flash different region German(DGT) instead US (VWZ) Version - Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers

Hi,
i have a question.
Is it possible to flash a german software on a US S7 Edge ?
I downloaded odin and german firmware and just try to flash, but it failed (Secure Check FAIL: PIT). Is there a way to get this work? or is the hardware different?
If thats not possible i would like to add german language.
Sincerely

Ok. This Sounds bad. Is your phone still working? Anyway. A definite NO! VZW S7 Edge has a Snapdragon SoC. The German variant has an Exynos SoC.

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Personally, I would not try it as it may brick the phone. The 900k uses a Samsung Exynos processor and the n9005 uses a Qualcomm.
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Traditionally Korean model has had slightly different hardware making them incompatible with international variants (TV antenna for example on the S1/S2). However, at least from forum posts here N9005 custom ROM should work fine, as long as you keep your old modem.
Although, there should be an official 5.0.1 ROM around with a GOF2 ending, considering the existence of a Lollipop bootloader for it. Have you tried just plugging it into Kies and check for update?
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@audit13 N900K is Snapdragon. Exynos doesn't have LTE, but all Korean model has LTE (different bands for different networks though)
@thebulletfromhell, I am not familiar with the n900k and I based my information on the link in my post above yours. I looked at several site and they specifically mention the Exynos. This one also mentions LTE: http://welectronics.com/gsm/Samsung/SAMSUNG-SM-N900K-GALAXY-NOTE-3-4G-LTE-BLACK.HTML
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I saw that too, but it was the only site that mentioned it, so I looked further. Info on Korean models are pretty rare in English, as the hardware for the most part is incompatible with Network Bands in the English speaking part of the world, making grey import iffy, and thus no reason to write about them.

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The G935A is a snapdragon variant, therefore G935F firmware would never work because the G935F is the exynos variant. They have different hardware and are fundamentally different.
It looks like you were able to get upgraded to Oreo (CRE4), that's great! you should be set as long as everything is working right. You won't ever get OTA updates though, AT&T devices must have an AT&T SIM card installed in order to recieve them. If I was you I'd just check back here on XDA for updates every few months.
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I have attached below the link of the screenshots from the Phone Info App.
https://imgur.com/gallery/9iVVvGF
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There's something wrong with your phone. First off, it says 935F, but 935F means it's Exynos. Then it says hero2ltetmo, which is tmobile, so thay means it should have been 935T, which is tmobile snapdragon.
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