Hey there fellows, I'm new here, thanks for having me! I've got a question and would appreciate if someone could help me! I've bought a Note 8 in the UK with an EE contract and tried to use Samsung Pay but the app doesn't work. After that, I've checked that the phone is from Germany (SM-N950FZKADBT) so I would like to know you if I can flash an UK firmware via Odin without having any problems and keep on using my EE plan. Hope you understand my English! Many thanks!
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Hello people,
Just bought 2 of these phonesin th uk, one on voafone and orange unlocked. Im on tmobile uk network.
How do I re-image the phones as the current android standard gingerbread 2.3.3 are horrible!!! arrragh cant do nothing with them!
how do i downloid a customised andriod os and install these...
someone please guide me!
Many Thanks
If you post in dev section and your thread has a [Q] in the title, your doing it wrong. Theres a q&a section for these types of "situations".
zs98 said:
Hello people,
Just bought 2 of these phonesin th uk, one on voafone and orange unlocked. Im on tmobile uk network.
How do I re-image the phones as the current android standard gingerbread 2.3.3 are horrible!!! arrragh cant do nothing with them!
how do i downloid a customised andriod os and install these...
someone please guide me!
Many Thanks
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it also seems like they would be the i9100 version since it's UK.
orange: http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-SII
vodafone: http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/Samsung-galaxy-s-2
yup... both i9100 international versions. you posted in the wrong forum my friend.
Hello all!
I am a noob so apologies in advance if this is not where it should be and not described how it should be.
My father in law yesterday had an galaxy s3 lte i9305 Orange upgrade and gave it to me! I however am on Vodafone so with my tiny little brain I set out to flash the phone with a Portuguese Vodafone firmware! This has not allowed me to use my UK Vodafone SIM and now left the phone with the custom firmware.
Is there any way at all I can reload the original UK firmware in order to sell the phone??
Any immediate help will be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks
Nick
willy6182 said:
Hello all!
I am a noob so apologies in advance if this is not where it should be and not described how it should be.
My father in law yesterday had an galaxy s3 lte i9305 Orange upgrade and gave it to me! I however am on Vodafone so with my tiny little brain I set out to flash the phone with a Portuguese Vodafone firmware! This has not allowed me to use my UK Vodafone SIM and now left the phone with the custom firmware.
Is there any way at all I can reload the original UK firmware in order to sell the phone??
Any immediate help will be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks
Nick
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yeah no worries
just flash the ODIN version of the original firmware
will take you less than 5 minutes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
winwiz said:
yeah no worries
just flash the ODIN version of the original firmware
will take you less than 5 minutes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
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As of now, there are no original firmware from UK for the GT-I9305.
kazuni said:
As of now, there are no original firmware from UK for the GT-I9305.
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oh shoot
you are right! OP try samfirmware to see if they have a dump of the official firmware
willy6182 said:
Hello all!
I am a noob so apologies in advance if this is not where it should be and not described how it should be.
My father in law yesterday had an galaxy s3 lte i9305 Orange upgrade and gave it to me! I however am on Vodafone so with my tiny little brain I set out to flash the phone with a Portuguese Vodafone firmware! This has not allowed me to use my UK Vodafone SIM and now left the phone with the custom firmware.
Is there any way at all I can reload the original UK firmware in order to sell the phone??
Any immediate help will be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks
Nick
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You don't have to sell it unless that is what you want to do.
You can have it SIM unlocked for about £17 on web.
winwiz said:
oh shoot
you are right! OP try samfirmware to see if they have a dump of the official firmware
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Thanks guys for you responces! I have looked at samifirmware but can only see firmwares from outside of the UK. Do I have any options to try and restore it to its original firmware??
what a plonker!
thanks again.
willy6182 said:
Thanks guys for you responces! I have looked at samifirmware but can only see firmwares from outside of the UK. Do I have any options to try and restore it to its original firmware??
what a plonker!
thanks again.
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Take a look at this firmware. It's labeled "Sweden", but under regions, it also says UK. Should work, I guess.
winwiz said:
oh shoot
you are right! OP try samfirmware to see if they have a dump of the official firmware
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YOSEFE said:
You don't have to sell it unless that is what you want to do.
