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[Q] What to check before trying a new rom?

Hello all,
I just inherited a Samsung GT-S5360L phone from my father and i wanted to try some roms. Some of the available roms seem pretty cool, but i have noticed a small detail, my phone model ends with an L, and the roms available dont.
This is probably because my cellphone is a southamerican model. So, My main question is, what should i check before flashing a rom into my S5360L in order to avoid problems?
I am mainly worried about loosing the 3G signal (or the whole phone signal) if i flash an incorrect rom. I read some posts that said that i should use a specic CSC.
Can anyone explain to me a litle more about this? Do i need to flash the ROM and my original CSC files in order for the rom to work with my operators, or the process is different?
Thanks in advance.

Solution!
Sir,
You must have bought your Galaxy Y with some Carrier! That why it end with a "L", But that does not matter! To prevent bricking ur phone just follow the correct installation instruction.. If you brick your GY there is a guide in the general section to restore back! Make a Nandroid Backup first of all and then Flash GT-S5360 Firmware (The one preferred in the Rom's installation guide I hope this helps! As much as I know, all roms will work :laugh::fingers-crossed:
Best Regards,
ArnavGosain
gonzule said:
Hello all,
I just inherited a Samsung GT-S5360L phone from my father and i wanted to try some roms. Some of the available roms seem pretty cool, but i have noticed a small detail, my phone model ends with an L, and the roms available dont.
This is probably because my cellphone is a southamerican model. So, My main question is, what should i check before flashing a rom into my S5360L in order to avoid problems?
I am mainly worried about loosing the 3G signal (or the whole phone signal) if i flash an incorrect rom. I read some posts that said that i should use a specic CSC.
Can anyone explain to me a litle more about this? Do i need to flash the ROM and my original CSC files in order for the rom to work with my operators, or the process is different?
Thanks in advance.
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gonzule said:
Hello all,
I just inherited a Samsung GT-S5360L phone from my father and i wanted to try some roms. Some of the available roms seem pretty cool, but i have noticed a small detail, my phone model ends with an L, and the roms available dont.
This is probably because my cellphone is a southamerican model. So, My main question is, what should i check before flashing a rom into my S5360L in order to avoid problems?
I am mainly worried about loosing the 3G signal (or the whole phone signal) if i flash an incorrect rom. I read some posts that said that i should use a specic CSC.
Can anyone explain to me a litle more about this? Do i need to flash the ROM and my original CSC files in order for the rom to work with my operators, or the process is different?
Thanks in advance.
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to ensure installation success please download "Galaxy Toolbox" by doky in the playstore and unlock your network (if it is sim/carrier locked)
then follow all instructions provided by the rom authors to ensure success,
if in case all else fails just reflash to a stock rom via odin, not to worry since any stock rom will do

thanks for the information guys. I know any rom should work, i do it in mi LG Optimus2x but i had a samsung phone before (galaxy spica) and i had some troubles after flashing some custom roms, where i would only be able to have 2G signal and not 3G, or in some cases have no connectivity at all. I will give some roms a try and see how everyhting goes (and do a backup first, hehehe).
thanks again.

[Q] Clone Galaxy Note 3

I bought a fake Samsung Galaxy note 3 (big mistake, glup !)
You can the caracteristics on the attach file.
As is, this smartphone works very well : GPS, WiFi, 3G, Sound, Bluetooth, ... are operational.
But I cannot install a French ROM and I cannot install Play Store (won't start).
With Aptoïde, I was able to install other applications and so everything works very well.
Is there a solution for the evolutions of the ROM? (The device is root of origin)
Is it normal that Play Store bugs?
Is there a market for this type of devices because I am afraid that is too technic for me ?
Thank you for your help ?

