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For 720T owners
Coming our way taken from sprint commnuity forum:
Samsung Galaxy S4 REFRESH Software Update - L720TVPUBNC6
Enhancements/Fixes
- Wi-Fi Calling
Important Notes
- Software version is L720TVPUBNC6
- This update will roll-out in a phased manner from 4/9 - 4/22
- Refer to the Samsung Galaxy S4 Software Update article in Support for install instructions
And these threads begin
... One already closed regarding this update. Please move your discussion to the 4.4.2 update thread that covers both regular and T model. There's also the everything for Triband version in the Q&A section.
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Actually I just saw that you already posted in one of those threads so why start another thread?
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daniel4653 said:
And these threads begin
... One already closed regarding this update. Please move your discussion to the 4.4.2 update thread that covers both regular and T model. There's also the everything for Triband version in the Q&A section.
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Actually I just saw that you already posted in one of those threads so why start another thread?
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Because it's on general section and It's information that should be available to all.
The thread you referring to is exclusively for 720T so I asked the question there first but since no one responded I searched and I thought It would be useful to let know the others on the thread!!
If the information about 4.4.2 update thread is already there provide the link.
Before posting I searched and wasn't able to find any OTA info.
So remove threads and pardon my ignorance but my intent was to help!!!
I really do think it is about time to add a SPH-L720T section, it is already quite difficult to find post about this phone, they are mixed in with the standard SPH-720.
Anyone agree?
I wouldn't mind a subform.....It is hard, but a little reading and searching will get you to where you need.
NC6 On a custom recovery.
Does anyone know how to apply this update using a custom recovery?
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Does anyone know how to apply this update using a custom recovery?
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You can't. have to be unrooted to apply the update.
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I believe you can be rooted, but you have to run the stock recovery
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VandyCWG said:
I believe you can be rooted, but you have to run the stock recovery
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To clarify his post. You can be rooted but you have to be running pure stock with no mods of any kind. No deleted system apps and also be running stock recovery.
Awesome "Samsung Experience"
I hadn't noticed until last night that since I got this (NC6) update on my phone, that several things were screwed up. Namely, the Hotspot Toggle was gone from the "Connections" settings tab, Sprint Zone was replaced by something called Mobile Zone that always errored out when you tried to open it. And lastly, the Tethering and Roaming settings were completely missing - as in gone, as in not there. After much frustration I tried a factory reset, but to no avail. Nothing changed. Same problems. On a whim, I decided to see what the guys at the Samsung Experience at Best Buy could do for me. I was pleasantly surprised to be helped by a sharp, knowledgeable guy who really knew his stuff. He was a fellow geek and was familiar with XDA and all the ins and outs of Samsung/Android phones. He did not have the NC6 version available to flash, but he did have NAF (KitKat update). So he flashed NAF to my phone with Samsung's SMART firmware tool (a glorified Kies that I would love to have access to!). And unlike going to the Sprint store, I didn't have to wait 30 minutes to be helped and my phone didn't disappear to the back room for another 30 minutes to be abused and mishandled by an overworked and probably under-trained and underpaid sprint employee. I stood right there beside the guy at his laptop while he showed me the software and flashing process. Totally awesome!
This fixed all the above issues plus another interesting thing too. Some of you are probably familiar with a little quirk in the S4 (and S3 too) in the stock recovery - when you reboot, it would show "Error!" under the little android robot. This always bugged me because I knew it shouldn't do that. Well my newly flashed S4 no longer says "Error!" when you reboot from recovery. I have no idea why it did it before or what changed to make it go away, but I feel better now that it's gone. It's probably major placebo effect but my phone seems snappier and smoother than ever.
So to make a long story short, "Samsung Experience" is totally awesome compared to going to the Sprint store. I will be going back when they get the NC6 (and possibly every future update as well) to have it flashed properly to my phone. I know I probably could have done the same thing myself with Odin and the firmware packages from Sammobile.com, but having them do it makes them responsible if anything goes wrong. And since I'm still under warranty, I don't want to do anything to void my warranty.
Amazing when things actually work the way they're supposed to...
Upon further investigation, it looks like I actually can re-initialize my phone using Kies now. I had tried doing it before going to the Samsung place at Best Buy, but when I tried the "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization", it said is was unsupported or something to that effect. That was because I already had NC6 on my phone, which wasn't available in Kies yet - just like even the Samsung guys didn't have it yet. But now that I have NAF, when I try "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization" it does give me the option to actually do it. The message says it will delete all user data and write the current software to the device - which is what I think they did for me at Best Buy. Only Kies couldn't load NAF for me while I had NC6 on my phone. So once NC6 makes it to Kies (if it ever does) I should be able to do a pristine flash using Kies instead of going to Best Buy if my phone starts acting up again.
