Hi, I bought an X compact from amazon with CDA number 1304-7777. I'm not sure which country this pertains to (On xperi-firm, UK Customised is listed at 1304-8441.)
I'm on a contract with EE and they have listed the X Compact as compatible with VoLTE But only if you buy it directly from them.
I could flash the EE firmware but this seems a bit heavy handed just to get VoLTE. Is anyone aware of any settings in my current firmware I can change to enable VoLTE?
If not, can anyone tell me what the EE firmware is like, how much bloat it has etc? The firmware I'm on had a fair amount of bloat in it.
Really hoping we get root for this phone, the number of apps you can't uninstall is sad.
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I recently purchased a Galaxy S4 i9505 on EE from Carphone Warehouse, and flashed the 5.0.1 BTU firmware. After I did that I then read I'd need to be carrier unlocked, but I tried calling and receiving calls and messages and using 4g and it worked fine. I also saw some posts about flashing modems. Anyway I'm really confused about what I need to do; should I try and unlock or not. Thanks everyone for your help.
The BTU firmware has no carrier branding, which means it has no carrier logos or bloatware included in it. Other than the lack of carrier doodads, it's the same firmware. You shouldn't need to flash a modem as you already have the latest, from when you installed the BTU ROM. However, the S4 would need to be unlocked for use on any carrier if your SIM isn't an EE SIM. But, you either have an EE SIM, in which case you don't need to worry about it, or the S4 was unlocked by the store that sold it, in which case you don't need to worry about it.
TL;DR: Don't touch the ROM. Don't worry too much about the SIM because you can make calls and use data. You don't need to flash a modem.
Hello all,
So I'm tempted to buy a Tim-branded S8 on Amazon.it because it's crazy cheap currently. I'm not in Italy but from what I've gathered online (and confirmed by a review on the product's page on Amazon), branding in Italy doesn't mean sim-locking so it should be usable with my local carrier. I'm in Europe anyway.
The only major difference with an unlocked phone (since it doesn't seem to have any hardware trace of the carrier) will be the software : potential TIM-related bloatware, delays for updates, etc.
My question would be : could it be possible to flash an official "clean" image, without affecting the phone and its warranty ? If so, which reference should I use ?
Thank you very much !
Yes, was going to ask if it was also sim locked.?
What county are you in and what sim do you use?
Out the box, if sim unlocked, it will work anyway.
Unless you want any advanced features.
Fw wise it's not a problem. I went the other way though, flashing EE ( UK) firmware into an unbranded unlocked BTU version to get VoLTE to work. It caused no issues.
Belgium but I guess European models pretty much have all bands available across Europe...
Thanks for the feedback !
I have the tim s8 here in the UK, flashed the h3g firmware and have WiFi calling and volte functioning without issue.
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hi
Im also interested in buying a tim branded phone (https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B071RSVYSH/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&psc=1) and was hoping if someone who has one could answer me couple of questions.
1) Does the phone have universal warranty? I mean if something was wrong with it and it needed any repair, could I just take it to a local Samsung store?
2) The model number on amazon site is G950, is that different from G950F? i couldn't find any reliable info on this..
Thanks in advance!
If the phone is designed for the European market then warranty applies regardless where you are (within Europe).
All European models are F-models.
You can flash an unbranded ROM through Odin to get rid of any branding which does not trigger Knox.
I recently got a SM-G950W (galaxy S8 Canada) it was locked to rogers previously now the phone in factory unlocked with a code and I now have a Freedom mobile sim card inside
The phone works fine, but there is some bloatware from Fido that will not go away even after a factory reboot, and I want to ensure that I will be able to get Wi-Fi calling enabled for Freedom mobile.
I would prefer to have an unlocked firmware with no bloatware, but if that would prevent me from getting Wi-Fi calling I would rather just install Freedom mobiles firmware and take the bloat that comes with it.
I'm really a Noob at this and don't fully understand the difference between a AP, CSC or firmware. is firmware the same as CSC?
I just want the least bloated version that will get me the quickest updates and will receive all the features and frequency bands that my new carrier (freedom mobile - previously known as Wind Mobile) provides. How would I go about doing that?
