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EMUI 5 (Nougat) B320 via Firmware Finder!

Hey guys!
I am Vivek from Ahmedabad, India. I am writing this just to let you all know about my recent experience with FF!
I bought my 6X (BLN-L22) like 2 months back and couldnt get any official ota even after waiting this long. I tried to contact the EMUI admin in Facebook and they told me that its being pushed to individual devices gradually. Now as promising as it sounds, how long is someone supposed to wait right?
Now, I came across an ocean of unfavorable and negative reviews about FF here in XDA and also in other websites. A lot of people complained about disappearance of updater and app twin along with other apps. While others complained of buggy performance or some other issues with the camera. But what I later found out was that people were trying to jump from an old release to the latest one without patching the previous releases of the full OTA in FF!
Some people had issues while jumping from 301 to 320 and some from 310 to 320. And some had twrp installed so its obv to face random issues anyway. Well, I was in B132 all this time and I didnt know what to patch first. But I read somewhere that my release and B320 were stables ones compared to others. So I backed up every single thing from my phone and took the risk only to see if all the hype about FF was true or not...
And to my surprise, it actually worked!! I simply flashed my phone to B320 from B132 using the proxy method and it all happened within an hour. I am on Nougat (EMUI 5) now and its super smooth. I have all the new features like App twin and box based push notifications. I even have the updater file which many complained of vanishing after flashing. It all worked just fine!
I was given a little inspiration by a guy named Gopi here for trying out the FF after all those crazy reviews. He said "You never know unless you try". And I went for it! haha!
So go ahead folks! B320 through FF is what you need if you dont wish to wait too much for the OTA. Special thanks to the developers of FF for this!
Good luck! :good:
Peace.

I'm legit jealous . Cause in my device (BLL-L22) there is still no full nougat update in it (with the app twin etc). Just wish huawei release it soon

darKz22 said:
I'm legit jealous . Cause in my device (BLL-L22) there is still no full nougat update in it (with the app twin etc). Just wish huawei release it soon
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Sad to hear that buddy! Just wait and hope for the best.

darKz22 said:
I'm legit jealous . Cause in my device (BLL-L22) there is still no full nougat update in it (with the app twin etc). Just wish huawei release it soon
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It's released for your model, just wait for OTA bud

PalakMi said:
It's released for your model, just wait for OTA bud
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Still in B360 though with March security patches. Hope that it comes sooner :3

darKz22 said:
Still in B360 though with March security patches. Hope that it comes sooner :3
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I hope also

advice needed
So previously if we update manually everyone is facing only minor issues. But the main which some have reported is if you factory reset after the update then then are complaining about missing updater in setting and also some apps like calculator. So I want to know if this still exists. Have you tried factory reset on your phone after update ? Are the apps like updater still present after factory reset? Please help me I am done waiting for ota

Ajay Pesala said:
So previously if we update manually everyone is facing only minor issues. But the main which some have reported is if you factory reset after the update then then are complaining about missing updater in setting and also some apps like calculator. So I want to know if this still exists. Have you tried factory reset on your phone after update ? Are the apps like updater still present after factory reset? Please help me I am done waiting for ota
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No I didnt went for the factory reset. It wasnt necessary anyway. I simply updated from B132 to B320 via FF and within 15 mins, the whole update was installed. I got App Twin, Updater and a lot of other new features. I didnt faced any bug so far. Been using EMUI 5 since 3 days now. Dont wait for OTA if you dont wish to. Just upgrade via FF buddy. Good luck!

I think you won't get future OTA updates after this...
Because I also updated with firmware finder from Marshmallow to Nougat build 310 just as happy as you and now I'm not getting 320 update....?

[email protected] said:
I think you won't get future OTA updates after this...
Because I also updated with firmware finder from Marshmallow to Nougat build 310 just as happy as you and now I'm not getting 320 update....?
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OTA updates will be available

[email protected] said:
I think you won't get future OTA updates after this...
Because I also updated with firmware finder from Marshmallow to Nougat build 310 just as happy as you and now I'm not getting 320 update....?
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He will get OTA's

PalakMi said:
He will get OTA's
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Hope you are not wrong

[email protected] said:
Hope you are not wrong
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He didn't root, he just updated through FF, so he's good to go

PalakMi said:
He didn't root, he just updated through FF, so he's good to go
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I know he's not rooted.
People who updated with firmware finder earlier are getting 320 build as OTA but it shows "update failed" when try to update.

