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I have seen where AT&T and Verizon users have flashed the unlocked firmware from the G930U on their devices. Is it possible to flash the Verizon firmware on the G930U?
Update! I took the plunge and installed the Verizon firmware with Odin and all is working well so far.
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nrage23 said:
Update! I took the plunge and installed the Verizon firmware with Odin and all is working well so far.
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Interesting... I was wondering the same thing, thanks for answering, observed one post where a fellow flashed the 930U firmware on a verizon and indicated he's using it on Cricket without a problem (even activated LTE band 17). You would think it would give a model number miss match message and fail. Thanks for info...
doby-nut said:
Interesting... I was wondering the same thing, thanks for answering, observed one post where a fellow flashed the 930U firmware on a verizon and indicated he's using it on Cricket without a problem (even activated LTE band 17). You would think it would give a model number miss match message and fail. Thanks for info...
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I picked up the unlocked one because it was $10.00 cheaper to but out right and from Best Buy it had a $75.00 gift card. So I picked up a Gear Vr with it. I wanted Verizon WiFi calling and visual voice-mail which you cannot do with the unlocked one. Since the others can flash the unlocked firmware it mad3 since the unlocked could flash Verizon. Glad I did not create a pretty paper weight.
There's a whole thread on it in the edge forums, many have had success unfortunately for me I can't get data and phone calls working on mine so I had to go back to the Pe1 build.
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There's a whole thread on it in the edge forums, many have had success unfortunately for me I can't get data and phone calls working on mine so I had to go back to the Pe1 build.
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All is working for me so far. I even got an update from Verizon this morning.
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All is working for me so far. I even got an update from Verizon this morning.
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Good to hear I've been wanting to give it a try again but haven't felt like sitting in front of the computer for two hours if it doesn't work. Maybe tomorrow or the next I'll give it a shot again.
Thanks for taking the plunge! I've been wondering if it was possible or not to flash the 930V software on my 930U. Good to know it is. Any idea if flashing this and taking Verizon OTAs could possibly lock down the phone in any way? Like make it impossible to go back to the 930U stock software at some point down the line if say I switch carriers or want to sell the phone. This is what is mainly keeping me from doing this as I'm not sure.
ZaySmizzo said:
Thanks for taking the plunge! I've been wondering if it was possible or not to flash the 930V software on my 930U. Good to know it is. Any idea if flashing this and taking Verizon OTAs could possibly lock down the phone in any way? Like make it impossible to go back to the 930U stock software at some point down the line if say I switch carriers or want to sell the phone. This is what is mainly keeping me from doing this as I'm not sure.
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Should be able to flash back to 930u firmware via Odin. Worst case may need a newer version than the original 930u firmware.
Okay cool. I might give this a shot. Thanks!
Can you post a link to the firmware you used to this? I can't find the Verizon G930U firmware anywhere.
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nrage23 said:
Update! I took the plunge and installed the Verizon firmware with Odin and all is working well so far.
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Where did you download the firmware from? I can't for the life of me find the Verizon SM-G930U firmware. Searching the forum here lead to no results.
0O00O0O00O said:
Can you post a link to the firmware you used to this? I can't find the Verizon G930U firmware anywhere.
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Where did you download the firmware from? I can't for the life of me find the Verizon SM-G930U firmware. Searching the forum here lead to no results.
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There is no Verizon G930U firmware. The G930U has its own firmware with no carrier bloat. I installed the the G930V PE1 firmware for the Verizon version of the phone on my unlocked G930U. If you want the G930U unlocked firmware you can find it on the AT&T S7 forums. It will work on the G930V but you will loose WiFi calling and visual voice-mail.
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There is no Verizon G930U firmware. The G930U has its own firmware with no carrier bloat. I installed the the G930V PE1 firmware for the Verizon version of the phone on my unlocked G930U. If you want the G930U unlocked firmware you can find it on the AT&T S7 forums. It will work on the G930V but you will loose WiFi calling and visual voice-mail.
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Might have to give this a try. I dont use either of those 2 things any how. Does it seem to run smooth?
craazy82013 said:
Might have to give this a try. I dont use either of those 2 things any how. Does it seem to run smooth?
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I have no idea. I bought the phone on a Friday and on Saturday I flashed the Verizon firmware. I have used the phone for a week and half with the Verizon firmware and it is fine. I only used the U firmware for one day. I wanted the Verizon version all along but Best Buy had the unlocked 930U for $10 cheaper than the Verizon version and a $75 gift card with purchase.
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Might have to give this a try. I dont use either of those 2 things any how. Does it seem to run smooth?
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I've been looking for a thread on this and nothing. I want to go to the U firmware from my stock 930v. I get home in a few days and will try it then. Root reads like a waste of time for me so I really want to try this.
