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[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
What was your experience?

I ordered from them & although I had to wait a week for the phone the experience was fine.

No idea about the root though.
[Galaxy Note5 General] daffie:
Very glad to hear you got it in te end...and i know about the frustrations regarding your order with this particular Ebay seller...definitely not recommended!
[Galaxy Note5 General] inxy:
Firstly gave me a wrong tracking number which I had to nag the seller to give me the correct one, after 2 days they finally did. And then told me the phone was posted last Wednesday with Next Day service. Which is incorrect as it was posted 2nd class recorded. Just felt like I was messed around but oh well, all ending well. :good:
[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
Sorry to hear that.

You have the device now & that's the main thing.

Why are you so keen to root?
[Galaxy Note5 General] inxy:
Completely new to Android and heard people say that it improves your device. I want to try an app too which is root only to see if it lets me connect my phone to my car.
[Galaxy Note5 General] jah:
Slightly off topic. But I'm glad Samsung don't sell the Note 5 in the UK as I get a lot of people on the London Tube looking at my Note 5 as it is very different. What about your experiences?
[Galaxy Note5 General] alexaraz14:
I posted this on the "Import to UK page", a member told me to post it here too, so here you go guys.

At first, I was going to buy a N9200 from ebay, after reading through all pages here and the other post mentioned, I bought a N920cd. Now, I'll write here some details on were you can get this particular model from. I have put in hours of research. Most reliable source is Fonis. However, you can get it cheaper elsewhere.

Basically, a lot of online shops in Dubai advertised this model on their website. I emailed over 10 of them to ask if it is actually the N920cd they are selling, if they deliver to the UK and whether or not they can mark the item as a gift so we don't have to pay customs. Most of them replied back either saying that the model they have is actually the N9200 and not the N920cd, or that they do not deliver to the uk or that they cannot mark the item as a gift. However 4 replied back saying, it is the N920cd they have and they can deliver to the UK with no customs to pay.

These are the following;

1. Kingsouq

2. Gmobilesp

3. Mygsm

4. Mobileshop

I did actually write here their website and email but because I am a new member it did not allow me to post outside links. You can search the names above on google and find their websites.

Ok now, these companies also do cash on delivery to your door same day in Dubai. I thought I'll use that option because I have a freind in Dubai, I transferred her the money, she got it delivered to her same day, and posted it to me. She posted it yesterday, so I should get it in 3-4 working days.

Anyway, the price of the handset are on their website. It is on average 2400 dirhams which is like £425. £10 for delivery, you can get one delivered to you for £435 in total. It is up to you, how you want to make a payment, some accept paypal too.

I got mine from MYGSM. It was fully sealed, they even gave me a free glass screen protector and a case. I also spoke to the guy on Mobileshop. You can speak to him via live chat on his website. Decent guy.

Note: The N920cd is advertised on Costprice.ae. Website looks professional but the model they actually have is N9200, so stay away from them. The other websites do not look as good, eg; MYGSM, but they are at least not advertising a product they do not have. I'll suggest you either try MYSGM or Mobileshop, email or chat to them through live chat if the service is available, confirm with them and If you are satisfied, give it a try. Better than paying £560

Hope this helps some of you guys who are in search of the N920cd.
[Galaxy Note5 General] nickbarbs:
In my experience in the London tube no one cares :) looks like a big s6 and most people assume it's been released in the uk
[Galaxy Note5 General] garyd9:
I have to admit that I've never gone tubing in London... and people look at me strange regardless of if I'm tubing or not. I wasn't even aware that you got enough snow in London to actually go tubing.

</sarcasm - of course> (Sorry, I'll [try to] stop with the silly comments and go back to trying to help folks..)
[Galaxy Note5 General] oglock:
could anyone please confirm if its a good idea to buy a note 5 sm-n920S or K version that will work with o2 4g (uk) ??
[Galaxy Note5 General] TechAnimal:
Seeing as the 64GB N920cd appears to be a unicorn, the question becomes 64GB n9208 vs 32GB n920cd vs 64GB n920c for three uk.
[Galaxy Note5 General] jah:
The real unicorn is the 64gb silver N920cd
[Galaxy Note5 General] oglock:
Thank you for your post helped me alot.

i checked out mygsm.me and ordered the 64GB n920C black from here in london :D cost me 2499 dhirhams which is about £440ish.

i ordered yesterday afternoon and it was delivered to DHL in london TODAY :D

i went and collected it from dhl today so 24hours to ship and collect form dubai yesterday.... very impressed.... thank you for your post :good::good:
[Galaxy Note5 General] BaZ87:
£50 (well 20% with a max of £50) off on all ebay orders before 10pm guys ;)

