I recently moved to EU to study but the problem is that at&t has some scumy buiseness practices and my phone doesnt update anymore, i have no way to go back to the US and i certainly have no intention to buy a new cel... i was wandering maybe i can install an unlocked official firmware that gets all the updates, from what i understand the device is the same. Can it be done? If yes can you guys point me to how i should do it. Thank you for the help.
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Hello,
Sorry if this was asked before but i couldnt find it in the search as its coming up with numerous returns on something else.
Anyways, I bought an AT&T s3 rooted and i was able to put it back to stock with Android 4.0.4. After i put it back to stock i got it unlocked to use on T-Mobile.
My questions are,
how do i update the software to the latest version. do i update it with AT&T software or do i use the T-Mobile software version?
If I update it again will it get locked again?
Rooting is not really an option as it is for my daughters use
thank you in advance for any replies,
V
vreyes said:
Hello,
Sorry if this was asked before but i couldnt find it in the search as its coming up with numerous returns on something else.
Anyways, I bought an AT&T s3 rooted and i was able to put it back to stock with Android 4.0.4. After i put it back to stock i got it unlocked to use on T-Mobile.
My questions are,
how do i update the software to the latest version. do i update it with AT&T software or do i use the T-Mobile software version?
If I update it again will it get locked again?
Rooting is not really an option as it is for my daughters use
thank you in advance for any replies,
V
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If you update i believe it will no longer be unlocked to use on T-Mobile. However you do need to use the AT&T ROMs for it to work on your phone.
so is it best to root the phone and update it that way.
vreyes said:
so is it best to root the phone and update it that way.
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You can try updating the phone using the phone's OTA updater. It may not work if you have root.
I don't recommend updating all the way to 4.3 as it will load a 4.3 bootloader which cannot be downgraded and Knox.
Hey everyone.
I'm running on completely Stock 5.1.1 OK1 on my Note 4 and just recieved the official MM OTA update last night. Due to my phone having a lot of junk and being laggy I decided to flash the official firmware from any external method to have a clean install of the os. I heard about Samsung Kies which makes a back up of your phone and installs the latest os, I installed and backed up my phone last night but it didn't seem to give me an update on the os, it said "This is the latest version" (5.1.1 COK1).
My main concern about this is. I've bought this phone from Pakistan (used phone but in brand new condition) and I'm currently living in Malaysia and I have no idea who was the previous owner of this phone. In Kies it shows the phone number different than what I have (maybe its the Sprint phone number?).
What if my carrier is locked by having a clean install? Or any sort of other related issue occurs.
Please take some time to enlighten the facts from your knowledge, will highly appreciate it.
Regards.
waiting for official release bro. If rom is released on sammobile, see the icon kies highlighted on the right.
zincbros said:
waiting for official release bro. If rom is released on sammobile, see the icon kies highlighted on the right.
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Yeah but you totally missed my question here.
Its not that I don't want to do some research myself, I'm a student and I'm busy most of the time. So if anyone can take out their precious time to answer my question I'd really appreciate the help.
If you're concerned about your phone or sim getting lock..you can just use galaxy tools apk v3.1.5 & then upgrade the apk to v3.1.8 & it will unlocked it for you... but i doubt it will lock you down... maybe you can just try to back your rom completely & restore if any issues encounter
it's dependent on the way that they unlocked the phone, someone in vietnam has been locked after updated the phone, but my phone was not.
zincbros said:
it's dependent on the way that they unlocked the phone, someone in vietnam has been locked after updated the phone, but my phone was not.
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And I have no idea how my phone was unlocked, I just bought it like this. I can see the Sprint phone number on Samsung Kies maybe I should write an email to Sprint asking them to unlock it using that Sprint phone number?
I picked up a at&t phone off eBay and I work off a regional carrier that doesn't have this phone. Is there any generic firmware that will still get updates like a blanket Motorola version? Or am I stuck with rooting and using someone's packaged rom to get away from at&t customized stock rom?
Been a while since I've rooted and changed firmwares on my phones so I apologise for the noob question.
Thanks
If you are talking about normal OTA update then you should be fine
in a few days i will test flashing the retail firmware to my at&t device and will let you know more then if it works or not.
Awesome. Thanks. Yes would love to remove the at&t apps and branding from this phone.
