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[Q] What is the model of the international version of the S5?

And what is the best model to buy I'm trying to buy one but im just ao confused because of the amount of variant/models they are. SMG900H, SMG900F etc
And which variants support the download booster option?
Thanks

multicrazy125 said:
And what is the best model to buy I'm trying to buy one but im just ao confused because of the amount of variant/models they are. SMG900H, SMG900F etc
And which variants support the download booster option?
Thanks
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The SMG900F is the best supported model if you like rooting, flashing and modding and It also supports the download booster. It has a Qualcomm 801 Quadcore cpu.

multicrazy125 said:
What is the model of the international version of the S5?
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International is a vague description, but 900F and 900H would best fit the appellation. As noted above the 900F and a variety of other variant models have the download booster feature. You could check with carriers or search the forum if you want to learn whether specific variants also utilize that feature.
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gee2012 said:
The SMG900F is the best supported model if you like rooting, flashing and modding and It also supports the download booster. It has a Qualcomm 801 Quadcore cpu.
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fffft said:
International is a vague description, but 900F and 900H would best fit the appellation. As noted above the 900F and a variety of other variant models have the download booster feature. You could check with carriers or search the forum if you want to learn whether specific variants also utilize that feature.
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Okay thanks guys i like flashing roms and rooting so i think the GM900F would be a good option since it also has download booster.

[Q] What difference with these models?

lqhorochi said:
Galaxy Note4 All Models
SM-N910C(Samsung Exynos 5433)------[Asia,Europe,South America]------{FDD-LTE+WCDMA+GSM}【Firmware:N910CXXU1ANIF】
SM-N910U(Samsung Exynos 5433)------[HongKong,Taiwan,Australia,New Zealand,Chile]------{TDD-LTE+FDD-LTE+WCDMA+GSM} 【Firmware:N910UXXU1ANIF】
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What difference between these models? Differences are just supported networks?
Can they exchange both ROMs? (ex. N910C XEO overwrites to N910U models)

i want to know too.. can anyone confirm if we can use any exynos rom on models n910 C,U,K ?

Sojeong Yoon said:
What difference between these models? Differences are just supported networks?
Can they exchange both ROMs? (ex. N910C XEO overwrites to N910U models)
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As what u quoted from your post, it shows clearly about those versions are different between the network frequencies that they support. Sorry for my bad English....
At the moment, I think 910U can support most of the networks.
Shtihi said:
i want to know too.. can anyone confirm if we can use any exynos rom on models n910 C,U,K ?
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No, you have to use or better use the rom that is exact the version u are having. Or u may lose your network connection.

Question about converting model from sm-n900k to sm-n9005

1. Is it okay if i just dont root the device sm-n900k and just flash the sm-n9005 firmware from sammobile? I just want to try and change firmware because i can't update the version, still stucked at 4.4.2 having some problems with signal, korean apps and the shutter sound of the camera.
Thank you

Personally, I would not try it as it may brick the phone. The 900k uses a Samsung Exynos processor and the n9005 uses a Qualcomm.
http://www.imei.info/phonedatabase/14281-samsung-n900k-galaxy-note-3/

Are there any other site except sammobile that offers firmware? I just want to update my phone to lollipop version but i am also scared to unlock the bootloader because i cant find a guide and btw im not sure if the bootloader is locked or maybe i just can't find a compatible custom recovery for my phone

Traditionally Korean model has had slightly different hardware making them incompatible with international variants (TV antenna for example on the S1/S2). However, at least from forum posts here N9005 custom ROM should work fine, as long as you keep your old modem.
Although, there should be an official 5.0.1 ROM around with a GOF2 ending, considering the existence of a Lollipop bootloader for it. Have you tried just plugging it into Kies and check for update?
(If you want to give it a shot, here is the baseband + bootloader: https://mega.nz/#F!0MNyVboS!XpjPYizNyY7LPZdsepyTFw . Flash this then a 5.0 custom ROM and you should be good to go)
@audit13 N900K is Snapdragon. Exynos doesn't have LTE, but all Korean model has LTE (different bands for different networks though)

@thebulletfromhell, I am not familiar with the n900k and I based my information on the link in my post above yours. I looked at several site and they specifically mention the Exynos. This one also mentions LTE: http://welectronics.com/gsm/Samsung/SAMSUNG-SM-N900K-GALAXY-NOTE-3-4G-LTE-BLACK.HTML
I know you can't believe everything you read on the internet. Thank you for the information.

