bought note edge. it says 915F in "about device" but says 915P in download mode
hi i bought a note edge believing it is international but it is sprint based when i brought it home and checked through download mode. i believe the seller has installed some kind of custom firmware on it (career phones, although unlocked, are not sold well so shops here sometimes change the firmware which shows an international model number). i have no problems with sprint and id rather have the original sprint firmware on it than a fake one.
what i want to know is would doing that simlock my phone?
also, if it is a sprint phone what are the chances of it getting marshmallow?
or should i return the phone?
i m afraid that your phone is converted.
i have seen so many s5, note3, s4, s3 and now note edge converted from logo to no logo (international model)
its better if you can return it. you will never get any update on such phones
thanks. is not getting updates (and by that i hope you mean just OTA) the worst of it? will going back to a sprint firmware carrier lock it?
ok i installed a stock sprint firmware and now my phone is working alright. thanks
i m afraid that your phone is converted.
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So I bought a 2nd hand S6. The price was good, not great, but good and the phone functions very well with no issues. I probably didn't look at it as closely as I should have, but live and learn. Anyhow, the phone is still on 5.1.1, so I went to flash it in Odin to 6.0.1 - nothing worked. The model says it's an SM-g920f, however, when I go into download mode it's listed as an SM-g920p. Also, the bootloader etc are all 920p. I didn't think twice about it being the f model as I am an American, but I live in the philippines. It is very common to see the international versions of phones here. I know that the p model is common in the US as a sprint phone, and I should have keyed on the fact that when I opened the browser, it took me to the sprint webpage right away. The device is of course rooted. I cannot upgrade it using smart switch. Of course when I initially tried to flash it in odin with a 920f rom, it failed miserably. So, I am wondering if I flash it back to a stock 920p, will it cause me issues?
jaymac99 said:
So I bought a 2nd hand S6. The price was good, not great, but good and the phone functions very well with no issues. I probably didn't look at it as closely as I should have, but live and learn. Anyhow, the phone is still on 5.1.1, so I went to flash it in Odin to 6.0.1 - nothing worked. The model says it's an SM-g920f, however, when I go into download mode it's listed as an SM-g920p. Also, the bootloader etc are all 920p. I didn't think twice about it being the f model as I am an American, but I live in the philippines. It is very common to see the international versions of phones here. I know that the p model is common in the US as a sprint phone, and I should have keyed on the fact that when I opened the browser, it took me to the sprint webpage right away. The device is of course rooted. I cannot upgrade it using smart switch. Of course when I initially tried to flash it in odin with a 920f rom, it failed miserably. So, I am wondering if I flash it back to a stock 920p, will it cause me issues?
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Hi, today i bought a note edge for cheap from a shopkeeper the condition is awesome, but the issue is that when i got home i reset the device and after that when i entered my Indian GSM Sim into that the phone stuck at a screen saying Hands Free Activation, after a bit of research i got to know the phone is not Indian. So Now the phone has booted up but it says SM- N915P Instead Of N915G(Indian) i am getting Proper Signals but the options i have on my sister's note edge are diffrent However both phones have the same OS 6.1 Marshmellow.
What I Think is that the Phone is unlocked and what i want to ask is if i flash N915G Firmware Official, will my phone still be usable? Will I Get Proper Signals 2G,3G and LTE? and if the phone again gets locked how will i unlock it??
Details Of the Phone :
BASEBAND Version : N915PVPU4DPF3
MODEL: SM-915P (Not Indian)
No Option To only switch to 2G,3G or LTE like My sis's Note Edge.
Please Help. Any Help Will Be Appreciated.
Hello,
I bought a Note 5 from Dubai. The seller was advertising it as unlocked.
Back home, the SIM is working but the device (which was packed as new) is rooted the series is SM-N920F (nobleltevzw) and shows the brand as Verizon.
My issue is that it is stuck on 5.1.1 and does not upgrade or show any upgrade to 6.
I am afraid to flash with the original Samsung ROM, I am not sure anymore why it was rooted or if this series is actually SIM Locked and was rooted to be unlocked.
Any ideas?
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Hello,
I bought a Note 5 from Dubai. The seller was advertising it as unlocked.