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JediDru said:
I've been looking for a thread on this and nothing. I want to go to the U firmware from my stock 930v. I get home in a few days and will try it then. Root reads like a waste of time for me so I really want to try this.
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If you check the AT&T forums, there is a whole thread on the 930U firmware on the 930A and some mentions of people with the 930V using it.
Whoever installed this firmware on their Verizon phone, can you tell me what version of Odin you used? I keep getting errors when I try to flash my firmware.
0O00O0O00O said:
Whoever installed this firmware on their Verizon phone, can you tell me what version of Odin you used? I keep getting errors when I try to flash my firmware.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...hing-sm-935u-firmware-verizon-t3415145/page26
Actually quoted page 26 but go to page 1, it's a guide for U firmware for the Edge.
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MrWicked1 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...hing-sm-935u-firmware-verizon-t3415145/page26
Actually quoted page 26 but go to page 1, it's a guide for U firmware for the Edge.
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Going to try this. I hate carrier bloat!
Is there one for the regular S7? I'll try and do a search once I get into work tonight.
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So I have seen multiple people here on the forum claiming to do it or wanting to do it and I am a bit confused. I have an s7 edge on contract from ATT. Can I do this? If I flash T Mobile's firmware on this does this make my phone usable with a T Mobile sim?
Thank you
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So I have seen multiple people here on the forum claiming to do it or wanting to do it and I am a bit confused. I have an s7 edge on contract from ATT. Can I do this? If I flash T Mobile's firmware on this does this make my phone usable with a T Mobile sim?
Thank you
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Yes you can and only thing I've noticed not working is video calling and WiFi calling with it seems I get better signal with there's.
bec48 said:
Yes you can and only thing I've noticed not working is video calling and WiFi calling with it seems I get better signal with there's.
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Yes to both questions?
s7fnatic said:
So I have seen multiple people here on the forum claiming to do it or wanting to do it and I am a bit confused. I have an s7 edge on contract from ATT. Can I do this? If I flash T Mobile's firmware on this does this make my phone usable with a T Mobile sim?
Thank you
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Yes you can flash it. I'm currently on T Mobile with ATT.
zombo91 said:
Yes you can flash it. I'm currently on T Mobile with ATT.
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Thank you. I am going to go ahead and give it a try.
bec48 said:
Yes you can and only thing I've noticed not working is video calling and WiFi calling with it seems I get better signal with there's.
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Can you advise the procedure? I'm currently permanently locked to AT&T network and would like to use a carrier (SK Telecom - Korea).
Wouldn't you still need to SIM unlock your AT&T phone to use on T-mobile network? I don't think just flashing another carriers ROM will allow you to use their network. Am I Wrong in thinking this way?
bec48 said:
Yes you can and only thing I've noticed not working is video calling and WiFi calling with it seems I get better signal with there's.
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Was the device on the PK1 firmware before flashing to tmobile??
jabreu203 said:
Wouldn't you still need to SIM unlock your AT&T phone to use on T-mobile network? I don't think just flashing another carriers ROM will allow you to use their network. Am I Wrong in thinking this way?
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I had the same question and that's why I haven't done anything on my phone so far. Also it does not help that I am a noob with all these things and dont want to mess up my phone since this is my daily driver.
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Was the device on the PK1 firmware before flashing to tmobile??
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I am not sure if I am looking at the right place but I think you are looking for the build number right? Mine is mmb29m.g935aucu4apj4
ronkim83 said:
Can you advise the procedure? I'm currently permanently locked to AT&T network and would like to use a carrier (SK Telecom - Korea).
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Go to http://www.cellunlocker.net/ and get an unlock code for your phone. I unlocked my tmobile S7 edge this way right out of the gate worked just fine.
ShrekOpher said:
Go to http://www.cellunlocker.net/ and get an unlock code for your phone. I unlocked my tmobile S7 edge this way right out of the gate worked just fine.
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I am confused. Can I not flash the phone with t mob firmware without unlocking? I thought this was just a software restriction and would have been removed by flashing a new firmware.
s7fnatic said:
I am confused. Can I not flash the phone with t mob firmware without unlocking? I thought this was just a software restriction and would have been removed by flashing a new firmware.
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Flashing the phones firmware will not carrier unlock the device. That is tied to the IMEI. It will boot up the Tmobile software, but it still will only work on AT&T network.
Also in order to unlock the device from AT&T they will most likely bill you for the remaining value of the device as soon as you request an unlock code. You cannot take a phone from one carrier to another unless it is fully paid off.
