I bought an S10+ from Amazon renewed and they sent me a SM-G975F, which is on Claro mobile. I've never heard of it and I don't even think its from the US, but it works fine. I just wanted to flash the phone to Tmobile or unlocked so it can get updates from Tmobile. I'm completely new to this and I looked up how to do it and got completely lost. I found a guide on how to use Odin and Prince cosmy but it still didn't work. I've been through all the guides I could find but nothing seems to work. Could someone help guide me on how to do it correctly? I'd even be willing to venmo someone $10 if it works.
Well you're in the S10 forum, not the S10+ forum. Anyway, you can't flash G975U firmware (which is t-mobile in this case) to a G975F phone. You might can flash the International Samsung firmware using the patched version of Odin, but I'm not 100% on that.
StoneyJSG said:
Well you're in the S10 forum, not the S10+ forum. Anyway, you can't flash G975U firmware (which is t-mobile in this case) to a G975F phone. You might can flash the International Samsung firmware using the patched version of Odin, but I'm not 100% on that.
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Oh, my bad, but thank you for the info.
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Has anyone found a way to debrand the device flashing an unlocked firmware?
Yep. Comsy Odin and the Canadian XAC firmware from updato.com. The information is in the R&D thread in the main Galaxy S8 forum but it's not the instructions at the beginning. You'll have to read through the thread to find what I'm talking about. I used it and I now have no Verizon or carrier branding at all and I have the Samsung boot screen. The only things preinsatlled are Micrsoft Office apps. I flashed my buddies phone too and he swears he gets better LTE coverage on straight talk. He says he has 5 bars at his house where he only had one before. This would suggest that either the radio is better or the XAC firmware unlocked another band. PLUS most if not all of the bugs from the Verizon software are gone. I highly recommend doing this. I flashed everything but the BL failed. My phone booted after quite a while and then I did a factory reset. You should remove any locks or pin before you flash it. Good luck!
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i did the procedure but now the phone doesnt work, i have signal, but if i try to place a call i get "not registered on network"
underground9 said:
i did the procedure but now the phone doesnt work, i have signal, but if i try to place a call i get "not registered on network"
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What network ar you on? You may need to add the APN as they are all gone when you flash this firmware. You can always download the original firmware and flash back. You may get more useful info posting in the other thread as I seem to be the only one responding here.
it fixed itself, i waited a bit and got the network...weird
Awesome. Glad it worked out.
i wish it was possible to do it with an american rom so that all the samsung apps were not in the canadian version
I could not flash the XAC firmware. Tried the newest Odin as well. What exactly did you flash? Just the AP and the CSC? What firmware were you on before flashing the XAC firmware?
did you try prince odin?
Yeah it turned I had to use another computer to flash it. However, now I can't flash back to Verizon to get the XAA/XAA/VZW that Verizon folks are getting. My Samsung Pay doesn't work but android pay does lol
so now with the "usa" firmware out why is this forum dead i wanna flash my s8+ with the usa unlocked firmware but have never done it before so i am looking for a dcent guid all the guids i can find are all about atand t phones does it not matter?
cale vance said:
so now with the "usa" firmware out why is this forum dead i wanna flash my s8+ with the usa unlocked firmware but have never done it before so i am looking for a dcent guid all the guids i can find are all about atand t phones does it not matter?
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See this thread. It is on the T Mobile Forum, but is good for all of the US phones.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s8/how-to/eng-boot-root-t3608353
So is the unlocked firmware working on Verizon phones? You get a better deal if you go with the Verizon carrier ($100 gift card, wireless charger)over the unlocked at best buy . Also unlocked version not working with gear VR?
The U1 firmware does work on Verizon phones. I'm using it now but if you "convert" it, you lose some functionality like gear VR. If you went with a proper unlocked s8 then gear vr will work. Someone said their converted Vzw S8 works with gear vr but didn't work for me and others.
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The U1 firmware does work on Verizon phones. I'm using it now but if you "convert" it, you lose some functionality like gear VR. If you went with a proper unlocked s8 then gear vr will work. Someone said their converted Vzw S8 works with gear vr but didn't work for me and others.
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Is there a easy way to just flash the u1 firmware
just flash via Odin. It's that simple because it's basically the same hardware. Flashed quite a few times so dunno if you need a modified version of Odin but any recent Odin version should work.
