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So, first of all -- I get it, I'm a noob. But everyone's gotta start somewhere, and so did you.
Moving on, I had a stock Galaxy S4 i9505 on 4.2.2, locked to Portugal's Vodafone (I now understand this is probably what caused my issues).
I wiped data, cache, and flashed the Google Play Edition ROM. When the phone booted, I had no network, even after inserting the PIN number and going through the setup process. So I went to the Network Carrier selector in the Settings (Settings More - Mobile Networks - Network Operators) and selected Vodafone from the menu.
Then I got network. For 2 minutes. Then no network again, until I repeated. So this was driving me nuts, and I Googled what to do, and found out I could use an app called "Network" to try and switch from WCDMA to CDMA. So I downloaded that app, changed my network (to something - I don't know what since I can't open the app, as it crashes every time), and I'm still with the same issue.
Flashed back stock image and restored nandroid backup - nothing helped. Any solutions?
TL;DR: GS4 Locked to Vodafone -- Flashed GPe ROM -- No Network -- Flashed Stock -- Still no network
EDIT: I actually didn't quite flash back to where I was before, so I can't get my Nandroid backup to work (bootloop); I was on 4.2.2 stock, ended up flashing 4.3 stock since I couldn't find a 4.2.2, so my backup doesn't work.
Bump! Please someone help out, it's not my phone, it's my dad's, and I really have to get it to work really fast, he needs it for work.
Do you have a correct imei?
robertostorm said:
Do you have a correct imei?
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Could you please elaborate? I have no idea what a correct IMEI would be.
PNGC said:
Could you please elaborate? I have no idea what a correct IMEI would be.
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dial this *#06# check if the number matches the one on the phone (below the sim slot)
robertostorm said:
dial this *#06# check if the number matches the one on the phone (below the sim slot)
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When I do that a pop-up says:
MEID
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PNGC said:
When I do that a pop-up says:
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Screwed efs....Don't know what to do here..
robertostorm said:
Screwed efs....Don't know what to do here..
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Odin back to stock and cross your fingers
Sent from my Nexus 5
robertostorm said:
Screwed efs....Don't know what to do here..
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That.. doesn't sound good. :/ Can anyone help?
PNGC said:
That.. doesn't sound good. :/ Can anyone help?
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That's as far as we can get. Flash a firmware through odin, if possible a kk one. Pray to have imei back..
robertostorm said:
That's as far as we can get. Flash a firmware through odin, if possible a kk one. Pray to have imei back..
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How do I find firmwares that are flashable in odin? I can only find .zip files.
PNGC said:
How do I find firmwares that are flashable in odin? I can only find .zip files.
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What firmware are you on?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
jd1639 said:
What firmware are you on?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
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sammobile firmwares, register and download
robertostorm said:
sammobile firmwares, register and download
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I went to sammobile, registered and downloaded a firmware, but it was a zip. I just flashed it and it worked (I actually didn't bother trying to extract it because I thought it was really just a flashable zip.
jd1639 said:
What firmware are you on?
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Now I'm on stock 4.3.
PNGC said:
Now I'm on stock 4.3.
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On the download page, you have all the instructions..
Anyway, did it worked?
Hey just got my edge today, looks like there is very little going on as it was just released a few days ago despite it being out in the states for quite some time, the only difference I believe is the LTE in the Canadian version.
Anyways, coming from the note 2, 3 and 4 and the trtlecan version always being close to the trtletmo I decided to risk it and flash the tmo cf auto root and recovery despite there being no stock firmware laying around on sammmobile the others..
annnd I'm happy to report that I now have a TWRP recovery, rooted, SM-N915W8.
go ahead and follow the very detail steps in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/general/easy-steps-stock-odin-n915tuvu1anjl-sm-t2943993
MAKE SURE TO READ THE PART ABOUT IT FAILING (to flash cwm) AND THAT BEING OK being flashing TWRP
and then the BRIGHTNESS SETTINGS inside recovery which will look like you have sleep lock if you don't fix them before letting the screen timeout
and have all 4 files on hand before you start!
Awesome, thanks for the info, I was debating it but just was being a chicken. I'm glad everything worked out. Did you make a nand? If so did you flash the nand just to make sure everything was OK? Are your root apps working without issues.? I don't mind taking the risk...just wanna be sure
LNKNPRKFN said:
I don't mind taking the risk...just wanna be sure
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I believe that was an oxymoron
tospace2006 said:
I believe that was an oxymoron
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fantastic CONTRIBUTION!!! thank you for your input
ok so i took the plunge and follow the steps from the link in OP that @gundal shared about his success
I Too have a rooted SM-N915W8 (BELL VERSION but im on TELUS)
Thank you for your insight @gundal
Awesome glad it worked out for you too, now we can experiment with which kernel and os will boot without fear of bricking
Yes, I tried reflashing the backup and all is good.
