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I would be most appreciative if you could help me please.
I have a SIM blocked Note 3 that I bought and used while in Southern Europe. I wish to unblock the phone. I have tried two internet companies one that refunded my money saying the IMEI was not in their data base the other company took the cash via Paypal and never even replied. :crying:
I understand that in the UK there are high street shops that can unlock a SIM locked phone for a fee? Would any of you know of such a shop around the area of Birmingham in the West Midlands of the UK. I will be there for four days next month.
Many thanks for your kind attention and help.
Ryland

Ryland Johnson said:
I would be most appreciative if you could help me please.
I have a SIM blocked Note 3 that I bought and used while in Southern Europe. I wish to unblock the phone. I have tried two internet companies one that refunded my money saying the IMEI was not in their data base the other company took the cash via Paypal and never even replied. :crying:
I understand that in the UK there are high street shops that can unlock a SIM locked phone for a fee? Would any of you know of such a shop around the area of Birmingham in the West Midlands of the UK. I will be there for four days next month.
Many thanks for your kind attention and help.
Ryland
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There's loads of phone shops and a few market stalls around Birmingham City Centre that will unlock it for you.

Ryland Johnson said:
I would be most appreciative if you could help me please.
I have a SIM blocked Note 3 that I bought and used while in Southern Europe. I wish to unblock the phone. I have tried two internet companies one that refunded my money saying the IMEI was not in their data base the other company took the cash via Paypal and never even replied. :crying:
I understand that in the UK there are high street shops that can unlock a SIM locked phone for a fee? Would any of you know of such a shop around the area of Birmingham in the West Midlands of the UK. I will be there for four days next month.
Many thanks for your kind attention and help.
Ryland
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I would be a little suspicious of ANY form of unlocking done without codes - as far as I know for the moment all the "cable-unlocking' methods are very buggy and at the very least will result in knox 0x1.

xclub_101 said:
I would be a little suspicious of ANY form of unlocking done without codes - as far as I know for the moment all the "cable-unlocking' methods are very buggy and at the very least will result in knox 0x1.
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Most phone shops around the UK will use codes now rather than the old fashioned cable method. Hence them charging 30-40quid as opposed to the fiver they used to charge for a cable unlock.
Sent from my CM11 Kitkat powered SM-N9005

Ryland Johnson said:
I would be most appreciative if you could help me please.
I have a SIM blocked Note 3 that I bought and used while in Southern Europe. I wish to unblock the phone. I have tried two internet companies one that refunded my money saying the IMEI was not in their data base the other company took the cash via Paypal and never even replied. :crying:
I understand that in the UK there are high street shops that can unlock a SIM locked phone for a fee? Would any of you know of such a shop around the area of Birmingham in the West Midlands of the UK. I will be there for four days next month.
Many thanks for your kind attention and help.
Ryland
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Go online to fastgsm.com,
19 usd for note 3 and they delivery code in 1 hour

Ryland Johnson said:
I would be most appreciative if you could help me please.
I have a SIM blocked Note 3 that I bought and used while in Southern Europe. I wish to unblock the phone. I have tried two internet companies one that refunded my money saying the IMEI was not in their data base the other company took the cash via Paypal and never even replied. :crying:
I understand that in the UK there are high street shops that can unlock a SIM locked phone for a fee? Would any of you know of such a shop around the area of Birmingham in the West Midlands of the UK. I will be there for four days next month.
Many thanks for your kind attention and help.
Ryland
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You can check your imie number to see what is wrong
www.imei/info

1980aksoy said:
You can check your imie number to see what is wrong
www.imei/info
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Just sent them the cash! I checked the IMEI number first and it identified it so should be no problems, fingers crossed!
Just waiting now for the codes.
Thanks to all those who were kind enough to reply. I appreciate your support and information. Great community.
Best wishes,
Ryland

Okay...........Four codes have been sent. Network, provider, sub-provider and defreeze.
I followed the instructions on the Youtube video and BINGO, the first code unlocked the phone for other chips from different providers to be used. Fantastic. Should I be doing something with the other three codes?
I do have a problem though. When the phone is turned on I still get the initial screen of the original server PLUS all their applications showing on the screens. I have deleted the applications BUT still cannot find a way to remove the original screen that shows the old server every time I power the phone on plus when I start to use the phone with the new SIM card the applications for the old server start to download again?
Rather a puzzle? It is painfully obvious I am well out of my league with this and ponder if I may again request further support? I hope not to push my luck with you guys and gals.
Many thanks,
Ryland

