Phone (2) - International Use

AmitPrakash · 2023-09-29T16:09:30+00:00

Hi All, I am planning to buy the Nothing Phone 2 in India and use in the UK. The 5G/4G bands are same in both the phones. Just want to if the phone is Locke...

yashasewi

I hope nothing will fix this issue because It’s frustrating to have phone which is locked by company …….

Gun_Put

yashasewi Maybe it’s because NP2 is sold cheaper in India than elsewhere.

There’s no such issue with the “International” variant.

All the same, I do agree that N retailers in India should prominently caution customers not to do anything while they’re abroad which might result in a need to factory reset, eg updating to beta versions etc.

yashasewi

There is one thing every one can do is to reach out to nothing support team, and they will ask your IMEI number, and it will get unlocked in few minutes. (sometimes can take few hours, depends on your region’s customer support).

Wiz_IGdSXhmZoO

yashasewi i mailed them More than 4hrs still no any response

Pau

yashasewi Brother may I ask where are you and the phone when you reach out to them? Are you outside of India?

Is the unlock permanent or is it just one time and we have to do it every time we factory reset the phone?

yashasewi

Wiz_IGdSXhmZoO ask them on Twitter also message on Instagram wait for them to reply …

Wiz_IGdSXhmZoO

ImtayazMajaz for me same dear I’m in Saudi have you fixed your problem?

ImtayazMajaz

Wiz_IGdSXhmZoO Well! they did reply to me when I contacted them via below link and after couple of email conversation and sharing my IMEI (01) they said “they unlocked the device” but the issue presist. Luckily I had somebody going to INDIA for RnR I handed over NP02 to him to complete Setup process after detecting that Stupid “INDIAN NETWORK PROVIDER”. It took him hardly 2 mins to finish the Setup process while being in the flight while taxing upon landing at New Delhi. Such a weird restriction. Couple of my friends were interested in buy the device now it seems like deal breaker for them as well.

https://iq.nothing.tech/pages/support-centre

Sambhrant

yashasewi hi, will i need to have an active roaming pack in my Indian sim card when i mail nothing support team to unlock my phone? And once unlocked using my device IMEI, will i need to repeat the process again and again the next time i reset my phone?

Pau

Derren

I recently bought the phone through my Indian friend, and in India they unboxed everything on delivery. So I also learn it the hard way after the unbox and then this thread. I cannot return the phone anymore and the payment is gone.

Just for clarification, please correct me if I’m wrong, as long as I follow these steps I can use the phone outside of India:

Unlock the phone in INDIA with INDIAN SIM
Take the phone without INDIAN SIM to another country
Put the non-INDIAN SIM in while being in another country
Use the phone and NEVER FACTORY RESET

Waiting for your reply soon

Derren

Pau Correct, as long as you unlock it in India with an Indian SIM you will be able to use it in other regions.

If you factory reset the device you will need to repeat the process.

If you have any further issues or concerns, please get in touch with support.

SNidushan

Pau you can unlock phone support with nothing

GordonLutz

This post was absolutely hilarious!!! Part I don’t understand is why would people need to factory reset their phones?!?

Is it something people do in India every so often just for something to do?

I’ve been on every single Preview/Alpha/Beta from Google since they’ve started doing preview programs and I’ve never had to factory reset. Same with Microsoft Windows, been on Insider program with every computer/laptop since it’s began, no resets.

As for Nothing phones, the OS itself isn’t beta, just the changes Nothing has done to stock Android from Google, Google has already done the alpha/beta program which ran almost a year now and has already been final for awhile.

I haven’t had any bugs on my Nothing phone whatsoever, but there’s a few graphics glitches that bug me.

kyl3

GordonLutz it’s hilarious this is even a problem to begin with if someone pays for a device they should be able to reset it on the moon without being locked down to some stupid rule

Gun_Put

GordonLutz Nobody, least of “people from India” does a factory reset just for kicks & giggles

I’m sure that you would be well aware of the circumstances in which a person is forced to do a factory reset; it’s always a last resort.

Let me also refresh your memory by quoting from the post announcing the 2.5 beta 2 -

Disclaimer: Since this is a Beta version, there’s a very small chance the test software may interfere with your data and require a factory reset. In this instance, your data will be lost. We strongly recommend backing up all your data before accessing the software."(end quote)

‎ ‎Thats why I’ve been requesting Nothing to ask it’s retailers in India to caution buyers not to do any software upgrade while they’re outside India.

