I'll be in Cheju, South Korea for a week in September and will have my N1 with me. When I was in England last year I was able to just pick up a local prepaid SIM card for very little and have phone / internet the two weeks I was there. Can this be done in Korea?
Any suggestions as to staying connected?
Thanks!
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Hey guys!
I bought my HTC Touch Diamond off eBay a couple of months ago. (It came unlocked) I have been using it with my Telstra sim card ever since i got it (I live in Australia, by the way) anyway, i am now going to switch over to the Hutchison 3 network, so i went over to the HTC site to try to download the ROM update, for this network. Unfortunately, because i bought my phone off eBay, it came from South Africa, so it won't let me download the ROM upgrade.
Is there anything i can do to get this update?
Thanks
-Padfoot
Hi All
September 1st I'm flying to Seoul for holiday and really wanna pick up a Note 5.
Does anyone know where the best place to buy is? Maybe dlight store in Gangnam?
Also do the Korean versions ever get root or roms?
Thanks!
the Delight store in Gangnam, the Galaxy store in Coex Mall... any Samsung mobile retail location. They were fully stocked as of release date as far as I saw last week and this week.
The only caution I would advise is make sure the Korean version supports the LTE band/bands you will need in your home country. I ended up having to buy one in the states because my phone company here uses Band 4, which the Korean Note 5 does not support.
I think the Korean one supports H+ on my current carrier... I can get sims that will work on there though.
I will head to dlight
That should be good enough. Good luck, and make sure to post pics of your Delight spoils! I've been home for 3 days and am already jealous of your trip
I love Korea!! Amazing place.. This will be my 5th time Fly out on tuesday, going to dlight as soon as ive dropped off my luggage lol
Korea is not very tourist friendly. Hard to even buy a sim card for visitors or tourists. If you are Korean with a Korean Passport and local ID then it should not be a problem. I believe that most telecom companies in Korea only sell carrier locked smartphones with contract and you need a local ID to buy one if I am not mistaken. Also pay attention to the 4G LTE bands on smartphone if you do manage to find one that you could buy unlocked. In the city you will notice that even some taxis will not stop to pick you up if they see that you are a white person.
@desiregeek my experience was the complete opposite. It's super easy to buy a SIM card at the airport from olleh or SK Telecom. Also, carrier locking is not as common as it is here...
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@desiregeek my experience was the complete opposite. It's super easy to buy a SIM card at the airport from olleh or SK Telecom. Also, carrier locking is not as common as it is here...
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You can only buy the rental sim card at the airport unless they recently changed the rules. You can not purchase an unlocked sim card at any of their carriers in South Korea. The ones at the airport are sort of like a rented SIM card. In Thailand,Hong Kong,China,Taiwan or pretty much every other Asian country one can get a SIM card at a 7-11 or telecom carrier that is unlocked of which visitors or tourists can purchase for use while in the country.
It's my 5th time in Korea lol. Never had any problems but I can speak Korean too so it helps. Posting from the note I bought now. Just trying to work out how to make a deodexed rom for the S model version
Visiting Busan
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It's my 5th time in Korea lol. Never had any problems but I can speak Korean too so it helps. Posting from the note I bought now. Just trying to work out how to make a deodexed rom for the S model version
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Im also visiting Busan in October and was thinking of picking up a note 5, if I may ask how much did yours cost?
Mine was 1 million won so around 520 I paid but was 64gb. Haha just on the ktx back from busan to seoul now!
It seems Finland might not get the Note 5 at all, so if I want one, I need to pick one up on my trip.
Thanks for the info, I guess you had a nice train ride with your new Note 5, enjoy!
Greetings,
I think I posted this in the wrong forum last time. Anyway, I'm a long time iOS user who's looking to switch to Android while I'm stationed in Japan (US Navy) for the next two years. That said, I'm presently visiting Korea and have an opportunity to purchase a Note 5 (unlocked) and bring it back to Japan with me. Unfortuantely, I can't seem to find a good breakdown of compatibilty to see if it'll be as effective and easy to use as if I were to just get a S6straight from one of the Japanese carriers.
I'm requesting assistance from the experts here to see:
1. Will an unlocked Note 5 work on all the LTE bands in Japan, specifically DoCoMo.
2. How easy is it to take a phone that's unlocked and start a new contract in Japan (bought new/from the company when I was last here).
Thank you in advance!
I was considering that too as I just returned to the USA from a 3 week trip to Korea. I believe you're fine for using it in Japan, but I had to order a USA model because the LTE bands that the Korean phone supports didn't include band 4 which my provider here in the states uses.
I am 90% sure NTT DoCoMo will be fine with the Korean model of the Note 5
As far as starting a contract I have no idea about Japanese companies but I don't imagine they would have a problem with just setting you up with an account and SIM card.