It is a clone, and therefore no roms for it, for not original devices, hardly anything in the forums will work, even for original ones, there are many variants, and only a small number work for cross variants, n900w8-n9005, n900-n900, and so on, if you cant install play store, try in aptoide with an old version, not the latest one, hopefully that will work, luck

FREDDENIRO said:
I bought a fake Samsung Galaxy note 3 (big mistake, glup !)
You can the caracteristics on the attach file.
As is, this smartphone works very well : GPS, WiFi, 3G, Sound, Bluetooth, ... are operational.
But I cannot install a French ROM and I cannot install Play Store (won't start).
With Aptoïde, I was able to install other applications and so everything works very well.
Is there a solution for the evolutions of the ROM? (The device is root of origin)
Is it normal that Play Store bugs?
Is there a market for this type of devices because I am afraid that is too technic for me ?
Thank you for your help ?
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Trying to install original Note 3 ROMs will very likely hard-brick your clone.
Your device however might be the same as the one discussed in this thread, so you should eventually look for more details there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2460620

Definitive Note 3 Modifications

Hi All,
New to the forums, new to android, and new to phone modification. I've unfortunately been iPhone for the last 6 years (3GS, 4s and 5s). With my contract coming to an end I wanted to go contract free with a sim only deal and have bought a note 3.
I've been doing sum reading, well a lot actually, and there's conflicting information coming from limitless sources across the web. So as this forum seems to be the highest regarded I was hoping you guys with the knowledge could help me out. I'm semi-handy with a computer and as long as there's a fairly decent guide out there I'm happy I can root my phone and install a rom without too much hassle.
My question is what is the definitive recommended modifications for a note 3? I'm a fairly heavy user and run my entire life from my phone. 90% of my gaming, all of my communication (calls, texts and emails) as we don't own a house phone, all of my banking, 50% of my film/TV watching, all of my book reading etc etc and what I'm after is a rom that'll strip away any bloatware, improve the speed of the device to the max and hopefully extend battery life.
And if there any other additions everyone recommends that'd be welcome as well!!
Is there a group decided upon definitive mod list? Thanks in advance! Should mention my device is UK-N9005 4G LTE and is network free but will most likely be having a giff gaff (O2) sim.

I'd recommend you to use AryaMod ROM. It's based on Stock Lollipop with loads of customizations (mods).
The ROM thread has all instructions to guide you.
And you'll have to flash TWRP first and after installing the ROM (via the steps in the thread), you can search and download Lean Kernel 6.3 (which is again a thread in Development forum) and flash via TWRP and it gives good battery life.

Cheers dude. Do I need the rom and the kernel together?
So flash twrp, then rom, then twrp again, then the kernel ?

Yes. Read the ROM thread carefully. After installing TWRP via ODIN. You'll need to push 2 files via ODIN again. And you're good to flash the ROM. All the files are in ROM thread. All you need is to install Samsung drivers and download TWRP for N9005 from twrp.me

I think isn't necessary to change the kernel of this rom...

AryaMod is good, Darklord is good.
The problem, if you start, never stop ! kkkkk

Orta117 said:
Hi All,
New to the forums, new to android, and new to phone modification. I've unfortunately been iPhone for the last 6 years (3GS, 4s and 5s). With my contract coming to an end I wanted to go contract free with a sim only deal and have bought a note 3.
I've been doing sum reading, well a lot actually, and there's conflicting information coming from limitless sources across the web. So as this forum seems to be the highest regarded I was hoping you guys with the knowledge could help me out. I'm semi-handy with a computer and as long as there's a fairly decent guide out there I'm happy I can root my phone and install a rom without too much hassle.
My question is what is the definitive recommended modifications for a note 3? I'm a fairly heavy user and run my entire life from my phone. 90% of my gaming, all of my communication (calls, texts and emails) as we don't own a house phone, all of my banking, 50% of my film/TV watching, all of my book reading etc etc and what I'm after is a rom that'll strip away any bloatware, improve the speed of the device to the max and hopefully extend battery life.
And if there any other additions everyone recommends that'd be welcome as well!!
Is there a group decided upon definitive mod list? Thanks in advance! Should mention my device is UK-N9005 4G LTE and is network free but will most likely be having a giff gaff (O2) sim.
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If you use your phone very heavily, like i do. I would always suggest an official rom as you are sure to have a stable device.
I am on giffgaff in the uk too.
Find the latest BTU, UK rom from sammobile.com and flash it with odin v3.10.7
If you are on windows 8.1 and above, the samsung usb drivers will come up in windows update after plugging the phone in atleast once, be sure to install them and restart your machine before going into download mode and flashing the latest rom.
If you want to root.. update the firmware like that and flash TWRP then SuperSU in recovery. This will obviously trip your knox to 0x1
If you need any help i will provide the links you need.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

cheers everyone, received the phone in the mail today so going to try this rooting business first so I have nothing to lose if I balls up. I haven't put my sim card in it yet, do I need to prior to rooting or can I do it all without inserting my sim?

