[Q] Can I flash a Firmware From a Different Country? - Galaxy S3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a GSIII Neo (GT-I9300I) that came from Iran. I was wondering if I could flash a 4.4 firmware from another country to this phone, since there is no 4.4 for the Iran GSIII Neo. And I want the official firmware, not a custom rom.
Any help?

yes you can, I have an GT-I9301I and every time there is a new update for official stock firmware even if it's not for my country, i download it from sammobile.com/firmwares and flash it via ODIN, as longer it's for my exact phone model, it's ok
and everything work perfect, even all the stuff relying on network (calls, sms, 3G, 4G ...)

No modem chnages or restore required?
Pro Cal said:
yes you can, I have an GT-I9301I and every time there is a new update for official stock firmware even if it's not for my country, i download it from sammobile.com/firmwares and flash it via ODIN, as longer it's for my exact phone model, it's ok
and everything work perfect, even all the stuff relying on network (calls, sms, 3G, 4G ...)
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Do you reflash your past modem?
Is you phone carrier unlocked?
I want to shift to stock rom too.But I cannot which to choose and what are the problems that I am going to face.

shovonsud said:
Do you reflash your past modem?
Is you phone carrier unlocked?
I want to shift to stock rom too.But I cannot which to choose and what are the problems that I am going to face.
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- Do you reflash your past modem?
No, I flash all the new firmware with its own modem
- Is you phone carrier unlocked?
yes my carrier unlocked is unlocked but it have nothing to do with that.
my advice for u is to gow with an italian (ITV) or German (DBT) frmware, ive tried eveeery firmware and they are the best for smoothness and baterry life ... you wont' face any problem at aal, the only thing you'l have to do after is to set he APN manualy for 3G Connection and MMS, that's all, otherwise everything else is the same.
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s--neo/GT-I9301I/DBT/download/I9301IXCUAPH1/94318/
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s--neo/GT-I9301I/ITV/download/I9301IXCUAPH1/94320/
or you can go with a custom rom to update it with the latest firmware, Project Lucky S7 Style ROM is AMAZING and its very fast and smooth even better than a stock ROM. think abt giving it a try befor flashin the new stock rom
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-neo/development/rom-ciro-s-rom-t3356584
Good luck bro

Hi all, today I gave a look on sammobile and it appears that S3 neo ITV got an update to 2016 august security patches. This happened a year ago for ITV model. Even though I can't find the firmware I am running on sammobile, kies says that my S3 neo (June security patches) is ITV but I DON'T get the update in settings nor kies nor smartswitch. Is it ok to flash the latest firmware with Odin? It shouldn't erase all data anyway right?
Thanks if anyone answer this old thread (lol but still keen on my s3 neo)
Edit: and did anyone get august security patches?

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Would This Work ("Workaround" to Receive Latest Kies Updates Where Not Available)?

