S24 Ultra showing different Android versions?

[Klumo_23]

So I got this weird S24ULT. What is this custom build??Anyone have any idea what is going on with this? Kernel says Android 12, Android Version says 8.1.0 , but the Easter egg shows Android 14???? What

[Robin621k]

Are you in the US?
Where did you buy it?
Is it returnable?

[Klumo_23]

Yea I'm from Texas. It's odd. I bought it from a family member who I got my current beast of a Note 10+ from model SM-N975U

[Klumo_23]

But this S24 Ultra is model SM-S928B/DS

[Robin621k]

It is a fake phone, get your money back from your family member.
If you don't mind me asking , how much did you pay ?

[Klumo_23]

Oh wow. $400

[Robin621k · Accepted solution]

The model number is an international model.

[JourneysADRIFT]

The phone specs are lying to you.

This is a phone from AliExpress or similar. It's a fake. They typically come with Android 8.1.

All the specs of the phone are spoofed. Most stuff won't work. Typically only one camera will work as well. Often a board from a different phone entirely.

You could possibly install another version of Android onto it, but the actual specs of the phone are likely terrible. Prob a mediatek processor with if you're lucky, 10gb of storage space and maybe a gig of ram.

Hope you didn't pay a lot for it.

If you want to test to ensure this is indeed one of the fake phones from AliExpress, open the camera app and try changing through all the lenses while covering each camera lens with a finger so you're sure it's using each of the lenses for each zoom mode.

A third party app may be able to read out the real specs too, such as CPU-z but I'm unsure if that will work but ya can try.

The screen on these tend to be cheaper LCDs instead of OLED too so you can fairly easily tell side by side if ya go to a store and compare.

These typically sell on AliExpress or Alibaba for around 50 bucks.

[Klumo_23]

Wow that's ridiculous. Thank you very much. Disappointed

[JourneysADRIFT]

Don't be disappointed that you were mislead. Be disappointed in the person who mislead you.