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Firmware Question

I currently have the GS7 (SM-GM930A) Only odin flashable firmware I can find is here I am not new to flashing or root, Just kinda new to the whole samsung firmware deal. My question is this shows its baseband version G930AATT1APB5 and my current version is G930AUCS2APC2. Has anyone with the 930A flashed this firmware successfully while running the same firmware I am running?

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JeSTeRH4CK3D said:
G930AATT1APB5 I BELIEVE that my friend is LolliPop.
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The SM-G930 never released with lollipop... It started on Marshmallow.

garyd9 said:
The SM-G930 never released with lollipop... It started on Marshmallow.
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I know.......but I looked it up and that is what came up on sammobile.......typo maybe but I swear I saw it......
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Firmware SM-900H

Anyone have firmware or know where to get it for the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-900H? I received a free one that is soft bricked. Someone tried to downgrade from LP to KK and it did not got well. I found one site called SamMobile but you have to pay to get the download.

Use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647
Or you can just use Kies to restore your phone since it has a recovery option

Um....unless things have changed, sammobile don't charge for downloads......I've downloaded numerous firmwares from that site.....

keithross39 said:
Um....unless things have changed, sammobile don't charge for downloads......I've downloaded numerous firmwares from that site.....
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they charge for downloads now, cuz free downoad button doesn't show

After messing with it enough I got it from SamMobile but it took 2 hours to download. But I have a free GS 5 now

rebretz000 said:
After messing with it enough I got it from SamMobile but it took 2 hours to download. But I have a free GS 5 now
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I am currently downloading firmware for s5 so I can extract the stock recovery. I want to flash stock 6.0.1 recovery and unroot.
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quicksilver53 said:
I am currently downloading firmware for s5 so I can extract the stock recovery. I want to flash stock 6.0.1 recovery and unroot.
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I was under the impression that recovery was part of the kernel on samsung devices. That being the case, I hope you are running marshmallow on your device because flashing a MM kernel onto a KK or LP build won't work......
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

Anybody have the PG1 files?

I need to flash my phone back to stock in Odin... Any idea where I can find the files?
Thank you.
Sam

samsamdar said:
I need to flash my phone back to stock in Odin... Any idea where I can find the files?
Thank you.
Sam
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Try flashing PF2 to see if it works then just OTA again?

joe3681 said:
Try flashing PF2 to see if it works then just OTA again?
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My phone is unfortunately on bootloader 3 whereas PF2 is bootloader 2... The phone can't go back and Odin immediately fails when trying to flash PF2.

samsamdar said:
My phone is unfortunately on bootloader 3 whereas PF2 is bootloader 2... The phone can't go back and Odin immediately fails when trying to flash PF2.
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You verified that the new software has the v3 bootloader? There are a bunch of different odins to try. Try all of them.
But unfortunately there is no fw released yet for pg1. It needs to be leaked. AT&T is the only carrier that doesn't release their FWs. I'm not sure how they get away with it.
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It's up on this site now:
http://dl.pars-hamrah.com/index.php?file=/Samsung Flash Files/G Series/G935A - Galaxy S7 Firmware
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Skizzy034 said:
It's up on this site now:
http://dl.pars-hamrah.com/index.php?file=/Samsung Flash Files/G Series/G935A - Galaxy S7 Firmware
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Hmmm. Not sure I trust foreign sites but without someone taking the chance we wouldn't have the PF2 FW

joe3681 said:
Hmmm. Not sure I trust foreign sites but without someone taking the chance we wouldn't have the PF2 FW
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That's the site they got the 935a and 930a fw from. It's legit.
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Can anybody confirm whether that software is legit or not?

samsamdar said:
Can anybody confirm whether that software is legit or not?
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Yes it is. The fw in the stock thread for the 930a apf2 and 935a apf2 is from that site and @nugzo just posted the pg1 from that site in the thread with the title "July Update. Wifi Calling AT&T."
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Skizzy034 said:
Yes it is. The fw in the stock thread for the 930a apf2 and 935a apf2 is from that site and @nugzo just posted the pg1 from that site in the thread with the title "July Update. Wifi Calling AT&T."
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I'm not finding it?

