Hello!
I've never used a phone that is specific to one carrier. All my phones have been unlocked.
My girlfriend has a Verizon Samsung S7 edge and I've convinced her to ditch Verizon and go with StraightTalk with a Verizon compatible SIM. I hadn't considered software updates since I typically update my phone directly from the manufacturer or by flashing a custom ROM.
is it still possible to install an OTA update to her phone since she no longer has an account with Verizon? Or do i have to unlock her bootloader, download the latest update, and use Odin to manually install it?
Her phone is not rooted and it will be a battle to convince her to let me do it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Probably the easiest for you is to install on the phone and on PC the Samsung SmartSwitch: https://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/
Inside that app, while the phone is connected via USB to the PC, if there are any updates for the phone, they will show up and you can install them.
BTW, if you want to change the firmware to "U" version, Odin flashes the official files without root, phone remains in original untouched state.
Personally I have flashed "U" firmware over my "V" S7 Edge, just to gain access to hotspot, using this thread to make the switch (I was on Nougat then). I am using Total Wireless (same SIM as StraightTalk, both owned by Tracfone) and, since then, I got the updates for Oreo and the following security update.
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I purchased an AT&T GSM phone unlocked and I use Straightalk as my wireless carrier. I have rooted before and used the newest version of Odin. I downloaded the the proper file for root "G928A_Kernel_Root_5.1.1_Samfirm.net.tar.md5." My phone model Is SAMSUNG-SM-G928A. It's the one everyone else used. Odin flashed it fine. It passed and the phone restarted. Problem is the phone is not rooted, but I have the problems that come with the initial root. Wifi passwords don't save and the annoying message "Unauthorized actions have been detected". Since the phone is not rooted I can't fix these problems because I don't have permissions. My next step was just to flash the stock firmware but I can't find it anywhere. Can anyone help me either tell me how to truly root the phone (I re-flashed the file 3 times) or tell where I can download the stock Firmware? I called AT&T and they told me to call Best Buy and Best Buy can't help me.
Thanks
Samsung s6 edge+
Samsung-SM-G928A
Android Version 5.1.1
There are lots of excellent instructions for rooting and customizing this phone (kudos to painiac and jrkruse) but I am going the opposite direction.
I just got a Note 7 to replace my S5 and I am sending the S5 to a daughter who isn't tech savy enough to deal with anything but a stock phone. I want to send the phone to her with the latest DPF4 build but cannot locate a stock image to run thru ODIN.
When I tried an OTA update, it failed with the 'Update service is temporarily unavailable' message. This is because the phone is no longer recognized by Verizon. Doesn't matter that I am using WIFI and not VZN network.
I see two ways to proceed. 1) Call VZN and activate the S5 then run OTA update, then call back and activate Note 7.
OR-- 2) Locate stock image DPF4 and ODIN the S5.
Sooo... Anybody know where I can download the stock image DPF4?
What you do is flash a stock image ok3 firmware or later with odin or heimdall then connect phone to sidesync or kies3 by usb and voila it will upgrade you to pf4 stock
You can't downgrade to KitKat at least easily so that is why I said ok3 firmware or later
Thanks for the suggestion. However, I called Verizon and they explained how I could switch back and forth thru the online portal. They handled the reverse switch since I was already talking to them and I switched back on my own after all the upgrades. Shipped the phone out earlier today.
Super easy!
For future reference, you do not have to have active service on the device to get an OTA.
My S5 has never been active since I've had it and I was able to pull the OTA just fine via wifi.
I thought I would be able to do that, but got the error message when I tried. I searched for a solution and found a thread that explained that the device needed to be active in order for the Verizon update server to recognize it. If yours works without being active that's great. Mine didn't.
Just wondering if there was a copy of the latest firmware or last version firmware floating around. My daughters phone is still on Oct1 security patch and I do not have an AT&T sim card to spam the update server with.
edit? That being said, is it possible to flash the j120aZ firmware vs the j120aU firmware that AT&T Provides?
root but thanks AT&T
I was able to root with firmware version J120AUCS3AQE1 but because mine is an AT&T phone the bootloader is "locked and signed" meaning it's never going to unlock........? I have the latest version of firmware that came out in may 2017 and it will be available to you as soon as I can post an outside web address............ Every Recovery image that I flashed caused everything to fail and a big triangle that said AT&T detected software on your device that is not allowed on our device so I guess this one is never really your own........ but you can Root with Kingroot and supersume pro to get rid of bloatware and such but other than that no custom stuff on this one.
