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I noticed after rooting that I went from firmware U to U1.
I guess my question is can I use normal Odin to flash SM-G955U1 firmware and have my phone unlocked so I can use my goole Fi sim card?
Kaldrick said:
I noticed after rooting that I went from firmware U to U1.
I guess my question is can I use normal Odin to flash SM-G955U1 firmware and have my phone unlocked so I can use my goole Fi sim card?
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Flashing the firmware alone will not unlock the phone. You must have the carrier it is attached to unlock it first.
Milly7 said:
Flashing the firmware alone will not unlock the phone. You must have the carrier it is attached to unlock it first.
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Hi, could i do the reverse? i have a g955u1 Us version, can install the ATT firmware to it? will it work?
nlesir said:
Hi, could i do the reverse? i have a g955u1 Us version, can install the ATT firmware to it? will it work?
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When you buy a Galaxy S8 Plus at a store in the usa like Best buy or other, you will get the model SM-G955U1 which is unlocked and it works will att and tmobile sim cards, i have that model and works fine with Tmobile.
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-G955U locked to USA carriers version
-G955U1 is the Unlocked version
Kaldrick said:
I noticed after rooting that I went from firmware U to U1.
I guess my question is can I use normal Odin to flash SM-G955U1 firmware and have my phone unlocked so I can use my goole Fi sim card?
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You can use ODIN to flash U1 firmware for a bloatfree experience, but that WILL NOT carrier unlock your device. It has to be unlocked by the carrier. Either by calling them direct or paying for an unlock service. But if your phone is paid off, your carrier will unlock it for free.
nlesir said:
Hi, could i do the reverse? i have a g955u1 Us version, can install the ATT firmware to it? will it work?
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Of course. Search the forums and carrier switching thread.
iSeven77 said:
When you buy a Galaxy S8 Plus at a store in the usa like Best buy or other, you will get the model SM-G955U1 which is unlocked and it works will att and tmobile sim cards, i have that model and works fine with Tmobile.
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That's a half truth. You CAN purchase the U1 model at Best Buy, but only if you specifically ask for it. They also sell the carrier versions for ATT, Verizon, and I believe Sprint.
The U1 can also be purchased directly from Samsung, as well as the carrier versions.
Yes the U1 works with ALL major US carriers. I.e. Verizon, Sprint, ATT, T-Mobile, US Cellular, and all their MVNOs.
You can try my post i would like to help you
Mr. Orange 645 said:
You can use ODIN to flash U1 firmware for a bloatfree experience, but that WILL NOT carrier unlock your device. It has to be unlocked by the carrier. Either by calling them direct or paying for an unlock service. But if your phone is paid off, your carrier will unlock it for free.
Of course. Search the forums and carrier switching thread.
That's a half truth. You CAN purchase the U1 model at Best Buy, but only if you specifically ask for it. They also sell the carrier versions for ATT, Verizon, and I believe Sprint.
The U1 can also be purchased directly from Samsung, as well as the carrier versions.
Yes the U1 works with ALL major US carriers. I.e. Verizon, Sprint, ATT, T-Mobile, US Cellular, and all their MVNOs.
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i keep on getting this error in odin <ID:0/004> abl.elf
leonardojt said:
i keep on getting this error in odin <ID:0/004> abl.elf
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use latest Odin 3.13.1
TQ
ikrishaary said:
use latest Odin 3.13.1
TQ
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Thanks, it worked
I have the U1 and flashed U firmware, and was trying to go back to U1 and Odin is being a pita about it.
Any pointers on how to get my U1 phone that thinks it's a U now, to get back to being a U1? Get a binary error when I try. I have both firmware. U oddly says it's an XAS file (phone still shows being XAA, but U1 is an XAA file, both from sammob, and both are latest updates, Dec. 1st.).
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I have the U1 and flashed U firmware, and was trying to go back to U1 and Odin is being a pita about it.
Any pointers on how to get my U1 phone that thinks it's a U now, to get back to being a U1? Get a binary error when I try. I have both firmware. U oddly says it's an XAS file (phone still shows being XAA, but U1 is an XAA file, both from sammob, and both are latest updates, Dec. 1st.).
