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Debrand the tab?

Hi guys... A friend of mine has a Vodafone branded tab... But he wants to use it with a different operator... The question is... If i root the tab, and install a custom rom, will he be albe to use it with any operator he wants, or will he still be linked to' Vodafone?

Chances are it will work.
Backup as much as you can, then give it a try, I have a ATT branded SGT using TMOUS sim, works for me.
Make sure you have all the backups and the files needed before and after the change.
Best of luck.

Mariusrapi said:
.. But he wants to use it with a different operator... The question is... If i root the tab, and install a custom rom, will he be albe to use it with any operator he wants, or will he still be linked to' Vodafone?
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You can do all those things but you will still be Vodaphone. To use any other carrier you will have to unlock your tab.
To do that you will need to find the thread by Rotohammer about unlocking the at&t or t-mobile or any gsm tab. You will need to have a pc and the android sdk installed, because you need to use the adb.exe application to do the unlock. It's easy to do but it's an intermediate skill level task.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843323

Should also be asking questions in Q&A not the dev thread.

should work but backup before you do it. i mean using rom manager or any method backup the whole thing.

Why do people say this would work? Loading different ROMs will not unlock the tab. You'll need to get the tab unlocked. Then you can use different SIM.

SimLock Solution For All 4.3 users

Hello to you all
I would like to show all of you 4.3 users the solution "elvisypi" gave me in my private mail and finally i succeed to unlock my device.
So all of us know that sprint or google changed the way HtcOMADM works and we can't use the original system for unlocking our device.
So here is the solution that "elvisypi" gave me :
1. Download the "Stock with goodies 4.3 ROM". Don't flash it wet. (link : http://www.mediafire.com/?9y21d2wlszh6d6c )
2, With an archive viewer like winzip open the ROM.zip and go to /system/app
3. replace 2 apps which I have attached: HtcOMADM_SettingsPlugin_SPCS.apk and HtcOMADM_SPCS.apk. Just drag and drop and replace.
4. Finally flash the ROM.
5. Install the HTCOneSIMUnlockHelper and follow the onscreen instructions.
This system works 100% and this way you can be on 4.3 rom and still have an unlock GSM sprint device.
again , many thanks to "elvisypi" for his great support

sim unlock
Hope it does
downloading....

Would this work with other ROMs like insercoin?

phatmanxxl said:
Would this work with other ROMs like insercoin?
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You must use a stock rom for this to work

Hey, are you using this with Tmobile or another service?

syedinsane said:
Hey, are you using this with Tmobile or another service?
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I'm not using t-mobile , I'm not from the US but it should work with any GSM sim after the unlock is done

james341 said:
I'm not using t-mobile , I'm not from the US but it should work with any GSM sim after the unlock is done
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I've followed your directions, using the ROM you provided (only difference being flashing the root-fix) and I get vDM errors every time I boot and the app says it's unlocked but my Tmobile SIM gets no signal. Is there any other way i can check if my phone's unlocked?

syedinsane said:
I've followed your directions, using the ROM you provided (only difference being flashing the root-fix) and I get vDM errors every time I boot and the app says it's unlocked but my Tmobile SIM gets no signal. Is there any other way i can check if my phone's unlocked?
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Did you changed the phone in settings to GSM/UMTS?

james341 said:
Did you changed the phone in settings to GSM/UMTS?
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Yes I have, it says preparing SIM card but I never get any bars. I read in another thread that I need to be on an older radio in order for Tmobile to work. And for that I'll need s-off which I can't. Sigh.

syedinsane said:
Yes I have, it says preparing SIM card but I never get any bars. I read in another thread that I need to be on an older radio in order for Tmobile to work. And for that I'll need s-off which I can't. Sigh.
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Flash the release radio and let us know, I'm interested in using an At&t card for when I need a good data connection.

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It didnt work for me?
I did exactly what you said an When the phone starts up it says unfortunately ui has stop working an it keeps popping up an i cant do anything with my phone

Thank you for this already pressed the Thank you button also
i was getting annoyed that i couldnt find the files before i found this thread

HTC ONE
I did everthing s-off....flashed to the old radio baseband....tried everything still havent got any signal....who know what a problem?
The only thing is that I've flashed my sprint htc one to the Straight talk. Could it cause a problem?

