Hi guys not really a question more a how my rooting process went
I downloaded Cf auto root and installed this in download mode through Odin. It hung on installing cache.IMG for ages so I pulled out the battery swapped into a different USB port and tried again. It took about 1min to install this time.
I then installed latest cwm through Odin and this flashed no problem. I then booted the os and put omega 2.3 onto the internal SD and flashed that in cwm and then rebooted. After setup I went back to cwm and flashed saber kernel and then sound mod. I checked my CSC info and modem and decided to try and put h3g UK modem and CSC so I downloaded them and installed the CSC file through Odin then rebooted to download mode and did the h3g modem through Odin too.
Everything was spot on and I now have better signal, LTE is now in the network settings (wasn't before) my internet now works so much better than when I was on stock UK btu.
Hope this helps anyone that's not sure about doing it or was having the same problems I had with h3g UK contract on stock UK btu firmware.
Only problem now is my Knox counter is 0x1 but for the improvements I have gained by having a now perfect working fast phone I don't care my Knox has tripped.
Enjoy
Kev
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PS before I flashed everything I was on the latest UK btu firmware update. Checked before I started doing anything.
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Hello,
Need 4.2.2 firmware i337m (Bell Canada) please
The File at Sam Mobile version 4.2.2 for Bell fails at 2% upload in Odin 3.09
The other file available there, an older 4.2.2 is corrupt once downloaded (tried 3 times).
Reason I was flashing back to 4.2.2 is because with the new Bell 4.3 firmware, network unlock codes no longer work (changed??) and neither does USB unlocking (new security feature).
The File at Sam Mobile version 4.3 for Bell works fine hence it's not my Odin setup causing the issue.
It is conceivable that the new 4.3 firmware from this provide is the cause of the Odin failure at 2% for 4.2.2 ?
Any other good reliable sources for a 4.2.2 firmware version pre ME1 ?
Thanks!
mfreeman3769 said:
Hello,
Need 4.2.2 firmware i337m (Bell Canada) please
The File at Sam Mobile version 4.2.2 for Bell fails at 2% upload in Odin 3.09
The other file available there, an older 4.2.2 is corrupt once downloaded (tried 3 times).
Reason I was flashing back to 4.2.2 is because with the new Bell 4.3 firmware, network unlock codes no longer work (changed??) and neither does USB unlocking (new security feature).
The File at Sam Mobile version 4.3 for Bell works fine hence it's not my Odin setup causing the issue.
It is conceivable that the new 4.3 firmware from this provide is the cause of the Odin failure at 2% for 4.2.2 ?
Any other good reliable sources for a 4.2.2 firmware version pre ME1 ?
Thanks!
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ive downloaded lots of files from sams mobile with no issues check in developer section some times some one as files there
Hello,
Thanks !
But I can't see the developer section...
ron31 said:
ive downloaded lots of files from sams mobile with no issues check in developer section some times some one as files there
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Hello,
Thanks !
But I can't see the developer section...
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If ypu flash 4.3 you cant go back to 4.2 without issues
Thanks, but tried twice, - fails at 2% with ODIN
Downloaded file twice ! From Sam Mobile !
There are 2 files there for my provider (BELL), the oldest one is corrupt when downloaded, the most recent fails at 2%. Unless I could use another provider file (Telus) that uses the same network... Unlock phone with codes, the flash back to 4.3 (BELL). I'm not sure that the Unlock codes are provider dependent or just IMEI dependent.
What do you think?
Jose0726 said:
If ypu flash 4.3 you cant go back to 4.2 without issues
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No longer - Bootloader blocks any version below
see
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48484341#post48484341
Jose0726 said:
If ypu flash 4.3 you cant go back to 4.2 without issues
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Hi there everyone. I just looked for a post with this problem, but didn't found, so here you go.
I have a international Note 3 N9005 (bought in Brazil) with the latest unbranded Brazilian firmware 4.4.2. I have flashed CM and some other roms, rooted etc. But in the end I flashed back the original rom from SanMobile, via Odin.
The problem is:
1. Some settings are not saved. I can only choose pattern in lock screen security, I can't choose pin or password or the settings app freeze or crash.
2. On the contacts app, from which contacts to display, I choose only contacts from Google. When the cellphone restarts, it shows all contacts again (sim, phone, google, etc)
3. GPS only locks when data is turned off or in airplane mode.
SM-N9005
4.4.2
Baseband Version: N9005VJUENC1
Build Number: KOT49H.N9005VJUGNI1 (Brazil)
I flashed this firmware via Odin and tried a factory reset in the original recovery but no success.
I don't know why but I think this is a permission problem. I don't need root right now. I can restore with Kies if that would solve this problem.
