Rooting/Flashing Cyanogenmod on a Fake Samsung Galaxy S3 - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone
First time post here so, hello...
I have recently bought what i thought was a Samsung Galaxy S3 but on further inspection it appears to be a fake.
Some things that are wrong include:
Battery says Sunsung
Baseband version: MAUI.11AMD.W11.50.SP.V20 2012/07/13 18:23
Kernel version: 3.0.13 [email protected]#1 Sat Aug 4 02:00:11 CST 2012
Build number: IMM76D.I9300ZSALE9
Custom build version: 1344016820
Any ways i was wondering if any one knows if it possible to flash the phone to a relatively new version of cyanogenmod?
Any help would be greatly appreciated

seems you got a mediatek (mtk) clone.
Not only will they not run the official operating system including aftermarket ones like Cm (completely different hardware) but they are vastly less powerful and have less interesting hardware than the real S3.
Additionally they don't tend to live very long and have lots of issues.
Try to return it if possible and go to local police.
If you imported it from eg China you're out of luck, buh then again how do u expect an original from there?
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d4fseeker said:
seems you got a mediatek (mtk) clone.
Not only will they not run the official operating system including aftermarket ones like Cm (completely different hardware) but they are vastly less powerful and have less interesting hardware than the real S3.
Additionally they don't tend to live very long and have lots of issues.
Try to return it if possible and go to local police.
If you imported it from eg China you're out of luck, buh then again how do u expect an original from there?
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I just wonder if there is any way to root fake galaxy s3 mini korean copy
there should be some way

You'll need to read a fake clone forum. We cannot help
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276 framaroot may work for mtk devices

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rootSU said:
You'll need to read a fake clone forum. We cannot help
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I also have mediatek version of an s3..GT-i9300.. If not root and I hope not offensive, many of us cannot afford such an expensive devise. However, Android is and will always will be an open source project... meaning the platform is simply a measure of fire power.. What i realy want to say is that my devise may not be original samsung.. but my OS is Andoid for sure.. and I think developers in this forum are assisting with andoid development and not samsung development.
I am looking for a compatible rom for MEDIATEK version of S3 GT-i9300. So far i came across needrom.com and also on xda http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358560 where some discussion are ongoing.. (i do note that the scatter file selection is not mentions (where to get the scatter file). I downloaded a zip archive (ROM) and after extracting, it didnt have a scatter.txt file..
I would like to ask if cynogenmod (any) builds are compatible/can be installed? I need advise on available roms...or how to find if one will be compatible..
Thanks in advance for the valuable time...and the understanding..

maxed4901 said:
I also have mediatek version of an s3..GT-i9300.. If not root and I hope not offensive, many of us cannot afford such an expensive devise. However, Android is and will always will be an open source project... meaning the platform is simply a measure of fire power.. What i realy want to say is that my devise may not be original samsung.. but my OS is Andoid for sure.. and I think developers in this forum are assisting with andoid development and not samsung development.
I am looking for a compatible rom for MEDIATEK version of S3 GT-i9300. So far i came across needrom.com and also on xda http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358560 where some discussion are ongoing.. (i do note that the scatter file selection is not mentions (where to get the scatter file). I downloaded a zip archive (ROM) and after extracting, it didnt have a scatter.txt file..
I would like to ask if cynogenmod (any) builds are compatible/can be installed? I need advise on available roms...or how to find if one will be compatible..
Thanks in advance for the valuable time...and the understanding..
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Cyanogenmod only supports the original S3 devices so you'll have no luck on finding one. And roms for clones are scarce so i'm afraid you'll have to find a dedicated forum that supports your device.

There is a cm9 that booted by superdragonpt but its just way too buggy as he stated, he fixes one error two new ones come out, complete scource code can hardly be found for it. so we are stuck with just theming and modding and if you like to get your hands dirty, heres a thread with guides compatible for mtk phones http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369586
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As said either find a fake forum or build a rom yourself .
Knowledge of fake/ clone is not on this forum .
Simply its not a Samsung product and questions should be posted in a Mediatek forum .
jje

