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what is different between live demo and original one

hi
I want to buy galaxy note 2
shopkeeper says me to gives sealed live demo of galaxy note because late shipping of original phone
I don't know different between live demo and original one
please tell me different and suggest me buy or wait

I would assume that the live demo has been used as a demo unit at some point.

gurjit98 said:
hi
I want to buy galaxy note 2
shopkeeper says me to gives sealed live demo of galaxy note because late shipping of original phone
I don't know different between live demo and original one
please tell me different and suggest me buy or wait
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I have a demo unit and to be frank it sucks because i cant connect to my cellular network, it wont even read my sim card. Am now looking for a way of returning it

Demo Live Vs Orginal Note 2
The difference between Demo Live and original Note 2 is that Demo phone does not recognize the SIM card and it is impossible to use it as for calls and sending text messages. All other options are exactly the same as in the original

gurjit98 said:
hi
I want to buy galaxy note 2
shopkeeper says me to gives sealed live demo of galaxy note because late shipping of original phone
I don't know different between live demo and original one
please tell me different and suggest me buy or wait
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The Live Demo Unit will have no baseband, an advertising video running (which can be disabled) and no lockscreen,
IF your thinking that you flash the Firmware from Sammobile or XDA you will get the base band everything will be as original as note 2 but REMEMBER FLASHING WILL NOTE GET THE BASEBAND
There are few more drawbacks.

aukhan said:
The Live Demo Unit will have no baseband, an advertising video running (which can be disabled) and no lockscreen,
IF your thinking that you flash the Firmware from Sammobile or XDA you will get the base band everything will be as original as note 2 but REMEMBER FLASHING WILL NOTE GET THE BASEBAND
There are few more drawbacks.
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Means if i get base band and IMEI Number but still i am unable to use sim on it ???

gurjit98 said:
hi
I want to buy galaxy note 2
shopkeeper says me to gives sealed live demo of galaxy note because late shipping of original phone
I don't know different between live demo and original one
please tell me different and suggest me buy or wait
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Please wait unless you now hoc to use and transfer downloads from a computerrogram named chimera,if you can use a com puter buy the program chimera and you will need able too repair your IMEI nr which i why people cant use them as a regular mobile phone this program will take care of everything,and will even tell you what kind of firmware your phone need,it is a wonder program for samfund live demo units

Thp1669 said:
Please wait unless you now hoc to use and transfer downloads from a computerrogram named chimera,if you can use a com puter buy the program chimera and you will need able too repair your IMEI nr which i why people cant use them as a regular mobile phone this program will take care of everything,and will even tell you what kind of firmware your phone need,it is a wonder program for samfund live demo units
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He is actually trying to cheat you because you will end up with a wifi device witout opportunity to call it is basicly the real deal without the right settings and firmware
Regards Tonni

Phone not allowed mm #6

Ok I bought a galaxy s3 from craigslist worked for a couple days...then all of the sudden I try to make a call "phone has been blocked for network use" Is there a way to unlock this phone for tmobile and use on tmobile...been trying my solavei (tmobile) sim and phone will not activate on tmobile network.

jqwest said:
Ok I bought a galaxy s3 from craigslist worked for a couple days...then all of the sudden I try to make a call "phone has been blocked for network use" Is there a way to unlock this phone for tmobile and use on tmobile...been trying my solavei (tmobile) sim and phone will not activate on tmobile network.
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Sounds like they reported it stolen. Call at&t to see.
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Seen this in a post earlier this week to unlock a gs3....so I tried it and it worked on mine... Dial *#197328460# then you get a menu.. Select the (1) utms > (1) debug screen > (8) phone control >(6) network lock > options (3) persosha256 off > then wait at least 30 seconds.... Then go back by pressing the menu button then select back and now you are in... Then select network lock again then choose (4) network lock initialize and wait at least one minute then reboot the phone.. I hope this helps u and others...
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yeah I already tried theDial *#197328460# then you get a menu.. Select the (1) utms > (1) debug screen > (8) phone control >(6) network lock > options (3) persosha256 off > then wait at least 30 seconds.... Then go back by pressing the menu button then select back and now you are in... Then select network lock again then choose (4) network lock initialize and wait at least one minute then reboot the phone.. I hope this helps u and others...
I want to revert phone back to stock and then apply the unlock code that I purchased from ebay ...is there any way to undo the above unlock...as phone will not work with atat or tmobile sim card

