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Please help im on day 4 of trying :(

I have an s4 and i need to fully redo the whole thing as iv messed up along the road. i tryed using odin and i get fails every time. i have no idea on baseband of the phone as its a live demo model. like an idiot i forgot to do a back up before doing anything so i can not even go bk to original im stuck at the samsung screen. i have tried wipes and resets and still nothing iv looked around and googled and never find a straight answer. Please help me get it running again

Sirus2012 said:
I have an s4 and i need to fully redo the whole thing as iv messed up along the road. i tryed using odin and i get fails every time. i have no idea on baseband of the phone as its a live demo model. like an idiot i forgot to do a back up before doing anything so i can not even go bk to original im stuck at the samsung screen. i have tried wipes and resets and still nothing iv looked around and googled and never find a straight answer. Please help me get it running again
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First step is take off battery cover, look for letter/number combinations on the plastic parts of the phone, I think mine is on the bottom right, figure out which variant you have.

norml said:
First step is take off battery cover, look for letter/number combinations on the plastic parts of the phone, I think mine is on the bottom right, figure out which variant you have.
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this is what i have under the battery
model GT-i9505X
and the S/N
there is no combination of numbers/letters
Thank you for replying

You need to find the whole odin firmware including .pit then when yoi go to flash in odin checkmark repartition
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Sirus2012 said:
this is what i have under the battery
model GT-i9505X
and the S/N
there is no combination of numbers/letters
Thank you for replying
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Actions speak louder than words, click on my 'thanks' button if you mean it, LOL, JK, ok great, we got a WINNER!!! Now we know which variant you have. OK, looks like you have the x model, from googling it's from Indonesia or something and it's known as a live demo model like you stated. Find out what fw 9505x uses, try sammobile.com or even here, DL it and flash via odin, that would be my next step, I think, I'm still pretty new to this.

Those demo models were not even made for use.. Their firmware has limitations for what I know..
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app

norml said:
Actions speak louder than words, click on my 'thanks' button if you mean it, LOL, JK, ok great, we got a WINNER!!! Now we know which variant you have. OK, looks like you have the x model, from googling it's from Indonesia or something and it's known as a live demo model like you stated. Find out what fw 9505x uses, try sammobile.com or even here, DL it and flash via odin, that would be my next step, I think, I'm still pretty new to this.
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thanks i will try it now and let u know how i get on
Thanks again

You're very welcome sir, good luck dude, handle that sh*t! T.C.B. like they say in state or federal!:silly:

norml said:
You're very welcome sir, good luck dude, handle that sh*t! T.C.B. like they say in state or federal!:silly:
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No joy on that been looking on here and there are others with same problem. This sucks lol knew i should of done a back up lol

Sirus2012 said:
No joy on that been looking on here and there are others with same problem. This sucks lol knew i should of done a back up lol
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I found this on sam...
As you can see, odin stops at flashing modem... Demo units don't have modem hardware, so you need firmware without modem, or just download a pre rooted firmware, rename it by removing .md5 extension, so you'll have i9505XXXX.tar, open it with 7-zip, delete NON-HLOS.bin and modem.bin and flash it... Or download a 3/4 part firmware and flash it without modem file. I've flashed lots of i9300x and i9505x like this...
http://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11517
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Sirus2012 said:
this is what i have under the battery
model GT-i9505X
and the S/N
there is no combination of numbers/letters
Thank you for replying
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BTW, are blind? You don't consider GT-i9505X a combination of numbers/letters? LOL JK

norml said:
I found this on sam...
As you can see, odin stops at flashing modem... Demo units don't have modem hardware, so you need firmware without modem, or just download a pre rooted firmware, rename it by removing .md5 extension, so you'll have i9505XXXX.tar, open it with 7-zip, delete NON-HLOS.bin and modem.bin and flash it... Or download a 3/4 part firmware and flash it without modem file. I've flashed lots of i9300x and i9505x like this...
http://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11517
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BTW, are blind? You don't consider GT-i9505X a combination of numbers/letters? LOL JK
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lol cheers for ur help im trying that thing now had to unpack to delete files and repack it should work shouldnt it?

No problem, I dunno man, I've had this phone for less than 2 months, my first smartphone/android ever, so I'm still learning man, str8 up. I AM and consider myself a total newbster, and a lot of newbs here make us newbs look bad by asking for basic simple help that they can look up themselves. Your problem seems pretty serious so I was jus tryin' to look out for you and still will, GL!! If that dude is telling the truth, then you should be able to, he mentioned he did it on A LOT of phones.

