Hello to all, I have a UK/BTU Note 3 and the kitkat update has not been out yet. I was wondering if I should update my phone with another country official firmware but I am not sure.
What are the cons of doing it?
Will I be able to have OTA updates after or I must download and flash updates myself?
Are there any other pros except that I will not have to wait more for the update? Are the firmware for some countries better than others? I heard that Poland's firmware is working better than any other?
Thank you very much
alexpsilos said:
Hello to all, I have a UK/BTU Note 3 and the kitkat update has not been out yet. I was wondering if I should update my phone with another country official firmware but I am not sure.
What are the cons of doing it?
Will I be able to have OTA updates after or I must download and flash updates myself?
Are there any other pros except that I will not have to wait more for the update? Are the firmware for some countries better than others? I heard that Poland's firmware is working better than any other?
Thank you very much
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U will get update threw OTA only from country u flash, if u want to come back to BTU u must flash threw Odin, u waited for long & today branded UK firmware start seeding so it should not tack much longer time for BTU now, yes poland firmware is the one getting flash without issues of size & its stable also.
jdomadia said:
U will get update threw OTA only from country u flash, if u want to come back to BTU u must flash threw Odin, u waited for long & today branded UK firmware start seeding so it should not tack much longer time for BTU now, yes poland firmware is the one getting flash without issues of size & its stable also.
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Thank you for clarifying it! if I remember correctly, 2 months ago on sammobile forums someone told me that I could not get OTA updates If I flash a different country firmware.
Are you sure I will be able to do it?
Maybe I will flash the polish firmware if I get Poland's OTA's because as I know Poland is always getting the updates first.
So it would be better for the future to get the updates without waiting so long...
Also as I see on sammobile there are two 4.4.2 firmware for Poland. Which one should I choose? (tried, but I cannot post links yet as I am new to the forum, sorry)
I Am 99% sure but I will ask anyway, flashing official Samsung firmware does not void my guaranty, am I correct?
My mobile is from uae, I flash first A6 Poland firmware at launch after that received ota of poland latest B3, My knox is 0x0, I hop I answered your questions, feel free to ask if you have any doubts.
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jdomadia said:
My mobile is from uae, I flash first A6 Poland firmware at launch after that received ota of poland latest B3, My knox is 0x0, I hop I answered your questions, feel free to ask if you have any doubts.
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Thank you again, you answered all my questions.
Only one left! should I download and flash the B3 or the A6 first?
U can flash directly B3, but for best results clear data & catch before & after flash.
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jdomadia said:
U can flash directly B3, but for best results clear data & catch before & after flash.
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ok! thanks
Related
Hi everybody!
As you can see, I'm new to this forum. I apologize in advance if my english is bad, I'll try to explain my doubt.
My question is the following:
I have this tab from a week or so, already rooted, with CWM and Mobile Odin. The stock firmware is TGY, so it's of Hong Kong.
Is it possible to flash with Mobile Odin a european firmware on the device or this will cause problems to the tab?
I've searched for this in the forum already, maybe I have not used the right key words, but I haven't found the answer to this.
Thanks in advance!
Andreas Schnaas said:
Hi everybody!
As you can see, I'm new to this forum. I apologize in advance if my english is bad, I'll try to explain my doubt.
My question is the following:
I have this tab from a week or so, already rooted, with CWM and Mobile Odin. The stock firmware is TGY, so it's of Hong Kong.
Is it possible to flash with Mobile Odin a european firmware on the device or this will cause problems to the tab?
I've searched for this in the forum already, maybe I have not used the right key words, but I haven't found the answer to this.
Thanks in advance!
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Just read my sticky thread -> post 5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21930173 there is also a short history
But basically you can flash every official released Firmware for this device.
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xenix96 said:
Just read my sticky thread -> post 5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21930173 there is also a short history
But basically you can flash every official released Firmware for this device.
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Ok, so from what I've read, if I want to completely change the csc I have to flash the firmware with the csc I want and then enter recovery after a factory reset. It should automatically starts an update and it will ask me to confirm to change the csc into the one of the flashed firmware.
