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CM10.1 Now available for Canadian Variants ...

CM10.1 NIGHTLIES are now available for Canadian variants of the Samsung Galaxy S4, specifically, model SGH-I337M.
Here's the link from CyanogenMod's web site:
http://get.cm/?device=jfltecan
Peter

PeterGuru said:
It appears that CM10.1 is now available for some Canadian variants of the Samsung Galaxy S4, specifically, model SGH-I337M.
Here's the link from CyanogenMod's web site:
http://get.cm/?device=jfltecan
Here's a link from MobileSyrup, the site where I discovered the above:
http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/05/05/e...lds-available-for-canadian-samsung-galaxy-s4/
And here's a link from Steve Kondik's Google+ page:
https://plus.google.com/100275307499530023476/posts/EZcJNk17iXt
Peter
... downloading now!
NOTE: My sincere apologies if this thread is not in the right section. Please change if necessary.
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This is great, and amazed how quickly it was released! I've flashed and everything works fine as far as I can tell. The only thing I've noticed is certain apps that make use of the S4 Barometer/Thermometer end up crashing the phone after a couple seconds. But other than that all appears to be fine.

UP-DATE: Re CM10.1 Installation …
Well, I took the plunge and flashed cm-10.1-20130504-EXPERIMENTAL-jfltecan, along with the latest GAPPS (on my Rogers SGH-I337M).
Although I’ve got lots more checking to do, like Sobai, the installation went smoothly, and following the initial set-up, I can tell you that my original serious lag, and subsequent lag improvement following the OTA, is now effectively gone. It’s smooth as butter (sorry about the cliché).
I’ll report back later today or tonight.
Peter
Addendum: As was mentioned on Steve Kondik's site, you can't mount the SDCard, so what I have on it is not yet accessible.

Awesome!
I wanted to test it out, but I wanna wait for a stable build. Should come in a few weeks I hope!

It doesn't detect external MicroSD

Is the Canadian S4 Bootloader locked?

LeKtRiCzzz said:
Is the Canadian S4 Bootloader locked?
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No it isn't

I have succesfully rooted and flashed twrp made a backup and such but I am afraid to flashed this because my download screen write protection enabled

Kevin36 said:
I have succesfully rooted and flashed twrp made a backup and such but I am afraid to flashed this because my download screen write protection enabled
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I have read that the write protection enabled thing is just to ensure you don't flash something meant for another version of the phone. I have successfully flashed TWRP and CM10.1 yesterday on a Galaxy S4 1337M from Bell.
Also, you would usually flash the zip using TWRP.

To put it bluntly... Don't.
Until we get the bootloader unlocked and have the custom recovery running in tandem with the unlocked bootloader that's very dangerous.

Canadian phones are NOT bootloader locked. AT&T US is the only jack*ss at the party so far (waiting for Verizon, of course).
Just be careful, and know you're taking your chances.

I want to flash this but I dont want to lose all the new sensor gimmicks this phone brings and to top that off I dont have a stock odin rom to put phone back in factory state in case it messes up? what to do?

The fact that the Canadian s4 are identical hardware wise to the at&t s4 just confirms that the whole locked bootloader thing is purely at&t's fault and not samsung's.
And this also confirms that the "write enabled" in download mode has nothing to do with the bootloader being locked, as the Canadian s4 says that, but the bootloader isn't locked.
The Canadian S4 also has the black contacts and phone apps like the international version, not the hideous white ones of the us variants.

Kevin36 said:
I want to flash this but I dont want to lose all the new sensor gimmicks this phone brings and to top that off I dont have a stock odin rom to put phone back in factory state in case it messes up? what to do?
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Wait! there's no rush! There will be plenty of time to flash this once it's a little more complete /stable. And... As far as I know we don't have the rom yet available to flash in case something goes wrong and you want to go back to stock.

If this crap continues from ATT, I'll just use ATT upgrades to sell the iPhones and either purchase a T-Mobile one or import one. This is madness!!! SO JELLY!!!!!!

Hola
1. Why the heck is it that Telus, Bell, Rogers and the whole lot of them can't release our stock ROM's as yet???
2. Thank heavens that we don't have to deal with locked boot loader situation.
3. I truly hope that either TWRP or CWM can release a working version of custom recovery so that we can do Nandroid backups.
4. I used http://www.cellunlocker.net/ to unlock my white SGH-I337M device which I bought from Rogers. It took about an hour to get the unlock code. Now it is working without issue on Bell's network.
The wait continues...

