I've just brought a s8 HK and I was wondering is there any real difference in the phones. If so what are they. Sorry for silly question. I have no idea about TECH STUFF. Thanks ..
Not really, the HK one is possibly a dual sim, which i dont think was available in Aus. You've most likely got HK firmware on it so Samsung Pay may not work (i bought mine from Kogan & it came with Singapore firmware, Samsung pay didnt work). You can flash australian firmware through ODIN & Samfirm without rooting/voiding your warranty (this wokred for me & now i'm able to use Samsung Pay). I'm not sure if the australian versions had a snapdragon or exynos chip
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HI i just bought galaxy a5 2017 duos model.
I expected it to have samsungpay, but it is not preinstalled and i can't seem to download it.
it has nfc chip so i am guessing it should support it.
perhaps it's because of the firmware's country stetting.
I found out that it has pakistan firmware installed.
does anyone have a5 2017 dual sim verion which has samsung pay enabled?
if so, would i be able to get samsung pay to work by flashing different country's firmware?
i checked smamobile and there was austrlaian version firmware available, which is perfect as i am in australia and bought the phone form grey import supplier.
does anyone know it is safe to flash SM-A520F firmware onto A520F ds version? i couldnt find ds spesific firmware on sammobile.
Thank you in advance
Hi neighbours, Indonesian here.
I'm using A5 2017 DS version as well and no Samsung pay installed also.
I guess it's only installed based on region which have Samsung pay services running on those selected country
Yeah it works fine flashing the Australian rom. I'm with Telstra so went with that one and Samsung pay is enabled. You also get VoLTE with Telstra.
My phone had the UAE firmware on it originally. Dual SIM function is still there too, not that I use that though.
so for those who got their S8 UNLOCKED from ebay\amazon..etc there is a chance that you might have got the version of the S8 of a country that doesn't support it yet, thus it will not work on your phone, for e.g. (AFG- Afghanistan, EGY- Egypt...etc).
So to solve this issue we need to flash the firmware of a country that has SAMSUNG PAY working on an EXYNOS device (G950F, G950FD).
Last year that fixed the issue for me on my S7 Edge G935F.
An example of a country firmaware that have Samsung Pay working is XSG - UAE
So if someone can provide us with the firmware files for both G950F and G950FD , that will be so much of help for many of us.
Also we need ODIN that works for the S8.
Thank you!
Joe
I think you are looking for this firmware -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72612738&postcount=28
Hi,
Are you sure that flashing the rom of specific country will make samsung pay work on S8 or S8 Plus
I have an Exynos S8 Plus SMG955FD which was bought in Nepal but there was no pre installed samsung pay as it has not launched its service for S-Pay in Nepal.
If i flash the indian firmware for Exyons S8 Plus on the same Nepal Device as becasue In india now it S-pay service is launched and supported.
Will this work ? 100 %
Both Indian And Nepal device are same model SM G955FD and both country support carries of both countries as well. Only the CSC code is different i.e. India - G955FXXU1AQE5 & Nepal - G955FXXU1AQDG
Since almost all the international S8/S8+s are on the multi CSC ROM, all you need to do is find a SIM from one of the SPAY supported countries (India, Singapore, UAE, UK works) and reset your phone (preferably from the recovery menu) and put in the SIM and reboot. All the regional features are activated, and you get SPAY to work even after changing your SIMs.
I am currently using the India SPAY and it works with all cards (Chase, Amex, Citi are what I have checked). Of course you won't get Samsung rewards since its a program only available in US.
tl;dr No need to flash ROMs. Only reset required.
cooolzzz_guy said:
Since almost all the international S8/S8+s are on the multi CSC ROM, all you need to do is find a SIM from one of the SPAY supported countries (India, Singapore, UAE, UK works) and reset your phone (preferably from the recovery menu) and put in the SIM and reboot. All the regional features are activated, and you get SPAY to work even after changing your SIMs.
I am currently using the India SPAY and it works with all cards (Chase, Amex, Citi are what I have checked). Of course you won't get Samsung rewards since its a program only available in US.
tl;dr No need to flash ROMs. Only reset required.
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I'll try this but will this make Samsung Pay work for only that region? I.e. if I use an Indian SIM will it activate the Indian version of Samsung Pay or can I use the US version which has rewards
Hi
I purchased unlocked s8 from USA sm950u. Now I am back to India and want to use Samsung pay in India. Any way I can flash SM950FD firmware INS India version ? And use s pay
Did you get any resolution??
anshuman9969 said:
Hi
I purchased unlocked s8 from USA sm950u. Now I am back to India and want to use Samsung pay in India. Any way I can flash SM950FD firmware INS India version ? And use s pay
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Hi,
I've the exact same problem with my GS8 bought from USA. Do you have a solution now or still looking for one. Kindly share.
Thanks.
I have the G950U in the UK which was originally from USA, but I would advice not to flash the F/FDfirmware to the U since the U has a Snapdragon chipset and Sony camera while the F/FD has the Exynos chipset and Samsung cameras. Haven't payed with Samsung Pay yet but it registers my UK cards.
Hi did anything help?
Hello
I have a India Region S8 which is not locked by any provider. As I am in Australia I wanted to install the Australian version so that I get the Samsung Pay options for Australia.
Does anyone know how to update the Samsung Pay or entire OS to Australia?
Will installing official samsung version of Australian rom trip my knox?
Please help.
Anyone??
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Anyone??
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Since urs is an Indian model of the s8.. It will be the Exynos variant.
If Australia also sells Exynos variant (which I think it does), then u can directly download the Australian firmware from sammobile for ur model and flash it with odin.
Make sure u download the firmware of Exynos itself.
And flashing this wont trip Knox.
I bought the samsung s9+ to replace this phone and need to send it back to samsung for trade in. Just curious which firmware should I download for the international version of the phone? I initially bought the phone in Europe over an online site like Ebay and I'm not sure about the country as I bought the international version.