Hello guys, I just bought a used samsung galaxy s9 device.
Everything was good until I checked the IMEI, it showed a different device. I tried to do a software update, but it said "Your phone's operating system has been modified in an unauthorized wa. Try updating using smart switch on your computer.
My guess is that they installed a custom firmware and changed the IMEI so that sim card can work in the country I am at.
My concern now is can this installed firmware contain a virus or a spyware of some sort? I need to put my main gmail into this phone and install google authenticator. I am afraid people could have access to my privacy and information.
Please let me know if thats possible and if I can check if its safe or not.
Thanks
anas191 said:
Hello guys, I just bought a used samsung galaxy s9 device.
Everything was good until I checked the IMEI, it showed a different device. I tried to do a software update, but it said "Your phone's operating system has been modified in an unauthorized wa. Try updating using smart switch on your computer.
My guess is that they installed a custom firmware and changed the IMEI so that sim card can work in the country I am at.
My concern now is can this installed firmware contain a virus or a spyware of some sort? I need to put my main gmail into this phone and install google authenticator. I am afraid people could have access to my privacy and information.
Please let me know if thats possible and if I can check if its safe or not.
Thanks
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Hi guys,
I have a Samsung Note II N7108 which is locked by a carrier from China. The phone doesn't come with Google Play and has restriction on installing some of the applications. I am looking for a firmware that I can flash on my N7108 but not sure which firmware will work.
Anyone has know or experienced on N7108???
I will be appreciate if you can share your information!
Thanks,
jcboy
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Hi guys,i have this phone which is unlocked..on the back it says at&t but it works on my number here in Montenegro(Europe),so i want to update it..i cant update it with OTA,so my choice is up to Kies..but i am afraid if i update it with kies that my phone will lock for that at&t and i want be able to use it,is that true?Does anyone have experiance like that,i d really use a help.Thanks
If your phone is indeed unlocked and working in your country as of now, updating its firmware will not lock it back to AT&T.
In others words, flashing a ROM does not affect the lock status of a device regardless of the mean used to flash it.
Happy flashing!
This is completely true. A phone that is unlocked for use on other carriers will stay unlocked no matter what firmware is installed on it...and this includes the stock versions that are available via Kies.
Thank you for quick answering,i appreciate this
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Hey, i found a tutorial to convert a LDU G988B to a useable one as a phone,
the problem is, ican't find the EFS file needed (for g988b UC, U12).
Do you know where i can find it, most of the links i found are paid ?
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Hey, i found a tutorial to convert a LDU G988B to a useable one as a phone,
the problem is, ican't find the EFS file needed (for g988b UC, U12).
Do you know where i can find it, most of the links i found are paid ?
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You can just to go the Retail Mode App and enter following PIN: 5444 i send you a Youtube Video:
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You can just to go the Retail Mode App and enter following PIN: 5444 i send you a Youtube Video:
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Thanks for your reply although i don't think you understand my question. The retail mode app is long gone, i want the phone to have cellular connection
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Thanks for your reply although i don't think you understand my question. The retail mode app is long gone, i want the phone to have cellular connection
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oh sorry i misunderstood that! I hope you find the answer to your question quickly!
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Thanks for your reply although i don't think you understand my question. The retail mode app is long gone, i want the phone to have cellular connection
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The internal components of the phone are there to work on mobile networks, it's the IMEIs are missing.
It's a blanket rule of XDA Devs to not talk about IMEI modification so I'm gonna quit while I'm ahead. Google is all you need
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The internal components of the phone are there to work on mobile networks, it's the IMEIs are missing.
It's a blanket rule of XDA Devs to not talk about IMEI modification so I'm gonna quit while I'm ahead. Google is all you need
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Yep, if the IMEI is all 0's, there are definitely ways to put a working valid one on there
Hello folks. Although I rooted my phone (Samsung A50) And the problem was, I just watched a short YouTube video about it and did everything he did in the video without even looking at it and getting a premonition like I have to do. Now I only have 16 GB of memory, although I had 32 or 64 GB before. Now I wanted to ask them all how I can do it all again. I've been trying all this time but I can't. I used Odin 3 to root in the last version. And firmwares I've played extremely many. Is now a firmware on it but I do not know which. I'm actually not at all familiar with it, but I wanted to try rooting it and how you see is this was a fail.
And when I try to root something with the files "CSC & CP" it doesn't work and there is always an error. But no error code or anything. I hope someone can help me.
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Hello folks. Although I rooted my phone (Samsung A50) And the problem was, I just watched a short YouTube video about it and did everything he did in the video without even looking at it and getting a premonition like I have to do. Now I only have 16 GB of memory, although I had 32 or 64 GB before. Now I wanted to ask them all how I can do it all again. I've been trying all this time but I can't. I used Odin 3 to root in the last version. And firmwares I've played extremely many. Is now a firmware on it but I do not know which. I'm actually not at all familiar with it, but I wanted to try rooting it and how you see is this was a fail.
And when I try to root something with the files "CSC & CP" it doesn't work and there is always an error. But no error code or anything. I hope someone can help me.
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My grandmother bought one of these phones but then was given a free phone by Verizon. I know its not the best phone to root but I have it and I really want install a custom Rom that's built for privacy and is free from google. Doing a little research it looks like Lineage is one of the best for this. It appears that Lineage supports just about every OP phone except the first Nord. I have already unlocked the bootloader when I went to install TWRP it looks like I can't even find a version of TWRP that works for my phone. I found a link here on XDA for TWRP but when I attempt to download its not there. I looked directly on Twrps website and they have every OP phone except the Nord 100. Is there anything at all that I can do to install a private Rom on this device or am I just SOL. Any help would be extremely appreciated.
Nord N100 and the
Build number - Oxygen OS 11.0.8.BE81AA
Model - BE2011
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My grandmother bought one of these phones but then was given a free phone by Verizon. I know its not the best phone to root but I have it and I really want install a custom Rom that's built for privacy and is free from google. Doing a little research it looks like Lineage is one of the best for this. It appears that Lineage supports just about every OP phone except the first Nord. I have already unlocked the bootloader when I went to install TWRP it looks like I can't even find a version of TWRP that works for my phone. I found a link here on XDA for TWRP but when I attempt to download its not there. I looked directly on Twrps website and they have every OP phone except the Nord 100. Is there anything at all that I can do to install a private Rom on this device or am I just SOL. Any help would be extremely appreciated.
Nord N100 and the
Build number - Oxygen OS 11.0.8.BE81AA
Model - BE2011
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The best we have for TWRP is: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/twrp-3-5-2_11-0-for-oneplus-nord-n100-android-11.4329985/
A lot of stuff doesn't work and you might not be able to see any files. But you can sideload from adb if you disable mtp.
The only way to get custom ROM is to load GSI. There is a guide for the N100 in the forum.