You guys probably know all of this already, but I'm still learning...
Cooljb said:
Upon further investigation, it looks like I actually can re-initialize my phone using Kies now. I had tried doing it before going to the Samsung place at Best Buy, but when I tried the "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization", it said is was unsupported or something to that effect. That was because I already had NC6 on my phone, which wasn't available in Kies yet - just like even the Samsung guys didn't have it yet. But now that I have NAF, when I try "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization" it does give me the option to actually do it. The message says it will delete all user data and write the current software to the device - which is what I think they did for me at Best Buy. Only Kies couldn't load NAF for me while I had NC6 on my phone. So once NC6 makes it to Kies (if it ever does) I should be able to do a pristine flash using Kies instead of going to Best Buy if my phone starts acting up again.
You guys probably know all of this already, but I'm still learning...
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So You can flash NAF over NC6 Is that what you're saying or I misunderstood?
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So You can flash NAF over NC6 Is that what you're saying or I misunderstood?
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No, you CAN'T. That was my original problem. Kies still thinks NAF is the latest version so it can't do anything with NC6 - it doesn't recognize it as the latest verstion - in fact it doesn't know NC6 exists at all. It will only initialize with what it thinks is the latest version. But since I have NAF now, Kies can do the full initialization with NAF. Like if I ever hosed my phone while it had NAF, I could fix it by doing a clean flash of NAF with Kies. And eventually I would think NC6 would become available in Kies. Then you should be able to do a clean flash of NC6 using Kies too.
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So You can flash NAF over NC6 Is that what you're saying or I misunderstood?
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So you never tried to Odin NAF over NC6? Thanks.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
To clarify his post. You can be rooted but you have to be running pure stock with no mods of any kind. No deleted system apps and also be running stock recovery.
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It makes sense.
Thank you!
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So you never tried to Odin NAF over NC6? Thanks.
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No I didn't. I thought about it, and it probably would have worked, but everything I read said that would trip the Knox warranty flag. However now that I see the Samsung guy was able to do it - and it DIDN'T trip the Knox flag - I checked afterwards. And I even asked him if it would before he flashed my phone. So assuming the Samsung SMART firmware tool uses Odin at it's core, maybe I could have done it myself and not tripped the Knox flag. Or maybe the Samsung software has something that Odin doesn't that keeps it from tripping Knox. I just didn't want to use my phone as a guinea pig to prove or disprove whether or not downgrading firmware would trip Knox. Again, everything I read indicated that even flashing official Knox-enabled firmware that was a lower version than what was currently on the device would trip Knox.
My phone has downloaded this update automatically, and when it boots into stock recovery gives me an Error and aborted message. I'm assuming that's because I am stock rooted. So, can I download the zip and flash it myself through recovery? I honestly don't recall what recovery I'm running. It's been a couple months, and as a recovering flashaholic, I haven't gone beyond stock. I only wanted root to get rid of the bloat.
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My phone has downloaded this update automatically, and when it boots into stock recovery gives me an Error and aborted message. I'm assuming that's because I am stock rooted. So, can I download the zip and flash it myself through recovery? I honestly don't recall what recovery I'm running. It's been a couple months, and as a recovering flashaholic, I haven't gone beyond stock. I only wanted root to get rid of the bloat.
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You have to completely be unmodified. I think root has not stopped it, but you'll likely lose it afterwards. If you stripped the Rom, themed, or installed a custom recovery, you have to revert back to stock.
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krnfrk6663 said:
You have to completely be unmodified. I think root has not stopped it, but you'll likely lose it afterwards. If you stripped the Rom, themed, or installed a custom recovery, you have to revert back to stock.
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Blech. Really? And then I can reroot?
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Blech. Really? And then I can reroot?
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i believe you can re-root once you take the update.
Mine has yet to get the update. Anyone have the NC6 zip up?
I'm hoping someone / you guys can help me.
Ever since I did the 4.4.2 update, my phone has been brutally slow and killing the battery and overall just a POS. I looked for wakelocks, screen is extremely low etc. I'm just sick of it to be frank. So I'm hoping to wipe everything, format the sd card and completely fresh as if it were a brand new phone.
