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No more network with every usim

Hello guys!
I got a Samsung GT-I5800 for few months but seems I have a big problem from some days actually.
I was using it when I suddenly lost the network coverage. Reboot, factory recovery, tried other carrier usims however it did not start to work again.
It doesn't work nor with automatic and manual network choice nor with enabled and disabled packed data whereas, if I try to send a message or make a call, an error popup appears saying "Data network not available".
I have never performed a root flash or something else so it is always been original factory.
here some info:
Firmware version 2.2
Baseband versions I5800XXJP4
Kernel version 2.6.32.9 [email protected] #1
Build number FROYO.XWJPI
I'm very glad if someone can help me to solve this awful problem given that the device is unusable

Try to add APN(search in the Internet for it) to your phone(Wireless and Network>Mobile networks>APN)

I already know what it is and it is configured (for my Internet plan)...
the real problem is that it cannot take the network signal anymore...there is a blue symbol like a circle with a line instead of normal signal bars

invano said:
I already know what it is and it is configured (for my Internet plan)...
the real problem is that it cannot take the network signal anymore...there is a blue symbol like a circle with a line instead of normal signal bars
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did u try flashing any other rom?
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Sent from Galaxy
Hercolubus Rom v 2.1
powered by
G3mod by Arakmar 12/04/2012.zip
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As I said I did not...never

I had this problem till yesterday. Hate to say it but you probably have lost your IMEI.
Sent from my GT-I5800 using xda premium

friend863 said:
I had this problem till yesterday. Hate to say it but you probably have lost your IMEI.
Sent from my GT-I5800 using xda premium
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Oh my god. How ones can lost the IMEI?!!
Btw the IMEI on the phone is equal to one on the box.
....and now! If it is this the case, what about the solution?

invano said:
Oh my god. How ones can lost the IMEI?!!
Btw the IMEI on the phone is equal to one on the box.
....and now! If it is this the case, what about the solution?
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Check your IMEI by *#06#. If it is all zeros then it is corrupted. If it's old one then it is fine
You can try disabling then enabling flight mode. Wiping data or dalvik cache. Good Luck!
PS: Backup your efs folder to PC using Root exlorer. It contains IMEI and must NOT be deleted. Just for safety advice!

friend863 said:
Check your IMEI by *#06#. If it is all zeros then it is corrupted. If it's old one then it is fine
You can try disabling then enabling flight mode. Wiping data or dalvik cache. Good Luck!
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thank you so much for the support
anyway the imei was one of the first checks, it's the correct and old one.
what do you mean with wipe data and dalvik cache? isn't it the same of a factory restore? (factory restored lots of time but nothing happens)

Did you tried zerofill? You can easily find by searching this forum.
Also have you tried putting the SIM in other mobiles? Do they work?
BTW, I know that feel bro. I know the feel to live without calling/sms for few days

friend863 said:
Did you tried zerofill? You can easily find by searching this forum.
Also have you tried putting the SIM in other mobiles? Do they work?
BTW, I know that feel bro. I know the feel to live without calling/sms for few days
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of course every SIMs work in other mobiles. It isn't a problem about how I feel and so on. It stopped to work and bye bye no more mobile phone just a paperweight...
I had a search about zerofill. is it useful to delete everything, right? I didn't get how flash it and re-flash the original firmware...by kies?

You'll need ODIN for that to flash the ROM. [Make sure you read instructions]
It will wipe all phone data so take backup from Titanium backup first.

friend863 said:
You'll need ODIN for that to flash the ROM. [Make sure you read instructions]
It will wipe all phone data so take backup from Titanium backup first.
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It doesn't matter the phone is empty due to several factory restores in order to try to solve the situation
Ok, thank you guy, I'll try to search some instructions. I'll give a feedback here...hoping it s gonna be positive
p.s. I found a zerofill G3.tar on this forum. Is it good for my galaxy GT-I5800?

