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[Q] galaxy s5 I9006v (china), how to install google app

Is there a cwm recovery for I9006v ?
I bought in china, by the time I realise there is no Google app install. How do I get gapps?

qingnien said:
Is there a cwm recovery for I9006v ?
I bought in china, by the time I realise there is no Google app install. How do I get gapps?
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Just search for Google play store apk and install it.
Make sure in security you allow unknown sources.

Hellscythe said:
Just search for Google play store apk and install it.
Make sure in security you allow unknown sources.
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The google play store apk won't just install like most apps, it will just crash or stop working, this problem has been mention in other threads for other samsung phones from china and since this forum is international and most users are using the US, UK or international version phone, a custom rom may be hard to get by, you will get a better chance by searching through some of the chinese community forum.
good luck.

Hey, I'm thinking about buying the G9006v too. Will I be able to root and install a custom firmware?
I saw another post where someone who had a G900i was able to install g900f firmware. I am unclear as to the G900 versions and their compatabilities with other versions' roms

ddxv said:
Hey, I'm thinking about buying the I9006v too. Will I be able to root and install a custom firmware?
I saw another post where someone who had a I900i was able to install I900f firmware. I am unclear as to the I900 versions and their compatabilities with other versions' roms
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nope it wouldnt work i got one from china unicom and sold it the next day

ctchen80 said:
nope it wouldnt work i got one from china unicom and sold it the next day
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Well, I decided to try, just bought the G9006V and will watch for updates to CWM that cover it. Also, I'll check out Chinese forums later this week and see what what I can find.

ctchen80 said:
nope it wouldnt work i got one from china unicom and sold it the next day
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hey, are from shanghai ? i was wondering where and to whom can you sell it to ?

ddxv said:
Well, I decided to try, just bought the G9006V and will watch for updates to CWM that cover it. Also, I'll check out Chinese forums later this week and see what what I can find.
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from what i found there is already a root for g9006v, in the chinese forum my chinese is kinda bad so couldnt much of it. I can give u the links if u want.

To anyone who is curious about checking out a Chinese forum for this phone:
http://bbs.gfan.com/forum-1443-1.html
You're required to register to see pictures and post replies to see links. Most of the ROOT methods look pretty much the same as what is going on here so far, so I guess they all trip knox. (I haven't figured out how important or unimportant that is ...)

I tried the following post:
http://bbs.gfan.com/android-7340315-1-1.html
and was able to use Odin to flash CWM and then get SuperSU. SuperSu said it disabled Knox, but when I checked (Vol-+Home+Pwr) knox has been tripped. Oh well.
I also got really thrown off by one part of the above instructions, to enter CWM after you flash it with Odin you need to press Vol++Home+Pwr not volume down.

ddxv said:
I tried the following post:
http://bbs.gfan.com/android-7340315-1-1.html
and was able to use Odin to flash CWM and then get SuperSU. SuperSu said it disabled Knox, but when I checked (Vol-+Home+Pwr) knox has been tripped. Oh well.
I also got really thrown off by one part of the above instructions, to enter CWM after you flash it with Odin you need to press Vol++Home+Pwr not volume down.
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Check this new thread for info about a ROM that includes google play: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2738617

[Q] [UK}WiFi Hotspot Limit Bypass

Hi
I have seen many of these threads before but non for the UK and on 3 network. I have a 2GB Hotspot limit but unlimited data. How can I bypass the hotspot limit? Its on Stock ROM.
Thanks

Just change the stock 3 to a generic one like I did voila no more limits.

waz000000 said:
Just change the stock 3 to a generic one like I did voila no more limits.
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Can you explain how? Much appreciated

Look for a generic UK rom (can be found in firmware thread) open up odin and flash it and since the command to send home info to 3 is no longer there they have no reliable way to detect your tethering I use about 20gb a month tethering and according to 3 I've used none

waz000000 said:
Look for a generic UK rom (can be found in firmware thread) open up odin and flash it and since the command to send home info to 3 is no longer there they have no reliable way to detect your tethering I use about 20gb a month tethering and according to 3 I've used none
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Can I just use any rom? and im guessing its going to make KNOX go 0x1?

