[Q] What firmware can I get for my S2? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys, I've been browsing through this forum for awhile now, very helpful threads, you guys do an amazing job!
This is my first post and I would like some help.
I'm from Canada and I ordered my S2 from Newegg.ca, so my phone came factory unlocked and right now I'm running it on the Telus Network.
Samsung started releasing their firmware updates for the different regions, but I'm really confused on witch firmware to get.
I believe my phone is running on the UK firmware but I would like to use a North American firmware, here's the detail:
PDA: I9100XWKF3
Phone: I9100XXKE7
CSC: I9100XEUKD1
Would I be able to run any firmware from any region I want without damaging my phone?
And witch firmware is for the Canadian region?
Thanks in advance.

Anybody?
I'm a noob at this, never owned an android phone before.
So please guys, you'll make me really really happy

Any rom from Dev section 1 and section 2 will work , you got standard global unlocked SGS2.

ghost77 said:
Any rom from Dev section 1 and section 2 will work , you got standard global unlocked SGS2.
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Hi Ghost, thx for your reply.
I want to to know about actual firmware and not roms.
Can you please direct me to an actual firmware I can use for my SGS2?
and will I be able to use any firmware that's not the generic Europe+UK?

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[Q] Which firmware should I use for At&t

Hi All,
Sorry for the noob question, I recently got a SGS2, my first Android device. I'm currently on At&t in the US. I believe the phone is unlocked since it has the yellow triangle on boot up.
The phone currently has :
PDA: I9100XWKE7
Phone: I9100XXKE4
CSC: I9100XEUKD1
I would like to upgrade the phone to Andriod 2.3.4 and not wipe any data on the phone. Which PDA, Phone, and CSC firmware should I get?
Thanks for your time.
Reheat said:
Hi All,
Sorry for the noob question, I recently got a SGS2, my first Android device. I'm currently on At&t in the US. I believe the phone is unlocked since it has the yellow triangle on boot up.
The phone currently has :
PDA: I9100XWKE7
Phone: I9100XXKE4
CSC: I9100XEUKD1
I would like to upgrade the phone to Andriod 2.3.4 and not wipe any data on the phone. Which PDA, Phone, and CSC firmware should I get?
Thanks for your time.
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the yellow trianlge means that the phone is rooted! - in other words a custom software is installed in it.
what ROM?
answer---> what would you like? stock looking? - kitchen KH3, Cognition, vilian etc
custom?--->MIUI, CM7
themed?---->litening
and you can continue like this for long time...go to the original android development mate and check the procedure how to flash and how to use CWM i think u may have one installed if there is the yellow triangle...
then check ROM's and atached screenshots - read about thems bugs and problemss and pick one...dont be afraid u can change back or for another one anytime - but i will recomend you back up EFS folder first - there is a topic how to do so in original android thread.
i hope u will find your way
Thanks for the info Hunteres. I think I want to keep my phone stock, so I was wondering which firmware from Intratech's Official i9100 Firmwares thread I should get that would work on At&t. The phone is rooted and does have CWM installed when I bought it. When I upgrade to 2.3.4, do I need to upgrade the Phone: I9100XXKE4 and CSC: I9100XEUKD1 also?
Firmware
Get the KG5 firmware. I have been using that for a few weeks on ATT USA and its perfect. Battery life is also excellent. I have an unlocked from Clove in the UK.
CC
Any rom can be used on any carrier.
If you are getting poor signal or data speed try a different modem, there is also a thread dedicated to getting the correct AT&T apn.
cc999 said:
Get the KG5 firmware. I have been using that for a few weeks on ATT USA and its perfect. Battery life is also excellent. I have an unlocked from Clove in the UK.
CC
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is the KG5 more perfect than the KG3?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
KG3 - HAS VIDEO for Google Voice - This is the only plus - some apps do not work.
KG5 - much better battery life - all apps work - very solid build, no crashes or freezes.
CC
Thanks for all the info. Would KH3 firmware be better than KG5 since it's newer? Do I need to upgrade my current baseband firmware and CSC firmware when I upgrade to a new kernel?

[Q] Can i flash my I9100T with a firmware meant for I9100?