We have a recovery on canadian s4 just root
download goomanager on playstor
click the menu button and install open recovery script
and that will flash twrp recovery automatically.
Then it has an option to reboot to recovery and then make backup.
my backup compressed wieghs about 2gs.

QAM said:
Hola
1. Why the heck is it that Telus, Bell, Rogers and the whole lot of them can't release our stock ROM's as yet???
2. Thank heavens that we don't have to deal with locked boot loader situation.
3. I truly hope that either TWRP or CWM can release a working version of custom recovery so that we can do Nandroid backups.
4. I used http://www.cellunlocker.net/ to unlock my white SGH-I337M device which I bought from Rogers. It took about an hour to get the unlock code. Now it is working without issue on Bell's network.
The wait continues...
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Haven't you heard of Bill C-343? You shouldn't have to pay.

Bill C-343 isn't yet in place ...
Bill C-343 hasn't yet passed into law, and it may never happen, at least, not for a long while.
Peter

Cheeze[iT] said:
If this crap continues from ATT, I'll just use ATT upgrades to sell the iPhones and either purchase a T-Mobile one or import one. This is madness!!! SO JELLY!!!!!!
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Dude, if you are looking to buy outright, you should seriously consider buying a Canadian i337M. The best deal now is from Koodo (a discount subsidiary of Telus) for $625: https://shop.koodomobile.com/phones/models/index.html
You would then own an unlocked GS4, fully compatible with AT&T's network.

Does flashing a rom change the carrier of a SIM??? Read Below and please answer me!!!

Hi, I am going to explain something, but I know it would not make sense to you guys.
My friend who has a Samsung Galaxy S2 SM-T989D, got that phone from a friend, and I pluged the phone to my computer. The phone was with a cellphone carrier called Telus (In Canada), and the phone got bricked because I was trying to load a JellyBean rom on it because my mom used to have that same S2 (got it from the store, not from my friend shane friend) and my moms old S2 (same model number and everything) had Jelly Bean on it. 4.4. something. Anyways. Shanes phone got bricked and I found another software to flash on his phone and I used ODIN, and not his phone looks like its with T-Mobile (a US carrier). My question is, that, Since his phone was carrier locked with Telus before I flashed a rom and bricked it, does that mean since his phone looks like its from T-Mobile locked with T-Mobile? Does flashing a rom change the carrier of the SIM???

OfficialBrony said:
Hi, I am going to explain something, but I know it would not make sense to you guys.
My friend who has a Samsung Galaxy S2 SM-T989D, got that phone from a friend, and I pluged the phone to my computer. The phone was with a cellphone carrier called Telus (In Canada), and the phone got bricked because I was trying to load a JellyBean rom on it because my mom used to have that same S2 (got it from the store, not from my friend shane friend) and my moms old S2 (same model number and everything) had Jelly Bean on it. 4.4. something. Anyways. Shanes phone got bricked and I found another software to flash on his phone and I used ODIN, and not his phone looks like its with T-Mobile (a US carrier). My question is, that, Since his phone was carrier locked with Telus before I flashed a rom and bricked it, does that mean since his phone looks like its from T-Mobile locked with T-Mobile? Does flashing a rom change the carrier of the SIM???
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i have never seen a rom change the sim itself.
if you manage to flash another carriers rom, as it seems you have, and it doesnt brick your device (fairly common), the phone is going to report the new carrier because its coded into the rom.

[SM-G920R7] S6 Thread

My goal would be to install Cyanogenmod on my SM-G920R7, but haven't been able to find too much help. Any of the rooting methods that seem to work on rest of the S6 variants, doesn't seem to work on this one. There is no TWRP available that I know of.
I would really appreciate any possible help. Thanks in advance.

i have the same problem
I think that this version of the s6 (the cspire version) isn't widely available enough and no one has bothered to make a root for it - ive been searching for a long time and still haven't found anything

I'd like to at least be able to root this thing.. On 5.1.1 now.

