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Fake Hardware in kernel?

Jim Yang

Jim Yang

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I bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 from someone, and I'm not sure what to do with it. It has the original box (I think) and everything, but someone at some point rooted it and messed it up. I'm not sure if it's a real or fake but I ran it through MTK Droid & tools and this popped up. Is this a fake Samsung, or did someone just mess up rooting it.

I contacted Samsung support and they said the phone originally came from India ( from the IMEI#)
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99% sure that's a fake. It's got CST (China Standard Time) in the kernel string, genuine Samsungs have KST. The only exception might be custom ROM firmware.
 
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Jim Yang said:
Isn't CST central standard time? I'm in central standard time zone
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That would be CEST I believe, CST is definitely China. It's a standard timezone reference, and it comes from the system that built the firmware. Samsungs always have KST, because their build systems are set to Korean timezone.

There's another giveaway, MT6582 processor, that's a Chinese Mediatek device which is often used in fakes. Real S5 has Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 or 805. Probably why it's saying "Qualcomm is fake".

So I'm definitely talking about the phone been fake.
 
So the firmware could have been built in US, China, Australia or Cuba timezone. Cuba is unlikely though. That's useful to know. But Samsung definitely don't use Mediatek in Galaxy S5.
 
Jim Yang said:
The XDA is the link you posted right? is it weird that all the components are samsung and it has its own IMEI and S/N?

Would this be the right link? Also Would this be going back to the standard MediaTek stock phone or rooting it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53459513&postcount=56
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My link is correct. I cannot comment on fake/clone phones as I have never owned one or have any knowledge of them. You might do better asking on that xda thread. All phones, even clones, require an IMEI number to make/receive calls.
 
No telling what else was done to the phone - illegally cloned identity? Who knows?

It's a twofer for a fake, playing on HTC and Samsung names at the same time -

http://hdcphone.com/hdc-galaxy-s5

Clearly neither HTC nor Samsung have anything to do it.

As for whether the rom link you provided is safe, no telling. If you can't get your money back and if you can't get it working, you probably have nothing to lose by trying the rom there. I have no idea what the proper way to do that on your phone would be, sorry.

If you do get it working, don't expect much - sorry.
 
AMOCO said:
How do they get away with using the Samsung name and logo?
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Protecting corporate brands has been a huge problem for decades, especially in China.

Who are you going to sue?

One vehicle manufacturer successfully won a suit there back in the 80s and got the plant shut down - they literally unloaded out of the back of the building and into the next building over. Changed one letter in the corporate name and were back in business within days.

And this is also why our industry with media is so hard core seeking government protection. I've visited my local customs clearing house (I've shipped myself stuff from Asia) and here they have a display of the stuff they've caught. At the time, someone was pushing fake Disney products.

Sad really. Especially when the packaging is that good.
 
If its a valuable consumer product you can bet there's an almost exact clone of it from China. Look at aliexpress & then cringe next time you purchase online...
To be fair most retailers & reputable sellers only sale the real deal - its the scammers that order this cheap stuff by the boatload (literally) & sell it to consumers as the real thing...
 
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