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Flashing firmware asian to european- for ppl who have flashed

Hey guys in my earlier thread some ppl told me that i could update from asian firmware to european firmware. I would like to knw if there would be any problems by doing that, and would like to know ur experiece after flashing.. Thanx for ur replies. I don mind waiting an extra month for asian firmware release if u feel flashing can be problematic, if not i'll b happy to flash.
Ps: I knw a thread like this is available but there are no conclusive answers there. Thanx.

I like to know too. I hope no issue here other than losing the Asian keyboards. I assume one could still get a third party keyboard for say, chinese characters input.

Ya i recieved a reply in hardware zone forum, ppl have upgraded their firmwares from dd or dx to xx, xw (european). No problems were found, infact performance increased a little bit. One of the guys told me not to update cause firmwares released in europe tend to be buggy like beta versions, only final versions are released in asia and other places thats why updates are few. So if i were u i'd wait for firmware to release in my region.. Wat's u take on this? Do u still wanna flash ur phone or do u wanna wait a month extra......

I personally haven't had any issues with the euro fw to speak of. Like doomsdaycs mentioned I definitely experienced performance increase and even more once i installed the modaco rom. I ran the latest JG3 for a few days and it was great then i wanted the modaco rom so I reflashed with JG1 and it's still had no problems. Hope that helps...

doomsdaycs said:
Ya i recieved a reply in hardware zone forum, ppl have upgraded their firmwares from dd or dx to xx, xw (european). No problems were found, infact performance increased a little bit. One of the guys told me not to update cause firmwares released in europe tend to be buggy like beta versions, only final versions are released in asia and other places thats why updates are few. So if i were u i'd wait for firmware to release in my region.. Wat's u take on this? Do u still wanna flash ur phone or do u wanna wait a month extra......
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That's utter rubbish.
Went from APAC to Euro firmwares, and never looked back.

Let me ask you guys who have gone over to the European firmware a few questions:
1) Has it fixed the 3G/wifi connection problem? (I hope you do not dispute that there is problem )
2) Has the lags/pause gone away? Or just minimized?
3) Has your GPS started to work accurately yet?
4) Does your email still takes ages to load? Or just become less slow?
5) Does the music playing still pause/freeze once in a while?
6) Anyone still able to install stuffs like Chinese keyboards from the Android market place after adopting the Europe firmware?
7) Do you have problem with the market place like what these people say?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7232231#post7232231
Thanks for sharing.

Let me ask you guys who have gone over to the European firmware a few questions:
1) Has it fixed the 3G/wifi connection problem? (I hope you do not dispute that there is problem )
Answer: You need to create a new APN in order to use the 3G network. As for WIFI.. I am able to connect to any WIFI as long as I have the password.
2) Has the lags/pause gone away? Or just minimized?
Answer: Kinda but you will still experience it even with the JG5 firmware.. rumor has it that samsung will release an official fix for this on the end of july but there is no official word from samsung.. all we can do is cross our fingers and hope or best alternative.. use modaco's fix.
3) Has your GPS started to work accurately yet?
Answer: Yup, compared to the stock firmware, it is able to identify my location within a 5 meter radius.
** upgrade to the latest google maps version.
4) Does your email still takes ages to load? Or just become less slow?
Answer: Google.. first time setup.. yes. But now, depending on your location and signal strength.. takes about 8 - 15 seconds.. longer with 2 bars on my phone.. about 30 seconds or so. [GMAIL]
5) Does the music playing still pause/freeze once in a while?
Answer: When I am playing Let's Golf with very low volume then listening to music using the default player at level 6 - 7 volume. I do experience it sometime..
6) Anyone still able to install stuffs like Chinese keyboards from the Android market place after adopting the Europe firmware?
Answer: I am able to install Google Pinyin.. the qwerty keyboard still shows ABC but when you press each letter.. it will show the chinese character equivalent.
7) Do you have problem with the market place like what these people say?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7232231#post7232231
Answer: Weird case, never experienced that issue on my SGS after doing 3 firmware upgrades.
And no, I haven't rooted my phone yet.. hoping to hear from samsung by the month's end to know if they finally release a firmware fix for the memory transfer issue [NAND].

kenkiller said:
That's utter rubbish.
Went from APAC to Euro firmwares, and never looked back.
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I second that.
The ASIAN version to be honest.. is full of crap from the TELCO's which renders the phone perform slower.. and I'd like to add that, my phone starts and loads faster now without the singtel crap.

