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[REF] Samsung firmware naming convention and explanation

Guys,
Eveyone seems to always struggle with the question "is this firwmare KXY newer or older than KYZ". After a long search, I found some parts of explanations from places to places and as I owe a lot to this community for helping me taking the better of my past phones, I thought it was finally the appropriate place to send back my gratitude and summarise them in one post. If moderators feel this thread does not belong to this part of the forum, feel free to move it in the appropriate one (but I really do think it belongs to this part as it is ROM related).
To know what is your phone *ware versions, type on the phone keypad (if you want them to work on GoDialer or any software that sits on top of phone keypad, you need to add "*#" without the quotes before the code and "*#*" without the quotes again after):
Firmware ver: *#1234#
S/W ver: *#1111#
H/W ver: *#2222#
My bonus: a code to test all your phone capabilities (screen, sound, sensors, ...):*#0*#
Now that you have typed the firmware version code and that you are on the screen, you get 3 different pieces of information. As an example, my phone shows:
PDA: N7000XXKKA
PHONE: N7000XXKK5
CSC: N7000OXAKK9
PDA is the operating system with its programs and settings included.
PHONE is the modem firmware file, parts of which are required to access the hardware.
CSC (for consumer software customisation) are the regional settings applied which may install additional programs as well as provider-specific settings (APN).
PDA AND PHONE CODE MEANING
What does N7000XXKKA means?
N7000(=model)XX(=Region)K(=Year)K(=Month)A(=Revision)
As you know your model, here are Samsung's complementary information:
REGION CODES
BD Cyprus, Greece
CP Finland
DBVietnam
DC Thailand
DD India
DT Australia
DX Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
DZ Malaysia, Singapore
JA South Africa
JC Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia
JP Arabic
JR Arabic
JV Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey
MT Switzerland
XA Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom
XB Denmark, Norway, Sweden
XC Portugal, Spain
XD Croatia, Czech, Hungary, Slovakia
XE Bulgaria, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine
XF Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania
XW France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom
XX Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
ZC China, Hong Kong
ZH Hong Kong
ZT Taiwan
YEAR CODES
A 2001
B 2002
C 2003
D 2004
E 2005
F 2006
G 2007
H 2008
I 2009
J 2010
K 2011
L 2012
...
MONTH CODES
A January
B February
C March
D April
E May
F June
G July
H August
I September
J October
K November
L December
REVISION CODES
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
...
...
A = 10
B = 11
C = 12
...
CSC CODE MEANING
For CSC, you can notice a different scheme: between the phone model and the release code, there is no 2 letters but 3, in my case OXA, it is simply a code explaining from which country and which operator this phone is. OXA is supposed to be O2 UK and I'm using it for SFR France (coude should be then SFR).
Conclusion, this is not harmful to your phone having a different CSC code than the one you are supposed to use. But if you want to properly change it anyway, you can do it using the code *#272*<your phone IMEI># (if you don't have it, your phone IMEI can be obtained using the code *#06#), the CSC menu is displayed and shows your current CSC and a list to change your phone CSC.
Once in front of that list find yours there (http://www.samfirmware.com/samsunglettercode.htm), in the Samsung official letter code section and pray to have in in you CSC list
If it isn't, then choose the X?? version (for France it is XEF), it is for retail code (i.e. not operator branded). But be careful, if you apply a new CSC, it is phone factory reset (all your data and settings are lost).
Voilà, I hope this post will explain almost everything about phone firmware versions and CSC. And more than everything, it will help a lot of people here to better enjoy their SGN
ADDITIONAL COMMENT (if someone can validate or undermine it, that would be nice)
Often, SGN users are wondering if using KK1 kernel on a KJ4 ROM or a KKA on a KJ1 will brick their phone. I think people are mislead by Samsung revision numbers more than the real technology behind the letters and numbers. As far as i have seen ALL ROM kernels are based on 2.6.35.7 or 2.6.35.14 (which includes very very insignificant changes to the Kernel structure, i.e. mainly bugfixes) which would mean that applying kernel on ROM has something like 99% to work perfectly fine and 1% to end in bootloop which can be avoided flushing cache and dalvik cache. The main point on kernels is the fact to loose CWM Recovery. But hopefully, some great minds like ChainFire release as soon as sources are made available, kernels with CWM Recovery in it.

isnt pda is the operating system phone is the modem

It does work in Go Dialer but you have to enclose the code in a additional *#....#*.
Ex:
Firmware ver: *#*#1234#*#*

@kromosto, thanks for noticing it. At least you read it thoroughly - I corrected it.
@mdalacu, thanks for the codes. Added the trick in my post.

