I bought a used note 3, when I look up the imei it come back a n9005, the device came with n900tuvufob6 on it, and under the battery the label states it's a n900a. I'm running darklord n5 on it now but would like to flash to a different rom and had one heck of a time with it. Would like to know what I really got for future flashing to be safe without running into bootloops etc. Thanks
Hello,
If your device has N900A behind the battery then the device SHOULD be a N900A, BUT, it could be that it was flashed with another model than N900A, it could be N900A with the other model IMEI(device may have been cloned to repair bad IMEI), could be N900A rear casing with the other model hardware in it. If it ends up being N900A with something altered then if you want to put it back to the original N900A just flash the N900A stock firmware via Odin and it will make it the true N900A again but that isn't necessary and won't cause you any issues if you don't change it back as long as it is working fine with what it has right now.
These are just possibilities to investigate. To assist you further with narrowing down what you actually have, your thread will be moved to your device Q&A forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att/help
The experts there may be able to help. Good luck.
What model # is shown in download mode?
N900t
In download mode it says it's a n900t, I was wondering if you could recommend a good rom that is fast, 4g lte, on lollipop, with everything working, all and a kernel for my device that can be over clocked... could you also give me the links as well
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Hi,
As some of you may know, Lollipop has came out on what is the closest thing to a T-Mobile phone, the W8 has started getting that update.
There is a thread that exists on how you can port the W8 to your T-Mo and run Lollipop right now.
I'm in a bit of a different situation. I have a W8 phone but on Rogers, which is the only carrier in Canada that has been left out because they are not releasing 5.0.1 but are holding out for 5.0.2. I'm getting the S6 edge this week and dont want to wait until Rogers move their butt. I wanted to know, does anybody know how i can remove just the CSC files from the stock rom and be able to flash on my Rogers phone? The post quoted above shows how to do it but it also adds a few steps to port on T-Mo phone, does anybody know what steps i have to disregard?
FYI for anybody in my situation, i found a stock rom in Note 4 International section that does what I wanted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/trltecan-n910w8-aoa1-stock-rooted-t3025538
Thread can be closed
Hi everyone,
So I recently bought a softbricked note 4, that would hang on the at&t boot animation. As I was trying to solve this, I noticed the model number behind the battery and on the back cover was n910t, so I thought it to be the tmobile variant...
However, all I ended up doing was deleting /data and it booted into setup, working perfectly. When I go into about this device, it shows n910a as the model number. When I plug it into smart switch, it shows as n910t, with n910a showing as the model number below it.
I would like to install root and custom recovery, but attempts to flash in Odin do fail, so am I safe to assume that this is for sure the at&t variant with a locked bootloader? What gives with the mismatched model numbers? Does anyone else have something like this?
Thanks so much
cdnp44 said:
Hi everyone,
So I recently bought a softbricked note 4, that would hang on the at&t boot animation. As I was trying to solve this, I noticed the model number behind the battery and on the back cover was n910t, so I thought it to be the tmobile variant...
However, all I ended up doing was deleting /data and it booted into setup, working perfectly. When I go into about this device, it shows n910a as the model number. When I plug it into smart switch, it shows as n910t, with n910a showing as the model number below it.
I would like to install root and custom recovery, but attempts to flash in Odin do fail, so am I safe to assume that this is for sure the at&t variant with a locked bootloader? What gives with the mismatched model numbers? Does anyone else have something like this?
Thanks so much
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What the model number shows in odin download mode N910A or N910T ? If it shows SM-N910A then it's AT&T note 4 and its not rootable.
In download mode model number is the correct original motherboard model.
ignore the sticker behind battery and smart switch it could be refurbished with fake software.
Unfortunately for me, it does show N910A in download mode, despite what the sticker and back of the phone say, so every attempt I've made to flash in Odin failed, except for updating from 5.1.1 to 6.0.1. I really appreciate your help - I thought originally that perhaps it was in the boot loop because someone tried to flash an at&t rom onto a t-mobile variant. Anyway, glad to have that sorted! Thanks so much
cdnp44 said:
Unfortunately for me, it does show N910A in download mode, despite what the sticker and back of the phone say, so every attempt I've made to flash in Odin failed, except for updating from 5.1.1 to 6.0.1. I really appreciate your help - I thought originally that perhaps it was in the boot loop because someone tried to flash an at&t rom onto a t-mobile variant. Anyway, glad to have that sorted! Thanks so much
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go to dial pad and *#06# match that imei with the sticker, looks like someone switched the sticker then take that imei to swappa imei to check it will tell which model that imei belongs
Hello, friendly internet ghosts!
Yesterday I've bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 (in the system it says GT-i9515 but on the box GT-i9505)
The seller said he bricked the device at a shop to lineage 15.1 and after that, he had a no sim card error and that is the reason why he sold it.
I bought the phone thinking that if I would unbrick it back to original stock ROM (Netherlands PHN) it would work again, but NO! damn phone! Tried all different version (AP only) and .pit, ap, csc, etc. type of files with no luck.
It has been 10 hours non stop troubleshooting any way I could find, also hardware wise in order to make the sim card work but just no luck.
