Hi everyone,
I recently upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy s 2 on T-mobile here in the UK. Obvisously it came with T-mobile's version of Android 2.3.3 . When the phone starts up or shuts down, it displays T-mobile's logo wallpaper.
The phones has an option to search for updates, but it can never connect to the server.
It does not have the option to sign into the Samsung account, it does not exist on my handset, only Google account and the usual facebook and others options.
As a result of this I don't have the option to use Samsung's mobile tracker. For those unsure google samsungdive.
I don't need to use other networks on my handset, just T-mobile. T-mobile have removed the tracking option so this is why I want to put Samsung's software on my phone.
My question or what I want to do is this:
1)Remove the current T-mobile Android software from my phone and install Samsung's Android firmware.
2)Have the option of signing into Samsung's account from my phone and be able to use Samsung's tracker.
3)Be able to update to the latest updates as and when available.
Please advise me as to what I have to do or what my best options are.
Thanks very much!
I would flash the stock version of JVR and use a custom kernel like semaphore etc
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My friend can you tell which modem u r using on t mobile. Or baseband
Baseband version:
I9100BOKG1
I Spoke to Samsung about this and they said because I got the phone through my contract with T-Mobile, T-Mobile have played around with the software and some features are not present compared with buying the phone sim free with the Original Samsung software.
They said if I remove current software and put Generic Samsung software I will void warranty on the phone.
What do you think about this?
Thanks
I'd flash anyway mate, worse case scenario is if you get a fault, you can reset to factory using ODIN. Plus, I have a t-mobile s1 and it was flashed day of purchase from t-mobile, and even if you ring them, they aint really too bothered if its been flashed. Example, I flashed my brothers which played up, he rang t-mobile told them it was flashed they said well done, and would replace it if I couldnt sort it.....which I did.
In a nutshell....flash and dont look back!! Its really quite hard to'kill' an android phone!!
I live in toronto and trying to buy a white galaxy note .
i previously had 2 black galaxy notes, and they had no problems at all to find the APN settings for rogers, bell, and telus automatically. data and everything worked perfectly without setting up. those phones were from germany.
I went to the pacific mall yesterday, and i was looking for a white version.
first of all, she lied to me that the phone is from europe but when i checked its firmware it was the latest Hongkong firmware not european.
second, when i put my simcard in it, it did not detect rogers APN and she manually typed it in setting. i told her the phone is supposed to find APN settings automatically but she said it cannot find it automatically and she was typing APN for every single phone she sold. (she probably didn't remember me buying 2 phones without having to do that kinda stuff .. )
My question is.. that is it related to more like firmware problems? then I could just Odin it to the european firmware and it will be automatic?
Please, if you have any kind of informations.. please let me know...
Few days without my NOTE have been just miserable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks
I can feel your pain
I have a European version, and it automatically finds all the apn numbers.
But I thought that these were preprogrammed in the simcard? Did not know that the rom-version could have anything to do with it?
Not sure if it helps you but im using xxkl7?
GeneralBobo said:
I can feel your pain
I have a European version, and it automatically finds all the apn numbers.
But I thought that these were preprogrammed in the simcard? Did not know that the rom-version could have anything to do with it?
Not sure if it helps you but im using xxkl7?
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I thought so too until yesterday... but she was literally searching and typing right in front of me
conversation was like
She: all the galaxy notes are supposed be like this!
Me: what about 2 of my previous phones i perchased here?
she: we always do it in the back before we sell it to customer
Me: I thought you gave me brand new in box SEALED
and then she couldn't say anything and after 5 seconds she said ..
i don't know if you don't want it don't buy it.
seriously...
Its not the phone's fault that it dint detect the apn.
Its the firmware.
When i got note almost 4 months ago, i had to configure the settings by myself and i stil have to do it , when i install certain roms.
choihan06 said:
and after 5 seconds she said ..
i don't know if you don't want it don't buy it.
seriously...
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Thats an epic fail! thanks for the laugh!