N-910C Camera Failed - Even HW replacement doesnt solve!

Hi All,
Im posting this thread after review all others.
I have the phone for almost an year and everything was working fine.
Suddenly the Camera stopped working.
The problem is only in the rear camera. Front camera is working.
Wipe data / Factory reset from setting or Pwr+Home+Vol up doesnt help.
Also i even went to a phone shop and tried to replace the camera. After 3 different cameras the tech told me he dont know what to do and think need motherboard replacement. Another thing is the flash that i tought might stopped working but it is still functioning properly.
Need your wise help guys! Appriciate every comment or suggestion!
Thanks,
Eyal.

Have you tried reflashing the stock ROM back onto your device? There is a chance that the drivers for your main camera maybe corrupted or have been deleted. If that doesn't work then you are going to need a replacement motherboard.

DarkGuyver said:
Have you tried reflashing the stock ROM back onto your device? There is a chance that the drivers for your main camera maybe corrupted or have been deleted. If that doesn't work then you are going to need a replacement motherboard.
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Thank you for taking time looking amd replying.Thats an intresting option. I didnt tried that.
However i also didnt found a root method for the N-910C. I would need to replace the kernel with a different one and i cannot find a suitable Kernel.
Let me explore this option and lets see.
If you have any direction on the rooting part it would be great.
Thanks,
Eyal.

Ummm, if you have no experience in rooting your device I would strongly recommend you avoid doing that as you can easily brick your device. I'd highly recommend you reflashing the stock ROM back onto your device to see if that will fix your problem. Otherwise you will need to replace the motherboard.

DarkGuyver said:
Ummm, if you have no experience in rooting your device I would strongly recommend you avoid doing that as you can easily brick your device. I'd highly recommend you reflashing the stock ROM back onto your device to see if that will fix your problem. Otherwise you will need to replace the motherboard.
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Thanks man, ive rooted many devices i had in the past, the New ones dont need that as everything is quite good out of the box.
the problem is to find a kernel matching the 'C' version. all the rest is easy.
let me look into it.

djshubi said:
Hi All,
Im posting this thread after review all others.
I have the phone for almost an year and everything was working fine.
Suddenly the Camera stopped working.
The problem is only in the rear camera. Front camera is working.
Wipe data / Factory reset from setting or Pwr+Home+Vol up doesnt help.
Also i even went to a phone shop and tried to replace the camera. After 3 different cameras the tech told me he dont know what to do and think need motherboard replacement. Another thing is the flash that i tought might stopped working but it is still functioning properly.
Need your wise help guys! Appriciate every comment or suggestion!
Thanks,
Eyal.
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Its a N-910C it still has warranty for a few months as each samsung phone comes with 24months. How could the Samsung Tech not replace or fix the camera under warranty?
Also why did they try 3 different types, you would have though after the first they would stop if they matched up the model number of the parts etc before even opening the phone.

djshubi said:
Thanks man, ive rooted many devices i had in the past, the New ones dont need that as everything is quite good out of the box.
the problem is to find a kernel matching the 'C' version. all the rest is easy.
let me look into it.
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You would be better off just reflashing the stock ROM back onto your device rather than go hunting for the individual kernel. As the original firmware file probably has that within it.

A|ex said:
Its a N-910C it still has warranty for a few months as each samsung phone comes with 24months. How could the Samsung Tech not replace or fix the camera under warranty?
Also why did they try 3 different types, you would have though after the first they would stop if they matched up the model number of the parts etc before even opening the phone.
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Thanks for your reply, im living in thailand and bought the phone in non samsung shop, so i have to go to this places where they almost know what they do , but frenkly they are pro's, for some reason it didnt work so they tried 3 cameerras , this is how it is here

DarkGuyver said:
You would be better off just reflashing the stock ROM back onto your device rather than go hunting for the individual kernel. As the original firmware file probably has that within it.
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What do you mean?
Can i reflesh an unrooted phone?
in order to root i need to replace the Kernel as this is 5.1.1 (as far i understood have some lock mechanism from rooting)
if you know somehing else it would have alot.
Thanks,
Eyal.

djshubi said:
What do you mean?
Can i reflesh an unrooted phone?
in order to root i need to replace the Kernel as this is 5.1.1 (as far i understood have some lock mechanism from rooting)
if you know somehing else it would have alot.
Thanks,
Eyal.
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From what I understand you should be able to reflash the stock Samsung ROM back onto your device. This will remove the root functions and restore your device back to when it left the factory.

