Samsung Galaxy Note 20 & Note 20 Ultra....

Davy wrote: »

Its based on Kevlar so is very strong for the weight and thinness. It wouldn't be very grippy though. Its designed as a case that feels as you have no case on the phone.

Something grippy with raised edges for face protection look at the Samsung clear protective case EF-GN985CBEGEU in black or white. Both sides are ribbed so very grippy.

Looks much better than the Protective Standing Cover EF-RN985CBEGWW in my opinion.

I think I'll go for that ribber one- cheers.

Should see it on Vodafone in a couple of weeks so! Which to me is actually no big deal, Samsung have gotten great at pushing these monthly updates. I do laugh when I read comments online complaining and it might only be half way through a month or whatever. Try having a HTC for a few years you'd be lucky to see one major update.

Anyone here got any tempered glass screen protectors recommendations?

Hi,
So I forget which finger I used when setting up Samsung Pass. I've 1 go left (from 10) so don't want to try again as don't know what happens after 10 unsuccessful attempts.

Anyone know what happens & can I reset/register a fingerprint again?

dinneenp wrote: »

Hi,
So I forget which finger I used when setting up Samsung Pass. I've 1 go left (from 10) so don't want to try again as don't know what happens after 10 unsuccessful attempts.

Anyone know what happens & can I reset/register a fingerprint again?

Just to clarify because its not clear, your not actually locked out of the phone? Go to settings - biometrics - fingerprints and check added fingerprints to see what finger it tells you. Sounds like something else is wrong though to be honest.

Evening everyone,

Apologies if this is the incorrect thread to post in; I'm interested in picking up a Note 20 Ultra 5G (Black) and I'm leaning towards buying from Adverts.ie or Ebay due to pricing. Does anyone have advice/experience with buying from Adverts.ie for phones?

There are a few options on Adverts around the €930 to €950 range from sellers such as "Gadget shop", "FONE-HUB" etc but I've never dealt with them before. My preference is a sealed box. I'm based in the South West, so delivery by courier would be my only option at the moment.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

I bought a iPhone 8 2 weeks ago on Adverts . Absolute mint condition no issues.
Just check battery life if second hand and you can see by feedback if they are a trustworthy seller.

Thanks for the advice and information, that's very helpful! The blacklisting certainly explains why they're so much cheaper! Time to mull it over for the weekend. Thanks again!

Pacifico wrote: »

No problems with those phones from adverts. Especially from G-Shock or Armani Versace. Both have 2500+ positive feedback, if the phones they sell were blacklisted in the UK someone would have reported it

Have bought from both my self , both Samsung and both were blacklisted 3-4 weeks after I bought then. I asked them to PM me IMEI to check and they were clean. Month or so later when selling I decided to check again and they were now showinh as blacklisted. So you are wrong here.

Both refused that they sold me those phones but thankfully as I had got them to PM me IMEI beforehand I had proof so got a refund.

Gshock is a guy at the apartments at Tallaght luas and Armani Versace is the african priest.

So yes they are dodgy also. My point remains , yes they do have good feedback but thats because 99.9% of people never check IMEI as long as their sim works in the phone.

Also know people who have bought from them and when they checked when I told them about those sellers phones turned out to be blacklisted also and they had been using them for several months without even knowing.

iPhone are fine because if they are blacklisted its goes through Apple who disable the phone but do not go near those sellers for anything Android if you travel to UK etc.

Azion wrote: »

Would you mind sharing where you checked the IMEI please Dan?
I came across IMEI24, but I'm not sure if this is reputable or accurate.



On a side note, "Gadget spot" wouldn't deliver via courier or accept PayPal despite their listing saying so. I think I'll just avoid Adverts based on this. Too much hassle!

Free service I use is:
https://www.imeipro.info/

Paid service - this check everything including insurance, even if it was ever reported lost and then found etc

https://www.checkmend.com/uk/

dan786 wrote: »

Have bought from both my self , both Samsung and both were blacklisted 3-4 weeks after I bought then. I asked them to PM me IMEI to check and they were clean. Month or so later when selling I decided to check again and they were now showinh as blacklisted. So you are wrong here.

