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Hello everyone.
I have just bought a new samsung galaxy s3 from china. I want to unlock it and install the newest firmware, all at the beginning before i start installing applications and changing settings the way i want them. For start the phone is sim locked and in Cyprus,where i live, i have to unlock it. The only procedures i saw up to now includes root of the phone which automatically means void of warranty. I don't really mind of it but is there any way to do it without this result? How about changing the phone CSC, is that going to help or this has nothing to do with radio?
I also want to install jelly beans but iam not really sure if the official rom for this model is on the market. Any help and any links would be appreciated!
Thanks!
antros48 said:
Hello everyone.
I have just bought a new samsung galaxy s3 from china. I want to unlock it and install the newest firmware, all at the beginning before i start installing applications and changing settings the way i want them. For start the phone is sim locked and in Cyprus,where i live, i have to unlock it. The only procedures i saw up to now includes root of the phone which automatically means void of warranty. I don't really mind of it but is there any way to do it without this result? How about changing the phone CSC, is that going to help or this has nothing to do with radio?
I also want to install jelly beans but iam not really sure if the official rom for this model is on the market. Any help and any links would be appreciated!
Thanks!
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No you cannot unlock your phone without rooting ..and you should have posted it in the Q/A section.
zoot1 said:
No you cannot unlock your phone without rooting ..and you should have posted it in the Q/A section.
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Actually i wasn't expecting a "yes" or "no" answer because if i would, the post would be in the Q/A section. Thanks anyway
Once you're not in China why do you care about the warranty?
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kofiaa said:
Once you're not in China why do you care about the warranty?
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Yeah you have a point here but the warranty is international and i think it is valid in Cyprus too. But anyhow as i said earlier i don't really care about warranty since most of the times i fix my staff.
Congrats on your new purchase. The best Galaxy ever!
You need root privileges to do an unlock.
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jbluzb said:
Congrats on your new purchase. The best Galaxy ever!
You need root privileges to do an unlock.
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Thank you very much! Any reliable method for unlocking and upgrading to jelly bean?
antros48 said:
Thank you very much! Any reliable method for unlocking and upgrading to jelly bean?
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1. Download Odin
2. Download cf-root for s3
3. Install cf-root trough Odin
-now you are rooted-
4. Unlock your phone using supercurio app.
5. Read before asking questions already answered like millions of times.
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Alejandrissimo said:
1. Download Odin
2. Download cf-root for s3
3. Install cf-root trough Odin
-now you are rooted-
4. Unlock your phone using supercurio app.
5. Read before asking questions already answered like millions of times.
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Thank you!
antros48 said:
Yeah you have a point here but the warranty is international and i think it is valid in Cyprus too. But anyhow as i said earlier i don't really care about warranty since most of the times i fix my staff.
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International warranty probably not .
jje
antros48 said:
(...) but the warranty is international and i think it is valid in Cyprus too. (...)
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I doubt it. Try reading the warranty card that came with your phone. It states that the warranty is valid only in the country of purchase, AND with a proof of purchase (such as invoice, fiscal document, whatever).
Besides, since your model was bought in China, it may not be a GT-I9300, but a variant (such as GT-I9300T, or any other letter after the "9300"). That info will be under the battery, in the labels in its compartment.
If - and only if - your phone is not exactly a GT-I9300 (w/o any letter after that), flashing an I9300 ROM or kernel to it may brick the phone.
Before doing anything to your phone, read a lot fo stuff in these forums, to minimize your chance of bricking your phone, and get a greater understanding of what and why you'll be doing to your phone.
Anyhow, forget about your phone's warranty: a rooted phone is a lot better than a stock phone.
Thank you very much i will keep that in mind. As far as i know it is GT-I9300 and for the warranty i haven't read it yet but i will.
Ok i finally recieved my phone but when i opened it i was really sad to find out that the software was completely chinese! There is not even a choice to insert my gmail account so i can sync my contacts. When i tried to change the csc with the usual way (*#2372....) the only option i got was the one already installed which is the CHY. So i tried to download the SGS CSC selector app to install a european csc but the only way to download it is by google market, something that i am unable to do since there is not even the google play app in the phone!! I am really unhappy cause i was waiting for this phone for a month and now that i have it, it's all messed up...