[email protected] said:
I know he's not rooted.
People who updated with firmware finder earlier are getting 320 build as OTA but it shows "update failed" when try to update.
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Yup m also having that issue

tejus said:
Yup m also having that issue
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So, the only solution is reflashing the firmware

PalakMi said:
So, the only solution is reflashing the firmware
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So what to do? Like can u tell me steps

tejus said:
So what to do? Like can u tell me steps
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Just look in the guides section, you'll find it there

tejus said:
So what to do? Like can u tell me steps
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1. Download the right firmware for your device
2. Create a folder inside sdcard named dload
3. Extract the update.app inside the firmware you downloaded and put it inside dload
4. Power off your phone
5. Power it on back again using volume up, volume down and power buttons. All pressed simultaneously
6. Flashing will start.
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Not Getting B320 Update . How to Update to this version via Firmware Finder
[email protected] said:
I think you won't get future OTA updates after this...
Because I also updated with firmware finder from Marshmallow to Nougat build 310 just as happy as you and now I'm not getting 320 update....
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Same here bro. Not able to update via Firmware Finder once updated to 310 Build. There is a patch available but not able to flash it .

Retus new rom Feb 5 ,2018

Just got offered this. Up through Nov security patch. I'm not on Verizon, FYI since I know they have their own upgrade path.

Nice! I'll have to flash back to stock to see if I can grab the OTA. Also post a screenshot of the "about device" screen once your OTA finishes.

monster1612 said:
Nice! I'll have to flash back to stock to see if I can grab the OTA. Also post a screenshot of the "about device" screen once your OTA finishes.
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Will do, although I'm traveling for work now and like to do these things when I'm home and settled. Should be able to install on Wed.

Well, I received the OTA as well. I captured the flashable zip file for it, so feel free to sideload away at will. (At your own risk, of course.)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=746010030569951951

Just got it too.. here is the about page.
https://imgur.com/a/czm84
Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk

mindmajick said:
Just got it too.. here is the about page.
https://imgur.com/a/czm84
Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk
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I also got the update just a few minutes ago as well. And I am on Verizon. Maybe we will see the January patch soon enough.

zeb carter said:
I also got the update just a few minutes ago as well. And I am on Verizon. Maybe we will see the January patch soon enough.
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Yeah.. I should have shared that I'm on at&t.
Only took two months for this one.. I'm hoping to see Oreo soon. Seems like it's been rolling out on other Motorola devices from the same generation. I'm really hoping for improved memory management.
Everything else on this device is awesome to me.. except GPS. I don't really understand why it has so much trouble until I start moving for a little bit. Never had issues with any other phone I've owned
Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk

Oh... So this means we'll have to wait more for oreo, or may this be a "preparation" for oreo? What does this update brings? I don't have any stability issues..

Well it would make sense to have most devices on the same firmware for a seamless OREO upgrade...
Argh, this is just taking too long unfortunately.

esoh said:
Just got offered this. Up through Nov security patch. I'm not on Verizon, FYI since I know they have their own upgrade path.
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It's about fing time... Got the update on my unlocked G5 Plus.

M1810 said:
Oh... So this means we'll have to wait more for oreo, or may this be a "preparation" for oreo? What does this update brings? I don't have any stability issues..
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It brings the November security patch.

Just got the update on my Moto G5 Plus unlocked from Best Buy

reCoded said:
It brings the November security patch.
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No it doesn't.. i have the -92 version and it has the novembe patch.. this must be some preparation for oreo or something

M1810 said:
No it doesn't.. i have the -92 version and it has the novembe patch.. this must be some preparation for oreo or something
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Us RETUS haven't gotten the November patch yet, so it's new to us. I just read what was on the changelog. You may be right about the Oreo preps though.