From spending the last 3 hours researching, I can't seem to find what I'm looking for. ( maybe I'm overlooking it with my lack of sleep since we have a 8 week old )
From my understanding, I can't downgrade to an older firmware cause of knox. ( I would love to do this, so then I can root it and put on knoxraid or some other rom so I don't have all this bloatware etc )
Now with that being said, since I can't downgrade, I also can't replace my phone since I can't find the 4.4.2 files to odin my phone. I can find the mj5 files, but not the NC2 ( I think those are it )
Can someone please help me here, my sanity is running thin ( again, lack of sleep )
Thank you in advance.
scojosmac said:
I'm hoping someone / you guys can help me.
Ever since I did the 4.4.2 update, my phone has been brutally slow and killing the battery and overall just a POS. I looked for wakelocks, screen is extremely low etc. I'm just sick of it to be frank. So I'm hoping to wipe everything, format the sd card and completely fresh as if it were a brand new phone.
From spending the last 3 hours researching, I can't seem to find what I'm looking for. ( maybe I'm overlooking it with my lack of sleep since we have a 8 week old )
From my understanding, I can't downgrade to an older firmware cause of knox. ( I would love to do this, so then I can root it and put on knoxraid or some other rom so I don't have all this bloatware etc )
Now with that being said, since I can't downgrade, I also can't replace my phone since I can't find the 4.4.2 files to odin my phone. I can find the mj5 files, but not the NC2 ( I think those are it )
Can someone please help me here, my sanity is running thin ( again, lack of sleep )
Thank you in advance.
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there are no oden files for 4.4.2 you have a couple of things you can try go to settings,general and backup and reset and do a factory reset or go to best buy or a att service center and have them reflash the 4.4.2 firmware
jerrycoffman45 said:
there are no oden files for 4.4.2 you have a couple of things you can try go to settings,general and backup and reset and do a factory reset or go to best buy or a att service center and have them reflash the 4.4.2 firmware
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So to confirm, Best Buy or AT&T can flash it? I pretty much can just go in there and say " Hey can you reflash my phone?"
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So to confirm, Best Buy or AT&T can flash it? I pretty much can just go in there and say " Hey can you reflash my phone?"
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From what I have heard the employees in the samsung experience shop inside of bestbuy have a tool that can reflash the phone. Make sure to call ahead before you go into the store. Explain to them whats going on and ask them if they are able to reflash the stock version on the phone.
If your phone says that its rooted they are not allowed to do the flash.
If they do not have the software my recommendation would be to contact ATT. Since it is a software issue the phone will be covered without that warranty that you pay monthly for. So they will ship you out a refurbished (like new) phone and then you will send yours to them.
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And also the ATT service centers do not have the tool to reflash your phone. Only Samsung has access to that. ATT service center will just give you a number to call to have them ship you out a phone.
Thank you Aaron, I appreciate it
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From what I have heard the employees in the samsung experience shop inside of bestbuy have a tool that can reflash the phone. Make sure to call ahead before you go into the store. Explain to them whats going on and ask them if they are able to reflash the stock version on the phone.
If your phone says that its rooted they are not allowed to do the flash.
If they do not have the software my recommendation would be to contact ATT. Since it is a software issue the phone will be covered without that warranty that you pay monthly for. So they will ship you out a refurbished (like new) phone and then you will send yours to them.
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And also the ATT service centers do not have the tool to reflash your phone. Only Samsung has access to that. ATT service center will just give you a number to call to have them ship you out a phone.
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I've been to Samsung smart station at Best Buy:
1. Being on MLG 442 it said that being up to date it couldn't flash
2. The rep "said" that since it was previously rooted it wouldn't allow the flash anyway
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there is adb sideload of the ATT OTA update
device must have NB4 or NC2 otherwise update aborted due to expected fingerprint not seen by the OTA such as MLG or MJ5 MI9 MI1
if rooted or not will not matter it's the fingerprint = NB4 or NC2 to get stock 442 OTA
mixilplic said:
there is adb sideload of the ATT OTA update
device must have NB4 or NC2 otherwise update aborted due to expected fingerprint not seen by the OTA such as MLG or MJ5 MI9 MI1
if rooted or not will not matter it's the fingerprint = NB4 or NC2 to get stock 442 OTA
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I've been looking everywhere for this as well, do you have a link?
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I've been looking everywhere for this as well, do you have a link?
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not certain what i can link ya to..but
for myself dwnlded
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
there are probably more appropriate versions on the forums to install adb to windows seen even one with a GUI being worked on
some youtube videos searched showed setting in DEV mode to turn on usb debugging & change security settings
booted the phone to recovery select adb & plugged in the usb
run adb.exe from a command prompt on windows
got the OTA from thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2686652
hope this helps
ya payz yer moniez an takes yer chanskiz
scojosmac said:
Can someone please help me here, my sanity is running thin ( again, lack of sleep )
Thank you in advance.
