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[Q] Update Firmware in different country

help : how to update London verson of galaxy note in Norway ?

You have to travel to London....
Wrong forum man.
... tapat*lked

Read my posts here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19368201&postcount=40), here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19397762&postcount=48) and here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19553821&postcount=1).

Post in general thread not here.
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tids2k said:
Post in general thread not here.
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Praaji.... Tussi... Got a galaxy note??
Tapashocked via my gt-I9003 with a random keyboard of my choice !

walda said:
You have to travel to London....
Wrong forum man.
... tapat*lked
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pretty sure he can just plug his phone into his PC, and download the update through kies...

hey
So i have to wait for the update to come to norway to cet new update? .
Now i have 2.3.5 - n7000XXXkj4. open to all Sim. Where can i follow a list of new update from samsung? Thanks for the help. Any others who can help? free to Whrite.

jhonatan89 said:
So i have to wait for the update to come to norway to cet new update? .
Now i have 2.3.5 - n7000XXXkj4. open to all Sim. Where can i follow a list of new update from samsung? Thanks for the help. Any others who can help? free to Whrite.
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http://fus.nanzen.se/ this site lets you know what updates are available.
and it depends. if youre waiting for OTA, you can only wait for the OTA for the region the device came from. ie. im on 2.3.5 polish version, i cant download hong kong 2.3.6 ota, even if im in hong kong. ota is specific to the region your device originated from.
your ota will automatically download the version specific for your phone, regardless of where you are. the only except is if youre on an operator locked device, at which point, you would need to be able to communicate with the operators servers.
however, if youre choosing to flash the software manually, you can use another region's firmware iirc.
simplest way is to just plug it into your computer and run KIES and it will tell you if theres an update for your specific device or not.

Thanks .
So when i am having a London Cpw verson of the phone totaly open no T-mobile or Telenor . i can just wait intill London getting the firmware update? Samsung told me i never can get a update if i have an non nordic phone in nordic trying to update it. Weird this is my specs.-
Another message i sendt to a Samsung friend.
Samsung just gave me a Bad info? I have got a Galaxy note from UK i think London.
N7000xxkj4 - In kies here in norway i connected nice, The q is :
Cpw in salescode. Kies sais- This is the latest firmware.
Can i ever Update my galaxy note her in norway. this is a open phone. no sim card restriction. Hope someone can help me.
I do not whant to use Odin or Flash this nice phone

jhonatan89 said:
So when i am having a London Cpw verson of the phone totaly open no T-mobile or Telenor . i can just wait intill London getting the firmware update? Samsung told me i never can get a update if i have an non nordic phone in nordic trying to update it. Weird this is my specs.-
Another message i sendt to a Samsung friend.
Samsung just gave me a Bad info? I have got a Galaxy note from UK i think London.
N7000xxkj4 - In kies here in norway i connected nice, The q is :
Cpw in salescode. Kies sais- This is the latest firmware.
Can i ever Update my galaxy note her in norway. this is a open phone. no sim card restriction. Hope someone can help me.
I do not whant to use Odin or Flash this nice phone
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Enter this into your phone's dial pad: *#272*imei# where imei is your phone's imei.
See Settings > About Phone > Status > IMEI.
If you see a list of sales codes(CSC's) like XEU, DBT etc, then you can change your CSC to DBT and the OTA and Kies update will work.
Otherwise, you may have a network branded version that doesn't have options to change CSC and this won't work.

Xaddict said:
Enter this into your phone's dial pad: *#272*imei# where imei is your phone's imei.
See Settings > About Phone > Status > IMEI.
If you see a list of sales codes(CSC's) like XEU, DBT etc, then you can change your CSC to DBT and the OTA and Kies update will work.
Otherwise, you may have a network branded version that doesn't have options to change CSC and this won't work.
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But. salescode is it? Cpw .
and install under there. culd it be a list of csc there before i hit install or? what happend if i hit install on it. the man who saled this to me said that my phone where open on every network.sim.

the man was correct as you CAN use any network operator SIM. unfortunately that is different from being able to set a country code. i am in the same situation as i assumed CPW provided all phones totally stock ... clearly i was wrong :-(

[Q] SGS4 origin and how to change it.

