Hi,
I have changed my firmware as my Galaxy S4 I9505 was from Hong Kong and i had the 4G LTE not available. After changing firmware to australia non branded Australia XSA (April 2013) PDA: I9505XXUAMDE CSC: I9505XSAAMD8 Version 4.2.2. LTE worked but then USB connection to PC did not work and Charging with PC or charger does not work. Works when in download mode but stumped as to why change of firmware for same phone doesnt work.
Tried to change back to Hong Kong firmware but Odin is failing due to pit partition.
Do not know where to go from here...........
Hello, when i bought my samsung galaxy S4 i9500 it was originally UAE XSG version,
PDA - i9500XXUBMEA
CSC - I9500JVBMEA
After flashing omega v8, my phone started getting lower signals and slow data speed. I was told to flash a modem from this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025
Would anyone happen to know which modem i should flash from the link? or should i test them all out?
I also noticed my Mobile Network type is: UMTS:3. Before i think it was HSDPA:9.
I live in Australia if that helps.
I recently purchased another GT-i9500 factory unlocked version and noticed that it is still on an earlier edition of 4.2.2. I plugged it into Kies and it tells me that the phone does not support initialization. I tried the OTA route and it tells me that the phone has the most current software.
I am on:
AP: I9500XXUBMEA
CP: I9500XXUBMEA
CSC: I9500OJVBMEA
There are two more updates listed on sammobile:
Country/Carrier Date Version PDA
United Arab Emirates 2013 October 4.3 I9500XXUEMJ5
United Arab Emirates 2013 July 4.2.2 I9500XXUBMG9
United Arab Emirates 2013 June 4.2.2 I9500XXUBMEA
I would at least like to get it up to XXUBMG9 as that was a much smoother experience on my previous i9500 than I am having on this phone with XXUBMEA.
Oddly enough the only difference in the phones is that one was white and this one is blue. The region was the same, but this phone refuses to update via official channels. The white one had no problems at all.
I am not sure if I want to go all the way to 4.3 as it seems like a mixed experience between users. It reminds me very much of the whole GT-i9100 upgrade to ICS debacle.
I am very familiar with Odin if that is my only route the only thing I would like to see is that I do not trigger any of the warranty counters.
CreekDirt said:
I recently purchased another GT-i9500 factory unlocked version and noticed that it is still on an earlier edition of 4.2.2. I plugged it into Kies and it tells me that the phone does not support initialization. I tried the OTA route and it tells me that the phone has the most current software.
I am on:
AP: I9500XXUBMEA
CP: I9500XXUBMEA
CSC: I9500OJVBMEA
There are two more updates listed on sammobile:
Country/Carrier Date Version PDA
United Arab Emirates 2013 October 4.3 I9500XXUEMJ5
United Arab Emirates 2013 July 4.2.2 I9500XXUBMG9
United Arab Emirates 2013 June 4.2.2 I9500XXUBMEA
I would at least like to get it up to XXUBMG9 as that was a much smoother experience on my previous i9500 than I am having on this phone with XXUBMEA.
Oddly enough the only difference in the phones is that one was white and this one is blue. The region was the same, but this phone refuses to update via official channels. The white one had no problems at all.
I am not sure if I want to go all the way to 4.3 as it seems like a mixed experience between users. It reminds me very much of the whole GT-i9100 upgrade to ICS debacle.
I am very familiar with Odin if that is my only route the only thing I would like to see is that I do not trigger any of the warranty counters.
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Where did you buy? Even if you have never flashed JB4.3 or it is with 4.2.2 yet, make sure and check if waranty bit is allowed and it is not set to 1 (start in download mode). I mean, I got that message once I updated to 4.3 and get warranty bit to 1... Just to be sure the phone is not manipulated before buying...
jaswinky said:
Where did you buy? Even if you have never flashed JB4.3 or it is with 4.2.2 yet, make sure and check if waranty bit is allowed and it is not set to 1 (start in download mode). I mean, I got that message once I updated to 4.3 and get warranty bit to 1... Just to be sure the phone is not manipulated before buying...
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I purchased the phone in Azerbaijan. They come from Dubai.
The phone has a factory status.
The binary shows official (via download mode) and the device status shows official as well in the Settings, About section.
It might be the problem with CSC.
Try to change your CSC to your corresponding country code, then wipe cache, install any Firmware (based on your country), then also wipe cache.
Now you will get OTA. Good luck
Ajith Roy said:
It might be the problem with CSC.
Try to change your CSC to your corresponding country code, then wipe cache, install any Firmware (based on your country), then also wipe cache.
