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[Q] Is SamMobile safe? (newbie quesion)

Hello
I was wondering if the Roms available on SamMobile were really safe and clean? Given they're not working FOR Samsung, where do they get those?
I'm wondering because I noticed there was a link that came with my phone originally that wasn't there when I restored a ROM I took from SamMobile.
Thank you!

Prosis said:
Hello
I was wondering if the Roms available on SamMobile were really safe and clean? Given they're not working FOR Samsung, where do they get those?
I'm wondering because I noticed there was a link that came with my phone originally that wasn't there when I restored a ROM I took from SamMobile.
Thank you!
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I flashed many devices with odin and firmware downloaded from SamMobile.com and i never had any problems with it. The provided firmwares are not modified and seem to be 100% official versions.

No need to worry about sammobile as it is safe and clean.
It is all in one resource for Samsung stock roms. I used so many roms for different models from there and never faced any issues.
Can you please describe which link you got additional ??

vipsy6 said:
No need to worry about sammobile as it is safe and clean.
It is all in one resource for Samsung stock roms. I used so many roms for different models from there and never faced any issues.
Can you please describe which link you got additional ??
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Nothing important really but there was a link to my carrier's mobile site and SamMobile listed the ROM with the name of my carrier. So I thought it had been modified. But maybe it's just because it's the same version as the one my carrier offers but doesn't come FROM my carrier?

Prosis said:
Hello
I was wondering if the Roms available on SamMobile were really safe and clean? Given they're not working FOR Samsung, where do they get those?
I'm wondering because I noticed there was a link that came with my phone originally that wasn't there when I restored a ROM I took from SamMobile.
Thank you!
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I think that sammobile is a official site...
I unbricked allot devices with their firmwares!!

Newyork! said:
I think that sammobile is a official site...
I unbricked allot devices with their firmwares!!
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No it's not official, I read somewhere they were named Samsung Firmware before they had to change to Sam Firmware at Samsung's request (before they were named SamMobile). I can't find where I read this though.

Prosis said:
No it's not official, I read somewhere they were named Samsung Firmware before they had to change to Sam Firmware at Samsung's request (before they were named SamMobile). I can't find where I read this though.
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You're probably right, but one thing you can be sure that sammobile is a safe site....

Alright thanks everyone!

Not official, but safe. They make their money by subscription services for "premium" download privileges. Maybe ads too, but I use adblock, so I wouldn't see them.

Yes me too. But I do wonder where they get all those ROM since Samsung doesn't give the out.

Prosis said:
Yes me too. But I do wonder where they get all those ROM since Samsung doesn't give the out.
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Most of the Stock ROM's they get from SamsungKies.
I read a interview with them a long time ago, Young ppl who make a difference!

Yes its safe,, true official firmware from samsung

Glad to see this I was wondering the same
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Sammobile updates Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 LTE
Hello,
Next newbie here
Could somebody senior please help me? I am wondering about official updates from Samsung for ROMs downloaded from sammobile, are they possible?
I've just installed Kitkat 4.4.2 on my beloved Note 3 after few days of using Darkera's Note 7 ROM when I'm tapping on "Update" in "Software Update" menu I get "Processing failed" message. Overall phone's responsiveness isn't that great, that's why I wanted to see if update is available.
Will appreciate any answers

eevona said:
Hello,
Next newbie here
Could somebody senior please help me? I am wondering about official updates from Samsung for ROMs downloaded from sammobile, are they possible?
I've just installed Kitkat 4.4.2 on my beloved Note 3 after few days of using Darkera's Note 7 ROM when I'm tapping on "Update" in "Software Update" menu I get "Processing failed" message. Overall phone's responsiveness isn't that great, that's why I wanted to see if update is available.
Will appreciate any answers
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You can't do stock updates on rooted devices with custom ROMs and custom recovery.
You have to remove root, you also need to have an UNMODIFIED system partition and you need stock recovery.
If you're using a custom ROM(your note 7 ROM is a ported stock custom ROM) then that means you are rooted and probably have custom recovery which means you need to remove root and undo any system modifications that were done in the custom ROM(including any special themes and Xposed) then flash stock recovery instead of custom recovery.
Then you might be able to do the updates but the system will be looking for your device to have straight stock with no modification, if there is any modification left behind then the update won't work.
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Droidriven said:
You can't do stock updates on rooted devices with custom ROMs and custom recovery.
You have to remove root, you also need to have an UNMODIFIED system partition and you need stock recovery.
If you're using a custom ROM(your note 7 ROM is a ported stock custom ROM) then that means you are rooted and probably have custom recovery which means you need to remove root and undo any system modifications that were done in the custom ROM(including any special themes and Xposed) then flash stock recovery instead of custom recovery.
Then you might be able to do the updates but the system will be looking for your device to have straight stock with no modification, if there is any modification left behind then the update won't work.
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Hi!
Thank you for your message.
Here is the list of things I did to my poor note 3 :
- rooted
- installed Darkera's note 7 rom, custom recovery and kernel downloaded also from Darkera
- unrooted with supersu
- using Odin3 I installed kitkat 4.4.2 which I downloaded from sammobile (I was told this process gonna whipe away everything - custom rom, custom recovery and kernel)
- downloaded supersu to make sure root is gone
Because of sammobile's server maintenance happening this weekend I used kitkat file I downloaded from sammobile quite some time ago (N9005XXUEND3_N9005XEOEND2_XEO for Poland) and during flashing everything went ok. But now when I go to 'settings' and 'about device' imei, modem version, baseband version are unknown and when I try to hit 'update' I get "processing failed' message. Oh, and I'm also experiencing random reboots. I'm not sure if all this is a normal thing or perhaps I did something wrong.
I hope I didn't bore you to sleep

