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Hey guys, I got t-mobile and it's time to upgrade. Now I already have an HD2 and loved it since launch but I think it's time to move on, and this seems to be the most updated phone they are offering. So how is it?
Does this phone have any os options like the leo or anything neat about it?
About os options we have boot2geko(very pre-alpha),blacktrack 5,android ofcourse(ics and gb)
sahibunlimited said:
About os options we have boot2geko(very pre-alpha),blacktrack 5,android ofcourse(ics and gb)
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Okay so I have to give up all the openess of the Leo then? Which I guess is fine, I only really used android. Was fun to test all the other ones and see them work.
If you are into development then go for galaxy nexus
But if you want the beast then buy sgs2
But make sure you are buying i9100 and not other i9100G or i777 or some other
You can also wait for sgs3 or other new phones
sahibunlimited said:
If you are into development then go for galaxy nexus
But if you want the beast then buy sgs2
But make sure you are buying i9100 and not other i9100G or i777 or some other
You can also wait for sgs3 or other new phones
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I've had the Leo since launch, I am kind of tired of it. It's showing it's age lately with newer stuff and it's starting to have hardware issues from massive use. Why that model number?
I "wanted" one of those samsung notes but tmob doesn't get them.
RiffyDivine said:
I've had the Leo since launch, I am kind of tired of it. It's showing it's age lately with newer stuff and it's starting to have hardware issues from massive use. Why that model number?
I "wanted" one of those samsung notes but tmob doesn't get them.
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If you get t-mobile one then you won't have international sgs2
i9100 is international one
So get this unlocked international one
sahibunlimited said:
If you get t-mobile one then you won't have international sgs2
i9100 is international one
So get this unlocked international one
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If he plans on staying with T-Mobile USA as his carrier, than if he gets the I9100, he will only be able to get Edge data speeds on T-Mobile's network.
OP, you should probably be aware of that. This is the reason T-Mobile USA has their own variant of the Galaxy S II, which is the SGH-T989. (which, incidentally, has a separate forum)
I switched from HD2 to SGS2 and i love it... My Sgs2 run perfect only what i miss are the many customs roms... But indie and rgui make perfect roms...
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Kaffee4Eck said:
I switched from HD2 to SGS2 and i love it... My Sgs2 run perfect only what i miss are the many customs roms... But indie and rgui make perfect roms...
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Glad to see someone else made the change, I feel bad since it's been a bad ass phone but it's just getting old.
ctomgee said:
If he plans on staying with T-Mobile USA as his carrier, than if he gets the I9100, he will only be able to get Edge data speeds on T-Mobile's network.
OP, you should probably be aware of that. This is the reason T-Mobile USA has their own variant of the Galaxy S II, which is the SGH-T989. (which, incidentally, has a separate forum)
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Yes I plan to stay with them because as it is I pay I think 60ish a month for unlimited everything. So I am happy with that setup. I still laugh when verizon trys to sell me because we get a discount with them, for the same deal on there network it's 130 dollars a month after the discount. WTF.
Yes being stuck on just edge would kill me, I use my phone for skype A LOT.
RiffyDivine said:
Yes I plan to stay with them because as it is I pay I think 60ish a month for unlimited everything. So I am happy with that setup. I still laugh when verizon trys to sell me because we get a discount with them, for the same deal on there network it's 130 dollars a month after the discount. WTF.
Yes being stuck on just edge would kill me, I use my phone for skype A LOT.
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If you don't want to be stuck on edge, then you DON'T want this phone. (GT-I9100) This phone simply doesn't have the hardware to get the right frequencies to get a faster mobile data connection on T-Mobile USA's network. You are probably looking at getting the T-Mobile USA Galaxy S II variant. (SGH-T989)
While many general questions about the phone may apply to both models, you really should be asking your questions in the SGH-T989 forum. I linked it above.
EDIT to add: You may ask why I'm referring you to that forum... well, the hardware on the two phones are COMPLETELY different. They receive different frequencies, and they have different SoC/chipset/GPU. So firmwares, kernels, rooting methods - all different.
Since yesterday I switched too,from HTC HD2 to SGSII.I bought the ceramic white version of GT-I9100 and it looks awesome,I`m very happy with it.The HD2 is still working fine(it has hundreds of flashes I guess..haha),but its getting old.Now I coming with a question,where I can find a tutorial of rooting,installing custom ROMS procedure for SGSII.The HD2 forums has tutorials to start from zero.
gabilondo said:
Since yesterday I switched too,from HTC HD2 to SGSII.I bought the ceramic white version of GT-I9100 and it looks awesome,I`m very happy with it.The HD2 is still working fine(it has hundreds of flashes I guess..haha),but its getting old.Now I coming with a question,where I can find a tutorial of rooting,installing custom ROMS procedure for SGSII.The HD2 forums has tutorials to start from zero.
