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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Dual Sim Thread - Note 3 n9002

Ok, since the old thread was plagued with paid roms, and it got archived unfortunately, I'm creating a new thread. Let's keep this healthy and clean so the information we post here wont get removed and will help more people in the long run shall we?
Update: May 3, 2014 - Added fix for Caller ID issue!
Update: May 1, 2014 - Added instructions to turn off Google Account Manager after setting up a Google Account
Update: April 9, 2014 - Added instructions to install super su after flashing new firmware and rooting.
Update: Feb 17, 2014 - Added instructions to turn off Google Bookmarks Sync after setting up a Google Account
Useful links:
How to Install/Flash Google Apps on Galaxy Note 3 N9002:
http://marrkdaviid.com/2013/10/install-google-play-on-the-samsung-galaxy-note-3-n9002/#.UsRALJYYYuo
** Please note that if you are using windows 7 to root the device using cf autoroot as instructed in the link above, you will encounter an error halfway thru the flashing process. You need to run odin 1.85 as windows xp to remedy this.
** Please note that after rooting and flashing google apps thru cwm, you will still have root access but the super su app may get lost. If that happens, please install super su from the google play store and everything will be back to normal. - thanks bigstuart for pointing that out
To fix the gapps error we see everytime we turn on the sync shortcut from the pulldown notification bar:
After setting up your google account, go to the settings menu and turn off the google bookmarks sync app. This will fix the google services has stopped error message.
To fix the google account dropping out (having to set up your google account again) turn off the google account manager app from the settings menu. Three users have confirmed this has fixed the issue.
BigStuart was able to finally find a way to fix our caller ID issue. Here's how to get it done:
Edit /system/csc/others.xml
change
Code:
<CscFeature_RIL_CallerIdMatchingDigit>11</CscFeature_RIL_CallerIdMatchingDigit>
to
Code:
<CscFeature_RIL_CallerIdMatchingDigit>-1</CscFeature_RIL_CallerIdMatchingDigit>
and add the following line:
Code:
<CscFeature_Contact_EnableDynCallerIdMatchingDigitWithAutoSim>TRUE</CscFeature_Contact_EnableDynCallerIdMatchingDigitWithAutoSim>
I added that line at the end of the file, before the closing </SamsungMobileFeature> tag.
Then reboot the phone and test caller ID
Lastly, enjoy your dual sim flagship device

tclocki said:
Ok, since the old thread was plagued with paid roms, and it got archived unfortunately, im creating a new thread. Let's keep this healthy and clean so the information we post here wont get removed and will help more people in the long run shall we?
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Great idea!

Perfect Phone with Dual SIM N9002
A Top Phone from China
Has only Chinese and English Language inside at delivery
comes without Google Playstore and more we miss
- first Root the Phone
- After install a custom Rom , voila :fingers-crossed:
The Best Phone now, without any Problem
I could Help ? Say Thanks

n9002
thanks for making a new thread... am really interested in the n9002 but having second thoughts that i have to root it and it will have no samsung warranty. can i ask those who are using it now... (will use it if ever in the philippines)
1. once rooted and google play install do one need to root again if you hard reset your unit?
2. does rooting trip knox?
3. is there much chinese bloatware that you cannot delete?
4. problems encountered the unit being released only in china?

