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I have been away from my gear watch for two months and I forgot how to do some of the basics I did before. I know how to use Odin to flash over the files for the new firmware for the gear watch itself. . But there is a Gear Manager update that has to be installed separately. The GR Manager update has been available for a week and it is posted in this forum. It has to be installed on the phone separately from ODIN. I simply forgot the process for installing the Gear Manager software. SInce I have a rooted phone I have done this before, but since I have been away from the watch for months I forgot.
Can someone remind me of the process for loading or installing the Gear Manager software onto the phone itself. I can't automatically do it thru the software itself because I have a rooted phone with Null custom rom

Srwilliams said:
I have been away from my gear watch for two months and I forgot how to do some of the basics I did before. I know how to use Odin to flash over the files for the new firmware for the gear watch itself. . But there is a Gear Manager update that has to be installed separately. The GR Manager update has been available for a week and it is posted in this forum. It has to be installed on the phone separately from ODIN. I simply forgot the process for installing the Gear Manager software. SInce I have a rooted phone I have done this before, but since I have been away from the watch for months I forgot.
Can someone remind me of the process for loading or installing the Gear Manager software onto the phone itself. I can't automatically do it thru the software itself because I have a rooted phone with Null custom rom
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You mean you forgot how to use adb and sideload? Or you can use wondershare.
Here's the null rom tutorial using wondershare.
Here's the null rom tutorial how to load apks without wondershare.

440bro said:
You mean you forgot how to use adb and sideload? Or you can use wondershare.
Here's the null rom tutorial using wondershare.
Here's the null rom tutorial how to load apks without wondershare.
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Bear with me. I do know well how to side load apps both with and without wondershare. I can use ADB quite well. I guess what I do not recall is if I have the APK for the GEAR MANAGER software that goes on the phone is that loaded by way of adb. I have gotten myself all turned around in that i know how to load ape's onto the watch itself using adb, but I do not recall if that is the same process for loading the apk for the Gear Manager onto the phone.
Perhaps I should attack this from this perspective. I have downloaded the latest GEAR MANAGER software from a thread on this forum. How do I get it onto my phone. I no longer use Wondershare as my trial ran out. But I know the adb process quite well. I just son't know if I install the apk to the watch or to the phone, and if to the phone where
Thanks so much

Srwilliams said:
Bear with me. I do know well how to side load apps both with and without wondershare. I can use ADB quite well. I guess what I do not recall is if I have the APK for the GEAR MANAGER software that goes on the phone is that loaded by way of adb. I have gotten myself all turned around in that i know how to load ape's onto the watch itself using adb, but I do not recall if that is the same process for loading the apk for the Gear Manager onto the phone.
Perhaps I should attack this from this perspective. I have downloaded the latest GEAR MANAGER software from a thread on this forum. How do I get it onto my phone. I no longer use Wondershare as my trial ran out. But I know the adb process quite well. I just son't know if I install the apk to the watch or to the phone, and if to the phone where
Thanks so much
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Sorry I misunderstood you. I thought you wanted software onto the watch, but you need it onto the phone! I think? If so, what kind of phone are we talking about here, and what android version is it running?

440bro said:
Sorry I misunderstood you. I thought you wanted software onto the watch, but you need it onto the phone! I think? If so, what kind of phone are we talking about here, and what android version is it running?
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440bro:
Thanks for your patience in trying to help me.
I have a Galaxy Note 3 and running the latest android, but not KitKat. Would You believe i have actually loaded Gear Manager software before But I simply forgot how I did it. I have to load the updates for Gear Manager manually because I am running a custom rom with Null 19. I just don't remember how I loaded the updates in the past

Srwilliams said:
440bro:
Thanks for your patience in trying to help me.
I have a Galaxy Note 3 and running the latest android, but not KitKat. Would You believe i have actually loaded Gear Manager software before But I simply forgot how I did it. I have to load the updates for Gear Manager manually because I am running a custom rom with Null 19. I just don't remember how I loaded the updates in the past
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I am running a note 3 with beans rom and null 22.1 on my watch and I can still install GM automatically to my phone if I want to, I'm not sure why you would not be able to??

jmorton10 said:
I am running a note 3 with beans rom and null 22.1 on my watch and I can still install GM automatically to my phone if I want to, I'm not sure why you would not be able to??
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When I go to the manager on the phone and try to check for update it tells me my gear has been modified. Software updates are not available

