Hilarious Fake Galaxy S22 Ultra With Sketchy Hidden Apps
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- I purchased an S22 Ultra from AliExpress and this is what I got. Hope you get a good laugh out of it
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"Rubik's cube technology, Double 5G Networking, S40 Ultra, 1 TB Storage, and 32 million cameras." SEEMS LEGIT
What the hell is Rubik's cube technology? You solve the rubiks cube first and the rubiks cube will give the answer? 😂
@@josuke6131 you solve the rubiks cube and you unlock the phone, new unlocking method
smoorez
@@Random_4400 I see you are a man of culture
Good thing Hugh can solve the Rubik's cube and unlock technology that world has actually never even seen or heard of before. I think he got a good deal on an S40 Ultra, haters gunna say it's fake, but my boy Hugh is just smarter than they are.
the super advanced finger print reader is so high tech, you can't even find it!
Stealth technology.
Even the Touch ID in the Apple devices and in-display fingerprint in very expensive Android phones are still far behind this phone technology. It's a superior technology we'll see in 2050
It has to be advanced if you're using 1 uncalibrated sensor to calibrate a second uncalibrated sensor on a different part of the phone and also uses a different kind of technology to track variables.
Dang the phone is so advanced it’s finger print reader is an F-35C Lightning II! Wow!
😂😂😂😂😂
Let's be honest
The glass back was probably worth more than the actual phone
You can make a really cheap glass back if you don't need it to be durable.
What i find more surprising in these fake phones is the usually milled aluminium fake camera frame. It's not the best milling i ever saw, i'd say it's even rather close to the opposite, but it still seems like a completely needless expense.
Cracks and shatters like a cheap glass when dropped 2 feet
@@Pearloryx don’t say that instead say 0.5 ft
glasstic
AliExpress wouldn't allow me to open a case against the seller as it had been more than 15 days.
So opened a PayPal case and got all my money back excluding return shipping which was about $20.
The sellers page has since been removed
And scammers too and that's great news
Well duh were you expecting professionalism and responsibility from China?? 😂
Or any country in this world? (Laughingcryingemoj)
i vote on bombing scam companies they won't stop hurting people otherwise
Thanks for letting us know that you got your money back.
Too often I see videos from other channels that have purchased fake devices similar to this one and they never mention if they got their money back.
Even if the channel makes their money back from CZcams, it is still a win for the scammer who gets away with that money and us viewers are indirectly supporting those scammers by watching those videos.
These fake phones are always so funny, they try so hard on the box but then when you open it it's like a child drew what they thought the phone looked like 🤣
What a joke🤣 I have a real Samsung S22 Ultra straight from Samsung..Thanks for an amusing video..Guess you aren't getting your money back anytime soon.😉
@@anitad243 lmao the fake one looks and feels exactly like the real one. You got robbed if you really wanted an droid you could have had this since there real and fake are same lol
It's like someone drew it on memory
the fingerprint unlocl is crazy and the Rubik's cube technology is phenomenal 🙌 Samsung better watch out
Ikr samsung is quivering right now
Lmao the fact that the fake one looks and works like a real one just tells us how shitty android is😂😂💀💀
@@maddeningmonk9585 you really commented the same shit for like 500 times already, come on man we get it you hate android
@@maddeningmonk9585 ah yes, blaming an operating system for your blindness.
@@zUltraXO He must be an iSheep
"This is the latest in manufactured e-waste"
Yeah that sums it up pretty nicely
It's funny yet terrifying to think that there's a group of people trying to scam others with this much effort put into.. imagine someone with no technology knowledge bought this and thought it was real..
When I was in high school my dad was so proud that he bought me a "great" phone for just 40$ (it's not that we couldn't afford low range phones from reputable brands , he was just oblivious) from ali express ,what a piece of shit that phone was ,slow as hell , I caught it a couple of times sending sms by itself to chinese numbers , after 2 or 3 months of use , I woke up pulled it out of my pocket and noticed a huge bulge on the back from the battery expanding , I instantly stopped it and never touched it again , guess I was lucky it didn't explode in my pocket.
@@martin518441 It probably wasn't going to explode. At the time when the battery expands like that, its capacity is pretty much zero, it won't take up any energy and it won't release much any. It's simply gone.