Pretty sure once the phone is unlocked its unlocked for good
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vwood2121 said:
Pretty sure once the phone is unlocked its unlocked for good
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Ok I already used this code to unlock galaxy s3....i was using the s3(atat) model on tmobile ...and now i get this error that it cant connect to tmobile when I put an atat sim in it says locked form network

jqwest said:
Ok I bought a galaxy s3 from craigslist worked for a couple days...then all of the sudden I try to make a call "phone has been blocked for network use" Is there a way to unlock this phone for tmobile and use on tmobile...been trying my solavei (tmobile) sim and phone will not activate on tmobile network.
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jqwest said:
Ok I already used this code to unlock galaxy s3....i was using the s3(atat) model on tmobile ...and now i get this error that it cant connect to tmobile when I put an atat sim in it says locked form network
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Differing content in your posts... If it says blocked then post #2 is probably accurate.

kirkgbr said:
Differing content in your posts... If it says blocked then post #2 is probably accurate.
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A fix that worked for me was rooting and installing a new rom with new att modem

shadyx513 said:
A fix that worked for me was rooting and installing a new rom with new att modem
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Do you remember which rom you installed? I tried about 5 different rom but no luck.

dear sir, you've been scammed.
whoever sold the phone on craiglist must have reported it lost or stolen to the carrier and got a replacement.
btw this scamming method is pretty common, so be careful when you buy it off from someone

pcshano said:
dear sir, you've been scammed.
whoever sold the phone on craiglist must have reported it lost or stolen to the carrier and got a replacement.
btw this scamming method is pretty common, so be careful when you buy it off from someone
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+1
Only way out is to contact the person who sold you the phone, if you still happen to have his number.
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jqwest said:
Ok I bought a galaxy s3 from craigslist worked for a couple days...then all of the sudden I try to make a call "phone has been blocked for network use" Is there a way to unlock this phone for tmobile and use on tmobile...been trying my solavei (tmobile) sim and phone will not activate on tmobile network.
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there can be two reasons.. one is IMEI on your phone would have corrupte (this can happen if you have tried to change some thing on service mode on your phone), and second reason can be some one reported the phone stolen and it is blocked from the service provider end..
to validate this check your phone IMEI by dialing *#06# if that shows your valid IMEI then your phone must have got blocked by the service provider or incase if the IMEI shows some thing like null or 00/0 then the phone IMEI is corrupted, I can help your fixing your phone IMEI if it corrupted.. pm if you still having this problem

i need help
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there can be two reasons.. one is IMEI on your phone would have corrupte (this can happen if you have tried to change some thing on service mode on your phone), and second reason can be some one reported the phone stolen and it is blocked from the service provider end..
to validate this check your phone IMEI by dialing *#06# if that shows your valid IMEI then your phone must have got blocked by the service provider or incase if the IMEI shows some thing like null or 00/0 then the phone IMEI is corrupted, I can help your fixing your phone IMEI if it corrupted.. pm if you still having this problem
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Hi im having a problem with my imei been reported i have a blackberry z10 i would like to know if you can help me get it working pls u can email me at [email protected] pls and thank you

yonis19 said:
Hi im having a problem with my imei been reported i have a blackberry z10 i would like to know if you can help me get it working pls u can email me at [email protected] pls and thank you
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This forum is really for the Samsung Galaxy S3 i747u/i747m only. You will need to find a blackberry forum for support. Also, the forum is wary about discussions relating to IMEI fixes for obvious reasons.

Ok guys need help anyone! I have a Samsung galaxy s3 originally from att&t it belong to a friend who had it unlocked and connected to T-Mobile i have the phone now took it to metro pcs to connect to their network the phone picked up the sim an read it from metros side everything checked out the phone and the service but i still have no network on the phone keeps giving me the mm#6 phone not allowed i verify the phone hasn't been blacklisted an it was unlocked once already by a third party not att&t help any solutions?