Any ideas on the matter are appreciated.
Thanks!
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Your baseband don't match with your build number. Reflash the latest firmware android 4.4.2 for Brazil Unlocked: HERE via ODIN. Sometimes is necessary flash 2 times the firmware for fix the baseband. Good luck
Thank you! Will try that and give feedback.
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First things first, I am not very techy and am only trying to accomplish one goal on my galaxy s5 - update to lollipop.
I'm trying to do it by going to Settings --> About device --> Software Update. Everytime I try it check's for updates and says 'The Latest Updates have already been installed'.
My device is unrooted and running Android 4.4.2 and is unlocked. My brother bought the exact same phone and got the update over FOA more than a month ago!
I can't find anywhere on the internet to help me out, I don't want to update manually.. I wan't to know why my device won't update automatically.
Any thoughts on what I can try? Does it need a factory reset? Has anyone else got this issue? Help much appreciated.
sorry my friend the only way is to manually update it using odin on computer.
but, you can try to connect your mobile with kies and see your csc country then look in sammobile website if your country csc got lollipop, if so try to factory reset and then check for an update , but first make backup of your data.
Galaxy_Guy said:
sorry my friend the only way is to manually update it using odin on computer.
but, you can try to connect your mobile with kies and see your csc country then look in sammobile website if your country csc got lollipop, if so try to factory reset and then check for an update , but first make backup of your data.
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But why won't it update via FOA? Is this a common thing where Samsung picks and chooses who gets it (seems kinda wrong), or is it possible I've got a fake phone? I've got a lot of stuff on the phone and don't really wanna go through the whole backup system restore process. I type on google my problem and it just comes up with stupid articles like 'How's lollipop treating you'.. it's like nobody has my problem but me?
Did some more digging around and found the following info for my phone:
AP: G900FXXU1ANJ1
CP: G900FXXU1ANJ1
CSC: G900FOXX1ANJ1
Searching the CSC on Sammobile tells me that the latest version for my phone is still 4.4.2 (not even 4.4.4?? It's like Samsung forgot about it).
Oddly, it says the country is Portugal (TPH) for this CSC, even though I bought a UK phone. This prompted me to check the IMEI on IMEI.info which confirms that the phone is legit..
I downloaded keys at it tells me the firmware version is:
PDA:NJ1 / CSC:NJ1 / PHONE:NJ1(TPH)
It says the latest firmware is already installed.
I'm wondering if my phone will ever get updated to lollipop (the fact that its still on 4.4.2 tells me maybe never). So I want to try and do this manually. Is there a way to change the country code? Will this void my warranty? Or can I manually force lollipop onto the phone via Kies? Do I need to root?
Some clear instruction for me to follow would be much appreciated. Thanks guys
Jamie1029 said:
Did some more digging around and found the following info for my phone:
AP: G900FXXU1ANJ1
CP: G900FXXU1ANJ1
CSC: G900FOXX1ANJ1
Searching the CSC on Sammobile tells me that the latest version for my phone is still 4.4.2 (not even 4.4.4?? It's like Samsung forgot about it).
Oddly, it says the country is Portugal (TPH) for this CSC, even though I bought a UK phone. This prompted me to check the IMEI on IMEI.info which confirms that the phone is legit..
I downloaded keys at it tells me the firmware version is:
PDA:NJ1 / CSC:NJ1 / PHONE:NJ1(TPH)
It says the latest firmware is already installed.
I'm wondering if my phone will ever get updated to lollipop (the fact that its still on 4.4.2 tells me maybe never). So I want to try and do this manually. Is there a way to change the country code? Will this void my warranty? Or can I manually force lollipop onto the phone via Kies? Do I need to root?
Some clear instruction for me to follow would be much appreciated. Thanks guys
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yes that's why you can't update to lollipop
so the only solution is to update manually :/ sorry dude
I checked my brothers phone and his CSC country is UK??
So I'm thinking to fix this I need to flash my CSC to UK... is this something I can do via Odin?
Jamie1029 said:
I checked my brothers phone and his CSC country is UK??
So I'm thinking to fix this I need to flash my CSC to UK... is this something I can do via Odin?
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Can I beg for help here? Pleassseeeeee... I'll hit the thank you button for someone who tells me what to do cheers.. I wanna know how to do this manually.. do i need to change csc? what programs to use
Jamie1029 said:
Can I beg for help here? Pleassseeeeee... I'll hit the thank you button for someone who tells me what to do cheers.. I wanna know how to do this manually.. do i need to change csc? what programs to use
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Is your phone still under warranty?
JacobSenior said:
Is your phone still under warranty?