Now you will get OTA. Good luck
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The CSC matches the United Arab Emirates CSC: XSG. In recovery mode it shows CSC: XSG Multicsc
It doesn't really matter which firmware I use as long as it has English in the language options. There isn't a firmware for the United States for the i9500...only for the branded models from AT&T, Verizon, etc. I travel so I always use the international versions of Sammy's phones.
The only thing I am curious about is that if I use Odin to install "United Arab Emirates 2013 July 4.2.2 I9500XXUBMG9" is it going to make the phone show as Unofficial?
CreekDirt said:
The only thing I am curious about is that if I use Odin to install "United Arab Emirates 2013 July 4.2.2 I9500XXUBMG9" is it going to make the phone show as Unofficial?
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I think it won't show as UnOfficial but am not much sure.
One thing i can assure is, if you are staying in USA and using UAE FW, you won't get any OTA's..
Can I flash an update through the stock recovery?
CreekDirt said:
Can I flash an update through the stock recovery?
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MEA (XSG) firmware is not supported by kies.
if everything is official, it must take the OTA, try to reset the phone and check the ota update
samersh72 said:
MEA (XSG) firmware is not supported by kies.
if everything is official, it must take the OTA, try to reset the phone and check the ota update
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I have tried several times to get the OTA to arrive by factory restoring the phone from inside of the Settings app and also via recovery mode. I was discussing this with a friend and he checked his i9500 and it showed him as having 4.3 available to download. Same phone, same regions, same geo-location.
After a little bit of Googling I have finally been able to make my phone update Over The Air.
1. Put your phone into Airplane Mode.
2. Navigate to Settings, More, Applications, swipe (from right to left) over to All.
3. Scroll down to Google Services Framework. Select it.
4. Select Force Stop.
5. Select Clear Data.
6. Select Clear Cache (would not let me, but might work for you).
7. Turn on your Wifi with the Airplane Mode still enabled.
8. Navigate to Settings, More, About Device, Software Update. Select it.
9. Select Update (Check for Updates).
10. Install the now available firmware OTA.
Don't forget to disable Airplane Mode when the phone reboots from applying the OTA. I am now on XXUBMG9. Finally.
So out of curiosity I tried to see if the 4.3 was available to me since I was able to force the second 4.2.2 update and low and behold I cannot get it to acknowledge that a 4.3 update is available (even though it has been officially released). I tried forcing it once again using the same method as before to no avail. I have a Note 3 arriving tomorrow and will probably sell this one down the road.
Hello there.
I'm sorry if I haven't used the search engine right but I couldn't find a thread similar or answering my question.
I bought my phone, the note 3 in the Netherlands. It is an unbranded phone(phn) as far as I know.
But I am living in belgium. And for some reason I can't get my 4g to work with the Base operator.
Or with any other operators. For some reason there is no LTE option available in the network settings.
Now I have been searching on Google and went to some stores and compared my csc and ap version to the note 3 working on lte on the same network in the stores. And I saw with every note 3 in the stores that the ap version was ap n9005xxuena7 and mine is n9005xxuena6.
How come my unbranded phone with csc n9005phnena2 is not getting the update that let's me use 4g?
At least that is what I think?
After previewing the post, I noticed I have to update my signature. ..
Your carrier probably hasn't enabled it on your line.
Ring them up
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I doubt that. They informed me about 4g them selves and the Sim they gave me had a small picture of 4g(lte) and 3 dual carrier on it.
Have you tried a factory reset?
I had a similar problem with my btu uk device after flashing the Polish na6 official firmware. Very unreliable mobile data connectity and went to 4g very rarely.
I didn't factory reset but instead flashed a custom rom (also based on na6) which fixed the problem completely.
I'd suggest factory reset first to see if that helps.
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I don't know about Base, but with Proximus, you really have to call the customer service to ask them to activate the 4g for you. Did you try that?
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alexcarterkarsus said:
I don't know about Base, but with Proximus, you really have to call the customer service to ask them to activate the 4g for you. Did you try that?
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I have a cheap abo with Proximus and have 4G on my note 3.
I don't have to do a thing about it so you don't have to call them its already activated for every abo.
I don't think it is operator related. Because my Sim works on my mother's s4 perfect.
I guess it is the update that is necessary to activate 4g on unbranded phones.
dsm52 said:
Have you tried a factory reset?
I had a similar problem with my btu uk device after flashing the Polish na6 official firmware. Very unreliable mobile data connectity and went to 4g very rarely.
I didn't factory reset but instead flashed a custom rom (also based on na6) which fixed the problem completely.