Just ordered a Gold N920C from ebay seller t-dimension10 for £405.89. A friend ordered from him the other week and received his in 3 working days - lots of other good feedback too.
[Galaxy Note5 General] TechAnimal:
Do we have to do anything to get the 20% off or is it automatic?
[Galaxy Note5 General] BaZ87:
Sorry, would have helped had I posted the discount code: CUKFLASH

Just enter that at the payment stage. It ends at 10pm tonight though.
[Galaxy Note5 General] nickbarbs:
Damn I paid 489£ for my n920cd. Dual sim is great but 89£ would have been nice to keep around
[Galaxy Note5 General] BaZ87:
It's 20% up to £50 off but still £50 is £50.
[Galaxy Note5 General] TechAnimal:
Was that 32GB or 64gb? What colour and where did you buy from?
[Galaxy Note5 General] nickbarbs:
32gb Gold. EBay
[Galaxy Note5 General] jutley:
I will be ordering the 64gb N9208 from eBay to use in UK seems to have most all the bands and duel sim.
[Galaxy Note5 General] jah:
Looks like there may be UK sales of the Note 5 , see here http://www.handtec.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-note-5-32gb-silver-titan.html
[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
I had an online chat with them & they had no idea when they are getting them & was very abrupt on answering. Why they are listing so soon I've no idea.
[Galaxy Note5 General] jutley:
Anyone got a N9208? is it set to English out the box? is there any bloatware and is it in English language? are you able to get recovery on it in English? and last question what firmware versions do you have?
[Galaxy Note5 General] paulrgod:
My N920i arrived today - really impressive device. It looks leagues ahead of anything else on the market. Makes the Note 4 look like a toy.. but wow this thing gets covered in finger prints quickly..

It works perfectly fine on Three UK 4G so far speeds seem the same as i was getting on my UK Note 4.

Was also surprised it came with a proper Fast Charge Samsung UK plug adaptor and all included literature in English!

Also Props to Three as i had to pop in store to port my number to a Nano Sim, they charged me £5.11 but the new Sim was live within half an hour.

Very Happy with it - go for it ;)
[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
Where did you order from? Got a link?

Ta
[Galaxy Note5 General] paulrgod:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262005008...eName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_sm_au_=iVV43PW5rDZq0BLj

Has 3 left. The delivery didn't take as long as it says. I ordered it on Wednesday last week and it arrived today via DPD.
[Galaxy Note5 General] xperiaman:
Deadeye

My n920i works perfectly with three uk 4G
[Galaxy Note5 General] geovass:
Anyone tried using with 4G on 02 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] TechAnimal:
I'm interested in one for use on three uk, taking full advantage of the 4G LTE voice technology that was just announced (using 800 mhz). So far I'm seeing N920i and N920c as the top options. Is this correct?
[Galaxy Note5 General] jah:
Received my Dual Sim 9208. LTE works for EE but not for Vodafone.

Edit in central London saw a 4g connection for Vodafone so looks like most of the frequencies used nu Vodafone are not compatible.
[Galaxy Note5 General] eman2001:
Hello

I have the n920i 64gb gold from ebay, it works so well with EE 4g and comes with a uk fast charger, no problems for me and am very happy with it :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] nickbarbs:
i cant bring myself to buy the 64gig for 550+ 110£ vat. equally i cant bring myself to get the 32 gig model. where did you get your 64 ? how much vat did you pay ?

would the 920 work on vodafone 4g+?
[Galaxy Note5 General] painterceessie:
Look at EGlobal.

No vat.;)
[Galaxy Note5 General] nickbarbs:
yeah but no 64gig version
[Galaxy Note5 General] painterceessie:
ok.

I didn't no that.
[Galaxy Note5 General] jklondon:
Thinking of getting this on ebay and putting in my vodafone sim.

Anyone got this to work with 4G perfectly?
[Galaxy Note5 General] jutley:
To be honest i never use 4g always 3g hence i went for the duel sim N9208
[Galaxy Note5 General] nickbarbs:
I'm considering the http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-G...ne-Tax-FREE-/221884313576?hash=item33a955efe8

N920CD

I dont really need the dual sim but hey, price is good and it can't hurt.. Suppose can get a prepaid sim to switch to and hammer 4g for torrents when i'mr unning low

Any tips if the 920CD will support Vodaphone UK 4g

Thanks

---------- Post added at 05:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:25 PM ----------

Well.. I definintely want 4G LTE working on a new 500£ phone

N9200 vs N920CD is my decision and then i'm buying.

