Hi guys! Been a few years since I've been here. I'm gonna cut to the chase.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 8, a US-market version with model number N950-U. Here's the twist: I'm in Malaysia - where only the Global version is sold.
I bought this phone from a seller that advertised this phone as used and reconditioned, because I really was looking for a US spec Note 8 because it had a better processor and GPU, but I assumed that the seller booted an Android version that would let me use local carriers because the phones used different software for places across the pond. Correct me if I'm wrong, but could this be a potential cause for random restarts? Sometimes it would restart to the first boot screen with the "powered by Android", other times, it would boot me to the animated Samsung boot logo.
Other than that, I can't use certain Samsung apps like Samsung Pay or Samsung Health with an error screen that says that "Samsung Pay has been locked due to an unauthorized modification."
What do y'all think that would solve this problem?