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Best firmware for SM-N920C

Hi,
I'm going to get a Note 5 SM-N920C.
I'm planning to use it in Germany, because the C variant covers all LTE-frequencies for T-Mobile Germany.
But I'm wondering, which of the many country variants of the firmwares available for the N920C is the best to use in terms of:
- integration of german language
- no preinstalled bloatware/carrier or country specific apps
- and last but not least: which is the most current one that matches my two criterias above.
Thanks

Are you going to root?
Sent from my SM-N920I using Tapatalk

No, I want to use it stock

I purchased one for myself at Doha airport, and been using it with the shipped firmware (OJ5) without any problems in Norway for like 3 weeks now. No carrier junks or anything...This is the first device in long long time, I am actually considering to use without root (i normally root the first day)!

Which country variant is your firmware?

UAE

and what csc version is it? xsg?

I have the UAE variant too and I'm in the United States. I tried a lot of firmwares from the sammobile and what happens is that the rom number will change but the baseband stays the same. However, if you go to the service menu(*#*#2263#*#*), you can choose the bands that are available on the phone.

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Thank you for your advice, so your xsg Firmware is without Carrier- and/Or bloatware?

Yup! This was not bound to any carrier, and i was surprised how much bloatware samsung has reduced compared to Note 4.

Ok, thank you. So I'm going to Flash the XSG version if it's not already preinstalled. Note 5 should arrive by the end of the week.

Which firmware for no-network unlocked s5 mini?

On my S4 mini I get the firmware for the Three network, since the phone came from Three and so I use the Three firmware. I have ordered an S5 mini and I want to know which firmware I need to download, since presumably it should not be network branded and be a purely virgin S5 mini from samsung. I am checking on here: http://www.sammobile.com The particular one I ordered is SM-G800F.
Can anyone help me with what firmware I would need to download for when/if I need to odin it back to factory firmware?
Thanks

You can use the unbranded firmware from Samsung with evry brand's! But ,if you want the three one (in my opinion stay with unbranded and set the correct apn) just download if from sammobile and flash with Odin. .I'm Italian too,sorry for bad english

matbo said:
You can use the unbranded firmware from Samsung with evry brand's! But ,if you want the three one (in my opinion stay with unbranded and set the correct apn) just download if from sammobile and flash with Odin. .I'm Italian too,sorry for bad english
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Yes, but I am not sure which one. There are specific 3 letter acronyms for different things like H3G or . I do not know which firmware I would download.
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Are you saying I would need to get the EE network's firmware? I am confused. What is EVR?

Can someone help me with explaining this? I am hoping my S5 mini will arrive tomorrow or next day. I would like to make a new S5 mini folder and get everything ready.

[Q] [Question] Indian ROM on Samsung Note 8 unlocked - 950U1

Hi Team,
I just got Samsung Note 8 unlocked from US.
Model - SM-N950U1
Currently, it has below software loaded.
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With version, the battery life is not even reaching 1 day.
Also, heard from my colleagues who uses dual sim Note 8 are getting more than 1 day of battery life.
That's very strange to hear.
View attachment 4603713
Could you please let me know if there is a way/process to back up current US unclocked rom and put Indian Rom on 950U1 device?
Thanks

Indian Rom is for Exynos version, yours is Snapdragon version. What you ask is not possible!

OnnoJ said:
Indian Rom is for Exynos version, yours is Snapdragon version. What you ask is not possible!
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Thanks for the reply, any other custom rom which I can go for to improve battery life and speed?

raghunandanjv said:
Thanks for the reply, any other custom rom which I can go for to improve battery life and speed?
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I'm afraid that your stuck on stock. Your on bootloader v5 so no root or any custom roms for the USA snapdragon version. Your phone has a LOCKED bootloader.!.
Root was only up to bootloader v3 for your phone. Also you can't downgrade either. You'll just have to wait to see if someone will bring back root for your phone.

galaxy note 8 update

GOOD MORNING
I HAVE BOUGHT a galaxy note 8
N950U
with
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and
i wanna change the rom to an official one with last security update
please help
and please tel me if it cause problems​

ZetiliYoussef said:
GOOD MORNING
I HAVE BOUGHT a galaxy note 8
N950U
with
and
i wanna change the rom to an official one with last security update
please help
and please tel me if it cause problems
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For PC to manual install firmware:
Option 1:
Download samfirm.exe or frija on PC
Download Odin on PC
Use samfirm.exe or frija to download firmware
MODEL : SM-N950U
CSC(REGION): XAA
UNZIP firmware.zip file
Use Odin to flash phone:
BL: bl file
AP: ap file
CP: cp file
CSC: csc file OR home-CSC file (don't use both)
csc file will ERASE data
home-CSC will NOT erase data (choose only one)
Option 2 Easiest method:
Use Samsung smart switch to update phone!
For OTA on phone:
Settings/ software update
If option 2 and OTA doesn't work do Option 1!

Problem with service provider software version (wrong country) on a Galaxy S20 FE

I purchased a Samsung Galaxy FE unlocked, in Mexico, from a legitimate seller (Amazon). Of course, I was aware of the 4G only and Exynos processor situation, but still, it was fine for my regular needs.
The S20 FE was wrapped in the original sealed packing, so it looked well. However, when I opened it, the charger was not American type but European. That was weird... I initialized the phone and was fine. I started to install all my stuff, but when I tried to configure Samsung Pay, it said that the service was not supported on my phone (see picture 1).
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It was wrong because, in Mexico, we have Samsung Pay. So I did some research, and I found that my phone was from Chile looking at the service provider software version (see picture 2).
The CHO code is for Chile.
Since asking for a phone change will take a long and, besides that, the phone works fine, I prefer to change the service provider software version to a Mexican one. Is it possible to do that? If so, does it make my phone "Mexican", so I can use SamsungPay? Please let me know.
¡¡Gracias!!

did you find any solutions?

It is totally possible to just download the correct firmware and flashing it with Odin, should hopefully fix problems like this. The OP was right, the phone was grabbing Chilean CSC and applying its regional configurations.

@abaceromx21 boot into download mode and take a look at the Knox counter.