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Buy Note 5: region block

Hi guys,
I'm an italian user and i want to buy a Galaxy Note 5. I know that Samsung use a region block. How i can do?
I see some model on eBay but if they are blocked i can't use my SIM.
Thx for your support

Nobody know something about? I see a lot of Note 5 on eBay but i want be secure.

SM-N920I has no region lock. It's the Asian model and should support European LTE bands.
Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk

Andy991 said:
I see some model on eBay but if they are blocked i can't use my SIM
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Unless Samsung has changed something the only thing the region lock does is lock your phone to your region if it was not made for your region and was not first used in the region it was made for. So if you buy a phone that was made for a region other than yours and you use it in your region first, it is locked to your region and you cannot use it in another region. If it is used first in the region it was made for you can travel to other regions and still use it.

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clubtech said:
SM-N920I has no region lock. It's the Asian model and should support European LTE bands.
Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk
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Sir I am using SM N920I in Pakistan & have recieved no updates. Someond told its a regional locked handset & will not get updates. Pls confirm.

N920C

Are you using your country's sim?
If yes, your device not regional locked
Just check sammobile for your device and country
Also you can use Odin to update your phone make sure that you have right firmware for device

Thankyou Sir. Will I get OTA updates in Pakistan?
In Sammobile, My country is not listed against this model?

Is SM N920c international version?

Hi, pls help! I want to buy n920c, Is ok? Is n920c international version? Here in Macedonia mobile shop sale n920c version. Any advice, thanks.

goranzdr said:
Hi, pls help! I want to buy n920c, Is ok? Is n920c international version? Here in Macedonia mobile shop sale n920c version. Any advice, thanks.
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Yes, the best version actually is 920c. Go ahead and get it.
Best,

You won't regret if you get C version believe me

rilazi said:
Yes, the best version actually is 920c. Go ahead and get it.
Best,
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May I ask why is that? I was confused by N920c and N920i. Anyway finally I bought 920c randomly.

Basically 920c covers almost entirely every network in the world
In the UK you can use all 4g networks with 920c
But 920i only covers some of the network not just UK other European countries networks to

european users: 920C or 920CD (dual sim)

Thanks for the responses all

Will sm n920c work in Indian airtel 4g

does n920c and 920t firmwares are compatible?

N920c or N920i for 4g network in India
I also have similar dilema will N920c work with airtel 4g band 40 in India

UK Oreo 8.0 Update?

Hi i just wondering when we will receive oreo update in UK?

What carrier you on?

EE , UK

Vodafone UK.....
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I'm on EE but my device was originally an O2 one.
I had to manually install the France ROM via ODIN and I'm having no issues.
I find it a little bit odd that the Middle East was updated after France, and not the rest of mainland Europe, but ah well. The France ROM will suffice for me until a UK ROM is released.
Question: would there be much of a difference between the two?
France and UK I mean?

thedarkmunk said:
I'm on EE but my device was originally an O2 one.
I had to manually install the France ROM via ODIN and I'm having no issues.
I find it a little bit odd that the Middle East was updated after France, and not the rest of mainland Europe, but ah well. The France ROM will suffice for me until a UK ROM is released.
Question: would there be much of a difference between the two?
France and UK I mean?
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Nope, none, it's the same firmware file for all N950Fs

EE VOLTE
I'm with EE too, I wouldn't flash the French version because I would loose volte , I will be waiting for EE the firmware

dave6018 said:
I'm with EE too, I wouldn't flash the French version because I would loose volte , I will be waiting for EE the firmware
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I flashed it and still have the we WiFi calling available

lost patience a bit and flashed it myself this morning, just waiting for the backup/restore to complete, mine is unbranded OXM XEU uk/ireland and all went smooth, I did a factory reset first and used CSC instead of Home CSC so complete setup from scratch

eeleater said:
Nope, none, it's the same firmware file for all N950Fs
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I think AP is same, but different BL and CP, should be better if flash with original country BL and CP.

Thats not VoLTE, thats wifi calling. Without an official ROM you cannot have support for the VoLTE protocol.

I bought my note 8 sim free and got the oreo update yesterday. I'm on Vodafone but I doubt it matters when it's sim free.

Can you confirm what version handset your on
BTU or XEU I have BTU handset and still sat waiting for Oreo

Looks like XEU

BTU released this morning

Changing csc

hi. sorry for this noob question because i am kinda new to samsung. my question is would it be possible to change csc from tgy to xtc? my note 9 is a snapdragon variant from hongkong. and i am currently in the philippines. and if this is possible will there be any problems like ota update and future updates of the phone? thank you and hoping anyone can enlighten me with this matter.

Why would you want to do this? As you can still receive OTA updates for your device, no matter where you are in the world. I am currently using the Korean Note 8 N950N in Hong Kong and I am still receiving OTA updates from Korea.

hi @iceepyon. thank you for your reply. my problem is if i am using samsung members app the support team answering me is from samsung hong kong and not from samsung philippines which is where i am. if i need repairs and stuff i wont be able to go to hong kong as i am here in the philippines. samsung benefits is not working as well. and some of samsung app like the galaxy app is showing hong kong currency not in peso. now my question is if i change my csc to philippines will i be able to use features that is for the local unit on my hong kong unit?

n3o_3g said:
hi @iceepyon. thank you for your reply. my problem is if i am using samsung members app the support team answering me is from samsung hong kong and not from samsung philippines which is where i am. if i need repairs and stuff i wont be able to go to hong kong as i am here in the philippines. samsung benefits is not working as well. and some of samsung app like the galaxy app is showing hong kong currency not in peso. now my question is if i change my csc to philippines will i be able to use features that is for the local unit on my hong kong unit?
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You won't be able to get support from Samsung Philippines anyway as they will be able to find out that you have a Hong Kong device when they check the IMEI number of your device.