Any help is welcome, I've read some things about loading files in it, or rooting it or whatever but that know-how is just above my lollipop :silly:
At this moment I've put the following ROM on it -> I9515XXU1BOC3_I9515OXA1BOC3_I9515XXU1BOC3_HOME.tar.md5
Now i am downloading this one from sammobile -> I9515XXU1BOJ3 and CSC I9515YHN1BOI1. The operating system of this firmware is Android 5.0.1
smimpi said:
Hello, friendly internet ghosts!
Yesterday I've bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 (in the system it says GT-i9515 but on the box GT-i9505)
The seller said he bricked the device at a shop to lineage 15.1 and after that, he had a no sim card error and that is the reason why he sold it.
I bought the phone thinking that if I would unbrick it back to original stock ROM (Netherlands PHN) it would work again, but NO! damn phone! Tried all different version (AP only) and .pit, ap, csc, etc. type of files with no luck.
It has been 10 hours non stop troubleshooting any way I could find, also hardware wise in order to make the sim card work but just no luck.
Any help is welcome, I've read some things about loading files in it, or rooting it or whatever but that know-how is just above my lollipop :silly:
At this moment I've put the following ROM on it -> I9515XXU1BOC3_I9515OXA1BOC3_I9515XXU1BOC3_HOME.tar.md5
Now i am downloading this one from sammobile -> I9515XXU1BOJ3 and CSC I9515YHN1BOI1. The operating system of this firmware is Android 5.0.1
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You're in the wrong forum, this is the forum for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active (GT-i9295). You want the forum for the regular Samsung Galaxy S4 (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4). Good luck.
Hi all,
I'm coming into a such weird situation and I'll try to mention all the aspects.
I bought my note 9 a week ago from an online store (noon.com in UAE).
Seems like the phone is korean variant. Here's what is weird:
1- Model no. : SM-N960FD
2- model no. In the software (settings): SM-N960F/DS
3- phone's back at the very bottom (small text) reads: *N950F*
4- the phone was sealed and had samsung sticker which states it has never been opened before.
5- I came to realize that the spen has no bluetooth as there has been connectivity issue forever.
6- as i opened the hotspot, the device name is "DrKetanRom_5e10" which is a custom rom i believe.
7- I can't fine phone update section in settings.
8- The device is rooted when using root checker app.
9- phone status is custom.
10- SE for android status mentions DrKetan as well.
11- the camera lens has variable aperture which proves it's a note 9
12- knox status is 0x0!.
I am very confused! The phone seems totally new and is scratchless all around. I don't know if maybe Korean or chinese version phone comes with no android basic stuff as other shipped phones so Samsung re-installed the software or somethinhg?
If any body can help, that would be highly appreciated!!
Thanks.
Anyone?
ahmedshazly23 said:
Anyone?
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If you go to bootloader mode you will see that it is n960n, not n960f.
I think these are SKTelecom phones from Korea.
they are original phones but have been refurbished or I don't know the exact term but they are repurposed to be sold like n960f - ds phones.
I also have a similar phone but I got all things intact no issues, I am actually running Dr. Ketan Q rom.
Only My Download mode shows some Korean stuff and I'm used to it from my note 4 days. I had an n910s
Just put your IMEI number on https://www.imei.info/ and it will show your phone details.
I also believe there are certain apps on play store that gives out device info.
All the best, since its already rooted just, go nuts with a badass custom ROM already.
Samsung Phone Information app from playstore has a refurbishment check. And yes it has been rooted with custom rom.
Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk
@vishnu vijay
You are definitely correct, the model number in bootloader mode shows n960n! And download mode shows "download mode" in korean.
So can i just flash the stock rom of sm-n960f/ds and recieve the android Q whenever sasung releases it for the note 9? Or I'm already stuck now?
Also i coming from a note 3, so i have no ideas what are some popular roms for the note 9, also I don't want to loose spen functionality, so can you recommend a rom to install that is stable and saves battery?
Thanks alot for your help!
ahmedshazly23 said:
@vishnu vijay
You are definitely correct, the model number in bootloader mode shows n960n! And download mode shows "download mode" in korean.
So can i just flash the stock rom of sm-n960f/ds and recieve the android Q whenever sasung releases it for the note 9? Or I'm already stuck now?
Also i coming from a note 3, so i have no ideas what are some popular roms for the note 9, also I don't want to loose spen functionality, so can you recommend a rom to install that is stable and saves battery?
Thanks alot for your help!
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I would recommend that you install the N960N OS back onto it. As the N960N is a single SIM device. I don't know what will happen if you install a the dual SIM variant's OS onto it.
iceepyon said:
I would recommend that you install the N960N OS back onto it. As the N960N is a single SIM device. I don't know what will happen if you install a the dual SIM variant's OS onto it.
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SM-N960F firmware is the same used for SM-N960F/DS. He should flash the Original firmware meant for the phone. SM-N960N.
Also, if his IMEI that pops up when dialing *#06# matches what is on the back of the phone, then he can flash the SM-N960F firmware.
Actually my phone is dual sim, and sm-n960n is a dual sim firmware.
