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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hshawky:
This is how I bought mine

Ok guys, this how I obtained my Galaxy Note II N7102 from China. I used a website called yoybuy dot com, what they offer is a number of shops offering their products on their website so you select the product you want, add it to your cart and then pay for it through your credit card. They buy the product for you and ship it using DHL or EMS ( i have used EMS). The phone reached Kuwait in less than a week and I am happy with the experience. They charge 10% fees and the cost was about $850. all in all, i am happy to have my new phone.:good:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stannsh:
Thanks for the info. I have been waiting to get hold of a high end dual sim phone for ages. Etotalk sells the (N7102) 16Gb for $899 and 32Gb for $959- quite pricy. I went on the yoybuy dot com as you (hshawky) mentioned and it's so much cheaper. I am a bit skeptical about making online payments to a site I do not know at all. Could you (or someone) please re-confirm that this is a legit site? Do you know if they root as well? As I have ZERO experience about rooting.

ps- I am in South Africa. Many thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 白い熊:
Did you get 16 or 32 GB?

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白い熊
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayresjr:
Friend

Can you refer which one store did you choose within the yoybuy to buy the phone? Who did charge 10% you, your country customs or the website?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troppodel:
R: Galaxy Note II Dual Sim N7102

I'm going to Shanghai next March for work if someone have needs contact me by skype : troppodel

Inviato dal mio GT-N7102 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hshawky:
i got it from the samsung official flagship store, you would have to search for this, and it is the yoybuy that charges 10%, i did not have to pay any customs in my country. actually the total cost including everything was USD960.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hshawky:
GPS issue solved on GN-N7102

dear all, finally managed to get my GPS working thanks to inspiration by "greatanjum". what you need to do is to download the app GPS Status from google play, press Reset GPS and you should be good to go.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hendrickchan:
I suggest we send this quad band issue to our favorite websites and see if they publish it. I'm pretty sure samsung will work faster once the press is on it. Otherwise they'll just let it go. Most of the intended users are in China, and will never travel to 850mhz countries anyway.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tee1:
We should contact cnet asia & zd net asia to get a little press for at least false adverting the phone.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edsoedso:
How can delete those files? they are protected.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] two5boy:
Use Root Explorer, navigate to /system/framework, press the box “Mount R/W” at the top. Press and hold on the target file, choose rename at the pop up menu and proceed to rename the file.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Element-115:
Is there any other site then etotalk that ships the n7102? Apart from the paying options the price is kinda steep....
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nmusatov:
I'm afraid, no. This is a mod of official samsung n7102 firmware , which is not suitable for mtk-based "clones"
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
Hi Guys!

Anyone encountering some chinese words whenever you are calling? Here is the screenshot for your reference.

Appreciate if anyone could help assist to remove those words..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frav:
Did you enable the PNL (Phone Number Locator) in Dialer settings ?

=> Disable it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
Thanks for the help bro. =)

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Hoping there would be a solution for contacts which creates double thread and caller's name doesn't appear.

anyone?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] credendario:
problem sim

hello i have a big problem I updated the rom and now I do not read any more sim

What should I do?

thanks are desperate
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breakfreenow:
CSC:MA8

Hi

If I upgrade from LK8 to MA8, will it affect my rooted N7102?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yanyu:
After took apart the N7102, the Base Band chipset in the phone is Qualcomm ESC6270+ Intel XG626

Intel XG626 supports GSM 850/900/1900/2100 + WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100 without a problem, a lot of phones are using this chipset.

But I can't find any information about Qualcomm ESC6270

The only thing I found is a LG C320 phone with repair manual HERE

This phone use ESC6270 with Support GSM 850, but in this manual, some places says it has ESC6270, some places says it has QSC6270.

If any one can figure out more from here, please let me know.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Philangel:
If it is a help you can easyly find these phone GT-N7102 on ebay (16gb and 32 gb),

(i didnt bought there, we do some business with China and my contact sended me one)

Greets
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
Just wondering if we could delete those system apps or default apps such as library hub etc.

I have attached a screenshot for your reference.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kms108:
just root your phone and you should be able to delete unwanted apps, but remember that some apps are link to others and may affect the phones functions.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dwokfur:
QSC6270 datasheet mentions WCDMA/UMTS tri-band support and GSM/GPRS/EDGE quad-band-support.

Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos I589 and GT-S6802 (CDMA+GSM) EV-DO has Qualcomm MSM 7627T + ESC6270.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
Hi Guys, Just wondering on how do you deal with the contacts problem since the name of the caller doesn't appear or sometimes it would create a double thread due to default setup of china.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dwokfur:
Alternative sound boost?

Although the phone has got the Wolfson sound chip, I wonder if this phone can also benefit from an alternative sound system - just like SIII- such as ACiD, CWM DSP or the ported Beats Audio. However these can deeply integrate in the system and may not be easily removed. The phone also have some default flaws reported, for e.g. loudspeaker muted for SIM2 calls. I don't know if it's already fixed, but I first would like to ask the community about experiences regarding this. Thx: Dw.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eznil:
Caller ID does not display contacts

Hi.

It seems like some guy in China has solved the problem.

I was googling for new ROM versions for N7102 and stumbled into the following post on www.52samsung.com.

It's in Chinese, so I used Google Translate and saw that they mention the problem and that it was solved by tweaking SecContactsProvider.apk and SecContactsProvider.odex files. The user called MCKUO managed to add multiple formats for different countries, so that both calls and sms apps "understand" it and show contact names correctly

The translation is of course not straight forward to understand, so I was wondering - if any of you guys speaks Chinese - please look into this and share the information with all of us.

The link to the thread is http://www.52samsung.com/thread-687492-6-1.html starts at post #55.

I tried sending a message to mckuo, but you need to be registered to do that.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
This is the method provided by mckuo

1. Rename SecContactsprovider.apk & SecContactsprovider.odex to .bak

(Add .bak at the end to original file name, incase you need revert back just del .bak from the file name) example: SecContactsprovider.apk.bak

You need to mount RO to RW to make changes to system, i recommend root explorer user friendly easy as 123

2. Download TWcontactsprovider.apk push to /system/app (i have unzipped)

Set permission to rw-r-r if needed (not mentioned from original post)

3. Reboot, all extisting contacts need to be removed/cleared, if your contacts are google sync acc or any sync acc ie exchange, yahoo etc, all needs to be removed, delete, setup fresh phone contacts, google acc contacts etc again.

This procedure is a must to get all things working.

This mod is only supported limited country for +886TW +852HK +853Macau +65SG +86CHN

You may write to dev for additional support...

Download link http://db.tt/RqCOkuPO

Kindly report n feedback any findings so i can update this instructions correctly for eveyone to benefit with min error encounter

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+63Php included

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+60Mal n +61Aus also included in the latest ver download link provided
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eznil:
Thanks for prompt response!

Few comments:

1. I couldn't find that guy's email, and as mentioned earlier, in order to reply via the forum you need to be registered - again, a language barrier for me.

2. I was actually thinking that if we knew how to add more countries - with the help from mckuo, we could, using all our members multicountry presence on that forum to cover the whole world in no time. I am definitely ready to contribute.

Can you try contacting mckuo and ask for more information about adding more countries?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
Just a quick question, Where can we find for the file under item 1? Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
He is in progress of adding more country for instance there are request for US n canada he is working on it but he needs info for adding these..i will help writing to him if you have any particular request

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I will try writing to him about your request of adding countries format

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Is in the system/app folder, you need root to access make changes ofcos
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
If you guys need to translate something, Please let me know, I can ask my colleagues to help do the translation.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
i was trying to rename the file but it said that file cant be rename.

I have attached screenshot for your reference.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You need to mount read write from read only..what explorer you using?

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Just add .bak at the end to original file (dont change the original incase you need revert back)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
im using S Manager app to access my system apps files.

Would you be able to provide screenshot for this?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
As for me i'm not into modifying my handset yet I'm using as a secondary travel phone..so i cant provide samples n screenshot but will try to provide any help if i can
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
i have followed the procedure but still nothing happens. Do we have to paste the file in the system app folder?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Set permission for the new file to rw-r-r n make sure all contacts are freshly add after reboot, old contacts reside in your phonebook wont works. Updated instruction in my 1st thread

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Yes you need to put the downloaded file into system/app folder n set permission
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
thanks for the help! Just to reconfirm, i have to delete all my contacts even it is saved in the sim card? and re input all contacts? Will donate later =)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Sim card contacts are not needed. Thanks! but im just helping to translate pls dont donate to me, is not my contribution.:)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
Thanks! Its already working!

for the filenames that we have rename, Can we already remove the .bak or not?

