Needing to flash an original firmware to get rid of the demo software.
Not a good idea to flash the i9500 in the i9505 is it?
Definite brick? :silly:
Of course. I9500 have Exynos, I9505 have S600. There are different architecture, if you do it you will brick your phone.
Lol made a lot of sense, i was confused before as to what the diff was. thanks
starbury said:
Lol made a lot of sense, i was confused before as to what the diff was. thanks
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Also, don't forget that the drivers are different, I9505 have 4G modem, different GPU and the CPU 4 cores (4xA9), while I9500 have 8-cores (double-quad to say it better: 4xA7 and 4xA15)
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Hello,
I am about to buy a Samsung Galaxy Note(White) but i have noticed that it has a different name than the black/blue version. What i have seen so far is that the white has the name I9220 and the black/blue N7000.
What is the difference?
I need to reflash it when i get to put an arabic firmware on. Is there difference in hardware that would stop me from being to flash the firmwares that i find here?
Thank you
No difference between white and blue gt-n7000
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
The version i found is a white I9220, any difference there?
This is the same device!
As the device is a phablet as Samsung call it, it have both a Phone and Tablet model numbering!
Phone model: GT-I9220
Tablet model: GT-N7000
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The version i found is a white I9220, any difference there?
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Thats the China Model of Galaxy Note (i9220) Same as N7000
So, no difference in firmware flashing what so ever?
Thank you guys!
psycop said:
So, no difference in firmware flashing what so ever?
Thank you guys!
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Am not sure about flashing ROM n all.
Read this thread. they say its possible
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455593
Is there any Chinese homepages that provides roms for S4 replicas.
I installed CWM with MtkDroidTools and now wonder if there is any Chinese pages for roms?
Any ideas? I made a backup of stock... Thanks
bihslk said:
Is there any Chinese homepages that provides roms for S4 replicas.
I installed CWM with MtkDroidTools and now wonder if there is any Chinese pages for roms?
Any ideas? I made a backup of stock... Thanks
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Would probably be best googling the model number (the actual one), try including XDA in your search as someones bound to have already asked discussed it at some point. You won't find anything compatible in the official S4 forums unfortunately.
gsmyth said:
Would probably be best googling the model number (the actual one), try including XDA in your search as someones bound to have already asked discussed it at some point. You won't find anything compatible in the official S4 forums unfortunately.
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No i know but funny thing that i installed CWM and it works. Now i can flash roms because phone missing Download Mode like Original Samsung. So now im close.
Funny thing is that Google is not pointing many Chinese forums hahaha...
bihslk said:
No i know but funny thing that i installed CWM and it works. Now i can flash roms because phone missing Download Mode like Original Samsung. So now im close.
Funny thing is that Google is not pointing many Chinese forums hahaha...
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I wouldn't think you could flash any of the official S4 ROMs or firmware as the hardware is just going to be different and so it just won't work and will most likely brick your phone. Whats the model name/number/specs if you dont mind me asking?
Do NOT flash s4 ROM on a clone.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app
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I wouldn't think you could flash any of the official S4 ROMs or firmware as the hardware is just going to be different and so it just won't work and will most likely brick your phone. Whats the model name/number/specs if you dont mind me asking?
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Model: GT-I9500 t03gxx
Board: smdk4x12
Display Cnanzhi
Hardware mt6577
Android Ver. 4.2.2
Kernel Arch armv7l
Kernel Ver. 3.4.0 eng rooter.1375971950
Screen Res: 540x960
Total RAM 500MB
Screen Density 240dpi
Samsung Exynos 4212 Dual Core 1.0 ghz
ARM Cortex-A9
Revision r3p0
Gpu Renderer PowerVR SGX 531
And no i wont flash Any S4 rom on this phone i know it will brick **** out of it but just wonder if there is any known chinese forums with those firmwares.
Here is the link that i found of it pretty ****ty specs but it would be lovely to could do something about kernel. Cant overclock it anymore. At least to 1.5
http://specdevice.com/showspec.php?id=986c-526e-ffff-fffff78955b8
How did you install CWM?
How did you install CWM? I was not successful so far.....
