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[Q] Galaxy S4 I9505 Original Help Needed

Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 Original
I am having the problem of not seeing the option in Network menu to enable 4G/LTE. I am running 4.3 right now. Our service provider Ooredoo in this country (Maldives) has released 4G and several others with the same model phone as mine can switch to 4G. I was wondering if there is any fix for this. I did hear about rooting the phone and deleting a file to fix this problem. I can't find out which file. and I have already downloaded a 4.3 firmware that said would fix the problem and flashed it. But there is no change.
And I am looking for the 4.4 Official Firmware for Galaxy S4 I9505 which can be used in my country.. Maldives.
And also is it possible to Downgrade the phone back to 4.3 after I flash 4.4?? From what I know so far it isnt.
I will post more information about the phone soon. Don't have it atm.
Thanks for any help you guys can provide.

Zephiroth said:
Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 Original
I am having the problem of not seeing the option in Network menu to enable 4G/LTE. I am running 4.3 right now. Our service provider Ooredoo in this country (Maldives) has released 4G and several others with the same model phone as mine can switch to 4G. I was wondering if there is any fix for this. I did hear about rooting the phone and deleting a file to fix this problem. I can't find out which file. and I have already downloaded a 4.3 firmware that said would fix the problem and flashed it. But there is no change.
And I am looking for the 4.4 Official Firmware for Galaxy S4 I9505 which can be used in my country.. Maldives.
And also is it possible to Downgrade the phone back to 4.3 after I flash 4.4?? From what I know so far it isnt.
I will post more information about the phone soon. Don't have it atm.
Thanks for any help you guys can provide.
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1. Install Kies 3. Look for the 3 letters btw parenthesis close CSC. It will give u the code for know what firmware you have to download.
2. Go to Sammobile.com, log and sig in (pic 1)
3. Look for your firmware and download it
4. Flash it through ODIN like in the pic attached 2
5. Enjoy it

Joku1981 said:
1. Install Kies 3. Look for the 3 letters btw parenthesis close CSC. It will give u the code for know what firmware you have to download.
2. Go to Sammobile.com, log and sig in (pic 1)
3. Look for your firmware and download it
4. Flash it through ODIN like in the pic attached 2
5. Enjoy it
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Alright so I was directed to a firmware on Sammobile
/firmwares/3/?download=27582
Model: GT-I9505
Model name: GALAXY S4 LTE
Country: Unknown
Version: Android 4.4.2
Changelist: 481100
Build date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:39:06 +0000
Product Code: OMD
PDA: I9505XXUFNC9
CSC: I9505OMDFNC1
MODEM: I9505XXUFNC9
Does the country being Unknown have any effect on the firmware? The I9505XXUFNC9 firmware is said to be the international one but there is one on Sammobile that has country/carrier of Russia.
Thanks.

Update

Hello i have a Samsung galaxy note 3 on three network , i am new to all this and i have googled my question many times only to become more confused. I was curious when my phone will get the lollipop update for uk phone. Future thanks to anyone who can give me any information. P.s im not rooted

zaravacher said:
Hello i have a Samsung galaxy note 3 on three network , i am new to all this and i have googled my question many times only to become more confused. I was curious when my phone will get the lollipop update for uk phone. Future thanks to anyone who can give me any information. P.s im not rooted
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Hi,
What model of phone do you have? The LTE SM-N9005? If so (and I hope someone could either second this or correct me if i'm wrong) I believe you could flash via odin (and you do not need to be rooted to do this) the lollipop update that O2 has. 5.0 is available for the UK via the sammobile website, so if the basebands remain the same and the phone is the same model, I believe you could just download the 5.0 update from sammobile and flash it via odin.
Since you would be flashing an official version of sammy's rom, you won't need to be rooted, nor have a custom recovery.
Cheers

zaravacher said:
Hello i have a Samsung galaxy note 3 on three network , i am new to all this and i have googled my question many times only to become more confused. I was curious when my phone will get the lollipop update for uk phone. Future thanks to anyone who can give me any information. P.s im not rooted
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We need know your model and firmware that you are using. Install this APP and add some screenshots here.