@@SianaGearz it's not about the capacity of there was a rupture in the casing the oxygen reacts with something in there to start a violent exothermic reaction
To be honest, probably those people are their market target, people who literally have no idea about tech, ngl I found one in marketplace recently
That's exactly who's buying them. That's the point of these.
32 million cameras? DAAAAMN, thats impressive!
I think they’ve missing something in it lol
Not just that but they're all equipped with Rubik's cube technology!
Actually, it turned out to be 31,999,999 short. And the last one was defective.
Apple - We Finally got some Competition
but you only get 1
The W in the camera options actually stands for 万 (wan) in Chinese and it means ten thousand. So basically, 4800W is 48MP, 1200W is 12MP and so on. But overclocking cameras to 6400Watts sure is fun!
Curiously, the pronunciation of "万/wàn" in Chinese mandarin is almost identical to "one" in English.
And if you devide the pixel counts they are claiming by 10000, the result you get shouldn't be too far from the truth.
THANKS for the explanation, I've got some security cameras in the past that showed 100W on the box. I thought they're faking the IR light wattage, but sure enough, 1MP.
What does overclocking cameras do other than heating it up?
@@_cran well you can't really overclock camera sensors soooo
Who cares about the Chinese they are horrible people.
Thank you for fighting for a refund. Losing money is exactly what these scammers deserve and the only thing that might stop them (if they lose so much money to refunds that their business doesn't work anymore).
This makes me laugh so hard in the midnight 😂😂😂 thank you for making the video! There's nothing better than reviewing fake things!
I feel sorry for the factory workers at a company like this. If they lie to and cheat the customers there's a good chance the workers aren't treated too well either.
Your sacrifice is necessary all for the glory of the CCP
@@triadwarfare factory workers at a private company.
You: must be the government's fault.
@@SemiDoge The 1993 Company Law required all companies based in China, both foreign and domestic, to allow the establishment of units to "carry out the activities of the party," and to provide "necessary conditions" for these units to function.
Factory workers in china lol. Liveleak the video game basically
@@SemiDoge There is no private or privacy anything in the CCP.
Yes, rubik's cube technology, such an underrated feature my S22U doesn't have. I'm jealous.
My iPhone 13 pro max is sweating right now.... I really should sell it for that technology!
This might be my next phone, sorry iphone 11! But you might be replaced!
And the S-Pen looks damn better than my Note's S-Pen.....So good bye note 20 😆😆
just upgrad via the softwaree to the S40
The funny thing is that I literally just got a new phone (at the time of commenting) and at the same time a relative gave me a Rubik's cube. So I guess you could say that my phone actually has Rubik's cube technology... lol.
"no legitimate browser would need those permissions"
*Chrome and every legitimate browser looking the other way*
I wish there would be more people like you mate..,
I like your way of thinking at the end “No Scammer Deserves My Money”
We should all think like that always! Thanks for that informative video.
Kudos!
In my opinion, the saddest thing about this is that for the same price of knockoffs like this one, you could get genuinely workable devices.
But not Samsung becuase samsung makes bad budget phones
Redmi and Realme are best for $129
@@R_.709 Not everyone is willing to buy a Chinese phone.
@@user2C47 dude they are pretty good honestly.
And in the end of the day, everyone is gonna spy on you. Even apple
@@edrosales1520 but I say that the warranty and also the fact that new phones look better
@@hihellothere9569 eBay and refurbishers (through Amazon renewed and BackMarket) offer extended warranties if you've got the change to spare. As for looks, I predict all slabs will look dated in a couple years when foldables become the norm. I'm sending this from an LG Velvet I got a year ago for $180. I think it does the part at blending in
at this point, these video series of knock-offs is becoming a comedy 😂
Just like videos in Smoorez channel
Yeah 😂
Samsung so shitty you can’t tell a knock of and real one apart lmao
CZcams should have a HaHa react !😂😂😂😂😂
@@maddeningmonk9585 you're too blind to own one lmao. Typical iSheep
Cool man! You are the one who buys to disassemble & reassemble, instead of destroying it outright!