I am also trying to unlock for T-Mobile. Running into the same issues as others. I was reading a thread where someone was apparently using it on T-Mobile, and PMed them on how exactly they did it but never got a response.
Would love to hear if anyone has it working on T-Mobile

This works. :victory:
Only need to extract, modify and zip again.
Flash with TWRP.
And everything is working normally, no need to reinstall or root, or whatever.
The only problem is that every time I turn on the phone, I get the error message VDM, but it disappears instantly, without stopping or forcing any application.
I live outside the U.S., and continues to operate all perfect with SIMUnlockerHelper. :fingers-crossed:
My device: Sprint Htc one = Unlockboot, TWRP, SIMUnlocker Helper, Root, and the rom on the top of the post. (benny's 4.3 LOL)

it actually works, but if you're using a sense rom I think you only need to download the apps in the op and replacing in system/app
I did this with insertcoin 6.0-4, the unlock helper app didn't recognize the rom, but with the terminal emulator method it worked just fine, tried with a sim and all fine ... then put again the original apks and you don't have to deal with any error popups

Interesting. I was under the impression that our version of this device did not support domestic (only international) GSM bands, hardware wise.
Is this version of sim unlocking different than what you would get if you asked Sprint? (they do allow you to unlock it if you meet certain criteria, like good account standing)

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Interesting. I was under the impression that our version of this device did not support domestic (only international) GSM bands, hardware wise.
Is this version of sim unlocking different than what you would get if you asked Sprint? (they do allow you to unlock it if you meet certain criteria, like good account standing)
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it supports the bands, but all the radios except the original one block domestic gsm carriers. if you still unlock and use that radio, it'll work.

Not working
I tried everything mentioned above, ( Unlock bootloader, S-OFF, Root) also changed the 2 apps in the system for the 4.3 ROM Stock rooted deodexed and then used the SIM unlock helper.
Then Got the same result : No GSM signal, and the SPRINT logo still on the top when I make a call, the same answer comes: " Error number 16 script 3."
I'm using Straight Talk Sim by ATT.

GT I9305 on Omni rom not recognizing UMTS sim cards

Long time omnirom user here with an issue I cannot find a fix for.
In my country there's a cell operator called RCS-RDS that has always had very good rates and unlimited 3g internet but, up until recently, very bad coverage. I have used 2 sim cards from this operator whenever I was in their coverage area for years now without a problem.
Last month RDS, has signed a national roaming agreement with VODAFONE so that you can use their network for service whenever you're outside RDS's coverage area. To use this national roaming service however, I had to replace the sim cards I had from RDS with new ones which, they say, operate in the UMTS 2100 band. I've checked the I9305's specs, and that band should be supported without a hitch.
Problem is however, that if I try to use either of the 2 sim cards, the phone gives me a no sim card error message and will behave as if there's no sim in the phone.
I'm using the radio recommended by mccamblesmith, the I9305 omni rom developer, in the omni rom development thread, and I have tried flashing every radio I could find, from the newest 4.4 radios to some very old 4.3 ones, but no change, and I've tested the two sim cards on other phones, including an S4, a beat up old Allview, an even older and more beat up Huawei U1220 and a 3G USB dongle, and both sims worked flawlessly on all of those.
I've also tried getting help on omnirom's irc channel, but the place is dead.

touchbattle.mika said:
Long time omnirom user here with an issue I cannot find a fix for.
In my country there's a cell operator called RCS-RDS that has always had very good rates and unlimited 3g internet but, up until recently, very bad coverage. I have used 2 sim cards from this operator whenever I was in their coverage area for years now without a problem.
Last month RDS, has signed a national roaming agreement with VODAFONE so that you can use their network for service whenever you're outside RDS's coverage area. To use this national roaming service however, I had to replace the sim cards I had from RDS with new ones which, they say, operate in the UMTS 2100 band. I've checked the I9305's specs, and that band should be supported without a hitch.
Problem is however, that if I try to use either of the 2 sim cards, the phone gives me a no sim card error message and will behave as if there's no sim in the phone.
I'm using the radio recommended by mccamblesmith, the I9305 omni rom developer, in the omni rom development thread, and I have tried flashing every radio I could find, from the newest 4.4 radios to some very old 4.3 ones, but no change, and I've tested the two sim cards on other phones, including an S4, a beat up old Allview, an even older and more beat up Huawei U1220 and a 3G USB dongle, and both sims worked flawlessly on all of those.
I've also tried getting help on omnirom's irc channel, but the place is dead.
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i understand the issue here, but dont know how to fix it easiest way without loosing all your data and personal stuff etc.
it seems the issue is not modem related but i think its related with the roms settings you applied but dont know what exactly. all i can say is make a nandroid backup to external sd of current rom and flash back your official stock firmware with odin, root and install recovery and flash omni again, then try the sim cards again. if it does not work you can always restore the nandroid backup from recovery.
i hope this helps

