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Bought Note 3 N9005 it was already Rooted

I Recently Bought Note 3 N9005 from online store crazydeals ,Dubai
the Phone i received was a European sim model and when i switched on the phone i noticed SUPER SU was already installed so for confirmation i Installed Root checker and Got Confirmed the phone was already rooted
so I googled and came to know about KNOX thing and Found ODIN shows warranty void 0x1
Now Tell me what are the disadvantages of Having such phone should i use the phone as it is or i am gonna have issues later on , what sort of problem i will face if i keep this phone and use it
And i travel in different country will i face any issue ?

pleasant said:
I Recently Bought Note 3 N9005 from online store crazydeals ,Dubai
the Phone i received was a European sim model and when i switched on the phone i noticed SUPER SU was already installed so for confirmation i Installed Root checker and Got Confirmed the phone was already rooted
so I googled and came to know about KNOX thing and Found ODIN shows warranty void 0x1
Now Tell me what are the disadvantages of Having such phone should i use the phone as it is or i am gonna have issues later on , what sort of problem i will face if i keep this phone and use it
And i travel in different country will i face any issue ?
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The only problem is that any Samsung warranty is probably void.
Other than that there will be no problem, but I STRONGLY suggest that you either exchange that for a normal sealed phone or at least (on the longer term when you will learn more about the topic) do a complete firmware re-write as to remove anything that was installed (and was possibly hidden) on that phone (for instance keyboard loggers). Also check the reactivation lock.

xclub_101 said:
The only problem is that any Samsung warranty is probably void.
Other than that there will be no problem, but I STRONGLY suggest that you either exchange that for a normal sealed phone or at least (on the longer term when you will learn more about the topic) do a complete firmware re-write as to remove anything that was installed (and was possibly hidden) on that phone (for instance keyboard loggers). Also check the reactivation lock.
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well they dont give samsung manufacturer warranty they only have crazydeals own warranty which only covers software related issues
no hardware warranty
so there is chances some hidden keyloggers might be there , What do you mean by check reactivation lock what is reactivation lock
how to rewrite the firmware What steps
DOWNLOAD THE ORIGINAL FIRMWARE of N9005 and Install it
and then INSTALL REGION LOCKAWAY ? to unlock the phone again ?
i will try to ask them if they have other international version of n9005 which is factory unlocked what if they only have European sim model available
and as the firmware is modified i cannot get OTA FW Updates so what options i have left to get 4.4.2 or later updates on NOTE 3 ?

pleasant said:
well they dont give samsung manufacturer warranty they only have crazydeals own warranty which only covers software related issues
no hardware warranty
so there is chances some hidden keyloggers might be there , What do you mean by check reactivation lock what is reactivation lock
how to rewrite the firmware What steps
DOWNLOAD THE ORIGINAL FIRMWARE of N9005 and Install it
and then INSTALL REGION LOCKAWAY ? to unlock the phone again ?
i will try to ask them if they have other international version of n9005 which is factory unlocked what if they only have European sim model available
and as the firmware is modified i cannot get OTA FW Updates so what options i have left to get 4.4.2 or later updates on NOTE 3 ?
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Best is that you return the one and get it replaced with new one. Your phone isn't brand new.
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-9005

pleasant said:
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how to rewrite the firmware What steps
DOWNLOAD THE ORIGINAL FIRMWARE of N9005 and Install it
and then INSTALL REGION LOCKAWAY ? to unlock the phone again ?
i will try to ask them if they have other international version of n9005 which is factory unlocked what if they only have European sim model available
and as the firmware is modified i cannot get OTA FW Updates so what options i have left to get 4.4.2 or later updates on NOTE 3 ?
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1. In theory it is that simple, however you probably have no idea what ORIGINAL firmware was So actually it could be much more complex, and you could softbrick the phone.
2. Region lockaway needs root. If you are using a non-EU SIM then you should be twice more careful.
3. You DO NOT want 4.4.2 until you are ABSOLUTELY certain that you can region-unlock the phone - there are reports that not all baseband versions actually work with region lockaway, so for the moment you probably have one that works! HOWEVER ON N9005 YOU CAN NEVER RETURN FROM 4.4.2 BACK TO 4.3! (at least for the moment).

xclub_101 said:
1. In theory it is that simple, however you probably have no idea what ORIGINAL firmware was So actually it could be much more complex, and you could softbrick the phone.
2. Region lockaway needs root. If you are using a non-EU SIM then you should be twice more careful.
3. You DO NOT want 4.4.2 until you are ABSOLUTELY certain that you can region-unlock the phone - there are reports that not all baseband versions actually work with region lockaway, so for the moment you probably have one that works! HOWEVER ON N9005 YOU CAN NEVER RETURN FROM 4.4.2 BACK TO 4.3! (at least for the moment).
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Hi can you tell me about my firmware I just rooted it with cf root as I bought it.
Its n9005 and I think its U.S variant.
I bought it from Pakistan so what if I flash 4.4.2 will I have to unlock?
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thahim said:
Best is that you return the one and get it replaced with new one. Your phone isn't brand new.
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-9005
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Yeah i will try to Get it replaced or return
btw from where you bought in pakistan at what price ? and it is also EU MODEL and came root unlocked ?