I just got my phone, when I opened it I noticed that the first language option that was given to me was spanish (or maybe portugese not really sure) anyway, that got me curious, did my phone come originally from south america or somewhere in the iberian peninsula?
I was sure about this when I opened the browser and saw this locked bookmark from samsung that is in spanish.
anyway, is there anyway to know where my phone originally came from or was manufactured for? and is there any way to change this?
Thank you.

You can search the baseband info on sammobile.com
I found that my ebay purchased unit was bound for Trinidad/Tobago.

Thanks!
Mine is for Colombia (COO)
will it be OK to install a firmware other than the one for colombia? for example I want to change to a firmware from brazil instead or germany.

xeloz01 said:
will it be OK to install a firmware other than the one for colombia? for example I want to change to a firmware from brazil instead or germany.
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I'd like to know as well - I'd like to install the latest firmware (I9500XXUAMDM I believe?) from another country as my country (S. Africa) is currently on I9500XXUAMDE

prodigyX said:
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I'd like to know as well - I'd like to install the latest firmware (I9500XXUAMDM I believe?) from another country as my country (S. Africa) is currently on I9500XXUAMDE
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i like to know as well.

*bump*

Yes you can guys
flash via ODIN. Download firmware from samfirmware

Surely flashing a different firmware cant change the origin of the phone?

Be careful, your warranty may not be valid if the phones from a different country >. <
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 2

Weird Problem with I9505

Hello all, I need some help in regards to my Samsung GS4 I9505. Sorry for the long post!
I bought this phone off eBay about a month ago and only did a quick test to make sure it was working. It is a used phone but in excellent condition to replace my old 9505.
Now 2 days ago I had some free time and wanted to check the phone more thoroughly before I transfer my data from my iPhone to the new to me 9505.
The phone had the stock ROM from Hong Kong (TGY). I9505ZHUFNL1 I think if I’m not mistaken.
I realized a few weird things in this phone.
1. First it had the AT&T ringtones installed, and 2 AT&T bloatware apps installed. I thought maybe the seller put them their thinking that I had AT&T.
2. Second, in the ABOUT PHONE, Model # shows as I9505 but the build number shows as I337UCUFNB1
Now I wanted to install a new stock ROM and root, process has failed in ODIN. (PS) I have flashed and customized my old 9505 a lot and have some idea on what I'm doing. I am still a newb though!
Currently I can get into Recovery and Download Mode but my S4 does not boot up. It gets stuck on the logo “SAMSUNG GALAXY S4” As you can see from the pictures below it shows PRODUCT NAME as I337 in DOWNLOAD MODE and shows kot49h.i337ucufnb1 in Recovery.
I am trying to flash stock ROM but ODIN has failed. Tried TGY, DBT and even AT&T ROMs and nothing is working. Tried to use KIES and nothing, went into recovery and deleted everything. Still the phone is not working.
I also got this AT&T message about “System software not authorized by AT&T” but that message is gone now after I flashed AT&T I337 Stock Recovery.
I have searched all over the net and these forums to try to get the phone back up, so far nothing is working on my phone.
Attached are pictures showing model #s and an error I got while trying to flash stock ROM.
Any ideas or suggestions on what to do next? Thanks in advance

I think is a refurbished device. But try to download, unrar and flash this firmware via ODIN: HERE. This is the STOCK firmware for your i337 (in theory). Tell me how it went and good luck .

Thank you. Downloading it right now. Which Android version is this?

sbushnak said:
Thank you. Downloading it right now. Which Android version is this?
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It's android 4.4.2. We gona confirm that you have a refurbished device or no. Tell me too what errors appears in ODIN in case you have them. Dial *#1234# when the process of installation finish and tell me if all go ok.

