Hello everybody! i got my new Galaxy S3 finally from USA Tmobile, the phone is unlocked and it's version is sgh-T999.
i want to flash it to other International European versions, will it be a problem? or i need only stay with what t-mobile 4.04 supplied me?
Is is9300 same as sgh-T999??
Another question, if i cant flash it to international stock firmware, how can i delete all the other T-mobile stuff that came with it? will it be deleted with normal factory reset?
Also can i install any other kernel on it?
Im sorry for the many questions, i had before galasy S1 and i was used to flash it all the time.
With regards.
No, do not even try to flash international I9300 roms. It will result in a hard brick. Only use the roms in this forum as they are specifically for the T-999. The difference between t mobile and international is the cpu, radio and ram. Welcome to the forums though mate!
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As David said, don't even think of flashing any international rom. Your phone will be hard bricked. Glad you asked before you went and found out
The hard way.
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Thank you guys so much for your answer, i was used to more freedom with my galaxy S1
Last question, Is there a way to delete all the stuff T mobile put in the phone? or does it always come with it's Stock versions?
Truly speaking, i am regretting buying this and not the international mode, any big differences between this 2 versions i mean not in the RAM and CPU , but software wise will i be anyhow restricted using this phone not by T-mobile carrier?
Thanks again and best regards!
modesty1 said:
Thank you guys so much for your answer, i was used to more freedom with my galaxy S1
Last question, Is there a way to delete all the stuff T mobile put in the phone? or does it always come with it's Stock versions?
Truly speaking, i am regretting buying this and not the international mode, any big differences between this 2 versions i mean not in the RAM and CPU , but software wise will i be anyhow restricted using this phone not by T-mobile carrier?
Thanks again and best regards!
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Go to play store and download titanium backup... With that app you can do pretty much anything from freezing or deleting (debloating) your phone from all those stupid t mobile apps. As far as a difference? No not really just specs wise it is and you would be only getting edge speeds. This phone is awesome man. Just hang a bit for devs to whip some good stuff.
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Difference is they're on JellyBean already and don't have as much bloatware as U.S. carrier versions. Other then that not much.
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mt3g said:
Difference is they're on JellyBean already and don't have as much bloatware as U.S. carrier versions. Other then that not much.
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Wrong.
They have a completely different chipset (Exynos vs our Snapdragon)
Less RAM
Different Radios
Posting comments like these is why we end up with so many "OMG HALP! Bricked US S3!!"
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mt3g said:
Difference is they're on JellyBean already and don't have as much bloatware as U.S. carrier versions. Other then that not much.
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We have JB too rehard. As much bloatware?, the international version has none. We have 2gb RAM vs their 1gb, we have S4 vs their quadcore Exynos, we have adreno, they have mali. Do some reseach before polluting the thread with misinformation.
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Hi Experts,
I want to flash European rom on my AT&T GS3, will there be any issues, I am new and just wanted to make sure about it. Also can i install the AT&T baseband once i load the Euorpean Rom.
Cheers,
Rankit
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As per this sticky http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1736474 I'd say no.
The euro s3 also has a quad core, while we have a dual core so I doubt there are enough similarities to cross roms.
I'm currently on a captivate patiently waiting to upgrade to an s3, so I've been doing some reading.
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I am sorry, how can i move this post to General questions section.
You'll have to get the mods to move it.
Some guy tried flashing an international rom on a US/Canadian S3 and look what happened to him Xlite rom killed my phone
DO NOT FLASH INTERNATIONAL ROMS YOU WILL HAVE A PAPERWEIGHT
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So many people bricked their devices by doing this...its PROBABLY not a good idea.
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rankitt said:
Hi Experts,
I want to flash European rom on my AT&T GS3, will there be any issues, I am new and just wanted to make sure about it. Also can i install the AT&T baseband once i load the Euorpean Rom.
Cheers,
Rankit
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I'm pretty curious as to why you'd even want to do this.
Just in case anyone does Flash a INT version of a Rom ..
Here is how to fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727443
I take no credit, just relaying info
For any of you who want to have your cake and eat it too, you can now flash the international N7105 firmware onto your AT&T branded i317!
What does this mean? It means that you can give AT&T the middle finger by having unlocked firmware with none of the restrictions and bloatware. By extension, this also means that you can benefit from the development going on for the international devices.