GT-I9500 clone
Old post I know, but did you ever find some good ROMS for the GT-I9500 clone?
I am going to buy galaxy s4 this week...but I am confused to buy which one...please help me buy telling which one would be better and for what reason
tanvir108115 said:
I am going to buy galaxy s4 this week...but I am confused to buy which one...please help me buy telling which one would be better and for what reason
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i9505. Maximim developements. Supports LTE. And TOWELROOT works with it
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.
Not true
DeepankarS said:
i9505. Maximim developements. Supports LTE. And TOWELROOT works with it
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.
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The latest built of Samsungs Official Update called NG8 don't support towelroot anymore. No one knows why. Maybe some changes in the Kernel.
I would buy a 9505 or when it's possible for you a 9506, there is less support on XDA, that's right, but you got an Snapdragon 800 and the faster LTE, so really close to the Galaxy S5.
So if you don't want to flash thousands of custom ROM, this will be your best choice.
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The latest built of Samsungs Official Update called NG8 don't support towelroot anymore. No one knows why. Maybe some changes in the Kernel.
I would buy a 9505 or when it's possible for you a 9506, there is less support on XDA, that's right, but you got an Snapdragon 800 and the faster LTE, so really close to the Galaxy S5.
So if you don't want to flash thousands of custom ROM, this will be your best choice.
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Well this is because Samsung patched the loophole that was being exploited by geohot.
They knew about the loophole as stated by them.on www.samsungknox.com and they clearly stated that Knox 2.0 shall stop that exploit.
They did it.
That is why NG8, the latest official firmware, has knox 2.0 and does not support towelroot anymore.
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.
Hey DeepankarS hru, im junior here rit now i have gt i9500 and i rooted n flash almost 5 or 6 rom without any problem, but now i want to switch to gt i9505 so plz help its safe for india, this LTE version, and should i change or not, thnks sir... Plss help.. ?
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Hi, I've buy this fantastic device but I want to mod it. My problem is that I have found out that there are 2 different models.I've the GT19301| and I figure thet this is not much modded. So my question is: will the GT19300| roms and root method work on GT19301|? And, if not, is there any method to transform the GT19301| to a GT19300|? Only the processor clock is the difference?
Thanks in advice.
android1111 said:
Hi, I've buy this fantastic device but I want to mod it. My problem is that I have found out that there are 2 different models.I've the GT19301| and I figure thet this is not much modded. So my question is: will the GT19300| roms and root method work on GT19301|? And, if not, is there any method to transform the GT19301| to a GT19300|? Only the processor clock is the difference?
Thanks in advice.
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There are two variants of the S3 Neo: GT-I9301I and GT-I9300I. The only difference between them is that the latter is a dual-SIM device. There are custom ROMs and recoveries for either device, so use the ones that support your phone model. DO NOT flash GT-I9300 (original Galaxy SIII) roms as that will brick your device. And no, there is no way to turn your GT-I9301I into a GT-I9300I other than modying build.prop, but there's not a single reason to do that
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There are two variants of the S3 Neo: GT-I9301I and GT-I9300I. The only difference between them is that the latter is a dual-SIM device. There are custom ROMs and recoveries for either device, so use the ones that support your phone model. DO NOT flash GT-I9300 (original Galaxy SIII) roms as that will brick your device. And no, there is no way to turn your GT-I9301I into a GT-I9300I other than modying build.prop, but there's not a single reason to do that
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Am Sorry if goggling solves this problem but couldn't solve my rather weird problem, i just got (today to be exact) a new SGS4 which claims to be GT-I9500 but it's not Exynos 5 IT"S Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 1.9ghz. Installed antutu and another info app to make sure and what's happening? is it fake? antutu says it scored 27000 points which is similar to the s600 and camera and UI are Buttery Smooth unlike the fake ones who cannot achieve that, all S apps are accounted for and gallery is well gallery. i haven't installed CPU-Z yet but if in a way this turn out to be real how am i supposed to upgrade it or do any thing related to software manipulations ?
What makes you think it's a snapdragon?
Found out another thing!!
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What makes you think it's a snapdragon?
