Samsung rep. mentioned : "China is not affected by the sales suspension." The company said it used a battery made by another supplier for the Note 7s sold in China.
I bought this model "SM-N930FD" from Hong Kong, I'm not sure if this is imported from another country as it's not officially sold in HK yet.
Can anyone confirm if this model is safe or not? Also would be great to know the Chinese models.
Mine is SM-N930FD bought from Dubai
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Mine was bought in the US but made in China. Wonder if it will be part of the recall or not.
Canadian purchase (SD model) made in China.
why? Let Samsung complete their investigations.
I think "made in China" doesn't mean it's a Chinese model. Also FD model supports dual sim, not sure about the other models.
According to Samsung (through Yonhap: famous Korean source), they were relying on 2 battery suppliers. 1 supplier was the reason of this mess, Samsung didn't mention the name of the supplier but they said the battery is manufactured using a material that cause excessive heat when being charged. Chinese models were manufactured using the other supplier were no issues has been reported by users or Samsung. Also the company said sales wouldn't be interrupted in China.
The purpose of knowing the fine models is to avoid scams by sellers, I'm pretty sure there will be large drop on the prices of the faulty models.
SM-N930F
Made in Vietnam
Mine is N930FD , made in vietnam. Bought it from Oman and csc is XSG (United Arab Emirates)
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Bell, Canada
Made in China
No idea if it will be recalled.
Mine is the FD model, Singapore variant. It gets warm but not hot. Requesting exchange from the seller on ebay
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FD model Singapore variant as well. Requesting exchange from eBay seller as well. We will see. Not that concerned about it. Hopefully they release a list of serial numbers affected.
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I have a UK N930F made in Vietnam, it's actually stone cold in comparison to my S6 it replaced.
I'm not worried about it, but if I can get a new replacement that is guaranteed not to have the problem I will take it just for peace of mind.
How do you know what country your phone was made in? Havent had any issues with my yet regarding heat and I have charged with the cord/block that came with the phone, a verizon car charger and the samsung fast charge wireless pad
mike208 said:
How do you know what country your phone was made in? Havent had any issues with my yet regarding heat and I have charged with the cord/block that came with the phone, a verizon car charger and the samsung fast charge wireless pad
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the manufacturing country is in the small text on back glass of the device.
Belimawr said:
the manufacturing country is in the small text on back glass of the device.
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So manufactured in South Korea is probably a bad sign then?
mike208 said:
So manufactured in South Korea is probably a bad sign then?
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possibly and possibly not, the only person who knows for sure is Samsung.
Belimawr said:
possibly and possibly not, the only person who knows for sure is Samsung.
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I know, from what I heard even Samsung doesn't know, which is why they are recalling them all.
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I know, from what I heard even Samsung doesn't know, which is why they are recalling them all.
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it's probably easier at this point and gives more user confidence rather than picking and choosing out of the millions in the wild.
Would be great if the ones made in China are exempt
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Hey all. I'm using my nexus on T-Mobile US and have run into a battery issue that I'll probably need samsung's support on. Now that GSM nexuses are being sold in the US, does anyone know if Samsung US (or Google) will support UK models that reside here?
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Nope. They won't support phones they didn't sell. They know by the IMEI number whether or not your phone is a European model or not.
If you bought it from an importer, contact them to initiate a warranty claim with Samsung Europe.
If you chose not to use a reputable importer, you're pretty much SoL. Samsung Europe won't process a warranty claim on a grey market device sold to the US.
What problem are you having?
If you have a battery issue it is easier to just buy a new battery because as above.. you won't get any support.
Hi,
I'm considering getting a note 10.1 2014, and may have the chance to pick one up in Hong Kong in the next few months. I've never bought a gadget from another country before though - and wondered if anyone can advise me on the implications of this, whether it affects usability or if there are any other reasons it's not a good idea.
Many thanks,
Andii
quietfool said:
Hi,
I'm considering getting a note 10.1 2014, and may have the chance to pick one up in Hong Kong in the next few months. I've never bought a gadget from another country before though - and wondered if anyone can advise me on the implications of this, whether it affects usability or if there are any other reasons it's not a good idea.
Many thanks,
Andii
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I've bought tons of Samsung devices from other countries for use in the U.S. My N10.1-14 is from Latin America. The biggest downside is you'll give up your warranty completely unless you send it back to HK for repair. I've stayed away from Asian imports because Western market devices allow you to interchange s/w whereas some of the Eastern devices don't. Maybe someone from Asia can offer more insight.
You need to make sure what you bought! They also have many "smuggle" from europe, and US. Which most of the US model is "14 days return" item. (I guess europe is the same but I dont know their policy.) Yes smuggle is cheaper.
If you buying HK model, then you dont care this. but if you want to buy the smuggle product, please note that some of them may change the original bettery, or is used item. To ID it, is check the SIM card slot, and USB port. If is new then good to go. For bettery, I don't know how to check is real or fake.
Does anyone know about confirmed sellers that are selling European model of LG G4 on eBay (shipped from USA)? I've contacted a few and it seems like almost everyone is selling the Asian version (H815T).
Never-MSRP told me the same thing so I think that they do have Euro version. The only issue is that they I'm in Houston as well so they charge tax so that's why I haven't bought from them.
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Anybody ever make any progress on finding a good source for the EUR models?
Only those can be BL unlocked (ATM anyway) right?
http://www.handtec.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?order=most_viewed&dir=desc&cat=0&q=h815
Fast, cheap and painless.
There are tons of threads about this exact topic going back to release day, all point to this site.
I and many others purchased from - http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/tfawes26?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2754
Even the black leather one he sells (which is incorrectly listed as a H815T in the specification section) is in-fact the EU H815 model.
The seller is a little slow at posting and quite poor at replying to messages but he is completely legit.
Lennyuk said:
I and many others purchased from - http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/tfawes26?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2754
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Thanks, doesn't look like he actually has any available for sale at the moment though?
Man I wish LG wasn't such a B about the bootloader situation. Why can't all the 815's be open... Arrgggggg
Daptonic said:
http://www.handtec.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?order=most_viewed&dir=desc&cat=0&q=h815
Fast, cheap and painless.
There are tons of threads about this exact topic going back to release day, all point to this site.
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I also bought one from this company and it was indeed fast cheap and painless, received the phone the very next day. It was an H815 unlocked and I have the unlock.bin, which I received from LGE with no problems, file saved for future use. The phone is now updated with the 10c kdz file and rooted by the method described in another thread in this forum, which was also easy to follow and painless.
I have an CZE H815 but today just freezes, I turned off and never turned on again, I never had falls the phone to the floor, just take care the phone like jewel and now never turns on again, the phone has in warranty yet but only in Czech Republic, don't know if someone want a cheap phone to use in warranty due LG doesn't offer international warranty.
I'm about to buy this watch from Amazon. They have both a US and International version. I have no clue what the difference is. Any recommendations?
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I'm about to buy this watch from Amazon. They have both a US and International version. I have no clue what the difference is. Any recommendations?
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I believe International is Chinese and US is English language etc. versions....
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I'm about to buy this watch from Amazon. They have both a US and International version. I have no clue what the difference is. Any recommendations?
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I bought the US version and have used it in countries outside US (India, Middle East) without problems. So I am not sure if it matters
Warranty differences. Nothing else.
What about wall chager plug? Does US version come with US type or standart EU type wall charger?
Best,
US version has US plug ( of course.....)
But who cares about that... adapters are $1....
Okay that adapter works
How about watch faces. For example should I use most common moto 360 luxury brand faces like R. Submariner, O.Semaster, T.Heuer etc.
Do these faces also compatible with Huawei watch?
If you guys who have these faces with Huawei would share some images, I will be glad.
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Hello guys...
This is Huawei answer in Amazon:-
"Hello Stephen Munroe, I'd love to answer your question! Certain software updates on the U.S. and international versions of the Huawei Watch are different. For example, the Huawei Watch, featured in China, doesn't have the software update for the speaker that the U.S. Huawei Watch version has. Also, the U.S. watch comes with a 1 year U.S. manufacturers warranty while the international watch does not. (ED)"
Any experience with using the US-version in Europe?
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Any experience with using the US-version in Europe?
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Good question, I've just ordered the US version, I can't see why it wouldn't work here in Europe/UK though ?
I heard the US version is not IP67 certified and may not be as water resistant as the International version? Read that from a review on Amazon.
I'm using Huawei Watch US version in Asia (Pakistan) for a month now. It shouldn't be an issue because the watch doesn't have any network bands which you fear might mess up. I ordered the US version because of that speaker update which, according to Amazon Q&A, didn't land on international version. As for the IP67 certification goes, I didn't expose it to even a drop of water because I don't care if the watch is IP67 or not, speaker definitely isn't and since I'm away from US, I don't have the warranty so I can't risk it.
I was a proud owner of original Moto 360 for a year and half before this. This watch is leaps and bounds better than Moto. You're gonna love it using it and you're gonna love it when people are continuously going to compliment you because this watch is an exquisite piece of technology.
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I'm about to buy this watch from Amazon. They have both a US and International version. I have no clue what the difference is. Any recommendations?
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The difference in the Huawei Watch 2 international version & US is this.
Huawei did not release it's stand alone LTE version in the US, the US version lacks a sim card slot & LTE capability, it only runs on Bluetooth & WiFi & NFC.
The international version ha LTE capability, it has a sim card slot & can be used as a stand alone LTE device with it's on phone number so it doesn't need to be connected to a phone, it can run off LTE & WiFi & Bluetooth & NFC.
You're responding with comment about HW 2 to an almost 2 year old post which was about HW 1....??
When i go to /sys/class/power_supply/battery and open the file batt_type with a text editor, in my case with a manufacturated china phone in the back, says SDI, is in this file the origin of the battery?
Yep. You've got a suspect battery.
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Yep. You've got a suspect battery.
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And any here with atl?
I think everyone in xda with a note 7 has SDI battery right now.
I doubt this file provides accurate information. I have a HK version N7, whose battery should be made by ATL. However the file shows SDI.