I'd suggest factory reset first to see if that helps.
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I'll probably be losing all my data&apps
mrturq said:
I don't think it is operator related. Because my Sim works on my mother's s4 perfect.
I guess it is the update that is necessary to activate 4g on unbranded phones.
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I can't say what's wrong with BASE, maybe they haven't enabled 4G towers yet...I'm on XL from Proximus and I get LTE all over Vlaanderen.
Well, try to flash some of the Polish 4.4.2 available all over XDA. My Note was also bought from Belsimpel but never had any issues with 4g--->with the latest NB3 (OTA) there's no more 4G sign...it's LTE.
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mrturq said:
I'll probably be losing all my data&apps
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Kies Backup works just fine...
Not every provider has 4G enabled in every CSC version. I get this question about 12 times a day on the T-Mobile NL forums.
I had 4G on DBT with T-Mobile NL two months before the T-Mobile NL Branded and PHN versions had it.
Resetting won't make a difference. This needs to be toggled in the firmware itself by Samsung. On most other devices you can use the *#*#4636#*#* or *#2263# dialer code to manually force the network mode, but they disabled it on the Note 3.
Try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.viaero4gtoggle
ShadowLea said:
Not every provider has 4G enabled in every CSC version. I get this question about 12 times a day on the T-Mobile NL forums.
I had 4G on DBT with T-Mobile NL two months before the T-Mobile NL Branded and PHN versions had it.
Resetting won't make a difference. This needs to be toggled in the firmware itself by Samsung. On most other devices you can use the *#*#4636#*#* or *#2263# dialer code to manually force the network mode, but they disabled it on the Note 3.
Try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.viaero4gtoggle
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Thank you. You confirmed what I assumed was the problem.
I already have tried viaero. All I get is a black screen. No selectable option or toggle button. Nothing but a black screen. So I have to wait for an update or put a custom rom on it?
And is it possible to backup app settings? Like I dont have to configure Yatse again and Xbmc?
I am a noob with flashing custom roms and rooting.
Thank you.
call Base , tell them to activate it . Mobile Viking uses the base network and they had to phone base to activate G4 for my number.
up till few weeks a go you neded to make a call for proximus aswell but that changed because of the promoting of 4G action that is running for 6 months
webjunky said:
call Base , tell them to activate it . Mobile Viking uses the base network and they had to phone base to activate G4 for my number.
up till few weeks a go you neded to make a call for proximus aswell but that changed because of the promoting of 4G action that is running for 6 months
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4g is already activated by base.
mrturq said:
Thank you. You confirmed what I assumed was the problem.
I already have tried viaero. All I get is a black screen. No selectable option or toggle button. Nothing but a black screen. So I have to wait for an update or put a custom rom on it?
And is it possible to backup app settings? Like I dont have to configure Yatse again and Xbmc?
I am a noob with flashing custom roms and rooting.
Thank you.
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there should be no need to flash a rom for this , i use a romanian Note3 and 4G ( proximus for daily use ) works perfectly.
mrturq said:
Thank you. You confirmed what I assumed was the problem.
I already have tried viaero. All I get is a black screen. No selectable option or toggle button. Nothing but a black screen. So I have to wait for an update or put a custom rom on it?
And is it possible to backup app settings? Like I dont have to configure Yatse again and Xbmc?
I am a noob with flashing custom roms and rooting.
Thank you.
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No need to flash a customROM. If another official ROM has 4G enabled for our provider, you could flash that over PHN. No rooting, no knox triggering, no warranty issues. The only issue you might run into is that nonsense people have recently been getting flashing over PHN with the filesize.
NA6 is the most recent firmware for PHN. Could you go check in the stores what CSC version the devices are using that do have 4G on your provider? To my knowledge NA7 is a provider-specific version limited to T-Mobile and daughter-companies.
webjunky said:
there should be no need to flash a rom for this , i use a romanian Note3 and 4G ( proximus for daily use ) works perfectly.
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Did you miss the part where I said every CSC has a different list of 4G activated providers?
ShadowLea said:
No need to flash a customROM. If another official ROM has 4G enabled for our provider, you could flash that over PHN. No rooting, no knox triggering, no warranty issues. The only issue you might run into is that nonsense people have recently been getting flashing over PHN with the filesize.
NA6 is the most recent firmware for PHN. Could you go check in the stores what CSC version the devices are using that do have 4G on your provider? To my knowledge NA7 is a provider-specific version limited to T-Mobile and daughter-companies.
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Thank you... Again.
I have been searching on Google for people having the same problem. I found someone posting his csc version and for this guy is the 4g working with the Ota update he got.