Would This Work ("Workaround" to Receive Latest Kies Updates Where Not Available)?
Hey everyone,
So, I have a Galaxy S2 on Virgin Mobile Canada, and in Canada, the latest firmware/kernel was KG2, and we all know that KG2 is slightly old, compared to KH3 (or higher, I'm not sure atm) in Europe.
Now, we all know that Europe is the first to receive OFFICIAL updates to the latest firmware/kernel via Samsung Kies.
What I'm thinking is that I can change the "Region Code" on my device, to 'trick' Kies into thinking I'm located in Europe, and then it will deliver to me the latest OFFICIAL firmware/kernel update. After updating, I can install the stock KG2 modem for Bell/Virgin (if you're located in a different country, just use your local modem/baseband) via Odin. Then I can use CF-Root Kernel to root my device, then revert back to stock.
This way, I have a Galaxy S2 with the latest official firmware/kernel, a modem that still works perfectly with my provider/network, and root, with no yellow triangle!
However, I don't wish to mess anything up, so I haven't tried this yet. Do you guys think that it can work, and is a viable option instead of waiting for official updates to come to my region? Can anyone maybe try this and post their results/findings (or maybe someone has already done this?)? Also, would all apps like "Samsung Apps" and the Android Market still work properly, as in for my region? What other problems could I possibly run into? I'm mostly concerned about the Market...
I got my S2 free ! from Orange UK 5 days ago, love it, what an upgrade from my 18 months used X10 .
Anyway they do what you want with the X10 so I suppose it can be done with S2 though I dont know for sure.
I used to follow the X10 forum (here now) though I left my X10 stock and was happy with it but I rooted this the 3rd day already and unlocked the simlock ready for my Holiday next week = super low cost local data (50p uk per gig).
What a great device this is !!
Or you can just tell kies to stuff it and flash roms via odin.
Once you update with kies, changing the modem will mean you wont automatically get new updates anyway, as it wont recognise the firmware combination.
veyka said:
Or you can just tell kies to stuff it and flash roms via odin.
Once you update with kies, changing the modem will mean you wont automatically get new updates anyway, as it wont recognise the firmware combination.
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So, you're saying that using Odin would be much easier?
Also, I've heard that the KH3 modem works really well with Bell/Virgin, but incase I need to revert, I can always use Odin to flash the KG2 modem while keeping my KH3 kernel/firmware, right?
So, if I just download the Europe KH3 firmware from "http://samfirmware.com", then I just use Odin to flash it, and I'm done? Will it wipe any of my data? Also, would the European firmware work in Canada?
amandureja said:
So, you're saying that using Odin would be much easier?
Also, I've heard that the KH3 modem works really well with Bell/Virgin, but incase I need to revert, I can always use Odin to flash the KG2 modem while keeping my KH3 kernel/firmware, right?
So, if I just download the Europe KH3 firmware from "http://samfirmware.com", then I just use Odin to flash it, and I'm done? Will it wipe any of my data? Also, would the European firmware work in Canada?
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If you have the i9100T You need to use one of the T stock modems or your wifi/bluetooth/data wont work very well/at all (so i hear), but yes you can mix and match rom+kernel and modems from different releases without any problems.
As far as getting a rom, grab a non wipe version from this thread and you should keep everything.
veyka said:
If you have the i9100T You need to use one of the T stock modems or your wifi/bluetooth/data wont work very well/at all (so i hear), but yes you can mix and match rom+kernel and modems from different releases without any problems.
As far as getting a rom, grab a non wipe version from this thread and you should keep everything.
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I have the i9100M. I have heard great reports of the KH3 modem with it, so I'm pretty confident it'll work fine.
So, I just download the KH3 files from that link, and then flash via Odin?
Is it a must to flash the CSC as well, or can I leave that out?
amandureja said:
I have the i9100M. I have heard great reports of the KH3 modem with it, so I'm pretty confident it'll work fine.
So, I just download the KH3 files from that link, and then flash via Odin?
Is it a must to flash the CSC as well, or can I leave that out?
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The M is fine to use any modem/rom, it will change the model code to just i9100 though, might be changed back by flashing the stock firmware though.
Yes flash via odin.
No you dont need to flash the CSC unless you get problems, but you might as well, the worst that can happen is that you need to manually enter your APN settings.

Flash stock without root?

Hi All!
i have looked around in forum but i dont finnd simple answers that i need =) yes i may be a noob but sorry here is what i wounder..
i have Swedish sold S4 by Telenor. today sweden got 4.3 update to all unlocked devices, (NEE) i have locked to Telenor and i got mh6 VDS.. what i wounder is, Can i flash Nordic Stock official from sammobile 4.3 NEE onto my device that has VDS. Whitout trigger Knox and garanty . and can i still get official FOTA in future, i understand if i can flash i still have locked phone thats no problem, but i wanna know all will work. like WiFi data 4g sms calls mms etc etc..
Best regards Juha
JTK-Power said:
Hi All!
i have looked around in forum but i dont finnd simple answers that i need =) yes i may be a noob but sorry here is what i wounder..
i have Swedish sold S4 by Telenor. today sweden got 4.3 update to all unlocked devices, (NEE) i have locked to Telenor and i got mh6 VDS.. what i wounder is, Can i flash Nordic Stock official from sammobile 4.3 NEE onto my device that has VDS. Whitout trigger Knox and garanty . and can i still get official FOTA in future, i understand if i can flash i still have locked phone thats no problem, but i wanna know all will work. like WiFi data 4g sms calls mms etc etc..
Best regards Juha
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The best way i found to it, just download samsung kies, plug phone in, and download the latest upgrade kies allows onto your phone.
No risk of problems then.
You can use "mobile odin pro" by chainfire if you have the stock rom files saved in your sdcard
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SM-N9005 International Note 3 4.4.2