I bought a Gnex 3weeks ago,and all i did was slide my sim in the phone and i was good to go... Yesterday i bought a Gnote unlocked it and slide my sim in but no luck! I had to manually create a apn to get data working...
Sent from my SGH-I717M
drgopoos said:
Its not the phone's fault that it dint detect the apn.
Its the firmware.
When i got note almost 4 months ago, i had to configure the settings by myself and i stil have to do it , when i install certain roms.
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I guess it's the rom problem then!
so does it mean if i flash la4, it should find apn automatically?
i will give another shot tmr... hope there's no open box BS.lol
big samm said:
I bought a Gnex 3weeks ago,and all i did was slide my sim in the phone and i was good to go... Yesterday i bought a Gnote unlocked it and slide my sim in but no luck! I had to manually create a apn to get data working...
Sent from my SGH-I717M
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the one i am trying to buy is an international version and two of my previous ones were working perfectly without creating my own apn setting..
looks like you are using the LTE note released in canada..
if your phone originally was locked with other phone company than the one you are using right now, your phone might not have any other apn setting other than its original one, As far as I know.
I have the international version (I assume, I bought it from expansys), and it worked first time out of the box.
I have a Hong Kong Note with 2.3.5 and it found the Telus apns for me. I was surprised becasue I was expecting to have to enter them manually.
APN is related to CSC
If your CSC is not set correctly, It may not set APN automatically.
*#272*IMEI# show your sales code. If it set correct to your country code, it should have no problem
If your country code not appears, you have to flash CSC separately
NOTE : Flashing CSC or Changing CSC will wipe off data.
dr.ketan said:
APN is related to CSC
If your CSC is not set correctly, It may not set APN automatically.
*#272*IMEI# show your sales code. If it set correct to your country code, it should have no problem
If your country code not appears, you have to flash CSC separately
NOTE : Flashing CSC or Changing CSC will wipe off data.
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thanks for the informations man, i actually found out about this after installing la4 with multi lang-CSC.
i just am wondering if i can change my phone's country code somehow..
i want to make it to a germany DBT since it looks like they are the first one getting new official firmwares.
This is a running journal covering my attempts to stabilize a secondhand Note 5 prone to crashing. This first post summarizes the progress, and links to the current state of affairs below.
I've just acquired a second hand Note 5. It was sold as problematic, restarting continuously after loading the stock Marshmallow. 20 seconds or so, and it reboots.
After performing a factory reset the first time, Marshmallow loaded the configuration interface without any issue at all. Select region/language, choose WiFi network, give password, choose email account, give password, etc. Eventually it loaded into Marshmallow itself, no problem. It worked fine for half an hour or more. Then it froze and rebooted, during the automatic (app) updating process. After that, the screen would freeze after 20 seconds or so.
I tried another factory reset. This time it froze and restarted twice during the configuration interface, right when entering the WiFi password. After I got through it, and eventually loaded into Marshmallow, I turned off WiFi. It has been working without issue for an hour now.
I noticed a "dm-verity error" message at the bottom of the Marshmallow stock recovery screen. Perhaps importantly, eventually I recall that on the download screen the image and binary are identified as custom, not official.
See post #3 for more details.
By post #14 the phone has stabilized somewhat. Both WiFi and cellular function and the sudden restarts have been much less frequent. I successfully flash the Russian (SER) Nougat (7.0) firmware of November 2017. The restarts end completely, the battery performance is spectacular (1% per hour on idle) but l lose the cellular network.
By post #19 I suspect either a hardware or persistent data issue is involved, and find with *#0011# that the IMEI Status is NG. I am considering how to unbork the situation, as I didn't make an EFS backup.
By post #23 I have restored network service, but no matter how thoroughly I wipe and flash stock firmwares I'm left with the original issue: constant freezes and restarts. Then, without any discernable reason everything is smooth for days. This odd behavior leaves me wondering whether it's not a hardware issue, but the previous owner borked partitions that aren't affected by flashing firmware. I decide to try and make a full backup, including all hidden partitions normally not included. And see what happens if the next time the phone starts crashing, I restore that backup. But how do I make and restore a full EMMC backup?
