I purchased a Samsung Galaxy s9(SM-G960W) from a friends daughter. I paid $100CAD for it and after she left my house, she hasn't come back at all. The phone, I found out is blacklisted and my sim card doesn't even work in it.
Is there a professional team or company that can get my phone unblacklisted? :angel:
Possibly change the IMEI number to another clean samsung galaxy s9 that I can get from ebay(broken smashed phones).
I would like to buy a broken galaxy s9 from eBay, how would I change the IMEI on this phone that I already have to match that of the one that of the broken s9 that I'm scoping out on eBay right now?
Please and thanks for reading, : )
We don't discuss about blacklisted devices on XDA developers. Better to contact seller or Samsung.
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Quick question for everyone. Does anyone know the model number of the unlocked gnex being sold on play.google.com?
I'm hoping it's the i9250.
To be more specific, i've read a lot of issues related to Samsung and the i9250 warranty in the US... I'm about to buy the phone, and i can save a ton of money if i get the i9250 from Amazon, but i don't know if i want to go that route if there will be warranty concerns.
propain4444 said:
Quick question for everyone. Does anyone know the model number of the unlocked gnex being sold on play.google.com?
I'm hoping it's the i9250.
To be more specific, i've read a lot of issues related to Samsung and the i9250 warranty in the US... I'm about to buy the phone, and i can save a ton of money if i get the i9250 from Amazon, but i don't know if i want to go that route if there will be warranty concerns.
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Model sold is GT-i9250M. Same version that is sold in Canada.
I just talked to Samsung. The model numbers are the same (i9250) for both international and domestic phones, however Samsung USA keeps separate records for both. So, in the case of the int'l version you would not be able to get warranty service through Samsung USA. However the rep said:
"You would have to file an international warranty claim, and i have never heard of a claim not being honored."
Granted he's just a front line rep, but that is promising information.
propain4444 said:
I just talked to Samsung. The model numbers are the same (i9250) for both international and domestic phones, however Samsung USA keeps separate records for both. So, in the case of the int'l version you would not be able to get warranty service through Samsung USA. However the rep said:
"You would have to file an international warranty claim, and i have never heard of a claim not being honored."
Granted he's just a front line rep, but that is promising information.
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Sure. I'll buy what he said about the warranty.
Just some slight misinformation though: there is more than one model for the "international" GN (although the hardware is identical):
GT-i9250
GT-i9250M
GT-i9250T
SC-04D
The ones sold in Canada, and now in the U.S., are GT-i9250M.
Hello Guys,
I am currently living in Brazil and and after my n7000 crashed and damaged even the touch, I need to buy a new digitizer for it. It is impossible to get a new one in Brazil as Samsung created a policy that international phones will not be repaired in Brazil (not speaking of warranty, they don't accept even money for that). My mobile was purchased in J&R and is probably Chinese or Korean.
Can someone direct me to a place to buy a new one from Samsung ? I've searched e-bay and the digitizers there are of a generic brand and I am not willing to pay US$250,00 for a generic one.
Also, have anyone heard about any hardware issues with the N7000 ? I purchased another one from Brazil because of the problem above and it came defective, with some intermitent problems, like the screen getting green sometimes (similar to the visual effect when you break and LCD monitor) but it occurs only very rarely. Does anyone knows about any issues about the n7000 models ?
Thank you and best regards,
Amid
Hi Guys,
As I understand it, if we buy the International, unlocked model, we can't get the Samsung warranty honored in the US. Is this correct? Has anyone successfully gotten lucky with Samsung honoring it?
And most importantly, have you guys tried and have had success with third party warranties like Square Trade and etc? ?
Thanks for your sharing your experiences!
ProFragger said:
Hi Guys,
As I understand it, if we buy the International, unlocked model, we can't get the Samsung warranty honored in the US. Is this correct? Has anyone successfully gotten lucky with Samsung honoring it?
And most importantly, have you guys tried and have had success with third party warranties like Square Trade and etc?
Thanks for your sharing your experiences!