If I don't mind of Kies (which is my case ), I just flash the european firmware over the one I have now. I've read that you wanted to change your csc in ATO and at the beginning you simply flashed the austrian firmware over the TGY one and apart for the Kies autentication problem, you didn't have any other troubles.
Correct me if I am wrong, anyway I've thanked you for your reply. I ask you this because I know the basics for flashing and so, but I still consider me a newbie and I don't want to brick my beloved device with wrong country firmwares.
Andreas Schnaas said:
Ok, so from what I've read, if I want to completely change the csc I have to flash the firmware with the csc I want and then enter recovery after a factory reset. It should automatically starts an update and it will ask me to confirm to change the csc into the one of the flashed firmware.
If I don't mind of Kies (which is my case ), I just flash the european firmware over the one I have now. I've read that you wanted to change your csc in ATO and at the beginning you simply flashed the austrian firmware over the TGY one and apart for the Kies autentication problem, you didn't have any other troubles.
Correct me if I am wrong, anyway I've thanked you for your reply. I ask you this because I know the basics for flashing and so, but I still consider me a newbie and I don't want to brick my beloved device with wrong country firmwares.
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You dont brick your device if you flash only a official Firmware right and yes there will be not any other troubles if you flash the Firmware like in the guide explained
Happy flashing ^^
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xenix96 said:
You dont brick your device if you flash only a official Firmware right and yes there will be not any other troubles if you flash the Firmware like in the guide explained
Happy flashing ^^
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Perfect, that was I wanted to know. Luckily I have already experience with mobile odin since I use it on my Note, and I use only official firmware.
Thanks again for your kindness and for being so clear! ^^
Hi guys,
I have a GT-i9505 and I really want to flash to a more updated stock rom from my carrier, my current build is JDQ39.I9505XXUAMDM, I am on a T-Mobile contract (phone always says EE though) and want to flash from the BTU unbranded rom to T-Mobile UK... I cannot find a ROM for T-Mobile UK though........
Can someone please help me and what I can do?
I've looked on samsung-updates and sammobile... Thanks.
dmonuk said:
Hi guys,
I have a GT-i9505 and I really want to flash to a more updated stock rom from my carrier, my current build is JDQ39.I9505XXUAMDM, I am on a T-Mobile contract (phone always says EE though) and want to flash from the BTU unbranded rom to T-Mobile UK... I cannot find a ROM for T-Mobile UK though........
Can someone please help me and what I can do?
I've looked on samsung-updates and sammobile... Thanks.
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Stay with the BTU ones, the ones from Carrier get updated very very slowly. Even my Carrier didn't receive 3 รก 4 updates for i9505.
Ok, but my point being that the carrier ones have received 2/3 updates in the time since my last one, my last one being April...
dmonuk said:
Ok, but my point being that the carrier ones have received 2/3 updates in the time since my last one, my last one being April...
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the latest firmware for T-mobile (EE) is ME2 http://www.hotfile.com/dl/223630332/b11f79b/I9505XXUAME2_I9505EVRAMDB_EVR.zip.html but for the unbranded BTU is MDM (older)
you can flash any new unbranded firmware MEA or MF8
Would I be able to flash that t mobile firmware? Thanks.
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dmonuk said:
Would I be able to flash that t mobile firmware? Thanks.
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yes it is for t-mobile UK
Brilliant... Downloading now, will OTA updates work OK I presume they will? Sorry if these are silly questions just want to make sure. Thank you.
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dmonuk said:
Brilliant... Downloading now, will OTA updates work OK I presume they will? Sorry if these are silly questions just want to make sure. Thank you.
