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Can we flash other country firmware on my wave 1?

I have Wave 1, S8500. I wonder is it safe to flash other country to my phone? Mine is Malaysia, with Bada 1.0.
I want to upgrade to Bada 1.2 using this S8500DXKF1/S8500OLBKD1,Singapore(Singtel) which can get from here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=2&m=GT-S8500&r=2
And flash it offline using this guide: http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...s8500-wave-firmware&catid=57:how-to&Itemid=84
I hope it's a correct way.
The files from here: http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...15:samsung-flashes&catid=55:samsung&Itemid=82
Seem very confusing. Too many to choose and don't know if it cross country compatible or not.

I'd say yes simply because I'm using non-Philippine firmware on my phone
Firmware's are usually varied by region. I believe this is mainly because of the languages included. For special releases such as those from carriers, it may cause your device to lock on to those carriers. I'm not sure, I've never tried.
Most importantly, since this device is quad-band, you should have no issues with the radio firmware.

If anyone could give me link to XME firmware?

Firmware question

I am about to get a GT-P6800 from the Netherlands.
I live in Portugal.
The firmwares seem to be very "country specific" and even "carrier specific".
I'll be buying a carrier free version.
What problems can be anticipated for my usage?
Thanks
XK

XDAKhan said:
I am about to get a GT-P6800 from the Netherlands.
I live in Portugal.
The firmwares seem to be very "country specific" and even "carrier specific".
I'll be buying a carrier free version.
What problems can be anticipated for my usage?
Thanks
XK
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As I am sure this thread will be moved to Q&A, where it belongs, I will quickly answer, my device is also carrier-free, but it is from Hong Kong, and came with ZSLA TGY firmware (Hong Kong-based). However, I was able to flash several non-Hong Kong firmwares without any problems. SOME users, mainly from the middle east, but from other places, as well, have had problems with flashing firmware not intended for their device. I have built a ROM based on XXLA4 firmware, from Switzerland, and it appears to work with most, if not all, GTP6800's, so, if you are planning on switching firmware, XXLA4 firmwares would be a good choice. If you don't switch firmware, you should be fine...
Also, one last note, the non-ODIN ROMs in this thread will not change your radio/modem, so that relieves a major concern in terms of switching firmware.
Hope this helps.
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Thank you. It does help.
So, may I gather that updates via Kies do not correlate where Kies is being run from (i.e IP from Portugal) vs. the firmware version, in what relates to release country?
I am thinking mainly of the stock ICS upgrade, which is just around the corner...After that, it's no problem, as I intend to customize the device.
I am just worried that Kies just won't offer the ICS upgrade, if it detects the discrepancy.
(Sorry, for the wrong forum posting...Noobs will be noobs, I guess...)
XK

XDAKhan said:
Thank you. It does help.
So, may I gather that updates via Kies do not correlate where Kies is being run from (i.e IP from Portugal) vs. the firmware version, in what relates to release country?
I am thinking mainly of the stock ICS upgrade, which is just around the corner...After that, it's no problem, as I intend to customize the device.
I am just worried that Kies just won't offer the ICS upgrade, if it detects the discrepancy.
(Sorry, for the wrong forum posting...Noobs will be noobs, I guess...)
XK
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I believe that is correct, although I am not a Kies user. It is correct with OTA updates...

Last weekend I bought one in the Netherlands and it had out of the box thx XXLA4 version.
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correct
P6800XXLA4_CSC_PHN
found in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469635

Countries Being Ignored by Samsung for Getting i9500 updates?

Since around a month, there hasnt been any new Galaxy S4 updates when it comes to Middle eastern, African and neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan because all of them are stuck at UBMEA. But on the other hand, Indian Sub continent (inda,Srilanka, nepal, bangladesh,etc.) are now ahead of the rest by THREE updates (MF5,MF8,MG1) now which is stupid and it doesnt make sence.
I know it takes time, but in the past with Galaxy S3 updates, all countries used to get the SAME update and then after some time, Samsung used to release a new update when most of the countries had got the previous update. But now Samsung have ignored the rest and concentrating on few countries now.
IT makes me wonder whether whether the rest countries are now being ignored or indian sub continent has got the most faulty units in comparison to others.
Thoughts?
p.s. Not all people like to 0din and flash manually.