Thankyou for a non destructive teardown 😊👍❤️🇬🇧
7:18 but what if I want to overclock my battery to charge at 64 megapixels?
Lol
“Rubik’s cube technology”
Are they even trying anymore?
this man living in 2042 with his 32 million cameras
too early bro
Its not too far from the truth if you understand how camera chips work. In effect you have an array of light sensors on the chip. Each is technically a camera How many on this ? . Who knows .
This man living in 2050. "Only 32 million cameras?"
5:24
Google: I'll pretend I didn't hear hear that.
don't ever stop buying these world class flagship phones Hugh, we appreciate them more than we do the real ones
Who is we?
@@leecloth8460 everyone
@@leecloth8460 the scammers
@@miastonished lol
Yea! Keep supporting those degenerates for our entertainment! 😃
Ah yes the classic rubix cube technology
🤣 ... I love your attention to detail, your tech savvy, and your deadpan delivery ♡
The Super Advanced Phone with all feature can be modify by increasing number. 6:52
I love how he can crack so many sarcastic jokes without changing the one of his voice.
Oh god, one of my customers bought one of these. It always would say it had 512gb in on device and SD storage, even without an SD card, but would also pop up "phone full" warnings every few seconds.
u were behind all this?
@@agentburningbutters3655 Probably working in a repair shop, where someone asked for help
@@Alright_OK ohh ok
I don't know how he could keep a straight voice 😂 I laughed for an hour straight.
I love how you've got "Another one bites the dust" in the background 😂😂😂
Certain APKs fail to install because the system architecture (armv7, v8 etc.) is different to the one the package is compiled for.
In this case, the phone has an armv7 chipset and the APK was most likely compiled for armv8 or newer.
edit: this is related to the tiktok install fail
Yeah, most of the fake phone are using the Mediatek MT6580 that is already very old. They are forced to load the newer operating system installed inside the very old hardware
@@sihamhamda47 it is android 5, nothing new
@@Slada1 Thats five versions newer, than the latest that old junk would usually run.
@@Slada1 Or up to Android 6, as shown in many fake phone reviews in Smoorez's video. Thanks for your correction
Another reason for the TikTok APK failing to install was the Android system picking up on them being packaged by different vendors (i.e. if the app was signed with a key generated by someone who modified the app, you cant install the real app without uninstalling the fake first)
LMAO I DIED Laughing when you said 32 million cameras
Same
"No scammer deserves my money" He says as he gives scammers his money for their phones🤣
Fake phone manufacturer: We use the Rubik’s cube technology. 69TB Of storage. 64 million cameras. A fingerprint sensor that dosen’t exist.
And a good display. Only 60$
next their going to advertise RTX 4090's in these knockoff phones
@@ihadnogoodideasforanamelmao fr
From 1gb of memory to 32gb real quick, it's like downloading more ram. I really hope that the seller just lets you keep it and then maybe salvage some of it's parts....
Use it as a casual babycam or emergency webcam. But nothing more.
@@ArifKamaruzaman Do not connect shady stuff to your network, or input any account information.
Nope prob only safe use is as an MP3 player @@ArifKamaruzaman
When you need a phone that is super high-tech just get that Samsung S40 Ultra with 32G of ram and 1TB of storage.
Hahaha. I laughed many times with this video. The way you reveal anything. 😂😂😂
Honestly, I would be the person sitting in front of the scammers building sipping coffee as it's raided by cops for fraudulent business practices XD. Excellent video, the unlocl had me wheezing
My man Hugh.
Finally proving that companies are underclocking tech and withholding advances just so they can charge more for obsolete hardware.
'Ruubiks cub tachnology' 💀
Interesting to see that the app that fakes the spec is actually installed on the phone. When I played with one of these clown phones I downloaded a system spec app that reported the correct specs.
‘Manufactured e-waste’ is the best description I’ve heard yet for this type of product 😂
Thank you man, you did a great job and submitted a detailed report on the useless commercial devices. Thank you for your effort to buy the phone, give a detailed report, open it and detect commercial fraud.....etc.
When the knock off comes with more accessories than the original
You can tell it's fake. It has a charger cord.😄
That's slightly positive (As the quality of these accessories are always questionable.)
