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My Samsung galaxy 3 has given up,
I saw an firmware update and started upgrading ( using KIES) . In middle of upgrade an error accoutred. KIES asked me to note down the error code and run the repair program from another PC .
Since i did not had another PC i rebooted the same PC again and this time was able to successfully upgrade the build number : FROYODDJP6.
Next day onwards phone was not able to pick any incoming sound properly. even while doing audio recording i was able to hear a lot of disturbances . So I am unable to use the phone as the other party cannot hear my voice clearly .
Since i had not rooted the device and phone is still under warranty , i went to SAMSUNG centre. I was told that phone had some liquid and they will not honour any warranty. They asked me to foot a bill of 4100 Rs which I declined.
Please advise on what to do now. I will never go to SAMSUNG again , looking for a sturdy phone like defy with 1 GHz processor.
I really think you should try updating from another pc.Your friend's or something or try factory reset.Don't try to flash another roms.If you are not familiar and it will also void your warranty.If phone really had liquid you should go for option samsung suggested good luck .
Samsung support is piece of crap.
Try the following before paying them the bill.
1. Let your phone dry in mild sun, or Hair drier after removing batt & back cover + battery
2. When you're sure your phone is dry (without damaging it, from overheating etc) flash any custom ROM Indroid, kyrillos etc AFTER BACKUP of your current firmware, using Odin #see tutes available in the development forum. As it can be error of your firmware.
Official firmware are crap anyway. Ask for any help you need with that & give us your feedback if you care. Best of luck.
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As per usual, I get the weirdest bugs/faults with my devices!
Just got a new S5 32GB from Singapore (900F variant). Was on holiday there, and they don't have that version in Australia where I live. Anyway, I tested the heck out of the thing while I was there, as the warranty is only valid in Singapore, and I wanted to tease out any hardware faults early.
When I was changing the SIM card once, I noticed that the system time had lagged a significant amount while the phone was off. In fact, if you turn it off and take out the battery for long enough, the time can change to several days in the past! To the best of my knowledge, modern phones, like PCs, keep accurate time even with the phone battery removed. I have confirmed this with my old S3, as well as other Samsung phones at the store.
After several visits to the local service center in Singapore, I finally convinced them to change the mainboard. After the repair, the problem was still present.
Has anyone else experienced this? Or can they test this? I keep the Auto time Update settings always off, and have done that for all my phones.
Changing of the main board would seem to exclude a hardware issue, but then there were some questions as to whether the main board was actually replaced by the repair center. The online tracking of the repair order ended in 'unable to be done due to request cancelled', which made me *really* suspicious, and the IMEI and serial numbers remained the same. Have never dealt with Samsung in Singapore before, so not sure how things work there. That's another story though, I suppose...
Update: Have gotten the phone back in my actual hands, and tinkered more with the problem. Have noticed that after a battery pull, the system time seems to default back to certain points in time (this time, 2118hrs, 18th July 2014).
Can anyone try a battery pull (leaving the battery out for a few minutes) with Auto Time Update off to see if this happens to their S5?
Thanks!
i have a N910C exynos version Note 4
history: my friend got it from dubai where her mother is working ( we're from Manila, PH ) and its dubai locked, we took it to tech for openline, after that everything seems fine, until it complety shuts down after 2 days...
problem: it cant boot up without a charger, but it does boot up if plugged, but then after few seconds it will reboot, the same process, will boot up then reboot...
Things we tried:
1. we tried to update it to latest lollipop, updated still have problems
2. we tried having a custom recovery ( philz touch ) it worked, but then i noticed it cant detect the percentage of battery ( its on 0% ) even though its charging while off
analysis:
1. software cant detect the battery percentage if not then 2
2. battery must be replaced if not 3
3. hardware problem
can someone make suggestions what to do, thanks
It's obviously 3.)
Contact a local Samsung repair center, or a certified repair center, and ask for a quotation.
Don't think it will cost you TOO much, like ~50-80 USD or so I think.
