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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.

I have questions about Samsung Galaxy J series, specifically the J3 Virgin Mobile

I have a few questions for anyone familiar with the Samsung Galaxy J series, specifically the J3. I have virgin mobile, and after a long time suffering with their HTC Desire 510, I want to upgrade, and not wanting to spend $400 on a galaxy S5 , the J3 seems the next best phone to get. However, as I've grown used to having a rooted phone and customizing my phone as much as I want, etc, I want to make sure my next phone can be rooted, and has support for custom ROM's, etc.
The main thing that could help me with my decision would be some guidance as to whether other versions, the J2, J5, J7, etc, that are present here would be potentially compatible with the J3, or if I'm out of luck and should consider other options if rooting is a necessity for me.
Any help is greatly appreciated!

Anyone?

I'm sure you can root it.
I'm using j5 and it took me like 15 minutes of reading and about an hour /including downloading and setting up all the things /for the root.
I just want to say that you would need to be prepared to wait until someone make a custom Rom for it.
GL

nov01 said:
I'm sure you can root it.
I'm using j5 and it took me like 15 minutes of reading and about an hour /including downloading and setting up all the things /for the root.
I just want to say that you would need to be prepared to wait until someone make a custom Rom for it.
GL
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Thats what I was thinking. I figure that rooting it (hopefully) is similar to the other J series. As long as its rooted, wouldn't I be able to (even w/o custom rom) debloat/customize/etc it with various root tools, apps2sd, etc? Or are those dependent on having a custom rom? On the only phone I've rooted so far (htc desire 510) I didn't really spend any time with stock rom when I rooted, instead immediately flashing Nonsense rom, so I'm not sure what limitations keeping stock rom comes with when rooted.
Thank you for the reply! It gives me a bit of hope at least.

I'm not really familiar with the device. As I said before I have a j5. According to the applications that you mentioned I think that it would be possible to get and install them. But rooting isn't quantum mechanics. There are some apps that you could easily install on almost any device and get the root privileges. For example kingroot I am sure you can find others. I usually root my devices trough pc.I recommend you to take some time before jumping on the first option that comes up as a possible solution.
According to changing the stock Rom. I don't known how developed is that treat so.. Again read here and there about it.
GL!
Let me know if I helped by hitting the thumb up

I dont think permanent root is going to be possible until a working twrp is made so that you can flash supersu. I know that sux, I wanted to get one for my wife because she broke the screen on her vm s3. But without root and the ability to get unlimited hotspot... nope. I asked a dev ( lrs121) if he would port twrp to it. He said he would try if I had the phone and could get him the necessary files from it. Look in the sprint s3 section under twrp for virgin and boost s3. He is a great dev.

Actually far as I can say there are 2 twrp options. you just have to read more

nov01 said:
Actually far as I can say there are 2 twrp options. you just have to read more
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Read where? Could you be a little more vague?
I am by no means a noob, and when I answer someone, I generally throw in a link.
But thanks for letting me know it exists.
Is it another phones twrp that works? Any hints at all?

madbat99 said:
Read where? Could you be a little more vague?
I am by no means a noob, and when I answer someone, I generally throw in a link.
But thanks for letting me know it exists.
Is it another phones twrp that works? Any hints at all?
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Sorry i was on the phone while traveling. I`ve mistaken that it was about the j5 ( like mine device) and for that especially i had tried 2 working options up to now for twrp. but i`m pretty sure you can find tutorials or you can even simply DL the twrp /for example/ 3 install it as an apk and than you if it stuck just would need to DL odin for your PC and than strictly follow the steps / install /unzip odin, connect device , go into DL mode and flash it with the stock ROM which you can find in sammobile /.com i guess/ ?
GL and hit thanks if i helped!