Any ideas????
antros48 said:
Ok i finally recieved my phone but when i opened it i was really sad to find out that the software was completely chinese! There is not even a choice to insert my gmail account so i can sync my contacts. When i tried to change the csc with the usual way (*#2372....) the only option i got was the one already installed which is the CHY. So i tried to download the SGS CSC selector app to install a european csc but the only way to download it is by google market, something that i am unable to do since there is not even the google play app in the phone!! I am really unhappy cause i was waiting for this phone for a month and now that i have it, it's all messed up...
Any ideas????
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Try and flash a ROM with Odin?
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9300 met Tapatalk
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/384377/20120914/galaxy-s3-i9300-android-jellybean-update-xxdli7.htm
I was thinking about trying this link's procedure but for ics rom. Have you tried it so you can confirm that is an official rom with all it's components?
Thanks for answering.
Get rid of it fast .Is it aChinese clone ??
jje
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antros48 said:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/3...-s3-i9300-android-jellybean-update-xxdli7.htm
I was thinking about trying this link's procedure but for ics rom. Have you tried it so you can confirm that is an official rom with all it's components?
Thanks for answering.
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If you have a international galaxy SIII you can try that
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No it's an original samsung's product. But i don't know why there is no sign of google in this phone.. And there are also a lot of chinese apps installed. Btw when it boots there is a chinese screen at first and then the normal samsung's logo appears. I wish flashing a rom will get rid all of these chinese things!
Jayden what information would you like to write down for the confirmation of it's international edition??
antros48 said:
No it's an original samsung's product. But i don't know why there is no sign of google in this phone.. And there are also a lot of chinese apps installed. Btw when it boots there is a chinese screen at first and then the normal samsung's logo appears. I wish flashing a rom will get rid all of these chinese things!
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Already tried a factory reset?.... Hmm suppose u don't know where to look if it's all in Chinese.... I would suggest to ask a dev because I can't tell u if u have a international SIII or not... I guess u have but I am not sure... If u do have one then you can flash any stock rom u want with Odin
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HI there folks,
I am a newborn noob here. Would like to introduce myself.
I have recently bought the first Android device I have ever owned which is the i9500 Octa Core and I am loving it, I have found that Android is 100000000000x999 times better than any other mobile operating system and so I have a huge interest in it. Have been reading about it for a month now and I want to do many things to my device but unfortunately can't because the i9500 does not get much love, especially here in South Africa, where Samsung can't even provide us with the latest firmware update.
I really want to root & flash my phone however I don't want to Void my warranty and I know that the Triangle Away app can remove the flash counter however it does not support i9500 Octa yet...
I am an experienced Graphic Designer, have been doing it for 5 years using Photoshop and sometimes CorelDraw, so if anyone would like me to help out with designs for their applications, I don't mind helping out.
I have a lot of knowledge about Computers and Cellphones however not enough about Linux based systems, that is why I am here, to learn, learn and learn.
Also I wanted to ask if I can put Google Stock Android OS 4.2 or 4.3 on my i9500 Octa instead of using Samsung's crappy TouchWiz? Is it possible?
Gh0zt_ZA said:
HI there folks,
I am a newborn noob here. Would like to introduce myself.
I have recently bought the first Android device I have ever owned which is the i9500 Octa Core and I am loving it, I have found that Android is 100000000000x999 times better than any other mobile operating system and so I have a huge interest in it. Have been reading about it for a month now and I want to do many things to my device but unfortunately can't because the i9500 does not get much love, especially here in South Africa, where Samsung can't even provide us with the latest firmware update.
I really want to root & flash my phone however I don't want to Void my warranty and I know that the Triangle Away app can remove the flash counter however it does not support i9500 Octa yet...
I am an experienced Graphic Designer, have been doing it for 5 years using Photoshop and sometimes CorelDraw, so if anyone would like me to help out with designs for their applications, I don't mind helping out.
I have a lot of knowledge about Computers and Cellphones however not enough about Linux based systems, that is why I am here, to learn, learn and learn.
Also I wanted to ask if I can put Google Stock Android OS 4.2 or 4.3 on my i9500 Octa instead of using Samsung's crappy TouchWiz? Is it possible?
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Welcome to S4 Family !!
1. Well In Case if you root the Phone warranty Gets Voided. You Can Hop Over to Here and FLash a pre rooted latest firmware according to Your Choice. Or You Can root it using Cf root by Chain fire and when you need to Give it In for warranty you can just factory reset and it gets Official again.