But that's a very-very rough estimation.
A new display with glass and all was 110$ for my Note 2.
But since I had insurance I only had to pay 10$ for it.
Hi All,
I have a SM-N910F that I have been using as my daily phone for about 18 months. I have NEVER ROOTED.
Recently I started encountering lags, freezes and restarts. In general, the phone became unusable.
I factory reset the phone and set the whole phone again from scratch, but in a few days I'm back where I was.
If I restart the phone, OR power down, the phone does not start. I have to pull the battery out, and re-insert for the phone to start again.
I even tried Firmware Recovery via KIES but that too failed, and after that I'm beginning to see a new variant to my problem.
Now, the phone mostly boots into Download Mode, where I see the below:
Could not do normal boot.
ddi : mmc_read failed
ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N910F
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 (0)
I'm a little worried about the above highlighted lines, as I plan to take the Phone down to Samsung (Samsung Chat confirmed that the phone is still in Warranty).
As I have never rooted the phone, I'm quite surprised why the phone is showing System Status as Custom. Is this something to worry about, or should it be fine and considered still under warranty?
Any advice would be great, as I really need to get this phone working normal again.
The problem is "mmc_read failed" message. It seems that your internal memory got damaged. It's like a computer without a hdd. Good luck
You are fine for warranty.
popic_u said:
The problem is "mmc_read failed" message. It seems that your internal memory got damaged. It's like a computer without a hdd. Good luck
You are fine for warranty.
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Thanks but the System Status Custom message, is that normal??
And what will they do under Warranty? that is what will they change?
dg170775 said:
Thanks but the System Status Custom message, is that normal??
And what will they do under Warranty? that is what will they change?
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No its not normal, if you've never rooted it, it should be Official and not Custom.
You bought it from a 2nd hand or new ?
EDIT : And its the same for the "Knox 0x1(0)" wich isn't normal too, it should be on 0x0 and not 0x1.
It was bought new.. Infact I pre ordered
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dg170775 said:
It was bought new.. Infact I pre ordered
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Are you really sure you've never attempted to root it or did something wich can void the knox warranty ?
KeTuRr74 said:
Are you really sure you've never attempted to root it or did something wich can void the knox warranty ?
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No.. only thing out of the ordinary that I tried was to try Emergency Firmware recovery via KIES, but that too failed halfway, with some messages about unable to write or something
So, what do I do now? To get it back on warranty? Problem is that phone's pretty much un-usable, to even try anything at the moment.
dg170775 said:
Hi All,
Any advice would be great as I really need to get this phone working normal again.
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Taking a look on Reddit and you will see hundreds of comments complaining about MMC errors for Note 4. I too just got it and was pissed.
Note 4's are dropping like fly's after a year and half of use. Like Xbox and RROD.
I called Samsuck and they told be to fly a kite and wouldn't cover anything.
Call them and give them crap! Hopefully the calls will add up.
To fix, I found a broken Note 4 on eBay and swapped the working motherboard from it. If you need any help fixing it just PM.
The phone will only get worse over time.
dg170775 said:
Hi All,
I have a SM-N910F that I have been using as my daily phone for about 18 months. I have NEVER ROOTED.
Recently I started encountering lags, freezes and restarts. In general, the phone became unusable.
I factory reset the phone and set the whole phone again from scratch, but in a few days I'm back where I was.
If I restart the phone, OR power down, the phone does not start. I have to pull the battery out, and re-insert for the phone to start again.
I even tried Firmware Recovery via KIES but that too failed, and after that I'm beginning to see a new variant to my problem.
Now, the phone mostly boots into Download Mode, where I see the below:
Could not do normal boot.
ddi : mmc_read failed
ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N910F
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 (0)
I'm a little worried about the above highlighted lines, as I plan to take the Phone down to Samsung (Samsung Chat confirmed that the phone is still in Warranty).