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If your getting a binary error either you are 1 of 3 things. Using older firmware than on the device. You need to flash the combination file then subsequent firmware. Like u1 combo u. Or u combo u1. Or wrong odin. 3.13b
Sir pls help for me my samsung galaxy s8 plus model no is (SM-G955U) can i flashed firmware like (SM-G955F) pls help me.
WasifMeraj said:
Sir pls help for me my samsung galaxy s8 plus model no is (SM-G955U) can i flashed firmware like (SM-G955F) pls help me.
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No you cannot.
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No you cannot.
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Thank you sir for replying.
Hello,
I've been trying to find my answers on how to flash a AT&T GS9 SM-G960U with a T-Mobile S9 Stock Firmware\ROM.
I found this thread and although it's fairly close to what I am trying to do, I didn't want to post this there because they are talking about flashing U1 to U and I'm not sure if that is what I need to do exactly. https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/how-to/how-to-flash-u1-firmware-to-device-t3765200 from this thread, I've followed the initial steps and although Odin (Moded Odin v3.13.1 Raymonf ) tells me that the flash passed, upon reboot, the phone does not have the TMO firmware, it's still the original AT&T firmware. The only thing that it did do was add the TMO Visual VM icon\app.
I was informed of being able to download the TMO firmware from here: https://www.droiddosh.com/2018/04/samsung-galaxy-s9-sm-g960u-firmware-tmobile-usa-G960USQU1ARBG.html
Am I doing something wrong here? It seems that maybe these US models do not offer the OEM Bootloader unlocker option in developer settings unless you purchase the U1 version direct from Samsung that does not have a locked boot loader? I got this phone at no cost so that is also why I did not purchased from Samsung directly.
Any guidance and help would be appreciated.
Thank you
US carrier models have locked bootloaders, no way to root or install custom roms.
We should be able to flash between carrier versions/CSCs like we could with the S8, but the process is different and I've only read of a few people finding success in trying. The voicemail app you're seeing is due to flashing the T-Mobile userdata partition. This is the bloat partition - doesn't actually change device features, etc.
Any chance anybody has success doing this? It seems like a "Must Have" feature to switch carrier roms on the G960U between carriers, including Boot Screen/Logo, Firmware, Bloatware, etc.
All the goodies.
Any help?
Thank you,
I've done it!
dovid said:
Any chance anybody has success doing this? It seems like a "Must Have" feature to switch carrier roms on the G960U between carriers, including Boot Screen/Logo, Firmware, Bloatware, etc.
All the goodies.
Any help?
Thank you,
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I've completed this task tonight thanks to some great help from a user that stepped me through it on a TMO Forum.
First an FYI, I first was able to flash my AT&T S9 version from SM-960U to a Stock SM-960U1. It worked great. After that, I was able to flash the TMO Rom and it's also working perfect. I'm not sure if it's required or not to flash the phone to a U1 first or if the TMO Rom can just be flashed. After I flashed the TMO firmware, I had no issues downloading and installing the latest TMO update. (My device is unlocked as well)
It's best to use Samsung switch first to backup your texts, pics, etc. first if you want to restore them to the device after completing the flash. The below instructions will start the phone up as if it was new out if the box.
Here is what I was provided with and the steps I followed.
To Flash the SM-G960U to a SM-G960U1
1. Allow\Enable USB Debugging in Developers settings.
2. Download the U1 Firmware here: https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=257063
(this is the U1 from Samsung, it's compressed but once extracted it will be around 4GB's of data.)
3. Download the ADB tools: https://devfiles.co/download/PDYvOWBg/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip. Create a folder on your desktop and name it ADB (for easy reference)
4. Download Odin: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10dSyPTuccP8Km9MnDrvbRdS-CAcgFZB3/view
5. From windows, run command prompt, in the command prompt type the following: cd C:\Users\XXX\Desktop\ADB
(XXX is your username)
6. Connect your phone to a USB port on your computer, your phone should prompt you to allow the connection to\from your computer. Allow the connection. Might be best to choose to "Always Allow"
7. Return to the command prompt and type in: adb devices You should see your device listed.
8. In the same command window, type in: adb reboot bootloader This will auto reboot your device into the "Download" mode.
9. Open and run Odin, add the corresponding tar files to the respective area's, in the "options tab" in Odin, make sure that only "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" is checked.
Click "Start" and the process will take a few minutes to complete.
Allow the device a few minutes to auto reboot and start up.
