Product Registration Question - What are "additional services"?

Rob99uk · ‎10-07-2023

After registering a couple of A04s phones the Samsung registration page states:

"Additional services are limited for products not purchased in your current location. Please check for the country location of purchase"

What does this mean? What additional services are they referring to? I bought the phones in the UK (via Amazon).

Pugs1957 · ‎10-07-2023

Things like Samsung Pay etc won't work on phones used in a location they are not intended for, same applies to OTA updates.
It's not unusual for "foreign " devices to be sold via Amazon and Ebay.

Rob99uk · ‎10-07-2023

So, the phones presumably were originally sourced by the seller outside the UK.

BandOfBrothers · ‎11-07-2023

Yes @Rob99uk some resellers source what's known as grey imports.

You can normally tell by looking for the csc of the phone.

It's found in About Phone and is the last 3 alphabetical letters in Software Information > Service Provider Software Information.

Mine is EUX.

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Rob99uk · ‎11-07-2023

Thanks. Just checked and last three characters are ECT.

Full code (2 lines) is

SAOMC_SM-A047F_OJM_ECT_13_0001

ECT/ECT,ECT/AFR/ECT

KholaI · ‎13-07-2023

From having a quick look online, this country code seems to be for Nigeria, which explains the limitations on the device within the UK.

Rob99uk · ‎13-07-2023

Thanks for the confirmation. I contacted the seller and have now returned both phones and will source them again from a "legit" UK supplier (e.g. Currys)

LukeB2 · ‎13-07-2023

Amazing! If there is anything else I can help with, don't hesitate to contact us.

AndyC275 · ‎05-01-2025

Sorry to revive an old thread. I've just bought a Tab A9 from Amazon and got the same message come up, my last 3 letters are ACR. What does this mean for me?
Thanks in advance.