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Galaxy S 4 SCH-R970X (C Spire) - Official 4.3 MK6 RESTORE

As many of you know 4.3 just released on the CSPIRE variant device. I have went through currently 2 phones because they messed up after messing around a bit with kies and "other things". It's like it doesn't want to read from the sim card anymore and refuses to program itself. So with that said here is the stock 4.3 Full restore from sammobile.com so you can hopefully either fix yours or take it to the store.
P.S. They cannot fix it
This will change the Samsung Software to : Official
As well as Recovery, etc, to Official
Mega.co.nz Mirror
Galaxy S 4 SCH-R970X - 4.3 RESTORE DOWNLOAD
Originally Source with god awfully slow link that took me over 12 hours to download:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=24756
Thanks to Garwynn for getting sammobile to push this ASAP.

Did u keep getting no sim inserted please reboot? Iv sent my phone away twice now for repair and it's still do in it.
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eddie500_1 said:
Did u keep getting no sim inserted please reboot? Iv sent my phone away twice now for repair and it's still do in it.
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I got no sim inserted on a loop on my 2nd phone. It would try to activate then kick off and go to no signal and say no sim, then try all again. Go claim the warranty on it! Just as long as you use this file and odin it should go samsung official. They cant say nothing to you for their crappy programming. Because as far as im concerned im not touching it again, and gonna hope they come out with kit kat soon.

Cheers I will do thanks
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Getting this thread bumped back to the top, people are looking for it. If anyone has any information as of why the CSpire variant keeps losing its cell data completely. Please help us get a fix going! Thanks

Anyone figure out a reason why the phone would forget the network and not activate??? Causing a useless phone.

[Q] Galaxy S4 (SGH-I337M) says NO MOBILE NETWORK (HELP!)

Hey guys,
I'm new to the forum so please excuse me if this is the wrong place to post this. I'll start from the beginning. I bought a Galaxy S4 (SGH-I337m) from somebody in my city. They said the phone originally worked with Rogers/Fido, but that they switched the logic board on it so now it works with Bell/Virgin. The thing is though, when I put my Virgin Mobile sim card in the phone, it won't let me send texts or make calls. I checked the IMEI and it's not blacklisted or anything.
It says No Service and has the little circle with a diagonal line showing up in the notification bar and when I try to send a text, it says No Network Connection (No signal found for mobile networks). I find it weird because I still get a notification saying that I have an unheard voicemail.
I've tried resetting the phone multiple times. I've also tried flashing both the Bell and Virgin Mobile Lollipop firmwares and that didn't work either. To be honest, I'm not sure how to tell which one I would need to install. I noticed when trying to flash the Bell firmware, that the phone kinda skips to a black screen quickly every time I close an app. I'm assuming that would mean it needs the Virgin Mobile firmware.
That still doesn't fix the mobile network issue though. If anyone could help me out, I would GREATLY appreciate it!!!! Here is a bit of info, I'm hoping it helps. If you need anything else, please let me know.
Model number: SGH-I337M
Android Version: 5.0.1
Baseband Version: I337MVLUGOC4
Build Number: LRX22C.I337MVLUGOC4
Also, in the "Status" menu, I noticed it says:
Service State
Voice: Out of Service / Data: Out of Service
Not sure if that has anything to do with it or if that's normal. Again, if you have any suggestions, PLEASE let me know. I'm super desperate as I can't afford to lose the money I paid for this. Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Coincidentally my girlfriend has a Galaxy S4 of the same model and with Bell/Virgin. I opened up the ABOUT DEVICE menu in both phones and the only other difference I noticed is on hers it says:
SE for Android Status:
"sepf_sgh-I337M_5.0.1_0013"
And mine says "sepf_sgh-I337M_5.0.1_0009"
Does that have anything to do with it maybe?

TeknikalMusic said:
Does that have anything to do with it maybe?
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Install this APP and add all screenshots pls .

Okay, will do. I will post the screenshots in about 20 mins. I rooted the phone, installed CWM and am in the middle of flashing the latest firmware again. I forgot to enable USB debugging before flashing originally and I wanted to install CWM to wipe the cache. No idea if that would make a difference but I've been up all night trying anything lol. Thank you for the reply though, will post the screenshots in about 20 mins.

TeknikalMusic said:
Okay, will do. I will post the screenshots in about 20 mins. I rooted the phone, installed CWM and am in the middle of flashing the latest firmware again. I forgot to enable USB debugging before flashing originally and I wanted to install CWM to wipe the cache. No idea if that would make a difference but I've been up all night trying anything lol. Thank you for the reply though, will post the screenshots in about 20 mins.
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Don't flash more things atm for avoid one brick pls :highfive:

Joku1981 said:
Don't flash more things atm for avoid one brick pls :highfive:
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Okay, I have the app installed. Which screens should I screenshot? I know you shouldn't post your IMEI online, so I'm assuming I skip the "personal" tab or?

Here is 4 of the screenshots I took (I hope this works lol)

Here are the other 2 I took

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Here are the other 2 I took
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All seems correct but I think your device works for Bell Mobile (BMC) only but NOT for Virgin Mobile (VMC). Try to use one BELL simcard for verify it.

Joku1981 said:
All seems correct but I think your device works for Bell Mobile (BMC) only but NOT for Virgin Mobile (VMC). Try to use one BELL simcard for verify it.
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In all my experience, Bell/Virgin are always interchangeable. Same with Telus/Koodo and Rogers/Fido. I tried putting a Bell sim card in though just now and it still has the problem. It doesnt load any of the signal bars or anything. Oddly enough, when there is no sim card in the phone, the bars show up?

TeknikalMusic said:
In all my experience, Bell/Virgin are always interchangeable. Same with Telus/Koodo and Rogers/Fido. I tried putting a Bell sim card in though just now and it still has the problem. It doesnt load any of the signal bars or anything. Oddly enough, when there is no sim card in the phone, the bars show up?
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Don't doubt it and return it if you can still.

Joku1981 said:
Don't doubt it and return it if you can still.
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Since it was from Bell, would flashing the Virgin Mobile firmware somehow mess it up? What are the exact steps I would need to take to try to reset it back to stock settings? I'm wondering if I'm missing anything. Or if the APN settings have anything to do with it? I set them to default already and tried adding the Virgin Mobile Canada apn settings as well

http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att is the proper place to ask your questions regarding your S4, rather than where you originally posted this, the International S4 forum. Since more people with your device will be available at the given link, you may want to ask your questions over there. Or simply be patient, as this thread will be moved over there in due time.

update killed my phone

Hi All,
So about an hour ago I searched for an update knowing that Verizon was supposed to be pushing out a security update today. It found an update and installed it. After reboot, the phone will not start. The splash screen shows the unlocked lock and the word "custom." The next screen says "Start Up Failed - Your device didn't start up successfully. Use the Verizon Software Repair Assistant on a computer to repair your device. Connect your device to your computer to get the Verizon Software Repair Assistant." More specifically, in the corner it says "Custom binary blocked by SECURE BOOT (boot.img)."
The Verizon Software Repair Assistant doesn't pop up when I plug it into my computer, and I can't find it online.
Ironically this is the ONE phone I have not actually tinkered with so yeah... VZW said they will most likely have to ship my work a new phone for replacement. I can't expedite that since I'm not authorized on the work account. Is there an image for Odin floating around that I can use to flash this myself? Help me please!!!

You did tinker, you tried to install the wrong/a bad file.
Odin to stock, there's a thread in one of the S7/S7e forums with the Verizon stock files.
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yonith2 said:
Hi All,
So about an hour ago I searched for an update knowing that Verizon was supposed to be pushing out a security update today. It found an update and installed it. After reboot, the phone will not start. The splash screen shows the unlocked lock and the word "custom." The next screen says "Start Up Failed - Your device didn't start up successfully. Use the Verizon Software Repair Assistant on a computer to repair your device. Connect your device to your computer to get the Verizon Software Repair Assistant." More specifically, in the corner it says "Custom binary blocked by SECURE BOOT (boot.img)."
The Verizon Software Repair Assistant doesn't pop up when I plug it into my computer, and I can't find it online.
Ironically this is the ONE phone I have not actually tinkered with so yeah... VZW said they will most likely have to ship my work a new phone for replacement. I can't expedite that since I'm not authorized on the work account. Is there an image for Odin floating around that I can use to flash this myself? Help me please!!!
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where did you "find" this update? unless you went to settings and hit software update, you probably downloaded an incorrect update for the wrong phone, which soft bricked it. needs a re-flash.

