I was cleaning out my phone for resale or donation and noticed that AT&T's site now lists a newer firmware of I537UCSCOC8. Has anyone not actively using service from said provider actually been able to receive this update or found the firmware available? I don't seem to be able to get it through either the phone's update check or Kies (I presume they are both getting it from Samsung, which doesn't list this update).
It's a baseband update. Not sure what for, but, cool nonetheless.
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I have an unrooted I9305 bought new from eBay in the UK, I believe the handset came from Singapore. I did a factory reset on it once and it restarted in Chinese or something similar!
I have just received an OTA notification that Android 4.3 is available, I haven't installed it yet. I am in the UK on T-mobile. Is it safe or advisable to install this update? From what I understand it will be 4.3 designed for Singapore, I don't want to screw my phone! I contacted Samsung support who came back to me within a couple of hours, confirmed that the handset was from Singapore but didn't seem too sure what would happen if I take the update. They suggested I should take it to a Samsung service centre and have it flashed with the UK stock firmware (which I would prefer) but the nearest one is 40 miles away, they would probably charge me for it, and Samsung said it would invalidate the warranty anyway.
I tried Kies to see if it would give me any more information about exactly what the update is, but Kies seems to be confused. I have version 2.6.1.13105_6 which is the latest according to Help->Check for updates in Kies itself, but when I plug in my phone Kies tells me I have to update Kies itself before updating my firmware. Samsung suggested using Kies3 which I tried but it says my phone is not compatible. I have had slightly better luck with an older version of Kies 2.3.3.xxx which displays my current firmware version and tells me there is an update, but doesn't show the latest firmware version so I still don't know what it will be.
I have just installed a smaller FOTA update and the handset build number now shows JZO54K.I9305ZHBMK1 but this gets no hits in Google so I don't know what it is.
I haven't rooted the phone as the guides usually say only do this if you know what you are doing, and I am clever enough to know how much I don't know!
Is it safe to install the OTA update and will it lose my current settings (like language) if I do? Or is there a better solution?
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I have an unrooted I9305 bought new from eBay in the UK, I believe the handset came from Singapore. I did a factory reset on it once and it restarted in Chinese or something similar!
I have just received an OTA notification that Android 4.3 is available, I haven't installed it yet. I am in the UK on T-mobile. Is it safe or advisable to install this update? From what I understand it will be 4.3 designed for Singapore, I don't want to screw my phone! I contacted Samsung support who came back to me within a couple of hours, confirmed that the handset was from Singapore but didn't seem too sure what would happen if I take the update. They suggested I should take it to a Samsung service centre and have it flashed with the UK stock firmware (which I would prefer) but the nearest one is 40 miles away, they would probably charge me for it, and Samsung said it would invalidate the warranty anyway.
I tried Kies to see if it would give me any more information about exactly what the update is, but Kies seems to be confused. I have version 2.6.1.13105_6 which is the latest according to Help->Check for updates in Kies itself, but when I plug in my phone Kies tells me I have to update Kies itself before updating my firmware. Samsung suggested using Kies3 which I tried but it says my phone is not compatible. I have had slightly better luck with an older version of Kies 2.3.3.xxx which displays my current firmware version and tells me there is an update, but doesn't show the latest firmware version so I still don't know what it will be.
I have just installed a smaller FOTA update and the handset build number now shows JZO54K.I9305ZHBMK1 but this gets no hits in Google so I don't know what it is.
I haven't rooted the phone as the guides usually say only do this if you know what you are doing, and I am clever enough to know how much I don't know!
Is it safe to install the OTA update and will it lose my current settings (like language) if I do? Or is there a better solution?
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no u won't lose language english is in the blood of every Rom
Download a uk rom a d flash it with odin if ur afraid of any network issues. Since yur going to update via ota it makes no diff. Ur bootloader will be updated to the knox bootloader. And since you are not going to root it... just use odin to flash official i9305 firmwares. You cant go wrong.
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Thanks.
hayabusa08 said:
just use odin to flash official i9305 firmwares. You cant go wrong.
