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[Q] Can I install I9500 ROM on I9502 ?

Technically both phones are same except the number of SIMs.
Can we do it ? Thanks.

emesen99 said:
Technically both phones are same except the number of SIMs.
Can we do it ? Thanks.
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Hi,
There are hardware differences, and installing that ROM to your device will permanantly brick your phone. There are methods that can be used to port ROMS but this even results in issues.

emesen99 said:
Technically both phones are same except the number of SIMs.
Can we do it ? Thanks.
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I have an i9502 and have successfully flashed a stock i9500 ROM on it. Stating the obvious though, you LOSE functionality on the 2nd SIM slot. Other than that, the device works perfectly fine.
The only reason I bought the i9502 was because it was the only one available with 32GB internal. The 32GB was more important to me than the 2nd SIM
FYI, I used ODIN to flash the ROM.

dilwaala said:
I have an i9502 and have successfully flashed a stock i9500 ROM on it. Stating the obvious though, you LOSE functionality on the 2nd SIM slot. Other than that, the device works perfectly fine.
The only reason I bought the i9502 was because it was the only one available with 32GB internal. The 32GB was more important to me than the 2nd SIM
FYI, I used ODIN to flash the ROM.
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:good:
This is something very useful information. As so far on all forums on web, people are saying that it is not possible and it will brick the phone.
now you came up with some thing new that the only loss is that of 2nd sim functionality.
Thanks for sharing your experience.

emesen99 said:
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This is something very useful information. As so far on all forums on web, people are saying that it is not possible and it will brick the phone.
now you came up with some thing new that the only loss is that of 2nd sim functionality.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
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No problem. Yup, I searched through all the forums as well and all said the same thing (it will brick your phone). I took a chance anyway because the hardware is almost identical and thought it would be worth trying.
Got lucky I can confirm that i9500 ROM does work on i9502 (again, keep in mind you will lose 2nd SIM)

dilwaala said:
No problem. Yup, I searched through all the forums as well and all said the same thing (it will brick your phone). I took a chance anyway because the hardware is almost identical and thought it would be worth trying.
Got lucky I can confirm that i9500 ROM does work on i9502 (again, keep in mind you will lose 2nd SIM)
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Its a relief to know this so thanks a lot for subjecting your I9502 to a guinea-pig test. The anxious wait is for a modified Rom for the I9502 with both SIMs functioning. That would make me smile forever and ever!

wadski said:
Its a relief to know this so thanks a lot for subjecting your I9502 to a guinea-pig test. The anxious wait is for a modified Rom for the I9502 with both SIMs functioning. That would make me smile forever and ever!
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I have initiated another thread to combines ROMs collection of I9502.
Keep on watching that thread.

flashing to 9500 and flashing back..
Hi guys..
as I also have an S4 duos and theres no ROM other than chinese around at the moment I'm thinking about flashing it with a 9500 ROM.
My only question is: If ever theres a 9502 ROM (english, with all google availability), will my duos sim card functionality come back???
thanks for reply...
btw: i couldnt find the threat called ROM for 9502 mentioned here.... pls advise.
Jerry

jerrybe said:
Hi guys..
as I also have an S4 duos and theres no ROM other than chinese around at the moment I'm thinking about flashing it with a 9500 ROM.
My only question is: If ever theres a 9502 ROM (english, with all google availability), will my duos sim card functionality come back???
thanks for reply...
btw: i couldnt find the threat called ROM for 9502 mentioned here.... pls advise.
Jerry
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Hi Jerry,
Yes, if you flash back the stock i9502 rom or a variant of the i9502 stock rom, you should get back dual sim functionality without any problems.

