Ok, I'm super new at this. I have a Samsung note 5 that was on Verizon but i have it on a prepaid service (Cricket which is essentially at&t). I am on operating system 5.1 I believe. I want the newest one. How can I go about doing that? Or can I even do it? I know Verizon is the one who sends your phone the update, but there has to be a way around it.
Mandy13180C said:
Ok, I'm super new at this. I have a Samsung note 5 that was on Verizon but i have it on a prepaid service (Cricket which is essentially at&t). I am on operating system 5.1 I believe. I want the newest one. How can I go about doing that? Or can I even do it? I know Verizon is the one who sends your phone the update, but there has to be a way around it.
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Download the firmware here https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N920V/
Then search on XDA how to flash a firmware.
On that note, I will close this thread.
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Hey guys,
I'm on ATT but im thinking of getting a TMO Note 4 and using it on ATT. I've done my research and the TMobile Note 4 has all the bands that ATT uses for normal LTE, however I haven't figured out if it supports ATT's Carrier Aggregation bands or even if the ATT model does. The one thing I haven't found is if I will get VoLTE and HD Voice when in an equipped market using the Tmobile Note 4 vs the ATT one. I know that its a standard but I'm curious if ATT blocks non ATT branded phones from accessing it.
Any first hand experience or someone who knows this stuff would be amazing.
Thanks everyone!
If you use the correct APN and activate the settings in the hidden menu then yes you should get VOLTE on your Note 4. I have it set up on mine, but VOLTE isn't active in to many places for AT&T yet. I've only seen it working one time and not in my home town.
If you search this firm there is a thread about activating it on your phone.
And if you look here--> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2172110
The first APN should let you use VOLTE on the phone.
The only place I have seen it work was at the train station in down town Chicago though. Even in the rest of the city is not turn on yet.
As for the agrigation, it won't be rolled out abridged soon. And won't increase you speed when it does roll out. I think they plan on having it in 20 city's by the end of 2016... so most places won't see it at all on this device.
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Awesome to hear thank you, now I just need to find a trustworthy person selling a new Note 4 and to sell my iPhone 6 Plus. What is it that needs to be done in the hidden menu?
One more question, I understand that I won't get updates with my ATT sim but if I put in a Tmobile pre paid sim can I download any updates then move back to my ATT sim? I want the TMobile one just because it's cheaper and I like root, I have no interest in putting any roms on it and i really don't want to update manually when lollipop is released.
snobrdr2324 said:
One more question, I understand that I won't get updates with my ATT sim but if I put in a Tmobile pre paid sim can I download any updates then move back to my ATT sim? I want the TMobile one just because it's cheaper and I like root, I have no interest in putting any roms on it and i really don't want to update manually when lollipop is released.
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No idea if the OTAs will work on a prepaid Sim. Of you have root you can flag the updates. The easiest way is with Odin. Is very simple, and IMO causes less issues than taking an OTA.
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ShrekOpher said:
No idea if the OTAs will work on a prepaid Sim. Of you have root you can flag the updates. The easiest way is with Odin. Is very simple, and IMO causes less issues than taking an OTA.
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Oh I totally forgot about odin, so when an update comes out from tmobile I can get the odin file and flash it through the program instead of taking an OTA without having to install a custom recovery? Where can I get the odin files, do I have to wait for someoneon here to release it or is there an official source?
snobrdr2324 said:
Oh I totally forgot about odin, so when an update comes out from tmobile I can get the odin file and flash it through the program instead of taking an OTA without having to install a custom recovery? Where can I get the odin files, do I have to wait for someoneon here to release it or is there an official source?
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Normally within a few hours of the release of the OTA you can get the files from here or from Samsung's page.
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ShrekOpher said:
Normally within a few hours of the release of the OTA you can get the files from here or from Samsung's page.
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Thanks for all the help, would you perhaps know the link to samsungs page, I wanted to check it out and bookmark it for future reference?
Hello People,
I have an att samsung galaxy note 4 that att unlocked for me and i am using it on t-mobile. Is there a way to flash the tmobile samsung galaxy note 4 software on the att version of the device?
yasirfaheem said:
Hello People,
I have an att samsung galaxy note 4 that att unlocked for me and i am using it on t-mobile. Is there a way to flash the tmobile samsung galaxy note 4 software on the att version of the device?
