Okay so upon further investigation I came to learn that the phone I purchased is an unlocked unbranded MT7-L09 from Colombia. I have reverted back to the original firmware, which is B120SP04a. My question is there anyone else here with a Mate 7 from Latin America? If so, have you been able to successfully update to the official Lollipop? If so, what firmware were you on and what region did you install Lollipop from?
Any help and advice is GREATLY appreciated!
TIA
P.S. To determine what region my device was from I did the following:
1. In dialer, dial *#*#2846579#*#*
2. Go to ProjectMenu
3. Go to Network Setting
4. Go to Operator and country info
Mine shows Operator Name as hw and Country Name as nla
According to a guide I saw on CarbonTesla these are some of the other regions:
hw/spcseas – Malaysia
unicomelectric/cn – China
hw/meafnaf – Pakistan
mts/by – Belarus
I live in Central America and I upgraded succesfuly using the guides you find here. Used the official EU firmware and works great.
Zolocofxp said:
I live in Central America and I upgraded succesfuly using the guides you find here. Used the official EU firmware and works great.
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I live in the U.S., but the phone I purchased is from Northern Latin America. Perhaps the phone you have is European. I have tried all the versions available here and none of them work properly. I have installed both the versions from Malaysia and the one from Europe, each has some type of problem when installed or lack functionality. This is because in fact my phone is not from any of those regions. I saw a guide on how to change the Region for the Huawei Honor 4C, but I cannot find anything for the Mate 7, plus it seems a bit risky to change the region.
I saw a video on youtube of a guy in Peru who successfully updated to Lollipop, but the guy is charging and I'm not willing to pay for something I can do myself. I just need a version of Lollipop that has been released for that Region.
Well, sadly, there is no official lollipop release for LA. MT7-L09 is simply an international version and should work on most regions. I flash this rom:
"MT7-L09_Firmware_C900B324_Android 5.1.1_EMUI 3".
And upgraded from "Jazz-L09 V100R001C00B137". According to the manual, you can directly upgrade from other KK versions.
Zolocofxp said:
Well, sadly, there is no official lollipop release for LA. MT7-L09 is simply an international version and should work on most regions. I flash this rom:
"MT7-L09_Firmware_C900B324_Android 5.1.1_EMUI 3".
And upgraded from "Jazz-L09 V100R001C00B137". According to the manual, you can directly upgrade from other KK versions.
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Is knuckle snapshot working for you? And did you factory reset before or after updating? Do you still have 5x5 icons available? Can you possibly post the links to the firmwares you used?
Lollipop link
kitkat b137 link
knuckle gestures work... 5x5 work... Only thing missing is being able to change DPI down to 400 which I got used to, working with 420 now.
Ohhhh.... And I did a factory reset after upgrading.
On my phone is showing this:
Operator name:hw
Country name:eu
What it means? I'm still with B137, no OTA for my phone.
Thanks in advance.
ronnie72 said:
On my phone is showing this:
Operator name:hw
Country name:eu
What it means? I'm still with B137, no OTA for my phone.
Thanks in advance.
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@ronnie72... That means that you have the European version. So you can just download the link posted by @Zolocofxp to upgrade to Lollipop. You may also need to download the update_cust.app which is linked here
Hope you get it working. It took me a while to finally get everything up and running properly, but the link above should point you in the right direction.
@Bonnie1977, thanks! I know now to upgrade with "Local update". But why OTA still unavailable??? Strange ....
ronnie72 said:
@Bonnie1977, thanks! I know now to upgrade with "Local update". But why OTA still unavailable??? Strange ....
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@ronnie72... I have no idea why no OTA. I live in the U.S., so for me I'll never receive any OTA updates. I just download them from Huawei's site and do the local update.
On my phone is showing this:
Operator name: Claro
Country name: pe
Whats it means?
JCMachine said:
On my phone is showing this:
Operator name: Claro
Country name: pe
Whats it means?
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I think that means you're locked to Claro, which is the Network provider and country seems to be Peru.
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help : how to update London verson of galaxy note in Norway ?
You have to travel to London....
Wrong forum man.
