Hello all,
I own a Galaxy Note 3 which has an Orange branded rom (France carrier), and I'm thinking of flashing a stock unbranded rom of France.
I'd like to know if there is going to be a region lock problem and also if the knox will be triggered.
You see I'm living in Greece and not in France. (If the region matters) ?
Thanks in advance.
No and No to both questions.
You can flash an official unbranded ROM over an official branded ROM. If you stay in the same region (EU) or even more safely, the same country, then this won't trigger KNOX.
Just grab the newest XEF and you'll be fine.
(I get people to do this with TNL and PHN on a daily basis)
GT-I9507 - Can I ODIN Flash Official Sammy UK i9505 Firmware (4.4.2) ?
This is the Australian/Optus - HK Variant, I want to unlock it to other carriers and get rid of all the optus bloatwares.
Thanks.
jaguaralani said:
GT-I9507 - Can I ODIN Flash Official Sammy UK i9505 Firmware (4.4.2) ?
This is the Australian/Optus - HK Variant, I want to unlock it to other carriers and get rid of all the optus bloatwares.
Thanks.
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no you can't
firmwares differ from country to country.
radio and modem firmware is different.
BTW if you are rooted delete/uninstall all the bloatware from your device simple.
Will it break OTA and Kies firmware recognition and updates after flashing from a stock German Vodafone carrier rom G900FXXU1BNL9 to UK unbranded G900FXXU1BOD3?
I've had that issue with an S1 before, but it didn't really matter as it was out of warranty.
EDIT: I think I have a semi answer if I change the CSC via the rom as I did with my S1 it disables OTA and Kies, but is it fully restored when the original CSC is restored?
Hey all,
been a while since I've been flashing and I'm pretty sure I've done this before when 5.0.1 wasn't out and I used a german DBT ROM.
However for the sake of being safe, can you flash the BTU stock rom over a network locked phone with custom EE network ROM???
TIA
Luke.
Have no problem on mine, has no warranty so it's on custom rom's. While ago I rooted the stock kk on my friend n9005 and upgraded it to the last stock of the time, it is now on n9005xxugnh1 (csc: n9005huignj2) stock H3G (tre in Italy) - he wants to upgrade to stock Lollipop but the LP H3G roms are old and in my experience terrible - the most stock up to date are the unbranded ones (ITV):N9005XXUGBOK6. So here is my question: do I dirty upgrade with MOP or FF from the rooted stock branded H3G kk to the stock unbranded LP or do I have to do some steps in between like rooted H3G kk to unbranded kk (to root) and finally unbranded LP?
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Have no problem on mine, has no warranty so it's on custom rom's. While ago I rooted the stock kk on my friend n9005 and upgraded it to the last stock of the time, it is now on n9005xxugnh1 (csc: n9005huignj2) stock H3G (tre in Italy) - he wants to upgrade to stock Lollipop but the LP H3G roms are old and in my experience terrible - the most stock up to date are the unbranded ones (ITV):N9005XXUGBOK6. So here is my question: do I dirty upgrade with MOP or FF from the rooted stock branded H3G kk to the stock unbranded LP or do I have to do some steps in between like rooted H3G kk to unbranded kk (to root) and finally unbranded LP?
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You can't unbrand the device like that. You will have to buy a IMEI unlock code to unbrand it.
I wrote unbrand, not unlock! The phone is not carrier locked, simply the Samsung stock rom has some apps and boot screen of the provider - none of branded n9005 I've seen here in Italy are carrier locked, not Tim, Wind, Vodafone, H3G- Mine was H3G even if it was sent me by Samsung as replacement (it was brand new) also this one was bought in a shop without a subscription to H3G
verbumomo said:
I wrote unbrand, not unlock! The phone is not carrier locked, simply the Samsung stock rom has some apps and boot screen of the provider - none of branded n9005 I've seen here in Italy are carrier locked, not Tim, Wind, Vodafone, H3G- Mine was H3G even if it was sent me by Samsung as replacement (it was brand new) also this one was bought in a shop without a subscription to H3G
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1. The latest H3G firmware is N9005XXUGBOD6 (not old). They are preparing the new update to it.
2. Unbrand is easy only if your device allow installing other CSC Code countries. How you can know them? Install this APP and take a look in CSC Code Tab -> Available CSC Codes (example in the pic attached). You can't unbrand it if there you dont' see that setting or only 1 CSC available (it means lock/branded device).
*Answering your first question if you have more CSC availables:
1. Download android 4.4.2 of the CSC that your device supports (and you selected).
2. Backup all your internal data (+ IMEI too).
3. Reset your flash counter via Triangle Away 3.26.
4. Flash the firmware of the step 1 via ODIN.
5. Update your device to Lollipop via OTA or via ODIN directly.
Well as it is stock branded and never flashed a different rom (all upgrades have been official H3G via Odin after root) it won't have any CSC in "available" - AFAIK csc has nothing to do with the IMEI, the code involved in lock/unlock a device. On mine I rooted, chanced recovery and flashed unbranded (ITV) and then custom rom (with ITV, as only a few have HUI) and have different CSC available... but when it was brand new there was only HUI (italian H3G) and nothing else - that one of my doubts: dirty flashing or not? Will it have problems from a 4.4.2 HUI csc to a 5.0 ITV and probably different pit. Personally I returned to kk, waiting for rock stable N5 port -I don't care about estetic and prefer battery friendly dark themes...
My friend wants LP, the H3G from may gave some problems on mine (battery life was terrible) - so I think the last ITV should be a better choice...
So finally you suggest to be "classical": step from actual 442 HUI rom to 442 ITV (towelroot able version, pre july 2014) and then upgrade to last LP ITV. Don't think that triangle away is needed as in case of problems a neat clean flash of H3G stock should be made...