Hi all - I've recently brought an Asus ZenFone 2 and want to upgrade it to MM so that I can use the root, unlock bootloader and install a custom rom on it using the tools in the development page.
However I am wary of updating the phone as the sellers website had this message:
Most of phones are supposed to sell in China (China version), such as ZTE, Letv, Asus, Oneplus.
1. About sealed original packing and firmware, We need to open the original box to check the phone and install the Multi-language and Google Play Store, Multi-language ROM not support OTA
2. Buyer can not restore to factory or root with other version firmware, which may cause date loss or dead of phone.
The firmware version is WW and recovery is also WW. When entering fastboot mode, the bootloader version is unknown and signing and secure_boot have a ? next to them. I am worried that upgrading it may brick the phone.
Is there a way I can update to MM? I may be worrying irrationally.
Thanks
IFWI version in bootloader is ?
Build number in settings about phone is ?
I have a Samsung Note 8 inch. Tablet. 2012 model.
N5100 INU version
The original Motherboard got corrupted so i installed a new motherboard Ordered it from China / AliExpress.
As soon as I installed the new MotherBoard everything works fine. /
UPDATED Info
It was with Custom Firmware / CHINA Official . but device Status was Custom, I did not try to load Chrome/ GoogleFrameWorkServices APK. On this firmware which came with the mother board, but i did see some info about that.
The issue is they ship with China Firmware
I need STOCK INU firmware on this. Or any English firmware.
I download the N5100 INU Firmware I allso tried ODIN
I also tried SmartSwitch
I also tried Kies UPDATE / Initialization nothing has been working.
ODIN gives "failed to write / complete error"
SmartSwitch unable to connect unsupported device
Kies same error
I also tried to update/ initialize but the issue is after download 2 or 3 hour of Firmware it goes to 0% and says "failed to update" try to use recovery mode from abother compbuter and ask for recovery CODE.
I know i am missing some thing very small.
I checked the Device is not ROOTED
I see ODIN mode
Binary: Samsung Official
Device Status Custom
Custom Binary Download: NO
Maybe it is locked or something.
IDK
2nd issue
When smart Switch Ask for model and serial
I had 2 or 3 times put the Indian MotherBoard Serial Number
And it had Failed.
Now i am trying to Do this with China MotherBoard Serial Number.
If this time it succeeds i will be happy to inform you.
But this will still only load the Official China FirmWARE for CSC CHN
Anyways After this Maybe i will try ODIN
Since once it will have china official firmware
then it will have India ODN firmware via ODIN
But I could also go into a bad State here..
If the china guys sent me the motherboard with custom firmware which will support all india sim cards and etc. And now if i complete this official china firmware. I might get locked out !!
Dam i dont know what will happen and how i will solve this.
The ONLY solution someone has suggested who bought this same mother board and did it.
Said that " you need to make IMG of the original Country Firmware built into the Odin file and you also need all the files BL / CSC / PD etc.
I want HELP thanks
UPDATE:
Ok entering the China MotherBoard Serial Number smartSwitch installed the original China firmware back.
And now the Device status became
Official too.
That's 1 step ahead or backward idk.
So now I need to install India firmware via ODIN.
I assume if i use SmartSwitch and put Indian motherboard serial and after 2 or 3 hours of download it will not upgrade since it will try to match the serial number.
Anyways I just tired ODIN and it does not work. Same error
Complete (write) operation failed.
Any help please
So FINAL:
I am stuck with Original Official CHN / China Samsung Firmware on this n5100 And I cant do anything
GOOGLE Youtube / GMAIL / Play Store / ETC.
Question:
Is there a way I can load a Multi CSC Firmware 1st which will load VIA ODIN and then Once this is LOADED
I can load INU INDIA firmware ?
I dont know what is the CLASH
Where is the CLASH and CONFLICT hapening for ODIN not working
Thanks Please REPLY HELP ASAP
SideQ
Is there any Custom Firmware which I can load and be happy
Marshmallow ? Nougat ?
All features working :
GPS /
Camera/
WIFI
SIM Card
Network
Bluetooth
No errors ?
Thank you
I will still prefer a Stock ROM
hello please help me...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8-0/help/n5100-motherboard-china-csc-chn-help-t3659722
Reply to this topic..
Some one on the Aliexpress site told in review of the mother board that he installed your
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/samsu...n5100-wifi-philz-touch-advanced-cwm-recovery/
and then ... Install
CivZ-FlexNote8.0_KK-Rev2.1-N5100_signed
I need to install INU n5100 Firmware and Change CSC to INU
installed this... i dont know what that will do or help but can u please reply to my POST up there.
