Hi All
Just had an upgrade to the Note 3. It was originally locked to 3 mobile but I have unlocked to use on O2. I'd like to get rid of the 3 mobile splash screen etc.
I've read through a few of the posts on here and I'm unsure as to how to go about doing the flash. I'm confused over the Knox thing. I am only wanting to flash the firmware not root.
Please can someone point me in the right direction......?
from what i have heard and what ppl have tried you will need to flash the SAME regions firmware as the one that came with your phone by default.. BTU has the region code "XX", so you will have to check to see your region code.. go to about phone and check it will something like this, "ZHUDMJ1 or XXUBMJ1".. the first 2 letter are the region code "ZH" and "XX" are just examples, your region code maybe different than those 2.. you can flash a different countries firmware if it has the same region code as yours
Khizar said:
from what i have heard and what ppl have tried you will need to flash the SAME regions firmware as the one that came with your phone by default.. BTU has the region code "XX", so you will have to check to see your region code.. go to about phone and check it will something like this, "ZHUDMJ1 or XXUBMJ1".. the first 2 letter are the region code "ZH" and "XX" are just examples, your region code maybe different than those 2.. you can flash a different countries firmware if it has the same region code as yours
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thank u for lighting me up about what firmware we need to flash to our note 3...
just want to ask if it's possible to flash this new firmware e.g XXUBMJ6
over to my rooted note 3 XXUBMJ1 and how?..help much appreciated
Anyone?
When I flashed one of the original Knox safe rooted firmwares, it inadvertently changed my CSC.
I have managed to get it back to what it should be, but the key is to use the same version as the one currently on the phone.
At the time it was MJ1 that was installed on my phone, and it was only variants of that version I used to get back to normal. The problem is when someone tries to downgrade. It wasn't really an exact science to getting it back to BTU either. More of a trial and error thing. I flashed, BTU firmware, wiped, opened recovery to check the CSC status, it still showed the wrong one, flashed again, loaded the phone up into the setup (as the phone gets wiped when changing CSC) was still bringing a foreign setup process, wiped and flashed again checked recovery and eventually it ended up where it should be.
So I think you should be able to debrand and the CSC with it to get official updates. But since they released the Note 3, flashing has become greater risk.
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atters13 said:
Hi All
Just had an upgrade to the Note 3. It was originally locked to 3 mobile but I have unlocked to use on O2. I'd like to get rid of the 3 mobile splash screen etc.
I've read through a few of the posts on here and I'm unsure as to how to go about doing the flash. I'm confused over the Knox thing. I am only wanting to flash the firmware not root.
Please can someone point me in the right direction......?
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hi, my note on three uk, and i wanted 3 splash screen gone so just flashed via odin BTU latest firmware n9005xxudmj6, and knox all good, no worries.
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I am seeing conflicting reports on flashing stock Roms from different regions. Basically I have the N9005 and I want to get the latest updates as soon as they arrive.
So is it safe to flash a rom from another region considering I turn off the activation lock before proceeding? Do I need to worry about my EFS being wiped/cleared? If my phone is region unlocked is it possible to get locked if I flash a rom from another region?
Which is the best rom to flash right now? The UK unbranded BTU one?
Thanks.
ZiadK87 said:
I am seeing conflicting reports on flashing stock Roms from different regions. Basically I have the N9005 and I want to get the latest updates as soon as they arrive.
So is it safe to flash a rom from another region considering I turn off the activation lock before proceeding? Do I need to worry about my EFS being wiped/cleared? If my phone is region unlocked is it possible to get locked if I flash a rom from another region?
Which is the best rom to flash right now? The UK unbranded BTU one?
Thanks.
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Just go to Sammobile and download uk btu and your be safe
yeah your phone will most likely get region locked if you flash a different regions firmware..but you can easily use CFs regionlock away app to fix that... as for efs getting borked, there is a high chance, seen users with both note 2 and s4 that have that issue so i would recommend backing up your efs...
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Hey guys.