It turns out the internal storage of a Note 5 is actually UFS, not EMMC and XDA turned out to be a dry well on full (EMMC) backup and if Google had answers, persistent searching for a week or so didn't turn anything up. Android backup seems an ill defined and ill standardized field. Many options, many superficial. What imaging there is, is spotty and generally incomplete, "proprietary" and not easily restorable.
When after a month smooth operation things go pear-shaped again (post #24) I've got no backup to restore. Not that it would have mattered probably. I suspect it's probably a NAND/EMMC/UFS issue at the back of it all. Now, with Note 5 not officially marketed or supported in the EU, how do I find the parts that I need and fix them?
In the end I replaced the motherboard with one I bought on eBay. The process was simple, using a YouTube video to walk me through the steps. I did walk into a peculiar circuit sticker which was partly stuck to the top of the inside of the cover, and tore. The switch out worked without a hitch but I'm trying to figure out what the sticker is. See my last post.
You bought it rooted and with stock android? To my knowledge not everything is stable with stock android on the note 5! If this phone is your daily you should flash a Samsung based Rom to avoid those reboot issues... or even returning the phone back to stock via Odin!
Well. The print on the back says SM-N920F, but the Odin menu says "product name: SM-N920C". As the IMEI and serial numbers printed on the back also do not match those reported by *#06# I'd say it's a reasonable guess the phone is a fake. The device information in settings indicates the Note 5 is running baseband N920CXXU3BQA1, Android 6.0.1.
So. If the fake would work well, I wouldn't mind. It doesn't for now, though. Given the issues described in the first post, I'm thinking it may have a corrupt stock ROM or a conflict between it's actual (or compatible) model and the ROM that's either installed or it's getting updates for. As a fake, it may even have mixed components of various models SM-N920C and SM-N920I, for example.
How does one get the right ROM for a fake? How does one figure out which parts are actually in the phone, that determine which ROM is needed?
However much you paid for your note 5 can easily determine if its fake or not! Right Now a like new/mint Note 5 (according to swappa) goes for about $220 or less. There are many signs to that hint at a chinese knock off. Simply youtube search "fake v real" note 5.
If your phone is a fake Note 5 theres not much you can do software wise. Not even something like nova launcher will help you. I've seen these knockoffs in person. They are unbearable to use as a daily. The hardware in the knockoff versions aren't even close to what the real Note 5 has.
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Well. The print on the back says SM-N920F, but the Odin menu says "product name: SM-N920C". As the IMEI and serial numbers printed on the back also do not match those reported by *#06# I'd say it's a reasonable guess the phone is a fake. The device information in settings indicates the Note 5 is running baseband N920CXXU3BQA1, Android 6.0.1.
So. If the fake would work well, I wouldn't mind. It doesn't for now, though. Given the issues described in the first post, I'm thinking it may have a corrupt stock ROM or a conflict between it's actual (or compatible) model and the ROM that's either installed or it's getting updates for. As a fake, it may even have mixed components of various models SM-N920C and SM-N920I, for example.
How does one get the right ROM for a fake? How does one figure out which parts are actually in the phone, that determine which ROM is needed?
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It doesn't necessarily mean it's fake, it just have motherboard from other phone, download rom for n920c and flash it using odin and you should be working fine.
El Solido said:
It doesn't necessarily mean it's fake, it just have motherboard from other phone, download rom for n920c and flash it using odin and you should be working fine.
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I can see how that might be, and why the IMEI on the back and the one reported by *#06# would then be different. The thing is, the 15 digit IMEI printed on the back (357XXX/XX/XXXXXX/X) is invalid according to www.imeipro.info, imei24.com and www.imei.info. How could that be the case on a genuine Samsung? (I tested the IMEI as a single string of numbers, without the slashes printed on the back, as given above.) Also, the IMEI reported by *#06# is resolved by the above-mentioned sites as a 2005 Philips 960. That doesn't square with the idea of a cannibalized motherboard, I'd say.
