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[Q] Buying Galaxy S4 in France

I should be in France by May 14-15.
Does anyone know the release date of S4 there? And if I buy the unlocked phone there, it'll work with other country sim cards? I'm from Brazil!

yeah it will be widely available by then and yes the unlocked i9500 version works on all sim cards

rafaelpc80 said:
I should be in France by May 14-15.
Does anyone know the release date of S4 there? And if I buy the unlocked phone there, it'll work with other country sim cards? I'm from Brazil!
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It's already released in France so it should be widely available by May 15...
And yes you'll be able to buy it unlocked and use it in Brazil.
The version being sold there is the Snapdragon version (GT-I9505).

[Q] Samsung S5 G900FD DUAL SIM - 32GB?

Has anyone seen any sign of the 32gb version of the Dual Sim G900FD yet?

pinsb said:
Has anyone seen any sign of the 32gb version of the Dual Sim G900FD yet?
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No-one's heard anything? That's a bit sad.

samsung s7edge sprint unlock for use in india

hi i have a Samsung s7 edge with sprint network from U.S
with software version G935PVPS4APJ2
ANDROID VERSION 6.0.1
MODEL NUMBER SM-G935P
I WANT TO UNLOCK THIS MOBILE AND WANT TO USE IT WITH INDIAN SIM
CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THAT.

sumanmaturi said:
hi i have a Samsung s7 edge with sprint network from U.S
with software version G935PVPS4APJ2
ANDROID VERSION 6.0.1
MODEL NUMBER SM-G935P
I WANT TO UNLOCK THIS MOBILE AND WANT TO USE IT WITH INDIAN SIM
CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THAT.
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That is impossible if you look at CDMA vs GSM

logo018140 said:
That is impossible if you look at CDMA vs GSM
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Definitely not impossible, Phone can be unlocked and changed over to the U firmware and should be fine

sumanmaturi said:
hi i have a Samsung s7 edge with sprint network from U.S
with software version G935PVPS4APJ2
ANDROID VERSION 6.0.1
MODEL NUMBER SM-G935P
I WANT TO UNLOCK THIS MOBILE AND WANT TO USE IT WITH INDIAN SIM
CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THAT.
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Get it sim unlocked via Ebay listings (remote unlock) abt 6usd after unlock, flash U firmware and follow this guide to get Indian CSC in case you want Jio VoLTE working in it.

Samsung Pay Australia

Hello fellow S8 users,
I've recently purchased a Samsung S8 SM-G950FD from eBay as I wanted the Dual SIM capability. Version image attached, I'm not entirely sure where it's from.
Unfortunately the Samsung Pay version on the phone is in Chinese as are the promotion, images attached.
Can someone tell me if it's possible to get the Australian version on Samsung Pay on this phone?
Can I just update the ROM to an Australian version? If so, would I end up losing the Dual SIM capability?
Any help on this would be much appreciated.
Thank you.

Any suggestions?

kuri_2k said:
Hello fellow S8 users,
I've recently purchased a Samsung S8 SM-G950FD from eBay as I wanted the Dual SIM capability. Version image attached, I'm not entirely sure where it's from.
Unfortunately the Samsung Pay version on the phone is in Chinese as are the promotion, images attached.
Can someone tell me if it's possible to get the Australian version on Samsung Pay on this phone?
Can I just update the ROM to an Australian version? If so, would I end up losing the Dual SIM capability?
Any help on this would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
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Your Australia cards should work as Australia already have support for Samsung Pay. I have setup few of my Indian cards with Australian version phone. I guess you need to bear with the Chinese though. Updating XSA room will definitely disable the Dual sim option and I am not sure 950FD support 950F.

venki5star said:
Your Australia cards should work as Australia already have support for Samsung Pay. I have setup few of my Indian cards with Australian version phone. I guess you need to bear with the Chinese though. Updating XSA room will definitely disable the Dual sim option and I am not sure 950FD support 950F.
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Yeh the Samsung Pay Application doesn't like my American Express Card....
It states that Amex is not supported in my country, but in fact it's working on my Samsung S6, and my Gear 3.
So you think changing the firmware to AU I would lose the Dual SIM capabilities?
It might just be easier to try and get the Samsung Pay and Samsung Pay Framework from AU ROM and extract it to mine maybe?

If it's anything like the S7, you should be fine putting the Australian firmware on it. I got an S7 edge from the UAE and had to flash German firmware and the T-Mobile CSC to it for spay to finally work. It'll be trail and error, but the multi sim function never went away for me.

