When the Galaxy Note 3 launched, many people were up in arms over a SIM Regional Lock policy that Samsung implemented, which made it difficult for people to import the global version. At first, it appeared the Note 3 would only work with the SIM for the country that the particular model was intended for. Then it was later clarified that if you powered on the phone with the proper SIM (from the country it was intended for), then it would be unlocked and could be used anywhere. However, many people found this wasn’t the case.

Now Samsung has added more clarification on how it works. There is one more step that needed in order to free the phone of the Regional Lock: Once the phone is powered on with the proper SIM, you will need to make or received calls for a total of 5 minutes. Once that is completed, the Regional Lock will be removed. Now if you have no way of doing this because you’re in the U.S. with a European model, you can still go to a Samsung Care Center, and they will unlock it for you.

It is also worth noting this new “feature” is tied to Android 4.3, which means all phones that get the 4.3 update will get the Regional Lock. This includes the Galaxy S 4, the Galaxy S III, and the Galaxy Note II. It’s very possible that if you imported one of these models, you phone could very well be locked after the update.

But in all honesty, this was a lot of hot wind over nothing. However, Samsung should have been clearer from the start.