Thank you soo much!
Some good news. I flashed the file and now device is up and running with the AT&T ROM. No errors.
AP: I337UCUFNB1
CP: I337UCUFNB1
CSC: I337ATTFNB1
Even phone model shows as I337

sbushnak said:
Thank you soo much!
Some good news. I flashed the file and now device is up and running with the AT&T ROM. No errors.
AP: I337UCUFNB1
CP: I337UCUFNB1
CSC: I337ATTFNB1
Even phone model shows as I337
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Be relaxed then. You own a SGH-i337, no a GT-i9505. The previous owner was flashing wrong firmware for sure. Enjoy your "machine" and Merry Xmas. :highfive:

Joku1981 said:
Be relaxed then. You own a SGH-i337, no a GT-i9505. The previous owner was flashing wrong firmware for sure. Enjoy your "machine" and Merry Xmas. :highfive:
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Thanks mans for your help and Merry Christmas. Well I am not relaxed since I need a I9505 not AT&T. I'll be moving to the Middle East soon and so the AT&T will work there but I cannot use 4G LTE.
So he most likely even replaced the sticker under the battery to show I9505. I checked the IMEI under the cover and using *#06# and it matched. I checked IMEI online and it shows the model as I9505.
What the heck did the seller do to this phone? Salvaged some parts from AT&T model and installed it?
Just to do a small experiment, I'll get my friend's AT&T SIM card which have LTE and tested it on this phone to see if I get LTE or not.

sbushnak said:
Thanks mans for your help and Merry Christmas. Well I am not relaxed since I need a I9505 not AT&T. I'll be moving to the Middle East soon and so the AT&T will work there but I cannot use 4G LTE.
So he most likely even replaced the sticker under the battery to show I9505. I checked the IMEI under the cover and using *#06# and it matched. I checked IMEI online and it shows the model as I9505.
What the heck did the seller do to this phone? Salvaged some parts from AT&T model and installed it?
Just to do a small experiment, I'll get my friend's AT&T SIM card which have LTE and tested it on this phone to see if I get LTE or not.
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1. I was telling you before is a refurbished device. They mix parts of differents models for create one new monster, like Frankestein .
2. I checked the original SGH-i337 and it has LTE. Take a look for yourself: HERE

Joku1981 said:
1. I was telling you before is a refurbished device. They mix parts of differents models for create one new monster, like Frankestein .
2. I checked the original SGH-i337 and it has LTE. Take a look for yourself:
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I'm such an idiot! I missed the part about you saying it is a refurbished model. Well this is first for me knowing that they can build Frankenstein S4s! This particular phone is quite misleading.
Also yes you are right SGH-I337 has LTE but will not work in Middle East since we use different LTE frequencies there.
I'll get back to you after I do this small test just so I can feel a little better!

Joku1981,
I just used my friend's ATT SIM card and it connected to ATT's LTE network. Pic attached.
Thanks for your help. I'll contact the eBay seller and see what he can do. Worst case scenario I'll try to sell it on eBay.
and Merry Christmas!

How much did you purchase it for off eBay?

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
How much did you purchase it for off eBay?
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Bought it for $250. came with 9505 box, original charger, usb cable(looks non-oem), manual and headphones. It is also unlocked. Tried a SIM from T-Mobile and it worked.

[Q] 9506 - Firmware upgrade help

Hi
I own a 9506 phone from vodafone.
Devise type: ks01lte
Product name: ks01ltexx
Made in Vietnam
Xnox warranty :0x0
Original csc code: ATL
Firmware csc code: ATL
Csc country: Spain
Product code: GT-9506ZWAATL
Bootloader ver: I9506XXUCNI1
Baseband ver: I9506XXUCNI1
Pda version: I9506XXUCNI1
Csc version: I9506VFGCNJ1
Kernel version:3.4.0-2587343. [email protected] #1
Changelist:2587343
Build number: KOT 49H.I9506XXUCNI1 (I9506XXUCNI1)
Kindly advise Which open firmware version to upgrade to without any modem downgrade. The most stable of course and the one that support french and arabic.
I need to be able to use my phone worldwide.
Thank you