That said, the build quality is very high if it is a fake: excellent manufacture; 16MB camera; well working, slickly spring loaded, pressure sensitive S-Pen with functioning button; fingerprint reader that works (correctly distinguishing the scanned finger from others); high resolution AMOLED screen.
It's an odd duck.
Crike said:
I can see how that might be, and why the IMEI on the back and the one reported by *#06# would then be different. The thing is, the 15 digit IMEI printed on the back (357XXX/XX/XXXXXX/X) is invalid according to www.imeipro.info, imei24.com and www.imei.info. How could that be the case on a genuine Samsung? (I tested the IMEI as a single string of numbers, without the slashes printed on the back, as given above.) Also, the IMEI reported by *#06# is resolved by the above-mentioned sites as a 2005 Philips 960. That doesn't square with the idea of a cannibalized motherboard, I'd say.
That said, the build quality is very high if it is a fake: excellent manufacture; 16MB camera; well working, slickly spring loaded, pressure sensitive S-Pen with functioning button; fingerprint reader that works (correctly distinguishing the scanned finger from others); high resolution AMOLED screen.
It's an odd duck.
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I would say thats stolen phone with random imei put on it, but I can't be sure.
PS Fake won't have working s pen
El Solido said:
I would say thats stolen phone with random imei put on it, but I can't be sure.
PS Fake won't have working s pen
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That wouldn't explain the incorrect IMEI on the back. Perhaps a stolen fake? But then, why would it be so high grade? The S-Pen and all the specs seem to point at something else. Perhaps a recall, with a bad IMEI, resold. But even if somehow they'd sell it on as refurbished with a proper IMEI, would they leave a backplate with a wrong IMEI on it? And then that one was stolen and given a 2005 IMEI of an old Philips? It's a bit of a mystery.
Putting that all aside, how'd I pick the proper ROM? The SM-N920C has a ton of variations for regions and carriers, none of which are in the EU. I live in the Netherlands, so I'd need a version which would work in the region and doesn't SIM-lock my phone after flashing, if that's possible. The current ROM seems to be for the United Arab Emirates. Right now, it's working stable, WiFi and cellular network alike. But it has been playing up before, with the freezes and restarts that caused me to start the thread at all.
Do you have any words of wisdom?
Perhaps you could upload a few pics of the device or even a video of it? That will be a better way to get help.
Crike said:
That wouldn't explain the incorrect IMEI on the back. Perhaps a stolen fake? But then, why would it be so high grade? The S-Pen and all the specs seem to point at something else. Perhaps a recall, with a bad IMEI, resold. But even if somehow they'd sell it on as refurbished with a proper IMEI, would they leave a backplate with a wrong IMEI on it? And then that one was stolen and given a 2005 IMEI of an old Philips? It's a bit of a mystery.
Putting that all aside, how'd I pick the proper ROM? The SM-N920C has a ton of variations for regions and carriers, none of which are in the EU. I live in the Netherlands, so I'd need a version which would work in the region and doesn't SIM-lock my phone after flashing, if that's possible. The current ROM seems to be for the United Arab Emirates. Right now, it's working stable, WiFi and cellular network alike. But it has been playing up before, with the freezes and restarts that caused me to start the thread at all.
Do you have any words of wisdom?
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To know for sure do geekbench 4 then we will now is it fake or not. And for rom you can't sim lock by installing firmware.
Crike said:
That wouldn't explain the incorrect IMEI on the back. Perhaps a stolen fake? But then, why would it be so high grade? The S-Pen and all the specs seem to point at something else. Perhaps a recall, with a bad IMEI, resold. But even if somehow they'd sell it on as refurbished with a proper IMEI, would they leave a backplate with a wrong IMEI on it? And then that one was stolen and given a 2005 IMEI of an old Philips? It's a bit of a mystery.
Putting that all aside, how'd I pick the proper ROM? The SM-N920C has a ton of variations for regions and carriers, none of which are in the EU. I live in the Netherlands, so I'd need a version which would work in the region and doesn't SIM-lock my phone after flashing, if that's possible. The current ROM seems to be for the United Arab Emirates. Right now, it's working stable, WiFi and cellular network alike. But it has been playing up before, with the freezes and restarts that caused me to start the thread at all.
