Just received my Galaxy S8 Dual Sim - came from Singapore. It comes with Samsung Pay but the Singapore version that doesn't support US based credit/debit cards. Any advice on how to change to US version of Samsung Pay? Is this even possible? I tried to uninstall Samsung Pay and then reinstall from Google Play Store (now using my US login and I'm on AT&T network) but it reinstalls SG variant of Samsung Pay program.
I have a Samsung Gear S3 watch and Samsung Pay installed and works fine on the watch but I gather the watch Pay program is different from the one on the phone.
Android Pay works fine so not critical for us though I like getting the points from Samsung when I use Samsung Pay.
Thanks!
If you don't mind me asking which seller did you get the FD version from? Seems mine is stuck at customs as of now sadly. I'll be looking into this as well when u receive mine
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I ordered it off Amazon. The seller was NGPSTORE - have bought from them in past. Professional operation and have never had any issues with their phones.
I'm going to message you to try different things.
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TGUY25 said:
Just received my Galaxy S8 Dual Sim - came from Singapore. It comes with Samsung Pay but the Singapore version that doesn't support US based credit/debit cards. Any advice on how to change to US version of Samsung Pay? Is this even possible? I tried to uninstall Samsung Pay and then reinstall from Google Play Store (now using my US login and I'm on AT&T network) but it reinstalls SG variant of Samsung Pay program.
I have a Samsung Gear S3 watch and Samsung Pay installed and works fine on the watch but I gather the watch Pay program is different from the one on the phone.
Android Pay works fine so not critical for us though I like getting the points from Samsung when I use Samsung Pay.
Thanks!
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From what I've been told by Samsung is that Samsung pay is only available on the US model phones, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon etc.
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It also comes as part of Singapore phones but is limited to adding cards based in Singapore. They've expanded Samsung pay to several countries now but it seems each has it's own local app versus a common app everyone.
grneyez said:
From what I've been told by Samsung is that Samsung pay is only available on the US model phones, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon etc.
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Eh.
Phones sold in Qatar (and the MENA region) come with Samsung Pay UAE which is NOT a system app: ie: you can uninstall it completely.
If your phone has the same model of the MENA variant (see my signature for S8+, change to 950FD for S8), then install the UAE firmware with odin, delete the included SP UAE app, and install the US SP app.
Skander1998 said:
Eh.
Phones sold in Qatar (and the MENA region) come with Samsung Pay UAE which is NOT a system app: ie: you can uninstall it completely.
If your phone has the same model of the MENA variant (see my signature for S8+, change to 950FD for S8), then install the UAE firmware with odin, delete the included SP UAE app, and install the US SP app.
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Did this work for you Model Number is the same Build Number is NRD90M G950FXXU1AQDG. I deleted the SG app and tried to reinstall the US app V2.7.03 but it just hangs upon opening it.
TGUY25 said:
Did this work for you Model Number is the same Build Number is NRD90M G950FXXU1AQDG. I deleted the SG app and tried to reinstall the US app V2.7.03 but it just hangs upon opening it.
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Try this https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsung-electronics-co-ltd/samsung-pay/samsung-pay-2-7-15-release/
When I install 2.7.03 (the most recent US apk), it just hangs at the first screen and won't move beyond the "start" button. I gave the app all permissions but it still hangs.
2.9.6 (latest version) requires a Korean SIM (no joy there). I've been reading the S7 forum and didn't find anything that worked but it's a long threat (100+ pages) - and I may have missed something important. You can't uninstall pay framework or even roll back updates (you can a device admin error) so stuck with that version. I tried installing 2.8.3 and 2.7.15 also - no joy. 2.8.3 also requires a Korean SIM and 2.7.15 starts up, tells you there is now update to download and then fails on the download
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When I install 2.7.03 (the most recent US apk), it just hangs at the first screen and won't move beyond the "start" button. I gave the app all permissions but it still hangs.