I have a rooted cellphone of this version (I purchased it rooted), is there any workaround to unlock GSM/LTE bands on this device?
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Edit... Okay, so I went back to fresh stock with SmartSwitch, then flashed twrp-3.0.0-0-zerofltespr and Unikernel-v9b-BOH1-920P-100815 via odin 3.10.7, and rooted again... any method to enable gsm on this device yet?

jfarreola said:
I have a rooted cellphone of this version (I purchased it rooted), is there any workaround to unlock GSM/LTE bands on this device?
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Edit... Okay, so I went back to fresh stock with SmartSwitch, then flashed twrp-3.0.0-0-zerofltespr and Unikernel-v9b-BOH1-920P-100815 via odin 3.10.7, and rooted again... any method to enable gsm on this device yet?
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How exactly did you root it again? Was it SM-G920R7?

phreak311 said:
How exactly did you root it again? Was it SM-G920R7?
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Yes, it was SM-G920R7... first, I flashed twrp-3.0.0-0-zerofltespr , then Unikernel-v9b-BOH1-920P-100815 , both via ODIN (you can google both files), note these files are NOT for r7 version (they're for sprint version *g920p*) but they'll root the phone.
I ended up getting rid of the phone as there's afaik no way to enable gsm on it

jfarreola said:
Yes, it was SM-G920R7... first, I flashed twrp-3.0.0-0-zerofltespr , then Unikernel-v9b-BOH1-920P-100815 , both via ODIN (you can google both files), note these files are NOT for r7 version (they're for sprint version *g920p*) but they'll root the phone.
I ended up getting rid of the phone as there's afaik no way to enable gsm on it
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That's not true. I finally rooted that model and got TWRP installed, and followed the steps to get the Sprint Galaxy S4 domestic SIM unlocked. I finally got data and texting working last night, but I can't get calls to work for some reason on an AT&T SIM card. It even shows up at AT&T as my provider. AFIK it is now SIM unlocked, the only thing not working is calls like I said. I'm sooooo close to getting this working. I need people with this phone that are doing the same thing i'm doing! I only paid $50 for it! lol

Can u help me get mine unlocked , ive already rooted the phone.

shykidd said:
Can u help me get mine unlocked , ive already rooted the phone.
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How did you root the phone thanks for any help

phreak311 said:
That's not true. I finally rooted that model and got TWRP installed, and followed the steps to get the Sprint Galaxy S4 domestic SIM unlocked. I finally got data and texting working last night, but I can't get calls to work for some reason on an AT&T SIM card. It even shows up at AT&T as my provider. AFIK it is now SIM unlocked, the only thing not working is calls like I said. I'm sooooo close to getting this working. I need people with this phone that are doing the same thing i'm doing! I only paid $50 for it! lol
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What model did you use and what recovery to root phone

makemesmile said:
What model did you use and what recovery to root phone
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use root for sprint or us cellular

DEXEIL said:
use root for sprint or us cellular
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What model will work with my phone I have my backup for if something goes wrong but if I charge the recovery and have some type of issue can I use the stock rom again thanks for your help I had a gs3 rooted and really like it now I got the sm-920r7 what model with sprint or us cellular will work

Root sm-g920r7
lazydude said:
my goal would be to install cyanogenmod on my sm-g920r7, but haven't been able to find too much help. Any of the rooting methods that seem to work on rest of the s6 variants, doesn't seem to work on this one. There is no twrp available that i know of.
I would really appreciate any possible help. Thanks in advance.
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use the cf auto root download this use google to search first one that comes up use that link go to model sm-g920p cspire and sprint uses
the same network . Use odin to install i have same phone and have mine rooted in this way. So far tried using the sprint version custom rom it will work but you can make phone calls but not the data side for phone internet.
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makemesmile said:
how did you root the phone thanks for any help
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use the cf auto root download this use google to search first one that comes up use that link go to model sm-g920p cspire and sprint uses
the same network . Use odin to install i have same phone and have mine rooted in this way. So far tried using the sprint version custom rom it will work but you can make phone calls but not the data side for phone internet. Make sure you go to phone settings under find my phone and turn off reactivation lock

Any way to get the G920P roms to work on this variant? I've had luck with them with other c-spire/ntelos/r7 phones in the past. I'd like to flash Renegade to it...

blazie151 said:
Any way to get the G920P roms to work on this variant? I've had luck with them with other c-spire/ntelos/r7 phones in the past. I'd like to flash Renegade to it...
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It works but the phone data Internet won't work can make phone calls and sprints annoying activation keeps posing up and even tried the pit file for cspire no change on that
Sent from my SM-G920R7 using Tapatalk

Wonder if anyone has got calls working using GSM sim card? I have the cspire G920R7 rooted with LTE data working using AT&T sim.
Won't receive calls (straight to vmail) and when placing calls dialer says CALL ENDED immediatly after dialing.
hmmm.

