I got a s21 ultra smg998b version with region of Pakistan.But ota updates in my country are extremely slow.So I was wondering if I can flash a stock ROM of different region like some country of Europe using Odin so that I can get updates faster.
I will be flashing ROM of same model of smg988b but idk if I can flash a rom of different region.If anyone got any idea about this let me know
in Xiaomi phones you can do it, a small subgroup of Xiaomi users actually do this because the China Rom comes clean, with some new features and you only need to put up with some annoying chinnese text every once in a while.
I would recommend backing up all of your phone data, know and have the OFW ROM that came with your phone, ideally take it directly from your phone (dont know if this is even posible but yeah) and search for a video of someone installing a ROM on your exact phone to do it like him
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I have a Galaxy Note bought from Handtec in the UK. They shipped me a Polish device. This Polish device has a CSC set to 'KOR'. The device is being used in the UK. The device is stuck on XXKJ4 2.3.5. I have no interest in either rooting the device, or trying out custom firmwares, but I do wish it to receive the official updates via either OTA or Kies.
From reading these forums, 'KOR' is not a valid CSC. So I use the *#272*Device IMEI# method to change the CSC. I select XEU as the new CSC which I believe to be for the UK where the phone is used.
I now get an OTA update which I download, but the phone refuses to flash it (tried several times). I try via Kies (downloaded from Samsung UK), it says "your device does not support software upgrading via Kies".
I wish to end up with a bog standard UK note at the end of the process, or at least something that will find/get the ICS update when it turns up.
Last time I order anything from Handtec. Updating a phone should not consume this much time, it never did on my iPhone. I love the Note, but need it to 'just work' due to a lack of time to muck about with it.
Can anyone offer a solution that does not involve ODIN, rooting, custom roms or any other non-Samsung provided solutions?
Kind Regards
Nigel (rather peeved with his Note!)
Just tried XEO (polish) CSC, and tried to update the phone again. Failed in the same way. Looks like I am going to have to send the pile of dung to Samsung and have them fix it up with a UK (English) ROM/CSC on my behalf. Kies still reports that it cant upgrade it either.
Waste of time
Rooting and flashing the latest stock ROM on my Handtec Note was rather simple and pain free. In the time you've already spent, you probably could've done it several times now with a time allotment added in for flashing ICS when it's released. LA4 was even a non-wipe ROM, so I didn't have to re-do all of my apps and settings.
And there are so many benefits to rooting, I don't see why anyone would go without. Full usage of Titanium Backup is in and of itself enough reason, let alone Ad-free Android, LBE Privacy Control, and several other great root only apps.
Well, I finally got it to flash by setting the CSC to DEU. It still would not update OTA, but at least Kies would finally see that it was an updatable device.
I used to spend many-a-happy hour fidding with my many WinMo phones and trying out various roms. These days I just need it to work (like my iPhone4 did!). That includes seamless major revision updates that see all my apps/config automagically put back on the phone after the update! It should not really be necessary to root a phone just so that you can do a full backup (incl settings) of it.
I love the note, its far more practical/versatile than my iPhone ever was, and the screen is superb.
Risk of a bricked device, too many custom firmwares, and custom firmwares that change every few days etc are the reasons I have not rooted/flashed with ODIN. I also do not know where to find a stock UK LA4 rom to flash to the device.
Due to the CSC being KOR, and having to change this, The phone wiped its self, that would have been the deal with or without root afaik.
The only stock UK rom listed on the sticky here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997 is UK carphone warehouse. Which I imagine means I would get all of their crud on the phone too.
Nigel
thanks
I recently purchased a Galaxy Note (Unlocked) and am loving the device. I was reading online that there was a newer open european firmware (LA3) but was perplexed as my phone was saying there are no upgrades for it. I installed Kies (the UK version) and it updated it's self to 2.2 yet it still does not show any newer firmware than what is on my phone (KKA).
Is there a way to force Kies to let me update? or am I missing a step (I never did create a samsung account).
Thank you in advance...
Hi there,
I also recently purchased a Note, and have been spending FAAAR tooo much time lurking on this forum trying to work out whats what with rooting/roming and all things GNote.
Fairly new to all this android malarky and tbh i'm kinda just responding to your question as a way to clarify what, i have, thus far, gleaned from by lurksome xda ways! And as an attempt to stop lurking so much and try and give back some of the understanding xda has given me.
Your question is something I was also rather confused by, but from what I understand - It seems that Samsung rolls out OTA and Kies updates to phones with different CSC codes at different times.
I think it is only the German (DBT) phone which has had the latest LB1 update. I know that my XEU phone is also still on KKA, with no ota or kies updates available.
From what I understand, the way one gets the updates without rooting is through flashing them with a Windows app called PC Odin with the phone in download mode.
