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Firmware update for SGS!!

hey guys, i bought my sgs a month back in singapore and the screen jus gets ppl drooling over it. My current firmware version is i9000dxjf4, and Kies mentions this as the latest firmware but samsung-firmware.webs.com shows that there are three other updates after i9000dxjf4 for the asian region. Is it safe for me to download and update the latest firmware from that website inspite of kies confirming that i'm having the latest firmware. Could u also check out that site its quite cool.
Thanks for your replies....

Kies won't show updated firmware as the Samsung Firmware releases are not official. You can by all means download and install, but they are unsupported and there are risks if you don't do it correctly! Most of us here have flashed new firmwares just fine though.

i was also wondering , i'm in asia so should i install asia specific firmware update or can i download european firmware update. I see that europeans get firmware updates frequently than the asians??

Robin.B said:
Kies won't show updated firmware as the Samsung Firmware releases are not official. You can by all means download and install, but they are unsupported and there are risks if you don't do it correctly! Most of us here have flashed new firmwares just fine though.
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I'm new to Android. Would you be kind enough to tell me how to do this? Thanks!

yes, I am new too, can tell us more? thx thx

i have a question i bought the set in singapore and i live in india now should i flash i9000xx or i9000dd or i9000zs etc or can i flash any firmware without considering the place i live will this cause any prob?pls reply thnx

there is a FAQ guide on these boards for roms/firmware etc
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596

thanks man my problem got solved.....it was informative....

So, did you download the latest firmware from the Samsung site or went ahead to use one of the custom firmware? Would like to hear if some of the problems that we had been experiencing went away after your upgrade (e.g., GPS, lags, 3G/Wifi switch, etc).
I assume upgrading to the firmware from Samsung does not require rooting. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'll try to stay unrooted for warranty reason.
Cheers.

o you have to be ****ting me, please use the search before falsely getting peoples hopes up......
this is OLD NEWS

sensi_ said:
o you have to be ****ting me, please use the search before falsely getting peoples hopes up......
this is OLD NEWS
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Care to elaborate?
BTW, OP, I tried searching for the firmware on Samsung website but don't seems to be able to find it. Can you provide link for the mentioned firmware?

Need latest Bootloader & Modem 935W8 (canada) Variant (Please and Thank You)

As the titles says, I need the latest BL and Modem (or a link on where to get it) as I am going to install "OnTheEdge" 6.0 Beta 2 to try it out however I can't figure out how to download the BL and Modem for my specific variation and from my understanding due to canada the W8 is not compatible with the F international variation.
*Edit* - I should note I have already looked at "https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G935W8/RWC/" however that only has for 6.0.1, I need the 7.0.0 correct?
*Edit 2* - Lets say I do just download the latest 6.0.1, its a large file from SamMobile, how do I get the BL and Modem flash from this?

Uploading... give me a moment
APK3 (from 6.0.1. No 7.0 CP/BL available yet for the W8 variant, but no problem with the 6.0.1 ones)
Bootloader https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7NTwhbole31b0xHMjNOZFJ2MVU
Modem https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7NTwhbole31MTFBNEh5Zi1LNzg

Thank you very much for the quick reply and for the uploaded files as well!
May I ask what you did to get those files (trying to learn all this stuff as I find the world of a rooted phone an awesome one but there is much to learn!) ?

thexcodec said:
Thank you very much for the quick reply and for the uploaded files as well!
May I ask what you did to get those files (trying to learn all this stuff as I find the world of a rooted phone an awesome one but there is much to learn!) ?
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I extracted the BL/modem from the full Generic APK3 firmware I found here a few weeks ago. I wanted the latest available modem/BL for my W8 S7 edge too, but I didn't want to subscribe to SamMobile just for that. I suggest you to keep that link, it has many up-to-date files and firmwares available for our S7 edge variant.
Having them separately is more convenient than having to download the full firmware (2GB+) though but well...

Now that Combination File for bit 7 (u7) is available will someone be able to make ag

So as most of us know if you update to latest bit 7 firmware you are unable to install the U unbranded firmware. Was just wondering if now that the Combination firmware for bit 7 is available, will someone be able to find a solution?
Thanks

gersrt said:
So as most of us know if you update to latest bit 7 firmware you are unable to install the U unbranded firmware. Was just wondering if now that the Combination firmware for bit 7 is available, will someone be able to find a solution?
Thanks
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May not matter. A new update should be dropped next month. Not only does it update the Sprint bootloader (no surprise), but also the U firmware bootloader. It would put the U; Sprint; and T-Mobile on b8. Based on previous version history, should drop around mid-November. It will be the October update and they usually push them the month after in the US.
U Models:
http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/XAA/SM-G935U/version.test.xml
http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/XAA/SM-G930U/version.test.xml
Carrier Versions:
http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/SPR/SM-G935P/version.test.xml
http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/TMB/SM-G935T/version.test.xml
http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/SPR/SM-G930P/version.test.xml
http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/TMB/SM-G930P/version.test.xml

Is it possible to request specific firmware?

Trying to repair my phone to stock firmware after a bad root. All I can find for firmware versions are sketchy sites that don't seem safe. Has anyone ever had Sprint provide firmware on request or is there any specific site that is safe to get firmware from?

Flashing unlocked to Tmobile firmware

So I'm currently going crazy.
Have s10+ unlocked.
Baseband version: G975U1UEU2ASGB
SM-G975U1_9_004
I'm wanting to flash tmobile firmware to improve cell signal.
I've done some research and know I need to flash U firmware just not sure which one and if it has to be them same as the current firmware the phone has.
Can someone please provide step by step on what I would need to do as well as what firmware I would need to flash to achieve this.
I don't want to mess it up and then suddenly get stuck on boot.
Thanks in advance.

XtreMe579 said:
So I'm currently going crazy.
Have s10+ unlocked.
Baseband version: G975U1UEU2ASGB
SM-G975U1_9_004
I'm wanting to flash tmobile firmware to improve cell signal.
I've done some research and know I need to flash U firmware just not sure which one and if it has to be them same as the current firmware the phone has.
Can someone please provide step by step on what I would need to do as well as what firmware I would need to flash to achieve this.
I don't want to mess it up and then suddenly get stuck on boot.
Thanks in advance.
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Head over to sammobile and follow the directions in this link. You will need the modified Odin from here. The sammobile link is the latest t-mobile firmware. If you ever want to go back to the u1 firmware that is located here as well.

knife2240 said:
Head over to sammobile and follow the directions in this link. You will need the modified Odin from here. The sammobile link is the latest t-mobile firmware. If you ever want to go back to the u1 firmware that is located here as well.
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Awesome thank you so much. I'll give it a go later today ?

Does anybody have a mirror or can you upload the latest tmobile firmware?
I've been trying to download for 4 days and at 92% the download just stops. Ive tried all sorts of different sites and nothing so far.

my experience is that samfirm works consistently while the others don't. Download the samfirm app then enter the model you want (SM-G975U). The region will be TMB for T-Mobile, and let it download the files and decrypt for you.

Try frija, I was losing my mind looking for it also, initially it didn't work but after installing c++ 8 something something it worked. Downloaded really fast also

I'm not able to find anything for T-Mobile USA in the latest version of this tool. Has anyone else been able to find it?