I followed the instructions on the Youtube video and BINGO, the first code unlocked the phone for other chips from different providers to be used. Fantastic. Should I be doing something with the other three codes?
I do have a problem though. When the phone is turned on I still get the initial screen of the original server PLUS all their applications showing on the screens. I have deleted the applications BUT still cannot find a way to remove the original screen that shows the old server every time I power the phone on plus when I start to use the phone with the new SIM card the applications for the old server start to download again?
Rather a puzzle? It is painfully obvious I am well out of my league with this and ponder if I may again request further support? I hope not to push my luck with you guys and gals.
Many thanks,
Ryland[/QUOTE]
What network Is your device purchased.
Your phone now sim free you're now free to install any other firmware to your phone
Go to sammobile.com and download latest rom from Poland android 4.4.2 kit kat its best firmware out there right now and then install with odin 3.09.
Then your device will be clean from networks own rubbish apps
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Ryland Johnson said:
Okay...........Four codes have been sent. Network, provider, sub-provider and defreeze.
I followed the instructions on the Youtube video and BINGO, the first code unlocked the phone for other chips from different providers to be used. Fantastic. Should I be doing something with the other three codes?
I do have a problem though. When the phone is turned on I still get the initial screen of the original server PLUS all their applications showing on the screens. I have deleted the applications BUT still cannot find a way to remove the original screen that shows the old server every time I power the phone on plus when I start to use the phone with the new SIM card the applications for the old server start to download again?
Rather a puzzle? It is painfully obvious I am well out of my league with this and ponder if I may again request further support? I hope not to push my luck with you guys and gals.
Many thanks,
What network Is your device purchased.
Your phone now sim free you're now free to install any other firmware to your phone
Go to sammobile.com and download latest rom from Poland android 4.4.2 kit kat its best firmware out there right now and then install with odin 3.09.
Then your device will be clean from networks own rubbish apps
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I truly appreciate the reply. I don't really understand it though. What is "Odin 3.09" . My phone is not rooted, I don't root my phones. If I did that I would negate my two year warranty.
I would imagine your kind instructions apply to rooted mobiles?
Software is by far my strongest point, as you can see
Don't give up on me yet. I am a very willing learner. :good:
Ryland

Ryland Johnson said:
I truly appreciate the reply. I don't really understand it though. What is "Odin 3.09" . My phone is not rooted, I don't root my phones. If I did that I would negate my two year warranty.
I would imagine your kind instructions apply to rooted mobiles?
Software is by far my strongest point, as you can see
Don't give up on me yet. I am a very willing learner. :good:
Ryland
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No need to root, as you'd be flashing official release firmware m
This video should help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PurJfuEsA0s&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