Nope not if it's official any for 900f

waz000000 said:
Nope not if it's official any for 900f
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So you're saying -
Flash a standard NON branded rom. then Three cant detect the tethering.
But flashing roms at all will trip KNOX to 0x1?

Nope not if it's an official one ie from Samsung

waz000000 said:
Nope not if it's an official one ie from Samsung
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Can you link me to the one you used?

It's in the firmware thread there's only one UK none branded from memory

waz000000 said:
It's in the firmware thread there's only one UK none branded from memory
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Cant seem to find. Just looked through around 10 pages.

Wildey1771 said:
Cant seem to find. Just looked through around 10 pages.
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search for a g900f btu rom

-PiLoT- said:
search for a g900f btu rom
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Okay so I finally found it. When I flash this with Odin will it remove my apps, data or anything else?

iccanr remember really. whenever it goes from one type of firmware to another ive alkways wiped

-PiLoT- said:
iccanr remember really. whenever it goes from one type of firmware to another ive alkways wiped
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Reflashed and now it reboots after Acore has stopped working. Help?

Got a issue

My brother took a metro pcs s5 and flashed tmobile firmware on it cause he couldnt find the metropcs varient firmware. the issue it that it having charging issue and for insurance to work they have to have the stock software on it to send it back. How can i restore to stock firmware using odin cause i cant seem to find it no where online

cazper210 said:
My brother took a metro pcs s5 and flashed tmobile firmware on it cause he couldnt find the metropcs varient firmware. the issue it that it having charging issue and for insurance to work they have to have the stock software on it to send it back. How can i restore to stock firmware using odin cause i cant seem to find it no where online
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Look here for firmwares http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-G900T1 if this your model is G900T1. Google is your friend

gee2012 said:
Look here for firmwares http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-G900T1 if this your model is G900T1. Google is your friend
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i saw that only problem is 15 hr download time no joke

cazper210 said:
i saw that only problem is 15 hr download time no joke
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Or look on Sammobile.com/fimwares/ for a T1 rom.

cazper210 said:
My brother took a metro pcs s5 and flashed tmobile firmware on it cause he couldnt find the metropcs varient firmware. the issue it that it having charging issue and for insurance to work they have to have the stock software on it to send it back. How can i restore to stock firmware using odin cause i cant seem to find it no where online
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Install Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app > Menu > 'Firmware Browser'.
Here you can also input the Model name and the CSC to find a appropriate firmware.

N-910C Camera Failed - Even HW replacement doesnt solve!

Hi All,
Im posting this thread after review all others.
I have the phone for almost an year and everything was working fine.
Suddenly the Camera stopped working.
The problem is only in the rear camera. Front camera is working.
Wipe data / Factory reset from setting or Pwr+Home+Vol up doesnt help.
Also i even went to a phone shop and tried to replace the camera. After 3 different cameras the tech told me he dont know what to do and think need motherboard replacement. Another thing is the flash that i tought might stopped working but it is still functioning properly.
Need your wise help guys! Appriciate every comment or suggestion!
Thanks,
Eyal.

Have you tried reflashing the stock ROM back onto your device? There is a chance that the drivers for your main camera maybe corrupted or have been deleted. If that doesn't work then you are going to need a replacement motherboard.

DarkGuyver said:
Have you tried reflashing the stock ROM back onto your device? There is a chance that the drivers for your main camera maybe corrupted or have been deleted. If that doesn't work then you are going to need a replacement motherboard.
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Thank you for taking time looking amd replying.Thats an intresting option. I didnt tried that.
However i also didnt found a root method for the N-910C. I would need to replace the kernel with a different one and i cannot find a suitable Kernel.
Let me explore this option and lets see.
If you have any direction on the rooting part it would be great.
Thanks,
Eyal.

