I bought a smartphone in Brazil: Let’s Explore!

[@johnzoid74]

hey guys wanted to note a couple things! 1st, this is not an attempt to make Brazil look bad? I went to several shops and they were all selling J series phones so I bought one. I know people here use flagships and other phones than this.. it’s cool J2 can still be used in 2023! 2g and 3g are a thing here for now, and I was celebrating that. 2nd, sorry for the audio. I recorded the voiceover in a closet of our hotel at 2am.. but I didn’t want to miss an upload! -Johnzoid

[@JavaMinecraftTips]

The video was good. I bought an iPhone 7 for 15 dollars, the only problem is that the ear speaker crackles a little

[@vinysilver7806]

The only reason Brazilians use these old phones is because the cost of a smartphone is very expensive. An S23Ultra basically costs around 5 minimum wages in Brazil.

[@johnzoid74]

yes, inflation doesn’t leave much left to spend on electronics. my wife was born and raised there- moved to USA about 8 years ago. she’s explained and expressed this to me- and her family who is still there tell us the cost of cellular and electronics makes it harder.

[@vinysilver7806]

@@johnzoid74 Everything in Brazil actually, but mainly phones and cars. Today in Brazil, anyone who buys a new car is paying just over 53% in tax included in the total price of the car.

[@dyrenpaguyo7553]

5 minimum wages is cheaper than here

[@Pedrojerico]

@@johnzoid74 Not that much due to inflation as the aburdly high taxation. Up to 77% after new taxes introduced this year.

[@david_gamer262]

Faz o L kkk

[@thalleshenrique9752]

Yes, we still have 2G here in Brazil. It's great because folks (like my stepdad) who aren't into smartphones can still use their old Nokias.

[@johnzoid74]

that’s awesome.. dang.. I need to find a Nokia before I leave and play with it!

[@sargera1]

U gonna need it.brazil is so big it wont be good for 4g/5g on SA setup

[@otistically]

Num acredito...

[@Jeaum]

​@@sargera1here in Brazil there is good 4g and 5g, especially in the capitals.

[@sali-ali]

Same here in Europe, my 3310 from my childhood still works. i use it once or twice a year to remember the old days.

[@JGMoraes]

The j2 prime had included a small antenna. It was basically a headphone jack to headphone port adaptor. Plugging in the headphone port on the phone would make the TV app work

[@johnzoid74]

ahhhhh this is good to know thank you. No I’m on the hunt for something similar!

[@ongedierte3606]

Only South American Models have antenna

[@joroc]

Not after TV sinal upgrade

[@albertomedeiros6547]

@@johnzoid74 , any headphone connect to p2 port will work as antenna. Some models of Motorola and Lg (not only Samsung) sold for the Brazilian market have the capability of watch digital tv. And yes, still works until today.

[@bouno4936]

Buy more phones from Brazil!

[@johnzoid74]

ok! here for another week and a half, on it!!

[@gockartzz8272]

​@@johnzoid74buy iphone 15 pro max in Brazil 💀

[@Crapchannelbruh]

​@@johnzoid74buy a Samsung s23 in Brazil 💀

[@Lsp4984]

@@gockartzz8272I’m from Brazil and it is $2000💀

[@humuscat]

Buy Redmi Note 13 In Brazil 💀

[@blackhorseteck8381]

Brazil is gone more nuts with the taxation, I sent some phones to my Brazilian wife a while ago and she paid pretty penny in import taxes for those. Now the taxes are even steeper and the shipping is massively slowed down as customs are practically inspecting everything that enters the country.

[@Lendigo4]

I'm still using this as my main phone, and I would have to say that this phone was amazing for it's time. I have the 8GB version and it's really hard for me to install applications on it even after I debloated it cause the Android itself takes about 4.54GB of storage and I somehow have all of my apps installed on the remaining 3.2GB storage. The battery is also not that reliable even after changing it many times and instantly dies after reaching about 50%. But still, the software is surprisingly fast and optimized and can run smoothly. Even as of right now, it can still perform daily tasks and browse social media almost without any problem! Loved the vid tho!

[@medal14365]

Ah the old randomly shutting off its memorable

[@BtM-t1x]

I had a j3 prime with 1.5gb of ram and 16gb of storage. It's faster and better than an a01 or a03 core.

