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Which firmware should I flash on my new SGS?

My new SGS just got delivered today, bought it brand new from ebay, it is unlocked but from orange so there are a few orange bloatware apps like maps etc, not happy with these and want them gone but after trying kies it says my firmware cannot be updated (maybe due to being branded)?
Anyway just wondering which of the unofficial firmwares to flash from the samsung-firmwares website, I understand they come with certain files that may put phone into russian or make it so market does not work properly, some advice on this matter would be appreciated, I'm in UK if that helps. Cheers lads.
Oh and my current versions are
PDA I9000XXJF3
PHONE I9000XXJF3
CSC I9000RAJE5

Hi Davey,
I've just done mine for the first time tonight. I used firmware JG1, but used the CSC file suggested on the main thread firmware thread (cant do a link, forum wont let me).
A couple of notes - I originally tried using a front USB port on my machine and it stuck on file analysis. Worked better when I plugged it in round the back. Secondly, mine showed up on COM5 not 7 as in the guides but it seemed to make no difference.
Good luck!

Cheers pal, jsut wondering have you had any issues with the firmware you used? Russian language? Paid apps not showing up in market? Thanks.

No russian as long as you use the separate CSC firmware (CSC_I9000OXXJF9), and no other issues other than swype crashing the first time I tried to use (restarted the phone, problem solved).
Some apps arent showing up though in market, and I think a root is needed to fix it unfortunately. Not a big deal though - if you're willing to attempt the firmware, than I doubt rooting is a particularly big deal.

I'm in a similar position. T-Mobile UK, galaxy to arrive tomorrow.
I've seen several people complaining about lag on the phone until a firmware upgrade. Could someone point me to a post/website that gives a list of the latest firmwares and a step-by-step guide to installing them on the phone.
Thanks

same here, i have found a few rooting + firmware article from other websites / blogs.
however I only trust the guides from XDAdevelopers

kohog said:
I'm in a similar position. T-Mobile UK, galaxy to arrive tomorrow.
I've seen several people complaining about lag on the phone until a firmware upgrade. Could someone point me to a post/website that gives a list of the latest firmwares and a step-by-step guide to installing them on the phone.
Thanks
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http://www.samsung-firmwares.com (register, login and select "i9000" from the list, the firmware files and guides are on the same page, as are the links to dowload the required tools).

I am on UK T-Mobile and have followed these videos in the order listed and have had no problems doing so:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpWcM44On88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzFE8-jWku0
The above is to update the firmware, the only thing I did that was not on the video was to use a different CSC file (Not the Russian one, I used CSC_I9000OXXJF9), doing it this way, I had no problems with using Swype as some have reported.
I then applied Paul's Custom ROM R2 from Modaco (Great Job) - the update roots the phone so you do not have to. It is all worth it as now my GPS, Wifi and speed all work wonderfully. the video of how to update the Custom Rom is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uakGtQKmHNM
Remember to restart the phone after updating the firmware and also after updating the Custom ROM. Also make sure that you have installed the latest version of Samsung's KIES software which contains the drivers needed for the SGS. Also if you carry out this part, make sure you copy the update.zip file to the internal memory card for update to work as it fails to read from the external one.
I did all this on a Notebook running Vista 32bit without any problems.

[Q] 3 button recovery/download help please

I have read the thread about how to get this function enabled on my device. There was a list of countries listed but unfortunately did not include New Zealand. The thread I'm talking about is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201&page=13, post number 124. My CSC is I9000VNZJH2 which is not listed on there.
I would like to root my phone, but don't want to go ahead with it until the 3 button recovery/download is enabled. Could anyone suggest as to what CSC I should use please?
Once rooted I would like to get the latest/best current firmware, as mine is out of date. Any suggestions which I should use and where I can download it from?
Any other tips are much appreciated.
Thanks in advance. :>

this topic might give you some ideas / solutions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=812933

Hey AllGamer, thanks for the suggestion. Yeah I saw that thread previously. It's more talking about how to fix semi bricked phone. I actually don't want to risk getting to that point. Would be nice to be able to have the recovery enabled. I'm wondering if I can use the Australian version maybe. Such a bummer that NZ is a small market for Samsung to worry about their customers over here, which automatically cuts your choices. hehe

I'd suggest PM'ing richthofen and asking if he has a CSC for NZ available. He mentioned in his JM9 thread that he has access to 'most' firmwares.
That said, I flashed with the post #1 method from PDA: JG4 and had no issues with that fix.
When I flashed up to JM9 I couldn't find a HK CSC from his posts either, but found a JH1 firmware from HK which included one on samfirmwares. If you can find a NZ leaked firmware somewhere that has PDA/MODEM/CSC separated files you can probably just nab the CSC from that and use it.

