I'm reading this forum for a while but now i decided to register as i have some questions to which i didn't get answers anywhere else...
So.. Hi XDA
I have 2 x Pebble Blue S3's. 1 has the stock unbranded UK 4.0.4 ROM and 1 has a branded o2 UK ROM.
I know that samsung actually changed from pebble blue to metallic blue, but this only on the back cover. But the UK o2 branded SGS3 front of the phone with the screen is much more darker blue than the unbranded one, the unbranded one is more gray than blue. And also the the screen colors and the black is much deeper on the o2 branded one than on the stock rom. Can be any software related thing? And also on the stock rom , the gallery icon is a bit blurred compared with the the o2 one.
Any ideas about those things?
Dean-xXx said:
I'm reading this forum for a while but now i decided to register as i have some questions to which i didn't get answers anywhere else...
So.. Hi XDA
I have 2 x Pebble Blue S3's. 1 has the stock unbranded UK 4.0.4 ROM and 1 has a branded o2 UK ROM.
I know that samsung actually changed from pebble blue to metallic blue, but this only on the back cover. But the UK o2 branded SGS3 front of the phone with the screen is much more darker blue than the unbranded one, the unbranded one is more gray than blue. And also the the screen colors and the black is much deeper on the o2 branded one than on the stock rom. Can be any software related thing? And also on the stock rom , the gallery icon is a bit blurred compared with the the o2 one.
Any ideas about those things?
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don't worry, it is a software thing.. you can flash another firmware from sammobile.com if you want to
Thanks for reply, i know that the blurry gallery icon is a software related thing... but not sure about the color differences on screen compared with the o2 branded one, in which the black is more ...black more deeper ....
How Can I repair my imei without box or service?
I did everything.
1. root explorer combination (phone got 0049... Imei, so fake)
2. rom&stock rom combination (null-null)
3. dialed something for factory reset, but anything didn't change or same factory options.
4. I havent backup for efs, or nv_data etc.
5. I tryed Terminal emulator for fix codes(I saw it on youtube, someone said working), but Terminal emulator didn't open on 4.0.4 rooted rom
6. I went to service at city, he has sptbox, not supported.
7. I havent factory, serial etc. at efs folder. Folder is empty when I open with root explorer, phone taking fake imei 0049... and again when I install another rom. phone taking unknown imei.
Really I'm tired, I must fix my phone. I did reset all things at cwm mode before my phone took null imei.
My phone have an original imei. But phone cant take it. HELP PLEASE.
Dean-xXx said:
I'm reading this forum for a while but now i decided to register as i have some questions to which i didn't get answers anywhere else...
So.. Hi XDA
I have 2 x Pebble Blue S3's. 1 has the stock unbranded UK 4.0.4 ROM and 1 has a branded o2 UK ROM.
I know that samsung actually changed from pebble blue to metallic blue, but this only on the back cover. But the UK o2 branded SGS3 front of the phone with the screen is much more darker blue than the unbranded one, the unbranded one is more gray than blue. And also the the screen colors and the black is much deeper on the o2 branded one than on the stock rom. Can be any software related thing? And also on the stock rom , the gallery icon is a bit blurred compared with the the o2 one.
Any ideas about those things?
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Still waiting for someone to reply something related to my questions.....
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Alright guys I tried to search for this but basically I couldnt find the answer,
Anyway I might be buying an orange uk HTC mozart from *bay, and then I'll be getting it unlocked via IMEI code also from *bay.
My question is how will I go about de-branding it i.e. taking everything "orange" away from it and also how will I make sure the phone is up to date i.e. which rom will i have to flash?
Sorry for the noob-ness its just I'm coming from android so all this wp7 malarky is new to me!
Thanks!!
try to read some threads before posting new ones..I am sure you will answer all your questions that way.
Sorry to say I cant find anything that answers my question would appreciate if you could help me out.
I'm confused as to whether the mozart will ge the NoDo update on a non-orange carrier?
Thanks
To be honest you won't see much orange stuff on it! You can uninstall all the programs and after that its just the start up screen (which you'll rarely see as who turns off their phone) and I think one of the colours is called orange uk! But the above guy is right there are millions of posts on here about debranding your phone, I did it and went back to the original rom as the european rom doesnt seem to have english uk, only english american...
Thanks for the tips, but im unsure as to what you mean by the original rom?
Basically i dont know what version it will be until it arrives, but i want to make sure I can unlock it, debrand it and keep it up to date whilst being on t-mobile (which happen to share a 2G network with orange lol)
my advice is: get your hands to the phone first, buy an unlock code through some of the several sites providing it if the phone is locked to orange or another network. then pop your sim in, enter the unlock code you purchased and uninstall any orange apps if there are any installed on the phone.. plug your phone to zune and update it to pre-nodo, no-do depends on what version currently is. remember that you have to un-plug and plug again your phone to the pc for each update.. hope that helped..
I did the same thing, bought a Mozart from Ebay, Unlocked by buying a code from the internet and then debranded the phone by downgrading it and letting it update through Zune.
Still looking at getting one of these, but just reading issues about responsiveness on the latest roms i.e. screen response etc.