Do you have any words of wisdom?
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Also, maybe it was stolen before being registered on the network, and had imei changer beforehand activating.
El Solido said:
Also, maybe it was stolen before being registered on the network, and had imei changer beforehand activating.
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Like being from a container of original phones that fell from a ship? Not a single one lifted by a pickpocket.
Whatever the case may be, geekbench 4 reports the same hardware as on Wikipedia. Unfortunately the CPU test keeps crashing the phone at around 60% - about a minute or two into the test. So I don't have a benchmark to compare with established Note 5 performance.
How would you recommend I pick a ROM with the best chance of functioning in the region?
Crike said:
Like being from a container of original phones that fell from a ship? Not a single one lifted by a pickpocket.
Whatever the case may be, geekbench 4 reports the same hardware as on Wikipedia. Unfortunately the CPU test keeps crashing the phone at around 60% - about a minute or two into the test. So I don't have a benchmark to compare with established Note 5 performance.
How would you recommend I pick a ROM with the best chance of functioning in the region?
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Use russian firmware, only european rom i saw.
El Solido said:
Use russian firmware, only european rom i saw.
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Tried flashing but Odin 3.07 seems to hang on "NAND writing started!" After 30 minutes I examined the Odin process in Windows' Task Manager, and it seemed completely inactive (0% CPU). Tried again, same result. Restarted the phone, and it booted straight into the existing ROM, which appeared completely unaltered.
I'd like to try another Odin version. Is there a trustworthy site?
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Use russian firmware, only european rom i saw.
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Downloaded the latest Odin from the thread on XDA: PASS. Upgraded successfully to the latest Russian Nougat release.
Unfortunately, now I have "Emergency calls only", and I get an "Error while searching for networks" when trying Settings\Mobile Networks\Network Operators\Search Networks. Available network modes are LTE/3G/2G.
Also, geekbench 4 still crashes at around 60% as it did before.
The upgrade wasn't clean, the previous apps and settings still remained after flashing.
Perhaps a full wipe and a clean flash, perhaps again a United Arab Emirates variant? That ROM did work with my mobile network.
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Odin: PASS. Upgraded successfully to the latest Russian Nougat release.
Unfortunately, now I have "Emergency calls only", and I get an "Error while searching for networks" when trying Settings\Mobile Networks\Network Operators\Search Networks. Available network modes are LTE/3G/2G.
Also, geekbench 4 still crashes at around 60% as it did before.
The upgrade wasn't clean, the previous apps and settings still remained after flashing.
Perhaps a full wipe and a clean flash, perhaps again a United Arab Emirates variant? That ROM did work with my mobile network.
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Ok now first thing go flash that united arab emirates rom, after that go to stock recovery do factory reset.
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Ok now first thing go flash that united arab emirates rom, after that go to stock recovery do factory reset.
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There are two UAE (United Arab Emirates) ROMs: LYS and XSG. Both fail in Odin, while the Russian ROM succeeds. I've tried multiple times.
I noticed that while the order of images (boot.img, recovery.img, system.img, etc) differs between all three ROMs, both UAE ROMs fail shortly after hidden.img.
The Russian Nougat ROM works well and is apparently stable. The only issue is that the phone can't connect to or find mobile networks and emergency calls only are possible.
Can the Russian ROM be patched with the appropriate modules from another ROM? How would I determine what kind of network module is required in the EU, and from which ROM to pilfer it?
I'm thinking about flashing the United Arab Emirates modem.bin file over the existing Russian ROM modem.bin with ADB/Fastboot. How bad of idea is that?
Another idea would be to extract a United Arab Emirates ROM, remove the hidden.bin (possibly replace it with the one from the Russian ROM) and the compress the files into a new .md5 file with Universal Android Toolkit.
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There are two UAE (United Arab Emirates) ROMs: LYS and XSG. Both fail in Odin, while the Russian ROM succeeds. I've tried multiple times.
I noticed that while the order of images (boot.img, recovery.img, system.img, etc) differs between all three ROMs, both UAE ROMs fail shortly after hidden.img.
