Hello all,
Although a very experienced flasher and one point of time used to mod roms for symbian I seemed to be kinda confused of the note 3 i just bought.
I have this variant of note 3 n900w8 probably telcel /tigo and i got via ebay. I bought it cause I heard n900w8 is the best modder friendly device out of the available.options and also I plan to use the same in Canada.
As you can see in the attachement its on android 4.3 and I am planning to update kit kat and root it. Since its a mexican variant and I am.moving to Canada should I flash the canadian rogers/bell stock rom or the telcel one? Also should i root before flashing or not?
Incase Canadian firmware would be okay to flash, will the device work with Indian 2g/3g where I am currently at.
Thank you
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strangeprotocol said:
Hello all,
Although a very experienced flasher and one point of time used to mod roms for symbian I seemed to be kinda confused of the note 3 i just bought.
I have this variant of note 3 n900w8 probably telcel /tigo and i got via ebay. I bought it cause I heard n900w8 is the best modder friendly device out of the available.options and also I plan to use the same in Canada.
As you can see in the attachement its on android 4.3 and I am planning to update kit kat and root it. Since its a mexican variant and I am.moving to Canada should I flash the canadian rogers/bell stock rom or the telcel one? Also should i root before flashing or not?
Incase Canadian firmware would be okay to flash, will the device work with Indian 2g/3g where I am currently at.
Thank you
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Read first the threads in General about the W8, specifically those that talk about the "invulnerable" or "friendly" bootloader.
xclub_101 said:
Read first the threads in General about the W8, specifically those that talk about the "invulnerable" or "friendly" bootloader.
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Hi, I have allready done that. You see I am thinking of flashing stock Canadian fw on Mexican device because I am moving to canada. I just wanted to confirm is that allright .
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I tried to find something for this specific question, and I apologize ahead of time if it's already answered.
I purchased a Galaxy Note 3 on Best Buy's website, and I got an unlocked N900w8 model. Seems to be the mexican variant, not the canadian version. Still has no kitkat update, and it has LTE.
I have T-Mobile, and would like Kitkat right now, and since the Galaxy note 3 T-Mobile version already has Kitkat, can I flash it with the T-Mobile stock ROM? Or will I run into issues?
From what I have found, both have the same feature set, including the same LTE frequencies.
If knox not already tripped, you can follow this guide to not trip it if you want to root, install custom recovery/rom , also you can go back to 4.3. Otherwise you can flash tmo firmware and there wont be any issue.
hey_joe said:
If knox not already tripped, you can follow this guide to not trip it if you want to root, install custom recovery/rom , also you can go back to 4.3. Otherwise you can flash tmo firmware and there wont be any issue.
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Ok so just to confirm, when you say "otherwise", so I can just flash a kitkat t-mobile firmware on this, and it'll work just fine without issue? Talking stock kitkat t-mobile firmware, here in the US on this hardware.
It's not currently rooted at all, no mods done period so far.
I was going to do the update to NB1 on my ATT 1337 S4. I'm a little nervous about it, I won't lie I haven't heard many good things about it.
I digress.
My question is, is it possible to put the T-mobile firmware onto my ATT S4? My service is through T-mobile currently and I also read the 4.4.4 update is coming out for the T-mobile S4.
Bbychaos said:
I was going to do the update to NB1 on my ATT 1337 S4. I'm a little nervous about it, I won't lie I haven't heard many good things about it.
I digress.
My question is, is it possible to put the T-mobile firmware onto my ATT S4? My service is through T-mobile currently and I also read the 4.4.4 update is coming out for the T-mobile S4.
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No, You cannot flash the Odin tar for tmobile phones, but you can flash a tmobile based ROM. Check out post 2 here. (Any ROM listed will work for you) ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
Also, the steps for upgrading are in post 5.
Hi guys one of my friends bought a S4 in the US, It's AT&T locked SGH-I337 so can't use it with sim in our country (South Africa)We have two models of S4 here, the I9500&I9505. Was wondering what the right steps is to get the phone working? Must I root the phone and flash custom Rom & kernel or just unlock sim card? I'm not new to Rooting or flashing Roms but haven't fidled with carrier locked phones before. And is it possible to use custom Roms from At&t in other countries thanks in advance [emoji2]
Send from my UNBENDABLE NOTE 3 ?<br/>
Send from my UNBENDABLE NOTE 3 ?
Leonidas300 said:
Hi guys one of my friends bought a S4 in the US, It's AT&T locked SGH-I337 so can't use it with sim in our country (South Africa)We have two models of S4 here, the I9500&I9505. Was wondering what the right steps is to get the phone working? Must I root the phone and flash custom Rom & kernel or just unlock sim card? I'm not new to Rooting or flashing Roms but haven't fidled with carrier locked phones before. And is it possible to use custom Roms from At&t in other countries thanks in advance [emoji2]
Send from my UNBENDABLE NOTE 3 ?<br/>
Send from my UNBENDABLE NOTE 3 ?