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3rd party should work. Samsung officially says they dont honor it but I've heard cases of good will happening where they do fix it. If you are that worried about warranty I would buy the locked US version. I'm buying the Dual Sim version and taking my chances. If its DOA then you can always return it to the original seller they normally accept 30 days issues.
I've owned Samsung international devices since the Galaxy S II. Not only do they not warranty devices sold outside their selling region they also don't service them at your expense. You can't even add an international device to your U.S. Samsung account. You're literally on your own with a Samsung international device in the U.S.
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3rd party should work. Samsung officially says they dont honor it but I've heard cases of good will happening where they do fix it. If you are that worried about warranty I would buy the locked US version. I'm buying the Dual Sim version and taking my chances. If its DOA then you can always return it to the original seller they normally accept 30 days issues.
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BarryH_GEG said:
I've owned Samsung international devices since the Galaxy S II. Not only do they not warranty devices sold outside their selling region they also don't service them at your expense. You can't even add an international device to your U.S. Samsung account. You're literally on your own with a Samsung international device in the U.S.
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Wow thanks for your experiences guys! What a contrasting description . Do we know if 3rd party warranties work (for sure)? Any experiences to share?
Alright... So basically... I was on holidays in Dubai over the last few weeks. And, over there, I was lucky enough to buy a note 7 SM-N930FD, from an official Samsung store. I had bought the phone on the 28th of august.. before the recall. Now I'm back home, in the UK, reading about the note 7 recall and have absolutely no idea how to proceed. I don't want to send my note 7 back to Dubai because I'll have no phone in the meantime and it just seems like a lengthy process. Is there a way that I can maybe get my device exchanged here in the UK? Or what are my other options?
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Alright... So basically... I was on holidays in Dubai over the last few weeks. And, over there, I was lucky enough to buy a note 7 SM-N930FD, from an official Samsung store. I had bought the phone on the 28th of august.. before the recall. Now I'm back home, in the UK, reading about the note 7 recall and have absolutely no idea how to proceed. I don't want to send my note 7 back to Dubai because I'll have no phone in the meantime and it just seems like a lengthy process. Is there a way that I can maybe get my device exchanged here in the UK? Or what are my other options?
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Samsung UK are being pressed to replace the handsets with local variants. If you don't mind a UK variant you should have no problems. (Initially Samsung refused to swap at all!)
A few have said that Samsung service providers are exploring swapping out for the same model but I can't see that working. Most companies of the world only swap out a device for the local variant available in the country you're doing the exchange.
contact Samsung is your best bet......
accept the local variant, thats all
The fastest way is to directly contact a Samsung
Its easy tho, I purchased note 7 from Kuwait now I am in India (my home country). Here, Samsung delayed sale of note 7 that means till now no official launch of note 7 nor they have started any recall (obvious, they haven't sell single note 7 here). Now my question is how should I go for replacement? Help
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Its easy tho, I purchased note 7 from Kuwait now I am in India (my home country). Here, Samsung delayed sale of note 7 that means till now no official launch of note 7 nor they have started any recall (obvious, they haven't sell single note 7 here). Now my question is how should I go for replacement? Help
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Ya that's exactly what I mean. Might just walk into an o2 store and ask for a replacement
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Ya that's exactly what I mean. Might just walk into an o2 store and ask for a replacement
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Thanks, fortunately one of my friend went Kuwait today so I send my phone with him. :victory:
Got a call from Samsung UK. Basically stated they can swap the dual sim phone for the one sold in europe so single sim - coral blue or black.
Asked about getting the dual sim as replacement and they said I would have to sort it out with the region the phone is bought from - so Qatar in my case.
Might just get the UK version with its two year warranty
J
Hello!
I have a question.I am interested in buying a phone Samsung galaxy s7 active from USA and I was wondering if I can use it in Romania on VODAFONE.
Thanks.
As long as its unlocked you can...however due to limited support I'd recommended buying another phone closer to home.
Remember if warrenty on your phone craps out...then you have to send it back to country of orgin to claim...inconvenient for someone like you