Thanks for the reply. I will flick richthofen a pm and see what his suggestions might be. :>

Let me know how you go with this, as I'm in NZ, and have same firmware as you.
Thanks
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

sargorn said:
I'd suggest PM'ing Richthofen and asking if he has a CSC for NZ available. He mentioned in his JM9 thread that he has access to 'most' firmwares.
That said, I flashed with the post #1 method from PDA: JG4 and had no issues with that fix.
When I flashed up to JM9 I couldn't find a HK CSC from his posts either, but found a JH1 firmware from HK which included one on samfirmwares. If you can find a NZ leaked firmware somewhere that has PDA/MODEM/CSC separated files you can probably just nab the CSC from that and use it.
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Yeah I ran into a smiler issue, I'm in aus but I picked my phone up before it came out here from a HK warehouse, it's unbranded, and as far as I know an international version, I've yet to hear back from Richthofen, as I pm'd him with a similar question but with csc I90000ZSJH1 in place of the nz one. I was wondering if since it's an international version, it could pretty much take any of the unbranded firmwares? or as it's a JH1, which is fairly new if I could just do the fix on it's own as per original method? I'm desperate to play around with roms and lag fixes but won't do it until I have the 3 button recovery option set up.
What was your experience with a HK I9000? I'd like to confirm how you did it (in more detail) so I could do the same. I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to this so any help would be very appreciated.

To a fellow kiwi, Richthofen said to use the method desplayed on the first page of this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201, as it's most up to date one, and it should work. I will attempt it at some point on the weekend. Will report once done.

Well, I used the method on the first page, just flashing the pbl/sbl. Exactly as it is there.
However, I was flashing from an Australian Firmware/csc (JG4). I bricked my HK phone two months ago trying to flash up to JH1 and sent it to Australia to get it serviced. (Wasn't released in Japan yet, and Samsung HK didn't want to deal with me at all).
That said, if you want to use the flashing a full firmware method (and when you do have to flash a full firmware later) just use the JH1 CSC (On samfirmwares under Asian firmwares). Haven't had any issues with that CSC on JM9 PDA.

I decided not to go ahead with the enabling. The phone needed to rooted in order to use those instructions. The phone is still under warranty, so I'm going to request for the 3 button recovery/download mode to be enabled. Plus I have some weird errors when taking photos, might be just a corrupt external SD card. But I'd rather take it back to Samsung and let them fix it while still under warranty. :>

[Q] Kies Not Showing the Newest Open European Firmware for my Note

I recently purchased a Galaxy Note (Unlocked) and am loving the device. I was reading online that there was a newer open european firmware (LA3) but was perplexed as my phone was saying there are no upgrades for it. I installed Kies (the UK version) and it updated it's self to 2.2 yet it still does not show any newer firmware than what is on my phone (KKA).
Is there a way to force Kies to let me update? or am I missing a step (I never did create a samsung account).
Thank you in advance...

Hi there,
I also recently purchased a Note, and have been spending FAAAR tooo much time lurking on this forum trying to work out whats what with rooting/roming and all things GNote.
Fairly new to all this android malarky and tbh i'm kinda just responding to your question as a way to clarify what, i have, thus far, gleaned from by lurksome xda ways! And as an attempt to stop lurking so much and try and give back some of the understanding xda has given me.
Your question is something I was also rather confused by, but from what I understand - It seems that Samsung rolls out OTA and Kies updates to phones with different CSC codes at different times.
I think it is only the German (DBT) phone which has had the latest LB1 update. I know that my XEU phone is also still on KKA, with no ota or kies updates available.
From what I understand, the way one gets the updates without rooting is through flashing them with a Windows app called PC Odin with the phone in download mode.
Or via rooting your KKA rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
and then flashing the updated firmware with either Mobile Odin or Clockwork Mod.
In all cases I believe you must download the firmware from either the sammobile site or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
If any (or all!) of that is totally wrong - please someone with greater experience wade in and put me straight, but I just thought that seeing as no-one else had responded - i'd try and make something of all the hrs i've spent lurking on here since i got this phone
Anyhow I'm sure if you just follow the links i've posted to the brilliant work of Dr Ketan - you won't go far wrong
Personally, I've not actually put any of this to the test yet - wanna make sure I really do know my arse from my elbow or in this case - my dalvik from my build.prop before I go messing with a £500 phone....