2.9.6 (latest version) requires a Korean SIM (no joy there). I've been reading the S7 forum and didn't find anything that worked but it's a long threat (100+ pages) - and I may have missed something important. You can't uninstall pay framework or even roll back updates (you can a device admin error) so stuck with that version. I tried installing 2.8.3 and 2.7.15 also - no joy. 2.8.3 also requires a Korean SIM and 2.7.15 starts up, tells you there is now update to download and then fails on the download
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I'm on the UAE firmware, and confirmed 2.7.03 works after deleting the placeholder included in the rom.
Flash the UAE firmware (for your version) and do it.
Any idea where I can find the UAE firmware for the 950FD? I have looked and can't find it. Thanks for the suggestion - will try once i can find the FW files.
I bought the international variant as well and Samsung Pay worked out of the box for me. Strange. Dual SIM variant too.
Where did you get it from? Do you know if it originated in Singapore? I was told units that come from locations with out Samsung pay come "naked" but if it comes from a country with Samsung pay (like Singapore), it only wants to work with the Singapore version. If you are able, can you go into settings, apps, and report the version number for both Samsung pay and the Samsung pay framework? That way I can compare to mine. Thanks
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Where did you get it from? Do you know if it originated in Singapore? I was told units that come from locations with out Samsung pay come "naked" but if it comes from a country with Samsung pay (like Singapore), it only wants to work with the Singapore version. If you are able, can you go into settings, apps, and report the version number for both Samsung pay and the Samsung pay framework? That way I can compare to mine. Thanks
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Bought it off eBay. Country of origin appears to be from Vietnam but CSC is Singapore. Samsung Pay was partially pre-installed (advertisement essentially) and required full download from Galaxy Apps. Version is 2.7.15. Framework is 2.7.47
Framework 2.7.47 and App 2.7.15 is the latest for Singapore phones but the app opened fine but when i tried to add my AMEX Card (issued in the USA), I got a failure message (and the website for Samsung Pay Singapore says only AMEX cards based in SG can be added).
I happen to also have a Singapore-based AMEX card and that worked fine but that is not the card I regularly use - my regular card is the AMEX based in the US and Samsung Pay wouldn't accept that card. Curious if your did. Thanks - appreciate your sending along the details
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Framework 2.7.47 and App 2.7.15 is the latest for Singapore phones but the app opened fine but when i tried to add my AMEX Card (issued in the USA), I got a failure message (and the website for Samsung Pay Singapore says only AMEX cards based in SG can be added).
I happen to also have a Singapore-based AMEX card and that worked fine but that is not the card I regularly use - my regular card is the AMEX based in the US and Samsung Pay wouldn't accept that card. Curious if your did. Thanks - appreciate your sending along the details
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I have an AMEX coming soon, I'll reply back on how that goes but 3 us credit companies and a us bank worked fine
The UAE firmware doesn't seem to be added to SamMobile or any other website yet :/
Thanks for letting me know. I'm still looking for the UAE firmware too. I only tried to add an AMEX card as my ATM card (a visa card) only allows one instance and I had it setup for android pay.
I got access to another phone (also from Singapore) and was able to add my BofA debit visa card without problem though it rejected one of my credit cards (like AMEX said it was not issued by a supported bank/issuer) so it would appear that some cards will work and some won't.
Having updated Samsung pay framework on my daily driver to version 2.71.51 in an attempt to get US Samsung Pay (v2.7.03) working it won't allow me uninstall the update (says the program is locked by a device administrator) to roll the framework back to 2.7.47 (which the SG phone uses) so i can reinstall Samsung pay (Singapore) from the app store (v 2.7.15). The 2.7.15 installs and opens but then keeps trying to install an update that keeps failing. If anybody has any ideas on how to rollback pay framework so I can get the Singapore version working again, I'm all ears. That said, Android Pay works fine as does Samsung pay on my gear s3 so not a dealbreaker/critical if I don't have Samsung pay on the phone working.
