USA Android Tablet in the UK?

ssmacc · 25 Nov 2013 at 12:49

Hello,
A friend of mine is thinking of getting a Samsung Tablet from the USA, for use in the UK, any problem with doing this, or is the price difference not worth it?

Thanks

DFish · 25 Nov 2013 at 12:50

Is he talking an LTE/3G tablet or just wifi? If just wifi then no problem, LTE/3G I couldn't see as much of an issue, although different signals used.

Fish

ssmacc · 25 Nov 2013 at 12:57

WiFi only, thanks

Deep · 25 Nov 2013 at 14:23

My nexus 7 2013 is from USA and it works perfectly

tom_e · 25 Nov 2013 at 14:29

ssmacc said:
WiFi only, thanks

It'll be absolutely fine then.

ShakenNstirred · 25 Nov 2013 at 14:32

the only difference to the uk is the power adapter
being the 2 pin type in the states

Scougar · 26 Nov 2013 at 02:04

ShakenNstirred said:
the only difference to the uk is the power adapter
being the 2 pin type in the states

This.

snitcher · 26 Nov 2013 at 10:08

ShakenNstirred said:
the only difference to the uk is the power adapter
being the 2 pin type in the states

pretty much just this.

Rusty! · 26 Nov 2013 at 10:42

It will have US software on it, but that wont mean much and you should be able to grab the UK version and install it with Odin.

TheVoice · 26 Nov 2013 at 11:11

Rusty! said:
It will have US software on it, but that wont mean much and you should be able to grab the UK version and install it with Odin.

Can cause problems though, I tried this on two Samsung tablets and noticed issues both times.

tom_e · 26 Nov 2013 at 11:12

TheVoice said:
Can cause problems though, I tried this on two Samsung tablets and noticed issues both times.

What sort of issues? because there shouldn't be anything I can think of that would cause a problem.

Cosimo · 26 Nov 2013 at 11:46

tom_e said:
What sort of issues? because there shouldn't be anything I can think of that would cause a problem.

The only thing I can think of are problems with GSM/LTE and nothing else.

Andybtsn · 26 Nov 2013 at 13:01

No issues with 2013 Nexus 7 which I bought in October in San Fran.

TheVoice · 26 Nov 2013 at 20:29

tom_e said:
What sort of issues? because there shouldn't be anything I can think of that would cause a problem.

My Mum's Tab 7.0+ had terrible battery life after I flashed it with UK firmware (rather than the Canadian version). Reset it, reflashed it, tried a different version, same result every time. It'd wakelock and chew the battery in a day.

DAnDan · 26 Nov 2013 at 20:33

TheVoice said:
My Mum's Tab 7.0+ had terrible battery life after I flashed it with UK firmware (rather than the Canadian version). Reset it, reflashed it, tried a different version, same result every time. It'd wakelock and chew the battery in a day.

I can't see any reason why that could be caused by flashing a different country's firmware though, there must have been something else going on!?

TheVoice · 26 Nov 2013 at 20:39

Your guess is as good as mine. It was related to the wi-fi I think, probably something to do with the fact that the UK allows certain additional wi-fi channels that are banned in North America therefore the wi-fi radio was having problems. In any case, the only fix was to put North American firmware on it.