My IMEI shows 0/16
[email protected] said:
there can be two reasons.. one is IMEI on your phone would have corrupte (this can happen if you have tried to change some thing on service mode on your phone), and second reason can be some one reported the phone stolen and it is blocked from the service provider end..
to validate this check your phone IMEI by dialing *#06# if that shows your valid IMEI then your phone must have got blocked by the service provider or incase if the IMEI shows some thing like null or 00/0 then the phone IMEI is corrupted, I can help your fixing your phone IMEI if it corrupted.. pm if you still having this problem
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Hi,
My phone was unlocked some time back and it worked for two days then started giving me a phone not allowed error. Since then it works on some days and gives the error on others. The IMEI shows 0/16 and mobile data has never worked at all. Can you help? It is a Samsung Galaxy III (SGH-I747) and was locked to AT&T

pcshano said:
dear sir, you've been scammed.
whoever sold the phone on craiglist must have reported it lost or stolen to the carrier and got a replacement.
btw this scamming method is pretty common, so be careful when you buy it off from someone
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I had the same problem, I bought a ATT Galaxy S5, and I had a Metro PCS SIM, so I got an unlock code, SIM unlock the phone successfully, then made one phone call, then it showed me the mm #6 code. I called Metrco PCS and they added the IMEI to their system and boom! worked perfectly.

MM#6 error means "blacklisted." Your phones will work outside the USA but they are blocked from the carriers "inside".

Simple Mobile & Samsung Galaxy S3

Hello Guys,
Strange problem here, I am a simple mobile customer, using a Samsung Galaxy S3 ( Unlocked , rooted and have custom rom ). The phone was working perfect until 8 am yesterday! I didnt do any changes , all of a sudden the phone will not register to the Simple network.
However, the sim works fine with an S2! AT&T sim works fine with my S3 also! So i can't figure out what the problem is !!!
Thanks,
Joe.

joealex said:
Hello Guys,
Strange problem here, I am a simple mobile customer, using a Samsung Galaxy S3 ( Unlocked , rooted and have custom rom ). The phone was working perfect until 8 am yesterday! I didnt do any changes , all of a sudden the phone will not register to the Simple network.
However, the sim works fine with an S2! AT&T sim works fine with my S3 also! So i can't figure out what the problem is !!!
Thanks,
Joe.
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Simple mobile user here. Works fine for me. maybe restart phone? check the network setting, maybe it routed to different carrier.

Might be blacklisted? Try to do a complete wipe and reinstall the system.
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Sounds like it was blacklisted.
I was wondering if blacklists apply to MVNOs. Like the case in point, will a phone blocked on T-Mobile work on Simple Mobile even though Simple uses Tmobile network.

As of 31 October 2012, the U.S. Cellular Providers are sharing IMEI/ESN data to ensure that phones blacklisted on one carrier CANNOT be activated on another carrier. T-Mobile and AT&T are also tied into the international GSM IMEI Blacklist Database to ensure that phones blacklisted overseas cannot be activated in the U.S. and vice-versa.
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Is there anyway to protect yourself while buying a used phone off of ebay/craigslist to make sure the phone is not reported stolen later?
Thanks

Meet them at a service store if using craigslist for a rep to check the status.
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Sounds like the imei is blacklisted likely stolen phone. I always buy phones online and ask that they have the original box so I can avoid this.

The phone was bought new though! I have the box and everything and it did work on simple mobile for about month and a half! the phone is rooted and flashed multiple roms but no luck!

joealex said:
The phone was bought new though! I have the box and everything and it did work on simple mobile for about month and a half! the phone is rooted and flashed multiple roms but no luck!
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Go into settings and see if the imei still shows up? Sometimes the IMEI is lost while flashing roms. This would not allow the phone to get service. Was this after you flashed a rom?

I'm having the same problem! Except it stopped working around Friday which was December 14th. I've tried to troubleshoot this myself and the only thing I can come up with is that it's because I unlocked my phone. I got this phone brand new mid october and I've been using simple mobile with it since. Then last week I used that free unlock for Galaxy S3's and Note 2's via dialing the code in and going to the the network lock and switching it off. Last Tuesday, I tested it with an AT&T sim to confirm it was unlocked as I needed it for use in Japan and it worked fine. Then it suddenly stopped working last Friday.
Here are the things I've done:
1) Attempted to use a T-Mobile/AT&T SIM in my phone to confirm that my phone works and isn't "blacklisted" I've called and texted with those sims.
2) I put my simple mobile SIM into another T999 Galaxy S3 and it worked fine without setting up APN settings. I received my texts and voicemails as soon as the SIM was in. The only difference between my phone and that phone is that I unlocked mine and my friend left his locked It was the same model phone, the T999 T-Mobile version of the S3.
3) I've called up CS for Simple Mobile and they've went through all their "troubleshooting tools" and even called up their tech support with T-Mobile to confirm that my phone is getting coverage. The interesting thing that they kept telling me that is on their system and T-Mobile's systems, they see my phone as connected and idling which means I should be getting service.
4 and 5) I've factory reset my phone and bought a new sim card and did a sim swap and still no go.
And yes, if I type *#06#, I get my IMEI so I don't think my IMEI is "lost" unless there is another way to check. I've looked elsewhere for the solution and this is the only post where I found someone having the same exact problem as me.
The method I used for the unlock is this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34661189&postcount=1
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