2. Google edition is Not Yet Ported to I9500 and A dev is already porting it for time being we dont have much choices for Roms
3. If You dont Need touchwiz you can just download some other launcher like Nova apex and Get the Bare android Feel
manu44 said:
Welcome to S4 Family !!
1. Well In Case if you root the Phone warranty Gets Voided. You Can Hop Over to Here and FLash a pre rooted latest firmware according to Your Choice. Or You Can root it using Cf root by Chain fire and when you need to Give it In for warranty you can just factory reset and it gets Official again.
2. Google edition is Not Yet Ported to I9500 and A dev is already porting it for time being we dont have much choices for Roms
3. If You dont Need touchwiz you can just download some other launcher like Nova apex and Get the Bare android Feel
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Thanks for the warm welcome.
Well lets say I did what you said in number 1, I flash it with a pre-rooted stock ROM, however wont it show that I have flashed it with the flash counter or something like that? Won't that still void my warranty?
I am using Nova with Holo Locker, its way faster and looks nicer however I wont the PURE android experience hahaha
Gh0zt_ZA said:
Thanks for the warm welcome.
Well lets say I did what you said in number 1, I flash it with a pre-rooted stock ROM, however wont it show that I have flashed it with the flash counter or something like that? Won't that still void my warranty?
I am using Nova with Holo Locker, its way faster and looks nicer however I wont the PURE android experience hahaha
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Well If you flash Using the Pre rooted Roms from the thread that I gave you the Counter would not increase as mentioned in the Op also.Moreover,Currently for I9500 we cant see the Counter in any Case.
manu44 said:
Well If you flash Using the Pre rooted Roms from the thread that I gave you the Counter would not increase as mentioned in the Op also.Moreover,Currently for I9500 we cant see the Counter in any Case.
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Ok thanks alot manu44. I have another question though, ok I am in South Africa and we only have the XXUAMDK firmware available, however I want to be with the latest one XXUBMF8, so in order to keep the pre-installed service provider app and internet settings, can't I just use the PDA via ODIN without the MODEM CSC & BOOTLOADER? I have no idea why there is 4 downloads, what do these PDA, CSC, MODEM & BOOTLOADER do anyway?
Sorry it's my first time doing this and all this stuff is making me nervous, I don't want to do it wrong and brick my phone.
Thank you for the help.
Gh0zt_ZA said:
Ok thanks alot manu44. I have another question though, ok I am in South Africa and we only have the XXUAMDK firmware available, however I want to be with the latest one XXUBMF8, so in order to keep the pre-installed service provider app and internet settings, can't I just use the PDA via ODIN without the MODEM CSC & BOOTLOADER? I have no idea why there is 4 downloads, what do these PDA, CSC, MODEM & BOOTLOADER do anyway?
Sorry it's my first time doing this and all this stuff is making me nervous, I don't want to do it wrong and brick my phone.
Thank you for the help.
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Your welcome. Yes You dont Need to Flash all of them Just The Main Rom and CSC file for South Africa. Bootloader and PIt is required in case u have damaged partition table or boot loader.
So Just Pick the Latest Firmware File and The Right CSC fro Your Country.
manu44 said:
Your welcome. Yes You dont Need to Flash all of them Just The Main Rom and CSC file for South Africa. Bootloader and PIt is required in case u have damaged partition table or boot loader.
So Just Pick the Latest Firmware File and The Right CSC fro Your Country.
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Oh alright, so what if there isn't a ROM or CSC for my country?
Gh0zt_ZA said:
Oh alright, so what if there isn't a ROM or CSC for my country?
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Well you can you any CSC i Gues.. the only differences is the apn settings and other country specif settings.. But i aint sure for this.
Hi,
I am looking to buy Galaxy Note 3 - LTE - International Version! The one with Snap 800. I believe its N95005 :S. I am in Canada. I will require AWS HSPA+ band , that is what my carrier uses, so from my research I Can flash any modems even the one from my carrier NOTE 3, to get the AWS band.
Anyone know a good website to get it from?? Any help is appreciate it!
Yup the SM-N9005 -
http://www.handtec.co.uk I believe will ship all across the world, may have to check to be sure though
radicalisto said:
Yup the SM-N9005 -
http://www.handtec.co.uk I believe will ship all across the world, may have to check to be sure though
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Yeah they ship world wide , thank god for FedEX!
So, why is the Black version more expensive than the white version?
