(not sure if this is the right thread, please move it if it's not)
I've got an older phone, the Samsung Galaxy I5510M (Callisto), and unfortunately my region never received a gingerbread update. There are gingerbread roms available, however the radio does not work in my region. I have tried flashing the original froyo radio from my region, but the phone simply doesn't boot.
I also have an HTC ChaCha/Status(e810) which uses the same Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7227, which from what I've been able to find actually also contains the radio.
The radios available for the HTC device are in a different format(and contain bootloader, and some other stuff as well) but hypothetically, if one were able to dump the radio binaries or something via terminal, one could simply flash that binary using Odin.
I'm wondering A) is this possible, and B) how could I dump my radio from the htc device for use on the samsung device?
Thanks in advance for any info!
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Hello, i want to update my Samsung Galaxy S Plus from 2.3.5 (xxkpf) to 2.3.6 (xxkq7) but it says its for DTB (another carrier)? i have a Norwegian phone (unlocked) but is it dangerous to update, will it destroy my phone or something?
Or can i just go ahead and download. And how du i update with Odin?
-Thanks guys.
As long as you have and know how to use odin/heimdall you should be fine. I was experimenting a while back when I had my Verizon Fascinate on Sprint and I flashed the Sprint Samsung epic modem. It completely borked the entire radio, however I was able to re-flash the original modem and it was fine. Read up on the recovery options for your phone first and check the specific forum for your phone. Also in the future please ask device specific question in the proper forum.'
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=656
Your section is here.
I hope this is a place for stupid questions. I have scoured the internet and found nothing, I really just need to understand some of the acronyms being used and what are the implications of installing ROMs from the wrong region.
Basically I found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1183684 which is a list of a select few pre-rooted stock ROMs. There is only 1 WWE (world wide edition) ROM in there, and it's quite old. They are also all on megaupload (no longer around) or no longer available to be downloaded. Anyone know of any other pre-rooted ROM list?
Since I am in Australia, I am unsure if I should bother trying any of the Europe based sense 3.0 ROMs. I know the WWE version is safe as I have got that before, but what is different between that and getting the Telstra_WWE and the Asia_WWE versions?
Lastly, the most common one I see people saying to get is the ARA version, but I can not find anywhere what does ARA mean. I assume it maybe just another region like the Europe or CHS versions? I am going on the list of shipped ROMs found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002506 but would prefer pre-rooted if they are around, although if I have to I will just root it myself once flashed.
Just use any custom Sense ROM. They are all WWE, prerooted, clean and optimized. Check Hyperion, Endimion or Fallout according to the Sense version you like the most
Sent from my HTC Desire S
I was hoping to go back to stock sense HTC ROM, since I know everything work on there, like bluetooth pairing to my car stereo, usb tethering and those sorts of things. Have been using BlindIce for past 3 months and Cyanogen 7.1 before that, all unstable, reboot a lot by themselves and all have their own little niggles, for example Fallout openly admits wifi hotspot not work, which i use almost daily. Which is why I now want to go back to stock so I can be more stable.
But just not sure what all the acronyms are in the stock ROMs page. Is HTC_ARA arabic? In Australia, if I flash a HTC_Europe ROM what will happen?
Yes you are right ARA stands for Arabic.
More important for you is to know that if you flash any RUU that is not including your region (like the European one) you will brick your device. You can do this with a Goldcard, but only with a higher version than your current (but there is no guarantees that you coverage will be stable and other issues may occur). This will skip the check for your CID number (that indicates the region where the device was made for).
My suggestion is to try Endymion if you manage to find a download link (I saw your post there) it has everything forking flawless since it is powered by a modified by still HTC source based kernel.
Or if you are definite for going Stock find your main version (it corresponds to your region too) by connecting your device to a PC, open cmd and type (you will need the drivers installed - link in my signature):
Code:
fastboot getvar version-main
the output will be a string such as 1.47.401.4 (this one is for Europe). Find a RUU which has the third group of this string (401 in the example) in its name and depending on the version directly run it with device connected (for the example will be 2.10.401.8), MAKE SURE that your bootloader is not an original Revolutionary one! or look for a downgrade guide if the version is lower (for the example - 1.28.401.1) - this will involve main version modification.
