Hi guys,
I know this is probably one of the 'already answered' questions, but I don't know what to look for to find the answer as well.
For the Galaxy S3 there are many builds of the Firmware for different countries, so much I understand.
When the Premium Feature pack was rolled out I decided to flash the UK XXELLA version. Since then several other builds of 4.1.2 emerged for different countries.
So my question is, am I on the 'newest' version, when I just stick to my XXELLA or should I rather go for XXEMB2 for example? Is there any thread that simply points to the best stock firmware to currently flash?
Thanks for your help!
Adrixan said:
Hi guys,
I know this is probably one of the 'already answered' questions, but I don't know what to look for to find the answer as well.
For the Galaxy S3 there are many builds of the Firmware for different countries, so much I understand.
When the Premium Feature pack was rolled out I decided to flash the UK XXELLA version. Since then several other builds of 4.1.2 emerged for different countries.
So my question is, am I on the 'newest' version, when I just stick to my XXELLA or should I rather go for XXEMB2 for example? Is there any thread that simply points to the best stock firmware to currently flash?
Thanks for your help!
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different countries, different firmware codes, you can find the most current firmware with highest changelist in the General section's thread that lists all firmwares.
chrismast said:
different countries, different firmware codes, you can find the most current firmware with highest changelist in the General section's thread that lists all firmwares.
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Thanks!
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I recently bought a new phone and turns out the model is I9100T. I got it from thailand so not much of updates from kies.there is however an update to dcki3 . right now i am using dckf4. i want to root my phone and then install a european firmware.
my pda i9100tdck4
phone /csc i9100tdckf1/i9100tthlkf1
i came across many forums and they have a s2 with i9100g for malaysia which cannot be used to update with the firmwares that are available for i9100.?
so i just wanted to confirm it. has anyone tried using a i9100 firmware to update /flash with i9100t . and lastly, are there t models (refering to i9100t) the same ones that are being used in australia aswell?? are the only difference the firmware?
thanks in advance.
i have searched many the forum but didnt find an answer. i hope it will be useful to many user of the i9100t .
thanks in advance.!
da_aftamath said:
I recently bought a new phone and turns out the model is I9100T. I got it from thailand so not much of updates from kies.there is however an update to dcki3 . right now i am using dckf4. i want to root my phone and then install a european firmware.
my pda i9100tdck4
phone /csc i9100tdckf1/i9100tthlkf1
i came across many forums and they have a s2 with i9100g for malaysia which cannot be used to update with the firmwares that are available for i9100.?
so i just wanted to confirm it. has anyone tried using a i9100 firmware to update /flash with i9100t . and lastly, are there t models (refering to i9100t) the same ones that are being used in australia aswell?? are the only difference the firmware?
thanks in advance.
i have searched many the forum but didnt find an answer. i hope it will be useful to many user of the i9100t .
thanks in advance.!
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Hi there, I know this is an old thread, but I thought i'd update it for new comers and googlers who come across this as I just did
I have flashed an ICS 4.0.3 LP7 Firmware over to an I9100T and the Firmware is an I9100 firmware, and I have no issues with it so far, signal and data speeds are fine and everything works as it should
I hope this helps somebody else
Hi, Im kind of new to this.
I looked in a couple forums on how to flash the Official ICS rom. but I would like to know can I just pick any official ICS firmware and flash it?
my phone is:
android version- 2.3.6
Baseband version- I9100XXKI1
I know the firmware I have now is the Chinese one but would like to flash the European one. The person I bought the phone off of seemed to have flashed the Chinese firmware 2.3.6 themselves and I couldn't use Kies to update it, not sure if the phone was originally the Chinese firmware or not.
These were the two sites I was looking at to flash it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278&page=2
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
also is there a difference between those websites for the latest ICS firmware?
any help would be appreciated. thank you!
mrpug said:
Hi, Im kind of new to this.
I looked in a couple forums on how to flash the Official ICS rom. but I would like to know can I just pick any official ICS firmware and flash it?
my phone is:
android version- 2.3.6
Baseband version- I9100XXKI1
I know the firmware I have now is the Chinese one but would like to flash the European one. The person I bought the phone off of seemed to have flashed the Chinese firmware 2.3.6 themselves and I couldn't use Kies to update it, not sure if the phone was originally the Chinese firmware or not.
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Shouldn't matter. The reason Kies won't update it now though is probably because the original owner flashed a firmware that has a CSC that doesn't match your location/carrier. You should be able to flash any I9100 firmware you wish, as long as it is NOT an I9100G firmware.
mrpug said:
These were the two sites I was looking at to flash it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278&page=2
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
also is there a difference between those websites for the latest ICS firmware?
any help would be appreciated. thank you!