After you get through all the post boot setup screens, open a phone dial pad and type in, *#2263#. then make sure that all LTE bands are enabled.
Here you can find the SM-G960U T-Mobile Files: https://www.droiddosh.com/2018/04/samsung-galaxy-s9-sm-g960u-firmware-tmobile-usa-G960USQU1ARBG.html
Switching from U -> U1 -> U
B"H
Ok, thank you.
1. So stock G960U (Original Carrier) -> Flash to U1 -
2. Then, Go from G960U1 -> Stock G960U (Any Carrier)
Few questions:
1. Which CSC file are you using to flash -- CSC_HOME?
2. In moving from U1 -> U, do you need the final carrier SIM inside the phone?
I've tried this with a Verizon phone I'd like to convert to XFinity (CCT). I flashed the G960U VZW to G960U1 XXA. That worked fine. Then I flashed the G960U CCT rom, and the phone just boots up Verizon. When I check the CSC, it says "VZW/VZW/VZW", even though I flashed the CCT rom.
I don't have an XFinity sim card, so perhap that is the problem.
Any help would be great.
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B"H
Ok, thank you.
1. So stock G960U (Original Carrier) -> Flash to U1 -
2. Then, Go from G960U1 -> Stock G960U (Any Carrier)
Few questions:
1. Which CSC file are you using to flash -- CSC_HOME?
2. In moving from U1 -> U, do you need the final carrier SIM inside the phone?
I've tried this with a Verizon phone I'd like to convert to XFinity (CCT). I flashed the G960U VZW to G960U1 XXA. That worked fine. Then I flashed the G960U CCT rom, and the phone just boots up Verizon. When I check the CSC, it says "VZW/VZW/VZW", even though I flashed the CCT rom.
I don't have an XFinity sim card, so perhap that is the problem.
Any help would be great.
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You most likely will need a Xfinity Sim Card. I was able to convert my Xfinity Mobile S9 to AT&T by going to U1 firmware then inserting my AT&T sim card then flashing the AT&T U firmware.
ajairola said:
You most likely will need a Xfinity Sim Card. I was able to convert my Xfinity Mobile S9 to AT&T by going to U1 firmware then inserting my AT&T sim card then flashing the AT&T U firmware.
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Where is the at&t u firmware? Currently on the unlocked firmware. Thanks
Savebig said:
Where is the at&t u firmware? Currently on the unlocked firmware. Thanks
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Go to this thread (thanks @iBowToAndroid) and then look in the RB7 folder on Android File host.
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Does anyone know if you have to have the phone unlocked before changing over carriers? for example if i had a Galaxy S9 from Sprint and wanted to change the firmware to T-Mobile would it work or would it still be locked to Sprint? Thanks for your Help!
B AdamsHxC said:
Does anyone know if you have to have the phone unlocked before changing over carriers? for example if i had a Galaxy S9 from Sprint and wanted to change the firmware to T-Mobile would it work or would it still be locked to Sprint? Thanks for your Help!
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Have the same question, but on my Verizon Note 8...
PieceofSlice said:
Have the same question, but on my Verizon Note 8...
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I would check if your phone is already unlocked, Most Verizon phones come unlocked (unless you bought them from a Verizon Tent at Cosco or stores like that) Just put in another carriers sim card and check, if it is unlocked then you shouldnt have to flash anything, once you put in a different carrier sim it will tell you to restart your phone and once you do it will come up with the new carriers splash logo and apps
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Have the same question, but on my Verizon Note 8...
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In my experience all the carrier S9s are locked. You will need an unlock code from your carrier or an unlocking service.
Noob here: I’ve read that all US S9 models are the same in terms of hardware, is that true? Would that mean if I change the firmware from verizon to T-Mobile, it’ll be fully compatible?
Xamuyees said:
Noob here: I’ve read that all US S9 models are the same in terms of hardware, is that true? Would that mean if I change the firmware from verizon to T-Mobile, it’ll be fully compatible?
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Yes! All 965U's, 965U1's, and 965W's are the exact same hardware, just different firmware.
For those of you that use TMO or U1 firmware on an unlocked ATT phone on TMO network, do you get a <Subject: NoSubject> before other people's texts in group texts? I've tried flashing U and U1 firmware several times as well as factory reset without being able to get rid of the subject line. Anyone have any insight or suggestions?