I have an Unlocked AT&T S7 and I can put in a T-Mobile sim and it works. So why Flash T-Mobile onto an AT&T phone if its Unlocked??? My AT&T S7 is Paid for in Full.
My question is, if you do flash T-Mobile firmware on AT&T phone will you get OTA updates off of T-Mobile, like when Nougat comes out????? Also would you still have wifi calling and get all the LTE bands of a T-Mobile phone????
tailgunner9 said:
I have an Unlocked AT&T S7 and I can put in a T-Mobile sim and it works. So why Flash T-Mobile onto an AT&T phone if its Unlocked??? My AT&T S7 is Paid for in Full.
My question is, if you do flash T-Mobile firmware on AT&T phone will you get OTA updates off of T-Mobile, like when Nougat comes out????? Also would you still have wifi calling and get all the LTE bands of a T-Mobile phone????
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Yes. All the edge models have identical hardware. Their only differentiating factor is the firmware they run. I flashed the unlocked firmware onto my AT&T model and now get updates directly from Samsung. If you flash the T-mobile firmware on the AT&T device, all features will work and updates will come from T-Mobile. Same would work if you flash the AT&T firmware onto a T-Mobile variant. Or Verizon to Sprint, Sprint to AT&T, etc.
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Yes. All the edge models have identical hardware. Their only differentiating factor is the firmware they run. I flashed the unlocked firmware onto my AT&T model and now get updates directly from Samsung. If you flash the T-mobile firmware on the AT&T device, all features will work and updates will come from T-Mobile. Same would work if you flash the AT&T firmware onto a T-Mobile variant. Or Verizon to Sprint, Sprint to AT&T, etc.
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So you are saying this about S7 Edge, does this work the same for the AT&T S7 SM-G930A? Mine is not the Factory Unlocked model but I got the unlock code from AT&T. I thought the firmware came from the carrier and not Samsung on updates on a carrier branded phone???
So if I flash T-Mobile into my AT&T S7, I can also flash it back to AT&T firmware should I go back to AT&T???
Think you are talking about flashing firmware on your that is original for the Factory Unlocked version, think its SM-G930F
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So you are saying this about S7 Edge, does this work the same for the AT&T S7 SM-G930A? Mine is not the Factory Unlocked model but I got the unlock code from AT&T. I thought the firmware came from the carrier and not Samsung on updates on a carrier branded phone???
So if I flash T-Mobile into my AT&T S7, I can also flash it back to AT&T firmware should I go back to AT&T???
Think you are talking about flashing firmware on your that is original for the Factory Unlocked version, think its SM-G930F
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Well people on the S7 edge have flashed the tmo firmware on their AT&T models. Updates come from carrier on branded phones. So if you have an AT&T phone and flash another carriers firmware, it would only be branded by the physical logo on the back. It's like buying a Windows PC and installing Linux. The updates would come from Linux, not Windows, and vice versa. You could always go back to the AT&T firmware, just make sure that both firmwares you flash are on the same bootloader version.
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stew1411 said:
Well people on the S7 edge have flashed the tmo firmware on their AT&T models. Updates come from carrier on branded phones. So if you have an AT&T phone and flash another carriers firmware, it would only be branded by the physical logo on the back. It's like buying a Windows PC and installing Linux. The updates would come from Linux, not Windows, and vice versa. You could always go back to the AT&T firmware, just make sure that both firmwares you flash are on the same bootloader version.
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But I have always read that OTA updates come from Carrier not from Samsung. Thanks for the info. Maybe AT&T will be out with Nougat by Spring after S8 are out for sale.
tailgunner9 said:
But I have always read that OTA updates come from Carrier not from Samsung. Thanks for the info. Maybe AT&T will be out with Nougat by Spring after S8 are out for sale.
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Updates do come from the carrier. However, if you flash a different carriers firmware you will start getting updates from the new carrier.
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ShrekOpher said:
Flashing the phones firmware will not carrier unlock the device. That is tied to the IMEI. It will boot up the Tmobile software, but it still will only work on AT&T network.
Also in order to unlock the device from AT&T they will most likely bill you for the remaining value of the device as soon as you request an unlock code. You cannot take a phone from one carrier to another unless it is fully paid off.
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You can pay a 3rd party service to unlock it on contract or not I have done it several times. (I use UnlockUnit for all my devices contract or not get code in like 15min)
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so I'm buying the galaxy s8 its unlocked and an internation version , so I'm wondering if its possible to flash an AT&T rom so I can use volte and/or wifi calling on my phone I have the sim card from my s7 edge so ima just put that in the phone I get the sim belongs to at&t
950f??
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I have the same issue the phone is G950 F
Yep g950f
I have to double check about volte, but you will only get wifi calling if u provide att with a imei number from an att phone that has the capability.