Ummm, if you have no experience in rooting your device I would strongly recommend you avoid doing that as you can easily brick your device. I'd highly recommend you reflashing the stock ROM back onto your device to see if that will fix your problem. Otherwise you will need to replace the motherboard.

DarkGuyver said:
Ummm, if you have no experience in rooting your device I would strongly recommend you avoid doing that as you can easily brick your device. I'd highly recommend you reflashing the stock ROM back onto your device to see if that will fix your problem. Otherwise you will need to replace the motherboard.
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Thanks man, ive rooted many devices i had in the past, the New ones dont need that as everything is quite good out of the box.
the problem is to find a kernel matching the 'C' version. all the rest is easy.
let me look into it.

djshubi said:
Hi All,
Im posting this thread after review all others.
I have the phone for almost an year and everything was working fine.
Suddenly the Camera stopped working.
The problem is only in the rear camera. Front camera is working.
Wipe data / Factory reset from setting or Pwr+Home+Vol up doesnt help.
Also i even went to a phone shop and tried to replace the camera. After 3 different cameras the tech told me he dont know what to do and think need motherboard replacement. Another thing is the flash that i tought might stopped working but it is still functioning properly.
Need your wise help guys! Appriciate every comment or suggestion!
Thanks,
Eyal.
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Its a N-910C it still has warranty for a few months as each samsung phone comes with 24months. How could the Samsung Tech not replace or fix the camera under warranty?
Also why did they try 3 different types, you would have though after the first they would stop if they matched up the model number of the parts etc before even opening the phone.

djshubi said:
Thanks man, ive rooted many devices i had in the past, the New ones dont need that as everything is quite good out of the box.
the problem is to find a kernel matching the 'C' version. all the rest is easy.
let me look into it.
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You would be better off just reflashing the stock ROM back onto your device rather than go hunting for the individual kernel. As the original firmware file probably has that within it.

A|ex said:
Its a N-910C it still has warranty for a few months as each samsung phone comes with 24months. How could the Samsung Tech not replace or fix the camera under warranty?
Also why did they try 3 different types, you would have though after the first they would stop if they matched up the model number of the parts etc before even opening the phone.
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Thanks for your reply, im living in thailand and bought the phone in non samsung shop, so i have to go to this places where they almost know what they do , but frenkly they are pro's, for some reason it didnt work so they tried 3 cameerras , this is how it is here

DarkGuyver said:
You would be better off just reflashing the stock ROM back onto your device rather than go hunting for the individual kernel. As the original firmware file probably has that within it.
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What do you mean?
Can i reflesh an unrooted phone?
in order to root i need to replace the Kernel as this is 5.1.1 (as far i understood have some lock mechanism from rooting)
if you know somehing else it would have alot.
Thanks,
Eyal.

djshubi said:
What do you mean?
Can i reflesh an unrooted phone?
in order to root i need to replace the Kernel as this is 5.1.1 (as far i understood have some lock mechanism from rooting)
if you know somehing else it would have alot.
Thanks,
Eyal.
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From what I understand you should be able to reflash the stock Samsung ROM back onto your device. This will remove the root functions and restore your device back to when it left the factory.

DarkGuyver said:
From what I understand you should be able to reflash the stock Samsung ROM back onto your device. This will remove the root functions and restore your device back to when it left the factory.
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Yes, but to re-flesh i need first to root the device. this is where i'm struggling.

djshubi said:
Yes, but to re-flesh i need first to root the device. this is where i'm struggling.
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No, you shouldn't have to root your device in order to reflash the stock ROM back onto it. Just download the stock ROM from Sammobile and use Odin to flash it back onto your device. It's as simple as that. But you will loose the root features after you do this.

djshubi said:
Yes, but to re-flesh i need first to root the device. this is where i'm struggling.
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Flash the latest stock ROM for your model with Odin. Root is NOT required for STOCK ROM.