[@Lendigo4]

@@medal14365 Yeah, and this phone somehow have the tendency to sense when sonething urgent and important is going on, so as a result it just crashes and powers off and won't turn back on until I plug the charger in. I've experienced so many things with this one DAMN phone 😂

[@happyguyvibezbtw]

I’ve had a Samsung galaxy j2 one of the later models it had 15gigs of storage and 4g lite I’ve had it since 2020 and finally got something better and I’ll be damned I still have to rely upon it for texts

[@andreiromao5496]

5:50 In the past, cell phones came with an app to watch live television here in Brazil, only open channels worked, as the radio came too

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

Brazil + Let's Explore... *Should never be in the same sentence* 😂

[@johnzoid74]

dude it’s such an amazing place! although yes has it’s dangerous sides for sure lol

[@feliperodrigues2069]

Brazil still has 2g and 3g networks (and it is possible that 3g will be shut down before 2g). There are still some 3g phones being sold new, like the Multilaser E Lite 2 and Positivo Twist 5.

[@johnzoid74]

that is WILD. why would they shut down 3g before 2g? Super interesting thanks for the info there

[@feliperodrigues2069]

@@johnzoid74 There are many equipment that connect to the 2g network and don't need the 3g bandwidth. Also, some dual-sim smartphones can only connect to 4g (or 3g) in one sim card, leaving the other only one with 2g.

[@gteixeira]

​​@@johnzoid74As already mentioned, many IoT devices only work on 2G, particularly truck tracking devices, and since the country is huge and quite hilly, in a lot of places only 2G signal is able to reach, specially along remote highways.

[@yet_another_communist]

Just as an addendum: There's probably no Custom Rom with recent Android versions in the market, I searched a lot to get one running on my dad's old J2 Prime that he gave me to sell (never sold it, using it as a small home server with UserLAnd lol). The only rom with a recent android is a LineageOS 14.1 (I think) that doesn't work great (probably it lacks a lot of Mediatek's drivers), so it's a no go. But fortunately there's a lot of other roms for it with Android 6 and some customizations.

[@blueshoregaming1591]

If you have some time can you please tell me more about UserLand and what it's used for and how are you using it. (Sorry as a tech nerd I just wanted to learn about to 😅)

[@yet_another_communist]

@@blueshoregaming1591 It's a very simple app that works in a chroot state inside a container. It works almost like a Docker container I would say, as it doesn't have systemd and such. I'm using it to run Ubuntu mostly, it works both on Armhf devices and Arm64 ones. I have used to run some APIs, u can use it to store files to, it's a very cool app tbh.

[@yet_another_communist]

@@blueshoregaming1591 Just a correction, Userland runs in proot, Linux Deploy (another android app for deploying Linux. Linux Deploy requires a rooted device) that runs in chroot.

[@SummonerArthur]

This. Sadly, that rom has too many "tiny" issues. Battery drains too quickly cuz its processor is always at 100% usage, cant record with the camera, etc. The developer used to update that rom every month, and then apply the same changes to a lineage os 15 rom he was also working on. I wonder what hes up to since he disappeared

[@xvo_cx]

I think you have to put headphones on the headphone jack for the MobileTV to work. And I think it only picks up analog television. Update: I searched the device specs for the J2 prime and the device has a tv tuner on it. And it's digital.

[@yet_another_communist]

Originally the phone came with an antenna, idk where mine is, but I remember seeing it, it was an adapter you connected to the headphone jack, it had another headphone jack in the end to plug earphones, idk how it worked exactly, but I don't remember if common headphones/earphones works the same way as the antenna.

[@BlackLotus2]

The only issue with these phones is the lack or asbsense of Android security updates

[@me234234]

That is what kinda forces you to upgrade even with a good working phone as you are nothing without good security and security updates are definitely a part of that

[@BlackLotus2]

@@me234234 my Oppo phone runs out of updates from March next year, when should I stop using it?

[@smasnuga15]

​​@@me234234there is antivirus

[@FuckTheState]

LOL google already steals all of your data. I don’t see why people using standard versions of android are concerned about security while their privacy is severely violated by the spyware pre installed on their devices.

[@jackwilson5542]

​@@me234234It doesn't, since there are (very good) anti-virus apps in the play store. I buy a new phone (like every 2 years) and only update it like twice to fix the bugs. If you update for too long your phone slows down. (Planned obsolescence, that's why Apple does it)

[@seboyzz9827]

works better than my phone😭😭

[@KevinClifford285]

What is your phone

[@thewaffle3945]

hes phone is iphone thats why he cries@@KevinClifford285

[@seboyzz9827]

@@KevinClifford285 samsung a 20 e.But trust me it is very bad😭

[@GuillermoCaetano]

"O John gravando com o celular que ele comprou no mercadão" 😂😂 that would be me too

[@ryder23yt53]

I still use one of those as a secondary phone, my parents bought it in 2016/7 for my sister and since i don´t got a phone now I use it to study/youtube and Spotify (Mozambique/Africa)

[@johnzoid74]

I love it! I’ll keep using this one as long as as I can. One of my favorites to the collection.