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Check the stickies in the General section. There are tons of links in a roll up sticky post.
I think you shouldn't buy the T-mo variant as there is a lot less development on those variants as most of the devs have the international variant which is the I9100.
But then again that's what I think.
Make you'r decision carefully.
frankimm said:
I think you shouldn't buy the T-mo variant as there is a lot less development on those variants as most of the devs have the international variant which is the I9100.
But then again that's what I think.
Make you'r decision carefully.
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But the dude said he is staying with T-Mobile. So AGAIN, if he buys the I9100, he will be stuck with Edge speeds on T-Mobile. Which he also said he doesn't want. So if he wants a Galaxy S II that works with high speed on T-Mobile USA's network, he HAS to get the T-Mobile USA variant.
Edit to add: OR I've heard he could get an unlocked AT&T Galaxy S II Skyrocket and flash T-Mobile's modems to it. But why the heck would you want to do that? Those two phones are essentially the same (hardware-wise) anyways. And it's still not the I9100.
I completely get you'r point, but if he is a flashaholic then going for the T-Mo one wouldn't be a very good choice.
Perhaps not. But it's up to him. We can only give him the facts.
RiffyDivine said:
Hey guys, I got t-mobile and it's time to upgrade. Now I already have an HD2 and loved it since launch but I think it's time to move on, and this seems to be the most updated phone they are offering. So how is it?
Does this phone have any os options like the leo or anything neat about it?
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I do not recommend you sgs2. I want to sell mine and buy galaxy nexus instead. For sgs2 there isn't fully working aosp ROM and it seems it never will be. I think pure Android nexuses are best choice and not by touchwiz destroyed phones like sgs2. It's my personnal opinion, someone may have different
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But if you want the beast then buy sgs2
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SG2 is the beast !
Hello all
Im on a UK Tmobile contract and have just updated my firmware, however i didnt make a note of my original stock/tmobile firmware number
Does anybody have this and know where i can get a copy from as i will be rooting my phone
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Ali
Stock rom threaded . branded roms
But you will have to guess your original version if more than one posted .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
jje
My TMUK S3 shipped with stock XXLE8 (now OTA updated to XXLF2).
They don't have branded firmware.
Thank you all
will have a look at the Roms/firmware
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Ali
T-Mobile UK has branded firmware on some contracts
dave_uk said:
My TMUK S3 shipped with stock XXLE8 (now OTA updated to XXLF2).
They don't have branded firmware.
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How I wish that were true for everyone. My TMUK S3 shipped with the TMU variant of LE8 and doesn't have OTA enabled. I received LF2 (via KIES) the same day everyone was getting excited about the new features in LFB and haven't had a further update. So now I am three versions behind and who knows which update I will get out of the three that are now available. It seems incredibly inefficient to do carrier branded ROMS this way especially when TMU only had three differences I could detect: T-Mobile UK homepage as default on Internet, T-Mobile settings for data/MMS and removal of OTA. Hardly worth having a whole firmware stream for. I have Twitter following the SGS3 firmware update and the number of different ROMs that have to be supported is incredible. It's also weird that T-Mobile all across Europe have had LFB firmware updates but not a chirp from T-Mobile UK.
ashmont said:
How I wish that were true for everyone. My TMUK S3 shipped with the TMU variant of LE8 and doesn't have OTA enabled. I received LF2 (via KIES) the same day everyone was getting excited about the new features in LFB and haven't had a further update. So now I am three versions behind and who knows which update I will get out of the three that are now available. It seems incredibly inefficient to do carrier branded ROMS this way especially when TMU only had three differences I could detect: T-Mobile UK homepage as default on Internet, T-Mobile settings for data/MMS and removal of OTA. Hardly worth having a whole firmware stream for. I have Twitter following the SGS3 firmware update and the number of different ROMs that have to be supported is incredible. It's also weird that T-Mobile all across Europe have had LFB firmware updates but not a chirp from T-Mobile UK.
