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Lollipop for G900H Exynos Released :)

Guys the exynos version has got the android lollipop update today finally. Check the firmware section in sammobile website. They just uploaded the firmware for the country kazakhstan Android 5.0 G900HXXU1BOA7. I am downloading it currently It wont be long before other countries get the update. cheers guys.
Thank you all
Chemigame

when it released for India

kapilrtn said:
when it released for India
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I donot know. I hope they release it soon for India. You can use the kazakhstan firmware though.
Thank you

chemigame said:
Guys the exynos version has got the android lollipop update today finally. Check the firmware section in sammobile website. They just uploaded the firmware for the country kazakhstan Android 5.0 G900HXXU1BOA7. I am downloading it currently It wont be long before other countries get the update. cheers guys.
Thank you all
Chemigame
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Finally im downloading. Thank you mate :good:

That's a good news.

Can we flash Kasakhstan firmware to different csc firmwared g900h phone?

askin.81 said:
Can we flash Kasakhstan firmware to different csc firmwared g900h phone?
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Yes you can, at least I've been doing that since I bought the phone.

sure?
ezearis said:
Yes you can, at least I've been doing that since I bought the phone.
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I don't know, I had tried to flash a russian ROM and it failed, had to reinitialize via kies

I've flashed on my phone lots of roms with odin, the only time one failed was a Serbian ROM, but I thought it was because the download failed.
As soon as I finish downloading this I'll report if it works.

finally,awesome new

Link to SM-G900H Lollipop (5.0)
True indeed. Unfortunately I can't post the link but send me a message if interested. Nevertheless, I will see if I can post a Mega link after some time.

I wonder if someone can change this rom to custom. So we can flash it easily from recovery. Please guys we want a stock custom rom.

plz post mega link

sandeepsivia said:
plz post mega link
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+1

Exynos update is only available in one region, though it’s only a matter of time before the update becomes available to others either through Samsung Kies, an OTA or both methods. To check for the OTA, you can always head to Settings> System> About Device> Software Update.:thumbup::thumbup::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
sent from my s5 g900h. 44500 antutu score on default raw os 4.4.2 of samsung.

ezearis said:
Yes you can, at least I've been doing that since I bought the phone.
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Are from the same region? I have a problem similar to this one: http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f777/s5-g900h-flashing-issue-help-please-1815541/
But I'm on a locked bootloader, so I can't flash any recovery as the workaournd mentons.

How to install kazakstan firmware to india s5 exynos octa????
hi i have downloaded the kazakstan firmware and i want to install it to s5 india..
my phone is not rooted
please tell me how can i install the firmware?

I am on my 3rd reinstall, first I upgraded via Odin on top of kitkat, and system was too slow, 2nd I rooted via auto root (It works btw) and apparently I deleted with Titaniun Backup something important and system refused to boot. 3rd reinstall I just rooted and deleted some bloatware and everything is working ok. This is Multilingual btw. overall not so fast no so slow, I use cm12 official nightly in another device and its just a bit slower. Used Sammobile link to get the file

Hi! i downloaded it today and it's running now! works great! i don't know how to root the device with android 5

It works perfectly. Although I tried different versions of the country. Can we root that? Is anyone try to root it?

Firmware n920i

Hey there, might be a simple question but I can't get a straight answer.
So I have a n920i from Singapore and want to be ready to unroot if marshmallow comes up. So I checked the firmware compilation on Sammobile. The question is, can I simply install any firmware for the n920i or do I have to take the exact matching one. Like... Can i take one from Australia instead of Singapore. Because the one from Singapore supports very little languages (only 3) by default.
Here's a screen of my current software.

I believe you can. I bought my 920i from eBay which is not aussie stocks and I just flash the Aussie firmware. So far it has been working great not a single issues.

Oh, I have the Australia N920I and was thinking of flashing the singapore N920I firmware because it is the latest. Anyone do this?

BanBoo said:
Hey there, might be a simple question but I can't get a straight answer.
So I have a n920i from Singapore and want to be ready to unroot if marshmallow comes up. So I checked the firmware compilation on Sammobile. The question is, can I simply install any firmware for the n920i or do I have to take the exact matching one. Like... Can i take one from Australia instead of Singapore. Because the one from Singapore supports very little languages (only 3) by default.
Here's a screen of my current software.
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Oh, I have the Australia N920I and was thinking of flashing the singapore N920I firmware because it is the latest. Anyone do this?
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The country of the firmware doesn't matter, if it is for your device model it should work fine.

stu5797 said:
Oh, I have the Australia N920I and was thinking of flashing the singapore N920I firmware because it is the latest. Anyone do this?
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Sorry I really don't know... but like the others say, it should work.
Of your using the Australian one... Could you confirm that there's the German language file pre installed?