jerrybe said:
Hi guys..
as I also have an S4 duos and theres no ROM other than chinese around at the moment I'm thinking about flashing it with a 9500 ROM.
My only question is: If ever theres a 9502 ROM (english, with all google availability), will my duos sim card functionality come back???
thanks for reply...
btw: i couldnt find the threat called ROM for 9502 mentioned here.... pls advise.
Jerry
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So far no one responded. I got a little bit busy in the last two weeks. I would be searching in Chinese forums for the same.
You can use online google translator to translate.
Below is the link of the tread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42694860#post42694860
Thanks.

dilwaala said:
I have an i9502 and have successfully flashed a stock i9500 ROM on it. Stating the obvious though, you LOSE functionality on the 2nd SIM slot. Other than that, the device works perfectly fine.
The only reason I bought the i9502 was because it was the only one available with 32GB internal. The 32GB was more important to me than the 2nd SIM
FYI, I used ODIN to flash the ROM.
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Hey there, I've tried the way as you said but I just got a "Failed" on the step flashing "sboot.bin" with Odin. How did you make it suceed exactly? Thanks a lot!

same here. got "failed" in odin.
freakin out soon...

So what are the benefits of doing this cross flash?

Hello everybody I' ve tried to install i9500 rom on my i9502 via twrp, the installatione went fine it boot and restored my google account and apps BUT my mobile network doesn' t want to connect, the phone ask me for the pin but i can' t make calls. So I was wondering if installing the modem i9502 could solve my problem
Sent from my GT-I9502 using XDA Free mobile app

You can use only one sim with i9500 rom.
I try a few ROM i9500, but no one have a drivers for dual sim

I' ve managed to have the dual sim functionality, but i don' t know how I' ve done multiples attemps adding the modem files and suddenly it work, i' ve the two sim working but on the other hand i' ve got big instability of the whole rom with random reboot and fc, the rom was aurora rom. Unfortunately I'm no longer able to repeat the procedure just one question when i flash i9500 rom the sim that works is the one on the left of the flash?

Yes, or first slot (3G slot)

[Q] note3 n9008 available roms?

Hi guys, my dad is bring a n9008 back from China. It has the qualcom 800 cpu onboard. I have done alot research on this phone, and only found the guide to root and flash recovery. So my question is: is it possible to flash roms made for other variants( such as n9005) onto n9008? Since the n9008 won't support the wifi calling from TMO, i would rather put a CM or AOSP on it.

davidchenliu said:
Hi guys, my dad is bring a n9008 back from China. It has the qualcom 800 cpu onboard. I have done alot research on this phone, and only found the guide to root and flash recovery. So my question is: is it possible to flash roms made for other variants( such as n9005) onto n9008? Since the n9008 won't support the wifi calling from TMO, i would rather put a CM or AOSP on it.
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forget it~!not possible to install a CM rom

haigel said:
forget it~!not possible to install a CM rom
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is it possible to flash a tmobile rom and have the wifi calling working?

as always, you got your phone from china, get help there, in other words, if you want support, get yor phones in your own country, imagine this, you will get a warranty also, is not that amazing?, yes you save some money buying overseas, or from a no one knows about seller, but, at the end, you get no support, think abot that in the future,

Pray its not a fake
Teleported from my SM-N9005 from the Enterprise

winol said:
as always, you got your phone from china, get help there, in other words, if you want support, get yor phones in your own country, imagine this, you will get a warranty also, is not that amazing?, yes you save some money buying overseas, or from a no one knows about seller, but, at the end, you get no support, think abot that in the future,
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well i got the phone as a gift. so its not my choice at first place.
so far i'm able to install all of the n9005 roms(x note, omega, lidroid) and everything works flawlessly.
the tmobile rom can be installed normally, but i just cant turn on the wifi( it stucks at turning on screen)
anyone got a solution to that?

Now you can install a CM11 ROM!

