[Q]There's an issue. - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, right now I'm on RR Remix 5.4.5, I'm afraid that I don't have my CSC (Is it necessary to have it to get stock rom?)
I have my IMEI and PDA (XXUGNH6)
YES OPTUS (Aus) branded phone, can we guess the CSC?
Sent from my GT-I9505

You don't need csc. Ignore it.
Csc is only used on stock rom and custom roms based on stock. RR remix is based on CM.

Lennyz1988 said:
You don't need csc. Ignore it.
Csc is only used on stock rom and custom roms based on stock. RR remix is based on CM.
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Yes I know, but I have another handset which needs to be flashed on stock firmware. And what if I ever need it?
Sent from my GT-I9505

You still don't need the CSC. You know your carrier and you know what device you have. That's enough information to download a ROM from sammobile. In your case, you have an I9505 running on Optus Australia. Through these two pieces of information, I was able to determine that these would work for you.
If your S4 is unlocked, you don't even need to know the carrier and can flash any I9505 ROM you desire.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
You still don't need the CSC. You know your carrier and you know what device you have. That's enough information to download a ROM from sammobile. In your case, you have an I9505 running on Optus Australia. Through these two pieces of information, I was able to determine that these would work for you.
If your S4 is unlocked, you don't even need to know the carrier and can flash any I9505 ROM you desire.
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Oh nice mate, can you determine another one for me? It is also i9505 and has pda xxugnh8, no csc known either. Tried looking up roms for xxugnh8 but couldn't find one, that's also running rr remix
Edit: that phone really needs a reflash
Sent from my GT-I9505

I provided the link to illustrate how easy it is to find the correct ROM without needing the CSC. But that doesn't give you carte blanche to ask me to do the work for you. There is sufficient information in this thread for you to find the correct ROM for your other S4 without help.

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[Q] g900t-want to change the rom to g900w8

i have g900t i want to flash on it g900w8 rom(for hebrew language)
but the baseband need stay on g900t
look the result
how
someone can help me get into this sulution?
edvin26 said:
someone can help me get into this sulution?
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Hey have you figured this out yet... I'm in sort of same situation I have a Sm-g900t but it's running a G900M stock rom, so I need to know how to keep my bootloader & modem and just flash a stock unbranded rom. I know I can flash custom roms through recovery but I want a stock to fall back on
*GALAXY S5*
edvin26 said:
someone can help me get into this sulution?
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It's not clear what you hope to do. What you wrote is that you wanted to change you ROM to W8 while retaining your TMobile baseband. And your photo shows that you did just that.
But reading between the lines suggests that you were surprised to see that the baseband hadn't changed and are actually seeking the opposite of what you asked. You need to clarify your intent.
The result that you have is the expected situation. The baseband normally won't change, nor does it represent a problem. Your phone should work fine with the W8 ROM paired with the original baseband.
Aside from the fact that there is usually no need to change the baseband, how easy it is to do so depends on the carrier and how they sign their firmware. Odin won't change the baseband if the carrier decided to omit the requisite permission to do so. TMobile modems are invariably compatible with Canadian (W8) carriers, so pragmaticaly the easiest way to update a 900T modem, if you have a rationale for doing so, is to install a TMobile update. Then put the W8 ROM on top of that if you so wish.
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Can I flash SM-G900F firmware on an SM-G900I?