M1810 said:
No it doesn't.. i have the -92 version and it has the novembe patch.. this must be some preparation for oreo or something
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Did you buy the G5+ directly from Lenovo/Moto unlocked, or through your carrier? There might be a different patchset depending on any carrier the phone might be locked to. Also grab a screenshot of the about device screen if you can.
reCoded said:
Us RETUS haven't gotten the November patch yet, so it's new to us. I just read what was on the changelog. You may be right about the Oreo preps though.
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I can confirm that the November patch is in the -93 retus update.

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This is indeed only the November 1st security patch update. How do you not check this stuff before posting wrong information!? Idiots....

User0666 said:
This is indeed only the November 1st security patch update. How do you not check this stuff before posting wrong information!? Idiots....
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If you read this forum looks like the whole world, are currently getting 93, which highly suggests one big update coming ?

Smeagal192 said:
If you read this forum looks like the whole world, are currently getting 93, which highly suggests one big update coming ?
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Nah, that means Motovo/Lenovorola is slow AF in releasing updates.

Smeagal192 said:
If you read this forum looks like the whole world, are currently getting 93, which highly suggests one big update coming
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I hope so.. also i hope we get it before the enf of february.

monster1612 said:
Well, I received the OTA as well. I captured the flashable zip file for it, so feel free to sideload away at will. (At your own risk, of course.)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=746010030569951951
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Your file can be flash vía twrp? Cuz ive root and dont wanna lose... Im a little newbie and i dont know much about it.

My Mi A2 lite seems not to get any updates

When I received my brandnew Mi A2 lite end of September it offered me straight away an update. Ever since I did not receive any further updates, neither security patches (currently on 5th Sept.) nor the PIE update. When I now try the OTA update it tellms me that the service is currently not available. My Mi is not rooted nor is the bootloader open. Its same as on the first day. Does anybody else face this issue?

Sucks to not get the OTA updates, but at least you could update (flash) your phone with the offical fastboot roms downloadable from Xiaomi.
https://en.miui.com/getrom.php?r=354&m=yes&app=false
Easy as pie to flash it via MiFlash tool, but I'm afraid you have to unlock your bootloader before.

I'm on October update and don't seem to get anything else either!

May I ask where are you both from? From experience with my old Motorola and my brother's Nokia for example, some regions like the U.K. get their updates always pretty late.
Edit: I'm using mobile Firefox, don't see any country flags if used.

thorin0815 said:
May I ask where are you both from? From experience with my old Motorola and my brother's Nokia for example, some regions like the U.K. get their updates always pretty late.
Edit: I'm using mobile Firefox, don't see any country flags if used.
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At least myself is from Germany. However I tried one thing that was succesfull yesterday. I deleted all data and set up the phone from scratch and voila the Nov. security update came stright away (some 900mb).
MAybe helpful for the other pal stuck on Oct. security update, too.

thorin0815 said:
May I ask where are you both from? From experience with my old Motorola and my brother's Nokia for example, some regions like the U.K. get their updates always pretty late.
Edit: I'm using mobile Firefox, don't see any country flags if used.
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Have been to the Netherlands, Norway, and the UK with the phone - no update in any of these! Hope this helps!
Let's see next week in the USA...

Are you maybe using some form of ad blocking via DNS or hosts files? I accidentally blocked a xiaomi domain once

saggel said:
Have been to the Netherlands, Norway, and the UK with the phone - no update in any of these! Hope this helps!
Let's see next week in the USA...
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The country you're in while checking isn't the "problem", it's the country where your SIM card is from. Maybe try to remove the SIM and/or try to reset location data like discribed here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/how-to/beta-upgrade-to-android-9-beta-pie-vpn-t3872694
With a German SIM this shouldn't be necessary at all, but maybe resetting of the location data alone might help.

