I was wondering if I purchased the SGSII from a US carrier when it finally comes out then root the device and install the rom for the international version of the phone, would that basically convert the device to the international version and allow you to install updates and patches from Samsung when they are available in Europe instead of waiting for your carrier to get around to releasing it?
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Hi all.
I have one of the AT&T Atrix phones, and was wondering whether, when my local carrier (Telstra) bring out their own branded version, it will be possible to install the Telstra firmware over the AT&T one. Perhaps when they bring out the update to 2.3?
I know the bootloader will only allow signed firmware, but I'm wondering whether they also check whether you're trying to install firmware from a different carrier or not. If not, it could be a way to get both localised features as well as remove some of the AT&T restrictions.
Any thoughts?
For anyone interested, it turns out that this is possible to do (but may cause reception issues because their firmware will be for the international version of the Atrix, which has different radio capabilities).
Thanks for the info. I was wondering the same thing. Could you keep us informed if you hear anything else?
Hey guys,
Saw a very good deal on ebay india, the seller is selling an unlocked version Note - 3 T-mobile (US), so it can work on Indian GSM carriers.
Now, if you see the description: it mentions:
"The OS Software is Unlocked to Work with all GSM SIMS.
You are not supposed to Update the OS Software as Unlock code is applied to it"
2 quick questions:
1) Can you help me understand what does the seller mean here? The device will obviously be running on JB, so i wont be able to update it to the officially released Kitkat? Will manually flashing a firmware from say Sammobile, revert the unlock code and make the device useless?
2) Buying a US phone for Indian use.. Will i miss out on any features? or will it be a problem in any way??
Please help me out guys
I want to convert my T-mobile (sm-g925t) to the international version so I can get OTA updates faster thatn T-mobile users. I know I can just flash International ROMs but I'd rather have the stock firmware instead. Does anyone know how to convert from T-mobile to International? is it even possible on Galaxy devices? I've done a tone of research and I haven't found anything that can help me with this. It is possible to do this on HTC devices, for example I converted my T-mobile HTC One to Developer Edition HTC One by changing the MID and CID, but I don't know about Samsung devices.
Hi Everyone,
I have finally decided to get the S6 edge as the prices have fallen within my budget. I want to get an unlocked 64 GB GSM model and root it using pingpong root. Can anyone tell me which variant I should get so that I can root and continue to sideload updates while not losing any features.
Thanks!
I suggest you get the international model SM-G925F.
It is unlocked and has the widest support of the community (I saw kernels only support international models G925F/I for the first few versions, before supporting other variants).
Any idea if I can root it and then update it to the latest firmware (while keeping the root)? Don't need OTA, just any way to do it is fine. I love this phone but it has so many hoops to jump through. I need root for adblocking and also need latest firmware for samsung pay.
Hi i bought myself an unlocked att v60 thinking that i will get updates but it seems like without the carrier sim i wont be able to get any updates and no im thinking to flash an international firmware on my att firmware is it possible my model is lm-v600AM and i want to flash firmware of lm-v600tm my firmware verison is q. Anyone please is there anyway to get updates and also Im from dubai so there is no way i will get hands on att sim .