Thanks
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any bricks/ issues you may encounter following this guide. Although, I will do my best to try to help you if something were to go wrong.
MAKE SURE OEM UNLOCK IS ENABLED UNDER DEV SETTINGS BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING BELOW
Update 2: 3/11/2021 : I see maybe deleting the .ta files may help avoid soft bricking, feel free to try it I have not personally tested yet to see if it works.
Update#3 3/13/2021 : If you are following this guide recently make sure you update to Android 11 first! Do not do any updates after the first one to Android 11! Then the flashing should work just fine. Tested and verified this on Taiwan XQ-AT52 to 51 firmware
Hello, I've managed to successfully flash AT51 firmware on my AT52 without issue using Newflasher.
Step 1 download = the US firmware/ whatever region is needed for you and new flasher/ the sony xperia drivers needed to flash the firmware to your device. Extract it to your desktop. Install the Xperia driver from newflasher if you need to/ haven't yet. Newflasher needs to be extracted into the same folder where the firmware files are that you downloaded from Xperifirm. This step is crucial!
Step 2 : Power off your Xperia and put it in flash mode by pressing down on the volume and connecting it to your PC via usb. (Do not use the USB C cable that came with the phone use a different one if you have one) You'll know it is in flashmode if the notification LED turned green and the screen remains off.
Step 3 : Open newflasher.exe
Step 4: type n then press enter
Step 5: type n again and press enter
Step 6 : This is when you should get to the flashing stage. Press Y and enter to everything you are prompted to. type y for yes to. This for me resulted in a successful conversion over to AT51.
Step 7: Once everything is done and it says you are safe to disconnect your phone please do so and then press and hold your power button until the phone boots up.
At this point you should have a fully working AT51 firmware!
Bare with me as I"m working on getting developer access for androidfilehost and will upload the files asap. In the meantime you can download newflasher and the firmware files yourself using Xperifirm if you don't wanna wait for me to upload.
Xperifirm: https://forum.xda-developers.com/cr...xperifirm-xperia-firmware-downloader-t2834142
Newflasher: https://forum.xda-developers.com/cr...gress-newflasher-xperia-command-line-t3619426
Can you please help? I followed and i got a corrupted message and power off in 5 second.
I tried xperia companion, failed.
I tried to reflash newflasher with original firmware again, failed.
Please help.
tiunilohmu said:
Can you please help? I followed and i got a corrupted message and power off in 5 second.
I tried xperia companion, failed.
I tried to reflash newflasher with original firmware again, failed.
Please help.
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Can you tell me the model of your xperia phone? If you can still get it into flash mode when the notification LED turns green you may still be able to recover it.
Hi, I finally managed to restore it. I have to remove all the ta files to flash it, then it booted up.
Thanks for your respond.
my device is corrupted please help
blegs said:
my device is corrupted please help
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what did you do to corrupt it?
Lennyuk said:
what did you do to corrupt it?
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I have using newflasher
After using 3 time xperia companion it work normal again
Hi, I didn't find this thread until after I made an attempt at flashing the device. I followed the instructions from the link below and ended up with the device saying it's corrupted.
https://www.xperiablog.net/2018/01/...-firmware-for-xperia-xz-premium-xz1-and-more/
I tried redownloading newflasher as well as redownloading the firmware I wanted as well as a new cable and that did not help. I reflashed it with this procedure listed above and it did not help.
Xperia companion won't let me do anything because it says the device is locked even though the device was not locked and there doesn't appear to be a way to unlock it. edited to add that I did get xperia companion to repair it successfully
edit again to advise I succeeded only after doing n and enter a third time then hitting y and enter for the final flashing step and that was successful in getting it updated correctly
Would it work to unlock my phone
Thanks for the guide!
Can I ask few questions please?
First is do I need to have my bootloader unlocked? I enabled OEM unlock setting in developer settings but that is only one thing I did.
And the second one is could this flash unlock my phone?
I am in this situation where my AT51 won't work with other sims except for Vodafone. UK.
I stayed with them for 30 days, (required time frame to get your phone unlocked) requested unlock code and it has been more than 10 working days but still have not received the code.
So today I did some searching online and found the service code to check if my phone is locked to a network and to my surprise it says it's not. So I am guessing that they have limited my phone to using only their sim through some other means andnot buy locking my modem. But this is ofc just a guess.
I kept chatting with the customer support and he keeps saying wait for the code which I do not believe is going to come, they have to unlock it on their end. But I am not sure about that. I don't think they are sure either..
Basically I'll wait fem more days maybe they will unlock it but if they won't when I am thinking maybe my modem is not locked and I could unlock it by flashing different ROM?
Or do you think this won't work?