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yes it is... but i want lollipop .. will it void it? If yes thats ok Ill go ahead anyway
Rather than focusing on the goal of upgrading to lollipop, do some research about whether you actually want/need to.......
Quite a few members have posted here about problems and instabilities with lollipop.
Also, if you intend to root your device and tweak/modify it, the general advice is to stay at 4.4.2, as 5.0.0 tends to 'reduce the possibilities'......
Sent from my rooted kn0x0 SM-G900F S5
Jamie1029 said:
yes it is... but i want lollipop .. will it void it? If yes thats ok Ill go ahead anyway
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I have no idea if it will void the warranty. When I flashed my device to 5.0 with the Polish release my CSC changed to XEO from H3G and my knox is still 0x0. What is your carrier? Head over to sammobile.com and download the rom corresponding to your carrier, and flash it as normal.
keithross39 said:
Rather than focusing on the goal of upgrading to lollipop, do some research about whether you actually want/need to.......
Quite a few members have posted here about problems and instabilities with lollipop.
Also, if you intend to root your device and tweak/modify it, the general advice is to stay at 4.4.2, as 5.0.0 tends to 'reduce the possibilities'......
Sent from my rooted kn0x0 SM-G900F S5
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^^ I am currently flashing back to 4.4.2 so my stability and battery life isn't wrecked. I would also recommend staying on KitKat.
5.0.0 seems to be (by all accounts) a bit of a 'rush job'......
5.0.1 and/or 5.0.2 will be more polished and stable.....
Also Samsung have (from what I've read) included a new 'secure' bootloader with 5.0 and beyond, which apparently is causing 'issues'.........
Sent from my rooted kn0x0 SM-G900F S5
Jamie1029 said:
First things first, I am not very techy and am only trying to accomplish one goal on my galaxy s5 - update to lollipop.
I'm trying to do it by going to Settings --> About device --> Software Update. Everytime I try it check's for updates and says 'The Latest Updates have already been installed'.
My device is unrooted and running Android 4.4.2 and is unlocked. My brother bought the exact same phone and got the update over FOA more than a month ago!
I can't find anywhere on the internet to help me out, I don't want to update manually.. I wan't to know why my device won't update automatically.
Any thoughts on what I can try? Does it need a factory reset? Has anyone else got this issue? Help much appreciated.
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The latest firmware for Portugal TPH is 4.4.2, Lollipop for that region has not been released yet.
If your brother has 5.0 on his phone with UK firmware than he most likely has BTU firmware
You can update yours to BTU which as actually a UK & Europe generic multi CSC firmware from Sammobile here. LINK
You will need to download it you will need Odin to do it, but after installing you will need to do a factory reset otherwise you CSC will not change and the phone will be unstable
Lollipop 5.0 for me is extremely stable and battery life far better than any other version I have had, screen clip below shows 2 days 20 hours since last charge and phone at 62% this is with light usage though
ag4751 said:
The latest firmware for Portugal TPH is 4.4.2, Lollipop for that region has not been released yet.
If your brother has 5.0 on his phone with UK firmware than he most likely has BTU firmware
You can update yours to BTU which as actually a UK & Europe generic multi CSC firmware from Sammobile here. LINK
You will need to download it you will need Odin to do it, but after installing you will need to do a factory reset otherwise you CSC will not change and the phone will be unstable
Lollipop 5.0 for me is extremely stable and battery life far better than any other version I have had, screen clip below shows 2 days 20 hours since last charge and phone at 62% this is with light usage though
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Hi ag4751.. this sounds good.. I will get odin and try this. Do you mind being more specific about the factory reset? Is this something I do within settings or do I need to do that volume up power off button thing and access the function from there? Also (probably silly question) but does factory resetting completely wipe all my data and apps? thanks
Jamie1029 said:
Hi ag4751.. this sounds good.. I will get odin and try this. Do you mind being more specific about the factory reset? Is this something I do within settings or do I need to do that volume up power off button thing and access the function from there? Also (probably silly question) but does factory resetting completely wipe all my data and apps? thanks
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Yes, factory reset will basically wipe you apps, data everything so backup everything, pictures, music etc, anything that is on your internal storage your External SD Card wont be touched everything else will, It resets the phone to the out of the box condition so if for example you are on level 300 in candy crush unless its synced up to facebook you will be back at level 1.
You do the Factory reset through Settings > User and Backup > Backup and Reset.
You will need to enable Developer Options in About Device if not already done as you need to enable USB Debugging.
Factory resetting is a last resort normally but it does tend to clear a lot of problems if the phone is not working properly but do it after you have flashed the new rom.
This is a good guide to using Odin, its on the S3 forum but the procedure is exactly the same with the S5, If you download the BTU rom it will contain a single .tar file you need to extract that from the zip file.