As I have never rooted the phone, I'm quite surprised why the phone is showing System Status as Custom. Is this something to worry about, or should it be fine and considered still under warranty?
Any advice would be great, as I really need to get this phone working normal again.
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Don't worry about the custom status.
Mine has started doing the same after about 14 months - freezing, restarting, switching off. I got the mmc read fail and custom status on a reboot as well (mines never seen root or a custom firmware) but if I manually boot it in to download mode , the status reads official. Try it on yours.
Apparently it's down to having a 64gb card installed when the phone fails ti boot but I can't varify that.
James.Miller said:
Don't worry about the custom status.
Mine has started doing the same after about 14 months - freezing, restarting, switching off. I got the mmc read fail and custom status on a reboot as well (mines never seen root or a custom firmware) but if I manually boot it in to download mode , the status reads official. Try it on yours.
Apparently it's down to having a 64gb card installed when the phone fails ti boot but I can't varify that.
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You are so right.. I just checked it, and if I get into Bootloader manually I see that the SYSTEM STATUS is Official
Even the Knox Warranty line is slightly different
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 (4)
So, I guess I'll take the trip down to Samsung Centre, and as the Engineer in the chat confirmed, they'll repair for FREE, under Warranty
Also curious if you've got your phone sorted?? and If so, what did you do?
dg170775 said:
You are so right.. I just checked it, and if I get into Bootloader manually I see that the SYSTEM STATUS is Official
Even the Knox Warranty line is slightly different
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 (4)
So, I guess I'll take the trip down to Samsung Centre, and as the Engineer in the chat confirmed, they'll repair for FREE, under Warranty
Also curious if you've got your phone sorted?? and If so, what did you do?
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Unfortunately no. My phone is useable but getting worse. Luckily Im only a few miles from my closest Samsung centre so I'm going to take it in on Saturday
Me too going on Saturday to the Wembley centre (my nearest)
My phone is totally unusable and only boots into the bootloader.
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Ok so i thought i'd post an update for you guys:
I took my phone in to samsung in Milton Keynes on saturday. At first they were'nt sure about the phone as it had a third party battery (the original failed at 13 months) and german firmware on it (offical, was the only way to get 5.1.1 at the time..). But they eventually took it in. They were busy, which is fair enough it was a Saturday after all, but gave the german firmware as an excuse not to test it that day. The girl told me quite clearly that they would have to reflash the correct firmware before they can test it, again, fine, it was busy.
When they took the phone, they took the sim and my 64gb memory card.I questioned this at the time but i was told it was fine. so OK.
Fast forward a bit and yesterday i get the email to say its fixed. YEY. So i visited the samsung store today to pick it up, only the find the sim and card missing. The guy i dealt with said he'd seen the card when it was being repaired. it was a 64gb sandisk Sandisk ultra, so red and grey - quite distinctive. He then heads ouyt back to speak to somebody and comes back out saying "you're not going to like this, but they've been disposed of".
REALLY? YOU THREW THEM AWAY?
Then he proceeds to point to the small print stating they are not responsible for sims or cards left in the phones. FFS. I asked for them back when i handed them phone over and was told it was fine and at no point was i shown this small print OR advised that they cant take them. Anyway he himself was quite helpful so it was hard to be mad with him. He's given me the number of head office and their branch code, so im going to ring them and see what i can do.
So, at this point the phone is fixed. It needed a new mainboard as expected and a new charging board as well - didnt expect that but it could have been damaged when they took the screen off. but, i have no sim and no memory card. The card can wait - everything is backed up so ive lost nothing but the card itself but it is the principal, here. Having no sim i had to go visit the three store in the hopes that they could provide another for me. They could, luckily, and my sim was registered and up and running as soon as i inserted it and turned the phone on so at least i have a working phone. Great service from Three. Samsung/carphone warehouse...not so much.
so that's where i am. Oh and they didnt reflash the right firmware on the phone, apparently they arent even allowed to do that. So the girl i dealt with on saturday wasnt right about that either.
