Guys my cousin lives in Muscat and I'm planning to get me a Note 8 from there since its cheaper there. My question is whether all the features on the device if I use it in India. If it won't are there any working work outs.
what is the model no# if its sm-n950F only then you can use it in india or else you cant
if sm-n950f then you can flash indian firmware and start using samsung pay india make sure the device is unlocked phone rather than locked carrier
Thanks for the headsup. He's coming next week to India. I'll ask him if he can get me the same version.
Hi,
Im from Mexico and I just bought an unlocked Note 8 from amazon(sprint version) because it was really cheap ($650 USD) , i flashed the unlocked rom and now i want to use Samsung Pay which has just been launched in my country but because my phone is from the US i not able to make it work with my cards (as expected). My question is: I have a US Note 8 (Snapdragon) my country is Exynos only so i cant flash the local rom but could i flash only the home CSC from the unlocked Mexican rom to enable samsung pay?
As several threads mentioned Samsung pay is running based on the CSC, I have similar request with you, just want to add different cards from two country
Hello did you got it to work?
I've got a Hong Kong N9500 and have been happily using Samsung Pay in the UK for the last 2 weeks no problems.
The only drawback is that you won't get the local offers and vouchers etc but the card payments work perfectly fine
Hi all,
I'm finally moving from an iPhone to Samsung and have ordered an international, Dual-SIM version of the Note 8 from an Irish seller. The phone is unlocked and I plan to use it in the UK, however I've been reading on these forums about region locks prevent the use of Samsung Pay.
I plan to use it in UK, so could this be a problem and would I need to flash UK firmware onto it? Or will it work fine?
Thank in advance guys!
And other thing, will VoLTE work on that international version in the UK?
Thanks!
Hi guys. I am looking to purchase the Note 9 from eglobalcentraluk. com/samsung-galaxy-note-9-n960fd-dual-sim-6gb-128gb-with-gerenic-0.3mm-3d-curved-premium-tempered-glass-screen-protector-midnight-black.html
This is an international version, and from what I can tell, it's the 5th one down on this list, techwalls. com/samsung-galaxy-note-9-sm-n960-model-number-differences/ the SM-N960FD Duos, for Asia, India, and Singapore.
I live in the UK, and am looking to flash this with UK firmware so I can use samsung pay, and to avoid other annoyances. Can someone tell me if this would work? When finding the firmware on sammobile, when it says type 'my model number,' will the SM-N960F work? It doesn't get anymore specific in terms of SM-N960F**** etc.
I use BT mobile which uses EE networks. Would it be best to flash the EE version?
Thanks for your help!
I paid £700 for a brand new condition (charged once) N960F on Ebay. For the tiny saving, I'd just get a proper UK phone.
Just get it, you don't need to flash anything, the N960f works in the UK no different to one bought from a UK retailer, there's already several threads about this. I've been using the N960f for over a week now, flashing any firmware to it isn't going to change anything, needlessly flashing anything on any device is only opening you up to more risks.
From what I gather, the N960F IS the UK version, if you look at all the variants there's no UK spwcific one at all, so I'm pretty certain the global variant is what is on sale in the UK, all other variants are USA and Asian.
Get it from Samsung UK, if ever you need warranty you wish you had. And you can get a good trade in. Pick up a cgwap note 3 and get £200 trade in value. Join the upgrade program get 24 months interest fee credit too
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Hi good people!
Did anyone had experience with the Chinese Snapdragon variant in Europe?
Are there any features lacking in comparison to the Exynos variant?
What will not work?
hello,
just got my china one, g9980zhu2aubb.
samsung phone don't have antispam (hiya) option, and samsung pay don't work
still in test.
maybe someone knows if we could flash it with eu firmware?
Isn't Hiya 3rd party app? It cannot be installed?
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Isn't Hiya 3rd party app? It cannot be installed?
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yep it can, but samsung smart call (missing in mine) had it free.
instead you'll have to buy hiya or try google dialer. (i dont like his giant favorite bubbles)
maybe someone could share a tips to get samsung phone with hiya for chinese phone.
Why is Samsung Pay not working - I asked UK Samsung Customer service and they said it should work since it is a service enabled in China
"I won't be able to confirm these issues as you are the first one to have mentioned this to me. As far as I know, Samsung Pay is supported on this following countries: US, UK, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. You can consider where the device was manufactured for you to be able to use Samsung pay."
I think it's dependent on your regions csc.
I live in Shanghai and bought a china version of the ultra, it doesn't have hiya, rather it uses a local tencent or baidu equivalent to control the spam calls. The samsung browser also doesn't let you select a default english search engine like bing or google, you can only set chinese ones. I got fed up with it and flashed the Hong Kong firmware, and the hong kong version fixes these issues, including having hiya.