Finally, this also means that you can reap all those benefits without sacrificing LTE access in North America!
Now that this has been confirmed to work with the i317, I wonder if the T889 is next...
Check out the main thread over here.
This is nothing new.
Well known information.
NightHawkUndead said:
This is nothing new.
Well known information.
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News to me
Anyway this can help us with the n7100 roms?
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Jt004 said:
Anyway this can help us with the n7100 roms?
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Check this out
I'm confused now. Is there an international ROM we can just flash onto our at&t device?
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This is nothing new.
Well known information.
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news to me. Just got device a week ago. Was wondering why most mods were compatible.
Why do we have only 5 of the same roms in development section?
ekerbuddyeker said:
I'm confused now. Is there an international ROM we can just flash onto our at&t device?
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We tried flashing the international N7105 firmware onto the i317 using Odin, but that didn't work. However, the procedure seems to be working if, instead of using Odin, you flash a re-packaged stock N7105 firmware using a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP, just like flashing any other custom ROM. Once that's done, just flash the AT&T modem/kernel, and you're all set!
Unfortunately, there hasn't been much development for the N7105 yet. Root, CWM, deodexing and all the other basics are there, but that's all for the moment. Devs are still trying to work out N7100/N7105 inter-compatibility. N7100 firmware will flash to an N7105, but the modem won't work, so that's pretty useless, and that's what we're all trying to fix.
At least, in the mean time, you can enjoy a stock N7105 experience in North America without AT&T/Rogers sticking their fingers in the pie
Is the 7100 the non LTE version and 7105 LTE? If this allows us to get FM Radio on our North American Note 2s, I'm going to be very happy!
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Sword Fish said:
Is the 7100 the non LTE version and 7105 LTE? If this allows us to get FM Radio on our North American Note 2s, I'm going to be very happy!
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No, fm radio is built into the specific device
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Jade Eyed Wolf said:
For any of you who want to have your cake and eat it too, you can now flash the international N7105 firmware onto your AT&T branded i317!
What does this mean? It means that you can give AT&T the middle finger by having unlocked firmware with none of the restrictions and bloatware. By extension, this also means that you can benefit from the development going on for the international devices.
Finally, this also means that you can reap all those benefits without sacrificing LTE access in North America!
Now that this has been confirmed to work with the i317, I wonder if the T889 is next...
Check out the main thread over here.
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Very nice.
Upon thinking about it. I believe there is a way to use this method to give us international firmware and also retain our NA CSC's so we keep carrier specific settings such as Wi-Fi access, Fast dormancy and the like too.
Currently working on it and will get back to people once I am finished.
Glad to see someone else was working on this as it was something I wanted to get around to messing with but have been busy poking into Bootloaders and dialer codes.
Jt004 said:
No, fm radio is built into the specific device
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Agreed however, no one knows for sure it isn't present in our devices and that Samsung just removed the driver at the request of the greedy NA companies. They don't want us listening to something for free when they can force us to connect and use data. Maybe the driver is in the 7105 firmware...
My phone is rooted, what is so good/different about the international version?
Ghetto Geeksta said:
My phone is rooted, what is so good/different about the international version?
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Read this for the in-a-nutshell version.
Works great for me on my i317.
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I installed this on my At&t Note 2 its feels suoerfast and no At&t crap.
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dbzgod said:
Very nice.
Upon thinking about it. I believe there is a way to use this method to give us international firmware and also retain our NA CSC's so we keep carrier specific settings such as Wi-Fi access, Fast dormancy and the like too.
Currently working on it and will get back to people once I am finished.
Glad to see someone else was working on this as it was something I wanted to get around to messing with but have been busy poking into Bootloaders and dialer codes.
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Did what Miscom had done and got the latest GT-I7105 Unbranded firmware release LJ5, with this one I injected the Canadian CSC's and everything seems to be working except a few carrier apps that check for the proper model number they would force close on me.
Going over this firmware, seems okay but doesn't seem to be any better then the stock LJ2 that came with the phone.
My main hope with using an international firmware would be unlocked dialer codes, and I was correct in my testing, any carrier locked dialer codes are controller within the firmware + check what CSC you have as well.