There isn't a logical answer at your question. Middle East countries sale match more than Shrilanca Indonesia, Bangladesh e.t.c
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I would suggest you use Odin and install the latest firmwares coming out. Those are official updates. I guess that's the reason why your phone came with Odin mode.
I got my phone from a distributor, and my phone came from South Africa. It took a while before I got the MEA update, and now that I see new firmwares coming out, I finally decided to use Odin, my phone is now officially from Bangladesh (software-wise)

farrukhna said:
Thoughts?
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If you look on Sammobile or Samsung-Updates at any Samsung device there are regions on ancient ROMs while CSC's like DBT have gotten three updates. It's pretty random from device-to-device and region-to-region.

It's more of the official country importer's fault than Samsung's fault...

noideaforusername said:
It's more of the official country importer's fault than Samsung's fault...
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No its samsungs, they should send out the update to everyone. I understand the delay, HTC devices also have similar delays when software updates are rolled out.

There are people in the UK Still stuck on MDM..... Not sure why you think you think you are being ignored.
Dont worry though, nothing past MEA seems to make much of a difference anyway lol

dude most latin american countries are still rocking MDE or MDK
now thats ignored, mine was TPA(Panama) and to this day MDK is its latest
i used odin to flash MF3 from TTT, and might flash MG1 if it doenst come ota by august.
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farrukhna said:
Since around a month, there hasnt been any new Galaxy S4 updates when it comes to Middle eastern, African and neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan because all of them are stuck at UBMEA. But on the other hand, Indian Sub continent (inda,Srilanka, nepal, bangladesh,etc.) are now ahead of the rest by THREE updates (MF5,MF8,MG1) now which is stupid and it doesnt make sence.
I know it takes time, but in the past with Galaxy S3 updates, all countries used to get the SAME update and then after some time, Samsung used to release a new update when most of the countries had got the previous update. But now Samsung have ignored the rest and concentrating on few countries now.
IT makes me wonder whether whether the rest countries are now being ignored or indian sub continent has got the most faulty units in comparison to others.
Thoughts?
p.s. Not all people like to 0din and flash manually.
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You are right not only to the Middle East I bought S 4 in the Netherlands. Csc PHN priced at $ 750 So far, came many update june and july for Countries of the world, including the Middle East But the Netherlands s4 is still on May updates
Samsung this jear bad service for expensive smartphone.:banghead:
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Dude if ur phone came from south Africa and u flashed it with ur country's firmware would it brick you fone? I have a similar situation here I need to be really sure where my phone came from b4 I odin it
Sent from my GT-I9500

alphamars said:
Dude if ur phone came from south Africa and u flashed it with ur country's firmware would it brick you fone? I have a similar situation here I need to be really sure where my phone came from b4 I odin it
Sent from my GT-I9500
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Why would a stock firmware brick your phone ? i flashed my Dutch Vodafone rom with the DBT rom from Germany. The only way you can brick your device is if you flash a i9505 rom on a i9500

noteics said:
You are right not only to the Middle East I bought S 4 in the Netherlands. Csc PHN priced at $ 750 So far, came many update june and july for Countries of the world, including the Middle East But the Netherlands s4 is still on May updates
Samsung this jear bad service for expensive smartphone.:banghead:
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I seriously dont understand the differences because it is absurd. Either the indian sub continent has sold more i9500 than other countries or Samsung dont like to take notice of other countries. HTC is Way better when it comes to 'Distribution' (and not the number) of updates as they cover the whole continent at once.

MichelN said:
Why would a stock firmware brick your phone ? i flashed my Dutch Vodafone rom with the DBT rom from Germany. The only way you can brick your device is if you flash a i9505 rom on a i9500
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DBT frimware is good and fast update for from samsung but not shortcut on lock screen also dbt frimware for note1 note 10 not shortcut on lock screen.
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505 met Tapatalk

farrukhna said:
I seriously dont understand the differences because it is absurd. Either the indian sub continent has sold more i9500 than other countries or Samsung dont like to take notice of other countries. HTC is Way better when it comes to 'Distribution' (and not the number) of updates as they cover the whole continent at once.
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HTC is exactly the same. They are just have a different way to do that (by CID) and you can't flash a new firmware without rooting or messing with your device.