Ryland Johnson said:
I truly appreciate the reply. I don't really understand it though. What is "Odin 3.09" . My phone is not rooted, I don't root my phones. If I did that I would negate my two year warranty.
I would imagine your kind instructions apply to rooted mobiles?
Software is by far my strongest point, as you can see
Don't give up on me yet. I am a very willing learner. :good:
Ryland[/QUO
You don,t need to root your device and don.t worry your device be safe for warranty
ODIN///Odin is developed by Samsung to help its android smartphone users to update its firmwares. It is an alternative to the Samsung Kies mini and is a very handy tool to update your phone. It is a free to use software that runs on the Windows operating system. Simply download ODIN and install is the best available option for flashing a custom ROM. Flashing is a term that is part of the ever-growing mobile lingo dictionary and it means updating or modifying your firmware; stored in the flash memory or the ROM of your smartphone.
The step by OP is too long and not necessarily.
Simple step to install Official Poland 4.4.2 KitKat ROM:
Download Official Poland Single file KitKat 4.4.2 ROM.
Download and install Odin3 v3.09
Extract once the downloaded KitKat ROM.
Open Odin and load the firmware at AP.
Tick Phone Bootloader Update.
Click start and wait until it finish.
1. Download the firmware here and extart/// http://rapidgator.net/file/32c9439c4023fe52b8db1a1e4b432456
2. Unzip the zip file, and you will get two files with the extension .tar.md5 and a file with the extension .tar
3. Download Odin 3.09 and extart/// https://mega.co.nz/#!UdRRyCAT!H4FyVxYynNWvXqRNmnpMGQRCP-dG3uykgP2pT4rh8Ek
4. Launch Odin.
5. Reboot your Galaxy Note 3 in download mode (Volume Down + Power + Home button).
6. Connect your Galaxy Note 3 via USB cable to your computer and wait for Odin to recognize it. A blue box should then appear (in the program).
7. Add:in odin click AP get your firmware
also look at the picture and you can get videos on youtube
Check out the video Senior Member dsm52 POSTED TO YOU
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Hellooooo.
Started the process last evening and finally got to bed like 12 hours latter at 09.00 this morning.
Some how I ended up with malware? AWSOMEHP! Dear me it took me hours and hours to get rid of that crap. I am hopeless with this software.
It took nearly 4 hours to download the firmware, it then went to WinRAR and I cant open it?
I downloaded the Odin programme but it would not allow me to click the 'phone bootloader update'.
I gave it my best shot but dare not brick my phone so didn't touch that.
One thing. When KitKat comes naturally to my Note 3 will that update automatically remove the old servers files? IF this process can be done naturally' upon update to KitKat in my case it would be better to wait.
You see what happens is you guys and gals take what you do with this technology as easy as ridding a bike. Jargon is used that is absolutely above my head. I have looked at the video clip kindly referenced above so many times yet the speed that guy wizzes through stuff. I pause try to find do what he is doing BUT his PC is NOT running Windows 8.2. I have no idea what he runs but its not the same OS I have.
Some things in life need to be performed by people with the knowledge. I did not give up lightly but after seeing that clip and the possibilities of bricking the phone then having to do this and do that? No way Jose! Each to their own and this is not my profession so I am snookered.
Thank you for the time you ave taken in helping and supporting me. I sincerely appreciate your time. :good:
Ryland

[Q] damm wife

hi guys im not new as such but am new to samsung well long story ....
anyway i brought a s4 for my wife 2nd hand of cause, shes on tmobile and it was network locked on tmobile so was great then about 2 weeks ago she droped it and now theres a big crack on the screen which dont look to bad to me but you know what its like, lol....
its good enough so popped to vodaphone shop got a really good deal and took a new contract out shes as happy as pigs in ****e....
now i stuck with a samsung s4 on tmobile with a cracked screen NOT GOOD as im on vadaphone as well
as i said earlier im not new her i know how to unlock, flash and ect.. on m700s htc, but never samsung so its all new to me.
i need help been out of game for a while forgotten loads but willing to try and get this s4 umlocked from tmobile.
now everyone here gets upset with people asking for help unlocking phones and yea ive had a few suscpsions of people.
sorry if i sound a bit fustrated i am lol........ PLS HELP
ps.. sorry about spelling not very good..

Lol...so what exactly are you looking at doing ?
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Try this post. It may work for you if your looking for a sim unlock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683
paulsharman said:
hi guys im not new as such but am new to samsung well long story ....
anyway i brought a s4 for my wife 2nd hand of cause, shes on tmobile and it was network locked on tmobile so was great then about 2 weeks ago she droped it and now theres a big crack on the screen which dont look to bad to me but you know what its like, lol....
its good enough so popped to vodaphone shop got a really good deal and took a new contract out shes as happy as pigs in ****e....
now i stuck with a samsung s4 on tmobile with a cracked screen NOT GOOD as im on vadaphone as well
as i said earlier im not new her i know how to unlock, flash and ect.. on m700s htc, but never samsung so its all new to me.
i need help been out of game for a while forgotten loads but willing to try and get this s4 umlocked from tmobile.
now everyone here gets upset with people asking for help unlocking phones and yea ive had a few suscpsions of people.
sorry if i sound a bit fustrated i am lol........ PLS HELP
ps.. sorry about spelling not very good..
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[Q] install other motherboard to SPH-L900

