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[Q] Note ICS Update question

Hello guys,
I bought my wife a Galaxy Note for her birthday last month. I have been waiting for the ICS update to show up on the phone and I have gotten nothing. I go into settings > about phone > update, it says phone is up to date. I tried Kies on two different laptops and it says GT-N7000 does not support initializing. I have removed Kies and reinstalled it, but no luck.
I did more digging to see where my phone was meant to be sent. The model is N7000XXLA4, so according to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356325 , my phone is the one meant for Germany. Yet they got their updates almost 2 months ago. I have tried a factory reset on the phone but still no luck. Can anyone let me know what I am doing wrong?
PS: I know how to root and install ROMs. As the phone is not for me, I really want to stick to the official updates.
Thanks!

Is the phone rooted? That'll break any updates.

joe2316 said:
Is the phone rooted? That'll break any updates.
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No man, never rooted the phone.

Anyone?

If this is German ROM, you will get the OTA update only when you are located in Germany and connected to a German Carrier.
If you are located outside, you can download the update here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
and flash with Odin 1.876 (same link).

[Q] Updating AT&T S4 Active to Android 4.3+

Hello,
in my company we are developing an android app. The lowest android version this app supports is android 4.3.
The company bought several testing devices including a AT&T branded Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. With Android 4.2.2 (Buid Number: JDQ39.I9295UCUAMF3)
I tried it for a while now, but I can't get the OTA Update to work. It says "Software update interrupted. Try again in 24 hours".
I can bypass the 24h lock by changing the date of the phone. But even after ~30 tries the phone is not updating.
There is no SIM Card in the phone. Is a AT&T SIM Card needed to update the device? I am not able to get one, because I am located in Germany.
Can I update the phone manually with Kies or something?
I don't have admin right on my machine so I need to know what to do, before I contact the admin to install a required software.
Could a blocked port be an issue? I do have access to the internet, but if Samsung (or AT&T) uses some non standard port, my company could be blocking it.
(Root is not an option.)
Kind regards
Cliff

Cliff666 said:
Hello,
in my company we are developing an android app. The lowest android version this app supports is android 4.3.
The company bought several testing devices including a AT&T branded Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. With Android 4.2.2 (Buid Number: JDQ39.I9295UCUAMF3)
I tried it for a while now, but I can't get the OTA Update to work. It says "Software update interrupted. Try again in 24 hours".
I can bypass the 24h lock by changing the date of the phone. But even after ~30 tries the phone is not updating.
There is no SIM Card in the phone. Is a AT&T SIM Card needed to update the device? I am not able to get one, because I am located in Germany.
Can I update the phone manually with Kies or something?
I don't have admin right on my machine so I need to know what to do, before I contact the admin to install a required software.
Could a blocked port be an issue? I do have access to the internet, but if Samsung (or AT&T) uses some non standard port, my company could be blocking it.
(Root is not an option.)
Kind regards
Cliff
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Hi Cliff. I can't say for sure, but my guess is you can't access the OTA because you're not in the right region (someone correct me if I'm wrong). As far as I know, you shouldn't need a SIM to update, again could be wrong. More importantly, there are other ways to update. You could probably try Kies, but I wouldn't recommend it, it seems like users always have issues with Kies. I would strongly recommend you try updating the phone with Odin, a tool by Samsung that let's you change around your phone's firmware (among other things) when the phone is in download mode.
There is an exhaustive guide linked to here that thoroughly explains how to go from any version of android (official, for this phone) to any other version. In simpler terms, that link shows you how to manually update, which is what I think you're looking for. Also the files you'll need to download are located here. Hope I've helped, and good luck updating! :good:
Oh, just re-read your caveats: you almost certainly don't need a SIM for Odin to work, and you definitely don't need root either.

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
Hi Cliff. I can't say for sure, but my guess is you can't access the OTA because you're not in the right region (someone correct me if I'm wrong). As far as I know, you shouldn't need a SIM to update, again could be wrong. More importantly, there are other ways to update. You could probably try Kies, but I wouldn't recommend it, it seems like users always have issues with Kies. I would strongly recommend you try updating the phone with Odin, a tool by Samsung that let's you change around your phone's firmware (among other things) when the phone is in download mode.
There is an exhaustive guide linked to here that thoroughly explains how to go from any version of android (official, for this phone) to any other version. In simpler terms, that link shows you how to manually update, which is what I think you're looking for. Also the files you'll need to download are located here. Hope I've helped, and good luck updating! :good:
Oh, just re-read your caveats: you almost certainly don't need a SIM for Odin to work, and you definitely don't need root either.
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Thank you for your answer. Yes, maybe AT&T does region lock the update -.-
I've used Odin on my old Galaxy S2 some years ago.
I'll have a look into it and decide if this is the way to go.

