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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToMerbi:
you think i should tell him that i'm going to give him negative feedback if he won't give me partial refund or just give him and wait?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FSOP:
Yes definitely negative feedback - Item not as described, if you raise a case with ebay you should be able to get your money back that way, if you can prove it's not unlocked when they sold it as unlocked.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToMerbi:
I already opened a case on ebay.

I added picture that shows that the device is locked, including the imei and all.

ebay answer: "Final decision: A refund won't be issued for this case", i was in shocked when i read it.

i saw that i can appeal on there decision, but i cant find where, someone try this before?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FSOP:
That's crazy. All sellers should have to enter the IMEI of the phone they're selling so eBay can confirm it's the same phone they've sold as what the buyer receives, so in cases like this they can see that it's the same phone, which is not unlocked (and it's not blacklisted etc).

Definitely give the seller bad feedback, even if at the very least it warns someone else off buying from this guy
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToMerbi:
I agree with you.

some good news, samsung sent me a mail back.

they says that the device is only region lock and not sim lock, and they give me link to ask region unlock code.

I sent message to the seller that i expecting to get his compensation for all the heartache and chaos.

and if he will give me a partial refund i'll leave him native feedback that says the he sold me region locked device but he helped me to solve this out.

Hope that the story will end soon.

i'll keep posted!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BCSC:
Just give him the negative first. A seller has the option to contact you and ask you to reverse the feedback which you then only do if he reimburses you the cost of the unlock. He has a 99.9 reputation. Every negative hurts. Glad to see you're almost done with the ordeal. Enjoy that phone.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XoomZoom:
What link did they give you to request a code mines region locked too and I need a region unlock
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FSOP:
Good luck, hope you get it sorted without too much more bother!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToMerbi:
Thanks guys, I really appreciate youץ

here is the link

http://www.samsung.com/us/common/visitcountrysite.html

You need to choose the country that your device is locked for and talk with their technical support (that's what they told me to do).
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToMerbi:
i tried to edit the last post, you can delete this message.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Japultra:
Region lock and sim lock are two different things. It would be unfair to give the seller negative feedback because of region lock. Aren't ALL samsung phones region locked? To bypass this, you must first put in the sim that belongs to that region, then you can use any other sim.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToMerbi:
Hi Japultra,

The seller declared that the device is free from any lock.

I gave him a nagative feedback and ebay deleted it because of the case results.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Japultra:
I understand, but from what I see, the phone IS factory unlocked (sim unlocked) which is what the listing stated, so he technically and actually sold you the product as advertised.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToMerbi:
the description says "no regiong lock".

Look down on 6
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Japultra:
Ah, sorry. My mistake. Then you are right and ebay/seller are in the wrong. You should find one of those customer sites to complain to and tweet about it as well.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToMerbi:
I tried to work thing out with the seller, but he dont really care.

after he won the case there is nothing left to do.

just maybe appeal on the case, but i cant find where i can do it.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Japultra:
One guy says to call ebay customer service: https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Sel...-case-decision-in-favour-of-the/qaq-p/1233281
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToMerbi:
I found out that i have a really big problem,

I talked with Samsung and they told me that the device came from Malaysia.

right now they told me to go and talk with the seller because they can't give me unlock code if the device has left the region.

I dont know what to do now.

There is someone who selling asia unlock codes?

i cant find one on ebay.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Japultra:
I know it's cumbersome and complicated, but your best bet now might be to have a sim card sent to you from any of the countries that uses the 920F. OR if you know someone local who may have a sim from Europe/Asia.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToMerbi:
I don't know from where i can get Asian SIM.

the device is locked for asia as samsung said.

Im trying to contact them again in hope to get help.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freddy_rv:
Hello [MENTION=5534674]ToMerbi[/MENTION], I was supposed to get the phone from this seller a few days ago and did not receive anything, how long did it take to arrive? were you able to get the issue resolved?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToMerbi:
Hi,

The shipping was ok, I paid on friday 1/5 and i got the phone on the 6/5.

The issue didn't resolved yet, The phone is still region locked and I'm working on that.

I'll update.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToMerbi:
Hi,

The story has a good ending.

i bought a international sim from a local store and it's worked.

For all the israelis with region locked phones, you can buy sim from the shop "Lametayel (למטייל), is called simless.