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Those two are pretty much the same, if you are looking at the same versions. (e.g. XWLP4) They are just hosted on different sites. I think the one on Intratech's thread may have the older bootloaders included instead of the newer ones (newer ones which prevent USB jigs from resetting the binary flash counter), and the one on Faryaab's thread probably has the newer bootloaders, but that should be the only difference.
And that difference probably doesn't matter much, as I believe with ICS, you can use Chainfire's "Triangle Away" app to reset the counter regardless of which bootloaders you have. (but I don't know that info for sure)
Thanks for the help, just flashed it and works great !
Hi,
I'm new to android, and for the past few days I've been reading a lot form this forum to get some idea.
I've noticed that there are many different firmware versions (almost as if each country & each custom ROM has a different one), e.g. my phone is XXBLH1, my country's (Israel) standard ROM is JKBLH3, and there are many more such as XXBLG8, XXBLFB etc.
As far as i understood there should be no problem flashing a different one for my phone when changing ROMs. But still what are the differences between them, why are there do many? Is there any restrictions on which are compatible to change mine, for example, JKBLH3 is ok but XXBLFB is not? If so, is there a way to know this from the version code itself, meaning everything starts with 'J' is not for you?
Thanks in advance for your replies,
Dan
bysdan said:
Hi,
I'm new to android, and for the past few days I've been reading a lot form this forum to get some idea.
I've noticed that there are many different firmware versions (almost as if each country & each custom ROM has a different one), e.g. my phone is XXBLH1, my country's (Israel) standard ROM is JKBLH3, and there are many more such as XXBLG8, XXBLFB etc.
As far as i understood there should be no problem flashing a different one for my phone when changing ROMs. But still what are the differences between them, why are there do many? Is there any restrictions on which are compatible to change mine, for example, JKBLH3 is ok but XXBLFB is not? If so, is there a way to know this from the version code itself, meaning everything starts with 'J' is not for you?
Thanks in advance for your replies,
Dan
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that's a very good question, I never understood that either, I think those letters differ from country and from modem version in the specific country.
Also I don't think that is a problem to flash other official ROMS, because I have a S3 that was with branded firmware from the operator and I flashed it with official international unbranded firmware for my phone model (GT-I9300) and it works pretty nice
Also another question I will be capable to receive updates from samsung with my official ROM right? thanks
These codes are used to differentiate between different regions.. All the firmwares are almost the same except small region specific customizations.. Some apps would work for some regions some might not..Also there are some region specific customizations such as language..
You can install any firmware made for international galaxy S3 without any major problems..
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
Hi!
As what i know, there are a lot of firmwares out there because they differ in their unit. Let'e take for example, a korean S3, they cannot take in an I9300 firmware because of the regional basis and their "specifications"..
Also, firmwares differ also in ways such as updates.. let's say firmware X was released last June but it lags so bad.. so sammy release firmware Y.. something like that
I hope this could help you.. this is the simplest explanation my brain could process
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
just to add, firmware variants may also be due to the legal implication of particular countrries and/or regions as we saw several small updates rolled out a few months ago due to the "search for all" function in which Samsung and Apple had conflict in within the courts...however, such updates were not applied to the NZ firmware as far as I am aware...also...since OP is from Israel, there are also variations in the keyboard that are available...examples such as chinese input method differs between Taiwan firmwares and China firmwares eventhough both countries speak chinese lol...
Hey,
I live in the UK and bought by S3 new on ebay, which is unbranded and an international version (i believe). The box said Orange France, however i havnt had any problems using it with my UK SIM. The jelly bean update has just been released through kies for the UK version of the S3, and i was just wondering what effect flashing this ROM using ODIN would have on my phone?
i downloaded the ROM from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1902493
Thanks
CSC is nothing bar a few text files that enable auto network APN .
It will make no difference but will be more up todate with its network connections list .
jje
Ah right, thanks. so its should actually be better then seeing as i'm flashing the UK firmware to it.
Play store services are not all available worldwide - and some are country-region specific- but as long as you have a western european CSC you're fine....
Sorry for digging up an old thread but it covers exactly what i'm after
There's no official release for 4.1x for Australia yet, P5110 16gb WiFi only
what other stock ROM's will be suitable to ensure my play store, etc will all operate without an issue.
Thanks in advance
Robbks said:
Sorry for digging up an old thread but it covers exactly what i'm after
There's no official release for 4.1x for Australia yet, P5110 16gb WiFi only
what other stock ROM's will be suitable to ensure my play store, etc will all operate without an issue.
Thanks in advance
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Wrong forum
Specifically, yes. it's the wrong device.
But the same issue nevertheless.
Hence why i did include my device details.
Robbks said:
Specifically, yes. it's the wrong device.
But the same issue nevertheless.
Hence why i did include my device details.