I recently bought a new phone and turns out the model is I9100T. I got it from thailand so not much of updates from kies.there is however an update to dcki3 . right now i am using dckf4. i want to root my phone and then install a european firmware.
my pda i9100tdck4
phone /csc i9100tdckf1/i9100tthlkf1
i came across many forums and they have a s2 with i9100g for malaysia which cannot be used to update with the firmwares that are available for i9100.?
so i just wanted to confirm it. has anyone tried using a i9100 firmware to update /flash with i9100t . and lastly, are there t models (refering to i9100t) the same ones that are being used in australia aswell?? are the only difference the firmware?
thanks in advance.
i have searched many the forum but didnt find an answer. i hope it will be useful to many user of the i9100t .
thanks in advance.!
da_aftamath said:
I recently bought a new phone and turns out the model is I9100T. I got it from thailand so not much of updates from kies.there is however an update to dcki3 . right now i am using dckf4. i want to root my phone and then install a european firmware.
my pda i9100tdck4
phone /csc i9100tdckf1/i9100tthlkf1
i came across many forums and they have a s2 with i9100g for malaysia which cannot be used to update with the firmwares that are available for i9100.?
so i just wanted to confirm it. has anyone tried using a i9100 firmware to update /flash with i9100t . and lastly, are there t models (refering to i9100t) the same ones that are being used in australia aswell?? are the only difference the firmware?
thanks in advance.
i have searched many the forum but didnt find an answer. i hope it will be useful to many user of the i9100t .
thanks in advance.!
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Hi there, I know this is an old thread, but I thought i'd update it for new comers and googlers who come across this as I just did
I have flashed an ICS 4.0.3 LP7 Firmware over to an I9100T and the Firmware is an I9100 firmware, and I have no issues with it so far, signal and data speeds are fine and everything works as it should
I hope this helps somebody else

[Q] Root Samsung Galaxy Sll - Tombile

Hello everyone,
I recently got an upgrade though T-Mobile (in UK) for a Samsung Galaxy S2. Its simply awesome, but I'm a newbie to the Android OS. Hence I have very less knowledge as to what is happening with the android OS rooting, updating etc.
So on to the main topic, I got my phone (model GT-I9100) on 2.3.5 and the base band is I9100BOKJ1.
I would like to remove the T-Mobile branding and the other software which there installed have it.
So could someone please guide me though how I could root and update my firmware to Standard samsung with out the carriers crap installed and still use the phone with my carrier?
My phone is unlocked by default as another sim card works from another carrier.
Could someone walk me through step by step as to how i could root and update my firmware to standard and unlock the device Any help is much appreciated.
I have attached a screen shots of my x#1234#
Thanks.
NTOP said:
Hello everyone,
I recently got an upgrade though T-Mobile (in UK) for a Samsung Galaxy S2. Its simply awesome, but I'm a newbie to the Android OS. Hence I have very less knowledge as to what is happening with the android OS rooting, updating etc.
So on to the main topic, I got my phone (model GT-I9100) on 2.3.5 and the base band is I9100BOKJ1.
I would like to remove the T-Mobile branding and the other software which there installed have it.
So could someone please guide me though how I could root and update my firmware to Standard samsung with out the carriers crap installed and still use the phone with my carrier?
My phone is unlocked by default as another sim card works from another carrier.
Could someone walk me through step by step as to how i could root and update my firmware to standard and unlock the device Any help is much appreciated.
I have attached a screen shots of my x#1234#
Thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
NTOP said:
Hello everyone,
I recently got an upgrade though T-Mobile (in UK) for a Samsung Galaxy S2. Its simply awesome, but I'm a newbie to the Android OS. Hence I have very less knowledge as to what is happening with the android OS rooting, updating etc.
So on to the main topic, I got my phone (model GT-I9100) on 2.3.5 and the base band is I9100BOKJ1.
I would like to remove the T-Mobile branding and the other software which there installed have it.
So could someone please guide me though how I could root and update my firmware to Standard samsung with out the carriers crap installed and still use the phone with my carrier?
My phone is unlocked by default as another sim card works from another carrier.
Flash stock rom from
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
XEU for UK any version KJ1 or later .
Then if you actually need root
Flash CWM and Root from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
You may no longer have an update path via Kies .
jje
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Flash stock rom from
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
XEU for UK any version KJ1 or later .
Then if you actually need root
Flash CWM and Root from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
You may no longer have an update path via Kies .
jje[/QUOTE]
XWKE2
Firmware info
PDA:XWKE2
PHONE: XXKDJ
Build date: 06/05/2011
Is this the right one
Generic XEU (UK): http://www.multiupload.com/1EFM4RBMGZ
Or can you please send me the lasest stable link to stock rom
Also if i want to put it back to T mobile for warrenty reason than would you have the link
Thank You

[Q] GT-i9100 Unlocked by o2. expect generic Kies updates or Carrier specific Update?