Am in philippines, note 3 dual sim. Without root when i tried install google play knox is tripped. I rooted and running google full service now. Excellent phone buy it
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Good thinking on this Thread. The archived thread had some links to removing bloatware and dealing with issues like changing CSC. Wish they didn't delete it. Now we have to re-search and save them all over again.
nagabumbero said:
thanks for making a new thread... am really interested in the n9002 but having second thoughts that i have to root it and it will have no samsung warranty. can i ask those who are using it now... (will use it if ever in the philippines)
1. once rooted and google play install do one need to root again if you hard reset your unit?
Shouldn't. I have rooted using RDLV and have reset w/o loosing root.
2. does rooting trip knox?
It did on mine. But there seems to be some who have done it without tripping Knox. Check the forum.
3. is there much chinese bloatware that you cannot delete?
Once you root you can remove almost everything. Search the forum for a list of prog you can safely delete.
4. problems encountered the unit being released only in china?
None really. You can add Google apps, ie Play, Mail, Hangouts, Calendar. If you change the CSC settings, you will be able to set your default search, calender, etc. But read up on how to do that first, you need to back up as it will cause a reboot and loss of data.
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Charles C said:
Am in philippines, note 3 dual sim. Without root when i tried install google play knox is tripped. I rooted and running google full service now. Excellent phone buy it
thanks charles where did you get your unit? i am concern about the warranty issue.
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dabgoo said:
Good thinking on this Thread. The archived thread had some links to removing bloatware and dealing with issues like changing CSC. Wish they didn't delete it. Now we have to re-search and save them all over again.
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thanks... so same methods with the n9005 root, deleting etc.?
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nagabumbero said:
Charles C said:
Am in philippines, note 3 dual sim. Without root when i tried install google play knox is tripped. I rooted and running google full service now. Excellent phone buy it
thanks charles where did you get your unit? i am concern about the warranty issue.
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thanks... so same methods with the n9005 root, deleting etc.?
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Who gives a crap about knox anyway? This is a phone from China, if you will import it to another country, it will not have local warranty. You are not gonna send it to China if ever you need it repaired right? So go ahead and root, flash google apps, and remove all those chinese crapwares.
Im driving right now, but if needed still, i will post a link for a guide on how to do the basics in turning the n9002 to something as close as possible to n9005.
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tclocki said:
nagabumbero said:
Who gives a crap about knox anyway? This is a phone from China, if you will import it to another country, it will not have local warranty. You are not gonna send it to China if ever you need it repaired right? So go ahead and root, flash google apps, and remove all those chinese crapwares.
Im driving right now, but if needed still, i will post a link for a guide on how to do the basics in turning the n9002 to something as close as possible to n9005.
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pls do sir... don't know a thing re this iam not a android guy have been using iphone since 3gs i really like the dual sim capability of the andriod
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nagabumbero said:
tclocki said:
pls do sir... don't know a thing re this iam not a android guy have been using iphone since 3gs i really like the dual sim capability of the andriod
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We were al ll noobies at one point, so no shame in being one. I myself is learning more about android everyday. Anyway, i have updated the first post with a useful links section. Please just check it out. Enjoy
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What, the last one got archived!? It was a bit long but got me off to a start and the RIP made it even better. Anyway, I best not mention that.
Well I have checked back because today I just added my 2nd sim. That's 1 Unicom, and 1 China Mobile (some westerners do live in China). It's working and the beauty is: Unicom's data seems good, but China Mobile 's national and international call rates seem better.
I am still interested in getting the best out of my N9002. I am still having a few issues and it's hard to know if they are ROM based or other. Anyway, minor issues, this phone is the best I have owned.
Sent from my SM-N9002 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

What kind of issues are you getting? I am on stock (mk1) firmware, perhaps we can compare what were experiencing so we can determine if its rom related or not.

Guys i also installed xposes framework and now my gmail and chrome beta is tablet mode cool. Remember is theee are gapps error it usually means the app u running must be uninstalled and reinstall as it could have the old xaxhe prior to installing google. Everthing working for me inchluding google plus and also cards. Everything
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Fellow dual sim note 3 users, now that samsung's 4.4 update is right around the corner, i am starting to look around how we can get the 4.4 update working on our phones.
Im thinking once samsung releases the 4.4 firmware, it will be on sammobile for sure. I will download and flash it on my phone. Naturally, i will lose root, and google apps. I will have to root and flash google apps again. Question is, where are we going to get the 4.4 gapps package? I found this site and it also contains the 4.3 gapps that was listed in mark daviid's method:
http://www.teamandroid.com/gapps/
What do you guys think?

tclocki said:
Fellow dual sim note 3 users, now that samsung's 4.4 update is right around the corner, i am starting to look around how we can get the 4.4 update working on our phones.
Im thinking once samsung releases the 4.4 firmware, it will be on sammobile for sure. I will download and flash it on my phone. Naturally, i will lose root, and google apps. I will have to root and flash google apps again. Question is, where are we going to get the 4.4 gapps package? I found this site and it also contains the 4.3 gapps that was listed in mark daviid's method:
http://www.teamandroid.com/gapps/
What do you guys think?
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Great idea. What is your current setup on your phone? I am on ZNUDMK1 Rom ZNUDMJ6 Baseband, rooted using RDLV, 4.3, Gapps installed, but I hear that the new ROM's have made it impossible to root for now.
Will it be worth while to do the 4.4 update?