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most likely not, you have a locked bootloader
Any way to unlock the bootloader?
yasirfaheem said:
Any way to unlock the bootloader?
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no devices from ATT are basically big locks
I called tmobile and ask them if they could flash my unlocked att samsung galaxy note 4 to the tmobile software. They said that they could not and i have to call samsung. I called samsung and spoke to level 2 tech support. Level 2 told me that i can go to a bestbuy store and visit the samsung shop inside of bestbuy and they can reflash the software. I ask the level 2 person again that i did not want a reflash of att software but i wanted the att software fully removed and tmobile samsung note 4 software flashed. He said again that it could be done because the att and tmobile versions of the phone are same hardware wise only thing that is different is the software. I can not say for sure of this works because i have not gone to bestbuy yet to have it done. I wanted to see first what other people here thought about what i was told. Then i would go and get it reflashed.
yasirfaheem said:
I called tmobile and ask them if they could flash my unlocked att samsung galaxy note 4 to the tmobile software. They said that they could not and i have to call samsung. I called samsung and spoke to level 2 tech support. Level 2 told me that i can go to a bestbuy store and visit the samsung shop inside of bestbuy and they can reflash the software. I ask the level 2 person again that i did not want a reflash of att software but i wanted the att software fully removed and tmobile samsung note 4 software flashed. He said again that it could be done because the att and tmobile versions of the phone are same hardware wise only thing that is different is the software. I can not say for sure of this works because i have not gone to bestbuy yet to have it done. I wanted to see first what other people here thought about what i was told. Then i would go and get it reflashed.
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Doesn't work that way.
The only Note I ever seen that was crossed flash was the OG AT&T Note 1. There is a literal T-Mobile Rom for the AT&T Note 1. It even lets you use a T-Mobile sim on a sim-locked AT&T Note 1. Problem is it's buggy. and sometimes you would lose a signal, or get random freezes and reboots.
For your AT&T Note 4 to work in that fashion, they would have to make a TouchWiz rom from a stock T-Mobile Note 4 ported to work on your phone. A straight flash or even using ODIN to put the T-Mobile Note 4 Rom to your AT&T Note 4 will brick your phone. Modification would have to be made. Don't worry about the locked bootloader as with previous AT&T Samsung phones flashing TouchWiz roms can be done, you just cant flash Cyanogenmod or ASOP roms that's all.
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Doesn't work that way.
The only Note I ever seen that was crossed flash was the OG AT&T Note 1. There is a literal T-Mobile Rom for the AT&T Note 1. It even lets you use a T-Mobile sim on a sim-locked AT&T Note 1. Problem is it's buggy. and sometimes you would lose a signal, or get random freezes and reboots.
For your AT&T Note 4 to work in that fashion, they would have to make a TouchWiz rom from a stock T-Mobile Note 4 ported to work on your phone. A straight flash or even using ODIN to put the T-Mobile Note 4 Rom to your AT&T Note 4 will brick your phone. Modification would have to be made. Don't worry about the locked bootloader as with previous AT&T Samsung phones flashing TouchWiz roms can be done, you just cant flash Cyanogenmod or ASOP roms that's all.
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Is not the tmobile software touchwiz based? I thought it was.
yasirfaheem said:
Is not the tmobile software touchwiz based? I thought it was.
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It is, but they can't completely strip your phone of the AT&T software. and dump T-Mobile on there. Someone has to create a modified ROM for it to work on your phone.
Why?? Can they not flash baseband and modem and rom to my phone without brinking the phone?
yasirfaheem said:
Why?? Can they not flash baseband and modem and rom to my phone without brinking the phone?
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why dont you do it
Yah... It's possible
Hey, man from 2017 here.
I stumbled upon this post while I was trying to figure out what the hell I just did to my phone. I've spent the last 4 hour of my life trying to unbrick my Galaxy S7 Edge; just installing firmware after firmware hoping that it would post with Odin. Right when I was about to give up I noticed something happen on Odin that I had never seen before: a green box that said "pass!" rather than "abort!". I looked at my phone to see if it had actually made it out of this boot loop that I had been dealing with for the last four hours, and to my surprise I saw a T-Mobile logo. This stood out to me because the Galaxy S7 Edge that I own is an AT&T device. I don't have the energy to figure out who I unknowingly managed to bypass the Qualcomm Snapdragon's locked boot loader, I just wanted to share my discovery with anyone who was curious. If anyone is wondering: the device is running perfectly with no lag, I now have all the T-Mobile bloatware (lucky me), I can still connect to AT&T cell towers.