Srwilliams said:
When I go to the manager on the phone and try to check for update it tells me my gear has been modified. Software updates are not available
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The update your checking is the firmware in gear manager for the gear. You need to go into the Samsung apps on your phone and update gear manager from there.
That's Samsung app and not play store lol. Good luck
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

Click the link below for gear manager application install/update. At the prompt choose to open with "Samsung apps" which should be previously installed.
http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery...app.watchmanager&cntyTxt=310&equipID=SM-N900A

tatoo069sv said:
The update your checking is the firmware in gear manager for the gear. You need to go into the Samsung apps on your phone and update gear manager from there.
That's Samsung app and not play store lol. Good luck
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
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tatoo:
I did as you directed and went into Samsung Apps on the phone and I did not see anywhere a vehicle to upgrade the gear manager. All I had was a bunch of watch faces

Or just download the apk
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573200

Tizen USA no Samsung apps?

I loaded the Great Britain tizen on my Gear, and all works, except the gear manager shows a blank screen for samsung app. Is this normal? are there any apps to sideload, and how do you do that?
Thanks!
Jim

No that's not normal. What build version did you flash?
There's no sideloading because it's Tizen based not android. Unless someone knows of Tizen apps not on the market.

440bro said:
No that's not normal. What build version did you flash?
There's no sideloading because it's Tizen based not android. Unless someone knows of Tizen apps not on the market.
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BTU V700XXUCNE9
I did not do anything to gear manager but relink to the watch.
Thanks for any help!

Phone is Galaxy note 3 running 4.4.2

You might have a bad download, or flash of NE9. Try downloading and re-flashing again. Or you can possibly download and flash the latest update ending with NF1.

440bro said:
You might have a bad download, or flash of NE9. Try downloading and re-flashing again. Or you can possibly download and flash the latest update ending with NF1.
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OK, I'll try it. All I did was use odid v3.09 in defaults to flash over the android os. Could I have missed any steps?
I'll put the canadian (XAC) NF1 on it tonight,

I believe you did everything right. It's a simple process. Sometimes file downloads can be corrupt. I had one that kicked my butt for 2 days. I downloaded and it was fine.
Try the Canadian NF1 and see what happens. It's the one I'm on with my note 3 and all is well.

440bro said:
I believe you did everything right. It's a simple process. Sometimes file downloads can be corrupt. I had one that kicked my butt for 2 days. I downloaded and it was fine.
Try the Canadian NF1 and see what happens. It's the one I'm on with my note 3 and all is well.
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OK, thanks. It's just strange the error shows up on the gear manager, the watch is solid. should you remove the watch from gear manager before the update?

It's a good idea to do a complete fresh install and pairing. So when the gear connects uncheck the restore box so it doesn't try to reload old android apps.

440bro said:
It's a good idea to do a complete fresh install and pairing. So when the gear connects uncheck the restore box so it doesn't try to reload old android apps.
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define "fresh install"? I cannot uninstall gear manager. I did uncheck the restore box.
Thanks

On the gear enter stock recovery and perform a factory data reset. Use Odin to flash new firmware. When gear pairs with phone for first time do not restore old gear settings. Start fresh.

440bro said:
It's a good idea to do a complete fresh install and pairing. So when the gear connects uncheck the restore box so it doesn't try to reload old android apps.
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do you have a link to a known good canadian version. I downloaded from two sites and while the files are identical in size, they give a different MD5
Jim

http://www.mediafire.com/?j66d0tzk5b1bwxt
Or
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=31281

jmdearras said:
do you have a link to a known good canadian version. I downloaded from two sites and while the files are identical in size, they give a different MD5
Jim
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NM, tool error, or operator!

jmdearras said:
NM, tool error, or operator!
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to be totally clear, I am in the USA on Verizon. Does anyone else in that situation have content in the gear manager samsung apps window?
Jim

440bro said:
I believe you did everything right. It's a simple process. Sometimes file downloads can be corrupt. I had one that kicked my butt for 2 days. I downloaded and it was fine.
Try the Canadian NF1 and see what happens. It's the one I'm on with my note 3 and all is well.
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I factory reset, and flashed the latest Canadian one, and there was no difference. Gear Manager shows no Samsung Apps. All else is fine. except I cannot get it to connect to bluetooth headphones for the media player.
Puzzled,
Jim