TEC602 said:
Wonder if anyone has got calls working using GSM sim card? I have the cspire G920R7 rooted with LTE data working using AT&T sim.
Won't receive calls (straight to vmail) and when placing calls dialer says CALL ENDED immediatly after dialing.
hmmm.
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I'm working on this too. So far I've got the same situation as you, Data works but no calls/text.
in a few weeks the person who wants me to unlock this phone for them is switching carriers and plans on buying a new phone to use until I can unlock the S6, so I'll have more time to mess with it then.
There's a few things I want to try, but I can't post links here (XDA rules).
One involves Rooting and using a service code to unlock the bands (google "TeamUSCellular GSM unlock S6")
The other also requires rooting and involves using "galaxy tools" to unlock the bands (not sure if this app works with marshmallow, though) (google "theandroidsoul how to sim unlock sprint galaxy S6")
My hopes are not high for getting this phone to work fully. I've also been trying to get custom ROMs to work, but I can't get the cell radio to work at all on custom ROMs. Even with the stock SM-G920R7 Kernel straight from the latest update .tar

Sean89us said:
I'm working on this too. So far I've got the same situation as you, Data works but no calls/text.
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Thanks for the suggestion, yeah I have tried galaxy tools (GT) to change the phone mode to LTE/GSM auto and tried different CSC values, and accessed the hidden menus through there. The sim unlock in GT asks for a code which I dont know, but the phone doesn't seem to be locked anyway since it doesn't care when I try different sim cards. Weird thing is the GT app doesn't work very well (most hidden menus not working) on the current rom i'm using but worked better on the stock cspire rom. Note, I tried using MSL 000000 in ##3282# data menu and it works but most the settings in there don't seem to be applicable to GSM networks.
Currently I'VE been messing with the build.prop file, also tried the CDMA to GSM flashable zip which edits the build.prop but nothing has gotten better. One time after editing the build.prop the phone would only turn on with a blank screen and vibrate every few seconds, that was SCARY. Also was planning on flashing other radio/modem but having trouble finding many of those files and pulling them from roms seems difficult to get the correct file to flash on odin.

TEC602 said:
Thanks for the suggestion, yeah I have tried galaxy tools (GT) to change the phone mode to LTE/GSM auto and tried different CSC values, and accessed the hidden menus through there. The sim unlock in GT asks for a code which I dont know, but the phone doesn't seem to be locked anyway since it doesn't care when I try different sim cards. Weird thing is the GT app doesn't work very well (most hidden menus not working) on the current rom i'm using but worked better on the stock cspire rom. Note, I tried using MSL 000000 in ##3282# data menu and it works but most the settings in there don't seem to be applicable to GSM networks.
Currently I'VE been messing with the build.prop file, also tried the CDMA to GSM flashable zip which edits the build.prop but nothing has gotten better. One time after editing the build.prop the phone would only turn on with a blank screen and vibrate every few seconds, that was SCARY. Also was planning on flashing other radio/modem but having trouble finding many of those files and pulling them from roms seems difficult to get the correct file to flash on odin.
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I'm not sure you'll even be able to flash other models' modem..? I can't say I've ever tried.
Anyway, getting your hands on the firmware is easy. Just use SamFirm (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647)
To use it, just input the model number (SM-G920R7/R4/P/V/T/A) and the region code, then select "auto".
Region codes and model numbers:
C-Spire: ACG (SM-G920R7)
US-Cellular: USC (SM-G920R4)
Sprint: SPR (SM-G920P)
Verizon: VZW (Locked out from download, app can't download) (SM-G920V)
T-mobile: TMB (SM-G920T)
ATT: ATT (Locked out from download, app can't download) (SM-G920A)
This app downloads firmwares directly from Samsung servers, so the download is really fast and guaranteed to be perfect/stock.
**the SM-G920R7 is closest related to the SM-G920R4 (US Cellular) & SM-G920P (Sprint). The US Cellular one recently supports GSM Bands natively without any rooting/messing with hidden settings, so that's where i'd start. You may not even need the baseband/modem, just flash the rom? I'm not sure. Good luck dude It'd be awesome if you get it working
*** Also, make sure you have a backup of your EFS before messing with the modem. Apparently if you flash an incompatible modem you can erase/corrupt the EFS partition and lose your IMEI. Hell, make a FULL backup with TWRP, and make sure that backup is copied over to your computer before doing any flashing. You can't be too careful with this.