Got some working that I couldn't before hand, however the main one that I wanted to use was the *#7465625# to view network lock status, it was one that I couldn't get working, but I believe that it wasn't working because my phone is already a factory unlocked one so to really know for sure I'd half to have one that is known to be locked.
Anyways, glad this experiment worked, I will definitely be looking at this again in the future, however I know that the Samsung Canada is planning on releasing an updated firmware for the phone at the same time or soon after the Canadian S3's get their Jelly Bean updated, and it is also rumored that they will be 4.1.2 as well. So with this possibility I will be going back to Bell's Stock firmware and see what we get in a few weeks.
ROM is up
Please visit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016575 to download it.
News to me too
Now, I've got to convince my wife to let me have it for flashing.
Oh, does this mean you can do MultiView as well??
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dvdmkr said:
News to me too
Now, I've got to convince my wife to let me have it for flashing.
Oh, does this mean you can do MultiView as well??
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To my understanding, yes. I am downloading it now and will be flashing it shortly. I'm curious if the Wallet issues were NA specific to ATT as well? I should reread those threads to see what the problem was...
So I went ahead and flashed the i9505 Wanam Rom from here and it works great on my M919. The rom doesn't have a modem so I figured it would be safe and sure enough it was. Here's the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2283194
No wipe is required either. I simply flashed it using CWM and I now have a GT-I9505 model with all T-Mo bloatware gone! I really like the blue dialer on this too!
You will get reboot notifications, to remove that simply download "Bloatware Freezer" from Playstore and freeze the app called SEAndroid. That should take care of it.
Oh man... Fully functional though? I'd imagine Wifi Calling would be a goner, not that I ever use it anyway...
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pakraider said:
Oh man... Fully functional though? I'd imagine Wifi Calling would be a goner, not that I ever use it anyway...
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No Tmo features...obviously.
Yes, a lot of people don't realize their options for goodies go beyond just the specific m919 forum. Check out the general international S4 I9505 forums. It's were I spend most my time.
Development is lagging for the m919 variant. There are only a few ROMs & choices, with slow updates.... and plenty of time has passed since release, so I'm not sure how much better it will get. It's the one negative part about Sammy devices....fragmentation of the same model. It would be nice to see a majority of elite Devs working on the same model....like the One.
MANY of the mods/themes/ROMs etc...work great with our device. The radio is the only difference between various 9505 models.
Cheers!
Awesome. But who puts a modem in custom roms now days? Lol Now that I can see that this phone is actually the same hardware as the international we can have roms from there too..... In this case if a leak of a newer android update comes out we can have it port over. And not wait for tmobile,,,
If that the case than AT&T, VERIZON, AND SPRINT can be ported all like on the s3 but the fun part is the even international too
I hope this all works so far I'm very happy with wicked but more options are never a bad thing
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Wow I had no idea I could use i9505 roms. I thought i may be able to but wasn't sure. Awesome.
Working great so far. Only problem I noticed so far was constant notification from SEAndroid. I simply freezed it using bloatware freezer from Playstore.
Hoggles said:
No Tmo features...obviously.
Yes, a lot of people don't realize their options for goodies go beyond just the specific m919 forum. Check out the general international S4 I9505 forums. It's were I spend most my time.
Development is lagging for the m919 variant. There are only a few ROMs & choices, with slow updates.... and plenty of time has passed since release, so I'm not sure how much better it will get. It's the one negative part about Sammy devices....fragmentation of the same model. It would be nice to see a majority of elite Devs working on the same model....like the One.
MANY of the mods/themes/ROMs etc...work great with our device. The radio is the only difference between various 9505 models.
Cheers!
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lol give us more time, mate. would you rather we release untested ROMs? i'm sure there are a number of us floating around here that have a ROM we can put out right this second but it is good practice to test first and ensure there are no issues. this can take a little bit. i myself am in testing phase. maybe the phone has been out a while, but i personally have only had one for 2 and a half weeks. a lot of stuff in the other sections will be ported over. i have to get a good working and stable base out first before i start adding in more tweaks that will seemingly overwhelm most typical users.
also, please be weary of flashing an entire ROM from i9505 section. if there are CSC bits contained within it, you won't have a signal like you're supposed to.
Totally agree with the previous poster. These things take time to make.
