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Sorry if it has been asked, and I did a search to no avail. For those of you with the telus t989d version, do the t-mobile branded cases fit the telus version? I am trying to find out before I spend money on a case that doesn't end up fitting. Thanks for any input! Let me know if you have a favorite also! Need one quick so I don't ruin this awesome phone
yes the phones are identical in every way even ROMs
they only added the D at the end to know it's from Telus instead of Tmo
AllGamer said:
yes the phones are identical in every way even ROMs
they only added the D at the end to know it's from Telus instead of Tmo
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I think they don't fit. I know their was a thread, but I am not going to look for it on my phone. I think the speaker cut out and the 3.5 mm jack are on the opposite side on the telus version.I may be wrong though. I'm sure if you search more on desktop you will find it easy though.
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T-Mobile Galaxy S 2 Cases
Hi,
To answer your question, yes the T-mobile version of the phone and the Telus version are identical. If you buy a case specific for the T-Mobile version it will fit like a glove on the Telus version, cutouts and all.
I just purchased the Seidio Active Case yesterday, should be arriving in the mail soon. If you are looking for a high quality case, that provides great protection, you should check it out. comes with a built in kickstand as well.
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I think they don't fit. I know their was a thread, but I am not going to look for it on my phone. I think the speaker cut out and the 3.5 mm jack are on the opposite side on the telus version.I may be wrong though. I'm sure if you search more on desktop you will find it easy though.
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You're thinking about the Skyrocket (AT&T and Rogers versions) cases, not the Telus and T-Mobile. They are the exact same hardware wise, except for the front faceplate is branded slightly differently.
trying to buy a sprint galaxy note 2 on craigslist .. I know its safer to buy from a retail store but going to buy it and then have it flashed to a prepaid carrier. I dont want to pay full retail price for the phone.. but have been noticing theres a lot of fake/Clone phones out there for sale
so was wondering if without having to spend the time to go see the seller if maybe i could request a certain picture of the phone showing specific information
i know that the fake note 2's only have 512mb ram, less mega pixels on the camera, the Name Samsung is spelled Sansung, Samnsung etc.. also theres some that dont have a branding on it but am i missing something that i could request to be shown in a picture to tell if the phone is real or not..
Obviously when i get the phone in my hand i will be able to tell but dont want to spend the time going to meet up with the seller and finding out its a fake and have wasted all that time...
any ideas, suggestions, oh and how do i tell on the phone how much ram the phone has so i can tell the seller to send me a pix of that?
TIA
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trying to buy a sprint galaxy note 2 on craigslist .. I know its safer to buy from a retail store but going to buy it and then have it flashed to a prepaid carrier. I dont want to pay full retail price for the phone.. but have been noticing theres a lot of fake/Clone phones out there for sale
so was wondering if without having to spend the time to go see the seller if maybe i could request a certain picture of the phone showing specific information
i know that the fake note 2's only have 512mb ram, less mega pixels on the camera, the Name Samsung is spelled Sansung, Samnsung etc.. also theres some that dont have a branding on it but am i missing something that i could request to be shown in a picture to tell if the phone is real or not..
Obviously when i get the phone in my hand i will be able to tell but dont want to spend the time going to meet up with the seller and finding out its a fake and have wasted all that time...
any ideas, suggestions, oh and how do i tell on the phone how much ram the phone has so i can tell the seller to send me a pix of that?
TIA
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First thing is, ask for meid before you meet. This way you can call Sprint or verizon or whatever the company is. And this way verify if esn is clean and that the number matches the phone. I do it with all phones I get on craigslist. If they don't want to do that then back out. Another thing I do is meet them at the phone store so someone there can confirm phone works. If again they don't want to do that then definitely don't buy it. Also have them send you pictures of the front back and inside of phone.
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First thing is, ask for meid before you meet. This way you can call Sprint or verizon or whatever the company is. And this way verify if esn is clean and that the number matches the phone. I do it with all phones I get on craigslist. If they don't want to do that then back out. Another thing I do is meet them at the phone store so someone there can confirm phone works. If again they don't want to do that then definitely don't buy it. Also have them send you pictures of the front back and inside of phone.
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He said he was gonna have it flashed to a prepaid carrier so clean ESN doesn't matter to him. He's asking how to tell if it's a fake Note 2, not blacklisted.
OP- as far as I know the Note 2 clones are all GSM and not CDMA so you shouldn't have to worry about them if you're looking for a sprint/vzw model. For vzw model look for the Verizon branding on the home key and battery cover, that's the easiest thing to spot, especially the home key as it's not easy to remove, but it is easy to cover. Sprint phones don't have any Carrier branding on them so it would be a little more difficult to tell from a photo. Just know as long as its a CDMA carrier's phone there's a much lower chance of it being a fake than if it's GSM.
