Today we will answer a very important question: how to find out if it is original? Samsung Galaxy? Many consumers want to save money by buying devices on various ad sites, where it is very deceiving to an unknowing person. If you are buying from official retailers, then this problem should not worry you as they sell 100% original gadgets.
Due to the current economic situation in Russia and neighboring countries, people are forced to look for more profitable offer. Not suspecting that you can be deceived, you buy a smartphone 2 or even 3 times cheaper than the average retail price and only after a while you realize that you bought a fake.
So how can you distinguish an original Samsung Galaxy from a fake? There are several ways that you will now learn about. Choose the one that is most convenient for you and use it when purchasing a smartphone or tablet from the Samsung brand.
1. Check using the service code
This is the simplest and quick way checking any Galaxy smartphone for originality. Each company device has a proprietary menu that is launched using a secret code.
2. Check by IMEI
Checking by IMEI number is not a very reliable way to determine whether the device is original, but in many cases it really helps. The determination procedure is also not very complicated, it consists of only two steps:First you need to find out the IMEI number of the phone. To do this, enter in the dialer service code*#06# and in a moment you will see it on the screen. It is also on the box from the device and we recommend checking them at the same time (the numbers must match).
Now go to the Samsung website and enter the IMEI. It's worth noting that here you won't check the device if it's older than the Samsung Galaxy S7. For example, I entered my number Galaxy Note 4 and the system reported an error. In this case, use the services of another service - IMEI.info. Enter the same number and press the “Check” button to check. You should see information about the device if it is original.
Keep in mind that particularly advanced scammers can “steal” the real IMEI from a genuine Samsung gadget and replace it with Chinese copy. However, this happens very rarely and the third method will help you make sure whether Galaxy fake or the original device.
3. Study the characteristics of the desired smartphone or tablet
If you research in advance specifications desired smartphone or tablet, this will help distinguish the original from the fake. The fact is that copies have significantly better specifications, so it won’t be too difficult to see the difference.
Ask the seller to test the device in popular benchmarks such as Antutu, Geekbench and GFXBench, and then send you screenshots. Most likely, he will refuse to do this, which is a good confirmation that the device is not original. We also recommend installing the AIDA64 program on your phone, which displays full list characteristics.
Copies, for example, use other screens, processors, memory, flash drives, and cameras.
4. Determine by touch
It is very easy to distinguish the original from the fake by picking up the device, if, of course, you have such an opportunity. Before purchasing, you should definitely go to the store and hold a real Samsung gadget in your hands so that you have an idea of the materials from which it is made.The next time you get your hands on a copy of it, you will immediately notice the difference. Due to the poor quality of materials used and less capacious battery with a Chinese fake you will feel the difference in weight. The original will probably be heavier and better built.
Now you know all the popular ways to check whether a Samsung smartphone is original. If you still have any questions, feel free to write them below.
Almost every mobile phone owner comes across the abbreviation IMEI. If you haven't encountered it yet, it's only a matter of time. Each smartphone or even a push-button one has its own identifier (read IMEI). In other words, this is the number mobile device in the operator's network.
What is it for?
At a minimum, to identify the device. If someone steals the phone, the owner will be able to contact the police. Those, in turn, will be able to find the stolen phone by checking its IMEI. They will be able to manually dial a combination of numbers to find out the number, or they can determine it using mobile operator. As soon as the user makes a call, the IMEI of the mobile device automatically enters the operator’s network. Having found out who the SIM card is registered to, the police can easily identify the attacker.
If we draw an analogy, the IMEI of a mobile phone is like a car license plate. By this sign, traffic police officers can identify who the car is registered to. It's the same with the phone's IMEI.
How to check IMEI on Samsung?
Usually the IMEI of all phones is checked the same way, but there are exceptions. For example, let’s take a smartphone, which is very popular today. The first obvious way to check is to look it up on the box or in the documentation. It must be indicated. The number is also written down in the warranty card. And if it is not indicated on the coupon, the guarantee will be invalid. But the third way is to dial the key combination *#06#.
The last method allows you to check IMEI not only on Samsung, but also on phones from other manufacturers. After entering this code, the screen immediately displays serial number. There are rarely exceptions. In 90% of cases this combination works.
How to check Samsung authenticity by IMEI?
Let's say you entered the key combination *#06# and a code was displayed on the screen. What to do with it next? Its presence does not mean anything, because this code is easy to fake. It is more important to determine whether this code the phone itself. That is, it must be checked for authenticity.
It's easy to do. On the official Samsung website there is special form identification, with which you can easily check Samsung IMEI. Just enter it in the line and click "check". If the code is found and confirmed on the official website, then this means that you have a genuine Samsung smartphone in front of you. Otherwise, the response on the site will be: “Electronic guarantee not found.”
If someone offers you to buy such a phone, be sure to find out the serial number and check it. Perhaps they are trying to deceive you. Fortunately, now you know how to check Samsung Galaxy by IMEI.
What do all these numbers mean?
