I have samsung galaxy s5 (sm-g900f) from my country Philippines... my phone is a postpaid plan from "SMART" one of our country network provider... the phone can only use sim card from SMART... the problem is i want to use any sim card in my country but i cant because the phone is lock... i have search in web and found a OFFICIAL firmware of S5 from our country and it is already Unloack (OPENLINE)... i want to flash this using ODIN-PC to make my phone OPENLINE and so that i can use any sim in my country... what i'm asking is does it void the warranty if i do this to my phone???
-the Firmware is from the website SAMMOBILE
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cha0sfaction01 said:
I have samsung galaxy s5 (sm-g900f) from my country Philippines... my phone is a postpaid plan from "SMART" one of our country network provider... the phone can only use sim card from SMART... the problem is i want to use any sim card in my country but i cant because the phone is lock... i have search in web and found a OFFICIAL firmware of S5 from our country and it is already Unloack (OPENLINE)... i want to flash this using ODIN-PC to make my phone OPENLINE and so that i can use any sim in my country... what i'm asking is does it void the warranty if i do this to my phone???
-the Firmware is from the website SAMMOBILE
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flashing the locked phone with an openline firmware through odin wo'nt unlock your phone. i tried it to my officemate S5 which is globe locked. after flashing, the phone is still globe locked.
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Hello!
A week ago I got a Samsung Galaxy A5 as a gift from my wife. The phone is locked in Vodafone (Romania). I am using Telekom (Romania). I would want to unlock the phone from Vodafone and use it with my Telekom SIM card. Can anybody tell me whether reflashing Telekom (Romania) firmware via Odin is enough? Is it a risky procedure? Thanks!
chisliviu said:
Hello!
A week ago I got a Samsung Galaxy A5 as a gift from my wife. The phone is locked in Vodafone (Romania). I am using Telekom (Romania). I would want to unlock the phone from Vodafone and use it with my Telekom SIM card. Can anybody tell me whether reflashing Telekom (Romania) firmware via Odin is enough? Is it a risky procedure? Thanks!
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Installing the firmware for another region or carrier will not unlock the phone. You must either order an unlock code or find a service center that has an unlock box, like z3x box or something of the sort.
Thank you for support.
i suggest u use unlockriver.com
ahmad89098 said:
i suggest u use unlockriver.com
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Way too expensive!
Its locked but after the carrier agreement has expired, i think the unlock code is cheaper or even free.
Need pit file for BTU a500fu
Hi all, Can i please request for someone to give me BTU a500fu .pit file please. it will be big help. I tried hidden 100M, 200M 180M and 220M, none of them are compatable with BTU firmware. please help
Hi just ordered myself a samsung galaxy A3 on o2.
It is locked to o2 and has o2 branding.
Would like to unlock it and use a three sim with it but unfortunately o2 wont do it for 12 months and i dont know any pay monthly customer.
If i install unbranded rom on it then will it unlock?
Will really appreciate some help on this
Can flashing unlock the device ? I have exactly the same problem , My Samsung A3 SM-A300FU phone is locked to O2 , then i flashed a different firmware. Now I have coverage by EE | and roaming by my main network provider . I have full phone coverage. I don't get the UNLOCK Code message as well. BUT I CAN'T Recieve calls , send text or use any benefits of the inserted SIM Card . Has anyone found an answer ?
Try to flashing it to the stock rom check out the rom at sammobile.com/firmwares
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Suppose in the case I bricked my phone and I don't know the baseband version of it. Now what is the option to recover? Flash stock firmware via Odin but don't know the baseband??? What will happens if I flash another country stock firmware?? Will the phone hard brick?? Or it will work fine?? Thank you
The worst case is that your sim card will not work with that software. This is only if your phone is carrier locked.
If it is unlocked, or neverlocked as others put it, then you can flash any firmware you like, as long as it is for your respective phone model.
GDReaper said:
The worst case is that your sim card will not work with that software. This is only if your phone is carrier locked.
If it is unlocked, or neverlocked as others put it, then you can flash any firmware you like, as long as it is for your respective phone model.
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Thank you sir, as u r always helpful. ??
But wait. Suppose I got phone as gift from my relative who live in UK and I live in Nepal. Which country firmware should I flash?? UK or Nepal??
Athakuri700 said:
But wait. Suppose I got phone as gift from my relative who live in UK and I live in Nepal. Which country firmware should I flash?? UK or Nepal??
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Make sure that this phone isn't locked to O2 or any UK carrier.
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Athakuri700 said:
But wait. Suppose I got phone as gift from my relative who live in UK and I live in Nepal. Which country firmware should I flash?? UK or Nepal??
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You should flash Nepal firmware then. It would give you better (more match) CSC code. The CSC (Consumer Software Customization) code contains the info about software packages specific to a particular region, carrier branding and also APN (Access Point Name) settings for data connection.
In my case, my S4 i9500 was made in Vietnam and when I received it, it had a Thailand firmware on it. It is a network unlocked phone. I live in USA. The first lollipop firmware came out was for Russia. So I flahsed the Russian firmware. My CSC showed that it is a russian phone. I used that phone on AT&T network that available in USA, China and Korea, and I had no problem.
Nothing will happen.
@sway8966
Are you really to suggest him to flash Nepali firmware on UK phone? I'll unlock it (the carrier-lock) first and then flash other countries' firmware if need.
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Sorry to bump this up but im having problems with my s6 edge (Maybe because of this).
I recently acquired a phone from a relative from UK. The OS is android 7.0 and the carrier is three.co.uk (H3G), we have reset the phone to its factory settings and accidentally didnt noticed that it do auto update on the OS, then this bootloops starts to occur.
The phone isnt network-locked because the phone can receive signals, messages and phone calls on local sim.
Now upon browsing around SamMobile, There is an available Firmware for this mobile and even the firmware which is available to Philippines but only ver. 6.0.1
Is this possible to use the PH one or still i go to UK(h3g)?
help please
once i take the firmware from other countries and then i install to my phone,
does my phone will going to operate that firmware even if it come from another country
because i tried to find firmware according to my respective country unfortunately i missed it.
so please i need your assistance ..please
Hello guys. This is my first Samsung device. It's network locked here in the Philippines and I flashed UK firmware to get Nougat update. Since thre is an official update available now in our country, I flashed the firmware downloaded from sammobile with CSC SMA (philippines Smart). The problem is, SIM 2 is not working for a different SIM card (ex. Globe). Does anyone know how to fix this issue? Before only SIM 1 is Network locked and SIM 2 is openline. Now they are both Network locked.
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As far as I know, Dual SIM phone has issues when trying to unlock the phone. they are problematic and sometimes they refuse to work. I recommend you take it to Samsung assistance, maybe they can do something with your firmware and make the phone work again.
I live in india and i asked one of my friends visiting dubai to bring me s10 plus due to cost differences.
But that bufoon went to a small shop and bought an att version of the phone.
Now i have a few questions please help me out everyone.
1.my phone is working with all the sim cards here ,so is it unlocked with code or is there any other way???
2. My knox is intact and not tripped and phone is not rooted. I am on -
G975USQU1ASD3
PHONE IS SM-G975U
SERVICE PROVIDER SW VER IS SHOWING ATT/ATT/ATT but all carrier sims here are working
Firmware csc code XAA
Active csc code ATT
but i am not getting any updates.only got biometric update from samsung.
3.if i use odin to flash to unlocked u1 will my network stop working.and after flashing to u1 will i start getting ota updates.
Im really tensed right now.pls help .
Thanks in advance.