Since almost all the international S8/S8+s are on the multi CSC ROM, all you need to do is reset your phone (preferably from the recovery menu) and put in the Oz SIM and reboot. All the regional features are activated, and you get Oz SPAY.
Using that method, I am currently using the India SPAY on an Afghanistan S8+ (Dual sim) and Taiwanese S8 and both work with all cards.

cooolzzz_guy said:
Since almost all the international S8/S8+s are on the multi CSC ROM, all you need to do is reset your phone (preferably from the recovery menu) and put in the Oz SIM and reboot. All the regional features are activated, and you get Oz SPAY.
Using that method, I am currently using the India SPAY on an Afghanistan S8+ (Dual sim) and Taiwanese S8 and both work with all cards.
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I've actually tried to restore to factory setting 6+ times with an assortment of sim cards from Vodafone, Optus, Telstra, Macquarie (Telstra variant), samsung pay keeps loading up as Taiwanese version (Chinese)...
I've recently asked a friend to extract his Samsung Pay & Framework.apk, it still loads Taiwan Samsung pay.
I think it's region locked?
I'm going to try and restore to XSA Firmware, apparently this worked for the S7 guys, whilst retaining Dual Sim functions.

neoslink1 said:
If it's anything like the S7, you should be fine putting the Australian firmware on it. I got an S7 edge from the UAE and had to flash German firmware and the T-Mobile CSC to it for spay to finally work. It'll be trail and error, but the multi sim function never went away for me.
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Thank you! You've just reaffirmed what I actually just read in another forum, going to give it a try and will update my findings.

kuri_2k said:
I've actually tried to restore to factory setting 6+ times with an assortment of sim cards from Vodafone, Optus, Telstra, Macquarie (Telstra variant), samsung pay keeps loading up as Taiwanese version (Chinese)...
I've recently asked a friend to extract his Samsung Pay & Framework.apk, it still loads Taiwan Samsung pay.
I think it's region locked?
I'm going to try and restore to XSA Firmware, apparently this worked for the S7 guys, whilst retaining Dual Sim functions.
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Did you try to factory reset from recovery? Vol up + Bixby + power, wait for few seconds it goes into recovery. Put the regional SIM in, then reboot. It will reboot twice and activate SIM specific features (prominently tells you that it's doing so).
Also please post a screenshot of the Settings->Software information screen (Service provide SW ver. is 2nd last row) both before and after you complete the process.

Someone recommended me this solution after I had a similar problem with my UAE S8 and flashing other country firmware no longer works without supporting SIM card. Download Samsung Pay version 2.7.03 and try that.

oplix said:
Someone recommended me this solution after I had a similar problem with my UAE S8 and flashing other country firmware no longer works without supporting SIM card. Download Samsung Pay version 2.7.03 and try that.
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Worked for me as well !!

oplix said:
Someone recommended me this solution after I had a similar problem with my UAE S8 and flashing other country firmware no longer works without supporting SIM card. Download Samsung Pay version 2.7.03 and try that.
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What do you mean flashing other country firmware no longer works without supporting SIM card ?

vortexmak said:
What do you mean flashing other country firmware no longer works without supporting SIM card ?
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Means that it doesn't matter which firmware you flash if you don't have the country's sim card because s8 will default back to factory CSC. Only way to change CSC without root is to flash with the supporting sim card installed.

cooolzzz_guy said:
Since almost all the international S8/S8+s are on the multi CSC ROM, all you need to do is reset your phone (preferably from the recovery menu) and put in the Oz SIM and reboot. All the regional features are activated, and you get Oz SPAY.
Using that method, I am currently using the India SPAY on an Afghanistan S8+ (Dual sim) and Taiwanese S8 and both work with all cards.
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Just came across this post. Wondering if the same method works with the dual sim version of S7 (G930FD)?
Thanks.

TopGun2000 said:
Just came across this post. Wondering if the same method works with the dual sim version of S7 (G930FD)?
Thanks.
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Has anyone here got the Australian Samsung Pay app onto the Taiwanese dual-sim model? I purchased an S8+ at $799 (compared to the RRP of $1349) but I don't want to factory reset if I don't have to.

Anyone got spay working? Pkease share what firmware version are you using.