jmdearras said:
I factory reset, and flashed the latest Canadian one, and there was no difference. Gear Manager shows no Samsung Apps. All else is fine. except I cannot get it to connect to bluetooth headphones for the media player.
Puzzled,
Jim
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There appear to be a few of us United-Statesians who are having this problem, Jim. I experienced this issue on my Note 3 when i prematurely flashed Tizen, and another user in response to a thread I posted a week back noted that he experienced the issue as well.
At least you can rest assured that it is not just your phone or Gear.
I even flashed the XAR version of NF1 today, and still no luck.
Oddly, though, I was able to see the apps in the store for a short period of time, when the app store notified me of an update to watch styler. I've been able to reproduce the effect by installing an old version of watch styler, waiting a few minutes (anywhere from 15 to an hour), and then going into the app store for the update. For some reason, when the gear app store sees the need for an update, it allows you to view all of the apps on the store. Not sure if it works with updates to any other apps, but I don't see a reason that it woiuldn't. An odd workaround, I know, but it may work for you as well.
Good luck!

No apps fix
In my case I had my Samsung Gear updated from Android to Tizen (NE9 version) and my Note 3 updated the Gear Manager automatically, when detected Gear with Tizen.
I tried all the steps above with no luck, so I uninstalled the Gear Manager (from Galaxy apps application) and rebooted the phone. Installed a fresh version of Gear Manager from Galaxy Apps and after connected with watch everything worked. Now I can see many apps for my watch on Samsung Gear Apps.
I hope this helps!
Z.

[Q] Gear Manager updated 7/15; now Gear 2 Neo won't connect

I see that I received an update to the Gear Manager today. Now I can't connect the Galaxy S4 to the Gear 2 Neo. Anyone else having this problem?
Background:
Before I noticed the update (which had connected to the Neo just fine), I looked at the watch faces running under Multi Watch and saw they were corrupted (the number for the calendar had floated off to the upper right in the screen). So I decided to reset my watch. When I tried to connect, the watch and phone evidently exchanged PINs correctly, but the phone kept jumping back to the 'Connect' screen and wouldn't recognize the watch as connected.
The Gear keeps reverting to the "select the Gear you want your phone to connect to" screen.
Gear seems paired successfully in the phone's BT settings, but won't connect there either.
Multiple deletes of the Gear in the Bluetooth settings haven't worked. Uninstalled and reinstalled the Gear Manager several times. Cleared all the caches and data for Gear Manager several times.
S4 rooted with Towelroot; SuperSU installed. Root access granted to Titanium Backup, Memory Booster, Root Explorer. Formerly had BusyBox on it and xPosed framework (running Wanam). Uninstalled BusyBox and xPosed and Wanam.
Any ideas?

Did you reboot both the phone and the gear?
Last resort is to reset the gear. It is a pain, but is better than not having it connected. I had to do the same thing.

Yes - rebooted both the phone and the Gear 2 Neo several times. I've been able to test this with another Galaxy S4 and a Galaxy S5 and the Neo connects to both of them. Looks like the problem is in the app, or something that happened when my S4 got rooted.
Looks like the Gear 2 Neo goes back in the box until another update comes out for Gear Manager.
prscott1 said:
Did you reboot both the phone and the gear?
Last resort is to reset the gear. It is a pain, but is better than not having it connected. I had to do the same thing.
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Another option is to remove the gear manager you installed from sammy and install the one found on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2677686
And is the ROM you have on kitkat?

Good idea - tried it and got the same response. Couldn't find a version number on the one from the link, but I suspect it is the same as Sammy released today.
ROM is stock 4.4.2 Android from VZ - I545VRIFNC5. Rooted. I put BusyBox Pro back on there, and xPosed framework, and Wanam, but I haven't yet enabled Wanam.
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Another option is to remove the gear manager you installed from sammy and install the one found on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2677686
And is the ROM you have on kitkat?
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n4ogl said:
Good idea - tried it and got the same response. Couldn't find a version number on the one from the link, but I suspect it is the same as Sammy released today.
ROM is stock 4.4.2 Android from VZ - I545VRIFNC5. Rooted. I put BusyBox Pro back on there, and xPosed framework, and Wanam, but I haven't yet enabled Wanam.
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Just had the same, what happened to me was that I flashed a new ROM, couldn't get it to connect just like yours.
Resolution was to flash another ROM, one that is basically stock.
Then the Gear Manager kicked in and installed all the relevant apps for the gear neo when I opened it.
I believe that the problem was with some missing files from the ROM I installed first when it stopped working.
I also had to go to get then newer "galaxy apps" from Samsung's mobile website..
You could make a backup and flash some other stock rooted ROM see if that helps..
Otherwise I don't know, this was just a a suggestion..
M..