cPlantesome
joealex said:
Hello Guys,
Strange problem here, I am a simple mobile customer, using a Samsung Galaxy S3 ( Unlocked , rooted and have custom rom ). The phone was working perfect until 8 am yesterday! I didnt do any changes , all of a sudden the phone will not register to the Simple network.
However, the sim works fine with an S2! AT&T sim works fine with my S3 also! So i can't figure out what the problem is !!!
Thanks,
Joe.
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Joe,
Is this issue resolved? Please let me know I'm also facing same issue..
Thanks..

Did u guy try get a new sim card from simple mobile? The sim might b bad. It worth a shot
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chityala said:
Joe,
Is this issue resolved? Please let me know I'm also facing same issue..
Thanks..
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i got it same problem has no one fixed this or even no WY it happened . no help on the net anywhere

Phone probably blacklisted. Go to check esn free website. On the dropdown box look for the blacklisted imei and enter yours to see if it is in their system. You can also try calling T-Mobile.
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[Q] Unlocked TMobile Samsung Note II no data on ATT Wireless

Hello All,
I am having an issue where I am unable to get any data on my Unlocked TMobile Samsung Note II. I am currently using a ATT One X+ and get full bars of LTE service in my area, while I understand I will not be able to get LTE service on the device, I cannot get any data. The default APN on the phone was Cingular 410, I've also attempted to create a new APN mirroring the exact settings on my HTC One X+. I've reflashed the stock OS and bootloader and issue persists.
I've done some searching and found one similar issue, I am currently using a NANO LTE slim from my ATT iPhone 5 with a nano to micro converter. The post I found said the user had some issue doing this as well and went to ATT for a LTE Micro SIM and his issue was solved. I'm not sure how this would make a difference since the Nano to Micro works just fine in my ATT One X+.
I was under the impression from what I read online I would just need to pop in my ATT LTE sim into the Unlocked TMobile Note II and be on my way with any data lower than LTE. I have also verified I am successfully able to make calls with the ATT sim inserted into the Unlocked TMobile Note II
Any insight would be beneficial? Thanks!

Did you change the apn?
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I put my sim and it works just fine I get hspa
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Will of fire said:
I put my sim and it works just fine I get hspa
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Turns out I thing I got scammed, thanks craigslist. I think the modem is blown out on this phone, My phone will not even register a SIM is inserted in it anymore, even when using a TMobile SIM.
Is there anything I can do, go to TMobile or reach out to Samsung for support?

exp0se said:
Turns out I thing I got scammed, thanks craigslist. I think the modem is blown out on this phone, My phone will not even register a SIM is inserted in it anymore, even when using a TMobile SIM.
Is there anything I can do, go to TMobile or reach out to Samsung for support?
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Would you mind sharing what happened and what's wrong with the modem? When you bought the phone, didn't you put your sim in and test it?