Will donate to dev instead. =)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Great to know is working after all efforts..cheers!

You should not touch those 2 files as they are non working files...keep as it is for backup if you want to revert back to stock
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eznil:
I am happy I could contribute to that forum, even if it was only publishing from a Chinese site. I agree that the donation should go to mckuo from www.52samsung.com

I am also happy it's working for you.

Could you describe in more details the situation before and after - I mean which contacts it didn't recognize before and does now, etc.

alanccs - thanks a lot for your contribution with translation and guidance.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
If you del the .bak n becomes original file name that will make them a working file n will conflicts the system fyi..so leave it as is
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
Noted! Thanks again! this is one major problem that is fixed!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayresjr:
N7102 Prices

I'm still looking for to buy at internet my N7102.

I've checked some good prices at yoybuy.com, and now at aliexpress.com (about U$700). The sellers are promissing they are original Samsung.

Anyone in China could tell us if that prices are correct? Aren't them cheaper than the originals in China? How much are the current price in China?

thanks.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Welcome :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
Here is the scenario:

Before i follow the procedure, all my sim contact numbers with the format of area code whenever someone is calling, their names doesn't appear, Now after processing the solution. All my contacts save in my sim card whether they are format in area code or just starts with 0, It can already identify the caller. i have request some of my friends to call and send sms to me and yes its name already appear. it also eliminate the cause of double thread due to area code format.

P.s For everybody's reference.

You dont have to delete your contacts once it is saved in the sim card =)

Were you able to fix yours?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eznil:
alanccs - please try contacting mckuo to get instructions/guidance about the information he needs to add a country to his supported list.

I know several options for my country, but not sure if that is what he needs.

As mentioned before, afterwards we can ask each member to add his country information.

Did anyone tried porting those files (SecContactsprovider) from 7100 or another model? May be using those will do the trick - as far as I know that problem doesn't exist in those models.

I have also seen some threads mentioning the other big issue mentioned here before - the inability to locate by using WiFi/cellular info alone, without GPS.

Please see if you can find more info about that on their forum - who knows, maybe they have a solution for that too.

Thanks in advance,
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
For phone contacts is easy to save in clouds, export to pc n back. As for google contacts you may need to del account n setup again..maybe someone have a better idea..

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Noted..will update again if any news
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eznil:
Thanks for sharing the details.

I haven't yet implemented the change.

My scenario is maybe a little bit different, although for sure not special.

I have a lot of local and international contacts. As I frequently travel abroad I prefer saving numbers in international format - [+CountryCode] [CityCode/MobileServiceProvider] [ LocalNumber] for all contacts. In that way I can call them from anywhere without need to add internation prefix each time.

In certain cases, when the number is used only locally, it's saved without a country code.

So the math is as following:

Country code including "+" - 2 to 4 digits

City code/MobileServiceProvider - 1 to 4 digits. If saved in local format you should another digit for "0" prefix.

Local Number - 6 to 7 digits. Not sure, but I think I had once a 5 digits number as well.

I must mention also that I have changed feature.xml file to match 11 digits, which is obviously not uniform, and doesn't match all combinations.

When people call me from local location (whereever I am), the number is transmitted in a local format - [0][CityCode/MobileServiceProvider] [ LocalNumber].

When the call is from abroad - [+CountryCode] [CityCode/MobileServiceProvider] [ LocalNumber]

The behavior I experience then is that whenever there is a match between calling location and the format - fine, and the opposite

However, due to me traveling, local and abroad swaps all the time - a big problem.

Did you change your feature.xml file? If yes, what do you have for "CscFeature_RIL_CallerIdMatchingDigit" - 11, 9, 8?

Did you try different combinations of mubner of digits in calling party phone, such a difference between a land line and a mobile line?

Did you try scenarios as described above?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayresjr:
Any chinese participant? Help please...........
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eznil:
Mine was bought here - http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=21247616281 for 4,999RMB.

It's genuine, however someone went over there personally to get it.

