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[Q] How can i find for what carrier my phone is?

Hello guys,
How can i find for what carrier my phone is or if is factory unlocked or not?
For the moment i use a sim card and everything works ok, but i'm afraid that i woul make an software update and my phone will be locked or relocked.
Thanxs!

You can use this app to see your phone's details
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo

THANX!
I used this app and show me Austria!
But the carrier no!

"Mobile Operator Name" is the carrier.

Dear Jopat
Now show me RO VODAFONE RO...
Is the carrier of my sim...
I don't know if the phone is factory unlocked or not...

sergiuhusca said:
Dear Jopat
Now show me RO VODAFONE RO...
Is the carrier of my sim...
I don't know if the phone is factory unlocked or not...
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Whats the model number of your phone?

sergiuhusca said:
Dear Jopat
Now show me RO VODAFONE RO...
Is the carrier of my sim...
I don't know if the phone is factory unlocked or not...
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Check your phone's active CSC, they usually have the same lock status for every phone.
Easiest method is to use another carrier sim card and test it on your unit.

gridflash i have the smg900f model
jopat...now i use my carrier...but i'm afraid if i make an update the phone will be locked,relocked...

sergiuhusca said:
gridflash i have the smg900f model
jopat...now i use my carrier...but i'm afraid if i make an update the phone will be locked,relocked...
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No, updating the software doesn't change the carrier lock status. If it was previously locked and was unlocked, it will stay unlocked. If you will update through flashing, just be sure that you are flashing the correct software intended for your unit to avoid problems. If you flash your phone with a different firmware with locked csc, your phone will be locked.

Thx Jopat...
In the past i have a Samsung Galaxy s3 and after one update the phone relocked himself...

]Thx Jopat...
In the past i have a Samsung Galaxy s3 and after one update the phone relocked himself...
How do i know if my csc is unlocked?

sergiuhusca said:
gridflash i have the smg900f model
jopat...now i use my carrier...but i'm afraid if i make an update the phone will be locked,relocked...
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This appears to be an unlocked International version for the EU. But the Forum Moderators checking into the update issue.
You can check http://samfirmware.com/ to find what country your CSC code was built for. This is the CSC for Austria (A1) : G900FVFG1ANE1
This senior member says the towelroot works for the G900F
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53424837&highlight=g900f#post53424837

sergiuhusca said:
]Thx Jopat...
In the past i have a Samsung Galaxy s3 and after one update the phone relocked himself...
How do i know if my csc is unlocked?
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That's what you have to know yourself. If the network you are using has a history of locking the sim, then it's almost 100% sure that your S5 is locked. S5 was well-prepared for its distribution so the CSC of the network is surely fully configured. Look around here on XDA and take note of the firmwares they are using for modding their custom roms, that'll give you a good idea which firmware is easy to configure. You can start reading with gridflash's suggestion.

No...the s3 initialy was locked on VODAFONE UK!i UNLOCKED AND THEN,WHEN I MADE FIRST UPDATE THE PHONE RELOCKED HIMSELF.
THE S5 I BUY FROM A GUY...AND HE TELL ME THAT THE PHONE IS NEVERLOCK.
I LOOCK FOR THE CSC AND FOR THE AUSTRIA IS THE SAME FOR TELERING AND T MOBILE...
AND THE SAME CSC IS FOR AN UNKNOWN COUNTRY...

Try this website. Enter your IMEI number there.
http://iphoneimei.info/

jopat said:
Try this website. Enter your IMEI number there.
http://iphoneimei.info/
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iS FOR IPHONE...

CSC IS TTR
WHAT COUNTRY IS TTR?

^Someone told me it works for others too. Anyway, just ignore it, there's a fee for the query when I tried it just now.
Anyway, why not just borrow or buy another carrier's sim card and try it on?