Is it an issue i should worry about?
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My mozart is coming tomorrow on Orange UK, and I will need to use it on t-mobile UK.
Please, please oh pretty please will someone help me unlock and debrand it?
Thanks
I bought a Mozart locked to Orange last week to use with an O2 sim card. All you need to do is get an unlock code using the IMEI no. (I used Unlocking.com, cost about £15), then get your phone on a wifi network and dwnload the HTC settings app from Marketplace, which will automatically configure your phone for web/MMS/texts etc. Then just delete the Orange apps by long pressing on them in the app list and assign the correct voicemail number.
Job done! Other than an Orange logo on start up, you won't know any different.
Got my mozart Yay!
HOWEVER
What the hell is with the banding?!?!?! Whenever the screen is any other color than black, there's banding!?!?
Banding? Oh dear - I think you might have a duff screen
No I think this is the issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1028496.html
Oh, right. Turns out I have that too, but hadn't noticed until now! Supposedly it'll be fixed in Mango, and it's no big deal so I can wait until then.
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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Thanks....
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..
Frostfree said:
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?
Hello I´m new here in XDA. The thing here is that I bought a SGS2. I didn´t know it was the TIM Italy version, when I first turned it on, I saw that the icons were very different for the originals. So is there a way to get the original icons? I just want to know if I can have the Ice Cream Sandwich icons without losing the original firmware with NFC and Signal Boost.
lBanjo22 said:
Hello I´m new here in XDA. The thing here is that I bought a SGS2. I didn´t know it was the TIM Italy version, when I first turned it on, I saw that the icons were very different for the originals. So is there a way to get the original icons? I just want to know if I can have the Ice Cream Sandwich icons without losing the original firmware with NFC and Signal Boost.
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You can try Orange UK. Maybe these guys can help.
If you wanna go I9100 ROM here you have some info.
gastonw said:
You can try Orange UK. Maybe these guys can help.
If you wanna go I9100 ROM here you have some info.
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Do NOT use Orange UK, There rom is the worst I have ever seen. My device came Orange branded and it looked absolutely awful.
Use O2 instead, that is non-branded as far as I remember. Also use search for "nfc enable"
Ok so I myself updated to the new jellybean tonight over kies by entering my s/n number on the back of the phone and updating firmware to 4.1.2. My friend went to do the same thing only his doesn't have an S/N number. Just an imei number like WTH? We also noticed his was made in china while mine was made in Korea. His is phone is white and mine is black (no it's not racial) just wondering if that's got something to do with it. So he tried typing in the imei number and no go. He tried looking in phone settings and the s/n number there is significantly smaller than mine and kies didn't accept it.
Does anyone else have this problem?
My sticker under the battery matches settings/about phone/status/sn. Just make sure he isn't mixing up zeros with O's. Good luck.
Edit: Mine is 11 digits
440bro said:
Ok so I myself updated to the new jellybean tonight over kies by entering my s/n number on the back of the phone and updating firmware to 4.1.2. My friend went to do the same thing only his doesn't have an S/N number. Just an imei number like WTH? We also noticed his was made in china while mine was made in Korea. His is phone is white and mine is black (no it's not racial) just wondering if that's got something to do with it. So he tried typing in the imei number and no go. He tried looking in phone settings and the s/n number there is significantly smaller than mine and kies didn't accept it.
Does anyone else have this problem?
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No I am not mixing anything up, my label clearly DOES NOT SAY SAMSUNG or MADE IN KOREA it says the Model of the phone SGH-I717 and Made In CHINA
NO S/N at all....
-AkWingnut
akwingnut said:
No I am not mixing anything up, my label clearly DOES NOT SAY SAMSUNG or MADE IN KOREA it says the Model of the phone SGH-I717 and Made In CHINA
NO S/N at all....
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Stock rom will show serial number under settings/about phone or further under phone status. Never found the phone serial under cm10, or other custom roms.
I too have just a model # and imei which kies refused. Odin to stock or a stock touchwiz based rom and you'll find it.
Unless you have the box the phone came with, that's my solution.
You can also download the update from Sammobile or this link http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda/AT&T+Note+1/Stock+Jelly+Bean/ and install using Odin.
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Thank you all for your suggestions, I know I can install it another way its just Why is there a Made in China sticker instead of Made in Korea? What did I pay 300 for a knock-off from ATT? What isnt there a S/N on the sticker where there should be one? This is the reason of this post to see if anyone else has the same issues with there Notes, are they really Samsung Made in Korea or a Knock off Made in China? Thanks for your opinions...
-AkWingnut
Samsung is Korean. You got a clone.
The model number is india seven one seven
akwingnut said:
Thank you all for your suggestions, I know I can install it another way its just Why is there a Made in China sticker instead of Made in Korea? What did I pay 300 for a knock-off from ATT? What isnt there a S/N on the sticker where there should be one? This is the reason of this post to see if anyone else has the same issues with there Notes, are they really Samsung Made in Korea or a Knock off Made in China? Thanks for your opinions...
-AkWingnut
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did you get a new or a refurb? my refurb (I warrantied mine due to issues) doesn't have the original samsung sticker which irritates me to an extent. Mine does say made in Korea though. no S/N on mine though.
