Exactly how many different region/localizations of the Galaxy Note are there? Isn't the software "one size fits all"
There's a UK version, an India Version etc. How about a US version and and International Version?
Still not confirmed if there's a hardware difference among these regional versions.
I checked Amazon and the G. Note varies in price from 690 to 800 USD, and I have a feeling they are different "region versions".
Is there any difference other than probably the software manual and AC plug that's included? The software inside the phone is all the same right?
I live in the US but I'm worried if I end up with something else say the UK or India version, I'll only be able to download Apps and firmware updates specific to these regions.
Sorry for being such a clueless noob, I'm currently using the Nokia N900, all other phones I used before that were Symbian OS, if I get the Note, it would be my first Android device. I'm not aware of how these things work for Android.
heres a list of some with the base version numbers.
Model: GT-N7000
Germany (Debitel)
Product Code: GT-N7000ZBADBT
Version: Android 2.3.5
HIDSWVER: N7000XXKJ4/N7000OXAKJ4/N7000XXKJ4/N7000XXKJ4
Hong Kong
Product Code: GT-N7000ZBATGY
HIDSWVER: N7000ZSKJ6/N7000OZSKJ6/N7000XXKJ6/N7000ZSKJ6
Indonesia
Product Code: GT-N7000ZBAXSE
Version: Android 2.3.5
HIDSWVER: N7000DXKK1/N7000OLBKJ6/N7000DXKJ3/N7000DXKK1
Malaysia
Product Code: GT-N7000ZBAXME
Version: Android 2.3.5
HIDSWVER: N7000DXKK1/N7000OLBKJ6/N7000DXKJ3/N7000DXKK1
Netherlands
Product Code: GT-N7000ZBAXEN
Version: Android 2.3.5
HIDSWVER: N7000XXKJ4/N7000XENKJ2/N7000XXKJ4/N7000XXKJ4
Poland
Product Code: GT-N7000ZBAXEO
Version: Android 2.3.5
HIDSWVER: N7000XXKJ4/N7000XEOKJ1/N7000XXKJ4/N7000XXKJ4
Poland (PLUS)
Product Code: GT-N7000ZBAPLS
Version: Android 2.3.5
HIDSWVER: N7000XXKJ4/N7000PLSKJ3/N7000XXKJ4/N7000XXKJ4
Romania (Vodafone)
Product Code: GT-N7000ZBACNX
HIDSWVER: N7000XXKJA/N7000OXXKJ8/N7000XXKJ4/N7000XXKJA
Switzerland
Product Code: GT-N7000ZBAAUT
Version: Android 2.3.5
HIDSWVER: N7000XXKJ4/N7000OXXKJ4/N7000XXKJ4/N7000XXKJ4
United Arab Emirates
Product Code: GT-N7000ZBAXSG
Version: Android 2.3.5
HIDSWVER: N7000JPKJ4/N7000OJPKJ3/N7000XXKJ4/N7000JPKJ4
And not all of the versions listed above got the 2.3.6 update so far. I read that the German version got its update through Kies and my Note (Polish XEO version) got it two days ago.
You won't have any app availability differences as long as your Note is on the same android version. So a UK version and a German version both on 2.3.5 will have access to the same apps on the app store.
As for update availability, different regions seem to get them at different times, but they're not that far apart.
Also note that some devices support multiple region codes, changeable through *somethingorother# codes. Not all of them though. My XEO didn't have anything but XEO.
connectivity
hi... just want to ask if the current galaxy note can connect to a 4g or LTE network or there is a specific LTE version of this pone for certain region...ex. in UAE
thanks in advance
Mines kka what does that mean?
I have the the unlocked German version here in the US, and yes, I can connect to
4G (specifically, H+).
cbnash said:
I have the the unlocked German version here in the US, and yes, I can connect to
4G (specifically, H+).
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May I ask where you purchased; if amazon.com which vendor?
To answer the question for the OP, as far as the actual hardware is concerned, everything is the same (with the exception of the 4G LTE version currently available in Korea). Usually, the differences in other regions are software based. Usually the differences include, but are not limited to, pre-loaded language packs/support, region specific pre-loaded software (like BBC iPlayer for example), etc. Language support usually isn't an issue as this is set up when you initially fire up the device the first time.
Sometimes, other tweaks include slightly different drivers for your modem/radio in order to fine tune it to best take advantage of frequencies used in a particular region.
When you go to About Phone in your settings, your Baseband version refers to your modem/radio/kernel. Build refers to the region specific pre-loaded software and OS version (or the custom ROM you may be running!).