Hi, Firstable sorry about my english is not pretty good but i do my best. Well, I have a Sprint Galaxy Note 2, I did the GSM Modification that is in this forum and works for me perfect in Colombia, but I dont like everytime that i install a new rom i have the same problem everytime that i install a new rom i need to put the APN configurations, also install a LK8 that works in Medellin, Colombia (If someone in Medellin, Colombia is trying to do this the LK8 Modem works i spent a lot of time trying to make this works) Also the configurations the signal is a little bit poor, In Colombia there is Operator called Virgin Mobile that is really cheaper and its really good, when i have my iPhone 4 I have signal everywhere, and im studying in a School really far away from the city and with my iPhone 4 I used to be with all circles of signal, also i had a Huawei (I dont remember which one) and Works 3G at my school, but with the GSM modification i had to change my carrier and i dont know if the adapter that i bought isnt i dont know, Good? i Bought it on AliExpress here tell if the product is good or not, But the signal is poor and the plug disconnect everytime i had to put a piece of paper with glue to make pressure to the plug trying to get the product not disconnected, so i talk with guy of my family who works on mobile repairment but i dont have enough time to talk and he said that if bought and put a Middle Cover of the Galaxy Note N7100 i will not having this problem anymore i bouth it yesterday a that will take i dont know 3 weeks to came to my house because is from China, Thats true about buying this can fix my problem? Instead i look for this product i saw in this page some products that are called MotherBoards, I know what is it, but i dont think that there is people selling it, because in Colombia is 90% impossible to get one legaly, so i look for the N7100 but i dont know if i can make that to my phone, there isnt Hardware Differences between those products? I mean differences Between N7100 and SPH-L900? also in my searching i look for the N7105 that is Note 2 LTE, So what do you recommend to me? Buy a N7100 Motherboard or a N7105? or thats is impossible?.
Well i dont have the permission to post any external Link. if you want to see those products that i mentioned in the post let me a Private Message and i will send you the links of page that i Bought, is AliExpress
Thank you very much.

Does s7 edge T-mobile version can be falsified?

Halo guys. I'm a newbie here. I wanna ask you guys about my phone. So couple days ago i just bought a phone from an e-commerce. It its samsung galaxy s7 edge T-mobile version SM-G935T. When i checked the imei, it said that the imei is real and matched with the phone. But i didnt just stop right there. I also tried to check my phone with antutu officer app. This app said that my phone is a high copy phone. I was surprised at that time. The question is, does my phone is the real or the fake one? Does antutu officer trusted to verify a legality of a phone?
If you guys don't mind please kindly help me to solve this because tbh i'm afraid right now. Thanks!

easy do you have a snapdragon 820 ? also check knox status

Well first, I am not sure what you are afraid of. There is no such thing as an illegal phone. There are phones with blacklisted IMEI numbers (reported lost or stolen), but all that means it that it will not be activated on US networks, and those of many other countries. If you are afraid that you got ripped off, then I get it. Now, the S7 edge is not an easy phone to counterfeit, given that there are only a few manufacturers of curved displays. Take some pics of the phone, and a screenshot of the "about device" page in settings, and post it here.

S8 Active and using it in germany. Possible? Problemes?

Hi everyone!
I am from germany and right now I own a Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo and wanna upgrade. So I thought of importing a unlocked S8 Active (the outdoor version of the normal S8) to my country. I will use it for geocaching things and in this case it should be nearly perfekt (big accu, waterressist, ....)
I don't like the normal version cause I don't like the curved display. Think the active version should be the better choice for me.
Will it work there in german language and will it get updates here in germany? OTA or so? Or will I have problems with it. Maybe I had to use Samsung Updater (Smart Switch) on PC but better is it when OTA would work here too.
Can I repair it in my country, when something goes wrong or must I send it back to the USA for repair? It is cheaper to repair it here and sending it back it is maybe more expensive than it could be.
Maybe someone can answer my view questions, cause this is nearly the smartphone I like, but it is not officially sold here from samsung, so I had to import it.
Greetings!

I would say .. DONT
A Samsung update killed all my sensors. and no warranty here.
Read here :- https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/help/s8-update-messed-sensors-t3812085
There are thousands of users with this problem. for their S8 S8+ Note 8 etc
Stay away from Samsung. Their products are not what they appear, starts deteriorating and slows down. a lot.
I know you are not interested in the Curved screen but just my thoughts. The curve screen is more of a problem than its looks. Many apps do not respond well with the edge touch. for a Tempered Glass you need to pay a lot else they do not work well with the curved screen.
Advice
Stay away from S8 and if you want S8 buy it locally else Samsung has devised up ways to mess your phone pretty bad.
Buy something from your area that would help you and those are better in Utility and 1/4th the price.