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I have G935K, stock unrooted, AT&T. I had Samsung Pay pre-installed and updated. When I am trying to add a card (Bank of America, Chase) it says the card is not yet supported, not letting me to even insert card details beyond first 8 card digits. When I look through supported card link provided in that message I see only Korean and some Chinese cards there. It forcefully installs Korean version (the picture inside of the app, events and announcements items under "more" menu are in Korean too. Samsung Pay doesn't let to choose English ...
Official Samsung pay says it supports US (BofA and Chase included).
BTW, when I start Samsung Pay for the first time (or after clear data) it says "insert a SIM card from the country your are in". Guess what, I am in the US with US AT&T SIM card in and everything is working fine besides Samsung Pay.
I tried to uninstall and install apk downloaded from apkmirror.com (app and framework) and in that case I got "unable to connect to the server" error, when I already added card details.
Any ideas what can I try or how can I forcefully install latest version in English? (the one on apkmirror, which gives server error is not the latest apk)
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I have G935K, stock unrooted, AT&T. I had Samsung Pay pre-installed and updated. When I am trying to add a card (Bank of America, Chase) it says the card is not yet supported, not letting me to even insert card details beyond first 8 card digits. When I look through supported card link provided in that message I see only Korean and some Chinese cards there. It forcefully installs Korean version (the picture inside of the app, events and announcements items under "more" menu are in Korean too. Samsung Pay doesn't let to choose English ...
Official Samsung pay says it supports US (BofA and Chase included).
BTW, when I start Samsung Pay for the first time (or after clear data) it says "insert a SIM card from the country your are in". Guess what, I am in the US with US AT&T SIM card in and everything is working fine besides Samsung Pay.
I tried to uninstall and install apk downloaded from apkmirror.com (app and framework) and in that case I got "unable to connect to the server" error, when I already added card details.
Any ideas what can I try or how can I forcefully install latest version in English? (the one on apkmirror, which gives server error is not the latest apk)
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You can't load a US credit/debit card on a Korean model.. Korean models are only compatible with Korean cards and T-money / cashbee , Also the reason why it says please insert provider sim. Its because its asking you to insert an Olleh KT sim card, on Korean models Samsung pay actually does read the sim, and requires a Data connection on the same network to which the phone is branded. Even though Korean phones are carrier unlocked by law. When it comes to payment apps, Korea is very xenophobic and makes sure that know unknown foreigner can use their payment networks without proper korean identification. If you load a US version of samsung pay on a korean variant you will get a cannot connect to server error, because it is reading the country code of the device. I believe you would have to change the CSC, but it might brick your phone. Also it seems the US version of samsung pay uses samsung pay framework.apk whereas the korean one doesnt. I dont think youll be able to use samsung pay on a korean model unless u are korean and are using a korean issued card.
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You can't load a US credit/debit card on a Korean model.. Korean models are only compatible with Korean cards and T-money / cashbee , Also the reason why it says please insert provider sim. Its because its asking you to insert an Olleh KT sim card, on Korean models Samsung pay actually does read the sim, and requires a Data connection on the same network to which the phone is branded. Even though Korean phones are carrier unlocked by law. When it comes to payment apps, Korea is very xenophobic and makes sure that know unknown foreigner can use their payment networks without proper korean identification. If you load a US version of samsung pay on a korean variant you will get a cannot connect to server error, because it is reading the country code of the device. I believe you would have to change the CSC, but it might brick your phone. Also it seems the US version of samsung pay uses samsung pay framework.apk whereas the korean one doesnt. I dont think youll be able to use samsung pay on a korean model unless u are korean and are using a korean issued card.
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Thank you for such a thorough explanation. I am still looking for the information if it is possible to change CSC on Korean phone, but there is almost zero info available.
I am not sure if I can flash other country ROM for F model. From hardware prospective they (K and F) look identical, but I am still afraid to brick my phone
ighost77 said:
Thank you for such a thorough explanation. I am still looking for the information if it is possible to change CSC on Korean phone, but there is almost zero info available.