DarkGuyver said:
From what I understand you should be able to reflash the stock Samsung ROM back onto your device. This will remove the root functions and restore your device back to when it left the factory.
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Yes, but to re-flesh i need first to root the device. this is where i'm struggling.

djshubi said:
Yes, but to re-flesh i need first to root the device. this is where i'm struggling.
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No, you shouldn't have to root your device in order to reflash the stock ROM back onto it. Just download the stock ROM from Sammobile and use Odin to flash it back onto your device. It's as simple as that. But you will loose the root features after you do this.

djshubi said:
Yes, but to re-flesh i need first to root the device. this is where i'm struggling.
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Flash the latest stock ROM for your model with Odin. Root is NOT required for STOCK ROM.

djshubi said:
Yes, but to re-flesh i need first to root the device. this is where i'm struggling.
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Got to sammobile.com, create an account, it's free. Download stock firmware for you device.
Google search flash firmware with ODIN, you'll get a many web pages with instructions and there's a youtube video also.
https://www.google.com/search?espv=....0..0.0....0...1c..64.serp..0.0.0.cyqn6CcxG_E

DarkGuyver said:
From what I understand you should be able to reflash the stock Samsung ROM back onto your device. This will remove the root functions and restore your device back to when it left the factory.
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Hi Guys,
Thank you for your responses, i have tried with Odin and downloaded the correct firmware from Sammobile (by verifying *#1234#) and after Odin pass successfully the device was not able to boot from the new firmware. so it rebooted again and returned to the former status (with all the apps and everything i currently still have ) means in other words Odin failed or i did something wrong.
i will keep trying. and update you.
Thanks,
Eyal.

dicksteele said:
Got to sammobile.com, create an account, it's free. Download stock firmware for you device.
Google search flash firmware with ODIN, you'll get a many web pages with instructions and there's a youtube video also.
https://www.google.com/search?espv=....0..0.0....0...1c..64.serp..0.0.0.cyqn6CcxG_E
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Thank you Sir, im trying, first shot failed now going back to square 1
will update you, thanks for taking the time and answer.

djshubi said:
Thank you Sir, im trying, first shot failed now going back to square 1
will update you, thanks for taking the time and answer.
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Well, at least you didn't brick your device. Follow this video from Sammobile on how to flash your device back to stock

djshubi said:
Thank you Sir, im trying, first shot failed now going back to square 1
will update you, thanks for taking the time and answer.
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What did it fail on? If it was sboot.bon that's the bootloader and you need to get the same version that was previously on your phone (Didn't read the post above. Try below, that will probably work).
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djshubi said:
Hi Guys,
Thank you for your responses, i have tried with Odin and downloaded the correct firmware from Sammobile (by verifying *#1234#) and after Odin pass successfully the device was not able to boot from the new firmware. so it rebooted again and returned to the former status (with all the apps and everything i currently still have ) means in other words Odin failed or i did something wrong.
i will keep trying. and update you.
Thanks,
Eyal.
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After it boots up and fails, go into the stock recovery and do a factory reset. That should bring it up.

Guys, thank you all for your help, it is really not obvios!!
end of the day, i was able to reflesh my phone, this didnt help, camerra still failed to open. im now stuck again, i will try to find our an official samsung dealer who fix HW (dont think i can find one, but lets give it a shot...
if you have other ideas... then you off course welcome
Thanks,
Eyal.

Interesting find Possible Eng bootloader firmware?

So I have not been able to obtain this firmware but figured I'd share to see what you ladies/gents could figure out.
http://www.romup.com/search?version=G950USQU1AQCF
Also there is a thread in general discussion and questions section regarding an All_OYN_G950USQU1AQC8 firmware.

idk, seems pretty fishy to me, every I link I see is to pay to download sites for this file. You would think that there would be somewhere online where its free. Probably a bogus download.

lots of scams out there
Sent from my SM-N930F using XDA-Developers Legacy app

I actually paid for a damn firmware this morning All_OYN_G950USQU1AQC8 and received the download from sams-eng.com . Later however I found it for free. Oh well. Haha.

ait1071 said:
I actually paid for a damn firmware this morning All_OYN_G950USQU1AQC8 and received the download from sams-eng.com . Later however I found it for free. Oh well. Haha.
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Can you link it please! Where did you find the free one?