I was able to go from U1 to the att firmware. My question is why does samsung pass not work? I can see that the knox is not tripped and google play store is certified. Device status says official. Device is not rooted but Samsung pass thinks it is rooted. Why would this happen when all I did was install the carrier bundle?
(Newbie) doing what jrockz3000 did would allow root to be possible?
MFmvrdoc said:
(Newbie) doing what jrockz3000 did would allow root to be possible?
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Unfortunately not. All North American S9s are not able to be rooted at this point.
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Unfortunately not. All North American S9s are not able to be rooted at this point.
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Thank you man~
Odin link down
jrockz3000 said:
I've completed this task tonight thanks to some great help from a user that stepped me through it on a TMO Forum.
First an FYI, I first was able to flash my AT&T S9 version from SM-960U to a Stock SM-960U1. It worked great. After that, I was able to flash the TMO Rom and it's also working perfect. I'm not sure if it's required or not to flash the phone to a U1 first or if the TMO Rom can just be flashed. After I flashed the TMO firmware, I had no issues downloading and installing the latest TMO update. (My device is unlocked as well)
It's best to use Samsung switch first to backup your texts, pics, etc. first if you want to restore them to the device after completing the flash. The below instructions will start the phone up as if it was new out if the box.
Here is what I was provided with and the steps I followed.
To Flash the SM-G960U to a SM-G960U1
1. Allow\Enable USB Debugging in Developers settings.
2. Download the U1 Firmware here:
(this is the U1 from Samsung, it's compressed but once extracted it will be around 4GB's of data.)
3. Download the ADB tools: . Create a folder on your desktop and name it ADB (for easy reference)
4. Download Odin:
5. From windows, run command prompt, in the command prompt type the following: cd C:\Users\XXX\Desktop\ADB
(XXX is your username)
6. Connect your phone to a USB port on your computer, your phone should prompt you to allow the connection to\from your computer. Allow the connection. Might be best to choose to "Always Allow"
7. Return to the command prompt and type in: adb devices You should see your device listed.
8. In the same command window, type in: adb reboot bootloader This will auto reboot your device into the "Download" mode.
9. Open and run Odin, add the corresponding tar files to the respective area's, in the "options tab" in Odin, make sure that only "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" is checked.
Click "Start" and the process will take a few minutes to complete.
Allow the device a few minutes to auto reboot and start up.
After you get through all the post boot setup screens, open a phone dial pad and type in, *#2263#. then make sure that all LTE bands are enabled.
Here you can find the SM-G960U T-Mobile Files:]
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I've read that the Galaxy S9 hardware is identical for all carriers in the USA.
If I bought a factory unlocked Galaxy S9 can I flash it to the carrier I am using (Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T) to enable carrier specific software and features? Can I flash it back to the unlocked firmware?
I already see a thread about flashing the unlocked firmware to carrier models so I am assuming there are no issues there.
Can one carrier model be flashed to another carrier model?
No, bootloaders are different, with the S7 there was an unbranded U firmware that was compatible with most of them, unlocked firmware will be that one for the S9, but no you cannot just flash different device firmwares to the wrong model
I was able to flash the ATT rom onto my Verizon S9. I got a VZ s9 from work but I'm on ATT. For the most part it's worked great, I had done the same thing previously with a Galaxy S7. I say for the most part b/c I am on here tonight to post a question myself about the fact that I'm getting a delay with MMS messages. I imagine it has something to do with the APNs I have setup, but I can't seem to figure it out.
toronado13 said:
I was able to flash the ATT rom onto my Verizon S9. I got a VZ s9 from work but I'm on ATT. For the most part it's worked great, I had done the same thing previously with a Galaxy S7. I say for the most part b/c I am on here tonight to post a question myself about the fact that I'm getting a delay with MMS messages. I imagine it has something to do with the APNs I have setup, but I can't seem to figure it out.
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Did you have to flash to the U1 software first?
I do think that is what I ended up doing... tried to go directly first and it kept failing. Got fed up and decided to just try and put the bone stock rom on it, and that went on really easily.... so after using it like that a few days I tried to drop the ATT rom on it and it worked without issue.
SEALBoy said:
I've read that the Galaxy S9 hardware is identical for all carriers in the USA.