All OEMs are the same, they have a lot of differe t firmwares for a lot of different regions, thus making everybody wait for ages or ignoring some regions completely, LG doesnt count cause they almost never update their devices
why doenst samsung release two universal firmwares for the 9500 and 9505 and then the carrier specifics? would be a lot easier
Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

MichelN said:
Why would a stock firmware brick your phone ? i flashed my Dutch Vodafone rom with the DBT rom from Germany. The only way you can brick your device is if you flash a i9505 rom on a i9500
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Thanks for the explanation.

negrobembon said:
All OEMs are the same, they have a lot of differe t firmwares for a lot of different regions, thus making everybody wait for ages or ignoring some regions completely, LG doesnt count cause they almost never update their devices
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lol
That was good

farid993 said:
lol
That was good
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Life is Good

I live in Pakistan
I have a I9500 and I am still stuck with XXUAMDK
Whenever I check for updates from the phone or kies, they notify me with that I have the latest firmware installed.
Although I know that there are updates rolled out.
How to check whether my phone connects to the samsung servers to check for the updates?
And I have not rooted or customised my phone in any way. The status still shows "Official"

Ghazi Anwar1 said:
I live in Pakistan
I have a I9500 and I am still stuck with XXUAMDK
Whenever I check for updates from the phone or kies, they notify me with that I have the latest firmware installed.
Although I know that there are updates rolled out.
How to check whether my phone connects to the samsung servers to check for the updates?
And I have not rooted or customised my phone in any way. The status still shows "Official"
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You can flash any I9500 official Samsung rom downloaded from here www.sammobile.com/firmware with Odin 3.04. You don`t have to wait for updates.
Link for how to http://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j...r_KS4Aqzam707pZGU82AvAQ&bvm=bv.49784469,d.ZWU.

Why some regions Firmware get more & faster updates than others ?

Hi All:
I'm wondering Why some regions Firmware get more & faster updates than others ?
what is the problem with Samsung and why there is too many Firmwares ??!!
by the way is it safe and problem free to change my firmware region I mean like from i9500 A country to i9500 B country ?!

one-option said:
Hi All:
I'm wondering Why some regions Firmware get more & faster updates than others ?
what is the problem with Samsung and why there is too many Firmwares ??!!
by the way is it safe and problem free to change my firmware region I mean like from i9500 A country to i9500 B country ?!
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It is fine, I am in Australia and use the UK firmware.

You'll probably find that it's due to the networks in each country. before a firmware can be released, the network has to basically put in their customization and branding/logo's etc but they also need to liaise with samsung and give it the thumbs up before it is available to the public. Some networks will take longer to approve firmware and the way most companies are run, there will be an entirely separate department within the company for each country, hence why a firmware may be approved in T-Mobile USA but not in T-Mobile UK for example.
For non-branded/sim-free variants, they actually have to wait until ALL networks approve the firmware before it's released, hence why the stock UK BTU firmware is always the last to get updated.

Advice on flashing to official (but non-telco) ROM

About to get a phone on contract with a major telco in Australia...
In theory, it's fine* to flash to another country/regional ROM that isn't telco_branded, so long as it's an official Samsung ROM, right?
Hoping to flash to an official Sammy ROM for a country/region that usually gets major Android updates far quicker than Australia or Australian telcos.
Thank-you.
*by "fine", I mean it won't trip Knox

Anyone? TY.

jalyst said:
Anyone? TY.
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If you phone is not carrier branded(N910F or N910C) you are fine with flashing a ROM from Samsung...it won't trip KNOX.
Also, wrong section...