Haven't had any luck flashing stock firmware or modems from other models using Odin, errors with a security message or something, tried G920A and G920R4. Probably for the best I suppose. Flashing custom roms has not been a problem, even if the don't work properly. Wonder if there is a test mode or way to use logcat to see why calls don't proceed like normal. Never worked on going CDMA to GSM before, I always did CDMA to CDMA in the past.

Why did Odin fail to install firmware from a foreign country/carrier ? (clues)

Can anyone confirm that its not possible to flash a foreign firmware unless the phone is network unlocked ?
But could it be possible to flash an efs image from an unlocked phone before flashing a different firmware ?

id012016 said:
Can anyone confirm that its not possible to flash a foreign firmware unless the phone is network unlocked ?
But could it be possible to flash an efs image from an unlocked phone before flashing a different firmware ?
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The main concern would be that the firmware is for an identical device, because they often differ physically. Single SIM vs dual, Snapdragon vs Exynos, etc. I don't know why carrier lock would have anything to do with it.
I don't know if this is relevant or not, but on my USA T-Mobile Galaxy S4 I use Omega ROM, which changes my device from sgh-m919 to sgh-i9505 (international model). The side-effect is that it sometimes thinks I'm in the UK, even though I have my location set to where I am. For example, I can't use the Amazon app because it loads amazon.co.uk instead of amazon.com and the keyboard often tries inserting a superfluous (in an American's opinion) "u" to words like flavo(u)r and colo(u)r.

Samsung SM-G930S... all the same as

I have a Samsung SM-G930S... which is Exynos 8890.
Can I then put on any ROM from any other Exynos 8890 based phone? And all will be well?

All will be well if you enjoy a brick
Only flash stock ROMs for your model S7 (G930S)
Bootloaders etc are different between models, it doesn't just depend on the chipset

JeffDC said:
I have a Samsung SM-G930S... which is Exynos 8890.
Can I then put on any ROM from any other Exynos 8890 based phone? And all will be well?
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If custom roms, then yes. I have a G930L. Same korean variant as S & K.

012512 said:
If custom roms, then yes. I have a G930L. Same korean variant as S & K.
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So then you stick to L, S and K supported custom ROMS? ...
I see quite a few custom ROMs for the G930F version but that would unsupported/dangerous?

JeffDC said:
I have a Samsung SM-G930S... which is Exynos 8890.
Can I then put on any ROM from any other Exynos 8890 based phone? And all will be well?
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JeffDC said:
So then you stick to L, S and K supported custom ROMS? ...
I see quite a few custom ROMs for the G930F version but that would unsupported/dangerous?
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That would be fine. Example custom rom for korean variants are superman rom, superstock rom. I'm currently using superman rom

012512 said:
That would be fine. Example custom rom for korean variants are superman rom, superstock rom. I'm currently using superman rom
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012512, thank you for your answer. I will look up those two ROMS. This rooting of the Samsung phones seems a bit more complicated than the last time I was rooting, the LG-G3 and the OnePlus One, or is it my imagination.... or just getting more-forgetful?
When you look for ROM's compatible for your phone, are you looking specifically that they are for the SM-G930S, or exactly what are you looking for? Other non-Korean variants that will work?
Thanks again.

JeffDC said:
012512, thank you for your answer. I will look up those two ROMS. This rooting of the Samsung phones seems a bit more complicated than the last time I was rooting, the LG-G3 and the OnePlus One, or is it my imagination.... or just getting more-forgetful?
When you look for ROM's compatible for your phone, are you looking specifically that they are for the SM-G930S, or exactly what are you looking for? Other non-Korean variants that will work?
Thanks again.
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Any custom tw roms will be fine. Take note that aosp roms are no longer supported for korean variants.
S7 korean variants are g93xK/L/S
So if you install a g930/5F custom tw rom, you can install it on your phone as long as you don't install the stock g93xF/FD roms.
Also, there is a separate twrp for korean variants in order to install a custom tw roms. Please refer "heroltekor" twrp.
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Example supported rom for korean variants:
[ROM][STABLE][N][7.0][DQIC][03.10.17][SM-G930F/FD/K/L/S/W8] SuperMan-Rom V2.7.0
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Excellent information, thank you. By trial and error, before picking up your post, I put on an Exynos Infinity 8+ from v8. It seemed to flash fine using the default Bixby CSC indicated in the setup. I did this last night so have not had time to chck out all things, however, cell phone, messaging, bluetooth all work just fine. I'm about to clean install the v17 of the Infinity in a few minutes. TWRP is a a** saver and my friend.
Thank you, again.
Jeff