xclub_101 said:
1. In theory it is that simple, however you probably have no idea what ORIGINAL firmware was So actually it could be much more complex, and you could softbrick the phone.
2. Region lockaway needs root. If you are using a non-EU SIM then you should be twice more careful.
3. You DO NOT want 4.4.2 until you are ABSOLUTELY certain that you can region-unlock the phone - there are reports that not all baseband versions actually work with region lockaway, so for the moment you probably have one that works! HOWEVER ON N9005 YOU CAN NEVER RETURN FROM 4.4.2 BACK TO 4.3! (at least for the moment).
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yep i am using NON EU sim as i am in DUBAI and doesnt have EU Sim so the last resort is to return the phone

pleasant said:
Yeah i will try to Get it replaced or return
btw from where you bought in pakistan at what price ? and it is also EU MODEL and came root unlocked ?
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I bought it from Hyderabad Pak. it wasnt rooted but I rooted it my self. Its n9005 I dont know its e.u or u.s. r u in pak?
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-9005

thahim said:
I bought it from Hyderabad Pak. it wasnt rooted but I rooted it my self. Its n9005 I dont know its e.u or u.s. r u in pak?
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-9005
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No i recently moved from Pak at what price you bought ? bought from shop or online store ?

pleasant said:
No i recently moved from Pak at what price you bought ? bought from shop or online store ?
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It costed 72k bought it from a shop.
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-9005

thahim said:
Hi can you tell me about my firmware I just rooted it with cf root as I bought it.
Its n9005 and I think its U.S variant.
I bought it from Pakistan so what if I flash 4.4.2 will I have to unlock?
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-9005
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I believe N9005XX is the EU network-unlocked (but region-locked for EU) version.
MI7 could have been rooted with knox 0 by using URDLV, cf-root made your knox 1.
Check the effective CSC on your phone and read the threads around on that matter. Very likely that after writing stock 4.4.2 you will have to re-root and you might need to region-unlock (again?). I do not know if region lockaway works with 4.4.2 - look around for first-hand reports (but be aware to look at reports for the same model of N9005 that you have). Keep in mind that if you write 4.4.2 you can NOT return back to any 4.3 version.

xclub_101 said:
I believe N9005XX is the EU network-unlocked (but region-locked for EU) version.
MI7 could have been rooted with knox 0 by using URDLV, cf-root made your knox 1.
Check the effective CSC on your phone and read the threads around on that matter. Very likely that after writing stock 4.4.2 you will have to re-root and you might need to region-unlock (again?). I do not know if region lockaway works with 4.4.2 - look around for first-hand reports (but be aware to look at reports for the same model of N9005 that you have). Keep in mind that if you write 4.4.2 you can NOT return back to any 4.3 version.
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Thanks ill do a research before updating.
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-9005

[Q] SPH-L720 converted to GT- I9500. How to do it?

Hi Guys,
Need your help! I am a new user have no idea about the posting stuff.
I wanted to buy S4 GT-I9500 but unknowingly bought S4 American Sprint variant SPH-L720 because I was scammed. I bought this phone because it was showing something Model Number, Software Version of GS4- 19500 in the phone's "About Device" section (PIC 1 & PIC 2 attached) but later when I tried to connect it to Kies it just did not work and this made me suspicious. I took the phone to technician and he flashed genuine firmware on it SPH-L720. I was shocked to see, after that my my device model number and firmware was changed in the "About Device". See current PIC 3 & PIC 4.
I want it back to the previous state of (19500) as shown in the PIC 1 and PIC 2. Please advise how to do it step-by-step.
I am in a huge depression. Please help me!

Keyani said:
Hi Guys,
Need your help! I am a new user have no idea about the posting stuff.
I wanted to buy S4 GT-I9500 but unknowingly bought S4 American Sprint variant SPH-L720 because I was scammed. I bought this phone because it was showing something Model Number, Software Version of GS4- 19500 in the phone's "About Device" section (PIC 1 & PIC 2 attached) but later when I tried to connect it to Kies it just did not work and this made me suspicious. I took the phone to technician and he flashed genuine firmware on it SPH-L720. I was shocked to see, after that my my device model number and firmware was changed in the "About Device". See current PIC 3 & PIC 4.
I want it back to the previous state of (19500) as shown in the PIC 1 and PIC 2. Please advise how to do it step-by-step.
I am in a huge depression. Please help me!
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damn the same thing happened with me yesterday bought a gt9500 which i think is sprint sphl720 but i am not confirmed as mtk droid tools shows baseband version as that of l720 i am hell confused please share how that technician figured it out ? i can flash l720 firmware but not sure about sim lock. did you unlock your phone after official firmware ? or it was unlocked. you have to root and build.prop and then you can edit model number. one more thing was your device pre rooted ?
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my about device page is same as yours even the kernel version

Sounds like you guys bought Sprint GS4s that were made to look like the i9500. This was done by flashing a i9500 rom which is possible. Looks like you guys were suckered. You can still use the phone on a GSM network but it will only connect to HSPA+ and not LTE.

