hey
i used the IMEI / *#06# method and i found that my phone is made in china
is that bad ??
i have a NEO+ GT-I9301I
AttilaXXX said:
hey
i used the IMEI / *#06# method and i found that my phone is made in china
is that bad ??
i have a NEO+ GT-I9301I
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No, not at all because those apps are not perfect and second thing is that some of us have those mobiles which have some hardware components made by china but they are not a low quality products. Don't worry just check out those special codes for Samsung if thay are working it means your mobile is original.
Pretty much everything is these days...
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PLEASE GUYS...
I have won a s4 in a auction..
and it states that it is a u.s cellular version of s4
SO i wanted to ask whether it will work on indian network??? (i have a idea sim card.)
And also provide me its model no.. (for eg.I9500 stands for international version so us.cellular = ???)
PLEASE REPLY FAST GUYS :angel:
No the problem is if it supports your country's wireless bands... It probably could with root.
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is it i9505 (s600) or any other version??
HAVE A BETTER LOOK I HAVE BOUGHT THIS ONE:
http://www.ebay.in/itm/Samsung-Gala...-/171273500418?ssPageName=ADME:L:COSI:IN:1123
link is not valid for the way while looking for a quick answer
(did not need to open such threads everywhere)
anooj21m said:
is it i9505 (s600) or any other version??
HAVE A BETTER LOOK I HAVE BOUGHT THIS ONE:
http://www.ebay.in/itm/Samsung-Gala...-/171273500418?ssPageName=ADME:L:COSI:IN:1123
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Its a LTE 4g.. so its a gt-I9505
I just want to ask whether it will work with my idea gsm simcard or not???
THE MODEL NO IS SCH-R970 (i think so according to the link given..
anooj21m said:
I just want to ask whether it will work with my idea gsm simcard or not???
THE MODEL NO IS SCH-R970 (i think so according to the link given..
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sorry my bad didn't read it properly first
if the phone is locked,u will have to get it unlocked here,which costs anywhere from 2k to 5k in India,not sure...
U shud be wise enough to consider all facts before buying it... Like warranty,locked/unlocked and all
also,keep in mind, Samsung do not repair foreign models here...
I have a sgh-a867 here which is damaged,but Samsung refuses to repair it,and no local dealer was able to either..
Hi
Background: I am usually very thorough when buying a new phone. This time I Wasn't well for many days and in the hospital. Urgently needed a new phone and ordered 1 online from a used shop. I specially wanted i9500.. no other variant..
I got one, it said i9500 on the back cover (echted in the plastics and well as the paper... which said made in india.. also the paper/sticker wasn't samsung quality but maybe since it was used, and indian made, i thought ok..
Now I inserted my sim and turned it on... Some chinese s***t! then samsung logo then the TouchWiz.. But there were many chinese apps as well. AND IT DID NOT DETECT MY SIM. Settings say its an i9500.. it felt like a samsung but something was off... In camera, as soon as I took a pic, phone got shut off! Had to take out battery... (btw, it says android 4.42 and when I go to Update.. .Samsung says it cant as device has been modified)
reformatted phone... more chinese sh*t, then Android loads up and there is no play store!
So I downoad a Darky ROM for i9500 and try flashing.. viola!! success.. Android 5.0.1
It said Sim not registered... then that message dissappears and now it shows me FULL SIGNALS but when I try to dial anything, it says Not registered on network! - WHen I went to settings... in device it is now saying:SM-903F (is that a ROM thing or is that the real phone model I have..?)
Can someone please help me.. the phone is very important here in my hosp.. cant type/read a lot of my laptop, it is very energy comsuming
Regards
P.S My location is Pakistan
See if you can enter download mode (Volume down and Power). If you can get into download mode, read off the model number displayed on screen. If you can't, the S4 is counterfeit.
The phone could also be a combination of various parts from different hardware versions of the s4.
Also, check to see if the imei is okay.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
See if you can enter download mode (Volume down and Power). If you can get into download mode, read off the model number displayed on screen. If you can't, the S4 is counterfeit.
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Download mode says GT-I9500CHN
hmm
audit13 said:
The phone could also be a combination of various parts from different hardware versions of the s4.
Also, check to see if the imei is okay.
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Yes bro, I can see the IMEI..
I tried flashing another ROM (TouchWiz) - Still sim is not recognized (but signal bars goes to full.. even if I take out the SIM.. guess thats a ROM issue)
Anyways, still stuck.. Which modem should I try flashing... :|
I was going to suggest a stock 9500 rom from sammobile.com but there are only ROMs for the 9500, not 9500chn.