[@miguelojera2356]

I remember seeing this phone everywhere and it was priced at around 130USD back when it was launched.

[@johnzoid74]

same!

[@turkeyleg72]

I think my grandma had thath phone, memories..

[@Fidious]

what a memory that's my first phone I've ever received as a kid

[@pemainulunggggg]

Lol, you're lucky because you got the 16GB version. Here in 🇮🇩, it's topped out at 8GB (3.55GB usable by user) and it's often called as "hp TOLOL" (stupid phone)😂😂😂

[@breakdim]

Not 46usd tho....

[@riotac432]

for real! i have the 8GB version it's such a pain and unusable without an SD Card

[@sargera1]

​@@breakdimwont even sellfor a 20 on 2023

[@sargera1]

Luckily the redmi 2 dont go that path (almost same as first gen j2)

[@pemainulunggggg]

Where is my ❤️?

[@nixfst]

It was one of greatest phone for people like me in that time!

[@samtejwani6247]

People who agree who need New Hardware in Old Design👇 Like this comment if you agree

[@jamesmelwani6000]

U should have tried buying the j5 2016 in my market in Indonesia its cheaper than j2 prime and has a super amoled screen 500mb more ram 16gb storage

[@anonboy2580]

So the cost for the J2 Prime is 299 Reals, right? Honestly, it seems reasonable enough for me to buy it just for the nostalgia (60 bucks).

[@PinkAgaricus]

I wonder if the TV app needed WiFi/mobile data to scan for channels, so it's no surprise that it didn't find any channels on that initial scan. (I noticed it wasn't connected to anything when scanning for channels.)

[@Areenjustme]

Why dont you com to kurdistan you can buy a iphone 1 for 10k iraqi dinar its like 5 American dollors

[@felipeg7586]

Does anyone still hold on to their J7 prime from 2017 even after it's been beaten so bad 😅

[@sargera1]

Hard to keep on it.the amoled is nightmare to replace

[@this.is.picnic]

Me 🙋🏻‍♀️ Using it as tertiary phone now. Still works nicely. The only problem is full storage (i have 32gb version)

[@HidricksonMukhim-vl6qb]

I'm still using this phone and I like this phone because it brings my childhood memories

[@legitimo1788]

While you are here in Brazil it's really a good oportunity to get old tech. A lot of people like me still like and use things like the PS2. And you got scammed on this phone, It should be a lot cheaper on used markets like Facebook marketplace or Shopee. These guys from street stores scam people a lot here. Buying from a normal person instead of a store It would cost 100 R$

[@Musyaaaa]

4:54 you don't need to have an adapter, just insert the SIM card correctly, I used my phone like this a lot of time

[@kevinvanwolferenkvw]

I am currently using an old Galaxy S2 as an MP3 player, the good old days of Android 4.1.2 jellybean😂

[@johnzoid74]

Jellybean= 🐐 … strictly on nostalgia lol

[@ShawnMeira]

Meanwhile i am literally watching this video on a galaxy S5

[@herald1953]

fr samsungs entry-level phones are still used even today by elderly and some students, we are talking about phones that priced less htan 200$ on release, i still have a galaxy pocket (2012 i think) that i use as music player when working out, and wireless earbuds works flawlessy, bcs running with a big phone on my pocket is annoying as hell

[@senhorcrystal4610]

This video is like no respect to Brazil, any phone below 1200 reais much such and the best ones start from 1700 and I’m talking about good and brand new phones, you got a 2012 Samsung phone, probably used but you paid the price of a brand new (back in 2012 the Samsung phones was something like this 300 reais)

[@andreiromao5496]

Im from brazil and found out your channel recently im loving the videos, congratss

[@johnzoid74]

that’s wild that my video was recommended to you- thanks for watching! ❤

[@お_お]

Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime user here, Thanks for making this video! Even though it's kind of laggy though, and the 'stand' is a phone stand for phones! (Or tablets).

[@rayphoenix7296]

The first phone I ever owned ran Android 6. It was a ZTE phone from 2015. I was never that big into mobile gaming. It was a pretty good phone though. I did run emulators on it. I got a MAME emulator successfully running on it.

[@TheGameRegYT2005]

thanks for leaking the guy's email😂😂😂

[@johnzoid74]

thanks for the point out- I fixed and it will be blurred once the video processes again.