daniel4653 said:
Sounds like you guys bought Sprint GS4s that were made to look like the i9500. This was done by flashing a i9500 rom which is possible. Looks like you guys were suckered. You can still use the phone on a GSM network but it will only connect to HSPA+ and not LTE.
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gsm is working fine but sprint works on lte bands that are not supported in my country so cant say where as its common here these phones are assembled in korea (refurbished) . contains motherboard of sphl720, rom is tweaked as the kernel is same as sph kitkat version may be the official sprint rom is tweaked or its an asian rom for gti9500 this is so hard to tell these manufacturers have even edited imei to 15 digit what a fool i was that i didnt notice that there isnt anything such as 15 digit imei . its not possible to tweak gti9500 rom for l720

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gsm is working fine but sprint works on lte bands that are not supported in my country so cant say where as its common here these phones are assembled in korea (refurbished) . contains motherboard of sphl720, rom is tweaked as the kernel is same as sph kitkat version may be the official sprint rom is tweaked or its an asian rom for gti9500 this is so hard to tell these manufacturers have even edited imei to 15 digit what a fool i was that i didnt notice that there isnt anything such as 15 digit imei . its not possible to tweak gti9500 rom for l720[/QUOTE
I have same problem
My software is I9500VPUEMJA and its chines rom
And model is GT-i9500 in settings
But hardware is L720.8 its sprint
And bootloader is L720VPUEMJA
I THINK it's sprint Mobil
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Your Phone Probablity Originated From China!! OBVIOUSLY!!
Sad to say mine is also a gt-i9500-ish sph-l720. i sent my friend to buy me an s4 and he came back and blurted how he got me a 4G s4 with gt-i9500, and since am really good at this topic I was dead sure they scammed this sucker, so i made sure it was the Sprint S4(apparently most of you has Sprint's). I even was amazed the length they went the info under the battery is for gt-i9500. All you have to do is go to download mode and it states the REAL model name and look at build number and mine was binbinkeji yours DONG something so you have american version of S4 which is kinda legit since you were able to get it to flash the original ROM and get it working, the downsides i found are me unable to use EDGE anymore since it forces you to use HSPA+ (discovered a fix but will get back after evaluating it) an don't detect SIM contacts. you can add a lot of bloatware to the list too. the network didn't re-lock on me, so i think you are safe even though don't know the state of your phone. If there is anything wrong with the 4G well you 'bought' a 3G phone. mine is lovely and all you might lose is 2000 antutu points. otherwise its a good old Samsung Galaxy S4. don't worry!!

FitseMan said:
Sad to say mine is also a gt-i9500-ish sph-l720. i sent my friend to buy me an s4 and he came back and blurted how he got me a 4G s4 with gt-i9500, and since am really good at this topic I was dead sure they scammed this sucker, so i made sure it was the Sprint S4(apparently most of you has Sprint's). I even was amazed the length they went the info under the battery is for gt-i9500. All you have to do is go to download mode and it states the REAL model name and look at build number and mine was binbinkeji yours DONG something so you have american version of S4 which is kinda legit since you were able to get it to flash the original ROM and get it working, the downsides i found are me unable to use EDGE anymore since it forces you to use HSPA+ (discovered a fix but will get back after evaluating it) an don't detect SIM contacts. you can add a lot of bloatware to the list too. the network didn't re-lock on me, so i think you are safe even though don't know the state of your phone. If there is anything wrong with the 4G well you 'bought' a 3G phone. mine is lovely and all you might lose is 2000 antutu points. otherwise its a good old Samsung Galaxy S4. don't worry!!
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you are right download mode shows the correct info and you can even see the boot up logo also shows samsung gt 9500
well i sold mine because i didnt want qualcom and now i have the the true 9500 with exynos

Confused for flashing Stock rom on my Samsung Galaxy S4 !! Help and Comment Plz
Hi ,
M Kunal , I purchased Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 4 Months Before . (I have its Box With Its IMEI Written WIth Model Number and also on Back SIde Of its Battery It states That It Is Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9500) ).But When i put into download mode i saw model name with SPH-L720 ...Now ,M Confused For the phone that i have coz It is Samsung GT-I9500 and showing Model SPH-L720 .. I Was Not aware of any model of S4 Before This But When i searched this model on google i found same phone with same specifications by samsung sprint.. I showed my phone to the samsung care they told me that this phone have custom rom in it but i never flashed it before with any rom instead.. I checked its model in About Phone And It Shows SPH-L720 .. so Can i Flash Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 Stock Rom On this Issue To Show My Phone Model Name About Phone As GT-9500 And Not SPH-L720 coz all things and specifications of both Models Are Same ..

daniel4653 said:
Sounds like you guys bought Sprint GS4s that were made to look like the i9500. This was done by flashing a i9500 rom which is possible. Looks like you guys were suckered. You can still use the phone on a GSM network but it will only connect to HSPA+ and not LTE.
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Do you mean That On this Sprint GS4 Phone we can flash i9500 ROM to make it look like i9500 Phone ??

