jusst saw starcommms latest device, an adroid 2.2 tablet wt 10.2" screen with a lot of other stuff. has any1 bought it yet. pls lets share ur experience. will u recommend it.

I think it costs N74000 for the android, a router and something else, don't know how many people will go for it at that price when not everyone is happy paying N7000 or N15950. Unless of course the is guaranteed quality service

iam actually considering having it 4 my mobile need, as in using it like ipad. if d device is not locked to starcomms, may be i mivht go for it. at that price, it might be worth buying

I bought one on christmas eve at the allen avenue branch and it was the worst decision i ever took in my life! The slider does not work. I have not been able to gain access to the home page since i left their office. the touch screen technology is not only an apology. it is a huge scam! i am going back to ask for a refund after the holidays. what is interesting is that NO STAFF knows anything about the tablet. they had to experiment with mine. I got it so late in the day and could not discover i was buying only the router and data plan for N75000! To my 'enemies', and especially my friends, i beg you in your interest if you do not know what to do with your money, and if you cannot give it to charity, burn it. you will derive more satisfaction from the experience.

If you are interested in buying a tablet computer apart from an Apple Ipad which is the best in the market currently, i would advise you to get a Samsung Galaxy Tab from Etisalat

http://www.etisalat.com.ng/device_galaxy.php

Together with Etisalat's EDGE network and coverage, its better than the Starcomms device.

okhaivic:

I bought one on christmas eve at the allen avenue branch and it was the worst decision i ever took in my life! The slider does not work. I have not been able to gain access to the home page since i left their office. the touch screen technology is not only an apology. it is a huge scam! i am going back to ask for a refund after the holidays. what is interesting is that NO STAFF knows anything about the tablet. they had to experiment with mine. I got it so late in the day and could not discover i was buying only the router and data plan for N75000! To my 'enemies', and especially my friends, i beg you in your interest if you do not know what to do with your money, and if you cannot give it to charity, burn it. you will derive more satisfaction from the experience. 

it grieve my heart to hear what happened to you. i think you should make a lot of noise if they dont refund ur money.

you actually saved a soul with ur prompt response. I think this should be on the front page to warn gadget freeks about this starcomms scam.

samir101ng:

If you are interested in buying a tablet computer apart from an Apple Ipad which is the best in the market currently, i would advise you to get a Samsung Galaxy Tab from Etisalat

http://www.etisalat.com.ng/device_galaxy.php

Together with Etisalat's EDGE network and coverage, its better than the Starcomms device.

thanks a million, bro

I have done the research and it is a chinese piece available at USD168. A cheap imitation of iPad and good for nothing

why would starcomms descend so low as to package chinco tablet and make a big deal out of it. Thanks for your research, ben2007

Na waa oooo!!!!! for this hard time wey money no dey, na im somebody go sell balloon cement say na , for 75G. God save our souls

my brother, starcomms wan use our head make money. dont mind those indians, they are more dubious than nigerians.

Is this the pad?

@Oluwa, Starcomms is in big trouble due to competition from gsm. So, probably, this is the way they want to fight back with Apple ipad which works for GSMs but not for CDMA (starcomms)

@samir101ng

Please may I know if this Samsung Galaxy is locked to Etisalat?

Thanks

Yeah the samsung galaxy tab is locked to etisalat network. But do the math with the shot below.

oloriooko:

@samir101ng

Please may I know if this Samsung Galaxy is locked to Etisalat?

Thanks

Generally, most tablet computers come with sim card slots which means you can put sim cards from different GSM operators. The Samsung Galaxy Tab offered for sale by Etisalat is sold unlocked and can be used by any GSM operator in Nigeria. However, you need to use a Micro-Sim. MTN currently offers Micro-sims for sale (Apple Ipad & Iphone 4 use miro-sims) but you can use a Micro-sim cutter to use a different networks sim. I can confirm this because i personally bought one for a friend at their Abuja office (Wuse II). CDMA operators (Starcomms, Multilinks, Visafone) however, are not supported.