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Of course it works, unless your planning to root.
hmmm, i'm in exactly the same situation. how does flashing work on this phone? do i need to unlock bootloader or anything like that? i don't want to mess about the unlocking things or rooting, i want totally stock though :\
Gloris said:
hmmm, i'm in exactly the same situation. how does flashing work on this phone? do i need to unlock bootloader or anything like that? i don't want to mess about the unlocking things or rooting, i want totally stock though :\
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nothing to unlock, just flash with odin
samersh72 said:
nothing to unlock, just flash with odin
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and everything will still be official? i.e. this is the same as getting an official update ota, just without waiting?
Gloris said:
and everything will still be official? i.e. this is the same as getting an official update ota, just without waiting?
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yes.
EDIT: to take a look of latest official firmwares HERE
Thanks samersh72, flashed the ME2 stock, all working here.
Ive rooted my SGS5 GT-I9505, un-installed some preinstalled app but now when I try to do an OTA it gives me the error: Your Device is modified, no software update available, Someone answered my question abut it and it seems that I need to install Unroot my phone. Base on the artice: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477 it says that I need to Flash Carrier Network, My question is do you have stock firmaware for my carrier. Im using Globe (Philippines). How do I do that? Thanks.
I own an I9500 S4, and from the info in THIS site I see that my firmware is updated to 23.04.2013 (I9500XXUAMDK), yet I see newer versions available in different regions dated to 18.07.2013 (I9500XWUBMG5) ..
Is there a reason we aren't getting these updates? can I simply flash the newer one? will we be getting these firmware updates by OTA?
I don't care about ota.. I just flash the newest rom no matter what region or something.
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Cuz I can flash roms or mods not even using my pc from recovery mode. A lot easier than waiting for ota updates I think..
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So basically you're saying the firmware updates are not region restricted? I can flash the newest firmware whenever I want? so why don't they just release the newest firmware ota to all s4's?
Also another question - if I decide to flash the firmware should I flash it via odin? and will it wipe my device? or will it install like a normal ota?
omricn said:
So basically you're saying the firmware updates are not region restricted? I can flash the newest firmware whenever I want? so why don't they just release the newest firmware ota to all s4's?
Also another question - if I decide to flash the firmware should I flash it via odin? and will it wipe my device? or will it install like a normal ota?
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U can install firmware using odin it won't wipe data at all but I highly recommend to do full reset for better experience
Every region firmware has some system files diffrnt but features remain same and they update as an when they find its req
If u searching for firmware use my sign link
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Thanks allot buddy
I think I'll stay with the current firmware for now as I only have the phone a week and didn't reach the point of boredom yet.. Don't feel like reconfiguring everything again just yet..
omricn said:
Thanks allot buddy
I think I'll stay with the current firmware for now as I only have the phone a week and didn't reach the point of boredom yet.. Don't feel like reconfiguring everything again just yet..
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I also own a S4 and I live in Pakistan.
I am also stuck with the firmware I9500XXUAMDK. I have not received any updates also so far although there are a lot updates being rolled out.
I am also from pak I have the latest fw installed on my phone how come you are not getting any updates?
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korea p600 wifi and p605s/k/l update NB1
still 4.3 but
i heared this situation fix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qqIPWYIpHE
and smooth ,fast
download link sm-p600 NB1 replace down link
http://www.innoloud.com:82/SAMSUNG/Galaxy Note 10.1/P600KXUANB1_P600KOOANB1_HOME.tar
http://www.innoloud.com:82/SAMSUNG/Galaxy Note 10.1/P600KXUANB1_P600KOOANB1HOME.tar
http://www.innoloud.com:82/SAMSUNG/Galaxy Note 10.1/
westside90i said:
korea p600 wifi and p605s/k/l update NB1
still 4.3 but
i heared this situation fix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qqIPWYIpHE
and smooth ,fast
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You have download link for this? Or a source that says that this is available for download? NB1, i guess that would be february 2014. Would love to get my hands on a new firmware, im starving...
smooth
I Flash NB1
veryveryvery smooth than ml1 mj3
plz wait i upload
Can't watch the video posted right now but what issue does this fix? Is it the long tap shaking issue?
westside90i said:
I Flash NB1
veryveryvery smooth than ml1 mj3
plz wait i upload
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Do you also have the 605 version? Or if you could link to it, I would be thankfull
nickwarn said:
Do you also have the 605 version? Or if you could link to it, I would be thankfull
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as far as I know(correct express? sorry i am not good at english) korea p605s/k/l different global p605
download link sm-p600 NB1
http://lap.so/wzaa
westside90i said:
as far as I know(correct express? sorry i am not good at english) korea p605s/k/l different global p605
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Yeah, they should be but I think the 605s only has less LTE bands then 605. But im not sure, thank you anyways.