Got an N9005 and just getting really impatient waiting for the Australian XSA rom to be released. It's so close I'm sure but, was wondering if I could perhaps flash a Poland firmware for now then flash an Australian one when it's released with no problems?
In my knowledge, a few years of flashing roms etc, it seems this would update everything including my bootloader, which is fine. Heard also that you cannot go back to any previous version of android after this procedure. Which I find weird, as what if I flashed a 4.3 firmware, wouldn't this revert everything back? Including bootloader?
Anyway, not that I'd want to go back, that was more just to see what the final say was.
Moving on, so I should be able to flash a Poland room for example then update to Australian? As they are official firmware, I shouldn't trip Knox either?
Thanks heaps in advance guys.
Anyone??
Thanks!!
Lambetts said:
Hey guys.
Got an N9005 and just getting really impatient waiting for the Australian XSA rom to be released. It's so close I'm sure but, was wondering if I could perhaps flash a Poland firmware for now then flash an Australian one when it's released with no problems?
In my knowledge, a few years of flashing roms etc, it seems this would update everything including my bootloader, which is fine. Heard also that you cannot go back to any previous version of android after this procedure. Which I find weird, as what if I flashed a 4.3 firmware, wouldn't this revert everything back? Including bootloader?
Anyway, not that I'd want to go back, that was more just to see what the final say was.
Moving on, so I should be able to flash a Poland room for example then update to Australian? As they are official firmware, I shouldn't trip Knox either?
Thanks heaps in advance guys.
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You can flash the Poland firmware while you wait. Almost everybody ran Poland Kitkat when it was first released.
The updated bootloader prevent from downgrading. If you try to do it via odin, the update will fail.
Official firmwares from any region will not trip KNOX.
Lambetts said:
Hey guys.
Got an N9005 and just getting really impatient waiting for the Australian XSA rom to be released. It's so close I'm sure but, was wondering if I could perhaps flash a Poland firmware for now then flash an Australian one when it's released with no problems?
In my knowledge, a few years of flashing roms etc, it seems this would update everything including my bootloader, which is fine. Heard also that you cannot go back to any previous version of android after this procedure. Which I find weird, as what if I flashed a 4.3 firmware, wouldn't this revert everything back? Including bootloader?
Anyway, not that I'd want to go back, that was more just to see what the final say was.
Moving on, so I should be able to flash a Poland room for example then update to Australian? As they are official firmware, I shouldn't trip Knox either?
Thanks heaps in advance guys.
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How did you go with this???? I am having same problem.. I flashed my stock optus note3 to polish 4.42 and now sim won't work any suggestions?
lucidpromise said:
How did you go with this???? I am having same problem.. I flashed my stock optus note3 to polish 4.42 and now sim won't work any suggestions?
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AFAIK Optus Note 3 is N9007, not N9005. So may be this is your problem?
vndnguyen said:
AFAIK Optus Note 3 is N9007, not N9005. So may be this is your problem?
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Are you sure?! Under the battery it says n9005......
lucidpromise said:
Are you sure?! Under the battery it says n9005......
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Ohh sorry, I mean there is a separate model for Optus operator.
In fact there is N9005 that has CSC code is OPS for Optus, and there is N9007 specific for Optus.
May be you have the 1st one.
You can get your Model and CSC code by using Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app.
Since i got the s4 i played alot with the custom roms and stock roms. i want to know which fimware country came with the device. i don't want to install any firmware from sammobile. can anyone tell me how to know that ?
Is this phone unlocked? If so, you can install any stock ROM you want that matches the device model number. The CSC in this case does not matter and in fact the CSC may change to something other than the country you're downloading for. As an example, I downloaded firmware with a CSC of BTU, installed it on my phone, watched as three Swiss apps were installed on the phone (all easy to remove) and discovered that the CSC changed to AUT.
Other than sammobile, the only alternative that I know of is samsung-updates.com. But tell me, what is the problem with sammobile.com?
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Is this phone unlocked? If so, you can install any stock ROM you want that matches the device model number. The CSC in this case does not matter and in fact the CSC may change to something other than the country you're downloading for. As an example, I downloaded firmware with a CSC of BTU, installed it on my phone, watched as three Swiss apps were installed on the phone (all easy to remove) and discovered that the CSC changed to AUT.