Also, this must be region locked, right? How would I be able to unlock the region thing?? Can I root this without voiding the Knox?? And I can flash any roms, modems via odin, there won't be this secure check fail , correct? Sorry, I just want to confirm it.
Thank you!
LimitsX said:
Yeah they ship world wide , thank god for FedEX!
So, why is the Black version more expensive than the white version?
Also, this must be region locked, right? How would I be able to unlock the region thing?? Can I root this without voiding the Knox?? And I can flash any roms, modems via odin, there won't be this secure check fail , correct? Sorry, I just want to confirm it.
Thank you!
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In regards to region lock, you may have to email them first - they sell some with the title "open box" ( to unlock region lock maybe?) - Or they may have US/CA variants also in stock.
You may be able to root it without voiding KNOX it depends what firmware version it ships with. But if you want to flash custom ROMS then you have to trip KNOX 0x1 - no way around that. But yes you can do it if you don't mind tripping 0x1.
I guess White this time round is the popular colour of choice. Everyone I know with a Note has White except me I have the Jet Black.
radicalisto said:
In regards to region lock, you may have to email them first - they sell some with the title "open box" ( to unlock region lock maybe?) - Or they may have US/CA variants also in stock.
You may be able to root it without voiding KNOX it depends what firmware version it ships with. But if you want to flash custom ROMS then you have to trip KNOX 0x1 - no way around that. But yes you can do it if you don't mind tripping 0x1.
I guess White this time round is the popular colour of choice. Everyone I know with a Note has White except me I have the Jet Black.
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No, i don't want to buy US variant, thats the whole point in buying international lol. I can buy canadian variant, but it is over priced, plus i can't flash anything.
So, um, I can flash any TW roms and modems from any region/country on the SM-N9505??
Lol, White one appears to be cheaper
You can flash what you like on the N9005, as long as you don't mind tripping KNOX
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The T-Mo US variant is unlocked except for carrier (which is unlockable by code) and I bought mine for $680, cheaper than the N9005's were going for on swappa where I got mine. It's N900T. You can flash N9005 ROMs except for the kernels and a patch to fix a few other things. I'm using such a ROM now which is why it's reporting as an N9005. See what you can get cheaper in your area and go with that. Avoid N900A (AT&T) since it has locked bootloader. There's also a Canadian variant that is similar to N900T with unlocked bootloader, might be the one you've referenced.
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radicalisto said:
You can flash what you like on the N9005, as long as you don't mind tripping KNOX
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Yeah, I pretty much realized that Sam is screwing with customers big time. Worse than Apple.
So, regardin the region lock, I can assume the website you sent me is shipping updated firmware N95005, so I can't use region away app. Do you know any asian market website that can ship N95005 to Canada?
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The T-Mo US variant is unlocked except for carrier (which is unlockable by code) and I bought mine for $680, cheaper than the N9005's were going for on swappa where I got mine. It's N900T. You can flash N9005 ROMs except for the kernels and a patch to fix a few other things. I'm using such a ROM now which is why it's reporting as an N9005. See what you can get cheaper in your area and go with that. Avoid N900A (AT&T) since it has locked bootloader. There's also a Canadian variant that is similar to N900T with unlocked bootloader, might be the one you've referenced.
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Lol, T-mobile stock rom is worse than anything. I had S3 from them, it was a pain dealing with their crap load because didn't really want to root and stuff back then. For Note 3, I don't want to flash custom roms right of way. Gonna try it out for 2 months before voiding warranty. So, I need to get N9008W-AWS version the Canadian, or International Note 3, where I can flash AWS band modem easily without tripping Knox.
t-mobile Note 3 isn't sold here, and I am not gonna buy it online from ebay cuz i end up paying $200 for custom duty tax. If you know a website that uses UPS/FedEx type of shipping for t-mobile , i might consider it .
Right now im trying to find N95005 that is brand new and not region locked or the region lock can be removed =| .
thank you for your help!! appreciate your inputs!
Btw, the Negri Electronics, is that a good website to buy phones?
http://negrielectronics.com/samsung-n9005-galaxy-note-3-16gb-lte-unlocked-white.html
Is that the international Galaxy Note 3 they are selling?? Is that region locked? It doesn't say on their description :S
Thanks!
LimitsX said:
Btw, the Negri Electronics, is that a good website to buy phones?
http://negrielectronics.com/samsung-n9005-galaxy-note-3-16gb-lte-unlocked-white.html
Is that the international Galaxy Note 3 they are selling?? Is that region locked? It doesn't say on their description :S
Thanks!
