Hello, I'm from Pakistan and I was wondering a few things:
1- What if your region is not supported by the market place? There really is no way for me to know other than when I have bought the phone. So if the marketplace is not supported, I wont be able to download the apps? And if I will be, what about paid apps? If the market place does not support Pakistan for paid apps, is there any other way to get them?
2- Are updates region specific? The phones we get here are factory unlocked direct from HTC or Samsung. So will I get the NoDo update even if this region might not be officially supported?
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can I buy a unlocked, but soft branding SGS (branding T-Mobile or Vodafone), if I
want to update to new android versions (without waiting for T-Mobile)
maybe want to root my phone
or should I buy a more expensive, but without any branding phone?
any tip is welcome, Frank
If it's unlocked that means you can use any sim card, no matter what the carrier.
With the branded firmware, all you have to do is flash an unbranded firmware/rom and you're good to go.
You don't need to flash an unbranded firmware/rom to be able to apply a lag fix or root but who likes branding when you can easily flash a non branded firmware/rom?
I would say buy the unlocked but branded phone. It's cheaper and easy to flash.
howto get and do this?
hmm, I am really new with android
sorry for the silly question, but what is the easiest way to get an unbranded firmware/rom and howto easily flash this ?
and how can I backup old branded version, in case of guarantee ? I think a flashed phone will not be supported any more, or?
Frank
I always used Android "Google phones", so I'm not very used to the situation I am about to ask.
A friend of mine has asked me to update his branded locked Vodafone Galaxy S to 2.3.6 (for some reason Kies is not updating, maybe the carrier didn't released the update?
So, when I googled about it, in order to use Odin for a "manual" update, ok, I found a lot of tutorials, but they always refer that is required a network unlocked phone.
Anyway, is there a way to update it in this locked phone?
There are some unlocking tools in the development section, or even on the Market (Galaxy S Unlock).
Maxxd01 said:
I always used Android "Google phones", so I'm not very used to the situation I am about to ask.
A friend of mine has asked me to update his branded locked Vodafone Galaxy S to 2.3.6 (for some reason Kies is not updating, maybe the carrier didn't released the update?
So, when I googled about it, in order to use Odin for a "manual" update, ok, I found a lot of tutorials, but they always refer that is required a network unlocked phone.
Anyway, is there a way to update it in this locked phone?
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I've used Galaxy_S Unlock app, available in the play store!
It worked for the vodafone branded Galaxy S international! (i9000)
Vodafore are selling the S3 mini much cheaper than other carriers where I live, and so I'm thinking about buying one and unlocking it to my network.
But I've seen on other people's phones that vodaphone puts their logo all over the software ect and their own apps too, is this the case with the
s3 mini too?
So would I need to root, flash an unbranded firmware, or can I just root and use something like GalaxSim Unlock from the google play store?
(I want to keep the phone on original *samsung* firmware at least for a while when I get it, custom roms can be tried later
gottac said:
Vodafore are selling the S3 mini much cheaper than other carriers where I live, and so I'm thinking about buying one and unlocking it to my network.
But I've seen on other people's phones that vodaphone puts their logo all over the software ect and their own apps too, is this the case with the
s3 mini too?
So would I need to root, flash an unbranded firmware, or can I just root and use something like GalaxSim Unlock from the google play store?
(I want to keep the phone on original *samsung* firmware at least for a while when I get it, custom roms can be tried later
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GalaxSim Unlock doens't work on our phone, at least on the last build. You can buy the code from a website and put it on your phone. I don't know how is the process in fact, but I think it is that way.
Flash CM 11, it's the best right now. Better than stock
Hi XDA guys,
I got a Huawei P9 EVA-DL00 from China and want to use it in Europe (Germany). As I don't know Chinese I would like to change language/region properties to make it as international as possible. I'm not sure what is the smartest way to do so: keep and modify the original ROM as far as possible and accept it's limitations or to flash a different ROM.
To keep the chinese firmware seems to have a couple of limitations though, i.e even after changing region settings to my needs there are still only chinese language settings in the stock browser, lock screen and others, I couldn't find Google play store in HiApp (and ended up installing an apk from a site that I don't know if it's trustful), HiVoice is in Chinese and so on. Therefore my prefered solution is to install a different firmware to make my phone similar to the international P9 version EVA-L19 with CUST C432 - but I don't know if this is possible at all and in which limitations/problems this would result.