[Q] Noob question roms

I just want to get this straight before I do anything rash. In order to install a custom rom ie MOAR on my sm-900p if the rom says 5.0.2 does my android version have to be the same or can it be 5.0 and still work without bricking? Along these same lines, is it possible to downgrade to 4.4.4 via the stock room and will there be any issues? I have also read about leaked stuff like I am running 5.0 and if I wanted to somehow get a leaked 5.0.2 rom how does this work?
Thanks in advance.

jvenz76 said:
I just want to get this straight before I do anything rash. In order to install a custom rom ie MOAR on my sm-900p if the rom says 5.0.2 does my android version have to be the same or can it be 5.0 and still work without bricking? Along these same lines, is it possible to downgrade to 4.4.4 via the stock room and will there be any issues? I have also read about leaked stuff like I am running 5.0 and if I wanted to somehow get a leaked 5.0.2 rom how does this work?
Thanks in advance.
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If you want to install MOAR, check the MOAR FAQ and it should answer all you questions. Post#2 is a step by step on installing. Recommend you stay away from leaked versions until you're more comfortable about how to get out of a problem. MOAR 6.0 is based on the official Lollipop release. If you have any MOAR questions after you've read the instructions, feel free to post on that thread.

Ramer said:
If you want to install MOAR, check the MOAR FAQ and it should answer all you questions. Post#2 is a step by step on installing. Recommend you stay away from leaked versions until you're more comfortable about how to get out of a problem. MOAR 6.0 is based on the official Lollipop release. If you have any MOAR questions after you've read the instructions, feel free to post on that thread.
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Ty for the response, but, I already realize that there is a rom for 5.0 it was just an example. I really wanted to know about the android versions and if they have to be the same ie can I flash a rom that is for 5.0.2 even though my android version is 5.0?

jvenz76 said:
Ty for the response, but, I already realize that there is a rom for 5.0 it was just an example. I really wanted to know about the android versions and if they have to be the same ie can I flash a rom that is for 5.0.2 even though my android version is 5.0?
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Yes you can. You can also go back to 4.4.x but it requires flashing firmware back for Kitkat.

Ramer said:
Yes you can. You can also go back to 4.4.x but it requires flashing firmware back for Kitkat.
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Is there a link to describe this process?

jvenz76 said:
Is there a link to describe this process?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...irmwareonlyodinflashabl-imagesfor4-4-t2958614

T-Mobile Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 (Switched from AT&T) - Stuck on 4.2.2

How can I update my firmware ?
I tried doing it on the phone but there is a error .
I'm willing to try to root it if I have to but I'm looking for the easiest way .
I downloaded Kies, and it says my phone is on the latest firmware 4.2.2.
Help, I want to go pokemon !

Download one from sammobile.com and use to flash it.

GDReaper said:
Download one from sammobile.com and use to flash it.
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I just looked it up, they don't have anything past 4.2.2 for my model .

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2263533

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2263533
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Only goes up to 4.2.2, existence is pain
Is there anyway to go up to at least 4.3 or 4.4 ?

This is the international S4 forum, so information and support for your S4 will be limited here. Read through the threads in the AT&T S4 forums, which you can access from the thread I linked to. There should be a thread there with the Android version you seek.

Maikkywin said:
Only goes up to 4.2.2, existence is pain
Is there anyway to go up to at least 4.3 or 4.4 ?
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If you ever plan on using custom ROMs on it, then don't update.
Updating may make it impossible for you to root or flash anything other than Samsung firmwares on it.
You can try custom ROMs. Pokémon Go works fine on them too.

