Hello all,
My wife's Note 5 was thrown in the toilet by our daughter. It quit working so I sent it back to Samsung. They said the motherboard was water damaged and not repairable by them. My question is this, there are more international model motherboards for sale on the internet than AT&T versions. Is there a major difference in internal design that would prevent my from putting a N920I board into a N920A? Plus, I would rather have the international model anyways.
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Hi there, International Galaxy Note community. I have a question I'd like you ask about when purchasing the International Note for use in North America.
Is there a valid warranty for the international Note if I purchase it in a different country and then use it in North America? Specifically Canada. If there is a valid warranty for the Note in Canada, can someone provide me with the terms of the warranty when in Canada?
Thank you for your help, International Note community.
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Good luck with that one....
I have just spent the last 3 months searching for usb ports and mainboards, repair shops in Canada, Europe and the U.S., Ebay for for broken N7000s and getting things working on Bell's network. And as of 15 minutes ago, I'm finally done fixing the last detail on the Note, and its back to normal. But what an ordeal it was...
Somebody else can tell you about the warranty. But you're probably on your own with this one. So your options if you have a hardbrick;
Search threads for a successful recovery..
Jtag repair...http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-note/
Ebay (like me..) for a broken screen N7000, which I used to replace my the motherboad and USB port. Mine was $265...
I would say hunt for a M/B. But the search was long, with many dead ends (Europe) and language barriers (India and Asia). And there are repair shops in Europe, but no shop will ship a phone via air (Thanks to 9/11).
Hope this cuts down on some of your search to repair your Note.
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Good luck with that one....
I have just spent the last 3 months searching for usb ports and mainboards, repair shops in Canada, Europe and the U.S., Ebay for for broken N7000s and getting things working on Bell's network. And as of 15 minutes ago, I'm finally done fixing the last detail on the Note, and its back to normal. But what an ordeal it was...
Somebody else can tell you about the warranty. But you're probably on your own with this one. So your options if you have a hardbrick;
Search threads for a successful recovery..
Jtag repair...http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-note/
Ebay (like me..) for a broken screen N7000, which I used to replace my the motherboad and USB port. Mine was $265...
I would say hunt for a M/B. But the search was long, with many dead ends (Europe) and language barriers (India and Asia). And there are repair shops in Europe, but no shop will ship a phone via air (Thanks to 9/11).
Hope this cuts down on some of your search to repair your Note.
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Oh, no. I don't have a damaged Note. I was just looking to purchase one since I'm somewhere in Asia and have the possibility of picking up the international version. I just wanted to know about possible repair options if it ever did break.
So pretty much if I purchase a Note and it breaks down one day, then I am on my own. Correct?
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Hi,
I am going to purchase a brand new note 4 for the first time from a reputable vendor i heard all the horror stories about ebay and blacklisted imei's so decided to shell out the $$$.
I saw brand new n910c going on amazon for a little over $600 which seems like a good deal but I know it doesnt support band 12 on tmobile's lte network. I do use tmobile but the cheapest i saw a tmobile note 4 was bestbuy which is like 800 with tax which seems pretty steep
Is it ok to go with the exynos n910c or will i regret it down the line if i dont have band 12 support? Or does anyone know of another place I can purchase a new note 4 tmobile wihtout having to buy tmobile service? Thanks.
I bought my Brand new N910T from Swappa for like $700 when it first came out. My Gf just got a brand new one for $600 on swappa last week so I'd suggest buying a brand new one from there if you can't get it directly from T-Mobile.
You will get bad battery life compared to a T-Mobile note 4 with band 12 but that's just NY $.02
im confused... if you use tmobile, why not get it from tmobile?
Yeah, Swappa. They check IMEIs for blacklisting and financing plans, so if a device makes it for sale there it's gonna be good. Currently I see a brand new Note 4 for Tmo for 540.... Comes with everything but no box.
The selling of devices or products on the XDA forums is against the rules. If your looking for a device go to Swappa if your selling go to Swappa.
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Hi, so far my experience with the s6 edge plus is not so good. It overheats and sometimes is laggy. My friend who also bought the same model g928c from the same shop in UAE said his s6 edge plus broke because it overheated too much. I like the look and design though. If I sell my current s6 edge plus should I change to note 5 like my friend did? Or should I buy another working s6 edge plus? I can't return my current one because I live in the UK.
well, what's your friend's experience with the N5, now? better?
if you and your friend's S6e+ haven't been working well for either of you, maybe getting another one wouldn't be the way to go. but you should still have the 1-year manufacturer warranty honoured via the seller. have you checked into that?
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tallazzPilipino said:
well, what's your friend's experience with the N5, now? better?
if you and your friend's S6e+ haven't been working well for either of you, maybe getting another one wouldn't be the way to go. but you should still have the 1-year manufacturer warranty honoured via the seller. have you checked into that?
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Should I just sell my 64gb g928c and buy a dual sim 32gb g9287 or 32gb g928f?
Or note 5?
And Samsung won't honour the warranty because I live in Europe and I bought the phone in UAE
hayat55 said:
Should I just sell my 64gb g928c and buy a dual sim 32gb g9287 or 32gb g928f?
Or note 5?
And Samsung won't honour the warranty because I live in Europe and I bought the phone in UAE
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I couldn't tell you which you should buy. i'm biased towards the N5 anyway.
did you purchase from a seller/store in UAE? could you possibly send it back to the seller to have them handle the warranty repair? that's what i've had to do with electronic items i've purchased in Asia - i'd have to ship it back to them for them to ship to the manufacturer.
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Regrettably my ATT SM-G900A is non-down gradable and forever unrootable.
The only solution given by others is to buy another pre 5.1.1 S5 and not make the same mistake twice.
Would replacing my Samsung S5 G900A (AT&T) Mother Board Logic Board with another non-lollipop
Samsung S5 G900A (AT&T) Mother Board Logic Board clean IMEI allow root possibilities again?
ultra4e said:
Regrettably my ATT SM-G900A is non-down gradable and forever unrootable.
The only solution given by others is to buy another pre 5.1.1 S5 and not make the same mistake twice.
Would replacing my Samsung S5 G900A (AT&T) Mother Board Logic Board with another non-lollipop
Samsung S5 G900A (AT&T) Mother Board Logic Board clean IMEI allow root possibilities again?
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Why wouldn't you just find a "T mobile" variant phone on Craigslist instead of going through the troubling and expense of changing the motherboard out? You can find them know for around 200-300 here in Texas.
dirtydodge said:
Why wouldn't you just find a "T mobile" variant phone on Craigslist instead of going through the troubling and expense of changing the motherboard out? You can find them know for around 200-300 here in Texas.
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First off, I don't have $200-$300 to spend on a phone that I paid .99 cents for as part of new contract with ATT.
A rootable mother board for the SM-G900A is only $30 on ebay now, and many more non functioning S5's with rootable mb for same if not less. Thanks for the suggestion my fellow Texan.
My phone died 3 months after the 1 year canadian warranty expired despite treating the thing like a baby, still pretty pissed about that but I loved the phone otherwise and want to bring it back to life.
Would the swap mentioned in the title work? I believe the USA motherboard is snapdragon as well, I've read around you definitely cant replace it with an exynos version.
Finding a replacement G998W is difficult but not so much for G998U. Can't find anyone talking about this kind of swap.