Any luck??
still waiting for my new device in the mail.
Hi there. I think what I'm having is a network issue but I'm not entirely sure yet. I was hoping some of the good folks here might be able to help me figure it out.
So I have used the steps (to the letter) from the post titled "Free Sprint Moto Z2 Force carrier unlock quick and painless" by @Jessoocaca. (Many thanks to you @Jessooca, I'm actually running MetroPCS! YAY!) But I'm running into a problem. Motorola keeps telling me to run an update, and I'm not entirely sure how to deal with it. It states that it was a Jan 2019 update, version OCXS27.109-48-15.
My question is this. I've read as much as I can about the update and what it entails. My bootloader is still unlocked, Magisk is still on my phone, TWRP is also still on my phone. Also, as this is the XTXT1789-03, the Sprint version, I'm not entirely sure what to even do about the update. Is it something I actually need?
In System it does say that I'm still on the Sprint software variant and the Sprint software channel. Is that something I can change in order to get the update? Would it require a different ROM?
Auuugghhh. *headdesk*
Please advise! I would be much much obliged. Thanks in advance.
Don't update since you are rooted and has TWRP.
Only update when you are fully stocked (no TWRP, no root)..
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Hi there. I think what I'm having is a network issue but I'm not entirely sure yet. I was hoping some of the good folks here might be able to help me figure it out.
So I have used the steps (to the letter) from the post titled "Free Sprint Moto Z2 Force carrier unlock quick and painless" by @Jessoocaca. (Many thanks to you @Jessooca, I'm actually running MetroPCS! YAY!) But I'm running into a problem. Motorola keeps telling me to run an update, and I'm not entirely sure how to deal with it. It states that it was a Jan 2019 update, version OCXS27.109-48-15.
My question is this. I've read as much as I can about the update and what it entails. My bootloader is still unlocked, Magisk is still on my phone, TWRP is also still on my phone. Also, as this is the XTXT1789-03, the Sprint version, I'm not entirely sure what to even do about the update. Is it something I actually need?
In System it does say that I'm still on the Sprint software variant and the Sprint software channel. Is that something I can change in order to get the update? Would it require a different ROM?
Auuugghhh. *headdesk*
Please advise! I would be much much obliged. Thanks in advance.
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Don't update since you are rooted and has TWRP.
Only update when you are fully stocked (no TWRP, no root)..
Monstroquodlucet said:
Hi there. I think what I'm having is a network issue but I'm not entirely sure yet. I was hoping some of the good folks here might be able to help me figure it out.
So I have used the steps (to the letter) from the post titled "Free Sprint Moto Z2 Force carrier unlock quick and painless" by @Jessoocaca. (Many thanks to you @Jessooca, I'm actually running MetroPCS! YAY!) But I'm running into a problem. Motorola keeps telling me to run an update, and I'm not entirely sure how to deal with it. It states that it was a Jan 2019 update, version OCXS27.109-48-15.
My question is this. I've read as much as I can about the update and what it entails. My bootloader is still unlocked, Magisk is still on my phone, TWRP is also still on my phone. Also, as this is the XTXT1789-03, the Sprint version, I'm not entirely sure what to even do about the update. Is it something I actually need?
In System it does say that I'm still on the Sprint software variant and the Sprint software channel. Is that something I can change in order to get the update? Would it require a different ROM?
Auuugghhh. *headdesk*
Please advise! I would be much much obliged. Thanks in advance.
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Will I have device issues if I don't update?
Also will I lose service if I unroot and re-lock my bootloader?
Monstroquodlucet said:
Also will I lose service if I unroot and re-lock my bootloader?
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Just run an official flash all, reboot, take update and reroot. No reason to relock.
Hi, I recently bought an s9 sm-g960u from eBay. I'm based in the UK. The phone is not receiving updates and I've been told my Samsung that this is because it originated from outside the EU. If I want to update it it looks like my best option is Odin and I've looked through the tutorials on how to do so.
I'm just wondering if anyone can help with a couple of questions I still have. Given that I'm in the UK, can anyone recommend a firmware to flash to which will enable auto updates? Or am I stuck manually updating via odin each time?
Also, what are the risks involved, say if the usb port fails halfway through the update. Will this brick the phone?
Sorry for the novice questions I'm just trying to weigh up what to do!