siteguest said:
Hi
I own a 9506 phone from vodafone.
Devise type: ks01lte
Product name: ks01ltexx
Made in Vietnam
Xnox warranty :0x0
Original csc code: ATL
Firmware csc code: ATL
Csc country: Spain
Product code: GT-9506ZWAATL
Bootloader ver: I9506XXUCNI1
Baseband ver: I9506XXUCNI1
Pda version: I9506XXUCNI1
Csc version: I9506VFGCNJ1
Kernel version:3.4.0-2587343. [email protected] #1
Changelist:2587343
Build number: KOT 49H.I9506XXUCNI1 (I9506XXUCNI1)
Kindly advise Which open firmware version to upgrade to without any modem downgrade. The most stable of course and the one that support french and arabic.
I need to be able to use my phone worldwide.
Thank you
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You won't need to downgrade/upgrade your modem manually. It'll happen automatically when you upgrade the firmware.
Since Spain (Vodafone) hasn't released the 5.0.1 update for the GT-I9506 yet, you should flash another one.
Theoretically, any region's firmware should work.
Go to Sammobile.com/firmwares and type GT-I9506.
Flash any firmware that isn't associated with a carrier.
From what I can see, Nordic Countries, Slovakia and Greece have unbranded I9506 firmwares.
Keep in mind, if your phone is ever sent for warranty, they might not accept it because the CSC will change.
So this is entirely up to you.

murtaza02 said:
You won't need to downgrade/upgrade your modem manually. It'll happen automatically when you upgrade the firmware.
Since Spain (Vodafone) hasn't released the 5.0.1 update for the GT-I9506 yet, you should flash another one.
Theoretically, any region's firmware should work.
Go to Sammobile.com/firmwares and type GT-I9506.
Flash any firmware that isn't associated with a carrier.
From what I can see, Nordic Countries, Slovakia and Greece have unbranded I9506 firmwares.
Keep in mind, if your phone is ever sent for warranty, they might not accept it because the CSC will change.
So this is entirely up to you.
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Thank you for your prompt and detailed answer.
Do you know if these region's firmware are identical?
A also the most stable one?
Thank you

siteguest said:
Thank you for your prompt and detailed answer.
Do you know if these region's firmware are identical?
A also the most stable one?
Thank you
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All the firmwares are identical, only difference is the origin country and obviously the CSC.
Since the firmwares are identical, they're all stable and SamMobile doesn't upload unstable ROMs, all the ROMs on are fully developed and are completely stable.

murtaza02 said:
All the firmwares are identical, only difference is the origin country and obviously the CSC.
Since the firmwares are identical, they're all stable and SamMobile doesn't upload unstable ROMs, all the ROMs on are fully developed and are completely stable.
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Thank you. Do I need to worry about CSC? I am not very familiar with this, its role and is impact.
Many thanks

siteguest said:
Thank you. Do I need to worry about CSC? I am not very familiar with this, its role and is impact.
Many thanks
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CSC stands for Customer Sales Code
CSC varies depending on who sold the phone to you, was it through a carrier or was it from a retail store?
For example, the CSC for Italy is ITV and XEF for France.
The CSC for Spain is PHE, but that's if you bought your phone from a retail store.
However, since your phone is from a carrier (your first post shows ATL as your CSC)
ATL is also the CSC for Spain but ATL is for Vodafone.
Suppose your phone gets damaged and needs to be sent in for warranty to get repaired/replaced.
The guy at the service center will check the phone and if the CSC is different from ATL, he will refuse to take your phone as it has technically been tampered with, in the sense that the original ROM has been removed and you have flashed the ROM of another country on your phone. There is nothing wrong with having the ROM for another country, but the service center people don't accept your phone unless it has the original CSC, which in your case is ATL.
BUT, if your phone ever does go for repair etc, do change the CSC before sending it.
You can use this guide to change your CSC.
It's fairly easy and you should be done quickly.
Enjoy flashing a new ROM on your phone and enjoy the 5.0.1 experience on that amazing Snapdragon-800 processor.