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I hope you are right! I presume flashing the firmware will remove all the apps and data I have put on the phone? Alternatively if I just take the OTA update is it likely to cause any issues or you can't be sure what it will do? And will that also wipe all my current apps and data? I have all the standard stuff backed up but since I haven't rooted there is some app data that can't be backed up, as far as I know.
As i have experienced before... unrooted phones data is not possible to be backed up. Heard of helium but yet to use it. So you may actually find out more about Helium app. Another alternative is you can use Kies to back up data.
Secondly check your gsm and lte bands of your phone and the carrier that ur using in uk. If the carrier supports it then it should not be of any issues with connectivity. Sgp phones are unlocked and usable worldwide. I dont see any issues unless your phone is faulty.
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So I have a galaxy s10 that was on sprint but I recently had it flashed to use on metropcs but ever since then it wont let me do a software update thru the phone and on smart switch it says it's up to date. Whenever I try to update from the phone itself I get this message that says your current software version isn't supported please visit a service center. Can anybody help with this or do I actually need to take it to a service Center
Have you tried to update manually by flashing the latest metro PCS firmware using Odin?
No I haven't I've been looking into it tho I just don't kno any good sites to get the firmware from
There's the frjia tool here on the forums. There's also Sam mobile and of course pay sites like gsm2file .com and there's also a thread here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s10/how-to/s10e-g973u-g973u1-firmware-links-t3905852
Phone system update checks always say up to date, phone is running android 8.0.0, I wanted android 9.0 on the phone. I downloaded 4 various sprint and verizon firmwares for this SM-N950U to use with ODIN, but it always fails.
Current firmware build number is R16NW.N950USQS5CRF6
What firmware will work on this phone, does it need to be SPR or Verizon?
Can I put a version android 9 on this phone?
Samsung smart switch also says firmware is up to date. Since my daughter has a Verizon note 8 on the verizon network she was able to upgrade to android 9.
Is it because this is a Sprint phone on the Verizon network, Verizon wont update the OS?
Solved it for now. Instead of sams mobile firmwares, I used UPDATO firmware, latest android 9 for a sprint phone. ODIN worked updating the system. Still when checking inside the phone for system updates, it says up to date. I now wonder if UPDATO firmware is non damaged and sams mobile has issues. And do you know definitively if you can not put a verizon firmware onto a sprint phone? None of the sams mobile firmwares worked whether they were sprint or verizon
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Solved it for now. Instead of sams mobile firmwares, I used UPDATO firmware, latest android 9 for a sprint phone. ODIN worked updating the system. Still when checking inside the phone for system updates, it says up to date. I now wonder if UPDATO firmware is non damaged and sams mobile has issues. And do you know definitively if you can not put a verizon firmware onto a sprint phone? None of the sams mobile firmwares worked whether they were sprint or verizon
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The reason why it will not update is because you're using a Sprint branded phone on Verizon and if you think about it Verizon doesn't carry Sprints firmware it only carries Verizon firmware that's why you'll have to manually update it from now on. You can if you choose to put a Sprint sim card in it and then it'll update. Each carrier only carries their own branded firmware.. Make sense? Also try getting the firmware from here to it usually works the best. https://androidfilehost.com
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The reason why it will not update is because you're using a Sprint branded phone on Verizon and if you think about it Verizon doesn't carry Sprints firmware it only carries Verizon firmware that's why you'll have to manually update it from now on. You can if you choose to put a Sprint sim card in it and then it'll update. Each carrier only carries their own branded firmware.. Make sense? Also try getting the firmware from here to it usually works the best.
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Ok, makes sense, I am not familiar with any of this so I did not know. And neither did the verizon tech people know why it was not updating when I walked into the store apparently, because they claimed the Note 8 was too old and Verizon was no longer updating the OS software or security. Then they gave me Samsung's customer service number and told me if I give Samsung the serial number off the phone, Samsung will privately push the software update onto my phone...So I called them and they said no that IS WRONG. Run the Samsung program Smart Switch to update the OS, so I did and it failed, said it was uptodate. I was then told the phone can not be updated except by taking it into a samsung service center and pay a big fee.