maxed4901 said:
I also have mediatek version of an s3..GT-i9300.. If not root and I hope not offensive, many of us cannot afford such an expensive devise. However, Android is and will always will be an open source project... meaning the platform is simply a measure of fire power.. What i realy want to say is that my devise may not be original samsung.. but my OS is Andoid for sure.. and I think developers in this forum are assisting with andoid development and not samsung development.
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You are wrong. This forum is for android development of the gt-i9300 international galaxy s3. Nothing else. None of us have your device so we cannot help with development, methods, processes or roms.
There are general forums to teach how to develop android for a device generally but without drivers, source code etc, you won't get far. Either way though, this is not the place for that.
Regardless of what you can afford, you must seek out your own forum for your own device. Your device has nothing in common with this device or this forum. It doesn't even share any hardware.
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HMMMMM?
rootSU said:
You are wrong. This forum is for android development of the gt-i9300 international galaxy s3. Nothing else. None of us have your device so we cannot help with development, methods, processes or roms.
There are general forums to teach how to develop android for a device generally but without drivers, source code etc, you won't get far. Either way though, this is not the place for that.
Regardless of what you can afford, you must seek out your own forum for your own device. Your device has nothing in common with this device or this forum. It doesn't even share any hardware.
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I at no time mentioned that the GTi9300 MTK i have is anything common with "your"device.. i am saying is, both are android platform (samsung or AOSP) and development forums are to discuss on issues faced during tweaks.. sorry to ask here... if thats the reason u were offended.
the name of the post here is "ROOTING/FLASHING CYNOGENMOD ON "FAKE" S3... i think i am in the correct place?

maxed4901 said:
I at no time mentioned that the GTi9300 MTK i have is anything common with "your"device.. i am saying is, both are android platform (samsung or AOSP) and development forums are to discuss on issues faced during tweaks.. sorry to ask here... if thats the reason u were offended.
the name of the post here is "ROOTING/FLASHING CYNOGENMOD ON "FAKE" S3... i think i am in the correct place?
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You don't understand either. Android is open source, but is also phone specific ! In each built you have a kernel that runs specific drivers for in built hardware present in your phone!
And for that cm devs need code source. And I think above all that's it's a 'ethical' reason. If cm supports border line illegal clones, it will officialize them.
Those phones are totally different it's exactly the same than asking in a HTC forum why they can't provide you a Rom for your Sony.

maxed4901 said:
I at no time mentioned that the GTi9300 MTK i have is anything common with "your"device.. i am saying is, both are android platform (samsung or AOSP) and development forums are to discuss on issues faced during tweaks.. sorry to ask here... if thats the reason u were offended.
the name of the post here is "ROOTING/FLASHING CYNOGENMOD ON "FAKE" S3... i think i am in the correct place?
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No you are in the wrong place this is SGS3 I9300 or I9305 forum .
It is not a fake / clone forum nothing on here is for you and it is a totally different phone .
You need to find a fake SGS3 forum .

maxed4901 said:
both are android platform (samsung or AOSP
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So is motorola razr. Truth is posting here is no different to posting in the razr forum. You chose this forum because it looks the same but the similarity ends there.
This forum is for the international s3 only. Not razr. Not clone.
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Fake Samsung Galaxy
i bought a fake samsung galaxy notes 4,
when i use it i get a lot af advertisement and doesnt let me to do anything
i know is hard to fix but is it something that i can get from it instead of throwing it to he garbage , like using it as a camera or as a home tablet or else
please your comments

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[Q] ICS rom for i9100G ?