His csc version was N9005OXXDMJ4.
I'm also going to the store tomorrow to look it up.
mrturq said:
Thank you... Again.
I have been searching on Google for people having the same problem. I found someone posting his csc version and for this guy is the 4g working with the Ota update he got.
His csc version was N9005OXXDMJ4.
I'm also going to the store tomorrow to look it up.
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thats the same csc version as the romanian rom
webjunky said:
thats the same csc version as the romanian rom
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What does that mean? Can I flash a romanian official rom without losing my data and app settings??
Actually, that's XEF. France Unbranded. (It could also be romania, but XEF is more common. Also, they tend to sell XEF in most open stores here in the benelux.)
Model: SM-N9005
Model name: Galaxy Note 3
Country: France
Version: Android 4.3
Changelist: 2019540
Build date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 07:58:12 +0000
Product Code: XEF
PDA: N9005XXUDMJ7
CSC: N9005OXXDMJ4
MODEM: N9005XXUDMJ7
Yes, you can easily flash XEF over PHN.
This one: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=25938
Model: SM-N9005
Model name: Galaxy Note 3
Country: France
Version: Android 4.4.2
Changelist: 636608
Build date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:24:44 +0000
Product Code: XEF
PDA: N9005XXUENB4
CSC: N9005OXXENB1
MODEM: N9005XXUENB1
In theory, you shouldn't loose any data. You can always use Helium to make a backup. (KIES tends to hate the Note 3. Or life in general)
ShadowLea said:
Actually, that's XEF. France Unbranded. (It could also be romania, but XEF is more common. Also, they tend to sell XEF in most open stores here in the benelux.)
Model: SM-N9005
Model name: Galaxy Note 3
Country: France
Version: Android 4.3
Changelist: 2019540
Build date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 07:58:12 +0000
Product Code: XEF
PDA: N9005XXUDMJ7
CSC: N9005OXXDMJ4
MODEM: N9005XXUDMJ7
Yes, you can easily flash XEF over PHN.
This one: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=25938
Model: SM-N9005
Model name: Galaxy Note 3
Country: France
Version: Android 4.4.2
Changelist: 636608
Build date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:24:44 +0000
Product Code: XEF
PDA: N9005XXUENB4
CSC: N9005OXXENB1
MODEM: N9005XXUENB1
In theory, you shouldn't loose any data. You can always use Helium to make a backup. (KIES tends to hate the Note 3. Or life in general)
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You got me all excited about this. I am at work right now so I can't do it right now.
How do I flash? With kies? Or do I use something else?
Or should I look that up ?
I am going to look that up no matter what but advise and how to is always welcome.
Thank you for the help everybody.
EDIT: it explains on the website it self how to flash. Thank you.
Gonna let know if it worked.
Hi all,
I'm a fan of CM and been using M9. When M10 was released, of course I have updated but got issue on signal dropping. I did some research and convinced to update my modem. Using the http://www.sammobile.com firmware checking I got these as latest firmware info:
PDA: I9505XXUGNH8
CSC: I9505OLBGNH2
MODEM: I9505XXUGNH8
With these, I updated my modem to XXUGNH8 using I9505XXUGNH8_MODEM (from DXUBMG5) from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50965837. The signal dropping was fixed but the BT and wifi went crazy so I flashed I9505_XXUGNH8_WiFi_FIX. BT and Wifi got fixed but my phone got no sound. The result has forced me go back to my M9 which leads me to in restoring my Nandroid back up using CMW and I got my M9 again. Now with my old M9, I still got no sound to I flashed XXUGNG2 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025 but still no sound. So then, I was forced again to flash my original modem, DXUBMG5 from the same thread but still no sound.
I'm ran out of ideas what to do next, maybe install M10 again? Flash new modem? I don't have a good idea now.
Perhaps anyone can guide me.
Here are my phone's current data;
Model: GT-i9505
CM: 11-20140804-SNAPSHOT-M9-jflte
Android: 4.4.4
Baseband:I9505DXUBMG5
Kernel: 3.4.0-cyanogenmod-g433243c [email protected] # 1 Sun Aug 3 22:19:51 PDT 2014
Country: Philippines
Carrier: Globe
Edit:
I'm planning to flash XXUBMH1 based on:
"Old bootloader (no KNOX ) => you need to flash exactly the following LTE modem and no other : XXUBMH1. Otherwise, sound / Wi-Fi may break."
I have checked an I didn't found Samsung knox in my Apps. Any better way to tell if my phone knox?
Okay, it seems that I flashed the modem for phones with knox while mine doesn't have.