James.Miller said:
Ok so i thought i'd post an update for you guys:
I took my phone in to samsung in Milton Keynes on saturday. At first they were'nt sure about the phone as it had a third party battery (the original failed at 13 months) and german firmware on it (offical, was the only way to get 5.1.1 at the time..). But they eventually took it in. They were busy, which is fair enough it was a Saturday after all, but gave the german firmware as an excuse not to test it that day. The girl told me quite clearly that they would have to reflash the correct firmware before they can test it, again, fine, it was busy.
When they took the phone, they took the sim and my 64gb memory card.I questioned this at the time but i was told it was fine. so OK.
Fast forward a bit and yesterday i get the email to say its fixed. YEY. So i visited the samsung store today to pick it up, only the find the sim and card missing. The guy i dealt with said he'd seen the card when it was being repaired. it was a 64gb sandisk Sandisk ultra, so red and grey - quite distinctive. He then heads ouyt back to speak to somebody and comes back out saying "you're not going to like this, but they've been disposed of".
REALLY? YOU THREW THEM AWAY?
Then he proceeds to point to the small print stating they are not responsible for sims or cards left in the phones. FFS. I asked for them back when i handed them phone over and was told it was fine and at no point was i shown this small print OR advised that they cant take them. Anyway he himself was quite helpful so it was hard to be mad with him. He's given me the number of head office and their branch code, so im going to ring them and see what i can do.
So, at this point the phone is fixed. It needed a new mainboard as expected and a new charging board as well - didnt expect that but it could have been damaged when they took the screen off. but, i have no sim and no memory card. The card can wait - everything is backed up so ive lost nothing but the card itself but it is the principal, here. Having no sim i had to go visit the three store in the hopes that they could provide another for me. They could, luckily, and my sim was registered and up and running as soon as i inserted it and turned the phone on so at least i have a working phone. Great service from Three. Samsung/carphone warehouse...not so much.
so that's where i am. Oh and they didnt reflash the right firmware on the phone, apparently they arent even allowed to do that. So the girl i dealt with on saturday wasnt right about that either.
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i doubt you needed a new charging usb board. Place sounds shady.
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dg170775 said:
Hi All,
I have a SM-N910F that I have been using as my daily phone for about 18 months. I have NEVER ROOTED.
Recently I started encountering lags, freezes and restarts. In general, the phone became unusable.
I factory reset the phone and set the whole phone again from scratch, but in a few days I'm back where I was.
If I restart the phone, OR power down, the phone does not start. I have to pull the battery out, and re-insert for the phone to start again.
I even tried Firmware Recovery via KIES but that too failed, and after that I'm beginning to see a new variant to my problem.
Now, the phone mostly boots into Download Mode, where I see the below:
Could not do normal boot.
ddi : mmc_read failed
ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N910F
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 (0)
I'm a little worried about the above highlighted lines, as I plan to take the Phone down to Samsung (Samsung Chat confirmed that the phone is still in Warranty).
As I have never rooted the phone, I'm quite surprised why the phone is showing System Status as Custom. Is this something to worry about, or should it be fine and considered still under warranty?
Any advice would be great, as I really need to get this phone working normal again.
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Hi, was there a definite solution? I have the same problem.
I was wondering..
I came across this Forum group since I was looking for boot problems with my SM-N910T3
I hope flashing pit will resolve this..
I recently started to have some low level issue and was hoping it was partition/boot related and not hardware.
Randomly phone boot directly into Download mode with error;
ddi: mmc_read failed
Often I have to pull battery and hold down /power / home for 10 sec to boot up again.
Thanks
Ahh welcome to the club, my Note 4 got the same errors now after > 1 year. Suddenly and without me doing anything wrong.
And nothing helped to repair it, no flashing of FWs or PIT files or anything. So - I guess a new mainboard would be the only solution.
Problem is, I am also Knox 0x1 - yes, I rooted the phone, and now I am worried that I won't get it repaired by Samsung on warranty.
