On the international Galaxy S7 (G930F) - How do I get the Nougat OTA update on Straight Talk (AT&T SIM) in the USA? I've tried manually checking for updates, but it says it's up to date. Everyone I've talked to on AT&T (without an MVNO) seems to have received the update already. Do I need to do something different because it's the international version, or because it's on an MVNO? I'm on the stock firmware.
Flash stock Nougat firmware for the G930F?
Pick a CSC such as XEU or BTU?
*Detection* said:
Flash stock Nougat firmware for the G930F?
Pick a CSC such as XEU or BTU?
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Is that the only way to get it on an MVNO? I was hoping for a low-risk OTA upgrade instead of worrying about flashing the right firmware but can certainly do a manual flash if that's the only way.
martyxng said:
Is that the only way to get it on an MVNO? I was hoping for a low-risk OTA upgrade instead of worrying about flashing the right firmware but can certainly do a manual flash if that's the only way.
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If your carrier has not / will not send out the OTA, then manual flashing is the only way, luckily for you the G930F is the most popular / compatible of the S7s
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I have a 920W8 S6 originally from Bell but unlocked and being used on FIDO. It is currently running 5.1.1 Stock Bell firmware I recieved an update notification for 6.0.1 from bell, however after unlocking the phone and inserting my FIDO simcard the update no longer appears. I downloaded the new 6.0.1 Stock FIDO firmware from sammobile, would flashing this via Odin trip KNOX? Would switching from Bell -> Fido stock FW trip KNOX? I keep reading conflicting advice online about whether or not flashing stock carrier firmware is safe. Also is there any way I can tell for sure if the image I downloaded from sammobile is signed?
Thanks!
No, It won't.
thanks! Also does Odin do any checks if the image is signed or not? If not, is there any way I can be sure it wasn't tampered with?
Use firmware from Sammobile and compare Md5 Sig
No it won't trip knox.
After you install 6.0.1 don't forget to do a factory reset to clear out all the bugs during update. I mean its not necessary but good practice when upgrading firmwares. Data will be erased!
All I see problem and not downloading. Is there any confirmed downloads and installs of Nougat on G930F , like on any continent ?
No there isn't. Bye
rajman said:
No there isn't. Bye
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Amazing ! Bye !
rajman said:
No there isn't. Bye
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russiandivxclub said:
All I see problem and not downloading. Is there any confirmed downloads and installs of Nougat on G930F , like on any continent ?
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What do you mean? British BTU officially updated two days ago and it's available for download, or I'm just not understanding your question? XD
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It downloaded yesterday both of mine and my wife's S7's (UK - SG930F - Unlocked Version)
Yes I also got the BTU OTA 3 days ago. I was having unlock issues, basically requiring me to enter pin most of the time and not accepting fingerpint unlock. Deleted and entered my fingerprints then a factory reset and still the same. Flashed back to australian firmware and the problem went away. Samsung Pay also does not work for US users with BTU firmware but it works fine with australian. So I'm back to waiting and hope when I get the next OTA the unlock issue doesn't happen again. I personally wasn't blown away but I only stayed with it a day. I didn't like the new notification panel...but I'm sure most do.
I have also had problems with my S7 on Nougat BTU. My S7 is a ETL (Checz Unlocked) in Spain. Data connection doesn't seem to work. All works except that (calls, sms, wi-fi). I tried also O2C, also Nougat. I've downgraded to MM ETL and Data connection works fine. I'm now downloading MM BTU, just in case data works in MM. If it does, I will try to upgrade to N.
You are missing point guys. I have regular international unbranded (no carrier) version of SGS7 Model G930F. Question is this.