Currently my firmware is EVA-DL00C17B183, I received it OTA in Germany right after connecting the device with the internet for the first time. The service menu reports vendor: unicom, country: cn - no sim lock. So is it possible to flash a EVA-L19 ROM on my device at all? Somewhere I read flashing a chinese model with a european firmware would end up in having a C900 firmware that doesn't receveive major OTA updates, is this correct?
I'm not really familiar with unlocking/rooting/flashing mobile phones. I'm for sure willing to find out how this needs to be done - this doesn't mean I don't appreciate any hints - but I am a bit worried to brick the mobile and I would prefer to do a manual flash only as an initial step and be able to receive OTA updates also for major updates (such as Android 7.0 one day) later on in the future. Furthermore I would like to have a 100% working and reliable mobile and not to end up with a not properly working hardware support or whatever. All in all I don't know if it's worthy to take the 'trouble' of flashing a different ROM.
Thanks for any information and help!
Andy
I got a P9 from my tour in China. I like its dual lens feature. Leica is another reason. My old mobile phone needed charging three times in two days and I lost battery charge for my camera. I easily changed the language setting. Most of the apps don't work well in US. I downloaded google store, through which I installed most apps used in my old phone. However there are a few good Huawei apps that I keep using. Another feature I like is the dual SIM slot, through which I expanded its memory.
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Hi XDA guys,
I got a Huawei P9 EVA-DL00 from China and want to use it in Europe (Germany). As I don't know Chinese I would like to change language/region properties to make it as international as possible. I'm not sure what is the smartest way to do so: keep and modify the original ROM as far as possible and accept it's limitations or to flash a different ROM.
To keep the chinese firmware seems to have a couple of limitations though, i.e even after changing region settings to my needs there are still only chinese language settings in the stock browser, lock screen and others, I couldn't find Google play store in HiApp (and ended up installing an apk from a site that I don't know if it's trustful), HiVoice is in Chinese and so on. Therefore my prefered solution is to install a different firmware to make my phone similar to the international P9 version EVA-L19 with CUST C432 - but I don't know if this is possible at all and in which limitations/problems this would result.
Currently my firmware is EVA-DL00C17B183, I received it OTA in Germany right after connecting the device with the internet for the first time. The service menu reports vendor: unicom, country: cn - no sim lock. So is it possible to flash a EVA-L19 ROM on my device at all? Somewhere I read flashing a chinese model with a european firmware would end up in having a C900 firmware that doesn't receveive major OTA updates, is this correct?
I'm not really familiar with unlocking/rooting/flashing mobile phones. I'm for sure willing to find out how this needs to be done - this doesn't mean I don't appreciate any hints - but I am a bit worried to brick the mobile and I would prefer to do a manual flash only as an initial step and be able to receive OTA updates also for major updates (such as Android 7.0 one day) later on in the future. Furthermore I would like to have a 100% working and reliable mobile and not to end up with a not properly working hardware support or whatever. All in all I don't know if it's worthy to take the 'trouble' of flashing a different ROM.
Thanks for any information and help!
Andy
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Only way to do it is to first unlock bootloader and flash TWRP and root. Then u must change oeminfo and custom with SrkTool Huawei. If u dont have experience on flashing and root i would stay away from trying.
Have you found a way to make it 'non-chinese'? Struggling with the same problem now and wondering if it would be possible to just install stock android since the problem is with EMUI.
Mostar088 said:
Only way to do it is to first unlock bootloader and flash TWRP and root. Then u must change oeminfo and custom with SrkTool Huawei. If u dont have experience on flashing and root i would stay away from trying.
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Hi, is possible to unlock the bootloader on this model (DL00)? Because, i tried but it says "failed (remote: command not allowed)"
Thanks
@Stieglers due to a lack of time I didn't complete the process yet, but I'm very optimistic it is possible.
@EtiZimm It is possible to unlock the bootloader of DL00. I got the unlock code from the Huawei website (am not allowed to post an external link: emui[dot]huawei[dot]com/en/plugin.php?id=unlock&mod=detail - login with Huawei ID necessary).
Once you received this code - in my case I received instantly - you can unlock the bootloader either manually with adb (USB driver needed):
Code:
fastboot devices
fastboot oem unlock <unlock code>
or with SRK Tool (I would just avoid v2.0 as virus scanner reports the main exe to be malware infected).
