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Russian Samsung tablet ?
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I have just bought from Argos Outlet on eBay a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 - the initial screens seemed to default to English and I did the official upgrade to android 4.2.2 - this mysteriously took an age whereas earlier in the week an upgrade on a cheap clone tablet (4.1 to 4.2) took minutes - this upgrade took hours.
All looked ok, as far as I can tell all regional settings are for the UK, BUT some of the apps on the apps screens were Russian versions (about 6), I uninstalled these, but the ebooks and e talking books apps both list all books in Russian.
I wonder was this tablet originally destined for Russia? It came with no official box or documentation. Everything else seems ok but a bit sluggish, web stuff and with the ebay app.
Anyone else experienced this? Thanks.
Roy
All looked ok, as far as I can tell all regional settings are for the UK, BUT some of the apps on the apps screens were Russian versions (about 6), I uninstalled these, but the ebooks and e talking books apps both list all books in Russian.
I wonder was this tablet originally destined for Russia? It came with no official box or documentation. Everything else seems ok but a bit sluggish, web stuff and with the ebay app.
Anyone else experienced this? Thanks.
Roy
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Check the CSC code, set to your region if necessary.Understeer is when you hit a wall with the front of your car
Oversteer is when you hit a wall with the back of your car
Horsepower is how fast your car hits the wall
Torque is how far your car sends the wall across the field once you've hit it0 -
Please advise where the CSC code is located. Thanks.
But I suspect this tablet has been rooted or fiddled with before I took receipt of it. That. could explain why the upgrade took forever to complete.
Here are the details of the Kernel Version (note the extra 2 lines):-
3.0.31-1709803
se.infra@R0504-14#1
Weds Sep 18 15:07:17 KST 2013
On my other tablet these extra lines don't appear. Have I got landed with a duff tablet?
Thanks, Roy0 -
My wifes tab 2 says
3.0.31-1249439
se.infa@R0301-07 #1
Sat Aug 3 17:01:52 KST 2013
If that helps?0 -
Thanks that's sort of reassuring, I think.
btw my model # is GT P5110 and is the 10.1 model.
Its strange that the version on mine is later. But none of this explains all the Russian apps and books etc.
Roy0 -
My wifes is a tab 2 7" that might explain it. Mines an old original 10.1 tab 1 so cant compare mine its still on android 4.0.40
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Did factory reset, because I will send it back, and was immediately greeted by choises in Russian. So that I think proves it.
Roy0
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