[Q] Galaxy S5Purchase Advice in the US - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone,
I recently bought S5 model 900F on Amazon (US) (3rd party seller), which unfortunately turned out to be a cloned phone! A side note, within the first hour of use, the phone just died on me with 40% battery and would not turn back on. Luckily with that experience, I am getting a full refund based on "defective" unit and not have to go through the whole ordeal why it's a "cloned" phone.
This gave me quite a scare about buying another S5 on amazon and am asking you guys if you know of places or insight where I can buy the 900F (the international version) as they claim it to be with the capability of 4G and not the 900H. I'm looking specifically for this model because I have relocated to Europe and am visiting the US for vacation (2 weeks).
Now, I just saw that Google may be releasing the Google Play edition for the S5 but that is still TBA.....so that phone would be much preferable but I have a feeling the sales will begin after I leave.
Anyways guys, thanks in advance!

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Hi guys, I'm new to XDA Developers. I've ordered a Live Demo Unit version of Note 4 on Ebay for a great price. Long story short, it came in today and I had confirmed with the seller before purchasing that it works like a regular note 4 minus the cellular (which it does not) since all it does is play a demo video on repeat, my photos and apps keep getting deleted as well as resetting certain functions such as brightness etc. killing the battery very quickly. It is the n910x software version & device. I was wondering if I should return to seller or if there was a way of flashing it to use stock software and have it function as a regular tablet? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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flash 5.0.1 n910f stock rom through odin..
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So Guys in my situation whether i will buy MG4P?
Suggest me guys
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And if the frequent bugs wasn't bad enough, the phone has some serious heating and ghost touch issues, with some even reporting screen burn (which is particularly bad considering moto g4 was launched in May, so the screen burn had to happen between then and now).
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