Other than sammobile, the only alternative that I know of is samsung-updates.com. But tell me, what is the problem with sammobile.com?
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Iam talking about that i don't want any CSC i want the one that came with the phone(Unlocked) but you already said that it doesn't matter
AbdoAdel said:
Iam talking about that i don't want any CSC i want the one that came with the phone(Unlocked) but you already said that it doesn't matter
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You can install this app for know what CSC do you own: HERE
I just got my s7 edge G935F from UAE and it says United Arab Emirates under "about device"
Now i would like to get rid of that. Can i do so by simply flashing another rom (i would like the uk-BTU) using odin ? or do i need to change the csc code as well
i also want to get OTA updates in the future for the firmware i am flashing (uk in this case).... now i am getting ota from UAE.
Do i need to backup the efs partition?
I have flashed roms before on other devices, i am experienced. It is just that i am new to the s7 edge world, i just got it
eri000 said:
I just got my s7 edge G935F from UAE and it says United Arab Emirates under "about device"
Now i would like to get rid of that. Can i do so by simply flashing another rom (i would like the uk-BTU) using odin ? or do i need to change the csc code as well
i also want to get OTA updates in the future for the firmware i am flashing (uk in this case).... now i am getting ota from UAE.
Do i need to backup the efs partition?
I have flashed roms before on other devices, i am experienced. It is just that i am new to the s7 edge world, i just got it
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If you want everything working properly, you need to do a clean ODIN flash. Download BTU firmware and flash all 4 files.
BL
AP
CP
CSC (Not Home_CSC)
This will wipe your internal storage so make a back up.
can i change my uk ee rom btu? Then i want to put nougat on the device :0)
or you can just flash nougat beta with odin and your csc will be btu
My case is exactly like yours, so let me know about your progress
Rember that the CSC file can also the flashed standalone, to change the CSS, done it several times.
To be honest im unsure of the OTA when you do it this way.
I have never been an OTA guy, hehe.
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My case is exactly like yours, so let me know about your progress
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actually i decided to keep it as it is (at least for now)
i really don't want to risk bricking this beautiful thing :silly:
it is running perfectly on the UAE firmware
I bought my mobile from UAE and am using it in india. When i compare my s10 plus with s10 indian variant , s10 front camera quality far beter than my s10 plus.so i m planning to flash indian region os using odin and have some doubt on this. Please some one clear my doubts
1. Will knox service get tripped, if i flash indian os using odin.?
2. Is this issue occurs due to different region os or hardware fault
3. If knox gets tripped, will it be fixed later ?
Thanks
Doesnt trip knox if you flash a stock firmware
Player04 said:
Doesnt trip knox if you flash a stock firmware
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Thanks for your reply, will i get OTA updates after installed my region firmware.?
Anyone please respond my question..am getting different answer from different tech sites. Some people are saying flash different region rom will affect the knox. Some of us telling, it wont. Please confirm it.
saravanan vs said:
Thanks for your reply, will i get OTA updates after installed my region firmware.?
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Yes you will get OTA after flashing a stock firmware using Odin
Use the main CSC file (not the HOME-CSC) if changing region
I always enable OEM Unlock in developer options before attempting to change CSC with Odin (disable OEM Unlock again after you have completed flash to enable full security)
You can only flash a firmware file that matches your model Variant
E.g. you cannot flash 975F firmware to an 975U model etc
Finally be aware your phone will be wiped after the flash completes so backup everything before you start. Good luck
Thanks a lot for your reply. And i am not get your points about CSC...can you please explain little more
saravanan vs said:
Thanks a lot for your reply. And i am not get your points about CSC...can you please explain little more
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Firmware for Odin flash contains 2 CSC files. The HOME_CSC file will NOT erase your device, the CSC one will. However as you are changing CSC code it is best to use the normal CSC file and allow your device data to be erased as it’s not a good idea to mix data and settings between different firmware
Hope this helps and good luck
Thanks for your reply