Translating Chinese custom rom for galaxy SM-N9500 FROM CHINESE TO ENGLISH - Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion

There is a custom rom for SM-N9500 HK in chinese site-
http://www.tomatolei.com/forum.php?m...splay&fid=345-
in rom download, the name is
Galaxy Note8 SM-N9500 v5.0,
I have no permission to download it. It has a lot of customiZation
If anybody can translate it in English and give the download link, it will be great help. I am ready to donate for this if anybody start a thread for this purpose.
Thanking you once again
drsaidalavi

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to DL use samsung browser and spen to translate portions of the site and be able to click the links to create an account and dowload if google translate doesn't work for you.

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And wrong section

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lol yes first and foremost.

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Unable to register in Baidu.com
bober10113 said:
to DL use samsung browser and spen to translate portions of the site and be able to click the links to create an account and dowload if google translate doesn't work for you.
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I am a registered member of tomotlei.com. I found the rom- Galaxy Note8 SM-N9500 v5.0
But when you want to download anything from this site you need membership in https://pan.baidu.com/s/1jIP7pno. For this you need a china telephone number for the OTP to be sent . I am stuck there.
The Chinese web page cn be translated easily by Google translate, The rom I told is in Chinese Language. As I know from the discussion there is no multi language option in this rom. So my request is to anybody who has membership in this website, p;ease download it and p;ease translate it to English . It will be great help for those having Galaxy note 8 SM-N9500.
Thanking you
drsaidalavi

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drsaidalavi said:
I am a registered member of tomotlei.com. I found the rom- Galaxy Note8 SM-N9500 v5.0
But when you want to download anything from this site you need membership in https://pan.baidu.com/s/1jIP7pno. For this you need a china telephone number for the OTP to be sent . I am stuck there.
The Chinese web page cn be translated easily by Google translate, The rom I told is in Chinese Language. As I know from the discussion there is no multi language option in this rom. So my request is to anybody who has membership in this website, p;ease download it and p;ease translate it to English . It will be great help for those having Galaxy note 8 SM-N9500.
Thanking you
drsaidalavi
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As spoken earlier, if you prefer English room of tomeitolei website then there is no chance to get it since all ROMs there are only in Chinese and even some rom doesn't contain gapps or Google play store. Best way is to stay unroot or else you root by changing TGY bl to CHC bl then root with SuperSU or maybe magisk if you can.

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http://bbs.gfan.com/forum.php?mod=f...ypeid=12917&typeid=12917&filter=typeid&page=1
here is an other site for n9500 roms.
for both bbs or tomatolei sites, downloads are mostly hosted at Baidu.
its free and dosent require an account.
use a computer or request dektop version after entering passwords to access download links.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4443982&stc=1&d=1520780942
now that you can dl the rom. you are 50% closer to your goal.

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hey, there. I'm from China, and im glad to help you with the download, i can download it and upload it on Mega if you want. One thing you should know that most ROM in Chinese cut down multi language even Google services to keep ROM thin. so, im afraid if you install a ROM without google service will take you inconvenient.

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Please do
Doge_dudu said:
hey, there. I'm from China, and im glad to help you with the download, i can download it and upload it on Mega if you want. One thing you should know that most ROM in Chinese cut down multi language even Google services to keep ROM thin. so, im afraid if you install a ROM without google service will take you inconvenient.
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After you upload, we can ask some expert developer to add google services and also to have English language added to it
Thanking you
drsaidalavi

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Hey, there. I have downloaded the rom file and upload it on Mega, here's the link: https://mega.nz/#!Xp4hQZ6L
you can flash it with Odin tool including in the zip file.

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Is it iEnglish
Doge_dudu said:
Hey, there. I have downloaded the rom file and upload it on Mega, here's the link: https://mega.nz/#!Xp4hQZ6L
you can flash it with Odin tool including in the zip file.
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Thanks a lot, great work
Did you install it,
is there is English Language or only Chinese.
Is google service available
it can be rooted or not. Kindly reply
Anyway you did a great work ,
Thanking You
drsaidalavi

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Asking for decrypt key
Doge_dudu said:
Hey, there. I have downloaded the rom file and upload it on Mega, here's the link: https://mega.nz/#!Xp4hQZ6L
you can flash it with Odin tool including in the zip file.
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I tried to download it, but it asks for the decrypt key. Kindly help
drsaidalavi

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drsaidalavi said:
I tried to download it, but it asks for the decrypt key. Kindly help
drsaidalavi
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hey, there. Sorry i forget to upload password to you, here is the new link without key: https://mega.nz/#!S9gG1aKa!EuLWQGodKokwo3a6zpoGm7i6zRU8bOKuZCk6IDvg-aI
I think there will be English language inside this rom, but i'm not sure coz i just own N950F device not 9500 (just read the intro. on website), you can try to flash it with Odin. This rom already rooted and include Google Service, but no Play Store and Play Apps, you can download it manually or flash Gapps. thx.