Thank you M3keni. I'm glad it looks so positive.

kenkiller said:
That's utter rubbish.
Went from APAC to Euro firmwares, and never looked back.
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eaglesteve said:
Thank you M3keni. I'm glad it looks so positive.
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You are welcome bro.
Disclaimer though.. other users may have a different take on my experience with my SGS.. hehehe.
..seriously, samsung should fix the NAND issue with an update firmware soon.
..but we have hardworking developers to go to for MODS.. iLike!
Before you decide and buy the SGS, visit your nearest telco showroom to try and feel the phone. Will help in your decision.
Have a good weekend!

Thanx for the info i'll be flashing madoco rom too.. cheers..

I'm waiting for the Froyo that's supposedly 3 times faster than iPhone 3GS. As it is now, it is a lot slower than even iPhone 3G. The black screen and long pauses is beginning to get to me.
I'm hesitant to root now as I'm uncertain about the hardware aspect of GPS, and my fear that the process might not be fully reversible, hence voiding the warranty potentially.

i have a question that how to upgrade the firmware from Asian to EUR use kies without root??????
i want to change that but have no idea, thx

yes please, even I need to know how to flash my Singtel FW to the eu version like the friends above mentioned. Mainly I want to do this without rooting...!!
And once after upgrading, will it allow me to upgrade to froyo when it is officially released!!! via Kies or OTA.

kenkiller said:
That's utter rubbish.
Went from APAC to Euro firmwares, and never looked back.
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Can you suggest the fw number of the official euro firmware that you are using now so I can install as well.

No problem at all dude.
Flashed from DDJF3 to XWJG1 (Indian to some European country)... JF3 had major issues... JG1 is good... not great though. Most of the problems of the stock firmware were resolved by Modaco's Custom ROM... try it out!

You guys should give the new firmware JM1 or JM2 a twirl. The difference is night and day...no joke..and that's before root and any modifications.
@netboyhk I initially used this as my starting point http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpWcM44On88
Note that in the video he says it HAS to be on a specific com port....ignore that part. It's all relative to how many usb ports u have and how many devices plugged in etc etc. From my experiences it's REALLY hard to brick this phone but your mileage may vary

I think you mean JM1 and JM2 - unless Samsung's moving faster on firmware than I thought...

flamingpitofhell said:
I think you mean JM1 and JM2 - unless Samsung's moving faster on firmware than I thought...
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Yea thanks.
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eaglesteve said:
I'm waiting for the Froyo that's supposedly 3 times faster than iPhone 3GS. As it is now, it is a lot slower than even iPhone 3G. The black screen and long pauses is beginning to get to me.
I'm hesitant to root now as I'm uncertain about the hardware aspect of GPS, and my fear that the process might not be fully reversible, hence voiding the warranty potentially.
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I can confirm that it IS FULLY REVERSIBLE. You just need to reformat using ODIN while putting an official ROM.

KF3 finally available for UK XEU version on Kies!!!

I am about to faint here, they have finally posted the KF3 update on Kies! Plug your SGSII's into your PC and update!! Doing it now...Hopefully the camera focus during video recording is finally fixed!
Y2J

Finally. Downloading now...

Finally!

is this a joke? not in the mood for jokes people.

Nope no joke.

Not seeing it here.

I can confirm it exists. Thanks for the info.

Paganister said:
Nope no joke.
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Man, searched for my cable for like 10 minutes, connected, THERE IS the update available, but Kies says "recharge the phone" and does not let me proceed proceed with the update. It is end of day here on the east coast of the USA, phone is at 20% power. Gonna be one sleepless night for me

jlevy73 said:
Not seeing it here.
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They released an update for Kies about two weeks ago. Are you using the latest version? Also, I don't know where you got your phone but some of the Expansys USA phones were from Eastern Europe if that makes a difference.

Because I'm anal, I rebuild my phone from a factory reset when I update it. It was kind of cluttered anyway. Since I've got to go through the whole setup process I'll post any changes to apps and such as I'm slogging through it.