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Apparently they are OK from what I have read, haven't used them myself so can't personally comment.
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Apparently they are OK from what I have read, haven't used them myself so can't personally comment.
In regards to region lock and updated firmware - we can never know what firmware/region lock (if any) is being shipped on devices until we get them - but with region lock, I'm gonna assume they won't send an EU model with EU lock on it to Canada? -
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Negri Electronics doesn't have region lock , but the website you sent me it does, there is a note posted =| .
Can you tell me for sure the Negri link I posted is the international version??
Thank you! sorry I just want to be very sure lol.
LimitsX said:
Negri Electronics doesn't have region lock , but the website you sent me it does, there is a note posted =| .
Can you tell me for sure the Negri link I posted is the international version??
Thank you! sorry I just want to be very sure lol.
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Negri have the N9005 listed - that is defo the INT model - shoot them an email to be 100% certain it is the N9500 they are selling, because we have seen it before where a site advertises a model number and it is wrong! - for your own peace of mind mainly -
I really can't find the answer here or anywhere. (i've been searching all morning)
I've been reading allot about it but know is me question.
Is my note 3 Branded or not and can i just install stock 4.4.2 and then flash X-note or any other custom firmware?
Device Information:
Model
SM-N9005
Baseband:
N9005XXUENA2
Kernel:
3.4.0-348029
*******
Sat Jan 11 09:45:52 KST 2014
Buildnumber:
KOTH49H.N9005XXUENA7
Now according do this it is just a normal Note 3. I have another carrier in it with LTE working and everything is working.
BUT When i boot the phone there is a t-mobile boot animation. (thats all i can find of t-mobile in and on the phone)
I know T-mobile does this with all there phones and my last Note 2 had this to and i could just Root and Flash all i wanted like it was a normal version. Now can i also do that with this Note 3. And how can i know the difference between a T-mobile Note 3 and a International One.
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I really can't find the answer here or anywhere. (i've been searching all morning)
I've been reading allot about it but know is me question.
Is my note 3 Branded or not and can i just install stock 4.4.2 and then flash X-note or any other custom firmware?
Device Information:
Model
SM-N9005
Baseband:
N9005XXUENA2
Kernel:
3.4.0-348029
*******
Sat Jan 11 09:45:52 KST 2014
Buildnumber:
KOTH49H.N9005XXUENA7
Now according do this it is just a normal Note 3. I have another carrier in it with LTE working and everything is working.
BUT When i boot the phone there is a t-mobile boot animation. (thats all i can find of t-mobile in and on the phone)
I know T-mobile does this with all there phones and my last Note 2 had this to and i could just Root and Flash all i wanted like it was a normal version. Now can i also do that with this Note 3. And how can i know the difference between a T-mobile Note 3 and a International One.
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Its probably only the T-Mobile bootanimation which is added. Should be fine to root it and flash custom roms on it if you want. Search in the T-Mobile thread for more info http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-tmobile to be sure.
Open PlayStore Search For An App With Name Of Phone INFO *Samsung* You Will Get All The Answers.
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Its probably only the T-Mobile bootanimation which is added. Should be fine to root it and flash custom roms on it if you want. Search in the T-Mobile thread for more info http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-tmobile to be sure.
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Thanks, i tried that but i don't know what to search for. i tried everything i could think of (english is not my native language). And nothing comes up. I already reader and searched trough it manually in the topics if i could find something but i couldn't.
Suggestions on how you specifically call this? I tried Branded, Unbranded, International note or T-mobile and all variations i could think of
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Thanks, i tried that but i don't know what to search for. i tried everything i could think of (english is not my native language). And nothing comes up. I already reader and searched trough it manually in the topics if i could find something but i couldn't.
Suggestions on how you specifically call this? I tried Branded, Unbranded, International note or T-mobile and all variations i could think of
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I guess you have a SM-N900T, look in the link in my above post for how to root it and which roms//mods are available. Look in device info for the correct model number or in the Phone Info app from Play as linked above.
Wel in says sm-n9005 here is te info. so i should Just stick to this forum then instead of thee t-mobile then ?
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Thetakman said:
Wel in says sm-n9005 here is te info. so i should Just stick to this forum then instead of thee t-mobile then ?
