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Region lock. Note3 SM-N900

Hi there,
I have a sim unlocked SM-N900. I'm in Morocco now and use a local sim card to make phone calls. I also tried my Canadian sim card (Rogers) and I am able to make phone calls with Rogers sim card while in Morocco. There is no special sticker on the phone box mentioning any region lock. The phone is rooted.
My question is: Will I be able to use my canadian (Rogers) sim card in Canada ? Or is it possible that the phone could still be region locked? In this case using RegionLock Away could remove the lock ?
Model number: SM-N900
Baseband: N900XXUCMK1
Build Number: JSS15J.N900XXUCMK2
Phone is rooted
Thanks in advance
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tupo05 said:
Hi there,
I have a sim unlocked SM-N900. I'm in Morocco now and use a local sim card to make phone calls. I also tried my Canadian sim card (Rogers) and I am able to make phone calls with Rogers sim card while in Morocco. There is no special sticker on the phone box mentioning any region lock. The phone is rooted.
My question is: Will I be able to use my canadian (Rogers) sim card in Canada ? Or is it possible that the phone could still be region locked? In this case using RegionLock Away could remove the lock ?
Model number: SM-N900
Baseband: N900XXUCMK1
Build Number: JSS15J.N900XXUCMK2
Phone is rooted
Thanks in advance
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If your Rogers sim works in Morocco then it'll work in Canada, I'm Assuming it's using Roaming while in Morocco at least.

Thank you.
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agree with @radicalisto, if your sim works there then it SHOULD work in your country as well... now just in case it doesnt work you dont have to worry, just flash one of the many region unlocked roms and you will be set..

Thank you

[Q] no LTE in Belgium with csc n9005phnena2 ap n9005xxuena6

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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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.

[Q] Please help

My device is Samsung Galaxy SM N9005 Android 4.4.2. Baseband version - (XSP - Region - Singapore, Build data - 20.05.2014) N9005XUENE4_N9005OLCENE5_N9005DXUENE3. When i install another Firmware, my device doesn't understand it, the Baseband version shows unknown, doesn't understand the SIM card signal, and the imei shows 0.
PLEASE HELP ME TO FIX IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

timanaru said:
My device is Samsung Galaxy SM N9005 Android 4.4.2. Baseband version - (XSP - Region - Singapore, Build data - 20.05.2014) N9005XUENE4_N9005OLCENE5_N9005DXUENE3. When i install another Firmware, my device doesn't understand it, the Baseband version shows unknown, doesn't understand the SIM card signal, and the imei shows 0.
PLEASE HELP ME TO FIX IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Which Firmware did you try to install? According to your problem description you are most likely trying to downgrade, which is not possible under certain circumstances.

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kwayteow said:
Which Firmware did you try to install? According to your problem description you are most likely trying to downgrade, which is not possible under certain circumstances.
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For example - Build data: 04.03.2014, N9005XXUENC2 KSA (Saudi Arabia) KitKat 4.4.2. The device doesn't understand anything. Is it possible to fix the problem ????
Thank you for answer

timanaru said:
For example - Build data: 04.03.2014, N9005XXUENC2 KSA (Saudi Arabia) KitKat 4.4.2. The device doesn't understand anything. Is it possible to fix the problem ????
Thank you for answer
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Apparently you can only downgrade AP but not the modem. First flash your new ROM, then flash your current modem version afterwards.

For csc issue's

hi guys N gal's, just a quick tutorial on how to gain back you'r country sale's code ."CSC" . hope this help's as i know myself it's a nightmare to try and get it back to stock. so this is what i did . first i downgraded back as far as i could go for root witch is kk ANG, and my firmware. then goto playstore and download super.su and CSC changer, and ez file explorer for downloading towelroot install towelroot. root your phone at own risk. disable knox if it hang's on disabling knox just reboot you'r phone and hit super user again. and knox will show up again disable again it should work this time.done rooted open CSC changer tick with root, and you will see csc codes select you'r code and it will reboot it'self and install your code. this will wipe all your data on your device so beware.now install a fresh new lollipop with YOUR CSC CODE, well that's all folk's the end. hope it work's for you.regard's joe - remove this thread if it's not appropriate. kind regard's,
hit the thank's button if this help's....

Okay, so I installed polish lollipop on my unrooted UK s5, and have now moved to the stock UK version but I'll be damned if I can change the bloody csc back! I take it your method won't work on lollipop?

Robsa said:
Okay, so I installed polish lollipop on my unrooted UK s5, and have now moved to the stock UK version but I'll be damned if I can change the bloody csc back! I take it your method won't work on lollipop?
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no sorry not as yet. i know it's a pain in da a**, regard's joe

OK, so this is odd: if I do a *#1234# the CSC listed is G900FOXA1BOA4 which is UK, but if I run phone info *Samsung* it still says I'm on Poland CSC, even though it lists the UK CSC?!
So, is G900FOXA1BOA4 UK or Poland? Have I got UK csc or not?!