I know this has to have been covered in the past, but I'm struggling to understand it. I know if I update through Kies, I'll lose root. Is there a way to download this kernel and push it through Odin and not lose root? Sorry to rehash this again. Thanks.

BarryH_GEG said:
They released an update for Kies about two weeks ago. Are you using the latest version? Also, I don't know where you got your phone but some of the Expansys USA phones were from Eastern Europe if that makes a difference.
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Actually how can you tell if it's UK or Eastern Europe? All my instructions came in English and both the device and manual use british english. Anyway just plugged in again and said I had latest which was KE7/KE4

Download is sooooooo slow.....

First casualty. IM is broken. Either through the Social Hub or via the IM app it craps out with "error occurred."

BarryH_GEG said:
First casualty. IM is broken. Either through the Social Hub or via the IM app it craps out with "error occurred."
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Maybe I won't be needing the update afterall

jlevy73 said:
Actually how can you tell if it's UK or Eastern Europe? All my instructions came in English and both the device and manual use british english. Anyway just plugged in again and said I had latest which was KE7/KE4
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When you plug it in Kies it should tell you what version your phone is in brackets at the end of the firmware version. Mine is (XEU)

jlevy73 said:
Actually how can you tell if it's UK or Eastern Europe? All my instructions came in English and both the device and manual use british english. Anyway just plugged in again and said I had latest which was KE7/KE4
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The box would have been in Polish and when you turned the phone on it would have been set to Polish too. From what you described, you've got a UK phone. It's odd though, that Keis sees your phone's firmware but doesn't offer an upgrade.

BarryH_GEG said:
The box would have been in Polish and when you turned the phone on it would have been set to Polish too. From what you described, you've got a UK phone. It's odd though, that Keis sees your phone's firmware but doesn't offer an upgrade.
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I forgot to boot my mac into bootcamp. Kies for Mac is beta and hence does not offer firmware upgrade, only the PC version does.

BarryH_GEG said:
The box would have been in Polish and when you turned the phone on it would have been set to Polish too. From what you described, you've got a UK phone. It's odd though, that Keis sees your phone's firmware but doesn't offer an upgrade.
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I have the polish version also, and Kies has KF2 as the latest firmware. I tried it twice, but I had lots of problems with data and voice connection on Rogers in Canada. I hope the KF3 will fix this problem, when it is available.

Isn't kf2 much recent build than kf3? Wondering what is the advantage of updating to an older build.
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Samsung Canada starts ICS rollout

The time has finally come; Samsung has started the rollout for the ICS today. This also includes ICS for the Galaxy Note.
I'm not from there, so I still have to wait, as do a lot. But some of you must be clicking the update button on their Notes right about now, if you're from that region.
Let us know how you like it, and let's hope that the rest of us will get it soon as well!

Finally!

I hope us sim-free owner are not left till last.
John.

Nice to see some update on the ICS for note. Now I am sure there would be many more stable rom's based on the new ICS by our chef's which will only improve the experience better.
Hail Samsung Hail XDA - though will have to wait until Indian version is released.

Finally, some good news about rolling out ICS for the Galaxy Note!
Who knows when will it come to Serbia and Europe, but glad to see some progress. I'm happy with the phone as it is right now but I'm excited about the update.

Canadian eh?

Yeah, you're one of the lucky few for now

Do they use the same N7000? If so we should expect sammobile to have the odin flash tar soon
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if you're buying unlocked/sim-free i guess you're at the bottom of the list now.

If you know how to use odin then you are on top of the list
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Matthew 20:16 "So the last will be first, and the first will be last." , I Wish
John.
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if you're buying unlocked/sim-free i guess you're at the bottom of the list now.
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Someone get that **** and post it. Mfw

Totally defies logic that sim free folks get left till last.

i highly doubt they will leave us sim free/unlocked for last. Just doesn't seem right. But then again this is samsung so you never know what they'll do.

