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I know many people outside of the chosen few countries want to get their hands on this latest android offering from the G-mothership. Down here in New Zealand we have the network through Vodafone to use the phone, but what I'm wondering is the following...
Is there a technical reason why the phone want work in countries outside the current lucky ones?
Does the online Activation require you to be in one of those countries, or limited to those countries? Or is activation optional?
Can anyone think of any other reasons or workarounds?
I'm planning to get the phone through the UK and send it back to NZ. All I really need to know is that I'm not shipping a $800NZ "superphone" paper weight.
Any help appreciated, I know other people will find this info useful in other countries.
Currently using a HTC Touch Diamond 2 that I got shipped from Hong Kong and its been working fine. Hoping the same applies to the Nexus One
Hey I live in New Zealand also. Currently I am waiting for my nexus one to be shipped from California to Auckland, there's more details at geekzone.co.nz under Android
Sweet as, good to hear someone else is trying.
You can use a reship service like shipitto or demail
http://demailbox.com/
demail is probably the best because they're based in delaware which doesnt add tax. Also I think shipping to the US is free when you order a nexus.
So you would pay demailbox a fee for handling your package and providing a 'virtual' US address in delaware, and the shipping from there to your country.
You would pay google just for the phone and free shipping to the virtual US mailbox.
Then you'd pay tax/duty when it enters your own country. Really the only extra here is the demailbox fee, as you'd have to pay the rest even if google shiped to you.
mtyp said:
I know many people outside of the chosen few countries want to get their hands on this latest android offering from the G-mothership. Down here in New Zealand we have the network through Vodafone to use the phone, but what I'm wondering is the following...
Is there a technical reason why the phone want work in countries outside the current lucky ones?
Does the online Activation require you to be in one of those countries, or limited to those countries? Or is activation optional?
Can anyone think of any other reasons or workarounds?
I'm planning to get the phone through the UK and send it back to NZ. All I really need to know is that I'm not shipping a $800NZ "superphone" paper weight.
Any help appreciated, I know other people will find this info useful in other countries.
Currently using a HTC Touch Diamond 2 that I got shipped from Hong Kong and its been working fine. Hoping the same applies to the Nexus One
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I had no clue it was region locked =/ or am i understanding this wrong. I thought they were just selling it in those countries but not just enabling them in those countries. I'm also waiting on mine
babijoee which country are you in?
There's no region lock, but you need to look at the frequencies that are supported.
Its also unclear if the phone is linked to the google checkout account it was bought from for activation.
I went through the standard prompts on the N1 and didn't see anything about a specific "registration".. I imagine I could have used any of my Gmail accounts to setup the device. The word "registration" never came up.
We were unable to find any Nexus One phones to activate.
If you purchased your phone as an upgrade, you should transfer your SIM card from your old T-Mobile phone to your Nexus One. Only ported phone numbers require activation. Contact T-Mobile Customer Care with further questions.
Ahh that makes sense So activation isnt an issue
kam187 said:
You can use a reship service like shipitto or demail
http://demailbox.com/
demail is probably the best because they're based in delaware which doesnt add tax. Also I think shipping to the US is free when you order a nexus.
So you would pay demailbox a fee for handling your package and providing a 'virtual' US address in delaware, and the shipping from there to your country.
You would pay google just for the phone and free shipping to the virtual US mailbox.
Then you'd pay tax/duty when it enters your own country. Really the only extra here is the demailbox fee, as you'd have to pay the rest even if google shiped to you.
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Hey i live in Delaware. Think there is a business in this for me..lol. I will be an intermediary ;-)
Edit: Not to mention I work at UPS
Dears,
here is what you need to do..
Get a US proxy ... or you cant order via Google Checkout (IP checking)
They accept none US Credit Cards... well at least they took my Kuwaiti... (your bank my stop this not them !!!)
Ship to your "US" address ... I use BorderLinx (Owned by DHL !)
They (G) shipped mine overnight to "OH" (Seems they ship from nearest warehouse so that they Raise US TAX... !)
Mine "arrived" on Friday.. and is currently on route to Kuwait... I'll get it on Tuesday..
So the whole thing including US TAX, Shipping(Express->US->Q8) and customs (Here) cost $678...