Could someone miraclously discover how to enable lte? Maybe possible?
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dabgoo said:
Great idea. What is your current setup on your phone? I am on ZNUDMK1 Rom ZNUDMJ6 Baseband, rooted using RDLV, 4.3, Gapps installed, but I hear that the new ROM's have made it impossible to root for now.
Will it be worth while to do the 4.4 update?
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Im on mk1 rom and mj6 baseband too. I rooted using cf autoroot and flashed gapps 4.3 thru odin. Yes, its impossible to root the newer roms now without tripping knox. Cf autoroot still works but it trips knox - which i couldnt care less about anyway.
I will definitely upgrade to 4.4. I think the android runtime is really something to look forward to.

tclocki said:
Im on mk1 rom and mj6 baseband too. I rooted using cf autoroot and flashed gapps 4.3 thru odin. Yes, its impossible to root the newer roms now without tripping knox. Cf autoroot still works but it trips knox - which i couldnt care less about anyway.
I will definitely upgrade to 4.4. I think the android runtime is really something to look forward to.
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Good for you!! I agree, screw KNOX, mine is tripped too but I use Wanam Xposed. I installed my gapps using ADB and remounting System. Did it the hard way, should have thought about odin!!
Post your experience when 4.4 comes out, lots of lurkers and people will want to know!! Good luck!!:good:

Thanks I just wish there will be other people who will try as I am pretty much noob to android and if I screw up, I may get myself in big trouble. Lol!
I will post updates as soon as I get this beast upgraded.

tclocki said:
Thanks I just wish there will be other people who will try as I am pretty much noob to android and if I screw up, I may get myself in big trouble. Lol!
I will post updates as soon as I get this beast upgraded.
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Let's keep reading and posts! I will try too!

[Q] Note Edge SM-N915G

Does anyone know where i can find ANY custom roms for the SM-915G? Ever since I've brought the Note Edge, I feel like it needs alot of enhancements as I absolutely love using custom roms.

My advice is keep wait for more developers . Same here "G"

Same boat as you both , 915G waiting for some good custom rom developers to release their amazing roms

Me too. 915G stock firmware + root + CWM from this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/general/easy-steps-stock-odin-n915tuvu1anjl-sm-t2943993. Now can not pair with my Moto 360 anymore as bluetooth problem. SuperSU takes very slow to response. Installing any softwares on Play Store or apk files are the same, it took 5-10 minutes to complete installed. Boring... Waiting to a custom rom from developer to save me. Now, it is a nightmare...

Lo Xa said:
Me too. 915G stock firmware + root + CWM from this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/general/easy-steps-stock-odin-n915tuvu1anjl-sm-t2943993. Now can not pair with my Moto 360 anymore as bluetooth problem. SuperSU takes very slow to response. Installing any softwares on Play Store or apk files are the same, it took 5-10 minutes to complete installed. Boring... Waiting to a custom rom from developer to save me. Now, it is a nightmare...
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Uninstall SuperSU, reboot and reinstall it, reboot, update, reboot should work

belveder69 said:
Uninstall SuperSU, reboot and reinstall it, reboot, update, reboot should work
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OMG!!! It's working. Thanks a ton, man. You just save my life. Appreciate! :highfive:

Lo Xa said:
OMG!!! It's working. Thanks a ton, man. You just save my life. Appreciate! :highfive:
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My pleasure, glad I could help

belveder69 said:
My pleasure, glad I could help
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One noob question: now can I update my supersu v.2.35 to v.2.40 via playstore? as I don't want to get problems as before. Thanks again my man.

sky3rock said:
Does anyone know where i can find ANY custom roms for the SM-915G? Ever since I've brought the Note Edge, I feel like it needs alot of enhancements as I absolutely love using custom roms.
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Still waiting for a custom made ROM for N915G, can anyone tell me where to find one?

someone show me where the source code is located and i can starting buiolding on some custom 915G roms.......

outbackdingo said:
someone show me where the source code is located and i can starting buiolding on some custom 915G roms.......
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Sammobile.com is the only place to find the N915G rom I know of, there's 4 different versions, 3 telco's and a generic one...
Don't know if this helps or not...