On internet there is always a chance to get the wrong one...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markzh:
Country Code

Could you please ask him to add +41 Switzerland and +49 Germany. Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonadt:
Alanccs,

Can you ask him to add +84 for Vietnam.

Thanks a lot.

Sonadt
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
All noted..im still having diffculties registering the sites..is not free n needs to buy a token for registration, n worst is payment tru Alipay needs a china issued cards to link payment...will update again!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
Your scenario is quite special indeed since you also have international contacts which is quite unique.

That is much better saving the area code. btw, i have noticed that if i saved a contact with the area code, i wont create a double thread in the messages since incoming text are always formatted with the country code. but if you do save a number without the country code, it would create a double thread, one for the country code message and another for the non country code message, i think it would be better to save numbers with country code instead.

With regards the incoming calls, yes you are correct, it reads as [0][CityCode/MobileServiceProvider] [ LocalNumber]. but when you have already setup the procedure given by mckuo. even if you have a number saved with country code instead of [0], its name would appear BUT this is only applicable for new contacts save... Last night one of my friend gave me a ring and i was shock when it didnt displayed his name. So i saved his name again and request him to call me again and then his name already appeared. so i think all old contacts still wont appear its name unless you would save a new contact and delete the old one.

For the feature .xml file, im not quite familiar with that, maybe someone can assist us with your query instead?

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alanccs, i have noticed that for old contacts, its name wont still appear but when i have already saved a new contact and delete the old one. its name would already appeared for incoming calls.

Do you think we have a another solution for the phone to recognize also the old contacts? so we wont create a new and delete the old one..

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just to share also, i think you need to save your contacts with the format of your country code rather than the local code [0] to eliminate the creation of double thread.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dwokfur:
I save everything in international format. In my country in Europe we have a 2 digit country code, 2 digit area/provider code and 7 digit phone number. I edited the feature.xml file. Fortunately all providers transmits the calling number in international format. This way the contacts and callers are automatically detected. Each time after a firmware upgrade I replace the feature.xml. The only trick I noticed is that the SMS app only notices the changes in feature.xml if I open it, save modifications and finally reboot. After this the SMS app will also substitute the contacts correctly.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
sori for the noobie question, how is xml file connected with the contacts or messages?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Philangel:
FIRST THANKS TO THIS WEBSITE and THERE MEMBERS

My 7102 is rooted and works just perfect ZERO issues (no problem with contacts, GPS, Google maps, ...)

Perfect dual sim phone (32 GB Unicom version), hope they ever bring 64 gb version ...

I only have that 10 seconds androd upgrading when i switch phone on

One question ; i have to delete those 2 files but i find only these files ;

com.google.widevine.software.drm.jar

com.google.widevine.software.drm.odex (so odex not oden)

I have to delete this 2 files???

Thanks again
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eznil:
Search this forum for "feature.xml" and you'll get all the answers.

Shortly, that file is being tweaked to overcome built-in limitations in software.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I manage to locate him from other sites, already wrote to him..so will just wait for his reply

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The trick is obviously fresh new contacts after the mob..so old contacts will not be recongised, i doubt there is other choices, anyway is not my work, i cant comment further..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavenraj:
Video showing the issue in operation and requesting resolution from Samsung

So, a person on Youku has provided a video (http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTE2NjcwNzcy.html) clearly showing the issue with a statement at the end of the video that calls for Samsung to act professionally with a repair patch and translates to the following:

"If Samsung China wants proof of the N7102 not working on 3G in other countries, we can take videos from all over the world like we have shown here.

The issue is:

The big card (GSM 850/1900) works

The little card (WCDMA 850/1900) does not work

in: Hong Kong; Canada, United States, New Zealand, etc...

Even if China Unicom users have international service (roaming) activated and they travel to these countries, the little card (WCDMA 850/1900) still does not work in the above countries.

They CAN'T even dial 911 for emergency purposes.

We hope that each big media company can expose this issue to stop Samsung from cheating the consumers, false advertising, and be accountable for their actions. We urge Samsung to address the product's quality defect. In order to repair Samsung's reputation, they need to provide a repair patch for their own product as soon as possible."

additional translating is upcoming.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyzx:
anyone familar with the bug on my screenshot? i have tons of messages but once in a while it turns to this ...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Del...