... tapat*lked
Read my posts here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19368201&postcount=40), here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19397762&postcount=48) and here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19553821&postcount=1).
Post in general thread not here.
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tids2k said:
Post in general thread not here.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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Praaji.... Tussi... Got a galaxy note??
Tapashocked via my gt-I9003 with a random keyboard of my choice !
walda said:
You have to travel to London....
Wrong forum man.
... tapat*lked
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pretty sure he can just plug his phone into his PC, and download the update through kies...
hey
So i have to wait for the update to come to norway to cet new update? .
Now i have 2.3.5 - n7000XXXkj4. open to all Sim. Where can i follow a list of new update from samsung? Thanks for the help. Any others who can help? free to Whrite.
jhonatan89 said:
So i have to wait for the update to come to norway to cet new update? .
Now i have 2.3.5 - n7000XXXkj4. open to all Sim. Where can i follow a list of new update from samsung? Thanks for the help. Any others who can help? free to Whrite.
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http://fus.nanzen.se/ this site lets you know what updates are available.
and it depends. if youre waiting for OTA, you can only wait for the OTA for the region the device came from. ie. im on 2.3.5 polish version, i cant download hong kong 2.3.6 ota, even if im in hong kong. ota is specific to the region your device originated from.
your ota will automatically download the version specific for your phone, regardless of where you are. the only except is if youre on an operator locked device, at which point, you would need to be able to communicate with the operators servers.
however, if youre choosing to flash the software manually, you can use another region's firmware iirc.
simplest way is to just plug it into your computer and run KIES and it will tell you if theres an update for your specific device or not.
Thanks .
So when i am having a London Cpw verson of the phone totaly open no T-mobile or Telenor . i can just wait intill London getting the firmware update? Samsung told me i never can get a update if i have an non nordic phone in nordic trying to update it. Weird this is my specs.-
Another message i sendt to a Samsung friend.
Samsung just gave me a Bad info? I have got a Galaxy note from UK i think London.
N7000xxkj4 - In kies here in norway i connected nice, The q is :
Cpw in salescode. Kies sais- This is the latest firmware.
Can i ever Update my galaxy note her in norway. this is a open phone. no sim card restriction. Hope someone can help me.
I do not whant to use Odin or Flash this nice phone
jhonatan89 said:
So when i am having a London Cpw verson of the phone totaly open no T-mobile or Telenor . i can just wait intill London getting the firmware update? Samsung told me i never can get a update if i have an non nordic phone in nordic trying to update it. Weird this is my specs.-
Another message i sendt to a Samsung friend.
Samsung just gave me a Bad info? I have got a Galaxy note from UK i think London.
N7000xxkj4 - In kies here in norway i connected nice, The q is :
Cpw in salescode. Kies sais- This is the latest firmware.
Can i ever Update my galaxy note her in norway. this is a open phone. no sim card restriction. Hope someone can help me.
I do not whant to use Odin or Flash this nice phone
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Enter this into your phone's dial pad: *#272*imei# where imei is your phone's imei.
See Settings > About Phone > Status > IMEI.
If you see a list of sales codes(CSC's) like XEU, DBT etc, then you can change your CSC to DBT and the OTA and Kies update will work.
Otherwise, you may have a network branded version that doesn't have options to change CSC and this won't work.
Xaddict said:
Enter this into your phone's dial pad: *#272*imei# where imei is your phone's imei.
See Settings > About Phone > Status > IMEI.
If you see a list of sales codes(CSC's) like XEU, DBT etc, then you can change your CSC to DBT and the OTA and Kies update will work.
Otherwise, you may have a network branded version that doesn't have options to change CSC and this won't work.
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But. salescode is it? Cpw .
and install under there. culd it be a list of csc there before i hit install or? what happend if i hit install on it. the man who saled this to me said that my phone where open on every network.sim.
the man was correct as you CAN use any network operator SIM. unfortunately that is different from being able to set a country code. i am in the same situation as i assumed CPW provided all phones totally stock ... clearly i was wrong :-(
I just got my phone, when I opened it I noticed that the first language option that was given to me was spanish (or maybe portugese not really sure) anyway, that got me curious, did my phone come originally from south america or somewhere in the iberian peninsula?
