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3 button recovery mode fix

hello, i had a galaxy s and returned it for a full refund due to the 3 button recovery mode issue. i saw that samsung canada released a fix about it. however i dont have any information if samsung released official fix for the rest of the world(uk etc). i m waiting for official fix so i m gonna buy it again
anyone knows?
thanks!

so nobody knows?

el3ctronick said:
hello, i had a galaxy s and returned it for a full refund due to the 3 button recovery mode issue. i saw that samsung canada released a fix about it. however i dont have any information if samsung released official fix for the rest of the world(uk etc). i m waiting for official fix so i m gonna buy it again
anyone knows?
thanks!
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The release is official only for those in Canada with Bell as their provider. Richtofen converted it so that others could use the fix easily however its still not official.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201

But is working! I'm from România.

Im in canada using bell phone and my recovery mode doesnt work I have latest firmware too....its weird
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jark99 said:
Im in canada using bell phone and my recovery mode doesnt work I have latest firmware too....its weird
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if you are on JH2, you need to go back to JG9 to go back to the New-er version of the JH2
or you can install new-er JH2 over older JH2 by doing the Kies cheat and registry hack to show it was a JG9 or something older

USA I9300 Jelly bean Update

Hey guys. I was wondering if anyone has gotten their update yet? I've heard that the american S3's on Sprint are getting their update already... I am on the international S3 and still nothing... that kind of sucks considering the fact that the international ones are supposed to have the upgrade earlier. What about you guys?

jojo_angelov said:
Hey guys. I was wondering if anyone has gotten their update yet? I've heard that the american S3's on Sprint are getting their update already... I am on the international S3 and still nothing... that kind of sucks considering the fact that the international ones are supposed to have the upgrade earlier. What about you guys?
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Got the update. Not sure if update for your CSC is out yet. Should be out very soon though.

Why are you even waiting? Haven`t you learned anything from reading these forums?
Pick an official ROM you want from samsung-updates.com, download Odin3 and flash it.
This will NOT wipe your phone, it will NOT void your warranty, it WILL make you not wait anymore

I am waiting because I don't want to root it yet...

jojo_angelov said:
I am waiting because I don't want to root it yet...
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Absolutly no need to root if all you want is just flash a stock rom with odin...

I opened kies today and and it asked me if I wanted to upgrade to the latest firmware. I'm also in the us.

Mopral said:
Absolutly no need to root if all you want is just flash a stock rom with odin...
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Thanks for letting me know. I totally did not know that... the thing is that samsung-updates.com do not have 4.1 for my region I guess.
My phone is : PDA:LG2 / PHONE: LG2 / CSC:LG2 (TTT) . So it must be a regional thing since you got the update today...

Well, I'm in Canada and I got jb update over keis last night.
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jojo_angelov said:
Hey guys. I was wondering if anyone has gotten their update yet? I've heard that the american S3's on Sprint are getting their update already... I am on the international S3 and still nothing... that kind of sucks considering the fact that the international ones are supposed to have the upgrade earlier. What about you guys?
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There will never be a specific US region update for the International GS3. The same was true for the International GS2. You'll have to download another country's ROM if you want to update. It doesn't matter. Just set it to U.S. English and that's it. I'm on AT&T and the ROM's CSC code doesn't matter either. I recommend the latest UK unbranded ROM build XXDLJ4. There are plenty of ROMs on this forum based on this build.

So what you're saying is that the upgrade OTA is determined by the current region of the rom? i.e. where I purchased the device?
I'm in San Francisco now but I bought my device in the Netherlands.
Can I just upgrade to the UK unbranded without a problem? What about US features like installing Google Wallet etc.
Thanks.

Dude just download the faryraab stock official and inside the package is Odin
Its so super easy. I have an American purchased 9300 that was originally a Brazilian firmware. Now I am always on uk btu mainly because its the latest and greatest.
Go to the general section and look for the latest official and its right there. No need to wipe or anything
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Here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25922191
It will work for yoy

GT-N8013 and German 4.1.1 update

Hello all,
I have the GT-N8013 (US Version), and decided I wanted to get Jelly Bean on it, since Samsung hasn't really said anything about an update for the USA.
I just flashed the German 4.1.1 ODIN last night as per this thread. I was under the impression this would not affect the binary counter or the firmware status. However, my binary count is now 2 (I've never flashed anything else), and the firmware status is Custom, rather than Samsung Official/Normal.
As such, I can no longer receive OTA updates for this device. I wanted to keep myself in a position where I could still get OTA updates one way or another.
I've seen things about changing the CSC, but I'm not sure I want to wipe the device, especially if I wouldn't be guaranteed to get OTA updates afterwards. (Or would it be guaranteed that OTAs would work if I changed the CSC to DBT...?)
What is the best course of action to get back to Samsung Official/Normal status (USA or German), or can it even be done?
(If I can't get back to Samsung Official, is there somewhere to download GT-N8010 German update.zip files, rather than the 1GB ODIN files?)
Thanks in advance for any help!