Which would be an utter shame, since nobody can be blaimed for the faulty mmcs except Sammy.
So I rooted my note 4 910g on MM using Twrp and SuperSU 2.74 Beta. The problem is that it has started behaving weird with random freezes and bootloops. Formatting and Reflashing PIT, ROM, etc causes it to get stuck at Android is upgrading and it goes on for like 10mins and then the cycle repeats. Is my eMMC dying? Do help if someone can help me revive my phone somehow.
I know i shouldnt be hoping for much of a solution but still if theres hope then do post a reply.
I started experiencing this issue since last week. Out of nowhere, my Note 4 started to lag and freeze. At first I thought maybe it was the battery too, so I got myself a brand new Anker Battery. And hey, nope it's not a battery issue. Then I reformatted my phone, and yes, it was still lagging and freezing.
Fast forward to this week, last night, I got the mmc_read failed message. Shoot me.
Now I've been using the Wake Lock app and it's set to Level 4 (Partial Wake Lock). It's been much better with this App running. Of course, my battery takes a hit. But at least the phone is usable, as long as I don't restart the Phone.
My gf's phone is exactly the same as mine, Note 4, and we're exactly on the same firmware version. She has no issue at all. We've switched batteries as well and her phone works fine with any battery.
I never rooted my phone, and I've been using only the original, official firmware pushed by T-mobile. My phone is running the latest firmware (EQB1) released last month. The problem didn't start right after my phone was updated. Only since last week.
Now, I've been scouring the Internet and many say this is a hardware issue, but some say too that this is probably caused by the firmware. Does anyone now know better if this is a hardware or software issue?
I was going to get myself another Note 4 but then if this is a firmware issue, it could happen too to a new Note 4. If this is a hardware issue, then a new Note 4 may not get this problem.
There's also a conspiracy theory saying that Samsung purposely did this so as to force all Note 4 users to upgrade their phones. If this is a firmware issue, can we file a class suit? Sigh.
UPDATE 1:
I just came back from the Samsung Experience Center. I also talked with Samsung, T-mobile over the Phone today.
So basically, from what the guy over at the Samsung Experience Center told me, a few months ago, many Note 4 Sprint users had this exact same issue. Basically the firmware update caused the phone to malfunction. In the end Samsung replaced all the affected phones. I went there, talked to him, and initially I wanted him to reflash my phone but he then told me that this issue was basically a faulty firmware. Reflashing wouldn't really help because the firmware itself is faulty. The firmware could have affected (damaged) the hardware. That this exact same issue has happened in the past with Sprint users.
I then called Samsung hotline up and talked with, fortunately, a friendly and helpful rep who was willing to document everything and escalate the issue on my behalf. She told me that she would call me back in a few days to update me on how the case is going.
At this point, I'll just have to wait and see.
UPDATE 2:
And apparently I just learned that Note 4 in Europe and Sprint here in the US just received a latest firmware update around 300-400mb in size.
"The firmware update description reveals that it brings better stability and performance as well as optimizations for improving battery efficiency. This Galaxy Note 4 update also comes with the March security patch that has 73 fixes for Android OS vulnerabilities and fixes for a dozen vulnerabilities that Samsung found in its own software."
Fingers-crossed, hopefully this update will soon come to T-mobile and other carriers and fix our issue.
T-mobile recently released a firmware update for Galaxy Note 4 (EQC1): https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-28899
I'm wondering if anyone has installed this and can confirm if this firmware update has fixed the mmc_read failed issue along with the constant lagging/freezing problem?
I've just bought a new Note 4, under settings and system it says it's the n910F version, but cpu-z says the bootloader is N910SKSU2COL1. If I boot it in safe mode (home button + volume up + power), it's says
Android system recovery <3e>
LMY47X.N910SKSU2C0J4
recovery mode (home button + volume down + power) gives me the warning in korean language then states product name as SM-N910S
Also, and what bothers me the most is that I have a huge battery drain on the phone. I tried wiping the cache and hard resetting the fone for the 4th time now, still getting a massive battery drain doing basically nothing. I've just lost 15% in less than 40 minutes from a 100% charge. My guess is that the phone was "badly" updated from KitKat to Lollipop (KNOX warranty void is on 1, and i can't get the OTA update for Marshmallow).
