Does anyone know if it is possible to change the Custom Number of a G7 L01? My handset has a Stock but Branded ROM. The operator is taking their time developing and rolling out Lollipop to my device. My hope would be to change the Custom Number to the European or UK normal number, and then manually upgrade to Lollipop. Or is it as simple as downloading the upgrade file from Huawei and flashing it?
Any help would be good.
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Got a galaxy S i9000 yesterday and i am looking at updating it to Froyo. When checking for update using kies it says there are no updates available. The only other option is by tricking kies into thinking there is.
pressing *#1234# shows
pda i900jpjg8
phone : i9000jxjg2
csc : i9000jpjg9
IN Settings > About Phone > Baseband Version it shows i9000jxjg2
The phone is unlocked and unbranded.
Can Someone please point in the right direction as what would be the best way to flash froyo on it? I know tricking kies is there but what should i trick it to exactly? What code to use?
/Edit : Which is the best product code to enter for kies to flash froyo? With all these choices there must be 1 ROM that is open and quite good.
Any help is appreciated.
Cheers
This is the thread for patching Kies for Froyo, there are different Roms for different regions, you need to decide which region's Rom you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835628
most of the ROMS in there are for certain carriers in certain country. Isnt there a ROM that universal and can be used for any phone. If i were to say pick an european ROM which would be the best one to go for. no carrier branding nothing.
thanks for replying.
Check out this thread and instructions you will have the European upgrade with this. (post 80)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9055222#post9055222
I understand that if i put a custom rom on even another stock firmware for another region other than what my phone came with i won't get OTA updates.
That i understand. I was wondering though how does it know that its not the firmware that came with the phone.
For example if i put BTU on my carrier branded S5 it won't update but how does it know thats not what it came with. What is not changing when it gets flashed.
Is it based on IMEI or is there another parameter that does not get changed when flashing another firmware.
Thanks for your help guys i like to really understand whats going on.
anyone any thoughts
drich290195 said:
I understand that if i put a custom rom on even another stock firmware for another region other than what my phone came with i won't get OTA updates.
That i understand. I was wondering though how does it know that its not the firmware that came with the phone.
For example if i put BTU on my carrier branded S5 it won't update but how does it know thats not what it came with. What is not changing when it gets flashed.
Is it based on IMEI or is there another parameter that does not get changed when flashing another firmware.
Thanks for your help guys i like to really understand whats going on.
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I don't know how it works exactly, but here is one of possible ways:
Samsung stores the device's S/N and the initial CSC in its database.
(You can check that by using Kies 3 software > Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Initialization, enter your S/N and Kies 3 will show your initial CSC).
That way, when you perform an OTA update, Samsung will know if your current CSC is the same as your initial CSC or not.
I own an S4 I9505 which is not carrier locked but it has a branded firmware from Bouygues Telecom ( a french carrier). It's still android 4.4.2. From experience I know that this carrier is always very late to release a firmware update. Thus I m considering to flash a firmware from another region. Guides on how to do this are everywhere.
But it is not clear whether there are consequences to upgrading my firmware to Lolllipop this way?
Will I still be able to do further upgrades via OTA (yeah ... I know it's very likely that 5.0.1 will be the last update that will be available for my S4)?
But most important ... will certain applications still see my S4 as an original untampered device? I also use my phone for work. I have access to mail and agenda via Mobile Works (from Mobile Iron). This some kind of Knox-like application. This application only runs on non-rooted devices. It also imposes various other security policies and checks. So what I want to know is wether an application like this is able to see that I flashed another (original) rom via odin? If yes then I am quite sure that I won't be able to use my device for work any longer.
OTA may not work, but as your device is unlocked you can simply do the upgrade via Odin anyway. Your application will continue to see your device as original and untampered because you are installing official firmware from Samsung, not a custom ROM from the development sections.
Hello,
I don't want to wait for Samsung OTA upgrade to Lollipop in my region.....My phone is unlocked and free to use any official rom. It's already available in a number of countries and would like to download one and install it with ODIN.
My question: Is there any difference between the official roms from one country to the other? how should I make my choice?
Thanks for your help
The ROMS currently available should all be carrier unbranded, meaning no carrier logos or carrier bloatware. Assuming this is for the I9505, you can download whichever is the latest, either the BTU firmware or the DBT version. Both will work, though you likely will end up with some easily removed apps provided by Samsung for a specific region. For example, after installing the Black Edition BTU firmware on my I9505, the device defaulted to AUT (Switzerland), and I received three apps related to that region. Since those apps are installed normally and not embedded into the system, it was a trivial matter to uninstall them.
Thanks again Strephon......mine is the 19500. ...I'll go ahead and install the Hong Kong version.
Hello people
I just acquired a shiny new Edge+ and it's very nice. Except for the awful operating branding a bloatware. I would like to remove this but it's been a while since I went down the Samsung / KIES flashing route.
I guess I can flash something from sammobile.com, i.e. one of these ROMs? http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G928F/. I have build number G928FDPX1AOGI so I have quite a few options on which is the most suitable firmware to flash :-/ With the 'Unknown' country / carrier field, only the CSC varies and it's not clear which one I would need.
I'd be grateful for a pointer on flashing this. Do I need to unlock the bootloader to do what I want?
Thanks in advance.
Cheeky bump. I'm wondering if anyone else had done this which image they used. I cannot deal with the awful Swisscom jingle on boot....
Hi, you may flash any rom of your region, so if you have a Swisscom phone, you ll better flash g928f AUT Swiss rom. Just flash it, make a full wipe, reboot, make a new full wipe, and you're pretty good for enjoying your new phone without bloatwares
It worked no problem. Thanks!
Strange this is that prior to flashing the debranded versino with Odin, with Swisscom (and after a recent update) I had received a stagefright fix. The build I'm now on seems not to have that.
Assuming I'm still eligible for OTAs from Samsung (am I?), there are no pending updates. How can it be that a carrier has provided this fix? Are they ahead of the curve for once?
i.e. http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G928F/AUT/ vs http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G928F/SWC/. Note that AUT doesn't have an October build ending H4. What is up with that?