First i know i'm an idiot, i thought i knew what i was doing but i had no idea, i figured how hard could it be I've rooted a G1 and a Droid Eris.... but alas i was way over my head.
I have a Note 9 from KSA (Saudi Arabia) i'm a contractor there and it was way cheaper than buy in the states plus a dual sim variant. i tried flashing to the Detonator T-mobile rom, and now i'm left with a phone i can not use, I did not create a partition, i have backup all my personal data, but the original firmware is in the ether. I flashed what i thought was a dual sim international firmware, but all it did network lock my phone so god knows what international network, since neither my T-mobile or STC sim work in it. On top of that even though it has a "stock firmware" it's still rooted so knox has been triggered and even if my sim's worked all Knox linked programs wont work.
So what i need from you fine Ladies' and Gentlemen is a solution to get it as close to the stock version as possible, at this point dual sim functionality or the Wifi calling i was trying to flash on to it are second to having the phone function as a proper note 9 again. IF anyone has the stock firmware or knows of a place where i can get the original firmware, no i'm not asking for hacked version, yes i'm willing to pay for it as long as it works. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Yeah, I know that Samsung devices purchased in the UAE are partitioned differently than those purchased in the rest of the world. I would recommend that you repartition the storage in your device and reinstall the stock OS back onto it again. That should resolve yoru issue. I don't know how to do this. Maybe somebody else can chime in a help you out.
iceepyon said:
Yeah, I know that Samsung devices purchased in the UAE are partitioned differently than those purchased in the rest of the world. I would recommend that you repartition the storage in your device and reinstall the stock OS back onto it again. That should resolve yoru issue. I don't know how to do this. Maybe somebody else can chime in a help you out.
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do you by chance know where the Partition would be because i had not had any luck locating it. or the firmware for that specific region.
Samri13 said:
do you by chance know where the Partition would be because i had not had any luck locating it. or the firmware for that specific region.
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Ok i got the correct firmware loaded, does anyone know how to Unlock network?
Samri13 said:
Ok i got the correct firmware loaded, does anyone know how to Unlock network?
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Look up-thread, there's another person (besides you and I) whose had the problem and found solution.
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I bought SGS from 2nd hand for my girlfriend. Seller said that phone is locked for Virgin (UK). I successfully removed simlock from my SGS (O2) before so i thougt that shouldn't be a problem for me now. But it is.
I checked with *#7465625# that simlock and all other locks are OFF (before i used phone with SIM). When I put any other SIMs than Virgin I get "Emergency calls only" message. Virgin SIM cards work perfect.
I tried remove lock (but there is no lock ???) with all methods from this forum and still have no reception with non Virgin SIM. I checkd 2.1, 2.2.1, and 2.3.4 stock roms and is same.
How I can resolve my problem?
Its possible if u have been using Odin that you have changed the CSC file, which is the modem, which receives signal. Does Virgin receive a signal ?
Yes, Virgin recive signal. Problem was before I flash any rom by odin.
I can see signal bars when non virgin but can't make call. Only emergency.
Maybe I can use some files from my unlocked and working mobile?
Ok, go here http://www.samfirmware.com/apps/profile/76570387/
You will need to register free, and you will loose root but thats easy sorted, download the latest 2.2 for the i9000 and flash it with Odin. Let me know if it helps, and be carefull with Odin, read all instructions carefully. Though i think the 2.2 is just one file, there for it goes into PDA in Odin.
You may also be sim-locked again, im unsure and im no expert at this. Or theres another site that helped me out. http://www.theandroidsoul.com/xxjvp-android-2-3-4-firmware-galaxy-s-install-and-download/
Then go here to root http://www.theandroidsoul.com/root-xxjvp-firmware/
Let me know how u get on
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Ok, go here (...)samfirmware.com/apps/profile/76570387/
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Link to someone profile. (?)
bigmadpete said:
You may also be sim-locked again, im unsure and im no expert at this. Or theres another site that helped me out. (...)theandroidsoul.com/xxjvp-android-2-3-4-firmware-galaxy-s-install-and-download
Then go here to root (...)theandroidsoul.com/root-xxjvp-firmware/
Let me know how u get on
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I try to use few firmwares but it not change anything. I think that might be problem with nv_data.bin file. In my opinion someone try remove lock, failed, forgot to backup file and sold mobile to 2nd hand shop.