thorin0815 said:
The country you're in while checking isn't the "problem", it's the country where your SIM card is from. Maybe try to remove the SIM and/or try to reset location data like discribed here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/how-to/beta-upgrade-to-android-9-beta-pie-vpn-t3872694
With a German SIM this shouldn't be necessary at all, but maybe resetting of the location data alone might help.
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A dutch and a UK SIM on the phone - tried the VPN solution and I still don't get updates

saggel said:
A dutch and a UK SIM on the phone - tried the VPN solution and I still don't get updates
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Hmmm! Last thing to test would be a factory reset and a try to update an untouched environment preferably without SIM cards.
Don't use the Google restore option! If you do so, don't forget to backup important stuff to a SD card/cloud before.

thorin0815 said:
Hmmm! Last thing to test would be a factory reset and a try to update an untouched environment preferably without SIM cards.
Don't use the Google restore option! If you do so, don't forget to backup important stuff to a SD card/cloud before.
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That's what I thought to do too, but I have 3 more trips coming up till the end of the year, so let's see if there'll be any luck with the December update or with any of the other countries! Else, I'll probably have to do a factory reset! This is not what I was hoping for though, all I wanted was a phone that can have monthly security updates!
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Guess they have put the november update on hold for the netherlands due to the issues with the language setting.
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just read this on another thread, not sure if this is the case for me too, I'm currently in the Netherlands, but was also in the UK last week, and Norway the week before!

saggel said:
This is not what I was hoping for though, all I wanted was a phone that can have monthly security updates!
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Timely security updates and a 4000 mAh battery for me. Good luck with your phone.

In Italy same problem, no updates at all. There's a way to unlock this?

thorin0815 said:
Timely security updates and a 4000 mAh battery for me. Good luck with your phone.
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Yep - the battery too! On a 5 days trip I charged it once! That's simply amazing!
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Fuzzo83 said:
In Italy same problem, no updates at all. There's a way to unlock this?
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Which update are you on? October? I'm on October and can't get anything after that!

October for me too.

update for the update: I received the November update a few hours after I landed in San Francisco! So there must be some restriction in countries! But I'm glad there is no problem with my phone!

New Update Available!

Hey guys new update is Available on non-pie beta user ! share your experience
*changelog*
1. Fix Touch FW (probably the Ghost touch issue).
2. Improvement in Front Camera quality.
3. Improvement in status bar (probably the notch area issue which we all reported earlier)
and
4. February Security Patch.

navtey said:
Hey guys new update is Available on non-pie beta user ! share your experience
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Whats the changelog?

Brezinger101 said:
Whats the changelog?
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Sorry I didn't mentioned it earlier but I have updated OP now

Really hope ghost touch got fixed on this update
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Brezinger101 said:
Whats the changelog?
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1. Upgrade Touch FW
2. Improve front camera quality
3. Improve display in status bar
4. Upgrade google security patch

My phone is rooted.
Must unroot before ?
Will this erase all my data ?
New TWRP for htis ROM ?

carabaothai said:
My phone is rooted.
Must unroot before ?
Will this erase all my data ?
New TWRP for htis ROM ?
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Well yes You have to revert it back to intitial version "Relocking bootloader" I have done it and yes it's working fine

carabaothai said:
My phone is rooted.
Must unroot before ?
Will this erase all my data ?
New TWRP for htis ROM ?
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You need to unroot.
No it will not erase your data.
Stock recovery is needed if you are updating via FOTA.
Also make sure your system is not modified.
No need to relock your bootloader.

My recents is broken after this latest update. Is it just me or are others facing similar issues?

Is camera 2 API enabled?
If not can we enable it?

yakub234go said:
You need to unroot.
No it will not erase our data.
Stock recovery is needed if you are updating via FOTA.
Also make sure your system is not modified.
No need to relock your bootloader.
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Need to unroot with the modified firmware updater-script file ?
Just this
No need to lock again if i want to keep twrp and to keep my phone rooted ?

thatsameerkhan said:
Is camera 2 API enabled?
If not can we enable it?
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Yeah i think it does not change if u had already enabled it before the update. I used my Gcam after update, works as earlier. i guess no need to re enable it.