Yes, It wipes everything in phone memory. All the previous traces. It might solve your problem.
PS: Or Flash any other firmware. It always works.

friend863 said:
Yes, It wipes everything in phone memory. All the previous traces. It might solve your problem.
PS: Or Flash any other firmware. It always works.
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last 2 questions
so, zerofill to erase EVERYthing and the I have to download my original ROM to flash it?
the zerofill tar contains 3 files .rfs: cache, datafs and factoryfs. Do i have to flash these by odin? sorry guy but i don't find any tutorial about odin and zerofill

It looks you have never flashed a ROM in ODIN. In that case I would say forget zerofill and just flash a firmware you want. Because you'll need to flash a ROM after flashing zerofill too. I recommend Custom ROM as it is fast and more features, it will void your warranty though. But you can always flash stock ROM to get your warranty back.
If you want to go Stock, then you can find stock ROM at samfirmware.com. Download anyone from there. Post here when you finish downloading. I'll post the instructions.

friend863 said:
It looks you have never flashed a ROM in ODIN. In that case I would say forget zerofill and just flash a firmware you want. Because you'll need to flash a ROM after flashing zerofill too. I recommend Custom ROM as it is fast and more features, it will void your warranty though. But you can always flash stock ROM to get your warranty back.
If you want to go Stock, then you can find stock ROM at samfirmware.com. Download anyone from there. Post here when you finish downloading. I'll post the instructions.
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yes, you got the point never flashed an android firmware...
ok, odin downloaded and a stock firmware by samfirmware too

Read here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=778880
You'll also need apollo.ops

friend863 said:
Read here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=778880
You'll also need apollo.ops
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yeah found that just before. as soon as i flash and i have some news (hope good ones) i'll post here.
thank you again

done...it's the same...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1xuzc87ev0zhf6w/Photo 22-04-12 13 55 09.jpg
I don't know what i can try now...

How to get 4.1 in unreleased regions?

Hi,
is there any way how to get official 4.1 OTA in region, where OTA is still unavailable? Somehow change region of my note and then check for OTA? Is this possible? If yes, how?
Thanks in advance

Download rom from sammobile.com... Flash via ODIN...

ultramag69 said:
Download rom from sammobile.com... Flash via ODIN...
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How about flashing if you have an nt8010 would it cause problems???
Sent from my GT-N7100

ultramag69 said:
Download rom from sammobile.com... Flash via ODIN...
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Hmm, but this means wipe of my device right? OTA update dont wipe device I think...

why no wait
jura55 said:
Hmm, but this means wipe of my device right? OTA update dont wipe device I think...
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I know it sounds crazy and I am anxious as everyone else but my experience having had several android devices is that it is often better to just wait.
I have know special knowledge about the release date but the way the JB update is rolling out for the S3 and the N10.1 we should have it in most if not all regions by the end of the year which is only 4 weeks away.
Personally I am quite happy with the way the tablet currently opperates, sure I am excited about the new premium suite and google now but the tablet is currently doing everything I need it to do so persoanlly I would counsel waiting until the official release.

Nah, bugger that....
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"Hmm, but this means wipe of my device right?"
f you are rooted and use mobile ODIN you can update without loosing everything, just make sure cache/data wipe and dalvik are unticked before flashing. You may loose root and go back to stock recovery but flash CWM again and all is well with the world.... Just remember to run triangle away again to reset that pesky flash counter...
"How about flashing if you have an nt8010 would it cause problems???"
Not too sure about the 8010/8013 as there is the modem part of the software but apparently there has been a fix to disable this. Most people who own one of these units have posted it works well but I'm not gonna guarantee anything as I personally don't own one...

ultramag69 said:
Nah, bugger that....
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"Hmm, but this means wipe of my device right?"
f you are rooted and use mobile ODIN you can update without loosing everything, just make sure cache/data wipe and dalvik are unticked before flashing. You may loose root and go back to stock recovery but flash CWM again and all is well with the world.... Just remember to run triangle away again to reset that pesky flash counter...
"How about flashing if you have an nt8010 would it cause problems???"
Not too sure about the 8010/8013 as there is the modem part of the software but apparently there has been a fix to disable this. Most people who own one of these units have posted it works well but I'm not gonna guarantee anything as I personally don't own one...
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I personally flasehd the JB 4.1.1 German ROM on an ICS 4.0.4 Italian ROM (not rooted) through Odin, and everything worked like a charm, no wipe, all settings remained unchanged, all apps (even disabled ones remained disabled)

optimus43 said:
I know it sounds crazy and I am anxious as everyone else but my experience having had several android devices is that it is often better to just wait.
I have know special knowledge about the release date but the way the JB update is rolling out for the S3 and the N10.1 we should have it in most if not all regions by the end of the year which is only 4 weeks away.
Personally I am quite happy with the way the tablet currently opperates, sure I am excited about the new premium suite and google now but the tablet is currently doing everything I need it to do so persoanlly I would counsel waiting until the official release.
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Special knowledge it definitely will be?