I have another full working sgs. Maybe I can copy some files and/or edit in hex editor?
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Maybe someone can share me his nv_data.bin from locked or unlocked Virgin mobile please?
Sorry about link, but thats the site for the official firmwares from Samsung. I cant help you with copying files man, I know nothing about it.
Long time omnirom user here with an issue I cannot find a fix for.
In my country there's a cell operator called RCS-RDS that has always had very good rates and unlimited 3g internet but, up until recently, very bad coverage. I have used 2 sim cards from this operator whenever I was in their coverage area for years now without a problem.
Last month RDS, has signed a national roaming agreement with VODAFONE so that you can use their network for service whenever you're outside RDS's coverage area. To use this national roaming service however, I had to replace the sim cards I had from RDS with new ones which, they say, operate in the UMTS 2100 band. I've checked the I9305's specs, and that band should be supported without a hitch.
Problem is however, that if I try to use either of the 2 sim cards, the phone gives me a no sim card error message and will behave as if there's no sim in the phone.
I'm using the radio recommended by mccamblesmith, the I9305 omni rom developer, in the omni rom development thread, and I have tried flashing every radio I could find, from the newest 4.4 radios to some very old 4.3 ones, but no change, and I've tested the two sim cards on other phones, including an S4, a beat up old Allview, an even older and more beat up Huawei U1220 and a 3G USB dongle, and both sims worked flawlessly on all of those.
I've also tried getting help on omnirom's irc channel, but the place is dead.
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Long time omnirom user here with an issue I cannot find a fix for.
In my country there's a cell operator called RCS-RDS that has always had very good rates and unlimited 3g internet but, up until recently, very bad coverage. I have used 2 sim cards from this operator whenever I was in their coverage area for years now without a problem.
Last month RDS, has signed a national roaming agreement with VODAFONE so that you can use their network for service whenever you're outside RDS's coverage area. To use this national roaming service however, I had to replace the sim cards I had from RDS with new ones which, they say, operate in the UMTS 2100 band. I've checked the I9305's specs, and that band should be supported without a hitch.
Problem is however, that if I try to use either of the 2 sim cards, the phone gives me a no sim card error message and will behave as if there's no sim in the phone.
I'm using the radio recommended by mccamblesmith, the I9305 omni rom developer, in the omni rom development thread, and I have tried flashing every radio I could find, from the newest 4.4 radios to some very old 4.3 ones, but no change, and I've tested the two sim cards on other phones, including an S4, a beat up old Allview, an even older and more beat up Huawei U1220 and a 3G USB dongle, and both sims worked flawlessly on all of those.
I've also tried getting help on omnirom's irc channel, but the place is dead.
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i understand the issue here, but dont know how to fix it easiest way without loosing all your data and personal stuff etc.
it seems the issue is not modem related but i think its related with the roms settings you applied but dont know what exactly. all i can say is make a nandroid backup to external sd of current rom and flash back your official stock firmware with odin, root and install recovery and flash omni again, then try the sim cards again. if it does not work you can always restore the nandroid backup from recovery.
i hope this helps
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MaHo_66 said:
i understand the issue here, but dont know how to fix it easiest way without loosing all your data and personal stuff etc.
it seems the issue is not modem related but i think its related with the roms settings you applied but dont know what exactly. all i can say is make a nandroid backup to external sd of current rom and flash back your official stock firmware with odin, root and install recovery and flash omni again, then try the sim cards again. if it does not work you can always restore the nandroid backup from recovery.
i hope this helps
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Due to a HDD failure a while ago, I no longer have the nandroid or the stock rom I saved from before I CFW'd the phone. Would changing to something like SlimROM or the likes help?
touchbattle.mika said:
Due to a HDD failure a while ago, I no longer have the nandroid or the stock rom I saved from before I CFW'd the phone. Would changing to something like SlimROM or the likes help?
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well you can always make a nandroid backup at any time in recovery mode, you know that right? cant tell if changing CFW will help but you can try it..
Edit: if i were you, i would make backup and put anything else important in internal or external sd to my pc temporary and wipe everything system/caches/dalvik/internal memory and then flash another custom rom or flash back omni again
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well you can always make a nandroid backup at any time in recovery mode, you know that right? cant tell if changing CFW will help but you can try it..