Question from a n00b
I was successful in rooting VRUFNC5, so here's my (probably noob) question:
Is there a VRUFNC5 file that I can put on the SDCard and use to reflash my phone to stock?
I am not experienced in using ODIN, and the instructions I've found here seem to presume a bit of knowledge that I am not confident I have.
If I can get it back to stock, I'll reconnect the Gear 2 Neo, and then re-root it.
mattbee said:
Just had the same, what happened to me was that I flashed a new ROM, couldn't get it to connect just like yours.
Resolution was to flash another ROM, one that is basically stock.
Then the Gear Manager kicked in and installed all the relevant apps for the gear neo when I opened it.
I believe that the problem was with some missing files from the ROM I installed first when it stopped working.
I also had to go to get then newer "galaxy apps" from Samsung's mobile website..
You could make a backup and flash some other stock rooted ROM see if that helps..
Otherwise I don't know, this was just a a suggestion..
M..
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[Q] Pls help me make my gear work on my 4.2.2 phone!!

Hello devs. I have tried all the ways here (except installing a custom rom because i want tizen only) to make my gear work on my android 4.2.2 phone, Its a Kata i3 or rebranded XOLO Q1010. Its always stuck on "connecting to gear" without getting done.. is there any way to make my gear work with android 4.2.2? please help,,

anthonyweeg said:
Hello devs. I have tried all the ways here (except installing a custom rom because i want tizen only) to make my gear work on my android 4.2.2 phone, Its a Kata i3 or rebranded XOLO Q1010. Its always stuck on "connecting to gear" without getting done.. is there any way to make my gear work with android 4.2.2? please help,,
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You have to download and install tizen on your gear and then if you want to you can install tizen 3.0 from skin1980

babygirl24860 said:
You have to download and install tizen on your gear and then if you want to you can install tizen 3.0 from skin1980
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I already did,, gear is now on tizen, but everytime i install gear manager and gearstub on my phone, it just stays on "connecting to gear" without any progress...

anthonyweeg said:
I already did,, gear is now on tizen, but everytime i install gear manager and gearstub on my phone, it just stays on "connecting to gear" without any progress...
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You need gear2 connector to connect to Tizen Gear variants. I think you only installed Gear1 Connector from all these "need to install to work" additional apks up to now?

emuandco said:
You need gear2 connector to connect to Tizen Gear variants. I think you only installed Gear1 Connector from all these "need to install to work" additional apks up to now?
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i did install all the apks sent by the gear during pairing including gear 2 connector.. im just stuck at "connecting to gear" screen without any progress although it doesnt force close or hangs... what shud i do??

anthonyweeg said:
i did install all the apks sent by the gear during pairing including gear 2 connector.. im just stuck at "connecting to gear" screen without any progress although it doesnt force close or hangs... what shud i do??
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pls help me guys..... i havent used my gear bcoz its not connecting.

anthonyweeg said:
i did install all the apks sent by the gear during pairing including gear 2 connector.. im just stuck at "connecting to gear" screen without any progress although it doesnt force close or hangs... what shud i do??
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It's new to me that the Gear sends you any APKs. You need to extract the APKs from the Manager APK or load em from HERE for example, all the ones in Extracted Folder + the Manager itself. And the Stub HERE comes in /system/app.
EDIT: If this still fails... 4.2.2 may be a bit too old to get things working. I suggest to install a new Version of Android then.

emuandco said:
It's new to me that the Gear sends you any APKs. You need to extract the APKs from the Manager APK or load em from HERE for example, all the ones in Extracted Folder + the Manager itself. And the Stub HERE comes in /system/app.
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I mean, not sent by the gear, but whats included in the gear manager apk... the one that you get when you change the apk extension to zip... and I also installed the stub on system/app... its still stuck at connecting to gear no matter what i do.. is it because my phone is just 4.2.2? theres no update for my phone unfortunately,, maybe i should change my phone to something that has kitkat out of the box??

anthonyweeg said:
I mean, not sent by the gear, but whats included in the gear manager apk... the one that you get when you change the apk extension to zip... and I also installed the stub on system/app... its still stuck at connecting to gear no matter what i do.. is it because my phone is just 4.2.2? theres no update for my phone unfortunately,, maybe i should change my phone to something that has kitkat out of the box??
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There is. Not official, but there is: VIBE UI This is your phone, right? Seems to be KitKat, but with some flaws left as it seems. But 4.2.2 is really not up to date. I had my problems 4.3.0 in the past already... ^^