JeffDC said:
Excellent information, thank you. By trial and error, before picking up your post, I put on an Exynos Infinity 8+ from v8. It seemed to flash fine using the default Bixby CSC indicated in the setup. I did this last night so have not had time to chck out all things, however, cell phone, messaging, bluetooth all work just fine. I'm about to clean install the v17 of the Infinity in a few minutes. TWRP is a a** saver and my friend.
Thank you, again.
Jeff
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Hi,
I bought Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930S from the store which was converted into SM-G930FD as I was not having Korean sick apps installed in my mobile and there was no Korean logo of "BANDLTE" while switching off and switching on, when I saw my phone model name it was SM-G930FD and was supporting dual sim both had a same IMEI. But when I restarted my mobile after getting home phone got locked with this message "Custom Binary Blocked By FRP Lock" so decided to got into boot menu there I saw SMG930S written so i flashed mobile with SKT Korean firmware of smg930s but when I installed it I got tons of Korean apps and getting "BANDLTE" logo while switching off and on my phone I lost that Samsung Original logo which I had when my phone was converted into smg930fd. Now I want to switch back to Smg930fd settings/firmware so get rid of these Korean apps and Model to be appear as SMG930FD as the back of my Samsung Galaxy s7 glass has a phone model SMG930FD. I don't know Shopkeeper scammed me or what I told him I wanted to buy SMG930FD but he gave me this converted phone Kindly help me to get back to SMG930FD firmware/settings

shazmobile said:
Hi,
I bought Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930S from the store which was converted into SM-G930FD as I was not having Korean sick apps installed in my mobile and there was no Korean logo of "BANDLTE" while switching off and switching on, when I saw my phone model name it was SM-G930FD and was supporting dual sim both had a same IMEI. But when I restarted my mobile after getting home phone got locked with this message "Custom Binary Blocked By FRP Lock" so decided to got into boot menu there I saw SMG930S written so i flashed mobile with SKT Korean firmware of smg930s but when I installed it I got tons of Korean apps and getting "BANDLTE" logo while switching off and on my phone I lost that Samsung Original logo which I had when my phone was converted into smg930fd. Now I want to switch back to Smg930fd settings/firmware so get rid of these Korean apps and Model to be appear as SMG930FD as the back of my Samsung Galaxy s7 glass has a phone model SMG930FD. I don't know Shopkeeper scammed me or what I told him I wanted to buy SMG930FD but he gave me this converted phone Kindly help me to get back to SMG930FD firmware/settings
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Same case for me, one thing different is that i bought the phone used from some random guy on the internet, i tried OTA to get Oreo as the phone had Nougat but it says no update available for me, 4G didn't work on my netword too, then when i saw samsung health not working i thought knox probably is voided when i checked odin i found its a 930S instead of the FD.
I do believe there is ways to convert to the 930F/FD by flashing select flash, using a box/dongle or some paid tool like R3 or Chimera or whatever you can get your hands on. I work on a repair workshop, have those i mentioned above and i saw this feature where you can actually select which part you wanna flash from a specified md5 file, i didn't test it on any phone yet, but i think they flash the bootloader of the real variant 930X but they put the AP of the international version 930F/FD, from the AP file you can also select what to flash and what to not, so you can actually only flash system.img of the XXXF version and the rest can be from the original variant. Never tested it but i think that's how it works.
My advice is to return the phone, that's what i'm going to do as i just bought it today (i was a happy dumbea** already bought few cases and whatnot...) the phone is still good and all functions perfectly, 4G might not work on some networks due to the different bands but everything else is the same! there is a big chance you can get the international firmware on it and be happy with it, but there is always a chance of breaking it too! or getting a network lock which i guarantee you, you're not going to like...
I don't know if this type of phones is refurbished, but i really hate that Samsung actually does that or allow this to be possible (happened before with an S6), same goes for LG too (Had a v10 korean model with Tmobile firmware).
Again, my advice, return it!!

Okay so here is an update on my case, might help anyone. if you did read my previous reply you'll know that i bought the phone from someone online, contacted him back he didn't block me nor ignore me, he even called me himself, but he bought a ps4 with my money and can't go back. Still waiting to see if he can get the money back, but what i was thinking is to ask for few dollars back just cause 4g network and dual sim functionality doesn't work on the phone, again its a 930S with 930FD firmware, after confirming and playing around its actually 930F not FD so i think i can get back the dual sim function. I'll be flashing the phone if i got no money back, try to get FD or 4G working on it and sell it for maximum price, then use the extra money i'll take from him to sorta re-gain my money and try to find a better one.
If i ended up flashing this 930S to a 930F or FD i'll post the method and the result and link it in another reply for anyone interested.
Wish me luck.