I would like to update it to 6.0.1 (or again to 5.1.1 myself) to see it that fixes the problem, but I am not sure how to do it since my case is a little bit "particular" if i may say so.
I come from an iphone, so any help would be extremely appreciated, I am completely lost.
Thanks
PS : can't find the option to attach screenshots of my settings and battery.
ebusmaximus said:
I've just bought a new Note 4, under settings and system it says it's the n910F version, but cpu-z says the bootloader is N910SKSU2COL1. If I boot it in safe mode (home button + volume up + power), it's says
Android system recovery <3e>
LMY47X.N910SKSU2C0J4
recovery mode (home button + volume down + power) gives me the warning in korean language then states product name as SM-N910S
Also, and what bothers me the most is that I have a huge battery drain on the phone. I tried wiping the cache and hard resetting the fone for the 4th time now, still getting a massive battery drain doing basically nothing. I've just lost 15% in less than 40 minutes from a 100% charge. My guess is that the phone was "badly" updated from KitKat to Lollipop (KNOX warranty void is on 1, and i can't get the OTA update for Marshmallow).
I would like to update it to 6.0.1 (or again to 5.1.1 myself) to see it that fixes the problem, but I am not sure how to do it since my case is a little bit "particular" if i may say so.
I come from an iphone, so any help would be extremely appreciated, I am completely lost.
Thanks
PS : can't find the option to attach screenshots of my settings and battery.
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My advice Dont flash anything just use as it is otherwise you will lose what you have.
Long story short i bought also n910c and in download mode and cpuz says n910s but when i bought it was running marshmallow n910c firmware and it runs smooth so i didn't flash anything cuz if i flash original n910s firmware I'll lose 4g and there will be no option in settings to switch beetween 4g/3g/2g and it will show roaming signal all the time and also n910s firmware included korean bloatware apps that i dont want.
I am also stuck on june marshmallow update i can't update anymore.but still working very stable.my knox is also void but who cares about useless knox.
Try another battery cuz i think mine is just fine give me about 4+hours screen on time .maybe yours is not orignal or low class battery.
Trex888 said:
My advice Dont flash anything just use as it is otherwise you will lose what you have.
Long story short i bought also n910c and in download mode and cpuz says n910s but when i bought it was running marshmallow n910c firmware and it runs smooth so i didn't flash anything cuz if i flash original n910s firmware I'll lose 4g and there will be no option in settings to switch beetween 4g/3g/2g and it will show roaming signal all the time and also n910s firmware included korean bloatware apps that i dont want.
I am also stuck on june marshmallow update i can't update anymore.but still working very stable.my knox is also void but who cares about useless knox.
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Does it mean I won't ever be able to get Marshmallow? Now that's pretty awful...
ebusmaximus said:
Does it mean I won't ever be able to get Marshmallow? Now that's pretty awful...
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You can update to Marshallow if you flash n910s official firmware but trust me you will hate it and regret.
My best suggestions will be sell it and get rid of it and get another model.
Trex888 said:
You can update to Marshallow if you flash n910s official firmware but trust me you will hate it and regret.
My best suggestions will be sell it and get rid of it and get another model.
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Actually i went back to the store i bought it from, and they are all like this (N910S or V models appearing as N910F). To make things worse, even the labels under the batteries say N910F
The worst part being that horrible battery drain.
ebusmaximus said:
Actually i went back to the store i bought it from, and they are all like this (N910S or V models appearing as N910F). To make things worse, even the labels under the batteries say N910F
The worst part being that horrible battery drain.
