Fake Note, what can I do with it

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Acid0

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So I have a fake Samsung Note 3 or 4 (lets just put it down to school fees and that why I stick with Apple as the fakes are a bit less).

Everything is working as it should be.

What can I do with it as a non productive device.
I though of rooting it and just load a different firmware on it as it currently does not want to access the google play store, download a few games and give it to my 5yr old tech support.

Any suggestions or should I just chuck it in the trash?
 
Specs?

EDIT: Most likely the fake you have, have a MediaTek CPU, which is an budget CPU, and all in one SoC. (Radio, CPU, Memory, Display drivers, all the works)
You can have a look at XDA if the device is known, otherwise it is useless, as the cheap fake iPhone clones.
I tried rooting a fake iPhone (MTK), but yeah, had an MicroSD card for "storage" o_0.
 
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Acid0 said:
So I have a fake Samsung Note 3 or 4 (lets just put it down to school fees and that why I stick with Apple as the fakes are a bit less).

Everything is working as it should be.

What can I do with it as a non productive device.
I though of rooting it and just load a different firmware on it as it currently does not want to access the google play store, download a few games and give it to my 5yr old tech support.

Any suggestions or should I just chuck it in the trash?
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You're moaning about a fake 6 year old phone? Actually there are a few fake iPhones of that era.
 
More interested as to where you got it and how you were able to detect that it is a fake?
 
Acid0 said:
So I have a fake Samsung Note 3 or 4 (lets just put it down to school fees and that why I stick with Apple as the fakes are a bit less).

Everything is working as it should be.

What can I do with it as a non productive device.
I though of rooting it and just load a different firmware on it as it currently does not want to access the google play store, download a few games and give it to my 5yr old tech support.

Any suggestions or should I just chuck it in the trash?
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Lupus said:
You're moaning about a fake 6 year old phone? Actually there are a few fake iPhones of that era.
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I did Not moan at all, just saying it was school fees as I was at that time not aware there is something like fake phones, so I learned from my own mistakes back then and is much more wiser.

I am just wondering if you can actually do something with it or not

Geoff.D said:
More interested as to where you got it and how you were able to detect that it is a fake?
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At that time it was OLX I think, had the invoice and all to proof the phone was bought, but afterwards I realized I was taken for a ride :)

The phone can only change languages from English to Chinese, you cant access the google play store on the the rom thats on it and I cant find the IME number at all lastly the kernel version is also not popular on any searches.
 
Thanks for the info, appreciated. I like the idea of turning it into a security camera device.
 
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