I think the phone networks help with the testing, also add branding at the same time, no help with testing sim-free phones for compatibility, that can have any networks sim card installed.
John.
naveen94 said:
i highly doubt they will leave us sim free/unlocked for last. Just doesn't seem right. But then again this is samsung so you never know what they'll do.
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I think the note seeing the update is the version with lte and the quallcom chip.
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Jesse Jackson said:
I think the note seeing the update is the version with lte and the quallcom chip.
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if thats the case then is similar to the ATT version as in....not much interesting here to see...
if anything an european or asian (non china version) will be something to watch for

I wounder why they picked Canada, do the USA and Canada use the same frequency? , so they are they the guinepig`s for the USA, not such a big a mess if the update bricks a load of their phones
John.

so ,some one had update for Note ?or only s2 in canada .fuc.k samsung

Is there an app to automatically check for an update, say every 30 mins or so, just leave it running.
John.

ICS in USA

Hi all, just got an international note on ebay from a woman in Texas. Phone had never been activated. Set it up on Straight Talk and it has an official ICS update that it asked me to install. Lucky me!
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I love it when people post totally misleading threads :roll eyes:
Does anyone know the possible timeframe for EUX's ICS rollout? I'm in the US and don't want to root. The waiting is killing me.

trineomorph said:
I love it when people post totally misleading threads :roll eyes:
Does anyone know the possible timeframe for EUX's ICS rollout? I'm in the US and don't want to root. The waiting is killing me.
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Why do you need to root to upgrade to ics? Use pc odin
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Not sure how it is misleading. I turned it on and it said there was an update. Not sure why mine only would get the update in the USA. Im not rooted nor do I have any special ROMS.

swid441 said:
Not sure how it is misleading. I turned it on and it said there was an update. Not sure why mine only would get the update in the USA. Im not rooted nor do I have any special ROMS.
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You do realise that the ICS update availability is based on the actual firmware on the phone regardless of your physical location right? You could be in Iraq, China, Africa, etc, and still be able to receive the same exact update. That means your phone's origin region has ICS released already (check out the ICS released list on the forum). Just because you bought the phone from in the USA doesn't necessarily make it a USA phone.

sutekidane said:
You do realise that the ICS update availability is based on the actual firmware on the phone regardless of your physical location right? You could be in Iraq, China, Africa, etc, and still be able to receive the same exact update. That means your phone's origin region has ICS released already (check out the ICS released list on the forum). Just because you bought the phone from in the USA doesn't necessarily make it a USA phone.
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That is your csc, your phones csc. You can change it but would likely have to change rom to stock from that country to getvthe csc you want. Plus you will get data wiped and doesnt always gaurantee upgradability, sometime may need to try different stockroms from that cscs in order to upgrade throught ota and or kies. Tedious proces.
On that note, samsung should have smartified their multi country rollouts. Less roms to maintain, etc. This is ridiculious lmao
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You learn something new every day! First GSM unlocked phone. A whole new world.

what ROM for my Korean SM-N910S?

Hi All,
I got a note 4 (N910SKSU1ANJ1 build) and want to remove the branding with a stock rom, what one do i need? I am a bit of a n0b with this so want to double check before i brick this using odin or whatever.
thought it best to ask here.
my note is the exynos model.
than you.

N910L from korea too
And full of stock app

You mean the L version can be flashed on the S?

Now i think you shouldnt root your phone and wait for Lollipop coming at end november

All the models in Korea are from an operator, so all have some stuff inside.
You can flash S/L/K from the different operators.

can i flash a rom that will have no branding? if not i will wait for the lollipop update.

toffee_pie said:
can i flash a rom that will have no branding? if not i will wait for the lollipop update.
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Only custom roms.

Can i flash U f/w?
SM-N910U(Samsung Exynos 5433)------[HongKong,Taiwan,Australia,New Zealand,Chile]------{TDD-LTE+FDD-LTE+WCDMA+GSM} 【Firmware:N910UXXU1ANIF】
or this one?
SM-N910C(Samsung Exynos 5433)------[Asia,Europe,South America]------{FDD-LTE+WCDMA+GSM}【Firmware:N910CXXU1ANIF】
I already flashed the latest f/w for the S model with the Korean telco SKT, I would like f/w as close to stock as possible, SKT has annoying pop up on the boot screen, it thinks i am roaming...! (am in the UK)
thanks.!