So was very glad to at least get it up to date on my own without any of their 'expertise'
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Ok, makes sense, I am not familiar with any of this so I did not know. And neither did the verizon tech people know why it was not updating when I walked into the store apparently, because they claimed the Note 8 was too old and Verizon was no longer updating the OS software or security. Then they gave me Samsung's customer service number and told me if I give Samsung the serial number off the phone, Samsung will privately push the software update onto my phone...So I called them and they said no that IS WRONG. Run the Samsung program Smart Switch to update the OS, so I did and it failed, said it was uptodate. I was then told the phone can not be updated except by taking it into a samsung service center and pay a big fee.
So was very glad to at least get it up to date on my own without any of their 'expertise'
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That's just Verizon's way of getting you out of the store or tricking you into buying a new phone. Samsung cannot "push" an update to your phone either seeing as they don't carry Sprints firmware either! The only thing you can do is just use odin and flash your own updated firmware.
I was wondering what you guys use for getting notified when a firmware update arrives? As I'm rooted, I won't receive official OTA notifications. I can check Frija manually or any other firmware website, but is there a neat app that does the trick on the smartphone itself? Something like Oxygen Updater on OnePlus devices?
Ive never seen an app for this. As you alluded to yourself, the issue here is for it to notify you on your phone. It is very simple to write a script on a computer to look for a version change on the website and notify you. You can run most desktop scripts in Termux but there's no way to schedule it so its still a manual process. You need an app that can scrape websites for version info but I have zero experience in that area to even know where to start.
I have now found multiple ways of checking for an update in case anyone is wondering:
CheckFirm: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.illusion.checkfirm
You can try to scan for a new firmware. It uses other users to find a new firmware but according to the dev, it might be able to scan automatically in the future (though no ETA)
Use Samsung's own version.xml: https://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/DBT/SM-G998B/version.xml
This is an example (replace DBT with the CSC code and SM-G998B with your model version. It will list all firmwares with the newest firmware number at the top.
Use Samsung's changelog: https://doc.samsungmobile.com/sm-g998b/dbt/doc.html
This is an example (replace DBT with the CSC code and SM-G998B with your model version.
There are plenty of services online that check for any changes on a public website. Most of them are restricted to a certain number of websites or only check every 24 hours. But checking those two official websites from Samsung would make it possible to get a firmware update notification.
Since you can't update the firmware on the device itself while being rooted, a notification is enough for me. I still have to use ODIN on a Windows PC anyway
Thanks was looking for this
I just swapped carriers to Mint Mobile from Verizon. I noticed my Google and Samsung cloud backups were not working and found out it was because Verizon blocks them, so you have to buy their cloud service. I decided to flash the Samsung stock unlocked firmware (G973U1) to my Verizon firmware S10 (G973U). That fixed that problem, but when I check for software updates, it says the security update from January 1st 2022 is the newest update, but I know I got a security update around April 4th when I had the Verizon firmware. None of the firmware on sammobile for the G973U1 says it is newer than this. All the carriers listed here are the same. I don't know why you need different carriers selected here because it should be the same Samsung firmware right? I flashed the T-Mobile one because Mint Mobile uses T-Mobile network and Mint Mobile wasn't listed. Should I flash another carriers version of the locked (G973U) firmware and see if that works? Or should I just flash the Verizon firmware back on it? I also called Mint Mobile tech support and asked them if there was a way for them to push the update to my phone, or if that hadn't released that update on their netork yet, but they said that they don't do anything with the software updates and those come from Samsung.
U1 is an "unlocked" phone that can change carriers via CSC changes. In theory, just swapping SIMs should have switched you over to the new carrier (sometimes this doesn't work).
Flashing the U-version means it may not be the universal version that U! is... so it may not switch over properly. That's the first issue. But now that you've done that, it's kinda moot.
I'm not sure why you put a Verizon FW onto a Mint/TMO carrier at all? I would suggest a U1 TMO or Mint firmware to start with, and see if the CSC updates properly. When that happens, and if it switches properly, then the updates should work normally.