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Lol, well ok, I would advise sticking with your CSC but you can always try other Roms and flash back to yours. As you are Wi-Fi only you won't have any of the recent modem issues that have been present across several Samsung devices
Robbks said:
Specifically, yes. it's the wrong device.
But the same issue nevertheless.
Hence why i did include my device details.
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No CSC does not matter its not required to make a phone work .
But that's relevant to the I9300 range your phone may or may not be the same .
jje
I'm sorry to break into this post, but i have the same question.
I live in Italy, but i bought an international Galaxy S3 with Romania CSC and i wish to stick with the ITV csc code.
I tried to flash, but it breaks OTA/kies Updates (that's not bad at all... my firmware is still XXEMC2, March 2013 with i9300QXFMEA2 csc (info taken with *#1234#).
I've also read that double flashing changes the CSC code...i tries this procedure with no results (csc still COA)
Can you please give me some tips?
Tips read the stickied basic faqs and guides .
Make your mind up to upgrade via OTA/ Kies or XDA not both .
jje
Hi all,
This is my first time here and also trying to update firmware(my friend used to do it but he moved now)
Im having trouble deciding what firmware to flash, so if someone would tell me what to.
I just want to know whats the latest firmware for i9100 is
current details
Model no.- GT- I9100
Android version- 4.1.2
Baseband version- I9100XXMS4
Build Number- JZO54K.I9100XWMS1
Kernel version- 3.0.31-1418025
if anything else is needed please tell me and how to find it
So is this the latest version of jelly bean or a newer is available. if so can someone give me the links to it and also how to root it/what to use to root it.
Btw im from India(if it helps in deciding firmware). can I put some other countries firmware if im india?
Thanks for bearing with me
Siddharth
Download JB stock firmware for your country from Samfirmware (Which one ? Take your pick); flash with Odin following instructions in thread stickied near top of Q&A. How to root ? This stuff has been asked/answered thousands of times over the past 2.5 yrs; search (hint: same thread has a root method, if that doesn't do it for you, others are easily found).
Yes, you can flash stock firmware for other countries if you want.
MistahBungle said:
Download JB stock firmware for your country from Samfirmware (Which one ? Take your pick); flash with Odin following instructions in thread stickied near top of Q&A. How to root ? This stuff has been asked/answered thousands of times over the past 2.5 yrs; search (hint: same thread has a root method, if that doesn't do it for you, others are easily found).
Yes, you can flash stock firmware for other countries if you want.
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Thanks for the info. my problem was I could decide which firmware to flash. so how do I get to know if mine is latest or not?
I can flash the firmware for any country and it wont mess up my device?
Samfirmware lists firmware from newest to oldest. So...If you look at the list for either of the Indian firmware groupings (INU & ODD), the latest is at the top (as it is for any country/carrier).
So far as the current firmware that is on your phone being the latest or not, I have no idea as it's obviously not an Indian firmware. You're going to need to go through the lists at Samfirmware to find out what region it's from/whether it's the latest.
Yes, flashing stock firmware for another country/carrier is fine. The only thing it sometimes used to affect is OTA updates, sometimes you'd be unable to get them if you flashed a stock firmware not for your region. But this is now a moot point as it's highly unlikely there will be further firmware releases for this phone by Samsung.
Thanks
so this is the latest and for spain
Model:*GT-I9100
Country:*Spain
Version:*Android 4.1.2
Changelist:*1497824
Build date:*Mon, 23 Dec 2013 12:28:58 +0000
Product Code:*FOP
PDA:*I9100XWMS3
CSC:*I9100FOPLS6
MODEM:*I9100XXMS4
it'll work ok right?I'm sorry but its a first time for me so just want to make sure
I've already answered your question (twice). I'm not repeating myself again.
MistahBungle said:
Samfirmware lists firmware from newest to oldest. So...If you look at the list for either of the Indian firmware groupings (INU & ODD), the latest is at the top (as it is for any country/carrier).
So far as the current firmware that is on your phone being the latest or not, I have no idea as it's obviously not an Indian firmware. You're going to need to go through the lists at Samfirmware to find out what region it's from/whether it's the latest.
Yes, flashing stock firmware for another country/carrier is fine. The only thing it sometimes used to affect is OTA updates, sometimes you'd be unable to get them if you flashed a stock firmware not for your region. But this is now a moot point as it's highly unlikely there will be further firmware releases for this phone by Samsung.
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Thanks
so this is the latest and for spain
Model:*GT-I9100
Country:*Spain
Version:*Android 4.1.2
Changelist:*1497824
Build date:*Mon, 23 Dec 2013 12:28:58 +0000
Product Code:*FOP
PDA:*I9100XWMS3
CSC:*I9100FOPLS6
MODEM:*I9100XXMS4
it'll work ok right?I'm sorry but its a first time for me so just want to make sure
Im not able to delete the prev post sorry noobness