Googling the model 9500chn links to other people that have the same problem when trying to flash another rom.
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I was going to suggest a stock 9500 rom from sammobile.com but there are only ROMs for the 9500, not 9500chn.
Googling the model 9500chn links to other people that have the same problem when trying to flash another rom.
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The phone model become GT-I9500CHN because of Chinese bootloader that unfortunately very hard to get rid of this stuff.
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Your phone might be trying to connect to China Mobile or China Unicom that uses TD-SCDMA instead of WCDMA for most regions.
Also, after you install DarkLord S6 port on your device, you'll get phone model on About device as SM-G903F (Galaxy S5 Neo) instead of the normal one for more compatibility (according to the developer).
I would try to check the IMEI online to see if this is original or not (ilegally tampered from other device).
Sent from my GT-I9500
krasCGQ said:
The phone model become GT-I9500CHN because of Chinese bootloader that unfortunately very hard to get rid of this stuff.
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Your phone might be trying to connect to China Mobile or China Unicom that uses TD-SCDMA instead of WCDMA for most regions.
Also, after you install DarkLord S6 port on your device, you'll get phone model on About device as SM-G903F (Galaxy S5 Neo) instead of the normal one for more compatibility (according to the developer).
I would try to check the IMEI online to see if this is original or not (ilegally tampered from other device).
Sent from my GT-I9500
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What to do then? I tried installing Omega ROM v 28... after installtion, screen goes blank... tried it twice!
Any solution
hdaackda said:
What to do then? I tried installing Omega ROM v 28... after installtion, screen goes blank... tried it twice!
Any solution
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Cheap chinese fake replicas. All ib one line.
Do nothing about it. Ordering online was the worst decision.
Now there are threads here on how to manage these clones. Read one of them
DeepankarS said:
Cheap chinese fake replicas. All ib one line.
Do nothing about it. Ordering online was the worst decision.
Now there are threads here on how to manage these clones. Read one of them
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I hate chinese like u do... but this is not cheap
and it is actually a REAL Samsung Galaxy
problem is its GT-i9500CHN - aargghhhhhh - pain doubling... due to me being in hospital. cant go outside to kill someone
If you flashed custom ROMs and them boot, it's not a clone. I9500 performs an Exynos CPU, Chinese clones a Mediatek one, so just for this ROMs couldn't even boot.
All you can do is try to flash a stock firmware from SamMobile, an I9500 firmware coming from China, and see what happens.
By the way, I think this guy bought a Chinese (Genuine) I9500, then rooted it for install Google Apps, that would probably be the reason of the GApps disappearing after formatting (as far as I know, Chinese phones have a backup partition where an emergency copy of the stock firmware is located, I don't know if Samsung does this as well).
For the SIM problem, it's probably simlock, and it probably works only with a determined Chinese operator (or, again, it probably doesn't supports Pakistan's signal bands).
All you can do is check your IMEI on some dedicated site and see if it's simlock, then if it's not, check if the bands that your phone supports are compatible with Pakistan ones.
Sorry for my bad english.
Nexus⁴ on Tapatalk.
Again, China's bands are TD-SCDMA, not WCDMA as we use mostly over the world.
Sent from my GT-I9500
in and out of hospital. operation botched. going again. thanks for all your help guys, 1 last issue
baseband changed. signals working!! finally
one problem, as soon as I take picture, phone shuts down instantaneouly. have to take out battery and restart. ANY english i9500chn ROM pls??
hdaackda said:
in and out of hospital. operation botched. going again. thanks for all your help guys, 1 last issue
baseband changed. signals working!! finally
one problem, as soon as I take picture, phone shuts down instantaneouly. have to take out battery and restart. ANY english i9500chn ROM pls??
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Once again, GT-I9500CHN is just from the bootloader. Installing any GT-I9500 firmware should work.
Sent from my GT-I9500
Hi,i am from greece.I have bought a samsung galaxy s4 i9505 xxuugnk2, android 4.4.2.I recently learn from them (china) that the phone has ' contact unlocked' and no 'original unlocked'.So my phone can t update the firmware ,also doesn t work 3g in greece,and recently it has lost the signal of mobile nerwork.My provider in greece is 'cosmote'.Extra they said to me if i try update the firmware then phone will lock again.
