[Q] Switching firmwares - Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello friends, I'm trying to fix up a GT-N8000 for a friend, it's got ZCBLL5 firmware on it(he got it from china somehow). It did not come with the play store(or any google apps), and since he's an apple guy, he turned to me for help. As it's not my tablet, and i haven't messed much with samsung devices, i don';t want to brick it, so i'm turning to the xda community for a bit of help. We're located in canada, however i see there isn't a canadian firmwrae for this variant. Which would be the best region FW to install, and would it mess up the 3g ability, like would it mess up the IMEI or the CSC. Or would i be better off to root and sideload/flash GAPPS? And would the 3g still function here in canada with the chinese FW. Thanks in advance

Well the german firmware is the one which is updated first so I would advice either the German one or the Nordic one, once you do that you will stop receiving OTA and will have to manually update. I am from India and have installed german and Nordic ones cell services just work fine. The issue with IMEI getting messed to my knowledge will happen only with custom roms.
Once you install any of these roms you will get gapps automatically

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[Q] Android market issues

Three days back I bought a Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi MZ606 from China, to mys surprise this doesn't has Market apps instead it has shop4apps which has everything in Chinese. Am stuck and frustrated with this handicapped device, they won't return it either. Can someone please help me as how to install custom Firmware or even US Firmware or Indian Firmware so that everything comes in English along with the Android Market application and google talk..........plz help
Wow that's a real bummer, I just purchased mine from Hong Kong, ans was worried I would end up with the same issue, thankfully I have no such problem mine is all English. I really hope you can get this fixed.
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werist143 said:
Three days back I bought a Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi MZ606 from China, to mys surprise this doesn't has Market apps instead it has shop4apps which has everything in Chinese. Am stuck and frustrated with this handicapped device, they won't return it either. Can someone please help me as how to install custom Firmware or even US Firmware or Indian Firmware so that everything comes in English along with the Android Market application and google talk..........plz help
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As long as it isn't a Hong Kong variant, you could flash the US wifi stock images. Get them from the General section or direct from Motodev. All wifi models have same hardware.
thanx okantoni, but could you plz guide me the way through to flash US firmware into my xoom...

Atrix 2 Probably softbrick or something

Hello Guys
i am complete noob with Motorola Phones and i need some assistance here
some how i was messing around with the RSD tool and i tried to flash into the ATRIX 2 the ROM from Razr (completely noob) so my phone stack on the flash mode and even if i try to restart phone comes back in the flash mode
unfortunately i manage to find and download the AT&T version i flash it with RSD tool but for bad luck software is lock and i cant get internet access through 3G only from wifi.
does any one know from where i can download the original ME865 stock rom with multilingual because as of now i manage to find only 2 one from AT&T and one from China version which has only Chinese and English language but even although you choose English some icons remains in Chinese language
thanks
Greeco said:
Hello Guys
i am complete noob with Motorola Phones and i need some assistance here
some how i was messing around with the RSD tool and i tried to flash into the ATRIX 2 the ROM from Razr (completely noob) so my phone stack on the flash mode and even if i try to restart phone comes back in the flash mode
unfortunately i manage to find and download the AT&T version i flash it with RSD tool but for bad luck software is lock and i cant get internet access through 3G only from wifi.
does any one know from where i can download the original ME865 stock rom with multilingual because as of now i manage to find only 2 one from AT&T and one from China version which has only Chinese and English language but even although you choose English some icons remains in Chinese language
thanks
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woops i messed up.
tylercarter said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396650
try this. never flash firmware from another device. especially a new device.
scroll down till you get to how to flash fxz. its all there and even the stock rom. good luck.
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He is looking for the international version of the fxz for the ME865, not the Chineese, or US AT&T version.... he flashed our ROM and now his SIM is AT&T locked....
First question, do you have the MB865(American version) or ME865(Chinese version)?
NVM reread it and seen Jim's post
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He is looking for the international version of the fxz for the ME865, not the Chineese, or US AT&T version.... he flashed our ROM and now his SIM is AT&T locked....
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do we even have an international fxz? if we do does it work on our phone?
Originally the phone i took it with the ME865 Asian version probably because Chinese was not the main language when i start the phone.
after i mess up with the phone and i was not able to restart it
i download the USA version from AT&T but as i said the software is locked only with AT&T sim card so i cant use 3g network since my provider is from Middle East (Dubai)
i found later on and i download the Chinese version ME860 but main language is Chinese so after starting up the phone even if i choose English some part of the phone and some notifications remain in Chinese language.
what am looking is the Asia version ME865 or the official Rom comes from Motorola its self and not from any specific provider
sorry for the confusion but with my S2 i didn't had this problem that the only reason i regret buying Motorola
jimbridgman said:
He is looking for the international version of the fxz for the ME865, not the Chineese, or US AT&T version.... he flashed our ROM and now his SIM is AT&T locked....
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you are correct that's exactly my request and issue
thanks for helping me out coz my English are not that much good
Greeco said:
Originally the phone i took it with the ME865 Asian version probably because Chinese was not the main language when i start the phone.
after i mess up with the phone and i was not able to restart it
i download the USA version from AT&T but as i said the software is locked only with AT&T sim card so i cant use 3g network since my provider is from Middle East (Dubai)
i found later on and i download the Chinese version ME860 but main language is Chinese so after starting up the phone even if i choose English some part of the phone and some notifications remain in Chinese language.
what am looking is the Asia version ME865 or the official Rom comes from Motorola its self and not from any specific provider
sorry for the confusion but with my S2 i didn't had this problem that the only reason i regret buying Motorola
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Your first issue was flashing a ROM that does not support all the hardware. Now I can link you to the ME865 fxz, but it is the Chinese version, and it is not a "Motorola" blank slate, it is from a carrier, ALL ROMS that are stock come from a carrier, that is how it works.
Here is the true ME865 fxz, but that is the Chinese version, and you HAVE to flash that first, since that is the hardware you have, you might have to download some languages to from the market to get it all to work in your native language though:
http://4tel.mobi/edison_china_5.5.1-1_GC-86_EDSCHN-6_cfc_ME865_bbs.mfunz.com.rar
For good and for Bad luck i already have both version
i really appreciate your support i
new that the XDA guys are nice but i never expect so much
i will stick at the moment with the AT&T version till later on (i really hope) to get the availability with more stock Roms.
the thing is that the Chinese version you send me is the same as the one i have already and based on what i read on the net is only for china but the one was on my phone was the official Motorola unlocked software which as i see at the moment is not yet available for download
thanking you one thousand times for the support and hope in the near future to get what i am looking desperate for.