I was sure about this when I opened the browser and saw this locked bookmark from samsung that is in spanish.
anyway, is there anyway to know where my phone originally came from or was manufactured for? and is there any way to change this?
Thank you.
You can search the baseband info on sammobile.com
I found that my ebay purchased unit was bound for Trinidad/Tobago.
Thanks!
Mine is for Colombia (COO)
will it be OK to install a firmware other than the one for colombia? for example I want to change to a firmware from brazil instead or germany.
xeloz01 said:
will it be OK to install a firmware other than the one for colombia? for example I want to change to a firmware from brazil instead or germany.
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+1
I'd like to know as well - I'd like to install the latest firmware (I9500XXUAMDM I believe?) from another country as my country (S. Africa) is currently on I9500XXUAMDE
prodigyX said:
+1
I'd like to know as well - I'd like to install the latest firmware (I9500XXUAMDM I believe?) from another country as my country (S. Africa) is currently on I9500XXUAMDE
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i like to know as well.
*bump*
Yes you can guys
flash via ODIN. Download firmware from samfirmware
Surely flashing a different firmware cant change the origin of the phone?
Be careful, your warranty may not be valid if the phones from a different country >. <
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Hi
I installed the German lollipop a few weeks agin and read that UK will be coming soon and it will just require the CSC to ensure that OTA still occurs in future for us in the Uk.
I assume I'll need to do this through Odin, but can someone let me know what the difference is/what CSC does?
thanks
bonerp said:
Hi
I installed the German lollipop a few weeks agin and read that UK will be coming soon and it will just require the CSC to ensure that OTA still occurs in future for us in the Uk.
I assume I'll need to do this through Odin, but can someone let me know what the difference is/what CSC does?
thanks
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It represents Country/Carrier (specific) code.That are some customization for APN, networks that your country/carrier applied to your phone...
Also, I think this belongs to the Help section...
My Huawei P8 has some blue clouding on the screen and I want to get it repaired. How can I find out what region the phone is originally from? Huawei USA support didn't understand the question and they said they cannot service the phone. It's a GRA-L09 I think from Latin America, but I don't know exactly where.
desertflyer said:
My Huawei P8 has some blue clouding on the screen and I want to get it repaired. How can I find out what region the phone is originally from? Huawei USA support didn't understand the question and they said they cannot service the phone. It's a GRA-L09 I think from Latin America, but I don't know exactly where.
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I already wrote how to see the location of your P8 must be typed in dialer *#*#2846579#*#*> Network info-on query>Country Vendor Info>Vendor
My vendor is "eu" so I guess I will try with the German support. Thanks.
My vendor is: hw
Where is it from?
hi
My vendor is: hw
country: naf
where is it from ?
mohamed assaghir said:
hi
My vendor is: hw
country: naf
where is it from ?
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That would be Egypt.
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emanulian said:
My vendor is: hw
Where is it from?
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Sorry, can't tell without the country code.
What does it say next to 'Country'?
Vendor: hw
Country: meafnaf
It could been changed by updating the firmware from LL to MM (GRA-UL00C185B320)?. At first it has´t ...C185... (I didn´t take note the original)
emanulian said:
Vendor: hw
Country: meafnaf
It could been changed by updating the firmware from LL to MM (GRA-UL00C185B320)?. At first it has´t ...C185... (I didn´t take note the original)
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That would be Pakistan.
Hey,
My vendor is hw and country is nla.
Thanks
(Note: this is Mate 7)
ERROR404_NameDisplay said:
Hey,
My vendor is hw and country is nla.
Thanks
(Note: this is Mate 7)
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That would be North Latin America.
mai55 said:
I already wrote how to see the location of your P8 must be typed in dialer *#*#2846579#*#*> Network info-on query>Country Vendor Info>Vendor
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my model is GRA-L09
Vendor: hw
Country: normal
could you help me, as this phone has hybrid tray but no option in setting for dual sim. how can i check that my model GRA-l09 is single sim or dual sim (its premium 64GB with kirin 935 verson)
abkhalid said:
Country: normal
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That would be an International version.
abkhalid said:
my model is GRA-L09.......could you help me, as this phone has hybrid tray but no option in setting for dual sim. how can i check that my model GRA-l09 is single sim or dual sim (its premium 64GB with kirin 935 verson)
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In that case, your phone is actually a GRA-UL10 or CL10 (not L09) - as only this model has the premium spec (64Gb storage) & dual-SIM capability.
