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[Completed] Basic questions about installing a ROM on a Note 3

First, I have installed a ROM on my phone before and I followed very specific instructions. I am a developer in the land of microsoft so I recognize I am very much a newbie here.
Now, on to what I have now and what I want to do.
1. I have a Note 3. The SM-N9005. The baseband version is: N900W8.... suffice to say it is a canadian phone. If the rest of the baseband numbers are important I will post them, just ask.
2. I want to install the Alliance ROM, it seems to have what I am looking for.
3. When I rooted and ROMed my phone years ago I used the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2614772
4. Currently my phone is running a Jedi ROM from the vintage of that thread. However I must have made a mistake back then because the Hotspot feature does not work. Making the hotspot feature work again is my primary reason for undertaking this operation. The 4G works, I can use the Internet on the phone just fine. The wireless works I can connect to a wireless signal and use the internet that way (with mobile data off). The hotspot will allow a connection, but no data passes between the 4G (with Mobile Data On) connection and the connected computer. I have tried this with multiple computers to confirm its not the computers fault.
Back when I did this before I had to be careful to get the right CSC file and modem file and a few other steps.
With that background, my questions are below (if you need any more info to point me in the right direction, just ask):
Do I need to worry about CSC files, modem files and so on to Flash to Alliance ROM and still have everything work? I ran across a thread that said that some ROMs have all the CSC files in them, but I cannot find any direct information (or I missed it) about the Alliance ROM with regards to CSC files and the like.
I have TWRP installed on the phone and was planning to use that.. that install of TWRP is over 2 years old is there an update to TWRP that I should do or would it still work since it worked last time?
Last, but not least, the instructions say that if I am not installing from stock 4.4.2 or stock 5.0 that I should install stock first, then install the alliance rom. I visited the sammobile website and there are no ROMs for the USA or Canada there... am I missing something or should I just use the UK ROM from that website?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide me on this endeavour.

wizengamot said:
First, I have installed a ROM on my phone before and I followed very specific instructions. I am a developer in the land of microsoft so I recognize I am very much a newbie here.
Now, on to what I have now and what I want to do.
1. I have a Note 3. The SM-N9005. The baseband version is: N900W8.... suffice to say it is a canadian phone. If the rest of the baseband numbers are important I will post them, just ask.
2. I want to install the Alliance ROM, it seems to have what I am looking for.
3. When I rooted and ROMed my phone years ago I used the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2614772
4. Currently my phone is running a Jedi ROM from the vintage of that thread. However I must have made a mistake back then because the Hotspot feature does not work. Making the hotspot feature work again is my primary reason for undertaking this operation. The 4G works, I can use the Internet on the phone just fine. The wireless works I can connect to a wireless signal and use the internet that way (with mobile data off). The hotspot will allow a connection, but no data passes between the 4G (with Mobile Data On) connection and the connected computer. I have tried this with multiple computers to confirm its not the computers fault.
Back when I did this before I had to be careful to get the right CSC file and modem file and a few other steps.
With that background, my questions are below (if you need any more info to point me in the right direction, just ask):
Do I need to worry about CSC files, modem files and so on to Flash to Alliance ROM and still have everything work? I ran across a thread that said that some ROMs have all the CSC files in them, but I cannot find any direct information (or I missed it) about the Alliance ROM with regards to CSC files and the like.
I have TWRP installed on the phone and was planning to use that.. that install of TWRP is over 2 years old is there an update to TWRP that I should do or would it still work since it worked last time?
Last, but not least, the instructions say that if I am not installing from stock 4.4.2 or stock 5.0 that I should install stock first, then install the alliance rom. I visited the sammobile website and there are no ROMs for the USA or Canada there... am I missing something or should I just use the UK ROM from that website?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide me on this endeavour.
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[Completed] Correct Imei - no network available [GT-N7100]