knowayback said:
Hi there,
I also recently purchased a Note, and have been spending FAAAR tooo much time lurking on this forum trying to work out whats what with rooting/roming and all things GNote.
Fairly new to all this android malarky and tbh i'm kinda just responding to your question as a way to clarify what, i have, thus far, gleaned from by lurksome xda ways! And as an attempt to stop lurking so much and try and give back some of the understanding xda has given me.
Your question is something I was also rather confused by, but from what I understand - It seems that Samsung rolls out OTA and Kies updates to phones with different CSC codes at different times.
I think it is only the German (DBT) phone which has had the latest LB1 update. I know that my XEU phone is also still on KKA, with no ota or kies updates available.
From what I understand, the way one gets the updates without rooting is through flashing them with a Windows app called PC Odin with the phone in download mode.
Or via rooting your KKA rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
and then flashing the updated firmware with either Mobile Odin or Clockwork Mod.
In all cases I believe you must download the firmware from either the sammobile site or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
If any (or all!) of that is totally wrong - please someone with greater experience wade in and put me straight, but I just thought that seeing as no-one else had responded - i'd try and make something of all the hrs i've spent lurking on here since i got this phone
Anyhow I'm sure if you just follow the links i've posted to the brilliant work of Dr Ketan - you won't go far wrong
Personally, I've not actually put any of this to the test yet - wanna make sure I really do know my arse from my elbow or in this case - my dalvik from my build.prop before I go messing with a £500 phone....
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I appreciate the help to answer your question you are in part correct (from what I can gather). Samsung does issue updates based on CSC codes and there is nothing for the UK CSC code. However they also release what is called open updates. Meaning any carrier in a given country can use a open update for that country. Beyond that they release what is called open European updates that any unlocked phone in Europe can use.
My question is the latest open European update is LXA or LLA or something like that which is farther along than the KK5 I am on. Since it is open European I should be able to update to it I would think. There could be something to the fact that the UK is considered part of the EU so it might not fall under even an open European release and if that is the case than so be it.
I am just trying to find out why my unlocked international version of the note can not seem to update to the latest open European update

Ok, so from the sounds of it - i think your definitely better informed than me on Samsung update protocol
Haven't heard any of that before. I was under the impression that the XEU code was the unlocked open euro code....
Anyway, just thought i'd let u know that i took the plunge today - deciding that I trusted XDA more than Samsung to update my phone
Rooted my stock KKA rom using dr ketans posts as my guide, then flashed the stock LB1 firmware and have since flashed Franco's kernel.....all seems well so far
Although one thing i did notice is that my Antutu score was significantly lower after flashing Lb1, but before flashing Franco's kernel (haven't tested since)....
Anyway good luck waiting for an official update - in my limited experience - I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for OEM's to issue OTA updates...

Valdeck said:
I am just trying to find out why my unlocked international version of the note can not seem to update to the latest open European update
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This is cool. But how to find whether my phone is locked or not?
And what about if we try to involve the Samsung support on this question? I'm also stuck with kk5 and i'm also in Europe.

Spo0f said:
This is cool. But how to find whether my phone is locked or not?
And what about if we try to involve the Samsung support on this question? I'm also stuck with kk5 and i'm also in Europe.
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If you want to know what region your phone is from plug it into the computer after you have installed samsung kies. Once you do if you look at the screen for your phone you will see three sets of letters and numbers. The last one in the string will have your CSC once you get that do a google for where it is from.
If you are on kk5 like me then you probably have a UK code.
An phone is unlocked by default when you import it from Europe as they use a different model for cell carriers than we do in the states.