Thanks flashed via Odin now have G955U1
does video calling work on unlocked firmware?
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The U1 firmware does work on Verizon phones. I'm using it now but if you "convert" it, you lose some functionality like gear VR. If you went with a proper unlocked s8 then gear vr will work. Someone said their converted Vzw S8 works with gear vr but didn't work for me and others.
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GearVR is working now. It was a Samsung issue server-side. It wasn't even working on legit US Unlocked models.
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Is there a easy way to just flash the u1 firmware
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Just flash the files in Odin.
Hi guys,
I recently switched from iPhone to Android, and I love it.
I purchased a carrier unlocked Verizon Note 9, and I'm using it on AT&T. I was wondering if flashing it to AT&T firmware would require rooting the device and would that trip Knox hence disabling Samsung pay and other features?
I have also heard that rooting Samsung phones voids warranty and I'm just trying to avoid that.....
I love the phone the way it is, but I want to use WiFi calling and other AT&T apps. I have done my research regarding whats needed to flash the firmware, but nowhere it says the method is actually "rooting" the device. I just want to double check before I flash.
Any feedback would be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
You don't need to root it. Download the ATT firmware with the SamFirm tool, then use the patched ODIN 3.13.1 to flash it.
Mr. Orange 645 said:
You don't need to root it. Download the ATT firmware with the SamFirm tool, then use the patched ODIN 3.13.1 to flash it.
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Thank you very much for your assistance. I'll go ahead and flash it.
I am confused. I have a verizon unlocked note 9. i have been unable to download att firmware and reflash to att software. what am i doing wrong.>? sm-960U
hucksterfool1 said:
I am confused. I have a verizon unlocked note 9. i have been unable to download att firmware and reflash to att software. what am i doing wrong.>? sm-960U
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Well, I don't know. You have to provide more info. How is not working? At what point does it fail? What firmware did you download? How are you trying to flash it. What steps are you taking?
As per the title, bought an unlocked G970U instead of U1 by mistake. Should I expect a Verizon splash screen greeting me in the bootloader? I don't wanna see any branding anywhere in my phone. Can I get rid of any of that flashing U1 firmware?
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As per the title, bought an unlocked G970U instead of U1 by mistake. Should I expect a Verizon splash screen greeting me in the bootloader? I don't wanna see any branding anywhere in my phone. Can I get rid of any of that flashing U1 firmware?
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Which G970U phone you have bought. If it was a Verizon branded, then their logo should greet you If you bought T-Mobile variant, then its logo will be present while booting the phone. Flashing is possible and it depends which carrier you have. Also don't you have the phone in hand yet?
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Which G970U phone you have bought. If it was a Verizon branded, then their logo should greet you If you bought T-Mobile variant, then its logo will be present while booting the phone. Flashing is possible and it depends which carrier you have. Also don't you have the phone in hand yet?
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Yeah, the phone hasn't arrived yet. In the pictures I can see the box has no carrier logo, but I'm guessing it's Verizon because I haven't seen a Verizon branded box yet. Also, the box definitely says G970U.
I've been a Nexus/Pixel user all my flashing life, so I'm well versed in the fastboot/adb dark arts. How does this compare to Odin? There are so many new terms that I'm still trying to understand: CSC, HOME CSC, USERDATA, etc. Is there any guide I can follow to flash my incoming phone to U1 firmware?
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Yeah, the phone hasn't arrived yet. In the pictures I can see the box has no carrier logo, but I'm guessing it's Verizon because I haven't seen a Verizon branded box yet. Also, the box definitely says G970U.
I've been a Nexus/Pixel user all my flashing life, so I'm well versed in the fastboot/adb dark arts. How does this compare to Odin? There are so many new terms that I'm still trying to understand: CSC, HOME CSC, USERDATA, etc. Is there any guide I can follow to flash my incoming phone to U1 firmware?
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The T-Mobile version is also G970U, so it can be pretty much any carrier. USERDATA file is present in carrier firmware, if you flash unlocked firmware you won't need/have this file.
Link below is for S8, but works for S10 as well. Of course you would need to use firmware files for your phone. I would also use instructions under "Flashing standard firmware" first using Standard Odin. If you get an error when staring to flash, then use (Patched) Prince Comsy's Odin.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/snap-guide-flashing-standard-fw-carrier-t3625817
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The T-Mobile version is also G970U, so it can be pretty much any carrier. USERDATA file is present in carrier firmware, if you flash unlocked firmware you won't need/have this file.
