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Dear all,
first of all, sorry if this question is repeated, but I couldn't find a good answer by searching.
I bought a i9505 Galaxy S4 that came with a version of Android that has been modified by the carrier. There's a lot of bloatware and everything, but worse, they haven't even released the Android 4.3.
Can I install a "default" firmware of a i9505 Galaxy S4, in order to solve this problem? Clean, carrier free?
If yes, can someone post a guide on how to do this? I'm completely new to this subject, have no experience at all.
Thank you very much in advance!
Anyone?
This problem is really annoying me...
Another try...
Is it possible to just flash android again or do I need to root my phone?
I'm new to Android.
maykonsantini said:
Another try...
Is it possible to just flash android again or do I need to root my phone?
I'm new to Android.
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You can directly flash a rom from your country free of branch (fob) or unbranched (ub), their updates are faster than carrier ones. You don't need to root the phone to do this.
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Great, that already helps a lot. I'll find a way to do that. Thank you!
jaswinky said:
You can directly flash a rom from your country free of branch (fob) or unbranched (ub), their updates are faster than carrier ones. You don't need to root the phone to do this.
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Well, searching in Sammobile I found out that my firmware is Brazil (VIVO) - ZVV. (Vivo is the carrier)
Can I just flash Brazil - ZTO (which is carrier free) with Samsung Kies?
Thank you!
maykonsantini said:
Well, searching in Sammobile I found out that my firmware is Brazil (VIVO) - ZVV. (Vivo is the carrier)
Can I just flash Brazil - ZTO (which is carrier free) with Samsung Kies?
Thank you!
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You can flash that rom, but not with kies... kies will only update your installed rom, it is, zvv firmware. You must flash zto rom by Odin 3.09. It is easy, just search the forum.
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jaswinky said:
You can directly flash a rom from your country free of branch (fob) or unbranched (ub), their updates are faster than carrier ones. You don't need to root the phone to do this.
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jaswinky said:
You can flash that rom, but not with kies... kies will only update your installed rom, it is, zvv firmware. You must flash zto rom by Odin 3.09. It is easy, just search the forum.
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Hi friend, thanks for helping.
I believe I have enough info to solve my problem now!
Thanks a lot!
I will explain how to put it in my XT1524 XT1521 Asia Retail for Dual Sim
Only for moto e 2 4g/LTE SURNIA
Needless to say that if you do it fits under your responsibility is, I just share something I've done and threads reading before I leave the links should not happen anything wrong. But I said, under your responsibility.
• You have to unlock the Bootloader to flash a different version you have. I did it with this script @Alkalinorap: http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=982981 (Spanish fórum)
• Once unlocked the bootloader using a modification of the script @Alkalinorap this thread: http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=985706
I recommend you read it so that you know what you are doing.
The amendment is in this post: http://www.htcmania.com/showpost.php?p=21016820&postcount=122
RETASIA then simply download the 6.0 version of this other thread:
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?p=18736577
And follow the instructions in the script.
By doing this modified script we omit the flashing modem and bootloader, so we will not have problems both signal as the boot loader, in my case I am still in the 80.8D version corresponding to the latest version of the XT1524 the RETEU 5.1. 1
Takes a long time at the first start, be patient, but then works perfectly, only I will appear as if it had dual sim, is the firm that is a DS.
But so far 0 bugs. I set the SD card and internal storage, and although it has taken some time format works swimmingly.
Versión Supersu (thanks to @letritide ) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65732760&postcount=157
Sorry for my bad English, Google Traductor
ENRIQUEMM said:
I will explain how to put it in my XT1524 XT1521 Asia Retail for Dual Sim
Only for moto e 2 4g/LTE SURNIA
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hey man, if i use the XT1521 Marshmallow ROM on XT1527 and doesn't flash modem and bootloader, it will work?
ElDainosor said:
hey man, if i use the XT1521 Marshmallow ROM on XT1527 and doesn't flash modem and bootloader, it will work?
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If it helps, i know somewhere on here someone flashed this on the xt1527 and it worked, although I can't remember the exact steps they did. Sorry I can't be more help.
It works!!! Tried the Retasia mm and it works like a charm on XT1527
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ElDainosor said:
hey man, if i use the XT1521 Marshmallow ROM on XT1527 and doesn't flash modem and bootloader, it will work?
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I guess if it's just a matter of test ... No flashing the bootloader you can always get you back into the previous firm completely flashing.
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hydroman202 said:
If it helps, i know somewhere on here someone flashed this on the xt1527 and it worked, although I can't remember the exact steps they did. Sorry I can't be more help.
