I bought N7100 in China, but it does not support all google services, even I have problem to log into samsung account, can not instal another language than Chinese, Korean and English.
Originally it was in 4.1.1.
I downloaded several stock firmwares 4.1.2 from sammobile, but it does want to go with odin. (phone goes in the mode informing about unsucessfull update).
Fortunatelly I flashed it with chinese 4.1.2 firmware, but now I am again at the beginning, and what is more it shows still 4.1.1 version in settings>about.
Anyone can help what to do to change software version for my language?
(I have read a lot what I found in google, I tried several times with odin and different files for different european regions - and nothing)
The Chinese phones have a locked bootloader so I have heard. Unless you unlock it, no amount of Odin flashing will work.
Beamed from Jupiter on my Galaxy Note II
any idea how to solve this?
I saw some post about verizon note2 unblocking but I do not know if possible to follow with chinese version, and what is more it looks quite complicated..
SOLUTION:
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The problem with these chinese phones is the modified bootloader, so you can't install other firmwares then chinese with odin.
The solution is: flash the phone with a chinese firmware or CWM recovery
When the phone is restored you need first to root the phone via odin and then install mobile odin. With mobile odin you can install a new firmware. The thing is, mobile odin doesn't touch the bootloader so it does also work with your chinese phones.
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MobileOdin - check here - but in my case, only PRO version was workable.
Hi. I have posted a complete step by step instructions as how to flash India Android 4.3 firmware on Chinese N7100. Just search for it and follow the steps. You will be successful.
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I succesfully rooted and installed customed firmware last year when I got my n7100 from China. I used Odin but do not remember how I did it. Then I can flash any rom. However, when I try to upgrade to 4.3 custom rom recently, almost all 4.3 romance require flashing a Wi-Fi fix by Odin. I can install most roms smoothly. But Wi-Fi won't work. And when I flash the Wi-Fi fix by Odin, always fail, no matter whose Wi-Fi fix package and which version of Odin. Not sure if this is boot loader issue, just remember I saw error message about boot loader. And usually when I flash rom, I can see "cannot find boot loader, skipped". Now I cannot use any 4.3 romance as I cannot make Wi-Fi work.
mnr336 said:
Hi. I have posted a complete step by step instructions as how to flash India Android 4.3 firmware on Chinese N7100. Just search for it and follow the steps. You will be successful.
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Read my quoted text again: The problem with these chinese phones is the modified bootloader, so you can't install other firmwares then chinese with odin.
Install the chinese 4.3 from sammobile and then the bootlader is up to date and ready for ROMs.
is there anyway to change chinese bootloader
N4KA said:
Read my quoted text again: The problem with these chinese phones is the modified bootloader, so you can't install other firmwares then chinese with odin.
Install the chinese 4.3 from sammobile and then the bootlader is up to date and ready for ROMs.
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is there anyway to change chinese bootloader to official international???so that we can flash roms with odin and cwm ??
wajidamin45 said:
is there anyway to change chinese bootloader to official international???so that we can flash roms with odin and cwm ??
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You can normally flash ROMs after you installed CWM.
Oo... I would not be so sure.. I did not found a way to change Chinese bootloader. N4KA- i do not why but impossible. Possible only to change to newer on, but Cinese
ota problem when flashing thorugh mobile odin
ota problem when flashing thorugh mobile odin ,can anybody help to make system status in setting to official when installed firmware through mobile odin ??
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So I bought the note from newegg. Turned out that it is a hongkong version. My friend got a uk version and they have additional official font styles, which are reallly nice. So my question is if i root the phone. Can i flash the uk stock room to my hongkong note 2? Also, if there is ota update for the uk version, will i be able to update ota?
In other word, Is there any way i can completely transform my hongkong note 2 to uk note 2?
1. if it's rooted, you can flash any rom you want (any rom that made for N7100 only or N7105 only... be careful, there's diff. between the 3G n LTE vers.)
2. if rooted, there will be no more OTA (even if its stock), unless you unroot it again.