[@Galaxy.Windows]

3:38 same for romania in June 2024

[@axpuser671]

YO HE MENTIONED JACOB R, i am subbed

[@drakeshremy]

Mine was also 50$ im from brazil and the phone is.. very laggy. Edit: i mean its a budget phone why would it not lag

[@christianthe18]

My mom recently took her Samsung Galaxy Note 9 for repairs and the shop she took it to had a Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime for display to show how well they fix phones, what a coincidence that I see a video of one 😂😂

[@hunterboy2703]

Your videos give me some kind of nostalgia to the old phones 😂❤

[@ShinjouOfficial]

As a brazilian, i confirm this is accurate.

[@SasiruRanulaka]

in our country you can get the same phone in great condition for 30 bucks

[@johnzoid74]

same in USA, although this one has much more character 🖖😎

[@AndreLuiz-zf6wq]

Idk what country you're talking about, but this guy in this video totally got it way more expensive than usual, as a brazillian i would not have paid this for a j2 prime, you can get a j4 core for that price here. Anyway thanks for the comment it makes me feel great ❤

[@dantedomizioli]

These kind of phones are really common in Argentina also. My mother is still using my old J7 2016 (rock and roll of a phone)

[@TheRandom1212Channel]

mine is j7 and my sisters is j7 max with android 8.1.0 and i already lived in that city

[@XXCrazyGirlXDXX_ThePKXD]

Real you 2021! Oh btw Samsung galaxy J2 happens who gane good ram 3GB 4GB 6GB you

[@hmbrz]

Santa Catarina!! you can buy much nicer phones for not much more even here, but yeah, plenty of people still on their old Samsungs lol

[@hellboy3652]

in Argentina you can buy a j2 prime for around $10 bucks, for $46 at least a 4gb ram phone

[@itryen7632]

Jesus christ I used to LIVE in florianopolis

[@Jake-hi9hq]

A cellphone with built in tv tunner is a good idea to U.S phones. This is an excellent idea!

[@DPG896]

i used to have a phone like that from 2017-2020. it was a j2 prime indeed but an 8gb variant, which is actually kinda frustrating. though here in the Philippines, the tv app doesn't exist. but it has to be an antenna that can transmits radio frequencies. i can't download games (or ANY documents exceed with 5mb) and it's sometimes stucked on bootloop, it is such a nostalgia. probably the most durable phone i've ever had.

[@PCGxt-c4g]

250 BRL: Tottaly commom for used SmartPhone

[@romeu_]

Well, let's say it's not our choice not to follow the latest trends

[@kez1619]

you said the sd card reader wasnt functional right? did u try another sd card to see if it was functional or just the sd card not working

[@dynahzm]

!!!!U CAN BUY A SAMSUNG A03 TRACFONE FOR LIKE $49!!!!

[@trr5291]

I do not miss old smartphones. The new ones are a lot better. They are bigger and they have better battery life.

[@MR_Fasih]

Iam poor I need a 8 😢 I watched your all videos in just a week 😅

[@MyNameIsEkurt]

Me watching this vid on a galaxy j2 prime

[@toksikroug]

overly animating your hand movements is so annoying. serves no purpose

[@GuillermoCaetano]

For the TV to work I guess you have to plug a wired earphones

[@gimmick206]

you can get it for 18 dollar for that phone, i recently by one.

[@AlexisysGameplays]

I'm a Brazilian and I had a galaxy Gran prime back in 2016, that brings me a nostalgia shot, the swipe typing is probably available in android 6, since my old android 2 galaxy Y had that

[@SanestTetoFan443]

Minha mae tbm tinha um grand prime, nostalgia

[@Stealerwolf]

I had a j5 2015 a long while ago, it stopped updating in android 6 but I managed to get it to android 7, good times! (currently on iphone 13)

[@PCGxt-c4g]

3:00 Not all Brazillian! I Use Basic phone

[@0_souzzas021]

I'm watching this video on a J2 Prime

[@johnzoid74]

W move

[@v-14415]

same 🔥 the fire emoji is in the buildings tab 🔥

[@brandonpereira9520]

Hey I think you should factory reset

[@protripleplus]

i am still using a removable battery phone

[@stormchaser1971]

That device reminds me so much of my Samsung On 5 phone, which basically looks identical from the front, and came out approximately around the same time, maybe even in 2015, I think.