I have yet another variant the J320w8, canadian GSM variant presumably. Which recovery will work with this guy?? I've tried the j3lte TWRP with no luck booting it. Then J320H which was a fail. now i've to find firmware to recover from the hanging up on logo on boot...i welcome suggestions guys

ryn.ste said:
I have yet another variant the J320w8, canadian GSM variant presumably. Which recovery will work with this guy?? I've tried the j3lte TWRP with no luck booting it. Then J320H which was a fail. now i've to find firmware to recover from the hanging up on logo on boot...i welcome suggestions guys
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still need firmware? http://rapidgator.net/file/916b933a305b3ba597862c145dca4cad confirmed working.
i need root tho, or an older firmware. any help is appreciated.

darknaio said:
I have a few questions for anyone familiar with the Samsung Galaxy J series, specifically the J3. I have virgin mobile, and after a long time suffering with their HTC Desire 510, I want to upgrade, and not wanting to spend $400 on a galaxy S5 , the J3 seems the next best phone to get. However, as I've grown used to having a rooted phone and customizing my phone as much as I want, etc, I want to make sure my next phone can be rooted, and has support for custom ROM's, etc.
The main thing that could help me with my decision would be some guidance as to whether other versions, the J2, J5, J7, etc, that are present here would be potentially compatible with the J3, or if I'm out of luck and should consider other options if rooting is a necessity for me.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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I am working on a unofficial build of of lineage OS for this device. You can see it here. https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/lineage-os-samsung-galaxy-j3-t3553175

G935P bricked with AT&T ROM

Hello,
I've a Galaxy S7 G935P from Sprint and accidentally was installed a different rom (the G935A rom including kernel, modem, and other, from AT&T) instead the most recent android for G935P.
I can access to download mode (and now this mode show the S7 Edge model as G935A instead G935P) but I can't install again the G935P software through Odin, I tried several times and nothing, also if I try to install a G935A I get an error and fail to upload the system.
I was reading other threads but they have problem with T-Mobile and AT&T, does anyone knows a way to recover the Sprint phone and install the original software?
Can be installed TWRP to solve the problem deleting all the system, data, cache and install a rom from TWRP recovery?
PS. I don't have warranty because the phone was rooted to unlock it.

Its worth a shot to try to flash the latest g935u rom. As far as i understand, it is a universal rom that is the same across all carriers.

you are bricked.
only hope is samsung warranty.
take it to your carrier's store and tell them your phone isn't working.
they will either replace it on the spot or give you a phone to borrow and order you a new one from samsung.
if you bought it off ebay or retail you are fuct.

chrisduclo said:
Its worth a shot to try to flash the latest g935u rom. As far as i understand, it is a universal rom that is the same across all carriers.
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the G935U doesn't work
Destinatus said:
you are bricked.
only hope is samsung warranty.
take it to your carrier's store and tell them your phone isn't working.
they will either replace it on the spot or give you a phone to borrow and order you a new one from samsung.
if you bought it off ebay or retail you are fuct.
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I don't have warranty as mentioned above, so I can't replace the phone. I guess there is a method to unbrick the S7 Edge or something because I can use a special rom for tests (I can't see the samsung interface, but I can see the signal, touch, microsd and other) but I don't want to test without knowing, to avoid hardbrick or something.... maybe someone comments a method to solve it.

enrique_b06 said:
the G935U doesn't work
I don't have warranty as mentioned above, so I can't replace the phone. I guess there is a method to unbrick the S7 Edge or something because I can use a special rom for tests (I can't see the samsung interface, but I can see the signal, touch, microsd and other) but I don't want to test without knowing, to avoid hardbrick or something.... maybe someone comments a method to solve it.
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There is still hope.
Many of these phone store (sprint, tmobile, att, etc) have a samsung rep that comes by and promotes products.
Find one of these reps and he will help you.

Destinatus said:
There is still hope.
Many of these phone store (sprint, tmobile, att, etc) have a samsung rep that comes by and promotes products.
Find one of these reps and he will help you.
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I am a Market manager for Samsung Electronics America and I'l be honest with you, we are just going to recommend you to contact 1-800-SAM-SUNG and talk to ECR and give them our employee ID and say we already troubleshot and we recommended sending it in. Ask for a 1-day air shipping label.

I just want to let you know I fixed the phone using odin by Prince C. I installed G935P without problem and I tested G935 (now it works and has a better battery life) but I reversed to G935P. Thank you for all

He probably had the newest sprint version qj3 and tried to Odin the at&t version. Sprint updated the bootloader, so other firmware won't work until they are updated as well. Right now, sprint is on v5 and everyone else is v4... that's why it didn't work.