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Got it. That's out of my realm of knowledge. One of the ways I can tell a fake phone is by it having a valid meid. In this case with the flashing and not caring that it's good or not I have no idea. It all falls back on learning the details on the original real note 2 and comparing it. Good luck
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thanks to both of you for the reply's/help...
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He said he was gonna have it flashed to a prepaid carrier so clean ESN doesn't matter to him. He's asking how to tell if it's a fake Note 2, not blacklisted.
OP- as far as I know the Note 2 clones are all GSM and not CDMA so you shouldn't have to worry about them if you're looking for a sprint/vzw model. For vzw model look for the Verizon branding on the home key and battery cover, that's the easiest thing to spot, especially the home key as it's not easy to remove, but it is easy to cover. Sprint phones don't have any Carrier branding on them so it would be a little more difficult to tell from a photo. Just know as long as its a CDMA carrier's phone there's a much lower chance of it being a fake than if it's GSM.
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True that the majority are GSM but ive called on some and i have asked (since it didnt mention in the ad) is your note a sprint or a verizon one.. some have answered : well it works with both, it will work with any CDMA carrier,
I ask again : "ok but is it Sprint or Verizon or even US cellular"
they say: its actually neither one"
my response is " HA? ok never mind thanks...
googled this and brought up alot of clone GN2's so made my concern... but the majority of the complains of people being dubbed have been on GSM notes...
again thanks to both of you .. gonna go buy later on today hopefully..
Hey guys, long time lurker here, love this forum. I have a question to which I can't seem to get a definitive answer to, figured this would be the place to find the answer I'm looking for. I just purchased a second hand T989D really cheap. The housing is really beat up, so I figured I would buy a new housing (front, back and battery cover). I looked everywhere, but could only find replacement housing for T989 model (T-Mobile version). Are there any differences between the two models (aside from holding volume rocker during boot)???
Thx
To my knowledge, the hardware (incl. housing) is identical. I have a T989D, but haven't actually seen or held a T989 yet. I'm sure it would be much easier to find parts that will be labelled as being for the T-Mobile version - Telus and Koodo just don't have the client base to make a difference. I would expect that anything sold for a T989 would work on the T989D. Would Samsung ever consider making a phone that was only for the Canadian market?? Population-wise, we're just another state...almost as big as California.
They do have a Canadian only S2...bell only actually. The i757m. Frigging nightmare! LOL. My wife bought it without me looking into it. Literally has 2 current roms and not even its own forum section. Lol
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Yeesh! Actually sounds a little like dealing with the Ace II X situation that a few carriers offer. I guess I should have thought about that one before I wrote the last part of my post. I guess manufacturing of these devices really is down to an art for Samsung - they don't even have to sell that many of them to make worth their while.
I'd like to get one of these somehow to Europe and unlock it. Anybody happen to know where to get one shipped & how to unlock?
http://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phones/lg-optimus-f3q.html
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I'd like to get one of these somehow to Europe and unlock it. Anybody happen to know where to get one shipped & how to unlock?
http://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phones/lg-optimus-f3q.html
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I am also interested in this phone, but it seemed no one really cared about it. A seller called welectronics posted an open box video in youtube, you are able to buy from them at a premium, but I would wait for cheaper ones to float around on ebay. The 4G bands of this phone do not work in Europe but 3G do, and there are websites that sell the unlock code for the network lock.
il like this phone too and waitin an offer (Ihave T-Mobile MyTou Q Huawei u8730)
it's really too bad no one seems to care about this phone.
I wanted to get one but also want to see if anyone here can come up with rooting and flashing instruction for this phone first.
I really want to get a Kitkat rom on this phone.
(FYI, I am still using the T-Mobile G2 I love so much.)
I found a site which sells this unlocked and ships to Europe: http://www.canadagsm.ca/products-LG-Optimus-F3Q-Penta-Band-LTE. 2G and 3G will work; 4G not.
But as there is no alternative ROM available and apparently no way to root, it's impossible to remap the keyboard. Which is a must, at least up here in the Nordics.
Brilliant looking phone. I'm sure the qwerty sliders will make a comeback someday, stupid people just haven't figured out yet that Apple screwed them when they introduced the on-screen keyboard.
But how to get root? Hopefully somebody with skills would also buy this and do Cyanogenmod for it.
Could this be real: http://442kitkat.senuke.info/mp3-0/lg-optimus-f3q-5998.html
If there is a rooting guide and KitKat rom for this phone, I am going to buy one right the way.
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Could this be real: http://442kitkat.senuke.info/mp3-0/lg-optimus-f3q-5998.html
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Looks real but doesn't seem to have a rooting S-Off guide.
And the download links to the rom are broken.
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Looks real but doesn't seem to have a rooting S-Off guide.
And the download links to the rom are broken.
