Hello, I have a Samsung Galaxy S6 which have model number in the software where it says SM-G920V. In the same phone at the back it is written as SM-G920F. It is registered as a Verizon phone software with their network. Now at this current situation i can't use it as a normal phone due to network issues. My dad bought it from UAE Souq and it had the same problem since it was bought before 3 yrs.
I even tried to flash a Samsung stock firmware where it failed and at the end i also tried to root the phone and it failed too. So I used a root checker to find whether it was rooted before where it showed that root access is not properly installed on this device.
Usually for a Verizon operated phone have their logo at the back but it is missing on my phone.
so can anyone explain this why is this like this with the different model and software which can't be changed to a normal usable Samsung firmware experience on my phone.
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S5300 and i need to be able to debrand name(Mobistar) from my samsung galaxy S5300.
I have installed already firmware with Odin and everything worked perfectly but i get always to read in KIES at firmware: S5300XXLF5/S5300OXXLF5/S5300XXLF5/S5300XXLF5 (MST) and MST stand for brand name of the provider and i can't get rid of it with installation of new firmware.
So i really need help to tell me HOW I CAN DEBRAND NAME FROM MY SAMSUNG GALAXY S5300(POCKET)?
Please can anyobody help me with this problem? And simply installing new firmware doesn't help!!! Already tried it MANY times.
So it is branded somewhere in the phone with name of the provider and i want to get rid of it.
So now it doesn't work with the way i already did MANY times.
So it is branded somewhere where i can't remove it now with installing new firmware(NON BRANDED ALWAYS) only.
I guess it is branded in the phone memory. Because i can't erase(format) system storage. Even after a hard reset there is still kept 0.89GB system storage. So what i got to do to format or erase that systemstorage?
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I've got a Samsung Galaxy Ace bought from Phones 4 u about a year ago. It came with Android 2.3.3 out of the box and has been fine. I'm using an O2 Sim Card (phone was bought on O2 PAYG) but appears to be a generic unlocked phone (XEU). Details are:
PDA: S5830XWKPY
PHONE: S5830XWKPA
CSC: S5830XEUKP1
I'd been interested lately that a lot of my friends have got the 2.3.6 upgrade through Kies, but mine is still waiting - KIES reports 2.3.3 is the latest for my phone and an OTA check on the phone itself says there is no update available. I investigated further and have found the following error message displayed on the Android Recovery screen <3e> (note this phone has NEVER been flashed or rooted)
-- Appling Multi-CSC --
Can't access to '/system/csc/XEU/system'.
I'm pretty IT literate and phone savvy but have no idea what this message means and wondered if it could be the cause of me not getting updates. I checked my wife's Galaxy Y and she does not have this error message.
Should a phone bought from a store be showing this message (phone was brand new and had all the original cellophane and screen covers intact) Should I take it back to the store, or try a factory/reset wipe, or try flashing via ODIN?
Any advice appreciated
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bought note edge. it says 915F in "about device" but says 915P in download mode
hi i bought a note edge believing it is international but it is sprint based when i brought it home and checked through download mode. i believe the seller has installed some kind of custom firmware on it (career phones, although unlocked, are not sold well so shops here sometimes change the firmware which shows an international model number). i have no problems with sprint and id rather have the original sprint firmware on it than a fake one.
what i want to know is would doing that simlock my phone?
also, if it is a sprint phone what are the chances of it getting marshmallow?
or should i return the phone?
i m afraid that your phone is converted.
i have seen so many s5, note3, s4, s3 and now note edge converted from logo to no logo (international model)
its better if you can return it. you will never get any update on such phones
thanks. is not getting updates (and by that i hope you mean just OTA) the worst of it? will going back to a sprint firmware carrier lock it?
ok i installed a stock sprint firmware and now my phone is working alright. thanks
i m afraid that your phone is converted.
I was successful in installing SM930T software on my S7 Verizon phone using odin. My question is how should I back up my phone with Smart Switch. Should I use my old Samsung on5 T Mobile phone to back up or should I use my recent backup of my S7 Verizon phone? I used the S7 Verizon phone for 2 weeks (which I initially backed up from the on5) but I was concerned that backing up from the Verizon phone might cause problems. Thanks!
Hi everyone. I have a Galaxy S8+ that I bought on BackMarket a year ago. The phone has been great, but has always had problems with some phone calls going straight to my mailbox for no reason, texts not coming in then suddenly working if I send OUT a text. After some research and contacting my provider (United States, Ting), I was told that this is because I need to enable VoLTE. My phone didn't have the option to do so and when I called Ting again, I was told that this is because my phone was the International version and VoLTE wasn't supported on that model.
I thought that was the end of it, but this week I had the thought that maybe this is a firmware thing instead of a hardware thing. Calling Ting again, they checked my IMEI and said my phone should be able to do VoLTE. Great! All I needed was Odin and the right firmware (I was thinking G955U1, TMB). So here's where things get weird. As I started to set up for flashing my firmware, I gathered the following info:
IMEI.info says I have:
Model: G955F Galaxy S8+ (SM-G955N)
Here's the info I get when running the "Phone INFO ★SAM★" app.
Phone Model: SM-N950F / Galaxy Note 8
Firmware's CSC Code: XEF
Bootloader Version: G955NKSU3CRI3
PDA Version: N950FXXS5DSC6
CSC Version: N950FOXM5DSC1
Latest Firmware: N950FXXSDDTJ1
If I'm reading this right, it looks like I've had a Galaxy S8+ running Note 8 firmware? At this point, I'd still like VoLTE, but even moreso, I'd like to just know what's going on and what I should do about it.
Seems like somebody installed a modded Samsung firmware on your phone. Check download mode for KNOX, I think it will be tripped (0x1).
If it is tripped then no Samsung Pay and stuff that depends on KNOX. If you are fine with that and just want to get VoLTE working, download the right firmware for your device and flash it to stock. If stock everything is important to you, I suggest contacting the seller on BackMarket and getting a refund or something if the seller didn't specify tripped KNOX.
BTW, if I remember correctly G955N is the Samsung direct model sold in Korea, so depending on CSC and what not VoLTE might not work. Best of luck
Thanks for the reply.
So I ended up solving this with the help of a few people over on Reddit. Here's what was going on and what the solution was, for others that come across this.
The phone was running v6 of HadesROM. I guess the creator of HadesROM uses the Note8's OS build as his base for the Note8/S8/S8+, which is why the phone was showing up as an N950F. And the phone itself was a G955N, which is a Korean model.
At the direction of a few people on Reddit, I used TWRP to re-flash with the newest version of HadesROM and set the Firmware CSC properly to a US Carrier.
When the phone booted back up, the VoLTE setting was present in quick settings and works great.