Sorry to say I can't find any stock Roms or source there and I factory reset my edge now it claims there's no is installed I need a 915G factory image... Anyone.... ?????

outbackdingo said:
Sorry to say I can't find any stock Roms or source there and I factory reset my edge now it claims there's no is installed I need a 915G factory image... Anyone.... ?????
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Is this what you are looking for?
Code:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/38860/N915GXXU1ANK4_N915GXSA1ANK4_XSA.zip/

Sweet.... Phone happily recovered now.... You rox ..... There's nothing more scary then 1100+ AUD phone being bricked in 3 days

outbackdingo said:
Sweet.... Phone happily recovered now.... You rox ..... There's nothing more scary then 1100+ AUD phone being bricked in 3 days
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And if you look at the link given it was from sammobile.com....
Glad you got your new toy back up and running...

ultramag69 said:
And if you look at the link given it was from sammobile.com....
Glad you got your new toy back up and running...
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Yupp didnt see the firmswares section when i first check, its alive again... now wheres the source

Hello. I bought a Samsung N915G from Saudi Arabia and has not in setting European languages (German, Roamania ...). Please give me details how to proceed to install another version from European soft (N915FY) on my phone. Thank you in advance.

As we have no Rom's to flash, I decided to try and flash the most recent no carrier firmware from SamMobile. (N915GXXU1ANK4)
I was on the Original Vodafone firmware and I have to say the non-bloat version is much snappier. I needed to factory reset and set everything up again. However now I feel like the phone is performing more like it should with theses specifications.

danjamand said:
As we have no Rom's to flash, I decided to try and flash the most recent no carrier firmware from SamMobile. (N915GXXU1ANK4)
I was on the Original Vodafone firmware and I have to say the non-bloat version is much snappier. I needed to factory reset and set everything up again. However now I feel like to phone is performing more like it should with theses specifications.
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Me too. I have flashed no carrier firmware from SamMobile (NK6). I am waiting for a custom made ROM.
I have heard Android 5.0 update at the end of this month.

note edge doesn't support 4G
My galaxy note edge doesnt support 4G network..
in mobile network only show wcdma/gsm. Wcdma only. And gsm only.
anybody know the solution ?

[Q] Is SamMobile safe? (newbie quesion)

Hello
I was wondering if the Roms available on SamMobile were really safe and clean? Given they're not working FOR Samsung, where do they get those?
I'm wondering because I noticed there was a link that came with my phone originally that wasn't there when I restored a ROM I took from SamMobile.
Thank you!

Prosis said:
Hello
I was wondering if the Roms available on SamMobile were really safe and clean? Given they're not working FOR Samsung, where do they get those?
I'm wondering because I noticed there was a link that came with my phone originally that wasn't there when I restored a ROM I took from SamMobile.
Thank you!
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I flashed many devices with odin and firmware downloaded from SamMobile.com and i never had any problems with it. The provided firmwares are not modified and seem to be 100% official versions.

No need to worry about sammobile as it is safe and clean.
It is all in one resource for Samsung stock roms. I used so many roms for different models from there and never faced any issues.
Can you please describe which link you got additional ??

vipsy6 said:
No need to worry about sammobile as it is safe and clean.
It is all in one resource for Samsung stock roms. I used so many roms for different models from there and never faced any issues.
Can you please describe which link you got additional ??
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Nothing important really but there was a link to my carrier's mobile site and SamMobile listed the ROM with the name of my carrier. So I thought it had been modified. But maybe it's just because it's the same version as the one my carrier offers but doesn't come FROM my carrier?

Prosis said:
Hello
I was wondering if the Roms available on SamMobile were really safe and clean? Given they're not working FOR Samsung, where do they get those?
I'm wondering because I noticed there was a link that came with my phone originally that wasn't there when I restored a ROM I took from SamMobile.
Thank you!
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I think that sammobile is a official site...
I unbricked allot devices with their firmwares!!

