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[Q] SM-N900 (The Americas) Region-Lock

Hello,
I post this thread, helpless finding a solution..I hope it is not a duplicate..
My uncle bought me a SM-N900 Unlocked Note 3 from Bestbuy Florida, USA. He did not touch the phone till he brings it here, Turkey. When he deliver me the phone i could not use it with my Turkish sim card and i was shocked of course.. I searched for solutions on the net and found some answers about it. Here is (actually are) what i did to overcome;
1) Firstly i rooted the phone and tried the Region Lock Away app from Chainfire, unluckily the app doesnt support my model, i found out from the forums (or it was what i understood)
2) Next i communicated with Samsung Turkey and deliver the phone to Technical Support. After 10 days they gave me the phone back telling that they tried a code to unlock it, but it didn't work so they gave back the phone unfixed.
3) I searched for reliable unlocking sites, tried 4 of them but no result. Now i am also coping with refunds..
4) I take the risk and tried custom ROMs hoping that it would help but it also did not solve my problem as i found out that region lock is not a security system that is bound with the firmware..(as my understanding it is a whitelist that is embedded with the baseband (?) (bios?))
5) The last thing i tried was changing the firmware, i removed the TTT (Trinidad&Tobago) firmware and installed Saudi Arabia Firmware.. But no solution..
Now i have a 800$ phone (not even including the extra fees to register the phone in Turkey…) and not working as a phone...HOW NICE!!
Regards,
P.S. HELP MEEEEE!!!! (((

Gosh it should be working.
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deadlyheart4u said:
Gosh it should be working.
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i've the same problem

[Q] Samsung Galaxy note 3

Hi Guys
First af all i am sorry for posting this in the wrong thread (Couldn't find the right thread).
So i am the luvky owner of The samsung note 3
Recently i've rootet the device, and now i want it back to stock, cause of crashes (I use my phone for work every day).
I've searched everywhere but cant seem to find the right download link to restore it back to samsung's original..
I really hope that u guys can help me
The phone is SM-N9005
Baseband: N9005XXUENA6
Im from Denmark by the way (dont know if there is a region issue or something)

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Shadr�c said:
Hi Guys
First af all i am sorry for posting this in the wrong thread (Couldn't find the right thread).
So i am the luvky owner of The samsung note 3
Recently i've rootet the device, and now i want it back to stock, cause of crashes (I use my phone for work every day).
I've searched everywhere but cant seem to find the right download link to restore it back to samsung's original..
I really hope that u guys can help me
The phone is SM-N9005
Baseband: N9005XXUENA6
Im from Denmark by the way (dont know if there is a region issue or something)
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You probably want the Nordic version:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=27080

Shadr�c said:
Hi Guys
First af all i am sorry for posting this in the wrong thread (Couldn't find the right thread).
So i am the luvky owner of The samsung note 3
Recently i've rootet the device, and now i want it back to stock, cause of crashes (I use my phone for work every day).
I've searched everywhere but cant seem to find the right download link to restore it back to samsung's original..
I really hope that u guys can help me
The phone is SM-N9005
Baseband: N9005XXUENA6
Im from Denmark by the way (dont know if there is a region issue or something)
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Use Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app to check for the CSC code and then download your appropriate firmware.
In the app you can get the info about:
- 'Original' CSC code
- Firmware's CSC code
- Active CSC code

Region lock

Hey guys. I just bought a brand new note 3 from Italy. the phone is region locked. without knowing about that i bought the phone to sri lanka. connected to wifi and now updated it to 4.4.2 running on latest firmware. to remove the regional lock via chainfire's app. we have to be in 4.3 now im basically unable to use my note 3 until i back in italy and take a call for 5 minutes is there a way to downgrade to 4.3?? i tried installing OMEGA rom but it doesnt have any effect. samsung agents were like they cant unlock the phone the only method is bring the phone back to italy and use it for at least five minutes. please help me guys :crying::crying::crying:

I read this thread and there is no statement that says it only works on 4.3?

vndnguyen said:
I read this thread and there is no statement that says it only works on 4.3?
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Compatible devices
- Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005 (MI7, MJ1, MJ3 firmwares)
its upgraded to kitkat.