Yep. Error after reboot in recovery would have mentioned that Fuse 4 was invalid or something to that effect. Use the QJ1 ROM and should be good.
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QJ3 I mean

thanks
Thank you very much you did help me a lot I had the same exactly issue
enrique_b06 said:
I just want to let you know I fixed the phone using odin by Prince C. I installed G935P without problem and I tested G935 (now it works and has a better battery life) but I reversed to G935P. Thank you for all
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enrique_b06 said:
I just want to let you know I fixed the phone using odin by Prince C. I installed G935P without problem and I tested G935 (now it works and has a better battery life) but I reversed to G935P. Thank you for all
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hi friend how you connect the mobile for flash with odin prince.. I have same trouble with g935p but I stay in sbl error bricked with g935a combination, and now only recognizes like samsung modem driver... and with try flash any firmware in odin always get error... don't start... br fox

enrique_b06 said:
I just want to let you know I fixed the phone using odin by Prince C. I installed G935P without problem and I tested G935 (now it works and has a better battery life) but I reversed to G935P. Thank you for all
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Please i have same problem here and odin by prince c has failed stil, did you use G935 firmware with odin by prince c or the original G935p. pls help me. thanks

S8 plus ussd problems, call forwarding

Hi first post here but not a complete newbie. But this time I'm stuck big time and would appreciate some help.
I've got a s8 plus that recently started playing up. All of a sudden it started not being able to make or receive calls. But I noticed it only happened when the "conditional call forwarding active" message didn't appear when dialing. I figured it had something to do with call forwarding so try to change the settings on supplementary services settings but when I tried to enter the settings an error message appeared "failed to read data" I tried sending the code manually to cancel voice mail *#022# to see if it would work but I got "connection problem or invalid mmi code" so assumed it could be that the phone is trying to check with the network the forwarding settings as the call starts but for some reason it cannot communicate with it as the mmi codes don't seem to working?? (I'm not that knowledgeable in that area) I tried all the fixes online for the "connection problem or invalid mmi" but none work so I flashed the firmware through Odin even tried a few different ones, I've been playing around with Odin for a while so I'm comfortable with it, I even flashed a pit once for a note 4 that was bricked (just saying so you can see I'm comfortable with using it, not an expert just comfortable) but nothing has fixed my problem my phone is a g955fd running pie and one UI with the latest security update. I've read the duos have some issues with this. I've tried other sim cards on my phone from different carriers and the problem is the same and I'm using my sim on a borrowed phone and no problems. I'm assuming the problem goes deeper than the firmware, could this problem be boot loader related? Would a nand erase and reinstalling the boot loader fix it? Everything else works 100%
Someone please help me, the phone I'm borrowing is an apple and every day I have it I feel weaker and dumber, it's like kryptonite.
Sorry for the long post but I've been browsing xda forums for years and I know that you guys always say to share as much info as possible. By the way I've searched and couldn't find a thread about this but it there is one I promptly apologize and just ask for the link to it if not thanks in advanced.

? G935F or G935U exynos vs snapdragon
Way for snapdragon
Flash https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/development/rom-t3901074 with odin and test with hard factory reset recoery.
After, flash odin last firmware stock sammobile

Thanks
Thanks for your reply deadedge7
As I said my s8 + is a duos g955fd variant and has an Exynos processor, I'm not sure that rooting it would make much of a difference, as to my understanding rooting doesn't really change the boot loader it just allows you to install a custom recovery and roms. Which is not much different to reflashing a stock rom for all intents and purposes , but I might give it a try anyway. I guess that maybe a rom like the one in the thread you shared might give me some more hidden codes access as a root but I'm not sure. I will try to find a root like it for my variant unless you know of one and can point me to it.
Thanks

Hard reset or flash stock software or hardware problem
For iemi best way is root efs with flash twrp best way for /EFS
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-restore-imei-fix-corrupted-efs-t3116217 read only

Bellboy4510 said:
Thanks for your reply deadedge7
As I said my s8 + is a duos g955fd variant and has an Exynos processor, I'm not sure that rooting it would make much of a difference, as to my understanding rooting doesn't really change the boot loader it just allows you to install a custom recovery and roms. Which is not much different to reflashing a stock rom for all intents and purposes , but I might give it a try anyway. I guess that maybe a rom like the one in the thread you shared might give me some more hidden codes access as a root but I'm not sure. I will try to find a root like it for my variant unless you know of one and can point me to it.
Thanks
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I am facing the same issue. Same variant. latest update April 1st Security Patch. Data and texting work. but can't make or receive calls. Have you found any solutions?