Niggy:

Yeah the samsung galaxy tab is locked to etisalat network. But do the math with the shot below.

I would disagree with you on the above statement. Samsung Galaxy Tab sold by Etisalat is unlocked. The device runs on Android 2.2 OS. There is no need for any flashing, jailbreaking or unlocking like the Apple Ipad. What Etisalat does is provide you with a special sim that has all the value added services (Free SMS, Data Allowance etc) on it. Without the special sim card, you would not enjoy the value added services of the galaxy tab on the etisalat network even if you use a data or normal etisalat sim.

oluwabamis:

why would starcomms descend so low as to package chinco tablet and make a big deal out of it. Thanks for your research, ben2007

i think you should remember that a lot of starcomms phones are actually chinco; if i'm not mistaken, huawei and zte are chinese companies

@samir101ng
Well well, mr samir101ng, I own a GT and it is LOCKED , I repeat LOCKED to etisalat n/w. Immediately you insert another n/w sim maybe a mtn, it ask you for an unlock code which etisalat did not provide you with.
If you dnt believe, get one from their Allen avenue shop, which is where I got mine, and try.
Or maybe they sell an unlocked brand in their other shops, dont know. Bt as far as the one i purchased from their allen shop ikeja, it is LOCKED.

samir101ng:

Generally, most tablet computers come with sim card slots which means you can put sim cards from different GSM operators. The Samsung Galaxy Tab offered for sale by Etisalat is sold unlocked and can be used by any GSM operator in Nigeria. However, you need to use a Micro-Sim. MTN currently offers Micro-sims for sale (Apple Ipad & Iphone 4 use miro-sims) but you can use a Micro-sim cutter to use a different networks sim. I can confirm this because i personally bought one for a friend at their Abuja office (Wuse II). CDMA operators (Starcomms, Multilinks, Visafone) however, are not supported.

I would disagree with you on the above statement. Samsung Galaxy Tab sold by Etisalat is unlocked. The device runs on Android 2.2 OS. There is no need for any flashing, jailbreaking or unlocking like the Apple Ipad. What Etisalat does is provide you with a special sim that has all the value added services (Free SMS, Data Allowance etc) on it. Without the special sim card, you would not enjoy the value added services of the galaxy tab on the etisalat network even if you use a data or normal etisalat sim.

wrong on many counts.

1. generally most tablets come WITHOUT a sim slot, relegating to usage of personal hotspot devices (MiFis) or Wlan. the sim slot is optional if you opt for a device sold by a data vendor or the very few global editions.

2. Etisalat Galaxy tab is sold LOCKED to the Etisalat network, unlocking requires rooting the device and hex-editing one byte (0x181469) in the nv_data.bin you dump off the efs folder. done this countless times.

3. unlike the iPad and Iphone 4, the Galaxy Tab uses regular SIM and NOT MicroSIM as you so boldly claimed.

obviously you know diddly about tablets.

Let me start by apologizing to the OP for the wrong information i posted here. I made an honest mistake by mixing up 2 Samsung Galaxy Tab devices. One sold by Etisalat and another bought in the US. After carefully reading your posts and observing the 2 devices, i realized the mistake was mine. Please accept my apologies. I never claim to be a mr-know-it all and will acknowledge my mistakes. Am here to learn as always from more learned colleagues.

@ Niggy,

Your observation is correct. Thank you for pointing out my mistake.

@ Ex Inferis

Haba, Babban Yaya ? Ka share mu in this section.

Your posts as always hit the nail on the head. However, the other Samsung Galaxy Tab i was talking about earlier (the one bought in the US) has a Micro-Sim slot. It also came unlocked. Any ideas ?

@ Ex-Inferis, will u marry my yet to be born female cousin? please?

lol.



TAB UNLOCK courtesy XDA DEVELOPERS!

This requires you to be rooted and have busybox installed, which you should have but you can grab busybox installer from the market if not.

Backup the contents of the /efs folder on the phone first!!! Save your backups for at least 11.5 years.