Hi im new in this forum, I tried to search extensively in this forum and some people have similar issues like me.
I have a Samsung Galaxy note 2 GT-N7100.
When I received this phone was in 4.3 jelly bean and i made a successful upgrade to 4.4.2 kit kat, and I don't remember well why, but I needed to get back to 4.3 and the process corrupted my imei to generic one.
I tried everything to fix it like changing modems, flashing another roms and nothing works, so... a few weeks I contact a Poland guy who fixes my corrupted imei remotely and everything was fine, my original imei back.
Now I have my imei, but same issue, No network registered, I have signal network, also my sim is recognised (virgin mobile) and I was researching here about that, but nothing works...
My phone is not reported or something like that, so I don't know what can I do now
I don't know what any info you guys need to help me
Today i'm testing with stock firmware 4.3 (i'm from Chile) and trying the N7100UBUEMK4 ROM, flashed "Patched_N7100_MK4_KERNEL" and "Patched_N7100_XXUEMJ5_Modem" trying to fix this issue, but nothing change. Also, this solution kills my wifi, so I'm discarding this option for now
Sorry for my english and thanks for your time
PS: I need to add some information, but i don't know if is relevant, when I go to the network configuration to add "manually" a network show me three different companies (Movistar, Entel and Claro) (and I'm Virgin mobile) "Movistar" seems to be "unlocked" but it fails when It try it "Cannot connect now try later". Claro and Entel immediatly fail

shaka47 said:
Hi im new in this forum, I tried to search extensively in this forum and some people have similar issues like me.
I have a Samsung Galaxy note 2 GT-N7100.
When I received this phone was in 4.3 jelly bean and i made a successful upgrade to 4.4.2 kit kat, and I don't remember well why, but I needed to get back to 4.3 and the process corrupted my imei to generic one.
I tried everything to fix it like changing modems, flashing another roms and nothing works, so... a few weeks I contact a Poland guy who fixes my corrupted imei remotely and everything was fine, my original imei back.
Now I have my imei, but same issue, No network registered, I have signal network, also my sim is recognised (virgin mobile) and I was researching here about that, but nothing works...
My phone is not reported or something like that, so I don't know what can I do now
I don't know what any info you guys need to help me
Today i'm testing with stock firmware 4.3 (i'm from Chile) and trying the N7100UBUEMK4 ROM, flashed "Patched_N7100_MK4_KERNEL" and "Patched_N7100_XXUEMJ5_Modem" trying to fix this issue, but nothing change. Also, this solution kills my wifi, so I'm discarding this option for now
Sorry for my english and thanks for your time
PS: I need to add some information, but i don't know if is relevant, when I go to the network configuration to add "manually" a network show me three different companies (Movistar, Entel and Claro) (and I'm Virgin mobile) "Movistar" seems to be "unlocked" but it fails when It try it "Cannot connect now try later". Claro and Entel immediatly fail
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Greetings and welcome to assist. I think the issue maybe related to downgrading, have you tired using kies emergency firmware recovery ? That should put the phone back to its original state
Good Luck
Sawdoctor

sawdoctor said:
Greetings and welcome to assist. I think the issue maybe related to downgrading, have you tired using kies emergency firmware recovery ? That should put the phone back to its original state
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
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Hi, and thanks for welcoming!.
I was trying right now but Kies doesn't recognising my N7100, but Odin did it, is there a pre requirement for kies?
If I don't open Odin, kies does nothing, but If I open Odin first, and then Kies... Says "Connecting" and after a time said: "Device not responding"
I did not know about Kies emergency firmware recovery so I was following some tutorial, and it said I must be in Download mode, etc.
Anyway, I think my device is "clean" at the moment, after flashing 4.3 stock from odin, I didn't root or flashed custom recovery at the moment

