I've been looking everywhere for the latest updated firmware for the SM-915A. Apparently my phone updated without my knowledge, (Thanks again AT&T) and I went to roll back to KitKat without looking at my FW version....now soft bricked. Does anyone know where i can find the latest version? Thanks.
Use kies. Under tools there is an option to initialize or something. There you put in your serial number an it will flash your phone with the latest os from your carrier. Think your phone must be in either download mode or the "firmware update had an issue, please connect to kies" mode.
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elfysrfr said:
I've been looking everywhere for the latest updated firmware for the SM-915A. Apparently my phone updated without my knowledge, (Thanks again AT&T) and I went to roll back to KitKat without looking at my FW version....now soft bricked. Does anyone know where i can find the latest version? Thanks.
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Go to best buy they will refresh your phone. Kies are not working on At&t phones.
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Thanks for the info
I had boot loop. Fixed it on my T Mobile Note Edge by booting into recovery and doing a factory reset. I am now on 4.4.4 native.
This is the AT&T variant...note edge SM-915A. We don't have an unlocked bootloader, hence no custom recovery to boot into and reflash
I didn't use a custom recovery. I would have mentioned that. I used Samsung's stock recovery mode and did a hard reset
Gotcha...yeah mine killed stock recovery too. We'll after being without a phone for a week, I tried best buy Samsung experience and they couldn't fix it. I ended up going to the Samsung service center storefront and they finally got it going again for free. Well looks like I'm stuck on LP though but at least I've got a phone again
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Hi all. I'm new to the Android & I don't have the USB cable at the moment so I'm willing to update it manually. I bought this S3 from Craigslist in great condition. However, I can't seem to update it without service because when I tried to, it says, "Service Unavailable." In the androidcentral forum, they said I have to find the official firmware for my phone, rename it to "UPDATE" then put it on my SDCard root and then boot it into recovery mode so it can automatically update, but however, I can't seem to find my baseband version which is I535VRLHE.
I've looked everywhere for this firmware to no avail. Can anyone here provide me the link to a website that has my baseband? I need to update it in order for my phone to be unlocked with GSM. I'm running on a 4.0.4 right now and wanting to update it to Jelly Bean.
PS: Phone is not rooted and I don't want to root it either
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i rooted my sprint galaxy s5 and disabled knox with supersu.a few weeks ago bluetooth turned off and i was unabled to turn it back on,so i unrooted and restored phone with samsung kies 3.bluetooth works now.but knox is still gone.i didnt mess with anything else on phone ie. system files,blotware,etc.i know the 4.4.4 update for my phone is out,but kies and ota update check says 4.4.2 is latest for my phone.i guess question is how to get knox back so i can get the update,i'm asuming that is why i cant get it.or if someone knows what i'm missing in order to update.thanks for any help.
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i rooted my sprint galaxy s5 and disabled knox with supersu.a few weeks ago bluetooth turned off and i was unabled to turn it back on,so i unrooted and restored phone with samsung kies 3.bluetooth works now.but knox is still gone.i didnt mess with anything else on phone ie. system files,blotware,etc.i know the 4.4.4 update for my phone is out,but kies and ota update check says 4.4.2 is latest for my phone.i guess question is how to get knox back so i can get the update,i'm asuming that is why i cant get it.or if someone knows what i'm missing in order to update.thanks for any help.
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Knox has nothing to do with why you're not getting the update. If you want it now, go to sammobile.com and download the full tar file for nk4 and install with Odin. This will update your phone and all settings and data will still be intact. If you don't want to do that, you will just have to wait until Sprint releases the update to your serial number.
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thanks,thats what sprint,samsung and google said.they all ran me around to each other and said my phone doesnt need an update,but the thing is i have 6 co workers with the same sprint s5 at my dealership.we get a discount through sprint.4 are older than mine and 2 are newer and all have gotten the update and security updates as well.i'm the only one who rooted their phone,so i'm not holding my breath that the ota update is gonna come through.
autotech40 said:
thanks,thats what sprint,samsung and google said.they all ran me around to each other and said my phone doesnt need an update,but the thing is i have 6 co workers with the same sprint s5 at my dealership.we get a discount through sprint.4 are older than mine and 2 are newer and all have gotten the update and security updates as well.i'm the only one who rooted their phone,so i'm not holding my breath that the ota update is gonna come through.
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I rooted mine with Towelroot and then Deleted it. I can"t do the OTA for the 4.4.4. I Tried with the KIES and still no avail. So all I need to do is download the Tar file and it should work?
When i restored mine with kies3. The device status changed from custom to offical. Maybe you modded files that arent restored with kies?i did factory restore and cache wipe before kies.
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I have done flashing and rooting in the past on both a Samsung Charge, Nexus and S3, but it's been a while. Ive used Odin, and the TOOLKIT, and am somewhat familiar with both.
I have had my S3 for several years, STOCK, STOCK, STOCK, and liked it just the way it was. I had a WIFI tethering app, SVTP that worked, and didnt take updates for fear it would quit working, well I accidentally took an update, and now it doesnt work.
Id like to reflash the phone back to a previous stock software, I forget which one I had, but currently here is my phone info
SCH-I535
4.3
I535VRUCML1
KERNEL 3.0.31
build JSS15J.I535VRUCML1
hardware I535.10
I believe I had Jellybean, or a 4.0 firmware.
How should I flash this back, and where can I download the files and the correct version of ODIN?
