[Q] Difference between the i9200, i9205 and the l600 - Samsung Galaxy Mega

I have searched and searched and couldn't find any information on the differences between these galaxy mega devices. What I have seen is people saying "don't flash a i9205 or i9200 rom to a l600 device". And my question is what makes these devices so different that would cause them to be bricked? I've seen some AWESOME roms for the i9205 devices and would love to flash it to my l600 with the twrp recovery, but also want to know what differences if any would there be in these devices? The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that the l600 is factory locked to CDMA, but of course with other awesome people here at xda that can fixed. So other than that, are there componet differences, or perhaps drivers that are specific to the i9205 that aren't correct for the l600? I have my l600 running on GSM network with lte even at times, but i'm stuck on the 4.2.2 rom as well. That's why i'm asking this, because if the difference is just the bands used, then I would think that it would be ok to flash a rom for a i9205 galaxy mega to a l600 galaxy mega. Also, would the custom rom touch my modem messing up the changes I made to the band selection? Thanks!

twanhines said:
I have searched and searched and couldn't find any information on the differences between these galaxy mega devices. What I have seen is people saying "don't flash a i9205 or i9200 rom to a l600 device". And my question is what makes these devices so different that would cause them to be bricked? I've seen some AWESOME roms for the i9205 devices and would love to flash it to my l600 with the twrp recovery, but also want to know what differences if any would there be in these devices? The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that the l600 is factory locked to CDMA, but of course with other awesome people here at xda that can fixed. So other than that, are there componet differences, or perhaps drivers that are specific to the i9205 that aren't correct for the l600? I have my l600 running on GSM network with lte even at times, but i'm stuck on the 4.2.2 rom as well. That's why i'm asking this, because if the difference is just the bands used, then I would think that it would be ok to flash a rom for a i9205 galaxy mega to a l600 galaxy mega. Also, would the custom rom touch my modem messing up the changes I made to the band selection? Thanks!
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good thread..hope to see some experianced users answer these questions..id like to know as well..i also have the L600 sprint device..and im seeing much more love for the other model numbers...i just got this mega and after reading thrrew some threads..ive decided to just let the phone update itsself,got it on 4.2.2..im still with the stock recovery,updateing the phone as i speak...ive went threw 3 updates allready and phone still says 4.2.2..and its downloading another update package..is this phone gonna update to kitkat 4.4.2 or not??..ive never had a phone do so many little updates before..im starting to think something is wroung..does this phone have the kitkat update?..you say your stuck on the 4.2.2 rom?..why is that??..why dont you update to kitkat?..ive read in other threads the mega got the kitkat update?..or am i wroung and kitkat only went to the other models you spoke of????..am i stuck on jelly bean to for real??

lucky_515 said:
good thread..hope to see some experianced users answer these questions..id like to know as well..i also have the L600 sprint device..and im seeing much more love for the other model numbers...i just got this mega and after reading thrrew some threads..ive decided to just let the phone update itsself,got it on 4.2.2..im still with the stock recovery,updateing the phone as i speak...ive went threw 3 updates allready and phone still says 4.2.2..and its downloading another update package..is this phone gonna update to kitkat 4.4.2 or not??..ive never had a phone do so many little updates before..im starting to think something is wroung..does this phone have the kitkat update?..you say your stuck on the 4.2.2 rom?..why is that??..why dont you update to kitkat?..ive read in other threads the mega got the kitkat update?..or am i wroung and kitkat only went to the other models you spoke of????..am i stuck on jelly bean to for real??
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I'm stuck on 4.2.2 because i chose not to let it update, plus my phone is rooted so the ota updates don't work. But i unlocked my phone so that i can use my att service with it. updating the mega with the ota updates updates the modem and bootloader with knox which doesn't allow for flashing custom roms.

I want to bump this thread because I too want to know the answer. The L600 I have is only being used as a tablet, so as long as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth work I could care less about the cellular functionality.

Nobody?

If your phone has recovery installed. Why don't you add mumtirom, and try flashing the ROM as a secondary and see what happens. If it works, you're golden. If it doesn't, you didn't lose anything.