jayochs said:
where did you "find" this update? unless you went to settings and hit software update, you probably downloaded an incorrect update for the wrong phone, which soft bricked it. needs a re-flash.
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I did in fact hit software update and let the phone search for the update itself. I have no reason to lie about this. I'm the first to admit when I screw up. I see someone has the firmwares on his mediashare in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65764861&postcount=14. I just requested access to the file I need.

yonith2 said:
I did in fact hit software update and let the phone search for the update itself. I have no reason to lie about this. I'm the first to admit when I screw up. I see someone has the firmwares on his mediashare in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65764861&postcount=14. I just requested access to the file I need.
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UPDATE: I was able to get the phone back to life by doing a recovery boot (power up + home button + power). Previously, I was doing it the LG G2 way not using the home button. The phone booted all the way but now it still says I'm "custom." I'm holding off on using Odin to flash the full stock firmware because I've read that it won't reset that custom thing. Thoughts on Odin?

If you flash a factory image you should be good. Just make sure it's for the variant you are using.

Another update: I spoke with a great VZW rep today and explained everything. She posted an androidcentral forum link in the ticket where a woman had the same exact thing happen to her on her GS6. She also put in there that my valid is still valid. So that's that and I'll just keep using the phone as is now.

I just got the pop up for the OTA too...anyone had luck with it?
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evilbeef54 said:
I just got the pop up for the OTA too...anyone had luck with it?
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Update worked fine, no brick here. Don't know what it changed

djh816 said:
Update worked fine, no brick here. Don't know what it changed
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Same here. Appears to be some sort of security updates but no details. It does not include the March patches from Google.

Maybe you are rooted while upgrading your device into a new firmware? Some of peoples have problems with this.

charleslolpe said:
Maybe you are rooted while upgrading your device into a new firmware? Some of peoples have problems with this.
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If he is rooted he'd be the only rooted Verizon S7, so I doubt it.
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charleslolpe said:
Maybe you are rooted while upgrading your device into a new firmware? Some of peoples have problems with this.
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Definitely wasn't rooted. I still suspect some goofball engineer at VZW in my area posted the update before it was signed properly or something like that. The phone has been working great though. It was a worthy upgrade from my LG G2.

_Dennis_ said:
If he is rooted he'd be the only rooted Verizon S7, so I doubt it.
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yonith2 said:
Definitely wasn't rooted. I still suspect some goofball engineer at VZW in my area posted the update before it was signed properly or something like that. The phone has been working great though. It was a worthy upgrade from my LG G2.
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Oh I'll research that problem maybe soon as possible just learning how to fix it.
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yonith2 said:
Definitely wasn't rooted. I still suspect some goofball engineer at VZW in my area posted the update before it was signed properly or something like that. The phone has been working great though. It was a worthy upgrade from my LG G2.
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Oh If that is not the issue so it means you upgraded your phone with storage is full and battery bellow 50%.

Just got the SAME problem flashing stock did not fix it

yonith2 said:
Another update: I spoke with a great VZW rep today and explained everything. She posted an androidcentral forum link in the ticket where a woman had the same exact thing happen to her on her GS6. She also put in there that my valid is still valid. So that's that and I'll just keep using the phone as is now.
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File please man

Galaxy S7 Flat -- no signals after flashing Rom? Plz help

Hello guys,
I've started to freak out a bit now as I can't get no signal on my S7 ( GM-930P) whatsoever.
I had my phone running ok ( living outside of USA ) everything seemed fine.
Flashed the GM-930V firmware to jump on the Nougat beta ( everything worked fine n sweet )
Wanted to try the Custom roms ( Eco signals worked fine ) experienced FC and insane batt drain
Tried the Stangfire customrom v2 ( signals worked fine ) experienced a weird UI glitch after rebooting
decided to go back to the Nougat beta as it felt a lot stable and the batt life was great
Now that's where things go south for me. I had no signals at all and my sim card doesnt seems to be recognized at all
i tried all sort of things after that. flashing back to sprint firmware / verizon / nougat beta / custom roms all works fine except i have no signals whatsoever trying diff roms on the signal bars it either shows a " X " or a " Circle with a line through it "
when i try to perform any dial codes in the dialer it doesn't seems to work either eg" *#06# " it doesn't brings up the imei window it just stays there and when i hit the call button it pops up " Mobile Network no Available "
it must have something to do with the baseband or the radio maybe? can someone pls help me with this ?