One final note that I feel like I should mention: When I initially bricked my Samsung, it was because I forgot to turn on OEM Unlock and turn off SafeBoot. It's puzzling to me how I was able to unknowingly do something that few have ever accomplished and doing so with all of Samsung's security measures still in place.
Update: Wanted to also mention that knox never got tripped however so far Samsung Pay is not useable.
ItsNoHart said:
Hey, man from 2017 here.
I stumbled upon this post while I was trying to figure out what the hell I just did to my phone. I've spent the last 4 hour of my life trying to unbrick my Galaxy S7 Edge; just installing firmware after firmware hoping that it would post with Odin. Right when I was about to give up I noticed something happen on Odin that I had never seen before: a green box that said "pass!" rather than "abort!". I looked at my phone to see if it had actually made it out of this boot loop that I had been dealing with for the last four hours, and to my surprise I saw a T-Mobile logo. This stood out to me because the Galaxy S7 Edge that I own is an AT&T device. I don't have the energy to figure out who I unknowingly managed to bypass the Qualcomm Snapdragon's locked boot loader, I just wanted to share my discovery with anyone who was curious. If anyone is wondering: the device is running perfectly with no lag, I now have all the T-Mobile bloatware (lucky me), I can still connect to AT&T cell towers.
One final note that I feel like I should mention: When I initially bricked my Samsung, it was because I forgot to turn on OEM Unlock and turn off SafeBoot. It's puzzling to me how I was able to unknowingly do something that few have ever accomplished and doing so with all of Samsung's security measures still in place.
Update: Wanted to also mention that knox never got tripped however so far Samsung Pay is not useable.
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I think you can cross flash with certain phones and carriers. I flashed tmobile galaxy s7 software onto my girlfriends sprint s7 and it works perfectly gets even better coverage then my tmobile note 4.The phone jst has to be unlocked by the carrier that it!
Wait.....so your saying you took full tmobile (gsm) software and flashed it to a sprint (cdma) device?....and it works perfectly?...and by flashing you don't mean swapping of motherboards?.... Common mistake I'm sure
I am sure this has probably been asked before but I couldn't find a clear answer.
I have the AT&T version of the Galaxy Note 4. I am thinking of changing my provider to T-Mobile (for a bunch of reasons including I have come to hate AT&T). I know the AT&T version will work on the T-Mobile network as a Smartphone with a T-Mobile SIM. But I have several questions.
1. From what I have been reading, it appears that the AT&T bootloader is locked. Is that correct? So does that mean I won't be able to put in a T-Mobile ROM or a ROM from here?
2. If I can't put in a T-Mobile ROM and unlock the bootloader, how will I be able to get future updates for the phone once I have switched to T-Mobile. I currently have the latest official AT&T OTA release (5.1.1, Baseband N910AUCU2DOI2, Kernel 3.10.40-5613584, etc.). But Samsung has promised Marshmallow for this phone.
Any thoughts anyone? Or should I just break down and buy a T-Mobile phone or a Google Nexus 6P?
Thanks
-- Charley
charley000 said:
I am sure this has probably been asked before but I couldn't find a clear answer.
I have the AT&T version of the Galaxy Note 4. I am thinking of changing my provider to T-Mobile (for a bunch of reasons including I have come to hate AT&T). I know the AT&T version will work on the T-Mobile network as a Smartphone with a T-Mobile SIM. But I have several questions.
1. From what I have been reading, it appears that the AT&T bootloader is locked. Is that correct? So does that mean I won't be able to put in a T-Mobile ROM or a ROM from here?
2. If I can't put in a T-Mobile ROM and unlock the bootloader, how will I be able to get future updates for the phone once I have switched to T-Mobile. I currently have the latest official AT&T OTA release (5.1.1, Baseband N910AUCU2DOI2, Kernel 3.10.40-5613584, etc.). But Samsung has promised Marshmallow for this phone.
