So I've just got my new Galaxy SII plus today and I'm sorta a total newb when it comes to the world of flashing . I'm wondering if it's possible to flash a stock firmware from another country in this case possibly a Hong Kong (I9105PZSAMH1) firmware, over a stock firmware from a different country/region of the phones origin (in this case some European countries (Italy, France, Belgium, United Kingdom etc. with the firmware number I9105PXXAMC2).
If I were to do this, would there be any side affects (like bricking) or would the phone work fine and exactly the same as it should be?
Has anyone tried this before?
Thanks in advance
Mochi-maiju said:
So I've just got my new Galaxy SII plus today and I'm sorta a total newb when it comes to the world of flashing . I'm wondering if it's possible to flash a stock firmware from another country in this case possibly a Hong Kong (I9105PZSAMH1) firmware, over a stock firmware from a different country/region of the phones origin (in this case some European countries (Italy, France, Belgium, United Kingdom etc. with the firmware number I9105PXXAMC2).
If I were to do this, would there be any side affects (like bricking) or would the phone work fine and exactly the same as it should be?
Has anyone tried this before?
Thanks in advance
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Yes bro I had been doing this practice for years. And no side effects at all. Go ahead and flash other country's frimware. Only csc differs.
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android.zealot.fervor said:
Yes bro I had been doing this practice for years. And no side effects at all. Go ahead and flash other country's frimware. Only csc differs.
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Ahh, ok , thanks! Really appreciated
May I ask what is csc? Sorry for my poor knowledge.
Mochi-maiju said:
Ahh, ok , thanks! Really appreciated
May I ask what is csc? Sorry for my poor knowledge.
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The term is an abbreviated form of Consumer Software*Customization and*denotes to a specific geographical region*
And yes *hit thanks button instead of saying. : )
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I just want to confirm, if I were to flash another stock from a different region, would I be flashing the radio (the baseband version) from that region as well?
Because I'm in Australia, and because I'm flashing a HK stock firmware over the European firmware.
and I'm unsure if the HK baseband version will work just as well as the current baseband version that I'm using. (Which is working very well)
Because apparently the radio towers in HK are closer together there, where as here they are further apart.
Mochi-maiju said:
I just want to confirm, if I were to flash another stock from a different region, would I be flashing the radio (the baseband version) from that region as well?
Because I'm in Australia, and because I'm flashing a HK stock firmware over the European firmware.
and I'm unsure if the HK baseband version will work just as well as the current baseband version that I'm using. (Which is working very well)
Because apparently the radio towers in HK are closer together there, where as here they are further apart.
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Brother,no need to flash any radio,etc.....simply flash any other country's frimware and everything will be ok.
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In Hong Kong D there is no option for LTE and I cant root it with towelroot, in the Taiwan rom I have LTE and it can be rooted. Why is the difference in the two roms?
how can you know if the D838 is honk kong or taiwan? my lg under battary is korean
rowihel2012 said:
how can you know if the D838 is honk kong or taiwan? my lg under battary is korean
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Software version, for example:
D83810b-sea-XX = South East Asia
D83810f-twn-XX = Taiwan
D83810d-hkg-XX = Hong Kong
Mine is honk kong what is the latest firmeware to it?
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rowihel2012 said:
Mine is honk kong what is the latest firmeware to it?
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Mine as well. Afaik, the latest for the HK version is "D".
BobFL said:
Software version, for example:
D83810b-sea-XX = South East Asia
D83810f-twn-XX = Taiwan
D83810d-hkg-XX = Hong Kong
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How to check which area version you have now?
jader13245 said:
How to check which area version you have now?
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Settings ---> General ---> About phone ---> Software information ---> Software version
BobFL said:
Settings ---> General ---> About phone ---> Software information ---> Software version
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But... my phone show is D83810b-466-92
What is it. @@
jader13245 said:
But... my phone show is D83810b-466-92
What is it. @@
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51204938&postcount=3
apparently it's Taiwan.
Hi all, I'm noob here. Can I flash Taiwan D838 room to Singapore D838?
Anyone can help me ?
tainka said:
In Hong Kong D there is no option for LTE and I cant root it with towelroot, in the Taiwan rom I have LTE and it can be rooted. Why is the difference in the two roms?
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Hi, did you rooted your D838 HKG 10d phone? I've the same and towelroot doesn't work.
Did you flashed your D838 HKG 10d to e.g. Singapore firmware version? Which root tool you used?
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TomeG2kc said:
Hi, did you rooted your D838 HKG 10d phone? I've the same and towelroot doesn't work.
Did you flashed your D838 HKG 10d to e.g. Singapore firmware version? Which root tool you used?
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I flashed TWN D83810d firmware which has LTE and I rooted it with towelroot.
tainka said:
I flashed TWN D83810d firmware which has LTE and I rooted it with towelroot.