I too have been given a GN3 as a gift but it's the N9008 model.
I tried flashing the latest N9005 KK stock firmware, but I had no luck.
Do you know if there's a possibility of "changing" the model to a N9005? Hardware wise I believe they are exactly the same?
I imagine LTE is also not on this particular model? Am I correct to say that all Snapdragons are capable of having LTE? Would it be the firmware that "enables" LTE?
I don't really want to be on the Chinese firmware.
I've rooted the device and got gapps on their, but I'd rather a proper international firmware.
If anybody can help, it'd be great.

mR_CaESaR said:
I too have been given a GN3 as a gift but it's the N9008 model.
I tried flashing the latest N9005 KK stock firmware, but I had no luck.
Do you know if there's a possibility of "changing" the model to a N9005? Hardware wise I believe they are exactly the same?
I imagine LTE is also not on this particular model? Am I correct to say that all Snapdragons are capable of having LTE? Would it be the firmware that "enables" LTE?
I don't really want to be on the Chinese firmware.
I've rooted the device and got gapps on their, but I'd rather a proper international firmware.
If anybody can help, it'd be great.
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I wonder if anyone tried this?

CapitanFantasma said:
I wonder if anyone tried this?
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cfroot download

rom
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934528503
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-n9005-audax-v9-0-t2847013
copy to device memory or sd card
intro to recovery and install {vol-,home,power}
sorry for english ,i''m fom romania

andrey_honda said:
rom
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934528503
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-n9005-audax-v9-0-t2847013
copy to device memory or sd card
intro to recovery and install {vol-,home,power}
sorry for english ,i''m fom romania
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that's very helpful. thank you
Sent from my SM-N9008 using XDA Free mobile app

I currently have the 9008v Chinese s note 3 this k it will work on mine?
Sent from my SM-N9008V using XDA Free mobile app

i think u can unlock bootloader and now u can flash roms made for n9005

SIM Unlock I9195 Samsung galaxy S4 Mini

Hello guys, thanks to Chainfire, who made the tool RegionLock Away, you can SIM unlock your Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini I9195 with it. I did it just now, my phone was locked on TIM form Italy and I'm now using it on BASE in Belgium, before it said it could not register on the network. First I rooted it with S4Mini RootKit v1.

hi
does the phone remain "unlocked" if you flash other stock rom? (i.e some debranded version)
or you need to stay rooted?

can confirm,
works fine.
to unlock you must be on a stock rom.
flashed than back my nandroid backup cm11 and stayed unlocked
thx to Chainfire :good:
stiffmeister

I dont think works for sim unlock I did it with Telcel from Mexico and nothing happend I insert one from movistar and the lock message apears??

eduardito said:
I dont think works for sim unlock I did it with Telcel from Mexico and nothing happend I insert one from movistar and the lock message apears??
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maybe you don't think so, but when i inserted a t-mobile sim, then i should enter a code.
so took back my vodafone sim, ran the app and re-inserted the t-mobile sim.
AND
Voila it works...
stiffmeister

stiffmeister75 said:
maybe you don't think so, but when i inserted a t-mobile sim, then i should enter a code.
so took back my vodafone sim, ran the app and re-inserted the t-mobile sim.
AND
Voila it works...
stiffmeister
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I did it folowing your procedure and still the sam a message network lock?

1- You must have a stock and original rom (odexed and flashed with odin) not a custom rom !
2- Root you phone (see arco OP) and install "RegionLock Away" from chainfire, open it and follow instruction and reboot.
(Don't put any sim card at this step)
3- Now Shutdown your phone and put any sim card you want and reboot. That's all !
You can flash any custom rom after this procedure. You will always have your sim unlocked.

marouane80 said:
1- You must have a stock and original rom (odexed and flashed with odin) not a custom rom !
2- Root you phone (see arco OP) and install "RegionLock Away" from chainfire, open it and follow instruction and reboot.
(Don't put any sim card at this step)
3- Now Shutdown your phone and put any sim card you want and reboot. That's all !
You can flash any custom rom after this procedure. You will always have your sim unlocked.
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Thanks a lot for you post, when i did it my phone had and still have the custom rom, was already rooted, and i run the region lock away
With the sim inside the phone, latter i did again with other carrier sim and still nothing, showld i proced to do it without sim again.