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I was having problems also... Just do a factory reset and then do a wipe in recovery mode and you'll be good to go. I got a brand new phone from AT&T service center, came on MJ5 - I installed some apps and setup the phone before I could get on wifi, updated to kitkat when I got home and I had issues all over again. A simple reset works.
Hi, i wish i could figure this out on my own and not trouble anyone but i just i cant. I've already soft bricked the phone trying, though I've fixed that now and its back to normal.
What i am trying to do is put The UK H3G network firmware (SM-G920F) on to my American ATT phone (G925A). The reason is, i'm in the UK on the 3 network so it would be nice if the phone just worked as it should do if i had bought it here. I cant update it OTA and the phone seems to think its American in general.
Is this even possible? Im using Odin3. I downloaded the g920f firmware from sammobile. It was just one file, i put it into the AP section, i assume that's right? It didn't work though, a few different errors resulting in fails and nice soft brick at the end. The files i used to un-brick the phone had AP,CP,BL and CSC files. Sorry for my ignorance but do i need these 4 files to achieve what i want?
Well id be very grateful of any help or advice in this.
You cannot use firmware for a different version of the phone. Trying so can end in a hardbrick
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You cannot use firmware for a different version of the phone. Trying so can end in a hardbrick
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Oh thanks, impossible or just risky? I'm sure i saw others talking about doing it and the guy in my phone shop even said i could try it. Do the phones have different internals or something?
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Oh thanks, impossible or just risky? I'm sure i saw others talking about doing it and the guy in my phone shop even said i could try it. Do the phones have different internals or something?
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The US AT&T and VZW branded devices have locked bootloaders. The international versions (which I would imagine is what your local cellular guy is familiar with, being in the UK) are somewhat more, ummm, flexible on what software they can run. I would guess (but don't know for sure) that you could probably recover with Odin if you bricked in attempting what you want to try.
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The US AT&T and VZW branded devices have locked bootloaders. The international versions (which I would imagine is what your local cellular guy is familiar with, being in the UK) are somewhat more, ummm, flexible on what software they can run. I would guess (but don't know for sure) that you could probably recover with Odin if you bricked in attempting what you want to try.
Hey thanks, what kind of file would i need to try it though? I downloaded the at&T firmware from somewhere that matched the model number and it had 4 files, ap,bl,csc and another one, im not sure what they do individually, but they worked. When i looked up the uk firmware, it only had an ap file, which didn't work using odin, i got a fail. Do you know where i can find H3G uk SM-G920F that has all 4 files or at least the files i would need to do this? I am sorry, i'm sure i'm asking stupid questions but i appreciate your help thanks.
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caspergotchi said:
dandrumheller said:
The US AT&T and VZW branded devices have locked bootloaders. The international versions (which I would imagine is what your local cellular guy is familiar with, being in the UK) are somewhat more, ummm, flexible on what software they can run. I would guess (but don't know for sure) that you could probably recover with Odin if you bricked in attempting what you want to try.
Hey thanks, what kind of file would i need to try it though? I downloaded the at&T firmware from somewhere that matched the model number and it had 4 files, ap,bl,csc and another one, im not sure what they do individually, but they worked. When i looked up the uk firmware, it only had an ap file, which didn't work using odin, i got a fail. Do you know where i can find H3G uk SM-G920F that has all 4 files or at least the files i would need to do this? I am sorry, i'm sure i'm asking stupid questions but i appreciate your help thanks.
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Check the non AT&T specific S6 forum. Much more activity there than here. If you can't find it in the stickies or with search, someone there can probably point you in the right direction.
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Oh thanks, impossible or just risky? I'm sure i saw others talking about doing it and the guy in my phone shop even said i could try it. Do the phones have different internals or something?
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Well i think it's just what you flash. For example, messing up the kernal will hardbrick but some thinks like AP and csc i think are fine to flash but may not work
Hey guys this is the official at&t firmware that I have been searching for for ages! It's the newest firmware as of 7/6/2016 and gives us the June 1st security patch.
I figured that since we now have root, we should have the stock firmware posted if we need to factory reset using odin (or in general since AT&T does not let us use the smart switch app to update the firmware)
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AP Download
BL Download
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CSC Download
Odin (use 3.12 to get around secure error) Download
Thanks for this! Perhaps you can give me some advice? I tried the root, and I also tried the new 935U firmware and had problems, so I managed(after an entire day of frustration, research and trial & error) to get back to the stock At&t firmware now. However, Its saying that im on the February patch and when I had it try to search for an update, it said that my phone is already up to date!