Hi,
I have an SM-G900I and was wondering if anyone knows if I can flash SM-G900F firmware on it? Will it change the model number as well?
Also, does anyone know the difference between the 2 models apart from one being an Asian model and one being European?
Nope. You can't flash different models firmware, because it'll brick your device...
Isn't it effectively the same phone though?
gyrex said:
I have an SM-G900I and was wondering if anyone knows if I can flash SM-G900F firmware on it? Will it change the model number as well?
Also, does anyone know the difference between the 2 models apart from one being an Asian model and one being European?
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Sure you can flash the 900F firmware. It isn't recommended and may "brick" (damage) your phone, making it as useful as a brick. You'd already know this if you had read any of the existing threads on the subject. But you can try anyway if you really want to. If you do, at least make the effort to locate the proper 900F PIT file and flash it concurrently. Your phone still won't work properly afterwards, but using the PIT file will make it less likely that you brick it due to partition corruption.
If you just want to change the displayed model number, you can do that by editing the build.prop file. The main difference between the two models is that they are intended for use in different regions and with different carriers and have different firmware. Therefore each will support different frequency bands.
Unfortunately you didn't tell us why you want to do this. If you are trying to use your phone on a different carrier that uses different frequencies, then trying to flash a 900F firmware won't do that. If you are looking for some 900F specific apps or features, you can probably do that by installing a 900F based custom ROM instead.
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gyrex said:
Hi,
I have an SM-G900I and was wondering if anyone knows if I can flash SM-G900F firmware on it? Will it change the model number as well?
Also, does anyone know the difference between the 2 models apart from one being an Asian model and one being European?
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Yes flash another firmware will change the model number accordingly
fffft said:
Sure you can flash the 900F firmware. It isn't recommended and may "brick" (damage) your phone, making it as useful as a brick. You'd already know this if you had read any of the existing threads on the subject. But you can try anyway if you really want to. If you do, at least make the effort to locate the proper 900F PIT file and flash it concurrently. Your phone still won't work properly afterwards, but using the PIT file will make it less likely that you brick it due to partition corruption.
If you just want to change the displayed model number, you can do that by editing the build.prop file. The main difference between the two models is that they are intended for use in different regions and with different carriers and have different firmware. Therefore each will support different frequency bands.
Unfortunately you didn't tell us why you want to do this. If you are trying to use your phone on a different carrier that uses different frequencies, then trying to flash a 900F firmware won't do that. If you are looking for some 900F specific apps or features, you can probably do that by installing a 900F based custom ROM instead.
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Thanks for your comprehensive response!
The main reason for wanting to flash the SM-G900F firmware is because it seems like a more mainline branch and DBT/BTU will probably get more OTA frequent updates than XSA and i think issues would get resolved quicker in that branch...
vndnguyen said:
Yes flash another firmware will change the model number accordingly
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Are you absolutely sure of this? Do you know anyone who has done this successfully?
gyrex said:
The main reason for wanting to flash the SM-G900F firmware is because it seems like a more mainline branch and DBT/BTU will probably get more OTA frequent updates than XSA and i think issues would get resolved quicker in that branch...
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You could do that.. but NFC and sundry other features will fail on you. And any update involving the bootloader won't work for you. And probably ditto for any radio (modem) updates.
Your best bet to do what you want in my opinion is to install a 900F based custom ROM e.g. the Alliance ROM. The active custom ROM developers are proactive in updates and supporting their ROMs and would see the best result by you.
This approach would leave you with your stock 900l bootloader and radio. And 900F ROM, with updates for the ROM maintained by the ROM developer.
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gyrex said:
Are you absolutely sure of this? Do you know anyone who has done this successfully?
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When you flash the new firmware, the build.prop is replaced by a new one and the model number will be changed accordingly.
You can also manually change the model number by editing the build.prop file (ro.product.model), as fffft already pointed out.

[Q] Sprint i9505 CSC (for CM12.1)

Somewhere in all my flashing/wiping, I seem to have lost my CSC.
When I install Phone INFO and go to the CSC Code tab, it now says BTU (it should say SPR).
Can anyone tell me how to download and restore the Sprint CSC on my phone?
In particular, I am looking for one that is compatible with CM12.1 (I'm not 100% sure that the CSC is related to the ROM, so that might be irrelevant, but just in case).
Also, is there a specific Bootloader/Modem that you recommend for CM12.1?
Many thanks
bobjase said:
Somewhere in all my flashing/wiping, I seem to have lost my CSC.
When I install Phone INFO and go to the CSC Code tab, it now says BTU (it should say SPR).
Can anyone tell me how to download and restore the Sprint CSC on my phone?
In particular, I am looking for one that is compatible with CM12.1 (I'm not 100% sure that the CSC is related to the ROM, so that might be irrelevant, but just in case).
Also, is there a specific Bootloader/Modem that you recommend for CM12.1?
Many thanks
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It's irrelevant when you use aosp. For you second question: Yes it comes with the rom.