asdfuogh said:
Special knowledge it definitely will be?
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My bad typo 'know' should be 'no' I do not have any special knowledge about the release but I am guessing before the new year based on the
s3 JB release schedule and the incremental roll out of the N10.1 JB

Close thread please.

http://translate.googleusercontent...pdate/&usg=ALkJrhhZL3_mlTViMxAZR0sH-lRht9KCng
Improved speed and no more purple fringing, also semi transparent status bar? Seems like a pretty big update. 400mb or so and was just pushed to Deutsch international phones.

Sadly AT&T won't release any update until they see market benefit from it... Maybe next iPhone release day?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda premium

Radukk said:
Sadly AT&T won't release any update until they see market benefit from it... Maybe next iPhone release day?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda premium
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This is a patch, not an update. And AT&T has already released one patch for the S4 so why would you say they won't do it again?

Here's an English website that talks about the update.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...bles-moving-apps-to-SD-card-HDR-video_id43749
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337

i have a stock, rooted, TWRP recovery, odexed firmware and when i tried to do an OTA update it said that my device was modified
is there any way of getting this update even if i did have a "modified device"?
i doubt bell would give it to me but would it be possible for someone on xda to port the update so that everyone in my position can use it or am i going to be forced into upgrading to a custom rom.
i realy friggin want that transparent status bar

On the I9505 Site there is a prerooted Odin flashable copy of the newest German version, odexed and soon a deodexed.
Maybe one of our developers will get this into a Zip flashable version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824&page=155

rfb813 said:
On the I9505 Site there is a prerooted Odin flashable copy of the newest German version, odexed and soon a deodexed.
Maybe one of our developers will get this into a Zip flashable version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824&page=155
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In sure someone will, I like the fact that the display is better they said

it seemed like the US SIII was about a month behind the int'l releases

Once someone posts a cwm flashable zip I'll let you guys know

jetlitheone said:
Once someone posts a cwm flashable zip I'll let you guys know
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can we flash this on our devices? one person there said to use odin to flash
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2312329

bengali548 said:
can we flash this on our devices? one person there said to use odin to flash
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2312329
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I wouldn't do that.

If we do get this update anytime soon i would not flash it because it could have a patch for the boot loader hack.

**Move Apps to SD Card**
Thats enough reason for me to want some variant of this firmware update when and if its possible with a rooted and cwm recovery device such as mine... I hate not being able to move apps to the SD card when there is so little space. Ive thought of going with a custom rom but i use some of the TouchWiz stuff do I dont want to lose it.

tiptoekirk said:
**Move Apps to SD Card**
Thats enough reason for me to want some variant of this firmware update when and if its possible with a rooted and cwm recovery device such as mine... I hate not being able to move apps to the SD card when there is so little space. Ive thought of going with a custom rom but i use some of the TouchWiz stuff do I dont want to lose it.
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Someone on another forum is reporting that you can only move APPS and not DATA, for example, GTA3 is only 15 megs for the app, but several gigs for data. Same goes with Google Music... songs saved is DATA and not APP.

bengali548 said:
i have a stock, rooted, TWRP recovery, odexed firmware and when i tried to do an OTA update it said that my device was modified
is there any way of getting this update even if i did have a "modified device"?
i doubt bell would give it to me but would it be possible for someone on xda to port the update so that everyone in my position can use it or am i going to be forced into upgrading to a custom rom.
i realy friggin want that transparent status bar
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If you are still on the Stock ROM you can do this:
1. Unfreeze AT&T updater (if you have it frozen)
2. Use ODIN to return to stock WITHOUT performing a factory reset. AdamOutler has a thread with the stock firmware download in the Android Development section
3. Boot up and check for updates
4. After you have updated, root it again
All your apps and settings will remain, and you may have to re-sign-in to some, but you should be good to go.