When will there be a ics rom for i1900G ? , it is very frustrating ,waiting for one to be released .
Can anyone ask well known developer such as 'westcrip' , who develop ics rom for i9100 , to develop a ics rom for i1900G too..
or
Can anyone post a thread in i9100 development section requesting the developers to develop a ics rom for i1900G , i tried but i coundnt
It is very sad that there are only a few roms and and no ICS roms...
please can anyone find a solution to this
One persons effort can help the entire i1900G community...
Please take an action..
Update : vote now to get cyanogenmod 9 for i9100G : http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/42500-cyanogenmod-for-samsung-galaxy-sii-i9100g/page__st__120
hey ashwinsrihari
there is no ics update/ics based custom rom for i9100g yet.i dont know when it will be released but there are two options if you want ics
1.wait for ics leak/update from samsung so codeworkx can develop cyanogenmod 9 and other developers for i9100g can base their custom on the ics update/leak.
2.port ics from devices with similar cpu and gpu as i9100g like galaxy nexus,the only difference is the different chipset.if i did not help i am sorry.
galaxy nexus on my i9100G ...?
darkshadow1997 said:
hey ashwinsrihari
there is no ics update/ics based custom rom for i9100g yet.i dont know when it will be released but there are two options if you want ics
1.wait for ics leak/update from samsung so codeworkx can develop cyanogenmod 9 and other developers for i9100g can base their custom on the ics update/leak.
2.port ics from devices with similar cpu and gpu as i9100g like galaxy nexus,the only difference is the different chipset.if i did not help i am sorry.
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can i port roms made for galaxy nexus to my i9100G ...?
well i am not sure but please dont try something that you aren't sure of.please don try and flash galaxy nexus roms on i9100g directly since they have different chipset it might not work but with editing the rom will make it work.but one day someone will port roms device when i had i9000 it didnt receive ics update but the developers ported it i9000.if you do not understand do replay because i will explain to you about what you didnt understand.
ashwinsrihari said:
When will there be a ics rom for i1900G ?
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When you stop posting crap in dev forum.
ashwinsrihari said:
, it is very frustrating ,waiting for one to be released .
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Its more frustratiing that n00bs are just posting random crap in random places.
This forum is for developments, not for people to ask questions or create discussions. That is why dedicated general and QUESTIONS forums were created!!!
ashwinsrihari said:
Can anyone ask well known developer such as 'westcrip' , who develop ics rom for i9100 , to develop a ics rom for i1900G too..
or
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Developers developer for their OWN devices and then share results, They dont do it to serve you.
ashwinsrihari said:
Can anyone post a thread in i9100 development section requesting the developers to develop a ics rom for i1900G , i tried but i coundnt
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Because the dev forums are for devs ONLY!
Do you hoinestly think that just anybody should be able to post any old crap topic in dev forums?? Dont be ridiculous, Do you have any idea how much of a mess the forums would be and how many pages upon pages we would have to wade through to find the actual dev topics?!?!!
ashwinsrihari said:
It is very sad that there are only a few roms and and no ICS roms...
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Then learn how to develop roms, get a different device or wait for a dev to come along who has got a G version.
TheATHEiST said:
When you stop posting crap in dev forum.
Its more frustratiing that n00bs are just posting random crap in random places.
This forum is for developments, not for people to ask questions or create discussions. That is why dedicated general and QUESTIONS forums were created!!!
Developers developer for their OWN devices and then share results, They dont do it to serve you.
Because the dev forums are for devs ONLY!
Do you hoinestly think that just anybody should be able to post any old crap topic in dev forums?? Dont be ridiculous, Do you have any idea how much of a mess the forums would be and how many pages upon pages we would have to wade through to find the actual dev topics?!?!!
Then learn how to develop roms, get a different device or wait for a dev to come along who has got a G version.
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Well said dude..:thumbup:
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TheATHEiST said:
When you stop posting crap in dev forum.
Its more frustratiing that n00bs are just posting random crap in random places.
This forum is for developments, not for people bla bla bla.
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You need to learn how to be nice with others,even if they did something wrong and silly.
Do you even own a i9100g?
If yes then you still need to learn how to be nice with people
If no then what the hell are you even doing here.
Some mad weird people have been appearing lately on xda, how sad.
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Mohamed Hegazy said:
You need to learn how to be nice with others,even if they did something wrong and silly.
Do you even own a i9100g?
If yes then you still need to learn how to be nice with people
If no then what the hell are you even doing here.
Some mad weird people have been appearing lately on xda, how sad.
This is a developers forum not some stupid fix my phone or supply me with firmware custom roms forum .
People with the attitude of the OP and yourself would be better off on another forum instead of posting your i want i want on this forum .
Yes XDA is sad of late as its full of users who do not understand the very basics of XDA developers forum .
jje
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JJEgan said:
Mohamed Hegazy said:
You need to learn how to be nice with others,even if they did something wrong and silly.
Do you even own a i9100g?
If yes then you still need to learn how to be nice with people
If no then what the hell are you even doing here.
Some mad weird people have been appearing lately on xda, how sad.
This is a developers forum not some stupid fix my phone or supply me with firmware custom roms forum .
People with the attitude of the OP and yourself would be better off on another forum instead of posting your i want i want on this forum .
Yes XDA is sad of late as its full of users who do not understand the very basics of XDA developers forum .
jje
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well done, sir
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Install a ROM model I9100"G".
Good afternoon friends!
I have a GT-I9100G, Excellent team! The best I ever had, but it is in English, I would like to install a Spanish official ROM, I've tried several downloaded from Samfirmware.com / Sammovile.com and I could not find one in Spanish, oh and the strange thing is that only allow me to install a ROM model "G". the other not, but is the model I get an error I9100G with ODIN and the process ends. Then to get it back again in English, I had to reinstall the kernel to enter into "Recovery Mode" and then the ROM.
Where I can download a ROM for I9100G in Spanish?
PDA: I9100GJPLC1
PHONE: I9100GXXKL4
CSC: I9100GOJPLC1
Please, I need help since I've updated my other brothers and mine not,
Greetings and thanks in advance,
Richard.
Venezuela
"I'll get you S3"