No issues with the Freq - 3G as the N1 supports ROW (Rest of World) it only has issues with the US...
BTW the Shipping weight is 1.57KG (Fedex AWB stated 0.9KG) as stated by DHL..
Working one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42261066#post42261066
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thanks! has been looking for this for long time.
I am considering buying a Galaxy Note but I have a dilemma so I hope you will be able to help me out with it.
If I decide to buy it I will probably have to buy it through a mobile carrier meaning that I will have to unlock it to run it on a different network. I have someone to do it for me so I don't know what kind of software they will use.
Since I am new to Android, I would like to keep away from the rooting as long as possible so I am talking about stock software here.
Therefore, I would like to ask this:
1) Have any of you unlocked their Galaxy Notes? Are there any side-effects or it feels totally SIM-free?
2) Am I going to be cut-off from the official software updates (ICS and so on?) or it will be totally like a SIM-free experience?
3) Are all the splash screens, apps and other carrier-related stuff gone after the unlock?
Thank you in advance!
This doesn't answer your questions, but why would you buy a carrier phone and use it on another network? Why not buy unlocked?
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If you plan to get the ATT one, I dont think it will get 3G/+ on Tmo. The intenational one I have definitely does not have that band. Unless there is another unlocked version that has those bands. And my international version does not have LTE as well.
And why would you sign a contract with ATT and want to use it on another n/w? Doesnt make any sense whatsoever.
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I am considering buying a Galaxy Note but I have a dilemma so I hope you will be able to help me out with it.
If I decide to buy it I will probably have to buy it through a mobile carrier meaning that I will have to unlock it to run it on a different network. I have someone to do it for me so I don't know what kind of software they will use.
Since I am new to Android, I would like to keep away from the rooting as long as possible so I am talking about stock software here.
Therefore, I would like to ask this:
1) Have any of you unlocked their Galaxy Notes? Are there any side-effects or it feels totally SIM-free?
2) Am I going to be cut-off from the official software updates (ICS and so on?) or it will be totally like a SIM-free experience?
3) Are all the splash screens, apps and other carrier-related stuff gone after the unlock?
Thank you in advance!
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I live in Europe so I am talking about an international version.
Technically I wouldn't be buying it directly from a carrier, I just wanted to keep the discussion simple. I would buy it from a store but they get it abroad, unlock them and sell them legally. It's the only way I can get it where I live.
Ordering from Expansys or similar sites would mean that I would have to pay import customs which would probably amount to 200-300$ or more.
Where are you from? There are more retailers than expansys
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I live in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Since it is not yet a member of the EU, you have to pay customs fees for this kind of stuff.
I will be going to the UK in a few weeks and thought about buying it there but that would mean that I wouldn't have any warranty. Most sites do not offer warranty outside the UK or EU. Also, even if I found one seller that offers worldwide warranty, I would still have costs shipping the phone to the UK or wherever and back (still EU issues) if needed.
Buying the phone locally should give me a 2-year warranty so that's why I am thinking about that option.
if you get it sim free fromthe uk then you woudl be paying more than you woudl in say germany - sim free in the uk are about £500+
sim free means it isnt locked to a carrioer that doesnt stop anything regarding updates to ics, you wil lstil lget them just might be at alater date than other countries
unlocking is not the same as debranding which would remove the software and logos etc
mine is sim free whcih i bought on a 2 year contract and it is no different to any other note locked on the networks
Eborg said:
I am considering buying a Galaxy Note but I have a dilemma so I hope you will be able to help me out with it.
If I decide to buy it I will probably have to buy it through a mobile carrier meaning that I will have to unlock it to run it on a different network.....
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buying it through a carrier does not mean that the phone is locked to that carrier anyway. have you asked your carrier or the store you want to buy from if they sell the Note locked?. my Note is bought from German Telekom/T-Mobile and has no sim or netlock. i just tested the Note with simcards from other German and foreign carrier and they all work flawlessly. so maybe you can purchase a Note at your side that is also sim/netlocked free.
All Galaxy Notes available locally were on foreign carriers. The guy at the store could only confirm that it works will all SIM cards, not that the particular phone had to be unlocked or not, but it was definitely on a foreign carrier when they got it.