Is there any confirmed OTA downloads and successful updates without ANY modifications. Download and install just simply by going into download manually or automatic notification about Nougat available just like any other update. I see ODIN, BTU some other crap that I need to do. NO. I want OTA without doing anything. So once again is there any confirmed OTA updates for international version of G930F. Like Right now I have software version: G930FXXU1BPLB/G930FOJV1BPK2/G930FXXU1BPJJ
If you can point of what EXACT version of international unit I have that'll be great because if people receiving updates already I don't understand why I am not.
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I do understand there are different versions of G930F but all I want is OTA to Nougat without doing anything.
Thanks !
russiandivxclub said:
You are missing point guys. I have regular international unbranded (no carrier) version of SGS7 Model G930F. Question is this.
Is there any confirmed OTA downloads and successful updates without ANY modifications. Download and install just simply by going into download manually or automatic notification about Nougat available just like any other update. I see ODIN, BTU some other crap that I need to do. NO. I want OTA without doing anything. So once again is there any confirmed OTA updates for international version of G930F. Like Right now I have software version: G930FXXU1BPLB/G930FOJV1BPK2/G930FXXU1BPJJ
If you can point of what EXACT version of international unit I have that'll be great because if people receiving updates already I don't understand why I am not.
P.S.
I do understand there are different versions of G930F but all I want is OTA to Nougat without doing anything.
Thanks !
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Only country code BTU has OTA update for Nougat, if your G930F is not running a BTU CSC, you have to wait
Or, flash BTU Marshmallow and you'll get the OTA straight away
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Only country code BTU has OTA update for Nougat, if your G930F is not running a BTU CSC, you have to wait
Or, flash BTU Marshmallow and you'll get the OTA straight away
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I've downloaded the btu firmware from sammobile. There are 5 files therein. Do I flash all or just the AP with odin?
auriga1000 said:
I've downloaded the btu firmware from sammobile. There are 5 files therein. Do I flash all or just the AP with odin?
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I flashed all except HOME_CSC
(CSC will reset the phone to factory defaults)
Which is a good thing for a major OS upgrade IMO
Does anyone have a link to BTU_CSC?the CSC in the BTU 7.0 firmware doesn't change my product code
That is my point. BTU is a variant of G930F. How about All of them ? I mean they're not saying some variants are being updated, they're saying G930F and G935F being updated. I wish someone had some understand or some stats of what variants are receiving update.
I have a S7 g930V that I moved over to T-mobile service. It still has the 6.0 Marshmallow since I no longer get the Samsung updates.
Can I flash the G930TUVU4BQH7 which is the t-mobile 7.0 firmware without bricking my phone?
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I have a S7 g930V that I moved over to T-mobile service. It still has the 6.0 Marshmallow since I no longer get the Samsung updates.
Can I flash the G930TUVU4BQH7 which is the t-mobile 7.0 firmware without bricking my phone?
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Not only can you, but it's easily doable - I took my originally-VZW S7 (Snapdragon SoC and all) to the UnCarrier using that method.
1. Put the target S7 into download mode and grab the latest version of Odin. (You will lose your data.) Make sure you have a T-M or compatible nano SIM in the phone or no SIM at all.
2. Flash the latest SM-G930T (as in T-Mobile) firmware according to the directions.
3. The flash SHOULD be successful.
4. Restart the phone - following the new customer steps. (The setup should let you know about VoLTE. Unlike VZW, T-Mobile DOES let their MVNOs -- such as Tracfone - use VoLTE on their network; same applies to wi-fi calling.)
Both SamMobile and UPDATO have up-to-date firmware for T-Mobile S7s; the reason I prefer UPDATO is due to faster (much faster) transfer rates that do NOT require *premium* BS.
I don't see a guide/link on XDA on going specifically to 930T, just 930U. I'm also coming from 930V. Can you please provide the link?
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I don't see a guide/link on XDA on going specifically to 930T, just 930U. I'm also coming from 930V. Can you please provide the link?
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The 930U steps work for 930T; the firmware choice is the only difference. The same steps apply for custom firmware based on stock (such as Project L).