Sorry for a rambling post. Looking forward to your reply. Thanks!
Mazvydelis said:
Thanks for the guide!
Can I ask few questions please?
First is do I need to have my bootloader unlocked? I enabled OEM unlock setting in developer settings but that is only one thing I did.
And the second one is could this flash unlock my phone?
I am in this situation where my AT51 won't work with other sims except for Vodafone. UK.
I stayed with them for 30 days, (required time frame to get your phone unlocked) requested unlock code and it has been more than 10 working days but still have not received the code.
So today I did some searching online and found the service code to check if my phone is locked to a network and to my surprise it says it's not. So I am guessing that they have limited my phone to using only their sim through some other means andnot buy locking my modem. But this is ofc just a guess.
I kept chatting with the customer support and he keeps saying wait for the code which I do not believe is going to come, they have to unlock it on their end. But I am not sure about that. I don't think they are sure either..
Basically I'll wait fem more days maybe they will unlock it but if they won't when I am thinking maybe my modem is not locked and I could unlock it by flashing different ROM?
Or do you think this won't work?
Sorry for a rambling post. Looking forward to your reply. Thanks!
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You do not need the bootloader unlocked as you are flashing official firmware.
Anyone know if you can flash a XQ-AT52 to a XQ-AT51 and then back to the XQ-AT52 firmware?
Sent from my XQ-AT52 using Tapatalk
I know this thread is a few months old at this point but I'm really struggling to flash to XQ-AT51. I've successfully flashed from XQ-AT52 Hong Kong (my original firmware) to the Taiwan version which is slightly better because of the messaging compatibility but I really want to get the US version. I have tried at least 20 times over the course of a full day and I have not been able to flash the US firmware without getting an error saying "Your device is corrupt It can't be trusted and will not boot" every time. I have repaired it back to the Hong Kong firmware (back when that was the one I had) and to the Taiwan version once I had that installed. But I have never gotten the US firmware to take without the "Device is corrupt" error.
My phone is the Sony xperia 1 mark 2 running the then default XQ-AT52 Hong Kong, and now running the default XQ-AT52 Taiwan. I've been trying to flash to XQ-AT51 US. I've been using newflasher v39 and the US firmware downloaded for xperifirm v 5.5.0.
So I was able to flash from the hong kong version to the Taiwan version and back with no issues at all. But I'm still unable to flash to the US version without the "Your device is corrupt It can't be trusted and will not boot" error that seems to happen every single time I try to install the US firmware.
Can someone make me a favor and can upload the latest ftf of Android 10 for the Xperia 1ii Single SIM?
ProjectBlitz said:
So I was able to flash from the hong kong version to the Taiwan version and back with no issues at all. But I'm still unable to flash to the US version without the "Your device is corrupt It can't be trusted and will not boot" error that seems to happen every single time I try to install the US firmware.
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The 1 II has downgrade protection, so as long as the firmware version of the US version isn't the same or newer than the highest version you've ever used you're gonna get the corruption error.
What you could try is flashing the newer EU version and then flashing only the older US customisation image. That's what I did for a while since US firmware was older than EU firmware, and it worked. Not sure if it'll work with Android 11.
ProjectBlitz said:
I know this thread is a few months old at this point but I'm really struggling to flash to XQ-AT51. I've successfully flashed from XQ-AT52 Hong Kong (my original firmware) to the Taiwan version which is slightly better because of the messaging compatibility but I really want to get the US version. I have tried at least 20 times over the course of a full day and I have not been able to flash the US firmware without getting an error saying "Your device is corrupt It can't be trusted and will not boot" every time. I have repaired it back to the Hong Kong firmware (back when that was the one I had) and to the Taiwan version once I had that installed. But I have never gotten the US firmware to take without the "Device is corrupt" error.
My phone is the Sony xperia 1 mark 2 running the then default XQ-AT52 Hong Kong, and now running the default XQ-AT52 Taiwan. I've been trying to flash to XQ-AT51 US. I've been using newflasher v39 and the US firmware downloaded for xperifirm v 5.5.0.
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im in the us and was looking to the 256gb version (i think its taiwan). is the hong kong or taiwan version missing anything? or is the only reason to flash to US to get better coverage with us carriers?
GreeleyXda said:
im in the us and was looking to the 256gb version (i think its taiwan). is the hong kong or taiwan version missing anything? or is the only reason to flash to US to get better coverage with us carriers?
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It's for better coverage and for VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling support. Also if you get a HK one with Android 11 you will be unable to flash the US firmware, because it is still on Android 10; and the phone has anti-rollback protection.
it arrived on 10 still, but its bugging me to update.
