Hello,
I live in Belgium and have an unlocked AT&T S8+. It works fine, but OTA updates don't work: I'm still on the AQF7 firmware and yet it says "current software is up to date".
What are my options for updating the firmware? I would prefer a method that doesn't wipe my user data every time, and I need to avoid tripping KNOX or I won't be able to get work emails.
Thanks in advance,
trmsw said:
Hello,
I live in Belgium and have an unlocked AT&T S8+. It works fine, but OTA updates don't work: I'm still on the AQF7 firmware and yet it says "current software is up to date".
What are my options for updating the firmware? I would prefer a method that doesn't wipe my user data every time, and I need to avoid tripping KNOX or I won't be able to get work emails.
Thanks in advance,
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Download the ota zips in the ADB thread here to get to the latest version AQJC.
Put them on your SD card and go into recovery and update the phone with each ota file.
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Thanks!
Will this wipe my user data?
I read elsewhere that it might be possible to get OTA working by registering with an AT&T sim. It's a hassle but maybe worth it for automatic updates: would that work in Europe?
trmsw said:
Thanks!
Will this wipe my user data?
I read elsewhere that it might be possible to get OTA working by registering with an AT&T sim. It's a hassle but maybe worth it for automatic updates: would that work in Europe?
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Yes it will wipe your data. No ota updates won't work outside of the US. Because the AT&T SIM needs to be on the AT&T network.
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Ok. And could I flash an unbranded firmware and then get OTA updates from Samsung - would that work and can it be done without tripping knox?
Restoring all my data every time is a bore.
trmsw said:
Ok. And could I flash an unbranded firmware and then get OTA updates from Samsung - would that work and can it be done without tripping knox?
Restoring all my data every time is a bore.
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Yeah, flash the unlocked firmware and you'll get ota updates.
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FatalONEM8 said:
Yeah, flash the unlocked firmware and you'll get ota updates.
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How to flash the unlock firmware on att brand?
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FatalONEM8 said:
Yeah, flash the unlocked firmware and you'll get ota updates.
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Could you please clarify this.
1. What is an unlocked firmware and how to identify it? (My LG V20 boot with animated AT&T logo. But I can use any SIM in it and works as normal)
2. I have heard that AT&T devices don't get updates outside from USA AT&T network because these updates are made by AT&T and deliver through their network only. Is that true?
3. If it is true, from where a device with unlocked firmware will receive updates? Who will build it?
Thank you.
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Long story short, our Canadian Idol 3's are beholden to carrier for updates. Can I safely flash a US 'backup' of the stock software from the backup thread on my Canadian model and then get updates without my carrier being involved?
I have a backup of my stock (Bell) firmware from TWRP, so I'm not too worried about doing anything irreperable...
Thanks!
I was wondering the same thing I'm with Telus, getting tired of pressing the check for updates button!!!
purple.epod said:
Long story short, our Canadian Idol 3's are beholden to carrier for updates. Can I safely flash a US 'backup' of the stock software from the backup thread on my Canadian model and then get updates without my carrier being involved?
I have a backup of my stock (Bell) firmware from TWRP, so I'm not too worried about doing anything irreperable...
Thanks!
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markdexter said:
I was wondering the same thing I'm with Telus, getting tired of pressing the check for updates button!!!
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Since both the USA and Canada are using the 6045i it would seem like you could however I'd make sure I had a good backup first in case you need to revert due to unforeseen issues. You probably want to wait a few days as someone will upload the unrooted new firmware after applying the update. (I plan to do it for the 6045i).
Aright, I'll wait for your upload. It's the 10th tomorrow, so the update ought to be out, and I have a full System Image backup from TWRP, soo.... Yeah
purple.epod said:
Aright, I'll wait for your upload. It's the 10th tomorrow, so the update ought to be out, and I have a full System Image backup from TWRP, soo.... Yeah
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I'm also a Canadian who never get updates from Telus and it sucks bad... Did you try and succeed using the US firmware?
I did, and its working just fine. I posted a thread in the General forum about how to do it.
Thanks, I'll check this thread.
Hi Folks, I got this Verizon galaxy s6. I do not have an active Verizon sim card. How could I update through OTA now.
Please help me. Thanks a ton.
You can't. However, you can plug into a PC, download SmartSwitch, and upgrade through that.
Take it to Best Buy's Samsung store and ask for the latest update. They can do it there. I have done it on the Verizon S6 and the Note 5.
Illogi.xbone said:
You can't. However, you can plug into a PC, download SmartSwitch, and upgrade through that.
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I am having same issue. I am using Verizon unlocked phone in Australia. Can I flash stock rom to latest update.? I am stuck on 5.1.1 will it relock to Verizon?
softkun123 said:
I am having same issue. I am using Verizon unlocked phone in Australia. Can I flash stock rom to latest update.? I am stuck on 5.1.1 will it relock to Verizon?
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Verizon does not have sim lock so it shouldn't. You can just flash up or if you want, use smart switch as I stated above. It will allow you to update as well.
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Verizon does not have sim lock so it shouldn't. You can just flash up or if you want, use smart switch as I stated above. It will allow you to update as well.