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I just bought my new s3 on Saturday from t mobile as an upgrade
when i got home and plugged it in there was an update TO BUILD IMM76D.I9300BVALF2 BASEBAND I9300BVLF2 TO IMM76D.I9300BVALF2 WITH THE SAME BASEBAND VERSION
Pus i my self don't have to option up OTA as its been disabled
i believe that T mobile and Orange removed this from there phones but when they were trying to get the phones out in the beginning some got out without being alter'd and having the option Of OTA updates
this is why some can and the rest cant so i believe anyway s
weavy said:
I just bought my new s3 on Saturday from t mobile as an upgrade
when i got home and plugged it in there was an update TO BUILD IMM76D.I9300BVALF2 BASEBAND I9300BVLF2 TO IMM76D.I9300BVALF2 WITH THE SAME BASEBAND VERSION
Pus i my self don't have to option up OTA as its been disabled
i believe that T mobile and Orange removed this from there phones but when they were trying to get the phones out in the beginning some got out without being alter'd and having the option Of OTA updates
this is why some can and the rest cant so i believe anyway s
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That sounds very plausible. The twitter stream I mentioned posted a link to the website where they get the firmware update data from. Depressingly most of the UK carrier firmware has not been updated since LF2. Frankly I'm amazed that Britain being a relatively big market has to wait so long for updates. I'm becoming increasingly tempted to flash the unbranded firmware and take the risk of voiding the warranty.
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That sounds very plausible. The twitter stream I mentioned posted a link to the website where they get the firmware update data from. Depressingly most of the UK carrier firmware has not been updated since LF2. Frankly I'm amazed that Britain being a relatively big market has to wait so long for updates. I'm becoming increasingly tempted to flash the unbranded firmware and take the risk of voiding the warranty.
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when i 1st got the galaxy s with T mobile there was such a **** up there boards was busting at the sides and it hit the news all over the world most of us got sick of it and went and Flashed our phones im not far from it my self but im not rushing with my new s3 but i still have my s1 that im using for Flashing
so what is the update that is about at the moment or are they waiting on jelly bean ????
Screw the warranty. If you wait for TMUK, you'll be waiting a long time.
Hard bricked my SGS2, which was rooted, and they fixed it under warranty anyway.
As the wise men at Nike say...Just Do It.
I contacted Samsung and complained about the delay. They said that T-Mobile is responsible for issuing the firmware upgrades, not them. I think we're now five versions behind so it's probably time to go down the manual upgrade route using Odin.
I was lucky got 2 SGS3 when they first came out from tmobile store in hull there both unbranded with stock samsung firmware on them and get all updates, just flash stock rom.
I bricked my first galaxy 1 and got it replaced by tmobile in the first six months in store, the clowns on the tmobile forum talk crap.
I contacted T-Mobile and complained about the lack of firmware updates compared to the unbranded phones. A few days later they called me and basically said that they have no information when the next firmware update would be available but that they would pass on my complaints to the technical team. Pretty poor for such a high end phone!
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Soon as I saw the version the handset was stuck on I downloaded and flashed with Odin.
Yes I have now given up on waiting for T-Mobile and have flashed the latest firmware. It was all very painless.
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I notice Orange UK have just released an LG2 firmware so T-Mobile will probably follow shortly. Even so, it's several versions old and just as unbranded is about to get Jelly bean!
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I notice Orange UK have just released an LG2 firmware so T-Mobile will probably follow shortly. Even so, it's several versions old and just as unbranded is about to get Jelly bean!
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Ive just Upgraded mine via Kies to G2
dont know what it does or fix maybe the battery
as for jelly bean i read somewhere that Samsung was pushing out csc updates b4 jelly bean release so maybe that's got something to do with it
I have just got a s3 on t mobile which is sim locked to them. Not bothered about that but can i flash the older lf2 firmware and update via kies. I know the lf2 was an unbranded firmware so im not sure if it would be ok to flash that one.
LF2 is the only update provided by T-Mobile to date. It is fine to flash this with Kies. I did it when it first came out over two months ago and it worked fine. I couldn't really tell any difference though. I'm now on unbranded LG8 flashed with Odin as t-Mobile don't appear to be in a hurry to issue anything further.
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My apologies. I have been following SGS3 update on Twitter and I must have missed the LG2 update for UK T-Mobile which is more recent than LF2. As far as I know Kies is used to update to the latest firmware. You can use Odin to flash earlier firmware for UK T-Mobile (or indeed other firmware).
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ashmont said:
Yes I have now given up on waiting for T-Mobile and have flashed the latest firmware. It was all very painless.
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Hi ashmont - which rom did you use and whats the verdict?
