I tried to follow thread to restore stock rom on my note 8 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1945195 however when i went to website mentioned in it to download the rom, i can see new zealand in the list. i bought this note from ebay and it work fine here in nz. it is 3G+wifi verion N5100 having 4.1.2 baseband n5100xxbmc8 build number Jzo54k.n5100xxbmd1. i very confused about the rom's which one should i use? becuase if i try to find to find rom using n5100xxbmc8 it comes up with different country- Germany. will it work? then i thought i should try 4.2.2 but still there is non for NZ rather there are non-english countries rom. will it work?
how to restore note 8 back to company rom.
Thanks
sunnyhanda said:
I tried to follow thread to restore stock rom on my note 8 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1945195 however when i went to website mentioned in it to download the rom, i can see new zealand in the list. i bought this note from ebay and it work fine here in nz. it is 3G+wifi verion N5100 having 4.1.2 baseband n5100xxbmc8 build number Jzo54k.n5100xxbmd1. i very confused about the rom's which one should i use? becuase if i try to find to find rom using n5100xxbmc8 it comes up with different country- Germany. will it work? then i thought i should try 4.2.2 but still there is non for NZ rather there are non-english countries rom. will it work?
how to restore note 8 back to company rom.
Thanks
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It'll work just fine, mine came from India I believe, as soon as it came i flashed the Germany firmware (despite me being in the UK) as the Germans seem to get the latest firmwares sooner.
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Hello,
I don't want to wait for Samsung OTA upgrade to Lollipop in my region.....My phone is unlocked and free to use any official rom. It's already available in a number of countries and would like to download one and install it with ODIN.
My question: Is there any difference between the official roms from one country to the other? how should I make my choice?
Thanks for your help
The ROMS currently available should all be carrier unbranded, meaning no carrier logos or carrier bloatware. Assuming this is for the I9505, you can download whichever is the latest, either the BTU firmware or the DBT version. Both will work, though you likely will end up with some easily removed apps provided by Samsung for a specific region. For example, after installing the Black Edition BTU firmware on my I9505, the device defaulted to AUT (Switzerland), and I received three apps related to that region. Since those apps are installed normally and not embedded into the system, it was a trivial matter to uninstall them.
Thanks again Strephon......mine is the 19500. ...I'll go ahead and install the Hong Kong version.
Hello,
I bought Note 4 (Model: SM-N910F) in Germany, and now running android version
4.4.4, I want to upgrade to the official version 5.0.1 from website:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N910F/
Which version is recommended from the website?
Debating between both versions: Germany or Unknown, Which version is preferable?
And do need root to flash a new version?
I am interested in a clean system with no additives/applications (in English) with good battery time.
Thanks,
idan.
idann said:
Hello,
I bought Note 4 (Model: SM-N910F) in Germany, and now running android version
4.4.4, I want to upgrade to the official version 5.0.1 from website:
Which version is recommended from the website?
Debating between both versions: Germany or Unknown, Which version is preferable?
And do need root to flash a new version?
I am interested in a clean system with no additives/applications (in English) with good battery time.
Thanks,
idan.
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You don't need root to flash a new firmware.
I would recommend wiping the phone to factory status before you flash a new firmware.
N910F will use the BOC3 software.
This should work okay.
/N910FXXU1BOC3_N910FVFG1BOC2_VDC/
Yes of course, I will implement to make a factory reset before flash new firmware.
BOC3 = Unknown version.
I understand this rom from Dutch, It will be ok? or wait to OTA upgrade?
After upgrade system to 5.0.1, my device will receive OTA?
idann said:
Yes of course, I will implement to make a factory reset before flash new firmware.
BOC3 = Unknown version.
I understand this rom from Dutch, It will be ok? or wait to OTA upgrade?
After upgrade system to 5.0.1, my device will receive OTA?
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I upgraded a few days ago from N910FXXU1ANK4 ATO 4.4.4 to N910FXXU1BOC3 Unknown and I can say that it's working nicely. Had issues when updating as I was first trying to flash a BOC3 version from RO Vodafone, but had issues while flashing (Volume size too big, Odin invalid ext4 image). I was able to upgrade to N910FXXU1BOC3 Unknown without any issues.
In case you get into trouble while upgrading, you can do a emergency re-initialization from Kies3, based on your model number and serial number (on device, under the battery).
If you are flashing a different region ROM, make sure you do not have Reactivation lock as it will block your attempt to flash a new ROM.
@lolozaur thanks about information.
Version N910FXXU1BOC3 (5.0.1) will include touchwiz interface?
I prefer a clean system like nexus version, can you recommend a convenient interface (launcher)?
idann said:
@lolozaur thanks about information.
Version N910FXXU1BOC3 (5.0.1) will include touchwiz interface?
I prefer a clean system like nexus version, can you recommend a convenient interface (launcher)?
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Don't have much information regarding the Note 4 ROM community as i just got the device one week ago.
But, if you want to keep your Knox counter set to 0 and have your warranty available, you have to flash only stock ROMs from good sources (i prefer sammobile).
I personally like the new Touchwiz on 5.0.1 and I think it will keep getting better when we'll get the S6 Touchwiz in future updates. I would not flash an AOSP ROM on the Note 4.
Not sure about this but if you want an AOSP OS (nexus version) you will be losing some of the functionality of the Note 4, such as the S-Pen and S-Note integration and maybe the S-Health and Heartrate sensor.
@lolozaur
Flash of new version 5.0.1 can lock again device for locked region?
The lock was released by call (5 minutes) with local microsim.
Thanks.
idann said:
@lolozaur
Flash of new version 5.0.1 can lock again device for locked region?
The lock was released by call (5 minutes) with local microsim.
Thanks.
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It should not lock. My device is also used outside the unlock region and I did not have any troubles after the upgrade.
I am flashing 5.0.1 and looks good! even touchwiz interface looks clean.
Thank you for your kind assistance.
Hi, everyone. Does enyone can tell me if it's possible to force OTA updater in stock ROM to watch for proper updates? Right now I have installed Honk Kong version of Samsung ROM which has full multilanguage support, but OTA always watch for updates of Chinese version. Probably I have phone which is programmed to have Chinese ROM version - is there a way to change this behaviour?
m4ci0r4 said:
Hi, everyone. Does enyone can tell me if it's possible to force OTA updater in stock ROM to watch for proper updates? Right now I have installed Honk Kong version of Samsung ROM which has full multilanguage support, but OTA always watch for updates of Chinese version. Probably I have phone which is programmed to have Chinese ROM version - is there a way to change this behaviour?
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Can't say about OTA, but you can always go HERE, download the Honk Kong version and install thru recovery.
Recently got a new US Model Xperia 5 III, and updated it to A12 without realizing how many issues came with it. I tried to find an Android 11 Firmware to flash to it, but Xperifirm only gives A12, and online I could only find updates for the Europe and International models. Is there anywhere that archives the files of older firmwares to download, or will the regional roms work on a US model?