I found the free one for the 955 and 950 i was able to find the unlock bootloader option through it not sure if it will work. Was more interested in the boot.img

Not saying it isn't a scam, but romup is actually a fairly reputable site. People posting leaked firmware all the time straight from the factory. A few other Asian sites like this one have some juicy stuff, not just for Exynos/other unlocked loader models. So don't discourage it, translate it and see what they have to say and maybe even test it. I personally don't want to take the risk with my phone but someone kinda has to. Anyways, done with my little rant.

Would this Engboot be good for snapdragon variants? I remember the S7 Edge had a locked bootloader, but you could still atleast root it

Akumai said:
Would this Engboot be good for snapdragon variants? I remember the S7 Edge had a locked bootloader, but you could still atleast root it
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I was the one who rooted it looking into this now

br3w3r said:
I was the one who rooted it looking into this now
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I knew I recognized that name. Couldn't remember where, it's late and my brain is toast. Good to see you in the scene here. Looking forward to what you have in store and what you find out! Good luck

br3w3r said:
I was the one who rooted it looking into this now
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Think maybe you'll make a root thread soon? The S8 is great, and the included earphones are actually good, and I could use Viper xD

Akumai said:
Think maybe you'll make a root thread soon? The S8 is great, and the included earphones are actually good, and I could use Viper xD
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Im working on this right now. Give me a little bit had a kid last year so im trying my best to get this done right now while i have time.

Wait so do you have a copy of that firmware? I can't obtain that one bc I have no way of paying in yuan.

Also is there a way to flash a firmware where root is natively in the firmware? I always thought we had to unlock the bootloader and root and then flash recovery. Unless it was the recovery that always tripped knox.

Hi Br3w3r,
I just wanted to say thanks and ask you a little about how you coerce these engineering firmwares to allow root mode. Do you reverse engineer it? Just curious.

Found a newer version of ODIN and enabled the grayed out buttons. Maybe it could help?
ODIN 3.12.7 with UMS and USERDATA already enabled: https://mega.nz/#F!8WxRwDwa!seZLQVSoWTrz2CJkbdxTkQ

Interesting... so if I am reading this right. Someone is trying to work on snapdragon now?

I have purchased a copy of the firmware posted by the OP, although it was bought off of a different website. This is a factory binary, that has SElinux as permissive, OEM unlock says it unlocks bootloader, etc

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Good god share this please

Factory binary mode stuck help!!!

Hello I bought this Galaxy S8 SM 950U from this lady off letgo. Anways I just made sure it turned on which it did, and had no cracks, so I was trying to make it fairly quick because i had to drive to her home and walk in, and didnt want to be there long, so i get home clear the data from my new phone ans it asks for her google account. Ive never done anythung like this, but i looked up what to do and flashing the phone was an option ao i chose that one. I used oden and i guessed flashed some kind of combination binary because odin at the end of the download, it was a sucess. So i turn it on and its been stuck in Factory Binary mode. The original was andriod 7.0 G950USQS2BRB1 and now it is G950USQU5ARG4. Im so glad i wrote down the oringinal, but please help. I watched tutorials on how to flash the frp using odin and it seemed pretty simple but i guess not and im definitely stuck and have no idea what to try next could someone please help me

See that 5 in the firmware. That is the bootloader revision. Now you.have to down load a equal revision stock firmware and flash that over the binary
Btw if your area is like mine. Let go is a joke and full of junkies get receipts and addresses and signatures on all phone. I did get me a nice ps4 a few days back.