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I tried smart switch but no update available for my baseband...can I flash stock rom of different baseband?
softkun123 said:
I tried smart switch but no update available for my baseband...can I flash stock rom of different baseband?
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What are you currently on?
Illogi.xbone said:
What are you currently on?
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Baseband bok7
Hey guys,
I have my Galaxy S8+ from AT&T I have contacted them and asked them to unlock it, currently I am in the Middle East I cannot update the software, when I check the device software update I am getting this "Your software is up-to-date" However, there is a new software has been published by AT&T how can I get it, How could I update my device by PC--?
Hope to get help^^
Best Regards,
JoE
JoeJWbD said:
Hey guys,
I have my Galaxy S8+ from AT&T I have contacted them and asked them to unlock it, currently I am in the Middle East I cannot update the software, when I check the device software update I am getting this "Your software is up-to-date" However, there is a new software has been published by AT&T how can I get it, How could I update my device by PC--?
Hope to get help^^
Best Regards,
JoE
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You have to update your device manually. AT&T does not provide update, when you use another carrier sim.
Here is the AQF7 Firmware. I found it somewhere here in XDA. Download and update via ODIN. If you don`t want to lose your data, then put Home_CSC file in CSC tab.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=961840155545583640
Hello,
Many thanks for your help! I have updated the firmware successfully, I am glad I haven't lost my data I have put Home_CSC file in CSC tab. I have now AQF7 firmware. However, the navigation bar wasn't updated, how can I get the update for navigation bar?
Thanks,
JoeJWbD said:
Hello,
Many thanks for your help! I have updated the firmware successfully, I am glad I haven't lost my data I have put Home_CSC file in CSC tab. I have now AQF7 firmware. However, the navigation bar wasn't updated, how can I get the update for navigation bar?
Thanks,
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Not sure. What you mean by Nav bar was not updated. Above AQF7, I guess you`re pretty limited to change the nav bar color and all. If you are talking about that update then, You have to update to AQG5 or AQG1. Same process by ODIN.
https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0BxSORq_9mu52MFJkQ3VFTWNUZ2c&export=download
But not sure, This one has Nav bar updated.
Thank you for your reply!
I mean I cannot hide the navigation bar and I afraid from screen burn-in problem happen to my phone! Do you know if this version has Home_CSC file? The reason I am asking I do not want to lose my data after the upgrade. Is this version official AT&T like the one you provided me before?
Best Regards,
I don't think AT&T has rolled out the update with the navbar changes yet. You can flash the Xaa firmware on your AT&T and get the navbar changes and get update directly from samsung. Here a link if that interest you https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s8+/how-to/unlocked-version-firmware-galaxy-s8-t3607592
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dogredwing1 said:
I don't think AT&T has rolled out the update with the navbar changes yet. You can flash the Xaa firmware on your AT&T and get the navbar changes and get update directly from samsung. Here a link if that interest you https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s8+/how-to/unlocked-version-firmware-galaxy-s8-t3607592
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Thank you for your help!
Could I be able to maintain my data using home_csc? I do not want to erase all data.
Thanks,
You can but, you could have issues. Try backing everything first with Smart Switch and Samsung cloud. Just in case you run into any problems.
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dogredwing1 said:
I don't think AT&T has rolled out the update with the navbar changes yet. You can flash the Xaa firmware on your AT&T and get the navbar changes and get update directly from samsung. Here a link if that interest you https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s8+/how-to/unlocked-version-firmware-galaxy-s8-t3607592
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Thanks for the link!
I have successfully updated it to "Firmware From Unlocked US Cellular No Bloatware - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7r...ew?usp=sharing" However, I am not able to receive updates yet, when I check for software update I see "Software is-up-to-date" Any explanations?
Folks,
Happy 2018,
Quick one:
I bought a locked ATT SM-G955U & reflashed it to a SM-G955U1 (currently on the latest December Security update) but the issue here is that despite doing this and eliminating ATT bloatware my phone continues to show Service Provider SW Ver. 9889544437594c3958 XAA//ATT
My buddy have an unlocked SM-G955U1 out of the box & there is no Service Provider information on his phone settings. He also gets all updates via OTA without issues, whereas I need to flash using ODIN manually which is not an issue for me but will be easier to get the OTA updates.
My phone is almost perfect but is there any possibility of flashing the specific CSC file for the SM-G955U1 on my SM-G955U transformed to a SM-G955U1?
I guess this was explained clearly.
Thanks for your support. XDA is the best.
SW, if listed as xaa/xaa/att...is what you wanted. The last three are always hardwired. I bought a T-Mobile U1 and switched it to Verizon. So mine now says vzw/vzw/tmo. If I read correctly in previous postings, you may still be forced to update manually, if on ATT. I believe...
If you flashed the files correctly in ODIN, then you wont see the provider version at all. It doesn't appear in the unlocked firmware. And you'll also get OTAs just fine. I know, because I bought a VZW 955U and flashed it with the unlocked 955U1 software.
Yup I can confirm too. I flashed the unlocked firmware to my spring g955u.
I can get OTA updates same with unlocked phone
Precisely .. I need to flash the correct one...