Newyork! said:
I think that sammobile is a official site...
I unbricked allot devices with their firmwares!!
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No it's not official, I read somewhere they were named Samsung Firmware before they had to change to Sam Firmware at Samsung's request (before they were named SamMobile). I can't find where I read this though.

Prosis said:
No it's not official, I read somewhere they were named Samsung Firmware before they had to change to Sam Firmware at Samsung's request (before they were named SamMobile). I can't find where I read this though.
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You're probably right, but one thing you can be sure that sammobile is a safe site....

Alright thanks everyone!

Not official, but safe. They make their money by subscription services for "premium" download privileges. Maybe ads too, but I use adblock, so I wouldn't see them.

Yes me too. But I do wonder where they get all those ROM since Samsung doesn't give the out.

Prosis said:
Yes me too. But I do wonder where they get all those ROM since Samsung doesn't give the out.
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Most of the Stock ROM's they get from SamsungKies.
I read a interview with them a long time ago, Young ppl who make a difference!

Yes its safe,, true official firmware from samsung

Glad to see this I was wondering the same
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Sammobile updates Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 LTE
Hello,
Next newbie here
Could somebody senior please help me? I am wondering about official updates from Samsung for ROMs downloaded from sammobile, are they possible?
I've just installed Kitkat 4.4.2 on my beloved Note 3 after few days of using Darkera's Note 7 ROM when I'm tapping on "Update" in "Software Update" menu I get "Processing failed" message. Overall phone's responsiveness isn't that great, that's why I wanted to see if update is available.
Will appreciate any answers

eevona said:
Hello,
Next newbie here
Could somebody senior please help me? I am wondering about official updates from Samsung for ROMs downloaded from sammobile, are they possible?
I've just installed Kitkat 4.4.2 on my beloved Note 3 after few days of using Darkera's Note 7 ROM when I'm tapping on "Update" in "Software Update" menu I get "Processing failed" message. Overall phone's responsiveness isn't that great, that's why I wanted to see if update is available.
Will appreciate any answers
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You can't do stock updates on rooted devices with custom ROMs and custom recovery.
You have to remove root, you also need to have an UNMODIFIED system partition and you need stock recovery.
If you're using a custom ROM(your note 7 ROM is a ported stock custom ROM) then that means you are rooted and probably have custom recovery which means you need to remove root and undo any system modifications that were done in the custom ROM(including any special themes and Xposed) then flash stock recovery instead of custom recovery.
Then you might be able to do the updates but the system will be looking for your device to have straight stock with no modification, if there is any modification left behind then the update won't work.
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Droidriven said:
You can't do stock updates on rooted devices with custom ROMs and custom recovery.
You have to remove root, you also need to have an UNMODIFIED system partition and you need stock recovery.
If you're using a custom ROM(your note 7 ROM is a ported stock custom ROM) then that means you are rooted and probably have custom recovery which means you need to remove root and undo any system modifications that were done in the custom ROM(including any special themes and Xposed) then flash stock recovery instead of custom recovery.
Then you might be able to do the updates but the system will be looking for your device to have straight stock with no modification, if there is any modification left behind then the update won't work.
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Hi!
Thank you for your message.
Here is the list of things I did to my poor note 3 :
- rooted
- installed Darkera's note 7 rom, custom recovery and kernel downloaded also from Darkera
- unrooted with supersu
- using Odin3 I installed kitkat 4.4.2 which I downloaded from sammobile (I was told this process gonna whipe away everything - custom rom, custom recovery and kernel)
- downloaded supersu to make sure root is gone
Because of sammobile's server maintenance happening this weekend I used kitkat file I downloaded from sammobile quite some time ago (N9005XXUEND3_N9005XEOEND2_XEO for Poland) and during flashing everything went ok. But now when I go to 'settings' and 'about device' imei, modem version, baseband version are unknown and when I try to hit 'update' I get "processing failed' message. Oh, and I'm also experiencing random reboots. I'm not sure if all this is a normal thing or perhaps I did something wrong.
I hope I didn't bore you to sleep

no official stock firmware for sumsung s7?

