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[Q] Switching firmwares

Hello friends, I'm trying to fix up a GT-N8000 for a friend, it's got ZCBLL5 firmware on it(he got it from china somehow). It did not come with the play store(or any google apps), and since he's an apple guy, he turned to me for help. As it's not my tablet, and i haven't messed much with samsung devices, i don';t want to brick it, so i'm turning to the xda community for a bit of help. We're located in canada, however i see there isn't a canadian firmwrae for this variant. Which would be the best region FW to install, and would it mess up the 3g ability, like would it mess up the IMEI or the CSC. Or would i be better off to root and sideload/flash GAPPS? And would the 3g still function here in canada with the chinese FW. Thanks in advance

Well the german firmware is the one which is updated first so I would advice either the German one or the Nordic one, once you do that you will stop receiving OTA and will have to manually update. I am from India and have installed german and Nordic ones cell services just work fine. The issue with IMEI getting messed to my knowledge will happen only with custom roms.
Once you install any of these roms you will get gapps automatically

Firmware change: China to Hong Kong for S6 G9200

I have an S6 5.1.1 dual sim G9200 from CHINA (no Google Play Services etc).
Kernel 3.10.61-5369277 [email protected] #1 Mon 10 Aug 2015
Build number LMY47X.G9200ZCU1BOH2
Knox Premium version SDK 2.4.1 Standard SDK 5.4.1
I understand there is only 1 other G9200 dual sim sold and that is from Hong Kong. The beauty of the HK version is that it has Google.
I'm an amateur but can follow instructions well.
I simply want to change from standard Chinese firmware as shown above to standard Hong Kong firmware such as G9200 ZHU1BOGB or G9200ZZH1BOGB or G9200ZHU1BOGB so that I get Google etc. By the way, what is the difference between the 3 HK versions I've listed?

hi, I also need to do so, or at least have a way to install the GAPPS on this fw...
thanks!

I also need the same. Any solution?

The best (and maybe the only) solution is to root and install GAPPS

Could you give me some guidance on how to do that? I have never rooted a phone, so I would like to be careful. It is also the first smart phone I am using.
- I understand PingPong root does not work with Android 5.1.1.
- Is there a tutorial that would work for this specific phone and configuration (see original post)?
- Should I use ODIN?
- What will be the consequences (tripping KNOX, loss of features, risks, ...)?
- Can I go back to the original state of the phone after rooting? If yes, is there something special to do so that it is possible to go back?
- Should I replace G9200ZCU1BOH2 with G9200ZHU1BOH2 or one in the original post?
Thanks a lot!

JohnChina2 said:
Could you give me some guidance on how to do that? I have never rooted a phone, so I would like to be careful. It is also the first smart phone I am using.
- I understand PingPong root does not work with Android 5.1.1.
- Is there a tutorial that would work for this specific phone and configuration (see original post)?
- Should I use ODIN?
- What will be the consequences (tripping KNOX, loss of features, risks, ...)?
- Can I go back to the original state of the phone after rooting? If yes, is there something special to do so that it is possible to go back?
- Should I replace G9200ZCU1BOH2 with G9200ZHU1BOH2 or one in the original post?
Thanks a lot!
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I m chinese and poor in english. so following instruction written in chinese. Plz donot banne me . I just give help.
装奥丁，刷入recovery，版本选用xiaolu编译的，盘后到recovery里面就可以刷入gapp了

lucloner said:
I m chinese and poor in english. so following instruction written in chinese. Plz donot banne me . I just give help.
装奥丁，刷入recovery，版本选用xiaolu编译的，盘后到recovery里面就可以刷入gapp了
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谢谢！ I am afraid I would need more detailed instructions if possible. Any instructions in English available online?