Odin will do it as long as there are full install files for you to use.

Cliff666 said:
Thank you for your answer. Yes, maybe AT&T does region lock the update -.-
I've used Odin on my old Galaxy S2 some years ago.
I'll have a look into it and decide if this is the way to go.
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You need an AT&T SIM card in the phone in order to install AT&T OTA updates. You can't use Kies to update because AT&T won't let Samsung post AT&T firmware on Kies. So your only option is to use Odin and the guide posted above.

MY tab s2 T817A not upgrading to android 7

I am having issues with my tab s2 which is not updating to android 7 for some reasons.
I have tried the manually updating but it just says your device is up to date even it has an android 7 update available
also i have tried samsung smart switch but that also seems to give a similar result
I am only asking some things like
1- Is or Was there never any android 7 update for it and the internet is lying to me
2- Or is it any region problem because I dont live in the US this tablet was bought in the US but i live in pakistan maybe that is the issue or not ?
3- Tell me what can be the problem
Your help is kindly Appreciated
Sorry if my English is Bad

Tech core said:
I am having issues with my tab s2 which is not updating to android 7 for some reasons.
I have tried the manually updating but it just says your device is up to date even it has an android 7 update available
also i have tried samsung smart switch but that also seems to give a similar result
I am only asking some things like
1- Is or Was there never any android 7 update for it and the internet is lying to me
2- Or is it any region problem because I dont live in the US this tablet was bought in the US but i live in pakistan maybe that is the issue or not ?
3- Tell me what can be the problem
Your help is kindly Appreciated
Sorry if my English is Bad
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I think you need an ATT sim card inserted.

ashyx said:
I think you need an ATT sim card inserted.
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I may ask you how inserting my AT&T sim would allow it to continue updating

Tech core said:
I may ask you how inserting my AT&T sim would allow it to continue updating
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Because ATT devices update from ATT not Samsung. Without the ATT sim your device won't be recognised as an ATT device.
This is how it's worked for other devices on ATT.

ashyx said:
Because ATT devices update from ATT not Samsung. Without the ATT sim your device won't be recognised as an ATT device.
This is how it's worked for other devices on ATT.
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Ok I will try thanks for the tip

I have the same problem...
Is it possible to download this firmware manually and install it from odin / Kies ?
Better than that... How do I know if I can Debrand this device and get rid of att firmware ?

brtracker said:
I have the same problem...
Is it possible to download this firmware manually and install it from odin / Kies ?
Better than that... How do I know if I can Debrand this device and get rid of att firmware ?
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i Just upgraded the tablet to android 7 using its firmware i did not have its original at&t sim card lying around so i had to manually update the device you can manually update it
and no even if you try to debrand this tablet out of the at&t firmware there might be some chances that certain functions like wifi and bluetooth might not work due to the modem that at&t devices use i don,t know about this theory either and i can only assume that this might happen to your device it happened to me on my lg g2 where i installed the wrong firmware
Hopes this helps
sorry for my bad english

Where Did you get your update From? i Have an AT&T t-818a and on the att website there have been 2 other additional update but i guess without the AT&T sim it just wont work? Is this true, can anyone confirm this? I dont see why you would need the AT&t sim if the build/firmware number is specific to AT&T. Another reason to hate AT&T i guess!

T817AUCU2CQE3 here:
http://combinefile.com/home/browse/category/id/9448/T817AUCU2CQE3

Yeah I did T 18178 ever since I've had it it won't update already had to go twice to get new SIM cards from AT&T I've never not had an AT&T SIM card but it still does it regardless I noticed now it's been another year I haven't got another update and multiple behind it just happens. Did you know for the longest time and then I had to start going there and telling them just to do it right away and then you try to say I will do all this stuff and not think that would even help until doing all of it and then finally after continually telling them refusing that wouldn't do anything but it's but it happened the last time. Ridiculous provider websites pretty much unusable because it takes ridiculous times to get to information that's useless anyways, every time you want to go to a new page it's trying to make you log in security again

There is a version 7. And honestly I worked on my for a looong time and could never get it to update so I Just took it to the Samsung guys at best buy they did it no problem. being you are not in the US I'm not sure what to recommend.

