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I bought a Galaxy Tab S6 a few days ago and I am going to verify if it is really brand-new.

Some facts: The production date of this device is in July 2020 and my purchase date is in February 2021.

First of all, the system date and time is not up-to-date and even confusing. The system date (on the day of my purchase: February 19, 2021) was January 3, 2019 (that is, 7 mounths prior to August 2019 when this device model released by the manufacturer for the very first time).

Besides, the system time doesn't match the device region (UAE) local time and there is about 9 hours difference.

Finally, dates of files in Android folder are mostly January 1, 2019 (which indicates two days prior to my purchase and boot up) and other file dates are for two days later (January 3, 2019) corresponding to when I purchased and booted the device.

Therefore I'm going to conclude that the seller might had flashed ROM into this device a couple days before he sold it to me and this device is not brand-new.

What is your opinion?

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  • The dates you mentioned doesn't match. Based on those dates you have bought the device in 2019.
    – Robert
    Commented Feb 22, 2021 at 15:37
  • Sorry, I bought it in February 2021 but on the day of my purchase when I booted up the device, the Android system date was January 3, 2019
    – David
    Commented Feb 22, 2021 at 15:42
  • By the way your question can be answered very easy: All devices come in a sealed package. If the seal is broken the device is not "brand new" independently on the software that is installed, the Knox state or whatever you aske din the last days.
    – Robert
    Commented Feb 22, 2021 at 15:43
  • The seal was not broken but it could be a fake seal. I bought from third-party seller.
    – David
    Commented Feb 22, 2021 at 15:48
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    I actually wouldn't be concerned about the time "issue"... The time and date would go back to the default of the kernel until network time could sync. In tablets this is sometimes not enabled by default. If the device had been off long enough, it would "lose" it's internal time and revert to the default time and date (00:00 @ 1/1/2019) at boot until a network sync and time zone had been configured.
    – acejavelin
    Commented Feb 22, 2021 at 18:03

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