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omararce said:
It works!!! Tried the Retasia mm and it works like a charm on XT1527
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ENRIQUEMM said:
I guess if it's just a matter of taste ... No flashing the bootloader you can always get you back into the previous firm completely flashing.
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Thank you guys! I tried on my XT1527 and works so well! I notice it has some features like the slo-mo recording without need of modding
Can someone please make a nandroid backup of the clean rom and upload it?
My computer its broken
Thread cleaned.
Debate and "rich" discussion is always welcomed and encouraged. HOWEVER - it is not welcomed when it becomes personal or outright abusive.
Versions for the xt1524 stock 6.0 rolling out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e-2015/general/stocks-firmwares-moto-e-t3113235
Moderators, please, close this thread. Tanks
After tryit to flash My S7 Sprint (SM-G930P) With SM-G930U Rom For Sprint My phone restart on recovery Dm-vrification failet,i have fix that,but after evry oficial rom dont work i cant flash anyone help me pls.(Sorry for my bad english) And my last Update was PJ2 Just for info
KlajdiM said:
After tryit to flash My S7 Sprint (SM-G930P) With SM-G930U Rom For Sprint My phone restart on recovery Dm-vrification failet,i have fix that,but after evry oficial rom dont work i cant flash anyone help me pls.(Sorry for my bad english) And my last Update was PJ2 Just for info
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I believe that once you go with PJ2 there's no going back. Until the PJ2 tar is available for download you'll need to go to your service provider for them to flash it.
gdecker said:
I believe that once you go with PJ2 there's no going back. Until the PJ2 tar is available for download you'll need to go to your service provider for them to flash it.
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Ohh thank you alot now i fell fine :laugh::laugh::laugh::victory::victory::victory:
Its here PJ2 https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=312978532265364647
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Have a question here, we get a lot of US imported phones here in Pakistan, mostly AT&T and Verizon S7 edge phones.
They've got carrier bloat and whatnot, I remember reading people flashing Verizon ROMs to get that to work properly on their AT&T phone and flashing AT&T on a T-Mobile phone to get that to work properly, so if one flashes a G935U firmware on a G935V, is it expected to work fine and act as an ordinary Snapdragon 820 S7 edge with no carrier bloat or anything?
All replies will be appreciated.
Thanks
murtaza02
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I tried flashing G930U on my G930V through odin but it failed. It appears that I can't flash anything using odin. The only way by which I was able to install a firmware manually was through stock recovery by Applying update from sd card.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/samsung-sm-935u-firmware-install-guide-t3411451
Have u checked this thread ...
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sirius_gamer said:
I tried flashing G930U on my G930V through odin but it failed. It appears that I can't flash anything using odin. The only way by which I was able to install a firmware manually was through stock recovery by Applying update from sd card.
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What version of Odin did you try to use and which particular 930U firmware?
babarasghar said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/samsung-sm-935u-firmware-install-guide-t3411451
Have u checked this thread ...
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I have, but there have been reports of it not working for some people as well, so I wanted to know if it's a legit method or if it's trial and error and it works for some and it doesn't work for others, because if it does work officially, then it'd solve a huge headache on choosing US variant phones here and we can all relax since the 935U firmware can be flashed on carrier branded phones.
Now, I need to get my hands on an American S7 edge to test this out myself.
Off course without testing nothing can be confirmed ... But most people r too faint hearted to try it
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murtaza02 said:
What version of Odin did you try to use and which particular 930U firmware?
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Odin version: 3.10.7
Firmware: G930UUEU4APL2
sirius_gamer said:
Odin version: 3.10.7
Firmware: G930UUEU4APL2
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Try Odin 3.12.3 and the latest Nougat firmware for the G930U with the XAA (unlocked) CSC.
murtaza02 said:
Try Odin 3.12.3 and the latest Nougat firmware for the G930U with the XAA (unlocked) CSC.
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Btw which files (AP, BL, CSC etc) I need to flash through odin? As I have noted that flashing CSC renders non-verizon sim unusable.
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sirius_gamer said:
Btw which files (AP, BL, CSC etc) I need to flash through odin? As I have noted that flashing CSC renders non-verizon sim unusable.
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All of them. AP includes the system, recovery and cache, CP includes modem, BL includes bootloader, and CSC includes sales code.
The ROMs for S7 usually come with CSC and HOME_CSC, the latter will not wipe your device and keep the Verizon CSC which may cause issues and require you to factory reset your phone, the normal CSC files wipes the data and switches your CSC to the new one you're trying to flash.
Choose whichever one you want but I'd suggest the normal CSC just to be safe.
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murtaza02 said:
All of them. AP includes the system, recovery and cache, CP includes modem, BL includes bootloader, and CSC includes sales code.