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MaHo_66 said:
i understand the issue here, but dont know how to fix it easiest way without loosing all your data and personal stuff etc.
it seems the issue is not modem related but i think its related with the roms settings you applied but dont know what exactly. all i can say is make a nandroid backup to external sd of current rom and flash back your official stock firmware with odin, root and install recovery and flash omni again, then try the sim cards again. if it does not work you can always restore the nandroid backup from recovery.
i hope this helps
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Due to a HDD failure a while ago, I no longer have the nandroid or the stock rom I saved from before I CFW'd the phone. Would changing to something like SlimROM or the likes help?

touchbattle.mika said:
Due to a HDD failure a while ago, I no longer have the nandroid or the stock rom I saved from before I CFW'd the phone. Would changing to something like SlimROM or the likes help?
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well you can always make a nandroid backup at any time in recovery mode, you know that right? cant tell if changing CFW will help but you can try it..
Edit: if i were you, i would make backup and put anything else important in internal or external sd to my pc temporary and wipe everything system/caches/dalvik/internal memory and then flash another custom rom or flash back omni again

MaHo_66 said:
well you can always make a nandroid backup at any time in recovery mode, you know that right? cant tell if changing CFW will help but you can try it..
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I know I saw a de-knox-ed stock 4.3 a while back, but can't find it again, would you happen to know anything about it?

touchbattle.mika said:
I know I saw a de-knox-ed stock 4.3 a while back, but can't find it again, would you happen to know anything about it?
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you on old or new bootloader? old without knox counter, new with knox counter

MaHo_66 said:
you on old or new bootloader? old without knox counter, new with knox counter
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I'm on old bootloader. The phone shipped with 4.1.2.

touchbattle.mika said:
I'm on old bootloader. The phone shipped with 4.1.2.
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Here you go, download mod 7 and flash with odin maybe you will need to flash the custom recovery of your choice over again and then you can flash the supersu update zip in my odin guide (in my signature) to get root acces.

MaHo_66 said:
Here you go, download mod 7 and flash with odin
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You sir are my hero. I've tried pacman rom and still no sim, trying this now.

touchbattle.mika said:
You sir are my hero. I've tried pacman rom and still no sim, trying this now.
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allright hope this helps

MaHo_66 said:
allright hope this helps
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No luck. Even after flashing stock 4.3 it still behaves as thoigh there's no sim.

touchbattle.mika said:
No luck. Even after flashing stock 4.3 it still behaves as thoigh there's no sim.
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i dont know what else you could do is your imei number oke?

MaHo_66 said:
i dont know what else you could do is your imei number oke?
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Yes, every other sim card i've tried works perfectly. These 2 UMTS sims are the only cards it won't accept.

touchbattle.mika said:
Yes, every other sim card i've tried works perfectly. These 2 UMTS sims are the only cards it won't accept.
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cant help you further man, im sorry perhaps somebody with more knowledge about these kind of things could help you out..

MaHo_66 said:
cant help you further man, im sorry perhaps somebody with more knowledge about these kind of things could help you out..
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Thank you for everything, might as well go back to omni.

Custom Roms and Sim Unlock

Hello Everyone,
I have scoured the internet but I can't find a direct answer. I am running a 5.1.1 AOSP rom and am traveling to Europe soon. I want to use my phone there and T-Mobile tells me with my plan that I should be able to use it because I am on their simple plan. I was given a instruction manual on how to set it up but the app it says to set it up with tells me that my device is not compatible.
My questions are:
-Am I able to use my phone while I am in Europe?
-Do I still need to sim unlock it?
-Do I need to flash back to a TW ROM to sim unlock it?
-Has anyone had experience with using a custom rom in another country?
Thanks in advance.