The Russian Nougat ROM works well and is apparently stable. The only issue is that the phone can't connect to or find mobile networks and emergency calls only are possible.
Can the Russian ROM be patched with the appropriate modules from another ROM? How would I determine what kind of network module is required in the EU, and from which ROM to pilfer it?
I'm thinking about flashing the United Arab Emirates modem.bin file over the existing Russian ROM modem.bin with ADB/Fastboot. How bad of idea is that?
Another idea would be to extract a United Arab Emirates ROM, remove the hidden.bin (possibly replace it with the one from the Russian ROM) and the compress the files into a new .md5 file with Universal Android Toolkit.
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You could try that, but first try factory reset then try flashing rom.
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You could try that, but first try factory reset then try flashing rom.
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I've checked the SIM and it's in good condition. I've tried a number of firmwares, none of which resolves the "No service" issue. I've spoken to several Dutch Note 5 owners and they seem to have a variety of Iraqi, UAE and Russian firmwares and those all work.
It would seem it either ~ is ~ a hardware issue after all or there's some borked data which isn't affected by flashing, either on the phone's own memory (like the /efs folder) or in the modem/radio itself, if that has programmable memory.
Edit: *#0011# shows "IMEI Status NG".
I do not have an EFS backup.
I need some serious guidance beyond this point.
Is there software to determine if there is a hardware issue with the modem board? What else could I do beyond this point? I'm not ready to hand it over to a repair service.
Also, if the phone does have bars and call emergency services, doesn't that mean the modem/radio itself is working? Is there a forum I should look to for more help on this issue?
Crike said:
I've checked the SIM and it's in good condition. I've tried a number of firmwares, none of which resolves the "No service" issue. I've spoken to several Dutch Note 5 owners and they seem to have a variety of Iraqi, UAE and Russian firmwares and those all work.
It would seem it either ~ is ~ a hardware issue after all or there's some borked data which isn't affected by flashing, either on the phone's own memory (like the /efs folder) or in the modem/radio itself, if that has programmable memory.
Edit: *#0011# shows "IMEI Status NG".
I do not have an EFS backup.
I need some serious guidance beyond this point.
Is there software to determine if there is a hardware issue with the modem board? What else could I do beyond this point? I'm not ready to hand it over to a repair service.
Also, if the phone does have bars and call emergency services, doesn't that mean the modem/radio itself is working? Is there a forum I should look to for more help on this issue?
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Ok since you can't flash firmware you want, extract it from .tar and select it in CP in Odin 3.12.xx and maybe it will work then. gl
Monday I updated the FW of my US unlocked Note 8 (N950U1 / SD-version) with N950U1UEU5CRG6.
After the update I noticed that in Settings - About Phone, My Phone Number is listed as UNKNOWN. I am using the phone in The Netherlands with provider Hollandsnieuwe (=Vodafone). I am certain that the actual phone number was correctly displayed prior to the FW update.
Not sure if related, but Find My Phone/Device does no longer work via Samsung or Google. Is does work through Bitdefender Anti Theft...
Anyone has this or other issue after the update? Thoughts?
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Monday I updated the FW of my US unlocked Note 8 (N950U1 / SD-version) with N950U1UEU5CRG6.
After the update I noticed that in Settings - About Phone, My Phone Number is listed as UNKNOWN. I am using the phone in The Netherlands with provider Hollandsnieuwe (=Vodafone). I am certain that the actual phone number was correctly displayed prior to the FW update.
Not sure if related, but Find My Phone/Device does no longer work via Samsung or Google. Is does work through Bitdefender Anti Theft...
Anyone has this or other issue after the update? Thoughts?
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Hi, on my 2 Note8 dual sim, it is said : phone number⇒ unknown. And this from the beginning (on every firmwares). I'm in france using two french sim cards in the phone and i bought my phones on samsung shop. Until now, no problem, everything works great.