Multirom doesn't support SPH-L600
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Galaxy note Lte Model: N7005 ( Singapore User )

Hi, I am opening this sub-forum for N7005 variant as its a closer relative to I717 than the international N7000 note.
So far, as read and tried from other earlier posts, I managed to root, flash CWM, flash TWRP and flashing of various roms from this I717 Forum without any issue, yet. No changing of modems. So far, no issue with basebands so 4g still works great.
Roms I have tried, the original Paranoid Android and the Cookies & Cream. Both are great roms.
Hope that the Mod dun close me down on here.
Cheers!
scpion said:
Hi, I am opening this sub-forum for N7005 variant as its a closer relative to I717 than the international N7000 note.
So far, as read and tried from other earlier posts, I managed to root, flash CWM, flash TWRP and flashing of various roms from this I717 Forum without any issue, yet. No changing of modems. So far, no issue with basebands so 4g still works great.
Roms I have tried, the original Paranoid Android and the Cookies & Cream. Both are great roms.
Hope that the Mod dun close me down on here.
Cheers!
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Are you trying to say that you had use the same firmware to root your lte note using i717?
yup..
Followed this method.. TWRP same as I717.
http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-i717-roms/how-to-root-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717-icsgingerbreadeasiest-method/
Original thread that I read was from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1876490&page=2
This is a good thread. I have been trying to find the N7005 all over google and got very a little and mostly, 'irrelevant' results. I believe the note LTE might be a different from the N7000.
Would also like to know if you already have successfully installed the I717 custom ROM on your N7005?
Yes.
I am starting to believe ours have the exact same hardware as I717. It just carry a different model no because of the different baseband.
I have tried ( and successfully flashed ) the original Panaroid Android, the Cookies & Cream, Unofficial CM10 and Liquid Jelly. and also a kernel ( cant remember the name..) All worked well apart from issues with the standard bugs from the current developement of Jellybean. Just be careful not to touch the modem.
There is one little problem though.. I cant really find a convienent way for ours to flash back to stock or remove root if I ever need to send back for official servicing. The only solutions on the web suggest flashing US Carriers specific roms , which does not apply for us.
Well actually, there is a way to go back to official stock.. 2 day ago there was a minor update from samsung. so I flashed and it remove the root. And my firmware now read, Official Samsung.
I haven tried flashing again as I felt that though all the developers are working very very hard for JB and I do really appreciate the efforts , imo its not that stable yet.
Its pretty safe, I tried and they worked. BUT, PLS DO A BACKUP OF YOUR STOCK ROM!! Need any more info, I can share.
Disclamer: I will not be responsible for any kind of damage, bricked or blow ups...
And, U have to understand that if things goes wrong during flashing or any weird errors appears later, the developers are not oblige/not able to help as the I717 stuffs just " happen to work " on our device.
scpion said:
And, U have to understand that if things goes wrong during flashing or any weird errors appears later, the developers are not oblige/not able to help as the I717 stuffs just " happen to work " on our device.
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I'm currently still stuck with my SGS, looking at N7005 when my contract expires. You said don't touch the modem, why is that the case? From my understanding you can just flash the baseband back on my SGS, is there an issue if you flash another modem on the N7005? Region issue?
The SGS have great international and local support. Any resources are readily available.
I717 is pretty much confined to the US. Their modems are specific to their baseband's bandwidth. There is no such modem in our region that u can safely flash that is guaranteed to work with our carrier. I know HK they have a forum for N7005 but its all in chinese. I am not too good in that. And, I dun see any real needs to flash the modem as well.
BTW, for local users that have a habit of flashing roms, I wouldnt recommend this model at all. The device is great but zero local support. I have even checked with Official Samsung Singapore and they dun even know if N7005 is getting JB but Original Note N7000 will be and the Note 2 will launch with JB. Go for more sensible options my brother...
I bought this purely because it was cheaper that time. And I traded in my nexus so this phone was basically free.. Then later I realise I will have the flashing "issues"..
scpion said:
The SGS have great international and local support. Any resources are readily available.
I717 is pretty much confined to the US. Their modems are specific to their baseband's bandwidth. There is no such modem in our region that u can safely flash that is guaranteed to work with our carrier. I know HK they have a forum for N7005 but its all in chinese. I am not too good in that. And, I dun see any real needs to flash the modem as well.
BTW, for local users that have a habit of flashing roms, I wouldnt recommend this model at all. The device is great but zero local support. I have even checked with Official Samsung Singapore and they dun even know if N7005 is getting JB but Original Note N7000 will be and the Note 2 will launch with JB. Go for more sensible options my brother...
I bought this purely because it was cheaper that time. And I traded in my nexus so this phone was basically free.. Then later I realise I will have the flashing "issues"..
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I did look at the original note and S3, but what I wanted was larger display and I have a budget so I might not consider Note 2. I wanted to get LTE Note since it supports LTE and it would be a waste if we didn't make use of that.
I did see on starhub website that it states it is upgradeable to JB, but their website is always providing inaccurate information. Thanks for the recommendation, might reconsider. :good:
scpion said:
... I know HK they have a forum for N7005 but its all in chinese. ...
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Can I have the link, please?
The 4g would come in handy for sure. I actually turned that off coz its eating my battery like theres no tmr..
Regards the HK forum, I dun have the link anymore.. ask Google my friend..
I realised the information on our local telco (Starhub) said processor is 1.4 Ghz, but the SHG-I717 is a 1.5 Ghz Scorpion.
Also the firmware stated on Samsung website says it should be ICS instead of GB, where Starhub says its GB and upgradable to JB?
So which is correct??
Look elsewhere for information. Believe the opposite of starhub. The specs they listed belongs to the international note N7000.
Hi dude, can u please show how u did to sucessfully to flash this stock roms to pandroid rom.. thank you in advance
p/s: im from Malaysia

