Hello all, does anyone know about the retail demo models of the S7 Edge? I am selling a apple watch on craigslist and someone offered me a S7 edge with no cell bands..
Here is his email.. "I have a Samsung galaxy s7 edge gold retail X model. It works fine the only thing is it won't work as a phone no cell bands in the phone. So basically a android tablet in phone form. "
it's stuck in retail mode
Just wondering if that is legit and is there a way to get it to work as a phone with a normal sim card>? Or is this person pulling my leg
Thanks
As far as i know , Retail Mode Phones don't have a valid IEMI and you can't use SIM card with it, it even have a different model number than the regular model.
However you can do a more search for it to make sure that it can/can't work.
http://sillytechie.com/turn-off-retail-mode-on-samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge/
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Hi Guys,
I am thinking of buying the galaxy S7 Edge from UAE as it is around 200$ cheaper than here in India.
But the UAE phone has no warranty, is the 200$ worth the save?
Secondly in UAE they have the Galaxy S7 Edge G935F and the Dual sim version G935FD?
Both of them have the same price, I wanted to know which phone shall I buy?
Also in terms of updates will I receive updates with the G935FD which is the southasian version or will I receive updates with the G935F which is the international version?
Samsung has some weird policy of talking on the phone for 5 minutes in the region you purchase it from before you can unlock it, since the G935FD is the southasian version will it be unlocked?
Are all the specs similar on both?
My primary concern is that the phone should work in India and should receive future updates!
Your thoughts and inputs would be highly appreciated.
Thanks!
I may have this wrong,
But i thought the D model was Dual Sim!
If you want a Dual Sim i..e you want to have 2 sim cards in your device at one time.
Then you will want to purchase this device.
if you will only have one Sim in your device and you will not have the intention to use another Sim Then you have your answer on the model you want.
I cannot comment on the software version, Would need to check Hardware specs, If there the same i would imagin the Software updates will be the same.
Just the D model will have an addiional chipset to support 2 sim cards
Both devices use Exynos 8890
But different Cell Signals:
TD-SCDMA, TD-HSDPA Are supported on the D model.
Same situation
is there any problem of carrier lock and Sim card not working? With both the models
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Apologies if this has been covered, or if this is the wrong place to post--I've searched and have been unsuccessful in finding an answer so I figured I'd ask myself.
Is the G935FD (Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Duo dual sim) variant fully compatible with AT&T? That is, will it work with enough LTE bands such that I should expect fast enough data throughput? I know that it wont be able to access all AT&T LTE bands, but for practical purposes, will this phone work? It seems to be selling relatively cheaply on eBay, so before pulling the trigger I figured I would just double check that it will work. I don't care so much about having multiple sim cards, I mostly just want a cheap(er) phone.
I'm fairly convinced that the G935F will work based on a few other threads I came across on XDA and Reddit. Just looking for confirmation that the G935FD works and works well. Anyone have experience to share here?
Cheers and thanks in advance.
I have two international G935F's, one G935FD and one G935F, both on AT&T. Also an AT&T S6. I haven't had any issue with LTE. All give comparable speedtest results and all are using LTE Band 2 in my area (SF Bay area). I think they may be missing Band 30 but I don't know where that is used. The app LTE Discovery will show what band you are using. Things that don't work on the international phones for me are AT&T HDVoice (VoLTE) and AT&T Video calling. I also believe that if AT&T ever offers Voice over WiFi, that won't work either. These weren't issues for me. I was not expecting Samsung Pay to work but was surprised that it worked on the G935FD. Further investigation revealed that it was the CSC and image. I was able to download different images and got it working on the G935F as well. There's a thread on Samsung Pay on Int'l phones that discusses this if it matters to you. I think when you buy an international phone (G935F/FD) you don't know what CSC you'll get. I don't think the seller can tell without going thru setup and running a utility (I used Phone Info) to reveal the CSC/image. Everything else seems to work the same as the AT&T-branded versions.
I use Cricket and would like to get an S7 edge and be able to use Samsung pay. But i'd like to still retain having the frequency bands to allow me to switch to another service if i end up disliking cricket later on.
But there's a few questions i cant seem to nail down answers for through searching...
It seems like the G935F is a great choice (exynos and no bloat) but Sammy pay is still somewhat questionable on working? It seems like people are getting it to work, but would i be able to purchase an EU model from amazon and it would just work?
Are the G935A and G935T models the same phone but locket to each carrier, or do they legitimately lack the bands the others support?
re: Samsung Pay
FoxTheTrot said:
I use Cricket and would like to get an S7 edge and be able to use Samsung pay. But i'd like to still retain having the frequency bands to allow me to switch to another service if i end up disliking cricket later on.
But there's a few questions i cant seem to nail down answers for through searching...
It seems like the G935F is a great choice (exynos and no bloat) but Sammy pay is still somewhat questionable on working? It seems like people are getting it to work, but would i be able to purchase an EU model from amazon and it would just work?
Are the G935A and G935T models the same phone but locket to each carrier, or do they legitimately lack the bands the others support?
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The AT&T G935A, T-Mobile G935T and Verizon phones can be unlocked to work with any sim card,
however they can never be rooted. The Samsung pay feature will work fine in any of these 3 phones.
The international S7 Edge G935F comes unlocked and is very easy to root but Samsung pay is not
compatible with it even if it's not rooted.
The only Samsung phones which are fully compatible with Samsung Pay are those which come with
the Samsung Pay app in the phone's app drawer and are not rooted.
Good luck,
Have a great day,
I like the Galaxy but not a fan of small batteries and many of my friends have cracked edge screens on theirs. So I would be more interested in the S8 Active model. Verizon has superior coverage where I live but do not offer this model. Is it possible for me to just buy an unlocked S8 Active and stick my Verizon SIM into it and it will work on the VZ network? If so, where would be the best place to buy it?
Just picked up a Galaxy s6, I yes I like really the phone, better than anything new, and it does all I want, its an SM-G920FQ, from Turkey, bad ebay description, did not know, was used in US and unlocked, I did a wipe through Odin to 7 nougat, phone is unlocked, issue is I have h20, it works on my other phones, also the Galaxy S6 I am using now, on the unlock screen it shows the h20 logo, but when I unlock the screen, the h20 logo is not there, when I go about phone, all the info is there, phone number, h2o, etc. I have no phone service, but it seems I can get texts. Is this a setting or is the international logic board not recognizing the USA sim? Would a different rom work or will I have the same issue?