My IMEI:<Mod edit: IMEI removed>
AP:I9505xxugnk2
CP:i9505xxugnk2
CSC:i9505OJVFNK2
RF cal:2013.10.26
HW Rev:REV0.2
Please help me!Thanks
kofaxil said:
Hi,i am from greece.I have bought a samsung galaxy s4 i9505 xxuugnk2, android 4.4.2.I recently learn from them (china) that the phone has ' contact unlocked' and no 'original unlocked'.So my phone can t update the firmware ,also doesn t work 3g in greece,and recently it has lost the signal of mobile nerwork.My provider in greece is 'cosmote'.Extra they said to me if i try update the firmware then phone will lock again.
My IMEI:<Mod edit: IMEI removed>
AP:I9505xxugnk2
CP:i9505xxugnk2
CSC:i9505OJVFNK2
RF cal:2013.10.26
HW Rev:REV0.2
Please help me!Thanks
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What they told you is incorrect.
If it's unlocked you can always update the firmware.
Well,i was called with this phone,so it is unlocked.But i can not update.It is possible to have make something else?Now i have poor signal and sometimes none.
kofaxil said:
Well,i was called with this phone,so it is unlocked.But i can not update.It is possible to have make something else?Now i have poor signal and sometimes none.
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So you do have a signal, that means that either your provider has a ****ty signal coverage, or the phone itself might be faulty(loose antenna connection, crack in the antenna itself)
Lennyz1988 said:
What they told you is incorrect.
If it's unlocked you can always update the firmware.
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Well,i was called with this phone,so it is unlocked.But i can not update.It is possible to have make something else?Now i have poor signal and sometimes none.
Pls HELP Bro , My samsung S5 is g900v Made in China. Im Testing All Samsung Secret codes it Not Working , im confused it fake or genuine (im tested codes *#0*# , *#06# , *#197328640# Almost codes checked but not Respond not work pls Help
What does your phone say under battery on the sticker
secret codes don't work after kitkat on nonrooted g900v phones.
Build prop files are unreliable for phone identification and easily changed
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Camera is usually pretty bad on Chinese clones. Compare resolutions of sensors and pictures from internet and try to use 1080p60 recording (check framerate - I suggest mx player)
shahidrok said:
Pls HELP Bro , My samsung S5 is g900v Made in China. Im Testing All Samsung Secret codes it Not Working , im confused it fake or genuine (im tested codes *#0*# , *#06# , *#197328640# Almost codes checked but not Respond not work pls Help
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get genuine samsung from playstore and run it will tell u https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xihuanat.truth&hl=en
I'm Rooted my phone and Explorer Download Goto efs/carrier/Hiden menu <<OPEN TEXT EDITOR , OFF Change To ON And Save Reboot Phone , Check code it working
Hi guys , I can´t get OTA
Its a unlocked US S8 , I live in Belgium (Europe)
Can somebody help me ?
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Its a unlocked US S8
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First pic says its an international model 950f
Second pic says its a us model 950u
Third pic says its an international model 950f
Not sure what to tell you other than your phone might have a personality disorder.
Its a strange situation.
When I use phone info , I get different info.
IZIMO said:
Its a strange situation.
When I use phone info , I get different info.
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It seems as if you have flashed the wrong cscs or something as it is showing several different things I would find the stock firmware and start clean
Thank you for the answer, I get this phone from china.
So I didnt flash anything.
The strange thing is that the S/N on the back site is not the same when I search via *#06#.
On the back site is written like SM-G950F.
maybe is a fake one ....... as I Know the S8 series an others .... are built in Vietnam
IZIMO said:
Thank you for the answer, I get this phone from china.
So I didnt flash anything.
The strange thing is that the S/N on the back site is not the same when I search via *#06#.
On the back site is written like SM-G950F.
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gcarmagnani said:
maybe is a fake one ....... as I Know the S8 series an others .... are built in Vietnam
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This may also be true I have seen a lot of 'clones' in my day and can tell em apart sometimes
May be one of those cross flashed refurbs
We had this issue in lg g4s real bad claim to be one model with other firmwares....ended up being 1 model with other parts and other firmwares which made for a crap of a time
Heres the issue you have a exynos model according to some info and us snap model by others. So its real hard as you may need to find what true bootloader is on the device as you may brick trying to restore as snaps are bootloader locked
I would contact the seller and ask What is up that you know something isnt right. And you are not happy as you cannot upgrade as the device has much misleading info inside it
Thank you for the information , maybe its a refurbished phone.
I will have to contact the seller.