Mr. Mad Scientist don't mean to bug but I'm having the same problem right about now except my s6 was running a 7.0 G920VVRS4DQK1 And i downgraded to G920VVRU4AOJ1. So you're saying that now i have to find a ROM WITH A build number that has a 4 IN the same spot and flash that file by itself with Odin and that would put my phone back to normal how it should be....? Need help, please help

FREDROK1 said:
Mr. Mad Scientist don't mean to bug but I'm having the same problem right about now except my s6 was running a 7.0 G920VVRS4DQK1 And i downgraded to G920VVRU4AOJ1. So you're saying that now i have to find a ROM WITH A build number that has a 4 IN the same spot and flash that file by itself with Odin and that would put my phone back to normal how it should be....? Need help, please help
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Yea your on a rev 4 bootloader. Any Rom with a 4 in that location will work

Thank you very much bud I really appreciate that I've been stuck for 2 weeks. And I'm taking a wild guess here but i load the boot into the BL SECTION OF ODIN correct? Weird thing is that last night i flashed a boot loader honestly i forgot the number of it and I'm not near my laptop but it did stop marking that SW check fail rev 4 binary 1 error and when i restart my phone it goes to factory nice still.,.... Now it's in factory mode but it reads boot completed when it gets to the home page. Last thing, i did get a "write error message" that failed my flash... I'm kinda even more lost now

Same problem as Morgenmoles!
TheMadScientist said:
See that 5 in the firmware. That is the bootloader revision. Now you.have to down load a equal revision stock firmware and flash that over the binary
Btw if your area is like mine. Let go is a joke and full of junkies get receipts and addresses and signatures on all phone. I did get me a nice ps4 a few days back.
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So what would be an equal revision stock firmware to flash over the binary? I ended up with G950USQU5ARG4 as well and am stuck! Got my from letgo site as well and yes it's a joke no doubt! Thanks for your help!

Curleygirl said:
So what would be an equal revision stock firmware to flash over the binary? I ended up with G950USQU5ARG4 as well and am stuck! Got my from letgo site as well and yes it's a joke no doubt! Thanks for your help!
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5th digit from far end is a 5. So either 5 or 6 would be your best bet. With Odin 3.13 I always recommend the lasted what's your carrier and I can try to find one for you later if you haven't yet

Curleygirl said:
So what would be an equal revision stock firmware to flash over the binary? I ended up with G950USQU5ARG4 as well and am stuck! Got my from letgo site as well and yes it's a joke no doubt! Thanks for your help!
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TheMadScientist said:
5th digit from far end is a 5. So either 5 or 6 would be your best bet. With Odin 3.13 I always recommend the lasted what's your carrier and I can try to find one for you later if you haven't yet
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just my $0.02, but keep in mind that if you flash firmware with a 6th gen bootloader, you cant go back to anything with the 5th gen. The G950U models arent rootable, so i just always go with the most recent version

youdoofus said:
just my $0.02, but keep in mind that if you flash firmware with a 6th gen bootloader, you cant go back to anything with the 5th gen. The G950U models arent rootable, so i just always go with the most recent version
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We can root the 950u. Just not on pie. Through a long drawn out. We can flash through edl and gain root. I've done it on rev 6

TheMadScientist said:
We can root the 950u. Just not on pie. Through a long drawn out. We can flash through edl and gain root. I've done it on rev 6
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oh wow, i guess i didnt realize that root was available for the S8. My bad

TheMadScientist said:
5th digit from far end is a 5. So either 5 or 6 would be your best bet. With Odin 3.13 I always recommend the lasted what's your carrier and I can try to find one for you later if you haven't yet
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It unlocked as far as i know

TheMadScientist said:
5th digit from far end is a 5. So either 5 or 6 would be your best bet. With Odin 3.13 I always recommend the lasted what's your carrier and I can try to find one for you later if you haven't yet
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Actually it says carrier ATT

Curleygirl said:
Actually it says carrier ATT
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you cal also flash the unbranded firmware on it, but by doing so, you will ditch the at&t firmware which has proven to be difficult to find. Not impossible, but difficult. I flashed the U1 firmware on my S9 (i know you have an S8, but theyre virtually identical) and its flawless

youdoofus said:
you cal also flash the unbranded firmware on it, but by doing so, you will ditch the at&t firmware which has proven to be difficult to find. Not impossible, but difficult. I flashed the U1 firmware on my S9 (i know you have an S8, but theyre virtually identical) and its flawless
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Thank you!!

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Thank you!!
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you bet. are you familiar with the flashing process?