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I know I saw a de-knox-ed stock 4.3 a while back, but can't find it again, would you happen to know anything about it?
touchbattle.mika said:
I know I saw a de-knox-ed stock 4.3 a while back, but can't find it again, would you happen to know anything about it?
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you on old or new bootloader? old without knox counter, new with knox counter
MaHo_66 said:
you on old or new bootloader? old without knox counter, new with knox counter
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I'm on old bootloader. The phone shipped with 4.1.2.
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I'm on old bootloader. The phone shipped with 4.1.2.
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Here you go, download mod 7 and flash with odin maybe you will need to flash the custom recovery of your choice over again and then you can flash the supersu update zip in my odin guide (in my signature) to get root acces.
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Here you go, download mod 7 and flash with odin
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You sir are my hero. I've tried pacman rom and still no sim, trying this now.
touchbattle.mika said:
You sir are my hero. I've tried pacman rom and still no sim, trying this now.
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allright hope this helps
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allright hope this helps
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No luck. Even after flashing stock 4.3 it still behaves as thoigh there's no sim.
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No luck. Even after flashing stock 4.3 it still behaves as thoigh there's no sim.
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i dont know what else you could do is your imei number oke?
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i dont know what else you could do is your imei number oke?
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Yes, every other sim card i've tried works perfectly. These 2 UMTS sims are the only cards it won't accept.
touchbattle.mika said:
Yes, every other sim card i've tried works perfectly. These 2 UMTS sims are the only cards it won't accept.
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cant help you further man, im sorry perhaps somebody with more knowledge about these kind of things could help you out..
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cant help you further man, im sorry perhaps somebody with more knowledge about these kind of things could help you out..
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Thank you for everything, might as well go back to omni.
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.
Hi. I am a complete noob when it comes to rooting Android.
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I bought an *unlocked* Samsung Note 9 N960F/DS (Exynos 9810) international phone from a seller on ebay brand new and sealed. Received the phone yesterday (10/19/2018) and popped my working existing sim card from my iphone 6 with T-mobile into the new phone and it *worked*.........except no wifi calling.
Since my house has terrible reception I really do need wifi calling in order to receive calls (I use Skype for outbound). I decided to root and install Detonator (tekhd) even though I've never done this before. Somewhere along the line I messed up and installed the latest LUX ROM because I misred Tekhd's guide on Detonator (my fault).
Here's where I stand now: I found a stock ROM for this model (N960F/DS) and reinstalled it using Odin3 v3.13.1.
After a successful flash when I insert my working T-mobile sim I get "SIM network PIN blocked. Enter SIM network PUK."
Here the Service Provider SW shows XEU/XEU,XEU/MYM
I get the *same* message when I insert a spare T-mobile sim I happened to have that was confirmed as available with T-mobile customer service. If I take the working sim out and put it back into the other phone it works without a problem. I think that rules out the sim cards having issues.
Earlier when I had the phone rooted and Detonator installed (and working), I got a different message when I inserted the SIM:
Network Lock: This device can be remotely unlocked if eligible.
Please use the "Device Unlock" application to unlock the device.
Make sure the device has an internet connectivity to use the "Device Unlock application".
Here the Service Provider SW showed TMB/TMB/MYM.
I tried looking for a T-mobile Unlock App apk to download but could not find a recent one. I would get a "Device not supported" error. It seems T-mobile has taken it off the Playstore.
Now, I can't install a stock USA ROM from T-mobile because those ROMS are only for the Snapdragon versions and I have the Exynos chip. I was given two unlock codes over the phone with T-mobile customer service to try and unlock the Pin lock but they both did not work.
Do you think an unlock service will be able to provide me with a valid "Sim Network PUK" code? I'm happy to pay for the service if I can just get the damn phone working. I've spent almost $770 on this phone and in hindsight should just have gotten the T-mobile branded phone for $100 more. I'm really at a loss as to what I can do to rectify this situation.
Also in hindsight I should have done more research before purchasing the phone and also should have backed up my partition in TWRP........You live and you learn.
The irony here is that I had an unlocked phone.....and now it has somehow gotten locked.........by the carrier whose SIM card is working perfectly fine......in a different phone. The device was paid in full btw.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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Hi. I am a complete noob when it comes to rooting Android.
I bought an *unlocked* Samsung Note 9 N960F/DS (Exynos 9810) international phone from a seller on ebay brand new and sealed. Received the phone yesterday (10/19/2018) and popped my working existing sim card from my iphone 6 with T-mobile into the new phone and it *worked*.........except no wifi calling.
