02-10-2022
12:02 PM
- last edited
12-10-2022
09:32 AM
by
AntS
Hi Guys, I am interested in getting a F936B/DS Fold 4 Variant. of eBay, Sealed, And be able to use it in Africa "Egypt/Kenya/South Africa" , The seller says it's unlocked.
I heard about region locking issues, and that I should activate the phone first with an EU sim, to be able to unlock it. is this true?
Please note that I will not be able to do that, As I clearly don't live in EU, and I will ship the phone using a shipping company to Africa.
Is there a workaround for this? I just want my phone to be globally unlocked, and I could use it no matter where I travel.
02-10-2022 12:16 PM - last edited 02-10-2022 12:18 PM
02-10-2022 04:59 PM
Hi @m4str0k yes I agree with @Mitzzz999 that the phone will likely be region locked and if so sorting this will be problematic. There are also pitfalls in Buying from ebay ,personally would not use them for electronic devices. See some information here https://second-handphones.com/knowledge-centre/post/safe-buy-phone-ebay
I do not work for Samsung or make Samsung Products but provide independent advice and valuable contributions.
03-10-2022 05:26 PM - last edited 03-10-2022 05:33 PM
Hi Guys @JAMES4578 @Mitzzz999 Thanks for your valuable information, The reason why I thought this way, is that prices in Kenya and Egypt for example are so inflated, they are around 2000-2300$ for the 256GB version. but from what I understood is that I have to eat those prices and just buy it very expensive. to avoid the region lock issues..
03-10-2022 05:41 PM - last edited 03-10-2022 05:42 PM
@m4str0k No problem, yes I understand the dilemma but then there is such a thing as a false economy and can e difficult to remove the region lock.
I do not work for Samsung or make Samsung Products but provide independent advice and valuable contributions.
03-10-2022 05:50 PM
@JAMES4578 you are totally correct, some of the sellers might buy the phone and have due money that they refuse to pay after selling the phone to you, and you end up with a bad IEMI device "bad finance" !
I will just have to wait a bit, and get it officially from samsung.
One last thing? If I got it from Samsung Europe. because Samsung doesn't sell it officially here.. and shipped it also to Africa will it work? or still have to face the same region lock issues?
03-10-2022 06:18 PM
@m4str0k Yes unfortunately would still be issue with Region lock.
I do not work for Samsung or make Samsung Products but provide independent advice and valuable contributions.
10-10-2022 07:01 PM