975U/U1 to 9750

I know it's probably been asked a million times but jas anyone actually tried flashing 9750 firmware on the us 975u/u1 with patched odin 3b? If not could trying result in a hard brick? I know everyone always says (including me) its not possible, but i haven't seen proof anywhere.

jwarrior319 said:
I know it's probably been asked a million times but jas anyone actually tried flashing 9750 firmware on the us 975u/u1 with patched odin 3b? If not could trying result in a hard brick? I know everyone always says (including me) its not possible, but i haven't seen proof anywhere.
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so u mention its been asked amillion times and you also usually say its not possible but u still asked lol
many have tried and all have failed.. the only way to get some of the firmware such as csc is with at least root or some unreleased exploits. and no, theres no root for u or u1 at this time..
i have tried myself multiple times,multiple ways on multiple devices over multiple years.. but dont take my word for it..
trying to flash it wont brick or do anythimg to ur device. itll just be a waste of time.. odin will fail right off the start and not flash anything at all..
this is because the devices have different signatures..

Try it. It wont brick, it will either work or it wont. Internally they're the same phone, one is dual SIM and one isn't. You can flash U1 fw on a U or U fw on a U1 so give it a shot and report back...

Try it and let us know. Try do a hybrid firmware using 9750 firmware and load u1 CP and CSC file and flash it with patched odin

Player04 said:
Try it and let us know. Try do a hybrid firmware using 9750 firmware and load u1 CP and CSC file and flash it with patched odin
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Thats definitely an interesting way. I might try that.
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elliwigy said:
so u mention its been asked amillion times and you also usually say its not possible but u still asked lol
many have tried and all have failed.. the only way to get some of the firmware such as csc is with at least root or some unreleased exploits. and no, theres no root for u or u1 at this time..
i have tried myself multiple times,multiple ways on multiple devices over multiple years.. but dont take my word for it..
trying to flash it wont brick or do anythimg to ur device. itll just be a waste of time.. odin will fail right off the start and not flash anything at all..
this is because the devices have different signatures..
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If its a matter of device signature then you would think the U to U1 or U1 to U conversion would work without patched odin. I had thought it was a matter of firmware verification/model verification which is supposed to be removed in patched odin. Have you tried to mix and match different parts like HK bootloader and system with US csc and cp? It just seems like the bootloader and sytem at least should work since all the hardware minus sim2 are the same.
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jwarrior319 said:
If its a matter of device signature then you would think the U to U1 or U1 to U conversion would work without patched odin. I had thought it was a matter of firmware verification/model verification which is supposed to be removed in patched odin. Have you tried to mix and match different parts like HK bootloader and system with US csc and cp? It just seems like the bootloader and sytem at least should work since all the hardware minus sim2 are the same.
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everyones waiting for you to try it lol..

Show us Jwarrior!!!!

Of course as i amd everyone else figured it fails. Has anyone tried decompressing the tar.md5 files and creating hybrid versions? If we could figure out which file is used for device info verification we might get somewhere. Im just trying to explore all possibilities to maybe stumble upon our hail marry to the no root problem. If we work together trying things it should help speed up the process. Everyone said the s8 wouldn't ever have root yet someone still found a way. If people want something bad enough they'll find a way.
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jwarrior319 said:
Of course as i amd everyone else figured it fails. Has anyone tried decompressing the tar.md5 files and creating hybrid versions? If we could figure out which file is used for device info verification we might get somewhere. Im just trying to explore all possibilities to maybe stumble upon our hail marry to the no root problem. If we work together trying things it should help speed up the process. Everyone said the s8 wouldn't ever have root yet someone still found a way. If people want something bad enough they'll find a way.
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lol that was me n some other ppl on the s8 devices.. whole different ballgame now..
and every firmware image in the tar.md5 is signed and verified during flashing..
also with vbmeta you cant even mix and match stock signed untouched firmware so no, "hybrid" wont work at all
the easy/obvious stuff was tried already but you can keep trying if ud like lol

elliwigy said:
lol that was me n some other ppl on the s8 devices.. whole different ballgame now..
and every firmware image in the tar.md5 is signed and verified during flashing..
also with vbmeta you cant even mix and match stock signed untouched firmware so no, "hybrid" wont work at all
the easy/obvious stuff was tried already but you can keep trying if ud like lol
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Its unfortunate that Samsung is becoming so much like apple. I loved my S5 and loved it even more with custom firmware and such. Im seriously considering the pixel 4XL when the price drops. Ya it has less ram/storage but i still used my 2gb ram/ 16gb storage s5 alongside my s8 sometimes more. Im just one of them people that needs the ability to customize anything and everything. I was starting to get into building my own custom rom. Maybe there will be good holiday deals.
If anyone needs help testing anything to aid in possible root/bl unlock im willing to help.
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