My branded, but unlocked 950F, as I paid for it the full price to use it as a prepaid phone displays the same, unknown number, since day one, I bought it directly from the major carrier in Mexico which is Telcel, everything works fine, all services and VoLTE
You mean like this seeing on my screenshot? This number is only visible if it's saved into your SIM card. Since a while, the carriers/operators don't write longer the numbers into the SIM card
So if you don't see it now, you never saw it before!
But there was an xposed module (if I remember right on android 4.4.2) where you can change this (showing) number.
(It don't changed your registered phone number!)
At that time I had found that thread
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...share_tid=2106490&share_fid=3793&share_type=t
That should be the correct GitHub link:
https://github.com/OXINARF/SIMNumberChanger
But it looks like there is a newer xposed module called SIMEditor - maybe that still works (when your device is rooted and xpised installed)
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.gnufabio.simeditor
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I've never had my phone number displayed in the information menu. As far back as the Note 3, no matter what firmware, official or custom, or even other phones. I live in South Africa. After reading @Logel's explanation, it now makes sense to me why it never showed to me, because of the way South African carriers assign numbers to customers.
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Anyone has this or other issue after the update? Thoughts?
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I know it's not the exact same model, but my N950F/DS shows my phone number there like normal. Not sure why it's not showing in your case though.
I apologize if this has been addressed elsewhere already, but I've been hopping all around the forums the last few days without any luck of finding something that addresses my particular situation (and I apologize if this' the wrong place for this too)...
Phone info:
Unlocked Samsung Galaxy Note 9, 512gb, bought off Amazon.
Model # is SM-N960U
Android 8.1.0
Verizon Branded
It came with a Verizon SIM card, but I already have a Sprint SIM card.
My situation: I have a Sprint branded Samsung Galaxy Note 9, it got damaged, but I didn't want to upgrade to a newer model (for reasons not relevant to this) and for $200 more than the repair costs, I was able to buy the same phone, but the 512gb version...
...So I did.
However, after activating it, which means putting my Sprint SIM card in it, and following all the steps with Sprint, I could receive calls and text-only SMS messages, but I could not get my mobile data to work on the phone and decided to blame the fact that it is Verizon branded* for this
*Sprint Customer Service kept saying I need to reset the PRL, among other things, like I would on a Sprint branded Note 9, but you can't do any of that on one that's Verizon branded; the options/menu in the settings is different
...So, this led me to downloading:
Odin3 v3.14
Sprint Branded Firmware from Updato: https://updato.com/download-samsung-galaxy-note9-firmware/spr/
...Specifically, I downloaded the one dated October 29, 2018 on Updato since it seemed like the closest to what was on the phone...
...I then turned on USB debugging through the Developer Options (could not find or gain access to the OEM Unlock option though, no matter what I tried, on my phone), rebooted my phone into Download Mode, but did not "proceed" as it were, plugged my phone into my laptop, Open Odin as an Administrator, put the firmware files (i.e., BL, AP, CP, and CSC) in their respective places...
...I picked the CSC, not the Home CSC, for the CSC spot in Odin, in case you were wondering...
...and finally pressed Vol Up to "Proceed," as it were, into Download Mode and clicked start on Odin, which did its thing...
...And, after a bit, I got a green "Pass" in Odin and my phone was now in Recovery Mode, since I left the "Auto Reboot" checked in Odin...
So, I selected "Reboot Now" and... I got the Verizon Splash screen and it was like nothing had happened to the phone... Except... My Sprint Mobile Data now works on the phone...
Now, I could technically live with this and begin transferring my data from my old Sprint branded Note 9 to this new Verizon branded one, now that the mobile data works, but there are WAY to many smaller annoyances with the new phone (like how one updates the PRL) that I was hoping to fix by rebranding it as a Sprint Note 9 via Odin
...So, any advice on what I should do?
Also, I'm not married to Oreo either, I just went with that because it is what the new phone has on it as my old phone is running Android 10 with One UI 2.5... And I figured I'd update the new phone to that, via OTA, once it was rebranded too...
Just clarify:
-Is "rebranding" possible with my Note 9?
-What can I do to make it happen or what have I done that I could do differently to make it happen?