exp0se said:
Turns out I thing I got scammed, thanks craigslist. I think the modem is blown out on this phone, My phone will not even register a SIM is inserted in it anymore, even when using a TMobile SIM.
Is there anything I can do, go to TMobile or reach out to Samsung for support?
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You need to do some work, but im pretty sure everything can be back up and running, another user was able to restore the blown efs/nv/modem on a messed up GNII, once he had that working, even injected a Behold imei onto the phone and get full service...
Search the forum for the thread, ill try to find it and post it here for ya
Edit: here is what the guy did... the links he refers you to should show you all the steps you need to do... hopefully this helps....
"Here is what i had... i lost my note and got a replacement.. then i found my note in my girls car.. no service i insert my sim no service my imei was blacklisted. so i googled ways to change my imei. no dice the terminal emulator way didnt work. i said i got a paper weight and i can **** with it so i did.. got in the service mode *#197328640# and toyed with everything in there.. lost all the network setting and signal and in the
umts /debugmode /common/ rebuild nv it said it will delete my efs part. so i did haha lost my imei bootloader serial number and everything that makes my note a phone. a few days later i was at it again but this time i was going to fix it hoorah! so read and read bout efs part and googled some more and more.. and found this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
what i did was backed up my new notes efs/ nv files and used them in my other note.. now i have 2 notes with same serial number and imei i gave one to my wife and both are working like new.. but having 2 phones on same family plan with same ime/sderial numberi just wont cut it. so i decided to change the imei and foud this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123
the old imei is bad and wont work so i need a different one.. lucky i had a old samsung behold2 laying around the house .. turned it *#06# a new imei!! yay now i dont have a clone phone but more of Frankenstein monster.. cool huh when i log in to my tmo account it says samsung behold on the other line,,
this is for educational purposes only goddamit "
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Samsung pay for Note 10+ not working

Hi all, purchased a Note 10+ for my wife to replace her Note 8. In short, Samsung pay used to work but when setting up everything for the Note 10+, its the only app i cant get working for her.
Says the phone doesnt support it. We are Aust based and i purchased from a Au seller. The website indicates its a AU/NZ model (SM-N975F).
I can get Google pay to work but not sure why i cant get Samsung pay to work.
Ive read about it begin region locked etc but as mentioned, the seller website indicated its a AU model. Also read that factory resetting may work but it was a new phone that i only just setup/restored data etc so dont really want to do all that again if theres no guarantee thats even a plausible answer.
I also read that when setting up the new phone, the simcard needed to be inserted from the very beginning which i did not do. I restored data via samsung switch first before transferring the sim/sd cards.
When i attempted to install an older Samsung pay apk, it goes 1 step further with the intro screens but then says connection issue, try again later.
I did search XDA but could not find any other threads that could help.
Anyone else in the same position with a simple fix that worked, thanks.

rexboy said:
Hi all, purchased a Note 10+ for my wife to replace her Note 8. In short, Samsung pay used to work but when setting up everything for the Note 10+, its the only app i cant get working for her.
Says the phone doesnt support it. We are Aust based and i purchased from a Au seller. The website indicates its a AU/NZ model (SM-N975F).
I can get Google pay to work but not sure why i cant get Samsung pay to work.
Ive read about it begin region locked etc but as mentioned, the seller website indicated its a AU model. Also read that factory resetting may work but it was a new phone that i only just setup/restored data etc so dont really want to do all that again if theres no guarantee thats even a plausible answer.
I also read that when setting up the new phone, the simcard needed to be inserted from the very beginning which i did not do. I restored data via samsung switch first before transferring the sim/sd cards.
When i attempted to install an older Samsung pay apk, it goes 1 step further with the intro screens but then says connection issue, try again later.
I did search XDA but could not find any other threads that could help.
Anyone else in the same position with a simple fix that worked, thanks.
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I have a similar issue I have a N975W (Canadian) in the UK & can't seem to get SPay for my region, I'm stuck with the Canadian APK/firmware, with yous being a N975F seems it's region locked to Europe but with a Austrian CSC maybe?
In a nutshell until Samsung remove the region restriction for SPay (which they probably will never do) you're out of luck, sorry.

rexboy said:
Hi all, purchased a Note 10+ for my wife to replace her Note 8. In short, Samsung pay used to work but when setting up everything for the Note 10+, its the only app i cant get working for her.
Says the phone doesnt support it. We are Aust based and i purchased from a Au seller. The website indicates its a AU/NZ model (SM-N975F).
I can get Google pay to work but not sure why i cant get Samsung pay to work.
Ive read about it begin region locked etc but as mentioned, the seller website indicated its a AU model. Also read that factory resetting may work but it was a new phone that i only just setup/restored data etc so dont really want to do all that again if theres no guarantee thats even a plausible answer.
I also read that when setting up the new phone, the simcard needed to be inserted from the very beginning which i did not do. I restored data via samsung switch first before transferring the sim/sd cards.
When i attempted to install an older Samsung pay apk, it goes 1 step further with the intro screens but then says connection issue, try again later.
I did search XDA but could not find any other threads that could help.
Anyone else in the same position with a simple fix that worked, thanks.
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Go to settings, about phone, software information.
Scroll down to where is says Service Provider.
What does it show?
Should be 1 of the following for an Australian model.
XSA/XSA/XSA
OPS/OPS/OPS
TEL/TEL/TEL
VAU/VAU/VAU
If it shows something else, that could be part of the issue.
The SM-N975F / DS are sold in a number of countries, with different csc codes.
The CSC I listed are for Australia, Samsung, Optus, Telstra & Voda.