shaka47 said:
Hi, and thanks for welcoming!.
I was trying right now but Kies doesn't recognising my N7100, but Odin did it, is there a pre requirement for kies?
If I don't open Odin, kies does nothing, but If I open Odin first, and then Kies... Says "Connecting" and after a time said: "Device not responding"
I did not know about Kies emergency firmware recovery so I was following some tutorial, and it said I must be in Download mode, etc.
Anyway, I think my device is "clean" at the moment, after flashing 4.3 stock from odin, I didn't root or flashed custom recovery at the moment
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Do you have the drivers installed ? You can try smart switch as well as kies and just select emergency firmware then follow the instructions. There is always mskips tookit as well, he has a thread in the n2 forums plus skipsoft.net
Good Luck
Sawdoctor

sawdoctor said:
Do you have the drivers installed ? You can try smart switch as well as kies and just select emergency firmware then follow the instructions. There is always mskips tookit as well, he has a thread in the n2 forums plus skipsoft.net
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
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Drivers okey, I tried Smart Switch and recognize my N7100 but can not use the emergency firmware recovery, says I can not initialize.
And I can not download mskip's toolkit right now, the server is down apparently: crying:
If toolkit fails do I have a chance with another solution? I'm running out of ideas on how to fix this
Thanks for your time
EDIT: skipsoft is back, I'm gonna try it now
EDIT2: Okey, I'm kinda lost right now, with this tool (mskip toolkit) it looks amazing, a lot of options, but I don't find nothing that can help me with my issue, about flashing stock firmwares I assume I must download them first, but I really tested a lot of roms (stock and custom) and I don't know how to identify the real problem, if is a modem problem, or just the sim doesn't works in this device

shaka47 said:
Drivers okey, I tried Smart Switch and recognize my N7100 but can not use the emergency firmware recovery, says I can not initialize.
And I can not download mskip's toolkit right now, the server is down apparently: crying:
If toolkit fails do I have a chance with another solution? I'm running out of ideas on how to fix this
Thanks for your time
EDIT: skipsoft is back, I'm gonna try it now
EDIT2: Okey, I'm kinda lost right now, with this tool (mskip toolkit) it looks amazing, a lot of options, but I don't find nothing that can help me with my issue, about flashing stock firmwares I assume I must download them first, but I really tested a lot of roms (stock and custom) and I don't know how to identify the real problem, if is a modem problem, or just the sim doesn't works in this device
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Smart switch not initializing is a concern, is there an emergency firmware package on mksips ? If not try using this to get the correct firmware for your device
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model
Good Luck
Sawdoctor

sawdoctor said:
Smart switch not initializing is a concern, is there an emergency firmware package on mksips ? If not try using this to get the correct firmware for your device
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
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On toolkit I have these options:
https://s23.postimg.org/ogr7bk857/image.png
And no luck in updato.com, I downloaded two differents roms but nothing change, same issue, correct imei, no network registered :crying:
both flashed via Odin

[Completed] Help!! Galaxy J100H not registered on network.

Greetings, sharing here my particular problem from top to bottom just to take advice in general.
First of all, I live in Cuba, so my one and only network is Cubacel which runs GSM 900 mhz, so far so good with most phones.
I am between phones so I boorrowed this used J100h from a friend, which received it as a gift and has never been used. I performed a hard reset to wipe password, data, etc. Phone boots ok but no calls with cuban SIM.
The curious thing is that it does recognizes Cubacel network, it evens shows the changes on signal intensity. Bu when I try to manually add it, it finds and displays the network by its name, but reports an error when trying to register.
After 3 days of internet search I´ve narrowed to the following: I suspect the phone was unlocked or flashed previously, there is no network promo when turning on the phone but there is chinese rooting software installed and the cell is, or seems via root checker, rooted. Thought an extra /01 after the IMEI was a sign of corruption until I leraned about IMEI SV. Anyway, following this thought installed busybox and root explorer, checked efs folder, finding subfolders such as imei, factory app, etc, BUT NO .NV file. inside imei folder ther is a imeino1 file with the correct imei, but no .nv file outside. Is this fixable?? GSII repair doesnt work because seems theres is an error with the busy box install, what gives me doubts if the phone is really rooted, and if i need to be online to install busybox properly.
So, If I decide to try and flash stock rom and see if this fixes the problem here is my main doubt, which may seem obvious for some but i simply can figure out. Which stock rom version do I choose? the product code of the cell is ITV, and the bootloader also points to the italian version but the currently installed rom ends in AOG2, seemingly a greek version. I live in Cuba and everywhere I look people say that since the telephone is sim free you can install any rom, but the is no "any" or standard rom either in samsung firware o sammobile. Do I flash the same rom? do I flash the one matching the bootloader? Which stock rom version should I choose?
Very much appreciated if you have gone so far in this reading and have some piece of advice. Also excuse terrible English.