SugarSweetKunal said:
Do you mean That On this Sprint GS4 Phone we can flash i9500 ROM to make it look like i9500 Phone ??
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Yes because the build prop on the phone will show the model number as the international model. But at the end of the day the phone will be a SPH-L720
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920AZ

So can we flash a i9500 rom on a sprint s4? What if we're on lollipop?

NIFTYTAT411 said:
So can we flash a i9500 rom on a sprint s4? What if we're on lollipop?
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Flashing ROMs and mods for another device is probably the easiest way to hard brick your phone.
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bilgerryan said:
Flashing ROMs and mods for another device is probably the easiest way to hard brick your phone.
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Is their a program I can use on the computer to port it to our phones? Would that be safer

NIFTYTAT411 said:
Is their a program I can use on the computer to port it to our phones? Would that be safer
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None that I know of. You would have to do it manually and add the mods to the apks for your device. This stuff is a lot of work, there isn't an easy way to do it.

bilgerryan said:
None that I know of. You would have to do it manually and add the mods to the apks for your device. This stuff is a lot of work, there isn't an easy way to do it.
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Okay thank you for the help, I'll look into it

same thing with my phone SPH-L720 on bootloader and i9500 in.setting > about > model number ( GT-I9500 ).. i tried to flash cyanogenmod 12.1 for SPH-L720 but it couldn't flash ..stuck during CMW processes ... and when i tried to boot it it stuck on samsung logo ...
i want to back to stock rom but i don't know which rom i should falsh L720 or I9500
please help

elguneid said:
same thing with my phone SPH-L720 on bootloader and i9500 in.setting > about > model number ( GT-I9500 ).. i tried to flash cyanogenmod 12.1 for SPH-L720 but it couldn't flash ..stuck during CMW processes ... and when i tried to boot it it stuck on samsung logo ...
i want to back to stock rom but i don't know which rom i should falsh L720 or I9500
please help
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Look under your battery. The model # there is the actual model number.

bilgerryan said:
Look under your battery. The model # there is the actual model number.
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under barrary it's GT-I9500 also , but on download mode it's SPH-L720 , i don't know what is that !!

elguneid said:
under barrary it's GT-I9500 also , but on download mode it's SPH-L720 , i don't know what is that !!
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That seems like they put the motherboard of an L720 into the GTI9500... or something like that. If you can, take it back to wherever you got it. Unless you flashed software for a different phone.

bilgerryan said:
That seems like they put the motherboard of an L720 into the GTI9500... or something like that. If you can, take it back to wherever you got it. Unless you flashed software for a different phone.
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i can't take it back ... so i'm asking for solution to this issue
i can't use it now ... stuck in samsung logo

[Q] Unlocked, now a question about ROMs

Good afternoon. First, thanks to all the developers for all of the work that they do. I really appreciate it. On to my questions:
Using the unlock guide, I'm now using my Spring S4 with a Straight Talk At&t Sim card. I flashed the JFLTE GPE Rom back in February, if I'm not mistaken. I have even updated the ROM, using the OTA updater. Lately I was getting very choppy playback with any music player and I kept having a recurring issue with my network. I would have a pop up asking to sign into the At&t network. This only started happening with the latest update. But since I had this ROM for a while, I figured I'd try something else. I flashed the latest GAMER 5.1 ROM, specifically for the Sprint S4 (L720) and didn't get any network service at all. I thought I lost my unlock. So I flashed back to GPE got my service back. I was under the impression that I could flash any ROM because my phone was unlocked. My first question is, with my unlocked Sprint S4 using a Straight Talk At&t sim card, what ROMS can I flash and keep my unlock? I tried to flash a At&t ROM, but the flash fails and states that the ROM is only for JFLTEATT and that I have JFLTESPR.
Would this happen if I was trying to go to Lollipop 5.1.x from 5.0x? Do I need to stick with only Sprint ROMS?
Also after all this, when I went back to GPE, I can no longer send any texts. I have tried all of the Straight Talk APNs, but keep getting At&t error code 96 when attempting to send a message. Any ideas on what could be causing this issue?
This has been going on for about 4 days now. It's been that long because I have been reading and reading, trying to see what I did wrong, or what I need to do to fix it. Please help. If anyone wants to help, but needs more info, please ask and I will get back to you asap.

Have your tried a non-AOSP ROM? The stock ROM?
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bilgerryan said:
Have your tried a non-AOSP ROM? The stock ROM?
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I have not tried either option. I didn't want to try an option (stock) that might take away the unlock because right now I'm limited to using my work laptop and cannot use anything that will need "administrator" privileges. I can't even run Odin without the system blocking it. I will try a non AOSP Rom when I get home tonight. Thanks for your help and I will get back with you.