I am not sure if I can flash other country ROM for F model. From hardware prospective they (K and F) look identical, but I am still afraid to brick my phone
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No othe models are the same as K, S, and L, Korean models all have a DMB antenna and have specially modified softwares to support that hardware, if you try to flash anything on a korean rom it will fail. Unless you modify a rom in such a way that it bypasses all of this. I ve seen once on here somewhere, it was a for a korean note 4 though if i remember. I dont recommend trying anything out without looking into it. You can maybe research the issue further by using Naver or Daum. Maybe some korean developpers have tried this out before. You might wanna use chrome google translate if you cant read korean while looking it up as these 2 are korean search engines.
I’m having the same problem with my SKT version. Good news is I heard that starting from Note 8, Samsung Pay would work without a Korea sim card
heartog said:
I’m having the same problem with my SKT version. Good news is I heard that starting from Note 8, Samsung Pay would work without a Korea sim card
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I've been able to by pass the pop in the past. but you still cant use an american card or canadian card on the korean samsung pay variant... korean samsung pay connects to their korean servers.. same for koreans here who got let's say a rogers note 8... they cant use their korean credit cards on canadian samsung pay.... but it seems on the canadian samsung pay any other cards works. ive been able to add american, canadian, thai, hongkong, uk, .... just not mainland china and korean cards. I would have liked to be able to upload my tmoney card on my canadian variant.... it seems im always stuck with 2 phones when going to korea..
So after a recent update to the Samsung pay app I have trouble getting it to work on my s7 edge 935FD. I am currently in the states and was able to use Samsung pay just fine anywhere, even in India when I was on a visit. Suddenly after this update I see the error msg saying 'CHECK SIM CARD: You cannot use Samsung pay with a SIM card from other countries. Insert SIM card from Korea'
This is really weird I tried to uninstall updates, install new SPay and SPay framework, but to no use. Anyone else facing similar issue? Even tried to flash different firmwares but with home CSC.
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Is there anyone who is using UAE phone in the states on ATT? Can you confirm if SPay is working?
I know this has been asked before but i haven't been able to find a thread that matches my situation. I just bought a samsung s8 international version from UAE. I live in the US. When i first opened samsung pay stock app, it said "only available in the UAE". i tried deleting it and installing it form play store but that didn't work. Than i tried installing singapore firmware but for some reason, it said "only available in the UAE" again, even in the about phone tab in the settings, it said the device was from UAE, even after i used odin to flash singapore firmware. But even if i had been successful in flashing singapore firmware it wouldn't have helped because i realized that you wouldn't be able to use US amex cards on singapore SPay. than from reccomendations i tried installing 2.7.03 apk and that worked, i was able to open it but again, i was not able to use US AMEX which is my primary card. Also i noticed in the 2.7.03 app the rewards were all for UAE. so i think it was still a UAE app and amex is not supported in UAE. I'm kind of getting frustrated right now with samsung and why they overcomplicate SPay so much. does anyone else have any ideas?? thanks for the help
the only thing you need to install is samsung pay version 2.8.03 from apkmirror. dont touch framework.
how to remove bloatware from my device as facebook ,google photo etc... !??
Here the deal bro.
1. If your phone is under warranty, u can use BK manager(BK disabler) + MDM Extention 2 (Plugin) to DOZE bloatware, apps and unimportant service. It cost 2-3 dolars.
2. If your phone is out of warrenty (or not warrenty anymore), u can root your phone then delete bloatware by using Titanium backup...
I use Adhell2 but it is discontinued and it s been superseded by SABS. Both use Knox so they do not need root. The can freeze unwanted apps and they block ads too in all apps except yt. Higly recommended.
claiphenter said:
Here the deal bro.
1. If your phone is under warranty, u can use BK manager(BK disabler) + MDM Extention 2 (Plugin) to DOZE bloatware, apps and unimportant service. It cost 2-3 dolars.
2. If your phone is out of warrenty (or not warrenty anymore), u can root your phone then delete bloatware by using Titanium backup...