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Ok!! i finally unplugged it from the so called 3 hour first-charge and went in to the download mode since it tells me the product name, guess what i found, it says it is the Sprint S4, sph-l720 and its on custom rom, if it's a real one it answers the snapdragon thing since sprint's variant uses it, and the font is suspiciously very small. it passed the *#0*# test and OK, tell me something, can you change the device name with a ROM and make every app on it to think that way?? the million dollar question, is the sph-l720 rom my official rom? THANKS!
Yes. You can easily change the device name with the ROM. You probably have the sprint version of S4.
Yes, you can change the device model.
Mine is a GT-I9505. I'm using a GPE rom and because of this all apps show it as a GT-I9505G.
One More Thing!!
GDReaper said:
Yes, you can change the device model.
Mine is a GT-I9505. I'm using a GPE rom and because of this all apps show it as a GT-I9505G.
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so is it normal that the download mode font is very small i mean the info part , the green part is fine. and yeah the galaxy dont state model when booting just sgs4. so shall i try to flash the official sprint rom on it? the current OS is messy!! do you know a rom made by BinBinKeji? it says so instead of the build number.
thank you!!
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Am Sorry if goggling solves this problem but couldn't solve my rather weird problem, i just got (today to be exact) a new SGS4 which claims to be GT-I9500 but it's not Exynos 5 IT"S Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 1.9ghz. Installed antutu and another info app to make sure and what's happening? is it fake? antutu says it scored 27000 points which is similar to the s600 and camera and UI are Buttery Smooth unlike the fake ones who cannot achieve that, all S apps are accounted for and gallery is well gallery. i haven't installed CPU-Z yet but if in a way this turn out to be real how am i supposed to upgrade it or do any thing related to software manipulations ?
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hi mate
Use this app , will tell you everything you need to know from your phone
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo&hl=en
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MAX 404 said:
hi mate
Use this app , will tell you everything you need to know from your phone
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo&hl=en
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it says my phone is ORIGINAL, the bootloader is L720VPUNAE, bb is L720VPUAMDC, CSC is L720SPTFNAE , PDA is I9500XXUFB7.
Hard Ware =qcom , Board MSM8960, chip apq8064, though samsung serial number is 0000000000.
i found philz touch 6 insteadof recovery, looks like someoe has gone a great length to make it look like s4 gt-i9500, even the info under the battery is for gt-i9500, should i only depend on the motherboard to upgrade it? which is jfltespr sprint s4.
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i found philz touch 6 insteadof recovery, looks like someoe has gone a great length to make it look like s4 gt-i9500, even the info under the battery is for gt-i9500, should i only depend on the motherboard to upgrade it? which is jfltespr sprint s4.
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could be using a GT-I9500 Sticker or better yet the whole frame of the GT-I9500. Best best you can do is download the official sprint odin flash file and revert to factory stock.
Fingers Crossed!!
aromerblz said:
could be using a GT-I9500 Sticker or better yet the whole frame of the GT-I9500. Best best you can do is download the official sprint odin flash file and revert to factory stock.
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Will try, here i only get a single threaded download from sammobile recently, dunno why!! i download every thing else for 2-3MB/s but this file 100kB/s. i hope i finish the download someday but thank you for everything.
iloveyoumommy said:
Will try, here i only get a single threaded download from sammobile recently, dunno why!! i download every thing else for 2-3MB/s but this file 100kB/s. i hope i finish the download someday but thank you for everything.
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Did the restore / flashing the stock rom work?
If you have any more trouble, check this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2511280
Good luck! :fingers-crossed:
Fingers Crossed!! Again!!
GusBH123 said:
Did the restore / flashing the stock rom work?
If you have any more trouble, check this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2511280
Good luck! :fingers-crossed:
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Downloading now...
Working BUT...
So i flashed the phone with the file above in the screenshot i uploaded earlier, looks cute and upgraded it immediately to a new update 119 MB.
2 things though, the contacts app dont sync contacts from the SIM card and the most troubling of all, it's forcing me to use HSPA+ data mode. the custom i killed had the option to use EDGE and i want that back, HELP!!