Was just reading that orange branded phones are having 2.3.5 today (UK)
Anyone confirm that? I'm unbranded i would of though I would have it if they do
And yes I know I can root and do it myself, is Kies just rubbish at updating!?
BigMrB said:
Was just reading that orange branded phones are having 2.3.5 today (UK)
Anyone confirm that? I'm unbranded i would of though I would have it if they do
And yes I know I can root and do it myself, is Kies just rubbish at updating!?
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I can confirm 2.3.5 for Orange, mine popped up yesterday
Samsung Kies informs me of 2.3.5 ( Middle Eastern XSG ) since a week but I don't use the stock ROM.
I got 2.3.5 KI4 trough KIES a long time ago (21.10.2011 judging by when i downloaded cf root for it) and i never had any problems with KIES, exept for it requiring 2gb on C drive ALWAYS -_-
I got KI8 2.3.5 through kies on Friday night in the uk
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No luck. Factory unlocked sgs2
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no update for me yet, S2 on three uk. do they get slowly rolled out? other three uk users have got the update, not sure why I haven't. thanks
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no update for me yet, S2 on three uk. do they get slowly rolled out? other three uk users have got the update, not sure why I haven't. thanks
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Exactly why I made the post I'm unbranded so one would think I would be one of the first, compared to branded headsets due to the carriers Modding the update.
I'm surprised so far it seems quite random
My phone is also an unbranded (pl plus early batch), so I'd say you got something weird
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Updated my unbranded sg2 to ki4 via kies last sunday, and my sg1 to 2.3.5 as well via kies.Strange thing is lots of problems for the first time ever eith my sg1, but its now almost undistinguishable in speed to my sg2, which, by the way has hardly changed for the better exept for portrait video , worse wifi,phone signal,gps and loss of message skins . I wish I hadn't done it.
Had my phone about a week,
No update when i first got it,
installed a few roms etc etc... then went back to offical stock for uk three, and ki8 popped up.
Havnt taken the update yet, not sure if its even worth it atm and was a little unsure if i was ment to be offerd it, not heard off any other three users til now.
Three, vodafone and orange have updated their fw to 2.3.5 you will need to check what csc your phone by putting *#1234# into the dial pad, mine is xeu which is unbranded and still no updates yet.
Won't let me add screen capture to show my phone info.
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I have got 2.3.5 via kies for my sgs2 on 3 mobile.
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how random it seems to be for the unbranded handsets...
Ah, my code is XEU too, so I guess mine is unbranded too. Very strange, I always thought that unbranded phones got their updates first?
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how random it seems to be for the unbranded handsets...
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It's not random, simply put Orange, vodafone and three in the UK have it, Samsung have chosen not to release it to unbranded sets yet..
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It's not random, simply put Orange, vodafone and three in the UK have it, Samsung have chosen not to release it to unbranded sets yet..
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Ok random isn't the right word... but i've never had a unbranded phone that recieved updates AFTER the carriers?
Like I said though, I could root if I was bothered, I'm just curious, and I would love to know what the hold up is
Sorry not able to edit my earlier post, but just got back from Scotland and checked my gs2 and its only 2.3.4, kies has written the information in a format I haven't seen before instead of the usual three entries, I have four all no gaps and smaller font and because of the mix of XX and XW I thought I had 2.3.5. Still wish I'd kept my earlier firmware though. Sorry if I gave any one false hopes.
Still no 2.3.5 official update over kies for Ukraine (SEK) ((, what do think guys, will it be soon?
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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
Regards
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
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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Hi, I have a i9300 (international) S3, , and I wanted to flash the official 4.1 by Kies or OTA, since it's been released some days ago. I see a lot of people getting the Oficial update via Kies (not the Odin method with Poland rom), in the Interantional, the same as me. Might it be that Kies or Samsung doesnt let the update here yet despite it being international (Being even that this phone ISNT from Argentina, it's the international version bought in America I think, or Europe)?
It's not release yet for your country.
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Thanks for quick response.
So it's basicaly being "blocked" because the location of my IP, right? Doing some VPN crap could trick that? (asking so I don't waste my time, I know how to do it).
Do you know if in United States the International verison has the update via Kies?
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Thanks for quick response.
So it's basicaly being "blocked" because the location of my IP, right? Doing some VPN crap could trick that? (asking so I don't waste my time, I know how to do it).
Do you know if in United States the International verison has the update via Kies?
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no its being blocked by your devices csc. good day
? Mhm... but I didn't buy it in Argentina, and it's the International version bought directly without carrier and unlocked... what makes then this phone different in CSC to others phones also international and same exact things being updated perfectly then?
It's not release for almost any device. You'll see the update hiting europe in october, and probably other areas too.
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Also it says CSC:
LG4 (TPA) ... i dont know what regon that is ..
It seems that It's a bought in Panama, with I9300UWHCLG4 ... it's gonna be a loong time I guess till I have official JB. Dang.
est_cap
At the moment it's largely irrelevant where your phone was bought. JB has only been released on an extremely limited basis - Poland and a smattering of networks in a few countries (though I've seen no one talk about these countries on here). There is no IP blocking. JB just isn't here. And if people are claiming that they're getting JB from Kies, they're lying unless they have Polish phones.