Hey, I have updated the ROM to CM12 and go into the Phone Info menu (*#*#4636#*#*) and I see where it says LTE/CDMA and I can change it to LTE/WCDMA, which is what it was in the unlock sequence. It will show the service switch over to At&t (Straight Talk At&t sim) and even show my number. However this doesn't stick and it reverts back to LTE/CDMA showing the provider as Sprint. Is there a way to make it stick? What is causing this? Its as if it knows it's unlocked but can't hold onto it.....I will try a non AOSP ROM as soon as I can get to my laptop . May I ask why you think that would work? I'm not doubting you, I'm just asking because I'm curious and really wanna know what would be different.

dirtyalphaman said:
Hey, I have updated the ROM to CM12 and go into the Phone Info menu (*#*#4636#*#*) and I see where it says LTE/CDMA and I can change it to LTE/WCDMA, which is what it was in the unlock sequence. It will show the service switch over to At&t (Straight Talk At&t sim) and even show my number. However this doesn't stick and it reverts back to LTE/CDMA showing the provider as Sprint. Is there a way to make it stick? What is causing this? Its as if it knows it's unlocked but can't hold onto it.....I will try a non AOSP ROM as soon as I can get to my laptop . May I ask why you think that would work? I'm not doubting you, I'm just asking because I'm curious and really wanna know what would be different.
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AOSP ROMs are notorious for data problems. Touchwiz is what was made specifically for your phone, everything just works. I'm just saying that will be an easy way to see if the ROMs you are using are the problem. There are custom Touchwiz ROMs that pack a lot more punch than ugly old stock.... like mine- Wicked X

WCC
bilgerryan said:
AOSP ROMs are notorious for data problems. Touchwiz is what was made specifically for your phone, everything just works. I'm just saying that will be an easy way to see if the ROMs you are using are the problem. There are custom Touchwiz ROMs that pack a lot more punch than ugly old stock.... like mine- Wicked X
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Ha! I swear I was just looking at your thread for your ROM. The exact same one! I noticed that tag/picture and was thinking, is that the guy who has been helping me? Maybe I should try that one. I'm dl'ing now. Thanks. I think I found out the problem or at least some type of solution., even though I still can't seem to send any messages. In the Mobile Network option, I changed the Preferred network type to Global. Then in that same Phone Menu option, the LTE/WCDMA option actually stuck. I have data and can make calls, just not able to send messages. This was with the official CM12 Rom for jfltespr. It wasn't working earlier on this Rom, so maybe there's hope. Like I said, I'm dl'ing your Rom now and will install in the morning. Thanks and I really appreciate this. I will let you know how this works out.

Yeah WCDMA is AT&T.

Just one tidbit.. You can't flash *any* rom because your phone is unlocked. VERY important you know this.. Unlocked has to do with carrier and your sim. Unlocked means you can use it on any network.
Roms are typically made specifically for certain phone models and their varients..
Just keep this in mind

Helloo

electech13 said:
Just one tidbit.. You can't flash *any* rom because your phone is unlocked. VERY important you know this.. Unlocked has to do with carrier and your sim. Unlocked means you can use it on any network.
Roms are typically made specifically for certain phone models and their varients..
Just keep this in mind
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Thanks for confirming this. I looked through quite a few pages on the Domestic Sim Unlock Thread to find where I asked that particular question and read quite a few pages afterwards but never saw a reply to my question. What's crazy is that I did see people who said they unlocked the L720 and said they flashed t-mobile Roms. I also recall that they were having quite a few issues with their service as well though. But when I tried to flash At&t roms, it stops during the flashing process and won't let me go any further.
Last night I downloaded quite a few rom (Sprint specific) and flashed them. After playing around with each, I was able to get data and calling, but my messaging is still not working. I've tried several different messaging apps (Google messenger, hangouts, Textra, Go SMS) and none are working. This leads me to believe this is a bigger issue. Is there anywhere that this feature might have been locked again, if that is even possible? Thanks for replying and all of your help. I appreciate it.

azim623 said:
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Helloo!

I tried to install your rim earlier and the flash kept failing. I'm going to try again when I get home. Couldn't figure out what I was doing and forgot what that Status 7 meant. All I remembered was that it wasn't good. I got it back to stock, no extra steps to get data and calls, but still no messages. No matter what app, apn, etc.
Edit: I've installed your Wicked Rom and it's beautiful!!!! Fresh, clean, and quick! There's one issue for me.........and I'm sure it's not your Rom, but I still can't send any SMS/MMS's. This is frustrating beyond almost any issue I have ever had with a phone.

dirtyalphaman said:
I tried to install your rim earlier and the flash kept failing. I'm going to try again when I get home. Couldn't figure out what I was doing and forgot what that Status 7 meant. All I remembered was that it wasn't good. I got it back to stock, no extra steps to get data and calls, but still no messages. No matter what app, apn, etc.
Edit: I've installed your Wicked Rom and it's beautiful!!!! Fresh, clean, and quick! There's one issue for me.........and I'm sure it's not your Rom, but I still can't send any SMS/MMS's. This is frustrating beyond almost any issue I have ever had with a phone.
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I'm sorry, I don't know anything about unlocked SIMs.

