Hi,
Just bought my wife a GT-I8190 refurbished off Amazon since we use Straight Talk (AT&T towers) and it stated that it was "new" and factory unlocked. Great part was, I thought I had done my research and was getting the same phone as the T-Mobile/Verizon model. Now I know that isn't the case. The problem is that we are looking at getting a screen/back panel protector and we are given two options.
So, my question is: What the heck did I buy? Is this the international model, or is it the regular (i.e., US) model but straight from the factory?
Thanks for the help,
EMitch
Check Settings -> About phone - > Model number. If it doesn't say GT-I8190, GT-I8190 or GT-I8190L, you have a carrier-modified version of the S3 Mini.
If the model number differs from the ones I just mentioned, you should write it here.
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Thanks for the reply. It does say GT-I8190.
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Hi guys,
Recently, I purchased an Unlocked Galaxy Note N7000 at J&R NYC. As there is no unlocked U.S. Model, the O.S. that came was Chinese or Korean. I checked the label behind the battery and I concluded the model was from some Asian country. Ok, after some time the screen along with the digitizer broke and I had to purchase a new one (as Samsung Brazil don't fix models from other countries not even paying for the repair).
I purchased one officially from Brazil that is also a Galaxy Note N7000.
I feel it strange though. I seems slower, the screen sometimes lags when scrolling and I don't remember this lag from my previous one.
The question is, can they have different hardware ? Both are N7000, one from China/Korean and the other from Brazil.
Thank you and best regards,
Amid
I can't say for certain, but I know there are different versions of the firmware for each region which could account for the differences you are observing, at least in part.
If they're both N7000 model than they have the same hardware ( unless one of them is a fake, which i'm sure it is not ). Any differences might be caused by firmware though. You'd have to flash the same stock or custom rom on both of them and then check.
Thank you guys. So, this also implies that the digitizer is the same for both so if I can purchase one digitizer from Samsung Brazil it will work in the other one, correct ?
amidsal said:
Thank you guys. So, this also implies that the digitizer is the same for both so if I can purchase one digitizer from Samsung Brazil it will work in the other one, correct ?
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Yes, you are correct
I've not rooted my phone and I did buy it from UK Amazon and admittedly I found that it was imported from Spain since the box is in Spanish. I've yet to receive Ice Cream Sandwich and now I see people are being updated to Jelly Bean. Is this normal?
No your not the only one still on Gingerbread. A lot depends who your network provider is.
If you are using international version of galaxy note than you can download the latest firmware for it and flash it via PC Odin
Search for firmware on google
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danteoo7 said:
If you are using international version of galaxy note than you can download the latest firmware for it and flash it via PC Odin
Search for firmware on google
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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I've got the GT-N7000 so I don't believe it's international. Thank you for responding though! I contacted Samsung about it and they said because my phone is from a different country that the UK may be having problems pushing the update forward. They told me to contact my local Samsung engineer so I phoned one, and they said they don't even handle that kind of thing because they don't have the facilities :/ They said something like Anova handles that and gave me a number for that. It just seems very complicated just to get an update. I wondered if rooting would be best but I've read about the problem of permanent bricking so I am very hesitant since I am a complete noob to that lol. I know there are topics on this so rooting my phone so I won't bore you with that, I'm just worried about the dangers of bricking it.
I thought I should add that my baseband version is n7000ubkk1
Sounds like you will just need to update via Odin. Other idea might be to change the CSC code of the phone to UK but i am not 100% on how to do that if i am honest.
Out of interest could you not send it back to Amazon and ask for a UK 1 unless you got this one much cheaper as Carphonewarehouse etc are doing Note for £450 and Amazon £400 from the quick search i done. I would rather spend the extra cash and have a warranty etc from a local store.
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My friend bought a used galaxy S, model displayed in his phone is SGH-i9000, whereas in mine is GT-i9000, I am wondering if these are same models?
Yeah, most likely same phone.
However, to be sure, go to settings->about device. There it will display the phone model.
Also, when starting the phone, it should display the model name.
GT-i9000 and SGH-i9000 are the same, but name in use is GT-i9000 or just i9000. SGH was used previously in older models which mostly didnt support android. But it can vary in other countries. But both names are applies to exactly same phone, so they are same
same look?
Literally on my way to purchase a LTE Galaxy Tab S2 but don't know if I should get the Verizon or Tmobile version. I want the Verizon one but if it can't be rooted without losing LTE, then I will settle for the Tmobile version.
Anyone wants to chime in? I did a quick search but didn't find a clear, straightforward answer.
TIA!
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Literally on my way to purchase a LTE Galaxy Tab S2 but don't know if I should get the Verizon or Tmobile version. I want the Verizon one but if it can't be rooted without losing LTE, then I will settle for the Tmobile version.
Anyone wants to chime in? I did a quick search but didn't find a clear, straightforward answer.
TIA!
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If you know the model number . Maybe it's easier to identify if it's rootable or not .
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NeWONEx said:
If you know the model number . Maybe it's easier to identify if it's rootable or not .
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Damn, I don't know it. I ordered it in-store and it should be delivered eitehr tomorrow or Tuesday. I guess I will keep my fingers crossed that I get a model that is rootable.
Seeing that the Tab S2 for Verizon is not rootable because of the locked bootloader, I have decided to return it and ordered the Asus Zenpad Z10 instead.
I see that the Asus Zenpad Z8 has already been rooted, so i expect the Z10 will probably be rootable as well.
Now I'm wondering if the Tab S2 was a better buy all things considered, over the Zenpad Z10.
FML
Hey guys,
I bought a note 9 from bestbuy canada. Model # SM-N960w. I searched xda for this model but could not find mention of this model #. Canadian model number is 960f.
Can anyone tell me which guide i should be following to root this phone?
I brought unlocked from best buy. Not with any carrier.
I think i posted this in wrong section.
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Hey guys,
I bought a note 9 from bestbuy canada. Model # SM-N960w. I searched xda for this model but could not find mention of this model #. Canadian model number is 960f.
Can anyone tell me which guide i should be following to root this phone?
I brought unlocked from best buy. Not with any carrier.
I think i posted this in wrong section.
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Your model (SM-N960W) cannot be rooted.
If you want root,you need to get either of the following:
SM-N960F (D/S) International Exynos version
SM-N9600 International Snapdragon version
None of the North American versions (SM-N960,960U1,960W) have root,don't hold your breath waiting for it either.
Feel free to look around for the what's & why's,but,trust me,it's not happening,as evidenced by the lack of a sub-section here @ XDA for development for those models .
Thats unfortunate. I just got one as well and while its not terrible as-is... I'm very used to my Note 3 having extreme customization options and running android 9 to 11. 9 runs better on it for sure. I just shouldn't have tried to unlock it under 11. The unlock result said it was successful, but did nothing except invalidate the unlock code. So I bought the Note 9. Guess I'm stuck as-is.
Sad that it can't be rooted. Once its out of primary circulation, you'd think Samsung would let it go. Loosen the grip at least. Might have to look into another brand for my next phone. It would be nice if a manufacturer decided to make a model with modders in mind for a change. Its not wrong to dream.