murtaza02 said:
CSC stands for Customer Sales Code
CSC varies depending on who sold the phone to you, was it through a carrier or was it from a retail store?
For example, the CSC for Italy is ITV and XEF for France.
The CSC for Spain is PHE, but that's if you bought your phone from a retail store.
However, since your phone is from a carrier (your first post shows ATL as your CSC)
ATL is also the CSC for Spain but ATL is for Vodafone.
Suppose your phone gets damaged and needs to be sent in for warranty to get repaired/replaced.
The guy at the service center will check the phone and if the CSC is different from ATL, he will refuse to take your phone as it has technically been tampered with, in the sense that the original ROM has been removed and you have flashed the ROM of another country on your phone. There is nothing wrong with having the ROM for another country, but the service center people don't accept your phone unless it has the original CSC, which in your case is ATL.
BUT, if your phone ever does go for repair etc, do change the CSC before sending it.
You can use this guide to change your CSC.
It's fairly easy and you should be done quickly.
Enjoy flashing a new ROM on your phone and enjoy the 5.0.1 experience on that amazing Snapdragon-800 processor.
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Thank you. You're the best.
Happy to learn from you and read your answers.
Sheers

siteguest said:
Thank you. You're the best.
Happy to learn from you and read your answers.
Sheers
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I used the NEE ROM. Everything went smooth. The Phone is stable, Wifi and bluetooth as well.

siteguest said:
I used the NEE ROM. Everything went smooth. The Phone is stable, Wifi and bluetooth as well.
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Oops. My sd card is not loaded! It was working perfectly before the upgrade.
Any idea?

siteguest said:
Oops. My sd card is not loaded! It was working perfectly before the upgrade.
Any idea?
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What do you mean not loaded?
Does the phone not detect it or does it show an unsupported format?
Sent from my GT-I9505

murtaza02 said:
What do you mean not loaded?
Does the phone not detect it or does it show an unsupported format?
Sent from my GT-I9505
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Right, it was not detected. It is back to normal now an here is what I have done :
I switched off the phone,
removed the card and started the phone
switched it off again, put back the sd card and started it again.
Back to normal
Thank you for getting back

siteguest said:
Right, it was not detected. It is back to normal now an here is what I have done :
I switched off the phone,
removed the card and started the phone
switched it off again, put back the sd card and started it again.
Back to normal
Thank you for getting back
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No problem at all.
I'm glad you're enjoying your phone now with the new 5.0 firmware.
Sent from my GT-I9505

murtaza02 said:
No problem at all.
I'm glad you're [email protected] oying your phone now with the new 5.0 firmware.
Sent from my GT-I9505
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Thank you. A curiosity question :
Is there a way to change the csc code? And wype out all trace of ATL (Spain Vodafone)?

siteguest said:
Thank you. A curiosity question :
Is there a way to change the csc code? And wype out all trace of ATL (Spain Vodafone)?
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Of course there is.
Google change your CSC and a big XDA thread should come up in the Galaxy Grand section. That has a full tutorial in it, however before you do that.
Is the ATL CSC still installed on your phone even after flashing the firmware of a different country?
Check by dialing *#1234# in the dialer and post the stuff written in the CSC field here.
Sent from my GT-I9505

murtaza02 said:
Of course there is.
Google change your CSC and a big XDA thread should come up in the Galaxy Grand section. That has a full tutorial in it, however before you do that.
Is the ATL CSC still installed on your phone even after flashing the firmware of a different country?
Check by dialing *#1234# in the dialer and post the stuff written in the CSC field here.
Sent from my GT-I9505
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ATL CSC is not installed anymore. Screenshot attached.
Thank you

siteguest said:
ATL CSC is not installed anymore. Screenshot attached.
Thank you
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Glad I was able to help.
Sent from my GT-I9505

