Hello all,
I just inherited a Samsung GT-S5360L phone from my father and i wanted to try some roms. Some of the available roms seem pretty cool, but i have noticed a small detail, my phone model ends with an L, and the roms available dont.
This is probably because my cellphone is a southamerican model. So, My main question is, what should i check before flashing a rom into my S5360L in order to avoid problems?
I am mainly worried about loosing the 3G signal (or the whole phone signal) if i flash an incorrect rom. I read some posts that said that i should use a specic CSC.
Can anyone explain to me a litle more about this? Do i need to flash the ROM and my original CSC files in order for the rom to work with my operators, or the process is different?
Thanks in advance.
Solution!
Sir,
You must have bought your Galaxy Y with some Carrier! That why it end with a "L", But that does not matter! To prevent bricking ur phone just follow the correct installation instruction.. If you brick your GY there is a guide in the general section to restore back! Make a Nandroid Backup first of all and then Flash GT-S5360 Firmware (The one preferred in the Rom's installation guide I hope this helps! As much as I know, all roms will work :laugh::fingers-crossed:
Best Regards,
ArnavGosain
gonzule said:
Hello all,
I just inherited a Samsung GT-S5360L phone from my father and i wanted to try some roms. Some of the available roms seem pretty cool, but i have noticed a small detail, my phone model ends with an L, and the roms available dont.
This is probably because my cellphone is a southamerican model. So, My main question is, what should i check before flashing a rom into my S5360L in order to avoid problems?
I am mainly worried about loosing the 3G signal (or the whole phone signal) if i flash an incorrect rom. I read some posts that said that i should use a specic CSC.
Can anyone explain to me a litle more about this? Do i need to flash the ROM and my original CSC files in order for the rom to work with my operators, or the process is different?
Thanks in advance.
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gonzule said:
Hello all,
I just inherited a Samsung GT-S5360L phone from my father and i wanted to try some roms. Some of the available roms seem pretty cool, but i have noticed a small detail, my phone model ends with an L, and the roms available dont.
This is probably because my cellphone is a southamerican model. So, My main question is, what should i check before flashing a rom into my S5360L in order to avoid problems?
I am mainly worried about loosing the 3G signal (or the whole phone signal) if i flash an incorrect rom. I read some posts that said that i should use a specic CSC.
Can anyone explain to me a litle more about this? Do i need to flash the ROM and my original CSC files in order for the rom to work with my operators, or the process is different?
Thanks in advance.
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to ensure installation success please download "Galaxy Toolbox" by doky in the playstore and unlock your network (if it is sim/carrier locked)
then follow all instructions provided by the rom authors to ensure success,
if in case all else fails just reflash to a stock rom via odin, not to worry since any stock rom will do
thanks for the information guys. I know any rom should work, i do it in mi LG Optimus2x but i had a samsung phone before (galaxy spica) and i had some troubles after flashing some custom roms, where i would only be able to have 2G signal and not 3G, or in some cases have no connectivity at all. I will give some roms a try and see how everyhting goes (and do a backup first, hehehe).
thanks again.
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Hi Guys,
I originally asked this in the ROM's thread, over here
But i didn't get any answer, at all, so i was hoping someone here could clear the questing up for me.
Everything on the Custom CWM Flashable ROM matches my existing software verson apart from the CSC as found by *#1234# .
Will this be OK or will this brick my device? Any help would be really appreciated, i know there's someone out there that can help me out.
All the searching I've done on CSC's just tells me the differences not the consequences.
I live in the UK and i'm on O2, just need to know if the ROM will work?
Thanks in advance!
from my experience about my older samsung devices galaxy tab and note 1 it cause only factory reset your phone but don't know if knox thing change something about csc too.
i have g900t i want to flash on it g900w8 rom(for hebrew language)
but the baseband need stay on g900t
look the result
how
someone can help me get into this sulution?
edvin26 said:
someone can help me get into this sulution?
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Hey have you figured this out yet... I'm in sort of same situation I have a Sm-g900t but it's running a G900M stock rom, so I need to know how to keep my bootloader & modem and just flash a stock unbranded rom. I know I can flash custom roms through recovery but I want a stock to fall back on
*GALAXY S5*
edvin26 said:
someone can help me get into this sulution?