Since my house has terrible reception I really do need wifi calling in order to receive calls (I use Skype for outbound). I decided to root and install Detonator (tekhd) even though I've never done this before. Somewhere along the line I messed up and installed the latest LUX ROM because I misred Tekhd's guide on Detonator (my fault).
Here's where I stand now: I found a stock ROM for this model (N960F/DS) and reinstalled it using Odin3 v3.13.1.
After a successful flash when I insert my working T-mobile sim I get "SIM network PIN blocked. Enter SIM network PUK."
Here the Service Provider SW shows XEU/XEU,XEU/MYM
I get the *same* message when I insert a spare T-mobile sim I happened to have that was confirmed as available with T-mobile customer service. If I take the working sim out and put it back into the other phone it works without a problem. I think that rules out the sim cards having issues.
Earlier when I had the phone rooted and Detonator installed (and working), I got a different message when I inserted the SIM:
Network Lock: This device can be remotely unlocked if eligible.
Please use the "Device Unlock" application to unlock the device.
Make sure the device has an internet connectivity to use the "Device Unlock application".
Here the Service Provider SW showed TMB/TMB/MYM.
I tried looking for a T-mobile Unlock App apk to download but could not find a recent one. I would get a "Device not supported" error. It seems T-mobile has taken it off the Playstore.
Now, I can't install a stock USA ROM from T-mobile because those ROMS are only for the Snapdragon versions and I have the Exynos chip. I was given two unlock codes over the phone with T-mobile customer service to try and unlock the Pin lock but they both did not work.
Do you think an unlock service will be able to provide me with a valid "Sim Network PUK" code? I'm happy to pay for the service if I can just get the damn phone working. I've spent almost $770 on this phone and in hindsight should just have gotten the T-mobile branded phone for $100 more. I'm really at a loss as to what I can do to rectify this situation.
Also in hindsight I should have done more research before purchasing the phone and also should have backed up my partition in TWRP........You live and you learn.
The irony here is that I had an unlocked phone.....and now it has somehow gotten locked.........by the carrier whose SIM card is working perfectly fine......in a different phone. The device was paid in full btw.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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this is a first. I always though once the region lock was lifted it couldn't be relocked( to me it seems to be a region lock issue, which if it is you need to make a 5 min call on region soil... good luck)
anyways check on your box there is a sticker with model and serial . find what carrier or region its from and grab that firmware and flash it. might want to factory wipe everything (including cache) in the recovery before booting it up indownlaod mode to do Odin flash.
also remove sim before wiping/ flashing, let it boot and do the initial setup then insert sim.
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this is a first. I always though once the region lock was lifted it couldn't be relocked( to me it seems to be a region lock issue, which if it is you need to make a 5 min call on region soil... good luck)
anyways check on your box there is a sticker with model and serial . find what carrier or region its from and grab that firmware and flash it. might want to factory wipe everything (including cache) in the recovery before booting it up indownlaod mode to do Odin flash.
also remove sim before wiping/ flashing, let it boot and do the initial setup then insert sim.
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I did wipe and reinstall the stock rom with the sim removed. The strange thing is..........I get the same message if I insert an old, blank, unused t-mobile sim into the device. Plus the working sim works fine in my old phone. So how could it be that the sim is locked?
There is nothing on the box that says anything about a carrier. This was advertised and sold as a factory unlocked phone which by all indications it does seem to be. The only thing on the box that says anything about country is that it was manufactured in vietnam.
orsonwells456 said:
I did wipe and reinstall the stock rom with the sim removed. The strange thing is..........I get the same message if I insert an old, blank, unused t-mobile sim into the device. Plus the working sim works fine in my old phone. So how could it be that the sim is locked?
There is nothing on the box that says anything about a carrier. This was advertised and sold as a factory unlocked phone which by all indications it does seem to be. The only thing on the box that says anything about country is that it was manufactured in vietnam.
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no sticker with device model or anything? not even in the back of the phone when it was new? a white sticker
bober10113 said:
no sticker with device model or anything? not even in the back of the phone when it was new? a white sticker
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Yes there are stickers. But it is not associated with a carrier, specific region, or country. I just see IMEI info on the sticker on the back of the phone and S/N.
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Yes there are stickers. But it is not associated with a carrier, specific region, or country. I just see IMEI info on the sticker on the back of the phone and S/N.
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nothing like
SM-N960FOYAU1MYM or something?
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nothing like
SM-N960FOYAMYM or something?
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Ah ok. SM-N960FZBDMYM
bober10113 said:
nothing like
SM-N960FOYAU1MYM or something?
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btw I think detonator zip backup efs partition. did your issues arise before it after flashing it? if after try to find the backup and refresh it
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btw I think detonator zip backup efs partition. did your issues arise before it after flashing it? if after try to find the backup and refresh it
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I was a dumbass and did not backup. I had zero issues other than no wifi-calling before trying to root and flash detonator...... Thank you for your help.
I went to a site with all "official" downloads and I don't see anything for ZBDMYM........
orsonwells456 said:
I was a dumbass and did not backup. I had zero issues other than no wifi-calling before trying to root and flash detonator...... Thank you for your help.
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https://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-N960F/region/MYM/
did you flash one of these?
these should be the original firmware U1 and the lates U2 which if you flash wint be able to downgrade bootloader but shouldn't be causing rhe sim lock issue.
flash U1 first and see if it fixes your issue. then try the October U2 just for fun
you can also download it using samfirm tool
enter 960F and MYM in settings it should also be a faster download then the web links
bober10113 said:
https://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-N960F/region/MYM/
did you flash one of these?
these should be the original firmware U1 and the lates U2 which if you flash wint be able to downgrade bootloader but shouldn't be causing rhe sim lock issue.
flash U1 first and see if it fixes your issue. then try the October U2 just for fun
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My baseband version currently shows N960FXXU2ARH7 and Service Provider SW Ver. shows XEU/XEU, XEU/MYM. I will try loading U1 first and see what happens.
orsonwells456 said:
My baseband version currently shows N960FXXU2ARH7 and Service Provider SW Ver. shows XEU/XEU, XEU/MYM. I will try loading U1 first and see what happens.
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ok so it's too late for U1 . ure phone is already on U2 latest bootloader. so flash the October build
but be sure to wipe all with no sim before flashing
and in Odin fill in all slots and for csc use CSC but not HOME csc file.
good luck
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ok so it's too late for U1 . ure phone is already on U2 latest bootloader. so flash the October build
but be sure to wipe all with no sim before flashing
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Should I take out sim, use TWRP to wipe, then go into download mode, Odin3=> flash rom? Thanks.
orsonwells456 said:
Should I take out sim, use TWRP to wipe, then go into download mode, Odin3=> flash rom? Thanks.
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yeah might as well use tarp. and erase all. but before, did you sift through internal s or ext s for an efs backup that detonator might have made automatically?
check for a folder called .backup and or for a file like:
efs_backup.img.gz
efs_backup.img
or anything similar
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yeah might as well use tarp. and erase all. but before, did you sift through internal s or ext s for an efs backup that detonator might have made automatically?
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No, but I did download Dr. Ketan's tool to make an efs backup. But that was way later in the process....so it wasn't the original efs directory......It was after I flashed my current "stock" rom. I'm going to try and find another site to download since that one will take 2 days on slow speed......
Btw what does the ZBD mean? MYM I figured is Myanmar......
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No, but I did download Dr. Ketan's tool to make an efs backup. But that was way later in the process....so it wasn't the original efs directory......It was after I flashed my current "stock" rom. I'm going to try and find another site to download since that one will take 2 days on slow speed......
Btw what does the ZBD mean? MYM I figured is Myanmar......
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probably a date code of some sort. Samsung mashes a bunch if letters to come up with country,date code. just Google it.
but try samfirm 3.6 tool to dl
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AhXVLDDj8g3AgdJZClzJmsN17YL2CQ
I am using Samfirm and found this;
Model: N960F
Region: MYM
File: N960FXXU2ARJ1/N960FOXM2ARJ1/N960FXXU2ARJ1/N960FXXU2ARJ1
Verions: N960F_1_20181001162540_w0h1lv73k8_fac.zip.enc4
If Install this ROM, does this mean my phone will be region locked to MYM again? I'm definitely confused on this......
orsonwells456 said:
I am using Samfirm and found this;
Model: N960F
Region: MYM
File: N960FXXU2ARJ1/N960FOXM2ARJ1/N960FXXU2ARJ1/N960FXXU2ARJ1
Verions: N960F_1_20181001162540_w0h1lv73k8_fac.zip.enc4
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yeah looks good. its October 1st build
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orsonwells456 said:
If Install this ROM, does this mean my phone will be region locked to MYM again? I'm definitely confused on this......