Ashatar said:
If you phone is not carrier branded(N910F or N910C) you are fine with flashing a ROM from Samsung...it won't trip KNOX.
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Wait, but mine will be telco_branded (buying on contract), are you claiming it's absolutely not possible then?
Even if I'm flashing from an official Sammy ROM to another official Sammy ROM, how so?

jalyst said:
Wait, but mine will be telco_branded (buying on contract), are you claiming it's absolutely not possible then?
Even if I'm flashing from an official Sammy ROM to another official Sammy ROM, how so?
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I was on Telstra 4.4.4 then flashed to the Australian 5.0 on Sammy and knox tripped. There isn't Telstra 5.0 yet so I used the Australian one. I'm on N915G but the phone is a company phone so I'm not overly stressed on tripping knox. I think flashing a Telstra 5.0 on Sammy when available or OTA update you might be OK. Anyway went back to 4.4.4 I was missing Xposed to much among other things. Xposed for lollipop didn't play nice for me.
Sent from one of my Notes.

Damn it. Someone told me that; so long as you're flashing to an official Sammy ROM, it shouldn't trip.
What if I flashed to country/region other than Australia, & what if I went for a 4.x ROM instead of 5.x?
I don't care about root, xposed, & all that just yet, happy to be on a 4.x ROM...
Want to be on a stock one though not branded, & ideally one for a region/country that gets updates sooner & more regularly/reliably.

jalyst said:
Damn it. Someone told me that; so long as you're flashing to an official Sammy ROM, it shouldn't trip.
What if I flashed to country/region other than Australia, & what if I went for a 4.x ROM instead of 5.x?
I don't care about root, xposed, & all that just yet, happy to be on a 4.x ROM...
Want to be on a stock one though not branded, & ideally one for a region/country that gets updates sooner & more regularly/reliably.
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Can't speak to that can only speak to my experience sorry. But l suspect anything outside Telstra will trip knox. They have really locked these suckers down. I think some Devs have gotten around it but not for my devise N915G......yet.
Sent from one of my Notes.

Can anyone else help/advise on this? Thank-you.

jalyst said:
Can anyone else help/advise on this? Thank-you.
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Not sure how the other poster had that happen (on their Note Edge I assume?) but anyway, you can't flash another region's Note 4 firmware like the good old days.
Samsung, for whatever reason, has made 20i-sh variants of the Note 4 and Australia has the N910G model. This G model is also used by India, Sri Lanka and Singapore (but Singapore has a different boot setup or kernel for some reason).
Your best bet is to flash XSA firmware which is Australian unbranded firmware, this will get updates quickest and it will remove any carrier bloat. Flashing this in Odin will not trip Knox, I've flashed it several times and even loaded the Indian firmware once and there were no issues but I've gone back o XSA. As soon as unbranded units start receiving the Lollipop OTA (reckon maybe another 6 monts? Sigh) you'll get it too instead of waiting for Telstra to delay it another 2-3 months.
Here's the link to it on Sammobile: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/39199/N910GDTU1ANK3_N910GXSA1ANK3_XSA/

Thanks mate,
So you reckon none of the countries in our pool*, will get it substantially -or even mildly- sooner than Oz?
If yes, what do you base that on?
Thanks again!
*You sure it's just India/SL/Sg?

jalyst said:
Thanks mate,
So you reckon none of the countries in our pool*, will get it substantially -or even mildly- sooner than Oz?
If yes, what do you base that on?
Thanks again!
*You sure it's just India/SL/Sg?
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Doubt it! There's only been one real update in nearly 6 months and that was just after release date...i think India got it slightly earlier? Can't really recall! If you check sammobile.com and look at firmware for N910G you can see that these are the only countries. Any updates after November 2014 are carrier specific ones, but nothing for the unbranded models so it's hard to work out a trend of which country gets the updates earliest.
Don't even bother with Singapore because of the difference in their hardware, it's either India or Australia you have to pick from. And if you flash the Indian firmware you'll get charged for a stupid international Sms message to India when you first boot that it doesn't warn you about.