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It's not clear what you hope to do. What you wrote is that you wanted to change you ROM to W8 while retaining your TMobile baseband. And your photo shows that you did just that.
But reading between the lines suggests that you were surprised to see that the baseband hadn't changed and are actually seeking the opposite of what you asked. You need to clarify your intent.
The result that you have is the expected situation. The baseband normally won't change, nor does it represent a problem. Your phone should work fine with the W8 ROM paired with the original baseband.
Aside from the fact that there is usually no need to change the baseband, how easy it is to do so depends on the carrier and how they sign their firmware. Odin won't change the baseband if the carrier decided to omit the requisite permission to do so. TMobile modems are invariably compatible with Canadian (W8) carriers, so pragmaticaly the easiest way to update a 900T modem, if you have a rationale for doing so, is to install a TMobile update. Then put the W8 ROM on top of that if you so wish.
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Hello everyone,
I'm a long-time member but seldom poster; owned several Samsung/Android devices in the past and rooted/installed custom ROMs in all of them, so I'm a not a newbie, have read the FAQs, searched, etc. I just got an I337M on my Fido renewal and was somewhat overwhelmed by warnings about requiring different approaches to rooting depending on the basebands, etc. Anyway, I have a couple of questions I did not find adequately answered and I hope you guys would be so kind to help.
In the course of composing this post, I took the plunge to root using CF-Auto-Root and install TWRP 2.8.3.0 - I guess Knox is now tripped and the warranty on my week-old phone is gone - oh well. Next on the agenda is to:
1) Unlock my phone;
2) Try to improve cell reception with a different modem (I have noticed I seldom have more than 2-3 bars while I have 2 other different devices in the same room on Koodo with full signal strength);
3) Flash @Danvdh's awesome 5.0.1 Lollipop GPE ROM.
My questions:
1) To unlock, it seems I have to downgrade to 4.2.2. first. @veryluckyguy suggests to get the MDJ ROM and only extract/flash the modem.bin and follow the rest of the instructions. Does the modem.bin get flashed over with any new complete ROM I flash or are they separate things? Will I lose the unlock when I flash a new ROM?
2) Are modems generally interchangeable across Android versions? For example, can I flash a 4.x modem in 5.0?
3) Anyone have experiences with poor reception on Fido/Rogers and solve it by flashing in different modem? If so, which?
Thanks for all help.
Like you I was on Fido and switched
1) To unlock I simply used online service for SIM unlocking. Cost $20
2) I am using a 4.x modem in 5.0.1 GPE ROM
3) I cannot answer your 3rd question as I simply switched service.
Hope this helps
I'd recommend you to not try any software related unlocking methods, they tend to give problems with some sim cards lately. requesting an unlock code with your imei is the best and safest way to unlock.
Thanks for the advice guys. Part of my wanting to do this was as a learning and tinkering experience. I could take my car to a garage to have it repaired or hire someone to do home reno work, but like most members of the site we are tinkerers. I don't have an immediate need to unlock my phone, so I'll wait for now until I have more time and maybe unlocking procedures/tools become more mature and robust. I'm happy that my phone is now rooted, TWRP'ed and 5.0.1 GPE'ed without having bricked it .
I'm still going to try to flash a different modem to try to get better reception.
Thanks to all the amazing help here!
1) To unlock, it seems I have to downgrade to 4.2.2. first. @veryluckyguy suggests to get the MDJ ROM and only extract/flash the modem.bin and follow the rest of the instructions. Does the modem.bin get flashed over with any new complete ROM I flash or are they separate things? Will I lose the unlock when I flash a new ROM?
2) Are modems generally interchangeable across Android versions? For example, can I flash a 4.x modem in 5.0?
3) Anyone have experiences with poor reception on Fido/Rogers and solve it by flashing in different modem? If so, which?
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If you're still willing to unlock, consider flashing stock MDJ, rooting, then unlocking with RegionlockAway. From there, you can work your way back up to GPE 5.0.1 and the unlock will remain. I'm my experience, modems can be Odin flashed across Android versions, but compatibility discrepancies may subject the device to overall instability (ie. bootloops etc). I have found though that the modem from stock NC1 allows for Rogers LTE in 5.0.1.
Long story short, I was in a similar boat, but thanks to the help and advice from the members and contributors on this forum, I managed to find the solution. Here is a step-by-step. Good luck
Hello, I have the Exynos Note 4 and I'm losing the IMEI after flashing custom ROMS. I have tried restoring it with apps that back it up, but it is not working. The IMEI is restored when I use Odin and flash stock ROM. Any solution to this? I really need a custom ROM on my phone!
Thanks!
Are you sure you're flashing the correct rom for your model?
U , C, etc
I have the S Version, but I believe there aren't any ROMS for it. The problem I have is that the phone thinks it's roaming all the time and data gets disconnected when I use it for larger periods of time. Also LTE doesn't work (the LTE roaming option is disabled).
Is there any way to flash one of these other roms on my phone and restore the IMEI? Everything else seems to work great!
You might be in deep water dude. I hope you backed up your efs patitioncheck this link for more info...
Oh and flash the right ROM dude, looks like the radio is wrong for your country hence the roaming thing. Good luck!
If there aren't any custom rom for your model then I suggest you stick to official till then. You might end up with a brick.
Be patient and someone will build one. Or even ask a Dev to include it in his projects.
Also take a backup of efs and keep it somewhere safe.
Actually i am from india and i bought an samsung verizon note 3.. It was good before also i was able to use airtel 4g also.. But one of my friend installed stock rom and the mobile does not showing 4g at all.. I tried to root the phone but faiked to root... Please developer help me to install a custom rom and help me to use the phone with 4g
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Actually i am from india and i bought an samsung verizon note 3.. It was good before also i was able to use airtel 4g also.. But one of my friend installed stock rom and the mobile does not showing 4g at all.. I tried to root the phone but faiked to root... Please developer help me to install a custom rom and help me to use the phone with 4g
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The problem is the APN and you can not modify it. Contact your carrier and see if they can assist.
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ehrn i purchased the phone it was perfect. connecting internet was showing 4g.. but when i installed this original Verizon rom it became difficult.. now i am unable to root and install custom recovery... please guide me to root and install custom recovery TWRP and i want to install custim rom.. please help
@dipankar.c2bs
You might look into getting your CSC "sales_code" changed. I'm not sure if that is entirely the problem, but it is likely related. Even the USA Verizon ROMs come preloaded with databases that are used to provide custom parameters for a variety of carriers and locations world-wide. (See the file /system/csc/imsprofile.xml for example) I suspect the way this information is actually used is through the "sales_code" CSC value, but I'm not 100% sure of that.
I'm guessing you want "INS" or "INU" instead of VZW
What you currently have:
Code:
getprop | grep -i csc
If your handset is supported by Airtel, one of their technicians will probably know how to do the CSC change, possibly without even rooting the phone.
If it not supported, they probably will be under orders of their employer not to help you at all. But, is is easier for them to give you advice face-to-face, rather than over the telephone (subject to monitoring), if that is possible.
A question to ask - a form of social engineering - is this: "do you know of someone in the area that can help me for a small fee?"
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There is one other possibility for a non-rooted phone. I really don't know if this would work (I am speculating here), but the basic idea is to apply a CSC for a closely related device Model (a SM-N90???? Qualcomm model, hopefully for CDMA/LTE) that is for your country and carrier on top of your existing ROM using Odin. Get the CSC file from Sammobile, and:
- wipe the entire phone using the stock recovery. (You can remove the external SD card first if you like)
- boot the phone, shut down, boot into stock recovery.
- wipe the entire phone again in the stock recovery
- boot into Odin and flash the CSC in the CSC slot.
- boot the phone; do a minimal configuration and see if you have the service you want.
Note that @donc113 s advice given above is the right place to start: ask your service (Airtel) to help you before you try anything yourself.
good luck.
when i purchase it was good... there was 4g indicator also.. no verizon boot screen.. but now it dont works..
dipankar.c2bs said:
when i purchase it was good... there was 4g indicator also.. no verizon boot screen.. but now it dont works..
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One of your friends who installed the stock ROM apparently didn't understand the consequences of what he did. Stock ROMs set the APN for Verizon. Did this friend happen to make a backup before he did the ROM switch?
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no he have not back up the previous rom
Knox?