I just bought this phone within the last week, originally It came with the April patch loaded onto it and updated to the June patch, now it wont update for some reason. I figured I could manually flash the June patch, (which has been hard to find up until I saw this post)but wasnt sure if there was a way to do it without losing everything and having to start from scratch all over again. So I figured Id ask if there was a way before I try flashing anything else. I haven't done this stuff in a long time and my memory is pretty rusty on everything.
Just figured Id follow up, since no one has commented on this thread surprisingly, I tested the files, they worked perfectly . Im back up to the June Security patch from the Feb Patch. Everything is working perfectly. Thanks again for these files.
SinisterDev said:
Just figured Id follow up, since no one has commented on this thread surprisingly, I tested the files, they worked perfectly . Im back up to the June Security patch from the Feb Patch. Everything is working perfectly. Thanks again for these files.
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Not a problem, glad you were able to flash to June. And yes unfortunately there isnt a way to flash stock without loosing everything on our at&t model
I am really surprised as well, these files are rare- like I had an extremely hard time finding them so I am really surprised that no one needs them lol
Anyone know if this can be flashed onto a g935T (T-Mobile variant)?
I'm trying to get volte working as in using a T-Mobile variant in att
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Anyone know if this can be flashed onto a g935T (T-Mobile variant)?
I'm trying to get volte working as in using a T-Mobile variant in att
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I believe odin wouldn't let you flash this firmware over the tmobile version, but you can try!
SinisterDev said:
Just figured Id follow up, since no one has commented on this thread surprisingly, I tested the files, they worked perfectly . Im back up to the June Security patch from the Feb Patch. Everything is working perfectly. Thanks again for these files.
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I have seen similar issues. I think the reason you was not able to update is because you didn't flash the BL file of G935A. OTA was kind of broken.
Yeah, I kinda figured that was the issue. Flashing all the other files besides the BL was what seemed to work for getting my phone back to 935A from 935U. I had a feeling there may be some consequences in not flashing the BL... Well, it's all better now thanks to these files!
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Anyone know if this can be flashed onto a g935T (T-Mobile variant)?
I'm trying to get volte working as in using a T-Mobile variant in att
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I don't know if this is still true, but I heard from another dev that VOLTE was not avaialble on ATT unless you had an IPHONE - I Contacted ATT Back when I heard this (a few months ago) and they confirmed that VOLTE only worked on IPHONES and was not avaialble on ATT ANDROID at this time.
Really pissed me off - hopefully that has changed or if not, it will soon....
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I don't know if this is still true, but I heard from another dev that VOLTE was not avaialble on ATT unless you had an IPHONE - I Contacted ATT Back when I heard this (a few months ago) and they confirmed that VOLTE only worked on IPHONES and was not avaialble on ATT ANDROID at this time.
Really pissed me off - hopefully that has changed or if not, it will soon....
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Volte definitely works on Androids with ATT - you may be thinking on WiFi calling as that is an iPhone only feature for ATT custoemrs.
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Volte definitely works on Androids with ATT - you may be thinking on WiFi calling as that is an iPhone only feature for ATT custoemrs.
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No I am talking Volte. And i swear I chatted with customer support and they insisted it was only with IPHONES. Maybe they were confused and didn't know what I was asking?
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When I rooted my Edge the other day with the engboot, my phone had VoLTE enabled. So it's definitely possible. That was pretty neat, but I reverted back to non-root for now. Hopefully there will be a better root method soon which doesn't negatively impact performance so much...
It seems like the U firmware might be our best bet for uncovering a new and better root.
Keep in mind you can flash any firmware Att to Tmobike or Sprint to Att or Sprint to Tmobile or vice versa. But you must be on the same revision number in order for it to work. S7 & S7 Edge both work. I have flashed several with no issues to another carrier.
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Rapazzo said:
Hey guys this is the official at&t firmware that I have been searching for for ages! It's the newest firmware as of 7/6/2016 and gives us the June 1st security patch.
I figured that since we now have root, we should have the stock firmware posted if we need to factory reset using odin (or in general since AT&T does not let us use the smart switch app to update the firmware)
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AP Download
BL Download
CP Download
CSC Download
Odin (use 3.12 to get around secure error) Download
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Awesome Bro. Thank you. It's extremely hard to find full odin Att firmware these days except when a device is first released. Kudos
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Keep in mind you can flash any firmware Att to Tmobike or Sprint to Att or Sprint to Tmobile or vice versa. But you must be on the same revision number in order for it to work. S7 & S7 Edge both work. I have flashed several with no issues to another carrier.