I asked the same question over at Sammobile and indications are that it won't trip Knox by flashing the Indian variant on an Australian phone. I haven't tried it myself though. But quite close to taking the plunge

tryfound said:
Samsung, for whatever reason, has made 20i-sh variants of the Note 4 and Australia has the N910G model. This G model is also used by India, Sri Lanka and Singapore (but Singapore has a different boot setup or kernel for some reason). Your best bet is to flash XSA firmware which is Australian unbranded firmware, this will get updates quickest and it will remove any carrier bloat. Flashing this in Odin will not trip Knox, I've flashed it several times and even loaded the Indian firmware once and there were no issues but I've gone back o XSA. As soon as unbranded units start receiving the Lollipop OTA (reckon maybe another 6 monts? Sigh) you'll get it too instead of waiting for Telstra to delay it another 2-3 months.
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So it looks like the LP OTA came out much sooner that you were lamenting!?!
Just in time for me, as I only got my Note4 last Wednesday evening
Still debating though, whether or not to go for one of the other variants listed here:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N910G/
Love to know if any of them have a track-record of getting it several wks (or more) sooner than Oz.*
Finally....
What do I need to proceed, just Odin & then away we go? Is it available for OSX , or is it Windows only?
I have access to a Windows env, so no "biggy" either way...
*I don't care about a 1 off international SMS charge, I'll also steer clear of Singapore ofc

I've since determined that yes, Odin is all I need, I think, & it's def. Windows-only, I think.
Main thing holding me up now, is this...
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=2382726&p=40#r786
Several more posts back n forth after that one.
After all that's done, I'll be good to go with installing Odin & Kies in my Win10 VM, & then proceeding with the flashing.
But only after I've decided that I def. want to go for the Aussie ROM, or one of the others (excluding Singapore).

jalyst said:
So it looks like the LP OTA came out much sooner that you were lamenting!?!
Just in time for me, as I only got my Note4 last Wednesday evening
Still debating though, whether or not to go for one of the other variants listed here:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N910G/
Love to know if any of them have a track-record of getting it several wks (or more) sooner than Oz.*
Finally....
What do I need to proceed, just Odin & then away we go? Is it available for OSX , or is it Windows only?
I have access to a Windows env, so no "biggy" either way...
*I don't care about a 1 off international SMS charge, I'll also steer clear of Singapore ofc
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It was still about a month earlier! But not as bad as I was predicting You'll need Windows, I've never had luck on my macbook using variants of Odin designed for Mac, it's just too much hassle IMO.
You don't have many variants to pick from, India got the only two main updates that have been released for the 910G model 2 out of 2 times quicker than AU or Singapore so if you want the quickest updates and also want your gallery pics to auto-rotate along with being able to share to an email client from an image in the gallery then you'll be happy with the Indian ROM.
Just need to download the firmware, run Odin, turn off phone then hold Vol Down + Power until it loads 'Download Mode'. Press Vol Up to continue, plug your phone into PC, Odin will detect the phone (which you can tell if you see a port number appear) then click on the 'AP' button and locate the unzipped firmware file and flash. Takes a few minutes.

What about Sri-lanka, or that "Unknown" variant?
Hmm that last paragraph, little too vague for my liking, you aware for any detailed step-by-step tutes?
Thank-you!
Other notes:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/whim/?action=read&m=4421880

jalyst said:
What about Sri-lanka, or that "Unknown" variant?
Hmm that last paragraph, little too vague for my liking, you aware for any detailed step-by-step tutes?
Thank-you!
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Wouldn't bother with them! Actually, the steps are better explained on Sammobile under the download link. So this would be your preferred firmware along with better instructions.
They're not really detailed because it's a lot easier than it sounds, but if you're worried might be better to watch a youtube video first to get a visual i.e, https://youtu.be/Ulz-1UYzHBA
That vid shows it being done for the S4 but Odin is for most samsung phones so the steps are the same.

Lol mate I live in australia and you can flash any rom from any country as long as its samsung offical. I have got samsungs from all carriers and I flash tje australian open to all carriers immediately. You will be fine as long as its OFFICAL SAMSUNG FIRMWARE
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shotgun1976 said:
Lol mate I live in australia and you can flash any rom from any country as long as its samsung offical. I have got samsungs from all carriers and I flash tje australian open to all carriers immediately. You will be fine as long as its OFFICAL SAMSUNG FIRMWARE
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Free mobile app
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I think tryfound has a pretty good idea of what he's talking about, no need to "LOL".
He's from Oz too, a regular at WP (Whirlpool) no less...
Read all the posts again. You've missed one of the main points being made;
Hint: it's nothing to do with not being able to flash some CV's that are official Samsung fw.