hi guys, first post so apologies if its been asked before. i have run a search but all the results are regarding factory unlocked phones.
i bought my Galaxy S2 locked to the o2 uk network.
recently had it unlocked by o2 with the keys that they provided me.
with the up coming ICS update, im just curious to know if Kies will update me with a generic Regional release of ICS or will i still need to wait for an o2 branded ICS release because the phone was locked to o2 from new.
not sure what info you need, so ill just provide the usual info ive seen posted in forums.
PDA: I9100XWKJ1
PHONE: I9100XXKI4
CSC: I9100O2UKJ1
BUILD: OCT 11
ANDROID 2.3.5
GT-I9100
thanks in advance!
TeamKilo said:
hi guys, first post so apologies if its been asked before. i have run a search but all the results are regarding factory unlocked phones.
i bought my Galaxy S2 locked to the o2 uk network.
recently had it unlocked by o2 with the keys that they provided me.
with the up coming ICS update, im just curious to know if Kies will update me with a generic Regional release of ICS or will i still need to wait for an o2 branded ICS release because the phone was locked to o2 from new.
not sure what info you need, so ill just provide the usual info ive seen posted in forums.
PDA: I9100XWKJ1
PHONE: I9100XXKI4
CSC: I9100O2UKJ1
BUILD: OCT 11
ANDROID 2.3.5
GT-I9100
thanks in advance!
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I think you can do it either way. More than likely a general ICS release will be seen some time before you get a branded release from o2 so it will pretty much be up to you which one you implement, but I'm sure most will agree that the o2 official will come after the generic ICS
TeamKilo said:
i bought my Galaxy S2 locked to the o2 uk network.
recently had it unlocked by o2 with the keys that they provided me.
with the up coming ICS update, im just curious to know if Kies will update me with a generic Regional release of ICS or will i still need to wait for an o2 branded ICS release because the phone was locked to o2 from new.
not sure what info you need, so ill just provide the usual info ive seen posted in forums.
PDA: I9100XWKJ1
PHONE: I9100XXKI4
CSC: I9100O2UKJ1
BUILD: OCT 11
ANDROID 2.3.5
GT-I9100
O2 phones are often unlocked and the upgrade path will be dependant upon O2 not Samsung as O2 will brand before release .Your phone is unlocked but still an O2 branded phone .
However Google have asked for a much faster roll out from networks for this update .
I would find your O2 firmware and save it as even if you try stock roms custom roms etc you can always wipe your phone and revert to the O2 firmware for an official upgrade .search CheckFus in that respect .
jje
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Thanks for the replies guys.
I thought by having my phone unlocked directly by o2 would make it unbranded, thus being able to update to an unbranded ICS release via Kies instead of waiting for the o2 branded one.
Well i guess I'll have to wait and see what happens. Hopefully I get an update with the unbranded version via Kies!
I'm not familiar with custom roms. I am comfortable with the whole scene, I just havnt tinkered with Android yet.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
TeamKilo said:
Thanks for the replies guys.
I thought by having my phone unlocked directly by o2 would make it unbranded,
No just unlocked to the network that does not change product codes etc so its still the same phone as far as Kies can see O2 UK .
You can of course download and install stock ICS once released from XDA etc .
jje
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I may end up having to do that if o2 take too long or don't provide an ETA for their branded version of ICS.
I guess I'll need to get reading on where do get stock roms and how to flash them to my phone.
Can you link me in the right direction?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Carrier branded .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
latest rom via check fus
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110160
and sammobile.com .
jje
Great thanks for all the help!
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA

[Q] Galaxy Ace GT-S5830i Flashing a stock firmware question/help!

