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http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N900W8/
Safe for Rogers sm-n900w8 also now that it's unified correct
AndroidAssassin said:
Safe for Rogers sm-n900w8 also now that it's unified correct
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Yes. Just have to remove lots of bloatware.
hey_joe said:
Yes. Just have to remove lots of bloatware.
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you wouldnt have to remove any bloatware if you do not want to as the rom only installs the carriers bloat, based on multi csc. rogers update is there too
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you wouldnt have to remove any bloatware if you do not want to as the rom only installs the carriers bloat, based on multi csc. rogers update is there too
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It's the carriers bloat I am referring to since he's on Rogers, Bell's apps will be useless.
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It's the carriers bloat I am referring to since he's on Rogers, Bell's apps will be useless.
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@hey_joe thats what I mean, if its a rogers sim then no bell apps will be installed. if bell sim then bell apps. if telus sim then telus apps
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@heyjoe thats what I mean, if its a rogers sim then no bell apps will be installed. if bell sim then bell apps. if telus sim then telus apps
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That's actually wrong. I have a Rogers phone with Rogers sim and flashed the firmware yesterday and all Bell apps like Bell TV were installed.
hey_joe said:
That's actually wrong. I have a Rogers phone with Rogers sim and flashed the firmware yesterday and all Bell apps like Bell TV were installed.
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i have never encountered it before as if you look inside the rom the csc's are there and should only install that one. I have a telus n3 on bell, used telus FW on prior revision and never once had a telus app but always had bell apps. Either way, there are only like 3 or 4 apps to remove. i would say download the rogers version and try that but they didnt release it yet... sorry maybe rogers csc not in this version. I am not using it, i just updated bootloader and modem, and back to n4 rom.
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i have never encountered it before as if you look inside the rom the csc's are there and should only install that one. I have a telus n3 on bell, used telus FW on prior revision and never once had a telus app but always had bell apps. Either way, there are only like 3 or 4 apps to remove. i would say download the rogers version and try that but they didnt release it yet... sorry maybe rogers csc not in this version. I am not using it, i just updated bootloader and modem, and back to n4 rom.
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Not sure either with this firmware for Rogers phone because I flashed the full firmware twice already and checked that my bootloader and baseband were updated but still can't make video recording work on my phone. It only works if I use a custom kernel from Civz.
hey_joe said:
Not sure either with this firmware for Rogers phone because I flashed the full firmware twice already and checked that my bootloader and baseband were updated but still can't make video recording work on my phone. It only works if I use a custom kernel from Civz.
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i had that problem before i update the bootloader, i had to use same kernel, i can even use pin unlock again without unmounting my sd since update and video recording works. did you do a full wipe after the flash, like after it flashes in odin, it will reboot to recovery and do its thing, then reboot to system. the key i found lately will these from canada is that you need to catch it before it boots to system and do a factory reset on it. (wipe system, cache and data and all is well)
that my experience with bells roms lately
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i had that problem before i update the bootloader, i had to use same kernel, i can even use pin unlock again without unmounting my sd since update and video recording works. did you do a full wipe after the flash, like after it flashes in odin, it will reboot to recovery and do its thing, then reboot to system. the key i found lately will these from canada is that you need to catch it before it boots to system and do a factory reset on it. (wipe system, cache and data and all is well)
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I'll flash again and try that method.
Thanks
edit: Found the reason video wouldn't work. Somehow both my current binary and system status are custom and even wiping before flashing the official LP firmware wouldn't bring them back to Official so flashed back to 4.4.2 NB7 booted up then flashed to latest LP which fixed both statuses to Official. And now video recording works on official firmware. Now have to go back to N4 ported and see if it's fixed with Civz latest.
I have a Rogers Note 3. After flashing Camera does not work.
When you say catch it before it reboots after flashing? I did not catch it first time, so I should flash it again right.
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It is working. I factory wiped it. Camera works in all its glory. Thanks!
Hi community,
A question for many of us in regards to 'unlocking' or "how to unlock" from our carriers, I have done a very simple and silly way to unlock my phone from T-Mobile.
I am currently under SM-G935U Firmware (4API3), coming from SM-G935T's 4APIA Firmware.
Follow these simple steps in order to unlock from your carrier.
***NOTE: THIS METHOD ONLY WORKS IN STOCK FIRMWARES. YOUR DEVICE WILL BREAK IF YOU TRY TO INSTALL UNDER A CUSTOM ROM***
1.- If you have previously installed a custom ROM (Echoe, Tekv2), say bye bye for now. Using Odin latest version (3.12.3), flash Stock Firmware '4APIA'. After set up enable developer options and USB Debugging.