I am not sure if the phones are debranded or not. Is that something that I can do on my own without rooting the phone?
So, you guys can officially confirm that unlocked (and optionally debranded) Galaxy Note will act as if they were SIM-free in regards to official updates, apps and so on? No worries there?
As for getting it abroad, it wouldn't be the best solution since I would have to send it to the UK, Germany, Italy or wherever if something is wrong paying 100-200$ of customs fees every time if something goes wrong.
I'd just like to confirm that it is possible to update the firmware automatically with an unlocked Note. Cheers!
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sim free means it isnt locked to a carrioer that doesnt stop anything regarding updates to ics, you wil lstil lget them just might be at alater date than other countries
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Quite.
Also to keep in mind : in the EU, the carrier must agree to unlock phones after at the most 6 months.
And regarding ICS upgrades for the Note, they're apparently fairly messy at the moment. Locally (France) my carrier and the local Samsung branch are apparently more or less pointing at one another for a botched upgrade (at the end of June, note that it was announced as "we're fixing a few things, should be any day now" in March) where they apparently managed to brick a number of user phones. Samsung tends to communicate fairly poorly on the issue.
Other than the updated stylus apps, I'm not really sure the upgrade is worth it. And I discovered the whole "Kies" crud when I got this phone which really annoyed me since I don't normally run Windows (or Mac OS) and some operators apparently like to push their stuff only through that channel.
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Eborg said:
I'd just like to confirm that it is possible to update the firmware automatically with an unlocked Note. Cheers!
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There's no reason why you couldn't. Possibly you'd get the Samsung update instead of the one from the original carrier (not guaranteed). But unlocking phones is fairly standard procedure.
Actually I got an update from the previous carrier from which it was unlocked from judging by the bloatware installed with the update.
Hello guys. Does any of you know how we can set up Google Wallet Tap N Pay to work in Europe or any other app with Tap N Pay option?
you're the only one who use this...
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you're the only one who use this...
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how u mean only one? In every store u have PayPass, thats mean u can use Tap N Pay in every story, If ppl in USA can use it, we can use it too in EU.
if you don't know, europe is 10 years behind usa...
I dont think so ?
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I wish I could say it wasn't , but technologically the EU is years behind the USA.
NFC payment is supported by banks, for instance. I've got an NFC chip in my bank card and it's been activated. I can use it wherever I wish.
But the shops? They're still using the phone lines for their pin machines.
The same pin machines they used 18 years ago, which don't support contactfree payment, let alone online payment.
And the NFC system is quite a bit older in the USA than Google Wallet.
There's no point introducing online payments if the shops thenselves won't and can't accept it.
Hell, most places don't even properly have 4G yet.
And as Larry Page has said; Until the EU starts moving forward technologically, Google Pay is not coming to the EU.
Google isn't the problem here. It's the government, and in particular the shop owners.
Many of which don't even have an internet connection in the shop. Little hard to recieve online transactions that way.
So you want Google Wallet, stick a boot up your government's arse to get them to invest in technology. Until they do, it's not happening.
That's what we get for having atechnical, primitive primates as our countries' leaders.
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good point ShadowLea :good:
I recently moved to India from the US. I had a G935T (T-Mobile) S7 Edge, which I paid full and got unlocked before my move. I have been a big fan of Samsung Pay, ever since I bought the S7 Edge and used it extensively in the US. I was overjoyed when I came to know that Samsung Pay has been launched in India. However, I cannot add my Indian cards to Samsung Pay, my version of the software asks for a 'ZIP Code' while adding a card. I do have a couple of cards issued by US banks and I deleted and added them again without any problem (of course by giving the zip code as well), but I don't know how to add my Indian cards?
(If you're unaware, Indian cards don't have any Zip codes associated with them. The Indian version of a ZIP code is a 'PIN Code' also known as Postal Index Number, but I can't use the same since Indian PIN codes have 6 digits compared to the 5 digits of a Zip code.)
When I called the Samsung Pay customer support in India, they told me that I can't use Indian cards on my hardware, but in my thinking, it should be just an issue of the software, am I right? Any help will be appreciated.
