ok so as per rules I've searched for a thread about this but didn't turn up anything so here goes.
I just had my old phone (Atrix2 AT&T) brick on me so I'm looking to replace it. I've got my eye on the Xperia TL also by AT&T and naturally came here to XDA to see what everyone had to say. What I wasn't counting on when I first looked into the phone however was the plethora of models, even the forum here is devoted to 4 models.
Simply put what are the differences between the various models? From my online research the T is the older model with the TL being the slight upgrade (though not in battery life, confirm or deny?) the TX being the Verizon version and the V being the "active" or waterproof version.
Is all of this correct? If so what does it mean for development? Do I need a different root/flash method for each? I've seen posts detailing how methods that work on the T model won't work with TL but is this due to the upgrade or inherent differences between all four models?
Again I'm sorry if I failed to find thread that answers all of these questions completely but I'm rather surprised that I couldn't.... Many thanks XDA
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Well now it’s my turn again to ask a question. :silly: I’m going to buy a new phone as my old Galaxy note recently broke. And since Samsung are really bad at supporting AOSP/Cm development I’m thinking about getting the Z1. The thing that worries me is that in Norway the only Z1 model in sale is the C6903. Seeing that the there are a lot of different Z1 models I’m worried that only one of them is going to get the AOSP/Cm support that I’m looking for. So if anyone got some information if getting the C6903 would be a good choice for AOSP/cm support, that would make my choice a lot easier.
Thanks for any answers in advance.
veghov said:
Well now it’s my turn again to ask a question. :silly: I’m going to buy a new phone as my old Galaxy note recently broke. And since Samsung are really bad at supporting AOSP/Cm development I’m thinking about getting the Z1. The thing that worries me is that in Norway the only Z1 model in sale is the C6903. Seeing that the there are a lot of different Z1 models I’m worried that only one of them is going to get the AOSP/Cm support that I’m looking for. So if anyone got some information if getting the C6903 would be a good choice for AOSP/cm support, that would make my choice a lot easier.
Thanks for any answers in advance.
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I am not 100% sure. Only change among various model is the radio bands. it is mostly only hardware dependent. If any dependencies exists it will be only in baseband firmware which is different from phone OS. qualcomm uses AMSS as their baseband OS.. it is released for sony phone by sony only.. even if the phone is running any kernel or os.. baseband firmware will always be from sony. and you can flash it separately
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I am not 100% sure. Only change among various model is the radio bands. it is mostly only hardware dependent. If any dependencies exists it will be only in baseband firmware which is different from phone OS. qualcomm uses AMSS as their baseband OS.. it is released for sony phone by sony only.. even if the phone is running any kernel or os.. baseband firmware will always be from sony. and you can flash it separately
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Allright.
Hey,
if you take a quick look at the T-mobile forums you'll see that development flourish and is really amazing there- there are more ROMS/Kernels/and development in general then there is on 910F/G/U COMBINED.
Now i'll be referring specifically to the the International/910F veriant-because it has the exact same SoC as the T-mobile version.. and from my quick research it has the exact same hardware as well,fully.(including same supported frequencies, etc). For those of us that are not devs(which I can imagine are the absolut most of the users here/on these forums) - this is extremely annoying , as we all bought the phone and came to XDA to enjoy the amazing things people do with it. I'ts only numbers which doesn't necessarily mean anything but just for a quick comparison, just to see what I'm talking about- the T-mobile ''android development'' forums has as of right now 34 threads and 18,761 posts compared to 21 threads and 3,642 Posts on our ''International'' version.. which is insane bc this its the same phone just only under a carrier brand, and we can't enjoy any of it.
The thing is, what can we do about it? can't there be a way(for both sides- 910F/T-mobile) to flash one another ROMS/Mods? and why does Samsung make an insane amount of models for the same phone? if its modem related then it doesn't make sense as some models have the same frequencies supported.
as I said, I feel cheated, and annoyed. not only there was the annoyance of having two SoCs- exynos and SD and practically splitting the userbase, now there's even more verients under the same SoC and splitting the userbase even more.
I feel like it was a mistake buying a samsung phone.
I agree with you. It's annoying. Some roms from t-mobile note 4 are excellent
Just my opinion, but if it have same hardware, I'm sure you can use them..
My country got the the lowest variants, 910H. Do you able to see development thread for it ? Only 1 custom rom as far as I remember, and the devs already change his phone to other variants.
So we owner of 910H variants just experimenting with 910C based rom because they have identical hardware (same exynos SoC, in fact same modem hardware which samsung said have difference in that area), and it's work, and we also got LTE capabilities which is blocked with official 910H rom.
Once again, if it have 100% identical hardware, I'll say it will work
Trade you my 910w8 for the 910F
i was wondering how to root this phone. ive read on a few threads saying t-mobile is the same as canadian variants rogers,telus, bell. But then i looked at the model numbers for the ones that can be rooted with the t-mobile methods mine was not in their. I am quite new to the note 5 as i just got the phone. i do have experience of rooting/flashing/kernels/roms/mods. Since note 5 and especially samsung is way different from my previous phone (sony z1 ) was wondering who can help me. i tried too look through all the threads but cant seem to find it. any heelp would be appreciated. thanks
Hello,
I have been digging through the forums and google trying to find a solid answer but getting a bit of misinformation so, I have a couple questions.
I would like to get the Note 9 but am very hesitant to go with a carrier or US version, given they are locked down. I have not owned a phone, since starting on android with the G2, that didn't have root and some sort of mod support.
With that said I am considering the n9600 for tmobile and hoping someone can confirm whether it has band 66 or not.
Also, I keep reading that aggregation is an issue, slowing lte speeds vs carrier specific phones. I have read a couple forums saying there is a possible solution but they seem to kind of dead end with many people saying they don't notice a difference.
And finally, for Tmobile, has anyone had better luck with the Exynos version vs the n9600 w/ snapdragon? Is there a difference as far as connectivity or the ability to force specific firmware/software?
Thanks.
You've answered your questions in your post. It will work but not everything and not all bands.
Seems that only Exynos phone bootloaders are unlockable now unless it's an older bootloader. At least on Samsung phones. Is that more or less correct? Is it best to try buy Exynos phones now if we want to put on custom ROMs?
I am asking about all Samsung phones in general but I didn't see a Q&A section for all Samsung phones.
Hello, I think a rule on all forums to say Hello then do a search because your subject is already on the XDA forum.