Hey guys.
Got an N9005 and just getting really impatient waiting for the Australian XSA rom to be released. It's so close I'm sure but, was wondering if I could perhaps flash a Poland firmware for now then flash an Australian one when it's released with no problems?
In my knowledge, a few years of flashing roms etc, it seems this would update everything including my bootloader, which is fine. Heard also that you cannot go back to any previous version of android after this procedure. Which I find weird, as what if I flashed a 4.3 firmware, wouldn't this revert everything back? Including bootloader?
Anyway, not that I'd want to go back, that was more just to see what the final say was.
Moving on, so I should be able to flash a Poland room for example then update to Australian? As they are official firmware, I shouldn't trip Knox either?
Thanks heaps in advance guys.
Anyone??
Thanks!!
Lambetts said:
Hey guys.
Got an N9005 and just getting really impatient waiting for the Australian XSA rom to be released. It's so close I'm sure but, was wondering if I could perhaps flash a Poland firmware for now then flash an Australian one when it's released with no problems?
In my knowledge, a few years of flashing roms etc, it seems this would update everything including my bootloader, which is fine. Heard also that you cannot go back to any previous version of android after this procedure. Which I find weird, as what if I flashed a 4.3 firmware, wouldn't this revert everything back? Including bootloader?
Anyway, not that I'd want to go back, that was more just to see what the final say was.
Moving on, so I should be able to flash a Poland room for example then update to Australian? As they are official firmware, I shouldn't trip Knox either?
Thanks heaps in advance guys.
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You can flash the Poland firmware while you wait. Almost everybody ran Poland Kitkat when it was first released.
The updated bootloader prevent from downgrading. If you try to do it via odin, the update will fail.
Official firmwares from any region will not trip KNOX.
Lambetts said:
Hey guys.
Got an N9005 and just getting really impatient waiting for the Australian XSA rom to be released. It's so close I'm sure but, was wondering if I could perhaps flash a Poland firmware for now then flash an Australian one when it's released with no problems?
In my knowledge, a few years of flashing roms etc, it seems this would update everything including my bootloader, which is fine. Heard also that you cannot go back to any previous version of android after this procedure. Which I find weird, as what if I flashed a 4.3 firmware, wouldn't this revert everything back? Including bootloader?
Anyway, not that I'd want to go back, that was more just to see what the final say was.
Moving on, so I should be able to flash a Poland room for example then update to Australian? As they are official firmware, I shouldn't trip Knox either?
Thanks heaps in advance guys.
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How did you go with this???? I am having same problem.. I flashed my stock optus note3 to polish 4.42 and now sim won't work any suggestions?
lucidpromise said:
How did you go with this???? I am having same problem.. I flashed my stock optus note3 to polish 4.42 and now sim won't work any suggestions?
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AFAIK Optus Note 3 is N9007, not N9005. So may be this is your problem?
vndnguyen said:
AFAIK Optus Note 3 is N9007, not N9005. So may be this is your problem?
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Are you sure?! Under the battery it says n9005......
lucidpromise said:
Are you sure?! Under the battery it says n9005......
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Ohh sorry, I mean there is a separate model for Optus operator.
In fact there is N9005 that has CSC code is OPS for Optus, and there is N9007 specific for Optus.
May be you have the 1st one.
You can get your Model and CSC code by using Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app.

[Q] How to signal lollipop 5.0.1

Hey all
I am unfortunate to have the UK N910F phone (PDAN910FXXU1ANK6 and CSCN910FH3G1ANK1) as this has not received the lollipop update. I have not rooted the phone and don't really want to root as some apps will not work with root I. E. Banking apps.
My question is there a international Rom that I could flash with Odin as I tried a lollipop rom with the wrong PDA and CSC (PDA N910FXXU1BOC3 CSC N910FVFG1BOC2) and that just bricked the phone, luckily samfirmawre had my original 4.4.4 Rom so my phone is OK
Many Thanks
Alexndr's BOC3 ROM will allow you to keep your current CSC:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/rom-bob4-devbase-multi-csc-safe-bloat-t3033881
Yet another person not to bothered about reading forum rules.
Answering your question. There is German soft for n910f on sammobile. I flashed it via odin and it works just fine.
Be careful
About your question, be careful with that, if you have your phone from a carrier (including if you unlocked it), be careful because, for example, here in Spain if you have your phone with Vodafone and you change the ROM to a non-VF, you may notice that your payment by NFC won't work. BTW I works with some banks in europe and I had no problem with whatever o their apps changing the ROM to a official from another country (nor to a custom rom, but that's your choice), now I have your same model, bought unlocked to samsung with the indian ROM from sammobile

CAN Uber UK work with rooted Rom? AND flash BTU csc without root?

Due to illness (visual (vdu related so limited screentime)and brainfade!) Had to urgently revert to latest (Dec 24th) stock Oreo 8 Indonesian S7Edge (from SamMobile) as have SM-935FD (Duos) model with UK 3 network and Spanish (telefonica/o2) sims.
Uber would NOT work on my Superman Rom 2.9 (Nougat), even with Magisk etc... as also have pneumonia was creatnig PANIC situations! :crying:
Would LOVE to go back to FULL Rooted Rom (hidden) with secure everything (Android Pay, Gpay, UBER etc etc!) but unless I can guarantee all works without tripping ****, then i dont have the strength to do right now...
BUT - i am also having signal problems with 3 mobile (BTU) as usnig Indo CSC - because the BTU needs to be edited in order to get dual dialling pads in 'Phone', I cannot just odin flash the BTU csc over INDO... I dont think?? And also, as Sammobile stock recovery, am too nervous to odin TWRP in case i lose all the other stuff that ow works that I need
SO, any advice, SHORT links to read would be V V welocme and helpful...
Happy New Year all -Thanks!! :good:

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