I was wondering if it's possible to enable VoLTE on an SM-G930F running BTU firmware on an AT&T carrier. Is there any way to get things like WiFi Calling and VoLTE on it, or am I just screwed since I'm using the international variant of the phone?
When I first got it brand new from Wal-Mart, it was running TTT firmware (from Trinidad and Tobago for some reason) and showed normal 3G, 4G, and LTE symbols on my status bar. Since I wanted to get the Nougat update early, I flashed BTU which switched the symbols to H, H+, and 4G. Does that have anything to do with it?
Thanks.
You're certain it's a G930F? And from Walmart of all places? Exynos isn't meant to be sold in the US.
If it's a G930F and you have TWRP you can flash the CSC tool in the development section which has the US carriers, and CSC is what enables VoLTE.
If it's a US snapdragon model you could flash the AT&T CSC via Odin without needing TWRP.
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You're certain it's a G930F? And from Walmart of all places? Exynos isn't meant to be sold in the US.
If it's a G930F and you have TWRP you can flash the CSC tool in the development section which has the US carriers, and CSC is what enables VoLTE.
If it's a US snapdragon model you could flash the AT&T CSC via Odin without needing TWRP.
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If OP successfully flashed BTU then it has to be a Exynos G930F, but I agree, most phones sold in the US claiming to be the G930F are modded Snapdragons faked to look like it, but they obviously won't allow a Exynos ROM to be flashed to them, so in this case OP has got a real Exynos
Could be the modem (CP) part of the firmware controlling which carrier services you can receive in your region, not sure I'd recommend flashing a US modem to a UK firmware though, unsure what would happen, although the G930F is pretty straight forward to unbrick as long as you can get back into download mode
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If it's a G930F and you have TWRP you can flash the CSC tool in the development section which has the US carriers, and CSC is what enables VoLTE.
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Where is this CSC tool? I'm not sure what you mean by "development section". I have an Oreo G930F and I'm trying to get VoLTE to work with AT&T.
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Where is this CSC tool? I'm not sure what you mean by "development section". I have an Oreo G930F and I'm trying to get VoLTE to work with AT&T.
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It hasn't been updated with the newer versions of Android so it's not really a thing anymore.
Next best thing is to download the entire firmware package for your carrier from somewhere like updato then flash only the home_CSC file. Although iirc this might now work if mixing and matching models, which is why the CSC flash tool was a thing.
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It hasn't been updated with the newer versions of Android so it's not really a thing anymore.
Next best thing is to download the entire firmware package for your carrier from somewhere like updato then flash only the home_CSC file. Although iirc this might now work if mixing and matching models, which is why the CSC flash tool was a thing.
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The trouble is that the G930F was never officially released on US markets, so I can't find a US firmware. I'd gladly use another market's firmware if I knew it would support AT&T VoLTE and "LTE only" mode, but I have no idea how to figure that out!
So it turns out that I have the Canadian SM-G930W8 (as shown on the download mode screen), not the G930F (as shown everywhere else). Identical hardware, but I can only flash Canadian firmware.
I have flashed both the ATT and USC firmwares for the SM-N970U1 but still no wifi calling option. At this point I don't know if I've actually flashed the ATT firmware or not. Odin says Pass. Under the Service Provider SW ver. it makes mention of ATT/ATT/XAA but I'm not sure if that means the phone is on the ATT network or if that's firmware info. How do I tell what firmware I've actually flashed?
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I have flashed both the ATT and USC firmwares for the SM-N970U1 but still no wifi calling option. At this point I don't know if I've actually flashed the ATT firmware or not. Odin says Pass. Under the Service Provider SW ver. it makes mention of ATT/ATT/XAA but I'm not sure if that means the phone is on the ATT network or if that's firmware info. How do I tell what firmware I've actually flashed?
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There is already a thread on this and one of the members was nice enough to post exactly what firmware to flash.
I suggest looking for that thread its exactly what you need
That thread is for the Note 10 plus. I'm asking about the Note 10. That's where I got the idea to flash the USC version from but like I said, didn't work.
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That thread is for the Note 10 plus. I'm asking about the Note 10. That's where I got the idea to flash the USC version from but like I said, didn't work.
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Bummer, figured the thread would give you enough guidance to get it done on the smaller one.
Of course samsung has to make it difficult lol
I used the home_csc file instead of the csc. That should not have been an issue. I assume I'm still on the unlocked firmware but I have no clue. I don't see any AT&T bloatware or Logo. I downloaded the firmwares from the sammobile site. Even downloaded from the samfirm app just in case. So I flashed 3 times. No difference.
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I used the home_csc file instead of the csc. That should not have been an issue. I assume I'm still on the unlocked firmware but I have no clue. I don't see any AT&T bloatware or Logo. I downloaded the firmwares from the sammobile site. Even downloaded from the samfirm app just in case. So I flashed 3 times. No difference.
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What did you type into the SamFirm when you searched for firmware for your AT&T?
SM-N970U1 and ATT
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SM-N970U1 and ATT
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Maybe ATT doesn't put their firmware online as I tried searching and couldn't find on SamFirm. I am on T-Mobile and we have 2 different firmware versions.
If I type in SamFirm the following:
1) SM-N970U1 and region: TMB - I will get pretty much same unlocked firmware that I had on the phone, nothing will pretty much change after flashing this firmware.
2) SM-N970U and region: TMB - I will get T-Mobile firmware that is on their branded devices and all features.
Ask the OP in the below thread for latest ATT firmware file(userdata). If you recently flashed firmware, but the firmware in the thread is a bit older, you may not be able to flash until newer version is released.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-10/how-to/n970u-n970u1-firmware-links-t3957705
So should I search for SM-N970U and ATT instead?
I did also do an ota update when I first got my phone so I have the August security update. Not sure if that's an issue since I have newer update?
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So should I search for SM-N970U and ATT instead?
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Normally that is correct, but it doesn't look like ATT is putting their firmware up on server as other carriers do.
Go to the link I provided of that thread. Click on the first link that says U firmware. Then look a bit down where is says: SGO - 1 - 9.0. After this link opens, you will see first 2 files: N970U_SGO_1.zip and USERDATA_ATT... You can try to download these files, extract to a folder and flash including the userdata file. If it fails, then you may need to wait until this person provides new firmware and you will need to download the firmware and that userdata_att
Yeah At&t is horrible about posting firmware. I usually just use USC firmware and once installed it will provision to At&t based on sim and you will get all At&t carrier options such as Volte..wificalling..advanced messaging.
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Thanks yeah that's what I'm about to do. My mistake was downloading from the U1 section instead of U. So confusing. Why even have any carrier firmwares under the U1 section?
Flashed the U / USC firmware and got AT&T firmware.
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Flashed the U / USC firmware and got AT&T firmware.
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Are you on the July security patch? I just did this process with the ATT firmware and it says up to date with July security patch. On the U1 unlocked firmware, I was on August already. I just wanted to be sure I didnt mess up something and it wont update properly.
I am on the August security update. That was part of the USC firmware. I didn't do an ota update after flashing so at this point I don't know if ota updates will work for me.
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I am on the August security update. That was part of the USC firmware. I didn't do an ota update after flashing so at this point I don't know if ota updates will work for me.
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Did you download your files from here https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=297974 ? Thats here I got mine and its for the SGO firmware on Note 10. Im thinking something went wrong now becasue mine wont update OTA and smart switch says im up to date when there is another firmware for ATT out - ASH4 version.
I got it from samfirm which is the ash4 version.
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I got it from samfirm which is the ash4 version.
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Thanks. What did you put for Model# and region? I input SM-N970U and USA(AWS) and nothing pops up. Using samfirm 0.4.0
Use USC for region