Not getting updates

Hi,
I have the international Note 9 unlocked (SM-N960F/DS) and I am still on N960FXXU1ARH5 Security Patch : 1 August.
It's october 7th now, should I have not received an update?

Nic2112 said:
Hi,
I have the international Note 9 unlocked (SM-N960F/DS) and I am still on N960FXXU1ARH5 Security Patch : 1 August.
It's october 7th now, should I have not received an update?
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Depends how they roll out the update i got my security update few days ago on my unlocked BTU some still haven't have you manually checked for update

Nic2112 said:
Hi,
I have the international Note 9 unlocked (SM-N960F/DS) and I am still on N960FXXU1ARH5 Security Patch : 1 August.
It's october 7th now, should I have not received an update?
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Just download the latest firmware and flash via odin, problem solved.

Where do u live it also depends on region i also stuck on 1 august security patches
Also the are rolling out a new update for camera

mimo2008 said:
Depends how they roll out the update i got my security update few days ago on my unlocked BTU some still haven't have you manually checked for update
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Hi,
It looks like my phone's region was set to Singapore (XSP). Both the SIM cards I use are for Canada. Is there a way to change the phone's region?

Nic2112 said:
Hi,
It looks like my phone's region was set to Singapore (XSP). Both the SIM cards I use are for Canada. Is there a way to change the phone's region?
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as stated before, just flash another n960f firmware manually.
so try OXM
single sim and dual sim have the same firmware in case you were wondering.

bober10113 said:
as stated before, just flash another n960f firmware manually.
so try OXM
single sim and dual sim have the same firmware in case you were wondering.
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Thank you and I know I'm asking very basic questions here, it's just so simple with a Pixel and I really don't want to brick the Note.
What you are saying is that it doesn't matter the region I pick, the Note 9 will continue to work as an "international" phone where my two Canadian providers and Google Pay will continue to work? I have XSP right now as region so if my phone is set to Singapore and I can use Google pay in Canada, one doesn't prevent the other from working.
I can also see that versions ending in "ARJ1" are available from samfirm and the "J" would mean it includes October patches if I understand everything right.

Nic2112 said:
Thank you and I know I'm asking very basic questions here, it's just so simple with a Pixel and I really don't want to brick the Note.
What you are saying is that it doesn't matter the region I pick, the Note 9 will continue to work as an "international" phone where my two Canadian providers and Google Pay will continue to work? I have XSP right now as region so if my phone is set to Singapore and I can use Google pay in Canada, one doesn't prevent the other from working.
I can also see that versions ending in "ARJ1" are available from samfirm and the "J" would mean it includes October patches if I understand everything right.
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familiarize your self with what is a snapdragon and an exynos and the different phone models pertaining to each then bricking won't be an issue. anyways ODIN usualy wont let you flash something that is not compatible.
yes J is October and for google pay, usually its supported pretty much wide spread. samsung pay is an other story and is the more coveted of the 2 'pays'. but since you're after Google pay, it should still be working.
just remember that you cant downgrade bootloaders so be sure of your intentions because you cant revert back to a lesser revision.

bober10113 said:
just remember that you cant downgrade bootloaders so be sure of your intentions because you cant revert back to a lesser revision.
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Thank you, that's a very good point. I know Samsung can be slow to update to begin with so I was looking for ways to be at least not in a situation where my phone is the last to get the slow updates. To have an expensive flagship phone that still can't apply the September updates is disappointing. I have manually flashed my pixel often because the "check for update" would not give me an update so that's not usually a problem for me. I also liked how the pixel has very few customization options compared to the Note 9, that's fewer options to reconfigure after a fresh flash!