It's been confirmed you can Odin back to PF2 and then OTA to latest update

Yes, I have odin'd to pf2 twice now from pg1 then took the Ota again. Not sure where your getting this bl v3 from...

twizt3d said:
Yes, I have odin'd to pf2 twice now from pg1 then took the Ota again. Not sure where your getting this bl v3 from...
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Did you flash the BL file in Odin when you went back or just the 3 other files without the BL?

Just the other 3
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twizt3d said:
Just the other 3
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Whats the issue or error even if BL is flashed or why is not recommended to flash BL ?

Well, I made the dumbass decision to root. That didn't last long. Using Odin just flashed the 3 other files and after it downloaded the OTA it continually fails to install.

I used Odin to go back to the June update 2x from the July OTA update. I flashed all 4 files without issues. I used the 3.12.3 Odin . I am getting the notification to install the July update still but I ignore it or clear the phone cache then try to install it so it fails. Usually I dont get the pop ups for a couple days after that.

All 4 yes. When I flashed BL finally it installed OTA fine.
You've been saying he can OTA flashing everything but BL. You cannot in fact do that. You have to flash all 4.

joe3681 said:
All 4 yes. When I flashed BL finally it installed OTA fine.
You've been saying he can OTA flashing everything but BL. You cannot in fact do that. You have to flash all 4.
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I have only ever flashed the 3. Done this twice on my phone, once on a buddies. So thats simply not the case. When he said the install failed was that the install of pf2 or the ota install. Remember you need to use the "official" aka not prince version of odin to install the pf2 files. As far as the ota goes, no idea what you giys are doing wrong. My process has been, odin 3.12.3 pf2 all but bootloader, setup phone, connect to wifi, search for ota, download ota, install ota, finish "personalizing" device, odin with prince cosmey the engineering bl, reboot, root, reboot, supersu pseudo and enable su from boot, reboot, then flashfire v15 script, reboot, flashfire xposed, reboot. Nevr have i once had an issue.

The OTA will fail on install after download if the system has been modded at all. So all 4 need to be flashed to be fully stock.

Changing carrier ROMs US variant S7 edge

Have a question here, we get a lot of US imported phones here in Pakistan, mostly AT&T and Verizon S7 edge phones.
They've got carrier bloat and whatnot, I remember reading people flashing Verizon ROMs to get that to work properly on their AT&T phone and flashing AT&T on a T-Mobile phone to get that to work properly, so if one flashes a G935U firmware on a G935V, is it expected to work fine and act as an ordinary Snapdragon 820 S7 edge with no carrier bloat or anything?
All replies will be appreciated.
Thanks
murtaza02
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I tried flashing G930U on my G930V through odin but it failed. It appears that I can't flash anything using odin. The only way by which I was able to install a firmware manually was through stock recovery by Applying update from sd card.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/samsung-sm-935u-firmware-install-guide-t3411451
Have u checked this thread ...
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sirius_gamer said:
I tried flashing G930U on my G930V through odin but it failed. It appears that I can't flash anything using odin. The only way by which I was able to install a firmware manually was through stock recovery by Applying update from sd card.
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What version of Odin did you try to use and which particular 930U firmware?
babarasghar said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/samsung-sm-935u-firmware-install-guide-t3411451
Have u checked this thread ...
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I have, but there have been reports of it not working for some people as well, so I wanted to know if it's a legit method or if it's trial and error and it works for some and it doesn't work for others, because if it does work officially, then it'd solve a huge headache on choosing US variant phones here and we can all relax since the 935U firmware can be flashed on carrier branded phones.
Now, I need to get my hands on an American S7 edge to test this out myself.