As for the two (as far as I know) different hardware versions of the Note, one supports LTE and the other does not. The HSPA+ version (which is the one I bought off Amazon) features the 1.4 ghz Exynos chip that Samsung makes themselves, whereas the LTE version features a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip at 1.5 ghz (also still backwards compatible with HSPA+ AFAIK).
Even though the Snapdragon chip is clocked faster than the Exynos, a lot of people have argued that the latter is a much superior design. During everyday use, you're not likely to notice much of a difference between the two, but I can say for sure from experience, that the Exynos is a BEAST when it comes to HD video playback and graphics intensive games etc. (Frankly, the fact that the Exynos can outperform Tegra 2 in specifically Tegra designed games with a little tweaking speaks volumes to the prowess of the chip itself)
i live in the us and got my note fton clove in england. no problems so far with updates or any apps. the updates are relesse by regions but eventually every region gets them. when you connect with your phone it checks the samsung severs specific for your updates. no worries. i do have to say at first i couldn't get kies to connect to the phone so i downloaded kies from the uk samsung site and connected perfect. don't know if maybe it had more current drivers or what. but try that if you get stuck. the us samsung site doesn't even list the note. hopes this helps.
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While I didn't scrutinize the manual in my excitement to get the Note up and running it appeared to be in French. I don't speak or read French so maybe it was a different language that merely looked like it to me but I haven't seen anything about there being a French-specific version.
P.S. Mine was purchased off eBay from a Singapore seller.
take a look at this thread or do a search about samsung region code
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356325
this should answer where it is from at least. good luck with the french manual
and I actually believe if you visit the samsung site (europe) there is an english
manual to download.
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Here is a new model i have never seen before:
Galaxy S i9000T said to be shipping with Froyo and supports US 3g on 850/1900/2100Mhz
This is a model from South America.
I contacted the seller on eBay asking him if the FROYO it is shipping with is something they installed on the phone. He replied that it is shipping with FROYO from Samsung....
So i ordered one and i should be getting it soon. I'll report back to share which version of froyo is installed on the phone...
Googling i9000T hardly brings any information, but i did found the manual of the device and it does support NAM 3g bands.
Sounds fishy but good luck. Could be just the beta/test version of Froyo released by Samsung through Kies. But good luck.
Edit: Just found something interesting. It seems that this version of the Galaxy S is tailored to run on certain bands (850Mhz) like Telstra's NextG network. Since Telstra is getting this phone soon (whenever Optus 'exclusive' contract runs out) I'm pretty certain it would ship with Froyo. Could be the real deal especially when looking at the sellers credentials.
Linky: http://www.samsung.com/au/smartphone/news/news_2010-06-24_article-itnews.html and http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://ameblo.jp/povtc/day-20100812.html&ei=-rllTLLMCcGXccSmwdEK&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCUQ7gEwBQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtelstra%2Bgt-i9000m%26hl%3Den
This is the galaxy s that telstra will be getting according to the research I did earlier. Unfortunately i can't remember which website told me that, and I've looked at about 50...
Also, unfortunately, telstra will apparently only be offering this phone free on the $99 dollar plan. All lower plans require buying the handset outright. $954 aus.
Talk about price yourself out of the market.
Try these.
ausdroid.net/2010/09/13/telstra-galaxy-s-to-only-be-available-on-99-cap-lower-caps-must-pay-rrp-up-front-unless-you-have-an-abn
ausdroid.net/2010/09/15/telstra-officially-confirms-galaxy-s-to-launch-on-the-21st-of-september
Sounds interesting! Please keep us updated
Any info on the device OP?
Model: GT-I9000T | Code: TNZ | Version: I9000TDOJI2/I9000TTNZJI2/I9000TDOJI2 | Date: 18.09.2010 19:11 | Size: 178,08 MB | ID: 2960795758
from: twitter.com/SamsungFUSNews
yep, that is the Latin America model that we put on the wiki a while ago
many have reported it already on previous post specially countries from Central America
Yea i gott off eBay and it works very well in the US.
it is OEM and does not have any carrier logo on it.
It shipped with XXJP3 froyo from the eBay seller ,which is one of the older buggy froyo releases.
I flashsed it with a more recent froyo version and it works fine.
It support 850/1900/2100mhz WCDMA, just like the Bell model.
clubtech said:
Yea i gott off eBay and it works very well in the US.
it is OEM and does not have any carrier logo on it.
It shipped with XXJP3 froyo from the eBay seller ,which is one of the older buggy froyo releases.