Wait till its released as a flashable zip then done.

bengali548 said:
can we flash this on our devices? one person there said to use odin to flash
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2312329
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Not on an AT&T GS4. Locked bootloader = no non official Odin.
Sent from my SGH-I337

The English site reports this as one of the additions...
•Secure boot status in “About Phone”
I would definitely wait on this one until it has time to be tested and find out what this means exactly.

jetlitheone said:
Wait till its released as a flashable zip then done.
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When it is available do you flash with ODIN or via custom recovery (TWRP).
I am rooted with STOCK everything at the moment. Could I just remove root, update OTA and then re-root?

bengali548 said:
i have a stock, rooted, TWRP recovery, odexed firmware and when i tried to do an OTA update it said that my device was modified
is there any way of getting this update even if i did have a "modified device"?
i doubt bell would give it to me but would it be possible for someone on xda to port the update so that everyone in my position can use it or am i going to be forced into upgrading to a custom rom.
i realy friggin want that transparent status bar
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you cannot get OTAs when a running a custom recovery, so if you decide to go back to stock rooted, you can hit this thread to set status to official
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2296014
BTW, here is the changelog
New Camera firmware with HDR video
Smearing issue has been fixed (Purple effect while scrolling)
Smart Pause Toggle
Move Apps to SD Card
Semi-transparent status bar
New Icons in Settings
Secure boot status in “About Phone”
Increased display legibility
Various performance and stability fixes

Stock Bootloader

Does anyone know where I can get just the stock bootloader image to flash via TWRP?
Long story short I F'd up my bootloader and now Odin will not flash a stock BL file do to a version mismatch and to make matters worse I can't find a way to restore to stock baseband so my network isn't working. If someone can share a backup that'd be super
EDIT: Forgot to specify I need it from a TMobile variant (J700T) for firmware APK6 or APK3 (Odin doesn't seem to want to flash the stock BL from my Odin ROMs perhaps because there is a version mismatch in the phone?)

NullaVisus said:
Does anyone know where I can get just the stock bootloader image to flash via TWRP?
Long story short I F'd up my bootloader and now Odin will not flash a stock BL file do to a version mismatch and to make matters worse I can't find a way to restore to stock baseband so my network isn't working. If someone can share a backup that'd be super
EDIT: Forgot to specify I need it from a TMobile variant (J700T) for firmware APK6 or APK3 (Odin doesn't seem to want to flash the stock BL from my Odin ROMs perhaps because there is a version mismatch in the phone?)
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download latest stock rom at sammy..

Already tried. Looks like I am officially a victim of a partial brick (Odin wont flash BL because it thinks I'm downgrading and I have no Baseband/network) I'll try and see what I can do through TWRP since I can still flash that through Download mode. I made no backups myself but would restoring another TWRP backup solve it perhaps?

NullaVisus said:
Already tried. Looks like I am officially a victim of a partial brick (Odin wont flash BL because it thinks I'm downgrading and I have no Baseband/network) I'll try and see what I can do through TWRP since I can still flash that through Download mode. I made no backups myself but would restoring another TWRP backup solve it perhaps?
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try flash custom rom after that flash stock rom..

khaisttj92 said:
try flash custom rom after that flash stock rom..
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No dice my dude. However, I did find something else
Turns out when I check the bootloader version it reads J700T1UVU3AQC3. Sure enough there was a baseband update and security update a few days ago and my device must've installed it while I was asleep. This would explain why my baseband is broken AND why Odin doesn't want me to flash the APK6 Bootloader.
So there's good news and bad news. The good news is there is hope but the bad news is I am currently at the mercy of whenever someone decides to upload this firmware on the internet (if anyone does that is)

NullaVisus said:
No dice my dude. However, I did find something else
Turns out when I check the bootloader version it reads J700T1UVU3AQC3. Sure enough there was a baseband update and security update a few days ago and my device must've installed it while I was asleep. This would explain why my baseband is broken AND why Odin doesn't want me to flash the APK6 Bootloader.
So there's good news and bad news. The good news is there is hope but the bad news is I am currently at the mercy of whenever someone decides to upload this firmware on the internet (if anyone does that is)
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sorry dude i cant help u because im using f variant..

khaisttj92 said:
sorry dude i cant help u because im using f variant..
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Thanks anyways my dude

NullaVisus said:
Thanks anyways my dude
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your welcome..