You'll need to root and then use TriangleAway to reset your counter. Then you can unroot and reflash official 4.1.1 from sammobile.com or just keep your root. Either way, you have to root to reset your counter. I recommend ExynosAbuse. As for OTA updates, you'll have to unroot and flash back to stock for that. To accomplish this, I recommend bypassing ODIN and using MobileODIN to flash, just in case the 8010 firmware is what tripped your counter to begin with... you know, cause you put it on an 8013.
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kornfan71 said:
Hello all,
I just flashed the German 4.1.1 ODIN last night. I was under the impression this would not affect the binary counter or the firmware status. However, my binary count is now 2
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Strange - Mine didn't do that for 4.11 or 4.1.2. It only changed when I rooted it. How are you checking that the Binary count is 2?
kornfan71 said:
The firmware status is Custom, rather than Samsung Official/Normal.
As such, I can no longer receive OTA updates for this device. I wanted to keep myself in a position where I could still get OTA updates one way or another.
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This will be because there is a mismatch between the devices CSC and the Firmware that is installed. You WILL lose all data if you wipe the device (Yes I've done it - No ROMS for UAE either)
kornfan71 said:
What is the best course of action to get back to Samsung Official/Normal status (USA or German), or can it even be done?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Personally I'd wait a few days. JB is rolling out now, and I don't really believe that the US (8013) version will be that long behind the others. So if you can wait, then just download the 8013 JB ROM when it arrives, flash it with Odin and you will be back to official. I would tend to ignore the Binary count for now (see question above) and then fix it when you get the 8013 JB and your ready to go "Official"

Thanks for the replies!
Bulbous said:
How are you checking that the Binary count is 2?
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I'm just looking at the information at the top left of the screen when the device is in download mode.
Thanks for pointing me to ExynosAbuse. That will definitely make life easier when I go to reset the binary counter!
I'll probably just wait to flash an 8013 JB ROM once one is available. The 8010 firmware doesn't have 5GHz WiFi support, which I use frequently.
Thanks for the advice!

kornfan71 said:
Thanks for the replies!
I'm just looking at the information at the top left of the screen when the device is in download mode.
Thanks for pointing me to ExynosAbuse. That will definitely make life easier when I go to reset the binary counter!
I'll probably just wait to flash an 8013 JB ROM once one is available. The 8010 firmware doesn't have 5GHz WiFi support, which I use frequently.
Thanks for the advice!
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That's funny. My 8013 on 8010 firmware works perfectly on 5 GHz wireless n.
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Same thing happened to me. My counter is up to 2 now, one for the German ICS and one for the German JB.
My hypothesis is that you can swap ROMS within the same model - so any 8010 ROM works fine on any 8010 without upping the count, but that going between models (8010 -> 8013) trips the counter.
However, as far as I can tell, everything works fine except the ability to update OTA and it might even be better since you're getting the version that's not been modified for the US market to get past the legal issues with Apple.
The only iffy part is that you're going to be stuck relying on XDA for updates.. but to be honest, the gang here has been pretty reliable in that area for years.

kornfan71 said:
Thanks for the replies!
I'm just looking at the information at the top left of the screen when the device is in download mode.
Thanks for pointing me to ExynosAbuse. That will definitely make life easier when I go to reset the binary counter!
I'll probably just wait to flash an 8013 JB ROM once one is available. The 8010 firmware doesn't have 5GHz WiFi support, which I use frequently.
Thanks for the advice!
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I also installed the 8010 JB and now wi-fi direct between my GS3 and the Note doesn't work anymore.

I'm not rooted, will having the flash counter at 2, if I have an official rom flashed (and it says official in download mode), prevent me from getting an OTA?

tisoyboy2 said:
I also installed the 8010 JB and now wi-fi direct between my GS3 and the Note doesn't work anymore.
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WiFi issue are VERY common when flashing roms from different regions. Every country has different frequencies & bands that can be used publicly & in the UK & Germany, they differ from here in the US. If you change your CSC files in system to identify as an en_US device, or more precisely, change the line in the wifi config file from ccode=gb to ccode=ALL , you will then get 5Ghz. I have no issues with AllShare or WiFi direct, but I changed the wifi config files & edited the csc files to show XAR region with all wifi channels open (ccode=ALL).
BTW, there was an 4.1.1 region XAR leak recently, a few days ago I think. I am also pretty sure someone, maybe Darkman, released a deodexed version of it. There are also dumps of it in the Dev section of the Note 10.1 forums.