With that said this is good news. Hopefully, we can get a dev to port these over with TMO features & Csc files.
I know AT&T GN2 had an awesome dev that ported Int GN2 over with options for TMO, AT&T & Canadian carriers.
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so we could flash any rom from international version?
chiensibut said:
so we could flash any rom from international version?
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not necessarily. It's probably a good idea to ask the OP
Not any roms from the i9500.. only the i9505 as we share the quad-core processor
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Anyone know if the international version supports 2 way call recording out of the box?
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i flashed one of their rom but got a app permission that tell you to reboot the phone, how do i fix that
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i flashed one of their rom but got a app permission that tell you to reboot the phone, how do i fix that
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Go into system/app and delte everything that begins with knox
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ktetreault14 said:
Go into system/app and delte everything that begins with knox
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No don't do this. Simply download "Bloatware Freezer" from Playstore and freeze the app called SEAndroid. That should take care of it.
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so we could flash any rom from international version?
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Any ROM made for I9505, you can use. Make sure the ROM doesn't have a modem baked into it (ROMs usually don't, but you must make sure). You will then have to download and app called "Bloatware Freezer" from Play Store and freeze the system app called 'SEAndroid'
thank for the tip mate
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Works great, even support video call like you see in the Korean dramas. Too bad no US provider supports that
Any way if we manually added or flashed the T-Mobile bloat we could use visual voicemail at least?
Also do you feel that the battery life and overall performance is better in these ROMs?
Can we still use 4g/ 4g lte with these ROMs automatically or do we need to mess with the APN to a certain extent?
Thank you. I am considering flashing because I'm loving those ROMs and themes in the international forums especially that dark android theme that doesn't work well with our phones
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...e-files-is-this-the-google-edition-galaxy-s4/
Sorry if this is a super noob question/Thought
If We Download This And Flash It In The "Download Target" Screen or "Download Mode" (power + Volume Down + Home Button) Does This Mean I Can Upgrade To Google edition (Or Are we somewhat close to the port) ?:fingers-crossed:
Once again i apologize for the thought:angel:
Slicktune said:
75 views and no feedback? Damnnn..:thumbdown:
I thought we were excited about this. ..
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I would not expect too much interest in a kernel that can't be used on this device for TMo service.
luckyduck69 said:
This has "I9505" in the link. What is the model number of you T-Mobile GS4?
Second thought, please go ahead & flash it. Then post back here with the results.
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Would be funny but that's kinda mean to break a $650 device o.0
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luckyduck69 said:
This has "I9505" in the link. What is the model number of you T-Mobile GS4?
Second thought, please go ahead & flash it. Then post back here with the results.
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First off, you should not even joke about telling someone to flash something they shouldn't. EVER. Some people will take you seriously. Please don't do that...
Second... you and others should realize by now that our M919 can flash 95% of all software items made for the international i9505. M919 is simply the Tmo version of the 9505, as you should know....the hardware is identical. So many people still think they are different phones just because ours say M919. The only catch is you can never flash another carriers modem...it's that simple.
99% of the ROMs from the international i9505 forums and all other carriers...Verizon, AT&T, Sprint etc, run perfectly on our M919....ya just gotta flash a universal kernel directly after flashing the i9505 ROM....ie, Faux or Ktoonez etc. Aside from people who have to have certain Tmo specific software (WiFI calling, visual VM etc)...I have no idea why people are still using the old and outdated MDL firmware.
To the OP...wait for the ROM and kernel to be released in the international forums and then wait again for Faux or Ktoonez to make the kernel universally compatible with multiple variants of the i9505.
Seems there are still peeps out there that think they are stuck to using only Tmo M919 software. I'm surprised more Tmo users are not using the latest and greatest firmware for the i9505. Smearing, camera lag...you name it, was fixed long ago on the international firmware.
My M919 is FLYING with Wanam's 1.2 MF2 ROM, Faux v6m kernel.
@ Hoggles
Thanks for that informative post.
Regarding the WanamLite ROM you installed, is Call Recording operating properly?
Skvalex from CallRecorder asked me to try this
http://galaxys4root.com/t-mobile-ga...i9505attt-mobilecanadianapp2sdcall-recording/
to see if CallRecorder works. It's version 1.1 but I read it may break 4G LTE.