Off course without testing nothing can be confirmed ... But most people r too faint hearted to try it
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murtaza02 said:
What version of Odin did you try to use and which particular 930U firmware?
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Odin version: 3.10.7
Firmware: G930UUEU4APL2

sirius_gamer said:
Odin version: 3.10.7
Firmware: G930UUEU4APL2
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Try Odin 3.12.3 and the latest Nougat firmware for the G930U with the XAA (unlocked) CSC.

murtaza02 said:
Try Odin 3.12.3 and the latest Nougat firmware for the G930U with the XAA (unlocked) CSC.
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Btw which files (AP, BL, CSC etc) I need to flash through odin? As I have noted that flashing CSC renders non-verizon sim unusable.
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sirius_gamer said:
Btw which files (AP, BL, CSC etc) I need to flash through odin? As I have noted that flashing CSC renders non-verizon sim unusable.
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All of them. AP includes the system, recovery and cache, CP includes modem, BL includes bootloader, and CSC includes sales code.
The ROMs for S7 usually come with CSC and HOME_CSC, the latter will not wipe your device and keep the Verizon CSC which may cause issues and require you to factory reset your phone, the normal CSC files wipes the data and switches your CSC to the new one you're trying to flash.
Choose whichever one you want but I'd suggest the normal CSC just to be safe.
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murtaza02 said:
All of them. AP includes the system, recovery and cache, CP includes modem, BL includes bootloader, and CSC includes sales code.
The ROMs for S7 usually come with CSC and HOME_CSC, the latter will not wipe your device and keep the Verizon CSC which may cause issues and require you to factory reset your phone, the normal CSC files wipes the data and switches your CSC to the new one you're trying to flash.
Choose whichever one you want but I'd suggest the normal CSC just to be safe.
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Apparently I was using older version of Odin. The version you told worked for me and now I have installed G930U firmware
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sirius_gamer said:
Apparently I was using older version of Odin. The version you told worked for me and now I have installed G930U firmware
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Hows it working for you?
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murtaza02 said:
Hows it working for you?
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The main issue with me was poor battery life which was resolved when I reverted back to marshmallow. But I have yet to test the battery life on nougat. Other than this, phone is running smoothly and it feels light now due to no bloatware.
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sirius_gamer said:
The main issue with me was poor battery life which was resolved when I reverted back to marshmallow. But I have yet to test the battery life on nougat. Other than this, phone is running smoothly and it feels light now due to no bloatware.
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Thanks for testing out and giving feedback.
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id like to know can i flash the 930u on a metropcs 930t1

Have been trying all day to load 935u on my sprint phone and it loads but it just boots into the same sprint firmware, anyway for me to change this?
Just tried to redo this, so maybe i was mistaken that it loaded....FAILS at installing boot.

jmaloy5365 said:
Have been trying all day to load 935u on my sprint phone and it loads but it just boots into the same sprint firmware, anyway for me to change this?
Just tried to redo this, so maybe i was mistaken that it loaded....FAILS at installing boot.
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What firmware are you using and what version of Odin?
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eljefe0000 said:
id like to know can i flash the 930u on a metropcs 930t1
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You probably can, try it out, worst case scenario it fails and you'll just boot back into your normal MetroPCS firmware.
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murtaza02 said:
What firmware are you using and what version of Odin?
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It was me, I was loading the wrong firmware. The 935U firmware will load onto Sprint phone and am using it on Straight Talk.

Which Firmware did you use ?
sirius_gamer said:
Apparently I was using older version of Odin. The version you told worked for me and now I have installed G930U firmware
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Hi can you please tell which firmware did you use. There are many options under the locations Tab which one should i Use ?
I am searching on SAMMOBILE when i search SM-G935U. On the the first page i select US (T-Mobile)
On the second page, in the countries TAB which option i need to select ?
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It was me, I was loading the wrong firmware. The 935U firmware will load onto Sprint phone and am using it on Straight Talk.
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Hi how are you.
Can you please let me know which country did you use while downloding the U firmware ? I have a t-mobile s7 edge

WARNING: Bootloader V3 will disable flashing out of region firmwares

False Alert
Check out post #42
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=75423115
"After being tested by XDA Senior member me2151, it turns out cross region flashing does work. Prince Comsy Odin is working, but we can not test if the factory binary flashing will hard brick your phone. So flashing US unlocked onto a US carrier device should work."
Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-note8-bootloader-odin/
Credits to @mweinbach for updating the news post and @me2151 for testing the brick

Oh, so Verizon to T-Mobile swap is fine.
Thanks for the heads up!