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Awesome Bro. Thank you. It's extremely hard to find full odin Att firmware these days except when a device is first released. Kudos
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and you better take advantage of this as this will stop from happening coming next bootloader revision
anyone with issue with enhanced LTE? when it is on for me, I can't receive any phone calls.
I don't need these atm, but I may want to return to the at&t firmware when I sell it. Thanks for finding it.
Need the files for normal galaxy s7 att (not edge)
Could someone please tell me where to find the galaxy s7 att (not edge) version of these files?? I cannot find them as the ones I have grabbed from "https://boycracked.com/2016/03/12/official-samsung-galaxy-s7-usa-stock-rom/" have not worked.
SinisterDev said:
When I rooted my Edge the other day with the engboot, my phone had VoLTE enabled. So it's definitely possible. That was pretty neat, but I reverted back to non-root for now. Hopefully there will be a better root method soon which doesn't negatively impact performance so much...
It seems like the U firmware might be our best bet for uncovering a new and better root.
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How did you get back to stock from engboot? I'm stuck at this point. I tried using Odin3_v3.11.2.exe to flash the stock image found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/stock-firmware-935a-att-t3410887by flashing the AP only. It got hung up for an hour, so I rebooted into recovery mode and did a factory reset. My ROM status is still set to custom. It is downloading a software update currently of about 599 mbs.
Any help would be appreciated.
kevingaspar said:
How did you get back to stock from engboot? I'm stuck at this point. I tried using Odin3_v3.11.2.exe to flash the stock image found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/stock-firmware-935a-att-t3410887by flashing the AP only. It got hung up for an hour, so I rebooted into recovery mode and did a factory reset. My ROM status is still set to custom. It is downloading a software update currently of about 599 mbs.
Any help would be appreciated.
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go into odin and select all the ones posted in 1st post at once via odin to return to stock
So if I want to flash my phone back the the stock firmware, I use all of these at once then flash yeah? AP to AP and so on?
I'm in Australia and want to change the CSC from OPS to TEL. I'm aware that the phone has a multi CSC and it seems the only way to change the CSC is with root. I've tried other methods and none seem to work.
With root, is it a simple matter to change the CSC? Is there a guide for changing it somewhere?
I'm curious about this myself. The store I got mine from sold me the wrong version (which I didn't know until I opened it since there was no way for me to tell on the outside, so they won't let me return it), and I really hate the boot screen from a carrier that isn't mine. More importantly, I can't use tethering, which I assume is because of the CSC, though despite my SIM card, the CSC is still set to the original carrier.
I read something about a different carrier's SIM card switching the CSC upon reboot, or using a USSD code to choose which carrier you're on for the multi-CSC, but those didn't work. I also tried flashing my carrier's CSC (though I used Home_CSC so my data wasn't deleted), even though I knew it would likely be fruitless because of the multi-CSC... and it was.
I'm really puzzled because I just want to change over to my carrier, and since the store won't let me exchange it, I'm not sure what to do. I saw a recommendation to ask Samsung. Maybe they could help. I don't know. I just want a solution for this too.
TankedThomas said:
I'm curious about this myself. The store I got mine from sold me the wrong version (which I didn't know until I opened it since there was no way for me to tell on the outside, so they won't let me return it), and I really hate the boot screen from a carrier that isn't mine. More importantly, I can't use tethering, which I assume is because of the CSC, though despite my SIM card, the CSC is still set to the original carrier.
I read something about a different carrier's SIM card switching the CSC upon reboot, or using a USSD code to choose which carrier you're on for the multi-CSC, but those didn't work. I also tried flashing my carrier's CSC (though I used Home_CSC so my data wasn't deleted), even though I knew it would likely be fruitless because of the multi-CSC... and it was.
I'm really puzzled because I just want to change over to my carrier, and since the store won't let me exchange it, I'm not sure what to do. I saw a recommendation to ask Samsung. Maybe they could help. I don't know. I just want a solution for this too.
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I'm on the same boat. Wondering if you've figured out a way. ?
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I've changed the CSC on my S7 without needing to root the device. I think the process should be the same for the Note 9, though I'm not really familiar with multi-CSC. You'll need a Windows computer.
Get the firmware with the CSC you want from SamMobile or Updato (TEL, XSA etc.)
Get the latest ODIN version from XDA
Unzip your firmware so you've got the various files (AP, BL, CSC etc.)
Put the phone into download mode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkdEcMGFvzY) Don't worry if it takes a couple of tries
Start ODIN and make sure the phone is connected and appearing in ODIN
Add the various firmware files to the corresponding boxes in ODIN. When you come to the CSC one, add that file that starts CSC. NOT the HOME_CSC one.