I'm about to pay like 30£ more for silver titanium lol. As long as it works on Vodafone 4g I'm happy... just can't figure out how to tell.
[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
Is anyone buying the 64GB?

If so, where are the links?

Ta
[Galaxy Note5 General] alexaraz14:
Glad it helped someone out mate. They said 3-4 working days for delivery at first, but mine was also delivered in 24 hours. Very impressing isnt it. Couple of hours of search online, and it seems we have a very good deal. :good:
[Galaxy Note5 General] Super Chimp:
Anyone else received the latest official software update? Seems the C version got it pretty quickly.
[Galaxy Note5 General] jah:
Yes downloading now on my N920CD.
[Galaxy Note5 General] ShadowFlare:
I ordered mine Wednesday too but payment was processed on Thursday, so was only been shipped yesterday. I wonder if I can pick it up as well at DHL, seems it left Dubaii just past midnight.

I'm in London too, which DHL facility did you pick it up from?
[Galaxy Note5 General] fade2black101:
I also ordered this, but in white.

32gb will be an issue for me but there wasn't much of an alternative unfortunately.
[Galaxy Note5 General] nickbarbs:
Got it today on my n920cd Thailand csc
[Galaxy Note5 General] cosimoss:
You've got tracking?

I ordered a 64GB Black on Thursday. They're closed today and said it will be processed and shipped on Saturday.
[Galaxy Note5 General] ShadowFlare:
Yeah I got tracking and it has arrived! Phone on my lap now, still in its box.

I'm impressed that I received it practically the next day after they shipped it from Dubai.

I've cancelled my order from Mobicity, was a Silver N920C 64GB, said it's in stock, but I think that particular model doesn't really exist (yet). And was for £670 ish too, still waiting for my refund.

This phone I received is Black Sapphire N920C 64GB and for under £500 with fastest delivery they got.

Thanks [MENTION=7017030]alexaraz14[/MENTION] for the recommendation.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Bilhouse:
I was about to order the 64GB from mygsm.me but they are out of stock of the Black and Silver. :(

Just to confirm, does the N920C from that site fully support all UK LTE bands?
[Galaxy Note5 General] ShadowFlare:
I dunno if anyone has Silver N920C 64GB, but I can confirm that N920C is the best model for UK as it supports all UK networks.

I'm picking up 4G on Vodafone UK on my N920C.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Bilhouse:
Thanks.

Just got to wait for them to restock some more 64GB Black Sapphire ones now.
[Galaxy Note5 General] taz2taz2taz2:
Just thought I'd mention, I ordered a n920c from eglobal central for £421.35 on the 19th. I've got a tracking number from DHL and is estimated to arrive on the 26th.

I'll update once I've received it and if I've been stung by customs.
[Galaxy Note5 General] xperiaman:
How did you pay for your order from MYGSM.Me

Thanks

Paul
[Galaxy Note5 General] goody_23:
Quick question guys where dud you get the N920c...64gb..plus has anyone got the software download how are you finding it?
[Galaxy Note5 General] cosimoss:
I set up an account before hand.

Use online chat, tell then you are in UK and want shipping. They will set up an invoice which you get sent by email. It has a payment link for credit card payment. It's as simple as that.

My invoice has now been processed and it's on email and sitting in my account.
[Galaxy Note5 General] russmoody1981:
Hey, this thread has been super useful - I just wish I'd read it 2 weeks ago! I now have in my possession a 64GB SM-N9208 DUOS, which on insertion of the SIM card I realised got no 4G on Vodafone. As such it's now on Ebay, looking for a new owner (who probably wants to run it on EE or Three)!

It's Ebay item number 262110134545, and it will start at 1915 hrs this evening. Starting bid of £250 and a Buy-It-Now price of £525. It's in UK now, and could be in your hand in less than 2 days!

Russ
[Galaxy Note5 General] TechAnimal:
What colour?
[Galaxy Note5 General] russmoody1981:
Note 5 for sale

Gold with an original gold samsung wallet case thrown in.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Super Chimp:
Same here my C works perfectly on Vodafone 4G.
[Galaxy Note5 General] jah:
Just noticed fonis.com have the silver 32gb N920C in stock.
[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
Got a link, I just looked & didn't see it?