I saw that too, but it was the only site that mentioned it, so I looked further. Info on Korean models are pretty rare in English, as the hardware for the most part is incompatible with Network Bands in the English speaking part of the world, making grey import iffy, and thus no reason to write about them.

XCU vs. XXU

Hi, I need to fully understand the difference between XCU and XXU versions of PDA for the SM G530H.
what symbolic differences are there?
Which on is the dual sim variant?

Both are the same. Both are dual sim. Some files are still different from each other, though. Like the camera, radio and wifi files.

The G530H XXU/XXS (DXU on KK) are used with the G530H/DV (Single SIM) and the first few G530H/DS (Dual-SIM) devices, having fortuna as codename.
G530H XCU/XCS (DCU) variants however, only consists of the G530H/DS devices released a few weeks after the first Dual-SIM ones have been released, codenamed fortunave3g.
Differences between the two are minimal. Both have the same specs (really). But XCU/XCS variants use a different driver (from Camera, to Wi-Fi, heck even FM) than XXU. But other than those, nothing much. They use (almost) the same kernel, same TWRP variant.
Hope that really helps.

Firmware Changes

Ok, could I flash custom ROMs of g950f in a unlocked g950u? I just want to know the possibilities of the unlocked g950u

Ricardo2003 said:
Ok, could I flash custom ROMs of g950f in a unlocked g950u? I just want to know the possibilities of the unlocked g950u
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There's 2 opinions here, 1 being that an exynos firmware won't work on snapdragon device, which I personally believe is true but people have also told me there's nothing saying that you can't, but no one even though telling me that it can be done has actually shown me it being some successfully. I stick with my belief that it won't work.

sofir786 said:
There's 2 opinions here, 1 being that an exynos firmware won't work on snapdragon device, which I personally believe is true but people have also told me there's nothing saying that you can't, but no one even though telling me that it can be done has actually shown me it being some successfully. I stick with my belief that it won't work.
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I understood that, it could be possible but nobody tried before, the problem isn't the firmware, the phone just need a custom kernel that could interpret the exynos instructions and the snapdragon anatomy. In the note 5 the variant change can be possible but the note 5 don't have a snapdragon variant
I did my question 'cause there isn't many custom ROMs for the g950u variant
Thank you for the reply

Ricardo2003 said:
I understood that, it could be possible but nobody tried before, the problem isn't the firmware, the phone just need a custom kernel that could interpret the exynos instructions and the snapdragon anatomy. In the note 5 the variant change can be possible but the note 5 don't have a snapdragon variant
I did my question 'cause there isn't many custom ROMs for the g950u variant
Thank you for the reply
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Snapdragon bootloader is locked bar the Chinese version, so until they somehow do that, you won't see custom roms or kernels

They're different processors. It won't work.
You can flash W or U1 fw on a U and U on a W or U1. All American models are the same hardware so they're interchangeable.

joe3681 said:
They're different processors. It won't work.
You can flash W or U1 fw on a U and U on a W or U1. All American models are the same hardware so they're interchangeable.
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That's not true. They are both arm64 v8 processors, meaning they will both execute arm64 machine instructions. It's like Intel and amd, they both implement x86_64. You don't need a different version of Windows for Intel vs amd, nor do you have to download different programs for one vs the other.
Even kernels do not have to be different. There is no reason that support for any hardware differentiation between the two models (of which there are few outside the soc itself) could not be part of the same kernel. PC Linux servers boot on tens of millions of machines of probably millions of unique hardware configurations using the same kernel, and since they are both running touchwiz the HAL (the primary differentiator between Android and traditional linux) will be identical
Your primary limitations with this is the locked bootloader, and the fact that apparently custom rom devs do things that require specific kernels. Since you can't boot a custom kernel, it may prove difficult. I havent tried so I can't say for sure

Hahaha right. Go ahead and listen to this guy. Flash F firmware and let us know how it goes.