I use it with a romanian sim card VODAFONE RO!
i DON'T KNOW THE ORIGINAL CARRIER...THAT'S ALL!

sergiuhusca said:
I use it with a romanian sim card VODAFONE RO!
i DON'T KNOW THE ORIGINAL CARRIER...THAT'S ALL!
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I'm getting very confused which info you really want to know. If you want to know the original and/or current carrier, Phone Info will give you that info as previously stated. Every other details, Phone Info will provide, only exception is the network/carrier lock status.

[Q] Unbranding my Note4

I have a question can I flash unbranded latest firmware on my T-mobile branded N910F without tripping KNOX?
If yes can i have link for latest lets say German DBT firmware? Thank you

Yes bro , u can use ODIN to flash the firmware and via ODIN knox doesn't trip. Warranty only gets void, if KONX trips.

and do you by any chance have some fast link for k4 firm?
T mobile is stuck on J4

jirka607 said:
and do you by any chance have some fast link for k4 firm?
T mobile is stuck on J4
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This should be it, good luck!
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/39089/N910FXXU1ANK4_N910FOXA1ANK4_DBT.zip/

Hi there,
Can i suggest before you do it, i suggest to Network unlock your phone first. that's what i did before installing the unbranded firmware which you can find in Sammobile. im in O2 UK and after unlocking the Network unlock, i installed the unlock firmware using odin. since its a gebuine firmware, it didnt trgger the knox.

jirka607 said:
I have a question can I flash unbranded latest firmware on my T-mobile branded N910F without tripping KNOX?
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Yes, you can. But there's something you should know.
A branded Note 4 usually does NOT have that dreaded "Region Lock", prohibiting the use of any local SIM cards saving you a wealth of money if you're abroad. Check the box your Note came in. If there's no sticker informing about the device being locked to a special region of use, you don't have that Samsung disease.
Flashing a stock ROM is likely to activate that mindless "Region Lock".
So remember to flash an original carrier firmware prior to leaving for vacation.

iom_jack said:
Hi there,
Can i suggest before you do it, i suggest to Network unlock your phone first. that's what i did before installing the unbranded firmware which you can find in Sammobile. im in O2 UK and after unlocking the Network unlock, i installed the unlock firmware using odin. since its a gebuine firmware, it didnt trgger the knox.
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Unbranding has nothing do with the network lock.

I guess this is what I was looking for, so what I understand is, that on my Tmobile US note4, I can flash firmware of international version, and then my note4 will be like non carrier version Note4.
Yes, my device is already unlocked.
Sent from my SM-N910T using Tapatalk

What happens if I flashed another country firmware??

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.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD

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.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD

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

Have a SM-G950FD in the US. How to run Samsung Pay

As the title says, I live in the US but bought a sm-g950fd from Pakistan while I was there. Software information tab is attached below.
How do I get to run spay in the US?
I have read a few threads about this but haven't found a definite answer. From my understanding I need to:
Backup and factory reset
Install UAE (XSG) firmware through Odin
Uninstall stock spay app and install the US one from apkmirror
Is this the correct way to enable Spay? How risky is it to flash the firmware? Will I lose OTA updates? My phone isn't rooted yet.
And in Odin, which file do i select in CSC. The one starting with Home_csc, or just csc ?

Here's what I did and got it working for me
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73498072&postcount=24

danman132x said:
Here's what I did and got it working for me
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73498072&postcount=24
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Thanks for this. Do I need to have a foreign sim card or can it work without one?

Can I ask do you roam in the US with an international provider, or do you live here and have a US cellular provider?

ChikhaiBardo said:
Can I ask do you roam in the US with an international provider, or do you live here and have a US cellular provider?
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I live here and have a US cellular provider

I live in the US. The only way I was able to change the region is by using the method I linked. I literally everything before that, flashing different versions etc, but only by changing the Sim card did it work. Paid about 10 USD to have the Sim shipped to me. It's been a while since I did it so I don't remember the specifics, but my link is pretty detailed

danman132x said:
I live in the US. The only way I was able to change the region is by using the method I linked. I literally everything before that, flashing different versions etc, but only by changing the Sim card did it work. Paid about 10 USD to have the Sim shipped to me. It's been a while since I did it so I don't remember the specifics, but my link is pretty detailed
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Yeah, your method is very good. Any specific network to look for? And should I flash the latest firmware or a little older one?

