So many times, many people walk in to mobile
phone retail shops to grab a new Android
phone but unlike iPhones that run on Apple’s
proprietary iOS software,
Android phones run on Google’s open Android
operating system, making it easier and cheaper
for cloning manufacturers to produce fakes –
and harder for consumers to distinguish
between a genuine model and a fake one
thereby making many people end up buying the
cloned ones.
It is just a waste of the money. Not only does
the phone not last long but also very poor in;
*camera quality
*speed
*battery life
*storage ( very low in storage but displays a
very high value when checked on the phone)

SO THE BIG QUESTION IS;
HOW WILL YOU KNOW IF THE SMARTPHONE
YOU ARE BUYING IS ORIGINAL?

Let’s start with the Samsung galaxy: The
galaxy range of phones are the most common
hence are the ones with the highest number of
clones in the market. Manufacturers of such
fake products take extra caution so as to make
the phone resemble the the original as much as
possible.

HOW TO CHECK IF IT’S FAKE

There are numerous ways to check if the galaxy
phone is fake.

1. The use of Samsung’s internally embedded
codes. Just enter the phone’s dialer and dial
any of the codes below;
*#06# [Displays device IMEI number]
*#1234# [Displays device current firmware]
*#*#1472365#*#* [GPS test settings]
*#*#197328640#*#* [Service mode main
menu]
*#*#4636#*#* [Diagnostic and general
settings mode]
*#0*# [General Test Mode]

When these codes don’t work for you, then the
phone is fake.

2. Checking the physical features of the phone
From the above picture, we can see so many
differences. The first most observable
difference is that, while the real phone has a
very brightly coloured interface, the fake has a
very dim and blurry coloured interface.
It can also be observed that the the gap
between screen and the side of the real phone
is much smaller than that of the fake. Also
when the hand is rubbed on the Samsung logo,
the fake’s can be felt and also be pulled out but
that of the original’s cannot be.
The home button is also one of the key features
that can be used to check the authenticity of
the phone. Whiles that of the fake’s is hard to
press, the original’s is very soft and you can
almost feel the smoothness in the press. You
can also check the picture above for observable
features.

3. Booting the phone into ODIN mode:
This is by far the best way to check if your
phone is original. All you to do is;

*Press and hold the volume down button
*Press and hold the home button
*Now press and hold the power button too all
simultaneously
Now you just wait for the phone to boot into the
ODIN mode as in the image above.
If it does, then your phone is original (Now just
press the volume down button the for the phone
to restart.) but if the phone keeps giving
vibrational feedback for more than 30 seconds
but the phone doesn’t boot into the ODIN
mode, then the phone is a fake.
HTC, XPERIA AND LG
For these phones, it’s quite easier to
differentiate between their fake and original.
This is because, even with the touch of the
phone, one can feel if it’s the fake or original.
Also, the UI (User Interface) speaks for itself.
But sometimes, it can be difficult finding out.
Therefore, I will like to introduce you to what is
known as ‘adb’ mode of booting into ODIN
mode since these devices don’t really allow for
key combinations.

HOW TO BOOT INTO THE ODIN MODE USING
‘ADB’

Requirements : *Working rooted or unrooted
Android device
*USB cable and PC
*Installed your device USB driver( Google it)
*Android debugging bridge “adb”(Google it)
Steps : *Enable USB debugging on your android
device.
*Install adb and USB driver for your device
model Samsung, HTC, Sony, LG, Motorola,
Google.
*Connect your device to PC by USB cable To
boot into recovery mode for all Android devices
type in cmd window : adb reboot recovery

I Think With This Tutor You Can Detect A Fake Android Mobile

Source: http://anitsdavid..com/2015/06/how-to-detect-fake-android-phone.html?m=1

No time to check time

Most of those codes work only on Samsung mobile