Link below is for S8, but works for S10 as well. Of course you would need to use firmware files for your phone. I would also use instructions under "Flashing standard firmware" first using Standard Odin. If you get an error when staring to flash, then use (Patched) Prince Comsy's Odin.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...rrier-t3625817
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Thanks a lot. One last question. I'm based in Mexico (we only get Exynos here), so I got a U version to get the Snapdragon CPU. Obviously I don't want any US carrier branding/blotware in the phone since I couldn't benefit whatsoever from it. What about OTA's, though? Will I get them whenever Samsung releases an update for U1? Or will that depend on my carrier? Should I update monthly using Odin? Do I have to factory reset? So many questions :silly:
The link you provided doesn't work, btw. But I've since found some other Odin guides. Thanks!
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Thanks a lot. One last question. I'm based in Mexico (we only get Exynos here), so I got a U version to get the Snapdragon CPU. Obviously I don't want any US carrier branding/blotware in the phone since I couldn't benefit whatsoever from it. What about OTA's, though? Will I get them whenever Samsung releases an update for U1? Or will that depend on my carrier? Should I update monthly using Odin? Do I have to factory reset? So many questions :silly:
The link you provided doesn't work, btw. But I've since found some other Odin guides. Thanks!
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I corrected the link in case you need it.
To answer OTA question: I had unlocked U1 model of S8 and when I flashed it with T-Mobile firmware then my phone got OTA from T-Mobile when they release it. I assume if you have carrier branded phone and flash it with U1(XAA) firmware then most likely your phone will get updates when Samsung releases them. You won't have to use Odin every time there is an update if you flash properly. Also, it would be advisable to flash using CSC file instead of HOME CSC, so your phone would be wiped. It is because you change firmware and want your software to be fully compatible. After flashing and you check your phone's software update and see that is shows "not compatible or something similar", then I would just suggest you to do "reset"(factory reset) from setting and after you setup your phone, that message will disappear. Also don't do any software update before flashing as you phone may get a fresher firmware than the one you might be trying to flash.
1) Check your current phone firmware
2) Download firmware you want, but if you can, get the firmware that is a previous one than the current one, so you will check to see how your phone gets OTAs
3) Flash using Odin
4) After that disconnect and let the phone do its thing
5) Set it up and check to see if software update section in settings don't give you any messages such as the one I outlined above, if it does, just factory reset the phone
I've seen a couple of threads about this here, but I'm confused about where I can get the firmware to flash an unlocked S10 (SM-G973U1) to T-Mobile firmware, and they've not really told me where to download the firmware that I need. One thread pointed at S10+ firmware, not useful to me, and the other didn't give any URL for downloading firmware.
Can anyone help me find the right firmware? I've used Odin before, and am fine with that. I also know that I have to have the right firmware for this to work *smile*.
Also, the firmware to flash back from T-Mobile to unlocked would be very useful, since I may want to change back to unlocked at some point. The reason that I want to flash T-Mobile firmware is since I'm still on the May 1 "monthly" Android security update on my unlocked S10. That doesn't make me happy, more than a quarter behind by this point...very disappointed.
Thanks!
There's a firmware thread here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s10/how-to/s10e-g973u-g973u1-firmware-links-t3905852
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I've seen a couple of threads about this here, but I'm confused about where I can get the firmware to flash an unlocked S10 (SM-G973U1) to T-Mobile firmware, and they've not really told me where to download the firmware that I need. One thread pointed at S10+ firmware, not useful to me, and the other didn't give any URL for downloading firmware.
Can anyone help me find the right firmware? I've used Odin before, and am fine with that. I also know that I have to have the right firmware for this to work *smile*.
Also, the firmware to flash back from T-Mobile to unlocked would be very useful, since I may want to change back to unlocked at some point. The reason that I want to flash T-Mobile firmware is since I'm still on the May 1 "monthly" Android security update on my unlocked S10. That doesn't make me happy, more than a quarter behind by this point...very disappointed.
Thanks!
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If the phone is SIM unlocked, the Firmware you want is the USC or XAA firmware... That way it will switch carriers apps and bloatware when you change sim cards...
Search for samfirm on google....
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.