Flashing other region's firmware - Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've been out of the loop for a while now. The last Samsung phone I had was the Note 2.
I have the SM-N9200 variant of the phone. Is it possible to flash a firmware from SM-N9208 or SM-N920I, etc.?

I'm pretty sure you can flash any i firmwares on i variants and same with the others but not on mismatching models. Modems won't work.
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ekjl said:
I've been out of the loop for a while now. The last Samsung phone I had was the Note 2.
I have the SM-N9200 variant of the phone. Is it possible to flash a firmware from SM-N9208 or SM-N920I, etc.?
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No

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Do I have T-Mobile Branding ?!

Hey guys,
I am a bit confused about all that branding stuff. I live in Germany and I got my phone from "Telekom" with branding.
Is Telekom = T-Mobile Branding ? And yes I get this ·T··· Logo on Bootup.
Also if it's T-Mobile Branding is there anything specific I have to look at ? Because I want to root and unlock my phone and remove the branding.
Also I want the posssibility to switch to a custom ROM. I saw there are two sections for Galaxy S6, one normal and the other one t-mobile.
Can I also just use the ROMs and rooting methods from the the normal section or do I need to stay in the T-Mobile section ? I am really confused with
all this branding **** and the differences between the devices.
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S6 (Bought from Telekom with Branding in Germany)
Modelnumber: SM-G920F
Android-Version: 5.1.1
Even though your device may be T-Mobile, your section is actually the normal S6 section, this is for T-Mobile USA branded devices G920T
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serio22 said:
Even though your device may be T-Mobile, your section is actually the normal S6 section, this is for T-Mobile USA branded devices G920T
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thank you vor clarifying this out. Anyways so I will be possible to just flash a rom with odin and everything is ok or do I need to root and unlock first before flashing anything via odin, like AOSP roms ?!
tr0teK said:
thank you vor clarifying this out. Anyways so I will be possible to just flash a rom with odin and everything is ok or do I need to root and unlock first before flashing anything via odin, like AOSP roms ?!
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You can't flash Roms with Odin, you need a custom recovery. You can flash firmware, kernel, modems or recovery with Odin. There are no aosp roms for the S6, they will all be based off samsung firmware
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serio22 said:
You can't flash Roms with Odin, you need a custom recovery. You can flash firmware, kernel, modems or recovery with Odin. There are no aosp roms for the S6, they will all be based off samsung firmware
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Wait ONLY TouchWiz roms are available for Samsung Galaxy S6 ?! why ?
Another thing. If I want to flash recovery on my branded phone, do I just flash a recovery or do I need to root and unlock first ?!
Also what happens with the branding and the simlock ?!
Yes only TouchWiz. Has to do with some Samsung sources being closed for their chips I believe.
Depending on what firmware, all you have to do is go into developer options, turn on OEM Unlocking, after that you can flash custom recovery.
Branding will stay the same unless you flash another rom.
Sim lock will stay the same. So if it's locked to T-Mobile it'll stay locked
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serio22 said:
Yes only TouchWiz. Has to do with some Samsung sources being closed for their chips I believe.
Depending on what firmware, all you have to do is go into developer options, turn on OEM Unlocking, after that you can flash custom recovery.
Branding will stay the same unless you flash another rom.
Sim lock will stay the same. So if it's locked to T-Mobile it'll stay locked
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I heard it would be possible to unlock Samsung Galaxy S6 and remove the branding. Also I couldn't find any OEM Unlocking in the developers options ?!
tr0teK said:
I heard it would be possible to unlock Samsung Galaxy S6 and remove the branding. Also I couldn't find any OEM Unlocking in the developers options ?!
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It will not unlock by just flashing a debranded rom, you need another method. If you couldn't find that option in developer options then you have an older firmware and the option is not needed. I recommend you search your section for more info. There is a lot of things to learn about this device
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That happened to me... I could not find the option "OEM Unlocking"
It was changed places.
Now it is in "Lock screen and segurity" -> "Unknown sources"
I do not know if it is really equivalent, but must be active if you want to install software from the same phone or sdcard.