I am running Nougat (7.0), got the OTA update from T-Mobile less than a month ago and the version of the Samsung Pay app is 2.6.00, which should be the latest update.
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I recently moved to India from the US. I had a G935T (T-Mobile) S7 Edge, which I paid full and got unlocked before my move. I have been a big fan of Samsung Pay, ever since I bought the S7 Edge and used it extensively in the US. I was overjoyed when I came to know that Samsung Pay has been launched in India. However, I cannot add my Indian cards to Samsung Pay, my version of the software asks for a 'ZIP Code' while adding a card. I do have a couple of cards issued by US banks and I deleted and added them again without any problem (of course by giving the zip code as well), but I don't know how to add my Indian cards?
(If you're unaware, Indian cards don't have any Zip codes associated with them. The Indian version of a ZIP code is a 'PIN Code' also known as Postal Index Number, but I can't use the same since Indian PIN codes have 6 digits compared to the 5 digits of a Zip code.)
When I called the Samsung Pay customer support in India, they told me that I can't use Indian cards on my hardware, but in my thinking, it should be just an issue of the software, am I right? Any help will be appreciated.
I am running Nougat (7.0), got the OTA update from T-Mobile less than a month ago and the version of the Samsung Pay app is 2.6.00, which should be the latest update.
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In India it doesn't ask for zip codes for adding cards. You should contact pay support
Edit: Do you have contacted them already. I don't think there is any other way unless Samsung updated its pay app. You can't install indian rom either.
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sidsden said:
When I called the Samsung Pay customer support in India, they told me that I can't use Indian cards on my hardware, but in my thinking, it should be just an issue of the software, am I right? Any help will be appreciated.
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Have you tried installing Samsung Pay India app manually?
It could be a hardware issue too if the application identifies the region (like CSC code) of the device.
You can check your CSC code and many other details here - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
CSC codes, PDAs and system files can be changed by rooting but I'm not sure if Samsung Pay would work on a rooted device. To my knowledge, Pay doesn't work over an insecure kernel or tripped KNOX.
You may want to read this thread - https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/samsung-pay-knox-warranty-void-t3549449 and post your query there too. The OP might know about a workaround.
Also, if you don't know much about rooting, please give yourself time to read about risks associated with it (like voiding your warranty).
Hope this helps. Thank you.
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Earlier I was also facing this problem, But then I applied a jugaad;I live in delhi and my pin code is 110078, i entered 10078 omitting the 1st digit and it now works completely fine.If u have pin-code for example 456789 write 56789 and it will work too........
PS: I have a galaxy s8 which I bought unlocked from US in January.Also, I am JEE achiever so we know how to use jugaad really good.
harshari4299 said:
Earlier I was also facing this problem, But then I applied a jugaad;I live in delhi and my pin code is 110078, i entered 10078 omitting the 1st digit and it now works completely fine.If u have pin-code for example 456789 write 56789 and it will work too........
PS: I have a galaxy s8 which I bought unlocked from US in January.Also, I am JEE achiever so we know how to use jugaad really good.
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Hi,
Thanks a lot for that info. Will it be possible for you to check the CSC on your phone. Mine had US CSC and when i tried SPay with indian card (yes, i too got my Indian card added), it didn't work.
Have you actually tried to make a payment with Indian credit card using Spay in store?
Thank you so much for your update, it just provided a glimmer of hope
It works fine Even For Indian BANKS
centurianrahul said:
Hi,
Thanks a lot for that info. Will it be possible for you to check the CSC on your phone. Mine had US CSC and when i tried SPay with indian card (yes, i too got my Indian card added), it didn't work.
Have you actually tried to make a payment with Indian credit card using Spay in store?
Thank you so much for your update, it just provided a glimmer of hope
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Hi, I have used samsung pay here in Delhi even in Reliance Smart Mall to even at a local grocery shop.It works Fine.I am using ICICI and SC Bank credit cards currently.
PS:If it shows error during card registration then u can try entering 10078 at that place(maybe this be a pin in the US and is a loophole in the system);
Also, If that too doesn't work try entering pin code of the place where your bank branch is(luckily both of my bank branches lie under 110078 pin code)
Even after this u face a problem, you can reply back in here.