murtaza02 said:
Glad I was able to help.
Sent from my GT-I9505
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Dear Murtaza,
I hope you don't mind I am sending you a private message regarding my brother's phone.
He purchased it new. The Phone was operator blocked.
The store did something to the phone to allow him using the local telecom sim card.
Since my brother was not able to upgrade to new os versions. He gets the notifications but a soon as he executes the upgrade process on the air, an error shows up saying that the phone has been modified.
I have attached all the phone information collected using PHONE INFO.
Kindly, let me know whether I Can use the same Rom NEE to upgrade his phone and if safe doing it.
Is there anything else to do to correct the manual upgrade process?
Many thanks my friend

siteguest said:
Dear Murtaza,
I hope you don't mind I am sending you a message regarding my brother's phone.
He purchased it new. The Phone was operator blocked.
The store did something to the phone to allow him using the local telecom sim card.
Since my brother was not able to upgrade to new os versions. He gets the notifications but a soon as he executes the upgrade process on the air, an error shows up saying that the phone has been modified.
I have attached all the phone information collected using PHONE INFO.
Kindly, let me know whether I Can use the same Rom NEE to upgrade his phone and if safe doing it.
Is there anything else to do to correct the manual upgrade process?
Many thanks my friend
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Btw, I have attached a screenshot from *#1234#

siteguest said:
Btw, I have attached a screenshot from *#1234#
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His phone is an I9505, so the process is exactly the same.
Just replace the I9506 firmware with the I9505 firmware the tutorial and you're all set. However, since device status is modified, after flashing the firmware through Odin, you should do a Factory Reset.
You can use any regions ROM as long as it's unbranded. The manual update process is exactly the same as it is on your phone.
Once you've downloaded the 5.0.1 firmware, flash it and let me know how its worked out for you.
Sent from my SM-G900F

murtaza02 said:
His phone is an I9505, so the process is exactly the same.
Just replace the I9506 firmware with the I9505 firmware the tutorial and you're all set. However, since device status is modified, after flashing the firmware through Odin, you should do a Factory Reset.
You can use any regions ROM as long as it's unbranded. The manual update process is exactly the same as it is on your phone.
Once you've downloaded the 5.0.1 firmware, flash it and let me know how its worked out for you.
Sent from my SM-G900F
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Great news. Many thanks. I hope he won't have problems anymore with the ota update?

Note 3 sm-n900 help!!!!

Ok i bought a samsung note 3 off some dude off the buy/sell internet **** anyways i live in canada and this phone is from fkn united arab emerites or sumtin so long story short is this fkn guy didnt give me his original samsung accoubt info so when i factory reset it i had tthe samsung account frp and **** but i bypassed all that by flashing the stock rom to it and it 3verything works except for when i put my sim card in it dont fkn work and i callled samsung in canada and the arab place and they say itz unlocked and not blacklisted and should work but it doesnt so can someone help me with this plzz

Fail to understand non English post.

Xshady420 said:
Ok i bought a samsung note 3 off some dude off the buy/sell internet **** anyways i live in canada and this phone is from fkn united arab emerites or sumtin so long story short is this fkn guy didnt give me his original samsung accoubt info so when i factory reset it i had tthe samsung account frp and **** but i bypassed all that by flashing the stock rom to it and it 3verything works except for when i put my sim card in it dont fkn work and i callled samsung in canada and the arab place and they say itz unlocked and not blacklisted and should work but it doesnt so can someone help me with this plzz
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OK, so did you flash UAE stock rom or any other country specific rom? Sometimes wrong region roms cause this, also you can try out different modem files by flashing through odin and checking, another way you can try is to install a custom rom for the phone, those contain modem files that work with most regions, so either try flashing UAE region rom and try, or get some modem files and flash those using odin, or lastly try custom roms. If all those fail then maybe you have deleted the efs partition by some way and I don't think anyone can help you unless you have an efs backup, which I presume you don't have. Hope I helped.