Utterly fed up of waiting but last rom I used wasnt ready for prime time - call quality was unusable and stability awful. then couldn't hear/talk on a call, so flashed back to stock for a replacement that took nearly 2 weeks to turn around with the feckless halfwits at tmobile. Have put off another flash as want to make sure I get something that works.
I have an ATT GS2 running cm9 and I would like to be able to use it for the year I will be in Korea.
Is it possible to simply flash a korean modem and have it work here? (does that question even make sense?) Or am I SOL because I don't have the international version?
All I want is to be able to stick in a korean sim card (from South Korean Telecom) and have it work, if I am misinformed or simply uninformed about the steps needed to make that work please let me know.
I've been a lurker for awhile and this is the first problem I've had where I actually have needed to post. Any replies are sincerely appreciated
PS: I know I am a n00b and n00bs creating threads is like the worst thing ever, but I searched the forums for a good long while before posting. I also posted this question in the i9100 forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28207590#post28207590), but nobody replied.
TTeacher said:
I have an ATT GS2 running cm9 and I would like to be able to use it for the year I will be in Korea.
Is it possible to simply flash a korean modem and have it work here? (does that question even make sense?) Or am I SOL because I don't have the international version?
All I want is to be able to stick in a korean sim card (from South Korean Telecom) and have it work, if I am misinformed or simply uninformed about the steps needed to make that work please let me know.
I've been a lurker for awhile and this is the first problem I've had where I actually have needed to post. Any replies are sincerely appreciated
PS: I know I am a n00b and n00bs creating threads is like the worst thing ever, but I searched the forums for a good long while before posting. I also posted this question in the i9100 forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28207590#post28207590), but nobody replied.
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You obviously did NOT search, reporting thread
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Nick281051 said:
You obviously did NOT search, reporting thread
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If the answer is out there and you found it where I could not, I apologize, but I would really appreciate it if you could let me know (a) the process that you used to find it and/or (b) the thread(s) with the answer to my question.
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If the answer is out there and you found it where I could not, I apologize, but I would really appreciate it if you could let me know (a) the process that you used to find it and/or (b) the thread(s) with the answer to my question.
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Unlock it, simple
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Try howardforums.com lots of knowledgeable people there that could possibly help
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nyamoV2 said:
Try howardforums.com lots of knowledgeable people there that could possibly help
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I am glad you sent me there, it has a lot of information but most of it is from 2008 or so, and I'm not sure if it is entirely relevant to my situation
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Unlock it, simple
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My phone is unlocked and I put an SKT sim in it today and although it did not come up with a sim rejected message there was no cell service. I have heard about the modem that is flashed on your phone affecting cell service, so do you think I should find a korean modem and flash it on my phone? If not what can I do?
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My phone is unlocked and I put an SKT sim in it today and although it did not come up with a sim rejected message there was no cell service. I have heard about the modem that is flashed on your phone affecting cell service, so do you think I should find a korean modem and flash it on my phone? If not what can I do?
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This is not an area that I know very much about, but I can give you some things to look into. First, as far as I know, you can only use an AT&T modem on the I777. There are a few options posted in the development forum, but they all work with the frequencies available on AT&T towers. I know the I777 is used in India, and a few other countries successfully, but I don't know about Korea. You have to look at what frequency your cell service is on, compared to the frequencies availabe on this phone. I'm guessing that you have a mis-match, but you'll have to do the research. So your original statement is probably true, that you would need the international version of the phone.
Edit: Did some looking around. You still need to check the frequency issue, but the main issue is that the SK sim card is locked, and you have to complete the following, which I grabbed from another forum:
For those of you who may not know, the rule currently is that every phone model that is not sold in Korea must be cleared by Korean Communications. They have an updated list of all models that have gone through testing and have been cleared so far (the N900 was already tested by someone else so I did not have to get recertification). The only requirement for me was to have the IMEI number registered with SK (this applies to KTF and LGT as well).
Just to summarize:
1) Make sure your phone is unlocked (not even a step really, common sense).
2) Check to see if your phone model has been tested by the KCC (optional step really as the list is very long and even some very niche phones have been tested already, if your phone is a model people have heard of, like you can just say the model name and 1 out of 10 people have heard of it, it'll have been tested).
3) Take it to your local branch office (SK/Tworld, KT/Qook Show, LG/uPlus) and make sure it is a branch office, not simply a retail outlet. The retail outlets are called "daeri-jeom" and the main offices are called "ji-jeom". You want to go to a "ji-jeom". There is usually 1 main "ji-jeom" per city.