Hi there,
Just bought a new lg sport on ebay from China, and was wondering if anyone else had bought from this seller and if cellular works in Europe? (It's sais it's unlocked...) Some people say that band 2100 is supported but lg's website doesn't...
Any opinions on using this watch in 2019? If I understand we should get one last update?
Ebay: https://www.ebay.fr/itm/LG-Watch-Sp...967940?hash=item1cae286804:g:P04AAOSw4ahbG7BB
I have the W280A and it didnt receive any signal while I was in the UK. With that said, I dont think it'll work in China neither.
Ok, are you with AT&T ? I read that if you activate it with another SIM it unlocks ? I am in France myself.
See this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/watch-sport/lg-sport-280a-att-version-unlocked-t3851436
I had the 280 and it did not work in the UK, with any of the 4 network providers.
Sold it and bought the 281 instead that I still use today.
Been great with latest FW and a new battery.
Full day no problem with LTE.
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I had the 280 and it did not work in the UK, with any of the 4 network providers.
Sold it and bought the 281 instead that I still use today.
Been great with latest FW and a new battery.
Full day no problem with LTE.
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Do you know anywhere to get it at a good price? Only one on ebay is over 300€!
I bought mine on eBay, 2 years ago now.
It wasn't until I was on holiday in the US with my 280, and it came alive with my UK SIM, I just had to get the 281 when back home.
They are nearly 3 years old now, about time alternatives are available, alas they are all eSim that complicates things somewhat.
Mine now, is what it should have been over 2 years ago.
Unfortunately the latest FW was too late with watches that had 2 year old batteries if used daily. Mine was shot, a new battery and it has been great with the latest FW.
I was looking for a budget option so it was between the huawei watch 2 and the lg sport ( thought about the ticwatch pro 4g but more expensive ). Don't like the look of the huawei watch though. I should receive my lg sport soon but a bit disappointed if it wont work in Europe so will have to look out for a 281 model or something new unless we can unlock the bands somehow. Someone seemed to be saying that if the bootloader is unlocked then the bands are aswell...
Have received the watch and I can confirm that is doesn't work in France. The bootloader is also locked. Despite that I'm still enjoying the watch and am getting good battery life with wake gestures disabled.
Still interested in unlocking it if possible, someone has found a usb cable and has managed to unlock the bootloader recently: https://forum.xda-developers.com/we...atch-sport-bootloader-unlock-success-t3949709
Hi Everybody,
I am about to upgrade my Galaxy Watch to the latest model. I would like to take the opportunity to get the LTE version, so I can get rid of one of my phones. The problem is that in my country (Italy) LTE version is not for sale, and I doubt will ever be.
I have done my homeworks and I can get the watch i want from UK or eastern europe, and I can also buy an e-sim from TIM, a local carrier.
My simple question is: will it work ? I am afraid the carrier will not activate the line on a non-officially supported HW (although they support Galaxy watch). E-sim is still a mysterious world for TIM tech support, so I hope someone here can help...
thank you!
GG
Hi again, here is a simpler query:
- did anyone activate the Galaxy watch 3 Lte with a carrier in a country different from the country of purchase? E-sim is a new tricky matter where i have zero experience, and I am really afraid of wasting money on a cellular function that will never work... hope that someone will help!!
Thank you!
Hello,
I have LTE but it's in same country. I think country does not matter.
When you start the watch first time, it proposes you to connect to LTE thru e-sim with the same carrier as your smartphone.
All i had to do was to click on the subscribe button for an e-sim, directly... It was all proposed by the watch and smartphone itself for my carrier.
So i'd guess that there will be no issue... cannot confirm it 100% though
There is no need to buy an e-sim separately if you have it available at your phone carrier, for me it was just a monthly 5€ sub. in addition to my phone bill. The connexion was instantly available as soon as i clicked sub.
I'm in France... and i assume the watches are same as many europe countries (DE, Swiss, Italy, FR, etc) since they proposed these when i started the watch, but there was no UK proposed so might be different watch there...?
Thanks for the answer,!
In italy the lte version is exclusive to a carrier, that will not release it soon, so the only way to get right now is buying it abroad.
I often buy phones in other countries, and they always worked: bur with e sim this now is far from certain as the phones IMEI must be activated by the carrier ( see the ' sprint' thread here in this forum), like in the old pre-GSM times.
That is why I was hoping someone had a similar experience, thanks anyway!
I'm in UK, got it from Samsung so not network branded, and during activation it just asked if I wanted to enable it on the phone as I went through activation. Went to my carriers e-sim sign up (same page as the watch '1' used) and hey presto it all worked.
That was on EE BTW, but know that Vodafone works in UK too, think only three don't have an esim option here at the moment, as I'm sure a friend had his 1 on O2 (Telefonica)