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The 1 shows n910f everywhere They are all refurbished
They can fake everything but not motherboard thats y in download mode your still shows n910s
Mine shows everywhere n910s even under the battery but the software only show n910c.cuz not refurbished
only they change software for multiple languages and 4g unlocking.
Check your battery if there is a chip kind of thing under the battery it self
Thats a chip for nfc and fast charge i beleive if it's not there then definitely your battery is fake.
Trex888 said:
The 1 shows n910f everywhere They are all refurbished
They can fake everything but not motherboard thats y in download mode your still shows n910s
Mine shows everywhere n910s even under the battery but the software only show n910c.cuz not refurbished
only they change software for multiple languages and 4g unlocking.
Check your battery if there is a chip kind of thing under the battery it self
Thats a chip for nfc and fast charge i beleive if it's not there then definitely your battery is fake.
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I know about the NFC chip in the battery. The one they gave me at first had nothing. I bought an OEM battery with the NFC chip, but still has the battery drain issue. This is giving me headaches...
ebusmaximus said:
I know about the NFC chip in the battery. The one they gave me at first had nothing. I bought an OEM battery with the NFC chip, but still has the battery drain issue. This is giving me headaches...
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Try this trick
Completely empty your battery to 0% until phone shutdown automatically
Then try to power on again if still have some charge left make it empty.
Then charge full to 100% while phone is turned off.
Unplug Then turn on phone it will be 98 or 99% plug in again and leave in charge for 15min.
Try this trick for 3 or 4 charges it will solve the battery issue and dont let phone heat up a lot it drains battery lot faster in any device.
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Try this trick
Completely empty your battery to 0% until phone shutdown automatically
Then try to power on again if still have some charge left make it empty.
Then charge full to 100% while phone is turned off.
Unplug Then turn on phone it will be 98 or 99% plug in again and leave in charge for 15min.
Try this trick for 3 or 4 charges it will solve the battery issue and dont let phone heat up a lot it drains battery lot faster in any device.
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Already left it empty itself to zero this afternoon. Charged it back to 100% (took around 5 hours!!), wiped cache, factory reset, then lost 15% in around 30 minutes just setting it up (only installed cpu z, phone info and genuine galaxy. The rest was downloading the updates for the pre-installed apps, through wifi). I'll try what you said, but knowing that upgrading the phone to marshmallow will basically break it makes me pretty upset. Maybe i'll try to get a refund.
ebusmaximus said:
Already left it empty itself to zero this afternoon. Charged it back to 100% (took around 5 hours!!), wiped cache, factory reset, then lost 15% in around 30 minutes just setting it up (only installed cpu z, phone info and genuine galaxy. The rest was downloading the updates for the pre-installed apps, through wifi). I'll try what you said, but knowing that upgrading the phone to marshmallow will basically break it makes me pretty upset. Maybe i'll try to get a refund.
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Yea better get refund thats the best way to solve this headache.
Trex888 said:
Yea better get refund thats the best way to solve this headache.
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I'll try tomorrow, but they policy is replacement, no refund. I don't wan't another refurbished model with the same problems.
Another question : my bootloader and csc versions match the korean model, but not the pda, which apparently dosen't even exist (N910FXXU2COL1). Is it custom or something? How do they do that?
ebusmaximus said:
I'll try tomorrow, but they policy is replacement, no refund. I don't wan't another refurbished model with the same problems.
Another question : my bootloader and csc versions match the korean model, but not the pda, which apparently dosen't even exist (N910FXXU2COL1). Is it custom or something? How do they do that?
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They do through a dongle box called z3x or octopus this boxes they use to unlock sim for any device and fake the firmware.
Trust me the pda version is n910s also but its modefied and masked to n910f via this box .
Anyway they do stuff for all brands not just samsung.
1 of my friend bought note 3 sm-n9005 but i check the motherboard it was n900p sprint.i didn't tell him cuz he dont actually got any knowledge about this stuff he use as a simple smart phone.and he is very happy with it
More you know about flashing and rooting more you will mess up with the phone.