Im not sure this is gonna be much help bud but I used it on my note 3. Definitely worth checking out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470551

My questions are:
-Am I able to use my phone while I am in Europe?
I'm not sure if you're going to be able to text or call from Europe from an AOSP based ROM, I personally haven't tried it but I know there's a setting that allows for roaming. You could use wifi though, obviously. Not Wifi Calling or Wifi texting though (to my knowledge)
-Do I still need to sim unlock it?
I don't think so on an AOSP ROM, however if you try running an Int carrier on your N910T it won't work because of incompatibility.
-Do I need to flash back to a TW ROM to sim unlock it?
I'm not sure if there's a sim unlocker for the device that run int carriers.
-Has anyone had experience with using a custom rom in another country?
Not me

I don't see how rom can affect your service. When I went to Asia I was on a custom tw rom (yes I know it's not aosp) and was able to text, call, and had internet (128kbps or less). Don't remember trying WiFi calling though. But I didn't have to sim unlock.
With your rom are you able to use all your carrier feature? Except WiFi calling of course. If you are then I think you will be fine. If you want to be safe just back up your rom now and go back to a tw rom and set up your phone again. Make a back up of it then go back to aosp. When you get to Europe just switch roms if you have issue with aosp.
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LOST IMEI - Please Help

I did something really stupid and ended up with a bad flash on my NOTE 9 - the result is that I no onger have an IMEI number on my phone - no data at all - no mobile data.
I know what my IMEI Number is from my GOOGLE account - but I don't know how I can fix my phone to get the IMEI number back into the phone.
Any suggestions are grealy appreciated.
I did a google search which had a few suggested ways using the dialer - but when I attempt to do that, nothing happens - I don't get any result from the dialer codes online.
Your help is greatly appreciated

Find the latest software for your phone and install it with Odin. Or emergency software recovery with Smart Switch.

Geekser said:
I did something really stupid and ended up with a bad flash on my NOTE 9 - the result is that I no onger have an IMEI number on my phone - no data at all - no mobile data.
I know what my IMEI Number is from my GOOGLE account - but I don't know how I can fix my phone to get the IMEI number back into the phone.
Any suggestions are grealy appreciated.
I did a google search which had a few suggested ways using the dialer - but when I attempt to do that, nothing happens - I don't get any result from the dialer codes online.
Your help is greatly appreciated
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For the benefit of others (to hopefully not make a similar misstep) what did you do to create this issue? Flash a ROM from another region, carrier, etc.? I understand if you prefer not to share... thanks for the consideration.

d.cortez said:
For the benefit of others (to hopefully not make a similar misstep) what did you do to create this issue? Flash a ROM from another region, carrier, etc.? I understand if you prefer not to share... thanks for the consideration.
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There was a rom in the Custom Roms section that looked like it was meant for our phones - I think it was the WETA ROM - I didn't read the oP very carefully - totally my fault - it was not intended for the N960F - (but that was not really that clear when I first read the OP - or at least I lverlooked it. i will be much more careful next time. - it damn near bricked my phone.
I tried flashing full firmware in ODIN to fix it -no good - the flashes failed. - I tried restoring Nandroids - they restored fine but IMEI was still missing.
The fix I found eventually was to flash the DEV BASE Firmware that was recently added to the Roms section - flashing that fixed my issues and I am now back and working properly. I tried more fixes than I can count - and all of them failed - I was close to thinking I might have to buy a new phone. Dr Ketan suggested I flash the Dev Base sortware and he was absolultely correct. It worked.

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Neither Option worked for me - ODIN Flashes got stuck halfway thru the flash - and Smart Switch just didn't work

Geekser said:
There was a rom in the Custom Roms section that looked like it was meant for our phones - I think it was the WETA ROM - I didn't read the oP very carefully - totally my fault - it was not intended for the N960F - (but that was not really that clear when I first read the OP - or at least I lverlooked it. i will be much more careful next time. - it damn near bricked my phone.
I tried flashing full firmware in ODIN to fix it -no good - the flashes failed. - I tried restoring Nandroids - they restored fine but IMEI was still missing.
The fix I found eventually was to flash the DEV BASE Firmware that was recently added to the Roms section - flashing that fixed my issues and I am now back and working properly. I tried more fixes than I can count - and all of them failed - I was close to thinking I might have to buy a new phone. Dr Ketan suggested I flash the Dev Base sortware and he was absolultely correct. It worked.
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Glad to know you're good to go... i just received my Dual Sim Note 9 today and got it setup to work with ATT using an ATT CSC and used it for 20 minutes. Popped my T-Mobile SIM in the phone and blam! got an invalid SIM card message followed by a SIM network PIN blocked. Enter SIM network PUK message. Got PUK unlock codes from ATT and T-Mobile and they did not work. off to do more research....