@@AttorneyBCollins Samsung phones always come with a cord. They just sell the wall adapter separately.
@@braders5192 Its still not justified. You make like 10x more waste when you buy the power adapter separately and they are also changing the charging speed every year or 2, so upgrading from an S9 or S10 to an S22, you will probably have to buy a higher wattage adapter to take advantage of the faster charging. Its the same as the headphone jack. They arent doing it for you, they are doing it to save money. Its greedy as hell. I just want my damn headphone jack back.
@@braders5192 Still not a good thing to continue on. Better have the wall adapter in the box by the time you purchase it.
Whether knock-off or real thing, it always feels great on both peeling off that protective screen plastic!
Lol, true!
Love how it "claims" it has 8GB of ram on a 256GB model but the 256 model comes with 12GB of ram, at least for the snapdragon models
7:40 bro just downloaded more ram 💀💀💀
💀💀💀💀
5:05 - The APK failing to install means that the currently installed app is signed with a different certificate & key, meaning that it is likely tampered with. You can verify this by trying to install w/ ADB and looking at the error code it gives.
Kind of hilarious to think that someone is making even more malicious versions of already malicious software.
@@asteroidruleslol
Id love to see some kind of colab with a security guy to see what exactly the browser is trying to use all those things for. Use something like wireshark to see where its sending that data if it is.
"The mobilephone become your professional imaging team."
And all your photo are belong to us!
The fake phone makers might just be doing it for the memes now. They know that most people will not buy a phone with that many typos in the description, but they do know that curious youtubers will buy the phones.
Could be money laundering too, since many of these fake flagship listings has a lot of fake reviews
The problem is that some people do actually buy these.
These phones are sold all over the world. English is spoken all over the world. They aren't making these for fun.
I got a s22 plus for like, 250 dollars from at&t with trading in an old s8 that I had lying around.
Same thing with me trading my iPhone 12 to my 13 pro max
Does it have Rubin cube technology?
@@theleftyboater yeye
Did it have 32 million rear cameras?
@@ultramagnushurts3524 not the same dude. An s8 is a 5 year old phone huge difference but yours is just 1 year. A very good deal on Samsung's part
the camera part never fails to humor me... xD seriously pure comedy...
Had a s22 sent to me with an after market screen fitted exactly the same shape as this. Customer hated it and wanted it change for a genuine display, it looked so bad compared to the OLED panel Samsung use 🙈
7:08 - answer: some websites need mic, camera and storage permission. Contacts is for autofill also
Granted still i wouldn't trust that browser too much
Then again genuine google chrome also requests those permissions
5:22 the actual Chrome app requests the same permissions, though it doesn't crash when you deny them. And it makes sense, since there's APIs that allow websites to use that kind of functionality. Video calls come to mind.
chrome only requests them if they are actually required by a website
@@francescoceladini Not exactly, there's two different types of permissions with Chrome. You are thinking of per-site permissions which Chrome itself handles but the app itself still needs the OS-level permissions granted cause otherwise, it wouldn't have the data to pass to a site even if the site-level ones were enabled. Because Google requires Chrome to be installed on every Android device, it automatically gets all OS permissions enabled by default, the exact same ones Browser in this video prompted for.
This browser asking on launch is simply because they screwed up the trusted apps basically that get auto-granted all permissions when pre-installed PLUS the fact it's the ancient AOSP (Android Open Source Project) browser that hasn't been updated in like a decade so it never got updated to support Android 6 Marshmallow's new permission system. So it's not sketchy at all that the browser in the video is asking for them at launch as that's just how older pre-6 apps work.
@@BrandonGiesing and ironically enough that same ancient browser is also built in on low end tablets and phones in Australia (usually less then a hundred dollars and sold in supermarkets
That's a very poorly coded browser app on this fake phone since it asks for all permissions at startup. The contacts permission is quite odd though, I don't think I remember the last time I used an Android browser that interfaced with my contacts.
reviewer knowledge about android is actually zero.
What an insight, thanks for this video
Great to see and hear the explanation. Excellent
2:53 Aah yes, it's a Welcome phone, not a Samsung phone. I've seen "Welcome" phones before, and they're usually complete rubbish.
Chinese Seller 1: "Hugh Jefferies? That names sounds familiar."
