I recently purchased a Galaxy S6 from a third party seller on Amazon. After the phone had been delivered, my preferred carrier informed me that not only was a specific model(SM-G920T) required, but it also had to be one of these build numbers.
MMB29K.G920TUEU3DPD6, MMB29K.G920TUES4DPF1, MMB29K.G920TUES4DPH2, MMB29K.G920TUEU4DPG2
I contacted the seller and they do not have one of these builds in stock.
My build is the MMB29K.G920TUVU3EPD1
As far as I know the differences between my phone and the ones accepted is only relative to software. Is there a way that i can install a rom that would reflect one of the accepted builds or that I could somehow trick the carrier into thinking that it is the correct version. I know next to nothing so please if you can make the answers as simple as possible.
My phone is running Android 6.0.1
It is the T-Mobile variant.
I am attempting to get it to work on Republic Wireless.
Thank you so much for any help you can offer!
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Bought a EK-GC110 off Amazon. Stated as "New, not refurbished" but price was more along the lines of a used / refurbished, so I was OK if it arrived refurbished (it did). However, it's a UAE "model".
Any caveats before I get too attached to it? Obviously there's no warranty regardless, but I don't want a month later to find out some feature won't work because it's a UAE model and I'm in the USA (not even sure what would be a problem, but...)
Thanks
wifi version has identical hardware worldwide.
even if someday you find a feature that doesn't work you could just flash the official rom for the US version, but I think the software is the same everywhere too.
thedicemaster said:
wifi version has identical hardware worldwide.
even if someday you find a feature that doesn't work you could just flash the official rom for the US version, but I think the software is the same everywhere too.
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Hey thanks for the reply. So nothing you can think of that may be 'different' - If I recall there's a few extra wifi channels that the rest of the world has that the USA doesn't - that's fine obviously, I just want to make sure there's not say frequencies this UAE version wouldn't have that the US would. Or some encryption or - I don't even know what else but if it's the same, no problem.
Thanks
I have the same camera.
Im looking to restore it back to factory after root but am not sure what firmware to use. Also, it seems i would benefit from using another regions firmware based on what you said. Is that correct?
I should have my Nexus 6 from Amazon tomorrow evening. From what I can tell, what Amazon is selling is the generic US version that works on all US carriers.
I wasn't planning on buying a new phone, but my Note 2 took a dive off the table a week ago and landed on the tile floor, shattering the glass. The six inch screen, on the Nexus 6, coupled with the huge sale on Amazon made my decision for me I'll probably try to replace the glass on the note 2 later, so I can sell it. I never used the S-Pen. I bought the phone for the large screen.
I have read quite a bit on the forum, but haven't seen answers to my questions. It is possible that I missed something.
I am a bit confused about the listing of 5.1.1 ROMs on the Google site. They list a ROM that doesn't say who it is for, a ROM specifically for T-Mobile and a ROM for everyone but T-Mobile.
My carrier is T-Mobile. What exactly is the difference between the T-Mobile ROM and the others? If is is only WiFi calling, then I don't care, as I don't use it. If there is more to it, please elaborate.
When I get the phone, I'll note which ROM it has, then let it do an OTA update over WiFi to see what ROM it updates to. Once I put a T-Mobile SIM in the phone, will future OTA updates be the T-Mobile only version or the generic version?
Thanks.
Every rom works on this phone - but only SOME support WiFi calling (T-Mobile specific)
They should explicitly say whether they do or don't support WiFi calling (most don't)
If you don't care for this, use whatever you want. It will work just fine. You can use whatever rom you please.
Once it's using T-Mobile service you'll get only T-Mobile specific updates. If you're rooted or on a rom, OTAs won't happen - so don't expect that.
Just to follow up, the original Android version that was on my phone was 5.0, Build LNX07M. The following four OTA updates were applied via WiFi (no SIM yet).
5.01 Build LRX22C
5.1 Build LMY47D
5.1.1 Build LMY47Z
5.1.1 Build LMY48I
What I find curious is that the last update wasn't LMY48M, which seems to be the latest. Does anyone know what the difference between 48I and 48M is?
I really like this Nexus 6 so far. Although it is taller and wider than my Galaxy Note 2, it is much thinner and lighter. I love the extra 1/2 inch of screen and the higher resolution.
Tomorrow, I go to T-Mobile and swap my micro-SIM for a nano-SIM.
Thanks.
Hello I was hoping someone might help me with little information. I am fairly new to Android devices as I come from a Apple Background. I purchased a TAB S2 SM-T710 recently off ebay. Well I received it and realized its stuck at 5.0.1 and wont update, Thought a wipe and reset might get it to update but when I did that it came up as another language and keyboard. Apparently the CSC is for Taiwan and Honk Kong. Beyond this it seems to work alright. I am unsure what this means for the tablet and what I can do. Obviously it won't update at that CSC, but does will this also cause me issues with apps? I was hoping you nice knowledgeable folks could give me some info so I could figure out how to proceed. It seems from looking into it, A different CSC firmware can be flashed and Android can be updated to Marshmallow, but I can't seem to find which CSC would be US and how/if this will effect other things like apps.
So I am two choices, part of me is considering raising issue with the seller and returning it, the other part is considering trying to resolve the problem.
Any thoughts would be wonderful.
@edit found and installed US Rom, Thank you folks. Only question I have is are there any unknown effects running a US CSC Rom on a device that originated elsewhere?
Hello!
I've been interested in buying a Galaxy Note 9 for some time, but I'd like a Snapdragon version (from what I can tell by reviews and tests it's better than the Exynos in performance, heat and battery and I don't really want to install custom ROMs, so no problem about the locked bootloader). Today I happened to stumble across an offer on a retail website where a seller just 20 km away from me is offering a Galaxy Note 9 which he says is new and bought from Samsung store in the USA (so I'm assuming it's the N960U carrier unlocked USA version), but he's also stating that it needs to be region unlocked. I've been searching online and I don't really understand what that's all about. I know the first step in purchasing a phone from retail is asking for the IMEI, but what can I exactly do with it? Does it provide the phone's exact model? And what does region unlocking imply?
I'd be glad if anyone could help me with this situation, as it's quite a rare chance and I'd be extremely happy to buy it, but I firstly want to be sure I can use it.
Provided it's not CDMA, the GSM bands should be comaptible with my carrier (Orange), or so I think. Any information is much appreciated.
Thanks and have a great day!
Hi everyone,
I'm very new to this website but it seems like all the smart people are here and hopefully I can get some help!
I have a few questions regarding my S21 Ultra.
As you can see from my model number, I have the US variant of this phone. However, I now live in the UK and have an UK sim card, along with my US eSIM that I used before.
1. My software security patch/software was last updated in November, but this was the October 1st update. Is there any way that I can update to a more recent one? I've read forums saying I can flash(?) using odin(?) but to be honest I don't know how any of this works and don't want to ruin my phone.
2. My phone has been restarting by itself for a while now, sometimes multiple times in a day, sometimes it doesn't do it for a week. Do you think this might have to do with having a different SIM from a different country?
I'd appreciate any guidance and help that anyone can provide!
Thank you!
No.
Your phone not need a update, all continents version is the same.