How to flash ? I download it and flash by ODIN twice both fail
video is actually long tap press issue, which exist in many many android devices caused by not properly calibrated or poor hardware it is not really related to new update
this file host is giving me issues. I've downloaded 893mb and now it has slowed to 10kb/s which i think will probably error out soon.
It doesn't tell me the size of the entire file, it just comes in as it downloads (does that make sense?). Maybe a checksum?
If anyone knows the actual size of the completed file, that would be useful.
don't flash this on a US p600.
with no odin pda for my model to flash back to stock, I now have updated the firmware, bootloader and recovery to the Korean p600 update. that killed my wifi unfortunately and possibly some other things I haven't noticed yet.
any ideas how to get the old firmware back?
edit: I'm downloading the Taiwan ML1 firmware. hopefully it'll flash correctly and work. I'll report back
edit 2: back in business after flashing ML1. whew. won't make this mistake again
edouble312 said:
don't flash this on a US p600.
with no odin pda for my model to flash back to stock, I now have updated the firmware, bootloader and recovery to the Korean p600 update. that killed my wifi unfortunately and possibly some other things I haven't noticed yet.
any ideas how to get the old firmware back?
edit: I'm downloading the UK ML1 firmware. hopefully it'll flash correctly and work. I'll report back
edit 2: back in business after flashing ML1. whew. won't make this mistake again
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Huh? Where did you find the UK ml1?
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alexcarterkarsus said:
Huh? Where did you find the UK ml1?
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Sorry, it was Taiwan. wrong country code.
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-P600
Hi All,
I have a Galaxy note 3 - N9005 LTE 32 GB.
It had JB installed however i wanted to instal KK on it so i downloaded the Germany KItkat fimrware NB4 and after flashing Odin says Fail!
I cheked Autoreboot & Reset Time.
Appreciate all the help you can give to solve this issue.
Also - if the answer will contain refrences to other firmwares include links coz i have been searching for POLAND firmware however icannot find where to download it.
Thanks
newapostlenew said:
Hi All,
I have a Galaxy note 3 - N9005 LTE 32 GB.
It had JB installed however i wanted to instal KK on it so i downloaded the Germany KItkat fimrware NB4 and after flashing Odin says Fail!
I cheked Autoreboot & Reset Time.
Appreciate all the help you can give to solve this issue.
Also - if the answer will contain refrences to other firmwares include links coz i have been searching for POLAND firmware however icannot find where to download it.
Thanks
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What country code are you on now? This German (DBT) suppose to be for unbranded phones, but people have problems flashing this. Keeps getting fail in Odin. I'm having this too and I'm standing back for the moment awaiting solution.
You can flash the Polish (XEO) NB3 and the file can be downloaded from sammobile.com/firmwares
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mikkelrev69 said:
What country code are you on now? This German (DBT) suppose to be for unbranded phones, but people have problems flashing this. Keeps getting fail in Odin. I'm having this too and I'm standing back for the moment awaiting solution.
You can flash the Polish (XEO) NB3 and the file can be downloaded from sammobile.com/firmwares
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Thank you for your reply.
I am in the middle east (Saudi) - but my phone is carrier unlocked.
Polish firmware works? i mean you didnt get the error with that.
Thanks
MQ
mikkelrev69 said:
What country code are you on now? This German (DBT) suppose to be for unbranded phones, but people have problems flashing this. Keeps getting fail in Odin. I'm having this too and I'm standing back for the moment awaiting solution.