2.- Download SM-G935U's official firmware from SamMobile or Samsung-Firmwares (Make sure you download the TMO region firmware)
3.- Create a new folder on your desktop, copy and paste BL & AP files from the SM-G935U firmware you just downloaded. From the SM-G935T stock firmware you downloaded, copy and paste CP & CSC_HOME files.
*Basically you will have BL/AP from G935U and CP/CSC_HOME from G935T*
4.- Flash these files through ODIN, but WARNING: After flashing your phone will reboot. Go into recovery mode and wipe cache/data + wipe data.
5,- You will get to see a dm-verityverification failed, no mount blah blah blah. Just ignore it. After deleting cache and data reboot again into download mode...BUT THIS TIME ONLY FLASH CP file from G935T while the CSC_HOME you will flash now will be the official G935U file.
6.- After reboot, done.
I was able to install Google Voice
Sounds promising going to try this when I get home, was having all those issues with dm-verity.
Have you tried just wiping the cache and not wiping data with success? (Dirty flashing)
Or we all starting from scratch?
since root with eng kernel makes my phone burn up and kills my battery, even with all the remedies. The g935u is an option I would love to play with.
But how did you unlock the sim? You have the unlocked versions firmware so less bloat and no carrier garbage but the phone itself would appear to still be locked to TMO. Splain.
Hi there. This firmware is so much better than the stock TMO firmware, everything works excellent. I used stock tmo firmware first APIA, next tmo G935U API3 next. I tried your way first on a S7 Edge with bad IMEI and it wasn't working. I used another S7 Edge but this time I flash all the G935U API3 firmware, it work flawlessly with one simple try. Just put AP/BL/CP/CSC and flash with the latest Odin, you wouldn't have problems. My 2 other TMO S7 Edge are on stock G935U and saying official.
Hey can make a video like you did please.
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Hi there. This firmware is so much better than the stock TMO firmware, everything works excellent. I used stock tmo firmware first APIA, next tmo G935U API3 next. I tried your way first on a S7 Edge with bad IMEI and it wasn't working. I used another S7 Edge but this time I flash all the G935U API3 firmware, it work flawlessly with one simple try. Just put AP/BL/CP/CSC and flash with the latest Odin, you wouldn't have problems. My 2 other TMO S7 Edge are on stock G935U and saying official.
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Yes indeed it is. G935U feels great, faster response, no lag at all and for some reason I get 4G LTE even with Roaming (Mexico) I am still with T-Mobile...were you able to UNLOCK the SIM?
b0ricuaguerrero said:
Sounds promising going to try this when I get home, was having all those issues with dm-verity.
Have you tried just wiping the cache and not wiping data with success? (Dirty flashing)
Or we all starting from scratch?
since root with eng kernel makes my phone burn up and kills my battery, even with all the remedies. The g935u is an option I would love to play with.
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Hey bori,
Every time I flash a custom ROM or even going back to stock, I always wipe cache/data. It is just the way I like to do things on my phone, not keeping any traces from previous ROM/FIRMWARE.
Make sure you download the official Firmware from SamMobile or Samsung-Firmware.
I heard updato is a fast download Firmware site.
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Hey bori,
Every time I flash a custom ROM or even going back to stock, I always wipe cache/data. It is just the way I like to do things on my phone, not keeping any traces from previous ROM/FIRMWARE.
Make sure you download the official Firmware from SamMobile or Samsung-Firmware.
I heard updato is a fast download Firmware site.
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Well i tried last night but ended up with the same results. Goes perfect in Odin. But boots straight into recovery even though I wiped everything and reflashed cp and home csc from g935t files.
For the TMO and other SM-G935 firmware, check out THEANDROIDSOUL.COM . They have about 90% of all firmware.
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I'm not a big fan of stock roms, custom is the way but this TMO G935U FIRMWARE IS THE ****TTT !!!.
The last time I used a stock Rom was from HTC EVO 4G, after that was the Sprint S2 and I never USED ANY PHONES WITHOUT A CUSTOM ROM TILL NOW.
This TMO G935U FIRMWARE, I did a ANTUTU BENCHMARK LAST NIGHT after flashing the firmware. Mennn! The score was higher than the note 7 N9300 by 4000 points, I couldn't believe it. I did a second test samething. The battery performance is excellent.
All mine said was applied multi csc now I get lte+
Nah I didn't try to unlock it yet, I have to get an AT&T sim card or simple mobile card and see if it ask for codes. If that works that will be great for everyone ?.