eduardito said:
Thanks a lot for you post, when i did it my phone had and still have the custom rom, was already rooted, and i run the region lock away
With the sim inside the phone, latter i did again with other carrier sim and still nothing, showld i proced to do it without sim again.
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it will never works on custom rom. i said : original rom (flashed in odin). follow the steps. then flash anything you want

marouane80 said:
it will never works on custom rom. i said : original rom (flashed in odin). follow the steps. then flash anything you want
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Sorry for my mistake but my rom is the original (stock) and is rooted and flashed with odin, do you think I have to run the region lock away
Without the sim inside the phone?
When I did it was with the stock rom already rooted with odin but with the sim inside?
thanks

eduardito said:
Sorry for my mistake but my rom is the original (stock) and is rooted and flashed with odin, do you think I have to run the region lock away
Without the sim inside the phone?
When I did it was with the stock rom already rooted with odin but with the sim inside?]
Please just do as they are posting.
["Originally Posted by marouane80
1- You must have a stock and original rom (odexed and flashed with odin) not a custom rom !
2- Root you phone (see arco OP) and install "RegionLock Away" from chainfire, open it and follow instruction and reboot.
(Don't put any sim card at this step)
3- Now Shutdown your phone and put any sim card you want and reboot. That's all !
You can flash any custom rom after this procedure. You will always have your sim unlocked.]
-------------------anytime you do these procedures from the forums follow every step EXACTLY as written. Not following every step and then asking for help is not going to get you in the right direction
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eduardito said:
Sorry for my mistake but my rom is the original (stock) and is rooted and flashed with odin, do you think I have to run the region lock away
Without the sim inside the phone?
When I did it was with the stock rom already rooted with odin but with the sim inside?
thanks
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yes, in the first step don't put your sim card. just install "RegionLock Away". Run it and reboot without sim card again.
shutdown and put what you want:silly:
it's easy

marouane80 said:
yes, in the first step don't put your sim card. just install "RegionLock Away". Run it and reboot without sim card again.
shutdown and put what you want:silly:
it's easy
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Thnaks for your responses I follow your procedure and still the same sim locked??

S4 Mini Telcel
eduardito said:
Thnaks for your responses I follow your procedure and still the same sim locked??
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The S4 Mini has number I9195L, that's probably why it doesn't work (as the OP specifically says is for Model I9195).

any luck to unlock I9195L ?

delvydavis said:
any luck to unlock I9195L ?
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no

eduardito said:
no
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alright, that means, change the firmware to I9195 and try this method.
hopefully, it will work. Did you try that?

Zana2 said:
Unlocking Samsung Galaxy Mini by code is very easy, it is also safest and non-invasive method of unlocking your phone. To get code for unlock Samsung Galaxy Mini You need to provide IMEI number of Your Samsung. Type on keyboard *#06# or remove battery from Your Samsung Galaxy Mini to check IMEI number. IMEI is written on the information label
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I9195L is hard locked so no screen to input the code for unlock?? what to do??

Zana2 said:
To get code for unlock Samsung Galaxy Mini You need to provide IMEI number of Your Samsung.
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Whom should I provide IMEI to get code for unlock?
Are you talking here about regional lock or SIM-lock?

This doesn't work with my I9195, tried every method that everyone's said so far in this thread and nothing. The phone is bound to an EE (UK) SIM and I'm trying to use an O2 (UK) SIM with it.

[Q] Samsung Galaxy core prime SM-G360H country locked

Dear sir i have a galaxy core prime that have a country lock, i need to know that can i unlock it by flashing a unlocked firmware through odin. If it cant do the unlock. How can i unlock it with out using unlocking services, plzz can any one guide me to correct sucessfull procedeer

sampath bandara said:
Dear sir i have a galaxy core prime that have a country lock, i need to know that can i unlock it by flashing a unlocked firmware through odin. If it cant do the unlock. How can i unlock it with out using unlocking services, plzz can any one guide me to correct sucessfull procedeer
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Do you mean "simlocked" ? Which firmware is actually installed and in which country you want to use the phone?