So I managed to get an indian sim from a friend and installed the indian firmware. What happened is that my phone's CSC has changed, but it has changed to Italy (ITV). And apparently, Italy only has the single sim variant so I didnt get update to oreo as well :/
What should i do? get a sim card from another country and do the process over again? or just manually install the indian 8.0 firmware?
Samsung pay seems to work fine though

A205YN Carrier Unlock

I bought a carrier locked A205YN to Telstra by accident and decided to take it up as a project to try and unlock it before using it as a daily phone. So I've been playing with it for a few months learning as I go.
I have been able to change it's Firmware from TLP to XSA. Telstra to Unbranded. But the firmware is the same, so it didn't change the lock.
I rooted the phone and edited the files
/efs/imei/mps_code.dat
/efs/imei/omcnw_code.dat
contents of both files from TLP to XSA. Then I did a factory reset.
It's CSC info changed from
TLP/TLP/TLP
to
XSA/XSA/TLP
How do I change the 3rd CSC Carrier field? I'm hoping this will unlock the phone? I have an unlocked A205YN with XSA/XSA/XSA, so I can get any files from that one and copy them to this device. Does anyone know the location of these config files?
Also if I flash the modem (CP or Core Processor) from a non Australian firmware such as A205F Europe, will this work? Odin won't let me do it, probably because the model numbers don't match. But I'm pretty sure the phone is actually the same and the model number is just a region lock equivelent. Is there a modified Odin that will let me do it or do I need to change the file name or files contents?

Hello,
Did you find a way to unlock your phone? I have an A205YN region locked (although I bought it unlocked in Australia, it keeps saying its locked in BRazil).
If you did, please share your learning with me.
Thanks in advance,
Allisson
Lobsta03 said:
I bought a carrier locked A205YN to Telstra by accident and decided to take it up as a project to try and unlock it before using it as a daily phone. So I've been playing with it for a few months learning as I go.
I have been able to change it's Firmware from TLP to XSA. Telstra to Unbranded. But the firmware is the same, so it didn't change the lock.
I rooted the phone and edited the files
/efs/imei/mps_code.dat
/efs/imei/omcnw_code.dat
contents of both files from TLP to XSA. Then I did a factory reset.
It's CSC info changed from
TLP/TLP/TLP
to
XSA/XSA/TLP
How do I change the 3rd CSC Carrier field? I'm hoping this will unlock the phone? I have an unlocked A205YN with XSA/XSA/XSA, so I can get any files from that one and copy them to this device. Does anyone know the location of these config files?
Also if I flash the modem (CP or Core Processor) from a non Australian firmware such as A205F Europe, will this work? Odin won't let me do it, probably because the model numbers don't match. But I'm pretty sure the phone is actually the same and the model number is just a region lock equivelent. Is there a modified Odin that will let me do it or do I need to change the file name or files contents?
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allisson said:
Hello,
Did you find a way to unlock your phone? I have an A205YN region locked (although I bought it unlocked in Australia, it keeps saying its locked in BRazil).
If you did, please share your learning with me.
Thanks in advance,
Allisson
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My a205yn is locked to Vodafone but I use Kogan

physwizz said:
My a205yn is locked to Vodafone but I use Kogan
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Thanks for the reply.
What do you mean by KOgan? Could you be more specific?
Kind regads,
Allisson

allisson said:
Thanks for the reply.
What do you mean by KOgan? Could you be more specific?
Kind regads,
Allisson
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Kogan uses the vodafone network
its cheaper than vodafone

Most phones have an inbuilt unlock app. Metro has a limit of 6 months for prepaid phones and a monetary limit of a $100 before it can be unlocked.

ninjasinabag said:
Most phones have an inbuilt unlock app. Metro has a limit of 6 months for prepaid phones and a monetary limit of a $100 before it can be unlocked.
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stupid question but can you use one of those pay to unlock websites to unlock it? Does that work