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Thank you bro :victory:
i have another question for you, where is samsung pay
is look missing !!
whgp said:
Thank you bro :victory:
i have another question for you, where is samsung pay
is look missing !!
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u can download in GG play or Galaxy apps
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u can download in GG play or Galaxy apps
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thanks for reply
in samsung apps not available , in Google play
its say "device isn't compatible " !!
my device updated last version . where is wrong!?
its will available in oreo for example !!
thanks,
whgp said:
thanks for reply
in samsung apps not available , in Google play
its say "device isn't compatible " !!
my device updated last version . where is wrong!?
its will available in oreo for example !!
thanks,
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I guess your phone is either korean or some asian stuff, either way if you are most likely not in that region and your card wont be accepted. I got a n935F from Malaysia (CSC=XME) and it has 'samsung pay malaysia' installed on it (you can see it in 'galaxy apps' app if you want to update things), google pay says device not compatible, the preinstalled version not surprisingly fails to accept my australian card despite samsung pay is rolled out here. I cannot install samsung pay australia either... to sum it up I think it wont work, as you cannot root the phone to change things as it trips knox and renders samsung pay useless.
your only chance of using spay if you are based in one of the countries where the FE is officially rolled out (eg Korea, Cambodia, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam) unless samsung rolls out the phone in other countries and issues a software update with more CSC (unlikely to happen IMHO)
it's model SM-N935F/DS (N935FXXU1AQI5)
It is from one of the aforementioned asian countries.... so as mine
Try this:
1. Check your CSC and download lastest firmware by Samfirm and Flash via Odin. Samsung pay available in Original firmware.
if not:
2. Use this information in SAMFIRM: Modem: SM-N935F , Region: XXV . Im sure the Samsung pay available in XXV firmware
https://uphinhnhanh.com/image/T89kP0
This is a multi csc, all firmwares for the n935f(ds) are IDENTICAL. Short codes to change sales code/csc region dont work. Even if samsung pay vietnam is installed you cannot add any other cards than cards from vietnam plua u have to be in vietnam when the card is being added and verified into samsung pay...
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This is a multi csc, all firmwares for the n935f(ds) are IDENTICAL. Short codes to change sales code/csc region dont work. Even if samsung pay vietnam is installed you cannot add any other cards than cards from vietnam plua u have to be in vietnam when the card is being added and verified into samsung pay...
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sorry, i didnt know about that!
Hi all,
As the title suggests, any ideas what I can try to get it working? I've tried everything. Had it installed at one stage (HK version since it's an imported dual sim version) but there was no add Paypal option. Then I read that I could try deleting cache and app storage and reinstall but now it will not allow me to install update. Just states "failed to download latest version". So now I can't even open to app. Tried sideloading Samsung pay apk and Samsung pay framework and still no luck. Any chance I can get an imported phone working here in Australia?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Did you changed the firmware to another country recently (by installing via Odin)? If yes, you must do a factory reset to use the Samsung Pay.
For me was the only way to make it work. Otherwise it kept giving me this message.
caravana said:
Did you changed the firmware to another country recently (by installing via Odin)? If yes, you must do a factory reset to use the Samsung Pay.
For me was the only way to make it work. Otherwise it kept giving me this message.
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No, I haven't done that yet. How's the difficultly in doing that? Odin easy to use? And there's no way avoiding factory resetting? Thanks for your reply!
PayPal is usually an app in its own right, also use Google Pay instead (I can't use Samsung Pay here in the UK) it's just as good.
And if you bought your phone from Wonda then it does warn you that Samsung Pay doesn't work outside the HK/Chinese territories.
caravana said:
Did you changed the firmware to another country recently (by installing via Odin)? If yes, you must do a factory reset to use the Samsung Pay.
For me was the only way to make it work. Otherwise it kept giving me this message.
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I reckon you cannot do that anymore in a Galaxy S10+ G9750 as its only markets are Hong Kong and China.