djshubi said:
Yes, but to re-flesh i need first to root the device. this is where i'm struggling.
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Got to sammobile.com, create an account, it's free. Download stock firmware for you device.
Google search flash firmware with ODIN, you'll get a many web pages with instructions and there's a youtube video also.
https://www.google.com/search?espv=....0..0.0....0...1c..64.serp..0.0.0.cyqn6CcxG_E

DarkGuyver said:
From what I understand you should be able to reflash the stock Samsung ROM back onto your device. This will remove the root functions and restore your device back to when it left the factory.
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Hi Guys,
Thank you for your responses, i have tried with Odin and downloaded the correct firmware from Sammobile (by verifying *#1234#) and after Odin pass successfully the device was not able to boot from the new firmware. so it rebooted again and returned to the former status (with all the apps and everything i currently still have ) means in other words Odin failed or i did something wrong.
i will keep trying. and update you.
Thanks,
Eyal.

dicksteele said:
Got to sammobile.com, create an account, it's free. Download stock firmware for you device.
Google search flash firmware with ODIN, you'll get a many web pages with instructions and there's a youtube video also.
https://www.google.com/search?espv=....0..0.0....0...1c..64.serp..0.0.0.cyqn6CcxG_E
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Thank you Sir, im trying, first shot failed now going back to square 1
will update you, thanks for taking the time and answer.

djshubi said:
Thank you Sir, im trying, first shot failed now going back to square 1
will update you, thanks for taking the time and answer.
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Well, at least you didn't brick your device. Follow this video from Sammobile on how to flash your device back to stock

djshubi said:
Thank you Sir, im trying, first shot failed now going back to square 1
will update you, thanks for taking the time and answer.
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What did it fail on? If it was sboot.bon that's the bootloader and you need to get the same version that was previously on your phone (Didn't read the post above. Try below, that will probably work).
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djshubi said:
Hi Guys,
Thank you for your responses, i have tried with Odin and downloaded the correct firmware from Sammobile (by verifying *#1234#) and after Odin pass successfully the device was not able to boot from the new firmware. so it rebooted again and returned to the former status (with all the apps and everything i currently still have ) means in other words Odin failed or i did something wrong.
i will keep trying. and update you.
Thanks,
Eyal.
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After it boots up and fails, go into the stock recovery and do a factory reset. That should bring it up.

Guys, thank you all for your help, it is really not obvios!!
end of the day, i was able to reflesh my phone, this didnt help, camerra still failed to open. im now stuck again, i will try to find our an official samsung dealer who fix HW (dont think i can find one, but lets give it a shot...
if you have other ideas... then you off course welcome
Thanks,
Eyal.

New Tablet

Hi all, my wife has just bought me a tablet for my birthday it is locked to o2 and caries the code sm-t819. I have plenty of experience of rooting phones and flashing rom but never on a Samsung which I believe is different to normal. can somebody pease point me in the wright direction for this? I really am not bothered about keeping the LTE ability as I will not be using it with data.
thanks for any help
matt

matt_simpson said:
Hi all, my wife has just bought me a tablet for my birthday it is locked to o2 and caries the code sm-t819. I have plenty of experience of rooting phones and flashing rom but never on a Samsung which I believe is different to normal. can somebody pease point me in the wright direction for this? I really am not bothered about keeping the LTE ability as I will not be using it with data.
thanks for any help
matt
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In all honesty, I'd load Odin on your PC and the flash the Official Samsung Rom from Sammoble. Touchwiz is pretty good these days and has been fast on my T715 for the last 2 years. If you intend to use this tab without LTE, remember to turn on Airplane mode and then wifi. If you don't it may drain the battery looking for a signal etc.

