Hello all,
I have brand new S8 SM-G950FD I bought from Saudi Arabia, It has android 7 and won't update to 8 I used smart switch and it's the same.
Now I am in Egypt and contacted the Customer service in Egypt and they told me that my phone's warranty isn't valid in Egypt and it will cost me 250EGP (about 15$) to update the firmware.
I can do it myself in about 15 minutes or so.
My question is will the customer service know if I flashed a ROM even if it's the official one?
Just flash it bro [emoji1303]
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F7am said:
Hello all,
I have brand new S8 SM-G950FD I bought from Saudi Arabia, It has android 7 and won't update to 8 I used smart switch and it's the same.
Now I am in Egypt and contacted the Customer service in Egypt and they told me that my phone's warranty isn't valid in Egypt and it will cost me 250EGP (about 15$) to update the firmware.
I can do it myself in about 15 minutes or so.
My question is will the customer service know if I flashed a ROM even if it's the official one?
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If you flash a stock firmware through odin Knox won't be tripped. Stock firmwares are signed by Samsung so warranty won't void.
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hi I have a sm-n900 and I bought it from DUBAI and in stay in INDIA. after some custom flashings I have lost my IMEI and baseband. but fortunately a Samsung service statition has put my KNOX back .so I have KNOX 0x0. but my CSC in recovery is showing csc:KSA. where as my Firmware is XSG. I am planning to send it to Dubai for claiming warranty. Will CSC make any difference or it's fine as it is.
mithudas28 said:
hi I have a sm-n900 and I bought it from DUBAI and in stay in INDIA. after some custom flashings I have lost my IMEI and baseband. but fortunately a Samsung service statition has put my KNOX back .so I have KNOX 0x0. but my CSC in recovery is showing csc:KSA. where as my Firmware is XSG. I am planning to send it to Dubai for claiming warranty. Will CSC make any difference or it's fine as it is.
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CSC does not matter, what matters is Knox 0x0. But as you said, you have lost Imei, i am not sure how the service center in Dubai see that as, you can probably say when i was updating my software using kies it rebooted and this happened,
Dubai will not fix your problem under warranty if your csc is ksa, flashing stock xsg will not trip knox.
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Hi all I have a sm-n900 I want to give it for warranty since I have lost my IMEI and baseband. I managed to repair my KNOX. I currently have Knox 0x0. But the problem is I have a phone bought from Dubai and I live in INDIA. I don't remember my CSC as I had flashed custom rom from the first day. Now my phone is showing CSC KSA which stands for Saudi Arabia which might be correct. but just to make sure they process my warranty I flashed XSG STOCK from ODIN but still It stays KSA. IS IT THAT THE ROM HAS CSC as KSA or ITS NOT GETTING CHANGED. could some one help.
secondly if someone knew will Dubai service entertain KSA CSC. I will have to ship my handset to DUBAI. Hence please help
mithudas28 said:
Hi all I have a sm-n900 I want to give it for warranty since I have lost my IMEI and baseband. I managed to repair my KNOX. I currently have Knox 0x0. But the problem is I have a phone bought from Dubai and I live in INDIA. I don't remember my CSC as I had flashed custom rom from the first day. Now my phone is showing CSC KSA which stands for Saudi Arabia which might be correct. but just to make sure they process my warranty I flashed XSG STOCK from ODIN but still It stays KSA. IS IT THAT THE ROM HAS CSC as KSA or ITS NOT GETTING CHANGED. could some one help.
secondly if someone knew will Dubai service entertain KSA CSC. I will have to ship my handset to DUBAI. Hence please help
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Try to dial *#272*<Your IMEI>#
I currently own an Australian Optus carrier variant of Galaxy S7 Edge (OPS) and want to install an Australian unlocked variant of Galaxy S7 Edge (XSA) since unlocked variant has recieved 2 updates since its launch but carrier variant has received none..
1. So my question is will this trip my KNOX Warranty and will it disable my Samsung Pay app use?
2. Also, if I install another country's Galaxy S7 Edge firmware that has the same model number, will this trip my KNOX Warranty and disable Samsung Pay Use?
3. Which country (code) receives the fastest new updates for the device SM-G935F?
4. Lastly, can I install a Galaxy S7 Edge firmware with a different model number? I want to try South Korean variant firmware..
You can flash any official Samsung firmware, and it won't trip Knox.
Someone else asked this earlier today: http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/to-flash-generic-australian-rom-to-t3364559
Also, Samsung Pay isn't in Australia yet, and won't be for some time.
The Aussie carrier devices should get the latest update soon hopefully.
the_scotsman said:
You can flash any official Samsung firmware, and it won't trip Knox.
Someone else asked this earlier today: http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/to-flash-generic-australian-rom-to-t3364559
Also, Samsung Pay isn't in Australia yet, and won't be for some time.
The Aussie carrier devices should get the latest update soon hopefully.
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Thank you for your reply. Just one more question! I heard that if a phone is rooted, Samsung Pay app is not usable on that device afterwards so will it be the same for installing the other firmware? I know that Samsung Pay is not yet available in Australia but I would like to use it when it's launched.
Correct. Samsung Pay won't work on a rooted device.
Also, if you root, you will trip Knox. You can't use Samsung Pay on a Knox tripped device.
Even if you go back and flash stock firmware, this will not reverse Knox. This is permanent.
But if you just flash Samsung unbranded firmware over your Optus firmware, this is ok. Samsung Pay will still work.
Just to clear up something else, does your handset need to be unlocked before you can flash another official samsung firmware?
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hello , i am using s7 edge G935FXXU1DQFG (united kingdom vodafone) , i didnt received oreo update yet, my question is can i download firmware of any other country instead of this united kingdom vodafone ?
hello,
i have got a s7 edge bought in Italy from 3, but now i live in UK and also i want to install android nougat , but i'm not sure if this will affect the warranty of the phone. I hope there is somebody that can help me thank you
Find a UK firmware on https://www.sammobile.com/ and flash with Odin. Your warranty will be fine.
I'm from Italy, and i have ordered a new S8 from the mobile Company called "Tim", Is a brand s8, now, my question Is: if i debrand with Odin the S8, i will lose the warranty? I have seen in another forums that if i have debranded the phone i would have lost the warranty by modifying the knox, can i debrand? Thanks.:crying: