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I have an at&t note edge. Running stock kitkat 4.4.4. I see the at&t note 4 has been getting the lollipop update. But nothing for the note edge. I read that the note edge might not get the update. Ive been waiting for a long time now. If I want to put lollipop on my phone myself what should or could I do? Can I root the phone then maybe flash a rom on to it?
Due to the Bootloader been locked by AT&T I don't see a root coming any time soon for our Note Edge.
I'm still loving the edge as is, but if it was rootable, I'd love it even more.
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I have an at&t note edge. Running stock kitkat 4.4.4. I see the at&t note 4 has been getting the lollipop update. But nothing for the note edge. I read that the note edge might not get the update. Ive been waiting for a long time now. If I want to put lollipop on my phone myself what should or could I do? Can I root the phone then maybe flash a rom on to it?
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Just out of curiosity, where did you read that? I find it hard to believe that even AT&T being themselves wouldn't push an almost completed update to such an expensive flagship....
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Just out of curiosity, where did you read that? I find it hard to believe that even AT&T being themselves wouldn't push an almost completed update to such an expensive flagship....
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Right !! I'm on Verizon and my wife just got the update yesterday on her note 4 and I've pushed the system update button every hour or so since then with no update for my Note edge at all hummmm!!
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Just out of curiosity, where did you read that? I find it hard to believe that even AT&T being themselves wouldn't push an almost completed update to such an expensive flagship....
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I read it over on some of at&ts online forums. I have also been checking every day to see if there is an update on my phone. Its a little weird the note 4 is getting updates but nothing for the edge.
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I read it over on some of at&ts online forums. I have also been checking every day to see if there is an update on my phone. Its a little weird the note 4 is getting updates but nothing for the edge.
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The reason I find it unlikely, from a development standpoint, is because they are virtually the exact same hardware the only major difference being the edge screen, obviously, which would just require a bit of tweaking of the edge screen apps which is already done by Samsung...
Let's also remember the edge came out a month later give at&t time and they will push out lollipop for the edge.
Guess what? I just checked again today for an update. Says it's ready to download! I'll have to go find a WiFi hot spot.
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Guess what? I just checked again today for an update. Says it's ready to download! I'll have to go find a WiFi hot spot.
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Woohooo! Awesome! Mine is downloading now.
Mine is downloading very slow download though.
I was gonna make a new thread but I might as well just reply here. I just bought a new unlocked Note Edge but I'm still stuck on 4.4.4. It keeps saying that my phone is up to date even though that's clearly not true. Shouldn't an unlocked phone get it before all the carrier versions? Not to mention, I am in Australia which from what I read should've been the first place to get the update. Any thoughts?
Being in Australia I'd say you should have. I unlocked my phone a few days ago on kitkat 4.4.4. Then today updated to the new lollipop. The update came out yesterday here from at&t. I'm on AT&T in the usa. I have been testing t mobile with it. But so far not impressed with the service area range of t mobile. Maybe it's your service provider?
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Maybe it's your service provider?
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Yeah could be but as I mentioned, I bought an unlocked Note Edge and I'm just using a pre-paid SIM card right now so I'm not tied to any carriers. I was always under the impression that unlocked phones don't need to wait for carriers to release updates?
I have never heard of an unlocked phone getting updated before a locked phone on the same network. From what little I know, it being unlocked just allows you to use your phone on other carriers/networks.
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I have never heard of an unlocked phone getting updated before a locked phone on the same network. From what little I know, it being unlocked just allows you to use your phone on other carriers/networks.
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So you mean if I put a SIM card in now from a carrier that has already pushed the update out then I should be able to update it? I guess I always thought that unlocked phones would get the update through the phone manufacturer (so in this case, Samsung) instead of waiting for the carrier's approval.
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So you mean if I put a SIM card in now from a carrier that has already pushed the update out then I should be able to update it? I guess I always thought that unlocked phones would get the update through the phone manufacturer (so in this case, Samsung) instead of waiting for the carrier's approval.
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If your phone isn't branded just go to sammobile.com and download the lollipop update for your phone version.
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If your phone isn't branded just go to sammobile.com and download the lollipop update for your phone version.
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Thanks a lot for the info! Well I just went there and downloaded Kies3 (I'm totally new to Samsung) but it doesn't seem to think that my phone needs to be updated (there's no notifications under Firmware information). My current firmware version is N915GXXU1ANK4. The closest model number I could find was the GALAXY Note Edge (SM-N915G) and the newest firmware for my country/carrier (Australia, no carrier) is the 5.0.1 released on 17.02.2015. Could you please take a look and see if that is in indeed the one I need to download without fear of bricking my phone? Thanks a lot!
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Thanks a lot for the info! Well I just went there and downloaded Kies3 (I'm totally new to Samsung) but it doesn't seem to think that my phone needs to be updated (there's no notifications under Firmware information). My current firmware version is N915GXXU1ANK4. The closest model number I could find was the GALAXY Note Edge (SM-N915G) and the newest firmware for my country/carrier (Australia, no carrier) is the 5.0.1 released on 17.02.2015. Could you please take a look and see if that is in indeed the one I need to download without fear of bricking my phone? Thanks a lot!
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What is your phone model number mine is n915a?
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What is your phone model number mine is n915a?
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Oops, yeah I guess I should've just checked that instead of trying to figure it out from my current firmware :silly: My model number is SM-N915G so I guess I'm on the right track. Is there a way to determine for sure which country my phone belongs to? I bought it at a standard brick and mortar shop here so I'm 99% certain it's an Australian phone, but just in case?
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Oops, yeah I guess I should've just checked that instead of trying to figure it out from my current firmware :silly: My model number is SM-N915G so I guess I'm on the right track. Is there a way to determine for sure which country my phone belongs to? I bought it at a standard brick and mortar shop here so I'm 99% certain it's an Australian phone, but just in case?
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It should be Australian most firmware on Sam mobile tell you what country the firmware is from. Some have multi csc so it can be used in another country, if it has multi csc just get glue service providers apn and enter it for internet to work properly.
Here's a brief history...
Bought a used, 'unlocked' AT&T branded S6 from a local store. Worked fine with my T-Mobile service.
(Note: Phone boots AT&T, has AT&T bloatware, reports itself as an SM-G920A.)
Fast forward one year...
Wife wants an new phone, I buy her one. I go to sell the S6 on Swappa, and they tell me that the IMEI is wrong. Can't list it in as an AT&T, as the IMEI is for T-Mobile.
WHAT??!
So I do what I should have done from day one...I compared the IMEI from the system to the one printed on the back. They don't match. While the one in the system is clean, the one on the back is blacklisted.
Ok, so there's a new mainboard inside. And if the IMEI is T-Mobile, that means it's a T-Mobile board...right? Because you can't flash AT&T roms on T-Mobile phones and have them still functional...right? Oh, I should also note that the info in download mode also says SM-G920A, and official, and Knox is 0x, etc. ect. Everything I see says this is an AT&T board EXCEPT the IMEI!
I still plan on selling the phone, but I refuse to do so dishonestly. I need to know what exactly is going on so I can give full disclosure.
Any ideas as to what's happened here, or how I can discover what's what?
(I should have been a little more suspicious when the store's television was playing Tomorrowland while it was STILL IN THE THEATER.)
Another thought...is it possible the guy flashed the IMEI, instead of replacing the board?
One more thing I should note, don't know if it's important. The way he 'unlocked' it was using PingPong root and some other patch I don't know of.
When I decided to sell the phone, I used ODIN to flash factory fresh 5.1.1, AT&T version. No hiccups or problems, went smoothly.
Ugh, so confused!
I figured it out. Went to an AT&T store, the put a sim in and it worked without a problem. More than likely the store I bought it from used a factory unlocked T-Mobile board in it. I'm guessing you can flash whatever you want to these, carrier-wise?
No matter. I've listed it. If it sells, great. If not, might be time to upgrade from my Note 3!
I bought a LG g3 32gb refurbished at t model. And this phone has clone imei. They put some other phone imei number to my phone. Seller said to me if you upgrade this phone you are going to loose your imei number and your phone may not work after all. But is there any other way? Because I don't want to use this phone with Android 4.4.2 some apps didn't work on this version. And seller also said some customer upgrade it and phone screen stop working. How can I upgrade it without any issues? Thank you.
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I bought a LG g3 32gb refurbished at t model. And this phone has clone imei. They put some other phone imei number to my phone. Seller said to me if you upgrade this phone you are going to loose your imei number and your phone may not work after all. But is there any other way? Because I don't want to use this phone with Android 4.4.2 some apps didn't work on this version. And seller also said some customer upgrade it and phone screen stop working. How can I upgrade it without any issues? Thank you.
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I would return it as it's been tamperered with. It's probably not even a D850 AT&T model. It could be a Sprint model for all you know. And yes updating or flashing firmware will destroy anything that was changed rendering the device either useless or dead
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Sir I am sure it's original. I compared another g3 and and also checked antutu results. But I am afraid if I upgraded it my imei will be erased. That's my main concern. Thank you.
Help anyone?
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Sir I am sure it's original. I compared another g3 and and also checked antutu results. But I am afraid if I upgraded it my imei will be erased. That's my main concern. Thank you.
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You cannot know the actual model of a device UNTIL you've taken the phone apart and looked at the motherboard. Antutu can only read what the software tells it. But yes as I stated if you upgrade it / flash a firmware it will erase any modifications that where made. As well as since you said the seller said they lost touch screen access that also tells me it's not a AT&T model. That happens when flashing a incorrect model firmware.
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I only know it's not a replica. My brother has the same phone and he bought from LG store. They are exactly the same. Screen quality speed camera vs even mine is faster because it has 3gb ram instead of 2 but being stuck on Android 4 is really bugging me. But I guess I can't update it. But is there any way to open an apps that needs Android 6 on my phone which is android 4?
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I only know it's not a replica. My brother has the same phone and he bought from LG store. They are exactly the same. Screen quality speed camera vs even mine is faster because it has 3gb ram instead of 2 but being stuck on Android 4 is really bugging me. But I guess I can't update it. But is there any way to open an apps that needs Android 6 on my phone which is android 4?
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I'm NOT saying it's a replica, I'm saying it's most likely a DIFFERENT model. This is extremely common and the user won't know till they update or flash an firmware and they found out there D855 or D850 is actually an LS990 Sprint model rigged to work with GSM. There's more than one model of the G3. Only differences being modem, carrier stuff etc.
Sadly you cannot run software meant for newer versions of android on KitKat. I'd honestly return the device.
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I bought this device half the price so it would make sense to return it. Antutu says it's a d850 but I don't know for sure. What happens if I just updated it like a regular g3 if it's broken can I bring It back? Thank you by the way for all your infos.
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I bought this device half the price so it would make sense to return it. Antutu says it's a d850 but I don't know for sure. What happens if I just updated it like a regular g3 if it's broken can I bring It back? Thank you by the way for all your infos.
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How much was half price if you don't mind me asking? The G3s are already pretty cheap. Yeah Antutu will say whatever the software installed is. I can change the build prop and make it think it's a Samsung device it's simple to do. If you updated it you'll loose whatever IMEI modifications where made which also tampering with which is illegal you wouldn't be able to bring that back.
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In Turkey lg g3 is 1200 turkish liras. Minimum payment is 1300 turkish Lira by the way. I bought this phone for 530 turkish liras. So I am gonna use it anyway but updating it would be really nice
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In Turkey lg g3 is 1200 turkish liras. Minimum payment is 1300 turkish Lira by the way. I bought this phone for 530 turkish liras. So I am gonna use it anyway but updating it would be really nice
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Ahh okay. Ouch things are a little pricey out that way. That's around $148 American. The G3 normally goes around $100-$150 and $150 being mint condition.
Not sure why the seller was selling it with a fixed imei. If it's bad or blacklisted that only applies if your using the phone in America having a bad IMEI wouldn't affect you outside America for that phone.
I'm going to guess it's most likely a Sprint model. But only true way is to look at the motherboard of the device.
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Turkey government demands 200 turkish liras on every phone exchange for imei. And without imei you can't use the phone as you know. That's why people start to made their old phone's imei to their new phone. Anyway thank you again I am going to use this phone with kit Kat.
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I bought a LG g3 32gb refurbished at t model. And this phone has clone imei. They put some other phone imei number to my phone. Seller said to me if you upgrade this phone you are going to loose your imei number and your phone may not work after all. But is there any other way? Because I don't want to use this phone with Android 4.4.2 some apps didn't work on this version. And seller also said some customer upgrade it and phone screen stop working. How can I upgrade it without any issues? Thank you.
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Since the IMEI is the digital serial number of the device - I'd be pretty suspicious of the transaction. That's like buying a used car and the seller is telling you that they filed off the original serial number and put a new one on the car... Sounds like an illegal scam.
Sir I have a different problem now. My phone is shutting of instantly. And won't open when I press the power button. I am removing the battery and putting back than it start working. And few minutes later it's doing it again. But some days it doesnt do it at all. For example yesterday it did it 6 times but today it didn't happened yet. What can I do? Is that a hardware issue? Is there anyone who had this problem?
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Sir I have a different problem now. My phone is shutting of instantly. And won't open when I press the power button. I am removing the battery and putting back than it start working. And few minutes later it's doing it again. But some days it doesnt do it at all. For example yesterday it did it 6 times but today it didn't happened yet. What can I do? Is that a hardware issue? Is there anyone who had this problem?
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Sounds like battery issue. But can also be hardware failure.
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I bought an S8+ 955FD which seems to be genuine but when I contacted AT&T to get assistance with slow LTE speeds (I contacted them 2 months ago for the same reason when I was using an AT&T branded phone). Of course they ask for the IMEI to verify whether it's an LTE phone and is supported. When I gave them the IMEI they said it wasn't even coming up as a Samsung phone let alone LTE. It's listed as an unknown phone with 2G capabilities. I checked the IMEI on http://www.imei.info/ and it shows that it's a S8+ and everything checks out on that site as it does on my Samsung box.
My sister has an S8 too 955F and when AT&T checks hers, it comes up as a Samsung S8+.
I don't know if my having rooted the phone has anything to do with it (I'm guessing not because rooting doesn't change the IMEI) but could this be a fake? Should I return it?
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I bought an S8+ 955FD which seems to be genuine but when I contacted AT&T to get assistance with slow LTE speeds (I contacted them 2 months ago for the same reason when I was using an AT&T branded phone). Of course they ask for the IMEI to verify whether it's an LTE phone and is supported. When I gave them the IMEI they said it wasn't even coming up as a Samsung phone let alone LTE. It's listed as an unknown phone with 2G capabilities. I checked the IMEI on http://www.imei.info/ and it shows that it's a S8+ and everything checks out on that site as it does on my Samsung box.
My sister has an S8 too 955F and when AT&T checks hers, it comes up as a Samsung S8+.
I don't know if my having rooted the phone has anything to do with it (I'm guessing not because rooting doesn't change the IMEI) but could this be a fake? Should I return it?
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Very well could be. Where did you buy it? Take a look at this thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/help/s8-software-installation-problems-t3639259
If it has a mediatek processor and not a snapdragon or exynos it's definitely a fake.
AT&T does not have anything in their databases about international phones like the F model. When you call them and give them an IMEI of an S8 F model, they will not know anything about it, and their systems won't know what features it is capable of supporting. Ton get Volte working, you will have to flash the ATT CSC https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/samsung-galaxy-s8--s8-cross-device-development/utility-flashable-csc-selection-v1-1-0-t3636739 and keep calling them until you get a 2nd level tech support guy that is willing to go into the guts of their systems and place an IMEI of another ATT phone that has similar features. If you have another similar phone on your ATT account, they can use that IEMI to have their system figure out what features it supports. I believe they used a S7 that I used to have and that got Volte working - for a while anyway.
I have an unlocked S8+ phone Model G955U1 and was with AT&T. In the process of trying to get wifi calling (BTW, they don't provide this feature for unlocked phones, so I dumped them and went with T-Mobile), I asked them to verify the IMEI, they could not find it. Their IMEI data base lists only the phones they sell but not the factory unlocked ones or phones you buy somewhere else. I wouldn't count on AT&T and as ggrant3876 mentioned above, check your processor's make.
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AT&T does not have anything in their databases about international phones like the F model. When you call them and give them an IMEI of an S8 F model, they will not know anything about it, and their systems won't know what features it is capable of supporting. Ton get Volte working, you will have to flash the ATT CSC https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/samsung-galaxy-s8--s8-cross-device-development/utility-flashable-csc-selection-v1-1-0-t3636739 and keep calling them until you get a 2nd level tech support guy that is willing to go into the guts of their systems and place an IMEI of another ATT phone that has similar features. If you have another similar phone on your ATT account, they can use that IEMI to have their system figure out what features it supports. I believe they used a S7 that I used to have and that got Volte working - for a while anyway.
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Thanks for replying. Funny, I never got notifications that anyone had replied.
Actually someone did add an IMEI for another similar AT&T phone.
Nothing about the phone seems fake, but when I gave them my sister's IMEI for a 955F they said it immediately came up in their system while my 955FD did not.
I'll review that thread to see if my phone would be negatively affected by the ATT CSC.
BTW, what happened to your voLTE that made it stop working?
Gratitudes!!
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Very well could be. Where did you buy it? Take a look at this thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/help/s8-software-installation-problems-t3639259
If it has a mediatek processor and not a snapdragon or exynos it's definitely a fake.
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None of these are applicable *whew*
The seed of doubt was planted when an AT&T rep told me it may be a fake even though I had not previously considered it.
Thanks for the link!!
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I have an unlocked S8+ phone Model G955U1 and was with AT&T. In the process of trying to get wifi calling (BTW, they don't provide this feature for unlocked phones, so I dumped them and went with T-Mobile), I asked them to verify the IMEI, they could not find it. Their IMEI data base lists only the phones they sell but not the factory unlocked ones or phones you buy somewhere else. I wouldn't count on AT&T and as ggrant3876 mentioned above, check your processor's make.
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I feel better now, thanks! It shows Exynos 8895 and everything else seemed legit as well. I don't know why I listen to AT&T reps....
I never really liked the Wi-fi calling on my AT&T V20 and even without it, the voice clarity is wonderful.
one way to check is root , real us versions cant be rooted as its a snapdragon , so far our friends in china cant fake an s8 , just by looking at the screen will give it away , but before the years out iam sure they will have a better clone that could fool anyone.international models are always better also faster than the us versions as nd no crap ware from the carriers .
That lack of band 30 could be the issue regarding the slow LTE speeds
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I bought an S8+ 955FD which seems to be genuine but when I contacted AT&T to get assistance with slow LTE speeds (I contacted them 2 months ago for the same reason when I was using an AT&T branded phone). Of course they ask for the IMEI to verify whether it's an LTE phone and is supported. When I gave them the IMEI they said it wasn't even coming up as a Samsung phone let alone LTE. It's listed as an unknown phone with 2G capabilities. I checked the IMEI on http://www.imei.info/ and it shows that it's a S8+ and everything checks out on that site as it does on my Samsung box.
My sister has an S8 too 955F and when AT&T checks hers, it comes up as a Samsung S8+.
I don't know if my having rooted the phone has anything to do with it (I'm guessing not because rooting doesn't change the IMEI) but could this be a fake? Should I return it?