anyone

sprg930p said:
anyone
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Have you tried going back to a stock sprint firmware?
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Yes I have jumped back to every single firmware stock ( sprint, verizon, the G930U ) Nougat beta, Custom roms everything works except the call service i get a cross over the signal bars and the moment i insert a sim ( tried 2 diff carriers ) i get the " invalid sim " error msg pop up.
Am not living in USA and i have bought this phone locally it was working fine. I can't reactivate it with a Sprint sim for obvious reasons as am not in USA
lvpre said:
Have you tried going back to a stock sprint firmware?
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sprg930p said:
Yes I have jumped back to every single firmware stock ( sprint, verizon, the G930U ) Nougat beta, Custom roms everything works except the call service i get a cross over the signal bars and the moment i insert a sim ( tried 2 diff carriers ) i get the " invalid sim " error msg pop up.
Am not living in USA and i have bought this phone locally it was working fine. I can't reactivate it with a Sprint sim for obvious reasons as am not in USA
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Well seeing as how you bought a sprint version s7 there's a simple answer being you f***** up. It's a locked bootloader. Have you done no research before attempting to do any mods to this phone? I have nonsolution for you but I wanted to. Comment on how your stupidity ****ed your phone up. You're the problem with society. Oh cool new phone I'm gonna do a bunch of.stuff and make it awesome etc and then you **** it up and ***** and moan looking for someone to fix your mistake. If you had any common sense you would have done some research first. I hope your phone doesn't work ever again.

sprg930p said:
Yes I have jumped back to every single firmware stock ( sprint, verizon, the G930U ) Nougat beta, Custom roms everything works except the call service i get a cross over the signal bars and the moment i insert a sim ( tried 2 diff carriers ) i get the " invalid sim " error msg pop up.
Am not living in USA and i have bought this phone locally it was working fine. I can't reactivate it with a Sprint sim for obvious reasons as am not in USA
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Well seeing as how you bought a sprint version s7 there's a simple answer being you f***** up. It's a locked bootloader. Have you done no research before attempting to do any mods to this phone? I have nonsolution for you but I wanted to. Comment on how your stupidity ****ed your phone up. You're the problem with society. Oh cool new phone I'm gonna do a bunch of.stuff and make it awesome etc and then you **** it up and ***** and moan looking for someone to fix your mistake. If you had any common sense you would have done some research first. I hope your phone doesn't work ever again.

PoppNLPatrick said:
Well seeing as how you bought a sprint version s7 there's a simple answer being you f***** up. It's a locked bootloader. Have you done no research before attempting to do any mods to this phone? I have nonsolution for you but I wanted to. Comment on how your stupidity ****ed your phone up. You're the problem with society. Oh cool new phone I'm gonna do a bunch of.stuff and make it awesome etc and then you **** it up and ***** and moan looking for someone to fix your mistake. If you had any common sense you would have done some research first. I hope your phone doesn't work ever again.
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Dam no need for that. If u aint helping out, keep all ur negativity to ur self

PoppNLPatrick said:
Well seeing as how you bought a sprint version s7 there's a simple answer being you f***** up. It's a locked bootloader. Have you done no research before attempting to do any mods to this phone? I have nonsolution for you but I wanted to. Comment on how your stupidity ****ed your phone up. You're the problem with society. Oh cool new phone I'm gonna do a bunch of.stuff and make it awesome etc and then you **** it up and ***** and moan looking for someone to fix your mistake. If you had any common sense you would have done some research first. I hope your phone doesn't work ever again.
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well first of all thanks for taking time and reading through but dude am not the reason why he/she left u lolx chill. I actually did flash the phone on diff firmwares quite successfully from Sprint to verizon to the G930U even did the Verizon to Nougat beta update from there got back to sprint and then installed a Eco custom rom. So for u saying u can't flash ( don't know what u mean by mod ) this phoen i think u need to grow some balls and try. It actually works has nothing to do with a locked bootloader i wasn't trying to flash a custom recovery. I did somehow get it into a locked state somehow i agree but not cuz am so stupid not to read through ( if u use your common sense what u advised to me ) many of the posts and threads actually say this and this firmware for this and this variant of the phone.
Chill bro and am sorry if u got your phone f**** up the same way. It would have been an easy fix if i was living in the US just plug yr sprint sim in activate and u are back in business. In my case i can't do that but i can still get it back working if i pay a certain amount i just was just trying to see what chances i have got to get it back accept my sim without paying so am really sorry to let u know my phone would get back fixed