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Ok phone model is SM-N9005 And firmware is N9005xxugng1

zaravacher said:
Ok phone model is SM-N9005 And firmware is N9005xxugng1
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so, you are using the sm-n9005, and the firmware u have is the same one as the firmware that the 02 UK version runs in 4.4.2.
Unless I'm mistaken, and if anyone sees I am please correct me, you could flash the 5.0 version with odin for o2 UK. I don't see why it wouldn't work, since it seems you have the same phone and firmware currently in 4.4.2
cheers

zaravacher said:
Ok phone model is SM-N9005 And firmware is N9005xxugng1
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Your device is using of UK (with CSC: BTU). It still without Lollipop update. I recommend don't flash via ODIN any firmware and wait for future updates (via OTA) if you aren't rooted.

zaravacher said:
Ok phone model is SM-N9005 And firmware is N9005xxugng1
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You have
Model SM-N9005 Model name GALAXY Note 3 LTE Country United Kingdom Version Android 4.4.2 Changelist 1955971 Build date Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:56:29 +0000 Product code BTU PDA N9005XXUGNG1 CSC N9005OXAGNJ3
BTU no current update and likely to skip to the next build of Android .
O2 UK firmware can be used on this phone flashed via Odin .
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/45137/N9005XXUGBOB6_N9005O2UGBOC1_O2U/

[Q] download ROM - always redirected to pay sites..

Last year I was given a Galaxy Note 3 as a present. It is an SM-N900, csc country TGY (Hong Kong). I get the message from Kies that the 4.4.2 is the latest firmware. So I looked around, and there are plenty of 5.0 downloads, but all of these lead me to a site that require a 'premium membership', for pay of course.
Is there an official Samsung website where the (original) firmware versions can be downloaded, without the need for Kies? And particularly, is there a location where the Dutch 5.0 version for the SM-N900 (official international model) can be found?
T.

I'd forgotten how messy the download pages look when you're not using an adblocker.. And how confusing the multiple download buttons can be to people who aren't used to downloading off the internet.
You can use Sammobile.com (You don't need a premium account, just a free one), or Samsung-updates.com.
There is no official site, but these both use the KIES firmwares.

Hello folks;
I created a SamMobile account, and am currently downloading two 5.0 firmware sets: TGY (Hong Kong) and a SER (Russia) .
Russian version:
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Model SM-N900
Model name GALAXY Note 3
Country Russia
Version Android 5.0
Changelist 4115321
Build date Thu, 09 Apr 2015 13:05:48 +0000
Product code SER
PDA N900XXUEBOD1
CSC N900SEREBOB1
Hong Kong version:
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Model SM-N900
Model name GALAXY Note 3
Country Hong Kong
Version Android 5.0
Changelist 4031530
Build date Wed, 18 Mar 2015 03:08:27 +0000
Product code TGY
PDA N900ZSUEBOC3
CSC N900OZSEBOC3
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My phone type is SM-N900, a gift from a relative . Got it in China, and the current firmware is:
Bootloader N900ZSUDNB1
Baseband N900XXUBMI2
PDA N900ZSUDBN1
CSC N900OZSDNB1
The original CSC country code is TGY, Hong Kong. As far as I can see, there are no restrictions, I can access Google playstore etc. Can't do that with a Mainland Chinese phone....
If I want to download the current firmware, to have it available just in case, I am directed to a Baidu site. Can't get the original firmware via SamMobile. Guess that means that if an upgrade via ODIN goes wrong, I am stuck?
Questions:
- should I use the TGY or the SER firmware?
- any way to go back to the original firmware in case the update does not work?
Thanks for your help,
T.

Questions belong in Q&A, not General.
Thank you.

tdevries said:
If I want to download the current firmware, to have it available just in case, I am directed to a Baidu site. Can't get the original firmware via SamMobile. Guess that means that if an upgrade via ODIN goes wrong, I am stuck?
Questions:
- should I use the TGY or the SER firmware?
- any way to go back to the original firmware in case the update does not work?
Thanks for your help,
T.
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You need to do some reading around. HK (& some other Asian ones) firmware tends to be different to the rest of the world - I think it's partition sizes. Try flashing a non-HK ROM and you're likely to soft brick or bootloop your phone.
Learn about how to get around the issue and you can flash whatever you like (within reason ) but at present HK is what you should stick with.
Not sure why you get a redirect - either China doesn't want you flashing anything else or the phone hosts file has crap in it.

Galaxy note 10.1 sm-p601 lollipop 5.1.1 firmware link on ( mega.nz )

Galaxy Note 10.1 (SM-P601 3G) - (5.1.1) - Russia (SER) on mega.nz
Link mega.nz/#!hhRVXIDQ!vv07dKbZVe77nzO6TI3V_OjiMsbwUn6j5bsLk7aaVNs
Am prevented from posting outside links so just enter https:// before the link

Thanks for this! But can you please upload the India(INU) one, the last time I used stock the India one worked for me when it came to mobile networks.