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not a fake dont worry and no rooting will have nothing to do with it, also you would easily be able to tell if you compared it to your sisters s8! the current s8+ fakes are the same size as the S8 theres nothing + about them haha, they may fool someone who has never handled an s8 or seen one irl but you would 100 percent be able to tell its a fake having handled a real one regardless if its the plus or not
Very easier to know is real or not, if Odin can't detect then it is fake. Fake one impossible can install Samsung own firmware.
I know my s8+ is a fake. I just need to know how to change imei number so I can use my phone. It came from China. He said it's supported by TMobile and at&t. I want to go with TMobile if possible. He sent me the pattern to call and change it,but I don't know what numbers to replace it with.
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I know my s8+ is a fake. I just need to know how to change imei number so I can use my phone. It came from China. He said it's supported by TMobile and at&t. I want to go with TMobile if possible. He sent me the pattern to call and change it,but I don't know what numbers to replace it with.
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Changing imei numbers is illeagal in most contries. and You will find no help on XDA for such tasks
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I'm new to XDA and not very expert at Android. I used to use a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 with T-Mobile as the carrier. I recently bought a used AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, and have succeeded so far in getting it unlocked so it recognizes my SIM card. So my phone is up and running. However, it is still an AT&T phone. I don't know all of the ways it is undesirable to use an AT&T phone on the T-Mobile network. I do know that updating software is problematic. I want to make this phone into a T-Mobile phone, so that when software updates are available it asks me if I want to install them and so on.
Now I'm getting into unfamiliar territory. I believe my CSC is G935AUCU1APB4. (This is called my 'baseband version' in the settings menu.) From 'PB4' I get that this firmware is from February 2016, version 4. My model is G935-A and what's in between tells me something about my country and original Android version, maybe. So when I go looking for a late version of T-Mobile's firmware for my phone, would it still start with G935A, or would it perhaps look like G935T (for T-mobile)? Or perhaps G935U (for unlocked?) Anyway, my first big question is what firmware package should I look for and how do I know that is the right one?
After that, well, I have never manually flashed firmware into a phone. I see references to Odin and SmartSwitch and sammobile. Well, shoot. I figure I can learn any of these packages. Which should I use and why?
That's enough for now, thanks for reading!
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I'm new to XDA and not very expert at Android. I used to use a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 with T-Mobile as the carrier. I recently bought a used AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, and have succeeded so far in getting it unlocked so it recognizes my SIM card. So my phone is up and running. However, it is still an AT&T phone. I don't know all of the ways it is undesirable to use an AT&T phone on the T-Mobile network. I do know that updating software is problematic. I want to make this phone into a T-Mobile phone, so that when software updates are available it asks me if I want to install them and so on.
Now I'm getting into unfamiliar territory. I believe my CSC is G935AUCU1APB4. (This is called my 'baseband version' in the settings menu.) From 'PB4' I get that this firmware is from February 2016, version 4. My model is G935-A and what's in between tells me something about my country and original Android version, maybe. So when I go looking for a late version of T-Mobile's firmware for my phone, would it still start with G935A, or would it perhaps look like G935T (for T-mobile)? Or perhaps G935U (for unlocked?) Anyway, my first big question is what firmware package should I look for and how do I know that is the right one?
After that, well, I have never manually flashed firmware into a phone. I see references to Odin and SmartSwitch and sammobile. Well, shoot. I figure I can learn any of these packages. Which should I use and why?
That's enough for now, thanks for reading!
metalmagpie
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OK, I have learned a ton in the last couple of days. Bottom line is the easiest way to update OS on an AT&T Samsung is to take it to Best Buy and ask the person at the Samsung counter to do it. I see no reason to believe that it is possible in software to make an AT&T phone look like a T-Mobile phone. And as far as flashing with Odin? What a totally buggy tool! I was NEVER able to make it get past "analyzing files" or maybe "file analysis". When you get down to switching cords from one USB port to another I figure you might just as well change your socks. Finally, there is a TON of crap advice out on the Web.
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