Chinese Seller 2: "Didn't we sell him some parts 7 months ago? Should've been there by now....."
What a fantastic video. I knew they have been doing this for years. Thanks for your through review of the scam.
great job Hugh!
I am really afraid about the privacy this phone delivers. With everything masked and modified (like storage capacity, ram etc) I don't know what this phone will draw out of our data's to phishing and scam centers to make some bucks. Should be regulated a lot.
It's probably constantly connected to Chinese servers.
If ur sending sensitive company paperwork and emails not to mention online banking on one of these phones u deserve to get robbed.🙈
your normal phone does this too
@@maddym4020 the difference is that we know actually to whom our data is being sold/sent, here we DON'T.
@@edster8416 Well then what are those who confused this phone with a real phone and dont have a laptop supposed to do then? Magically summon a laptop or another phone?
Many phones like this will bake the fake specs into the kernel. I found this out when I managed to compile TWRP for an older S Series clone and port various ROMs for it. The ROMs I ported came from various devs and I trusted them to not tinker with fake specs. Of course, as part of any port, you have to use your existing kernel if you don't want to compile a new one, and thus even with a completely different ROM, the phone still showed fake RAM and storage. There is also a build file which as an XML file that you can edit if rooted to change what shows in System Settings.
Although it has been a while since I played with this sort of stuff. Some things may have changed. Despite how expensive they are they all have essentially the same chip, there is not a premium version of the fake with possibility of some select brand's fake iPhones, as they can have prices ranging in the 400-600 range.
Most of the fakes also have very poor cellular frequency support, so chances are you will be stuck with a phone that can only use China's mobile services.
Seen several of these in the industry...first time I was in aww at how legit it looked! But, like you it wasn't long to I saw what was up.
Thanks bro...i was about to buy this phone . You saved my money..
A big big thanks to you
Years ago, my exes daughter wanted me to give her $100 to buy her friends old smart phone. (2009-ish) I asked to see the phone. It was supposed to be an iphone but had no markings to prove that and it was 30% thicker than any I've seen. It had a 'touch' screen but after a little messing around I figured out it wasn't a touch screen. All the 'apps' were laid out similarly, to take advantage of pressure switches under the fake screen. It was like a kids toy from the 90's. I said no, she got pissed, another of their friend ended up with it and none of them are friends anymore because the fake phone ruined their friendship. And I got to keep my $100
Sound like the fake iPhone is one you would let potential thives take instead of your real phone.
@@Zjedi true, they would take it
Whoo, what a powerhouse! Cortex A7 cores! Four of them! An entire gig of RAM! Eight times that in storage! Who needs any more??
Real question: are those frickin…three other cameras just painted on under the clear plastic lenses?
Yup, a lot of those knock-off products tend to have multiple decorative, dummy cameras. Sometimes not to conceive customers, but to conceive relatives of said customers. You know, for "social status" and what not.
The fake ones are just plastic molds. They even created a rectangle paint on the cover for the periscope lens but still has a circular one underneath that looks wrong lol
@@RennieAsh molds really? Seems like paint would be cheaper. Since, you know, cheap is what they’re going for…
That "trailer" of yours in the last was osm 😂 btw 32 million cameras😱 they r GODs
01:08
The way you casually say "screen unlocl" cracks me up. I searched for this cause I had to see it again 😂👍🏻
same
1:39 China Export logo LOL
aka Caveat Emptor. (Buyer beware)
In a 'Real' phone, the browser does asks for permission to camera, because there's some sites using it for video chat fe. Contacts however, that's solid data stealing.
in firefox it's also used for builtin QR code reading as well
Normal browsers only ask for permission when needed. For example it only asks for the camera permission when you first choose to upload a picture.
Contacts permission can be legit too. The permission to add accounts or use existing accounts (those "accounts" that shows up in system settings, like Google accounts) falls under the "contacts" category. If you decline that for Chrome you won't be able to use Chrome sync.
@@jacquelineliu2641 Oh sry, i didnt knew Chrome already utilized contacts.
And yea, good point most browsers asks permission only when first needed, but still i can accept if a smaller browser asks in first lauch too, to not be an unconvinience later-on. But that's just me, its skecthy still to do.