If I bought a factory unlocked Galaxy S9 can I flash it to the carrier I am using (Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T) to enable carrier specific software and features? Can I flash it back to the unlocked firmware?
I already see a thread about flashing the unlocked firmware to carrier models so I am assuming there are no issues there.
Can one carrier model be flashed to another carrier model?
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Yes, but you need to go to the u1 firmware 1st then to the other carrier firmware. Also make sure you avoid the newer firmwares with the new bootloader, as the unlocked model and certain carrier models don't have the new bootloader.
*Detection* said:
No, bootloaders are different, with the S7 there was an unbranded U firmware that was compatible with most of them, unlocked firmware will be that one for the S9, but no you cannot just flash different device firmwares to the wrong model
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lolol
yes u can.. u can flash between U and U1 firmwares no problem..
normally ud b correct tho but since s8/s8+ it has been ok.. just cant flash 9600 or 9650 to a U or U1 device
elliwigy said:
lolol
yes u can.. u can flash between U and U1 firmwares no problem..
normally ud b correct tho but since s8/s8+ it has been ok.. just cant flash 9600 or 9650 to a U or U1 device
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That'll be why I still thought that then, coming straight from the S7 > S9
Had many members flashing the wrong firmwares thinking they could do that and bricking their S7s / wondering why ODIN failed
*Detection* said:
That'll be why I still thought that then, coming straight from the S7 > S9
Had many members flashing the wrong firmwares thinking they could do that and bricking their S7s / wondering why ODIN failed
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I tried downloading vzw firmware G960USQS3ARI6 to my unlocked sprint s9 and still not vzw flashed. want to do this so can have voice over LTE. Any other steps im missing? flash went through but still sprint
As soon as Firmware ver. 3 came out for the G960U1, I was able to flash it to my Sprint G960U and finally have VoLTE, WiFi calling and stable LTE for MetroPCS. Used samkey to unlock it from Sprint. My phone is actually performing much faster without all of Sprint's bloatware hogging my RAM and storage space. I can confirm that OTA updates still work the same...I received September's security patch (current) with no problems. Device is still official status and Knox hasn't been tripped.
A lot of people think you can just flash the carrier firmware of your choice and boom, it works...I had the same thought process....that's not the case. You have to make sure that there is a matching firmware version for the carrier you want to flash to, as well as make sure the G960U1 firmware version (the unlocked version of the S9's software you have to flash first before even carrier flashing) is the same version of what is installed on your phone now. It's easy ya'll......just READ lol.
I'm in love with my phone again thanks to XDA. ?
HAPPY FLASHING!
nickosarus2008 said:
As soon as Firmware ver. 3 came out for the G960U1, I was able to flash it to my Sprint G960U and finally have VoLTE, WiFi calling and stable LTE for MetroPCS. Used samkey to unlock it from Sprint. My phone is actually performing much faster without all of Sprint's bloatware hogging my RAM and storage space. I can confirm that OTA updates still work the same...I received September's security patch (current) with no problems. Device is still official status and Knox hasn't been tripped.
A lot of people think you can just flash the carrier firmware of your choice and boom, it works...I had the same thought process....that's not the case. You have to make sure that there is a matching firmware version for the carrier you want to flash to, as well as make sure the G960U1 firmware version (the unlocked version of the S9's software you have to flash first before even carrier flashing) is the same version of what is installed on your phone now. It's easy ya'll......just READ lol.
I'm in love with my phone again thanks to XDA.
HAPPY FLASHING!
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Hi, I got one unlocked G960U1(G960U1UES3ARI1) and downloaded new fireware(G960U1UES3ARI1-SPR) from sammobile, but after flashed SPR ROM successfully, the info on the phone still shows XAA, anything I missed here? Thanks!
Curtis2018 said:
Hi, I got one unlocked G960U1(G960U1UES3ARI1) and downloaded new fireware(G960U1UES3ARI1-SPR) from sammobile, but after flashed SPR ROM successfully, the info on the phone still shows XAA, anything I missed here? Thanks!
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Well first off, you have the unlocked phone. I don't. My G960U is originally from Sprint, so I'm not sure about carrier flashing regarding the G960U1. I thought it was supposed to provision itself after you put the sim in, and the associated carrier apps will download since it's the unlocked model...but I may be wrong...