Hyperdrive didn't work even with restoring our boot sector (kernel)
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fantastic CONTRIBUTION!!! thank you for your input
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Haha, i was reading through and just found it funny.
Glad you guys are having luck with the Canadian model. I jumped the gun and imported one from Korea as soon as it was released and it's an awesome device!
Enjoy!
Were you guys able to flash a custom ROM? Which ROMS will work with the Canadian version? And which US Model number is 'equivalent' to the Canadian one?
gundal said:
Awesome glad it worked out for you too, now we can experiment with which kernel and os will boot without fear of bricking
Yes, I tried reflashing the backup and all is good.
Hyperdrive didn't work even with restoring our boot sector (kernel)
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manmeet604 said:
Were you guys able to flash a custom ROM? Which ROMS will work with the Canadian version? And which US Model number is 'equivalent' to the Canadian one?
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Anyone try any T-Moble stuff? I didnt look myself but I ask because we all used the tmoble stuff for our old Canadian Note3s ... could be the same senerio. I think that Tmoble kernels should work..
There might be a version of Hyperdrive for tmoble..
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Yes, I tried reflashing the backup and all is good.
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What recovery are you using cause Im on twrp and I cant make a backup, cache partition cant be mounted either, are you having this prob too?....
Dont worry about it, someone else who had this problem fixed it by formatting cache - did that and everything went fine.
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Anyone try any T-Moble stuff? I didnt look myself but I ask because we all used the tmoble stuff for our old Canadian Note3s ... could be the same senerio. I think that Tmoble kernels should work..
There might be a version of Hyperdrive for tmoble..
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Tried flashing Hyperdrive Edge for T-Mo with both twrp (2.8.1.1) and cwm (6.0.5.1 Xiaolu) referenced in the root guide by OP. They flashed without error but I got bootlooped both times. Luckily backup/restore works for both recoveries.
Does anyone know of a way to get back to stock recovery after flashing cwm or twrp? Any known location of a stock image?
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Does anyone know of a way to get back to stock recovery after flashing cwm or twrp? Any known location of a stock image?
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Go to sammobile web site...download the original firmware for your model and flash it. When u flash original firmware everything will be back to stock including recovery..and you will be able to receive ota update. To flash stock firmware...just use odin. Search this forum for instruction on how to flash using odin.
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kuailan said:
Go to sammobile web site...download the original firmware for your model and flash it. When u flash original firmware everything will be back to stock including recovery..and you will be able to receive ota update. To flash stock firmware...just use odin. Search this forum for instruction on how to flash using odin.
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Yeah I know about sammobile, flashing via Odin etc. There's no stock firmware uploaded for the Canadian variants yet so I was wondering of an alternate method to flash the stock recovery. I tried extracting the recovery from the stock image via ADB shell, converting to tar.md5, then flashing with Odin but it failed....likely because I'm rooted. Guess I'll have to wait until the firmware gets uploaded. Thanks anyway.
Try contacting the sammobile team...and their forum..they maybe able to help..
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Anyone have any luck yet flashing anything? No love out there for the W8 it seems.
terrapin4 said:
Anyone have any luck yet flashing anything? No love out there for the W8 it seems.
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did you ever get hold of the stock firmware? i'm in the exact same boat as you, bootloop and all. got too excited to mod i guess lol
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did you ever get hold of the stock firmware? i'm in the exact same boat as you, bootloop and all. got too excited to mod i guess lol
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Not yet. I check daily. I'm hoping someone will be able to capture it via Kies when Lollipop rolls out. It's only matter of time before sammobile gets it.
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Not yet. I check daily. I'm hoping someone will be able to capture it via Kies when Lollipop rolls out. It's only matter of time before sammobile gets it.
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Arg, that really bites. Now I have a new phone I cant use at all. You'd think the firmware would be released when the phone was. Have you tried the other roms? I can't even gwt onto my internal sd to put them on the phone so I can try installing them. So frustrated.