S10 5G G977U and G977T Combination (Factory Binary) Files Here

Early access for those of you who know what this is, and want to see what you can find inside. I compress extra small for storage and bandwidth savings, so you'll need 7zip or WinRAR etc to extract - the default Windows unzipper can't handle it.
Retail firmware should be coming soon, and I'll put up another thread similar to my existing ones, once I have access to it.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=292080

Hmmm.... A G977T Combination file has now been released. This is very interesting, because Samsung stopped using specific carrier designation letters in their model numbers after the Note 7, for all flagship devices. Not sure what the differences may be between U and T, but that's exactly why I'm providing the links

for G977T we must waite for the full firmware ( there is no CSC in a combination firmware )
about Verizon firmware i can say firmware is SM-G977UVRU1ASE8 G977UVZW1ASE8 multi CSC
regards

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yakapa40 said:
for G977T we must waite for the full firmware ( there is no CSC in a combination firmware )
about Verizon firmware i can say firmware is SM-G977UVRU1ASE8 G977UVZW1ASE8 multi CSC
regards
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Yes, I know - I have already posted the full firmware in a separate thread.
So far, there appears to be G977B, G977T, and G977U models. So we'll have to wait and see what the differences are, and how the firmware will differ

Hi;
Do you guys think there'll be an unlocked variant on the State's side?
Would it be necessary? Or just SIM unlock the Verizon variant?
Thank you.

samteeee said:
Hi;
Do you guys think there'll be an unlocked variant on the State's side?
Would it be necessary? Or just SIM unlock the Verizon variant?
Thank you.
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I have not seen any references or mention of a 5G U1 variant yet. And I'm not sure if the Verizon model is going to already be SIM unlocked, like most of their phones are

the VZW model is sim locked!!!
iBowToAndroid said:
I have not seen any references or mention of a 5G U1 variant yet. And I'm not sure if the Verizon model is going to already be SIM unlocked, like most of their phones are
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after set up I switched Sims, it recognised the new sim but then said this phone cannot be used with this sim!

iBowToAndroid said:
I have not seen any references or mention of a 5G U1 variant yet. And I'm not sure if the Verizon model is going to already be SIM unlocked, like most of their phones are
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Thank you.
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1+1=2 said:
after set up I switched Sims, it recognised the new sim but then said this phone cannot be used with this sim!
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Thanks for the info.

1+1=2 said:
after set up I switched Sims, it recognised the new sim but then said this phone cannot be used with this sim!
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That doesn't necessarily mean that it's SIM locked. Pretty much all Verizon phones show a notification that says "This is not a Verizon SIM" - even if they're unlocked - if you insert a different carrier's SIM. If you can post a picture or screenshot of what you're seeing, that might help us clarify things

this is the pop up that occurs
iBowToAndroid said:
That doesn't necessarily mean that it's SIM locked. Pretty much all Verizon phones show a notification that says "This is not a Verizon SIM" - even if they're unlocked - if you insert a different carrier's SIM. If you can post a picture or screenshot of what you're seeing, that might help us clarify things
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it says and i quote
Change carrier
Sorry your device cant be activated on another network right now.
for help contact Verizon at 800 922 0204or 8882946804 (prepaid plans)
OK

1+1=2 said:
it says and i quote
Change carrier
Sorry your device cant be activated on another network right now.
for help contact Verizon at 800 922 0204or 8882946804 (prepaid plans)
OK
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Posting a picture or screenshot would be a lot more helpful.
Is there a place to type in a code, or does it say "tap here to learn how you can use your device on another carrier's network" or anything else?

anyone know where I can get the firmware for the sm-977n ?

Will these work with the SM-977N ?

1+1=2 said:
it says and i quote
Change carrier
Sorry your device cant be activated on another network right now.
for help contact Verizon at 800 922 0204or 8882946804 (prepaid plans)
OK
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Buy the $30 prepaid plan and leave the Verizon sim in for 24 hours after its activated and then pop in another sim. Should work.

The Verizon G977U comes unlocked. I am currently using T-Mobile. I don't mind bc I upgraded from note 8. but I just don't like the Verizon boot and all apps ect.., also the "non Verizon Simcard "message.
in my note 8 I put any simcard and it will reset to that simcard carrier with original carrier boot and apps. . I will like to have the same effects in this device.
if anyone is interested in testing with this device it is available.
I've seen G977N in YouTube and it doesn't have any carrier (maybe that's the unlocked version)

Will this support S10 5G firmware?

iBowToAndroid said:
Hmmm.... A G977T Combination file has now been released. This is very interesting, because Samsung stopped using specific carrier designation letters in their model numbers after the Note 7, for all flagship devices. Not sure what the differences may be between U and T, but that's exactly why I'm providing the links
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The SM-G977T model will be for T-Mobile. Saw the phone being tested myself. Here's a link showing the test firmware on the TMB csc: http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/TMB/SM-G977T/version.test.xml

Altair571 said:
The SM-G977T model will be for T-Mobile. Saw the phone being tested myself. Here's a link showing the test firmware on the TMB csc: http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/TMB/SM-G977T/version.test.xml
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COol, good to know

Be calm...
1+1=2 said:
after set up I switched Sims, it recognised the new sim but then said this phone cannot be used with this sim!
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You have to wait for 24 hours now with Verizon, then the phone will unlock automatically.