IMEI is consistent in everywhere, with the box, with the back of the phone, when checking it on the internet.
I know that samsung will not support the note 9 after android Q upgrade, so shall i install a custom rom instead? If yes which one shall i install?
Is there a need - as of now- to install a custom rom, or the stock rom is fine (battery and performance wise)?
Or shall i go for stock android experience (project treble) to enjoy maximum performance?
What do you think?
Sorry for annoyance !
if you dont want it i might trade u for a brand new tmobile branded note 9. but u probably dont want it. (long shot)
im currently looking into what i can do with it if anyone knows feel free im also utilizing att but phone is tmo with device lock app untouched as of right now. . (needing leads)
jus wanted to get in on this thread so i can follow progress
It is probably a real phone but with the software modified.
Just flash the boot loader for n960n from Odin and the Twrp recovery then flash any rom that supports n960n ds or f rom. It works. I've tried ambasadi rom, the galaxy project and dr ketan. All worked for me. Just backup using TWRP and read all dev recommended steps before you flash anything. Or if you prefer stock there was a particular thread I think. All the best.
m.i.a.187 said:
if you dont want it i might trade u for a brand new tmobile branded note 9. but u probably dont want it. (long shot)
im currently looking into what i can do with it if anyone knows feel free im also utilizing att but phone is tmo with device lock app untouched as of right now. . (needing leads)
jus wanted to get in on this thread so i can follow progress
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you looking to part with it?
ahmedshazly23 said:
Hi all,
I'm coming into a such weird situation and I'll try to mention all the aspects.
I bought my note 9 a week ago from an online store (noon.com in UAE).
Seems like the phone is korean variant. Here's what is weird:
1- Model no. : SM-N960FD
2- model no. In the software (settings): SM-N960F/DS
3- phone's back at the very bottom (small text) reads: *N950F*
4- the phone was sealed and had samsung sticker which states it has never been opened before.
5- I came to realize that the spen has no bluetooth as there has been connectivity issue forever.
6- as i opened the hotspot, the device name is "DrKetanRom_5e10" which is a custom rom i believe.
7- I can't fine phone update section in settings.
8- The device is rooted when using root checker app.
9- phone status is custom.
10- SE for android status mentions DrKetan as well.
11- the camera lens has variable aperture which proves it's a note 9
12- knox status is 0x0!.
I am very confused! The phone seems totally new and is scratchless all around. I don't know if maybe Korean or chinese version phone comes with no android basic stuff as other shipped phones so Samsung re-installed the software or somethinhg?
If any body can help, that would be highly appreciated!!
Thanks.
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Is it support arabic language
please tell if it has arabic language and how can u solve spen blutooth proplem because i bought new one like u from noon uae
I received a free Samsung S6 Edge from some friends. The phone had a busted battery which I fixed. The phone is still on the original 5.1.1 that the phone was released with.
When I try to do updates it says DM initialization not ready. Check network or SIM card. When I received the phone I was told it doesn't work with cell service. I checked to make sure and it definitely doesn't. There are no options for cell service in settings or the drop-down menu. This phone is missing IMEI numbers, IMEISV numbers, and baseband versions too. The only way I found out the IMEI number was it was printed on the back of the phone.
I am fairly certain the problems are software-based and not the motherboard but I don't know enough about phones to be sure. Do you guys know? I also want to remove AT&T from the phone to install a custom ROM on the device. (There is no OEM unlock in the developer options) Can I flash SM-925F firmware on the device to make it factory unlocked or will this brick the device? Will flashing the original SM-925A firmware fix the problems with the device? Please let me know if you need any more information to answer my question.
I found this: //G925A\\ Nougat 7.0.1 Latest Stock ATT Odin files G925AUCS7ERC1 | XDA Developers Forums (xda-developers.com) Should I flash this on my device? Will it fix any of the problems I had on it?
Can I flash the SM-925F firmware? Is the hardware of the factory unlocked phone and AT&T versions the same or will it brick this phone if I flash it?
Since the phone is AT&T you'll have to go through AT&T for the unlock codes before you can flash anything other than an AT&T ROM. To my knowledge there are no custom ROMS for the S6 Edge, but I could be mistaken.
skeltonh said:
Since the phone is AT&T you'll have to go through AT&T for the unlock codes before you can flash anything other than an AT&T ROM. To my knowledge there are no custom ROMS for the S6 Edge, but I could be mistaken.
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I know this phone is old news however, I actually have the S6 and S7 edge lying around and so i got bored lol...here is my dilemma; Evidently the phone (S6 Edge G925A) had an abnormal factory reset, which is a load of BS, and now I can not get that security detail, which you know calling Samsung always ends to NO AVAIL!! I have flashed with Odin the firmware that my device is on the ERC1 firmware and still I get stuck @abnormal reset. I've searched numerous sites, different forums and still to no avail. Something told me inside that you was the man to drop a line to, any leads or info will be more than appreciated brother...Thanks for your time....
PSSS....
I got my unlock code from AT&T some time ago but the code is 16 digits long and code only takes 8 digits, and of course to hear AT&T tell it, " I simply must not putting the code in correctly"...lmao