LS.xD said:
Do you mean "simlocked" ? Which firmware is actually installed and in which country you want to use the phone?
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Dear sir my phone is locked to SAUDI ARABIA mobile provider called MOBILY, i want to unlock it to use in sri lanka. When i put a sim that is curruntly use in sri lanka And when i turn on it ask "ENTER NETWORK UNLOCK CODE" with 2 buttons ok and dismiss.
I dismiss it and continue iam able to use phone and it shows full signal but no career name and emergency call only. When i make a call it shows not registerd on network. Plzz help me

Same problem here. I tried whole different ways including reflashing ROM but didn't work. Then I found Region unlock app by chainfire. It worked like a charm. Also you need to root your mobile first. Rooting method is somewhere in xda. Search it . Hope it helps.

GREATT
nottingham72 said:
Same problem here. I tried whole different ways including reflashing ROM but didn't work. Then I found Region unlock app by chainfire. It worked like a charm. Also you need to root your mobile first. Rooting method is somewhere in xda. Search it . Hope it helps.
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but i want to know is your phone country locked one or sim lock

sampath bandara said:
but i want to know is your phone country locked one or sim lock
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Please read whole of my post before replying blatantly.
nottingham72 said:
Same problem here.
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Which means the attached image was my problem. I guess it is same as your problem. I simply don't know what is meant by "country locked or sim locked"

nottingham72 said:
Please read whole of my post before replying blatantly.
Which means the attached image was my problem. I guess it is same as your problem. I simply don't know what is meant by "country locked or sim locked"
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i got "ENTER NETWORK UNLOCK CODE" SO slightly different
but i think same problem... thanks boss

I live in Argentina and I see that the 2 Core Prime G360F for my kids purchased 3 days ago in parís, have the regional SIM block. The Fnac seler dont warned about this.
Now I see that on the lower side of the boxes has a warning on regional SIM lock. The solution of Samsung is to activate a 5 minute call with a European SIM. For me, it is a lote complicated from my country
I'm seeing that an application that unlocks it for Note 3 rooted. Somebody knows if esta apk with The G360F work?

Regional lock away app
osvaldoll said:
I live in Argentina and I see that the 2 Core Prime G360F for my kids purchased 3 days ago in parís, have the regional SIM block. The Fnac seler dont warned about this.
Now I see that on the lower side of the boxes has a warning on regional SIM lock. The solution of Samsung is to activate a 5 minute call with a European SIM. For me, it is a lote complicated from my country
I'm seeing that an application that unlocks it for Note 3 rooted. Somebody knows if esta apk with The G360F work?
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use that app mentioned above

problem
sampath bandara said:
use that app mentioned above
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Hello, i have the same problem, there phone Samsung sm g360f which is locked to the Portuguese operator = MEO, want to unlock all operators but I when I try to install software at the end of the process gives me an error that there is insufficient space to install the file. I can only install software that is MEO and those of Vodaphone gives me an error, whether 4.4.4 or 5.0.2
When give me error when I can only install this file (G360FXXU1AOB1_G360FBTU1AOD1_G360FXXU1AOB1_HOME.tar) for Downgrade and repear the smastphone. Pleace help me , I tried with all versions of Odin and it is not work it

sampath bandara said:
Dear sir i have a galaxy core prime that have a country lock, i need to know that can i unlock it by flashing a unlocked firmware through odin. If it cant do the unlock. How can i unlock it with out using unlocking services, plzz can any one guide me to correct sucessfull procedeer
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try install true or custom firmware to fix problem, some firmware on samsung firmware site is lock and you must Buy country lock code from this site

T-mobile Core Prime - Region lock away did not work
nottingham72 said:
Same problem here. I tried whole different ways including reflashing ROM but didn't work. Then I found Region unlock app by chainfire. It worked like a charm. Also you need to root your mobile first. Rooting method is somewhere in xda. Search it . Hope it helps.
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I installed the region lock away 1.3, it didn't unlock my core prime (t-mobile) G360T. Any ideas or inputs highly appreciated.