[Completed] Samsung Grand Neo Plus I9060I IMEI:NULL/NULL

Good Day Team,
I had successfully rooted my Samsung Grand Neo Plus using the steps on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/root-galaxy-grand-neo-plus-gt-i9060i-ds-t3070302; the problem was that a lot of the phone functions stopped working. The main thing that troubled me the most was that the usb tethering couldnt work, and also the mobile hotspot.
I decided to try returning to the original stock firmware, but i found something that could help me with the problem of rooting and having a fully functioning phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2690270. This soft bricked my phone.
I managed to get it working again with this rom https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24391638059057834; Its for Arabic region; and im pretty sure that that was the region for my phone was XSG. The problem i have now is that i dont have any service from my sim cards and the imei number is null. I tried entering this code *#197328640# but it doesnt work at all. Could you please help out.
EDIT: Checked the local store and got these:-
PDA: I9060IXXU0AOJ1
CSC:I9060IOJV0AOK1
PHONE:I9060IXXU0AOK2
REGION: XSG
COUNTRY: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
OS: KITKAT 4.4.4
These specs are the same as on this link.https://samsung-firmware.org/download/GALAXY%20GRAND%20Neo%20Plus/9ze6/XSG/I9060IXXU0AOJ1/I9060IOJV0AOK1/ I got a slow speed connection so the download ends up failing. Can anyone find another proper download site so that i can see if this could work for me.

Hello,
The best place to go is Sammobile .com or samsung-updates .com and use your model number in their search engine to find the stock firmware for your device, make sure you get the correct one for your region.
You can also ask for further help in the thread linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
Good luck.

[Completed] No service problem in galaxy A8000

Hi everyone, some days ago i ibought* samsung galaxy A8 (Sm-A8000) and It had chinese version of software there was no play store etc.. and then I flashed* custom rom of HongKong version and there was no service sim was not working* in that software. So I just want to know that should It unlock my phone or anything else please help me. Everything is fine on chinese version except google play services and everything is fine with HK version except No service.. please help me

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Hi everyone, some days ago i ibought* samsung galaxy A8 (Sm-A8000) and It had chinese version of software there was no play store etc.. and then I flashed* custom rom of HongKong version and there was no service sim was not working* in that software. So I just want to know that should It unlock my phone or anything else please help me. Everything is fine on chinese version except google play services and everything is fine with HK version except No service.. please help me
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Greetings and welcome to assist. I found this thread that may help
https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/advice-porting-indian-rom-to-chinese-t3397736
I think the chinese variant is dual sim isnt it ? so any single sim firmware will need modifying to get a signal
Regards
Sawdoctor

TWRP for Samsung Galaxy C5 PRO (C5010)

Hello!
For starter, I'd like to thank you guys for all the help you provide for this site.
1: My gf's Galaxy C5 Pro just got android 7.0 but only for China (Open China) and Hong Kong and after looking into every update since the phone got released, there are no firmware for any other country (I'm from Romania btw) so naturally I wanna' flash the Hong Kong version (to my knowlege Hong Kong version does have the Google Services, Open China does not have) but I'm a bit scared that if it doesn't work as it should I need a backup. Now there are plenty of site and forums that provide "legit link" to TWRP but they just look kind of suspicious and I don't wanna' brick her phone. So any help guys, I'll apreciate it.
2: About that Hong Kong version, would it work here, in Romania without any signal problem? Like lost or drop signal?
I kinda don't want to wait until Romania firmware comes out (which it might not) cause that could be in like 1 year or so.
Maybe there are people from other country beside those mention above that flashed the Hong Kong version and report how the rom handle and work
Thank you again guys and have a nice day!

pleasee TWRP for SM-C5010

hey
mine is a sm-c5018, but it had the sm-c5010 Marshmallow on it, there was no update option, even smart switch showed its up to date
so i downloaded the sm-c5010 Nougat from here and flashed manually using Odin, Its perfect and no issues so far after three days of use (here in Pakistan)
you can use syncios to backup your data and then flash this, for a phone that just launched recently i wouldn't take the risk of installing recovery or root
hope this helps
best of luck

i need twrp for c5010

TWRP for Samsung C5 Pro
Please create TWRP for Samsung C5 Pro.

Hey guys
Can somebody figure out how to get Google pixel camera work in this device, I flashed the pixel module with magisk , the camera opens but then it crashes.