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There's no way we're the only 2 in canada having problems with this lol
SM-N915x ... ?? Canadian note edge
Hello, Same thing here i got my hands a Canadian Demo sm-915x and got told to flash it with stock firmware in order to get the phone working properly. But i cant seem to find any version of the firmware that actually works on it ...
it installed numerous times then when it reboots it shows upgrading packages , it reaches package 6 then reboots and loops over and over...
any guidance or firmware out there to recommend to try ?
Thanks
Just wanted to let you all know that I saw that the OF5 TAR is now up on Sammobile! Get It Sorry that I can't post any links. This is only my third post because I'm a huge lurker.
OF5 TAR via TheAndroidSoul - thx to itskapil
Sammobile.com Database
MediaFire Mirror - thx to random45
Finally. Did you try rooting it?
Not yet because my download is still going...
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Just wanted to let you all know that I saw that the OF5 TAR is now up on Sammobile! Get It Sorry that I can't post any links. This is only my third post because I'm a huge lurker.
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What does this mean ? Does this mean 5.1.1 is available for our sprint phones
No just to get us all ready for it
This is 5.0.1 and it allows us that we're stuck on OE1 to upgrade to the latest firmware
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No just to get us all ready for it
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What does of5 tar mean?
U can now flash in odin cause its higher then oel but u cant downgrade to ob7
pbedard said:
U can now flash in odin cause its higher then oel but u cant downgrade to ob7
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OF5 is also now availble thru Kies. If you are rooted you can use Kies to upgrade.
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OF5 is also now availble thru Kies. If you are rooted you can use Kies to upgrade.
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I have Kies. Says i already have latest firmware. I am, however, on a custom ROM. If i nandroid a backup of TWRP/rooted will i be able to upgrade still? Or should i probably just ODIN it?
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I have Kies. Says i already have latest firmware. I am, however, on a custom ROM. If i nandroid a backup of TWRP/rooted will i be able to upgrade still? Or should i probably just ODIN it?
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mine says same thing
MJ523 said:
mine says same thing
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Go for gold with Odin
MJ523 said:
mine says same thing
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I was on Rooted OB7, Kies told me OF5 was latest and updated me about 10 minutes ago. It took a long time to optimize the apps, (It did it 4 times!) and restarted at least 4 times after update. Things seem to be settling down now. The phone kept all my data, so if you can update using Kies you probably won't have to restore a backup. Also, the phone got real hot during the optimizing, you might want to take it out of any case you are using to keep it from overheating.
Get direct link from here!
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Not yet because my download is still going...
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Download from the direct link available at this page.
itskapil said:
Download from the direct link available at this page.
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Thanks dude. I really appreciate it. The other link was really slow and I had to go to work before I could finish.
itskapil said:
Download from the direct link available at this page.
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Is that the right download? That's not our device model
iTzFeRReTTi said:
Is that the right download? That's not our device model
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Thanks dude. I really appreciate it. The other link was really slow and I had to go to work before I could finish.
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My bad, my bad, link corrected. Once again, here is the right link.
@iTzFeRReTTi, thanks man for notifying real quick.
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My bad, my bad, link corrected. Once again, here is the right link.
@iTzFeRReTTi, thanks man for notifying real quick.
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No problem Have you used the tar in odin yet?
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Is that the right download? That's not our device model
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great catch indeed, shows how much I'm paying attention while trying to deliver sandwiches at work right now..
Does the TAR delete everything off your phone?
I have a SM-G900W8 boot-looping device, none of HOME firmwares could have helped me to amend the phone.
The device is still bootlooping, and I was told there was a FIRMWARE firmware which consists of 4 files, it's usually being called the service firmware as well.
This firmware could help me to stop the bootlooping process.
I've been searching this kind of firmware here, then i've checked out 3 different firmwares at fw.updato.com, but none of them are service.
Could anyone please tell me if is it possible to find the certain service firmware?
Service firmware will wipe data and cache partitions in your phone, this is the difference.
You can try to do it by yourself from recovery.
Wiping cache partition only should help if it's a software problem.
Or try to use samfirm tool to download the latest service firmware for your phone.
You'll have to enter your phone's model, CSC and tick "Binary nature".
Samfirm tool points me to fw.updato.com, which has been used already. I downloaded 3 firmwares and none of them suites me.
p00hzone said:
Samfirm tool points me to fw.updato.com, which has been used already. I downloaded 3 firmwares and none of them suites me.
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What CSC do you need?
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What CSC do you need?
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I wish i knew it. I do not know where the phone came from, i just know the model code. Neither the firmware it was bought with, nor what exactly happened.