Or via rooting your KKA rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
and then flashing the updated firmware with either Mobile Odin or Clockwork Mod.
In all cases I believe you must download the firmware from either the sammobile site or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
If any (or all!) of that is totally wrong - please someone with greater experience wade in and put me straight, but I just thought that seeing as no-one else had responded - i'd try and make something of all the hrs i've spent lurking on here since i got this phone
Anyhow I'm sure if you just follow the links i've posted to the brilliant work of Dr Ketan - you won't go far wrong
Personally, I've not actually put any of this to the test yet - wanna make sure I really do know my arse from my elbow or in this case - my dalvik from my build.prop before I go messing with a £500 phone....
knowayback said:
Hi there,
I also recently purchased a Note, and have been spending FAAAR tooo much time lurking on this forum trying to work out whats what with rooting/roming and all things GNote.
Fairly new to all this android malarky and tbh i'm kinda just responding to your question as a way to clarify what, i have, thus far, gleaned from by lurksome xda ways! And as an attempt to stop lurking so much and try and give back some of the understanding xda has given me.
Your question is something I was also rather confused by, but from what I understand - It seems that Samsung rolls out OTA and Kies updates to phones with different CSC codes at different times.
I think it is only the German (DBT) phone which has had the latest LB1 update. I know that my XEU phone is also still on KKA, with no ota or kies updates available.
From what I understand, the way one gets the updates without rooting is through flashing them with a Windows app called PC Odin with the phone in download mode.
Or via rooting your KKA rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
and then flashing the updated firmware with either Mobile Odin or Clockwork Mod.
In all cases I believe you must download the firmware from either the sammobile site or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
If any (or all!) of that is totally wrong - please someone with greater experience wade in and put me straight, but I just thought that seeing as no-one else had responded - i'd try and make something of all the hrs i've spent lurking on here since i got this phone
Anyhow I'm sure if you just follow the links i've posted to the brilliant work of Dr Ketan - you won't go far wrong
Personally, I've not actually put any of this to the test yet - wanna make sure I really do know my arse from my elbow or in this case - my dalvik from my build.prop before I go messing with a £500 phone....
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I appreciate the help to answer your question you are in part correct (from what I can gather). Samsung does issue updates based on CSC codes and there is nothing for the UK CSC code. However they also release what is called open updates. Meaning any carrier in a given country can use a open update for that country. Beyond that they release what is called open European updates that any unlocked phone in Europe can use.
My question is the latest open European update is LXA or LLA or something like that which is farther along than the KK5 I am on. Since it is open European I should be able to update to it I would think. There could be something to the fact that the UK is considered part of the EU so it might not fall under even an open European release and if that is the case than so be it.
I am just trying to find out why my unlocked international version of the note can not seem to update to the latest open European update
Ok, so from the sounds of it - i think your definitely better informed than me on Samsung update protocol
Haven't heard any of that before. I was under the impression that the XEU code was the unlocked open euro code....
Anyway, just thought i'd let u know that i took the plunge today - deciding that I trusted XDA more than Samsung to update my phone
Rooted my stock KKA rom using dr ketans posts as my guide, then flashed the stock LB1 firmware and have since flashed Franco's kernel.....all seems well so far
Although one thing i did notice is that my Antutu score was significantly lower after flashing Lb1, but before flashing Franco's kernel (haven't tested since)....
Anyway good luck waiting for an official update - in my limited experience - I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for OEM's to issue OTA updates...
Valdeck said:
I am just trying to find out why my unlocked international version of the note can not seem to update to the latest open European update
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This is cool. But how to find whether my phone is locked or not?
And what about if we try to involve the Samsung support on this question? I'm also stuck with kk5 and i'm also in Europe.
Spo0f said:
This is cool. But how to find whether my phone is locked or not?
And what about if we try to involve the Samsung support on this question? I'm also stuck with kk5 and i'm also in Europe.
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If you want to know what region your phone is from plug it into the computer after you have installed samsung kies. Once you do if you look at the screen for your phone you will see three sets of letters and numbers. The last one in the string will have your CSC once you get that do a google for where it is from.
If you are on kk5 like me then you probably have a UK code.
An phone is unlocked by default when you import it from Europe as they use a different model for cell carriers than we do in the states.
The simple way to get the latest updates is....change your CSC with *#272*imei# in the dialer pad to the lastest update ( csc)! You don't need root or odin or mobile odin. Just change your country code. This will wipe your phone...but after restart you will get a promt to update your software as soo. As wou are connected to a wifi. There are many post about it...the csc change is described in sgs2 foruns and all over the net. About the country code, please visit sammobile.com and in firmware section you will find detailed info about those codes.
P.S. My note was originaly in XEH ( open Hungary), I'm from Romania so I changed my CSC to Open Germay (DBT-debitel) and after restart i got 2 consecutive updates.