But, even beyond that, you could have just flashed an upgraded version of your ROM to get the update, saving yourself from all of this hassle anyway. Sure, it's not "coming from" the carrier (it never does - it's coming from Samsung usually, as Mint noted)... so you'd just bypass their issues.
Lastly, I will warn you about getting the latest (March) update, as this is Android 12. Many people have had issues with A12 on their phones due to incompatibilities, battery drain, etc. Personally, I'd hold off updating to A12 as long as possible (my and my-wife's phones are both still on A11 for this reason... January update). I just posted on a thread where a user lost GearVR compatibility on A12, and was asking how to downgrade... there are lots of such posts here...
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U1 is an "unlocked" phone that can change carriers via CSC changes. In theory, just swapping SIMs should have switched you over to the new carrier (sometimes this doesn't work).
Flashing the U-version means it may not be the universal version that U! is... so it may not switch over properly. That's the first issue. But now that you've done that, it's kinda moot.
I'm not sure why you put a Verizon FW onto a Mint/TMO carrier at all? I would suggest a U1 TMO or Mint firmware to start with, and see if the CSC updates properly. When that happens, and if it switches properly, then the updates should work normally.
But, even beyond that, you could have just flashed an upgraded version of your ROM to get the update, saving yourself from all of this hassle anyway. Sure, it's not "coming from" the carrier (it never does - it's coming from Samsung usually, as Mint noted)... so you'd just bypass their issues.
Lastly, I will warn you about getting the latest (March) update, as this is Android 12. Many people have had issues with A12 on their phones due to incompatibilities, battery drain, etc. Personally, I'd hold off updating to A12 as long as possible (my and my-wife's phones are both still on A11 for this reason... January update). I just posted on a thread where a user lost GearVR compatibility on A12, and was asking how to downgrade... there are lots of such posts here...
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I didn't flash the verizon U version firmware that was what came on my phone when I bought it. I flashed the T-mobile U1 firmware and it still didn't work. There is no Mint Mobile firmware. Where would I get the upgraded version of the rom? Most people I saw were recomending sammobile.com and the newest U1 firmware only had the January 1 security update. I had android 12 on my S10 before I flashed any firmware, and I didn't have any issues so don't mind running it.
You can get ODIN ROMs from many places. Sammobile is one, Samfw is another. To get latest firmwares, Frija or other such tools are faster because they can download directly from Samsung servers. The limitation is that those can only get the latest versions, not past ones.
Correct, there is no Mint firmware that I am aware of. Yes you should be able to get the TMO firmware, which is actually a TMB CSC. You can see that here: https://samfw.com/firmware/SM-G973U1/TMB/G973U1UEU6HVB2
With that in mind, you'll also see that the CSC version shows "OYM" which is actually a multi-CSC USA firmware. Again, these firmwares should change CSC based on the one shown by your SIM. For example, mine is an OYM ROM, which shows a CSC of TFN/TFN/SPR (first is what carrier the phone is on (Tracfone in my case... I'm using Total Wireless), second is what the SIM is, and last is what the phone was "born" with... that cannot be changed).
If you're running an OYM now (likely you are) then check the CSC... see if it's switch to TMB/TMB/xxx. If that hasn't happened, then that could be part of the reason you're not getting updates. Sometimes phones don't change (one of the 2 phones I got originally would not change, so I had to return it and get another... no idea why).
Note, to change CSC, you need to flash the "CSC" ODIN file, and not the Home_CSC file, as the latter will keep the existing setup of your phone. You can see more info on the difference here: https://www.getdroidtips.com/know-about-csc-home_csc/#CSC-vs-Home-CSC-the-difference
Bottom line, start by checking your current CSC... it should be TMB. If not, you can ODIN flash, with CSC (not HOME_CSC) and that hopefully will get you on the correct CSC. Note that this will erase the phone.
Alternatively, as I mentioned, you can download the latest FW, and just HOME_CSC flash that with ODIN to get you on the latest without waiting for the carrier to push it.