Have you rooted it

Anunay.j said:
Have you rooted it
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I was able to root the device successfully, But unable to unlock the device. Any suggestions?

I have a problem with my phone the touch screen just stopped working, could you help me?

Sir help plss
My samsung galaxy core prime G360HU country code is showing network unlocked pin and we cannot use the network with any sim cards. Hope for your kind assistance on this. Thank you.
-John

Samsung galaxy note 3 Verizon help help help

Actually i am from india and i bought an samsung verizon note 3.. It was good before also i was able to use airtel 4g also.. But one of my friend installed stock rom and the mobile does not showing 4g at all.. I tried to root the phone but faiked to root... Please developer help me to install a custom rom and help me to use the phone with 4g

dipankar.c2bs said:
Actually i am from india and i bought an samsung verizon note 3.. It was good before also i was able to use airtel 4g also.. But one of my friend installed stock rom and the mobile does not showing 4g at all.. I tried to root the phone but faiked to root... Please developer help me to install a custom rom and help me to use the phone with 4g
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The problem is the APN and you can not modify it. Contact your carrier and see if they can assist.
Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

ehrn i purchased the phone it was perfect. connecting internet was showing 4g.. but when i installed this original Verizon rom it became difficult.. now i am unable to root and install custom recovery... please guide me to root and install custom recovery TWRP and i want to install custim rom.. please help

@dipankar.c2bs
You might look into getting your CSC "sales_code" changed. I'm not sure if that is entirely the problem, but it is likely related. Even the USA Verizon ROMs come preloaded with databases that are used to provide custom parameters for a variety of carriers and locations world-wide. (See the file /system/csc/imsprofile.xml for example) I suspect the way this information is actually used is through the "sales_code" CSC value, but I'm not 100% sure of that.
I'm guessing you want "INS" or "INU" instead of VZW
What you currently have:
Code:
getprop | grep -i csc
If your handset is supported by Airtel, one of their technicians will probably know how to do the CSC change, possibly without even rooting the phone.
If it not supported, they probably will be under orders of their employer not to help you at all. But, is is easier for them to give you advice face-to-face, rather than over the telephone (subject to monitoring), if that is possible.
A question to ask - a form of social engineering - is this: "do you know of someone in the area that can help me for a small fee?"
[EDIT]
There is one other possibility for a non-rooted phone. I really don't know if this would work (I am speculating here), but the basic idea is to apply a CSC for a closely related device Model (a SM-N90???? Qualcomm model, hopefully for CDMA/LTE) that is for your country and carrier on top of your existing ROM using Odin. Get the CSC file from Sammobile, and:
- wipe the entire phone using the stock recovery. (You can remove the external SD card first if you like)
- boot the phone, shut down, boot into stock recovery.
- wipe the entire phone again in the stock recovery
- boot into Odin and flash the CSC in the CSC slot.
- boot the phone; do a minimal configuration and see if you have the service you want.
Note that @donc113 s advice given above is the right place to start: ask your service (Airtel) to help you before you try anything yourself.
good luck.

when i purchase it was good... there was 4g indicator also.. no verizon boot screen.. but now it dont works..

dipankar.c2bs said:
when i purchase it was good... there was 4g indicator also.. no verizon boot screen.. but now it dont works..
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One of your friends who installed the stock ROM apparently didn't understand the consequences of what he did. Stock ROMs set the APN for Verizon. Did this friend happen to make a backup before he did the ROM switch?
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no he have not back up the previous rom

Knox?