Hope to help, sorry for my bad english
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The easiest way to get updates is via XDA. Download PC Odin, and choose whatever Rom you fancy from the first sticky thread in Note development.
I would like some help updating a Note 8, SM-N950F. Before I attempt anything I want to better understand a few things.
1) I see people mentioning different boot loaders, version 5 etc... Do I care what version I have?
2) The device was purchased from Australia and has Vodafone AU software and it's currently being used in the Philippines
Can I change it to XSA to remove any Vodafone crap?
3) I see mention of multi CSC firmware, is this official Samsung firmware and what exactly is it.
At the moment neither Samsung Pay nor Google Pay will install on the device, perhaps because neither are supported in the Philippines, any thoughts on this?
This is what I am hoping to install
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-note8/SM-N950F/XSA/download/N950FXXU5DSB2/260951/
After updating to PIE, Phone started to lag, swipe and navigation front and back does not respond in 1st few swipes. Batter train, Rear camera Seflfi option removed.
Boot your device into Recovery Mode and wipe the cache partition. That should resolve your software issues. With regards to installing the OS from your native country. Just check that the model number of the OS matches that of your Device. If they match then you should be fine.
I did some testing with my S20 FE 4G Snapdragon and some disaster. So I downloaded via Frija the latest Italian firmware and flash it via Odin. The Sim is active and yet I always end up with a firmware that looks Russian, when I first restart the phone and the selection of additional Samsung apps to install appears they are all in Russian and then among the bloatware I find a Russian folder with Yandex and other apps that I can't even uninstall. I've tried the same firmware from different sites, even one more less recent, but nothing, I'm always in the same condition. How is this possible? And above all how can I flash an Italian firmware or at least one without Yandex and other Russian apps?
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I did some testing with my S20 FE 4G Snapdragon and some disaster. So I downloaded via Frija the latest Italian firmware and flash it via Odin. The Sim is active and yet I always end up with a firmware that looks Russian, when I first restart the phone and the selection of additional Samsung apps to install appears they are all in Russian and then among the bloatware I find a Russian folder with Yandex and other apps that I can't even uninstall. I've tried the same firmware from different sites, even one more less recent, but nothing, I'm always in the same condition. How is this possible? And above all how can I flash an Italian firmware or at least one without Yandex and other Russian apps?
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total guess but maybe it's a multi CSC rom you flashed and as far as the rom can tell (based on what it's expecting) your SIM card is being seen as Russian.
take the card out and reboot, see what you get then!
Hi!
It's as you say, the phone is European (the seller had told me it's Italian, whatever).
The firmware for many countries is always the same and and when I turn it on after flashing the correct CSC is not recognized for my phone.
I tried everything: older firmware, flash with sim, without sim, dozens of factory reset with and without sim. Then also to use via phone a code + imei (as many guides explain) and also to download google phone and try to change csc with that, but nothing to do.
I've read that other people have the same problem, I understand that it's an additional block created by Samsung to prevent the phones from being de-branded or used in a different place than where they were purchased.
The only thing you can do, apparently, is to buy credits for the Samkey software which should fix the problem. For this phone it is needed 10, we're talking about 30 euros. In all sincerity I don't care and I keep it like that, especially since I managed to flash the Indonesian firmware so I finally have native call recordings, then if I ever sell it I'll reconsider...
Hello all.
My S20FE (SM-G780F) has not updated from OneUi 3 and Android 11. It always says that I'm using the latest software. I've tried factory resetting the phone and using Smart Switch to no avail.
I'm in the UK. Never lived anywhere else. I reside here permanently. It's where I bought my phone brand new.
I checked the service provider software version and it says ZT0/ZTO,ZTO/EUX . However, when I use the dialler method to check the same information it says the CSC is BTL3.
I researched and ZTO seems to refer to Brazil. I've never been to Brazil or anywhere in that vicinity so I don't know why it says ZTO as the service provider information.
Could this be why I'm having issues updating? If the phone thinks it's Brazilian then it would stop me updating if I'm in the UK? Is that correct?
Samsung suggested I send it to them to flash the drive but they require a proof of purchase and as I bought the phone over 2 years ago I can't for the life of me find the original order email.
Just for clarification the phone has never been rooted or modded and all software etc is "official." I've looked into flashing the software with Odin. Would I need ro download the update file for the CSC my phone says it is or for the CSC it should be? Do I only download the latest update or would I have to stack them and download all the previous ones my phone missed too?
Please help before I tear my hair out.
flashing the phone yourself with Odin is very easy, there are dozens of YouTube vids to get an idea from. actually downloading the firmware is more difficult.
whoever sold you the phone is who you should be angry at, it obviously wasn't intended for use here. let me know if you want help flashing!
Same thing happened to my Mom's phone (a Galaxy A series device).
Use this guide and manually flash the latest firmware.