You can have it SIM unlocked for about £17 on web.
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I did have a brief look at this but none of the sites I looked at had the s3 lte just the s3 as an option, are the unlock codes likely to be the same?
I will try this now. The portuguise version I have has th UK option but a few portuguise apps also download and the default language is obviously portuguise. I really would like to restore it to original if there is a way.
thank you very much for taking the time to respond.
Nick
willy6182 said:
I will try this now. The portuguise version I have has th UK option but a few portuguise apps also download and the default language is obviously portuguise. I really would like to restore it to original if there is a way.
thank you very much for taking the time to respond.
Nick
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Yes the sim unlock for the S3 works on our lte.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app
YOSEFE said:
Yes the sim unlock for the S3 works on our lte.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app
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brilliant, thanks for confirming it does!
I have uploaded the Swedish firmware and it looks great! does not come with any Swedish apps or advertising!
thank you everyone for you help and being patient with a noob!
You can get the codes on ebay for about £10
Hi guys, I'm a big n00b in terms of flashing as well.
I'll get a i9305 from Hong Kong in a few days, which obviously will have a HK firmware on it. The problem with that firmware is that it only supports 6 languages. I live in Norway and want my phone to be in Norwegian so I wonder if those firmwares from the UK support all languages or only the language of the region included?
Thanks in advance.
To restore original UK Rom download checkfus from the market and write down all the info for pda phone and csc etc and enter them on the pc checkfus app and download the Odin Rom from there!
Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk 2
unlocker dont work on the uk version had to pay for a code £24.99
Try this
willy6182 said:
Hello all!
I am a noob so apologies in advance if this is not where it should be and not described how it should be.
My father in law yesterday had an galaxy s3 lte i9305 Orange upgrade and gave it to me! I however am on Vodafone so with my tiny little brain I set out to flash the phone with a Portuguese Vodafone firmware! This has not allowed me to use my UK Vodafone SIM and now left the phone with the custom firmware.
Is there any way at all I can reload the original UK firmware in order to sell the phone??
Any immediate help will be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks
Nick
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If you want to install the official Everything Everywhere (Orange) LTE firmware, download and run Check4us. This lets you choose model and region then provides firmware options. Select the UK version, download, flash with ODIN and you are done. All back and working as a new Orange set up. As it's a vanilla Samsung install you might find it works for Vodafone although you will need to search the web for Vodafone APN settings and update the phone accordingly.
Hello guys,
I would like to know if the peurtorican or Brazilian rom have Samsung pay if I install them on 9600 model?
Any help would be appreciated.
Try a Google search lately?
It's awesome,should use it sometime.....
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-pay-launches-in-brazil
https://www.samsung.com/latin_en/news/local/samsung-pay-launches-in-puerto-rico/
https://news.samsung.com/br/samsung...io-exclusivo-para-usuarios-dos-cartoes-ticket
Not trying to sound like an ass (it comes naturally,LOL),but,you've provided few details to give a better answer.
Guessing you want to use it somehwhere other than where the phone was originally from.
Basically,seems you're SOL if you've bought a Note 9 intended for another region & wish to use it in the US.
dr.dido89 said:
Hello guys,
I would like to know if the peurtorican or Brazilian rom have Samsung pay if I install them on 9600 model?
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China fw has it, but breaks the radio.
Hello All,
My Note 9 is out for delivery today. After some research I decided to go for the N-9600 in the UK for the snapdragon processor. As it is GSM I shouldn't have any issues. I'm assuming it will ship with Android 8. I was hoping to install a fresh Android 9 before doing anything.
I've downloaded Odin and the firmware from the following location:
https://firmwarex.net/samsung-note-9-sm-n9600-stock-rom/
Is this going to be the best one to go for? When downloading new ones am I best looking for a Hong Kong version to ensure it has english language?
Any tips RE which firmware to go for would be most appreciated. I'm not too fused about root at this stage and want to keep the bootloader locked.