Whilst your post is is informative, I hope you will excuse me being a little pedantic, if the phone is "hard bricked" it can't be fixed and conversely if it cab be fixed then generally that would be considered "soft bricked".
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paul_59 said:
Whilst your post is is informative, I hope you will excuse me being a little pedantic, if the phone is "hard bricked" it can't be fixed and conversely if it cab be fixed then generally that would be considered "soft bricked".
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So far it CAN'T be fixed, so for now consider it a hard brick.
And stop arguing semantics when we are trying to actually help people and warn them before they brick their phones.

Very scary. Prevents Comsey ODIN from working?
Source : Portal of XDA
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-note8-bootloader-odin/

So does it apply to the international model too? If I get a G955F from Germany and flash a XEU firmware, it will brick?

I Have a doubt here. I am in a unlocked tmobile firmware on oreo beta. I was planning to flash unlocked firmware to it. so my question is
1) If i flashed unlocked US firmware G955U1 to G955U now, will it hardbrick after BLv3 update.
2)If i flashed now and updated to Blv3 after G955U1 will it be stuck to that firmware forever?
Thanks

xdanilva said:
This applies to all American/Snapdragon and Exynos S8, S8+ and Note 8 models once BLv3 comes out for those models.
If you flashed a out of region firmware such as G955W, G955F, G955FD etc.
Flash back to your original model firmware or you'll be hard bricked. I'll post updates about the hard brick part. There's some news developing about how to fix the hard brick.
Credits to @FatalONEM8 and @me2151 for figuring this out
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How to find out the Bootloader Version?

If it says 3 before your baseband number. Example from note 8 3BRA8. The note 8 already got patched.
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TheLastSidekick said:
Very scary. Prevents Comsey ODIN from working?
Source : Portal of XDA
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-note8-bootloader-odin/
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Yep
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jaison thomas said:
I Have a doubt here. I am in a unlocked tmobile firmware on oreo beta. I was planning to flash unlocked firmware to it. so my question is
1) If i flashed unlocked US firmware G955U1 to G955U now, will it hardbrick after BLv3 update.
2)If i flashed now and updated to Blv3 after G955U1 will it be stuck to that firmware forever?
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1.) Yes
2.) You would get a non standard hardbrick. You would be stuck in Emergency Download Mode. You can't flash back to g955u even with standard Odin.
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sherlock5545 said:
So does it apply to the international model too? If I get a G955F from Germany and flash a XEU firmware, it will brick?
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You can flash a different carrier firmware you can't flash a firmware from a different phone model.
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Another question please.
I have 955FD model and i have flashed DBT 955F firmware.
As i can see in sammobile there is 955FD firmware and it's the same as 955F.
I will be ok or not?
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Does this only affect U.S. models or will this affect all models? Also, does this mean there will be no more rooting these devices or can you still root them as long as your phone didn't originally have v3? I.e., the modders can still build versions of the new modified firmware with v3 replaced with the old one? Or will those of us who want to keep our root have to just never ever update (through flashing)?

I'm sorry... this means we can't install custom firmware after this ? what i can do now to prevent this ? i have 955FD and not installed custom firmware or root yet... i want to be able to install custom firmware ... what can i do ?

Seems that Samsung reads XDA as well.... Targeted "security patch"... ?
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What could be the reasons for anyone to flash another region firmware / ROM? Just curious.
Anyway im safe because i use G955F ROMs (my device is G955F) from the beginning and plan to do so in future, right?

Good Bye Sammy!!
@xdanilva
Thank you for letting us know.
This news made my mind up and just sold my S8+F!

samteeee said:
@xdanilva
Thank you for letting us know.
This news made my mind up and just sold my S8+F!
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I would recommend getting a oneplus 5t as your next phone

xdanilva said:
I would recommend getting a oneplus 5t as your next phone
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Although an excellent choice, but I bought a Pixel 2 XL from Google.