You can install any other firmware but make sure that firmware you getting matching firmware for 920i
Just check out from sammobile

stu5797 said:
Oh, I have the Australia N920I and was thinking of flashing the singapore N920I firmware because it is the latest. Anyone do this?
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I believe the Aussie is newer than the Singapore version at least that's what I have checked at Sammobile recently. Anyway I just flash the Aussie thought maybe it's better since I'm using the phone locally baseband wise.

The Aussie version latest firmware is aug. 10, 2015.
The Singapore latest firmware version is October 2015. Am I seeing this wrong?
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EDIT: I am seeing it wrong, new firmware did come out!
thank you! I Dont want to do a full stock/ wipe install of the new firmware. Is there a way to get this latest firmware on the ROM I am running now to just get the latest firmware and not wipe everything?

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stu5797 said:
The Aussie version latest firmware is aug. 10, 2015.
The Singapore latest firmware version is October 2015. Am I seeing this wrong?
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EDIT: I am seeing it wrong, new firmware did come out!
thank you! I Dont want to do a full stock/ wipe install of the new firmware. Is there a way to get this latest firmware on the ROM I am running now to just get the latest firmware and not wipe everything?
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If you just flash the firmware file using Odin you will not lose any data. I have done this numerous times.[/QUOTE]

Thank you so much for your time and your answer. Which one is the firmware only?
There are four files in the zip? I am assuming the firmware is the AP?

stu5797 said:
Thank you so much for your time and your answer. Which one is the firmware only?
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If you are referring to non carrier then you should just install the xsa or Australia only. Not the optus or voda. By the way firmware is the stock rom you downloaded from the Sammobile.

I have the non carrier n920i Australia. I downloaded the full firmware and there were 4 files inside. Bl, ap, CSC, and cp. Do I need to flash just 1file or all. Sorry and thanks for your help

stu5797 said:
Thank you so much for your time and your answer. Which one is the firmware only?
There are four files in the zip? I am assuming the firmware is the AP?
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I just meant not wiping the phone or data first. I have flashed three or four firmware versions and never lost data as long as I didn't wipe.
Edit: I have not flashed any firmware from a different region though.
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stu5797 said:
I have the non carrier n920i Australia. I downloaded the full firmware and there were 4 files inside. Bl, ap, CSC, and cp. Do I need to flash just 1file or all. Sorry and thanks for your help
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I would flash the entire firmware. I am pretty sure if you mix and match parts of firmware it will trip Knox. At the very least it will break things like Google Play Movies & TV. At least it broke mine.

stu5797 said:
I have the non carrier n920i Australia. I downloaded the full firmware and there were 4 files inside. Bl, ap, CSC, and cp. Do I need to flash just 1file or all. Sorry and thanks for your help
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Yes just flash the whole firmware and you will be fine.
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I just meant not wiping the phone or data first. I have flashed three or four firmware versions and never lost data as long as I didn't wipe.
Edit: I have not flashed any firmware from a different region though.
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I would flash the entire firmware. I am pretty sure if you mix and match parts of firmware it will trip Knox. At the very least it will break things like Google Play Movies & TV. At least it broke mine.
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I believe you can flash different region as long as for they are the same model such as n920i or c..or g. ..or whatever model is.
And yes you are right. ..why take the risk in messing up your phone when it is better to just flashing the whole firmware rather than part here and there.

So that means it would be possible for me to just flash a marshmallow firmware if available and have done? Without wiping and stuff I mean...

stu5797 said:
Thank you so much for your time and your answer. Which one is the firmware only?
There are four files in the zip? I am assuming the firmware is the AP?
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yes ,,,AP

BanBoo said:
So that means it would be possible for me to just flash a marshmallow firmware if available and have done? Without wiping and stuff I mean...
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You can but some settings could cause issues if you go to a different version of android without wiping (ie 4.4.x to 5.0.x or 5.1.x to 6.0.x) which is why I always wipe between versions and recommend others do so

I've got the N920I Singapore version, flashed AU FW several times, back and forth between Sing and Aus. So long as you have a N920I no issues with any of the FW. Make sure you flash using the latest 3.10.7 Odin though. Older version do not work

Thank u all for your quick and precise responses!