THank Me later.....
harshari4299 said:
Hi, I have used samsung pay here in Delhi even in Reliance Smart Mall to even at a local grocery shop.It works Fine.I am using ICICI and SC Bank credit cards currently.
PS:If it shows error during card registration then u can try entering 10078 at that place(maybe this be a pin in the US and is a loophole in the system);
Also, If that too doesn't work try entering pin code of the place where your bank branch is(luckily both of my bank branches lie under 110078 pin code)
Even after this u face a problem, you can reply back in here.
THank Me later.....
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Hey - this is interesting. I tried your method but not able to do anything. Using Amex HSBC OR PNB. can you share if this is still working ? Do I need to have any particular version of S-pay
Thanks a lot Man...
It seems to work at CCD at Delhi. I just tried it.
One thing iam worried about. Since the phone has US CSC,it would be routed via us payment channels and therefore,we might be charged with international tx charges,but that's the risk I was willing to take.
Can u please tell when did u try Payment with SPay and did u see any international tx charges?
Thanks
harshari4299 said:
Hi, I have used samsung pay here in Delhi even in Reliance Smart Mall to even at a local grocery shop.It works Fine.I am using ICICI and SC Bank credit cards currently.
PS:If it shows error during card registration then u can try entering 10078 at that place(maybe this be a pin in the US and is a loophole in the system);
Also, If that too doesn't work try entering pin code of the place where your bank branch is(luckily both of my bank branches lie under 110078 pin code)
Even after this u face a problem, you can reply back in here.
THank Me later.....
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No Extra International Charges.
centurianrahul said:
It seems to work at CCD at Delhi. I just tried it.
One thing iam worried about. Since the phone has US CSC,it would be routed via us payment channels and therefore,we might be charged with international tx charges,but that's the risk I was willing to take.
Can u please tell when did u try Payment with SPay and did u see any international tx charges?
Thanks
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No Charges were due against any of my orders.
Glad it Worked :good::good::good:
Awesome!!!
Everything is working, however, we can not add/link Paytm account with SPay which's possible in the Indian Samsung Pay app.
Do you know any workaround???
harshari4299 said:
No Charges were due against any of my orders.
Glad it Worked :good::good::good:
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I recently moved to India from the US. I had a G935T (T-Mobile) S7 Edge, which I paid full and got unlocked before my move. I have been a big fan of Samsung Pay, ever since I bought the S7 Edge and used it extensively in the US. I was overjoyed when I came to know that Samsung Pay has been launched in India. However, I cannot add my Indian cards to Samsung Pay, my version of the software asks for a 'ZIP Code' while adding a card. I do have a couple of cards issued by US banks and I deleted and added them again without any problem (of course by giving the zip code as well), but I don't know how to add my Indian cards?
(If you're unaware, Indian cards don't have any Zip codes associated with them. The Indian version of a ZIP code is a 'PIN Code' also known as Postal Index Number, but I can't use the same since Indian PIN codes have 6 digits compared to the 5 digits of a Zip code.)
When I called the Samsung Pay customer support in India, they told me that I can't use Indian cards on my hardware, but in my thinking, it should be just an issue of the software, am I right? Any help will be appreciated.
I am running Nougat (7.0), got the OTA update from T-Mobile less than a month ago and the version of the Samsung Pay app is 2.6.00, which should be the latest update.
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I've always used the att variant, but I wanted to try out the exynos version. Does Samsung pay in the US work with it? In what ways will I be limited? LATE?
Also, is there a way to preorder that version?
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I've always used the att variant, but I wanted to try out the exynos version. Does Samsung pay in the US work with it? In what ways will I be limited? LATE?
Also, is there a way to preorder that version?
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I'm getting a UK S8+ to use on AT&T and have researched this. Based on what's been done with S7e we should be able to get Samsung pay working on the UK variant. To make it work requires installing the right versions and combinations of Samsung Pay Framework and the Samsung Pay app. Payments and Samsung Pay Rewards seems to work, gift cards might, but the "deals" doesn't seem to. I've also pre-ordered a AT&T S8+ to play with until the UK version arrives. I'll extract the Pay Framework and Pay App from it to install my UK phone. Since Samsung Pay isn't pre-installed on UK phones (it hasn't launched there) it's more of a challenge. From what I've read global phones with Pay pre-installed seem to be easier to get working. Pay is supposed to launch in the UK this year so that might help. We'll see.