The ROMs for S7 usually come with CSC and HOME_CSC, the latter will not wipe your device and keep the Verizon CSC which may cause issues and require you to factory reset your phone, the normal CSC files wipes the data and switches your CSC to the new one you're trying to flash.
Choose whichever one you want but I'd suggest the normal CSC just to be safe.
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Apparently I was using older version of Odin. The version you told worked for me and now I have installed G930U firmware
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sirius_gamer said:
Apparently I was using older version of Odin. The version you told worked for me and now I have installed G930U firmware
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Hows it working for you?
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murtaza02 said:
Hows it working for you?
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The main issue with me was poor battery life which was resolved when I reverted back to marshmallow. But I have yet to test the battery life on nougat. Other than this, phone is running smoothly and it feels light now due to no bloatware.
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sirius_gamer said:
The main issue with me was poor battery life which was resolved when I reverted back to marshmallow. But I have yet to test the battery life on nougat. Other than this, phone is running smoothly and it feels light now due to no bloatware.
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Thanks for testing out and giving feedback.
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id like to know can i flash the 930u on a metropcs 930t1
Have been trying all day to load 935u on my sprint phone and it loads but it just boots into the same sprint firmware, anyway for me to change this?
Just tried to redo this, so maybe i was mistaken that it loaded....FAILS at installing boot.
jmaloy5365 said:
Have been trying all day to load 935u on my sprint phone and it loads but it just boots into the same sprint firmware, anyway for me to change this?
Just tried to redo this, so maybe i was mistaken that it loaded....FAILS at installing boot.
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What firmware are you using and what version of Odin?
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eljefe0000 said:
id like to know can i flash the 930u on a metropcs 930t1
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You probably can, try it out, worst case scenario it fails and you'll just boot back into your normal MetroPCS firmware.
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murtaza02 said:
What firmware are you using and what version of Odin?
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It was me, I was loading the wrong firmware. The 935U firmware will load onto Sprint phone and am using it on Straight Talk.
Which Firmware did you use ?
sirius_gamer said:
Apparently I was using older version of Odin. The version you told worked for me and now I have installed G930U firmware
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Hi can you please tell which firmware did you use. There are many options under the locations Tab which one should i Use ?
I am searching on SAMMOBILE when i search SM-G935U. On the the first page i select US (T-Mobile)
On the second page, in the countries TAB which option i need to select ?
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jmaloy5365 said:
It was me, I was loading the wrong firmware. The 935U firmware will load onto Sprint phone and am using it on Straight Talk.
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Hi how are you.
Can you please let me know which country did you use while downloding the U firmware ? I have a t-mobile s7 edge
Noob Questions : I have scanned the forum to find answers on how enable VoLTE feature in Galaxy S8 Sm-950FD for Jio Sim. I have tried the Odin route and APN method without any success. I would request friends here to provide detailed help or pointers on how to enable VoLTE for Jio Sim. Appreciate help in advance.
No need to enable VoLTE. just choose the network mode as LTE/3G/2G mode and jio volte works..
for me its working from day one.
Thanks for the reply. i have network status as mentioned. Mobile Data worKs fine but not able maKe voice calls as Jio requires VoLTE support. As of now I am usIng Jio4g voice app. Am I missing something?
Did you buy the S8 from out of India?
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Noob Questions : I have scanned the forum to find answers on how enable VoLTE feature in Galaxy S8 Sm-950FD for Jio Sim. I have tried the Odin route and APN method without any success. I would request friends here to provide detailed help or pointers on how to enable VoLTE for Jio Sim. Appreciate help in advance.
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I have bought my S8 from Dubai and there was no VOLTE option. However my Jio sim worked fine by default. Updating to Oreo has now given me the VOLTE option.
I got this device from US. I am on Nougat. Updating Oreo will solve the problem?
Can anyone kindly help please!!!!
Sivagamr said:
I got this device from US. I am on Nougat. Updating Oreo will solve the problem?
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Buying it from US shouldn't matter if it is 950FD device. I hope you're using a Exynos device? What is your active CSC?
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gillboyzz said:
Buying it from US shouldn't matter if it is 950FD device. I hope you're using a Exynos device? What is your active CSC?
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My device show Active CsC as Some BTU and origin country as UK,IRE GB. .
Sivagamr said:
My device show Active CsC as Some BTU and origin country as UK,IRE GB. .
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It is using Exynos5/Exynos8895 chip set. Looking for guidance.
Sivagamr said:
It is using Exynos5/Exynos8895 chip set. Looking for guidance.
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Backup your data, Download the latest INS (India) firmware for your device. Insert the Jio sim in slot 1 and flash the firmware through Odin. Use the regular CSC and not the Home_CSC as we need to factory reset the device. Post that you should have the INS CSC.
