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    Help with rooting of a China bought Samsung Galaxy A54

    I am back. Just wanted to say hi. The problem I had was somewhat fixed once I moved here in Italy. I say somewhat because though I can finalluy use it, etc. It still will not let me put in my province of residence or my carrier. Both show up as being in China. And in trying to use the Microsoft...
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    Help with rooting of a China bought Samsung Galaxy A54

    Thanks ocnbrze. Yes, I do have that option (OEM unlock). I assume this will need to be done (unlock it) should I need to root my phone, yes?
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    Help with rooting of a China bought Samsung Galaxy A54

    I really hope you are right. 5 years ago, when I was back here, I had a Chinese phone that worked here without any issues as did my friend's 2.5 years ago. All I did was put a local SIM card and voila. I think it is in the last 2 years that the phones were Changed as ordered by the Chinese...
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    Help with rooting of a China bought Samsung Galaxy A54

    According to the formula above regarding the bootloader, as I had written, i did not get either of those messages, hence I can neither confirm nor deny if the bootloader is or isn't locked
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    Help with rooting of a China bought Samsung Galaxy A54

    I'm moving to Italy next week, hopefully if I need you guys once there you'll be able to help. Thanks again for all you've done up to now.
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    Help with rooting of a China bought Samsung Galaxy A54

    THNX again mikedt (I too am Mike :-). The carrier is Fizz which relies on Videotron's Network (Bell's main competitor). When dealing with their customer service they said there is nothing they can do about it. My experience, nowadays, is that Customer service reps are not well trained and can...
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    Help with rooting of a China bought Samsung Galaxy A54

    sorry for coming back here late--emergency with my very old dad. When the Canadian SIM card was inserted it did say "emergency calls only". And then in trying to get a carrier, like I was instructed from my SIM card's website to proceed with registration etc. that is when I saw, for region...
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    Help with rooting of a China bought Samsung Galaxy A54

    Hi mikedt. Thanks. I am in Canada now but will be moving to Italy in September. As to downloading Google Play store etc. that is not my issue. I know how to do so (apk as ur link is about). My problem is this, what I described above to get local carriers/region (which I feel may take care of...
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    Help with rooting of a China bought Samsung Galaxy A54

    thanks for the reply. The phone was just purchased less than 2 months ago. I do not plan on buying another phone for another 5 years if I can help it. I'm an old man who doesn't go online much etc. It is basically used as a phone and use apps like WhatsApp, WeChat, etc to communicate with...
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    Help with rooting of a China bought Samsung Galaxy A54

    I was told that the Samsung Galaxy A54 was the only useable phone outside of China hence why I bought it while there. It is not the case. Though most is in English many apps remain in Chinese: ex. Samsung Store only displays Chinese apps (No Messenger, etc). I got a local SIM card thinking once...
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    Help My generic Smart TV won't install media players

    Sorry cannot find the right forum since it does not deal with any known brand of TV. I'm in China and the TV is Chinese with no name to speak of. I managed to install some apps on it but can't seem to install a video player. I tried VLC and KM player. both seem to succeed in going through the...
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    Help my android phone rearranges my apps on reboot

    Meizu m 2 note my android phone rearranges my apps on reboot. I have uninstalled many of the apps there is in order to find out who the culprit is. I now have 3 pages of apps, many of them in folders BUT on reboot they get all re-arranged, removing themselves from their folders and the 3 pages...
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    Root Searching a step-by-step guide to rooting, unlocking and all else but...

    Seeing that I'm moving out of the country to China my Samsung will no longer be under warranty nor will I be committed to my provider hence I could do whatever I want with it. The question is how. I want to take my phone with me so I can then use something local--basically get a sim card and go...
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    Help Looking for forum re: Agent app since it is problematic

    I am looking for a forum or a place where I could ask questions, or find answers, FAQs, regarding the 'Agent' app. I could not seem to find any. My 2 problems are: The app is set up to stop incoming calls at 11:00 PM . in my case it sometimes vibrates non-stop at 11 and could only stop if I stop...
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    Help Connected to wi-fi, great signal but can't go online

    Google is full of people showing my problem or something similar but I can't seem to find the answer. I have a connection. My wi-fi shows full (I am after all sitting next to my router at home) I have reset the router, I have reset the tablet to factory settings and still nothing. Something is...
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