Bonjour Steph
Fine... mais sais tu s il y a un moyen de mettre CWM justement sur un note en KK9 et KK5 ? pour l instant j ai l impression que non .....

falgard,
This forum is English only.
To summarise to non French members: you wanted to know if it was possible to add a CWM Recovery in any ROM and make it persistent.
As far as I have understood, recovery partition is not working the same way as in in HTC phones. In HTC phones, recovery has a partition that is not overwritten when a ROM is flashed. In Samsung phones it seems that recovery is in the Kernel partition.
It simply means that you need to compile kernel sources (hence being able to have them) to include recovery in it!! And today, I have only seen two people being able to do that: the venerable ChainFire (that has provided so many utilities, hacks and so on) and RiverSource. But if you are a kernel compiler master, get in touch with them to have CWM sources, look in Samsung's open-source repository for new kernel sources (KK9, KKA or whatever more recent) and bless us with a new CWM kernel that rocks... or wait for a kernel master to show us his magic

Of course
It 's an english forum, and it was just a blink as we are on the same country...
Yes I am aware about the way to install and compile Cwm but Chainfire will do it, I think, as usual...
Have a nice afternoon
Best

Hi,
Please check the attachment. It is the screenshot of my version on my galaxy note.
I bought my phone yesterday. I connected and and updated firmware using samsung kiew software. Now the screen is lagging while scrolling. Please check and suggest something.
Thanks

hey steph can you add [REF] before your thread title. Cheers, please read the stickies before posting.
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@ gv.chaitanya8: this thread intents to explain Samsung's firmware naming convention not solving issues. Sorry. Anyway, try to move to Sheep ROM, it solved all my ROMs troubles (battery drains, lags and so on).
@tids2k: I added a REF tag and changed a bit the title.

my pda = n7000ubkk2 what country UB stands for?

Should be UB= Brazil

I have I9228 and want to flash to N7000, has anyone got the stock roms for both, and is it even possible?
Also my codes were KML4 and now are LB3 for China mobile if anyone knows anything about it.

I have I9228 and want to flash to N7000 as well, has anyone got the stock roms for both, and is it even possible?

AussieMatt said:
I have I9228 and want to flash to N7000, has anyone got the stock roms for both, and is it even possible?
Also my codes were KML4 and now are LB3 for China mobile if anyone knows anything about it.
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Don't! Do! This! Just my 2 cents.
Maybe you'll end up like the user underneath your post with this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1561316
He nearly successfully bricked his device. Read the thread, maybe twice and then decide if you really fancy this step...but feel free, it's your phone anyway.
Galaxy Note GT N-7000 - GB.XXLC1

i bought my Galaxy note. n7000 in Hongkong at Fortress. but when i do the code. it says " KOR " does anyone know what code to pick for HK because i am missing chinese on my keyboard selection.

And how does XXLPY fit into that scheme ?

I want to know why XXLPF says KoR and not CZ or CH
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A point has been made by Entropy512 on that point, for ICS, Samsung added an extra P in the scheme. I have planned to update the scheme for ICS soon

rp4k said:
I want to know why XXLPF says KoR and not CZ or CH
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Because it is not supposed to! XX as stated in my OP is for Europe.
Anyway everything is not lost, see in thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997 and get a ZS one. There is currently linked
N7000ZSLPF-4.0.3-2012 May-N7000OZSLPF-----------Hong Kong
N7000ZSLPF-4.0.3-2012 May-N7000OZSLPF-----------Taiwan
Pick your poison but I don't know that there is Chinese keyboard in any of them.

[DISCONTINUED] Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100 Official Modem List