Sky Go app not working?

Why does the Sky Go app not work on my Note 3 despite it being compatible with non-rooted devices like mine.
Has anyone got an APK for it?
Thanks

Even if you sideload it (which I have), it runs but when you try to stream it reports that the device is unsupported.
Sky are aware of the issue.
Regards,
Dave
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foxmeister said:
Even if you sideload it (which I have), it runs but when you try to stream it reports that the device is unsupported.
Sky are aware of the issue.
Regards,
Dave
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Thanks Dave, I hope this gets fixed soon

Sky are aware of the issue.
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we should get it around the time Note 4 is available then! Don't hold your breath.
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htc6500uk said:
we should get it around the time Note 4 is available then! Don't hold your breath.
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That's so true, It made me laugh ^^

It's available now, all working and looks great.
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread guys, just installed SKY GO on my unrooted Note 3 and I get the same error, SKY GO not supported on rooted devices,.
My device is totally stock. Any tips?

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winwiz said:
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread guys, just installed SKY GO on my unrooted Note 3 and I get the same error, SKY GO not supported on rooted devices,.
My device is totally stock. Any tips?
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has there been any developments with this? i bought my Note 3 LTE from germany and was convinced it was because of the firmware. i have since updated the firmware to the latest BTU UK one.
my device still says its not supported? any one have any advice?
thanks Rees

er101 said:
has there been any developments with this? i bought my Note 3 LTE from germany and was convinced it was because of the firmware. i have since updated the firmware to the latest BTU UK one.
my device still says its not supported? any one have any advice?
thanks Rees
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factory reset + wipe cache resolved it for me

winwiz said:
factory reset + wipe cache resolved it for me
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Tried that bud and not worked, it still says not supported.
Does it have anything to do with mine being the lte version?
My active csc code is BTU but My csc version is showing N9005OXAENB1
Cheers,
Rees.

er101 said:
Tried that bud and not worked, it still says not supported.
Does it have anything to do with mine being the lte version?
My active csc code is BTU but My csc version is showing N9005OXAENB1
Cheers,
Rees.
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I had the same issue. The Sky Go app looks at the contents of the SD card and if it finds any apps that are known to need root, it thinks the device is rooted. My note was 4.3 rooted but now on stock 4.4.2, not rooted (knox 0x0). Sky Go complained of root, had a dig around on the SD and there was left over stuff from Titanium backup there. Deleted and Sky Go is happy.

neildo said:
I had the same issue. The Sky Go app looks at the contents of the SD card and if it finds any apps that are known to need root, it thinks the device is rooted. My note was 4.3 rooted but now on stock 4.4.2, not rooted (knox 0x0). Sky Go complained of root, had a dig around on the SD and there was left over stuff from Titanium backup there. Deleted and Sky Go is happy.
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My handeset is stil Knox 0x0. I believe the Uk firmware flash was successful but the CSC has remained the same and Skygo being region locked is detecting that the handset is from outside the UK?
i did try to flash over the IRE 3 rom as apparently that has a single file csc and then re install the UK BTU rom in the hope that the mutli CSC would change to single CSC. It's so confusing!
is there any options that i do have? Can i change the CSC file any other way?
Thank Rees.

Someone please give me clear answers for my new phone?

I bought G935FD from Amazon 3 weeks ago- it's unlocked and carrier-free. I've been using it out of the box, no root. Some parts of the box was typed in Arabic indicating it's from/for UAE.
I live in US and have been using MetroPCS (uses T-mobile network). It seems to work flawlessly.
1. Will I get OTA updates? I doubt MetroPCS will do it for this international version from UAE.
2. If above is no, what's the best way to get the latest updates / how do I know my phone has the latest version?
3. What are CSC and PDA?
4. I came across this link: Which country is best for me living in US? Should I continue to use the stock UAE it came with? Any advantage for other countries? (some countries get latest updates faster?)
As for updating FW- a step-by-step guide is appreciated. I've been reading up, and it involves using Odin, but there seems to be tons of different country/region versions for G935FD- and I get concerned about bricking my phone or messing it up.
So many questions.
*#1234 shows:
AP: G935FXXS1APG3
CP: G935FXXU1APEQ
CSC: G935FOJV1APF1
Android security patch level: July 1, 2016