My guess is that someone may have installed a GRA-L09 (single-SIM) firmware/rom on your phone, which would also explain the lack of dual-SIM settings. Contact the previous owner & ask about this.
What model is mentioned on the rear bottom of your phone in tiny text? And what's the full firmware build number in Settings > About phone? It will be in this format: GRA-xxxxCxxxBxxx.
Edit: Ok, what I said before may not be entirely true, as I've since found 2 instances of the L09 model with 64Gb storage + Kirin 935, & for both there's only single-SIM support mentioned:
https://www.kimovil.com/en/where-to-buy-huawei-p8-64gb
https://menarate.com/en/all-categories/Mobile-phones-2/Huawei-P8-64GB-Silver-GRA-L09-129776
GaT7 said:
That would be an International version.
My set is GRA-L09 and i update it to GRA-L09C432B392
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abkhalid said:
My set is GRA-L09 and i update it to GRA-L09C432B392
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From all the info you've given so far, my guess now is that you have an International version, but with a single-SIM European firmware installed (HERE's an example of a GRA-L09 dual-SIM firmware, so it does exist).
Where did you buy the phone from? Which country or region? If you bought it secondhand, where did your seller buy it from brand new?
What was the previous / original firmware installed before you updated to your present C432B392?
What was the original firmware that came with the brand new phone? Do you remember, or can you find out from the original buyer?
mine say
Vendor: country file not exist
Country: vendor country file not exist
cl0k said:
mine say: Vendor: country file not exist
Country: vendor country file not exist
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Looks like you (or the previous owner) installed a firmware version that's different to the region meant for your phone - like in these 2 examples:
Help resting P8 back to complete stock, recovery, system etc.
Need a kind soul to help!
What is the model number/code mentioned in tiny text on the rear bottom of the phone? It will be in this format: GRA-xxxx.
What is the full 'Build number' mentioned in Settings > About phone? It will be in this format or similar: GRA-xxxxCxxxBxxx.
GaT7 said:
Looks like you (or the previous owner) installed a firmware version that's different to the region meant for your phone - like in these 2 examples:
Help resting P8 back to complete stock, recovery, system etc.
Need a kind soul to help!
What is the model number/code mentioned in tiny text on the rear bottom of the phone? It will be in this format: GRA-xxxx.
What is the full 'Build number' mentioned in Settings > About phone? It will be in this format or similar: GRA-xxxxCxxxBxxx.
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hello thanks for reply model number is(let me know if u need to know the number called FCC ID:
GRA-LC09
Build Number: GRA-LC09C469b190
can u help me to fix it?? thanks in advance
cl0k said:
hello thanks for reply model number is(let me know if u need to know the number called FCC ID:
GRA-LC09
Build Number: GRA-LC09C469b190
can u help me to fix it?? thanks in advance
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That looks fine, although normally it would be GRA-L09 & GRA-L09C469B190.
If it is as I say, which country are you from, or which country did you purchase the phone from? Also, is the phone vendor/network branded?
GaT7 said:
That looks fine, although normally it would be GRA-L09 & GRA-L09C469B190.
If it is as I say, which country are you from, or which country did you purchase the phone from? Also, is the phone vendor/network branded?
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how to check the network branded??
im from chile and purchased at chile (Entel is the phone company )
cl0k said:
how to check the network branded??
im from chile and purchased at chile (Entel is the phone company )
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Usually, on network-branded phones, the company's logo will be visible during bootup. Also, there may be Entel-related apps installed.
Are you wanting to update your phone's software from Lollipop (Android 5) to Marshmallow (Android 6)?
