n95:n95: So despite being in stock (online) ordered and paid on Queens Birthday weekend, come Tuesday I get a call from the warehouse saying they have sold out of Vodafone S5's.
They have offered me a 2 degrees one instead. Can anyone tell me if it will work the same on Vodafone? What about updates, are these pushed out by the carrier? Will it work out of the box on the Vodafone 4G network?n95: $839 at the Warehouse http://search.thewarehouse.co.nz/search?w=s5&asug=
Below is the response from Vodafone technical support:
"As long as the phone in not locked to the 2 degrees network, it will work on our network. ( You will need to confirm this with 2 degrees ).
For the phone to work with 4G, we will have to manually configure the handset to the network. It is not guaranteed that it will work.
The best thing to do will be, to contact one of our Vodafone store and get the handset tested with a Vodafone sim. Through this we will get a confirmation.
In regards to the firmware updates, that's not support my the network as it comes from the manufacture. So you should still receive the updates."
You could download the VF firmware and flash via Odin, it won't trip any Knox flags as it's the official firmware for the same model. You then get a fully functioning VF device with updates and already configured for 4G etc.