When I run *#1234# I get these values
AP: G950LOU1AQEJ
CP: G950LOU1AQEJ
CSC: 950W0YA1AQEJ
Can someone help me out
There's a thread on this, literally called How To carrier change
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There's a thread on this, literally called How To carrier change
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Yes I saw that thread. Unfortunately its entirely about switching the US variants. I am looking for advice about switching the Canadian variant from a Canadian network to another Canadian network.
Hey Everybody,
So I've come to realize that my unlocked US S10+ on AT&T didn't have VOLTE or Wifi calling as options in the communication/call settings menus. this is pretty disappointing as it seems that using the unlocked phone with Verizon you get these features, and they make a decent impact on my use of the phone.
My understanding is if I flash the ATT firmware to the phone I would get the functions, so being an amateur I followed some simple guides to SamFirm AND ODIN, and downloaded the ATT CSC firmware for my model number. However after going through the Odin process and resetting my phone it is still showing the same Software information as prior to my installation, and I do not have the features.
I saw a thread on the board stating that the ATT firmware isn't available yet, so I'm not sure if what I downloaded was actually any different than what is on my phone,and my phones "Service Provider Software Version" did already have ATT in the description, which is a bit confusing to me.
Am I correct in understanding the only way to get the features would be through a firmware flash? And would anyone know if I had flashed the right firmware, and what the original firmware CSC would be for my model if I needed to revert?
My information is:
Model Number:
SM-G975U1 (S10+ ceramic white 512GB - Unlocked US)
Service Provider SW ver.:
SOAMC_SM-G975U1_OYM_ATT_PP_0018
R38M205LY2B
ATT/ATT/XAA
Firmware file obtained from SamFirm:
SM-G975U1_1_20190225093814_9wyh9qbuyg_fac
AP file name for reference:
AP_G975U1UEU1ASBA_CL15445662_QB22243196_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_meta_OS9.tar
If it's anything like the S9 was, you can't just ODIN the firmware/CSC. You'll just get the bloat with none of the features you want.
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If it's anything like the S9 was, you can't just ODIN the firmware/CSC. You'll just get the bloat with none of the features you want.
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I've heard this as well. If you want those features on a Samsung phone, it has to be at&t branded. I ordered an at&t phone from Samsung since I make good use of wifi calling. It works fine on my unlocked P3XL but no dice on the Samsungs.
I have the same phone and service and when I went to update my imei they told me it could not find the phone. So I was without lte/4g for a day until I gave them a imei to a s8 active. Now I have data at least
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Hey Everybody,
So I've come to realize that my unlocked US S10+ on AT&T didn't have VOLTE or Wifi calling as options in the communication/call settings menus. this is pretty disappointing as it seems that using the unlocked phone with Verizon you get these features, and they make a decent impact on my use of the phone.
My understanding is if I flash the ATT firmware to the phone I would get the functions, so being an amateur I followed some simple guides to SamFirm AND ODIN, and downloaded the ATT CSC firmware for my model number. However after going through the Odin process and resetting my phone it is still showing the same Software information as prior to my installation, and I do not have the features.
I saw a thread on the board stating that the ATT firmware isn't available yet, so I'm not sure if what I downloaded was actually any different than what is on my phone,and my phones "Service Provider Software Version" did already have ATT in the description, which is a bit confusing to me.
Am I correct in understanding the only way to get the features would be through a firmware flash? And would anyone know if I had flashed the right firmware, and what the original firmware CSC would be for my model if I needed to revert?
My information is:
Model Number:
SM-G975U1 (S10+ ceramic white 512GB - Unlocked US)
Service Provider SW ver.:
SOAMC_SM-G975U1_OYM_ATT_PP_0018
R38M205LY2B
ATT/ATT/XAA
Firmware file obtained from SamFirm:
SM-G975U1_1_20190225093814_9wyh9qbuyg_fac
AP file name for reference:
AP_G975U1UEU1ASBA_CL15445662_QB22243196_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_meta_OS9.tar
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Service Provider SW ver.:
SOAMC_SM-G975U1_OYM_ATT_PP_0018
R38M205LY2B
ATT/ATT/XAA
So I have the same service provider software, on my unlocked s10+, however when I went into an ATT store and looked at a branded S10+
I noticed the service provider software version to be : SOAMC_SM-G975U1_OYM_ATT_PP_0033( thirty three at end),
so anyway to update the service provider version? does that come from the SIM ??