4) Ask them to register your IMEI # and either purchase a SIM card or pop in your existing SIM car if you are a customer.
If you have an obscure phone that happens to have not been tested yet, there is an added step in the process that will take about 10 days and requires some paperwork but I won't comment on it as I don't have any first-hand experience going through that process.
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And, in case any of you are wondering why I would take the time to do this. I have a very good firend, actually the daughter of a very good friend, who is from the small town I live in, and who is currently teaching English in Korea. I know she would probably not even know how to search for the correct answer. So... this is for Lily.
Thank you so much! As you may have guessed, I am just starting out as an English teacher here in Korea, and I will be sure to pass on this information to all my other teachers who would like to use phones here.
Before I start I should probably say straight away that I have scoured the forums for this and haven't found anything enlightening, though I have seen a few people have the same problem.
Anyway, I have a GS3 and I'm on t-mobile (UK). I noticed that my phone doesn't have an option to "check for updates" under settings > about phone as others do, which is odd, but other posts from people have informed me that some t-mobile (and orange too?) locked handsets have had this option removed for whatever reason. So this is a bit annoying, but I'm over it.
The problem is that I want to update to the latest firmware (XXBLFB or something) and the absence of this button means I can't check for updates. So I plug my phone into Kies, and Kies doesn't think there's an update available either. So I'm just wondering whether anyone else on t-mobile has received the update at all - via kies or via OTA?
I realise that xda isn't the best place to ask this as most people on this forum will just flash the latest firmware using odin, but I'm not prepared to do that at the moment!
I dont think all carriers release new updates at the same time.
So its just a waiting game. Unless u step up to kies big brother odin
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Before I start I should probably say straight away that I have scoured the forums for this and haven't found anything enlightening, though I have seen a few people have the same problem.
Anyway, I have a GS3 and I'm on t-mobile (UK). I noticed that my phone doesn't have an option to "check for updates" under settings > about phone as others do, which is odd, but other posts from people have informed me that some t-mobile (and orange too?) locked handsets have had this option removed for whatever reason. So this is a bit annoying, but I'm over it.
The problem is that I want to update to the latest firmware (XXBLFB or something) and the absence of this button means I can't check for updates. So I plug my phone into Kies, and Kies doesn't think there's an update available either. So I'm just wondering whether anyone else on t-mobile has received the update at all - via kies or via OTA?
I realise that xda isn't the best place to ask this as most people on this forum will just flash the latest firmware using odin, but I'm not prepared to do that at the moment!
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Did you get the phone from a T Mobile store, or CPW, or Phones4U? If it's T Mobile, they can be a bit slow. CPW and P4U are generally open fw as the phones are unlocked.
oops should have read all of it sorry.
I'm on T mobile but my phone's unlocked (CPW).
Have you tried connecting it to Kies? Does it say anything about firmware?
Why don't you just flash the United kingdom unbranded version of xxblfb(BTU). I'm with t-mobile and that's what i did. The advantage is it doesn't come with all the bloatware and you'll probably have a better chance of getting the latest updates quicker via kies.
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Have you tried connecting it to Kies? Does it say anything about firmware?
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Lol he said that too
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Yeah, when I connect to Kies it says I have the latest firmware, so I'm assuming that t-mobile just haven't decided to roll their version of the firmware out yet. It just seemed strange to me since other networks seem to have got the update quite a while ago and it's not even that big an update - with the jump from gingerbread to ICS on the galaxy S2, the gap was only a couple of weeks between networks.
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Why don't you just flash the United kingdom unbranded version of xxblfb(BTU). I'm with t-mobile and that's what i did. The advantage is it doesn't come with all the bloatware and you'll probably have a better chance of getting the latest updates quicker via kies.
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Yeah I am considering it, but to be honest odin scares me a bit! Does the t-mobile version have much in the way of bloatware? I was pleasantly surprised, apart from being locked to t-mobile I couldn't find a single bit of t-mobile branding, not even the startup screen!
I'm also worried that if I flash to an unbranded version then should something go wrong with the phone and I need to replace it, I won't be able to get the t-mobile branded firmware back which might cause warranty issues?
Id hold out for official jelly bean.
Ive had problems since the update. Ur not missing much ATALL to be honest
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Yeah I am considering it, but to be honest odin scares me a bit! Does the t-mobile version have much in the way of bloatware? I was pleasantly surprised, apart from being locked to t-mobile I couldn't find a single bit of t-mobile branding, not even the startup screen!