SEALBoy said:
I've read that the Galaxy S9 hardware is identical for all carriers in the USA.
If I bought a factory unlocked Galaxy S9 can I flash it to the carrier I am using (Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T) to enable carrier specific software and features? Can I flash it back to the unlocked firmware?
I already see a thread about flashing the unlocked firmware to carrier models so I am assuming there are no issues there.
Can one carrier model be flashed to another carrier model?
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I know so many people have already answered your question from some saying No to others saying Yes but you need to Install U1 first and Bla Bla Bla.
I want to give you one specific answer: With S9 you can any Carriers firmware you wish or even Unlocked phone's firmware. You will never have any issue. And you don't ever need to flash U1 or something else before changing carrier firmware you can Flash from ATT S9 firmware to VZW S9 firmware without any issue. You can also flash from U to U1 which is from Carrier specific to Unbranded/Unlocked but only hiccup is original Odin will give you SHA-256 error, which is normal because you are flashing U1 firm to U device or vice versa. This error can easily be resolved by used Patched odin that disabled SHA-256 check. And trust me you will never have any issue.
You will never want to do this but I have gone as far as mix-matching U and U1 firmware together as well. Like flashing AP, BL and CP of U device but flashing CSC of U1 device. and it still works.
hey there, a little late to the party, having trouble with going from a Verizon to a Sprint, even by way of U1. I can't get any of them to work. And I've been told I have to go from VZW to U1 before I went to Sprint. Is that not the case? I'm having a hell of a time getting anything to flash, everything fails.
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ret4425 said:
hey there, a little late to the party, having trouble with going from a Verizon to a Sprint, even by way of U1. I can't get any of them to work. And I've been told I have to go from VZW to U1 before I went to Sprint. Is that not the case? I'm having a hell of a time getting anything to flash, everything fails.
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well, I tried to load the Sprint image from the VZW, no dice. It said it passed, but upon reboot loaded up the old Big Red (even with the Sprint SIM in it).
Anyone have any ideas? This is driving me insane....
Hi All,
I have Samsung S9 Unlocked T-mobile from US and currently in India. Currently i have Oreo Version.
As all know, it doesnt have VOLTE option enabled which is needed for my sim network for voice calls to go through.
Somewhere i read Pie update will have VOLTE option and hence i am trying to update to Pie update.
I downloaded G960USQS6CSGB firmware for T-mobile, but before upating firmware using Odin, i got doubt if it will stick to T Mobile after update. This will make my phone not usable in India.
I tried to check online, but couldnt get direct answer and hence posting in new thread.
Can someone help clarify if it will lock the mobile to T-Mobile or will the phone be still in unlocked state?
Also i see two CSC files in the firmware folder. CSC and HOME_CSC. Which one to use?
If I should update with some other firmware for being unlocked and yet to get PIE update, please point to required firmware name or links.
Also will updating to PIE update will have VOLTE option ? Kindly confirm.
Thanks in Advance.
abalanag said:
Hi All,
I have Samsung S9 Unlocked T-mobile from US and currently in India. Currently i have Oreo Version.
As all know, it doesnt have VOLTE option enabled which is needed for my sim network for voice calls to go through.
Somewhere i read Pie update will have VOLTE option and hence i am trying to update to Pie update.
I downloaded G960USQS6CSGB firmware for T-mobile, but before upating firmware using Odin, i got doubt if it will stick to T Mobile after update. This will make my phone not usable in India.
I tried to check online, but couldnt get direct answer and hence posting in new thread.
Can someone help clarify if it will lock the mobile to T-Mobile or will the phone be still in unlocked state?
Also i see two CSC files in the firmware folder. CSC and HOME_CSC. Which one to use?
If I should update with some other firmware for being unlocked and yet to get PIE update, please point to required firmware name or links.
Also will updating to PIE update will have VOLTE option ? Kindly confirm.
Thanks in Advance.