Language and updates should not be a problem.
I got some import phones and it wasn't a hard deal to change the system language to german or other.
OTA should work too, because the phone doesn't care if you're in Germany, China, USA or elsewhere. As long as it can connects to the servers, there should be a update possible.
For the repair part, I can't tell you a thing.
I'd say, that you ask all the questions to Samsung's support.
According to frequencycheck, LTE and all other will work just fine in Germany.
Only thing I see is, that it will come with tons of bloatware, which you can (mostly) just deactivate but not uninstall.
Sent from my Galaxy S8 using XDA Labs

Philipp_94 said:
OTA should work too, because the phone doesn't care if you're in Germany, China, USA or elsewhere. As long as it can connects to the servers, there should be a update possible.
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I'd say, that you ask all the questions to Samsung's support.
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Sadly the two stuffs you stated ain't accurate.
Samsung has messed up my phone with their latest update.. There are thousands of customers who are facing this with their s8 / s8+ and Note 8
Normally anyone with commonsense would know that an update is pushed, only when a device is compatible. But the service center guys shamelessly answer that this is country specific
Which brings up the second question.
You may ask whom so ever. SHAME sung doesn't have International Warranty.. I brought this from the Middle East.
Couldn't sell it as I was relocating ... now just because of a Samsung update, mine and thousand other phones are messed up

AjitBharat said:
Sadly the two stuffs you stated ain't accurate.
Samsung has messed up my phone with their latest update.. There are thousands of customers who are facing this with their s8 / s8+ and Note 8
Normally anyone with commonsense would know that an update is pushed, only when a device is compatible. But the service center guys shamelessly answer that this is country specific
Which brings up the second question.
You may ask whom so ever. SHAME sung doesn't have International Warranty.. I brought this from the Middle East.
Couldn't sell it as I was relocating ... now just because of a Samsung update, mine and thousand other phones are messed up
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That's more than sad for you.
But for me, I never had a single problem with my S8 (newest update) or with the Samsung support (and I consider myself as a heavy user, who modifies and complains a lot).
Also you are the first one S8 user, whom I heard of, that there is a problem with the phone. In addition, I could not find any regional (Germany) information or bigger complaints of the latest update. Several of my family members have no problems, not a single of the ones you stated in your original post. FYI, no one of them flashed other CSC or things like that.
THAT may be a country specific problem (as you stated in another post of you, that your s8 is from middle East imported to India).
So your service center guys are correct, that some things are country related like date of a new update, push service etc. But, the phone will be an import just like yours and I think it should get updates, at least via pc (smart switch).
I think, if the OP would buy an unlocked version, he wouldn't have to flash other CSC or anything just to get it working (but again, better ask Samsung support).
So please, discuss your anger and warn other (potential) users in your topic and not under someone, who just wants to know if the S8 active will function it germany (which it should).
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... and not under someone, who just wants to know if the S8 active will function it germany (which it should)...
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Thanks LOL
To the OP
There is a link in this forum itself about the problems I just mentioned
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/help/sensors-android-update-please-help-t3721874
US customers
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/GS8QA/thread-id/35901/page/5
The Service Center head here himself disclosed that there are many many such cases of the same issue after Update. All S8 S8+ and Note 8.
Some Handsets were from Middle East, Most of them were from US and they had even come across those from S Korea too.

As others have already told you, OTA updates etc. won't pose a problem, though if the S8 Active you're buying isn't from Europe (e.g. the US version) you usually have to use it with a SIM card in the corresponding country, meaning you'd have to have a 5 minute call with any old person in the US, otherwise the phone won't accept your SIM and you will be unable to place calls etc. in Europe/Germany.
So just keep that in mind.

Hi from Europe
Can someone with s8 ACTIVE confirm if the latest update messed up their phone. And if so please attach the screenshots where I can see which update this is.
I'm buying used S8 ACTIVE from US and I would like to check if the user didn't updated their phone yet ?
Tnx