The sim iso is "ee" and it's works with every country.

http://simless.co.il

Thank you all.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FSOP:
Glad to see you got it sorted!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geencci:
hi all. I have same problem with galaxy G925 edge. If I change firmware will I face agai this problem
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rocity585ny:
If s phone comes up not blacklisted on swappa is it a good buy or can it still potentially be a dcam. It's a Samsung galaxy s6 920f unlocked phone
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luxacionnomore:
Hi,

I had the same exact problem. I bought an S6 SM-G920F in a big retailer in the US and wrongly delivered an Region block phone for South east Asia.

I contact the retailer who provide me with unlock codes but these codes did not work with the region block. I also contact Samsung from US or South east asian countries and they weren't able to provide any solution, they only answer standard service center stuff with no willing to help.

Thank u ToMerbi for ur comment. It help me solve my problem, I got an international sim Card with an US number from JT Global that provides you with an UK number (+44) that works all around the world and my phone accepted it. I was afraid the phone would only accept sim cards from those specific south east asian countries but this international sim card worked fine.

jtglobal.com/Jersey/Personal/Mobile/Charges/Roaming-Solutions/JT-Travel-SIM/

After calling for 5 minutes, my sim from Argentina worked on the phone. The phone is now unblocked as it was supposed to.

Hope to shed more light on the subject for other people.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CASz:
Thanks for sharing your journey OP. Interesting that this seller's high reputation may be because he wins ebay cases and they remove the negative comments. Not a good sign.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strongey01:
Hey guys,

New to the forum - always been an iphone man, but in recent years I've been more and more unimpressed and annoyed by the apple offerings and so my S6 edge will be delivered in the morning.

My question is should I root it on arrival? Half the reason I made the jump is all the "you can do so much more with android" etc

What is that "so much more"??

I'm fairly tech savvy but obviously never used android so not sure what to expect, but something had to give.

Is adapting the OS easy to do? Things I'm looking to do would be change the themes from operator branded stuff etc at minimum and would like to get the most from my new phone

Also is rooting reversible? Should I want to sell on in the future I'm assuming it's a good idea to revert to original state

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oliv3:
No need to root, s6 and edge is plenty smooth. "So much more" involves a 3rd party launcher. Personally, I use Nova.

Root is reversible.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the Doctor:
Yes, root is reversible, but tripping Knox by rooting a Samsung device isn't. Tripping Knox will permanently cause you to lose functionality of the Knox app and Samsung Pay. You could also potentially lose your warranty.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoresteve626:
From want I understand... the whole Samsung Pay debacle is just speculation at this point. Everyone swore that you could never use Google Wallet with root but look what happened. They said we would probably never see root on certain carrier branded Samsung devices. Look what happened. It takes time but it's almost always figured out.

To the OP... I would, personally, wait a little bit and just play around with the phone to see what you like and what you would change. If you find that there's a long list of what you would want to tweak then check out as many threads/forums as possible to see if the tweak can be done, what the risks are, and go from there. The phone is great without root but it's so much better with it. Good luck and welcome!
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the Doctor:
Installable apps like Google Wallet that check for root are not the same as Samsung Pay which is integrated into the ROMs security framework secured by Knox. Both Chainfire and Sammobile (which have Samsung insiders) have warned about rooting breaking Samsung Pay. It's more than just a little speculation, and it will be extremely difficult to work around if its possible at all.

The bottom line is that if you care about Knox or Samsung Pay, don't root or accept the risk.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrnovanova:
Welcome to XDA [MENTION=6685786]Strongey01[/MENTION]

Years ago I would have said rooting is a no brainer but now, not so much. The 2 main functions of rooting were deleting bloatware and customizing. This new iteration of touchwiz is much lighter in term of bloat and there is the option to disable apps. Hers's what I would recommend: Get familiar with the os, start off with Nova launcher, pay for prime and explore away. That alone should allow you to customize your launcher beyond your wildest apple dreams. Get familliar with XDA learn the jargon, flash, twrp, odin etc. Explore the general and Q&A threads. There are a few threads about the advantages of root in there. Get familiar, get comfortable then root. If need be.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the Doctor:
And ad blocking.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrnovanova:
Ok I stand corrected. Three main functions are deleting bloatware, customizing and ad blocking. ;)

Btw what do you use for ad blocking? I mean without xposed.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strongey01:
Thanks for taking the time to respond guys it's appreciated.

Getting it to run quicker and ad blocking are the main reasons I considered rooting tbh

I definately need to look more in depth at roms etc to see what they really do as like I say I'm completely new to all this, it's like going back to when I built my first website, I just don't have a clue lol

Thanks again guys
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the Doctor:
Adaway. Follow the link in the post of mine that you quoted.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] optimummind:
Since you say you're tech savy, I think adapting to Android will be smooth and easy for you.