dirtyalphaman said:
Thanks for confirming this. I looked through quite a few pages on the Domestic Sim Unlock Thread to find where I asked that particular question and read quite a few pages afterwards but never saw a reply to my question. What's crazy is that I did see people who said they unlocked the L720 and said they flashed t-mobile Roms. I also recall that they were having quite a few issues with their service as well though. But when I tried to flash At&t roms, it stops during the flashing process and won't let me go any further.
Last night I downloaded quite a few rom (Sprint specific) and flashed them. After playing around with each, I was able to get data and calling, but my messaging is still not working. I've tried several different messaging apps (Google messenger, hangouts, Textra, Go SMS) and none are working. This leads me to believe this is a bigger issue. Is there anywhere that this feature might have been locked again, if that is even possible? Thanks for replying and all of your help. I appreciate it.
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Once again I was explaining the difference but yes there are certainly times where other varients Roms will work on different phones but has nothing to do with unlocked sims.. Just have to be careful and confirm it's ok first.. Sometimes need a custom kernel.. Usually phones that are really similar will work.. ie I'm on Canadian note4 but it's the Tmobile Roms that work (with kernel) or my old S3 it was AT&T Roms.. So may variables but nothing to do with unlocked or not

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Once again I was explaining the difference but yes there are certainly times where other varients Roms will work on different phones but has nothing to do with unlocked sims.. Just have to be careful and confirm it's ok first.. Sometimes need a custom kernel.. Usually phones that are really similar will work.. ie I'm on Canadian note4 but it's the Tmobile Roms that work (with kernel) or my old S3 it was AT&T Roms.. So may variables but nothing to do with unlocked or not
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Thanks for the clarification. Let me ask you, could a kernel cause problems like this?
Also, I just saw in another thread that going to 5.1.1 would mess with voice, data, messaging possibly. But if this is what happened, why would this stay an issue after I changed Roms, but especially since I went all the way back to stock??? I know this is something that you may not be familiar with, just reaching and hoping that I can get some help with this issue. I'm banging my head against the wall trying to get text/mms back. !

[Solved]
Hey, I've solved the issue through a few steps. In the Phone Info menu (*#*#4636#*#*) I saw a bunch of things that I really didn't recognize. I Googled each one and eventually came to SMSC. When I hit update, I kept getting an error. When I hit refresh, it gave me "4", 129. After googling it and really updating it, I got my messaging back. I don't know, but it seems like going up to 5.1.1 really messed with some things for my phone. Thanks for your help everyone. I really appreciate it and I hope this may help out others who come across this same issue.

Cum pot bloca un număr de telefon care mă sună din 5 in 5 min

bviorica58 said:
Cum pot bloca un număr de telefon care mă sună din 5 in 5 min
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I don't know what language that is, but it looks like something about blocking a telephone number?

G930U Firmware

Ok so I have been seeing a bunch of stuff about the G930U firmware and I am trying to understand what the benefits of this firmware is. Also does everything work on this firmware, like volte, WiFi calling, HD calling video chat all the good stuff that the stock Verizon firmware has. Anyone who is on this firmware or has tried this please help me out here and one last thing is the Android Nougat beta test available for the 930U firmware
Thanks for the help in advance
Tony

Anybody have any information on this,,, please help out
Thanks

No carrier bloat ware. I'm on sprint, but you will lose any carrier specific apps. For example, our sprint app and sprint visual voice-mail do not work
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That's not the only difference, there are subtle changes throughout the UI that I've noticed. I'm loving it so far.

Is there anyway to get any carrier apps to work like use My Verizon to pay my bill and also use WiFi calling and video chat do these things work or can they be made to work anyway

To my knowledge you can get those features, but you would need to root and edit the CSC file. I read that it worked for other people, but I have not tried it.

i have a g930v rooted with xposed, i just got all the firmwaRE FILES AP, CSC, BL etc.for g930U and flashed my phone and viola. oh i also used the vzw pit file, important part i presume. no problems so far. running fast, not heating up like it was. ill post if any problems arise. but so far so good.

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i have a g930v rooted with xposed, i just got all the firmwaRE FILES AP, CSC, BL etc.for g930U and flashed my phone and viola. oh i also used the vzw pit file, important part i presume. no problems so far. running fast, not heating up like it was. ill post if any problems arise. but so far so good.
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His question is that, are you getting all the Verizon features with the U firmware. I know that you don't get them, as I have the G930U phone and they don't work.

Yes because I have a vzw sim, I still can use vzw features.

jbevins9988 said:
Yes because I have a vzw sim, I still can use vzw features.
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They mean like wifi calling, advanced calling my Verizon apps etc.

Wifi calling, my vzw, and all security and cloud features work.

That is still not true! I have the Verizon sim (you cannot have anything else!) and on my G930U those features don't exist.

