Been having a few problems with redraws and then my internet wouldn't open at all even after reset,it was like it had vanished,then i was getting loads of freezes and you couldn't open phone as swipe wasn't working
So received my new phone from O2 but it has a different firmware than my old one
My old one had
Base Firmware: I9300XXALE8 (4.0.4)
Region Europe
Country: United Kingdom
My new one has
Base Firmware: I9300XXALEF (4.0.4)
Region Asia
Country: Sri Lanka
Any reason why i have a asia variant phone ?
You need to ask O2 that question as its not normal .
jje
Does it make any difference what region firmware is on phone ?
bigmac161 said:
Does it make any difference what region firmware is on phone ?
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No as long as you dont mind not getting UK updates and can cope with the language and the modem actually works in the UK .
Me i would return as not fit for purpose .
jje
Just got off phone with O2 and they confirmed firmware was indeed Asia lol they are exchanging phone again and notifying warehouse that they have Asian units.
I have asked them to send a pebble blue phone out instead of white one
Just got new pebble blue galaxy and guess what ! it has same firmware as above
Base Firmware: I9300XXALEF (4.0.4)
Region Asia
Country: Sri Lanka
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I think i have a Latin American version of the phone. Is it safe to flash with a UK ROM? Will it, for all intent and purposes, be like a UK version of the SGS2?
Yeh it'll be fine as long as there are no hardware differences, you can find stock firmwares on samfirmware.com
viva.fidel said:
Yeh it'll be fine as long as there are no hardware differences, you can find stock firmwares on samfirmware.com
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Thanks! Gonna do this afternoon then!
You're welcome, if i was you I would flash a generic European rom (XEU) as they receive ROM updates through Kies before the UK specific versions do, I'm on O2 in the UK and still on KE2 (my product code is O2U)
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You're welcome, if i was you I would flash a generic European rom (XEU) as they receive ROM updates through Kies before the UK specific versions do, I'm on O2 in the UK and still on KE2 (my product code is O2U)
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I plan on flashing this one, which is the last one listed for Europe on SamFirmwares.com:
I9100XWKF3 ## EXT4.PIT 2.3.3 2011 June 9 CSC - KCL
Is that a good one to get?
I'm starting to understand the whole firmware numbers now. Damn, talk about immersing yourself in a new culture to learn the language!
Seems like the newest generic UK ROM is KE7.
Since I'm in the US, and there is no US version of the phone, I wonder which CSC I should use. I guess it comes down to which region has the most desirable app choices in the market, huh?
Hi,
I will be receiving my Galaxy S3 on monday. Ive bought it through T-Mobile on contract, and it will be sim locked on arrival.
I need my phone unlocking so i can use multiple sims, that i have from european countries that i travel to.
I hate the carriers tweaks and am thinking of flashing some stock unbranded firmware to it....will this also unlock the phone to all networks?
The latest firmware i can find is:
I9300XXALF2 Download (Thanks To SamMobile!)
Base Firmware: I9300XXALF2 (4.0.4)
Region Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Carrier: Unbranded
Build Date: 5 June 2012
Modem: XXLF2
CSC: OXALF2
Change List: 671647
This can be found in Faryaab's thread and also in Intratechs thread alson with a secure and an insecure kernel..... have yet to learn what a kernel is.
I have flashed and debranded HTC TyTn phones successfully before, and whilst im inexperienced, i am able to follow instructions and have not managed to brick any of my previous phones, so i should be ok. (excluding the Sony PSP.....i messed that up really bad!)
Thanks
Gaz
Anyone?
I'm new to this phone, only got mine yesterday, but I'm pretty sure that flashing a different ROM will not get rid of your simlock :-/
T-Mobile UK, mine came unbranded and unlocked.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
I got 2 from t-mobile both with no slim lock
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA
So for those of you that got your S3 with TMobile branded firmware you'll realise how stupid it is.
I wanted to know if I flash it with unbranded firmware will that mean I won't be elegible for updates via Kies and via OTAs. (So even though I will now have the option to get OTAs, I wont be able to?)
Also if the answer to the above is Yes, is there any way to get around this and if no what am I doing wrong because my updates via Kies is not working.
sm. said:
So for those of you that got your S3 with TMobile branded firmware you'll realise how stupid it is.
I wanted to know if I flash it with unbranded firmware will that mean I won't be elegible for updates via Kies and via OTAs. (So even though I will now have the option to get OTAs, I wont be able to?)
Also if the answer to the above is Yes, is there any way to get around this and if no what am I doing wrong because my updates via Kies is not working.
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I believe you can simply debrand it by flashing a stock firmware version with odin.
sm. said:
So for those of you that got your S3 with TMobile branded firmware you'll realise how stupid it is.
I wanted to know if I flash it with unbranded firmware will that mean I won't be elegible for updates via Kies and via OTAs. (So even though I will now have the option to get OTAs, I wont be able to?)
Possible but not 100%
Also if the answer to the above is Yes, is there any way to get around this and if no what am I doing wrong because my updates via Kies is not working.
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There has to be an actual update for YOUR phone on the Kies server as its TMobile ask them .
Why not join XDA Developers and flash stock roms on release .
jje
The only unbranded firmware that I know of is for the international version. If there is unbranded firmware for the TMO version it would be somewhere in the US forums, not here. And you cant go flashing an international version rom on a TMO GS3. different processor,modems etc...Unless you want a brick
graffixnyc said:
The only unbranded firmware that I know of is for the international version. If there is unbranded firmware for the TMO version it would be somewhere in the US forums, not here.
Why would TMobile send their firmware to the USA for TMobile UK customers to download .
TMob UK firmware is as usually in the stock /branded roms threads on SGS3 I9300 International forum that is this one .
The T-Mobile brand is present in 11 European countries – Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany (as Telekom), Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom – as well as the US, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
jje
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JJEgan said:
graffixnyc said:
The only unbranded firmware that I know of is for the international version. If there is unbranded firmware for the TMO version it would be somewhere in the US forums, not here.
Why would TMobile send their firmware to the USA for TMobile UK customers to download .
TMob UK firmware is as usually in the stock /branded roms threads on SGS3 I9300 International forum that is this one .
The T-Mobile brand is present in 11 European countries – Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany (as Telekom), Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom – as well as the US, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
jje
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You didn't specify what country you were talking about. I dont know which variant TMO Europe has, but the US TMO version is dual core snapdragon. If TMO EU has the i9300 then you could flash international roms, but if it's the same as the TMO US variant you cannot flash international i9300 roms on it
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I have a T-Mobile S3 and got fed up with kies saying no update so I just rooted and flashed wanamlite, not looked back since. Although I did take a nandroid back backup of stock firmware first for version references.
Regards
Jack
P.s all uk based T-Mobile S3's are GTi9300 that I have come across
Now i bought my S3 from the middle east (Qatar) because it got released there a week before launch.. and i am happy with it so far.
However, we never receive the latest OTA updates, and kies points to the latest middle eastern rom (which is old).. Do i have to update manually to get the latest ROMs for the United Kingdom? And will the phone always update with the UK roms after doing that or will it just keep giving OTA's based on the middle east?
Thanks.
Bloop
I will try to be more clear, I'll put the latest UK firmware on my phone, i live in Qatar.
Will i get the UK updates from now on instead of the Middle eastern ones?
I was running into the same situation (I'm currently in Dubai), all you have to do is to change your CSC (your region) just google How to change Samsung galaxy phones CSC
and you will find its pretty easy
Hell Guardian said:
I was running into the same situation (I'm currently in Dubai), all you have to do is to change your CSC (your region) just google How to change Samsung galaxy phones CSC
and you will find its pretty easy
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Thank you very much for replying.
Now here's how i understand this, i need to flash "I9300OXABLG8" (Latest for UK CSC) in ODIN under the "CSC" tab.
Then connect Kies and it'll prompt to update to the latest UK rom.. right?
Or is it *#272*Device IMEI# and then BTU ?
Hi guys I have just got my Samsung Galaxy edge and its branded to 02 UK and I am going to unbrand it I wanted to know which Stock should I flash BTU OR XEU also will I need to change the csc ?
Pretty sure XEU is Europe unbranded (including UK) and BTU is just UK unbranded, flashing one of those should set your CSC to the version flashed. I have always flashed BTU
Sammobile actually has XEU listed as Ireland, so prob best go for BTU http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G925F/BTU/
Thanks MrC85 thats what I have done just flashed the United Kingdom BTU its all set now........Do you reckon I just get the android updates quicker now ?
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Thanks MrC85 that's what I have done just flashed the United Kingdom BTU its all set now........Do you reckon I just get the android updates quicker now ?
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I guess so, I tend to root mine etc (or use a custom ROM). so have to flash updates manually.