Does the Australian firmware has Italian language? Please post a screenshot

//SM-G920A\\ **Stock Odin Firmware G920AUCS4CPG1**

As usual xda members ... Flash this using Odin ... im currently having issues with my dropbox account, So if somebody can get it uploaded to android file host please do ...
AP_ATT_G920AATT4CPG1_CL7368506_QB10212583_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
BL_G920AUCS4CPG1_CL7368506_QB10212583_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
CP_G920AUCS4CPG1_CL7368506_QB10212583_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
CSC_ATT_G920AATT4CPG1_CL7368506_QB10212583_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-fzI2nnMvViQ3h6ZnREU1BKbEE

Thanks Jusemejose,
and thanked.

Thank you!!
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Has anyone Flashed yet?

loustu said:
Has anyone Flashed yet?
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Just finished flashing and restoring. So far so good. Anyone have a changelog for this update?

I'm currently on PD6. Can I flash this on top of that via odin or are there incremental updates I need to do prior to this? Thanks for the guidance!
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destrorox said:
I'm currently on PD6. Can I flash this on top of that via odin or are there incremental updates I need to do prior to this? Thanks for the guidance!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I flashed PF1 over PD6 on my G920AZ. Should be fine.

Question about updating
Hi, first post on xda.
My phone is an AT&T version but I live in AU, and I want to update it to marshmallow from what it is currently on (5.1.1), and it won't update since I'm not in the U.S.
It's currently on AUCU3BO12.
Can I flash this PG1 without upgrading to anything else first? Can it go from 5.1.1 to 6.0.1 directly from BO12? (According to AT&T's website, BO12 is a bit down the line in terms of updates, there have been a number since).
Edit: Also, which .tar file do I use out of the 4?
Thanks!

Does anyone know the answer to the above?

Finally unbricked my G920 Samsung Galaxy S6 with this
Thank you so much for this. I bricked my phone by stupidly flashing a 5.1 firmware and i've been scrambling to fix it for about a week now. And I couldn't find these files anywhere. Thank you so much

megalucario1900 said:
Thank you so much for this. I bricked my phone by stupidly flashing a 5.1 firmware and i've been scrambling to fix it for about a week now. And I couldn't find these files anywhere. Thank you so much
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So your phone was on 5.1 and you went straight to 6.0.1 with this? No intermediate updates?

bro i have sameboi2 do u upgraded to marshmallow help ?
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My phone is an AT&T S6 and I want to update it to marshmallow from what it is currently on (5.1.1), and it won't update since I'm not in the U.S.
It's currently on AUCU3BO12.
Can I flash this PG1 without upgrading to anything else first? Can it go from 5.1.1 to 6.0.1 directly from BO12? (According to AT&T's website, BO12 is a bit down the line in terms of updates, there have been a number since).
Edit: Also, which .tar file do I use out of the 4?

oo0spyder0oo said:
Hi, first post on xda.
My phone is an AT&T version but I live in AU, and I want to update it to marshmallow from what it is currently on (5.1.1), and it won't update since I'm not in the U.S.
It's currently on AUCU3BO12.
Can I flash this PG1 without upgrading to anything else first? Can it go from 5.1.1 to 6.0.1 directly from BO12? (According to AT&T's website, BO12 is a bit down the line in terms of updates, there have been a number since).
Edit: Also, which .tar file do I use out of the 4?
Thanks!
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Same question... Have you tried?

codei5503 said:
Same question... Have you tried?
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Nope, haven't risked anything going wrong

is it possible
I am currently running G920AUCU1AOE2 (5.0.2). can i update straight to this version?

TechShopGlobal said:
I am currently running G920AUCU1AOE2 (5.0.2). can i update straight to this version?
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same question ...
can we go straight to PG1 from G920AUCU1AOE2 (5.0.2) ?

TechShopGlobal said:
I am currently running G920AUCU1AOE2 (5.0.2). can i update straight to this version?
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I just have updated my s6 from G920AUCU1AOE2 (5.0.2) to this version without any proplems :good:

ahmede90 said:
I just have updated my s6 from G920AUCU1AOE2 (5.0.2) to this version without any proplems :good:
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Flashed on mine (BOI2, 5.1.1) and it's stuck in the samsung galaxy s6 powered by android screen.
Already restarted to recovery and wiped cache partition and factory reset from there. Still stuck in boot screen...
Any help?
EDIT: Flashed all 4 files this time and it worked. Only flashed the AP file the first time (which people all over the internet say you only need to do) but I had to flash all 4 and now it works. Thank you!