3. complete transform : software-wise possible, hardwae-wise nope, there might be some parts with diff. code for diff. country
u dont need to root for just flash a official rom, just download at sammobile and flash by odin
if u just want the flip font, u dont need to root, just download the package and install the apk, then u can choose from setting, u can search in here
YungAnh said:
So I bought the note from newegg. Turned out that it is a hongkong version. My friend got a uk version and they have additional official font styles, which are reallly nice. So my question is if i root the phone. Can i flash the uk stock room to my hongkong note 2? Also, if there is ota update for the uk version, will i be able to update ota?
In other word, Is there any way i can completely transform my hongkong note 2 to uk note 2?
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I got mine from the grey market and its also from hongkong since the out of the box firmware is from hongkong. You dont need to root your device to flash a stock firmware. Just make sure to flash compatible firmware. If your device is the N7100 aka the international version flash only N7100 firmwares. You can check sammobile.com and click on firmwares and, on search just type in N7100 if you have the international version and N7105 for the LTE version. After you have downloaded your desired firmware, extract the zipfile and flash it thru odin. Just find some tutorials how to flash thru odin. Trust me its a very simple process its like a 5 mins process literally. And yeah once you got your regions firmware you will be able to received OTA updates.
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3 of u have provided excellent support to me. Wish I could press Thanks button 100 times.
Thank you three
I really appreciate it
Just one more clarification.
Do I need the software called Odin to flash an official UK rom, or I can just download to my pc and run it with the phone plugged in?
Also If I flashed official UK rom, I will be able to update UK OTA update right? Of course without rooting.
YungAnh said:
Just one more clarification.
Do I need the software called Odin to flash an official UK rom, or I can just download to my pc and run it with the phone plugged in?
Also If I flashed official UK rom, I will be able to update UK OTA update right? Of course without rooting.
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Yeah u need odin to flash any stock rom. also install samsung kies in your pc because you need the driver ( so that your pc will be able to recognize your phone when plug into your pc). Aftr installing samsung kies just exit it but dont uninstall. Yeah once you flash a stock rom for your region you will be able to receive OTA updatea. Try youtube there are tons of tutorial on how to flash thru odin i even started there.
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If your only looking for fonts check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949854
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Dear all,
I have searched the web and flashed my phone for over 20 times in order to fix it after my serious mistake, I got no clue and decided to ask for help here. My phone is N7105 bought in Hong Kong. I would try to describe my issue using the fewest words...
- How things happen
1, I downloaded the latest 4.3 TGY firmware from sammobile, flashed it using mobile odin pro as I want to keep the root. After that I cannot connect wifi. Searching the web revealed that this is due to the old bootloader issue as BL did not update if flash by mobile odin.
2, Biggest mistake here. I know I should try to flash the firmware again by PC odin. However as I was not able to have a PC access yesterday I decided to see if some quick fix can help. I found a wifi fix in XDA (wifi_fix_for_MJ2.rar). I know it is for N7100 not N7105, but as It stated it is a fix I though nothing harm (very wrong!!!) and flashed it. After that my phone got the wifi back but have IMEI damaged. The phone is not able to reconize my sim after that.
3, I flashed the 4.3 TGY firmware by PC odin after I got back to home. (So the bootloader is 4.3 now). IMEI still cannot be fixed and SIM cannot be read.
- What resolution I have tried
Now I fully understand what's going wrong and I tried the following fix, but they all not working.
A, Using PC odin to flash the latest 4.1.2 firmware. This not working as odin refuse to flash, should be the 4.3 bootloader prevented this.
B, Using PC odin to get root and CWM <- OK. And then got a 4.1.2 firmware in CWM update zip format, put it in ext sd card and flash it in CWM <- OK. My phone seems to downgrad to 4.1.2. IMEI still damaged, no SIM. And phone is unstable (may hang after a while if it put idle, need reboot). Although it is 4.1.2 now I think the BL is still 4.3, as I still can't flash any 4.1.2 firmware by PC odin. And everytime I flash 4.1.2 firmware by PC odin it will appear fail on screen, and also render my phone dead. My phone would then cannot boot up and require to flash a 4.3 firmware again...
C, Tried to use Kie firmware restore feature. It flashed the 4.3 firmware but can't fix the IMEI issue.
D, Tried the EFS Professional but I don't know how to use it as I don't have a EFS backup before.
