I've found quite a few threads, and tried quite a few things - also though I had possibly bricked my phone after flashing the USretAWS manually... But luckily, I could still restore from whatever firmware was on there already.
What I had tried to do was flash the stock US firmware to convert my phone, but didn't work - was a lower version than the .28 OTA I received, so no dice.
Anyway, I'm guessing that the OTA 5.0 that's been discussed and tried to death just WON'T work on the Canadian retail (no carrier) version (from Staple, for example)
Anyone have luck with this, or am I just totally missing something?
Just bumping in case there's been new developments.
I have same problem, We need someone did backup. Did you solve it?
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brianshayne said:
Just bumping in case there's been new developments.
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Do you have original backup? (staples x1064)
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Hi Everyone!
I just ordered a Vodafone branded Unlocked Samsung Note 5 (bought it branded as it was $100-$200 cheaper). Anyway I would like to debrand the phone and remove all Vodafone Bloatware. In the good old days of my Samsung S2 it was easy to do that by flashing a stock firmware from international version. Question: Is the process still the same? I haven't had a Samsung phone in quite a while (been trying other alternatives) and I am hearing things about locked bootloaders and Knox counters that wont go away.
Any help would be appreciated.
Best Regards
I have the same question, I see no one has helped you out here. Or did you get a solution for this one?
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I have the same question, did you get a solution on this one?
Yes. The process is the same. Identify your Device and flash Stock firmware using Odin.
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
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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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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?
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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
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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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CodeNameRedNeck said:
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...
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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
Just received my unlocked note 8 from samsung. Was going to flash t mobile firmware on it but I want to make sure I have stock files in case I want to revert. I can find XAA and a few others but not BAX. My full model.number is SM N950U1ZBAX. us unlocked purchased from samsung
I did NOT find it on sammobile.com
black96ss said:
Just received my unlocked note 8 from samsung. Was going to flash t mobile firmware on it but I want to make sure I have stock files in case I want to revert. I can find XAA and a few others but not BAX. My full model.number is SM N950U1ZBAX. us unlocked purchased from samsung
I did NOT find it on sammobile.com
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I'll try to find...but may have to wait until released as this is a new release model...
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I'll try to find...but may have to wait until released as this is a new release model...
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I went into the bootloader and it actually has the XAA...not sure why the box says difference but it would make sense to why I cant find it lol because its XAA
If you get an update notification you can get the url of the update by following this:
https://www.androidsage.com/2016/01/21/how-to-capture-ota-update-url-for-your-android-device/
This would allow you to share the update or Odin files if you find any...
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black96ss said:
I went into the bootloader and it actually has the XAA...not sure why the box says difference but it would make sense to why I cant find it lol because its XAA
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What baseband?
BlueFox721 said:
If you get an update notification you can get the url of the update by following this:
https://www.androidsage.com/2016/01/21/how-to-capture-ota-update-url-for-your-android-device/
This would allow you to share the update or Odin files if you find any...
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What baseband?
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base band N950U10YM1AQI5
black96ss said:
base band N950U10YM1AQI5
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You are good with the files I have posted for xaa...keep watching for the updates...I may or may not get them before released...if I do I'll post them
Hi,
I have Note 9 T-Mobile version.
It currently runs Android 8.0.1 version.
But there is no options to update it to the latest one.
What should I do? Any way I can do it manually?
Thanks in advance.
Its should have that screen in settings if not check about phone
Anarcik88 said:
Hi,
I have Note 9 T-Mobile version.
It currently runs Android 8.0.1 version.
But there is no options to update it to the latest one.
What should I do? Any way I can do it manually?
Thanks in advance.
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You can use odin to flash to the lastest version
Anarcik88 said:
Hi,
I have Note 9 T-Mobile version.
It currently runs Android 8.0.1 version.
But there is no options to update it to the latest one.
What should I do? Any way I can do it manually?
Thanks in advance.
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download this https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/g...e/SM-N960U/TMB/download/N960USQS2CSGB/285244/ flash it in Odin https://odindownload.com/
youdoofus said:
download this https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/g...e/SM-N960U/TMB/download/N960USQS2CSGB/285244/ flash it in Odin https://odindownload.com/
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Could you please inform how I update for this version?
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note9/firmware/SM-N9600/ZTO/download/N9600ZHS3CSH2/287376/
PS. I'm brazilian, my actual version is N9600ZCU1CSD4
possi.rodrigo said:
Could you please inform how I update for this version?
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note9/firmware/SM-N9600/ZTO/download/N9600ZHS3CSH2/287376/
PS. I'm brazilian, my actual version is N9600ZCU1CSD4
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then it isnt a t-mobile version, which is fine, but do NOT use the firmware i linked if your phone model is the N9600. Bootloaders are different and itll brick your phone
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flash this instead. this is the brazil 9600 9.0 firmware
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note9/firmware/SM-N9600/ZTO/download/N9600ZHS3CSH2/287376/
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then it isnt a t-mobile version, which is fine, but do NOT use the firmware i linked if your phone model is the N9600. Bootloaders are different and itll brick your phone
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flash this instead. this is the brazil 9600 9.0 firmware
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note9/firmware/SM-N9600/ZTO/download/N9600ZHS3CSH2/287376/
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Okay, just one more question, apparently my version is ZTM (Tim Carrier) . If i flash ZTO(Retail) can I have any problem?
possi.rodrigo said:
Okay, just one more question, apparently my version is ZTM (Tim Carrier) . If i flash ZTO(Retail) can I have any problem?
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dont limit yourself to this being the last question, ask anything you like. Some of us on XDA will not ridicule you for asking stuff that "you should have searched for"
anyways, no. youll be fine. that being said, if youre flashing firmware from a carrier that diffders from the carrier that it was originally set up for, youll need the modified version of Odin.
here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4446947&d=1521037501
I recently got a pre-owned S9 and it works fine, but when I tried to update it, I got the message that "Your current software isn't supported"
The current version is
G960FXXU5CSF2 / G960FOBE5CSF2 / G960FXXU5ASF1
And the security patch is 1 June 2019.
I don't want it to be rooted. Can I get it back to normal?
You'll need to flash current stock firmware using Odin, once a device is running custom rom or rooted updates must be performed manually.
https://www.techswizz.com/samsung-galaxy-s9-sm-g960f-stock-rom-firmware-flash-file/
To get the firmware for your region faster you can use Frija:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s10-plus/how-to/tool-frija-samsung-firmware-downloader-t3910594
Also the final version of Android 10 for S9 is due any day now so you could wait a while & install that or just update to it from 9
All the best Ewan
Back to stock
Is there any way I can get it back to factory?
I don't want it rooted or unlocked or whatever the phrase is.
Hey Ewan,
It seems your phone had not been rooted, hope the fixes I did sort your issues mate
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rupert3k said:
You'll need to flash current stock firmware using Odin, once a device is running custom rom or rooted updates must be performed manually.
https://www.techswizz.com/samsung-galaxy-s9-sm-g960f-stock-rom-firmware-flash-file/
To get the firmware for your region faster you can use Frija:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s10-plus/how-to/tool-frija-samsung-firmware-downloader-t3910594
Also the final version of Android 10 for S9 is due any day now so you could wait a while & install that or just update to it from 9
All the best Ewan
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Thanks for your help Rupert, I am a bit out of touch but this post was a great help regarding the latest software and aided me in fixing Ewan's phone