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Alright can someone link me to a place i can get att stock firmware
yes
Saito209 said:
Alright can someone link me to a place i can get att stock firmware
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may be on sammobile.com
if it helps dont forgot to press thanks
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Saito209 said:
so I'm buying the galaxy s8 its unlocked and an internation version , so I'm wondering if its possible to flash an AT&T rom so I can use volte and/or wifi calling on my phone I have the sim card from my s7 edge so ima just put that in the phone I get the sim belongs to at&t
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You cant Flash ATT Firm because you have different hardware
Is it possible to flash unlocked fw on s8 active?anyone try?
I have an "unlocked" SGS7 edge that I bought from a friend and he had it with Sprint. I tried using on AT&T network but it asked me for an MSL code in order to be able to change the APN settings to the AT&T ones. I was able to get the MSL from someone who know more about phones than I do. After this, I am able to use the network and data from AT&T but it still has some features blocked because I can't get past the "Hands Free Activation" from Sprint. These features are the hotspot and voicemail among other.
So my question is if I can completely delete Sprint from my phone by flashing the AT&T firmware for the S7 edge onto my device.
All help is welcome.
ihatesprinting said:
I have an "unlocked" SGS7 edge that I bought from a friend and he had it with Sprint. I tried using on AT&T network but it asked me for an MSL code in order to be able to change the APN settings to the AT&T ones. I was able to get the MSL from someone who know more about phones than I do. After this, I am able to use the network and data from AT&T but it still has some features blocked because I can't get past the "Hands Free Activation" from Sprint. These features are the hotspot and voicemail among other.
So my question is if I can completely delete Sprint from my phone by flashing the AT&T firmware for the S7 edge onto my device.
All help is welcome.
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Read the back of ur phone if it says 935u then it's an unlocked version.
Use the xda samfirm tool put
Model SM-G935U
Region ATT
It will download the most recent firmware from samsung servers.
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Flash the files in that zip with odin.
pingufanpoy said:
Read the back of ur phone if it says 935u then it's an unlocked version.
Use the xda samfirm tool put
Model SM-G935U
Region ATT
It will download the most recent firmware from samsung servers.
Set to auto
Flash the files in that zip with odin.
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It says 935P, am I gonna have trouble with it? I'm not really tech savvy to be honest.
ihatesprinting said:
It says 935P, am I gonna have trouble with it? I'm not really tech savvy to be honest.
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Nvm ur stuck on sprint model it can't be changed to any other network because the phone model doesn't support flashing to any others.
pingufanpoy said:
Nvm ur stuck on sprint model it can't be changed to any other network because the phone model doesn't support flashing to any others.
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Damn thats unfortunate, well thanks anyways
Hello,
I had a s8+ and I was able to re-brand it from AT&T to T-mobile; although I don't remember the exact process. I recently got an S10+ Verizon from my boss and I have it carrier unlocked and running on T-mobile. I was wondering if you can flash T-Mobile branded firmware so I can get access to WiFi Calling and the built in visual voicemail. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
couped said:
Hello,
I had a s8+ and I was able to re-brand it from AT&T to T-mobile; although I don't remember the exact process. I recently got an S10+ Verizon from my boss and I have it carrier unlocked and running on T-mobile. I was wondering if you can flash T-Mobile branded firmware so I can get access to WiFi Calling and the built in visual voicemail. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Yes you can. I don't think there is a inbuilt visual voicemail on the t mobile branded devices. I had to install from the play store.
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Yes, I have done it. I ended up going to non-branded firmware. As soon as you put your sim in, it installs visual voicemail....at least it did for me.
S10Plus said:
Yes, I have done it. I ended up going to non-branded firmware. As soon as you put your sim in, it installs visual voicemail....at least it did for me.
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Where did you get the instructions to do this? Is it just a matter of grabbing the modified odin and flashing the firmware?
couped said:
Where did you get the instructions to do this? Is it just a matter of grabbing the modified odin and flashing the firmware?
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Correct. You can find the download links here on the forum or use SamFirm to download the firmware and odin to flash.
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Correct. You can find the download links here on the forum or use SamFirm to download the firmware and odin to flash.
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Thank you. Do you know if the hardware is the same for the verizon and tmobile phones? with it just unlocked and with the tmobile chip the signal wasn't as high. I'm hoping when I flash it with t-mobile firmware it flashes the radios to use the tmobile bands as well.
couped said:
Thank you. Do you know if the hardware is the same for the verizon and tmobile phones? with it just unlocked and with the tmobile chip the signal wasn't as high. I'm hoping when I flash it with t-mobile firmware it flashes the radios to use the tmobile bands as well.
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Yes, you get the correct bands. I compared before and after.