Thank you amidabuddha, you have been much helpful!
I was wondering if this is safe to do. I converted my 10 to a International model by flashing the firmware package by removing the radio.img, recovery.img (to keep twrp), and changing the android-info.txt model ID to match the model of my device, in order to use CM13 based ROMs.
It worked fine, no issues as far as I can tell. I was wondering if this would be possible with the A9, in order to get CM to boot on it?
Do you have s-off? I think s -off is the only way but I've never heard of this method of changing between different radios and firmware before, I would try it but don't really want to mess up my phone lol
Hello everyone. I have had a problem quite some time now. I was attempting to root my Galaxy S7 from United Wireless (which is a regional provider) and I ran into an issue in which a firmware file I was attempting to flash over (with Odin) apparently was incomplete or Corrupted. Now I have rooted nearly every device I've ever owned (omitting the Note 8 I currently use for fear of ruining this one too). I have never however run into a problem with incorrect firmware or incomplete firmware. So I went to go look for the stock firmware for the device, and to my dismay, I find that United Wireless uses a firmware that is either; custom to them, difficult to find, or is not a firmware created by Samsung themselves. To this day, about 1 year after bricking, I have yet to find a way to get the S7 working again. Does anyone know of a universal Firmware or something that can be flashed to get it working again? Maybe even enough to get a custom rom on it??
- Thanks in advance,
Evanzire
Assuming you're in the US, you can flash the SM-G930U firmware, as it's the unbranded firmware for US devices and should flash on any US model S7.
If you boot into download mode (Home + Power + Vol Down) what model does your device show as?
US model S7's use snapdragon SoC's with a locked bootloader, so the only working root method is to use an unstable leaked engineering bootloader that allows (some) boot modifications. Custom ROM's are impossible, and root uses non-standard methods.
Hi all,
All pay features and such are locked to local firmware and I'm wondering if I can just flash the Japanese variant firmware onto my SM-F711U1 using Frija. I'd rather not have bloatware but I want to be able to use G Pay. I can't without the Osaifu-Keitai app and that will not install on my variant.
If there is anyone that knows how to installOsaifu-Keitai on an international phone, that would solve all my problems.
It has been a very long time since I flashed anything and I'm a little rusty/lost. I couldn't even find the bloody search bar for this forum section! Forgive my ignorance.
You could side load the apk
https://m.apkpure.com/%E3%81%8A%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%95%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4-%E3%82%A2%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA/com.felicanetworks.mfm.main/versions
Thanks, but I tried sideloading it and the application just failed to open, saying that it is incompatible with the device.
For anyone else that ever looks to solve this in the future, it seems that there is a hardware limitation and a specific chip for Japan's implementation of NFC for payments. Either the chip is disabled or missing from other variants. It could be just a software check that stops the app from running, but I cannot find the Japanese firmware to flash at the moment, and not sure I want to brick my phone if the actual hardware is different. I might try once the firmware becomes available.
If it helps (not really) but US devices dont support non US firmwares, even if they share the same hw, so you wouldnt be able to flash JP firmware anyway
Do however note you can use samfirm patched to download the JP firmware
ChipJapan said:
Thanks, but I tried sideloading it and the application just failed to open, saying that it is incompatible with the device.
For anyone else that ever looks to solve this in the future, it seems that there is a hardware limitation and a specific chip for Japan's implementation of NFC for payments. Either the chip is disabled or missing from other variants. It could be just a software check that stops the app from running, but I cannot find the Japanese firmware to flash at the moment, and not sure I want to brick my phone if the actual hardware is different. I might try once the firmware becomes available.
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The answer lies within the differences in HW between US and non-US versions of the same phone model, namely, US version is "missing" MST technology. More on this topic here:
https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/what-is/mst/
Therefore, you cannot simply flash US version phone with non-US firmware, as Odin (Frija only used to download firmware) will not allow you, even patched version. It will simply fail during the installation phase and in the worst case scenario you will get a $1000 paperweight (read brick).