hi,
I recently rooted my galaxy s3 with Odin, and installed a moded Rom.
today, I decided to go back to the stock rom, and restored my phone with a backup I made before installing this Rom.
-will the firmware update automatically in a rooted phone?
-my build number is I9300XXALE8. Should I update to a newer one? (androidromupdate[dot]com).
-can I do it withput Odin? (through the update/restore page)?
sorry if these questions were already answered...
and thank in advance.
Alon.
Hi guys.
I've recently tried to check my phone's simlock status via *#SIMLOCK# (*#7465625#) but entering the code does nothing. I know I did a check some time ago on an older rom and that worked, so I'm thinking this must be a chenge with the new 4.0 roms. I'm currently running stock XWLPT with SpeedMod K3-31.
My question is this: has Samsung changed this code (and if so does anybody know the new one) or is this a problem with my phone/rom/etc.?
Thanks a lot!
Maybe cause of custom kernel?
EDIT: hmm on LPU stock doesn't work neither
I want to install the new KitKat firmware. I still haven't received for my SGP 311 (Germany WiFi).
I was wondering if it's possible to install it by hand which also means I need to download it from somewhere.
Is this possible? Like in Samsung Galaxy S2 phones, we can flash the firmware via ODIN
Thanks
You can use Flashtool (which is Sony's version of the ODIN) and Ftf file. However, I failed to find a Kitkat FTF for the SGP311. Seems like no one made it.
However, you can flash the SGP312 firmware, I think. You just have to exclude something related to partition sizes. I can't remember exactly what it is right now.
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Hi guys,
I need firmware 4.1.1 for the samsung S III I9300, I literally spent all day yesterday looking and found several links but they were all hotfile links that are obv. dead.
The phone is currently locked to o2 UK not sure if I need the firmware to be of the same carrier..?
I want to flash the firmware via ODIN so then I can unlock the bootloader myself and then use the 'secret code' to network unlock in order to flash the latest Lineage..
Please help..pulling my hair out!!!!!
Thanks in advance
The bootloader was never locked for this phone.
If the phone is running a stock 4.3 bootloader, you cannot downgrade the bootloader.
wqill2016 said:
Hi guys,
I need firmware 4.1.1 for the samsung S III I9300, I literally spent all day yesterday looking and found several links but they were all hotfile links that are obv. dead.
The phone is currently locked to o2 UK not sure if I need the firmware to be of the same carrier..?
I want to flash the firmware via ODIN so then I can unlock the bootloader myself and then use the 'secret code' to network unlock in order to flash the latest Lineage..
Please help..pulling my hair out!!!!!
Thanks in advance
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Someone badly misinformed you. If your phone is locked to o2 you must flash o2 firmware. Once the simlock is off you can flash any firmware.
If you have upgraded to 4.3 you cannot unlock the sim lock. There is no secret code. It was done by hex editing a file but is obsolete on 4.3.
If you are rooting to flash lineage you root via chainfire and odin, flash a custom recovery via odin and then flash lineage from the custom recovery you flashed.
If you want simlock off and you're on 4.3 you have to pay for it. Downgrading isn't possible unless you have a copy of your efs from 4.1.1.
Hello!
First of all, I'm a novice and have no knowledge of how the firmware is constructed, e.g. wrt any dependencies between BL, AP, CP and CSC. I've searched the S9+ forums without finding answers - I have however found threads concerning downgrading but they seem not to answer my exact question.
I'm currently on the latest build of Android 10 for my region (SM-G965F, 965FXXU7DTAA). Completely stock, no modifications.
I read in an S7 thread that someone had been able to downgrade to a previous FW version with a lower BL version than the phone currently was on by doing the following:
- downloading and extracting the FW wanted
- removing the sboot and the modem parts of the firmware
- repacking the remaining parts
- flashing with odin
According to him/her, this worked, the phone booted succesfully, even though he/she at that point hadn't yet tested it to the full extent and in all aspects.
My question: Would this even be possible for the S9+? I.e. only flashing the AP and CSC parts of the desired FW via Odin while leaving BL and CP parts untouched? Would it even work, and if so, is it possible to say/know anything about adverse effects. Is the phone likely to brick? Knox?
Excuse me if this is obvious to you all, but I'm curious about this as I am currently not satisfied with Android 10.
I should add that I'm aware that it is currently possible to downgrade to latest version of Pie the "regular way", but I'm looking for options, if any, to go even further back
Rgds,
sten_amund
sten_amund said:
Hello!
First of all, I'm a novice and have no knowledge of how the firmware is constructed, e.g. wrt any dependencies between BL, AP, CP and CSC. I've searched the S9+ forums without finding answers - I have however found threads concerning downgrading but they seem not to answer my exact question.
I'm currently on the latest build of Android 10 for my region (SM-G965F, 965FXXU7DTAA). Completely stock, no modifications.
I read in an S7 thread that someone had been able to downgrade to a previous FW version with a lower BL version than the phone currently was on by doing the following:
- downloading and extracting the FW wanted
- removing the sboot and the modem parts of the firmware
- repacking the remaining parts
- flashing with odin
According to him/her, this worked, the phone booted succesfully, even though he/she at that point hadn't yet tested it to the full extent and in all aspects.
My question: Would this even be possible for the S9+? I.e. only flashing the AP and CSC parts of the desired FW via Odin while leaving BL and CP parts untouched? Would it even work, and if so, is it possible to say/know anything about adverse effects. Is the phone likely to brick? Knox?
Excuse me if this is obvious to you all, but I'm curious about this as I am currently not satisfied with Android 10.
I should add that I'm aware that it is currently possible to downgrade to latest version of Pie the "regular way", but I'm looking for options, if any, to go even further back
Rgds,
sten_amund
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admittedly, i TL : DR all of it, but on the S7, downgrading the bootloader was possible for a while, thats not the case here. You can only flash F/W with the same or higher BL version. If there is an android 9 version available with the same BL, then you can flash it all you like. www.sammobile.com/firmwares is where you need to go to look. But use the frija tool or SamFirm to actually d/l the zip unless you like wasting 2 hours of your life
Thanks for the reply
I'm aware that I am able to downgrade to the latest version of Pie, which has the same version BL as my current Android 10. But my question is rather if it is possible at all to flash only the AP and CSC sections of a previous FW (with lower BL version) and leave the current Android 10 BL and AP untouched as it is on the phone?
Sorry if I was unclear in my first post
Rgds,
sten_amund
sten_amund said:
Thanks for the reply
I'm aware that I am able to downgrade to the latest version of Pie, which has the same version BL as my current Android 10. But my question is rather if it is possible at all to flash only the AP and CSC sections of a previous FW (with lower BL version) and leave the current Android 10 BL and AP untouched as it is on the phone?
Sorry if I was unclear in my first post
Rgds,
sten_amund
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As long as the previous firmware is the same bit number you can flash either. You would have to flash all the files as the 10 bootloader more than likely isn't going to boot pie. 5th Digit from the far end of build is your bit number.
Thank you for your reply - good input wrt 'bootability'.
I'll downgrade to the latest version of Pie the regular way.
rgds,
sten_amund