In terms of other "stuff" you won't be able to use VoLTE, NumberSync, and other AT&T specific features. But you'll get a crapware free phone and regular updates from Samsung directly.
Thank you for the reply! I preordered the ATT version as well.. if you don't mind, let me know if you are able to get this working. I would love to use the international version vs the ATT
BarryH_GEG said:
I'll extract the Pay Framework and Pay App from it to install my UK phone. Since Samsung Pay isn't pre-installed on UK phones (it hasn't launched there) it's more of a challenge. From what I've read global phones with Pay pre-installed seem to be easier to get working. Pay is supposed to launch in the UK this year so that might help. We'll see.
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Please Share with us the APK when you get it ^^ Thanks ^^
BarryH_GEG said:
I'm getting a UK S8+ to use on AT&T and have researched this. Based on what's been done with S7e we should be able to get Samsung pay working on the UK variant. To make it work requires installing the right versions and combinations of Samsung Pay Framework and the Samsung Pay app. Payments and Samsung Pay Rewards seems to work, gift cards might, but the "deals" doesn't seem to. I've also pre-ordered a AT&T S8+ to play with until the UK version arrives. I'll extract the Pay Framework and Pay App from it to install my UK phone. Since Samsung Pay isn't pre-installed on UK phones (it hasn't launched there) it's more of a challenge. From what I've read global phones with Pay pre-installed seem to be easier to get working. Pay is supposed to launch in the UK this year so that might help. We'll see.
In terms of other "stuff" you won't be able to use VoLTE, NumberSync, and other AT&T specific features. But you'll get a crapware free phone and regular updates from Samsung directly.
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Since the phone is unlocked can you flash official firmware say from Sweden or Russia where Pay has launched already to get Pay preinstalled and not jump through hoops ?
morbidz said:
Since the phone is unlocked can you flash official firmware say from Sweden or Russia where Pay has launched already to get Pay preinstalled and not jump through hoops ?
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Yeah that's what I thought too. When I had the s7 edge, this still didn't work. I did glimpse over in the s7e forums and saw international users did get it working. I'll definitely be giving the s7 method a try as soon as I get it. Im going to hold off root just so I can use Samsung pay
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osmosizzz said:
Yeah that's what I thought too. When I had the s7 edge, this still didn't work. I did glimpse over in the s7e forums and saw international users did get it working. I'll definitely be giving the s7 method a try as soon as I get it. Im going to hold off root just so I can use Samsung pay
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Weird. is it the same model "F" they sell in UK and Sweden/Russia?
I've been using my S3 watch lately anyway for Pay, so lack of Pay on the phone itself might not be a big deal.
morbidz said:
Weird. is it the same model "F" they sell in UK and Sweden/Russia?
I've been using my S3 watch lately anyway for Pay, so lack of Pay on the phone itself might not be a big deal.
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I had the F model from Singapore but since it was an F model, I could flash any firmware from any country that sold the F model.
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Since the phone is unlocked can you flash official firmware say from Sweden or Russia where Pay has launched already to get Pay preinstalled and not jump through hoops ?
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I'm retired from flashing. I'd rather add Samsung Pay to my BTU S8+ than flash another country's ROM on it. BTU typically has the least regional modifications and gets the most frequent updates fastest. If you read the S7e forums you have to go through some gymnastics to get Samsung Pay working in the U.S. on an international phone no matter what CSC you use. So I may as well keep my original CSC. Once I figure it out I'll post instructions and the APKs if necessary as I know a lot of people are ordering British S8s.
So I got my S8 Exynos from EBAY, samsung pay didn't work because I had the AFG CSC, so I reset the phone with a UK sim in it and that changed the CSC to XEU (UK), Samsung pay now works but the problem is in the UK they only have the NFC payment activated by Samsung not the MST so basically it's nothing more than Android Pay...
Anyone tried installing US SPay APKs on your intl. phone? any luch?
Best,
Joe