Masteryates said:
In all honesty, I'd load Odin on your PC and the flash the Official Samsung Rom from Sammoble. Touchwiz is pretty good these days and has been fast on my T715 for the last 2 years. If you intend to use this tab without LTE, remember to turn on Airplane mode and then wifi. If you don't it may drain the battery looking for a signal etc.
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Thank you very much for your reply I will have a look at how to do that, like I said im new to Samsung and odin. Would I need to get the tablet unlocked from o2?
matt

matt_simpson said:
Thank you very much for your reply I will have a look at how to do that, like I said im new to Samsung and odin. Would I need to get the tablet unlocked from o2?
matt
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You don't need to get the tablet unlocked and any firmware you download from Sammobile and install using Odin doesn't affect your warranty.
When looking on Sammobile, just look for the latest firmware that's UK or failing that, O2. The UK firmware contains less bloat of course. Once flashed, just use Nova laucher or Google Now Laucher to get that stock feel. :victory:

Masteryates said:
You don't need to get the tablet unlocked and any firmware you download from Sammobile and install using Odin doesn't affect your warranty.
When looking on Sammobile, just look for the latest firmware that's UK or failing that, O2. The UK firmware contains less bloat of course. Once flashed, just use Nova laucher or Google Now Laucher to get that stock feel. :victory:
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Thank you very much
Matt

Masteryates said:
You don't need to get the tablet unlocked and any firmware you download from Sammobile and install using Odin doesn't affect your warranty.
When looking on Sammobile, just look for the latest firmware that's UK or failing that, O2. The UK firmware contains less bloat of course. Once flashed, just use Nova laucher or Google Now Laucher to get that stock feel. :victory:
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sorry to bother you again, just looking on sammobile and on the download section for the sm-t819 there is 2 versions. th o2 version and a BTU version. is the btu version the stock samsung version?
thanks
Matt

matt_simpson said:
sorry to bother you again, just looking on sammobile and on the download section for the sm-t819 there is 2 versions. th o2 version and a BTU version. is the btu version the stock samsung version?
thanks
Matt
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I'm confused as to your intentions. Do you want to root your device or update it?
If want to update it then just go into settings and tap software update.

ashyx said:
I'm confused as to your intentions. Do you want to root your device or update it?
If want to update it then just go into settings and tap software update.
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I am looking at the possibility of rooting and installing a custom rom. (if there are any stable good roms for the sm-t819). I f there arent i will update to the latest non o2 bloated ROM.
Thanks for any help
Matt

matt_simpson said:
I am looking at the possibility of rooting and installing a custom rom. (if there are any stable good roms for the sm-t819). I f there arent i will update to the latest non o2 bloated ROM.
Thanks for any help
Matt
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You need to make a decision on whether you are prepared to possibly void your warranty. Flashing anything custom trips KNOX and can potentially void the warranty.

ashyx said:
You need to make a decision on whether you are prepared to possibly void your warranty. Flashing anything custom trips KNOX and can potentially void the warranty.
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I am completely fine with that, It is a second hand unit any way so is probably out of warranty any way. I have flashed plenty before but never samsung, so never had to deal with odin and knox, also with there being loads of different model numbers it is a bit confusing which roms can go on which tabs.

matt_simpson said:
I am completely fine with that, It is a second hand unit any way so is probably out of warranty any way. I have flashed plenty before but never samsung, so never had to deal with odin and knox, also with there being loads of different model numbers it is a bit confusing which roms can go on which tabs.
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Root or install a custom Rom, you will need to install TWRP first.

ashyx said:
Root or install a custom Rom, you will need to install TWRP first.
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That's what I am looking for. Am I correct in thinking that the only one I can use is the lineage that has been built for the tm-819? Or can I use any of the others?
Really appreciate any help.

matt_simpson said:
That's what I am looking for. Am I correct in thinking that the only one I can use is the lineage that has been built for the tm-819? Or can I use any of the others?
Really appreciate any help.
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You will need to use a rom specific for your device.

matt_simpson said:
sorry to bother you again, just looking on sammobile and on the download section for the sm-t819 there is 2 versions. th o2 version and a BTU version. is the btu version the stock samsung version?
thanks
Matt
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If you choose to stick with Samsung stock and don't root, I'd go with this on Sammobile using Odin. https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-tab-s2/SM-T819/BTU/download/T819XXU2BRB2/212254/