Nic2112 said:
Thank you, that's a very good point. I know Samsung can be slow to update to begin with so I was looking for ways to be at least not in a situation where my phone is the last to get the slow updates. To have an expensive flagship phone that still can't apply the September updates is disappointing. I have manually flashed my pixel often because the "check for update" would not give me an update so that's not usually a problem for me. I also liked how the pixel has very few customization options compared to the Note 9, that's fewer options to reconfigure after a fresh flash!
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for me the more options the better!
I have never received an OTA in my life. always applied manually

bober10113 said:
for me the more options the better!
I have never received an OTA in my life. always applied manually
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I applied the update from today (in the stock firmware thread) and I was a bit concerned as this was a first flash but everything went well. I have to say as nice as it is to like a phone "stock" like the pixel, having customization option is good. Also it will discourage me from doing full wipes all the time because it takes more time to reconfigure!
Thank you for your help today, I really had a hard time figuring out which country/region I should flash.

Nic2112 said:
I applied the update from today (in the stock firmware thread) and I was a bit concerned as this was a first flash but everything went well. I have to say as nice as it is to like a phone "stock" like the pixel, having customization option is good. Also it will discourage me from doing full wipes all the time because it takes more time to reconfigure!
Thank you for your help today, I really had a hard time figuring out which country/region I should flash.
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glad everything turned out well

Help , Samsung Note 9 SM-N960U

Hello everyone , i recently got an unlocked AT&T Note 9 and i have yet to get the Pie update , i currently live in Europe and i was wondering if my location is preventing me from getting the update . Last security update this phone got is the November 1st security update .
Baseband version is : N960USQ1ARJA
I also tried to manually flash the Pie update from firmware.science but while i was on recovery mode and tried update from SD card it kept showing "could not mount SD" even though SD card is readable on my phone , i haven' tried to flash via odin because i wanted your thoughts first , any help would really be appreciated
Thanks in advance

jonuz said:
Hello everyone , i recently got an unlocked AT&T Note 9 and i have yet to get the Pie update , i currently live in Europe and i was wondering if my location is preventing me from getting the update . Last security update this phone got is the November 1st security update .
Baseband version is : N960USQ1ARJA
I also tried to manually flash the Pie update from firmware.science but while i was on recovery mode and tried update from SD card it kept showing "could not mount SD" even though SD card is readable on my phone , i haven' tried to flash via odin because i wanted your thoughts first , any help would really be appreciated
Thanks in advance
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A few years ago,I had the same issue (using an unlocked AT&T phone on another network) & I had to get a cheap prepaid AT&T SIM to get the OTA update pushed to my phones (Note & LG G Flex2).
I had heard this wasn't the case anymore,but,I found this post from an AT&T forum & it still seems to be the case:
https://forums.att.com/t5/Samsung/A...date-when-not-on-AT-amp-T/td-p/5591432#M38714
You might as well use Odin,it won't hurt a thing,you'll still have Knox intact/etc.........

KOLIOSIS said:
A few years ago,I had the same issue (using an unlocked AT&T phone on another network) & I had to get a cheap prepaid AT&T SIM to get the OTA update pushed to my phones (Note & LG G Flex2).
I had heard this wasn't the case anymore,but,I found this post from an AT&T forum & it still seems to be the case:
https://forums.att.com/t5/Samsung/A...date-when-not-on-AT-amp-T/td-p/5591432#M38714
You might as well use Odin,it won't hurt a thing,you'll still have Knox intact/etc.........
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Just to make sure , should i flash the version from firmware.science or is there another better version that i don't know about?

jonuz said:
Just to make sure , should i flash the version from firmware.science or is there another better version that i don't know about?
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Have you tried updating via Samsung's Smart Switch PC Tool? (Corresponding app needs to be installed on your phone as well)
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/smart-switch

KOLIOSIS said:
Have you tried updating via Samsung's Smart Switch PC Tool? (Corresponding app needs to be installed on your phone as well)
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/smart-switch
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I have and it show the phone as up to date

jonuz said:
I have and it show the phone as up to date
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Sounds like Odin is your best bet to get on the latest update. Here's the AT&T specific thread that has links to the AT&T firmware & patched Odin.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-9/how-to/stock-official-android-pie-t3897339

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Sounds like Odin is your best bet to get on the latest update. Here's the AT&T specific thread that has links to the AT&T firmware & patched Odin.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-9/how-to/stock-official-android-pie-t3897339
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Thank you, much appreciated

jonuz said:
Thank you, much appreciated
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Did you get it updated?

KOLIOSIS said:
Did you get it updated?
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Not yet , currently at work and won't be able to get back home in a couple of days.

jonuz said:
Not yet , currently at work and won't be able to get back home in a couple of days.
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Please keep us posted on your outcome. :good: