I have the korean note 5 unlocked. The stock firmware and bootloader is n920sksu2drg3. Though I can get twrp to work without a hitch, I cant seem to find any kernals or compatable roms for it.
I was wondering if anyone can point me in the right directrion.
most of the custom international (C,G and I) roms will work. Had the S variant before and I have flashed many roms on the phone. If it does not list your variant as compatible, then best way to found out is to try.
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T-mobile Note 8 , installed Unlocked ROM but T-mobile start up is still there on every boot. Can anyone help me get rid of it. There is no stable guide for switching firmwares and the ones that do exist are not working for me because Odin will simply give me error while flashing some of the ones posted on here. I tried one XAA Unlocked ROM which installed fine but T-mobile boot up is still there. any help will be appreciated Please....
umair239 said:
T-mobile Note 8 , installed Unlocked ROM but T-mobile start up is still there on every boot. Can anyone help me get rid of it. There is no stable guide for switching firmwares and the ones that do exist are not working for me because Odin will simply give me error while flashing some of the ones posted on here. I tried one XAA Unlocked ROM which installed fine but T-mobile boot up is still there. any help will be appreciated Please....
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You'll need root to change it.
umair239 said:
T-mobile Note 8 , installed Unlocked ROM but T-mobile start up is still there on every boot. Can anyone help me get rid of it. There is no stable guide for switching firmwares and the ones that do exist are not working for me because Odin will simply give me error while flashing some of the ones posted on here. I tried one XAA Unlocked ROM which installed fine but T-mobile boot up is still there. any help will be appreciated Please....
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You need the ROM from U1 model, not U.
Hi, i have korean unlocked note 9 witn SM-N960N code. I wanted to flash sm-n960f netherlands stock rom but i bricked(subject is not this) the my phone. which sm-n960f country should i choose ? austuria ? uk ? germany ? greece ? which one will work properly ?
You can ONLY flash the firmware with SAME model number.
Btw, wasn't G960N this model number belongs to S9?
maple_mak said:
You can ONLY flash the firmware with SAME model number.
Btw, wasn't G960N this model number belongs to S9?
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Yes i wrote it wrong. Thnx for recognizing. I am downloading another n960f firmware, i will try again. if it wont run after again, i dont want to lose my unlocked phone status. if i flash unlocked original korean rom, will it lock itself ?
xx98burak98xx said:
Yes i wrote it wrong. Thnx for recognizing. I am downloading another n960f firmware, i will try again. if it wont run after again, i dont want to lose my unlocked phone status. if i flash unlocked original korean rom, will it lock itself ?
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it bricked again and i am trying bl ap cp eu and csc korean now..
edit: nope it brick again an again. i finally flashed its original rom. i hope it wont lose unluck status
xx98burak98xx said:
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it bricked again and i am trying bl ap cp eu and csc korean now..
edit: nope it brick again an again. i finally flashed its original rom. i hope it wont lose unluck status
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flashing through odin n960f firmware to n960n its not possible my friend, the only way to do so is to root your phone and then flash a custom rom, in your case android pie with custom csc to your country, i have the same model and tried this and it worked, it doesnt work in android 10 because samsung/google made some changes in csc, soo i guess we will have to wait until we find a solution for andorid 10/on ui 2.
this is the link to csc selector for changing to your country if you root your phone:
csc selector
It does not matter. I found solutions
1) combination file way
2) custom rom, root, csc selector (i use that one now)
xx98burak98xx said:
It does not matter. I found solutions
1) combination file way
2) custom rom, root, csc selector (i use that one now)
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Hello.. I have the same problem. I bought an unlocked SM-N960N phone that was still in Android 9. Somehow the seller was able to put in a SM-N960F rom in it. I have tried flashing the latest Android 10 but I'm getting stuck with a "SECURE CHECK FAIL: (BOOTLOADER)" error and now I have bricked device.
Can you share the steps and what to download?
manggagalugad said:
Hello.. I have the same problem. I bought an unlocked SM-N960N phone that was still in Android 9. Somehow the seller was able to put in a SM-N960F rom in it. I have tried flashing the latest Android 10 but I'm getting stuck with a "SECURE CHECK FAIL: (BOOTLOADER)" error and now I have bricked device.
Can you share the steps and what to download?
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Maybe it was a custom rom. Afaik no way to flash n960f fw into n960n.
Just flash n960n fw.
Rosli59564 said:
Maybe it was a custom rom. Afaik no way to flash n960f fw into n960n.
Just flash n960n fw.
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yep, probably custom rom with named 960f. not imposibble but requires very effort for 960f to 960n...
if you buy from second hand, i mean used phone like me. i suggest stop trying official roms. if you are sure that your note 9 %100 original. you can find phone infos from download mode. i prefer using custom roms with used note 9. i suggest it you too. i wrote my solution already:
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It does not matter. I found solutions
1) combination file way
2) custom rom, root, csc selector (i use that one now)
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xx98burak98xx said:
yep, probably custom rom with named 960f. not imposibble but requires very effort for 960f to 960n...
if you buy from second hand, i mean used phone like me. i suggest stop trying official roms. if you are sure that your note 9 %100 original. you can find phone infos from download mode. i prefer using custom roms with used note 9. i suggest it you too. i wrote my solution already:
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It does not matter. I found solutions
1) combination file way
2) custom rom, root, csc selector (i use that one now)
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It seems to be custom ROM indeed. I figured out what stock ROM to use through my IMEI number. Flashed it and I'm now typing this from my Note 9.
It doesn't seem that my phone is rooted yet but the OEM is already unlocked.
Where can I get a combination file? My device is in the KTC csc.
I'm also not familiar with using combination files, can you point me to a guide?
manggagalugad said:
It seems to be custom ROM indeed. I figured out what stock ROM to use through my IMEI number. Flashed it and I'm now typing this from my Note 9.
It doesn't seem that my phone is rooted yet but the OEM is already unlocked.
Where can I get a combination file? My device is in the KTC csc.
I'm also not familiar with using combination files, can you point me to a guide?
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xx98burak98xx said:
yep, probably custom rom with named 960f. not imposibble but requires very effort for 960f to 960n...
if you buy from second hand, i mean used phone like me. i suggest stop trying official roms. if you are sure that your note 9 %100 original. you can find phone infos from download mode. i prefer using custom roms with used note 9. i suggest it you too. i wrote my solution already:
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It does not matter. I found solutions
1) combination file way
2) custom rom, root, csc selector (i use that one now)
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Looks like the Dr. Ketan ROM will retain the features I'm concerned about on a custom ROM (i.e. DeX, Samsung Health, Dual SIM). I'll try it out some other time.
Hi i was wondering what region/stock Android 10 rom version would be best to flash prior to the lineage or similar ones for use on at&t? The LG v40 i have is v405ua but it doesn't look like there's a official 10 stock rom for it.. i had cross flashed an at&t pie stock rom as it kept dropping calls I assume it was modem firmware. And yes bootloader is unlocked.
Well, a few things... 1st, if you want to use at&t as your carrier, then u have to have an at&t device / rom to be able to use vowifi (and I think volte). So, if you need those, then you have only one option, flash an at&t rom to your at&t device (they can verify if it's at&t by the imei number, so no, you can't take a sprint one and flash at&t rom).
2nd, lineage doesn't support vowifi nor volte. So for us in the states, this is a problem as the 3G netwroks disappear, you'll be unable to make a call without volte.
3rd, any stock 10 would work with (latest) lineage. Lineage doesn't need a 'specific' one to work, it just needs that OS level. There are older lineage builds that work with 9. Maybe check one of those to see if it meets your needs before doing more?
cheers
Hi all, I just got a SM-G973U1 (unlocked snapdragon) to replace my old S7 international version that doesn't have working VoLTE. AT&T is shutting down 3G in February, so I need to set up this new phone so that it works in LTE only mode.
I'd like to use TWRP recovery and Magisk root, but I doubt any ported ROMs will work because of Samsung's proprietary drivers for VoLTE/HD voice. What's the best stock-based ROM available for this device? Alternatively, where can I find detailed instructions for installing these items myself and removing Knox and other safeguards from the existing stock firmware (possibly using adb shell)?
If necessary, I'm willing to use the ATT CSC code on this phone. This is not the current CSC on this device.
I'm returning the phone because I haven't found a way to unlock the bootloader.
Hi all, I'm new to modding in general so there's many things I don't quite understand, hoping somebody can help.
I bought an S10 from a site which was supposed to just send me a refurbed (italian) S10, instead they sent me the US version, (G973U) and I believe it is carrier locked since it's stuck with Android 9 and doesn't find any update.
I have tried searching to no avail what I should flash to simply unbrand it, and allow it to receive OTA updates without tripping Knox.
The build version is the following: PPR1.180610.011.G973USQU2ASGC and the CRC is XAA/XAA/ATT
Thanks in advance.
You shall call them.
Who and what for? I'm past the point of dealing with those sellers, I just want to flash the phone.
CSC (not CRC).
XAA is a multi-region USA ROM, so I don't think it will change over properly for you in Italy. There are threads here for how you reflash a different ROM. The one I used for my S10+ was this one: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...e-links-and-flashing-discussion-here.3905897/ but I am sure there is one like that for your S10 non-plus... find it, follow the instructions, and you should be all set.
Thanks! I'm a newbie, what does it mean it wouldn't change properly? No OTAs? Tripping KNOX?
I have found this which seems to be the equivalent of the link you posted.
So, I should flash the U1 version right? However I see only a file "SAU - 1 - ....", and my build number doesn't end in that, furthermore I don't know which bootloader version I'm at.
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Who and what for? I'm past the point of dealing with those sellers, I just want to flash the phone.
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Oh ok. I couldn't understand first.
For that, You'll flash in EDL mode. But the problem is if your device is powered by a snapdragon chip, it'll not working seamlessly.
FardinIslam said:
Oh ok. I couldn't understand first.
For that, You'll flash in EDL mode. But the problem is if your device is powered by a snapdragon chip, it'll not working seamlessly.
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No problem. I'm aware of the mode I have to enter to flash, as above I'm trying to figure out which stock rom I should flash to avoid tripping knox, and to receive OTAs. What won't work seamlessly?
Well, mods can close the thread, found the way to do it. Leaving it in case somebody ever needs it.
First, found & checked the bootloader version (5th number from the right in the build version) since you can only flash older bootloader versions apparently.
Then downloaded through Frija the rom for the unlocked phone variant (SM-G973U1) and the unbranded CSC (XAA)
Then using odin 3.13.3b flashed the rom
Watch this video
lrzfc said:
Well, mods can close the thread, found the way to do it. Leaving it in case somebody ever needs it.
First, found & checked the bootloader version (5th number from the right in the build version) since you can only flash older bootloader versions apparently.
Then downloaded through Frija the rom for the unlocked phone variant (SM-G973U1) and the unbranded CSC (XAA)
Then using odin 3.13.3b flashed the rom
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Hello, I'm in more or less same situation. When you flashed, which files did you use? All of them or just the AP_*** file?
Never mind. Flashed it anyway, now I don't see the AT&T startup screen anymore which is promising. Firmware version is now Android 11 (SM-G973U1 and not SM-G973U) on XAA CSC. Will see if I get any firmware updates later.