Any thoughts anyone? Or should I just break down and buy a T-Mobile phone or a Google Nexus 6P?
Thanks
-- Charley
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You can do updates using samsung keis... look into cricket wireless, I hated tmobile, the messed my bills up constantly and the service was iffy... if u have good service with att cricket will be the same for 35 bucks a month. Make sure you carrier unlock your phone with art BEFORE YOU CANCEL!
I assume my idea would work but here is the issue:
My wife has an unlocked ATT Galaxy S5 that we are now using on T-Mobile. Obviously she can't get the recent security updates and marshmallow when it comes out. I don't really want to go the odin route with her phone and risk our marriage (lol) with wiping her data. If I put a sim card from ATT from a friend in her phone, it should then allow it to receive updates correct? I assume our old sim card, which is not associated with a number on the ATT network would not work.
I'm not sure. I'm on AT&T and I can't get the last two or three updates to even register on my phone. Usually someone uploads an OTA zip that you can boot into recovery mode and install, but the latest ones have been neglected. Hopefully someone with more knowledge of the situation can give you a better answer, though.
I'm currently using Net 10 service on my Att S5 active and seem to get OTA updates.
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I'm currently using Net 10 service on my Att S5 active and seem to get OTA updates.
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Hmmmmm that's interesting. Maybe, then, we don't need to worry about them coming eventually.
Unfortunately not seeing the Marshmallow update via my ATT S5 running on T-Mobile. The phone says it is "up to date"......
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Unfortunately not seeing the Marshmallow update via my ATT S5 running on T-Mobile. The phone says it is "up to date"......
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Same here. It's really a bit of a shame. I'm thinking of selling line on swappa just to turn around and buy the t-mobile variant so I can root
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If I can I'm going to try a friends att sim card in it to see if it can then download it.
If you throw an AT&T sim in, make sure its from an android device with LTE. Cruise the web a little a make a phone call. reboot after 15 minutes so AT&T's systems recognize your model and software before trying the software update.
Although the best bet would be taking it either to a AT&T service center or a Samsung shop in Best Buy, they can flash the update for you w/o wiping it
you can backup the device with Samsung smart switch on a laptop and keep most of everything just in case anything happens.
Flash PA2 firmware through ODIN and then these through recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...les-tested-update-to-marshmallow-ph2-t3450223
I posted in wrong area hopefully this is right spot...
Hello, new to forum. I have a Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G Model number SM-G998U It's from at&t unlocked I'm using mint mobile When I try to update I get a software Update Interrupted message try again in 24 hours. I backed up and reset phone but it didn't fix this issue. Probably because I need an at&t Sim card, not sure.
Second related question is there a non at&t neutral rom that I can download and install ? So that I'm not relevant on at&t and that hopefully won't Include at&t bloatware.
I've modified a few phones before with different roms though it's been awhile.
I'm Learning the hard way, the difference between a truly unlocked phone and a carrier unlocked one.
I just can't afford a $1,200 new phone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated and thank you.
Welcome to XDA
Personally I wouldn't worry about updates. AT&T updates can update over wifi or a special AT&T update cell tower. If the AT&T firmware is intact using wifi OTA updates might work. Otherwise a Samsung Experience center at Best Buys can do it. Or you could do it yourself.
I avoid touching the firmware on my N10+'s, this one in my hand is still running happily on Pie... lol, Samsung upgrades/updates can and do break things. Once bitten, twice shy.
having the same issue with a used unlocked ATT device that I bought recently in India. Unable to update it. Is possible to load the stock ROM and remove the AT&T one from this phone? will that help?
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Welcome to XDA
Personally I wouldn't worry about updates. AT&T updates can update over wifi or a special AT&T update cell tower. If the AT&T firmware is intact using wifi OTA updates might work. Otherwise a Samsung Experience center at Best Buys can do it. Or you could do it yourself.
I avoid touching the firmware on my N10+'s, this one in my hand is still running happily on Pie... lol, Samsung upgrades/updates can and do break things. Once bitten, twice shy.
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Thank you, sounds like best option is best buy for me...
You can always download the latest unlocked firmware from https://samfw.com/ and flash it with Odin