NullaVisus said:
No dice my dude. However, I did find something else
Turns out when I check the bootloader version it reads J700T1UVU3AQC3. Sure enough there was a baseband update and security update a few days ago and my device must've installed it while I was asleep. This would explain why my baseband is broken AND why Odin doesn't want me to flash the APK6 Bootloader.
So there's good news and bad news. The good news is there is hope but the bad news is I am currently at the mercy of whenever someone decides to upload this firmware on the internet (if anyone does that is)
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You are lucky because you at least have a functioning bootloader and a working TWRP. You are unlucky because AQC3 firmware is not available publicly yet. In any case, bootloader cannot be flashed in TWRP as far as I know. Your only option is to get your missing ACQ3 partitions from someone else's back up. IF you have messed up your EFS partition though you are out of luck.
So exactly what partitions do you need? I may be able to give you those partitions if I have a personal backup of those from the past. Right now I have modified so many things that a current copy of my partitions will probably do you more harm than good.

najoor said:
You are lucky because you at least have a functioning bootloader and a working TWRP. You are unlucky because AQC3 firmware is not available publicly yet. In any case, bootloader cannot be flashed in TWRP as far as I know. Your only option is to get your missing ACQ3 partitions from someone else's back up. IF you have messed up your EFS partition though you are out of luck.
So exactly what partitions do you need? I may be able to give you those partitions if I have a personal backup of those from the past. Right now I have modified so many things that a current copy of my partitions will probably do you more harm than good.
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As far as I know I just need a main system.img backup
Edit; to specify, if I was flashing with Odin it would be what I would put in the AP slot
The phone in its current state is extremely slow and buggy. My intuition tells me that the older Android version does NOT like the new fiirmware (The bootloader is also where the firmware/device config info is stored IIRC)

NullaVisus said:
As far as I know I just need a main system.img backup
Edit; to specify, if I was flashing with Odin it would be what I would put in the AP slot
The phone in its current state is extremely slow and buggy. My intuition tells me that the older Android version does NOT like the new fiirmware (The bootloader is also where the firmware/device config info is stored IIRC)
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I can give you a system image but you will have to flash it in TWRP.

najoor said:
I can give you a system image but you will have to flash it in TWRP.
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Thats fine. I already know how

NullaVisus said:
Thats fine. I already know how
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Well lucky me Ive got a similar situation though I reflashed with a 3-part HOME file from sammobile to unroot/unTWRP, but did so not realizing the darn BL wasnt included. Lucky for me my build versions matched, so Odin flashed flawlessly, the device boots as if it were brand new, stock recovery and all, everything functions/boots as it should, splash, factory setup, TMobile network works fine etc - only problem is both SafetyNet tests fail, so Google wont let me use use Android Pay and every other payment app that hooks into their API shuts me out. I also noticed a lightning-fast error right before going into the bootloader if you boot from the stock recovery (its so fast I need to capture the log to see what it is).
Any suggestions on where to find a BL to go with my J700T & assuming I find one, any nuances I should be aware of when flashing so as to avoid a potential brick situation?
FYI I flashed with the below from sammobile (and yes I was already at AQF1).
J700TUVS3AQF1_J700TTMB3AQF1_J700TUVS3AQF1_HOME.tar

rawkahn said:
Well lucky me Ive got a similar situation though I reflashed with a 3-part HOME file from sammobile to unroot/unTWRP, but did so not realizing the darn BL wasnt included. Lucky for me my build versions matched, so Odin flashed flawlessly, the device boots as if it were brand new, stock recovery and all, everything functions/boots as it should, splash, factory setup, TMobile network works fine etc - only problem is both SafetyNet tests fail, so Google wont let me use use Android Pay and every other payment app that hooks into their API shuts me out. I also noticed a lightning-fast error right before going into the bootloader if you boot from the stock recovery (its so fast I need to capture the log to see what it is).
Any suggestions on where to find a BL to go with my J700T & assuming I find one, any nuances I should be aware of when flashing so as to avoid a potential brick situation?
FYI I flashed with the below from sammobile (and yes I was already at AQF1).
J700TUVS3AQF1_J700TTMB3AQF1_J700TUVS3AQF1_HOME.tar
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The bootloader is always included with the firmware and is most certainly included with the firmware you posted.
Safetynet probably fails because you need to factory reset.

Wanting to Flash my Note 20 Ultra and I don't know where to start...