[HELP]How to go back to official ICS?

I bought my S2 with official ICS 4.0.4 in it and I wanted to try Jelly bean so I flashed XXLSJ with odin, i replaced the PDA, PHONE and CSC..
I don't like it and I want to go back to official... Can somebody give me the latest official ICS? I have been searching for hours here, found one that has only the PDA file... phone won't boot with it...
Have you tried the FIRST post of Original Android developemnet section? either way: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
choose the one you had before and it should work out.
Regards.
Just give me the link to the latest one that can be updated with Kies.
D_avi_D said:
Just give me the link to the latest one that can be updated with Kies.
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Firstly, ever thought about saying "please" instead of just demanding? This isnt your personal tech support site, its a community of smartphone/tablet enthusiasts and developers.
Second, How do you expect anybody to be able to link you when you dont even give such basic info like what model your actual S2 device is?
Third, Rule #1 of xda rules says you should use search before creating topics as its extremely likely you topic has already been created so no need to be re-created and that is the case here. If you had searched you would find the topics that have the stock carrier roms or people linking to http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3.
In future please respect XDA and use search and have courtesy when asking for help instead of demanding it.
TheATHEiST said:
Firstly, ever thought about saying "please" instead of just demanding? This isnt your personal tech support site, its a community of smartphone/tablet enthusiasts and developers.
Second, How do you expect anybody to be able to link you when you dont even give such basic info like what model your actual S2 device is?
Third, Rule #1 of xda rules says you should use search before creating topics as its extremely likely you topic has already been created so no need to be re-created and that is the case here. If you had searched you would find the topics that have the stock carrier roms or people linking to http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3.
In future please respect XDA and use search and have courtesy when asking for help instead of demanding it.
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Thank you very much!

Install android 4.2 on galaxy s3 (from Smartisan)

Hi,
I'm fairly new to android (recent iOS convert) and playing with roms, I got an international samsung galaxy s3 i9300 which was already rooted and I put the Smartisan OS on to it. After playing with it for a while, it's good but a little buggy in it's pre-alpha state, I'd like to put standard android 4.2 (not the samsung stock software) onto the device.
Would anyone be kind enough to tell me or point me in the right direction to do this please? I've googled and can find people rooting the device or putting other ROMs onto it but nothing that tells me how to put standard android 4.2 on it from the Smartisan OS it's on now.
Many thanks in advance for any help
Best,
Greg
Just flash an aosp zip via recovery and do a factory reset
Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9300 avec Tapatalk
thanks but I don't really know exactly what that means to be honest
Where do I get an aosp zip from and how do I flash it?
Best
Greg
This is what the guides and FAQs are for in general
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I thought I made it obvious that I wasn't able to find what I needed in there....
Nope. You didnt mention "general" at all. You said you googled. Look in "General" - important stuff is stuck at the top.
Or follow the link a moderator posted to you in your duplicate thread.
We wont spoon feed you.
Or see the sticky fas and guides .
Any user who cannot find the basics and has not read them should flash nothing .
Saves bricking your phone through ignorance is why .
jje
I'm just asking for a bit of help, a link to something relevant, is that unreasonable to you? I thought this was a help forum.
I've looked and looked and can't find anything on installing pure android from the smartisan OS
Lots about rooting and lots about installing new roms, nothing about simply putting android 4.2 onto it... Do I just need to root it? (mine came rooted with omega on it so I don't know if simply rooting would do the job)
It's probably just the correct terminology that I need to know, is all.
MorningFox said:
I'm just asking for a bit of help, a link to something relevant, is tha unreasonable to you? I thought this was a help forum.
No its a developers forum and users get tired of the same questions day after day .
Lots about rooting and lots about installing new roms, nothing about simply putting android 4.2 onto it...
Root does not put on a rom .
multiple faq and guides
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1564
Original Development has Android based roms .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39873449&postcount=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1685
Choose your rom and follow the instructions
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MorningFox said:
Hi,
I'm fairly new to android (recent iOS convert) and playing with roms, I got an international samsung galaxy s3 i9300 which was already rooted and I put the Smartisan OS on to it. After playing with it for a while, it's good but a little buggy in it's pre-alpha state, I'd like to put standard android 4.2 (not the samsung stock software) onto the device.
Would anyone be kind enough to tell me or point me in the right direction to do this please? I've googled and can find people rooting the device or putting other ROMs onto it but nothing that tells me how to put standard android 4.2 on it from the Smartisan OS it's on now.
Many thanks in advance for any help
Best,
Greg
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get cyanogenmod carbon or like that rom search on internet for aosp you'll get
Stop wasting time...
Got to this forum and select any 4.2 ROM and flash according to given instructions in the first post. there might be some bugs though nothing serious..
MorningFox said:
If anything my post adheres to the rules far more than your pointless, unhelpful, uselessly vague post does.
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multiple faq and guides
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1564
Original Development has Android based roms .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...49&postcount=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1685
Choose your rom and follow the instructions
OP if you're not going to bother searching and reading the advice given and then abuse those who try to help, why are you on this site?
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[Q] port i9105 4.2.2 rom to i9100 ?