Do I have to root my G930V device to put on G930U or can I just ODIN the G930U firmware onto the V firmware?

trippme said:
Do I have to root my G930V device to put on G930U or can I just ODIN the G930U firmware onto the V firmware?
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No root needed. The U firmware just needs to be the same bootloader or newer.

tvm2487 said:
Ok so I have been seeing a bunch of stuff about the G930U firmware and I am trying to understand what the benefits of this firmware is. Also does everything work on this firmware, like volte, WiFi calling, HD calling video chat all the good stuff that the stock Verizon firmware has. Anyone who is on this firmware or has tried this please help me out here and one last thing is the Android Nougat beta test available for the 930U firmware
Thanks for the help in advance
Tony
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I recently flashed the G930U firmware and I am very happy with it. No carrier bloat. The battery life is much better and it does not get as hot.
The G930U firmware, unrooted, does have a setting to enable volte calling, but if it's working it's not quite as clear as the HD calling on VZW firmware.
The G93OU firmware, unrooted, does NOT support WiFi calling, Visual Voicemail, or HD video calling.
You can download My Verizon from Google Play and it will work just fine for data measurement/billing/support/whatever on the G930U.
I do not believe Nougat is available for the G930U firmware yet.
You do not need to root in order to flash G930U. You flash it via Odin.
From what I understand, you can root your phone after flashing the G930U using the same method as you would on the VZW firmware. If you root on G930U firmware you'll still end up with the same cruddy engineering kernel you would have if you were on the VZW firmware, so you'll still need to apply the "fix" files after rooting, but just use the one for generic firmwares. I'm not sure if root on G930U performs any better than on VZW firmware but my guess is it doesn't (and root performance on this phone is terrible).
I hope this helps clarify some things.
If jbevins9988 has actually figured a way to get wifi calling to work on the G93OU firmware without rooting it certainly would be nice if he'd share the details of how he enabled it.

nrage23 said:
No root needed. The U firmware just needs to be the same bootloader or newer.
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Thanks for the response, I did it and it was super simple!

mb27 said:
I recently flashed the G930U firmware and I am very happy with it. No carrier bloat. The battery life is much better and it does not get as hot.
The G930U firmware, unrooted, does have a setting to enable volte calling, but if it's working it's not quite as clear as the HD calling on VZW firmware.
The G93OU firmware, unrooted, does NOT support WiFi calling, Visual Voicemail, or HD video calling.
You can download My Verizon from Google Play and it will work just fine for data measurement/billing/support/whatever on the G930U.
I do not believe Nougat is available for the G930U firmware yet.
You do not need to root in order to flash G930U. You flash it via Odin.
From what I understand, you can root your phone after flashing the G930U using the same method as you would on the VZW firmware. If you root on G930U firmware you'll still end up with the same cruddy engineering kernel you would have if you were on the VZW firmware, so you'll still need to apply the "fix" files after rooting, but just use the one for generic firmwares. I'm not sure if root on G930U performs any better than on VZW firmware but my guess is it doesn't (and root performance on this phone is terrible).
I hope this helps clarify some things.
If jbevins9988 has actually figured a way to get wifi calling to work on the G93OU firmware without rooting it certainly would be nice if he'd share the details of how he enabled it.
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Can you share some screenshots of how your battery is looking with the U Firmware & give input on your experience with battery?

krazie1 said:
Can you share some screenshots of how your battery is looking with the U Firmware & give input on your experience with battery?
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Some apps disabled
All settings optimized for battery
Greenify non root
Pixel Filter
Battery Saving Mode
Screen Auto Brightness

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Some apps disabled
All settings optimized for battery
Greenify non root
Pixel Filter
Battery Saving Mode
Screen Auto Brightness
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With how many hours total since last charge?
Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

krazie1 said:
Can you share some screenshots of how your battery is looking with the U Firmware & give input on your experience with battery?
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With how many hours total since last charge?
Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
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7hrs 51minutes.
I was on the the phone almost the entire time (as you can see)
Was testing what I could get. If I had not have been on it the entire time it would have stretched and would have lost minimal screen on time.
This was also with terrible radio reception, at one bar.
That would have raised battery time aswell. Decently I would assume.

Root, Recovery & Roms, Guide & Info

Hello all,
This post will contain most information regarding Root Recovery & Custom Roms for the Samsung Galaxy s10 5G.
Disclaimers:
1 - This WILL TRIP KNOX 99.9% of the time. Once knox is tripped it cannot be untripped. Once knox is trio certain apps and features such as Secure Folder, Work Profile, Samsung Pay and more will either; NOT WORK without a workaround or WILL NEVER WORK AGAIN.
2 - Once knox is tripped YOU WILL MORE THEN LIKELY LOSE WARRANTY ON YOUT DEVICE. Some countries require companies to have limited warranty on devices despite software status. Google is your friend.
3 - I and any other developer ISN'T RESPONSIBLE with any bricks or mishaps due to user error. If you find a bug report it to the developer. Nor I or Developer offer 100% Guarantee that your process will be smooth and while most software including magisk, TWRP and Custom Roms are developers and tested, unknown bugs can appear. You have been warned.
4 - This guide is for EXYNOS VARIENT MODELS ONLY. Most snapdragon variants contain locked bootloaders which currently doesn't allow custom firmware including root to work. Some snapdragon models do have an unlocked bootloaders but no method of achieving root, recovery or a custom Rom has been disclosed. This warning will be removed if a safe method appears.
Root (Magisk):
Achieving root is exactly the same process as achieving root for the Samsung Galaxy S10/+/e.
So follow johntopwu's guide CAREFULLY.
https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html#samsung-system-as-root
Recovery (TWRP):
Recoveries are build for each device separately and are not universal amount most devices. While a recovery for one device may work on another, it is not recommended as unforseen bugs can occur and you can softbrick your device by using a recovery built for another device. Currently TWRP is unmaintained, meaning no one officially updates it. Currently Ianmacd unofficially updates it if and when he has spare time, Don't annoy him over it. The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G kernel releases later then the Samsung Galaxy S10/+/e, meaning the S10/+/e will be updated the latest version before the S10 5G. This is out of any developers hands as we rely on Samung Releasing the kernel source in order to update TWRP.
Same rules apply, Follow CAREFULLY and select the correct TWRP for your device. Read and make sure you understand everything before proceeding.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ecovery-twrp-3-3-0-galaxy-s10-exynos-t3924856
Custom Roms:
This section will be updated soon. Please stay tuned.
Common Questions & Answers:
This section will be updated when common or important questions are asked.