[Q] Carrier Specific ROMs

Hey Guys!
I have a question regarding stock roms. I've been looking at SamMobile for an official release of Lollipop here in Philippines, the only download I can see is for a local carrier Globe. Will it cause problems if I flash this on my international N9005?
I also want to ask the same question for an S4 I9505, but it's the other way around; the phone is from Globe, network locked, and I am thinking of flashing an international version ROM. Will this cause problems? I know this isn't the right forum but just in case someone would like to answer.
Thank you!
hehsusss said:
Hey Guys!
I have a question regarding stock roms. I've been looking at SamMobile for an official release of Lollipop here in Philippines, the only download I can see is for a local carrier Globe. Will it cause problems if I flash this on my international N9005?
I also want to ask the same question for an S4 I9505, but it's the other way around; the phone is from Globe, network locked, and I am thinking of flashing an international version ROM. Will this cause problems? I know this isn't the right forum but just in case someone would like to answer.
Thank you!
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1. Yes, you will have problems with the radios. It's not importat where you live that what CSC have your device. Install this APP and look for your CSC. Go to Sammobile.com, look for your csc, download and flash the latest stock rom for your device via ODIN. (Pic attached)
2. Regarding GT-i9505: Yes, it will cause lose of signal. The best you can do is unlock it by IMEI.
Joku1981 said:
1. Yes, you will have problems with the radios. It's not importat where you live that what CSC have your device. Install this APP and look for your CSC. Go to Sammobile.com, look for your csc, download and flash the latest stock rom for your device via ODIN. (Pic attached)
2. Regarding GT-i9505: Yes, it will cause lose of signal. The best you can do is unlock it by IMEI.
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I flashed a rom from Brazil. Everything works great it's just that the bloatware included is annoying. I figured the best option to flasha ROM from my country but the only one with a Lollipop ROM is carrier specific.
Samsung allows users to use roms from their own region interchangeably. In most cases, even globally.
I've never encountered issues with radio or signal loss when flashing different providers and countries in my own region, and I've had thousands of people flash and use all sort of different EU firmwares. (you can find the region on the sticker on the box.)
(US users have different devices with real carrier locks, so those are excluded.)
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 Using Tapatalk

Quite confused for the consideration needed before flashing any Rom and Recovery!!

I am beginner in this rooting field.. And with less knowledge I now am attracted towards flashing different rom on my phone since I am influenced by others discussion in #XDA. But when I came to meet some people in social chats, when I asked them for the, what are the requisites to be fulfilled while flashing #safe_rom without any brick.. Some says search rom on Google of your phone model i·e (gt-I9505) when I searched it there again appeared the case of #baseband version,there "google" when I got the other rom of my phone below it was written only for baseband "XXUHOJ2" and it didn't matched with mine.. In some post rom for jflte, jfltexx, sprint, .... And m confused all... And my question is.. Should all of those match to flash custom rom?? Isn't gt-I9505 all same??? Why should we consider #baseband for flashing rom or latest firmware?? Why?? Why?? Plz help me!!
-Thank you!
No baseband update
Hello and thank you for using Q/A,
you don't need to update or flash a baseband, if you want to install a custom ROM or stock ROM.
Kind regards
Trafalgar Square
And what about jfltexx,jflte, sprint.. Some post says rom for jfltexx, some says for this baseband only,, what to do in this situtation??? Is there any #compulshory to match baseband in order to flash custom rom??
Hi,
I've an I9500 who has Indonesian base, and I've flashed many ROMs designed for my device and I never had any problem. Baseband doesn't matter, however, an EFS backup should be made to be safe, so you can restore it later if you miss your IMEI after doing flash a certain ROM.
Because you've an I9505, any jfltexx ROMs should fit on your phone. You'll have no problems as long as you follow instructions provided by the developer.
I9505 doesn't stand itself. Some variants are released by certain operators in certain regions, like SPH-L720, SGH-I337, SGH-I337m, SCH-R970, etc. All variants who are on I9505 family are able to install jfltexx ROMs, but with some notes that might be available for certain devices.
Sent from my GT-I9500
You should only care about the baseband if you have a phone from Verizon or T-Mobile, as they generally have locked bootloaders.
Basebands are updated almost monthly. There is no way to have them matched.
You only need to care about your phone model.
krasCGQ said:
Hi,
I've an I9500 who has Indonesian base, and I've flashed many ROMs designed for my device and I never had any problem. Baseband doesn't matter, however, an EFS backup should be made to be safe, so you can restore it later if you miss your IMEI after doing flash a certain ROM.
Because you've an I9505, any jfltexx ROMs should fit on your phone. You'll have no problems as long as you follow instructions provided by the developer.
I9505 doesn't stand itself. Some variants are released by certain operators in certain regions, like SPH-L720, SGH-I337, SGH-I337m, SCH-R970, etc. All variants who are on I9505 family are able to install jfltexx ROMs, but with some notes that might be available for certain devices.
Sent from my GT-I9500
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Thank you for info.. ??. I appreciate you!! Thanks
GDReaper said:
You should only care about the baseband if you have a phone from Verizon or T-Mobile, as they generally have locked bootloaders.
Basebands are updated almost monthly. There is no way to have them matched.
You only need to care about your phone model.
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Thank you' phone model mean: only (gt-I9505) (gt-I9500) ya??
Athakuri700 said:
Thank you' phone model mean: only (gt-I9505) (gt-I9500) ya??
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Yes, mostly.

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