Theoriginalgiga said:
did you get a new or a refurb? my refurb (I warrantied mine due to issues) doesn't have the original samsung sticker which irritates me to an extent. Mine does say made in Korea though. no S/N on mine though.
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Made in Korea although remanufactured, without the s/n on it
Edit: Black with blue battery cover here.
I have a referb, and an original in front of me. Both have identical stickers under the battery. The referb has an additional sticker on it saying ATC. They both are black, made in korea, and have s/n numbers. So that rules the refurb idea out. Do you guys with missing s/n's have white phones by any chance? I'm wondering if the white version was made in china and the black version made in korea. Not trying to be racial, just curious cause wingnuts with the missing s/n is white and made in china and mine with the s/n is black and made in korea.
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I have a referb, and an original in front of me. Both have identical stickers under the battery. The referb has an additional sticker on it saying ATC. They both are black, made in korea, and have s/n numbers. So that rules the refurb idea out. Do you guys with missing s/n's have white phones by any chance? I'm wondering if the white version was made in china and the black version made in korea. Not trying to be racial, just curious cause wingnuts with the missing s/n is white and made in china and mine with the s/n is black and made in korea.
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it could also be different referb shops too. To think Sammy only contracts to one in Korea seems a tad naive. but that's a valid question about white vs black. mine is black and from Korea. also no ATC sticker on mine
440bro said:
I have a referb, and an original in front of me. Both have identical stickers under the battery. The referb has an additional sticker on it saying ATC. They both are black, made in korea, and have s/n numbers. So that rules the refurb idea out. Do you guys with missing s/n's have white phones by any chance? I'm wondering if the white version was made in china and the black version made in korea. Not trying to be racial, just curious cause wingnuts with the missing s/n is white and made in china and mine with the s/n is black and made in korea.
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TJ you suck!!!! HAHA
I got a new phone for Christmas today! I was asked what I'd like, and I specifically requested the Samsung Galaxy S3 because of the flexibility for modding.
The phone itself seems to work fine, and it's in English, but for some strange reason the firmware preloaded on it, with Android 4.3, is the Greek firmware. (I actually live in Scotland, in the UK.) When I do *#1234# in the dialer, this is what I see:
AP : I9300XXUGNG3
CP : I9300XXUGNA8
CSC : I9300EURGNG1
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According to SamMobile, this is the 2014 September firmware for Greece. I asked where the phone was bought from and it apparently was bought on Amazon. Since Amazon still seem to be selling and shipping S3s themselves, I don't believe this came from the Marketplace. (I could be wrong, tough.)
Does anybody have any idea as to why I might have had the Greek firmware preloaded? Nothing in the materials with the phone seems to be Greek - there's a UK power adapter from Samsung, English manuals, and even the label in the battery compartment gives the address for Samsung UK. In fact, apart from the *#1234# output above and the output in the About This Phone section of the settings, the only giveaway that it might be Greek firmware is that when rebooting into the stock recovery, the background image has text in Greek. (However, the actual interface is in English.)
I've downloaded the Greek stock firmware files corresponding to my phone from SamMobile for future reference, but before I do any flashing I'd like to work out what's going on...
TheSophera said:
I got a new phone for Christmas today! I was asked what I'd like, and I specifically requested the Samsung Galaxy S3 because of the flexibility for modding.
The phone itself seems to work fine, and it's in English, but for some strange reason the firmware preloaded on it, with Android 4.3, is the Greek firmware. (I actually live in Scotland, in the UK.) When I do *#1234# in the dialer, this is what I see:
According to SamMobile, this is the 2014 September firmware for Greece. I asked where the phone was bought from and it apparently was bought on Amazon. Since Amazon still seem to be selling and shipping S3s themselves, I don't believe this came from the Marketplace. (I could be wrong, tough.)
Does anybody have any idea as to why I might have had the Greek firmware preloaded? Nothing in the materials with the phone seems to be Greek - there's a UK power adapter from Samsung, English manuals, and even the label in the battery compartment gives the address for Samsung UK. In fact, apart from the *#1234# output above and the output in the About This Phone section of the settings, the only giveaway that it might be Greek firmware is that when rebooting into the stock recovery, the background image has text in Greek. (However, the actual interface is in English.)
I've downloaded the Greek stock firmware files corresponding to my phone from SamMobile for future reference, but before I do any flashing I'd like to work out what's going on...
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Questions go in the q&a area, I'll Get a mod to move it.
It could be a refurbished model, things like that can be expected when buying from amazon, ebay etc.
Just flash the latest stock rom for your area If you want to change it.
Read and understand these links and you will be fine. And always backup your EFS!
FAQ's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/frequently-questions-t2148708
Guides
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/samsung-galaxy-s3-sticky-roll-thread-t2344125
Oops, sorry for posting this in the wrong forum. Thanks for the answer, though!
[edit: One question, though - won't using firmware for a different region fail because of potentially different hardware revisions? Or do all i9300's have exactly the same hardware revisions?]
All i9300 have the exact same hardware so can be flashed with any firmware published for that model.