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Also no way I'm downloading from an obscure site a ROM to my phone, without a community which can validate that it does not include anything nasty.
I am wondering if Motochopper or RootMaster can root this phone or not.
I expect that after some sales somebody will create a forum for this phone. It's on T-Mobile where people are used to qwerty's and in their portfolio it replaces the Samsung Galaxy Relay, which has an active forum here.
I am also very interested in this phone.
Problem seems to be getting it out of the grasps of the usual "America is #1 and we don't want to know about any of the rest of you" phone companies...
...Does anyone know if the LG Enact shares the same case design as the F3Q? They both look very similar.
Not sure about Europe, but some South East Asian countries welcome qwerty keyboard phone. What is LG thinking? Can't sell a phone without carrier backing?
The LG Enact has identical spec as the F3Q, BUT it is a CDMA phone for Verizon so it is almost impossible to use outside the US, unless you are using a CDMA carrier and is able to unlock and register the phone.
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Not sure about Europe, but some South East Asian countries welcome qwerty keyboard phone. What is LG thinking? Can't sell a phone without carrier backing?
The LG Enact has identical spec as the F3Q, BUT it is a CDMA phone for Verizon so it is almost impossible to use outside the US, unless you are using a CDMA carrier and is able to unlock and register the phone.
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In this regard then it's not just LG, Motorola too.
Making the awasome Droid4 exclusively for Verizon in US and no GSM version for T-Mobile or AT&T.
I guess Motorola deserve what is happening to them now, guts taken out by Google and being sold to Lenovo as an empty shell.
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The LG Enact has identical spec as the F3Q, BUT it is a CDMA phone
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I know it is CDMA but I was wondering if it was physically identical. I was wondering if you might be able to use accessories like cases made for the Enact on the F3Q, and maybe even change the ugly blue keyboard of the F3Q to the grey one of the Enact.
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I know it is CDMA but I was wondering if it was physically identical. I was wondering if you might be able to use accessories like cases made for the Enact on the F3Q, and maybe even change the ugly blue keyboard of the F3Q to the grey one of the Enact.
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I really don't understand the design process over at LG.
If I buy the F3Q, the first thing I would do is that out that back shell cover and spray it will some black or pearl-white spray paint.
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Not sure about Europe, but some South East Asian countries welcome qwerty keyboard phone. What is LG thinking? Can't sell a phone without carrier backing?
The LG Enact has identical spec as the F3Q, BUT it is a CDMA phone for Verizon so it is almost impossible to use outside the US, unless you are using a CDMA carrier and is able to unlock and register the phone.
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Actually it has a CDMA and LTE radio and has a SIM card slot. But nowhere else really uses the Band 13 LTE Verizon deploys, so can't really use it anywhere else. Maybe when Videotron starts setting up the C1 band in Canada then can use those phones here.
Contacted a few buying agents in the hope of importing one from the US, but they told me a monthly plan is required for purchasing this phone, so resales are not likely to circulate for the moment.
The ffollowing guide from k1mu worked on rooting my mobile f3q. Also I was able to buy the device out right from a mobile store in California for 339.99 plus tax for a total of 368.04 . This was with no monthly plan. Hope this helps anyone Else out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
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The ffollowing guide from k1mu worked on rooting my mobile f3q.
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Brilliant. Now Cyanogenmod someone please and I'll get this as my second device, even though I already have a nicely working Samsung Galaxy Relay (with slide-out qwerty also).
Wow, rooted already. This phone is definitely promising.
...I wonder if there's enough of us outside USA that it might be worth getting someone reliable to do a group purchase for us?
I can just see it now, some random guy walking into a T-Mobile store and asking for 26 F3Qs, 18 cases, 6 USB chargers and 5 dust protectors. :laugh:
Hi there,
Sorry if this is an obvious question - I'm a big mobile enthusiast, but probably not as technically minded as some of you folks
I'm in the UK right now but am moving to the US permanently in a few weeks. I'm getting the Note 7 and am torn between what to do - buy it here or there.
Here's my thinking: If I buy here, it will be free of all that yucky bloatware you get over there since I gather that even if I purchase from BestBuy, there's nothing quite like a sim-free unlocked phone of the type we would get here. And that carrier bloatware scares me. I don't want to have to be rooting my phone and messing about with it to make it run at an acceptable speed when it inevitably starts to slow down, down the line. Plus, I just hate the thought of having all of that rubbish on my phone. If I'm spending $900 or so, I want it to be pure as the driven snow!
I'm not sure which network I'm going to be going for in the US (as an 'Alien' new to the US with no credit history, it's not easy to get a contract) but what I'm looking at is either T-Mobile or AT&T (possibly Cricket, if not main AT&T.) Although I hear T-Mobile signal can be patchy. I'll be in Los Angeles, so I imagine signal should be good.