Thanks for the info. All this will work work Sprint version also??

Lurien said:
Thanks for the info. All this will work work Sprint version also??
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Root will work for any exynos varient of S10 5G. My personal model is SM-G977B, but root should work as long as your device is exynos and NOT SNAPDRAGON 855. As for recovery, Other device models such as SM-G977N (I believe it is) should work, but I have no evidence stating it does or doesn't work so proceed with caution.

MarshiMello said:
Root will work for any exynos varient of S10 5G. My personal model is SM-G977B, but root should work as long as your device is exynos and NOT SNAPDRAGON 855. As for recovery, Other device models such as SM-G977N (I believe it is) should work, but I have no evidence stating it does or doesn't work so proceed with caution.
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Alright thanks!

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Root also works for the sprint snapdragon chip (sm-g977p)

Nerdness said:
Root also works for the sprint snapdragon chip (sm-g977p)
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Hi , It seems that you have attained root on the Sprint Snapdragon phone. It is great that you have accomplished this. MarshiMello's given steps are for Exynos phones. Can you please provide more details on how you have achieved root on the Sprint (Snapdragon) phone. Is there a rooted firmware available for the Sprint phone? Could you please provide links to the rooted firmware ?
Thank you !

Hi @MarshiMello ,
I was wondering if a rooted firmware is now available for the Sprint Samsung S10 5G phone with the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset ? May I please know if there is any work underway to root this phone, and if yes may I know by when we can be expecting an update in this regards ? I really need to root the phone for my work, and would really appreciate any assistance ! Thank you !
Also it is great to see that you managed to root the Exynos version of the S10 5G phones !

Nerdness said:
Root also works for the sprint snapdragon chip (sm-g977p)
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How did you do this?!?! U.S. snapdragon models are supposed to be locked down hardcore.

StoneyJSG said:
How did you do this?!?! U.S. snapdragon models are supposed to be locked down hardcore.
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Bootloader is unlocked on certain snapdragon models, So root is theoretically possible. I haven't had experience with these models and cannot provide support on them. But if I do find a willing tester I can see if the default method for exynos works for snapdragon and will update the guide based on these findings.

Oh okay cool, thanks. Hopefully root can be achieved on my phone one day. It was so much easier back in the jelly bean and kit kat days.

MarshiMello said:
Bootloader is unlocked on certain snapdragon models, So root is theoretically possible. I haven't had experience with these models and cannot provide support on them. But if I do find a willing tester I can see if the default method for exynos works for snapdragon and will update the guide based on these findings.
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Can confirm, exynos method works for the 977P.

That is really good to hear @Nerdness !

MarshiMello said:
Bootloader is unlocked on certain snapdragon models, So root is theoretically possible. I haven't had experience with these models and cannot provide support on them. But if I do find a willing tester I can see if the default method for exynos works for snapdragon and will update the guide based on these findings.
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I'm willing to test firmwares on my Sprint S10 5G? I just wanna get rid of the sprint apps and boot screen if possible. Just let me know

Root
It was a challenge but I have successfully rooted the SAMSUNG GALAXY S10 5G SPRINT SM-G977P.
It was done by Magisk...

play1969er said:
It was a challenge but I have successfully rooted the SAMSUNG GALAXY S10 5G SPRINT SM-G977P.
It was done by Magisk...
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thats a very helpful guide with instructions!

play1969er said:
It was a challenge but I have successfully rooted the SAMSUNG GALAXY S10 5G SPRINT SM-G977P.
It was done by Magisk...
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Do you have a custom recovery installed as well?

gastondefer said:
Do you have a custom recovery installed as well?
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If anyone has a twrp build they want to test I'm willing to try it.

S10 5G ATT - anyone got Android 10 update?
Has anyone with S10 5G ATT gotten the Android 10 update yet?

Nerdness said:
If anyone has a twrp build they want to test I'm willing to try it.
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mentalmuso has a twrp that works great for g977p on his tgram group

elliwigy said:
mentalmuso has a twrp that works great for g977p on his tgram group
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Thanks for the heads up. Flashed and working well.