Orta117 said:
cheers everyone, received the phone in the mail today so going to try this rooting business first so I have nothing to lose if I balls up. I haven't put my sim card in it yet, do I need to prior to rooting or can I do it all without inserting my sim?
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You can do it all without a sim, after you have rooted.. probably a good idea to do an efs backup and copy it somewhere safe, on your pc or something.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

From the hospital: SIM not working. Also, it it really i9500?

Hi
Background: I am usually very thorough when buying a new phone. This time I Wasn't well for many days and in the hospital. Urgently needed a new phone and ordered 1 online from a used shop. I specially wanted i9500.. no other variant..
I got one, it said i9500 on the back cover (echted in the plastics and well as the paper... which said made in india.. also the paper/sticker wasn't samsung quality but maybe since it was used, and indian made, i thought ok..
Now I inserted my sim and turned it on... Some chinese s***t! then samsung logo then the TouchWiz.. But there were many chinese apps as well. AND IT DID NOT DETECT MY SIM. Settings say its an i9500.. it felt like a samsung but something was off... In camera, as soon as I took a pic, phone got shut off! Had to take out battery... (btw, it says android 4.42 and when I go to Update.. .Samsung says it cant as device has been modified)
reformatted phone... more chinese sh*t, then Android loads up and there is no play store!
So I downoad a Darky ROM for i9500 and try flashing.. viola!! success.. Android 5.0.1
It said Sim not registered... then that message dissappears and now it shows me FULL SIGNALS but when I try to dial anything, it says Not registered on network! - WHen I went to settings... in device it is now saying:SM-903F (is that a ROM thing or is that the real phone model I have..?)
Can someone please help me.. the phone is very important here in my hosp.. cant type/read a lot of my laptop, it is very energy comsuming
Regards
P.S My location is Pakistan

See if you can enter download mode (Volume down and Power). If you can get into download mode, read off the model number displayed on screen. If you can't, the S4 is counterfeit.

The phone could also be a combination of various parts from different hardware versions of the s4.
Also, check to see if the imei is okay.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
See if you can enter download mode (Volume down and Power). If you can get into download mode, read off the model number displayed on screen. If you can't, the S4 is counterfeit.
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Download mode says GT-I9500CHN
hmm
audit13 said:
The phone could also be a combination of various parts from different hardware versions of the s4.
Also, check to see if the imei is okay.
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Yes bro, I can see the IMEI..
I tried flashing another ROM (TouchWiz) - Still sim is not recognized (but signal bars goes to full.. even if I take out the SIM.. guess thats a ROM issue)
Anyways, still stuck.. Which modem should I try flashing... :|

I was going to suggest a stock 9500 rom from sammobile.com but there are only ROMs for the 9500, not 9500chn.
Googling the model 9500chn links to other people that have the same problem when trying to flash another rom.

audit13 said:
I was going to suggest a stock 9500 rom from sammobile.com but there are only ROMs for the 9500, not 9500chn.
Googling the model 9500chn links to other people that have the same problem when trying to flash another rom.
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The phone model become GT-I9500CHN because of Chinese bootloader that unfortunately very hard to get rid of this stuff.
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Your phone might be trying to connect to China Mobile or China Unicom that uses TD-SCDMA instead of WCDMA for most regions.
Also, after you install DarkLord S6 port on your device, you'll get phone model on About device as SM-G903F (Galaxy S5 Neo) instead of the normal one for more compatibility (according to the developer).
I would try to check the IMEI online to see if this is original or not (ilegally tampered from other device).
Sent from my GT-I9500