Only odin mode is bootable. Nothing else is.
p00hzone said:
I wish i knew it. I do not know where the phone came from, i just know the model code. Neither the firmware it was bought with, nor what exactly happened.
Only odin mode is bootable. Nothing else is.
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Ok, what CSC do you want? (What provider do you use?)
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Ok, what CSC do you want? (What provider do you use?)
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This is a canadian model, but i am in Russia. So any provider would suite me, because Im gonna flash TWRP after I'll be able to boot to recovery.
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This is a canadian model, but i am in Russia. So any provider would suite me, because Im gonna flash TWRP after I'll be able to boot to recovery.
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Ok, I'll try to upload something to MEGA.
Here you are: link deleted.
The link will be there a day or two.
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Here you are: https://mega.nz/#!6gMTDQhK!sAeDxnJPaDqubwlNCxMmamUmuhmVlaQt5WDJnM8z6rE
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Thank you VERY much.
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I have a SM-G900W8 boot-looping device, none of HOME firmwares could have helped me to amend the phone...
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I don't have this variant but, the following links are great places to grab the G900W8 Stock Firmware from.
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s5/sm-g900w8/
https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?exact=1&q=sm-g900w8
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=sm-g900w8
The following link is from the Androidfilehost site where an individual had uploaded one of them as well.
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673791459329051147
Good Luck!
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Thank you VERY much.
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You're welcome.
Any luck with flashing?
Do you still need the link?
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You're welcome.
Any luck with flashing?
Do you still need the link?
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I've already downloaded the firmware, dont need it anymore. Thank you.
I flashed the phone, but unfortunately, there was no any luck.
The phone still keeps trying to boot into recovery, and reboots.
Have no idea how to make it work again.
Anyways, thank you for you support!
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The phone still keeps trying to boot into recovery, and reboots.
Have no idea how to make it work again.
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Hmm, suspected something like that... I'm afraid, this is a HW problem.
Defecitve emmc chip is an often problem for S5.
In this case your best bet is to swap the motherboard.
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In this case your best bet is to swap the motherboard.
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I believe the best options for me is to swap the phone =)
So I found this on the XDA home page. It says SM-935A is required (I have SM-935U) BUT I thought that model number mostly applies to which carrier you're using...So if I flash the lates AT&T version via Odin can I then update to this Oreo build? Here's the article:
https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-pre-release-android-oreo-on-the-att-samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge/
Thanks
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So I found this on the XDA home page. It says SM-935A is required (I have SM-935U) BUT I thought that model number mostly applies to which carrier you're using...So if I flash the lates AT&T version via Odin can I then update to this Oreo build? Here's the article:
https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-pre-release-android-oreo-on-the-att-samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge/
Thanks
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On what firmware build are you now?
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On what firmware build are you now?
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Im running the latest update on U firmware from January (ending in BRA1)
My carrier IS AT&T so I just thought I might be able to flash AT&T firmware then get the update.
KLit75 said:
Im running the latest update on U firmware from January (ending in BRA1)
My carrier IS AT&T so I just thought I might be able to flash AT&T firmware then get the update.
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I asked the same question . I'm running the same firmware but I wont risk it.
Now im flashing the sm-g935a firmware
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I asked the same question . I'm running the same firmware but I wont risk it.
Now im flashing the sm-g935a firmware
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Cool. Let me know how you make out.
KLit75 said:
Im running the latest update on U firmware from January (ending in BRA1)
My carrier IS AT&T so I just thought I might be able to flash AT&T firmware then get the update.
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You need to get to AT&T firmware first , and then flash this update.
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You need to get to AT&T firmware first , and then flash this update.
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Thanks. I might hold off till there's a more stable build. If I didn't need to wipe everything I might give it a try.
But in case I change my mind, you extract the update.zip and apply update from sdcard, right?
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Thanks. I might hold off till there's a more stable build. If I didn't need to wipe everything I might give it a try.
But in case I change my mind, you extract the update.zip and apply update from sdcard, right?
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Yes, you are correct on sdcard but do not extract , just apply from sdcard
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So I currently have it installed. The only issue I'm having so far is that the light on my heart beat sensor is lighting up whenever anything gets extremely close to it.
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So I currently have it installed. The only issue I'm having so far is that the light on my heart beat sensor is lighting up whenever anything gets extremely close to it.
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Look in the oreo ota thread under guide, etc. section there is a fix posted their as well as some other fixes.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3749891