Run the flash in ODIN
Wait for the flash to complete and the phone to reboot. Both the flash and the reboot will take several minutes, go get yourself a coffee.
Process now complete, you can delete the firmware files from your PC.
This worked on my S7 and the phone was able to take an OTA afterwards.
A couple of notes though.
I have not tried this on a Note 9, but I believe the process should be the same.
This will wipe your phone, so backup first.
You must flash a firmware from the same model. You cannot flash a N960F firmware onto a N9600. They have different hardware.
While you'll only need to do this process once, think carefully about if you need to and what you'll get out of it (Samsung Pay, VoLTE, RCS). If these are features you don't use it's probably not worth the hassle.
Done correctly this won't trip Knox as you're using Samsung signed firmware.
If you give this a go, report back with your experiences.
Thanks but that won't work on the Note 9 now that Samsung has started using a "multi" CSC. I tried lots of methods including the one you have posted. The only method that works on Samsung phones using the multi CSC is this one:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...de-how-to-change-s9-s9-csc-model-csc-t3870836
I used this method on my Note 9 yesterday and it worked. Finally after 2 months I've been able to change the CSC.
I think that they started using the multi CSC from the S8 forward.
Dang. Looks like I have some reading to do to get my head around these multi CSC devices.
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Dang. Looks like I have some reading to do to get my head around these multi CSC devices.
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It's a heavy handed approach by Samsung. I even tried to get an authorised Samsung service center to do it for me. I was willing to pay them. They told me that Samsung won't allow them to change the CSC. So if you want to switch service providers, in my case from Optus to Telstra, you can't change the CSC. Without the correct CSC VoLTE and VoWifi won't work.
Thankfully I found the method that I've linked and it works.
appro77 said:
Thankfully I found the method that I've linked and it works.
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When you followed that method, did you need to do the first step? I'm not sure what he means there but I think he's saying to flash the multi CSC with ODIN first.
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When you followed that method, did you need to do the first step? I'm not sure what he means there but I think he's saying to flash the multi CSC with ODIN first.
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The first step is referring to the "Combination Rom". It's a special rom that is used by engineers ( I suppose) to do high level work on the phone. It's not a normal rom. You can't install apps on it etc. It opens to a screen with lots of settings that you don't have to touch. Once the Combination Rom file is flashed with Odin, the phone will reboot into the rom.
Then you do the steps using RealTerm, and then you flash the rom for your phone after rebooting into download mode again and use Odin.
Obviously the CSC file of the rom you flash must contain the CSC that you have nominated when you change the CSC using Realterm in the previous step.
Ah ok, thanks for the info.
mrnovanova said:
I'm on the same boat. Wondering if you've figured out a way.
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Short of rooting or getting it exchanged, not yet. Samsung has been telling me for a month that they'll get it sorted for me but their customer service sucks assssssss.
More info below, if you're interested.
Sea-Wolf said:
I've changed the CSC on my S7 without needing to root the device. I think the process should be the same for the Note 9, though I'm not really familiar with multi-CSC. You'll need a Windows computer.
Get the firmware with the CSC you want from SamMobile or Updato (TEL, XSA etc.)
Get the latest ODIN version from XDA
Unzip your firmware so you've got the various files (AP, BL, CSC etc.)
Put the phone into download mode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkdEcMGFvzY) Don't worry if it takes a couple of tries
Start ODIN and make sure the phone is connected and appearing in ODIN
Add the various firmware files to the corresponding boxes in ODIN. When you come to the CSC one, add that file that starts CSC. NOT the HOME_CSC one.
Run the flash in ODIN
Wait for the flash to complete and the phone to reboot. Both the flash and the reboot will take several minutes, go get yourself a coffee.
Process now complete, you can delete the firmware files from your PC.
This worked on my S7 and the phone was able to take an OTA afterwards.
A couple of notes though.
I have not tried this on a Note 9, but I believe the process should be the same.
This will wipe your phone, so backup first.
You must flash a firmware from the same model. You cannot flash a N960F firmware onto a N9600. They have different hardware.
While you'll only need to do this process once, think carefully about if you need to and what you'll get out of it (Samsung Pay, VoLTE, RCS). If these are features you don't use it's probably not worth the hassle.
Done correctly this won't trip Knox as you're using Samsung signed firmware.
If you give this a go, report back with your experiences.