Update: Hi guys I have discontinued this thread to the fact that I do no longer own a N7100 device.
Hi Guys,
I thought of creating an official Modem list for the Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100 Modems
I will be adding all the modems available in CWM flashable zips.
What is a modem?
Modem/Radio/Baseband is all the same thing and can be seen by going to Settings - About device - Baseband version. It's basically a driver which receives and sends Mobile Network signals as well as handling switching between GPRS, 3G, HSDPA etc....... (but not WiFi connection, that and switchover between Mobile Network and WiFi is handled by the kernel). Reasoning as to why Modem has no influence on WiFi can be found in this post by Entropy
Why?
Sometimes some custom roms come with modems for various regions. If your modem is designed for different regions than yours then the chances are that it will sometime not work with optimal network performance.
You should look into changing your modem if you are experiencing the following... (I'm writing this from my personal experience, so all may not apply to you).
Poor 3G speeds
Very fast battery drain whilst on 3G
Poor call reception
How to check
Settings >> About device >> Baseband version
Requests
If you want I can make CWM flashable zips, I just need modem donors who will send me modem.bin files with relevant versions so that I could build up this list. You are free to PM me as well.
It is not practical for me to go around downloading all the N7100 roms in the world and extract the modem file.
How to Extract
If you have the N7100 rom zip
1. Extract zip
2. Send me a zip file of the following files modem.bin, optional (/system/lib/libril.so, /system/lib/libsec-ril.so)
From an already installed N7100 (if you do not have the ROM zip with you)
First of all you need to extract a modem if and only if you are in following situations
1. You use a network specific rom and you need to backup the network specific modem and move to a custom rom.
2. Your friend is using a network specific rom and you want to use the same modem.
***[WARNING!]Modems are device dependent
To extract the phone you are extracting must be rooted and usb debugging enabled:
Use adb to dump the modem to your internal phone memory, use this command
Code:
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/sdcard/modem.bin bs=4096
exit
The dumped size will be bigger like 88MB don't worry just zip it and send me the link, I will make a CWM Installer.
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Download Links (CWM Flashable)
Modems With Android 4.3
XXEMI6
XXEMI6
XXEMJ2
XXEMJ2
XXEMJ5
XXEMJ5
Modems With Android 4.1.2
XXALIH
XXALIH
DDALJ1
DDALJ1
UBALJ1
UBALJ1
DXALJ1
DXALJ1
XXDLJ2
XXDLJ2
XXALJ2
XXALJ2
NEDLK1
NEDLK1
NEDLK1-RIL
DXDLK5
DXDLK5
XXDLK7
XXDLK7
XXDMB2
XXDMB2
The following modems are only compatible with 4.1.2 firmware builds ME6 or later and before MI6
XXDME4
XXDME4
DXDMF1
DXDMF1
DDDMG1
DDDMG1
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Thanks
Wanam - for sending me various modems bundled with ROMS

Extra Info
Region Code
(info referred from geko95gek's post)
The name of the Modem usually specifies the region its intended for, however... this doesn't mean it will work best for you. Classification of the Modem regions is as follows:
CE---> Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
DC---> Thailand
DD---> India
DX---> Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
DZ---> Malaysia, Singapore
JA---> South Africa
JC---> Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia
JP---> Arabic, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria
JV---> Tunisia, Turkey
UG---> North America
UH---> Latin America, The Caribbean
XE---> Bulgaria, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine
XX---> Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, United Kingdom
XW---> Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Nordic, Spain, United Kingdom
ZC---> China, Hong Kong
ZH---> Hong Kong
ZS---> China, Hong Kong
ZT---> Taiwan
After you install the modem, here is how to check the speeds and signal strength
Signal strength and quality can be tested using this app: Network Signal Info
Download and upload speeds on your network with a current Modem can be tested using this app: Speedtest.net

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Just In case

Subscribed this thread and will look forward to some odin / cwm flashable modems. Thanks mate.

No one knows everything, so i wondered, what are "Modems"? I know those Modems that create connections between 2 points for Internet for example.
But Flashable Android Modems?

You know, I just looked for such thread through XDA yesterday and was surprised I never find one. Ended up grabbing binary from firmware and flashed through Odin
Thanks in advance!

Thanks but why here.:thumbup:
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DeadSix17 said:
No one knows everything, so i wondered, what are "Modems"? I know those Modems that create connections between 2 points for Internet for example.
But Flashable Android Modems?
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Modem is basically the connection driver software for your mobile device's radios for it to connect to GSM/3G/HSPDA

joeldroid said:
Modem is basically the connection software for your mobile device for it to connect to GSM/3G/WiFi
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You mean Radio?

Im trying to figure out what modem mine is N7100UBALJ1

DeadSix17 said:
You mean Radio?
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yep, was typing in a hurry :angel:

edit. Joel droid can you please make a flashable zip for modem ubalj1. thanks

Does it require root? Im from belgium but i dont see any "CE" in my radio version so i should flash the one for my country?
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you need custom recovery...
weather it has root or not does not matter mate...
Also no need to worry about your country code. If a modem is working good then leave it as it is.
If you are having any issues with it then go ahead try different ones...

plotinus said:
edit. Joel droid can you please make a flashable zip for modem ubalj1. thanks
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done, check the first post...