The serial number can consist of 11-20 characters. Most often these are 15 digits, which mean the following:
- The first 6 are the phone model code (the first 2 digits of which are the country code).
- The next 2 digits are the country code where the phone was assembled (FAC or Final Assembly Code).
- The next 6 digits are the serial number.
- The last digit is almost always 0. It stands for SP (Spare).
Do IMEIs change?
Yes, you can change it, which is why phone manufacturers have special services checking IMEI for authenticity. Eat special programs, with the help of which the serial number is changed, but the developers are not asleep. Every year, manufacturers are improving protection against IMEI changes, but hackers are also doing the same thing - improving their software for hacking serial numbers. This war goes on forever.
How will IMEI help if your phone is stolen?
If your phone is stolen, then, first of all, you should go to the police and write a statement. You must indicate its serial number in the statement. We already wrote above how to check the IMEI on Samsung, and if you really are the buyer of the phone, then you should keep the box or warranty card, technical documentation.
Law enforcement agencies will accept the statement and begin searching for your device. Ideally, they should contact telecom operators and send them the IMEI in order to identify the person using the phone. This would speed up the search process. But in reality it won't be like that. They will simply check personally the IMEI of the phones of people they think are suspicious. The likelihood that they will be able to find your specific phone in this way is low. Therefore, we recommend that you simply do not lose your gadget. Operators are extremely rarely involved in the search for a lost or stolen phone. This is logical, because this is what police officers should do.
In the meantime, there is no law that would oblige them to do this. So the police can check the IMEI on a Samsung or any other phone, but nothing more. Only in this case will the serial number of your smartphone save you.
Therefore, we can only recommend that you do not lose your gadget. Alas, but modern the legislative framework prevents law enforcement from effectively searching the phone. In some advanced countries this is easy for the police, but not here. Still, if your mobile phone is stolen, then go to the police using the IMEI of the device. There is no alternative today. So we can only rely on law enforcement agencies.
The Korean corporation Samsung has confidently held first place in the ranking of manufacturers in terms of popularity for 3 years. Every year it manages to sell about 300 million devices worldwide. The company is often popular with Chinese companies that make cheap cellular devices, the appearance of which copies the design of Korean gadgets. Unscrupulous sellers may pass off such devices as original Samsung products. Our material will help you protect yourself from such unscrupulous businessmen.
In fact, it is not so difficult to distinguish an original Samsung smartphone from a fake one. There are several criteria by which you can quickly (and not very quickly) determine whether you have an original or a copy. Read about them below.
In order to protect against counterfeits, Samsung engineers have provided a special service code that differs from the standard one in Android. If you type the number *#7353# on the input keyboard, the original smartphone will open engineering menu(DeviceKeystring) in which you can test the functionality. For Chinese counterfeits, this combination does not lead to any effect.
This menu looks like this: 
Menu translation
For all countries in which Samsung has a representative office and smartphones are officially sold, the company’s programmers are developing high-quality localization. For translation, specialists who are native speakers are involved. If the menu item signatures are poorly executed and incorrect from the perspective of the Russian language, there is a high probability that it is a fake and not an original.
Housing and assembly
Original Samsung smartphones are different high quality assembly of body elements. Looseness, obvious gaps and other defects are unacceptable. In addition, Korean-made devices have never had antennas for TV or radio, which may be present in cheap copies. 
To definitely protect yourself from counterfeiting, it is better to take a device with Internet access when going to a store (or delivery point). The device you plan to buy must be compared with images and videos on the official website. If the frames are noticeably wider, the shape is at least a little different, complaints about quality and appearance arise - perhaps they want to “push the linden” instead of the original.
Test applications
A reliable way to combat counterfeits is to use special test applications. These include AnTuTu, AIDA64, CPU-Z and the like. Such programs allow you to display all information about the characteristics of the smartphone. If it is not a Samsung original, the program will let you know about it from the first steps. For example, Koreans never install MediaTek processors, like MT6580, MT6572 or MT6735. The originals can be powered by Samsung Exynos or Qualcomm Snapdragon chips.
Cheap models (like the Galaxy J2) can be equipped with Spreadtrum processors, but serious models never use such CPUs. Namely, models in the middle and upper price ranges become victims of counterfeits. If AnTuTu shows a MediaTek or Spreadtrum chip in a smartphone that is being passed off as a Galaxy S7, then “it smells like kerosene.” Obviously, it is better not to take such a device, since it is a craft.
Another “alarm bell” is the pre-installed AnTuTu in Chinese. Cunning businessmen from the Middle Kingdom have become adept at betting on makeshift phones - counterfeits of benchmark programs. Such software produces unrealistic characteristics and ratings that do not correspond to reality and pass off a copy as an original. If your Samsung smartphone has Chinese AnTuTu installed out of the box, it is better not to mess with the device.
Display
Samsung uses its own AMOLED displays in most smartphone models. The exception is cheap tubes (which no one counterfeits), where a liquid crystal screen can be installed. AMOLED matrices are different high level brightness, close to ideal black color, which TFT screens cannot show. If, when opening a black image, the device displays a picture with pronounced blue, gray or brown tones, it is not AMOLED. If the description of the original states that it is a matrix based on organic light-emitting diodes, this is not it; this is a fake.