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There is. Not official, but there is: VIBE UI This is your phone, right? Seems to be KitKat, but with some flaws left as it seems. But 4.2.2 is really not up to date. I had my problems 4.3.0 in the past already... ^^
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unfortunately no, my phone is a Kata i3.. although mtk6582 already has kitkat update, no one is porting it for our device and i dont know how..
Im trying to solve my problem now by trying to flash null_10.1.tar.md5 because i cant access the settings menu since i also cant bypass the activation screen.. we dont have samsung phones here.. do you by any chance have the null_10.1.tar.md5 file? i cant find a working link anywhere... please upload....

anthonyweeg said:
unfortunately no, my phone is a Kata i3.. although mtk6582 already has kitkat update, no one is porting it for our device and i dont know how..
Im trying to solve my problem now by trying to flash null_10.1.tar.md5 because i cant access the settings menu since i also cant bypass the activation screen.. we dont have samsung phones here.. do you by any chance have the null_10.1.tar.md5 file? i cant find a working link anywhere... please upload....
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You know that null ROM Build 23 is the newest. Why the old one?
HERE Build 23

Although it is Bluetooth 4.0, not running 4.3 means you won't be able to install gear manager. Flashing null (old way or new) won't help

[Q] Gear2 Neo firmware question +root + custom faces questions (none samsung user)

Hey guys,
I got the gear 2 neo as a gift yesterday, i have an HTC m8 and an iphone 5, i downloaded an application called samsung gear on the M8 (costs like 2.5$) but found out that there is no Samsung store in it (which should be obvious)
So i guess i must root the gear right?
I read that i must have the NE5 firmware, i can't know if i have this firmware or not.. my software version is R381XXU0ANCD , how can i know if it is the NE5 and how can i download the NE5 firmware if mine isn't it?
The rooting procedure isn't a problem to me.
After rooting, will I be able to install custom faces or load some faces i downloaded from the net easily? and how? since my mobile doesn't have the Samsung store so i can't install that trendie watches app or any other app ..
Any help please?
And can I benefit completely from the gear 2 neo if i pair it with my iphone 5?
Many thanks guys

Exact Thing here.
I do have the HTC One M7 and the Gear 2 Neo, trying to Install Apps to the watch..
Do I have to root the watch and the M7 to make apps (apks) work or only the watch?
Is there a possibility to install the Samsung Apps - Store and download apps to my HTC?
I experimented the whole Nights.. I managed to install the Gear Manager, Notifications do work but no Apps..
Thanks in Advance, i appreciate any Help!

you shuold be able to install apps....for the most part the gear apps are thru the samsung app store.
but being that its rooted you can install the apps thru a filemanager and then run it

I am able to install apps to my device. when I open them, it should create an icon on my watch.
Nothing happens except a massage on my phone "the app can not be installed".
Would rooting my watch solve that issue?

i told you that i don't have the store cz im not a samsung user...
can anyone help please??

Lfoudz said:
i told you that i don't have the store cz im not a samsung user...
can anyone help please??
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we did. your not a samsung user. so your only option is to root your hand set. as well as the watch. rooting your hand set will allow you to install apps via the store. the store would have to be side loaded of course. which means installed by you off a sd card or downloaded file to your device(phone). the watch would need to be rooted to by pass samsungs app protection. to allow apps to be installed by a none samsung phone. then all you do is side load your apps. the watch rom i use is here. either way you need to root. hopefully your watch is still version NE5 as that has root. the new NL2 i believe currently is awaiting a generous dev to have a look.

kaos420 said:
we did. your not a samsung user. so your only option is to root your hand set. as well as the watch. rooting your hand set will allow you to install apps via the store. the store would have to be side loaded of course. which means installed by you off a sd card or downloaded file to your device(phone). the watch would need to be rooted to by pass samsungs app protection. to allow apps to be installed by a none samsung phone. then all you do is side load your apps. the watch rom i use is here. either way you need to root. hopefully your watch is still version NE5 as that has root. the new NL2 i believe currently is awaiting a generous dev to have a look.
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alright but how can i know if i have the NE5 version man?
that's mine R381XXU0ANCD , is it the ne5?

Lfoudz said:
alright but how can i know if i have the NE5 version man?
that's mine R381XXU0ANCD , is it the ne5?
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that looks pretty old from like april. you could just odin ne5 here is al the firmwares. http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/