So what I'm wondering is - will it all work OK there? I'm assuming the GSM version we get in the UK will be compatible with those two networks, though not Verizon. Although I doubt I'll go with Verizon because their packages don't really look good for what I need and also I hear their bloatware in particular is immense!
I know we have a different processor in the Exynos edition (or is that the one you guys have and we have Snapdragon? Anyway, you know what I mean..) But would that processor make any actual difference in day to day use? Does the processor just run the software or does it have an influence on how the phone actually works with the network as a phone and data device? Am I likely to run into problems?
Also, you probably can't answer this - but worth a try.. I assume that Samsung's warranties are not international? Right now, I am on an iPhone and I know that if it breaks in the US, I can just take it to an Apple store in the US. My gut tells me if I buy in the UK and it starts playing up, I'll be on my own, unless you know different? But hey - it's a trade off. Bloatware vs warranty.
Anyway, any thoughts or advice would be gratefully received.
Thanks all.
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Definitely buy the Exynos International version of the phone. I live near Los Angeles and plan to purchase the international version as well because it has no bloatware. It will be my first purchase of an international unlocked phone. I'm on AT&T but my understanding is that T-mobile rocks in Los Angeles. You can't go wrong with AT&T or T-Mobile, but I would lean toward T-Mobile if I were you, they are really kicking butt right now.
The exynos version of the phone will have better battery life by just a bit and it will be only slightly faster. They both have trade-offs, but in the end, it doesn't make a big difference, just get the international version, which is what all of us Americans want. I don't know about the warranty, you might have to ship the phone off for that.
if you buy one in the UK, make sure you make a few phone calls before you move.
European Samsung phones usually refuse to accept US SIM cards unless you make a phone call for a few minutes using a European SIM.
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if you buy one in the UK, make sure you make a few phone calls before you move.
European Samsung phones usually refuse to accept US SIM cards unless you make a phone call for a few minutes using a European SIM.
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That's a very good point! I remember reading about this with my old Galaxy when it said that it locked it to the country where the first phone call was made.
But would this possibly present problems? If I made a few calls with my Vodafone sim, would that then mean that it locks it to UK networks and makes a T-Mobile USA or AT&T sim incompatible?
And bands-wise, they're all good to go, right? There's no reason a local US sim wouldn't work 100% in that model? And the processor doesn't make a difference? Just wondering why they bother to put two different processor types in the phone otherwise?
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Definitely buy the Exynos International version of the phone. I live near Los Angeles and plan to purchase the international version as well because it has no bloatware. It will be my first purchase of an international unlocked phone. I'm on AT&T but my understanding is that T-mobile rocks in Los Angeles. You can't go wrong with AT&T or T-Mobile, but I would lean toward T-Mobile if I were you, they are really kicking butt right now.
The exynos version of the phone will have better battery life by just a bit and it will be only slightly faster. They both have trade-offs, but in the end, it doesn't make a big difference, just get the international version, which is what all of us Americans want. I don't know about the warranty, you might have to ship the phone off for that.
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Thanks - this is really helpful. Good to know TM are good there as had heard a few stories about bad coverage.
it's the opposite.
unless they changed it just for the note 7, you have to use the phone in the UK before you can use it in the US.
here's a quote from an article regarding the region lock in the S7 and S7 edge:
its box will be sealed with a sticker reading "European SIM card only."
The tab below this sticker explains how and why, albeit in tiny and rather verbose script. Essentially, in order for your unlocked European GS7 to be fully unlocked, you first need to make a total of five minutes worth of phone calls using a European SIM. If you don't do this, and try to use it with a SIM from outside of Europe, it won't connect to the network.
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this is to prevent shops from selling European phones in the US.
the unlocking method is so that people moving outside Europe after buying a phone can continue to use it.
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it's the opposite.
unless they changed it just for the note 7, you have to use the phone in the UK before you can use it in the US.
here's a quote from an article regarding the region lock in the S7 and S7 edge:
this is to prevent shops from selling European phones in the US.
the unlocking method is so that people moving outside Europe after buying a phone can continue to use it.
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Got it - just been reading up on it. Thanks for this.
Well, that all looks simple enough. Shouldn't be an issue.
In fact, my only fear is warranty now. If I smash or crack it (which I will try not to obvs, but heaven forbid, it happens), I may be spannered.
I doubt my insurance will cover it if it is an international model and Samsung look like they don't do international warranties.
That's the only thing stopping me sitting here pressing 'order' when I'm on the verge of it.
Also, I wonder if Samsung Pay will be affected, If maybe, somehow, that's region specific.
It's a big risk.. Eeek!
Screw it, I've ordered.
So just to clarify - the bands on the international (UK) unlocked version will be compatible with ATT/Cricket and T-Mobile?