oh ok. well i guess i am stuck with it. thanks @iceepyon.

iceepyon said:
Why would you want to do this? As you can still receive OTA updates for your device, no matter where you are in the world. I am currently using the Korean Note 8 N950N in Hong Kong and I am still receiving OTA updates from Korea.
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To get WiFi calling and VoLTE

Isn't the new OS's changing CSC when putting a different region/country SIM on the next reboot, when you click YES on first boot(clean boot with the new SIM) to reset and change the CSC of the phone ?! It is one time only use after pressing NO or YES it will not show it again before wiping the phone again. My phone a DBT was set to XEO after a week on service center in Poland, even flashing it multiple times it wouldn't change from it, till I put my Germany SIM and press YES. Hope it helped a bit
It will change the last of them not all CSC
My was
DBT/DBT/XEO
and normal is
DBT/DBT/DBT

I got Canadian N960W Note 9 (Snapdragon) and first time I put Croatian SIM card CSC hasn't changed.
PDA: N960WVLU1ARJA
Active CSC: BMC (Bell Mobility Canada)
I'm still looking if there is a way to inject local CSC (SEE or DHR) into this firmware in order to get volte/vowifi. I don't really care about updates/OTA.

dakore said:
I got Canadian N960W Note 9 (Snapdragon) and first time I put Croatian SIM card CSC hasn't changed.
PDA: N960WVLU1ARJA
Active CSC: BMC (Bell Mobility Canada)
I'm still looking if there is a way to inject local CSC (SEE or DHR) into this firmware in order to get volte/vowifi. I don't really care about updates/OTA.
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No root not fun for your request.

holifo said:
No root not fun for your request.
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Ahh, I was affraid to hear that. Thanks!

blake13 said:
To get WiFi calling and VoLTE
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You need to check that your Cell Provider offers WiFi Calling and VolTE capabilities.

Question Help to clarify doubts about CSC changing with Samkey

Greetings folks, i have been reading a bit about changing the csc of the phone, I own a s21 Ultra G998B version and its branded with a owo rom, i live in Chile, and the Claro company of course is not up to date with the otas, and also i want to flash a clean rom with no bloatware. I read that with samkey i can change the CSC to an OXO (mine is owo) rom so i can then flash the muti csc rom. I also read that in order for samkey to work i have to roll back to may update? i'm currently on august update. am I correct in the process? can anyone recommend to which csc i can change so i won't turn my phone into a mess
thanks to all who can provide some light jeje

Isn't CHO the Multi-CSC Firmware for Chile?

varcor said:
Isn't CHO the Multi-CSC Firmware for Chile?
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hi, yes it is, but i looked in samfirmware and the cho version is until august, so i think it would be the same? mine is chl which is for CLARO company and is also in august update, i would like september updates so i can try the andy 12 beta

When I bought it, it had May firmware. I changed CSC before any other update .
So , may update is working for SamKey.
Otherwise, you need to flash with latest Odin the may firmware of your CSC you want (downgraded)

Hello, could someone please tell me, is it possible to flash g998u1 with Thailand firmware, Chinese, etc?

Lexabogdanov said:
Hello, could someone please tell me, is it possible to flash g998u1 with Thailand firmware, Chinese, etc?
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No to both. Thailand FW is configured for the Exynos SoC. The China FW, even though it's configured for the Snapdragon SoC it's not compatible with the US Unlocked variant. Do you live in Thailand? If so I'm curious why you aquired a US device. We often see users buying non native devices, maybe they got a good price, maybe they moved out of their region, maybe it's a company issued phone but it's a pain when call features or 5G don't align with your service provider. Flashing non stock firmware often causes more problems than it solves. Samsung is moving closer and closer to proprietary software for individual models, mix and match is becoming a thing of the past.

varcor said:
No to both. Thailand FW is configured for the Exynos SoC. The China FW, even though it's configured for the Snapdragon SoC it's not compatible with the US Unlocked variant. Do you live in Thailand? If so I'm curious why you aquired a US device. We often see users buying non native devices, maybe they got a good price, maybe they moved out of their region, maybe it's a company issued phone but it's a pain when call features or 5G don't align with your service provider.
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I live in Kaliningrad, Russia. This device I've bought for 30usd, new, boxed,, here, in Russia, so I was looking for ways to make it work as a Russian device(full menu translation, bands, etc.). Actually no matter, which language is used, at first I had troubles using android 11-there was no esim. Than using abd I flashed it to oneui 4.0, esim works, all lte bands are supported.

Lexabogdanov said:
I live in Kaliningrad, Russia. This device I've bought for 30usd, new, boxed,, here, in Russia, so I was looking for ways to make it work as a Russian device(full menu translation, bands, etc.). Actually no matter, which language is used, at first I had troubles using android 11-there was no esim. Than using abd I flashed it to oneui 4.0, esim works, all lte bands are supported.
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And 5G is not supposed for some years )))

Lexabogdanov said:
I live in Kaliningrad, Russia. This device I've bought for 30usd, new, boxed,, here, in Russia, so I was looking for ways to make it work as a Russian device(full menu translation, bands, etc.). Actually no matter, which language is used, at first I had troubles using android 11-there was no esim. Than using abd I flashed it to oneui 4.0, esim works, all lte bands are supported.
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$30 USD is an awesome deal! If all bands and esim are functional that's probably as good as it gets. Unfortunately Exynos compatible FW which is dominant in Russia can't be installed on your device. Gboard may be your best option for Russian Language.