Hi !
I see plenty of firmwares on samsung website so pick one and see how it works , it doesn`t matter the region , you won`t damage anything , maybe the modifications that has been made on the device borked the network , clean stock firmware flash may resurrect it and try the one which matches the bootloader
You may have a look here as well https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/rom-gennxt-prerooted-stock-t3126368
Good luck !

newbie seeking help: which rom and how

greetings,
I recently inherently a Samsung Note Edge (SCL24). The phone is showing its age. It is on its default rom (4.4.4) but many things aren't work. For example, it is extremely slow; it won't remember wifi passwords, etc. I am hoping that by flashing a new rom I may bring it back to life.
The spec is listed below:
SCL24
Adroid 4.4.4
Baseband: SCL24KDU1ANJ3
as I am browsing through this forum, I am a bit confused as to the flashing procedure. Assuming it is the same as every other phones I have flashed, I suppose I would need to root it, install a recovery, possibly a new basebank, and then a new rom.
Is there a guide as to how to do this for this particular phone? It has been a while
any help, and suggestion as to which rom to flash, would be very much appreciated.
ps. I am not looking for anything fancy, but in the past I've always used slim rom.
regards,

mikec_ca2 said:
greetings,
I recently inherently a Samsung Note Edge (SCL24). The phone is showing its age. It is on its default rom (4.4.4) but many things aren't work. For example, it is extremely slow; it won't remember wifi passwords, etc. I am hoping that by flashing a new rom I may bring it back to life.
The spec is listed below:
SCL24
Adroid 4.4.4
Baseband: SCL24KDU1ANJ3
as I am browsing through this forum, I am a bit confused as to the flashing procedure. Assuming it is the same as every other phones I have flashed, I suppose I would need to root it, install a recovery, possibly a new basebank, and then a new rom.
Is there a guide as to how to do this for this particular phone? It has been a while
any help, and suggestion as to which rom to flash, would be very much appreciated.
ps. I am not looking for anything fancy, but in the past I've always used slim rom.
regards,
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Try a factory reset first.

done that many times
This phone was purchased in Hong Kong and other than the model number "SCL24" I couldn't find any other information. Judging from this forum, looks like there are many variations on this phone (vendors in North America, Japan, and others common in south asia). Also from this forum I realized that I probably need to update the baseband in order to flash any new ROMS (post kitkat).
Hence I seek your help,
regards,
The Radius Kid said:
Try a factory reset first.
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mikec_ca2 said:
done that many times
This phone was purchased in Hong Kong and other than the model number "SCL24" I couldn't find any other information. Judging from this forum, looks like there are many variations on this phone (vendors in North America, Japan, and others common in south asia). Also from this forum I realized that I probably need to update the baseband in order to flash any new ROMS (post kitkat).
Hence I seek your help,
regards,
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Interesting.
Is this an international phone?
I tried asking about custom ROMS for my phone (don't want brick it) and didn't receive any responses.
I did do a Google search and didn't find much of anything.
I did download Marshmallow from Sammobile and have been gutting pretty heavily.
I guess after this much time, interest is fading.