Back home, the SIM is working but the device (which was packed as new) is rooted the series is SM-N920F (nobleltevzw) and shows the brand as Verizon.
My issue is that it is stuck on 5.1.1 and does not upgrade or show any upgrade to 6.
I am afraid to flash with the original Samsung ROM, I am not sure anymore why it was rooted or if this series is actually SIM Locked and was rooted to be unlocked.
Any ideas?
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If its a verizon version its not rooted there is no available root method.
And also if it is verzion note 5 its unlockex out of the box. Just may not support local bands being used. I had this issue. I use a company called net10 which can bounce off just about any towers. So i was using att on my note 5 and it didnt pick up bately anything now im back on verizons towers and all good
Ok, so my question ha a few points here. I have been flashing roms for many years but never really though of this until recently as I now have an unlocked phone.
1. As my Sprint Note 5 is unlocked, can I flash say the Unlocked Version of software to the phone taking away carrier branding? I manage a store from another carrier and I hate that when I boot my phone it shows Sprint. I know it will not trip knox as long as it is Official Stock software.
2. If I do flash said Unlocked version software replacing Sprint software, will it change my connection at all? I have seen that flashing ATT software on a Verizon device did manage to improve ATT tower connection however I wonder if this is maybe a placebo effect as opposed to actually changing the bands and connections the device makes.
If you guys could help me out that would be great. :good:
Cheers
There is no unbranded firmware for the Sprint model because well, it is a exclusive model so even if you flash XAS instead of SPR firmware some or all apps will still appear. The only way to get rid of everything Sprint is via custom ROM= tripped KNOX. The SM-N920P cannot run another firmware.
Hi everyone. I have a Galaxy S8+ that I bought on BackMarket a year ago. The phone has been great, but has always had problems with some phone calls going straight to my mailbox for no reason, texts not coming in then suddenly working if I send OUT a text. After some research and contacting my provider (United States, Ting), I was told that this is because I need to enable VoLTE. My phone didn't have the option to do so and when I called Ting again, I was told that this is because my phone was the International version and VoLTE wasn't supported on that model.
I thought that was the end of it, but this week I had the thought that maybe this is a firmware thing instead of a hardware thing. Calling Ting again, they checked my IMEI and said my phone should be able to do VoLTE. Great! All I needed was Odin and the right firmware (I was thinking G955U1, TMB). So here's where things get weird. As I started to set up for flashing my firmware, I gathered the following info:
IMEI.info says I have:
Model: G955F Galaxy S8+ (SM-G955N)
Here's the info I get when running the "Phone INFO ★SAM★" app.
Phone Model: SM-N950F / Galaxy Note 8
Firmware's CSC Code: XEF
Bootloader Version: G955NKSU3CRI3
PDA Version: N950FXXS5DSC6
CSC Version: N950FOXM5DSC1
Latest Firmware: N950FXXSDDTJ1
If I'm reading this right, it looks like I've had a Galaxy S8+ running Note 8 firmware? At this point, I'd still like VoLTE, but even moreso, I'd like to just know what's going on and what I should do about it.
Seems like somebody installed a modded Samsung firmware on your phone. Check download mode for KNOX, I think it will be tripped (0x1).
If it is tripped then no Samsung Pay and stuff that depends on KNOX. If you are fine with that and just want to get VoLTE working, download the right firmware for your device and flash it to stock. If stock everything is important to you, I suggest contacting the seller on BackMarket and getting a refund or something if the seller didn't specify tripped KNOX.
BTW, if I remember correctly G955N is the Samsung direct model sold in Korea, so depending on CSC and what not VoLTE might not work. Best of luck
Thanks for the reply.
So I ended up solving this with the help of a few people over on Reddit. Here's what was going on and what the solution was, for others that come across this.
The phone was running v6 of HadesROM. I guess the creator of HadesROM uses the Note8's OS build as his base for the Note8/S8/S8+, which is why the phone was showing up as an N950F. And the phone itself was a G955N, which is a Korean model.
At the direction of a few people on Reddit, I used TWRP to re-flash with the newest version of HadesROM and set the Firmware CSC properly to a US Carrier.
When the phone booted back up, the VoLTE setting was present in quick settings and works great.