From your computer, open an adb shell to your phone with the command:

adb shell



Then paste all the following commands into the shell window at once, in other words, one big cut n paste:

su
cd /sdcard
echo "this takes about 45 seconds"
if [ ! -f /sdcard/nv_data.bin.orig ]; then
echo "copying file to /sdcard"
cp /efs/nv_data.bin /sdcard/nv_data.bin.orig
fi
echo -en \\x00 > out0
dd if=nv_data.bin.orig of=out1 bs=1 count=1578089
dd if=nv_data.bin.orig of=out2 bs=1 skip=1578090 count=163
dd if=nv_data.bin.orig of=out3 bs=1 skip=1578254
cat out1 out0 out2 out0 out3 > nv_data.bin.unlocked
rm out0 out1 out2 out3
rm /efs/nv_data.bin
cp nv_data.bin.unlocked /efs/nv_data.bin
rm /efs/nv_data.bin.md5
reboot



Wait 45 seconds for the whole process to complete.
Thats It! your phone will reboot and its carrier unlocked!

If you can't get internet access with your new SIM its because you haven't set the APN for this carrier.



simple.

don't even look at me o!
those farts at XDA are a menace to the tech world!

4llerbe i'm sure you don't even have a tab and you're already unlocking one

anyway i have a couple of questions:
this busybox, is it for your phone or for your tab?
if on you pc, which os should you be running (windows, linux, unix, android etc)
how do you connect your tab to the pc for this operation: is there a data cable or can you use bluetooth or wlan?
if data cable must the tab be on or off or it doesn't matter

just a few questions to be sure - before someone will try it out and ruin such an expensive device

Does any one have any idea what the current price is? apart from purchasing it from Etisalat, can it be purchased from any other SAmsung shop whre you buy samsung phones?

Pls who can tell me about this new, i robot tablet in town now cos i discovered ey also have a website, can i coonect any of the modems to it?

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mqlagos:

i have enjoyed the myPad from Starcomms as the one they sell has higher processor speed, iZap wi-fi router and 3-months of Internet access all for N75k. that is a great deal and even if the mypad is Chinese made the quality and the free application on Android platform is great. I use it a lot and enjoy the product and the speed. It is also unlocked and has USB driver slots. Well done to Starcomms for a good quality good priced bundle which is helping me a lot thank you Starcomms you truly innovate well done

is your name mr. mypad starcomms, cos u sure do sound like mr. starcomms, ' thank you starcomms your truly innovate '''lolololololl,

mqlagos:

i have enjoyed the myPad from Starcomms as the one they sell has higher processor speed, iZap wi-fi router and 3-months of Internet access all for N75k. that is a great deal and even if the mypad is Chinese made the quality and the free application on Android platform is great. I use it a lot and enjoy the product and the speed. It is also unlocked and has USB driver slots. Well done to Starcomms for a good quality good priced bundle which is helping me a lot thank you Starcomms you truly innovate well done

Let's study this guy very well, he might be one og the starcomms staff that just decided to come here to make a single post in other to erase the bad image that Nairaland has already painted their Zap.i.n.g. m.o.t.h.e.r.Zap.e.r. IPAD. Why is it that it's only one comment that he made ever since he registered and that one comment was even for the sake of protecting the CHINCO IPAD image.

By friend bought this ipad and was really messing up BIG time, it was since then I've known that people won't really enjoy the thing and might probably be making noise concerning how bad it is.

GO to H.E.L.L Starcomms.

mqlagos:

i have enjoyed the myPad from Starcomms as the one they sell has higher processor speed, iZap wi-fi router and 3-months of Internet access all for N75k. that is a great deal and even if the mypad is Chinese made the quality and the free application on Android platform is great. I use it a lot and enjoy the product and the speed. It is also unlocked and has USB driver slots. Well done to Starcomms for a good quality good priced bundle which is helping me a lot thank you Starcomms you truly innovate well done

mqlagos=starcomms staff=419

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