S4 jflteatt on the SlimRoms.org page but no ROM to download. Where to get?

Using Slim Rom 3.0.64 Slim_Kat on my GT 5110 Note 8 and no plans to change. Great ROM even tho its old as is the tablet.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 AT&T rooted and want to put Slim Kat on this. It is identified on Slimroms.org , jflteatt on the download page but there is no download ROM for this phone on the page. Any clue about where to get this?
TIA
Expat

expat42451 said:
Using Slim Rom 3.0.64 Slim_Kat on my GT 5110 Note 8 and no plans to change. Great ROM even tho its old as is the tablet.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 AT&T rooted and want to put Slim Kat on this. It is identified on Slimroms.org , jflteatt on the download page but there is no download ROM for this phone on the page. Any clue about where to get this?
TIA
Expat
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It should be up now. I missed an overlay so the 1st week's build failed. I fixed it for the next weekly.
It is not SlimKat however, it is Slim6 (Marshmallow, not KitKat)

javelinaddart
Many thanks for this! I ve had the S4 for a while and although its rooted and running Android 5.0.1 (kernel 3.4.0) battery life sucks. Understand about it being Slim6 rather than Slimkat. Hoping that it will be a good daily driver with better battery life and a way to get rid of all of the Knox and Google garbage.
Again many thinks for the posting. On installation simply use recovery to flash it?
Regards

expat42451 said:
javelinaddart
Many thanks for this! I ve had the S4 for a while and although its rooted and running Android 5.0.1 (kernel 3.4.0) battery life sucks. Understand about it being Slim6 rather than Slimkat. Hoping that it will be a good daily driver with better battery life and a way to get rid of all of the Knox and Google garbage.
Again many thinks for the posting. On installation simply use recovery to flash it?
Regards
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Yeah, Download ROM (and Gapps and SuperSU if you want them) and wipe /system, /data, and /cache and flash the ROM (+ gapps and supersu, if you want them)
EDIT: Wait, if you have a jflteatt and you're running 5.0.1 stock, your bootloader is probably too new to work on custom ROMs

javelinaddart
5.0.1 is not the stock ROM. I put this on after rooting and installing safestrap. According to CPU X the bootloader is I337UCUG0C3. Fingerprint is jflteuc/jflteatt:5.0.1/LRX22C/I337UCUGOC3:user/release.keys.
Think this will work?
Again many kind thanks for your help and advice.
Edit: Can this be done with Flash Fire. All I have is the stock recovery on the phone due to Safestrap and the bootloader. Also note I have used Flashfire to do both a Fastboot and full backup to the external SD card.

expat42451 said:
javelinaddart
5.0.1 is not the stock ROM. I put this on after rooting and installing safestrap. According to CPU X the bootloader is I337UCUG0C3. Fingerprint is jflteuc/jflteatt:5.0.1/LRX22C/I337UCUGOC3:user/release.keys.
Think this will work?
Again many kind thanks for your help and advice.
Edit: Can this be done with Flash Fire. All I have is the stock recovery on the phone due to Safestrap and the bootloader. Also note I have used Flashfire to do both a Fastboot and full backup to the external SD card.
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You can't flash custom roms. Sorry. Nothing I can do about this.
Some TW based custom roms may be possible through safestrap, but certainly not CM or Slim, or any source built ROM.
I337UCUAMDB
I337UCUAMDL
Are the only 2 supported bootloaders that are supported for jflteatt

Understood completely. Time for a new phone ! Many kind thanks for your interest and guidance.
Regards

Help unrooting and flashing a new rom

Hello, it's been some time since I've last rooted and flashed kernels on my devices. My device is having problems with certain apps and I feel it's time to update my root or change my rom or flash a stock rom etc. Here is what I am using now:
Build: MOAR v6.1 OA6
Software: G900PVPU1BOA6
Hardware: G900P.04
Android: 5.0
Kernel: 3.4.0-3859396
Would you recommend I unroot then flash a stock kernel? What is a new root I can use with this phone? Thanks

I would recommend Odin a fresh stock MM rom. Then boot to the desktop, by pass set up. Go to dialer ##72786# it will do a reactivate and update prl and profile.. Then Odin TWRP, and flash a new rom or your choice.. If you like MOAR then Odin a LP stock rom, and do as mentioned and flash MOAR 7.0 it works best. Right now, I'm running crdroid 3.8.5 baset off of Nouget with 7.1 gapps and it works very well You need the latest MM firmware to run it, and at least TWRP 3.2.1-0-ktle.img If you do flash crdroid download ktledv
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/unified-development/rom-crdroid-t2860894