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Tutorial is missing or In Chinese
Doge_dudu said:
hey, there. Sorry i forget to upload password to you, here is the new link without key: https://mega.nz/#!S9gG1aKa!EuLWQGodKokwo3a6zpoGm7i6zRU8bOKuZCk6IDvg-aI
I think there will be English language inside this rom, but i'm not sure coz i just own N950F device not 9500 (just read the intro. on website), you can try to flash it with Odin. This rom already rooted and include Google Service, but no Play Store and Play Apps, you can download it manually or flash Gapps. thx.
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Thanks for this difficult and great effort from u,that too when even u r not having a note 8 SM-N 9500..
I have downloaded ,extracted the firmware.
There is one notepad in Chinese which I tried to translate,but failed- attachment
There are two CSC files
1- CSC_Tomato-N9500-RA2-v5.0-odin.tar.md5
2-CSC_WIPE_Tomato-N9500-RA2-v5.0-odin.tar.md5
Only one can be flashed in Odin, which one?
I went to tomotlei site with help of google translate, but failed to find tutorials
I think before flashing a factory reset may be required
I know I am asking too much help from u, but there are nobody else I can ask. If you can find a tutorial kindly post it so that all interested parties can be benefited.
Thanking You

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drsaidalavi said:
Thanks for this difficult and great effort from u,that too when even u r not having a note 8 SM-N 9500..
I have downloaded ,extracted the firmware.
There is one notepad in Chinese which I tried to translate,but failed- attachment
There are two CSC files
1- CSC_Tomato-N9500-RA2-v5.0-odin.tar.md5
2-CSC_WIPE_Tomato-N9500-RA2-v5.0-odin.tar.md5
Only one can be flashed in Odin, which one?
I went to tomotlei site with help of google translate, but failed to find tutorials
I think before flashing a factory reset may be required
I know I am asking too much help from u, but there are nobody else I can ask. If you can find a tutorial kindly post it so that all interested parties can be benefited.
Thanking You
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If you want to wipe phone select wipe one not to wipe select another.By the way rom support some language not full multilangual.

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drsaidalavi said:
Thanks for this difficult and great effort from u,that too when even u r not having a note 8 SM-N 9500..
I have downloaded ,extracted the firmware.
There is one notepad in Chinese which I tried to translate,but failed- attachment
There are two CSC files
1- CSC_Tomato-N9500-RA2-v5.0-odin.tar.md5
2-CSC_WIPE_Tomato-N9500-RA2-v5.0-odin.tar.md5
Only one can be flashed in Odin, which one?
I went to tomotlei site with help of google translate, but failed to find tutorials
I think before flashing a factory reset may be required
I know I am asking too much help from u, but there are nobody else I can ask. If you can find a tutorial kindly post it so that all interested parties can be benefited.
Thanking You
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flash it just like stock ROM, use BL AP CP CSC files, CSC_WIPE means if you use this file, it will erase all your data on your phone (recommend, avoid FC problem), another one is keeping your data (using when update 6.0 release).
CROM need to be unlocked, otherwise you cant flash it (Odin will show FAIL), you can find tutorials in xda forums to unlock the CROM.

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Chinese in the opening windows
doge_dudu said:
flash it just like stock rom, use bl ap cp csc files, csc_wipe means if you use this file, it will erase all your data on your phone (recommend, avoid fc problem), another one is keeping your data (using when update 6.0 release).
Crom need to be unlocked, otherwise you cant flash it (odin will show fail), you can find tutorials in xda forums to unlock the crom.
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thanks for your help.
I flashed the rom by odin, putting csc file - all wipe
all went smoothly, and rebooted, but the screen came with chinese writing with three options lower down, which i could not understand .
I pressed the top option, then started updating, finally the rom installed.
There is english language, but no google play or services.
Then i flashed the latest gapps for nougat 7.1.1, (aroma variant) . Installed corrctly, but fails to open the google play stone- crashed
then i wiped whole rom, restore the stock without the difficulty.
What i noticed is that , i could not find all the additional options they clamed in this rom under settings, it is the same as the stock rom, only there is change of battery icon and the clock is in the centre.
May be it is due to the option i selected.
Finally, what i think is that we need some help from persons who knows chinese and english to help us all to give a good tutorial to flash this rom.
It is very smooth and you can flash it easily and reverted back also easily. You will not loose your root or twrp
so somebody who knows english and chinese , please come forward and help us all.
Once again thanking you
drsaidalavi

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I have to tell you that if you flash it, you will:
get a rooted phone
can only charge your phone to 80%
lose official customer support from Samsung immediatly
shows unofficial phone every time you boot it up
etc.
I dont really suggest you to do that, to be honest. But it is your choice.