I've never flashed a cellphone and I don't even know if I can flash this one. I bought the phone through and when I was still with Sprint. I was told flashing it might be tricky if not impossible since I bought it through a carrier and was also told to come here and ask. So that's what I am doing. Thanks for any help!

Even you haven't said what you want to flash and why (mean what you want to achieve with flashing)

SyntheticVirusZ said:
I've never flashed a cellphone and I don't even know if I can flash this one. I bought the phone through and when I was still with Sprint. I was told flashing it might be tricky if not impossible since I bought it through a carrier and was also told to come here and ask. So that's what I am doing. Thanks for any help!
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As above, what do you want to achieve by flashing it, and what do you want to flash to it?

dr.ketan said:
Even you haven't said what you want to flash and why (mean what you want to achieve with flashing)
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*Detection* said:
As above, what do you want to achieve by flashing it, and what do you want to flash to it?
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I'm sorry. It was a little late at night and I was trying to put the child down for sleep and was in a hurry. But I'm looking to just flash a stock ROM to get the vendors (Sprint) pre-installed apps off the phone. So I'm not looking to do anything to fancy.

Try flashing non vendor specific rom. But before that simply keep copy of rom which is installed currently, so in case something went wrong, you can restore it.
You can download stock firmware with friza or Sam firmware tool (little search over xda you can find it)

Okay, so I used Frija to get the file and now I'm using Odin to flash it. I have the BL, Ap, Cp, CSC, and USERDATA files. Only issue I have is I have two CSC files and I'm not sure which one to use? One is called HOME_CSC_OMC_OYN_N986UOYN1DUB5_CL20936746_QB38027387_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 and the other is CSC_OMC_OYN_N986UOYN1DUB5_CL20936746_QB38027387_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5. I want to say it's the second one I mentioned but I want to make sure.

Home_CSC* won't delete your data while CSC_* will do.

dr.ketan said:
Home_CSC* won't delete your data while CSC_* will do.
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What data is the Home file saving? Also what's the USERDATA file?

All other data that you have addled other than factory set.
Some apps install as non system, that known as userdata

Okay, Odin said it passed and my phone restarted to a Android Recovery section giving me a ton of options and now I'm nervous... The options are.
Reboot system now
Reboot to bootloader
Apply update from ADB
Apply update from SD card
Wipe data/factory rest
Wipe cache partition
Mount /system
View recovery logs
Run graphics test
Run locale test
Power off
Repair apps
Do I just want to reboot it?

Okay so I restarted it and the phone works, but everything is still the same. If I do a factory restore will that remove Sprint's apps? Or should I redo the process without adding the CSC and USERDATA files?

Sorry for bumping this but does anybody know the answer to my question?

SyntheticVirusZ said:
Sorry for bumping this but does anybody know the answer to my question?
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From what I remember once you flash an unlocked firmware (ie. Not carrier branded) you need to factory reset to remove the carrier stuff from the old firmware
But don't quote me on it, just what I remember reading from others threads, I've not had to try it myself

*Detection* said:
From what I remember once you flash an unlocked firmware (ie. Not carrier branded) you need to factory reset to remove the carrier stuff from the old firmware
But don't quote me on it, just what I remember reading from others threads, I've not had to try it myself
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Sounds good. I'll try it when I get home later and am more prepared and report back. Thanks for the help so far everyone!

SyntheticVirusZ said:
Sounds good. I'll try it when I get home later and am more prepared and report back. Thanks for the help so far everyone!
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You can kill 2 birds by using CSC instead of HOME_CSC when you flash the firmware, that initiates a factory reset after the flash (ie. Clean install)

*Detection* said:
You can kill 2 birds by using CSC instead of HOME_CSC when you flash the firmware, that initiates a factory reset after the flash (ie. Clean install)
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Actually I might just do that then tonight.

Unfortunately, it didn't work... Not sure if I did something wrong but Sprint's app's are still on there.

SyntheticVirusZ said:
Unfortunately, it didn't work... Not sure if I did something wrong but Sprint's app's are still on there.
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Which ROM you have downloaded?
If you are flashing same sprint then it will always remain there. Make sure you are flashing unbranded firmware.

dr.ketan said:
Which ROM you have downloaded?
If you are flashing same sprint then it will always remain there. Make sure you are flashing unbranded firmware.
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I'm using the one I got through following the instructions using Frija.

What information you have added to friza whie searching ROM? specially CSC