problem solved, for now
As I mentioned earlier, this phone was purchased in Hong Kong and the model number was listed as SCL24. Following the thread on Project_ECSTASY (https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...rojectecstasy-custom-rom-galaxy-note-t3545658), I managed to flash the "Global edition stock rom without any bloatware from carrier au" using odin. The step I followed was:
1) installed samsung USB drivers for the phone (directly from samsung website),
2) downloaded and executed Odin,
3) rebooted the phone into Odin mode (vol down, home, and power),
4) connected the phone to computer via USB,
5) updated the rom through Odin.
6) once the phone rebooted, factory reset
I have not had much opportunity to play with the phone but it seemed to be working thus far. I have not had a chance to put a SIM card into it so I don't know if the new rom/Odin also flashed a new baseband and if the radio works.
will report back tonight,

mikec_ca2 said:
problem solved, for now
As I mentioned earlier, this phone was purchased in Hong Kong and the model number was listed as SCL24. Following the thread on Project_ECSTASY (https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...jectecstasy-custom-rom-galaxy-note-t3545658), I managed to flash the "Global edition stock rom without any bloatware from carrier au" using odin. The step I followed was:
1) installed samsung USB drivers for the phone (directly from samsung website),
2) downloaded and executed Odin,
3) rebooted the phone into Odin mode (vol down, home, and power),
4) connected the phone to computer via USB,
5) updated the rom through Odin.
6) once the phone rebooted, factory reset
I have not had much opportunity to play with the phone but it seemed to be working thus far. I have not had a chance to put a SIM card into it so I don't know if the new rom/Odin also flashed a new baseband and if the radio works.
will report back tonight,
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Cool.

Looking for GS8+ Unbranded U1 Firmware.

Hi guys. so i posted this question on another forum,
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Hi there!
So long story with Bixby here.
I Purchased a Samsung Galaxy S8+ in the US from T-Mobile. I moved to canada, and got my Samsung device Unlocked. i now have it unlocked, and able to be used on network. Everything works fine, however i have found that bixby voice does not work.
I have bixby home working fine, and bixby voice is installed on the device, however, the bixby button doesnt do anything, and the Voice settings are not available on Bixby Settings.
I have spent a few hours on samsung support, and found that "bixby is not available on unlocked devices" (internationally unlocked). i find this to be discouraging, as you should get all functions of a device if your carrier supports it.
I have tried the following things to get this up and running.
1) Update the software: Device is up to date.
2) Reload the Firmware: Did not fix
3) Downloaded the ROM from Sammobile, and flashed it with ODIN: Same issue
4) Call provider to see if they could push the service to my phone: They can not
5) Call Samsung to see if they can get it running: Not supported on a device that was not originally that provider. (Dumbest marketing strategy i have heard.)
6) Call T-Mobile to see if they can help: i am no longer with them, so they will do nothing
7) Download Bixby Voice APK: installed fine. didnt change anything
I need help figuring out how to get this program onto my device. does anyone have any suggestions? I have a pretty decent background with phones, so ill take the more advanced suggestions as well.
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then i got this response.
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It works fine with a US T-Mobile phone flashed to the stock unbranded U1 firmware.
Don't reflash the T-Mobile ROM.
Flash the stock unbranded U1 mentioned on Reddit (can't find the link now) with the custom ODIN.
Then perform a factory reset with your SIM in.
Make sure you backup your data.
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I am having difficulty finding this ROM mentioned, nor am i aware of a "custom odin" i am only experienced with the basic V3.0
any support or help would be wonderful.
thank you

It seems from your post you have the S8+ if that is the case this question would be better suited there...Let me know and I can move it there....:good:

TheMadScientist said:
It seems from your post you have the S8+ if that is the case this question would be better suited there...Let me know and I can move it there....:good:
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im sure it will result in similar answers, but youre correct, my intentions were for the S8+

All your answers reside at this link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/how-to/snap-guide-flashing-standard-fw-carrier-t3627255

Mr. Orange 645 said:
All your answers reside at this link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/how-to/snap-guide-flashing-standard-fw-carrier-t3627255
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THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEED! THANK YOU! ran through custom odin with the Unlocked CSC, and it worked. thank you so much.