PoppNLPatrick said:
Well seeing as how you bought a sprint version s7 there's a simple answer being you f***** up. It's a locked bootloader. Have you done no research before attempting to do any mods to this phone? I have nonsolution for you but I wanted to. Comment on how your stupidity ****ed your phone up. You're the problem with society. Oh cool new phone I'm gonna do a bunch of.stuff and make it awesome etc and then you **** it up and ***** and moan looking for someone to fix your mistake. If you had any common sense you would have done some research first. I hope your phone doesn't work ever again.
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Show me this research he was suppose to find saying he'd lose call capabilities once he switched to different fw on his sprint s7 using an international service provider... Root research is limited on this device if no one tries anything new there will be no development on the device. You want to be scared and keep ur device not "awesome" fine but don't put down someone cause they asked for help.

lvpre said:
Have you tried going back to a stock sprint firmware?
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you lost the carrier unlock. happened to me 3 days ago, when i was flashing firmwares.
i had to pay $12 USD to get it back.
i used Gsmzambia . c om

vegoja said:
Show me this research he was suppose to find saying he'd lose call capabilities once he switched to different fw on his sprint s7 using an international service provider... Root research is limited on this device if no one tries anything new there will be no development on the device. You want to be scared and keep ur device not "awesome" fine but don't put down someone cause they asked for help.
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Exactly there is always going to be someone to test the waters so for others it's clear not to do the wrongs we did and that's how it works . I still am not sure what triggered it cuz i did try out every single firmware and the 2 custom roms " Eco and Stang5liter " as far as i can remember I flashed Stang5liter custom rom and i was on the G930U firmware ( i think that rom was meant for Verizon firmware )
Rom Version:
G935VVRU2APEI[/COLOR]
Model number
G930V
Android security patch level
August 1 2016
Baseband Version
G930UUEU4API3
i think this is what caused the phone to go back to it's locked status as the baseband didn't match/was more updated than the Rom build ( totally my mistake ) maybe something ppl should be paying attention when flashing to a custom rom

diego97yey said:
you lost the carrier unlock. happened to me 3 days ago, when i was flashing firmwares.
i had to pay $12 USD to get it back.
i used Gsmzambia . c om
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what do u think made yr phone get back in lost status? were u just flashing a diff stock firmware or a custom rom? Me too had to pay and get it unlocked. Lucky u i had to pay approx 22$ USD in my local currency to get it back unlocked and working

Help! Stuck on V350AWM10f

I purchased this phone 11 months ago and have yet to receive one single security update, much less an actual update. I am using the at&t variant (V350AWM) purchased directly from at&t with an AT&T sim card. I have factory reset the phone multiple times, I have attempted to use lg bridge to update (give an error every time. Yes I have tried different cables.) I'm at a loss. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

l337m45732 said:
I purchased this phone 11 months ago and have yet to receive one single security update, much less an actual update. I am using the at&t variant (V350AWM) purchased directly from at&t with an AT&T sim card. I have factory reset the phone multiple times, I have attempted to use lg bridge to update (give an error every time. Yes I have tried different cables.) I'm at a loss. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Well, it still should be under the warranty, you should be able to get it replaced by AT&T. If you don't want to get a swap, then perhaps you can consider cross flashing it with the ULM firmware?
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I had the same problem. I downloaded the Amazon based firmware. I just googled around for it.latrst version was out there. It updated my phone and removed the att bloatware that was killing my battery. I am on T-Mobile and now everything works including wifi calling and HD voice.

cas8180 said:
I had the same problem. I downloaded the Amazon based firmware. I just googled around for it.latrst version was out there. It updated my phone and removed the att bloatware that was killing my battery. I am on T-Mobile and now everything works including wifi calling and HD voice.
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Does your phone still holding the SN and IMEI? can you post a quick guide for the flashing procedure ?, I have the same problem and I need to get latest updates.

amst said:
Does your phone still holding the SN and IMEI? can you post a quick guide for the flashing procedure ?, I have the same problem and I need to get latest updates.
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+1 i need that too. same issue. Im on Argentina right now and stuck with old update.
Thanks in advance.