Where do I get the unlocked firmware ?
rich168 said:
Yup I can confirm too. I flashed the unlocked firmware to my spring g955u.
I can get OTA updates same with unlocked phone
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Did you use regular ODIN or the modded Odin?
Where do you get the unlocked firmware from?
I got it from sammobile & the SW version persists
henrickrw said:
Did you use regular ODIN or the modded Odin?
Where do you get the unlocked firmware from?
I got it from sammobile & the SW version persists
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Nodded odin
Check snap+ thread
Hi have the original US sprint version of the samsung s9+ which I had recently unlocked and unbranded from an unlocking service through team viewer. The model number is now SM-G965U1 and the baseband version is G965U1UEU3ARG7. I noticed on websites like sammobile that there are updates to this software for this phone model. When I click update software on the phone it states that I have the latest one. Is this normal or should it be able to update to later firmwares such as ARK5? I am using a t-mobile sim card in the phone currently. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi have the original US sprint version of the samsung s9+ which I had recently unlocked and unbranded from an unlocking service through team viewer. The model number is now SM-G965U1 and the baseband version is G965U1UEU3ARG7. I noticed on websites like sammobile that there are updates to this software for this phone model. When I click update software on the phone it states that I have the latest one. Is this normal or should it be able to update to later firmwares such as ARK5? I am using a t-mobile sim card in the phone currently. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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OTA software updates are controlled by your carrier, in your case, it is T-Mobile.
If T-Mobile does not offer an update for SM-G965U1, you will not get a notification to update and it will not find any updates when you check for them.
But, if there are updates for that model number available to download from Sammobile, just download the firmware and flash it via Odin onto your device.
Note:
When the unlocking service unlocked your device, they might have only used a small part of the software from S-G965U1 and not the entire firmware because the entire firmware might not be compatible with the model that your device originally was.
For example, they may have only used the bootloader from SM-965U1 or only the system.img or only the modem.img or any combination but not the entire firmware, if this is the case, flashing the entire firmware might cause issues.
I would email the unlocking service and ask them if the entire SM-G965U1 firmware can be flashed or at least ask what files were used in the unlocking process and which parts of SM-G965U1 firmware are safe to use or not.
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Droidriven said:
OTA software updates are controlled by your carrier, in your case, it is T-Mobile.
If T-Mobile does not offer an update for SM-G965U1, you will not get a notification to update and it will not find any updates when you check for them.
But, if there are updates for that model number available to download from Sammobile, just download the firmware and flash it via Odin onto your device.
Note:
When the unlocking service unlocked your device, they might have only used a small part of the software from S-G965U1 and not the entire firmware because the entire firmware might not be compatible with the model that your device originally was.
For example, they may have only used the bootloader from SM-965U1 or only the system.img or only the modem.img or any combination but not the entire firmware, if this is the case, flashing the entire firmware might cause issues.
I would email the unlocking service and ask them if the entire SM-G965U1 firmware can be flashed or at least ask what files were used in the unlocking process and which parts of SM-G965U1 firmware are safe to use or not.
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Hey thank you for your response. I just spoke with them and they said that the full software was used and that I would get OTA updates? Even if I do flash the firmware, am I able to jump to the latest firmware or do I have to flash all of the firmware in order to get to the latest one?
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Hey thank you for your response. I just spoke with them and they said that the full software was used and that I would get OTA updates? Even if I do flash the firmware, am I able to jump to the latest firmware or do I have to flash all of the firmware in order to get to the latest one?
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You could just flash the newest version.
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Where you able to figure out how to update from this baseband? I'm having the same issue as you.
zulieibanez59 said:
Where you able to figure out how to update from this baseband? I'm having the same issue as you.
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I don't think you understand how things work when it comes to updates on android devices. It isn't like a Windows PC where any and all new updates are offered/pushed via Windows Update to every device that has Windows installed.
OTA updates are controlled and offered by your carrier, you will only get the update if your carrier CHOOSES to offer the update to devices on their network.
Just because your device manufacturer has released an update, does not necessarily mean that your specific mobile carrier will offer it to their customers, some devices never receive updates from the carrier for "this" or "that" device whereas other carriers would offer the update to those devices.
It's all a matter of who your carrier is, not what device you have.
For example, Samsung could release an update for S9+, then "this" carrier could choose to offer the update to the S9+ devices on their network and they would be able to update via OTA update through system settings.
Or
Samsung could release an update for S9+ but "that" carrier could refuse to offer the OTA update to devices on their network. In this case, the device can still be updated by manually downloading the update via the internet and then manually flashing the update via Odin, instead of via OTA update through system settings.
To put this in perspective in comparison to a Windows PC vs android, if Windows Updates were handled the same way that android updates are handled.......
The way android updates are offered by your carrier, for Windows PC, the equivalent of this would be Microsoft offering Windows Updates but then the updates only being available based on who your internet service provider is. In this theoretical example, your internet service provider may or may not allow the update to be installed on your system. If your service provider doesn't allow the Windows Update to be installed through their network, you would have to manually download the update and install it yourself instead of using the Windows Update Service to install the update automatically.
Does this help you understand how the update system is handled when it comes to android updates?
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