So for those of you that got your S3 with TMobile branded firmware you'll realise how stupid it is.
I wanted to know if I flash it with unbranded firmware will that mean I won't be elegible for updates via Kies and via OTAs. (So even though I will now have the option to get OTAs, I wont be able to?)
Also if the answer to the above is Yes, is there any way to get around this and if no what am I doing wrong because my updates via Kies is not working.
sm. said:
So for those of you that got your S3 with TMobile branded firmware you'll realise how stupid it is.
I wanted to know if I flash it with unbranded firmware will that mean I won't be elegible for updates via Kies and via OTAs. (So even though I will now have the option to get OTAs, I wont be able to?)
Also if the answer to the above is Yes, is there any way to get around this and if no what am I doing wrong because my updates via Kies is not working.
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I believe you can simply debrand it by flashing a stock firmware version with odin.
sm. said:
So for those of you that got your S3 with TMobile branded firmware you'll realise how stupid it is.
I wanted to know if I flash it with unbranded firmware will that mean I won't be elegible for updates via Kies and via OTAs. (So even though I will now have the option to get OTAs, I wont be able to?)
Possible but not 100%
Also if the answer to the above is Yes, is there any way to get around this and if no what am I doing wrong because my updates via Kies is not working.
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There has to be an actual update for YOUR phone on the Kies server as its TMobile ask them .
Why not join XDA Developers and flash stock roms on release .
jje
The only unbranded firmware that I know of is for the international version. If there is unbranded firmware for the TMO version it would be somewhere in the US forums, not here. And you cant go flashing an international version rom on a TMO GS3. different processor,modems etc...Unless you want a brick
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The only unbranded firmware that I know of is for the international version. If there is unbranded firmware for the TMO version it would be somewhere in the US forums, not here.
Why would TMobile send their firmware to the USA for TMobile UK customers to download .
TMob UK firmware is as usually in the stock /branded roms threads on SGS3 I9300 International forum that is this one .
The T-Mobile brand is present in 11 European countries – Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany (as Telekom), Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom – as well as the US, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
jje
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graffixnyc said:
The only unbranded firmware that I know of is for the international version. If there is unbranded firmware for the TMO version it would be somewhere in the US forums, not here.
Why would TMobile send their firmware to the USA for TMobile UK customers to download .
TMob UK firmware is as usually in the stock /branded roms threads on SGS3 I9300 International forum that is this one .
The T-Mobile brand is present in 11 European countries – Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany (as Telekom), Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom – as well as the US, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
jje
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You didn't specify what country you were talking about. I dont know which variant TMO Europe has, but the US TMO version is dual core snapdragon. If TMO EU has the i9300 then you could flash international roms, but if it's the same as the TMO US variant you cannot flash international i9300 roms on it
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I have a T-Mobile S3 and got fed up with kies saying no update so I just rooted and flashed wanamlite, not looked back since. Although I did take a nandroid back backup of stock firmware first for version references.
Regards
Jack
P.s all uk based T-Mobile S3's are GTi9300 that I have come across
Does anyone know whether i can I flash XEU firmware with odin to my network locked model? I'm on (EE UK) and would like to have the unlocked unbranded version on my device so i can receive ota's faster than a network locked model?
XEU version http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/d.../SM-G920F/XEU/
Hello! I've got a Galaxy S6 Edge SM-G925A, but I'm from Europe, and I'm not using a ATT sim card. Is there any posibility to update the software? Or even flash a software from Europe from another version? Or this will brick my phone?
you can flash a newer version using odin, but only for your model, not for international one
Hi there, I bought A5 2017 from Qatar and now using it in India and gulf models does not support voLTE feature so I need damn voLTE and some suggest me to flash to Indian firmware because Indian model have voLTE and when I search on sammobile there are plenty number of Indian firmware with different PDA, CSC and also does not know about PDA and CSC. SO can you please tell me which firmware is best for my device. I am totally confused.
Device Name - Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
Model Number - SM-A520F
UAE - TRA ID: 0016333/08
TA: 00000000/00
Baseband version - A520FXXU1AQEA
Build number - MMB29K.A520FXXU1AQF3
Please tell me doing this safe or not, what consequences will be, by doing this does give me voLTE, after flashing to Indian firmware do I get future software.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
I don't think different networks bands can be added through software, or maybe I am wrong.
I have samsung galaxy f22 (smE225f). Its only available in few countries in the world, namely india, bangladesh, and nepal. I bought it in one of these countries and rooted it.
I want to use it in USA, i am wondering about flashing it with AP, BL, CP of the country of origin. However, which CSC file to use in this case. There is no F22 sold by samsung in USA.
Let's say samsung sells A71 in USA, so, will my phone be alright if I try to flash the CSC file of A71 in F22?
And what should I do about the root? should I unroot and then flash this again?