Reply here is you have any other questions regarding flashing with Odin it is simple but if you are not used to it, it can be worrying.
Cool. I'm downloading the firmware now. I've got USB debugging enabled. A question about the factory reset though. Is there a reason why we do this within Settings and not by pressing the power-->volume down--> home button and accessing those options? Under that menu there is also a 'wipe cache' option. Basically I was planning to flash the firmware using odin, then immediately factory reset and wipe cache before actually loading up lollipop. Does that sound ok?
Jamie1029 said:
Cool. I'm downloading the firmware now. I've got USB debugging enabled. A question about the factory reset though. Is there a reason why we do this within Settings and not by pressing the power-->volume down--> home button and accessing those options? Under that menu there is also a 'wipe cache' option. Basically I was planning to flash the firmware using odin, then immediately factory reset and wipe cache before actually loading up lollipop. Does that sound ok?
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You can do it that way, the only reason Factory Reset is in setting is to save you having to boot into recovery to do it, its exactly the same, there are additional wipe options in recovery such as cache and the factory reset, a factory reset will wipe the cache as well when its run you don't need to do it separately.
If you want to wipe the cache and factory reset from recovery it wont hurt anything.
Hi All:
Guys yesterday I got a Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F) & it have KitKat 4.4.2 also no update available for it, my csc is Malaysia where it is update to Lollipop but I didn't got any update OTA.
So I'm wondering which is the best & more stable Firmware for Galaxy S5
1- KitKat 4.4.2
2- KitKat 4.4.4
3- Lollipop
???????????
one-option said:
Hi All:
Guys yesterday I got a Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F) & it have KitKat 4.4.2 also no update available for it, my csc is Malaysia where it is update to Lollipop but I didn't got any update OTA.
So I'm wondering which is the best & more stable Firmware for Galaxy S5
1- KitKat 4.4.2
2- KitKat 4.4.4
3- Lollipop
???????????
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afaik theres no 4.4.4 and according to others, 4.4.2 is the stable one
I have a GSIII Neo (GT-I9300I) that came from Iran. I was wondering if I could flash a 4.4 firmware from another country to this phone, since there is no 4.4 for the Iran GSIII Neo. And I want the official firmware, not a custom rom.
Any help?
yes you can, I have an GT-I9301I and every time there is a new update for official stock firmware even if it's not for my country, i download it from sammobile.com/firmwares and flash it via ODIN, as longer it's for my exact phone model, it's ok
and everything work perfect, even all the stuff relying on network (calls, sms, 3G, 4G ...)
No modem chnages or restore required?
Pro Cal said:
yes you can, I have an GT-I9301I and every time there is a new update for official stock firmware even if it's not for my country, i download it from sammobile.com/firmwares and flash it via ODIN, as longer it's for my exact phone model, it's ok
and everything work perfect, even all the stuff relying on network (calls, sms, 3G, 4G ...)
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Do you reflash your past modem?
Is you phone carrier unlocked?
I want to shift to stock rom too.But I cannot which to choose and what are the problems that I am going to face.
shovonsud said:
Do you reflash your past modem?
Is you phone carrier unlocked?
I want to shift to stock rom too.But I cannot which to choose and what are the problems that I am going to face.
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- Do you reflash your past modem?
No, I flash all the new firmware with its own modem
- Is you phone carrier unlocked?
yes my carrier unlocked is unlocked but it have nothing to do with that.
my advice for u is to gow with an italian (ITV) or German (DBT) frmware, ive tried eveeery firmware and they are the best for smoothness and baterry life ... you wont' face any problem at aal, the only thing you'l have to do after is to set he APN manualy for 3G Connection and MMS, that's all, otherwise everything else is the same.
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s--neo/GT-I9301I/DBT/download/I9301IXCUAPH1/94318/
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s--neo/GT-I9301I/ITV/download/I9301IXCUAPH1/94320/
or you can go with a custom rom to update it with the latest firmware, Project Lucky S7 Style ROM is AMAZING and its very fast and smooth even better than a stock ROM. think abt giving it a try befor flashin the new stock rom
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-neo/development/rom-ciro-s-rom-t3356584
Good luck bro
Hi all, today I gave a look on sammobile and it appears that S3 neo ITV got an update to 2016 august security patches. This happened a year ago for ITV model. Even though I can't find the firmware I am running on sammobile, kies says that my S3 neo (June security patches) is ITV but I DON'T get the update in settings nor kies nor smartswitch. Is it ok to flash the latest firmware with Odin? It shouldn't erase all data anyway right?
Thanks if anyone answer this old thread (lol but still keen on my s3 neo)
Edit: and did anyone get august security patches?