Robsa said:
OK, so this is odd: if I do a *#1234# the CSC listed is G900FOXA1BOA4 which is UK, but if I run phone info *Samsung* it still says I'm on Poland CSC, even though it lists the UK CSC?!
So, is G900FOXA1BOA4 UK or Poland? Have I got UK csc or not?!
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Model: SM-G900F
Model name: GALAXY S5
Country: United Kingdom
Version: Android 5.0
Changelist: 77433514
Build date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 11:18:56 +0000
Product Code: BTU
PDA: G900FXXU1BOA3
CSC: G900FOXA1BOA4
MODEM: G900FXXU1BOA3 ,
Model: SM-G900F
Model name: GALAXY S5
Country: Poland
Version: Android 5.0
Changelist: 77433514
Build date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 08:40:19 +0000
Product Code: XEO
PDA: G900FXXU1BNL9
CSC: G900FXEO1BNL1
MODEM: G900FXXU1BNL9 . this just abit of info but it is strange, regard's joe.

Thanks Joe. It is odd, when I first booted after updating the ROM the welcome was set to polish, but BOA4 is definitely being listed through *#1234#
Most odd.

Robsa said:
Thanks Joe. It is odd, when I first booted after updating the ROM the welcome was set to polish, but BOA4 is definitely being listed through *#1234#
Most odd.
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hi bud, what does kies say when you connect, like do you get two lines one of currant and the other latest. or is it all one line saying this is the latest.

this will work but it take's time. regard's joe

to set corect csc must wipe data and factory reset phone.

joecool666 said:
hi guys N gal's, just a quick tutorial on how to gain back you'r country sale's code ."CSC" . hope this help's as i know myself it's a nightmare to try and get it back to stock. so this is what i did . first i downgraded back as far as i could go for root witch is kk ANG, and my firmware. then goto playstore and download super.su and CSC changer, and ez file explorer for downloading towelroot install towelroot. root your phone at own risk. disable knox if it hang's on disabling knox just reboot you'r phone and hit super user again. and knox will show up again disable again it should work this time.done rooted open CSC changer tick with root, and you will see csc codes select you'r code and it will reboot it'self and install your code. this will wipe all your data on your device so beware.now install a fresh new lollipop with YOUR CSC CODE, well that's all folk's the end. hope it work's for you.regard's joe - remove this thread if it's not appropriate. kind regard's,
hit the thank's button if this help's....
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Hi!
I have a G906K and the only rom available is from Korea.
How can I change CSC into BTU without having any other international rom and without rooting??
Is it possible??
Thank you.

PIRATA! said:
Hi!
I have a G906K and the only rom available is from Korea.
How can I change CSC into BTU without having any other international rom and without rooting??
Is it possible??
Thank you.
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hi i don't think you can without rooting your device. sorry i cant help.

joecool666 said:
hi i don't think you can without rooting your device. sorry i cant help.
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If l root, how can I do that?
Tnx.
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PIRATA! said:
If l root, how can I do that?
Tnx.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696537
hope this can help you. regards joe,

joecool666 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696537
hope this can help you. regards joe,
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Thank you, but I was referring at how can I change CSC if I decide to root... TheCSC changing how-to" was my question...
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Hi, has anyone tried using Kies emergency firmware recovery? I tried "firmware upgrade and initialization" and entered by device serial, it detects correctly (XSE) but when I proceeded with it, it goes to the default CSC in the rom (XXV - its a multi CSC rom btw). Not sure how to get emergency firmware recovery code tho...

[Q] stock modem help

Hi , have a i9505 runing 4.4.2 baseband I9505XXUGNG8 , having signal problems and wondering if I have the best modem installed. Can anyone point me to the download of the right one for uk. The phone is unlocked. Thanks

paulrob2808 said:
Hi , have a i9505 runing 4.4.2 baseband I9505XXUGNG8 , having signal problems and wondering if I have the best modem installed. Can anyone point me to the download of the right one for uk. The phone is unlocked. Thanks
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Hi mate
What carrier are you on?

MAX 404 said:
Hi mate
What carrier are you on?
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EE but it's unlocked

paulrob2808 said:
EE but it's unlocked
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Hi ,
Just want to see what modem EE used in their last rom
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/38084/I9505XXUGNI2_I9505EVRGNI2_EVR/
Model GT-I9505
Model name GALAXY S4 LTE
Country United Kingdom (EE)
Version Android 4.4.2
Changelist 2309103
Build date Tue, 09 Sep 2014 08:01:06 +0000
Product code EVR
PDA I9505XXUGNI2
CSC I9505EVRGNI2
They used I9505XXUGNI2
Check here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56415034&postcount=4244
Is from a different rom version but it should work fine with the rom you have

Cant find that one on sam mobile , anywhere else i can download it

paulrob2808 said:
Cant find that one on sam mobile , anywhere else i can download it
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Yes....in the second post i gave you.....click where it says updated