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aam1r007

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Hi, I'm going to buy a new android Galaxy S3 phone from Singapore, I have a question about the update process:

I have been told if i buy the phone unlocked i can update new software straight from samsung but if i buy it and unlock it after ( for use in the uk ) i will have to wait for my network provider to release it. Is this true and is there a way to get around it?

new to android from iphone.. i hate apple tryna take all the glory
thanks

edit: im new to android and i dont want to install any roms and rooting or anything like that.. wanting to keep it clean.
 
You can install a ROM, the guy who unlocked my phone said this will not effect the unlocking of the phone. There are many Jellybean roms which are leaked regardless anyway, although mine also told me that if you live in the UK as you say, only 3G tend to relock phones from the update.
 
aam1r007 said:
Hi, I'm going to buy a new android Galaxy S3 phone from Singapore, I have a question about the update process:

I have been told if i buy the phone unlocked i can update new software straight from samsung but if i buy it and unlock it after ( for use in the uk ) i will have to wait for my network provider to release it. Is this true and is there a way to get around it?

new to android from iphone.. i hate apple tryna take all the glory
thanks

edit: im new to android and i dont want to install any roms and rooting or anything like that.. wanting to keep it clean.
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A SIM unlock is completely different from rooting your phone. A SIM unlocked phone (from samsung or google) will receive updates directly from the manufacturer. If you buy it from a carrier, then SIM unlock it, you will have to rely on the carrier for updates.
 
Hi, thanks for your reply.. since i'm new to android just wanted to ask how you know this? I need to know this is legit even though your username is ''extremenerd'' if you lie to me i will and mark my words report you to the STL authorities of bullshit
 
Because that's the normal procedure for all phones of whatever brand not named Apple. Each phone is ordered by a carrier/network from a manufacturer, in this case Samsung, for their own distribution. Often times the carriers ask for certain modifications to the firmware, like adding software and such as well as locking them to their network, so these phones you get from carriers do not have the exact same firmwares as the generic phones.

Samsung also produces units which are not sent to carriers but they sell themselves. These are the SIM-unlocked phones which have generic firmware. When Samsung releases the update, these devices get them first because they are generic. The carrier firmware are sent to the carriers first for their feed back and any additional software they may add, before it is pushed to the devices they distributed.

Whether the phone you get is a Samsung, Sony, Motorola, Nokia, HTC or whatever, if you get it from a carrier, same thing happens.
 
Originally Posted by aam1r007
Hi, I'm going to buy a new android Galaxy S3 phone from Singapore, I have a question about the update process:

I have been told if i buy the phone unlocked i can update new software straight from samsung but if i buy it and unlock it after ( for use in the uk ) i will have to wait for my network provider to release it. Is this true and is there a way to get around it?

new to android from iphone.. i hate apple tryna take all the glory
thanks

edit: im new to android and i dont want to install any roms and rooting or anything like that.. wanting to keep it clean.
Click to expand...

A SIM unlock is completely different from rooting your phone. A SIM unlocked phone (from samsung or google) will receive updates directly from the manufacturer. If you buy it from a carrier, then SIM unlock it, you will have to rely on the carrier for updates.
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Sorry but this is inaccurate. Where the update comes from depends if the phone is branded or not.

Granted if you buy a sim unlocked phone, chances are its unbranded and not tied to a carrier for updates.

Sim unlocking a branded phone will not change where the updates come from. A t-mobile sim in a vodafone branded handset will still receive vodafone updates because only vodafone updates will work on a phone that has vodafone software.

The process for getting manufacturer updates is de-branding. The act of replacing the branded android os with an unbranded one

It is the software build number that determines the source of the update not the carrier sim
 
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