I found stock firmware on s7 edge but not s7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/official-stock-firmware-update-odin-t3335065
do i miss some topic? that have?
thanks > <'

There were several threads out there. You can download stock roms from: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G930F/
Dous: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G930FD/

thank you gunemalli for the link
but Im a bit curious that there are only 3 country but not have my country in there, will it be able to use theses firmware to recovery?

zssz said:
I found stock firmware on s7 edge but not s7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/official-stock-firmware-update-odin-t3335065
do i miss some topic? that have?
thanks > <'
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Think the PB6 is as close to stock as you will get, The G930T I have came out with PB6, could not get a decent download or only links to the virus and scam downloads.
Managed to get a google drive copy of the PB8 to get rid of the garbage PC8 firmware.
Oh I tried about 12 times to download the G930T PB8 from sammobile and always got defective downloads. Their servers was too unstable to do one complete download, Both fast and slow ended up at a ridiculous 365kb/s on a 100MB/s 20MB/s fiber optic line.
the other copy I got only had a problematic HOME CSC that kept on crashing Odin 3.10.6 and 3.10.7
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zssz said:
thank you gunemalli for the link
but Im a bit curious that there are only 3 country but not have my country in there, will it be able to use theses firmware to recovery?
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Maybe you can do a firmware dump / backup using this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/official-stock-firmware-update-odin-t3335065

zssz said:
thank you gunemalli for the link
but Im a bit curious that there are only 3 country but not have my country in there, will it be able to use theses firmware to recovery?
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What's your country? The files mentioned in the links contain multi-CSC. Even though it says a certain country it's mainly for all countries in the Indian subcontinent.
Good thing with these roms are they've minimal addon stuff. Mine just came with some Samsung stuff and Microsoft stuff.

gunemalli said:
What's your country? The files mentioned in the links contain multi-CSC. Even though it says a certain country it's mainly for all countries in the Indian subcontinent.
Good thing with these roms are they've minimal addon stuff. Mine just came with some Samsung stuff and Microsoft stuff.
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I'm in Thailand > < so hotvery hot right now.......44c+ =A=||| , I seach on some website refering that if the phone and rom not match on the region u will not b able to update the phone TTwTT so sad .....
...and yes mine came with that one too sumsung stuff with office stuff TTvTT,......... I accidently forgot to backup stock app and delete it..................... so............... I accidently use sumsung smart switch to rebuild all firmware stock to it's original and good to know that even how much it mess up, I might b able to roll back to it's firmware stock > <'''
ps. out of the topic > < a bit ..................not sure root vs non-root the driver kernal of sumsung itself will b different? the emulator ppsspp seem like not working on all series s7 and edge TTvTT even some old app like games FF tactic was stop for no reason like ppsspp and some app cam that I use..........somes say it has things to do with jit cause by sumsung mess something up ..............TT^TT

Glad to hear you managed to sort things out.
I used to be someone who flashed roms and was fiddling with stuff on the phones some time ago. But now I don't have the time or patience to do those things. And anyways the current TW & S7 doesn't give me a reason to go for a custom ROM.
I might head that way in a year or two, but at the moment only trying to use it as stock.

T-Mobile Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 (Switched from AT&T) - Stuck on 4.2.2

How can I update my firmware ?
I tried doing it on the phone but there is a error .
I'm willing to try to root it if I have to but I'm looking for the easiest way .
I downloaded Kies, and it says my phone is on the latest firmware 4.2.2.
Help, I want to go pokemon !

Download one from sammobile.com and use to flash it.

GDReaper said:
Download one from sammobile.com and use to flash it.
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I just looked it up, they don't have anything past 4.2.2 for my model .

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2263533

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2263533
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Only goes up to 4.2.2, existence is pain
Is there anyway to go up to at least 4.3 or 4.4 ?

This is the international S4 forum, so information and support for your S4 will be limited here. Read through the threads in the AT&T S4 forums, which you can access from the thread I linked to. There should be a thread there with the Android version you seek.

Maikkywin said:
Only goes up to 4.2.2, existence is pain
Is there anyway to go up to at least 4.3 or 4.4 ?
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If you ever plan on using custom ROMs on it, then don't update.
Updating may make it impossible for you to root or flash anything other than Samsung firmwares on it.
You can try custom ROMs. Pokémon Go works fine on them too.