Having read that Three have now released the Jellybean update, before the unlocked handsets direct from Samsung, it got me thinking. I purchased an unlocked S3 through phones4u but on the Orange Network.. Would it allow me to update my handset if i were to put a Three SIM card in ?? I'm guessing not but If soo, would there be any consequences??
Sorry if this is a novice question, just wondered.
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No it doesn't work like that. If you are desperate you can always use Odin to flash it. (Lots of tutorials and guides on here) or just wait for the official update
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It doesn't matter if your phones locked or unlocked, or what network it was on or what sim you have in...
If your phone is Three branded (usually means you purchased it from Three) then kies will let you upgrade to Jellybean. If it's an unlocked simfree unit (as p4u would sell it) you have to wait for Samsung to release their simfree handset update.
Three, voda and O2 have all updated within the last 7days, even Virgin have announced that their update will be available this week, so shouldn't be long now until Samsung and orange/t-mob do..
Annoying though, I don't understand why there is a delay on Orange, especially when they've had the LTE i9305 available for over a week already running on Orange-branded Jellybean.. Surely there's not going to be that much difference, I doubt they'd run into any problems for the I9300 update.
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Anyone know or have a rough guestamate when they will be releasing the 4.3 update or in fact any update? Just i read a while back there was an update due, not official I think but we've had nothing for ages , im getting kinda bored.
I was in the o2 shop is Edinburgh the other day playing with the Galaxy Note 3, saying this is nice and quick and responsive, it had written next to it the samsung mega with no price or info, I'd never heard of so I checked system info and it said Galaxy Note 3, so I thought i'll get some coin together after a week or 2 and get one cos it was gonna be my next new phone anyway, I got home and checked every where online and they aint even released yet, in fact they don't even know the full spec of them, if i'd have know I would of stayed and dug out all the info, DAMN if I was on here more often I would of known.
I do remember it was on 4.2.2 and was really responsive but thats all, shame on me
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Anyone know or have a rough guestamate when they will be releasing the 4.3 update
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No. Trust me, if any one of us knew, everyone would know. This forum would be flooded with info.
I read on google some were that 4.2.2 is defo scrapped for 4.3 and thats not coming out till early 2014. Little after the nexus5 comes out. Nexus should be out nov/dec time.
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I read on google some were that 4.2.2 is defo scrapped for 4.3
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Yeah but it's all rumours and 95% of them turn out to not be true. We'll know when we know.
4.2.2 is binned. Networks have chosen to wait for 4.3
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4.2.2 is binned. Networks have chosen to wait for 4.3
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Not all S3's are tied to Networks, so it's not completely their call.
Edit> so what I am saying is even if "networks" are waiting for 4.3, it doesn't mean Samsung aren't releasing 4.2.2 - Many of our S3's get updates directly from sasmung. That's what owning an unbranded handset means. There's a leak of 4.2.2 so they definitely worked on it. They may indeed skip it but they have not officially announced that, ergo it is nothing more than a rumour.
When the big ones make there move the other follow. Orange and o2 run the uk. If they pick not to do something other follow them. As most piggy bk of them.
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When the big ones make there move the other follow. Orange and o2 run the uk. If they pick not to do something other follow them. As most piggy bk of them.
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EE and O2 send out their own updates OTA. Unbranded handsets are network independent and get their updates directly from Samsung. Piggy-Back networks do not pass out OTA updates. All Piggy Back networks use unbranded, Samsung managed handsets. They have no choice in what happens.
So if your on giffgaff which is run on o2 you have it from sam and not o2?
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So if your on giffgaff which is run on o2 you have it from sam and not o2?
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Yep thats' right.
When you buy a phone from O2 directly, you get an O2 branded handset which recieves updates from O2.
If you buy a phone from Carphone warehouse on O2, it will be unbranded. Essentially, CPW will give you the exact same phone no matter what network you go with. Giff Gaff do not even supply phones so, chances are if you buy a handset from somewhere ( a shop) it will be unbranded.
On top of this, if you have an Orange phone on O2, it will still get updates from Orange. It doesn't matter what SIM card you have on the phone. It's to do with the software that's on the phone. If I put an O2 SIM in my Three phone, my updates will continue to come from Three.
So what happends if you change software. Were do you get it then? Nice info btw:thumbup:
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So what happends if you change software. Were do you get it then? Nice info btw:thumbup:
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Well I have over simplified it. It is more to do with the CSC set within the phone, but it is all part of the software none-the-less.
If you have an O2 branded phone (O2 CSC) and flash Three UK ROM (Official) you will then get your updates from Three. If you Flash UK Unbranded official (BTU CSC) you would get updates from Samsung.
However, if you are in the UK and flash an Indian official ROM (with Indian CSC) you are unlikely to get updates in the UK. KIES would recognise your CSC does not match your geographical area too, so it would refuse you updates. So As long as you Have an official ROM (CSC) from your country, you will get updates from that provided / Samsung.
Thank for that info mate. I learn some thing new every day. You full of good info. :thumbup: thanks to what you have put about the mg4 imei problem iv flashed neat 4.2.2 and yes I lost my imei but only for a few mins.
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andrewwright said:
Thank for that info mate. I learn some thing new every day. You full of good info. :thumbup: thanks to what you have put about the mg4 imei problem iv flashed neat 4.2.2 and yes I lost my imei but only for a few mins.
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Now it's "enjoy" time!