Ta
[Galaxy Note5 General] jah:
Edit sorry my bad. I saw the White and thought it said silver.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Fwevvles:
swap?

hi, i bought a n920c in white on ebay, and am not so sure on the color, it is still sealed, if anyone in the london area would like to swap for a gold model send me a message?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Wantnote5:
Note 5 in silver wanted on ee

Which is best for me

N920

N9208

N920c

N9200

These are all the listings I've seen for this colour can some one help please
[Galaxy Note5 General] TechAnimal:
N920c is best followed I think by n9208.
[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
I have the N9208 on 3 & EE and have no problems.

I would have got the N920C if I could have found a 64gb.
[Galaxy Note5 General] TechAnimal:
I gave up on the n920c as well. Figured dual Sim is more valuable than vodaphone/O2 4G bands plus I wanted the 64gb silver. Ordered a 9208 on ebay.
[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
Only reservation I had was the resale value, it will be harder to sell on second hand due to no O2 & Voda 4g.
[Galaxy Note5 General] saquib:
Anyone who ordered from seller t-dimension10 on Thursday using the 20% code - have you had a tracking reference yet ? Nothing here :(
[Galaxy Note5 General] ic12:
I ordered one but have not had tracking info. However eBay listing says 3 working days so really I don't expect dispatch until end of tomorrow.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Didsbury:
Ordering from mygsm.me

Can someone who has ordered and received from mygsm.me, confirm that the total price they paid was that on their website?

I've never ordered something this expensive from abroad, so I am concerned with VAT or duties being added to my delivery?
[Galaxy Note5 General] BaZ87:
I know of somebody from another forum that bought from them and got hit with a £106 customs bill.
[Galaxy Note5 General] ShadowFlare:
I can tell you that I bought from them using the fastest delivery method, which cost 150 Dirham added to my purchase. Arrived with no custom duty to pay. Hope that helps.
[Galaxy Note5 General] sparkyxda:
Mine is on the way but I just got a bill for £90 duty from DHL ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
So how come you did but the other guy didn't?

How was the transaction? Any oddities?

Ta
[Galaxy Note5 General] sparkyxda:
Must be the luck of the draw. Transaction was smooth. They inadvertently gave me the wrong tracking number but were very quick to reply when I queried it.
[Galaxy Note5 General] ShadowFlare:
Hm, mine was delivered by DHL as well, no custom duty. It was delivered to my office, I put the company's name for the address as well, maybe that made a difference?
[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
Well I have taken a chance & ordered from Mygsm & got the receipt.

I have been told I will be contacted by one of their reps to arrange delivery.

I take it that's when the ask for payment? How do the contact you, phone , email etc?

How long before they do?

Ta
[Galaxy Note5 General] ShadowFlare:
Depends when you made the order. I ordered mine late UK afternoon, so I assumed the store has already closed. I then sent an email a couple hours later to ask how I'm going to pay. I received the reply next day morning to say that I will receive the payment over email, soon after that email arrived.

The email contains a link to a payment provider, you click on it and all the purchase amount + shipping costs already added up, you just need to make sure it's the expected total, then pay for it online.
[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
I placed order @ 7:50am today
[Galaxy Note5 General] Didsbury:
Please keep us posted.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note5 General] Raspail:
DHL or Fedex normally go through the customs, the main reason is they get more money by billing you the custom procedure they did for you. Sometimes you get this tax bill some time after the delivery. National post office is different. Random check by customs: you have a chance to go through.
[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
Knowing my luck I'll end up paying Import tax & Customs overtime pay:p
[Galaxy Note5 General] cosimoss:
Mine has had customs clearance this morning and coming by DHL. We'll soon know whether there is a charge or not. Now the impatient wait for it to arrive.
[Galaxy Note5 General] saquib:
I just emailed them via Ebay and they provided a tracking number (DPD). Tracking on the DPD does not return any information, I assume it's because it's not been collected by them yet.

Obviously delivery is from the the UK, but I'm guessing that after an order is placed, they must be shipping from HK to an office/contact in the UK, who then posts onto the buyer.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cosimoss:
My mygsm order has now 'Departed Facility in LONDON-HEATHROW - UK' and still nothing about duty.
[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
They may ask for it upon delivery, I had that once on a purchase from the USA.

No news on my paying for mine. I wonder if they are all in bed or in the pub?
[Galaxy Note5 General] taz2taz2taz2:
Well the DHL delivery arrived yesterday, still setting it all up after moving from my galaxy s4.

So far so good, just waiting for a customs bill now, nothing came with it.
[Galaxy Note5 General] kulster:
Did it take long between ordering and shipping? Mine was ordered from eGlobal on Friday, but still not shipped yet sadly :(
[Galaxy Note5 General] taz2taz2taz2:
I ordered on a Monday and got shipping information 3 days later and the transit from Hong Kong began on the Friday so considering you ordered with a weekend to follow, I would allow for an extra few days. Mine took exactly 1 week from ordering to delivery.
[Galaxy Note5 General] BaZ87:
Not heard anything either. And if you ordered Thursday then 3 working days is the end of today so we should have heard. I messaged him but haven't got a reply either.