Can a N920SK (SK-Telecom, S Korea) be flashed with N920C (International) FW?

I've been looking high and low for an answer to this question before posting this. I bought a 64gb N920S Note 5 version because it handles both the 800mhz and 1800mhz LTE bands that my UK carrier Three uses. I'd love to get rid of the SK-Telecom ROM customisations though. I understand that the N920C also covers these 2 LTE bands so would I be able to use my N920SK Note 5 on the Three network running N920C FW??
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Earthworm said:
I've been looking high and low for an answer to this question before posting this. I bought a 64gb N920S Note 5 version because it handles both the 800mhz and 1800mhz LTE bands that my UK carrier Three uses. I'd love to get rid of the SK-Telecom ROM customisations though. I understand that the N920C also covers these 2 LTE bands so would I be able to use my N920SK Note 5 on the Three network running N920C FW??
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Definitely NOT the kernel
Thanks for the reply. I did try flashing the latest N920C stock FW (Turkey) via odin but it failed immediately. Is this due to the kernel then? Do I therefore need to flash a custom recovery then USE that to flash a different kernel before attempting to flash the N920C fw again?
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Would flashing TWRP recovery using this to flash arter97 kernal alllow me to then flash Turkey N920CXXU2AOK6O onto my N920S?
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Really wanting to get the stock international N920C onto my Note 5
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Anyone?
Just bumping this.
Does anyone know a way that I can flash my N920S with N920C stock firmware but NOT the N920C Kernal ?
I'm guessing the Odin flash is failing because the 920C Kernal is incompatible with the N920S?

Other MM Firmware?

I have the Note 5 running on Firmware N920CXXU2BPE4 which I see comes from Russsia!! I understand that the Note 5 SM-N920C is a variant of the International version and was therefore wondering if I could flash other MM firmwares such as the Australian one N920IDVU2BPE3?
Thanks
schrodinger56 said:
I have the Note 5 running on Firmware N920CXXU2BPE4 which I see comes from Russsia!! I understand that the Note 5 SM-N920C is a variant of the International version and was therefore wondering if I could flash other MM firmwares such as the Australian one N920IDVU2BPE3?
Thanks
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Yes, you can flash any international firmware like N920I, N920G
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schrodinger56 said:
I have the Note 5 running on Firmware N920CXXU2BPE4 which I see comes from Russsia!! I understand that the Note 5 SM-N920C is a variant of the International version and was therefore wondering if I could flash other MM firmwares such as the Australian one N920IDVU2BPE3?
Thanks
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You can't Odin flash firmwares for other models. You can use their custom roms but not their Odin firmware.
Does that mean I can't flash firmware for the N920i and only flash firmware meant for the N920C?
Thanks
schrodinger56 said:
Does that mean I can't flash firmware for the N920i and only flash firmware meant for the N920C?
Thanks
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Yes, that's correct.
Plenty of roms' support the 920I variant. It's probably the 2-3rd most popular variant next to C, T.

Flashing firmware on USA unlocked device with a twist.

Can I flash the T-Mobile firmware on my unlocked note 9 snapdragon? I believe I can. The reason I'm saying this is because I had a note 8 on T-Mobile working well on Sprint before. It was originally a t mobile device that I had unlocked. when putting in the Sprint sim card the device auto configured itself. Will the same thing happen if I flash the T-Mobile rom and use my sprint sim?
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Possibly. The note 8 and 9 are similar in that it is really only 1 US model and just the firmware changes. Basically with a US snapdragon you can flash any official firmware from a carrier and it should work fine, the only difference being something unique to the note 8 tmo rom that did something special when you put it on sprint. Also , because this way of flashing really isn't rooting or anything, you would have nothing to lose and could always flash back.
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Would like to know if anyone with the U1 device flashed to a carrier specific firmware and got their other features back like RCS and video calling functionality?
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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 sm-n910w8

Is this model able to be rooted and use custom roms?
Is this the Canadian Variant?
Redrainz said:
Is this model able to be rooted and use custom roms?
Is this the Canadian Variant?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/root-sm-n910w8-canada-6-01-problems-t3570559

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