Which U firmware are you guys flashing and what would be the differences between them? I'm currently on the T-Mobile U firmware.
tried this... asks code also ... but anycode can give message "network successfull".
BUT its not unlocked... still "invalid sim card inserted error" is there.
So this method works or not? I want to know before I take the plunge. Also Dm verity error doesn't sound good either. I had a note edge with that error and it was a major headache.
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So this method works or not? I want to know before I take the plunge. Also Dm verity error doesn't sound good either. I had a note edge with that error and it was a major headache.
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i was able to flash g935u firmware totally.. but didnt work for me.
Hi all. As far as I can see, the U firmware unlocked the phone. I inserted a SIMPLE MOBILE CARD into my G935T running G935U firmware, the phone boot into like recovery mod but the screen go BLUE and it configures SIM UNLOCKED SYSTEM, then it reboot and walla the phone have service on SIMPLE MOBILE NETWORK. I was very SURPRISED it works because the phone is locked to T-Mobile and only the DEVICE APP to unlock it. So at this point I'm only using the G935U firmware on my G935T, no more T-Mobile firmware bull crap. Next I'll get an AT&T SIM card and try that for 30 days.
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Hi all. As far as I can see, the U firmware unlocked the phone. I inserted a SIMPLE MOBILE CARD into my G935T running G935U firmware, the phone boot into like recovery mod but the screen go BLUE and it configures SIM UNLOCKED SYSTEM, then it reboot and walla the phone have service on SIMPLE MOBILE NETWORK. I was very SURPRISED it works because the phone is locked to T-Mobile and only the DEVICE APP to unlock it. So at this point I'm only using the G935U firmware on my G935T, no more T-Mobile firmware bull crap. Next I'll get an AT&T SIM card and try that for 30 days.
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What steps did you take to get this to work?
No matter what I do I cannot get my phone to go into the Samsung sim unlock screen after flashing in various combinations, including following the OP exactly
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Hi all. As far as I can see, the U firmware unlocked the phone. I inserted a SIMPLE MOBILE CARD into my G935T running G935U firmware, the phone boot into like recovery mod but the screen go BLUE and it configures SIM UNLOCKED SYSTEM, then it reboot and walla the phone have service on SIMPLE MOBILE NETWORK. I was very SURPRISED it works because the phone is locked to T-Mobile and only the DEVICE APP to unlock it. So at this point I'm only using the G935U firmware on my G935T, no more T-Mobile firmware bull crap. Next I'll get an AT&T SIM card and try that for 30 days.
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Hey there, can u tell us how to make it?
SimpleMobile Sim works on T-Mobile locked Devices
kdecoteau1 said:
Hi all. As far as I can see, the U firmware unlocked the phone. I inserted a SIMPLE MOBILE CARD into my G935T running G935U firmware, the phone boot into like recovery mod but the screen go BLUE and it configures SIM UNLOCKED SYSTEM, then it reboot and walla the phone have service on SIMPLE MOBILE NETWORK. I was very SURPRISED it works because the phone is locked to T-Mobile and only the DEVICE APP to unlock it. So at this point I'm only using the G935U firmware on my G935T, no more T-Mobile firmware bull crap. Next I'll get an AT&T SIM card and try that for 30 days.
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I know this is a late response but it's good to know. SimpleMobile has been running under T-Mobile Network, whether your T-Mobile Phone is locked or unlocked it will work when a SimpleMobile Sim is inserted.
network unlock code????
HELLO GUYS..I USE AN UNLOCKED GALAXY NOTE 5 N920V IN GHANA. EVERYTHING WORKS FINE EXCEPT MY 4G LTE.
I HAD GALAXY A8 WITH UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ROM AND THIS GALAXY ALPHA TOO WITH ZAMBIA MTN ROM WHICH 4G LTE WORKED PERFECTLY. I WANT TO FLASH NOTE 5 N920C 7.0 STOCK OF EITHER REGIONS ON MY VERIZON NOTE 5 BUT IAM A BIT AFRAID BECAUSE OF THIS N920V LOCKED BOOTLOADER AND CANT BE ROOT BS...CAN I GO AHEAD OR I SHOULDNT.
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HELLO GUYS..I USE AN UNLOCKED GALAXY NOTE 5 N920V IN GHANA. EVERYTHING WORKS FINE EXCEPT MY 4G LTE.