Facts
@@jacquelineliu2641 Yup, they ask when needed. I have a couple apps where I disabled some permissions, because I don't see why it would need them, but if they do need the permissions at some point, they obviously ask for them again.
Brilliant video Hugh, thanks. How is Aliexpress allowed to sell this crap?
Lol this phone had me on the floor on rear camera part, lol I don't know how you said that with a straight face
Actually it has 256G of memory, the software just throttles it down to what the customer paid for. I could so see this in the future.
Come on man, don't give them ideas.
i'm sorry but that makes no sense?
@@prupps5840 BMW is doing something similar with their cars. All the features are there you just need to pay a subscrition to unlock them every month.
@@R_Forde but i bet they're charging their cars a premium to compensate for it.
It would be a big gamble for phone manufacturers since they're spending more money putting high specs on phones that they will have to sell very cheaply to justify the spec-locking "feature" instead of just selling a cheap low spec phone...
I doubt people will buy a phone that will downgrades their spec unless they pay up instead of buying a normal phone.
Reminds me of a Intel Pentium processor back in 2010, when Intel would sell a crippled chip. But you could unlock it to its full potential, by buying a scratch off card from BestBuy.
This series is fun!!! Can you please do more series of phones like this?? This is so interesting and informative
the way he is not even laughing when he reads "Rubik's cube technology" or "32 million cameras" is making me laugh so hard
How could you hold back your laugh man ???😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Love your videos! Keep making videos on phones that are very legit. I wish my real S22 Ultra had Rubix Cube Technology.
When he took the screen protector off I wanted him to say “and were done” xddd
It's got Rubik's Cube technology... because you just can't figure it out. 😂
Oh man, I laughed so hard watching this video. It's much funnier all recent stand up comedy shows on netflix.
0:55 - I think we're about a good 50 years away from 32 million cameras on a single phone. I would genuinely be interested to know how this could be pulled off.
Nanomachines , son!
I mean we literally have millions of tiny transistors in our CPUs. Why not millions of tiny cameras? And Insect eyes actually kinda works like that too.
Rubik's Cube Technology?! I've always waited for this to be implemented in smartphones!! Finally 🔥🔥💯💯
Got an heartattack after seeing the idea behind their fingerprint sensor 😂
Sad thing is, a lot of people buy this crap and will never know they have been scammed.
A customer who came to my at&t store brought that phone on alley express for 180$ it was some old lady telling me that she got a good deal on it🤣 it didnt work with our network and she was like wtf lol like yea ofc it doesnt work the imei is sketchy🤣
jesus 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
11:44 "oh wait i forgot to put in the fake cameras"
What really gets me is these manufacturers are actually making good hardware, if they didn't try to compete against the big players they can make very competitive hardware once approvals and certificates are obtained. They really don't need to make counterfeits, just make themselves a name. Within 5-10 years they could be signing a deal in most high street retailers in every town in the world. It takes a got of work, but they can do this if they use their brains.
this make me think about those old phones that we have somewhere in the house that we don't use, and in my case i try to reset those phones and set a custom firmware that seems more "recent" in look
Love your videos and I've been watching them for years now thank you very much for informative and educational content,,not only we learn something from u but we learn how to repair our own devices too,, wish I could be just got as you if only I had better device to watch on,, but anyways great content my best CZcams channels
Was so exited to see theese 32million cameras in action
I know right. What a disappointment.
@@HughJeffreys was the camera even HD as it said?
3:05 Immediately thought "Hmm, kernel 3.18 sounds a bit old for "Android 11"."
Should've used the "S-Pen" on the "fingerprint reader" for the lulz.
Awesome video and super well done.
I've always wanted 32 million cameras, these guys are ahead of their time!
0:43 best part
I know I couldn’t stop laughing
"32 million cameras".. I almost burst out laughing 😂😂😂
Love the sarcasm at the start
I think SMOOREZ reviewed this phone before. The funny part in his videos is when he does test the "under-screen fingerprint" 🤣👌
What hasn't that guy reviewed at this point? He's the Welcome Phone king.
@@DerrickRG he’s the king of clones
Yo people who watch SMOOREZ
@smoorez