Hey,
The i9105 or galaxy s2+ just got a 4.2.2 update.
Any chance this can be ported relatively easy to our device ?
Go for it. I'm sure people will love you if you do.
MistahBungle said:
Go for it. I'm sure people will love you if you do.
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Well, im looking for a helping hand.
Was hoping I could rally some help by posting and gaining attention.
In Q&A ? Unlikely. Devs don't read Q&A generally. Q&A is for n00bs who have no idea what they're doing mostly
In that case, maybe an admin can move this post ?
Report your OP & ask them. Won't get moved by you asking for same in the thread, this place is too big for mods to monitor stuff like that.
i dun understand why are u asking to port 4.2 from a device which has an entirely different SOC..
s2 plus has broadcom chipset while s2 has exynos...
u can manually backport apks bt not entire rom

Porting Note FE 8.0 rom to Note 7.. need your help please!

Hi xda community!
The thing is I want to port a Note FE Oreo rom to Note 7 for our xda members since no one did.. except for SoulTeam which i found in Chinese website, it's actually working well but it's full of Chinese bloatware and limited to 48hours use with their own tweak tools wich if you disable things will randomly stop working. The big problem is they didn't put the source in github or whatsoever and they didn't reply when i contacted them for permission since they stopped developing that rom (i think).
they ported it from 8.0 N935FXXU3BRG4 base.. i have the same version but Saudi Arabia region which have very minimal bloats in a stock .tar.md5 since i couldn't find any zip files, the difference as you sure know is that Note fe is N935F while Note 7 is N930F(stopped at 6.0.1) and are basically the same device so it should be easy apart from the bootloader etc, so i'm thinking about extracting the kernel(boot.img) from SoulRom and modem and BL from my note 7 with the system from the stock note fe and make a it work somehow ?!?! , i know a lot about roms but i never actually ported a samsung rom, so if you may please guide me through the right way to do it cuz i don't want to be fooling around or if there's a guide to do so that i didn't find! (i have z3x box if that may help)
I will certainly use it for my own and test and won't share it until i get the permission of devs included and give credit, inculdin you! ^^
Ps: The iris scanner doesn't work on the soulrom and i really want to fix that, if you know what to do, flash cm.bin or modify model or sth.
Thanks!
Nebula.Inc said:
Hi xda community! The thing is I want to port a Note FE Oreo rom to Note 7 for our xda members since no one did...........
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I don't have this device but, your best bet is to post this question within one of the following threads that's specific to your device.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3649954
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3468925
Good Luck!
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Thanks, but not so helping really.. i'm really looking forward to learn porting and modifying roms but i can't seem to find a guide to port Samsung stock roms specifically which what i usually own.. at least a moderated guide for Android marshmallow and newer!
I know many developers here have the knowledge but so few shares it.. unfortunately.
The only other suggestion that I have for you is the following thread...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3481114
Good Luck!
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Thank you very much my friend.. good day ^^

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