You don't have to root the phone to enjoy most of the customization options of Android. Google Play Store offers many choices for you to play with: custom launchers, dialers, text apps, phonebooks, notification apps, wallpapers, galleries, ringtone and notification apps, etc.

Rooting then installing a custom recovery will open more customization options. With a custom recovery, such as TWRP, you can install custom ROM's, which can alter your phone completely.

Specifically for the galaxy S6E, you can root in 2 ways - via CF-AUTOROOT or Pingpong Root. I recommend you root with pingpong b/c the Samsung Knox counter will not be tripped and you can try Samsung Pay later.

If you decide to root via pingpong, be sure not to later install a custom kernel or recovery b/c Knox will be tripped.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strongey01:
Thanks for taking the time to write that. Very informative and helpful

Cheers
[XDA Assist] umernn:
hello!

i have a asus fonepad 7 with android 4.4.2. Recently i got an android 5.0 update notification and i downloaded it and pressed install. As soon as installing began after reboot, it showed error and after that rebooted again and showed installing again. Now the phone only shows installing, then shows error, reboots again and same process continues. So i went into the recovery and tried to repair by ADB but ended up in deleting the recovery. Now i have a tablet which is bricked, continuously restarts to installing and shows error and has no recovery option at all. I want help in the issue, I wanna know if there is a possibility that i can repair it myself because it is out of warranty.

Thanks!!
[XDA Assist] jd1639:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. Well, the good news is it is not bricked if it turns on. You need to flash the stock firmware. The bad news is there is very little information on XDA about your device. See if anyone here knows where to find a flag the stock firmware. http://xdaforums.com/android/help or here http://xdaforums.com/android/help/asus-fonepad-7-fe170cg-firmware-please-t2835097
[XDA Assist] umernn:
but there is no recovery mode or download mode through which i can flash a stock rom. Can u plz tell me how to flash rom in it if there is no recovery option or download option????
[XDA Assist] umernn:
i wiped the recovery by mistake, there is no fastboot menu no matter what key pattern i hold...
[XDA Assist] jd1639:
Please see the thread provided by XDA Assist. Please follow up in that section with information as far as firmware and device specific flashing tools.

Thread closed.
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boxer29:
Is there any settings to do to use the auto on off feature when you close and open the genuine Samsung wallet flip case , my note edge is on stock lollipop .

Thanks
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] husko:
If it is genuine it should work. I have it and it works automaticly. If the flip case is not original, you should use smart cover app from playstore.
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boxer29:
It is genuine one , bought from amazon , but mine is not doing auto on of if I close or open the flip
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boxer29:
It's working now , had to reboot the phone (turn off and then on ) it's working now , is there any way of changing the blue lines around the clock when the case is shut ???
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Batman_777:
Note Edge Flip Wallet is Not Black but Grey

It says Black on the package, but it is Grey.

I've seen others mention the same and I looked at a few more in the AT&T store.

They are all Grey that say black.

I wished it was Black and not Grey
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] husko:
You can change clock style in edge settings.
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperNovaX:
I have a genuine Samsung note edge flip cover with sensor, and recently I bought a third party cheap flip cover without a sensor. I want to remove this sensor from the genuine one. Is this possible and can someone help?
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 69shelby:
Just pop it off, it held with stickey double sided tape
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeeshanonlyme:
Do let us know if popping it off from the original and putting it in the duplicate one still renders the same result.
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BilalGill:
If you flip cover for android or S9 is not turning off or on screen

When you put on the cover then turn off or restart your phone. It will start working and you can customise what to show on locked screen by settings >advanced features >accessories.

Accessories will aprear sometimes only after you use any acessory and restart phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jatkins09:
device: 9505G

issue: audio over bluetooth does not work 2nd time a device is connected. Must toggle BT off/on (works sometimes) or restart device

This issue persists on all AOSP-based 5.0 and 5.1.x ROMs I've installed (mostly CM-based). My question is, where should I report this issue? I could report it on individual ROMs' threads, but I don't think that will fix the source of the issue. I've never reported a bug to AOSP. Upon investigating that option, it looks like that's meant for developers https://source.android.com/source/report-bugs.html

Does anybody have any experience in troubleshooting this sort of bug that can advise on the best course of action to take? Let me know if you need more information on the issue.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
If the developers do not know there is an issue, how are they going to fix it?