[Q] My HOS got an FW update today 2012-05-08 (1.78.401.2)

Anyone else got the 1.78.401.2 FW update?
I have no clue of what it entails...
I also updated!
Installing ...
1.78.401.2 just came out today yet people are already requesting ROM's based on 1.78.401.2....
Also got the update (after manually checking for it) and installing as we speak.
Hope its fixing at least some of the numerous bugs (wireless, wifi, 3G issue, etc) that everybody has with (unbranded) HOS.
G.
I also haven't got any notification but based on this thread tried and am downloading right now - it's 59MB.
Will update the status since I'm among the network issues suffering customers...
Does it include a new baseband (radio)?
Nothing in the UK yet
I'm guessing you guys are all US HOS owners, no update in the UK yet. Are there any release notes?
I checked manually for updates and it worked.
HTC says only "system enhancements"
we will see...
@rboekee
i have the EU - version, unbranded that's the important thing...
Update is not working for those having a custom recovery installed...
After flashing the Stock Recovery with this wonderful One klick tool the Update is working just fine...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604677&page=6
I had my Bootloader unlocked via HTCdev... Seems like an unlocked Bootloader has got nothing to do with this issue!
To keep your Phone rooted after the update, use OTA Rootkeeper from the Playstore!
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I'm guessing you guys are all US HOS owners, no update in the UK yet. Are there any release notes?
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I'm in the US.. Stumbled upon this thread and just manually checked my HOS for software updates but it says none :/
Hmm...
The Jones said:
Does it include a new baseband (radio)?
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there is a new base band: 0.16.31501S.17_2_10.23.315.01S.10L
BTW, It now includes also Hebrew T9 in the phone!!! (only if you change your phone language to Hebrew fully)
Just got mine at the weekend, have tried checking for an update there and theres nothing happening at the mo.
3 UK, sim locked, no root, no customer recovery.
I forgot to mention, I'm with a EU phone.
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orenfl said:
there is a new base band: 0.16.31501S.17_2_10.23.315.01S.10L
BTW, It now includes also Hebrew T9 in the phone!!! (only if you change your phone language to Hebrew fully)
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Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but can I flash the radio if I am dev-unlocked?
Seems like it's not available in the US yet? I tried checking in and then check for update but nothing. Asked the woman to do the same and no update for her either. I'm in Boston btw.
For those with the update in the US how is the signal? Is it jumping up and down still? I'm getting tired of this and tried everything so I'm hoping it's the radio firmware and not the hardware itself.
Sent from the One.
The update is only available for unbranded EU phones.
Edit:
It looks like Vodafone Germany has also released the update.
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I'm guessing you guys are all US HOS owners, no update in the UK yet. Are there any release notes?
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If you didn't know the HTC way of numbering their FW then I can tell you that the *.401.* designates the EU version (possibly the WW version too)...
And yes... I live in Sweden and my HOS is unbranded...
Yep just unbranded only..
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Mine also an unbranded one.
As for the update itself, it seems that the radio issues are not yet solved.
3g/H issues are still here.
I did notice that on a certain place which has no reception, with the old radio I was still with reception signal though no actual reception was present, while with the new radio the reception really drops to no signal status.
Yet, as I mentioned, there data switches which are interfering to the data transfer are still here... :-(
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I can confirm as well that data issue still here H/3G still interrupting a contstand data stream.
Also can confirm that the signal is lower compared the previous update.
My HOS is EU unbranded.
I cannot see any Hebrew language added after the installation.