I got the U f/w, its from a New zealand carrier, is this ok to flash i wonder?

toffee_pie said:
I got the U f/w, its from a New zealand carrier, is this ok to flash i wonder?
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You can't but if you want to try...
If you wanted an unbranded phone why did you for the korean model ?

Lodix said:
You can't but if you want to try...
If you wanted an unbranded phone why did you for the korean model ?
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usually you can flash these to remove any branding, but i know its so new custom roms will take time.
if i flashed the U/C f/w would i brick it?
I dont want korean apps or pop up on the boot screen, my main grip at the moment.!

Lodix said:
You can't but if you want to try...
If you wanted an unbranded phone why did you for the korean model ?
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Man it's hard to come by these phones. Beggers can't be chosers
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toffee_pie said:
usually you can flash these to remove any branding, but i know its so new custom roms will take time.
if i flashed the U/C f/w would i brick it?
I dont want korean apps or pop up on the boot screen, my main grip at the moment.!
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What's battery life like on your S model? What UK network are you with?
I think it would be ok to flash but without the U or C radios. You flash at your own risk though!
I'm getting the S version and will try the U firmware as its closer to the S than the C is. I'm not liking the sound of the phone thinking it's roaming! Battery drain

I have not taken much notice on the battery., its a day or so. I have not monitored much.
I get a pop up every time i boot up about roaming and activating data? (in English).
I am with 3 but the phone is unlocked, I have all the exynos f/w ready to flash, I just want to double check before i do it..
and yes, its rare. not many have exynos models in the uk.

toffee_pie said:
I have not taken much notice on the battery., its a day or so. I have not monitored much.
I get a pop up every time i boot up about roaming and activating data? (in English).
I am with 3 but the phone is unlocked, I have all the exynos f/w ready to flash, I just want to double check before i do it..
and yes, its rare. not many have exynos models in the uk.
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Congratulations on your exynos model. Hope you're enjoying it. I will soon have my S model, would have preferred the C, I'm on three UK too so we'll be in the same boat.
Please let me know what screen brightness level you use and what kind of screen on time you get, please

lawtq said:
Congratulations on your exynos model. Hope you're enjoying it. I will soon have my S model, would have preferred the C, I'm on three UK too so we'll be in the same boat.
Please let me know what screen brightness level you use and what kind of screen on time you get, please
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the phone is smashing, no worries on that end, i have auto brightness and have not noticed anything. i got 48324 with the an tutu bench mark too, so all is well on the performance front :good:
i will do a battery check now and post back. I currently have the latest S f/w from the korean teleco.

Thank you so much. Let's see some screen shots!
And is fast charging working? As we'll have to use their funny Korean to UK adaptor lol

fast charging is very good, works fine.
plug is no problem, i got a shaver type plug you can get 2 pin adapters for uk use anywhere.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8xqmd9r7yjlxfr/SAM_2981.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qpi35tc9e64vwzn/SAM_2982.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wjtky5624d9vui4/SAM_2985.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/97wvwedshx3np0o/SAM_2987.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kjgg1opydtd8us6/SAM_2988.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t3s1214494xjx1q/SAM_2992.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yamo91x9h6bqajo/Screenshot_2014-10-20-10-42-34.png?dl=0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFHhkrOdRzs&list=UUGnmJDT7HTBLPg6K13mDTMw

it got a power saving mode too btw, you can apparently get crazy number of hours 'extra' with it activated when power is low, 10% or so. the screen will probably be very hard to see at that rate but hey ho...!

toffee_pie said:
it got a power saving mode too btw, you can apparently get crazy number of hours 'extra' with it activated when power is low, 10% or so. the screen will probably be very hard to see at that rate but hey ho...!
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Thanks very much for the pics! Mine will be black one. The YouTube clip not working though!

youtube should work, works for me..?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFHhkrOdRzs&list=UUGnmJDT7HTBLPg6K13mDTMw
what are your thoughts on flashing the other roms (C & U)? when i boot into the android root update screen its all korean, so i am a bit worried i wont have a clue what to do,...
i cant imagine you can brick it by flashing them but just want to get others views? I got a Galaxy S4 in Thailand last year and it was 100% english off the box, also a exynos model, wonder can you flash Thai f/w with this?