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@Stieglers due to a lack of time I didn't complete the process yet, but I'm very optimistic it is possible.
@EtiZimm It is possible to unlock the bootloader of DL00. I got the unlock code from the Huawei website (am not allowed to post an external link: emui[dot]huawei[dot]com/en/plugin.php?id=unlock&mod=detail - login with Huawei ID necessary).
Once you received this code - in my case I received instantly - you can unlock the bootloader either manually with adb (USB driver needed):
Code:
fastboot devices
fastboot oem unlock <unlock code>
or with SRK Tool (I would just avoid v2.0 as virus scanner reports the main exe to be malware infected).
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Hi. Thank you for your answer.
I have already unlocked it. I only had to make a factory reset and it worked
Thanks
hello, i got the s23 from a different country (china) and I live in Tunisia. Can I change the firmware to my countrys one without any problems ? could this affect the device functions in any way ?
yes, you can change the firmware of your phone. First need identify the variant model of your phone to find the correct firmware to flash.
rikipy said:
yes, you can change the firmware of your phone. First need identify the variant model of your phone to find the correct firmware to flash.
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thank you, my model is SM-S9110 can i use the SM-S911B FIRMWARE or just another country with my same model SM-S9110 (in my case looks like only Taiwan or Hong Kong) ?
I have 911b
I want to change the firmware to 9110
Is it possible?
This is confusing to say the least:
Firmware variant change
Hello I have s23 s911b/ds I would install china firmware of variant s9110 Is it possible?
forum.xda-developers.com
From the looks of it the 911b has the same hardware as 9110.
I'm also curious if this would work - would love to put the 911b firmware on a 9110.
Via Odin you can't change a Chinese SM-S9110 to a US phone. You can change it to a Hong Kong or Taiwan phone. Hong Kong has Google Play preinstalled. Careful if you do try flashing the USA XAA variant to a Chinese phone, the phone will get stuck in a soft brick. None of the recovery methods online worked (emergency recovery etc.), I had to unlock the bootloader from the download menu, then it would boot again. I relocked it but the damage is done. Goodbye Samsung apps that rely on Knox security, they will never come back. Note I was able to flash Hong Kong firmware with the bootloader locked, which would have been ideal had I known that ahead of time.
i bought my SM-S9110 in mainland china today (from JD). surprisingly i could activate google services straight from the menu.
i couldn't find google play store in the phone so i installed it from apk. when running the install it said "update" rather than "install". so i guess play store was also already there somehow.
what i am confused about is eSIM. it seems not to have it. can't find it in the seetings and also on the box there where only stickers with the IMEIs for the physical SIM-slots.
would a SM-S9110 bought in HongKong have a eSIM functionality?
The SM-S9110 is the same hardware across China, Hong Kong, Taiwan. I followed the guide for activating the eSIM on US models (which only have 1 SIM card slot) and this phone doesn't have it. BTW I bought mine from JD.com as well, ordering in Chinese and using Google Translate JD apparently also sells the US model which has an eSIM, if that's what you want. But you can't root a US phone if that's what you are looking to do. I rooted mine just because I already tripped Knox, it isn't that difficult, and everything works except Samsung Pass and Wallet which I find pretty useless next to Google Pay, which also works rooted with the right Magisk modules.
I also recently just bought the SM-S9110 from JD, currently live in China. So just to make sure, I can only flash the HK version of the firmware if I want to get rid of the chinese stuff? Will that affect the warranty on my phone?
I have a SM-S911B/DS , can i flash it with SM-S911W ?
Hama1111 said:
I have a SM-S911B/DS , can i flash it with SM-S911W ?
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Why do you want that?
waterpolo said:
Why do you want that?
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Because some apps don't work like Samsung pay , S health monitor ecg/bp and etc
Hama1111 said:
Because some apps don't work like Samsung pay , S health monitor ecg/bp and etc
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If you unlock bootloader then Samsung Pay can't be used on all firmware.
For Shealth ect is a patched app available or you can install KnoxPatch with LSPosed. Search on XDA.
superevans said:
I also recently just bought the SM-S9110 from JD, currently live in China. So just to make sure, I can only flash the HK version of the firmware if I want to get rid of the chinese stuff? Will that affect the warranty on my phone?
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before i had two S10e (one from Mainland SM-G9708, and one from Hongkong SM-G9700). i could both flash with the other ones firmware, and back. no problem. i guess would be the same with SM-S9110.