E, I got a param.bin from a thread of XDA (not sure if it is a good one or not, but the writer said it is for N7105). I flashed it using PC odin, status unchanged. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47861647&postcount=242&nocache=1&z=8137774079208057)
- What help I am seeking for
1, Any EFS backup from you for N7105 which I can try? Maybe I can edit my own IMEI no. inside it?
2, Any way to restore the EFS data from flash?
3, Anyway to get back to a true 4.1.2 BL such that I can free to use PC odin to try different 4.1.2 rom? Currently I can only try to obtain CWM zip rom and it did not help.
4, Any other way which you can suggest?
Thank you so much for reading my help request...:crying:
This thread might help im not sure
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946915
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sawdoctor said:
This thread might help im not sure
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946915
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Yes, it helped!
I searched this thread before but it was intended for I9305 but not N7105, so I did not apply the fix before. But the file Param_Bin_I9305.tar turn out worked for N7105!
Still if there is a way to downgrade my BL to 4.1.2 I am very much appreciated.
It helped for my issue also.
Quick description what was my situation as it may help others:
Got a N7105 with a 4.1.2 ROM. For some reason installed rom for a AT&T version 4.4.2. Got a NULL/NULL imei and no wifi, mobile or anything on phone.
Trying to resolve the issue installed stock rom 4.3 (from sammobile) and stuck on loading screen. Few attempts later and waiting at least 20 min after each odin installation I've lost all hope. Installed ParamBin file from the mentioned thread and what a surprise - phone booted and all is working fine.
Thanks for this post, saved me.
Guys
My mobile model is SM-N750 (Indian edition).
I have successfully flashed stock firmware thru ODIN earlier. Recently I changed my firmware to Pakistan from Sammobile.
Now I like to go back to Indian firmware, however it is failing again & again. I am though successfully able to flash Pakistan firmware again.
Phone is working properly but cant go back to Indian firmware.
Please check.
I know how to flash in ODIN. This is something diff.
1- Try another source of odin, same version but another source
2- Try flashing the firmware more than once, it will work in one of them
3- Try different firmware and see if it worker, then the problem is with the firmware
4- Make sure the files are for your mobile version
Thanks for your reply.
I have tried 3 firmware files. No luck.
I think I guess what is the issue. Pak firmware version is higher than Indian firmware version. So the bootloader has been changed. That is the reason it is not allowing to install a lower bootloader firmware.
I hope once sammobile will have KK firmware downloadable I would be able to flash that.
I am successfully able to flash Indian Kitkat ROM from Sammobile.
So the point to be noted...You can not go back to old firmware once you upgraded to new one.
This thread can be closed now.
KSKHH said:
I am successfully able to flash Indian Kitkat ROM from Sammobile.
So the point to be noted...You can not go back to old firmware once you upgraded to new one.
This thread can be closed now.
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You from India??
and if you aren't, did you face any problems?
is it worth risk?
Omar_Moustafa said:
You from India??
and if you aren't, did you face any problems?
is it worth risk?
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Yes, I am from India.
KSKHH said:
Guys
My mobile model is SM-N750 (Indian edition).
I have successfully flashed stock firmware thru ODIN earlier. Recently I changed my firmware to Pakistan from Sammobile.
Now I like to go back to Indian firmware, however it is failing again & again. I am though successfully able to flash Pakistan firmware again.
Phone is working properly but cant go back to Indian firmware.
Please check.
I know how to flash in ODIN. This is something diff.
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check this www.mediafire.com/download/9qu1qs9j3514yd5/SM-N750+Orignal+Firmware.7z
sgatechwork said:
check this www.mediafire.com/download/9qu1qs9j3514yd5/SM-N750+Orignal+Firmware.7z
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That did not work. I have tried that earlier. It was older that PAK firmware...
Now I am successfully flashed Kitkat.
I moved to another country to find out that my Note 2 is carrier locked.
I googled how to unlock it and found that option of accessing ServiceMode with *#197328649# but since my Note was already OTAd to 4.4.2, this wasn't working.
I decided to try and flash 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 to it with Odin but every single time I tried, Odin gave me a Fail, stating that Nand write start - fail.
I flashed a CM11 on it to see if it can do anything (with CWM) but something went wrong and I couldn't get pass the "Galaxy Note II" screen, so I flashed 4.4.2 with Odin and it worked.
So I can flash 4.4.2. but not 4.1.1 or 4.1.2.