Both refused that they sold me those phones but thankfully as I had got them to PM me IMEI beforehand I had proof so got a refund.

Gshock is a guy at the apartments at Tallaght luas and Armani Versace is the african priest.

So yes they are dodgy also. My point remains , yes they do have good feedback but thats because 99.9% of people never check IMEI as long as their sim works in the phone.

Also know people who have bought from them and when they checked when I told them about those sellers phones turned out to be blacklisted also and they had been using them for several months without even knowing.

iPhone are fine because if they are blacklisted its goes through Apple who disable the phone but do not go near those sellers for anything Android if you travel to UK etc.

I'm waiting on a (renewed) Note 10 Plus that I've bought from an Amazon seller with a 1 year warranty because of this concern as I actually DO (well did!) travel to the UK a fair bit for work. Plus on the rare times I've had an issue with something, Amazon are very helpful.

It's only cost me 500 sterling/550-ish EUR too which is still a lot cheaper than Adverts and for the peace of mind it's totally worth it IMO.

More often than not I have settled for cash in CEX rather than continue with the torture of dealing with people.

dan786 wrote: »

All shops on Adverts and the sellers you mentioned above sell UK blacklisted phones here in Ireland. They will work fine here but if you ever need to travel to UK it wont work there. Also it will be harder to sell it on when you plan to upgrade if the buyer finds out its blacklisted it will come back to you.

Also trade in shops like Cex or any other trade in sites/stores do not take blacklisted phones.

I would personally never buy from any of those seller who have dozens including those shops. The shops sell them off the record and dont pay VAT on them here.

Yes they do have lots of feedback but thats because 99.9% of the people never check blacklist status as long as their sim works fine.

There are 1-2 genuine sellers that I would buy from who get 1-2 phones and have receipts from actual manufacturer or a reputable retailer.

Just casually browsing when i saw this and thought id log in and give my two cents.

To the best of my knowledge a brand new device in a sealed package cannot be black listed unless it was opened, used and then resealed. I also thought that if a phone is blacklisted then its black listed worldwide not just for use in that country.

I have personally bought stuff myself from advert sellers. Very skeptical myself but i bought a macbook pro (brand new) and an iphone 11 pro max (brand new) from 2 sellers mentioned in this thread and never had any issues.

Checked the serial number of the macbook and the imei on the box of the iphone before opening just to check they were indeed linked to be official apple products and had no issues. Still have them almost a year later and still no issues.

Certainly be careful when buying from adverts or donedeal. But some sellers are genuine from my experience and two in particular mentioned here certainly never sold me blacklisted uk devices

baalad wrote: »

To the best of my knowledge a brand new device in a sealed package cannot be black listed unless it was opened, used and then resealed. I also thought that if a phone is blacklisted then its black listed worldwide not just for use in that country.

Sealed phones can be blacklisted. I buy a phone, keep it sealed, buy insurance online - week later say I lost it. They get the old IMEI marked as lost and give me a new phone. So I have 2 sealed phones for price of one. 1 blacklisted and 1 clean.

Or I get a phone on contract, keep it sealed, dont pay bills for two months again the old IMEI gets blacklisted. You have a sealed blacklisted phone.

Also Blacklist is on carriers/country so no a phone is not blacklisted worldwide.

Got the Note 20 Ultra last week. Mixed views so far (coming from a Redmi Note 8 Pro).

I don't find the fingerprint scanner as good as the Redmi (which has a raised area at the back for guaranteed response versus the clumsy enough pushing your finger into the screen at the front of the Note 20 Ultra).

It's continually lighting up in my pocket giving me "accidental press protection" or something, which I will have to disable as it's getting very annoying.

Battery life not very good, never get through the day with normal usage without needing charge. Redmi covered me well into 1.5 days.

Photos very good from initial few taken.

Dunno, not convinced for the money that I would not reverse my decision and just upgrade to Redmi Note 9 Pro...