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I doubt this file provides accurate information. I have a HK version N7, whose battery should be made by ATL. However the file shows SDI.
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hi bethedealer, are you based in HK? me too. i've actually been very suspicious of Samsung HK's vague, and delayed, announcement that their batch of phones "are unaffected". I still remember how weird it was on Friday seeing the Note 7 GLOBAL RECALL news on the net, yet HK stores were still selling the phone openly.
i think if any HK Note 7s were to catch fire, Samsung HK can and should get a lot of **** for being so evasive about the news.
also, side question: may i please know how you guys are checking the battery info/source? i don't know how...
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hi bethedealer, are you based in HK? me too. i've actually been very suspicious of Samsung HK's vague, and delayed, announcement that their batch of phones "are unaffected". I still remember how weird it was on Friday seeing the Note 7 GLOBAL RECALL news on the net, yet HK stores were still selling the phone openly.
i think if any HK Note 7s were to catch fire, Samsung HK can and should get a lot of **** for being so evasive about the news.
also, side question: may i please know how you guys are checking the battery info/source? i don't know how...
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I'm from HK. From the news several days ago about the global recall, we all found wired and were joking that HK is not part of the globe. Then Samsung HK announced in FB that as phones sold in HK and China has different battery supplier so the recall doesn't apply.
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I'm from HK. From the news several days ago about the global recall, we all found wired and were joking that HK is not part of the globe. Then Samsung HK announced in FB that as phones sold in HK and China has different battery supplier so the recall doesn't apply.
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i just checked, my Singapore variant also says "SDI" in the battery type file. hey bethedealer, if you know anyone else with a HK Note 7, or if you post on the HK Chinese forums, can you please ask them to also check their battery type? the reason i ask is because i'm wondering if any of them say ATL (and HK ones should, in theory, say ATL instead of SDI)... unless these files really are just nonsense. I would do it myself but my Chinese typing ability is terrible.
UPDATE: oops, just saw you post it on Discuss.hk! hahah thanks.
I wonder why I don't have a batt_type file?
I have an SM-N930FD variant, originally from UAE and it says "Made in Vietnam"
However, under sys/class/power_supply I have an empty file called battery that is 0.00 B.
There is no folder called battery and nothing else called batt_type.
I'm also based in hong kong and bought the note 7 from broadway on 4/9. i checked that file and also states SDI......
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I doubt this file provides accurate information. I have a HK version N7, whose battery should be made by ATL. However the file shows SDI.
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It seems then that this file has no relationship with the battery origin...
radioraheem2 said:
i just checked, my Singapore variant also says "SDI" in the battery type file. hey bethedealer, if you know anyone else with a HK Note 7, or if you post on the HK Chinese forums, can you please ask them to also check their battery type? the reason i ask is because i'm wondering if any of them say ATL (and HK ones should, in theory, say ATL instead of SDI)... unless these files really are just nonsense. I would do it myself but my Chinese typing ability is terrible.
UPDATE: oops, just saw you post it on Discuss.hk! hahah thanks.
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please post the results here
From what I read, the ATL batteries may be shipped within China areas. So Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau may get them. But no guarantees.
China, Vietnam and Korea, all devices says SDI...
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China, Vietnam and Korea, all devices says SDI...
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Only Chinese models sold in China have ATL batteries. Everyone else got SDI/ATL
As far as I know, Samsung couldn't put SDI batteries in phones destined for Chinese market due to some licensing issues (to protect their market China won't license foreign made batteries), so that should explain why China and HK are not included in recall, they all should have ATL batt. As for that file being accurate, my 3 yr old Note 3 has the same file and it also says SDI. Now, originally my Note 3 had battery which was assembled in China from SDI cells made in Korea. I think the problem with N7 batteries is not cells themselves, but how they were assembled, so maybe some phones using SDI cells may still have been assembled in China. But it may be impossible to figure where batteries were assembled and therefore global recall.
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Yep. You've got a suspect battery.
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I just posted this in the other "who made your battery?" thread. All the battery cells are made by SDI. Third parties package the cells in to battery packs. It is most likely that testing apps read the cell and not who packaged it. So everyone has a SDI battery but the problem isn't with the cell it's with who packaged it.
Samsung concluded that the faulty batteries are to blame for the explosions. Samsung SDI is the group within Samsung that makes batteries for the Galaxy Note 7. That is, Samsung SDI produces the battery cell, but the battery pack production is outsourced to other firms. Korean ITM Semiconductor produces the battery pack for the Galaxy Note 7’s that are sold in Korea. ITM’s batteries seem to have been the ones that exploded. Meanwhile, most phones sold in China are going to have battery packs from Chinese company Amperex Technology.
from HongKong, the file shows "SDI" as well. I wonder if anyone shows "ATL" ???
I just had my Note 7 exchanged here in Singapore. And using the root Explorer method, the battery appears to still be SDI.
I know this topic is dead and moot with the ending of the Note 7, but, I haven't sent my replacement Note 7 in yet and my file just says "battery". Nothing else in the file. Man, I miss the N7.