The simple way to get the latest updates is....change your CSC with *#272*imei# in the dialer pad to the lastest update ( csc)! You don't need root or odin or mobile odin. Just change your country code. This will wipe your phone...but after restart you will get a promt to update your software as soo. As wou are connected to a wifi. There are many post about it...the csc change is described in sgs2 foruns and all over the net. About the country code, please visit sammobile.com and in firmware section you will find detailed info about those codes.
P.S. My note was originaly in XEH ( open Hungary), I'm from Romania so I changed my CSC to Open Germay (DBT-debitel) and after restart i got 2 consecutive updates.
Hope to help, sorry for my bad english
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

The easiest way to get updates is via XDA. Download PC Odin, and choose whatever Rom you fancy from the first sticky thread in Note development.

G920A Combination File to Recover IMEI?

Hi all,
I live in Australia. The battery on my S6 was replaced recently. Now the IMEI number shows with around 10 "0's" in the middle of it, and it can't connect to a network.
Apparently, according to this thread, I must flash the combination file, then flash the stock firmware, to retrieve the IMEI number in the phone and fix the issue.
However, the stock firmware has to be the same or earlier than the combination file, otherwise the device is bricked. I am yet to find a combination file that matches a stock firmware so I can actually do this.
Has anyone got a recent-ish combination file for the G920A? And if so, it would be great if I could have it, as long as I end up finding a matching stock firmware for it.

oo0spyder0oo said:
Hi all,
I live in Australia. The battery on my S6 was replaced recently. Now the IMEI number shows with around 10 "0's" in the middle of it, and it can't connect to a network.
Apparently, according to this thread, I must flash the combination file, then flash the stock firmware, to retrieve the IMEI number in the phone and fix the issue.
However, the stock firmware has to be the same or earlier than the combination file, otherwise the device is bricked. I am yet to find a combination file that matches a stock firmware so I can actually do this.
Has anyone got a recent-ish combination file for the G920A? And if so, it would be great if I could have it, as long as I end up finding a matching stock firmware for it.
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What baseband version does the device currently have? (if you don't know, it usually looks like G920AUXXXXXXX)

Don't worry, I paid $10 for the file on a website, tried it, but it didn't resolve my problem. The next solution may have worked, but it required root, which I was unable to do with my ATT Galaxy S6 locked bootloader.
Sold it though as a 'wifi-only' device.

oo0spyder0oo said:
Don't worry, I paid $10 for the file on a website, tried it, but it didn't resolve my problem. The next solution may have worked, but it required root, which I was unable to do with my ATT Galaxy S6 locked bootloader.
Sold it though as a 'wifi-only' device.
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Ah, okay. Sorry I couldn't be of much help in time :/

AptLogic said:
Ah, okay. Sorry I couldn't be of much help in time :/
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No problem! All good. Guess I'm buying an S8+

Complete newb - How may I safely flash my Note 9?

Hello!
I currently have an Exynos SM-N960F/DS Note 9 that came with the XME/Malaysia CSC firmware out of the box. This firmware contains a lot of Malaysia-specific stuff that I can't really use at all so i'd rather ditch all that by flashing a global & unbranded _Stock_ firmware version from Samsung to conserve battery life, specially so because I frequently use Bluetooth headphones that kill my battery life.
I've been reading a bit and found that I may get firmware files to flash from SamMobile.com for use with the Odin tool, but I am a bit confused by the CSC stuff: Is it safe to switch my phone's CSC away from Malaysia? Are there any restrictions on this? My phone is SIM-unlocked so I believe there should be no issue, but an answer from someone more experienced than me would help me feel safer. I've been considering flashing the latest firmware from https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note9/firmware/SM-N960F/BTU/ as i've read BTU is the CSC for a phone to be sold in Britain with no carrier stuff on top, so I think that would fit the bill, though I am located in Colombia. Any assistance with picking the right firmware version would be greatly appreciated.
I'd also appreciate a link to any authoritative Odin tutorial, as i've found a lot of them and wouldn't like to just pick at random.
Thank you!

Hi!
To make sure you won't soft/hard brick your phone check the buildnumber and model number.
If you chose the wrong buildnumber and model number you can get trouble.

https://i.imgur.com/zZ87KYl.jpg
Should I look for a firmware with the same BuildNumber as this one?
Also, can you provide a link to a trusted version of Odin please? Seems a lot of people reupload it to a lot of places and I don't know which one to trust.

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