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Trex888 said:
They do through a dongle box called z3x or octopus this boxes they use to unlock sim for any device and fake the firmware.
Trust me the pda version is n910s also but its modefied and masked to n910f via this box .
Anyway they do stuff for all brands not just samsung.
1 of my friend bought note 3 sm-n9005 but i check the motherboard it was n900p sprint.i didn't tell him cuz he dont actually got any knowledge about this stuff he use as a simple smart phone.and he is very happy with it
More you know about flashing and rooting more you will mess up with the phone.
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Got a refund. Found a 910F with matching everything (pda, csc...). Slightly pricier, but if that gets me rid of the OTA upgrade and battery drain issue, that's good for me.
I WILL end up messing up with my phone, just not right now.
Did you check in download mode ? If if says n910f then your motherboard also matches the software
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Did you check in download mode ? If if says n910f then your motherboard also matches the software
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Yes it did. I'll get it myself on monday, i'll take more time to double check everything before leaving the shop.
Good decision to get rid of this phone, sadly its getting more and more difficult to find second hand original phones as the market is flooded with refurbished phones from China. Its big business there...
Bought a Note 2 - brand new in its sealed box etc for my wife. Turned out to be a refurbished phone. I did not know and was concerned I was buying a clone...sadly its not a clone but a rebuild phone with cheap imitation parts.
cfds said:
Good decision to get rid of this phone, sadly its getting more and more difficult to find second hand original phones as the market is flooded with refurbished phones from China. Its big business there...
Bought a Note 2 - brand new in its sealed box etc for my wife. Turned out to be a refurbished phone. I did not know and was concerned I was buying a clone...sadly its not a clone but a rebuild phone with cheap imitation parts.
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Exactly. Went to 3 different stores to find that all the units they are selling, while appearing cosmetically new, are actually refurbished Korean version flashed to appear as international (even the label under the battery had been replaced).
I need this software
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I've just bought a new Note 4, under settings and system it says it's the n910F version, but cpu-z says the bootloader is N910SKSU2COL1. If I boot it in safe mode (home button + volume up + power), it's says
Android system recovery <3e>
LMY47X.N910SKSU2C0J4
recovery mode (home button + volume down + power) gives me the warning in korean language then states product name as SM-N910S
Also, and what bothers me the most is that I have a huge battery drain on the phone. I tried wiping the cache and hard resetting the fone for the 4th time now, still getting a massive battery drain doing basically nothing. I've just lost 15% in less than 40 minutes from a 100% charge. My guess is that the phone was "badly" updated from KitKat to Lollipop (KNOX warranty void is on 1, and i can't get the OTA update for Marshmallow).
I would like to update it to 6.0.1 (or again to 5.1.1 myself) to see it that fixes the problem, but I am not sure how to do it since my case is a little bit "particular" if i may say so.
I come from an iphone, so any help would be extremely appreciated, I am completely lost.
Thanks
PS : can't find the option to attach screenshots of my settings and battery.
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Hello, I know this thread is probably dead but internet doesn't die, I need this exact version of software..why?
Well I have been using a note 4 for a very long time and the motherboard got a problem and I took it to the repair guy to change, but he put exactly this type of motherboard software with the exact problems as yours ( it only gets 3G/4G when there enough network and can't use it at home and yet my previous board was working flawlessly), at first i thought it's because of software being outdated (5.1.1) but nothing got solved even after updating,tried different custom Rom like nemesis refined but didn't solve the problem so I decided to take it back, now this guy is claiming it was working very well and for me to get a replacement I must put back the software that was there, by that he means the new softwares I put spoiled the network so my problem I was very stupid, I didn't make a back up before flashing new Rom, so please anyone who can provide a link where I can download this Rom, or someone with it to upload for me please am desperate. ( it's PDA version doesnt exist on sammobile but it appears they normally put it on refurbished phone like cloning the software of N910S to appear as N910F .Thanks