Hi
I am noobish and would love some help from an expert
I Got my Note 4 SM-N910H on eBay a few years ago. I brought it unlocked not sure if its unlocked via IMEI or some other way (Its working with both USA AT&T sim and UK Virgin sim). Looks like it has been customized in some way because I went to Odin mode and it has binary & status custom and Knox voided.
Tried updating via settings and it will not allow it due to being modified. Tried Samsung Kies and it says its not supported.
Its currently on 4.4.4 firmware and i want to get it to 6.0.1.
I found a website with the official 6.0.1 firmware for N910H. (Cant post links but updato and samsung-firmware). The problem is there are multiple different country versions and I don't have a clue which country to pick? I want it in English. But there are none with USA or UK. Does the firmware country make a difference apart from language? I don't know what the original carrier was and there are no carrier specific apps installed. Does it have to be the same country as the original? Could I lose my unlock and not be able to use my sim card?
About Device:
Android 4.4.4
Baseband N910HXXU1ANIF
Kernal 3.10.9-2815469
Build Number KTU84P.N910HXXU1ANIF
Device Status Custom (Does that mean its rooted?)
I am happy with either official firmware or custom if its 6.0.1 or something better.
Please any tips/advice/guides or links would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
speedfox87 said:
Hi
I am noobish and would love some help from an expert
I Got my Note 4 SM-N910H on eBay a few years ago. I brought it unlocked not sure if its unlocked via IMEI or some other way (Its working with both USA AT&T sim and UK Virgin sim). Looks like it has been customized in some way because I went to Odin mode and it has binary & status custom and Knox voided.
Tried updating via settings and it will not allow it due to being modified. Tried Samsung Kies and it says its not supported.
Its currently on 4.4.4 firmware and i want to get it to 6.0.1.
I found a website with the official 6.0.1 firmware for N910H. (Cant post links but updato and samsung-firmware). The problem is there are multiple different country versions and I don't have a clue which country to pick? I want it in English. But there are none with USA or UK. Does the firmware country make a difference apart from language? I don't know what the original carrier was and there are no carrier specific apps installed. Does it have to be the same country as the original? Could I lose my unlock and not be able to use my sim card?
About Device:
Android 4.4.4
Baseband N910HXXU1ANIF
Kernal 3.10.9-2815469
Build Number KTU84P.N910HXXU1ANIF
Device Status Custom (Does that mean its rooted?)
I am happy with either official firmware or custom if its 6.0.1 or something better.
Please any tips/advice/guides or links would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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4.4.4 is the best if you want my advice don't upgrade you will regret.
marshmallow and lollipop both sucks on note 4 and once you upgraded the bootloader will be locked and you cannot downgrade back to 4.4.4.
If your device status shows custom then it means it was rooted and modified for some reasons to make it fully work out of china because N910H is chinese note 4 3g model i believe.
just pick your own country. if its not available, just pick a neighbor country.
btw.....before you try any of those, try to boot to recovery and see if TWRP is installed. if yes, good, continue by creating backup of your current rom.
if not, I suggest installing TWRP first and make a full backup.
about kitkat vs marshmellow, I'll go with MM. With MM, you got more features, you got more recent android security patch.
yes, its worse on battery. but some tweaks here and there will (almost) fixed it.
Thanks for the help
Tried installing supersu and it says its not rooted so don't know why it says device status custom haha.
Yes 910H does say its an asian model but the firmwares are not asian areas they are more like african areas? The nearest one to USA is Trinidad and Tobago i think.
Think ill just stick with 4.4.4 since I don't know what I am doing
TY
speedfox87 said:
Thanks for the help
Tried installing supersu and it says its not rooted so don't know why it says device status custom haha.
Yes 910H does say its an asian model but the firmwares are not asian areas they are more like african areas? The nearest one to USA is Trinidad and Tobago i think.
Think ill just stick with 4.4.4 since I don't know what I am doing
TY
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Take your time to read on some threads. Just relax, no need to rush.
I have 910h myself, and I'm enjoying this device with root and xposed.
To root, get your cfautoroot. Its a simple process, just a few click here and there.
Custom status means that your knox is tripped. It means it has been successfully rooted before.
Trust me, its worth the time spent.