GalaxyS 4 Clone!! Fake!! Clone!! Fake!!

"Is my Samsung Galaxy S3-S4-Note 3, ORIGINAL?"

Yes, if such a question does not come to mind, please reconsider. I am a tech enthusiast and when i see a fancy, expensive and pricey gadget i wanna know all about it.

So when  i happen to spot a friend playing around with a Samsung Galaxy S4 (which btw was fake) i was pretty surprised as i knew in no way he could afford One, but seemed rather happy with the new purchase. So my Kidas started, and i asked him the device to play around with, and within seconds of playing around when i switched off the device to get to the Recovery Mode, guess what??? and then the Download Mode.

The Recovery Screen in Chinese

The Download Mode Upside-Down

So i instantly told him that the device was a Fake and that whether he knew it was one, to my surprise he did not. So i quizzed him on the details of Purchase and Price, he immediately told me, he picked up the device for Rs.15,000 from a dealer in Nausari, Gujarat and also told me it was sold to him at a discount, it seems these Fakes go for nothing less than Rs.20,000 odd out there. The public out there must be spending on the fake devices, just for Flaunting it in their Business Circles i assume. 

The same sentiments are shared in Mumbai as well, where i have personally found such pieces at Haji-Ali, Mumbai Central Stn, Lamington Road, Bandra Hill Road, Andheri West, Borivali West and Indraprasht, Just to name a few of the locations where you pick up your piece from, be Aware, very Aware :-)

However i did find occurrences online of fake pieces being sold on the Various E-Commerce Website, one such instance is from  http://www.shopclues.com

http://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/shopclues-received-fake-version-of-samsung-galaxy-s4-from-shopcluescom-c856433.html

But anyways i was pretty curious to get to the whole dealings and operations of these dealers, and not to forget to scrap out the innards of these devices and expose them here. So i borrowed the device in the same pristine condition he received it in, along with the packaging et all for a WEEK.

Once the Box got in my hands, i was pretty Shocked and Stunned, at the level of duplication these Copiers go to. The box, the accessories, the device, they all seemed so genuine again, not a hint of doubt would awaken in anyone's mind on the level of perfection. Below is the Unboxing of the Device.

I posted that i owned the device on Facebook, keeping the original Fake Price of Rs.15,000 that my friend got it. And to my surprise, my Facebook message folder and Whatsapp was flooded with request asking for the price of device that i got it at (guess everyone who knows me, knows that i only buy mobiles at extremely ridiculous and crazy prices, whether selling my own and bartering it with another usually). So i had people offer me from Rs.25,000 to Rs.20,000 in cash for the device, which even i after letting them play with it dint change their mind. It went to an extent where i had this one guy who placed Rs.20,000 in my hand saying that the device was his now, and that i get the box and accessories the next day; even after letting him know that the device was not an Original S4, but a fake. I had to literally run away, cause he just dint seem convinced. The people i tell u, no wonder these Pirates/Copiers make a run with the bucks and have such a thriving business, thanx to the ignorance in these so called RICH FOLKS :-P

The Fake S4 Box

 

The Fake Seals at the Box Packaging

                               

The IMEI no with a Made in Vietnam Signage

So along with such amazing packaging how could i blame the poor guy into not believing that the device aint a Fake. However there are other ways to Prove whether a device is Fake Or Not and the Details start as below, by installing these very simple apps. A must when your picking up the device.

CPU Z - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cpuid.cpu_z

Genuine Galaxy S4/Note 3 -  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hotdog.truth&hl=en

        

      1. So like i found out the Device did not have Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 but just a dual-core 1.3           GHz Cortex-A7 of which the SOC i aint completely aware of, one strange thing is even for a fake, it had       a Mali-400 GPU, my good old Galaxy S2 has it and that is a beauty of a device.

      2. It did not have a Full HD Resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0  inches and 441 ppi Pixel Density, 2 GB       of RAM, and 16 GB of the  promised Internal Memory but instead was a mere 540 x 960 pixels, 4.7           Inches and 240 PPI Pixel Density, 512 MB Ram and 1.27 GB worth of Internal Storage...ahh this is             interesting; It came with a default ROOT-ACCESS. 