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csc will factory reset your phone, home_csc wont
volte wasnt removed from pie, so that shouldnt be an issue
the firmware version you posted has the 6th bootloader revision, im betting here is a 7th available for your phone, but the 6th version should be fine as well
as far as the unlocked state of the phone goes, it shouldnt re-lock, but im paranoid lol. Have you looked into the U1 versions of the phones firmware? Theyre inherently unlocked firmwares and dont have any of that irritating bloatware **** in them
youdoofus said:
csc will factory reset your phone, home_csc wont
volte wasnt removed from pie, so that shouldnt be an issue
the firmware version you posted has the 6th bootloader revision, im betting here is a 7th available for your phone, but the 6th version should be fine as well
as far as the unlocked state of the phone goes, it shouldnt re-lock, but im paranoid lol. Have you looked into the U1 versions of the phones firmware? Theyre inherently unlocked firmwares and dont have any of that irritating bloatware **** in them
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Thanks youdoofus the inputs. Say by chance if it gets locked, is there a way to unlock the phone again from here?
may be then i will try to load U1 versions otherwise. Thanks alot.
abalanag said:
Thanks youdoofus the inputs. Say by chance if it gets locked, is there a way to unlock the phone again from here?
may be then i will try to load U1 versions otherwise. Thanks alot.
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if it has no financial obligation to any carrier and the phone locks to that carrier, then the carrier it locked to would be required to release it. I cant imagine how it would lock to t-mob tho
Factory unlocked phones stay unlocked, no matter what firmware you flash.
Carrier locked phones that were properly unlocked by the carrier (they provide the code to SIM unlock the phone) will stay unlocked, again, no matter what firmware you flash to it - as long as it's compatible. Flashing the wrong firmware may just brick the phone. But, at least it's still SIM unlocked.
Phones that had some kind of software hack installed to trick the phone into thinking it's unlocked will lose the unlock status when you flash a firmware that also wipes the phone. Then it will come back as carrier locked again, because the hack is gone.
That last case is the only case I know of that will "re-lock" a phone. I've never heard of a carrier unlocked phone spontaneously re-locking under any circumstance.
Hi,
Thanks for the details. I tried to flash G960U1UES6CSG4_G960U1OYM6CSG4_XAA firmware. But while loading AP file in ODIN, it gave some error. Couldnt understand what is the error as its in chinese.
Then i loaded G960USQS6CSGB_G960UOYN6CSGB_TMB firmware which i downloaded previously. This got loaded in ODIN without any issues. And i am able to flash to phone. On rebooting, saw that phone moved to Pie version.
But i couldnt find VOLTE option (Enhanced calling) option. Does anyone know which version will enable that option?
Or anyother way to enable that please.
Thanks in advance.
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Factory unlocked phones stay unlocked, no matter what firmware you flash.
Carrier locked phones that were properly unlocked by the carrier (they provide the code to SIM unlock the phone) will stay unlocked, again, no matter what firmware you flash to it - as long as it's compatible. Flashing the wrong firmware may just brick the phone. But, at least it's still SIM unlocked.
Phones that had some kind of software hack installed to trick the phone into thinking it's unlocked will lose the unlock status when you flash a firmware that also wipes the phone. Then it will come back as carrier locked again, because the hack is gone.
That last case is the only case I know of that will "re-lock" a phone. I've never heard of a carrier unlocked phone spontaneously re-locking under any circumstance.
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another user just posted up in another thread that they had a factory cricket phone that got unlocked, he put an at&t sim in it and it installed at&t apps and locked the phone to at&t FWIW
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abalanag said:
Hi,
Thanks for the details. I tried to flash G960U1UES6CSG4_G960U1OYM6CSG4_XAA firmware. But while loading AP file in ODIN, it gave some error. Couldnt understand what is the error as its in chinese.
Then i loaded G960USQS6CSGB_G960UOYN6CSGB_TMB firmware which i downloaded previously. This got loaded in ODIN without any issues. And i am able to flash to phone. On rebooting, saw that phone moved to Pie version.
But i couldnt find VOLTE option (Enhanced calling) option. Does anyone know which version will enable that option?
Or anyother way to enable that please.
Thanks in advance.
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if your Odin error messages are in Chinese, youve obtained a modified version. Itll probably work, but youll get that Chinese stuff whenever it needs to tell you anything. I dont know which versions have volte tbh. Sorry man.
youdoofus said:
another user just posted up in another thread that they had a factory cricket phone that got unlocked, he put an at&t sim in it and it installed at&t apps and locked the phone to at&t FWIW
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if your Odin error messages are in Chinese, youve obtained a modified version. Itll probably work, but youll get that Chinese stuff whenever it needs to tell you anything. I dont know which versions have volte tbh. Sorry man.