I'm also worried that if I flash to an unbranded version then should something go wrong with the phone and I need to replace it, I won't be able to get the t-mobile branded firmware back which might cause warranty issues?
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Personally I think Odin is safer than kies but I'm only saying that because I've had a couple of problems with botched upgrades via kies and I feel Odin is more secure. Sorry.. just remembered I bought my phone SIM free as I wasn't due an upgrade from t-mobile for another year but from what I recall with the s2 it came with a load of bloatware. I got the before mentioned firmware update via kies about a week after the phone arriving which was relatively quick considering some other networks still haven't released their version. You could always download the t-mobile firmware from Sam mobile and keep it as a back up but really it's entirely up to you as I wouldn't want to be responsible for jeopardizing your warranty mate.
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Can't find any answers by searching the threads (apologies if I've missed something obvious!)
I'm thinking of buying an EE UK LG G5. I'm already with EE but I hate slow updates, and in my experience EE firmware tends to get updates really slowly in the U.K.
I have flashed Samsungs in the past and it's a very easy process - no need to unlock bootloaders or anything, just flash in ODIN and there's your stock UK Samsung.
Is it as straightforward with a G5? I don't want to do any modding, rooting or anything like that - I just want to effectively turn the device into a SIM free model with no carrier apps or customisations whilst retaining warranty and the ability to do OTA updates in future. Can I simply flash generic UK firmware onto the G5 to replace EE's? I don't even care about SIM unlocking since I'm already with EE.
I don't mind if it's not possible by the way, I just won't buy it if so, just thought I'd put the question to this community as if anyone has the answer you do!
Thanks again.
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Can't find any answers by searching the threads (apologies if I've missed something obvious!)
I'm thinking of buying an EE UK LG G5. I'm already with EE but I hate slow updates, and in my experience EE firmware tends to get updates really slowly in the U.K.
I have flashed Samsungs in the past and it's a very easy process - no need to unlock bootloaders or anything, just flash in ODIN and there's your stock UK Samsung.
Is it as straightforward with a G5? I don't want to do any modding, rooting or anything like that - I just want to effectively turn the device into a SIM free model with no carrier apps or customisations whilst retaining warranty and the ability to do OTA updates in future. Can I simply flash generic UK firmware onto the G5 to replace EE's? I don't even care about SIM unlocking since I'm already with EE.
I don't mind if it's not possible by the way, I just won't buy it if so, just thought I'd put the question to this community as if anyone has the answer you do!
Thanks again.
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Just get it through Carphone Warehouse and it'll come without Carrier rubbish. I bought mine from O2 directly and there's no Carrier apps or what i'd call bloat at all. LG tend to update much much quicker than Samsung anyway, but stock ROM's can be flashed.
leoni1980 said:
Can't find any answers by searching the threads (apologies if I've missed something obvious!)
I'm thinking of buying an EE UK LG G5. I'm already with EE but I hate slow updates, and in my experience EE firmware tends to get updates really slowly in the U.K.
I have flashed Samsungs in the past and it's a very easy process - no need to unlock bootloaders or anything, just flash in ODIN and there's your stock UK Samsung.
Is it as straightforward with a G5? I don't want to do any modding, rooting or anything like that - I just want to effectively turn the device into a SIM free model with no carrier apps or customisations whilst retaining warranty and the ability to do OTA updates in future. Can I simply flash generic UK firmware onto the G5 to replace EE's? I don't even care about SIM unlocking since I'm already with EE.
I don't mind if it's not possible by the way, I just won't buy it if so, just thought I'd put the question to this community as if anyone has the answer you do!
Thanks again.
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I'm on Virgin UK and flashed Orange's firmware which worked fine without issue (I did this as I had a sort of temp brick of sorts.)
Might be worth having a look at this thread if you haven't already http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/how-to/lg-g5-to-stock-t3369959
Will_Xda said:
I'm on Virgin UK and flashed Orange's firmware which worked fine without issue (I did this as I had a sort of temp brick of sorts.)
Might be worth having a look at this thread if you haven't already http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/how-to/lg-g5-to-stock-t3369959
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I didn't see this reply, thanks! Assume you're not BL unlocked/rooted and were just running stock Virgin Mobile firmware?
leoni1980 said:
I didn't see this reply, thanks! Assume you're not BL unlocked/rooted and were just running stock Virgin Mobile firmware?
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At the time yes, but It wouldn't make much difference as It works regardless of bootloader status