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The Sgh-i337 is basically the same as the gt-i9505 EXCEPT for ATT locking the bootloader on that model.
You CAN Sim unlock it so you can insert your Sim into it. You will have to reach it a bit though. It helps if you know what firmware is installed on the phone. If it is MDB, MDL, or MF3 it would be easier to do I believe. Either way look for the threads about unlocking.
If you have NEWER firmware then there are separate threads for it, and it will more than likely need to be rooted, flash a older modem, then perform the Sim unlock from the menu. If you cannot find the correct post I can help look for it later.
Just reply back with WHAT firmware and Baseband you have installed on the phone and we should be able to help you further.
If you do have MDB or MDL firmware do NOF update it...
RockRatt said:
The Sgh-i337 is basically the same as the gt-i9505 EXCEPT for ATT locking the bootloader on that model.
You CAN Sim unlock it so you can insert your Sim into it. You will have to reach it a bit though. It helps if you know what firmware is installed on the phone. If it is MDB, MDL, or MF3 it would be easier to do I believe. Either way look for the threads about unlocking.
If you have NEWER firmware then there are separate threads for it, and it will more than likely need to be rooted, flash a older modem, then perform the Sim unlock from the menu. If you cannot find the correct post I can help look for it later.
Just reply back with WHAT firmware and Baseband you have installed on the phone and we should be able to help you further.
If you do have MDB or MDL firmware do NOF update it...
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Thanks for reply ,I have NC1 firmware and I used Method 3 on this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2595457 .SUCCESS!
Could you recommend a modem I could try other than MF3 as the signal isn't that great ?
Leonidas300 said:
Thanks for reply ,I have NC1 firmware and I used Method 3 on this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2595457 .SUCCESS!
Could you recommend a modem I could try other than MF3 as the signal isn't that great ?
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Not sure which would work best for your area. You can download and try any/all of them until you find one that works best. You can switch back and forth with no issues without worries
Hi
My dad has a S4 I337 from telcel, and I'd like to know if there's any region free fw?, I had an old S3 (international) so the updates where faster than att one,
please let me know if this is possible, if not only root would work
thanks
I've got lastest one from colombia which is I337MUMUFNK1, so far so good & no problems. it's a debranded firmware with no carrier logos whatsoever.
Starnel said:
I've got lastest one from colombia which is I337MUMUFNK1, so far so good & no problems. it's a debranded firmware with no carrier logos whatsoever.
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Is that software here? So i can download it and flash it, I want something unlocked so I can install lollipop sooner
Get it at sammobile's firmware portal
Hi guys,
Just bought a galaxy s5 from my uncle who worked in Canada, the phone was locked to Telus Canada I unlocked it through unlockBase which was superfast and easy.. I have now really started using this phone and have now realised that the date format is different to what I usually use, I have done some research and found that an update stopped the ability to change it to prevent blackmarket sales or whatever.. I was thinking can I just flash a uk rom on the phone or not? But will it relock the phone? Also will rooting the phone enable me to change it? Although I don't wanna root because my online banking app won't work or WhatsApp?
Thanks in advance guys
Elliottreade said:
Hi guys,
Just bought a galaxy s5 from my uncle who worked in Canada, the phone was locked to Telus Canada I unlocked it through unlockBase which was superfast and easy.. I have now really started using this phone and have now realised that the date format is different to what I usually use, I have done some research and found that an update stopped the ability to change it to prevent blackmarket sales or whatever.. I was thinking can I just flash a uk rom on the phone or not? But will it relock the phone? Also will rooting the phone enable me to change it? Although I don't wanna root because my online banking app won't work or WhatsApp?
Thanks in advance guys
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This is definitely one of the strangest reasons for rooting...
But since it's a Telus phone its definitely a G900W8. You can cross flash all and only G900w8 firmwares so i.e. you can flash Rogers on bell, wind on telus, sasktel on koodo, etc
justinxfan said:
This is definitely one of the strangest reasons for rooting...
But since it's a Telus phone its definitely a G900W8. You can cross flash all and only G900w8 firmwares so i.e. you can flash Rogers on bell, wind on telus, sasktel on koodo, etc
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Thanks for the reply, yes rooting was the last option as some apps won't work.. so if i was to flash it i would only be able to use telus firmware which is US could I flash a UK firmware on it? And if I was to flash it would it still stay unlocked or will it need reunlocking?
EDIT: done some more research.. will changing the csc code on my phone to one of a uk firmware, then installing a uk firmware work?
Elliottreade said:
Thanks for the reply, yes rooting was the last option as some apps won't work.. so if i was to flash it i would only be able to use telus firmware which is US could I flash a UK firmware on it? And if I was to flash it would it still stay unlocked or will it need reunlocking?
EDIT: done some more research.. will changing the csc code on my phone to one of a uk firmware, then installing a uk firmware work?
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Nope because anything outside of Canada uses a completely different phone model and flashing between different models will likely lead to a bricked phone (phone is damaged unrecoverable)