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But for which county was this firmware, Taiwan, Singapore or Hong Kong?
Taiwan, the original one was from Hong Kong
tainka said:
Taiwan, the original one was from Hong Kong
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Ok @tainka, last question:
How do you flash your D838 HKG 10d with Taiwanese firmware without root and where you get this Taiwanese 10d rom?
This is my first LG phone so sorry for noob questions.
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I flashed it with lg flash tool. please read about it not to brick your phone. I found the firmware on a side which does not work now
tainka said:
I flashed it with lg flash tool. please read about it not to brick your phone. I found the firmware on a side which does not work now
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Thanks for your answer @tainka - again . But, you see, this wasn't last questions - sorry.:crying:.
Could you share this Taiwanese kdz file? On the cloud? Will be great...
Or maybe you can provide exactly name of this file because I found one kdz file with 10d firmware but there wasn't write is this for Hong Kong, Taiwan or Singapore, so I'm scary to flash it.
Or, another question cool, how did you know that this firmware was for Taiwan not for Hong Kong or Singapore? Or maybe you can give me exactly size of this file or md5?
And again Q. When you flashed your Taiwanese firmware over Hong Kong, you are using LG Flash Tool 2014. But when I looked on the first screen of this app I found very scary me option says: CDMA (but not GSM). Why this scary me? Becoz I'm from Poland, and here we only have GSM networks, not CDMA.
My question is: did you use your flashed phone with GSM network or CDMA? Or, maybe you know that this option has no differences with flashing GSM or CDMA network and I should't scare about this?
Sorry for this investigation, but, you know, I don't want to brick my expensive phone...
Edited: 21:20, 16.11.2014.
For someone who want to know and how - I made it.
1. Bought LG G Pro 2 [16GB 838 model] with preinstalled firmware D838v10d-HKG (that's mean Hong Kong). In this software I didn't have LTE working, but I know I should because of this nice piece of hardware.
2. I tried to root my LG by towelroot from beloved @geohot, but it says - "Device not supported"
3. I dug a xda forum and realize, also thanks to answers of @tainka, that maybe, when I change my firmware, I can root my device in simple way? (bcoz is hard way and harder too).
4. So, with heart in mouth I downloaded some kdz firmwares, even didn't know for what country those was, and try to flash...
5. I used great new flashing tool which works with LG G Pro 2 too and flash D83810f_00.kdz file. Newest firmware, but I didn't know for which country it was.
6. After going flash procedure from page above (you should change language for your preferences bcoz if not, you will see Korean signs as communicates) I get phone with 10f firmware with marker D83810f-ESA-XX. AnyOne know for which country it is?
7. After flashing I realized that my Mobile Data not working. GSM/Voice coverage was ok, but connection to Internet was possible only by WiFi.
8. So, I scared and tried back to my 10d version but I didn't have my original kdz file from Hong Kong, only one from Internet, D83810d_00.kdz - this is this name. Of curse, I didn't know for which country it was too.
9. And after second flash I found that this version was for Taiwan - D83810d-TWN-XX, and 4G (LTE) is working in Poland, and, better, now I rooted my LG G Pro 2 by towelroot with one touch!
10. I almost forgot - CDMA in LG Flash Tool 2014 didn't change anything for me. I got GSM network only in my country (and about CDMA network no one heard in Poland), I used CDMA option in LG Flash Tool 2014 and after flash my mobile works in GSM network. Voila.
So, making summary:
Hong Kong version of 10d firmware not working with LTE in Poland, and can't be rooted by towelroot.
And opposite for this, Taiwanese version of 10d working with LTE in Poland and can be rooted by towelroot.
And both can be flashed on my device without scary. Now I know it [emoji14].
Last but not least: thank you @tainka for your help.
I hope this story help someone and prevent from mistakes.
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TomeG2kc said:
Thanks for your answer @tainka - again . But, you see, this wasn't last questions - sorry.:crying:.
Could you share this Taiwanese kdz file? On the cloud? Will be great...
Or maybe you can provide exactly name of this file because I found one kdz file with 10d firmware but there wasn't write is this for Hong Kong, Taiwan or Singapore, so I'm scary to flash it.
Or, another question cool, how did you know that this firmware was for Taiwan not for Hong Kong or Singapore? Or maybe you can give me exactly size of this file or md5?
And again Q. When you flashed your Taiwanese firmware over Hong Kong, you are using LG Flash Tool 2014. But when I looked on the first screen of this app I found very scary me option says: CDMA (but not GSM). Why this scary me? Becoz I'm from Poland, and here we only have GSM networks, not CDMA.
My question is: did you use your flashed phone with GSM network or CDMA? Or, maybe you know that this option has no differences with flashing GSM or CDMA network and I should't scare about this?