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Thanks youdoofus for trying to help. For me atleast it didnt get locked when i moved to Pie. I will try other methods.
I will try to root the phone for enabling volte, but the methods that i tried didnt work.
youdoofus said:
another user just posted up in another thread that they had a factory cricket phone that got unlocked, he put an at&t sim in it and it installed at&t apps and locked the phone to at&t FWIW
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That's just weird.
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That's just weird.
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yeah, sort of. The CSC's on these things are weird. Im starting to believe that these new versions of android are just like windows ISOs where they have all the versions compressed into one file and it uses a directory file to tell the firmware which version to install. Im sure a code writing dev can confirm or deny this thought, but at this point its merely a weak theory
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I got Note 10+ 256gb unlocked version from Samsung. Planning on using it on Tmobile. Do I need to do anything specific to make it more compatible with Tmobile. I've currently unlocked s10e on Tmobile and overall network coverage seems bit subpar compared to Galaxy S8 that I purchased from Tmobile.
So I'm just curious if I need to do anything for Note 10+ ince I get it, to make it more network friendly.
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Download the tmobile firmware from sam mobile and odin it to your unlocked.
I googled it but didn't have luck. Any chance there is a link to the T-Mobile firmware?
stu5797 said:
I googled it but didn't have luck. Any chance there is a link to the T-Mobile firmware?
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It's not up on Sammobile yet...
But it is on samfrew
https://samfrew.com/download/Galaxy__Note10+__256GB__/c3pb/TMB/N975USQU1ASGO/N975UOYN1ASGO/
What about for the 512 version unlocked? Can use same as 256 unlocked?
And is it recommended to flash the firmware (T-Mobile in my case too) right out of the box or do you have to put your old sim in from your previous phone first, then setup your gmail acct and let the sim reach the T-Mobile network?
Never had unlocked phones so this will be a first, hence the questions...
I just flashed my Note 10+ with TMB fimware and it all went fine. here is the link from Sammobile https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note-10-plus/firmware/SM-N975U/
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What about for the 512 version unlocked? Can use same as 256 unlocked?
And is it recommended to flash the firmware (T-Mobile in my case too) right out of the box or do you have to put your old sim in from your previous phone first, then setup your gmail acct and let the sim reach the T-Mobile network?
Never had unlocked phones so this will be a first, hence the questions...
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It doesn't really matter. The storage size doesn't affect the firmware. It's all the same.
Flashing the carrier firmware will factory reset your device, so I wouldn't waste time setting it up first. Just put your SIM in and let it provision for T-Mobile. It happens automatically so there's nothing you have to do. Then flash the firmware with ODIN.
Just research and make sure you know what you're doing before flashing. ODIN is fairly fool proof, but it's still best to know what you're doing first.
Add each file to it's respective field in Odin v3.13.3. Use CSC_*** if you want to do a clean flash or HOME_CSC_*** if you want to keep your apps and data.
I thought you can flash without messing with your data.
stu5797 said:
Add each file to it's respective field in Odin v3.13.3. Use CSC_*** if you want to do a clean flash or HOME_CSC_*** if you want to keep your apps and data.
I thought you can flash without messing with your data.
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Technically you can flash without messing data but will be difficult to identify the reasons if you encounter any issues after that. So its better to flash it now itself when its freshly out of the box
I was going to update the Unlocked firmware via OTA software update. Once I receive the update I will then flash the Tmobile firmware via Odin
marctronixx said:
What about for the 512 version unlocked? Can use same as 256 unlocked?
And is it recommended to flash the firmware (T-Mobile in my case too) right out of the box or do you have to put your old sim in from your previous phone first, then setup your gmail acct and let the sim reach the T-Mobile network?
Never had unlocked phones so this will be a first, hence the questions...
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Just received my unlocked Note10+ 512GB an hour ago and, as was the case with my unlocked Note9, it works great out of the box with T-Mobile and Mint (a discount reseller). No custom flashes needed unless you want the TMO bloatware. I would leave it as-is and just download the respective carrier apps individually. Love this BEAST so far! :good:
I bought the note 10+ and i'm on the tmobile network. The only issue I'm having is VOLTE. To my knowledge VOLTE should work. Can anyone confirm this?