How to flash this os into my S6 without bricking my device ??

hashim_ayyub said:
How to flash this os into my S6 without bricking my device ??
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You just need to load all 4 files up in Odin (AP, BL etc.) and click start.
Make sure your phone is in download mode.

G960U Pie Version G960USQU3CRJB

HELLO EVERYONE SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE BUT I HAVE DONE SHARED THE ANDROID P UPDAT TO THE S9 SO YOU KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND ECT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE TO THE ANDROID P PLEASE CONTACT SOMEONE ON THIS POST THE HAS DONE IT
I HAVE MOVED TO THE PIXEL 3 XL ON UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER BEST REGARDS
OCT.31.2018 11:21AM NEW ANDROID PIE BUILD NUMBER G960USQU3CRJB YOU WILL NEED TO BE ON G960USQU3BRJ5 TO APPLY THIS ANDROID P UPDATE FIRMWARE DOWNLOAD LINK https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lSenKrr41Dg0L_B6-ixj_CJnUPlMfHtT
YOUTUBE VIDEO
♤♧UPDATED PICS OF FIRMWARE HERE♡◇
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=13-iBkwBWvSn1FhkIs0vMaP4pO52kHxGQ
+++UPDATE 2 DOWNLOADING UPDATE G960USQU3ZRJ9 825PM SAT.OCT.27TH
UPLOADED VIDEO FOR UPDATE
FIRMWARE DOWNLOAD LINK https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZwnc97ZGIn8PtwKYqbg9aUK1jLGVYsswA8k
***UPDATE 1 DONT USE SECURE FOLDER AS IT DOES NOT ASK FOR A PIN OR PATTEN ON SETUP BUT WHEN YOU TRY TO GET IN THE FOLDER IT ASK FOR A PATTERN THAT YOU NEVER SET UP AND YOU WILL LOOSE EVERYTHING IN THAT FOLDER ON BUILD NUMBER-G960USQU3ZRJ7+++
PIE UPDATE #2 VIDEO
This is 9.0 build ZRJ7 for galaxy s9 Samsung experience 10.0
Runs pretty good really haven't came across major issues
Alpha build number G960USQU3ZRJ7 newer then what was posted first on xda
security update is November 1st, 2018
first release of android pie for s9 build number- G960USQU3CRJ1
second and current release of pie for s9 build number-G960USQU3ZRJ7
and as you can see the icons has changed from the first upload to xda about Samsung 9.0
will update when I get ahold of a newer build then what I have now
in this build the gestures like the one plus one does work this is NOT the build that is in this post https://www.xda-developers.com/install-android-pie-samsung-experience-10-samsung-galaxy-s9/
this build is newer and does work a lot better
this build does not enable dark them by default as stated by previous builds but dark mode can be turned on
battery life I took the phone off the charger at 7am this morning and now it is 109pm and im at 87% battery
question on app crashes I have not had 1 app that has crashed on me as of yet but will update if this does happen
bootloops I have not had 1 bootloop but will update if I do
+++YOUTUBE VIDEO ON HOW THIS UPDATE RUNS AND LOOKS OVER ALL
***HOW TO INSTALL***
MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON THE LATEST OREO UPDATE IF YOUR UPDATE IN OREO ENDS WITH AR16 THEN DOWNLOAD THIS AND FLASH IN YOUR STOCK RECOVERY THIS PROCESS CAN TAKE UP TO 10 MIN OR MORE THE PHONE WILL FACTORY RESET IT SELF
BUILD NUMBER G960USQU3CRJB
https://mega.nz/#!ragBDC7Y!gJouQrYkMajlCwbaZ1Vhs2ikL5VfcJL-eLz1x8thL24
PLEASE SMASH THAT THANKS BUTTON FOR ME

david11000 said:
This is 9.0 build ZRJ7 for galaxy s9 9.0
Runs pretty good really haven't came across major issues
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Samsung pay doesnt work

david11000 said:
This is 9.0 build ZRJ7 for galaxy s9 9.0
Runs pretty good really haven't came across major issues
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Any random freezes? That was my main problem on android P

xdamember143 said:
Any random freezes? That was my main problem on android P
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Not that I have ran into yet been running better then excepted honestly