So i attempted to flash an older OS 4.0 i think, with odin, and It said ABOOT FAIL! and I kind of bricked it. Was I supposed to unlock the boot loader or wipe the device before doing this?
Now I got it connected to kies and am in the process of downloading latest Samsung OS to phone, so i can try again.
What did I do wrong?
Nitro169 said:
So i attempted to flash an older OS 4.0 i think, with odin, and It said ABOOT FAIL! and I kind of bricked it. Was I supposed to unlock the boot loader or wipe the device before doing this?
Now I got it connected to kies and am in the process of downloading latest Samsung OS to phone, so i can try again.
What did I do wrong?
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As long as your not on the NC1 or NE1 baseband/firmware you can indeed revert back to an older version. And you do indeed have to unlock the bootloader to revert to a previous version of Android
In my personal opinion your best bet is the casual root/unlock method which will do both for you
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so i have NE1 now. Why cant i downgrade anymore?
Tonight im going to reattempt to flash 4.1 with odin, unlocking bootloader first.
my only othed issue is i can find very few versions of Stock OS on web. There should be like 5 or 6 for this phone, ive only found 2 or 3. Please point me in direction of any stock OS files.
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so i have NE1 now. Why cant i downgrade anymore?
Tonight im going to reattempt to flash 4.1 with odin, unlocking bootloader first.
my only othed issue is i can find very few versions of Stock OS on web. There should be like 5 or 6 for this phone, ive only found 2 or 3. Please point me in direction of any stock OS files.
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Because your on a locked bootloader and downgrading now would brick your device
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Is there no method to unlock these firmwares currently?
if so does anyone have an S3 for sale that has older firmware?
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Is there no method to unlock these firmwares currently?
if so does anyone have an S3 for sale that has older firmware?
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Check swappa for that. I know brand new ones have the newest firmware, your better bet is swappa
And no they are locked down tightly, unlocking is nearly impossible
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what if i soft brick it on purpose, can i somehow download an older version via kies once soft bricked?
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what if i soft brick it on purpose, can i somehow download an older version via kies once soft bricked?
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No, you can't get around the locked bootloader. Your stuck on it
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I believe even the 4.3 ML1 update will lock your bootloader. The 4.4.2 NE1 definitely will. There's no known way to revert back to an unlocked bootloader.
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I believe even the 4.3 ML1 update will lock your bootloader. The 4.4.2 NE1 definitely will. There's no known way to revert back to an unlocked bootloader.
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You are correct. I did a quick search and those who took the 4.3 ML1 OTA are indeed on a locked bootloader
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I bought a refurbished Galaxy Note 5 and have used it on TotalWireless for a few days before I noticed the Note 5 should be on BPF4. When I received the phone it was already on BPD4, my wife's phone upgraded from a 5.1.1 firmware and went through the full chain to BPF4 previously. Will an ODIN flash back to a 5.1.1 firmware allow my phone to pass where it is stuck currently?
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I bought a refurbished Galaxy Note 5 and have used it on TotalWireless for a few days before I noticed the Note 5 should be on BPF4. When I received the phone it was already on BPD4, my wife's phone upgraded from a 5.1.1 firmware and went through the full chain to BPF4 previously. Will an ODIN flash back to a 5.1.1 firmware allow my phone to pass where it is stuck currently?
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Why don't you just download BPF4 and flash via odin? I'd make sure you didn't receive a fake phone before you flash anything as long as the phones real you can just flash it yourself in odin and setup the network to use the right settings from Totalwireless. The only reason I mentioned a fake phone is because someone else wanted to do the same thing and ended up with a phone that he couldn't find the firmware for because it was fake and after trying to flash Verizon firmware which failed he had no way to go back!
It's definitely a genuine Note 5. I was trying to locate the PF4 firmware to flash via ODIN, but the only ones I could find were several 5.1.1 firmwares and the PD4 firmware I was already on, do you have a link to a full PF4 firmware? Must have had research failure or something, haha. I finally decided to try the Verizon Upgrade Assistant and it was able to update me to the latest PF4 firmware no problem.
Download Samsung Smart Switch for PC.
You won't get OTA updates unless you have an active Verizon sim card.
Using Smart Switch to update is much easier than Odin.
I'll try Smartswitch when the next OTA comes out. I was actually surprised how well the Verizon software worked to fix the issue. In the past I always ignored the software install portion of USB connection. Guess it serves a purpose now.
so ive been trying to flash my phone back to stock but it fails in Odin every time. My phone is refurbished and unlocked. so i tried using tmoblie stock roms from early 2018 but none of them were successful my phone i'snt bricked the funny thing is when im in download mode it says my carrier is att even tho it boots with the tmobile boot screen i dont want to root i just want a clean flash back to 8.0.0 i just wondered if anyone has any input i have the samsung drivers and my Rom files ready to go it just wont work. Thanks in advance.
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so ive been trying to flash my phone back to stock but it fails in Odin every time. My phone is refurbished and unlocked. so i tried using tmoblie stock roms from early 2018 but none of them were successful my phone i'snt bricked the funny thing is when im in download mode it says my carrier is att even tho it boots with the tmobile boot screen i dont want to root i just want a clean flash back to 8.0.0 i just wondered if anyone has any input i have the samsung drivers and my Rom files ready to go it just wont work. Thanks in advance.
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If you are trying to downgrade from 9.0 or 10.0 back to 8.0, you are out of luck because your firmware can't be downgraded. You can flash from older firmware to newer firmware but you can't go from newer back to older.
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