Thanks in advance.
mardon85 said:
Hello All,
My Note 9 is out for delivery today. After some research I decided to go for the N-9600 in the UK for the snapdragon processor. As it is GSM I shouldn't have any issues. I'm assuming it will ship with Android 8. I was hoping to install a fresh Android 9 before doing anything.
I've downloaded Odin and the firmware from the following location:
https://firmwarex.net/samsung-note-9-sm-n9600-stock-rom/
Is this going to be the best one to go for? When downloading new ones am I best looking for a Hong Kong version to ensure it has english language?
Any tips RE which firmware to go for would be most appreciated. I'm not too fused about root at this stage and want to keep the bootloader locked.
Thanks in advance.
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Would definitely NOT recommend getting firmwares from that website.
Use SamFirm to get them straight from Samsung servers.
Use SM-N9600 as the model number and TGY as the CSC / region code.
TGY is Hong Kong unbranded, it has Google Services and the English language.
Just keep in mind it will not have VoLTE / WiFi calling and Samsung Pay functionality.
I wont use VoLTE / WiFi calling and Samsung Pay functionality anyway so thats fine.
Thanks for the info i'm downloading now! Most appreciated.
mardon85 said:
I wont use VoLTE / WiFi calling and Samsung Pay functionality anyway so thats fine.
Thanks for the info i'm downloading now! Most appreciated.
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Any tips you say? Yeah dont upgrade to pie.
Too late and already bricked!
Hey guys,
I've been up and down the forums looking for answers and come out thoroughly confused, so thought it would be best to ask for help from the professionals.
I am in New Zealand and have recently purchased an imported S10 from the states (site never said it was imported, would have gone local had I known), model SM-G973U. I've since realised that the phone will not update, and has been stuck on the June security patch since I got it. Contacted Samsung NZ and they said that because the phone isn't approved by my local carrier (Spark) no updates are getting pushed through.
I've thought of flashing a Spark-based version of the phone so I can receive updates but because the local versions of this phone are a different model (SM-G973F) I'm worried whether this will even work or if it will brick my phone entirely.
Is this something I can safely do, or will I have to resort to flashing updates manually?
Thanks guys, these forums really are great.
NikolaiA said:
Hey guys,
I've been up and down the forums looking for answers and come out thoroughly confused, so thought it would be best to ask for help from the professionals.
I am in New Zealand and have recently purchased an imported S10 from the states (site never said it was imported, would have gone local had I known), model SM-G973U. I've since realised that the phone will not update, and has been stuck on the June security patch since I got it. Contacted Samsung NZ and they said that because the phone isn't approved by my local carrier (Spark) no updates are getting pushed through.
I've thought of flashing a Spark-based version of the phone so I can receive updates but because the local versions of this phone are a different model (SM-G973F) I'm worried whether this will even work or if it will brick my phone entirely.
Is this something I can safely do, or will I have to resort to flashing updates manually?
Thanks guys, these forums really are great.
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Hi dude,
Don't try to update your G973U with a G973F firmware coz SoC of those devices are different ! Your model has a snapdragon but G973F (international S10 version) has an Exynos (Samsung made chipset).
What you can do if you really want to update it is to download this firmware and flash it through latest Odin (google or youtube this if you don't know how to proceed).
P.S. Firmware I linked here is the USA unbranded one, idk really know if this CSC will support your local carrier so make a backup of your device before processing !
Hey sorry I've been too caught up in life to try this until now, but I gave that firmware a go, flashed it with the latest odin and it's worked without a hitch, carrier settings intact and all.
Thanks for the guidance!
Tagdu17 said:
Hi dude,
Don't try to update your G973U with a G973F firmware coz SoC of those devices are different ! Your model has a snapdragon but G973F (international S10 version) has an Exynos (Samsung made chipset).
What you can do if you really want to update it is to download and flash it through latest Odin (google or youtube this if you don't know how to proceed).
P.S. Firmware I linked here is the USA unbranded one, idk really know if this CSC will support your local carrier so make a backup of your device before processing !
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NikolaiA said:
Hey sorry I've been too caught up in life to try this until now, but I gave that firmware a go, flashed it with the latest odin and it's worked without a hitch, carrier settings intact and all.
Thanks for the guidance!
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You're welcome, I'm glad it worked for you !