! There is an app in the Google Play store called "System app remover (ROOT)" and all i did was looked for touchwiz in the app and deleted it. Sorry for rambling.

killer-kondor said:
So I was going to try the LightWave ROM but I have some concerns... Is this going to lock my SIM out, and keep me from accessing my network? Because,I also do not have a second phone to goof off with this one, and if I brick (or worse, get locked out of the data network)I'm screwed. So does anyone know if this locks out T-Mobile's network? Thanks in advance!
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I can't guarantee you won't brick your phone. Nobody can guarantee anything when you start flashing things. Once you have TWRP though, it's really hard to screw things up irreparably.
On an irrelevant side note, if anyone is using a stock (w/root) ROM and are tired of TouchWiz, I actually figured out how to dump it! There is an app in the Google Play store called "System app remover (ROOT)" and all i did was looked for touchwiz in the app and deleted it. Sorry for rambling.
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That's dangerous. I wouldn't recommend doing that, but if you must, always do backups first.

[Q] Note 3 Clone?

Hi, I just bought a Note 3 off eBay, it was listed as the AT&T variant of the Note 3. I received the phone earlier today and the 1st thing I did was went straight to the settings to see if everything was up to par.
In settings under about device it says its running 4.4 and the model number is SM-N9006. I did a quick Google search and came up with mixed results, some said it was the Chinese version of the Note 3 and some said it was a Note 3 clone.
I did a benchmark test and it doesnt look like the hardware is what its suppose to be, it actually listed it in the rankings as below the S3.
Any feedback would be great, I do have a 14 day return on this. Thanks a lot everyone.

KuRuPtIoN said:
Hi, I just bought a Note 3 off eBay, it was listed as the AT&T variant of the Note 3. I received the phone earlier today and the 1st thing I did was went straight to the settings to see if everything was up to par.
In settings under about device it says its running 4.4 and the model number is SM-N9006. I did a quick Google search and came up with mixed results, some said it was the Chinese version of the Note 3 and some said it was a Note 3 clone.
I did a benchmark test and it doesnt look like the hardware is what its suppose to be, it actually listed it in the rankings as below the S3.
Any feedback would be great, I do have a 14 day return on this. Thanks a lot everyone.
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have a look at the build number see if its 111111111 and if its white does it have a black spen

jaythenut said:
have a look at the build number see if its 111111111 and if its white does it have a black spen
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Build number is JSS15J.N9006ZCUBMI5
It is white and it does have a Silver/Chrome S Pen with Samsung on the handle.

KuRuPtIoN said:
Build number is JSS15J.N9006ZCUBMI5
It is white and it does have a S Pen with Samsung on the handle.
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sounds ok does air gesture work if so your good
i think lol

jaythenut said:
sounds ok does air gesture work if so your good
i think lol
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How does air gesture work?

KuRuPtIoN said:
How does air gesture work?
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hover the pen over the screen and press the spen button
and should work when pulled out

When I pull the pen out a lil menu on the bottom right pops up but when I wave it in front if the screen nothing happens.
Here's a screen shot of the air gesture menu, see it says "ware" instead of "wave"? Lol

KuRuPtIoN said:
When I pull the pen out a lil menu on the bottom right pops up but when I wave it in front if the screen nothing happens.
Here's a screen shot of the air gesture menu, see it says "ware" instead of "wave"? Lol
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fake i think

Try this app
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2642187

Ware not wave
Don't worry about spelling mistakes there are a few through the menus. Has anyone ever noticed the equalizer spelt equaliser in the music menu? There are a few you just have to look. But if your getting antutu scores on par or lower than an S3 then you have the mediate mtk processor and it is a fake for sure.

KuRuPtIoN said:
Hi, I just bought a Note 3 off eBay, it was listed as the AT&T variant of the Note 3. I received the phone earlier today and the 1st thing I did was went straight to the settings to see if everything was up to par.
In settings under about device it says its running 4.4 and the model number is SM-N9006. I did a quick Google search and came up with mixed results, some said it was the Chinese version of the Note 3 and some said it was a Note 3 clone.
I did a benchmark test and it doesnt look like the hardware is what its suppose to be, it actually listed it in the rankings as below the S3.
Any feedback would be great, I do have a 14 day return on this. Thanks a lot everyone.
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Just download Samsung info from Play store and see results without wasting time.

probably something like this : http://www.fastcardtech.com/HDC-Galaxy-Note-3-N9006.html

I already contacted the seller and he's issuing a refund. I figure I might as well get the AT&T version I wanted since they are both about the same price. I'm gonna check out Swappa and try and get my phone from there. Thanks to everyone who replied and helped! ::victory:

KuRuPtIoN said:
I already contacted the seller and he's issuing a refund. I figure I might as well get the AT&T version I wanted since they are both about the same price. I'm gonna check out Swappa and try and get my phone from there. Thanks to everyone who replied and helped! ::victory:
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Glad to hear you've got it solved.

webjunky said:
fake i think
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You think?
It's fake.
The Air Gesture menu is full. It's NEVER all white.
"Ware your hand"? China being morons again and not knowing how to utilized the worlds most used language....

rockyfarted said:
Don't worry about spelling mistakes there are a few through the menus. Has anyone ever noticed the equalizer spelt equaliser in the music menu? There are a few you just have to look. But if your getting antutu scores on par or lower than an S3 then you have the mediate mtk processor and it is a fake for sure.
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Equaliser is correct. Same as defence, centre, colour etc. just depends where you come from.
Ware however is wrong.