1. You should get OTA updates. They will come from Samsung and not your carrier.
3. CSC is your region and or carrier code that identifies your Samsung firmware.
4. OJV may not update as often as the other UAE firmware (XSG). A lot of Americans run XSG or Spanish AMO. If ya need help. You can PM me and I'll help get ya sorted.
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WhataM said:
1. You should get OTA updates. They will come from Samsung and not your carrier.
3. CSC is your region and or carrier code that identifies your Samsung firmware.
4. OJV may not update as often as the other UAE firmware (XSG). A lot of Americans run XSG or Spanish AMO. If ya need help. You can PM me and I'll help get ya sorted.
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Thanks.
1. So why XSG or AMO for G935FD users in US over hundreds of other countries? What's makes those two compatible? If I use other countries, what happens to the phone?
2. Which one do you use?
3. This is bit of a different topic, does your phone suffer from Media Server battery drain? Mine does and that's what prompted me to update my phone hoping there's a fix out (deleting/backing up pics help, but it reoccurs)

acf3passion said:
Thanks.
1. So why XSG or AMO for G935FD users in US over hundreds of other countries? What's makes those two compatible? If I use other countries, what happens to the phone?
2. Which one do you use?
3. This is bit of a different topic, does your phone suffer from Media Server battery drain? Mine does and that's what prompted me to update my phone hoping there's a fix out (deleting/backing up pics help, but it reoccurs)
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Most people use those firmwares over others because they support Samsung pay. I personally use AMO because it has the add benefit of wifi calling and and white pages. As for the battery drain issue. You shouldn't be having that issue. I know I don't experience that issue with AMO. It could be a problem that was fixed in a later patch.
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WhataM said:
Most people use those firmwares over others because they support Samsung pay. I personally use AMO because it has the add benefit of wifi calling and and white pages. As for the battery drain issue. You shouldn't be having that issue. I know I don't experience that issue with AMO. It could be a problem that was fixed in a later patch.
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Nice.
Then I'll give AMO a go, that's this one right?
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/88307/G935FXXU1APGS_G935FAMO1APEK_AMO/
Install Odin and follow the instructions on that link? Will it wipe my phone/settings? Any other special instructions or cautions?

acf3passion said:
Nice.
Then I'll give AMO a go, that's this one right?
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/88307/G935FXXU1APGS_G935FAMO1APEK_AMO/
Install Odin and follow the instructions on that link? Will it wipe my phone/settings? Any other special instructions or cautions?
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That's the correct one. Since you're switching firmwares use the AMO_CSC file rather than the Home_CSC file. That way it'll wipe your phone clean. Make sure youve got security PIN setup because you'll be asked for it after reset. Other than that. Just follow the instructions and it'll be smooth sailing.
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WhataM said:
That's the correct one. Since you're switching firmwares use the AMO_CSC file rather than the Home_CSC file. That way it'll wipe your phone clean. Make sure youve got security PIN setup because you'll be asked for it after reset. Other than that. Just follow the instructions and it'll be smooth sailing.
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Thanks. I'm learning a lot here. Getting ready to do it now. More Qs:
1. So with AMO, I can now use Samsung Pay? Is this the correct version for my phone? I presume this is not available on Google Play because it bypasses Samsung bloat if done through the phone? (if so, I need to manually update this app as new versions get released?)
2. Will wifi calling also work too as MetroPCS supports too right? (it did for my previous phone on MetroPCS)
3. This G935F firmware should work flawlessly despite my phone being G935FD right? I think I read this, just making sure.
4. How does whitepages work- AMO comes with it or do I need to download White Pages app?

acf3passion said:
Thanks. I'm learning a lot here. Getting ready to do it now. More Qs:
1. So with AMO, I can now use Samsung Pay? Is this the correct version for my phone? I presume this is not available on Google Play because it bypasses Samsung bloat if done through the phone? (if so, I need to manually update this app as new versions get released?)
2. Will wifi calling also work too as MetroPCS supports too right? (it did for my previous phone on MetroPCS)
3. This G935F firmware should work flawlessly despite my phone being G935FD right? I think I read this, just making sure.
4. How does whitepages work- AMO comes with it or do I need to download White Pages app?
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You'll need to install the Samsung pay framework and Samsung pay app in that order from APK mirror website. Just read the description for the app before you download to be sure its the US version and it's compatible with the frame work. In order to make white pages work you'll need to enable it from the Phone app settings. G935F works with FD.
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