I flashsed it with a more recent froyo version and it works fine.
It support 850/1900/2100mhz WCDMA, just like the Bell model.
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so it was a fake Froyo after all
what does the STICKERS says inside the battery compartment?
is it an authentic i9000t ?
Oh nice, I wasn't aware of this model. Maybe I'll just replace my i9000M with this instead of the GT-i9000...
@Clubtech: Are you able to flash all the latest ROMs and CSCs without any issues? Also is your download mode working? What is the button combination for the i9000T?
dawgpound6985 said:
Oh nice, I wasn't aware of this model. Maybe I'll just replace my i9000M with this instead of the GT-i9000...
@Clubtech: Are you able to flash all the latest ROMs and CSCs without any issues? Also is your download mode working? What is the button combination for the i9000T?
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No problems whatsoever (unlike the corruption i had with the i9000M).
I did ask the seller to make sure the 3 buttons work as i know some i9000T has them disabled.
Awesome. Thanks for the info. I think I'll go this route. I don't want another ticking time bomb (i9000m). Samsung's warranty policy is piss poor compared other companies.
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The same problem
clubtech said:
Yea i gott off eBay and it works very well in the US.
it is OEM and does not have any carrier logo on it.
It shipped with XXJP3 froyo from the eBay seller ,which is one of the older buggy froyo releases.
I flashsed it with a more recent froyo version and it works fine.
It support 850/1900/2100mhz WCDMA, just like the Bell model.
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Hi
I have the same model/android version.
Can you tell me please what did you to flash at the lastest version?
and which is the lastest version?
Thx a lot for your help
I am needing the original firmwares for this device if anyone knows where I can get them.
I live in Mexico, and got my SGS last week. it is the i9000T, but it has 2.1 on it. Branded, loaded with some crapware but most of the Samsung apps are on it. Had Yahoo search bar but when I installed google voice search with market enabler it searches google by default (even though it still shows the Yahoo logo on the bar). One thing I do miss is a native gmail app.
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I live in Mexico, and got my SGS last week. it is the i9000T, but it has 2.1 on it. Branded, loaded with some crapware but most of the Samsung apps are on it. Had Yahoo search bar but when I installed google voice search with market enabler it searches google by default (even though it still shows the Yahoo logo on the bar). One thing I do miss is a native gmail app.
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Could you tell me what firmware your phone is currently running, build number, baseband, firmware, etc
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Could you tell me what firmware your phone is currently running, build number, baseband, firmware, etc
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FW: 2.1-update1
Build: ECLAIR.UMJH4
baseband: i9000TUMJG1
kernel version: 2.6.29 [email protected] #2
Do you need any other info?
Thanks for the info.
anyone can tell me where can find the original rom of GT-i9000t please. need it soo much.
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Awesome. Thanks for the info. I think I'll go this route. I don't want another ticking time bomb (i9000m).
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The I9000m uses the same parts as the I9000T for the exception of the modem which is a I9000m version.
Sorry if there is an answer for this, but I can't find it. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if the Chinese version (ME863) comes with the Android Market (and other Google Apps) or not?
I don't mean the version sold by China Unicom, I mean a generic one sold by a third party (say amazon.cn), unless of course the software is the same.
If not, how easy would it be to add (I have flashed/rooted other phones before, I just don't know about the ME863)?
The generic one, sold in Hong Kong for a few weeks now, has the normal market. It's a normal Android phone, with all the Google apps, plus a few Motorola apps... I do believe the one sold in China must be exactly the same thing.
Ok thanks for your reply. I might just buy a HK version anyway to be on the safe side: they're very easy to find and a tiny bit cheaper as well.
When I went to a Motorola desk in Xidan none of the phones had Google apps, but that could've been because they were the China Unicom/China Mobile variants even though it didn't say they were.
My retail ME863's version code includes "SLNCU" so I suspect the hardware's identical. There wasn't any marking on the packaging except TSN (The HK Motorola distributor). I got mine through a website though, so I never saw it in-store.
Mine's running 60.1.103, while the known ME863 SBF image is marked 60.1.101, doesn't include Google Mobile Service, and doesn't offer an OTA upgrade to 60.1.103, so I guess it's a carrier-specific fork.
So checking the firmware version will tell 'em apart, and I _guess_ that if an SBF shows up for the HK Retail version (or potentially Taiwan, I guess) it'd be safe to cross-grade.
The other option would be to flash Google Mobile Service onto a China Unicom device. There's a link to the package in the ME863 SBF thread.