Dolgogi said:
Go to settings, about phone, software information.
Scroll down to where is says Service Provider.
What does it show?
Should be 1 of the following for an Australian model.
XSA/XSA/XSA
OPS/OPS/OPS
TEL/TEL/TEL
VAU/VAU/VAU
If it shows something else, that could be part of the issue.
The SM-N975F / DS are sold in a number of countries, with different csc codes.
The CSC I listed are for Australia, Samsung, Optus, Telstra & Voda.
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Cheers for the info. I just checked the phone and for Service provider it says the following:
SAOMC_SM-N975F_OXM_VNZ_QQ_0006
RF8MBOXOBCM
VNZ/VNZ/VNZ
It was purchased from Dicksmith online and they categorically advise its an Au/Nz model but appears not???

rexboy said:
Cheers for the info. I just checked the phone and for Service provider it says the following:
SAOMC_SM-N975F_OXM_VNZ_QQ_0006
RF8MBOXOBCM
VNZ/VNZ/VNZ
It was purchased from Dicksmith online and they categorically advise its an Au/Nz model but appears not???
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VNZ is New Zealand

It's a New Zealand model, specifically it appears to be a Voda NZ model.
Either way, this is possibly why you can't use Samsung Pay.
Unfortunately, I'm not aware of a way around it.
Perhaps you can get it refunded since it doesn't fully work here?

TheInfiniteAndroid said:
VNZ is New Zealand
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Cheers, appreciate the info. Ill have to clarify with the seller then on how they can promote it as an AU/NZ model when it appears it has to be either one or the other. If i had an AU model the CSC as you guys have pointed out would be right and i would not have issues with region based apps like Samsung pay.

rexboy said:
Cheers for the info. I just checked the phone and for Service provider it says the following:
SAOMC_SM-N975F_OXM_VNZ_QQ_0006
RF8MBOXOBCM
VNZ/VNZ/VNZ
It was purchased from Dicksmith online and they categorically advise its an Au/Nz model but appears not???
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If it is Exynos you can try change CSC to your region and it should work.
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How do I change my CSC?

Zaileion said:
How do I change my CSC?
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I followed all the directions I can find. Flash a different firmware. I tried New Zealand and still the CSC is MID (Iaq) which is what it was when i got it from Amazon. Its a 975f/ds which I bought specifically to be able to root it but this whole CSC thing is new to me since I haven't been in the rooting scene for 3 years which is when i gave up my beloved note 4 (best Samsung phone ever made by the way). Just trying to get samsung pay working so i can get it working on my samsung watch then i can flash all the awesome roms for my phone... any advice sure would be welcomed.

Dolgogi said:
Go to settings, about phone, software information.
Scroll down to where is says Service Provider.
What does it show?
Should be 1 of the following for an Australian model.
XSA/XSA/XSA
OPS/OPS/OPS
TEL/TEL/TEL
VAU/VAU/VAU
If it shows something else, that could be part of the issue.
The SM-N975F / DS are sold in a number of countries, with different csc codes.
The CSC I listed are for Australia, Samsung, Optus, Telstra & Voda.
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So I am going to try to flash stock firmware for XSA and see If I cannot get Samsung Pay to work. Not that I will need it really since I'm going to root anyway but its fun. If I get it working, I'll report back.

I flashed the AUS Firmware and Samsung pay seems to work BUT... Grrr. It asks me to sign into my Samsung account. Done. Then it asks how to verify authentication it has a grayed out button to use fingerprint and a button to use pin, and a little spinning blue circle in the center of the screen and that is where it stays. Like its loading something but never loads. The use fingerprint button never lights up, and the use pin button isn't clickable. So close... Any ideas?