How did u get your cricket OEM software on it? I have cricket but I can never seem to get those

kenennaoyeka said:
How did u get your cricket OEM software on it? I have cricket but I can never seem to get those
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If you wanna give P another shot download this and put on a sd card and flash in your recovery of your phone the process will take about 5 or more min don't interrupt the process the phone will factory reset by it self and when it reboots you will have P and should have all your cricket oem on the device like I do
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lSenKrr41Dg0L_B6-ixj_CJnUPlMfHtT

david11000 said:
If you wanna give P another shot download this and put on a sd card and flash in your recovery of your phone the process will take about 5 or more min don't interrupt the process the phone will factory reset by it self and when it reboots you will have P and should have all your cricket oem on the device like I do
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lSenKrr41Dg0L_B6-ixj_CJnUPlMfHtT
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Oh I bought a Verizon device so I dont have the cricket OEM stuff at all on it. I dont want android p as it's current build doesnt support samsung pay. I would wait for another build

Would this work on a rooted G9650?
Sent from my SM-G9650 using Tapatalk

You say we have to have the latest update. Just to verify, I have update ending in ARIC and do not have any pending updates. I have G965U Sprint and I can't seem to get any info about this update nor seeing anyone else with this update so far.

notsotet said:
You say we have to have the latest update. Just to verify, I have update ending in ARIC and do not have any pending updates. I have G965U Sprint and I can't seem to get any info about this update nor seeing anyone else with this update so far.
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Miss read your response sorry but the firmware I have is legit
I'm sure if it wasn't recovery would reject it and prob not since this update was captured 1 day ago and then I posted
But I was on the latest oreo and then flashed through stock recovery
So I just say make sure your on the latest oreo build

david11000 said:
Miss read your response sorry but the firmware I have is legit
I'm sure if it wasn't recovery would reject it and prob not since this update was captured 1 day ago and then I posted
But I was on the latest oreo and then flashed through stock recovery
So I just say make sure your on the latest oreo build
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I am on the lastest build that's the thing I haven't seen anyone on this build. It's latest Oreo and it is for the October 1st security patch. Again USA Sprint s9+

notsotet said:
I am on the lastest build that's the thing I haven't seen anyone on this build. It's latest Oreo and it is for the October 1st security patch. Again USA Sprint s9+
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This is android 9.0 Nov 1st patch but this build yet to be released yet galaxy s9 here

notsotet said:
I am on the lastest build that's the thing I haven't seen anyone on this build. It's latest Oreo and it is for the October 1st security patch. Again USA Sprint s9+
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I also meant like my update that I'm on I havent seen anything about it. When I go to the Samsung.firmware.science and then it asks for my current build, mine is not listed.
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This is android 9.0 Nov 1st patch but this build yet to be released yet galaxy s9 here
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Read my above post ^
I want to try this out but I'd be afraid to since I would be afraid of skipping an update is all lol. New to the Samsung scene and haven't been doing this for awhile.

notsotet said:
I also meant like my update that I'm on I havent seen anything about it. When I go to the Samsung.firmware.science and then it asks for my current build, mine is not listed.
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This firmware was only captured for only 2 firmwares on the s9 side
I looked for the s9+ also but like ya said its not there yet my guess its not on the s9 server yet or could be a different build number but I wouldn't figure
I would look up your build and android 9 is a 2GB size firmware look for the newest by month and date under the firmware you are on now

notsotet said:
I also meant like my update that I'm on I havent seen anything about it. When I go to the Samsung.firmware.science and then it asks for my current build, mine is not listed.
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Read my above post ^
I want to try this out but I'd be afraid to since I would be afraid of skipping an update is all lol. New to the Samsung scene and haven't been doing this for awhile.
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If your on the latest oreo you should just be able to download the update.zip but it on the root of your sd card
Boot into recovery and select apply update from sd card I did that and work flawlessly

notsotet said:
You say we have to have the latest update. Just to verify, I have update ending in ARIC and do not have any pending updates. I have G965U Sprint and I can't seem to get any info about this update nor seeing anyone else with this update so far.
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This is a beta update. You would not get a notification via FOTA
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notsotet said:
I also meant like my update that I'm on I havent seen anything about it. When I go to the Samsung.firmware.science and then it asks for my current build, mine is not listed.
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Read my above post ^
I want to try this out but I'd be afraid to since I would be afraid of skipping an update is all lol. New to the Samsung scene and haven't been doing this for awhile.
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Samsung's are easy to recover using ODIN. Dont be scared