I see the ROM you installed is 1.2 and just wanted to know what your experience was with either the call recording feature native to that ROM, or if you've perhaps tried CallRecorder, and if 4G LTE is working without issue.
@ luckyduck69
The op was just trying to be helpful.
Everyone is learning, and not just on xda, but in life in general.
Hoggles just didn't want the op or anyone else to Bork their new, expensive S4 and was passionate about that.
As we all know, sometimes things are said that are taken literally, and considering their are millions of xda members, there may have been several that would have flashed something they're not supposed to, and have a brick in their hands.
The above is just my observation. Nothing personal
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To the OP...wait for the ROM and kernel to be released in the international forums and then wait again for Faux or Ktoonez to make the kernel universally compatible with multiple variants of the i9505.
Seems there are still peeps out there that think they are stuck to using only Tmo M919 software. I'm surprised more Tmo users are not using the latest and greatest firmware for the i9505. Smearing, camera lag...you name it, was fixed long ago on the international firmware.
My M919 is FLYING with Wanam's 1.2 MF2 ROM, Faux v6m kernel.
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Thanks my brother, I appreciate you understanding my point of view
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Can anyone tell me if and when we will be seeing custom Roms like CM12 , MIUI, or Pac Rom? I'm not asking for dates I'm just asking if someone has development in the works, is there a reason we haven't seen anything yet. Is there something in the firmware or software that is preventing development? I just got my s6 a few weeks ago and before that I had a lg g3 but I remember from previous samsung phones I've had that we had to be s-off in order to keep root. With the OFE update in the development section it has a
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Place where u can shut off s-off. So if anyone can answer my questions I'd really appreciate it. Sorry about the 2 different posts. I sent the first part on accident so I had to finish it with another post.
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S-OFF is for HTC phones.
Oh ok. What I meant then was OEM unlocking. It says it unlocks the bootloader. Does that mean anything as far as development purposes. Is that a good thing. What early will that mean for our phones. Sorry about my first post. I've had many different kinds of phones. Each had different ways to root and tweak the phones.
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In before the burn...
I suggest putting this in the q&a section
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I suggest not posting this at all and just getting it removed.....
Thanks for the nice comments people. It was just a question. You don't have to be so rude. Just delete it then.
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Actually, i thought this was a good question. No asking for a hard date or anything, just an honest question asking if there is a technical hurdle delaying development on this device. I was also curious about this.
It's because we're on an Exynos chip this time around, not a Qualcomm.
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It's because we're on an Exynos chip this time around, not a Qualcomm.
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That has nothing to do with it. That only means it'll be hard as hell getting an AOSP ROM (CM, Pacman, etc.).
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That has nothing to do with it. That only means it'll be hard as hell getting an AOSP ROM (CM, Pacman, etc.).
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Yup nothing to do with the chip. It's the fact that 5.1.1 is a pain in the a$$ for devs but I have no doubt they will figure some out soon.
Thanks guys for the responses. My next question is how come all the other s6 phones from different carriers have all kinds of roms? Aren't those s6's the same as sprints?
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BREWGIRL03 said:
Thanks guys for the responses. My next question is how come all the other s6 phones from different carriers have all kinds of roms? Aren't those s6's the same as sprints?
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No, almost each variant is different. The sprint variant is a little trickier.
I was wondering if you can tell me the difference? Is this something that sprint did or something samsung did to the phone. Don't they all have that new chip in the instead of the qualcom or however it's spelled chip? Does the sprint phone being trickier to get custom Roms for mean that one carriers phone is better than anothers. I'm just curious. I like to know what's up with my phone so if someone asks me I can tell them and I sound like I know what im talking about.
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I was wondering if you can tell me the difference? Is this something that sprint did or something samsung did to the phone. Don't they all have that new chip in the instead of the qualcom or however it's spelled chip? Does the sprint phone being trickier to get custom Roms for mean that one carriers phone is better than anothers. I'm just curious. I like to know what's up with my phone so if someone asks me I can tell them and I sound like I know what im talking about.
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It has nothing to do with one carrier being better than any other. I'm positive it's a couple of factors such as the fact that 5.1.1 is a butthead for devs. Also, the previously mentioned development knowledge of exynos but along with that Sprint is as CDMA carrier which tends to be as little trickier for porting/development.
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