@unbreakabl3
I am facing the same issue. Same variant. latest update April 1st Security Patch. Data and texting work. but can't make or receive calls. Have you found any solutions?
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No solution so far. I've rooted the phone and install a couple of custom ROMs but still nothing. I'll try and roll back the firmware and see what happens. I'm no expert but I still think it is fixable. If I find a solution I'll post it on this thread. If you find one please share. My solution at the moment is getting a galaxy A50, very comparable performance with the S8 and really cheap.

Bellboy4510 said:
@unbreakabl3
No solution so far. I've rooted the phone and install a couple of custom ROMs but still nothing. I'll try and roll back the firmware and see what happens. I'm no expert but I still think it is fixable. If I find a solution I'll post it on this thread. If you find one please share. My solution at the moment is getting a galaxy A50, very comparable performance with the S8 and really cheap.
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I'll keep that in mind. Couple of things to note: I don't get the message conditional call forwarding active. I don't think I ever have.
I tried a different carrier SIM card(T-mobile) and it worked (I'm on At&t). I was able to make and receive calls. Even tried an out of country SIM card and received calls. But my At&t SIM works on other phones perfectly. Go figure lol.
The only other reason I can think of is maybe cos it fell a couple of times from the couch. About 1.5ft. New case kept making it slide off.

Install (Phone INFO SAM).apk
check csc if they are all the same operator

deadedge7 said:
Install (Phone INFO SAM).apk
check csc if they are all the same operator
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Here is the screenshot from the app

unbreakabl3 said:
Here is the screenshot from the app
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Original missing and DBT and XSG not same
It must be all same
flash stock firmware odin bl ap cp and csc
Install apk phone info sam
Check csc original and all same
After flashing firmware stock, *#243203855# to choose good csc reset and test

How to make my unbranded Samsung Galaxy S8 work on ATT again. Pls help!

Amin, Rajan - GCIB NY​
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to me
I have an unlocked/unbranded Galaxy S8 (SM-G950U1; Baseband is G950U1UE8DUG4). I was using it on ATT but now it doesn’t work after ATT 3G upgrade. I have read that I can flash G950U firmware to my U1 phone and it will work on ATT.
Is it any G950U firmware or do I need a specific version for ATT and my region? Can you show me where to find the needed firmware?
Can someone walk me through steps on how to install the firmware (including where to find Odin and any other downloads I need).
If this will wipe my phone, is there anyway to back up my phone so that I can get all my contacts, text history, whatsapps history, apps back on the phone after flashing it? Can you also walk me through how to do this?
Will this actually work even though my IMEI is staying the same – ie even if I change the firmware, wont ATT know that the phone was not originally an ATT branded phone and thus it wont work no matter what I do?
Lastly, the only reason I am doing this is bc I really like my Galaxy s8. But the S8 only goes up to Android 9. What are some of the issues I could get using phone that only goes to Android 9? (For example, could it be that I wont be able to download new apps if they are programed for Android 10 and above)?
Im a total newbie to this. I hadn’t even heard of Odin until yesterday so please make the explanations for someone is not a tech person.

The U variant should work. That's screwed up...

blackhawk said:
The U variant should work. That's screwed up...
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Yep I have sene this list. I dont have a U variant. I have a U1 variant - can you help me with my questions above?

AdamAds said:
Yep I have sene this list. I dont have a U variant. I have a U1 variant - can you help me with my questions above?
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At selected Best Buys the Samsung Experience center can flash it for you.
I don't flash my Notes... as I don't wish to potentially contribute to the bricked phone threads here.
At least not yet.