Differences between Indian and Russian version
Is there any difference bewteen Russian and Indian version?
Model SM-P601
Model name GALAXY Note 10.1 2014 Edition 3G
Country Russia
Version Android 5.1.1
Changelist 5984967
Build date Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:08:17 +0000
Product code SER
PDA P601XXUDOJ2
CSC P601SERDOJ2
Model SM-P601
Model name GALAXY Note 10.1 2014 Edition 3G
Country India
Version Android 5.1.1
Changelist 6064057
Build date Wed, 21 Oct 2015 06:16:38 +0000
Product code INU
PDA P601XXUDOJ5
CSC P601ODDDOJ3
Tks

bad link...download stopped a 99%...file corrupted

This downloaded fast....
Thank you uploader..

"Enter decryption key" on download link. Help

Indian version please
I think Russian version has some bugs.
Can you upload Indian version please?
thanks.

The Russian version has the Brazilian Portuguese language? I flashed Indian version, but Portuguese isn't available.

thank you.
is it safe to flash it to a 4.4.x sm-p602 device, or shoud i follow any steps? any help would be highly appreciated

rhycrea said:
thank you.
is it safe to flash it to a 4.4.x sm-p602 device, or shoud i follow any steps? any help would be highly appreciated
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I have sm-p602, too. and I wondered this question. What should we do?
anndd, Is gear manager run clearly on sm-p602 / 5.1.1 ? because it doesnt work on 4.4.2 If anyone know these fix pls contact with me.

My game obb files are missing! What more is internal space used up by them are still used up! It happened after restarting the tab. I flashed Russia version. Factory reset didn't recover the used spaced. I hard reset the tab and the used space was recovered. But I am afraid that it will happen again. Can someone give me some advice?

Thread closed = effectively a duplication of this THREAD

best firmware and difference?

Hi guys, this is my second Samsung device in my life, and i have never rooted or im familiar in depth with the firmwares and what is the difference from 1 to another.
So currently im on this one,
Model SM-G935F
Model name Galaxy S7 edge
Version Android 6.0.1
Changelist 8206888
Build date Mon, 04 Jul 2016 08:33:56 +0000
Security Patch Level 2016-07-01
PDA G935FXXS1APG2
CSC G935FMBM1APE1
And i can see that the latest version is this one on SAMMOB
Model SM-G935F
Model name Galaxy S7 edge
Country Switzerland
Version Android 6.0.1
Changelist 8888212
Build date Tue, 09 Aug 2016 09:50:34 +0000
Security Patch Level 2016-08-01
Product code AUT
PDA G935FXXU1BPH6
CSC G935FAUT1BPH1
Can i use this firmware, and if yes, will the language - software be somehow optimized for Switzerland networks or something? can i flash it without root? what is the process? any benefits of this firmware compared to mine - current G935FXXS1APG2 - should i flash - G935FXXU1BPH6? thanks!

dazed1 said:
Hi guys, this is my second Samsung device in my life, and i have never rooted or im familiar in depth with the firmwares and what is the difference from 1 to another.
So currently im on this one,
Model SM-G935F
Model name Galaxy S7 edge
Version Android 6.0.1
Changelist 8206888
Build date Mon, 04 Jul 2016 08:33:56 +0000
Security Patch Level 2016-07-01
PDA G935FXXS1APG2
CSC G935FMBM1APE1
And i can see that the latest version is this one on SAMMOB
Model SM-G935F
Model name Galaxy S7 edge
Country Switzerland
Version Android 6.0.1
Changelist 8888212
Build date Tue, 09 Aug 2016 09:50:34 +0000
Security Patch Level 2016-08-01
Product code AUT
PDA G935FXXU1BPH6
CSC G935FAUT1BPH1
Can i use this firmware, and if yes, will the language - software be somehow optimized for Switzerland networks or something? can i flash it without root? what is the process? any benefits of this firmware compared to mine - current G935FXXS1APG2 - should i flash - G935FXXU1BPH6? thanks!
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Anyone?

dazed1 said:
Anyone?
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Yes you can flash, you are on 935F International model, so yes. You don't need to root to flash via ODIN. Generally speaking region based ROM's are more optimized for language, LTE bands, but the rest of the release notes are more or less the same across regions.

Thanks my friend. Any benefits from this firmware, or its mostly the same? what are the differences?

Anyone can chim in?

i know i'm late but i wanna chime in cuz noone else has. If the model's the same, you can flash any of it & it will work just fine, data/calls etc no problems. The only things is that you'll get the latest security patches from Google if you flash it. Oh, using Odin to flash stock firmware will never trip the Knox counter and it is almost impossible to mess it up totally. I mean at worst, you did it wrong and it fails, or you have to flash it again.
Also getting a newer firmware can give you bug fixes & newer features too sometimes. Choosing your region/countries CSC might help for Languages for the keyboard etc, but not really needed, just as long as you flash International sm-G935F with another sm-g935F. hope this helps