[@PinkAgaricus]

I remember that model, I think I had one of those. I think that was my first of the 2010's budget/midrange Samsungs. On 5 Prime Grand Prime J(something) Prime (J5) J7 Star (unlocked Metro PCS phone - with that splash screen and bloatware)

[@MohamedAhmed-cn8ov]

This is my phone I swear

[@johnzoid74]

Love it 😍

[@AbbyJamison-xs1iq]

A couple of things, newer higher capacity SD cards don't work with older technology unless it's refomated to something like fat32, as for the tv app, in certain countries in Asia like Korea and Japan they broadcast using a different technology for ota tv. We had something similar in u.s. that didn't take off, called atsc, 1.0 m/h (Mobile/handheld). Tv handhelds are niche, but they might become a thing with atsc.3.0

[@yet_another_communist]

Brazil uses the same tech as in Japan for TV Broadcasting, so probably a Japanese phone with TV will probably work in Brazil's TV networks.

[@natlegal]

It requires a headphone inserted for Mobile TV, it's used as an antenna.😊

[@jayswift3349]

Good to know.

[@prabhghumaan]

You can get this in India for 20 usd

[@lefteris.adamou.1]

You forgot to show that it has a front led flash

[@MohamedMostafa-yo6gz]

Try to play road riot it's a fun game

[@riotac432]

I have a J2 Prime! Silver though it lags from time to time and the battery is quite bloated but other than that it still works!

[@santosmurilo]

You need to use the earbuds in order to watch TV Channels on this phone

[@FuckTheState]

That’s what I was going to say

[@bramvandenbroeck5060]

Jetpack Joyride and temple run are awesome!

[@jaddenmaula1864]

I have a SAMSUNG GALAXY J3 2016 in 2023:)

[@johnzoid74]

Love to hear it ❤️

[@pessoaanonima6345]

I don't know what you mean by "android 6 games", most of the current games still support android 6

[@Plekenull]

Best smartphone in the universe

[@dingusboi7045]

as an 'zilian, i consider this an win

[@Gamer-Z2]

Fun fact : im watching this video from the same phone.

[@johnzoid74]

Ambient Bass with the W

[@ArhamAhmed-k7t]

My grandma has the same phone

[@edstringer7328]

Loved paper toss

[@johnzoid74]

same still on of my faves!

[@arjames26]

The US got so consumed by consumerism. The sad part is, they spend their hard earned money for the thousand dollar phone and then replace it again after 3 months for another 1k phone just because they aren't satisfied or because a newer iPhone or Pixel or galaxy released. Yeah I know trade-in deals are there, but come on, aren't you having separation nostalgia when you replace your phones very often?

[@lefteris.adamou.1]

This also has a front led flash

[@detudoumpouco-po9bv]

Buy more budget phones from Brazil

[@johnzoid74]

ok 🫡😎

[@AbhikujatiFour]

Still using this as my primary phone for calling messaging and hotspot.

[@johnzoid74]

so freaking cool

[@SummonerArthur]

I still have an 8gb variant of this. Unusable unless you install a custom rom, and then there's the custom rom glitches themselves. Its my "mess around system" phone

[@johnzoid74]

it’s definitely fun to mess around with.. I’ll drop a video Saturday of me gaming on mine 😂 N64 emualtion, psp emulation, and some cool apps I’m running Do you have a thread to the custom rom you used?

[@Ech2Oh]

John- the Google account from the previous owner isn't completely blurred out. Just wanted to bring to your attention but excellent video and we want more!

[@johnzoid74]

hey thanks Ryang! I blurred it the day after it went live after seeing comments similar, thank you!

[@techstation365]

That's the thing with Android. It doesn't get outdated that quickly. App support is really long!

[@BOplaid]

iOS: umm... its the same thing with me. plus i have longer updates. Samsung: im getting close y'know. Apple: whatever. i will re-invent something and everybody will still be attached to me. Samsung: **sues apple for a monopoly** Apple: **dies somehow** every single android fan(including me): lets throw a party that lasts for AT LEAST 2 years straight! Apple: **comes back bc yes** every single android fan: srsly? i wanna die. **dies** (also, you may be questioning that if im an android fan, why im giving positives to apple. well, the reason is bc i just want this battle to be fair.)

[@IrisFox97]

2:20 hey me too! Mine was the j3 orbit currently I'm using a galaxy a13 5g

[@user-hoe25xsni2hn4n4gs]

50$for that? I think its too overpriced bro

[@johnzoid74]

of course too expensive, but the amazing part is it’s still being used and costs that for that only reason. people pay because they use it as a phone

[@jaivekkanabar6865]

You are going to Brazil 🇧🇷

[@johnzoid74]

I am here now!

[@Yacobs_YTBR]

i have J7 prime

[@Mightraptyle]

Whatsapp is life loll

[@johnzoid74]

haha yuuup 😎

[@stanen]

come to Brazil?

[@johnzoid74]

I’m here now! Florianopolis

[@UserT5959]

Mine was j7 beautiful display and smooth game play at that time