For the most meticulous users, we can recommend using a magnifying glass. The fact is that Samsung AMOLED displays have a PenTile effect. It lies in the fact that the dimensions of the subpixels of the matrix are different. Blues and reds are larger but fewer in number, while greens are less intense but more common. If all the pixel points (red, green and blue) appear identical under a magnifying glass, it is not the original AMOLED, but a cheaper TFT. The feature is not 100% a sign of a fake, but if it is AMOLED that is declared on the official website, the PenTile effect should be present in the original.
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The more popular a brand is, the more counterfeits appear on the market. It is this problem that accompanies Samsung smartphones, low-quality copies of which are appearing more and more every day. Of course, not everyone knows how to check a Samsung phone for originality, which is why the demand for fakes is quite high.
The best way to distinguish the original from the fake is by appearance- this means going to an official store and holding a phone in your hands, for example, a Samsung Galaxy, delving a little into its functionality and talking with a consultant. If after this you come across a fake, you will immediately understand it, since copies are made from lower quality material and have batteries installed. smaller capacity, which makes the fake phone easier.
In addition, you can check the authenticity of your phone in the following ways:
- Go to the official website to check the IMEI of the device - the serial number indicated on the box and in the warranty card. If there are discrepancies, you most likely have a fake.
- You can check your phone using the built-in functionality. To do this you need to dial the code *#7353# ( this command specially developed by Samsung engineers) and if after entering it the smartphone menu opens, then you have an original device in your hands.
- Second useful command– *#1234#. Using it displays various information about the phone and its hardware, which is enough to compare with the data on the box and on the website to understand whether you really have an original Samsung.
- Study the characteristics of the model you are interested in on the official Samsung website. Copies and originals have different fillings and, as a result, different specifications. If there is even a minimal discrepancy between the characteristics and functionality of the phone on the official website and in your hands, you have come across a fake.
- Watch video reviews from bloggers on the phone you are interested in.
- Pay attention to the screen - original phones brands are famous for high-quality images, and a fake is unlikely to show the same result.
- The original phone turns on easily and quickly, and the first thing when booting up is the Samsung logo on the screen, but nothing else.
- Take advantage benchmark applications, such as Antutu, GFXBench or Geekbench. They analyze all phone systems and display detailed information on the screen, so if a fake is detected, it will be immediately known.
By remembering these methods, you can quickly and easily check the quality of the device you are interested in in any situation.
Welcome, today we will be covering everything related to the serial number of the latest Galaxy models. It doesn’t matter what model you have, Samsung Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8 Plus, any smartphone has its own authentic identifier, in other words, its personal IMEI. It’s not uncommon for sellers to prove the authenticity of a phablet by so zealously pointing to its IMEI. But how to correctly identify it, and how to check the Galaxy S8 by IMEI for authenticity, our light will be shed on this today.
Determining the serial number, IMEI Samsung Galaxy S8
Usually imei is located at the end of the box There are several fundamental methods for determining imei on a 2017 Galaxy S8, we demonstrate them below:
- The very first way to determine the number without the naked eye is the presence of an imei sticker on the Samsung Galaxy S8 box.
- The second way is to go to the settings menu, then touch the “about device” item, a window opens in which our code is visible.
- The third way to check imei on Galaxy S8 is to dial the combination of numbers *#06# in call mode. The serial number will appear on your screen.
Much to the indignation Galaxy users, all of the above methods can be faked, which is what unscrupulous sellers use in most cases. So if you want to calculate the imei that actually belongs to this smartphone, you need to carry out the following procedure:
- Perform reset Galaxy settings S8.
- Then check it using the same command, *#06#.
Of course, all this takes time and is a little confusing, but you will be sure which one unique code assigned to your phablet.
Video: Checking imei Samsung Galaxy S8
Check imei on the official website After successfully identifying the authentic code, we will check the Samsung Galaxy S8 for originality by imei. Read on to see how this can be done:
- The most basic and correct method! This is a Galaxy S8 check on the official Samsung website. To do this, go to the manufacturer’s website and enter the 15-digit code in the appropriate field. The check will tell us whether the code matches this model or not.
- The second method is to call hotline Samsung support. Dial the number 8-800-555-55-55 and dictate your imei. The operator will check your Galaxy S8 using the method above from his computer and report the correct data. A noticeable advantage of this method is Additional Information about your smartphone. For example, for use in which country is it intended, and is it covered by a VIP guarantee? Whatever it is, ask whatever you want.
- At worst, you can send a request by email from the official website, or ask questions to an online consultant on the website.
Thus, these methods should be more than enough for you to successfully identify the code itself and use it to check the authenticity of the Galaxy S8. The most the best option, there will be a check using them all. This way you will get the most accurate result.
If you know of additional methods for calculating or checking it, write them in the comments. By the way, don’t forget to ask any questions that interest you, we look forward to them!
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