Sorry for this investigation, but, you know, I don't want to brick my expensive phone...
Edited: 21:20, 16.11.2014.
For someone who want to know and how - I made it.
1. Bought LG G Pro 2 [16GB 838 model] with preinstalled firmware D838v10d-HKG (that's mean Hong Kong). In this software I didn't have LTE working, but I know I should because of this nice piece of hardware.
2. I tried to root my LG by towelroot from beloved @geohot, but it says - "Device not supported"
3. I dug a xda forum and realize, also thanks to answers of @tainka, that maybe, when I change my firmware, I can root my device in simple way? (bcoz is hard way and harder too).
4. So, with heart in mouth I downloaded some kdz firmwares, even didn't know for what country those was, and try to flash...
5. I used great new flashing tool which works with LG G Pro 2 too and flash D83810f_00.kdz file. Newest firmware, but I didn't know for which country it was.
6. After going flash procedure from page above (you should change language for your preferences bcoz if not, you will see Korean signs as communicates) I get phone with 10f firmware with marker D83810f-ESA-XX. AnyOne know for which country it is?
7. After flashing I realized that my Mobile Data not working. GSM/Voice coverage was ok, but connection to Internet was possible only by WiFi.
8. So, I scared and tried back to my 10d version but I didn't have my original kdz file from Hong Kong, only one from Internet, D83810d_00.kdz - this is this name. Of curse, I didn't know for which country it was too.
9. And after second flash I found that this version was for Taiwan - D83810d-TWN-XX, and 4G (LTE) is working in Poland, and, better, now I rooted my LG G Pro 2 by towelroot with one touch!
10. I almost forgot - CDMA in LG Flash Tool 2014 didn't change anything for me. I got GSM network only in my country (and about CDMA network no one heard in Poland), I used CDMA option in LG Flash Tool 2014 and after flash my mobile works in GSM network. Voila.
So, making summary:
Hong Kong version of 10d firmware not working with LTE in Poland, and can't be rooted by towelroot.
And opposite for this, Taiwanese version of 10d working with LTE in Poland and can be rooted by towelroot.
And both can be flashed on my device without scary. Now I know it [emoji14].
Last but not least: thank you @tainka for your help.
I hope this story help someone and prevent from mistakes.
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An beginner question, I have the d86810d-HKG-XX LG G PRO 2. Step by step, what is the procedure to flash it so it can have LTE? thanks
ramasa said:
An beginner question, I have the d86810d-HKG-XX LG G PRO 2. Step by step, what is the procedure to flash it so it can have LTE? thanks
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I have LTE on my device, same firmware and version than yours without flashing anything.
You just have to change something on the build.prop once rooted. I read here on XDA the procedure, find out a little bit. Once done, LTE won't show on the settings menu to choose it but device will get LTE and icon on statusbar will show it.
Regards.
ramasa said:
An beginner question, I have the d86810d-HKG-XX LG G PRO 2. Step by step, what is the procedure to flash it so it can have LTE? thanks
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You can try to reflash native baseband of 10d version firmware. But I can't guarantee it help you (bcoz of your country code), and of course, I'm not responsible if you brick your phone.
You can find native baseband file inside archive of Gpro2 CN V6 rom, in ,zip format, ready to flash through recovery - at least, I found it inside that file (Gpro2 CN V6.rar) - you must ask uncle Google. And I flashed it on some v10f rom, and it worked.
But, again, you will do it at your own risk.
And please, report if working!
I just bought LG V60 in Indonesia. FYI, LG V60 is not officially released in Indonesia. I need to know which region and/or provider my phone comes from, so I can find the right ROM to flash according to the region and/or provider. How to find the region and provider? In the system-about phone section, the phone model number is just LM-V600, software version V10f-LAO-SI.
And what if I just flash any ROMs without knowing the right region or provider? Is it okay?
Thanks in advance!
try put your Imei on this site or similar sites
b_gijem said:
I just bought LG V60 in Indonesia. FYI, LG V60 is not officially released in Indonesia. I need to know which region and/or provider my phone comes from, so I can find the right ROM to flash according to the region and/or provider. How to find the region and provider? In the system-about phone section, the phone model number is just LM-V600, software version V10f-LAO-SI.
And what if I just flash any ROMs without knowing the right region or provider? Is it okay?
Thanks in advance!
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It seems to be some international demo/testing model i guess. I would try to update it via LG Bridge.
WhatsApp me 0895802323238
User Europe / global v600ea firmware for crossflashing
harysviewty said:
WhatsApp me 0895802323238
User Europe / global v600ea firmware for crossflashing
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I'm in southamerica, and I have tmobile version. Can you help me to crossflash to europe / Global?