Deeshana2912 said:
Compatible devices
- Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005 (MI7, MJ1, MJ3 firmwares)
its upgraded to kitkat.
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Then you need to read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/region-unlock-code-samsung-t2852653
TLDR - you need to contact Samsung and they can provide you an unlock code; in my experience not all Samsung representatives in all countries are equally knowledgeable or helpful - I do not know precisely about those in Italy but I can say that most will try to bull**** you parallel explanations. The absolute best guys are those from Germany, and if the Samsung representatives from Italy (which SHOULD be responsible for fixing your problem since you are THEIR customer) fail you, then you should:
a) complain about the guys from Italy to Samsung home directly
b) in parallel try again to write to Samsung Germany; ideally for minimum waiting time you should try to write in German (using Google Translate if you do not have a better way) and they very likely will provide you an unlock code.

[Q] SM-N9008 to a SM-N9005

Hi, I live in China but am not Chinese and have inherited a 14mth old Note3 SM-N9008 from my wife, who is Chinese. Just wanted to clarify this point as a lot of other posters with an SM-N9008 have been shot down for having one instead of getting a model relative to where they live
OK, with that out of the way, I have no issues with voiding the warranty as it's gone anyway (14 mth old).
My key question is after reading the "how-to-change-csc-in-samsung-galaxy-phones" (sorry cannot include the offsite link being new here) topic, and perhaps my understanding is wrong and so please correct me if I am, if I change the PDA, PHONE and CSC codes to match correctly to another locale NOT China (eg UK), then I am a) basically changing my 9008 to a 9005 in principle & b) my 9008 will accept ROM's for a 9005 and work fine.
Or is this 'trick' of manipulating these codes to give a new locale only for the purpose of if you have a 9005 in Chile which has not uploaded a new Stock ROM but say Spain has, I make my 9005 look like it is now from Spain and will therefore be able to get the new 9005 Stock ROM?
I have only ever rooted and applied another Stock ROM to one other mobile device before, about 2 years or more ago, which was a Chinese model of the Note 10.1 and it's worked perfectly fine in all that time on the Intl Stock ROM - except for updates online which I don't do (I do manual app updates where required) because the updates give me the Chinese version due to the CSC etc not being changed and so thinking I am Chinese.
Has anyone tried this before at all? Changing the PDA, PHONE and CSC codes from one model to anothers so as to have access to other Stock ROM's in your preferred language and without the locale's bloatware, as well as being able to have appz like Intl google play etc (which cannot be included in any 9008 Stock ROM)?
I've looked at detailed specs for both the 9008 and the 9005 models and they seem exactly the same, just the PDA, PHONE and CSC codes make each different.
If anyone has, please can they help tell me the process steps I need to follow (such as do I root 1st and then change the codes, or change the codes 1st and then root?
I do hope someone can give me some positive feedback please. Thanks in anticipation for any help you can offer me.

Changing Imei number of n910f

Hi,
I wanted to give my international n910f to my granmda in turkey, the problem is that currently the turkey takes huge fees to use german phones in their country permanently, I heard there is a Method whith which I can change the Imei of the phone to an existing old phone from turkey, I Know I have to edit the qcn file and for that I need qpst, but Qpst does not find my phone.
Is there any alternative method for that maybe someone here can help me I would be really glad.

Can no one help me with this?

I also need to edit / restore my IMEI number in SM-N910c variant
After flashing a Custom ROM the singnals are gone I can't make calls
I've read and followed many things but no luck still
There are few computer software like Octaplus Box and Samsung Pro Tools etc...
Can someone guide me how to edit IMEI number using these programs?