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well ure screwed either way. the goal is to restore everything back to stock and see if you can get a line working
btw was there a seal on the box that you had to break in order to open the box when you first got it?
Flashing a UK Firmware on XQ-AT52 12GB (Green one) from Hong-Kong? Anyone tried? Any issue with the RAM (detect and use the full 12 gb?)
I have one on the way and interesting to know if anyone tried or had any issues with it.
The only reason for me to do this is support for wi-fi calling if not on the firmware out of the box.
Any comments / ideas relating to the firmware on that model?
Thanks
how did it go?
Happytoon007 said:
Flashing a UK Firmware on XQ-AT52 12GB (Green one) from Hong-Kong? Anyone tried? Any issue with the RAM (detect and use the full 12 gb?)
I have one on the way and interesting to know if anyone tried or had any issues with it.
The only reason for me to do this is support for wi-fi calling if not on the firmware out of the box.
Any comments / ideas relating to the firmware on that model?
Thanks
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I have flashed the UK firmware onto this very phone just now. The phone still shows it has 12GB of ram and 256GB of storage space as normal.
The only difference is the UK firmware can't see the second sim card slot since UK phones don't have one. So in the About Phone sections you will only see one IMEI number and no mention of a second slot.
Auron111 said:
I have flashed the UK firmware onto this very phone just now. The phone still shows it has 12GB of ram and 256GB of storage space as normal.
The only difference is the UK firmware can't see the second sim card slot since UK phones don't have one. So in the About Phone sections you will only see one IMEI number and no mention of a second slot.
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Hi, sorry for the question but what UK firmware did you use? I have the same phone. How easy was it to do as well? I have never done this before. Thanks in advance.
Solarwarden said:
Hi, sorry for the question but what UK firmware did you use? I have the same phone. How easy was it to do as well? I have never done this before. Thanks in advance.
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Honestly because you don't need to root the phone or anything it is super easy. I just used the latest firmware that XperiFirm 5.6.0 (by Igor Eisberg) has listed for the UK and used that.
I also used this flashing guide - [GUIDE] Flashing XQ-AT51 Firmware on XQ-AT52 Device
The only thing I would mention is when I followed this guide (I think step 5) Newflasher asks you to make a back up, but after you do the program closed. I had to redo it again but then choose not to make a back up allowing the program to advance as the guide says it should.
Auron111 said:
Honestly because you don't need to root the phone or anything it is super easy. I just used the latest firmware that XperiFirm 5.6.0 (by Igor Eisberg) has listed for the UK and used that.
I also used this flashing guide - [GUIDE] Flashing XQ-AT51 Firmware on XQ-AT52 Device
The only thing I would mention is when I followed this guide (I think step 5) Newflasher asks you to make a back up, but after you do the program closed. I had to redo it again but then choose not to make a back up allowing the program to advance as the guide says it should.
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Thanks for your quick reply, I appreciate it. Thanks for your help. I will give this a go when I finish work today...
Hello All,
I am in a SIMILAR situation (just reversed). I have a AT52 dual sim also from HongKong that I am REALLY happy with, but sadly it had some issues and I sent it for repair.
Sadly, the repair company have replaced the motherboard, and have replaced it with the AT51 motherboard (!!!!!!!!)
Is it possible to simply reflash the AT52 ROM to get the second SIM working again?
thanks for your help!!
Nick
Hi All,
I did the jump last night and flashed the UK AT51 firmware on my Dual Sim XQ-AT52 Green 256GB/12GB from HK.
I downloaded the firmware using XperiFirm 5.6 and flashed with Newflasher. I used the guide links in an other post above.
Attention, use a USB2 (not 3), I started with a USB-C 3 cable and got a known error, as documented on Newflasher thread.
Also, did "n" (no) to flasihng persit (important).
THanks to all the developers of these fantastic tools
I lost the SIM2 but I was not using it. I have an SD card in that tray anyway. My phone now shows as an AT51!
All the rest is perfect and as expected.I still have 12 GB of RAM and 256 of internal storage.
Bonus, I am now IMS registered on EE UK and can have Wifi Calling and VoLTE!
Thanks to all and the great XDA forum and its very knowledgeable peoples!