You can flash the Polish (XEO) NB3 and the file can be downloaded from sammobile.com/firmwares
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Can you furnish a more specific link? This link is linking to S4 and i am having a hard time finding the correct frimware.
Appreciate your help.
newapostlenew said:
Can you furnish a more specific link? This link is linking to S4 and i am having a hard time finding the correct frimware.
Much Appreciate your help.
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Thank you
Couple of questions
1- The poland firmware works for sure? or does that render odin to fail as well?
2 - Can i install 4.3 firmware stock? if yes can you pls share a link.
Appreciate your help.
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Can you furnish a more specific link? This link is linking to S4 and i am having a hard time finding the correct frimware.
Appreciate your help.
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The sammobile.com/firmwares are for all Samsung phones. Fill in N9005 in the fw search box to search firmwares.
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The sammobile.com/firmwares are for all Samsung phones. Fill in N9005 in the fw search box to search firmwares.
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Thanks i was able to locate the firmware in question right here on XDA as SAMMOBILE i encounter download issues/dead pages. Here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647861&page=2 (for anybody else visiting this page.
Also - can i revert back to 4.3 and flash that?
Thanks
newapostlenew said:
Thanks i was able to locate the firmware in question right here on XDA as SAMMOBILE i encounter download issues/dead pages. Here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647861&page=2 (for anybody else visiting this page.
Also - can i revert back to 4.3 and flash that?
Thanks
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There is no returning to 4.3 once you have upgraded your bootloader to 4.4.2
radicalisto said:
There is no returning to 4.3 once you have upgraded your bootloader to 4.4.2
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Thanks. I am currently dldlng. Hopefully this works.
You'll be OK with the Polish firmware it works fine
radicalisto said:
You'll be OK with the Polish firmware it works fine
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You mentioned nogo to 4.3 due to bootloader however i dindt check the bootloader option in odin (see screenshot). Should i tick that as well next time?
Well there is some debate as to if you should check the bootloader or not.
With the leaked Polish firmware it came in seperate files. You needed to check to upgrade the Bootloader.
With the XEO single .zip firmware you don't need to check it as it upgrades automatically - plenty agree with this. -- There is a few people who say that by not checking it, it hasn't upgraded for them and some just recommend you check it for good luck sake.
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Well there is some debate as to if you should check the bootloader or not.
With the leaked Polish firmware it came in seperate files. You needed to check to upgrade the Bootloader.
With the XEO single .zip firmware you don't need to check it as it upgrades automatically - plenty agree with this. -- There is a few people who say that by not checking it, it hasn't upgraded for them and some just recommend you check it for good luck sake.
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Thanks Radicalisto.
Lets see how it goes. Fingers crossed.
Normally after the odin flash, all apps/data etc are there? If not what is the best/tried method of backup without root?
Thanks
radicalisto said:
You'll be OK with the Polish firmware it works fine
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Does this rom suffer from any battery drain issues? or in general any issues? this isnt beta so i suppose none should exist.
No drain issues no, pretty decent build tbh.
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Normally after the odin flash, all apps/data etc are there? If not what is the best/tried method of backup without root?
Thanks
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You mean the NEO one which radicalisto mentioned? if the former than ill update once i try this as i am re downloading it again. People should seriously use drop box instead of Mega.
newapostlenew said:
. People should seriously use drop box instead of Mega.
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MEGA is country based per account. So if I upload to my MEGA it comes from a UK Server which is slow to Asia/America etc, trick is to set up your own MEGA account, and then import it from the download MEGA link and it'll switch to a server in your country and you'll get faster download speeds
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MEGA is country based per account. So if I upload to my MEGA it comes from a UK Server which is slow to Asia/America etc, trick is to set up your own MEGA account, and then import it from the download MEGA link and it'll switch to a server in your country and you'll get faster download speeds
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shucks! i am downloading - i have a 50Mbps fiber line however for the reason you mentioned i am downloading from a non account. Next time ill use my account. Thanks for that again.