I HAD GALAXY A8 WITH UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ROM AND THIS GALAXY ALPHA TOO WITH ZAMBIA MTN ROM WHICH 4G LTE WORKED PERFECTLY. I WANT TO FLASH NOTE 5 N920C 7.0 STOCK OF EITHER REGIONS ON MY VERIZON NOTE 5 BUT IAM A BIT AFRAID BECAUSE OF THIS N920V LOCKED BOOTLOADER AND CANT BE ROOT BS...CAN I GO AHEAD OR I SHOULDNT.
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No, that would 100% lead to a brick. If you're looking for a way to bypass the locked bootloader in order to flash TWRP, give up on that idea. There is no way around the locked bootloader on Verizon Samsung devices, many people have tried many, many, many different things, everything and anything you can possibly think of and absolutely nothing works. Flashing stuff isn't going to change that.
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No, that would 100% lead to a brick. If you're looking for a way to bypass the locked bootloader in order to flash TWRP, give up on that idea. There is no way around the locked bootloader on Verizon Samsung devices, many people have tried many, many, many different things, everything and anything you can possibly think of and absolutely nothing works. Flashing stuff isn't going to change that.
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Iam not trying to bypass the bootloader or flash twerp..
I just want to flash the n920c rom to get access to 4g lte..can i?
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Iam not trying to bypass the bootloader or flash twerp..
I just want to flash the n920c rom to get access to 4g lte..can i?
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920v is a Verizon device, the Verizon stock firmware should have 4G LTE. What issues are you having? If you're on Verizon stock firmware and have a 4G LTE SIM inserted, you should be getting 4G service.
If you're using the device in a different country, you probably won't get the 4G working.
The only thing I can think of is, find out which 4G radio bands your service provider uses, them do some searching see which 920 firmware(s) support those 4G radio bands, then download the firmware and extract the modem.img from the firnware, then convert the modem.img into an Odin flashable .tar.md5 then flash the modem via Odin.
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Droidriven said:
920v is a Verizon device, the Verizon stock firmware should have 4G LTE. What issues are you having? If you're on Verizon stock firmware and have a 4G LTE SIM inserted, you should be getting 4G service.
If you're using the device in a different country, you probably won't get the 4G working.
The only thing I can think of is, find out which 4G radio bands your service provider uses, them do some searching see which 920 firmware(s) support those 4G radio bands, then download the firmware and extract the modem.img from the firnware, then convert the modem.img into an Odin flashable .tar.md5 then flash the modem via Odin.
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The 4g lte dont work..so i will do what you said..thank you very much..will get back to you when done
bhenedikt said:
The 4g lte dont work..so i will do what you said..thank you very much..will get back to you when done
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I did and it failed..
SECURE DOWNLOAD FAIL [RADIO]
I Tried flashing the whole N920C rom
SECURE DOWNLOAD FAIL [BOOTLOADER]
SO I RESETED THE PHONE..
NOW ALL MY SENSORS DONT WORK !!!!
DONT EVEN KNOW WHETHER ITS HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE
I FLASH THE STOCK VERIZON ROM AGAIN AGAIN STILL SENSORS NOT WORKING..:crying:...ANY HELLPPP????
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920v is a Verizon device, the Verizon stock firmware should have 4G LTE. What issues are you having? If you're on Verizon stock firmware and have a 4G LTE SIM inserted, you should be getting 4G service.
If you're using the device in a different country, you probably won't get the 4G working.
The only thing I can think of is, find out which 4G radio bands your service provider uses, them do some searching see which 920 firmware(s) support those 4G radio bands, then download the firmware and extract the modem.img from the firnware, then convert the modem.img into an Odin flashable .tar.md5 then flash the modem via Odin.
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It didnt work
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It didnt work
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If flashing the original stock firmware does not fix the sensors, I don't know what to try from there.
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It didnt.all apps that depends on these sensors is kinda useless now
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If flashing the original stock firmware does not fix the sensors, I don't know what to try from there.
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Can it be fixed when the phone is opened??
Or can it (sensors) be replaced?? Cos i have a sprint note 5 with spoiled screen..was think i can exchange the SENSORS..really worried
bhenedikt said:
Can it be fixed when the phone is opened??
Or can it (sensors) be replaced?? Cos i have a sprint note 5 with spoiled screen..was think i can exchange the SENSORS..really worried
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After flashing the stock firmware, have you tried booting to stock recovery and factory reset in recovery then wipe cache partition?
Check to verify that your IMEI still displays in system settings.
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After flashing the stock firmware, have you tried booting to stock recovery and factory reset in recovery then wipe cache partition?
Check to verify that your IMEI still displays in system settings.
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Imei displays..everthing works except the sensors..