I hadn't realised there was an Carrier-branded ME863... I guessed that the ME863 was basically the UMTS version of the XT883, but I don't know where in China is UMTS and where is CDMA so I was assuming mainland is CDMA while HK and TW are UMTS.
Thanks for the info. No I don't think there's a China Unicom branded device (AFAIK Unicom themselves don't offer the device but yes there is a PRC UMTS version). i.e. it's obviously for China Unicom and I believe it is customised to accomodate that, but its not branded for it.
I couldn't get a look at the actual one, and the service reps didn't know about the Google thing, but none of the other seemingly generic models included Google Apps (for example the Atrix 2 - whatever its Chinese name is).
One more question about the HK version (if you don't mind!): what locales does it include? I believe its en-GB, en-US, zh-CN and zh-HK, correct?
By the way: UMTS and CDMA are both nationally available: China Unicom uses UMTS for 3G while China Mobile uses some weird version of CDMA (one that only they use if I'm not mistaken). Both use GSM for 2G
According to MoreLocale 2 I have English UK and US, and Chinese China + Taiwan... The Android locale settings simply offers English UK and US and Chinese Traditional and Simplified.
My ME863 is build SLNCU ("Solana China Unicom"? I'd been assuming that U was "Unlocked" or "UMTS") but product is SLNHK, where the XT883 is product SLNCT ("Solana China Telecom") and (at least in the first SBF thread I found using Google) the build doesn't contain a name.
This got me looking, and there's a couple of oddities here:
ro.product.locale.region is TW, although ro.product.name is SLNHK and ro.build.id is SLNCU-60.1.103
ro.build.config.version is GAS_ASIA_SOLANAUMTSHKTWN_P017 and ro.build.version.carrier is ChinaRetail. So the _rom_ is obviously shared between HK and TW.
So apart from the build branch, I can't see anything that indicate mine's built towards China Unicom requirements, but it might be that the only difference between the rom build in the HK Retail devices and the ones you're seeing in Xidan _is_ lack of Google Apps.
I hope that helps? It reminded me to tell my phone I'm in not in Australia anymore. ^_^
Hi folks,
Back after a while ... I was in the Middle east and had purchased the Note 5 (SM-N920C) that had the United Arab Emirates (XSG) version of firmware. I had leave the Middle East recently and have moved to India. Back here in India, I find that:
a) I'm tied to a UAE version of Samsung Pay
b) I cannot access apps available only for India (YouTube Go for example)
In an effort to sort my problem I'm considering switching firmware. Do you think this is possible? A quick search reveals that I may not be in luck but I thought I might as well ask and have my fear confirmed
Thank you for any input
Sure you can as long you got the model correct
Hi,
I was given a Note 9, international, with dual SIM to test at work. It's quite different than the Pixel 2 I'm used to and although it's a great phone, I know updates are not great with samsung.
The current version I am on is N960FXXU1ARG5 and AIDA64 tells me this is an SM-960F with Exynos5 CPU.
When I look on sammobile, I don't see a region called Canada, United States, North America or even International.
Having multiple firmwares available is a bit more complex than with a Google Pixel and I'd like to make sure I don't mess up the Note 9.
Is there something I can do to be in a "region" that's perhaps more likely to get updates?
What "region" is considered the "international" region.
What firmwares would be safe to flash with Odin and that would be better than this stock firmware (if any)
Thank you
Hi,
Can an S10 model G973W (Canada) be converted in a way to use the international/unlocked updates? I love how my Note 9 can take an update from a huge variety of CSCs but my carrier purchased S10 didn't even get a June security update and is not scheduled for an update until at least July 2nd.
Unfortunately not without unlocking the bootloader, and to be honest, there really isnt a good CSC for the snapdragon S10, the US Retail is very behind on updates, i wouldn`t want a chinese CSC, so it only leaves the vietnamese (model G9370), which most of samsung apps do not work properly
Your best bet is custom roms, or just straight install GSIs
Wait...chinese csc leaves ,vietnamese? Hmmm
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Wait...chinese csc leaves ,vietnamese? Hmmm
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As far as i am aware there are only 3 retail CSCs that would work on the 973W, those listed in my post:
US Retail, Chinese retail and Vietnamese retail
- US Retail is updated less frequently than carrier models
- Chinese comes with a ridiculous amount of apps
- Vietnam doesn`t have spay working outside of asia
I dont know if i should`ve made it more clearer, the wording in my post makes sense for me
There are other snapdragon models (X, G9767U), but these are not compatible due to hardware differences with the 973W or do not have retail CSCs