[Q] Mobile Data doesn't work.

Hi! I have really mysterious problem with my Moto G. I have Global GSM (because I live in Europe) , 16GB model purchased in US. Of course I'm running stock US ROM (4.4.2). Yesterday I purchased mobile data bundle from T-Mobile, then enabled it and everything was working fine for ~20 minutes. After that mobile data icon disappeared. Now every time when I try to enable mobile data icon does not appear and for example Chrome shows me that I'm offline. Is that because I'm running US ROM in Europe? Also if this is important I have little homescreen lag with stock launcher on US ROM but my friend with UK works really smooth. If so can i flash my US model to UK ROM without problems? Sorry for such dumb questions but I'm new to Android (I was running iOS before). I was searching whole Moto G forum but didn't find any familiar problem. Is there any reason or I need to flash/wipe?
I have a similar or maybe the same problem.
My mobile data drops every now and then. Most of the times it happens when I leave home in the morning. Somehow the switch from wifi at home to the mobile data does not happen and I am offline.
I did not find a solution yet other then rebooting the phone which brings back connectivity.
I found some threads in the internet where Kitkat users with different phones face similar issues, but no solution yet.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=63524
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/saOjkcCsPSo
I believe this must be a KitKat SW issue.
Or, maybe it is a Moto G issue, because I also ordered the international model in the US and use it in Malaysia, similar to what you did. Still I tend towards a SW issue in KitKat.
I will monitor this problem and post as soon as I have a solution.
The problem is you didn't just flash the US 4.4.2 ROM, you also flashed the US MODEM firmware which is included in the Stock Firmware Images. I was having something similar happen on a UK handset with US ROM / MODEM firmware. Flashing the UK 4.4.2 Firmware Image here solved it. I suggest you don't flash another region's Modem firmware.
FYI: Custom ROMs don't normally change the Modem firmware.
Just for my understanding:
In the US there are two versions to purchase, the "US" and the "International" version.
Since I live in Malaysia I ordered the "International" version, I suppose the thread starter did the same. Would this problem still affect us??
Since I doubt Motorola will do anything, you could experiment yourself. There is a Retail Asian Stock firmware image you could try flashing and see if things improve. Also there is now a 4.4.2 Stock Retail EU firmware image.
Asian Stock Retail firmware image (4.3):
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/download.php?device=14&file=796​
EU Stock Retail firmware image (4.4.2):
http://www.filefactory.com/file/15a....4.2_KLB20.9-1.10-1.9_cid7_CFC_1FF_v8.xml.zip​
Robx34 said:
Hi! I have really mysterious problem with my Moto G. I have Global GSM (because I live in Europe) , 16GB model purchased in US. Of course I'm running stock US ROM (4.4.2). Yesterday I purchased mobile data bundle from T-Mobile, then enabled it and everything was working fine for ~20 minutes. After that mobile data icon disappeared. Now every time when I try to enable mobile data icon does not appear and for example Chrome shows me that I'm offline. Is that because I'm running US ROM in Europe? Also if this is important I have little homescreen lag with stock launcher on US ROM but my friend with UK works really smooth. If so can i flash my US model to UK ROM without problems? Sorry for such dumb questions but I'm new to Android (I was running iOS before). I was searching whole Moto G forum but didn't find any familiar problem. Is there any reason or I need to flash/wipe?
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Just flash a new radio. You can download radios from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2649763

Is it safe to install foreign country firmware on a samsung device?

Hi everyone, I'm new here, sorry if somethings wrong with this question (let me know so I can change it).
But anyway, I'm from Ecuador and someone sold me a Samsung A505F double sim from Pakistan (also Malaysia and United Arab Emirates), not from america so my question is:
Is it safe to install a firmware from another country? Besides erasing my data and configuration will I lose anything? Can I still use my local network and stuff? What happens if I try another version? Please, let me know ASAP. I don't care wiping my phone's data so that isn't a problem for me at all.
The reason I want to change it is because I have a camera issue and SAMSUNG STORE told me that my version isn't sold in here and I have to go to the store from where I got it. They don't look at rooted devices, etc. They just look at firmware's country and the hardware condition.
Thanks in advance, regards.
Rick estrella said:
Hi everyone, I'm new here, sorry if somethings wrong with this question (let me know so I can change it).
But anyway, I'm from Ecuador and someone sold me a Samsung A505F double sim from Pakistan (also Malaysia and United Arab Emirates), not from america so my question is:
Is it safe to install a firmware from another country? Besides erasing my data and configuration will I lose anything? Can I still use my local network and stuff? What happens if I try another version? Please, let me know ASAP. I don't care wiping my phone's data so that isn't a problem for me at all.
The reason I want to change it is because I have a camera issue and SAMSUNG STORE told me that my version isn't sold in here and I have to go to the store from where I got it. They don't look at rooted devices, etc. They just look at firmware's country and the hardware condition.
Thanks in advance, regards.
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If the model number is the same it should fine. I've done it in the past to get updates faster.
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