Salazar33 said:
Okay so here is an update on my case, might help anyone. if you did read my previous reply you'll know that i bought the phone from someone online, contacted him back he didn't block me nor ignore me, he even called me himself, but he bought a ps4 with my money and can't go back. Still waiting to see if he can get the money back, but what i was thinking is to ask for few dollars back just cause 4g network and dual sim functionality doesn't work on the phone, again its a 930S with 930FD firmware, after confirming and playing around its actually 930F not FD so i think i can get back the dual sim function. I'll be flashing the phone if i got no money back, try to get FD or 4G working on it and sell it for maximum price, then use the extra money i'll take from him to sorta re-gain my money and try to find a better one.
If i ended up flashing this 930S to a 930F or FD i'll post the method and the result and link it in another reply for anyone interested.
Wish me luck.
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Bro I found a way you can download custom rom of smg930fd by installing TWRP or CF auto root method in this way your model will I guess automatically turn into dual sim supported and model will be shown as smg930fd.

I also have a 930S. How to >Bro I found a way you can download custom rom of smg930fd by installing TWRP or CF auto root method in this way your model will I guess automatically turn into dual sim supported and model will be shown as smg930fd.<

shazmobile said:
Bro I found a way you can download custom rom of smg930fd by installing TWRP or CF auto root method in this way your model will I guess automatically turn into dual sim supported and model will be shown as smg930fd.
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Hi,
I'm facing the same situation. I bought G930FD dual sim but later I found that it's actually G930S.
Now I want to install its stock firmware which is Android 8.0 by SK Telecom, Korea
Can you please tell me:
1. Changing the ROM will covert the phone into Single SIM version?
2. The phone will lock to Korean network only?
3. This will change everything into Korean?
Cheers

[email protected] said:
Hi,
I'm facing the same situation. I bought G930FD dual sim but later I found that it's actually G930S.
Now I want to install its stock firmware which is Android 8.0 by SK Telecom, Korea
Can you please tell me:
1. Changing the ROM will covert the phone into Single SIM version?
2. The phone will lock to Korean network only?
3. This will change everything into Korean?
Cheers
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1. Yes it will!
2. This one depends if your phone is unlocked or not, most of the time it is unlocked.
3. The firmware is all the same Korean, US, Canada or international the biggest difference will be in bloatwares, as I had that phone before I can tell you, you'll have many SK telecom apps.
4. (this one I added) If you flash your phone with the original Korean firmware which is by downloading the firmware for the S7 SM-G930s from Sammobile and flashing it using ODIN, going back is quite hard! So if you're network locked or you want the dual sim functionality back, you'll need a special tool/dungle called Z3x to make the thing work!
5. (I also added this) To unlock the phone and make it work on all networks there is a process called "Patching the certificate" and it requires an unlocked bootloader which probably you already have, and root! and most importantly! it only works on Android Nougat. Basically what Im saying you can only have dual sim function in Android Nougat with the 930FD firmware, also if you flash the original firmware and its network locked, if you wanna go back you'll need that tool I mentioned and again, only Android Nougat.
Had that phone before, still have the firmware backup for the 930StoFD also. I can help if needed.