Edit: And another thought, the chinese firmware uses bixby home on the left screen, so no samsung free or google discover. The hong kong firmware has these so another reason why I decided to flash (but now the discover feed has stopped showing anything and i can't figure it out....)
Seems like it's not worth experimenting with China's Snap
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Seems like it's not worth experimenting with China's Snap
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So which version did buy?
I'm also thinking of getting the HK but afraid I will lose volte or 5g among other stuff.
Wdyt?
I didn't buy it yet - I can still get Snap version from a reseller for less money than Exynos - which was unthinkable with S20 and Note 20 series last year
dezzan said:
I didn't buy it yet - I can still get Snap version from a reseller for less money than Exynos - which was unthinkable with S20 and Note 20 series last year
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seems getting the HK version is bit risky no>?
Oh wow. I didn't even realize that those countries listed above all have NFC Local/Mobile Pay terminals. That's specifically what's needed with the S21 series as Samsung has removed their MST Pay functionality... =(. So now it's basically Google Pay with less features...
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seems getting the HK version is bit risky no>?
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It is not just risky, it is straightforwardly missing important features
If I meter Snap positives like better gaming and photo experience against all that is lacking.... meh, not worth it
dezzan said:
Hola buena gente!
¿Alguien tenía experiencia con la variante china Snapdragon en Europa?
¿Falta alguna característica en comparación con la variante Exynos?
¿Qué no funcionará?
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IIm From Spain and I had recive 9980 snapdragon version and I doesn't have any problem.only Samsung pay that I couldn't download in play store but when I went to the Samsung store I could to do and run perfectly. Buy without any dude.
Is it possible to change the rom of the s21 ultra G9980 version (CSC: TGY) to a European Rom G998B – ( CSC : ITV) ??
È possibile cambiare la rom del s21 ultra versione G9980 (CSC: TGY) con una rom europea G998B – ( CSC : ITV) ??
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Is it possible to change the rom of the s21 ultra G9980 version (CSC: TGY) to a European Rom G998B
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ROBERTO.LANZIERE said:
Is it possible to change the rom of the s21 ultra G9980 version (CSC: TGY) to a European Rom G998B – ( CSC : ITV) ??
È possibile cambiare la rom del s21 ultra versione G9980 (CSC: TGY) con una rom europea G998B – ( CSC : ITV) ??
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I don't kmow but i have a 9980 version and apparently works ok. But if you will get tell us how it works. Thanks
ROBERTO.LANZIERE said:
Is it possible to change the rom of the s21 ultra G9980 version (CSC: TGY) to a European Rom G998B – ( CSC : ITV) ??
È possibile cambiare la rom del s21 ultra versione G9980 (CSC: TGY) con una rom europea G998B – ( CSC : ITV) ??
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No you can't. 2 difference models and can't be flashed.
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I don't kmow but i have a 9980 version and apparently works ok. But if you will get tell us how it works. Thanks
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Have you managed to test it more thoroughly?
Reported issues so far on this and other threads:
1. VoLTE doesn't work
2. Samsung pay - Chinese version - works on HK one (yours)
3. antispam blocker not working
4. default search engine can't be set to Google
5. left home screen can't be set to Google Discover
What are your experiences with these features?
dezzan said:
Have you managed to test it more thoroughly?
Reported issues so far on this and other threads:
1. VoLTE doesn't work
2. Samsung pay - Chinese version - works on HK one (yours)
3. antispam blocker not working
4. default search engine can't be set to Google
5. left home screen can't be set to Google Discover
What are your experiences with these features?
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Hi I have g9980 also HK Variant.
1. VoLTTE works
2. Not sure, Samsung pay is not supported in our country.
3.. Anti Spam works.
4. Google is the default search engine. No need to change.
5. Google discover & samsung free is there and it works.
Just to clarify what i wrote previously, the mainland china version cannot set the search engine to google, nor is samsung free or google discover available on the left screen(it's bixby home), and the anti-spam is china only.
However, once you flash the mainland china version with the hong kong TGY firmware, you can choose any of the english search engines you prefer, google discover and samsung free will be available on the left screen and the anti-spam will use hiya, not the china only spam crap.
So if you don't like messing around and flashing firmwares, I suggest buying the Hong Kong version of the phone. If you can get a good deal on a china version, you can get that and flash the Hong Kong firmware and no problem.
If you buy the China mainland version and do not flash the TGY firmware, i would very much not recommend buying it.
In my case so far, i think the phone is fantastic and worth every penny.