I'm hoping he's just not got around to notifying us that it's been shipped and we'll get it soonish - all his feedback mentions quick delivery etc (1 person mentioned he received his in exactly 1 week).
[Galaxy Note5 General] CaptainGoldfish:
Have you messaged them? I sent them a message on ebay asking for a tracking number and they got back to me yesterday (I also ordered on Thursday) with one. Not had it delivered yet, but DPD say it should arrive today.
[Galaxy Note5 General] jacmeister:
Guys, wante to buy a note 5 and I am on O2 so I need band 20 LTE (800) Done some research and the US AT&T GSM version runs the 20 band so was going to get on ebay, N920A 32GB. But been reading that a lot of you are are going for the N920c, is this a better model for the UK, and or is anyone else on here using the N920A ?

Best
[Galaxy Note5 General] TechAnimal:
N920c is the best model for the UK. If you plan to root or want relatively quick updates stay away from the N920A.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Bandito365:
Hi guys, I'm looking to get a 64GB model off of eBay. Who seems to be the best of sellers at the minute? Any recommendations. I'm completely fed up of waiting for a UK release at this stage
[Galaxy Note5 General] jtOttawa:
You should also consider the Canadian SM-920W8, as it appears to have wider band coverage than other models (although it's only currently available in 32Gb versions). Check compatibility on www.willmyphonework.net

Edit: It occurs to me that it would come with a North American charger, of course.
[Galaxy Note5 General] ShadowFlare:
Go for 920C, I have it and it works perfectly on Vodafone UK, and should be too on O2. I even get 4G+ at few certain areas.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cosimoss:
My 64GB has just arrived:

The black sapphire is dark but light from windows and camera made it look bluer.

It is thin and feels much lighter then the Note 4 and has a UK charger. :D
[Galaxy Note5 General] BaZ87:
I did and was told there was 'a late update for the tracking details' - whatever that means. Has yours arrived?

Just phoned DPD and they've told me that they received details earlier today but as yet haven't received the parcel. The customer service advisor I spoke to speculated that it probably means the package is on its way to their depot and (touchwood) will be out for delivery tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed.
[Galaxy Note5 General] saquib:
In a similar situation with seller t-dimensions10. Have had a tracking number since yesterday. but no delivery. If you look carefully at the tracking details, there is no collect date. My guess is they've booked the collection with DPD so they can provide us with a tracking reference, but they don't yet have a mobile to handover to them so the collection has not yet happened.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cosimoss:
We have United Arab Emirates (XSG) firmware.

Base firmware:

and an update waiting:
[Galaxy Note5 General] CaptainGoldfish:
I'm in the same situation. Also contacted DPD and they said they don't have the parcel yet (seems a bit silly that their tracking number would show it as arriving today though). The product page from ebay did say 2/3 working days handling time plus 4/7 working days delivery. So, that would have it arriving between Friday 30th and Thursday 5th.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cosimoss:
Updated firmware:

4G is ok on O2.
[Galaxy Note5 General] hshah:
Now where have I seen you and those screenshots before? :p

(I am Danger Phoenix on OcUK)
[Galaxy Note5 General] cosimoss:
Over at OcUK

Cosimo :p:D
[Galaxy Note5 General] Kaleidgalaxy:
I've ordered Note5 in mygsm.me, on 27.10, still my order waits for accept, they have a lot of work...
[Galaxy Note5 General] CaptainGoldfish:
Just wanted to let you know that mine arrived today and its fine, so hopefully yours is very soon :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] BaZ87:
Cheers mate. My tracking updated this afternoon and I should have it tomorrow morning.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cosimoss:
Now complete:

A much nicer feel to this one then on the one for the Note 4 and the window is larger.

If you want to edit your RAW (DNG) images then download Snapseed. A little help with using that:

https://support.google.com/snapseed/?hl=en#topic=6155507

:)
[Galaxy Note5 General] nickbarbs:
If someone wants a brand new gold version of the above and you're in London, pm me and you can pick it up from me for 10£.
[Galaxy Note5 General] bigup7:
Anyone know of anywhere this has a 64g black 920A in stock ? Or at a push a gold version ? For cheap monies.

Mygsm are out of stock.
[Galaxy Note5 General] @home:
Got mine from mygsm & it's still in Bharian :(