Hello guys. Yes i'm a noob and i have tried desperately to find the info out myself but i'm getting myself SO confused, i hope someone can help me out a bit and clarify a few things for me.
I have a SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE GT-S5830i which is a United Kingdom model phone unlocked to all networks but it was getting very worn and tatty so i went out this morning and purchased a brand new SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE GT-S5830i phone (identical model) however this one came supplied as locked to the o2 network and is o2 branded on all the startup/shutdown screens.
I figured i could simply re-flash a stock firmware to it to lose all of the o2 branding and return it to the standard Samsung startup/shutdown screens (and possibly unlock the phone to all networks during the process but i'm not that bothered about doing that as it doesn't really matter to me)
On the handsets I have gone into SETTINGS> ABOUT PHONE> and the details are as follows:
Model Number: GT-S5830i
Android Version: 2.3.6
Baseband Version: S5830iXXLK1
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7 [email protected] #1
Build number: GINGERBREAD.XXLK3
...and these details are the same for both the old phone and the new o2 branded one.
Now then, here's where i'm at: when i do things i'm not only doing them to get to the 'end goal' but also to learn and educate myself along the way, but so much of the information out there assumes that you already know what they are talking about or is just too confusing as it doesn't explain enough. I have gotten myself very confused lol.
I want to be able to 'de-brand' the new phone so that it is just like the old one, and to do that i'd like to understand what i am doing a bit more, like the baseband version and build number (XXLK1 and XXLK3 are bpth quoted in the 'About Phone' menu) and i don't understand what file i should be downloading as all i can find is labelled as GT-S5830iXXLK3 so would this be the correct firmware for my handsets as i thought they were listed by Baseband (which is XXLK1 not XXLK3 but the bit in the phone's build number says XXLK3 even though the actual phone's Baseband says XXLK1) can you see why i am confused? lol!
I'd like to be as sure as i can be prior to flashing so i don't make any silly mistakes.
I have:
KIES software,
USB Drivers (i think)
ODIN v3.07 software,
Standard Samsung supplied USB cable,
Windows 7 32bit.
Can anyone help me to understand why the firmware sets are in several split files and help confirm which firmware i do actually need for the baseband type of my two handsets.
I'm also intending to make a backup of each phone prior to flashing so i hopefully do not brick any devices. Maybe i could even read the firmware of one phone and flash to the other? Perhaps i'll just stick to finding a suitable stock firmware and keep it simple
Any help, information, education is all appreciated, and i hope as a noob to the forum i haven't breached any set rules with this post (i don't think i have but you never know!)
Kindest regards,
Drew
United Kingdom.
DrewKrew said:
Hello guys. Yes i'm a noob and i have tried desperately to find the info out myself but i'm getting myself SO confused, i hope someone can help me out a bit and clarify a few things for me.
I have a SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE GT-S5830i which is a United Kingdom model phone unlocked to all networks but it was getting very worn and tatty so i went out this morning and purchased a brand new SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE GT-S5830i phone (identical model) however this one came supplied as locked to the o2 network and is o2 branded on all the startup/shutdown screens.
I figured i could simply re-flash a stock firmware to it to lose all of the o2 branding and return it to the standard Samsung startup/shutdown screens (and possibly unlock the phone to all networks during the process but i'm not that bothered about doing that as it doesn't really matter to me)
On the handsets I have gone into SETTINGS> ABOUT PHONE> and the details are as follows:
Model Number: GT-S5830i
Android Version: 2.3.6
Baseband Version: S5830iXXLK1
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7 [email protected] #1
Build number: GINGERBREAD.XXLK3
...and these details are the same for both the old phone and the new o2 branded one.
Now then, here's where i'm at: when i do things i'm not only doing them to get to the 'end goal' but also to learn and educate myself along the way, but so much of the information out there assumes that you already know what they are talking about or is just too confusing as it doesn't explain enough. I have gotten myself very confused lol.
I want to be able to 'de-brand' the new phone so that it is just like the old one, and to do that i'd like to understand what i am doing a bit more, like the baseband version and build number (XXLK1 and XXLK3 are bpth quoted in the 'About Phone' menu) and i don't understand what file i should be downloading as all i can find is labelled as GT-S5830iXXLK3 so would this be the correct firmware for my handsets as i thought they were listed by Baseband (which is XXLK1 not XXLK3 but the bit in the phone's build number says XXLK3 even though the actual phone's Baseband says XXLK1) can you see why i am confused? lol!
I'd like to be as sure as i can be prior to flashing so i don't make any silly mistakes.
I have:
KIES software,
USB Drivers (i think)
ODIN v3.07 software,
Standard Samsung supplied USB cable,
Windows 7 32bit.
Can anyone help me to understand why the firmware sets are in several split files and help confirm which firmware i do actually need for the baseband type of my two handsets.
I'm also intending to make a backup of each phone prior to flashing so i hopefully do not brick any devices. Maybe i could even read the firmware of one phone and flash to the other? Perhaps i'll just stick to finding a suitable stock firmware and keep it simple