If Kingroot keeps freezing just restart phone and keep trying it took me a long while to obtain root.
Hi, I got a S7 Edge SM-G935A from AT&T at the end of December.
That same night I tried to root my phone(i got a bootloop), and I didn't know the bootloader was locked.
So I re-flashed a SM-G935U rom, but I would like to go back to the basic one in order to get a new start(SM-G935A), without root and nothing.
Knowing that I have a problem connecting to the wifi, maybe because of the rom that doesn't match.
And also i dont have samsung updates, i'd like to have the latest one im currently on 7.0.
If someone could help me to get my phone with original firmware, I'd be grateful.
Ok, first off, you can run any US/Qualcomm variant software on your device. Unless you just have a hankering for AT&T firmware, the U firmware will work just fine. Either way, find a full copy of either A or U firmware and ODIN it down, and you will essentially factory reset your device in the process.
There are links to both in this forum. I personally prefer U because it is faster and less bogged down with carrier crap, but if you are an AT&T customer, there are decent enough reasons to stick with A.
NOTE: you may need to use Prince Comsy's ODIN tool if you get a mismatch error. Unfortunately, there is no universal ODIN tool, but as a general rule, if you are CHANGING variants you need Prince's. If you are writing over the same version, you need the official.
jshamlet said:
Ok, first off, you can run any US/Qualcomm variant software on your device. Unless you just have a hankering for AT&T firmware, the U firmware will work just fine. Either way, find a full copy of either A or U firmware and ODIN it down, and you will essentially factory reset your device in the process.
There are links to both in this forum. I personally prefer U because it is faster and less bogged down with carrier crap, but if you are an AT&T customer, there are decent enough reasons to stick with A.
NOTE: you may need to use Prince Comsy's ODIN tool if you get a mismatch error. Unfortunately, there is no universal ODIN tool, but as a general rule, if you are CHANGING variants you need Prince's. If you are writing over the same version, you need the official.
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Im not living in the USA and AT&T doesnt exist where i live, but sometime i have a issue with my wifi "internet may not be available" is because of the rom?
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Im not living in the USA and AT&T doesnt exist where i live, but sometime i have a issue with my wifi "internet may not be available" is because of the rom?
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Then this is easy. Go download the U firmware and use Prince's ODIN to convert it to a G935U. If you aren't on an AT&T network there is zero reason to keep your device on A firmware, starting with the fact that you will never get updates. (AT&T firmware will only update if you have an AT&T SIM installed.)
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Then this is easy. Go download the U firmware and use Prince's ODIN to convert it to a G935U. If you aren't on an AT&T network there is zero reason to keep your device on A firmware, starting with the fact that you will never get updates. (AT&T firmware will only update if you have an AT&T SIM installed.)
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Only add-on is to perform this from a Windows 7 pc and not 10. Prince kept crashing on 10 and worked fine on 7.
Late last year i was desperate to get my phone unlocked for an overseas trip (Docomo had changed their unlock policy), and so I paid an online service to unlock it. To avoid having to send my phone to a stranger, he said he had to RDP into my PC to run the unlocking commands. No problems, i had a freshly formatted PC that had no private data on it so i let him in. He installed a blackscreen driver so i couldnt see what he was doing but the phone was rebooting several times, loading software via ADB etc. In the end the phone was unlocked and knox wasnt tripped, i can still use NFC payments etc. Its probably got a few backdoor apps in it and i am aware of how stupid that was.
But, since then i have random radio crashes "Unknow error", and more importantly, the phone WONT update, it just always says "You have the latest version" even though there are several updates since then. I contacted the guy and he said "just update your software", but didnt offer anymore than that. I assume he flashed a custom radio firmware onto it, and its blocking the updates somehow.
So, i want to flash the latest update onto it via Odin. I do NOT want to root the phone, i do not want an overseas firmware, i want the stock Japanese SC-02J firmware, which supports the TV tuner, and Felica functions that arent in the overseas models.
Does anyone have software build PPR1.180610.011.SC02JOMU1CSF4 for me to flash onto it?