Where would i find a ug modem im in north america and would like a modem from my area
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Req: Flashable zip for modem N7100DDALJ1 (India).
@Joeldroid: Can you please make a flashable zip for modem N7100DDALJ1 (India).

Hi all,
I was just wondering what modem people find work best on optus, in Australia?.
I am using a N7100 model.
Cheers
Corey
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fishingfon said:
Hi all,
I was just wondering what modem people find work best on optus, in Australia?.
I am using a N7100 model.
Cheers
Corey
Sent from my GT-N7100
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+1
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[Q] Which kitkat version should i choose? I9500

Hello Xda community,
Personally i own an unbranded GS4 i9500( currently i have Android Jellu Bean) and i wanted to know which version of kit kat is the best to update to, since there are many options in sammobile.
- Country: India
PDA: I9500XXUFNB3
CSC: I9500ODDFNB3
And the rest are from different countries(Trinidad and Tobago, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) but they have the same PDA and CSC, unfortunately it isnt released in my country yet...
PDA: I9500XXUFNB7
CSC: I9500OLBFNB4
Thank you in advance

The best u can do for avoid problems is:
1- Conect it to Kies 3 for know ur code region. CSC are the 3 letters btw parenthesis. The list of codes for region is HERE
2- Wait the update for ur code region. Why? Each country is different (some have LTE, others only 3g, differents modems, etc).
3- If its try for try.... select the one u wish but take care of the step 2 :highfive:

Indian one is quite stable and battery friendly.

exynoss said:
Indian one is quite stable and battery friendly.
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Im from Argentina, is it ok if i flash the indian one? i doubt that the Argentinian firmware will be released any time soon..

Both are safe
Gab! said:
Im from Argentina, is it ok if i flash the indian one? i doubt that the Argentinian firmware will be released any time soon..
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As the i9500 does not have LTE, is safe to flash both. I did saw some improvments in phone calls and time to do the call in the indian version from the latest Omega Rom. The v18 was based on Russian version and v19 is based on indian.
Hope this help.

[Q] I need firmware Kitkat 4.4.2

For a Galaxy Note 3 LTE N9005XXUDMJ7.
Were can I find it? On Sammobile I find nothing for that number in combination with kitkat 4.4.2. Please help me.

I have a Bosnia and Herzegovina Note 3.
Will a firmware 4.4 from Slovakia (or Uzbekistan, Papoea New Guinea, or ...) work? As long it isn't branded? Or do I have to stick to N9005XXUDMJ7??

JaimyLuca said:
For a Galaxy Note 3 LTE N9005XXUDMJ7.
Were can I find it? On Sammobile I find nothing for that number in combination with kitkat 4.4.2. Please help me.
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why do u need that 4.3 JB?
flashing other region shld be no problem as long as same device.
e.g: n9005 must take n9005.
however u have to avoid hongkong and Taiwan firmware.
JaimyLuca said:
I have a Bosnia and Herzegovina Note 3.
Will a firmware 4.4 from Slovakia (or Uzbekistan, Papoea New Guinea, or ...) work? As long it isn't branded? Or do I have to stick to N9005XXUDMJ7??
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Sent from somewhere under the sky, at the corner of this rounded earth.

alternative for sammobile
JaimyLuca said:
For a Galaxy Note 3 LTE N9005XXUDMJ7.
Were can I find it? On Sammobile I find nothing for that number in combination with kitkat 4.4.2. Please help me.
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try this site usually gets update released faster then sammobile
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N9005

[Guide]Unbrick and Rebrand Mate9.

Since we have an offline updates for L29C636 and AL00,we can easily unbrick and rebrand our Mate 9 to this regions.
So the steps are:
-From any region to international L29C636:
1-Unlock bootloader
2- install twrp,
3-do oeminfo backup in twrp,you should have a folder name twrp, inside this folder there is many subfolders.
In last folder there is 2-3 files,those files should be replaced with c636 oeminfo: http://www.mediafire.com/?szws87sk7rrkqr6
Once replaced, put this folder on ur sd card and boot to twrp recovery than restore it.
4- download c636 offline firmware from third post here https://forum.xda-developers.com/ma...products-vendo-bootloop-t3534594/post70465883 , extract the rar and copy dload folder to external sd card,turn off ur phone than press 3 buttons combination,power volume up and down till the update start.
5- when finished unlock bootloader again
6-install twrp again
7- flash hw_data for c636b136 in twrp http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/...f1/full/hw/spcseas/update_full_hw_spcseas.zip it will give an error, don't worry.
8-flash c636 offline firmware again to have locked bootloader and get rid of the warning message lol
9 factory rest from settings.
10-use system update to get the latest firmware, sometimes you need sim card inserted,and using the download latest package option.
11 done.
-From any region to Chinese AL00:
Same procedure as above but here are the files needed:
Firmware dload method AL00C00B115:https://forum.xda-developers.com/ma...products-vendo-bootloop-t3534594/post70937310
Oeminfo Al00 : https://www.mediafire.com/download/37n3jqv23j6erq5
HW data file : http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/.../v65567/f2/full/all/cn/update_full_all_cn.zip
New offline firmware for C636B181 https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73988779&postcount=11
Hw_data for C636B181 http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/...hw_spcseas/update_full_MHA-L29_hw_spcseas.zip

Much thanks. Xnow can have some fun.

nice guide,i have successfully rebrand from L29c636 to AL00C00 using this method.

eddmecha said:
nice guide,i have successfully rebrand from L29c636 to L29AL00 using this method.
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I will add the links for rebranding to chinese AL00.

gm007 said:
I will add the links for rebranding to chinese AL00.
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Done

gm007 said:
I will add the links for rebranding to chinese AL00.
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its much better if you can get hold of c432 n c185 offline files as well mayb this way we can safe from bricking our device haha

eddmecha said:
its much better if you can get hold of c432 n c185 offline files as well mayb this way we can safe from bricking our device haha
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I wish someone can upload them

Havent seen.any c432 offline package yet

I have no need to do any of this action yet, but thanks for your effort on this matter and watching this thread closely. I may one day need this

Updating L09C34B122 Optus Aus.
Working perfectly just 00000.. For second sim
Anyone know why the AUS Model L29C636 gets latest MHA-L29C636B158 & this one only gets MHA-L29C636B138
i have AUS Optus SIM in phone
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Let's make a list of all regions. This is what I've found so far.
C00 - China (Asia Pacific)
C02 - GERMANY (Europe)
C10 - RUSSIA (Europe)
C17 - China (Asia Pacific)
C22 - Poland (Europe)
C34 - Australia Carrier Optus
C40 - Spain (Europe)
C96 - MTS (Belarus)
C128 - HUNGARY (telenor )
S149 - BELARUS
C150 - Europe (Hungary, Germany, Poland)
C173 - CONGO (Africa)
C178 - Botswana (Africa)
C185 - MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
C199 - MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
C203 - BELARUS, the VELCOM
S232 - West European, the CEE & Nordic by European
C272 / C470 / C567 - ASIA PACIFIC / AUSTRALIA
C328 - ANGOLA (AFRICA)
C428 - ALGERIA (AFRICA)
C432 / C900 - EUROPE
C433 - MIDDLE EAST
C464 -Turkey (Asia the Pacific)
C470 - SOUTERN EAST ASIA / SOUTERN PACIFIC / NEW ZEALAND
C541 - MYANMAR (Asia Pacific)
C567 - ASIA PACIFIC / USA
C576 - ISRAEL
C605 - PANAMA / GUATEMALA / COLOMBIA
C636 - SPCSEAS (Asia Pacific)
C638 - Botswana (Africa)
C675 - INDIA

C34 - Australia Carrier Optus
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DanXbix said:
Updating L09C34B122 Optus Aus.
Working perfectly just 00000.. For second sim
Anyone know why the AUS Model L29C636 gets latest MHA-L29C636B158 & this one only gets MHA-L29C636B138
i have AUS Optus SIM in phone
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Hi, so you modified to dualsim ? Is second sim working for you correctly even with imei 000000000 ? May I modify from L09C432B126 to L29C636 ?

[Guide][unlocked BL]Unbrick or Rebrand Mate9.
No second doesn't have a IMEI so it will not work. I'm sure Huawei would product L09 model without hardware to save on cost. Everything else works 100%
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thx, no reason to modify then

Ing.King said:
thx, no reason to modify then
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I was on a AUS carrier rom which never got updates. Was stuck on B122 so yes it's the reason to change roms
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sadly I was talking about my case, I was really hoping for conversion to dualsim... Stupid operator single sim versions...

gm007 said:
I will add the links for rebranding to chinese AL00.
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Was after flashing Chinese Б115 bootloader locked? As written here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70997255&postcount=157

mai55 said:
Was after after flashing Chinese Б115 bootloader locked? As written here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70997255&postcount=157
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Yes it get locked.

gm007 said:
Yes it get locked.
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To unlock you need to wait 14 days or through a paid app from "Play store"