Samsung Region Lock: By update for old Galaxy S3 and Note 2? [Rumor] - androidnext

+ Amir Tamannai
04.10.2013, 10:47 AM clock

for a week is a putative Regions lock in the new Galaxy Note 3 reported and discussed, which prohibits to use a SIM card from a foreign region in a device readily acquired in Europe. Although Samsung has denied this, but now piling up messages of disappointed users who still experience this lock currently on their devices. Today, now it gets worse: A Samsung employee has hinted that the measure abstruse Samsung on a future software update on old Galaxy S3 and Note 2 devices placed.

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note 3 owners received by an employee of the British Samsung customer service teams following information and this (and partly reduced translation by us) at the xda-devlopers Posted:

The sticker on the sales packaging of Grade 3 actually means what it says: The Grade 3 is not for use with SIM cards provided outside of the sales region. Although there are cases in which it works, the Samsung employee was convinced that the European Central 3 is not with SIMs that are not from the European Economic Area of ??work from Samsung – not even after successful initial activation .

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Galaxy Note 3 is thus only intended for use with European SIM cards, even after initial activation – on repeated explicit demand, for example, if I was in with my SIM lock-free, 620 pounds of expensive vacations in Note 3 Florida could really use just my European SIM, the Samsung employee confirmed this again and again.

The rollout of Android 4.4 KitKat to bring this lock on already in circulation Galaxy S3 and Note 2 devices. The questions as to whether this actually applies in a corresponding software upgrade for my a year ago, selling, fully unlocked Galaxy S3, and if I will henceforth also could not use a region foreign SIM cards more in this, the Samsung employee affirmed respectively.

is already known that Samsung intends his whatsoever and for whatever purpose established by the grade 3 regional lock on future devices delivered the Galaxy S3, S4, S4 and Mini model ranges to Note 2 put. New and frightening is that even copies sold already and in-use could subsequently experienced such a disservice via software update.

course, these are officially unconfirmed statements that could turn out as misinformation later. Nevertheless, they give cause for concern, not least because they seem quite plausible – we continue to believe more than ever that it is not the label on the sales packaging (see cover photo) and the first official statement Samsung formulated were false (such documents through a rule several internal, and legal checks), but that the denial, which reached us later, a hasty attempt by the company’s PR department was to appease. In this respect it seems very likely that the regional block in grade 3 is very much present and Samsung currently considering at best, as with the rise of resentment from the community is probat deal.

As for the rollout of the lock on sold devices: Again, this would be – from the perspective of Samsung – not entirely absurd: If you already officially announced that the barrier to future S3, S4, S4 and Mini-Note 2 models to be applied; why not via software update to devices already in circulation? Whatever Samsung pursues the idea of ??a target (also, there unfortunately remains completely unclear, and we have a maximum of theories of protection against gray imports to confidentiality agreements with providers do): It would be easy for the company, such already developed barrier bring on as many devices as possible.

Up Android 4.4 KitKat (we hope that really 4.4 and not the imminent 4.3 update is meant) is rolled out to existing devices, however, is still a lot of time pass. It is quite possible that Samsung * tstorms is still forced by the customers due to the emerging Sh convert swing and bury the whole project.

would be helpful until then, however, from Korea when finally a clear statement of fact and a statement about the background and objectives of this curious measures would come. With the current Herumlavieren and thus to allow its customers completely in the dark about what to do with the referenced device is now actually and possible and impossible, Samsung makes at least no friends among the interested and enlightened smartphone community – of any legal consequences that might have this story for the company (the EU, ick hear you trapsen ..!), not to mention.

Source: xda-developers [via Android Authority], we thank the numerous tipsters, but especially with Hugo

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