I'd hugely appreciate any help! Thank you
JavaJunkay said:
I moved to another country to find out that my Note 2 is carrier locked.
I googled how to unlock it and found that option of accessing ServiceMode with *#197328649# but since my Note was already OTAd to 4.4.2, this wasn't working.
I decided to try and flash 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 to it with Odin but every single time I tried, Odin gave me a Fail, stating that Nand write start - fail.
I flashed a CM11 on it to see if it can do anything (with CWM) but something went wrong and I couldn't get pass the "Galaxy Note II" screen, so I flashed 4.4.2 with Odin and it worked.
So I can flash 4.4.2. but not 4.1.1 or 4.1.2.
I'd hugely appreciate any help! Thank you
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You can't flash firmware via odin which has older bootloader than yours must have the same version bootloader or newer. Samsung rules, sorry. Look if you find any custom 4.1.1 rom to flash via cwm and unlock it but be careful because 4.1.1 has sds bug and is possible to brick your device. Another way is to try to flash it via mobile odin which don't flash bootloader flashes all the rest but is dangerous for sds too. Maybe you can find at Internet any cheap unlock code also.
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vagsvag said:
You can't flash firmware via odin which has older bootloader than yours must have the same version bootloader or newer. Samsung rules, sorry. Look if you find any custom 4.1.1 rom to flash via cwm and unlock it but be careful because 4.1.1 has sds bug and is possible to brick your device. Another way is to try to flash it via mobile odin which don't flash bootloader flashes all the rest but is dangerous for sds too. Maybe you can find at Internet any cheap unlock code also.
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Is it possible to downgrade the bootloader? I can and managed to flash the Dutch version of 4.1.1 and it boots fine, but when I access ServiceMode, I receive Menu Not Exist message in Network Lock menu.
Can you link me an alive 4.1.1 ROM, since I absolutely am not able to find one.
Thanks a lot for your help!
JavaJunkay said:
Is it possible to downgrade the bootloader? I can and managed to flash the Dutch version of 4.1.1 and it boots fine, but when I access ServiceMode, I receive Menu Not Exist message in Network Lock menu.
Can you link me an alive 4.1.1 ROM, since I absolutely am not able to find one.
Thanks a lot for your help!
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Bootloader sorry but is not possible to downgrade, about 4.1.1 rom I haven't any link, take a look at old posts at forum if you find any. You can also try mobile odin the free version from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899 you need to have root access to your phone and to download the correct addon (kernel for mobile odin) from the end of the page. You can flash with it the original 4.1.1 firmware which you have already. It flashes only the firmware without bootloader. If you haven't use it before read carefully the instructions and use it. It is absolutely safe, the only which is not safe is the firmware you trying to flash because of sds (sudden death symptom).
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I have lost my stock firmware after flashing a custom rom. I went and download many stock firmware for my phone, flashed with Odin ,get error massage binary 5 and etc. I downloaded the binary u5 stock firmware but same happens again ,I wasn't able to back on stock firmware. Pls help me
Zodiacx said:
I have lost my stock firmware after flashing a custom rom. I went and download many stock firmware for my phone, flashed with Odin ,get error massage binary 5 and etc. I downloaded the binary u5 stock firmware but same happens again ,I wasn't able to back on stock firmware. Pls help me
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Can you sent the entire error message, and which custom rom you flashed before.
We need more information to help you.
purpleish said:
Can you sent the entire error message, and which custom rom you flashed before.
We need more information to help you.
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Thanks
But i successfully return to my stock firmware
I relock the bootloader but still i am not able to use samsung pass
It showing your device rooted
Good to heard you flashed stock firmware. But there is NO way to use any samsung-exclusive features.
As unlocking bootloader tripped Samsung knox, the protection layer that Samsung uses. Which Samsung pass is an app requires Samsung knox.
For more: https://www.google.com/search?q=samsung+knox+explained
but I search though the forum and found this, although it from 2017 and things might change since then. You may want to try this with a rooted phone.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/samsung-pass-on-knox-tripped-devices.3687977/
Zodiacx said:
I relock the bootloader but still i am not able to use samsung pass
It showing your device rooted
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found another piece of software that might help you (requires magisk)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/module-smali-patcher-7-4.3680053/
Edit, might not work for newer device