Fake s5??

[maurice medhora]

Hey guys
I'm new to the forum from Sydney Australia. I am pretty worried atm because I think I may have bought a fake s5 second hand. When I bought it I checked it out but it looks very real.

Here are some things I've noticed;
-The phone can't take screenshots
-I can't seem to find the fingerprint scanner in the settings menu
- the phone is saying I have no space left on the internal memory although I have only got a few apps
- can't find out how to use swype

I have used an s2 n s3 before this so I know my way around touchwiz a bit. The phone has USB 3 n some of the Samsung apps. It also says its an s5 in the 'about phone ' section.

Very upset at the moment o any help would be appreciated!

Thanks


Ray

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[3neekimmy]

Hey guys
I'm new to the forum from Sydney Australia. I am pretty worried atm because I think I may have bought a fake s5 second hand. When I bought it I checked it out but it looks very real.

Here are some things I've noticed;
-The phone can't take screenshots
-I can't seem to find the fingerprint scanner in the settings menu
- the phone is saying I have no space left on the internal memory although I have only got a few apps
- can't find out how to use swype

I have used an s2 n s3 before this so I know my way around touchwiz a bit. The phone has USB 3 n some of the Samsung apps. It also says its an s5 in the 'about phone ' section.

Very upset at the moment o any help would be appreciated!

Thanks


Ray

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settings-about device..whats the model number?
1. also you could tap "android version' about three times and a spinning K should come up keep tapping then Android with a red kit kat backdrop should come up and keep tapping you should see all the "stages of android os"

2. You could do a check on imei check

3. Try *#0*#

There are more I'm sure other users will help you out. Hope you don't have a fake though.

 

[4ringsa6]

You can check the imei on swappa.com and it will say what phone

 

[maurice medhora]

Thanks guys... When I link it to my computer it says t03gzs... What phone is that? I will try the imie number too...

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[jonebk12]

Well I'm not exactly an expert, but I Googled "t03gzs" and it doesn't look great...

 

[sweetypie31]

I googled it as well. I saw a bunch of stuff about cloned devices.

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[maurice medhora]

Yea guys it looks like I bought a fake and the seller has done a runner.
Not really sure wat to do now. The phone actually feels pretty good but its not the same when you know its not real. I may try to sell it and just cut my losses...

Thanks for all your help though guys!

Ray

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[punk999]

Yes it is a clone, that sucks.

 

[telrod11]

One other thing you may notice is that it does have 16GB of RAM but only 2Gb available for use.

 

[SLWS]

Yes. there are a lot of fake S5 available in market.
This video shows how to check a fake S5 correctly before i bought my used S5.

Go GOOGLE " best way to check a fake s5 " , and i found alot of video which were useful.

 

[ironass]

Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

 

[can3gxw]

My next question is "where did you get this from"? If you bought it off eBay, file a dispute and you WILL get your money back. eBay and Paypal have a 0% tolerance for misleading and counterfeit items.