Salazar33 said:
1. Yes it will!
2. This one depends if your phone is unlocked or not, most of the time it is unlocked.
3. The firmware is all the same Korean, US, Canada or international the biggest difference will be in bloatwares, as I had that phone before I can tell you, you'll have many SK telecom apps.
4. (this one I added) If you flash your phone with the original Korean firmware which is by downloading the firmware for the S7 SM-G930s from Sammobile and flashing it using ODIN, going back is quite hard! So if you're network locked or you want the dual sim functionality back, you'll need a special tool/dungle called Z3x to make the thing work!
5. (I also added this) To unlock the phone and make it work on all networks there is a process called "Patching the certificate" and it requires an unlocked bootloader which probably you already have, and root! and most importantly! it only works on Android Nougat. Basically what Im saying you can only have dual sim function in Android Nougat with the 930FD firmware, also if you flash the original firmware and its network locked, if you wanna go back you'll need that tool I mentioned and again, only Android Nougat.
Had that phone before, still have the firmware backup for the 930StoFD also. I can help if needed.
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Thanks a lot mate for such a detailed reply
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Salazar33 said:
1. Yes it will!
2. This one depends if your phone is unlocked or not, most of the time it is unlocked.
3. The firmware is all the same Korean, US, Canada or international the biggest difference will be in bloatwares, as I had that phone before I can tell you, you'll have many SK telecom apps.
4. (this one I added) If you flash your phone with the original Korean firmware which is by downloading the firmware for the S7 SM-G930s from Sammobile and flashing it using ODIN, going back is quite hard! So if you're network locked or you want the dual sim functionality back, you'll need a special tool/dungle called Z3x to make the thing work!
5. (I also added this) To unlock the phone and make it work on all networks there is a process called "Patching the certificate" and it requires an unlocked bootloader which probably you already have, and root! and most importantly! it only works on Android Nougat. Basically what Im saying you can only have dual sim function in Android Nougat with the 930FD firmware, also if you flash the original firmware and its network locked, if you wanna go back you'll need that tool I mentioned and again, only Android Nougat.
Had that phone before, still have the firmware backup for the 930StoFD also. I can help if needed.
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Thank you for such a detailed answer.
Now I'm confused to select a blue pill or red one
At one hand the current OS is outdated and have a very annoying and UN-stopable adware buit-in; but it's dual SIM
and on the other hand I may have an updated and ad-free OS by sacrificing dual SIM functionality

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Thanks a lot mate for such a detailed reply
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Thank you for such a detailed answer.
Now I'm confused to select a blue pill or red one
At one hand the current OS is outdated and have a very annoying and UN-stopable adware buit-in; but it's dual SIM
and on the other hand I may have an updated and ad-free OS by sacrificing dual SIM functionality
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What you can do is install TWRP recovery, you can download it from "twrp.me/Devices" and look for your specific device, backup everything and transfer it to a PC or a memory card, just in case you'd like to go back later, then you can flash the original firmware with Android Oreo and see if you like it more and if its worth dropping the dual sim for! if you don't like it, you just reFlash TWRP as it will be erased, format the partitions and restore the backup, You'll be back with Nougat and dual sim function but the network won't work till you patch the certificate (used to be called repair network), and for that you'll need root, debug enabled, and the z3x. Your issue will probably be that last one, z3x, cause as far as I know you'll need this tool or a similar one to get the network to work again! and just to mention, for some reason, if you erase the dalvik cache or reset the phone, you'll have to patch the certificate again.
Just think it through carefully, I work in a repair shop so I got access to lots of tools, but in your case if you don't, it might be quite hard to get things working again if they break.

Salazar33 said:
What you can do is install TWRP recovery, you can download it from "twrp.me/Devices" and look for your specific device, backup everything and transfer it to a PC or a memory card, just in case you'd like to go back later, then you can flash the original firmware with Android Oreo and see if you like it more and if its worth dropping the dual sim for! if you don't like it, you just reFlash TWRP as it will be erased, format the partitions and restore the backup, You'll be back with Nougat and dual sim function but the network won't work till you patch the certificate (used to be called repair network), and for that you'll need root, debug enabled, and the z3x. Your issue will probably be that last one, z3x, cause as far as I know you'll need this tool or a similar one to get the network to work again! and just to mention, for some reason, if you erase the dalvik cache or reset the phone, you'll have to patch the certificate again.
Just think it through carefully, I work in a repair shop so I got access to lots of tools, but in your case if you don't, it might be quite hard to get things working again if they break.
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I simply flashed my device using Odin.
These is no more dual SIM functionality but I'm happy to have a latest firmware for S7 and I'm fee from the ads now.

[email protected] said:
I simply flashed my device using Odin.
These is no more dual SIM functionality but I'm happy to have a latest firmware for S7 and I'm fee from the ads now.
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Happy to hear the issue is solved.
Couple of things you can try for a better experience if you like modding and tweaking.
If you have root and magisk, you can install a module that enhance your camera, it will increase the quality and add some extra features (I just installed it three days ago on my S8+, and the S7 is also supported, love it)
You can install a sound mod that gives you stereo like sound by using the earpeace and the bottom speak together.
Also with root you can patch your host file (Luckypatcher can do that) to block like 99% of the ads within the apps (I can't live without this one, life saver)
And can find tons more withing the forums, these are the ones I tried myself.