I have an unlocked S10 plus and I flashed the AT&T Firmware. I now have VoLTE and WiFi calling unlocked on my phone using AT&T. You need to make sure you flash the U version of the firmware, not the U1 one. Unlocked S10 is using the U1 firmware already so flashing that one again changes nothing.
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I have an unlocked S10 plus and I flashed the AT&T Firmware. I now have VoLTE and WiFi calling unlocked on my phone using AT&T. You need to make sure you flash the U version of the firmware, not the U1 one. Unlocked S10 is using the U1 firmware already so flashing that one again changes nothing.
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Where did you get the att firmware?
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I kinda doubt it but did any of you with unlocked phones that flashed the AT&T firmware get any better service? I've been considering it to get VOLTE but just wondered
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I kinda doubt it but did any of you with unlocked phones that flashed the AT&T firmware get any better service? I've been considering it to get VOLTE but just wondered
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I followed this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s10/how-to/att-ota-ota-updates-t3909697
At first like you I downloaded the wrong version and nothing changed. I finally flashed G975USQU1ASBA and now have VOLTE/WIFI Calling and of course all of the bloat. But at least those two functions are working. Make sure that you complete a clean flash when I did a dirty flash I had problems sticking on the loading screen.
I believe you just need to call in ATT to take care those carrier specific features .
Which firmware can I flash with Odin to my S10+ Xfinity Mobile unlocked to get AT&T OTA updates? Currently have ASF7 flashed from the latest unknown firmware uploaded to Sammobile. I flashed w/o USERDATA. I just want to be able to get future OTA updates as I just switched my carrier from Metro by T-Mobile to AT&T. I was using U1 US unlocked firmwares on my Note9 & S10+ but want to use carrier perks now with AT&T.
What's with AT&T being the only ones to not release update files? You would think they all would be required to release them. More AT&T customers need kick up a fuss about it.
Does anyone know if I were to flash the latest Germany T-Mobile firmware (DTM) from Sammobile, would that enable VoLTE, WiFi Calling here in the US?
Currently my G950F S8 has the Australian (XSA) firmware installed and it doesn't have VoLTE or WiFi Calling.
The WiFi Calling setting in Quick Tile is greyed out.
When I ordered the phone in June 2017 it came with the Panama firmware on it. I was on AT&T back then and I flashed it to the Australian firmware so I could get Samsung Pay to work.
But Samsung Pay Australia wouldn't let me put in all my CC's, so I just use Google Pay now and I don't really care about Samsung Pay anymore.
Now that I'm on T-Mobile since March 2019, I feel that it's more important to get VoLTE and WiFi calling to work and since there are T-Mobile firmware's on Sammobile, I thought that maybe flashing to the German, Czech, or Polish T-Mobile firmware might fix things up. Hopefully someone out there has experimented with this and could give me some feedback.
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Does anyone know if I were to flash the latest Germany T-Mobile firmware (DTM) from Sammobile, would that enable VoLTE, WiFi Calling here in the US?
Currently my G950F S8 has the Australian (XSA) firmware installed and it doesn't have VoLTE or WiFi Calling.
The WiFi Calling setting in Quick Tile is greyed out.
When I ordered the phone in June 2017 it came with the Panama firmware on it. I was on AT&T back then and I flashed it to the Australian firmware so I could get Samsung Pay to work.
But Samsung Pay Australia wouldn't let me put in all my CC's, so I just use Google Pay now and I don't really care about Samsung Pay anymore.
Now that I'm on T-Mobile since March 2019, I feel that it's more important to get VoLTE and WiFi calling to work and since there are T-Mobile firmware's on Sammobile, I thought that maybe flashing to the German, Czech, or Polish T-Mobile firmware might fix things up. Hopefully someone out there has experimented with this and could give me some feedback.
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If you are rooted, you can always flash a custom rom and then the ATT & TMO detonator.
I flashed HadesROM and chose TMO as my CSC. I am using wifi calling with TMO in the USA.
I am sure you can do something similar for TMO in Germany.
Other option is to use any other custom rom and then use the detonator package to change your CSC. Not 100% sure the detonator package will work with stock. You need to be rooted though.