krasCGQ said:
The phone model become GT-I9500CHN because of Chinese bootloader that unfortunately very hard to get rid of this stuff.
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Your phone might be trying to connect to China Mobile or China Unicom that uses TD-SCDMA instead of WCDMA for most regions.
Also, after you install DarkLord S6 port on your device, you'll get phone model on About device as SM-G903F (Galaxy S5 Neo) instead of the normal one for more compatibility (according to the developer).
I would try to check the IMEI online to see if this is original or not (ilegally tampered from other device).
Sent from my GT-I9500
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What to do then? I tried installing Omega ROM v 28... after installtion, screen goes blank... tried it twice!
Any solution

hdaackda said:
What to do then? I tried installing Omega ROM v 28... after installtion, screen goes blank... tried it twice!
Any solution
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Cheap chinese fake replicas. All ib one line.
Do nothing about it. Ordering online was the worst decision.
Now there are threads here on how to manage these clones. Read one of them

DeepankarS said:
Cheap chinese fake replicas. All ib one line.
Do nothing about it. Ordering online was the worst decision.
Now there are threads here on how to manage these clones. Read one of them
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I hate chinese like u do... but this is not cheap
and it is actually a REAL Samsung Galaxy
problem is its GT-i9500CHN - aargghhhhhh - pain doubling... due to me being in hospital. cant go outside to kill someone

If you flashed custom ROMs and them boot, it's not a clone. I9500 performs an Exynos CPU, Chinese clones a Mediatek one, so just for this ROMs couldn't even boot.
All you can do is try to flash a stock firmware from SamMobile, an I9500 firmware coming from China, and see what happens.
By the way, I think this guy bought a Chinese (Genuine) I9500, then rooted it for install Google Apps, that would probably be the reason of the GApps disappearing after formatting (as far as I know, Chinese phones have a backup partition where an emergency copy of the stock firmware is located, I don't know if Samsung does this as well).
For the SIM problem, it's probably simlock, and it probably works only with a determined Chinese operator (or, again, it probably doesn't supports Pakistan's signal bands).
All you can do is check your IMEI on some dedicated site and see if it's simlock, then if it's not, check if the bands that your phone supports are compatible with Pakistan ones.
Sorry for my bad english.
Nexus⁴ on Tapatalk.

Again, China's bands are TD-SCDMA, not WCDMA as we use mostly over the world.
Sent from my GT-I9500

in and out of hospital. operation botched. going again. thanks for all your help guys, 1 last issue
baseband changed. signals working!! finally
one problem, as soon as I take picture, phone shuts down instantaneouly. have to take out battery and restart. ANY english i9500chn ROM pls??

hdaackda said:
in and out of hospital. operation botched. going again. thanks for all your help guys, 1 last issue
baseband changed. signals working!! finally
one problem, as soon as I take picture, phone shuts down instantaneouly. have to take out battery and restart. ANY english i9500chn ROM pls??
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Once again, GT-I9500CHN is just from the bootloader. Installing any GT-I9500 firmware should work.
Sent from my GT-I9500

Got a new vibe, has Vibe UI v2 installed. Can I get stock?

Hi all,
My old vibe died and couldnt find a better phone on the market since 2015 so got a new one. However I dont know what the heck is installed on this one.
I have never rooted before but have a cs degree so im not out my league. With the details in the image below, do you know what I can do to get stock installed?
The phone has a trojan application called fun weather and i cant remove it. Have done everything from root access to hard deleted. But as soon as i get wifi again it downloads. Are all custom roms like this so the developer can make cash? I also dont know if this is ROW or China. It has google services installed.
VERSION AND DETAILS SCREENSHOT HERE (2K image here fills the whole browser.)
http://i.imgur.com/jLn2bih.jpg
Regardless apprecaite the help here.
C

OK so after failing to remove it I was able to flash the device.
I made a guide for my future self and also to show that the China mobile varient can be easily flashed and still work. Im from UK and no issues with SIM. It also read my philippines card no problem

corriejgreen said:
OK so after failing to remove it I was able to flash the device.
I made a guide for my future self and also to show that the China mobile varient can be easily flashed and still work. Im from UK and no issues with SIM. It also read my philippines card no problem
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Maybe this was one of the early firmware. Lenovo has given 5.0 to this mobile. Why didn't you try to update it?