[email protected] said:
Yeah i think it does not change if u had already enabled it before the update. I used my Gcam after update, works as earlier. i guess no need to re enable it.
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Yes true !

Noticed slight improvement in battery backup, previously it used to give 1hr of SOT/10% of battery but now it has improved to 1hr20mins/10% of battery!
I feel some improvements in dt2w are done,reducing standby drain

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Noticed slight improvement in battery backup, previously it used to give 1hr of SOT/10% of battery but now it has improved to 1hr20mins/10% of battery!
I feel some improvements in dt2w are done,reducing standby drain
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I noticed it too , I am getting more screen on time I think notch area still isn't handled properly

improvement in notch here means no more chopped battery percentage, but still no real full screen when playing movies or youtube.

siapakahaku said:
improvement in notch here means no more chopped battery percentage, but still no real full screen when playing movies or youtube.
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Yes noticed that but they could have actually did some job as they did with pie beta where they removed all bugs associated with it

The Pie is almost ready

yakub234go said:
The Pie is almost ready
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Thanks ! Still I feel like Asus misguiding customers into buying their new phone , that's seriously sick!

navtey said:
Thanks ! Still I feel like Asus misguiding customers into buying their new phone , that's seriously sick!
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Can you be spefiic about this? Please don't say delayed Pie rollout is misguiding. Maybe it would be better for them not to annouce an expcted date for updates but then people would still keep asking.
I have had my phone for 2 weeks and I am very happy with it. It does everything I need from a phone and is a decent upgrade from my K8 Note. I am happy to have the Feb security patch in reasonable time.
I had a problem with the DND icon not being removed after turning off DND but that seems to be fixed in this update. I use System UI Tuner to remove mobile data icons so I have more space in the status bar for notifications.

damole said:
Can you be spefiic about this? Please don't say delayed Pie rollout is misguiding. Maybe it would be better for them not to annouce an expcted date for updates but then people would still keep asking.
I have had my phone for 2 weeks and I am very happy with it. It does everything I need from a phone and is a decent upgrade from my K8 Note. I am happy to have the Feb security patch in reasonable time.
I had a problem with the DND icon not being removed after turning off DND but that seems to be fixed in this update. I use System UI Tuner to remove mobile data icons so I have more space in the status bar for notifications.
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Hey See when you know you can't roll out update soon just don't promise it? I am not asking them to roll it out soon am asking them to be honest ! Because that's what makes company credible . I bought this phone with a hope that am getting pie which I wanted to explore but then from January it's been March but still we haven't got Pie . If Asus knew it can't roll out update that soon it probably shouldn't have started promising that ( and that would have cause them to lose customer) . Its not about you being happy with your phone it's about if you lied your words lose credibility!!!

Note 10 Plus 5g Vodafone UK

Does anyone know why I haven't recieved the OTA update for my phone yet?? According to Sam mobile it's been out since the end of December, I haven't had any kind of update since the November patch??

Did you try with Samsung smart switch pc software? Sometimes it picks up an update before ota

JOHNNYMED9 said:
Does anyone know why I haven't recieved the OTA update for my phone yet?? According to Sam mobile it's been out since the end of December, I haven't had any kind of update since the November patch??
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Vodafone are always very late with software updates, usually a month or two longer than other companies.

Yeah still says latest software is up to date, bloody weird hahaha

Hasnt even been released on Sammobile
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note-10-plus/firmware/SM-N976B/VOD/
Just flash https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/g...e/SM-N976B/BTU/download/N976BXXU1BTA1/314001/
Do this via Frija / Odin - That way you are sound... Theres no real risk to do doing this.

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Hasnt even been released on Sammobile
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note-10-plus/firmware/SM-N976B/VOD/
Just flash https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/g...e/SM-N976B/BTU/download/N976BXXU1BTA1/314001/
Do this via Frija / Odin - That way you are sound... Theres no real risk to do doing this.
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That's the wrong firmware he has n975f not the 5g version

Thread title says Note 10 plus 5g?...

fkofilee said:
Thread title says Note 10 plus 5g?...
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My bad he put wrong image in op so I thought he was after 4g version