Appreciate the help and information guys! I'll probably start on it this week and post an update
Cheers

notsotet said:
Appreciate the help and information guys! I'll probably start on it this week and post an update
Cheers
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If u want to get pie, u have to get the ARI6 Odin files which are about 4GB. This is an Oreo file with September Patch. The subsequent update files on SamsungFirmwareScience is all you would need going forward after that to upgrade to Pie and other Patches if u choose to stay on Oreo. You just need to take a leap of faith and downgrade to ARI6 using the Patched Odin by Thomas or so 3.13.3

kenennaoyeka said:
If u want to get pie, u have to get the ARI6 Odin files which are about 4GB. This is an Oreo file with September Patch. The subsequent update files on SamsungFirmwareScience is all you would need going forward after that to upgrade to Pie and other Patches if u choose to stay on Oreo. You just need to take a leap of faith and downgrade to ARI6 using the Patched Odin by Thomas or so 3.13.3
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And I could just sideload the unlocked version of the ARI6 file? Like I wouldn't need carrier specific? According to SamMobile, there's no ARI6 for the Sprint (cdma) it only goes up go ARI4

notsotet said:
And I could just sideload the unlocked version of the ARI6 file? Like I wouldn't need carrier specific? According to SamMobile, there's no ARI6 for the Sprint (cdma) it only goes up go ARI4
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All Samsung firmware are not carrier specific. Now how your phone works with the firmware is totally unknown to me. Sprint is weird since it's a cdma network. If u were on a GSM network i would have said it's as easy as pie. But to answer your question yes, it's simple as pie to just download Odin and ari6, put your phone in download mode, load the files to Odin (if u want to retain your sprint software use HOME_CSC rather than CSC) then run the update files from there using adb sideload from the recovery menu

SM-N960W to SM-N960U1: OTA?

Hello, simple question: I've converted my N960W running Android 9 into a N960U1 running Android 10.
I've read somewhere that Samsung can somehow detect when you flash a firmware from a different model, and blocks OTA updates. Is it true?

Phazonclash said:
Hello, simple question: I've converted my N960W running Android 9 into a N960U1 running Android 10.
I've read somewhere that Samsung can somehow detect when you flash a firmware from a different model, and blocks OTA updates. Is it true?
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Yes
I have N960U verizon model and i converted into N060U1 6 months ago but i never received ota updates.
Every time i flash whole firmware via Odin.

Trex888 said:
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I have N060U verizon model and i converted into N060U1 6 months ago but i never received ota updates.
Every time i flash whole firmware via Odin.
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Thanks Trex for the answer. Not what I was hoping for but yeah... flashing with Odin doesn't take that long anyway

Phazonclash said:
Thanks Trex for the answer. Not what I was hoping for but yeah... flashing with Odin doesn't take that long anyway
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I've switched back and fort and never had an issue getting OTA. It's weird that some folks are affected that way and others are not.

Honestly N960W is almost similar to stock android, you get stock caller ID & block, Samsung cloud, and security features which are not available in carrier roms, All of carrier rom comes with bloatwares on them as well.
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If you are okay with Andriod 10 thats fine as you won't be getting any more android update on note 9, so its totally fine even if you not getting any OTA updates

masood8 said:
Honestly N960W is almost similar to stock android, you get stock caller ID & block, Samsung cloud, and security features which are not available in carrier roms, All of carrier rom comes with bloatwares on them as well.
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If you are okay with Andriod 10 thats fine as you won't be getting any more android update on note 9, so its totally fine even if you not getting any OTA updates
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Unfortunately, the stock Videotron "w" rom my phone comes with has some carrier crap (un-deleteable bookmarks and apps mostly, related to different media companies/newspapers belonging to Videotron's owner like an app called J5, Journal de Montreal/Quebec bookmarks, etc.)
The U1 ROM is 100% clean

Phazonclash said:
Hello, simple question: I've converted my N960W running Android 9 into a N960U1 running Android 10.
I've read somewhere that Samsung can somehow detect when you flash a firmware from a different model, and blocks OTA updates. Is it true?
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I was thinking of converting my Fido N960W to U1 also. Is there a particular guide you followed?

TRoN_1 said:
I was thinking of converting my Fido N960W to U1 also. Is there a particular guide you followed?
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No just download the latest U1 rom and flash it with the patched version of Odin here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/patched-odin-3-13-1-t3762572
That will factory reset your device though so backup your stuff first
And to answer the question I've asked in this thread, I've received the February OTA update a few days ago :laugh:

Phazonclash said:
No just download the latest U1 rom and flash it with the patched version of Odin here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/patched-odin-3-13-1-t3762572
That will factory reset your device though so backup your stuff first
And to answer the question I've asked in this thread, I've received the February OTA update a few days ago :laugh:
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Great! Thanks for your help.

Is it better to use HOME_CSC_ or CSC_ when going from 960W to U1?