In addition to mentioning the presence of a bug on the ROM thread you need to provide the developer with a logcat showing the activity as it occurs. If no logcat is provided, your statement will either be brushed aside or outright ignored.
[Moto G General] xperiafan13:
Im provier to us a new kernel.. Im need a tester for this... Is for cm12.1, please send me pm
[Moto G General] aliyangohar4:
Which Kernel?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] jwzg:
Dear all, I'm running into a video issue here where I cannot play back videos made by the camera. Has anyone else had this happen. If so, what was the solution? Running a modified mUn WM6 968 build by the way.

Thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] jruser:
Nevermind, I figured it out.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] x1Albertx1:
how? i have the same problem...:eek:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] jwzg:
The codecs from the camera package have to be included and be referenced in the registry.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Vesis:
It would be great if you could write a walk through. I've been searching for weeks for a solution to the same problem.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] jwzg:
Since I don't have my Wizard kitchen on a working laptop, this is difficult. It's simply a matter of including all of the correct files from the OEMAPPS or OEMMISC folders. It's been so long since I've flashed the Wizard, I've forgotten exactly which folders these are in.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenstartv:
HELLO.i have a very văd problem with my battery.

Percentable is incorect , for example i have 50% battery then ,when i restart the phone ,i have much more : 60% and so on.Other times i have less

Another situaționale is when the phone turn off because battery is empty, i restart the phone few time then i have battery.

What you suggest me to do?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g98:
Hi, I'm trying to watch live youtube streams on this device but neither the official Youtube app or web browsers will play them. I'm on stock rom.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehsanotaku:
before we start pinpointing root of this problem for you , please try TubeMate app.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g98:
Thanks for your reply. I tried it but since it relies on the native browser playing the video, it does not work. I read something about youtube using "mpeg-dash" for live streams and the Gingerbread stock video player not supporting it. Any idea of a fix or alternative?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehsanotaku:
safest procedure to replace your per-installed YouTube.apk with modified version for GB 2.3.6 compatible apk is : your device must be rooted and install root explorer or similar one ; go to system/app ( Mount r/w) ; delete the app ; go to data/data, also mount r/w , now search for the word tube here and then delete it and do the same process for data/dalvik cache too .After that you can install your new modded/latest YouTube apk.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g98:
Thanks again for your help. Where do I get that modified apk and how is it different from the most recent for GB official app? I have another device with a more recent version of Android but a version of the Youtube app older than the most recent one for GB, and live streams play fine. Does the Youtube app have its own video player or does it use the stock Android video player?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehsanotaku:
There are few working version of modified app for buffering/playback issues( depends on your OS support )/offline download/video format conversion support/different quality support,,,,, etc etc . Since you have tried with the same router/modem and wifi network it could not be router settings for streaming and please wipe all of the traces of the apk as i instructed and give the rooted version of this beta app a shot ( Read FAQ) , probably will resolve your problems .
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g98:
It's not compatible with GB
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehsanotaku:
I am afraid you have to install one of our custom Roms then ,,GB is so pre- historic I have no idea where to find the modded app compatible with 2.3+ version . Try these and report back on your stock mate >>

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2644295

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2442628
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g98:
Thanks a lot for your time and help. I've tried custom roms before but they're too slow or buggy for my taste.

The option I'm exploring now is to extract the m3u8 file and play it but I haven't found an easy way to generate it or a software that will play it without pauses
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehsanotaku:
Did you try MX player and ARMv6+VFP Codec installed on your stock for m3u8 ? assisted some fellow here with flash player issues and particular streaming problems ( read my comments there , might be useful ) .
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g98:
I tried several video players and MX is the only one playing these Youtube m3u8 urls but it pauses every few seconds (probably because it reads the .ts chunks as individual videos?). I don't think it's a matter of cpu power or bandwidth because even the tiny 72p stream does that.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dashiet91:
I keep trying to install the latest updates of Paranoid Android 5.1 on my moto g and I keep getting the enclosed error. Current pa version is 4.6beta5 with twrp 2.8.6.0 updated from a 2.4 version in hopes of fixing the issue to no avail. Tried both ota and downloading the zip from the forums installing via pa ota app and my installed recovery. If anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciate. Thanks in advance for any help. If any more information is needed, please feel free to ask
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyYan:
Man, time to upgrade your bootloader.

Or if you can bear with the screen flickering, just remove the assert line in updater-script and you should be able to flash it in, but I don't guarantee it works.

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM12.1

[WARNING: XDA Premium 4.0.13+ lacks Signature function - do not update]
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dashiet91:
If i revert back to the stock rom, would it update the bootloader with a softwear update? Or do i HAVE to flash it?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliyangohar4:
Updating stock ROM should upgrade your boot loader