First off, thanks for the reply. I really appreciate the help. What's the battery life like on MM compared to Lollipop?
I would prefer to use something like a stock rom but just extremely debloated. I also want to be able to play pokemom go without problems and super su keeps giving me problems when trying to play. Do you know of any setups that would allow for pokemon go and are fast, battery effecient, and debloated?

doubledragon5 said:
I would recommend Odin a fresh stock MM rom. Then boot to the desktop, by pass set up. Go to dialer ##72786# it will do a reactivate and update prl and profile.. Then Odin TWRP, and flash a new rom or your choice.. If you like MOAR then Odin a LP stock rom, and do as mentioned and flash MOAR 7.0 it works best. Right now, I'm running crdroid 3.8.5 baset off of Nouget with 7.1 gapps and it works very well You need the latest MM firmware to run it, and at least TWRP 3.2.1-0-ktle.img If you do flash crdroid download ktledv
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/unified-development/rom-crdroid-t2860894
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How's the mm baseband? I know the obvious response is updated is better but I experienced better LTE on the firmware I currently have, no idea honestly other than it's lolipop, maybe ok4? I want to upgrade phones but having trouble finding one with sprint newer that can be customized how I like so I'm also looking at playing with this one prior to and after getting maybe a pixel unlocked

andrew2432 said:
How's the mm baseband? I know the obvious response is updated is better but I experienced better LTE on the firmware I currently have, no idea honestly other than it's lolipop, maybe ok4? I want to upgrade phones but having trouble finding one with sprint newer that can be customized how I like so I'm also looking at playing with this one prior to and after getting maybe a pixel unlocked
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I would stick with Lollipop OK4 and flash MOAR 7.0. I to find better LTE and all around connectivity on Lollipop than MM.. I once again, went back to MOAR 7.0 from crdroid.. Crdroid is a great rom, but battery life, sucks, as well as connectivity on calls and data. When in aroma and you get to the point about the kernel, choose don't touch kernel, and finish from there. I never like MM and those are the reasons why.. Crdroid I flashed was 7.0 but naturally on the MM base band, but it was still the same.

Thanks sir nobody could really answer that for me. I found the ok4 of all lollipop got the best LTE where I live, plus I'm on sprint so I'm a bit restricted on ROMs, unified dev leave some bugs with sprints network but not too badly!!

andrew2432 said:
Thanks sir nobody could really answer that for me. I found the ok4 of all lollipop got the best LTE where I live, plus I'm on sprint so I'm a bit restricted on ROMs, unified dev leave some bugs with sprints network but not too badly!!
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You probably already know, but I will ask anyways. Are you using the KLTEDV version of the unified ROM? KLTE roms does not work very well with sprint.

Fear_The_Fluff said:
You probably already know, but I will ask anyways. Are you using the KLTEDV version of the unified ROM? KLTE roms does not work very well with sprint.
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Thanks! I'll make sure to read which I should use. My daily is still on MM while my old one that's kinda beat up is now on N as it us now the practice phone. Playing with it before Oreo, may stay for a while. And I installed kltespr on both devices as there were still options available for specifically this device with the spr tag. My CM 13 network is fine, no worse than just regular sprint...
Haven't tried the move to either N or O on my daily, worried about the signal discussion. I'll use an old kltespr to test before the newer maintained kltedv if its there probably to see how it goes.

Fear_The_Fluff said:
You probably already know, but I will ask anyways. Are you using the KLTEDV version of the unified ROM? KLTE roms does not work very well with sprint.
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andrew2432 said:
Thanks! I'll make sure to read which I should use. My daily is still on MM while my old one that's kinda beat up is now on N as it us now the practice phone. Playing with it before Oreo, may stay for a while. And I installed kltespr on both devices as there were still options available for specifically this device with the spr tag. My CM 13 network is fine, no worse than just regular sprint...
Haven't tried the move to either N or O on my daily, worried about the signal discussion. I'll use an old kltespr to test before the newer maintained kltedv if its there probably to see how it goes.
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Unfortunately my sprint s5 is one of the phone with that signal issue. I was in the process of changing carrier so to try and fix that issue wasn't worth it for me. My new S5 did not have that issue, when i went to verizon, its a really weird bug.

Fear_The_Fluff said:
Unfortunately my sprint s5 is one of the phone with that signal issue. I was in the process of changing carrier so to try and fix that issue wasn't worth it for me. My new S5 did not have that issue, when i went to verizon, its a really weird bug.
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I think it took a bit to stat with the sprint APN, changed some settings, messed with some stuff, and it seems fine now, I'll have to remember to check back at that before upgrading. I'm on the ok4 baseband