Any help, information, education is all appreciated, and i hope as a noob to the forum i haven't breached any set rules with this post (i don't think i have but you never know!)
Kindest regards,
Drew
United Kingdom.
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read my thread or signature.
I have loaded KIES and got some more information:
On the older SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE GT-S5830i (unlocked to all networks) it says: PDA:LK3 / PHONE: LK1 / CSC: LK1 (BTU)
On the newer SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE GT-S5830i (locked and branded o2) it says: PDA:LK3 / PHONE: LK1 / CSC: LK1 (O2U)
So clearly i can see the difference here between the new phone with it's o2 network branded firmware, and assume that the only thing i need to change over on the new phone is the CSC part, which ODIN looks like it can do by simply adding a new CSC file in.
Anyway, i went to the SamMobile Firmware site and have downloaded:
GT-S5830i - United Kingdom - BTU
PDA: S5830IXXLK3
CSC: S5830IBTULK1
Version: 2.3.6
Date: 2012-11-23
...which gives me a zip file named: S5830IXXLK3_S5830IBTULK1_BTU.zip
Here's where i just got more confused lol... the thread you pointed me to gets a bit confusing as lots of people are posting allsorts on it, but am i right in thinking once i have that file i just downloaded i go into ODIN v3.07 and just add that file into the PDA section and then untick all the boxes? This seems a bit different to some of the other Odin instructions i have read where they say tick certain boexes and do this, do that etc...
This way seems to be involving reflashing the PDA, and PHONE sections maybe? Am i not just wanting to flash CSC parts? I am SO confused now.
Can anyone help clarify a little more? I can't quite see how you make a firmware backup using ODIN before proceeding to actual flashing. I'd like to make a backup first before i do anything
DrewKrew said:
I have loaded KIES and got some more information:
On the older SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE GT-S5830i (unlocked to all networks) it says: PDA:LK3 / PHONE: LK1 / CSC: LK1 (BTU)
On the newer SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE GT-S5830i (locked and branded o2) it says: PDA:LK3 / PHONE: LK1 / CSC: LK1 (O2U)
So clearly i can see the difference here between the new phone with it's o2 network branded firmware, and assume that the only thing i need to change over on the new phone is the CSC part, which ODIN looks like it can do by simply adding a new CSC file in.
Anyway, i went to the SamMobile Firmware site and have downloaded:
GT-S5830i - United Kingdom - BTU
PDA: S5830IXXLK3
CSC: S5830IBTULK1
Version: 2.3.6
Date: 2012-11-23
...which gives me a zip file named: S5830IXXLK3_S5830IBTULK1_BTU.zip
Here's where i just got more confused lol... the thread you pointed me to gets a bit confusing as lots of people are posting allsorts on it, but am i right in thinking once i have that file i just downloaded i go into ODIN v3.07 and just add that file into the PDA section and then untick all the boxes? This seems a bit different to some of the other Odin instructions i have read where they say tick certain boexes and do this, do that etc...
This way seems to be involving reflashing the PDA, and PHONE sections maybe? Am i not just wanting to flash CSC parts? I am SO confused now.
Can anyone help clarify a little more? I can't quite see how you make a firmware backup using ODIN before proceeding to actual flashing. I'd like to make a backup first before i do anything
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Seeing that You except you are a noob
Well we all are noobs here
We just try to know more things
Well as your question is not a kind that other noobs post
And you also said that you searched before posting
So it's good for you
I want to tell you that in order to keep the General section clean
I have made a thread for questions
Any questions.
So, this time you are correct and these type of questions are welcomed.
But, next time if you have a question.
Please post in HELP THREAD
Stock..
ahhh horlicks, need to 10 posts to link out side of xda, grrrr.... PM me drew. I have the repack...
i think this is what your looking for, de-branded, (BTU) well branded to samsung anyway, stock firmware.
CSC, Modem and PDA repacked for odin.
CSC_S5830iXXLK3_S5830iBTULK1_S5830iXXLK
MODEM_S5830iXXLK3_S5830iBTULK1_S5830iXXLK1
PDA_S5830iXXLK3_S5830iBTULK1_S5830iXXLK1
Enjoy,
Sat1
hey
satelliteone said:
ahhh horlicks, need to 10 posts to link out side of xda, grrrr.... PM me drew. I have the repack...
i think this is what your looking for, de-branded, (BTU) well branded to samsung anyway, stock firmware.
CSC, Modem and PDA repacked for odin.
CSC_S5830iXXLK3_S5830iBTULK1_S5830iXXLK
MODEM_S5830iXXLK3_S5830iBTULK1_S5830iXXLK1
PDA_S5830iXXLK3_S5830iBTULK1_S5830iXXLK1
Enjoy,
Sat1
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Hey pls pls pls could you send me link to this stock firmware I've been looking for hours and not found anything, Thanks!
bassjunkie223 said:
Hey pls pls pls could you send me link to this stock firmware I've been looking for hours and not found anything, Thanks!
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here u go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1971115
hey
js2892 said:
here u go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1971115
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sorry but which one should i use as theres no link for the UK one
bassjunkie223 said:
sorry but which one should i use as theres no link for the UK one
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if you want only the UK one, search on sammobile.com, u might find it!
why do you want stock rom?
you could install firmwares of other countries but u "might" face network problems!
backup your imei via galaxy toolbox app if you do so!!
u could flash a custom rom!!

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