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Imei displays..everthing works except the sensors..
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Boot to stock recovery? Factory reset in recovery? Wipe cache partition? Yes? No? Maybe?
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Take that phone back to basics. Hook it up to Kies and restore it back to factory OS, then go from there. Report back.
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Take that phone back to basics. Hook it up to Kies and restore it back to factory OS, then go from there. Report back.
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They already flashed back to stock via Odin, it did nothing.
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I have done that, same result. Put it on Kies, phone revived. Can't really explain why kies worked where odin did not.
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Boot to stock recovery? Factory reset in recovery? Wipe cache partition? Yes? No? Maybe?
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I have ..didnt work
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Take that phone back to basics. Hook it up to Kies and restore it back to factory OS, then go from there. Report back.
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Kies is telling me to use smart switch..
But smart seem not to have any restart feature
Hello,
I recently got a G7 power T-mobile variant and was trying to get it working on safelink wireless a Verizon mvno. I have it network unlocked and bootloader unlocked and have been able to flash custom roms and my sim is detected but I can't seem to get any calls texting or data on it. I've been perusing the forum here reading everything I can on the issue and feel like I'm 90% of the way there but missing something. For anyone that has gotten Verizon working on their T-mobile G7 please help with how you managed to do it.
I flashed RR and then the Verizon modem but that didn't work. I'm going to try flashing back to stock T-mobile to see if I can get some connectivity.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
I have already flashed a custom rom to my phone that hasn't had connectivity and the issue is that the custom rom you flashed to your phone doesn't have your regional code for ur area and the tz.mbn file needs to be updated with your area's cod or just re-flash another custom rom because it's rare on how many times I have had to erase completely re-installed new and different Operating Systems to my phone just to learn and try different Roms and only twice have I got a Rom that doesn't support my data.
So just try a different rom from RR and it should be able to work? Should I do a comletely clean install like, wipe system then flash or flash stock rom, then do custom rom over the top?
I have a sm-g715u1 with latest android 11 firmware and flashed the verizon G715USQU7BUC1. Both are latest ota firmware.
Odin (3.141) showed a succesful flash with all 5 bl,ap, cp,csc and userdata put in. The csc file was non home. However, I dont see any verizon apps installed. There were changes and it does show the U version software installed but no verizon apps. I saw no errors in odin and flashed it twice but no change. I did a factory reset from phone app before flashing a second time.
Not sure what i did wrong . I left the SD card in but dont think that matters.
It has verizon splash screen on startup but thats it. The phone is functional but no different than U1
Is this version (3.14.1) of Odin ok for U1 to U flashing?
Should i have factory reset before flashing? Flash from recovery and not the phone software?
Any ideas will be appreciated.
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I have a sm-g715u1 with latest android 11 firmware and flashed the verizon G715USQU7BUC1. Both are latest ota firmware.
Odin (3.141) showed a succesful flash with all 5 bl,ap, cp,csc and userdata put in. The csc file was non home. However, I dont see any verizon apps installed. There were changes and it does show the U version software installed but no verizon apps. I saw no errors in odin and flashed it twice but no change. I did a factory reset from phone app before flashing a second time.
Not sure what i did wrong . I left the SD card in but dont think that matters.
It has verizon splash screen on startup but thats it. The phone is functional but no different than U1
Is this version (3.14.1) of Odin ok for U1 to U flashing?
Should i have factory reset before flashing? Flash from recovery and not the phone software?
Any ideas will be appreciated.
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I see that i can no longer access special menus via the dial pad like I did before the flash. Its like a partial install of the userdata file or something.
So things i noticed after the vzw flash: I didnt get the full verizon bloatware and lost some of the samsung unbranded advantages. I have the vzw 4G icon and Hd voice icon during calls and had the video call option. Video calling didnt work and had to call vzw tec support to get it turned on. A ticket was opened to have it done and its now working fine. Before the flash i was told it couldnt be done so flashing to vzw must have helped here. One thing i have noticed is reception in fringe areas after flash in terrible by comparison. It now enters extended network or no signal at all where before it stayed on lte even with 1 bar and could text and call. This must be a PRL difference or something. The unlocked, unbranded version is way way better for fringe areas. In town i noticed no difference.
At this point i could try to enter recovery and wipe then direct to flash the vzw firmware again to see if i get all the bloatware but to be honest the poor signal and tower handoff with the vzw firmware has convinced me that the U1 firmware is better for me overall even if i lose the video calling after switching back.
At least with the U1 version its a little easier to experiment to see what works best.