But obviously, the best solution would be NOT to put such a lock in the first place.

DhruvkumarPatel

GordonLutz because we Indians use phones and laptops in experimental ways! 😂

DonaldGeorge

Solution

I bought nothing from India straight and came to UK without using an Indian valid SIM on it. I struggled so much to fix it, nothing worked for me. Finally I got a solution, I contacted SUPPORT TEAM in India via call and reported the problem. They asked few details via mail and forwarded to UK support team. I contacted the UK support team to do the process faster. UK team unlocked my phone within just 1 .5 hours. I could have done it first rather than goings before the YouTube tips. Go straight with nothing guys. They are so helpful

Gun_Put

DonaldGeorge Nice.

But the question remains, why should Indians who travel abroad be forced to go thru all this rigmarole at all.

Is it our karma?

Glenn Gonzalo G

Why can’t you guys just get the global variant of the NP2? It solves all this region lock issues.

Gun_Put

Glenn Gonzalo G Because in India Nothing sells ONLY the India variant, that’s why🙄

tony_k

Gun_Put are you getting it from a carrier with discounts?

SiddharthaShakya

I live it Nepal and the Nothing Phone isn’t available here yet. So I got one from India, not knowing about the sim card set up restriction. I got the phone on the 3rd of Dec. I opened the box and put in my sim only to find out I couldn’t do anything without a Indian sim. So I decided to track down my friends and cousins who might have a working Indian sim card, only to hit another brick wall. You need to be in India with an Indian sim. Next day, I look at flight and bus prices and schedule to maybe go to India in the morning and come back in the evening. I try to find out if any of my friends are going to India and even tried to find flight crew who could take my phone to India and just activate it. Then I came across this page and someone suggested getting in contact with Nothing customer support. 12 hours later, mainly due to the time difference, my phone is unlocked and ready for use in Nepal. I have 8 email conversations, 4 from me and 4 from them and that is all it took. They were very prompt with the emails, some emails I even received before and after their office hours, so an amazing support team.

Gun_Put

SiddharthaShakya Good to hear your issue got sorted out quickly.

Do post some scenic pics of your lovely country.

susankhanal

SiddharthaShakya broo I m also from Nepal I order phone 2 from India Now how should I contact nothing for activating sim card here in Nepal??

From which platform I should contact them plz guide me ?? Do u you fb or ig??

dharshanb

SiddharthaShakya Hi, I know I’m like an year late but how is your experience with using Indian version outside india? is it still good?

NHN

I can’t see why they can’t just provide a static SIM, network unlock that sticks on factory resets, I’ve done this numerous times to handsets before without issues.

As for factory resets, if you’re in habit of using alpha, beta, insider, custom etc, factory resets is a must & absolutely guaranteed to be needed, swapping from locked to unlocked bootloader to recovery changes like twrp etc will in some circumstances factory reset anyway.

As noted even the beta 2.5 needs it & with the obviously bad mix of code, after an update it’s advisable to do a reset anyway as it clears any old bugs from the previous version of rom, anyone that is in this arena knows this is a must.

If you contact support for most manufacturers they will as one of the 1st things, they ask is have you factory reset the handset yet to see if the issue is resolved, so it’s actually very common to do.

KamiKaze

NHN This tbh, even if I didn’t like that from a pure principles standpoint, I’d still reluctantly agree to it, The fact that literally no other manufacturer i know of pulls this kind of idiocy discriminating its userbase depending on where they purchase the phone from treating them effectively as second class citizens, if they ever were to say go on a business trip and they had this happen to them it would be an insult to the same people that paid good money to buy the phone, Nothing may not be charging flagship prices but even then its damn near close enough to expect a flagship experience and honestly with how the company seems to act towards its userbase I don’t even think it warrants even considering this over the equivalent base model iPhone. At this point with how much Apple is getting screwed over by the EU and forced to open up their arbitrary restrictions, i honestly don’t think a company with shoddy after sales support even has a place anymore over a larger brand.

Gun_Put

NHN With the NP2, I’m going to wait for the stable version & that too after watching what others think of it.

Last thing I need is more glitches.

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