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gillboyzz said:
Backup your data, Download the latest INS (India) firmware for your device. Insert the Jio sim in slot 1 and flash the firmware through Odin. Use the regular CSC and not the Home_CSC as we need to factory reset the device. Post that you should have the INS CSC.
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Thanks for the reply. The latest firmware you mean , on Sammobile is Nougat. Is it ok if I use that. Also if flash using ODIN, will I have to redo TWRP as I will loose Root access?
Sivagamr said:
Thanks for the reply. The latest firmware you mean , on Sammobile is Nougat. Is it ok if I use that. Also if flash using ODIN, will I have to redo TWRP as I will loose Root access?
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Search for the Oreo Odin update on Google that was released for India a week back but it is no longer available as Sam took it down. Otherwise, flash the last Nougat version. Yes, you'll loose root, twrp etc as the phone would return to the stock condition. I could have recommended flashing files through twrp, but I believe, your active CSC is messed up so a clean flash is highly recommended.
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gillboyzz said:
Search for the Oreo Odin update on Google that was released for India a week back but it is no longer available as Sam took it down. Otherwise, flash the last Nougat version. Yes, you'll loose root, twrp etc as the phone would return to the stock condition. I could have recommended flashing files through twrp, but I believe, your active CSC is messed up so a clean flash is highly recommended.
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ThanKs for the valuable input. My streak of bad luck continues. I just flashed stock INS version of nougat still VoLTE doesn't show up. Not sure what to do.
Sivagamr said:
ThanKs for the valuable input. My streak of bad luck continues. I just flashed stock INS version of nougat still VoLTE doesn't show up. Not sure what to do.
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Still CSC show as UK IRE GB. Please help
Sivagamr said:
Still CSC show as UK IRE GB. Please help
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Can you post a screenshot of the CSC
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gillboyzz said:
Can you post a screenshot of the CSC
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Sorry Able to upload screenshot. The screen shot is as follow
csc tab in PhoneInfo has following values
Product Code: SM-G950FZKBTU
Active CSC: BTU
CSC Country: UK IRE /GB
Firmware
Bootloader Version: G950XXU1AQL5
PDA VERSION G950XXU1AQL5
CSC G950FOX1AQL5
BASEBAND VERSION G950XXU1AQL5
LATES FIRMWARE YES
ANDROID VERSION 7.0
BUILD ROM NRD90ROM G950XXU1AQL5
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Sorry Able to upload screenshot. The screen shot is as follow
csc tab in PhoneInfo has following values
Product Code: SM-G950FZKBTU
Active CSC: BTU
CSC Country: UK IRE /GB
Firmware
Bootloader Version: G950XXU1AQL5
PDA VERSION G950XXU1AQL5
CSC G950FOX1AQL5
BASEBAND VERSION G950XXU1AQL5
LATES FIRMWARE YES
ANDROID VERSION 7.0
BUILD ROM NRD90ROM G950XXU1AQL5
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sorry for the typo. was unable upload screenshot for some reason. The firmware flashed via ODIN is latest Nougat INS build. Looking forward for suggestions
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sorry for the typo. was unable upload screenshot for some reason. The firmware flashed via ODIN is latest Nougat INS build. Looking forward for suggestions
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You're doing something wrong. The active CSC can't be BTU if you followed the steps correctly. Till the time, you don't completely wipe the device, it would never fall back to the correct CSC. Additionally, you need to have an Indian sim in Slot 1 before you do the process as system dynamically allocates the CSC based on the sim in slot 1.
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You're doing something wrong. The active CSC can't be BTU if you followed the steps correctly. Till the time, you don't completely wipe the device, it would never fall back to the correct CSC. Additionally, you need to have an Indian sim in Slot 1 before you do the process as system dynamically allocates the CSC based on the sim in slot 1.
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Can you kindly elaborate what you mean by completely wipe the device. since I am using ODiN to flash the firmware, option of complete wipe doesn't arise right.? As it puts the device to stock. The firmware from Sammobile cannot be using as TWRP flash. Also I am using JIo sim in first sim slot. Am I missing any steps..... Thanks for tIme.
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Can you kindly elaborate what you mean by completely wipe the device. since I am using ODiN to flash the firmware, option of complete wipe doesn't arise right.? As it puts the device to stock. The firmware from Sammobile cannot be using as TWRP flash. Also I am using JIo sim in first sim slot. Am I missing any steps..... Thanks for tIme.
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In the firmware pckg, there are 2 CSC files, one is the regular CSC that completely (System,Data,Internal Storage) wipes the device and the other one is Home_CSC that wipes all except the Internal Storage. You need to use the regular CSC.
Else, right now go into Settings >> Reset and do a Factory Reset.
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