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Glad to know you're good to go... i just received my Dual Sim Note 9 today and got it setup to work with ATT using an ATT CSC and used it for 20 minutes. Popped my T-Mobile SIM in the phone and blam! got an invalid SIM card message followed by a SIM network PIN blocked. Enter SIM network PUK message. Got PUK unlock codes from ATT and T-Mobile and they did not work. off to do more research....
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Is that an international varient? Would love to hear if you get ATT CSC working. I am on ATT too in the US but right now using BTU CSC -

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Is that an international varient? Would love to hear if you get ATT CSC working. I am on ATT too in the US but right now using BTU CSC -
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I was able to get around the PUK code through a master reset. Go figure.
There's a thread in the forums that talks about copying your carrier's CSC to your phone and then making the necessary changes to four files in the /efs/imei folder. It's not hard, but you got to be very careful. Instructions are in the thread mentioned above. I have LTE/HD Voice access during phone calls, but I have not been able to get Wi-Fi calling to work because the IMS service FC's when launching.
I suspect it may have something to do with using a dual-sim phone. I have both my AT&T and T-Mobile SIM in the phone, and I'm loving using one phone for business and personal calls. I also have Google Voice and I can use that for Wifi calling if necessary. As a final note, to get access to AT&T enhanced services on a non AT&T phone, you have to use an IMEI number from an AT&T phone that supports its enhanced services. In my case I've been using the IMEI number from my three-year-old Samsung S6 active. I called support told rep that I was using my S6 active while waiting on a new phone and they associated the IMEI number with my cell number.

d.cortez said:
I was able to get around the PUK code through a master reset. Go figure.
There's a thread in the forums that talks about copying your carrier's CSC to your phone and then making the necessary changes to four files in the /efs/imei folder. It's not hard, but you got to be very careful. Instructions are in the thread mentioned above. I have LTE/HD Voice access during phone calls, but I have not been able to get Wi-Fi calling to work because the IMS service FC's when launching.
I suspect it may have something to do with using a dual-sim phone. I have both my AT&T and T-Mobile SIM in the phone, and I'm loving using one phone for business and personal calls. I also have Google Voice and I can use that for Wifi calling if necessary. As a final note, to get access to AT&T enhanced services on a non AT&T phone, you have to use an IMEI number from an AT&T phone that supports its enhanced services. In my case I've been using the IMEI number from my three-year-old Samsung S6 active. I called support told rep that I was using my S6 active while waiting on a new phone and they associated the IMEI number with my cell number.
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I have an IMEI number from a Note 9 that was an aTT Phone - I had purchased the snapdragon varient at Best buy and then returned it when I got the N960F . I copied the IMEI number before I turned it in - I suppose I could use that. Can you offer a link to the thread you are referring to?
thanks for the tip my friend.

Geekser said:
There was a rom in the Custom Roms section that looked like it was meant for our phones - I think it was the WETA ROM - I didn't read the oP very carefully - totally my fault - it was not intended for the N960F - (but that was not really that clear when I first read the OP - or at least I lverlooked it. i will be much more careful next time. - it damn near bricked my phone.
I tried flashing full firmware in ODIN to fix it -no good - the flashes failed. - I tried restoring Nandroids - they restored fine but IMEI was still missing.
The fix I found eventually was to flash the DEV BASE Firmware that was recently added to the Roms section - flashing that fixed my issues and I am now back and working properly. I tried more fixes than I can count - and all of them failed - I was close to thinking I might have to buy a new phone. Dr Ketan suggested I flash the Dev Base sortware and he was absolultely correct. It worked.
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Could you please provide a link to this dev base firmware? Did you need to have twrp and root before installing the dev base?

brusyev2 said:
Could you please provide a link to this dev base firmware? Did you need to have twrp and root before installing the dev base?
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dev base is Alexander rom in the development section.

brusyev2 said:
Could you please provide a link to this dev base firmware? Did you need to have twrp and root before installing the dev base?
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If I am not mistaken, it was something like this https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-9/development/test-s2arh6-devbase-v5-9-encryption-t3847061
you do need to have TWRP installed in order to flash
hope that helps

still need help
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Could you please provide a link to this dev base firmware? Did you need to have twrp and root before installing the dev base?
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Do you still need help here is the link to the firmware that I used to flash stock ROM make sure you read what and how it is to be done the first time i flashed it i got stuck in bootloop and then i read it again and got it right now my phone works and is fine hope you have your phone working https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-9/how-to/u1-note-9-official-firmware-guide-to-t3927478