THISISINSANE said:
It's for better coverage and for VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling support. Also if you get a HK one with Android 11 you will be unable to flash the US firmware, because it is still on Android 10; and the phone has anti-rollback protection.
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This isn't the case now since the US models have Android 11 too now
Can anyone confirm that this process has to be done using USB 2.x? I've read in a separate post that newflasher isn't compatible with USB 3.x, which is currently what all my computer use. Also, should I be using the newest version newflasher?
EDIT: Tried on USB 2.0 and it worked perfectly.
So I've downloaded latest FW from Sammobile, and would like to flash it to my phone (SM-G960F).
The Sammobile firmware page describes how to flash the FW using Odin.
I believe these instructions assume a stock phone. Does having TWRP affect the Odin flashing procedure at all? I'm guessing that it will simply restore the stock recovery, and I will need to reinstall TWRP.
UPDATE:
I just flashed the FW following Sammobile directions without issue.
You need to reinstall TWRP after flashing. The OEM unlock setting was already enabled, so I did not need to format data or do dm-verity thing you do when installing TWRP, but YMMV.
Hi. Random question- I have an unlocked Samsung Z Fold 3 (SM-F926UI) that I bought from Samsung in the US. With the new software update it now shows the eSIM option in my phone. I am currently carrying a work phone and a personal phone. I would love to just carry one mobile phone instead of two. What I learnt is that I can transfer both my phone numbers to my Z Fold 3 (one physical + 1 eSIM) but only one number will work at any given time and other one would be at 'standby' mode (practically switched off).
I wonder if I can buy a dual sim tray for Z Fold 3 from ebay and install/flash latest firmware from sammobile or some other website. Would it allow me to use dual sim (both active at the same time) on my Z Fold 3?
I wonder if the hardware is already there, I just need to 'jailbreak' it??
Thanks in advance.
Hi all. I am from Singapore and I have gotten a s22 off an online platform here only to discover it is a USA set.
The csc is S901UOYN2AVE4
I am unable to get ota updates and am still stuck with a may 2022 android 12 update while checking updates shows as up to date.
I have some questions after doing a Google search.
1) will I be able to get ota updates? Does this mean I have to somehow change to csc and is this possible?
2) if it is not, do I have to update manually thru Odin patched? Given the above csc, can anyone guide me as to which firmware can I use? I see there are many different ones from different carriers like Verizon or t mobile
Thanks in advance!
were you able to find a solution? I am also facing the same issue
None so far.
Have you guys tried smartswitch?
hello! I have also researched a bit & came to this conclusion. The device was possibly under a carrier (such as ATT or Verizon) from the US. Although it's unlocked and you can use any sim card but you won't receive any updates unless you use the sim card of that particular carrier. You can install the latest firmware using ODIN tool yourself by downloading firmware based on CSC region code. You can youtube to find the specific CSC region of your phone. Please let me know if you find any other solution. & also please let me know what 'service provider software version' is on your device. you can find it at About phone>Software Information
KingpinDXO said:
Have you guys tried smartswitch?
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Smart switch doesnt work I've tried it.
KingpinDXO said:
hello! I have also researched a bit & came to this conclusion. The device was possibly under a carrier (such as ATT or Verizon) from the US. Although it's unlocked and you can use any sim card but you won't receive any updates unless you use the sim card of that particular carrier. You can install the latest firmware using ODIN tool yourself by downloading firmware based on CSC region code. You can youtube to find the specific CSC region of your phone. Please let me know if you find any other solution. & also please let me know what 'service provider software version' is on your device. you can find it at About phone>Software Information
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I have managed to flash it with the right software and get it to update ota. To test this I flashed a older android 12 firmware and it manages to update to android 13 ota.
Follow the steps in this thread closely and you will be good. Use the unlocked u1 version firmware.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS22/comments/t49c10
Just to confirm one thing, My CSC is S901UOYN2AVE4 and AP/CP/BASEBAND is S901USQU2AVE4. Csc is basically same as you.
But my service provider software version is SAOMC_SM_S901U_OYN_GCF_12_0002
GCF/GCF, GCF/XAA.
Will it alright to flash u1 unlocked firmware to the device? This software version shouldn't be an issue right?
KingpinDXO said:
Just to confirm one thing, My CSC is S901UOYN2AVE4 and AP/CP/BASEBAND is S901USQU2AVE4. Csc is basically same as you.
But my service provider software version is SAOMC_SM_S901U_OYN_GCF_12_0002
GCF/GCF, GCF/XAA.
Will it alright to flash u1 unlocked firmware to the device? This software version shouldn't be an issue right?
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My ap and CSC same as yours. So yes I am pretty sure you can flash the u1. Download the xaa version.