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That doesn't work, unfortunately. I've changed the CSC on an S7 with no issue, but the Note 9 is a whole other beast. No matter how many times you do a complete flash and deep format/NAND erase etc., it won't work. Not really sure how or why. What's annoying is that it seems the N960F models (or, at least, some of them) won't switch CSCs depending on the installed SIM card. If they did, I wouldn't have an issue.
I will add that you definitely need Windows though. Odin on Mac just never seems to work for me. Odin in Windows via Parallels works okay (i.e. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but it should work more often than not - if it doesn't, set it up via BootCamp first and then it should run fine in Parallels).
appro77 said:
Thanks but that won't work on the Note 9 now that Samsung has started using a "multi" CSC. I tried lots of methods including the one you have posted. The only method that works on Samsung phones using the multi CSC is this one:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...de-how-to-change-s9-s9-csc-model-csc-t3870836
I used this method on my Note 9 yesterday and it worked. Finally after 2 months I've been able to change the CSC.
I think that they started using the multi CSC from the S8 forward.
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I believe it got more egregious with the S9 and Note 9 though, but I could be wrong. Thanks for the link though, I'm going to give it a try tonight. Here's hoping...
appro77 said:
It's a heavy handed approach by Samsung. I even tried to get an authorised Samsung service center to do it for me. I was willing to pay them. They told me that Samsung won't allow them to change the CSC. So if you want to switch service providers, in my case from Optus to Telstra, you can't change the CSC. Without the correct CSC VoLTE and VoWifi won't work.
Thankfully I found the method that I've linked and it works.
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Yeah, I can't stand it personally.
As I mentioned earlier, Samsung actually said they'll sort it out for me and replace it, but that's because the retailer I bought it from misled me and sold me the wrong version of the Note 9 (different carrier to what I asked for; they said they were all the same, and I had my father pick it up for me because I was busy so I didn't have the chance to tell them how wrong that is unless it's carrier-unbranded, which wasn't what they were advertising anyway).
I suppose you could always try weaving a tall tale or exaggerating the issue to get Samsung to cooperate with you. It's worth a shot. Just be aware that they're slow as balls to do anything.
I talked to them on their live chat about a month ago and went through a whole process which amounted to nothing, then emailed them about it and they said they would sort it out and they escalated it... and now a month later, I got back on their live chat (Wednesday this week, in fact), and they apologised for not getting it sorted sooner and that they'd sort it out that day and email me back etc. It's Friday night here and still nothing so I'll get in touch with them again if I haven't heard from them by Wednesday next week (and if the above method doesn't work for me).
appro77 said:
The first step is referring to the "Combination Rom". It's a special rom that is used by engineers ( I suppose) to do high level work on the phone. It's not a normal rom. You can't install apps on it etc. It opens to a screen with lots of settings that you don't have to touch. Once the Combination Rom file is flashed with Odin, the phone will reboot into the rom.
Then you do the steps using RealTerm, and then you flash the rom for your phone after rebooting into download mode again and use Odin.
Obviously the CSC file of the rom you flash must contain the CSC that you have nominated when you change the CSC using Realterm in the previous step.
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The issue with this is getting a combination file compatible with your boot loader. The free ones that are available without paying dodgy Chinese websites didn't work for me (I got ONE of them to run but it wasn't happy about it, and it still wouldn't work, but I could try that process you mentioned with it and see for sure). And as for getting the right combination file even if you're willing to pay for it (which I'd be okay with since the price is low, but I'm not sure if I trust those sites enough to go ahead with it), figuring out which version one needs is a bit confusing, especially for an Android novice like myself.
TankedThomas said:
Short of rooting or getting it exchanged, not yet. Samsung has been telling me for a month that they'll get it sorted for me but their customer service sucks assssssss.
More info below, if you're interested.
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Oh. Thanks for replying. I was able to change. My CSC using the *#272 trick without issues. Worked like a charm. ?
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mrnovanova said:
Oh. Thanks for replying. I was able to change. My CSC using the *#272 trick without issues. Worked like a charm.
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Really? On a N960F? Were you running the latest update? That's never worked for me. Just tells me the USSD code is invalid...
And unfortunately, so far, the other method doesn't work for me either: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78425738&postcount=38
If only I could get my phone to connected properly to RealTerm, it should work fine... but it won't connect. Dammit...
EDIT: Seems the solution is to keep retrying (and restarting) your PC and phone until it works. Or something like that. I posted an update in the aforementioned thread, and now it works for me. Now I have XNZ/XNZ/TNZ (not super-happy about it remembering it was originally TNZ but it's not like I can change that without getting an entirely new device, or rooting it, anyway, and it doesn't affect anything negatively). The USSD code solution still doesn't work for me though, so there's that.