      3. None of the Sensors functioned the way it was supposed to, a rather big disappointment even for a fake,       it could have done better at least in this department, but alas the Pirates don't care about us at all.

   

      Anyways this is the most basic thing anyone could do first, as he/she  gets their hands on an expensive device such as the Galaxy S4.

Fake Firmware Info

       

Fake 16 GB on Internal Mem

Below are the System>About of the device for you to get an idea of  the Firmware Fake that's running. Here we are talking about the entire firmware being designed, so as to replicate the entire Original Device Look and feel. It takes it down right to the minutest of details. Even the Kernel Version seems Legit.

So here goes all the details needed to spot the FAKE from the ORIGINAL:

 

 

 

So all the Images on top with the Original vs Fake were courtesy : 

AndroidRootGuy @ http://forums.redflagdeals.com/psa-dont-get-scammed-kijiji-real-vs-fake-samsung-galaxy-s4-1365522/                 

-  a website i tumbled upon while doing this research and write-up.

Videos Stating the Facts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKxbBBtvAdY

A Couple of Fake/Clone Galaxy S4 Selling Websites:

http://www.fastcardtech.com/HDC-Galaxy-S4-Legend

http://www.darexselling.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-copy-premium-2gb-ram-13-0-mp-camera

http://www.chinaecarts.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-quad-core-5inch-mt6589t-android-42-16gb-phone-p-3919.html


Thanks for Reading, and hope this saves you not only from a FAKE S3/4 or Note 2/3 .. But also from all the other numerous Fake/Clones doing the rounds.

So write to me and feel free to comment about anything you Liked, Disliked, or want in the Next Blog that i may Research/Write on :-P

..suicide or not, my POI :-P

...Jiah Khan committed suicide and along with her this act others too committed suicide. Much has been written and told by many people expressing sympathy towards her but nobody dared to mention she was a coward and was scared to face the world boldly. There are many in this world that are paralyzed by no mistake on their part but have the strength to face life and live with a smile. Was Jiah a cripple ? Was she unable to go to the toilet ? Was somebody cleaning her pooh and washing her ? She had everything in the world that many many cannot afford but have the strength to face life. I know there are women out there whose husbands after loving them and getting them married one day sold them to a Prostitution bhadva for few thousands, imagine their heart plight and their situation ? but they were bold to give birth to kids that were impregnated against their wishes and sold their bodies and sent these children to schools and made them successful individuals. Nobody dared to say that what Jiah did was wrong. This is not the way to face situations, this is the way cowards behave. There are countless that are much much talented than Jiah but are struggling every day to get a foot in the Movie or Tv or any field that they are talented. I salute those unknown Bold individuals. There are countless that get ditched by their loved ones but never ever think of committing suicide but face the situation and come out bold with a smile. These are successful people. So what if the telgu director and producers wanted her to put on weight if the role demanded...SRK, Aamir Khan worked day and night and worked out to get six pack chiseled bodies, there are many actors that put on weight for the role. Look at Tabu she is 100 times talented than Jiah and is not getting roles in Bollywood as other dumb actresses but such is life , look how confident she looks. Nawazuddin slogged for more than 10 years living on peanuts before he got recognition. The list is endless. There are other people that need to be analyzed with regards to Jiah's suicide. The foremost is her mother. Most single mothers always want them to be crowned as Queen's. and want to be branded as sati vatri's and brainwash their children into hating their father's and making them villans. Jiah hated her father to an abnormal level Why ? Just bcoz he did not come to meet her. Did she go as a child and showed she wanted to meet him ? I'm no one to speculate on Jiah's life, in any case she is not important in my life. Who cares she committed suicide. Was just a flash in the pan for a week, a news item for the fodder hungry media. May her soul rest in peace and others learn from her mistake. May her family members get the patience from GOD to bear the loss.