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Free mobile app
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Well root and flash away from this forum as you have a N9005 bro
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Thanks allot .
I was really worried cause i've been on apple for more then a year so i'm a little rusty with flashing again and there is allot of new stuff with new mobiles so just that little anxiety when first flash. After that i will probably keep flashing till there is no more
Thanks for the information and the confirmation really love this community!
Thetakman said:
Thanks allot .
I was really worried cause i've been on apple for more then a year so i'm a little rusty with flashing again and there is allot of new stuff with new mobiles so just that little anxiety when first flash. After that i will probably keep flashing till there is no more
Thanks for the information and the confirmation really love this community!
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Type in the phone dialer *#1234# and post a screenshot please. Where do you live?
The netherlands just as you, (Friesland or gelderland depends om when) why do u need te info?
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Thetakman said:
The netherlands just as you, (Friesland or gelderland depends om when) why do u need te info?
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Free mobile app
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Just to make sure bro, thought initialy you might have a US T-Mobile device Dutch T-Mobile devices are not branded, you can also flash a PHN (unbranded) rom from www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/. This will not trip the KNOX void warranty.
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Type in the phone dialer *#1234# and post a screenshot please. Where do you live?
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gee2012 said:
Just to make sure bro, thought initialy you might have a US T-Mobile device Dutch T-Mobile devices are not branded, you can also flash a PHN (unbranded) rom from www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/. This will not trip the KNOX void warranty.
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I probably thought already so, but i didn't know what changed and didn't wanted to brick it from the start. And i really want to do custom so the KNOX warranty can kiss my ass. I never bricked a device by being careful and can change the hardware myself. And if i really need the warranty i buy a new phone. i switch every half year or so i never use that.
Thanks for the input i'm gonna have a happy time flashing
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I probably thought already so, but i didn't know what changed and didn't wanted to brick it from the start. And i really want to do custom so the KNOX warranty can kiss my ass. I never bricked a device by being careful and can change the hardware myself. And if i really need the warranty i buy a new phone. i switch every half year or so i never use that.
Thanks for the input i'm gonna have a happy time flashing
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Don`t forget to backup the EFS folder and store it on the pc. Link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447342.
Thetakman said:
I probably thought already so, but i didn't know what changed and didn't wanted to brick it from the start. And i really want to do custom so the KNOX warranty can kiss my ass. I never bricked a device by being careful and can change the hardware myself. And if i really need the warranty i buy a new phone. i switch every half year or so i never use that.
Thanks for the input i'm gonna have a happy time flashing
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You can always check for the latest firmware for your phone by installing this app and open the menu --> 'Firmware Browser...'
gee2012 said:
Just to make sure bro, thought initialy you might have a US T-Mobile device Dutch T-Mobile devices are not branded, you can also flash a PHN (unbranded) rom from www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/. This will not trip the KNOX void warranty.
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Correction: Dutch T-Mobile devices are BRANDED!!!
CSC's:
Netherlands UNbranded: PHN
Netherlands Vodafone: VDF
Netherlands T-Mobile: TNL
According to the OP's screenshot of *#1234#, he has a branded T-Mobile device (TNL)
Netherlands
henklbr said:
Correction: Dutch T-Mobile devices are BRANDED!!!
CSC's:
Netherlands UNbranded: PHN
Netherlands Vodafone: VDF
Netherlands T-Mobile: TNL
According to the OP's screenshot of *#1234#, he has a branded T-Mobile device (TNL)
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He can always revert to the TNL rom mate if he wanted to, i get your point though but OP is gona flash custom roms anyway
I just bought a Samsung galaxy s4 I9507. It's the Australian optus version running 4.3 build number JSS15J.19507XXUENB5 and i can't seem to find anywhere how to root this model. I've come across people guessing some might work but of course I'm hesitant to try due to the risk of bricking my phone. Also does it matter between the rooting program and the android versions? Does anybody know how I can root my phone? Can anybody help me on this please?!!!
Try towelroot
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$ horty said:
I just bought a Samsung galaxy s4 I9507. It's the Australian optus version running 4.3 build number JSS15J.19507XXUENB5 and i can't seem to find anywhere how to root this model. I've come across people guessing some might work but of course I'm hesitant to try due to the risk of bricking my phone. Also does it matter between the rooting program and the android versions? Does anybody know how I can root my phone? Can anybody help me on this please?!!!
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TRY THIS
Towelroot. Easiest and best.
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