Help with my Galaxy Grand i9080L Rom

first of all I apologize if I posted this on a wrong sleection or whatever...
I have a Samsung Galaxy Grand i9080L and i resently found that my phone had an update but when i connected to kies it appeared to be none, nor via OTA. so i Downloaded it from Sammobile and flashed the rom using ODIN.
Now the problem is that when i updated to 4.2 my phone started to run really slow and i did a hard reset and deactivated some applications that didnt work properly but the phone still lags, less but does compared to when i had 4.1.
I dont want to go back to 4.1 because when i do i cant use any game because of a graphic problem that its now solved with 4.2 and some other bugs.
I've been trying to find a custom rom for my GT i9080L but i cannot find any.
Do you guys think i can use a Rom for the DUOS version (i9082) and install it with odin?
Any idea?
please help im kinda desperate because of the lack of suppor for this phone.
I realize that these are for the i9082L dual sim model : http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-grand-duos/development
But there have been people in various forums reporting the CM or AOSP type roms run on their i9080l fine since the dual sim support for non Samsung roms are tricky to get working right anyway (example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50659404&postcount=1123 , http://www.madboxpc.com/foro/topic/186437-guia-actualizar-galaxy-i9080l-de-422-custom-a-442-mod/ ). I'd be wary of trying any Samsung based 9082 roms because I have seen people saying that'll brick it (though probably just fixable via Odin).

Kit Kat for SGH-M819N (MetroPCS)

Does anyone have any info if and when this will become available? I am NEVER going to buy another MetroPCS phone again. This has to be the worst turnaround time for a phone update ever.
Can't someone simply make a backup of the stock MEga and make it available????
Thanks!
UPDATE 10/14/14
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/36722/M819NUVUBNI5_M819NTMBBNI5_TMB.zip/
Patience
I know what you mean everyone is anxious and they're slowly moving forward. Im saying this because as of today 9/12/14 I checked the official Samsung.com website for the galaxy mega 6.3 for metropcs and they have started selling the device running the kitKat OS samsung.c o m/us/mobile/cell-phones/SGH-M819ZKATMB so its got me hopeful and patiently continuing my wait. Hope this helps.
++im new so they wudnt let me post the URL++
P.S I wouldn't want to experiment with anything less than what Samsung has to offer (regarding the OS. )
MC FLMJ1G said:
Does anyone have any info if and when this will become available? I am NEVER going to buy another MetroPCS phone again. This has to be the worst turnaround time for a phone update ever.
Can't someone simply make a backup of the stock MEga and make it available????
Thanks!
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Likes2pushbuttons said:
I know what you mean everyone is anxious and they're slowly moving forward. Im saying this because as of today 9/12/14 I checked the official Samsung.com website for the galaxy mega 6.3 for metropcs and they have started selling the device running the kitKat OS samsung.c o m/us/mobile/cell-phones/SGH-M819ZKATMB so its got me hopeful and patiently continuing my wait. Hope this helps.
++im new so they wudnt let me post the URL++
P.S I wouldn't want to experiment with anything less than what Samsung has to offer (regarding the OS. )
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About time!
Thanks!
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SGH-M819ZKATMB
Anyone able to DL the firmware????
Update
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/36722/M819NUVUBNI5_M819NTMBBNI5_TMB.zip/
KitKat for MetroPCS Galaxy MEGa
KitKat for MetroPCS Galaxy MEGa
FINALLY HERE-----
BEEN TOO LONG----
I used kies to download the software--- enjoy
you can download kies from Samsung. com / us/ kies
you would want the KIES 2.6 if you are running anything lower than 4.3!!
Again, Enjoy!!!
Likes2pushbuttons said:
KitKat for MetroPCS Galaxy MEGa
FINALLY HERE-----
BEEN TOO LONG----
I used kies to download the software--- enjoy
you can download kies from Samsung. com / us/ kies
you would want the KIES 2.6 if you are running anything lower than 4.3!!
Again, Enjoy!!!
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anybody else having issues after rooting? I cannot access security under settings so I can not install unknown programs.
Knox when rooting?
I don't want to trip Knox but I want to root so I'm waiting on MetroKat/ MegaKat I don't know if it will trigger knox but if it does I guess I have no choice.

[Q] Questions about T-Mobile and MetroPCS Galaxy S5

Hello everyone,
Let me preface this by saying that I have googled this extensively and used the search feature on XDA but so far I have come up with no clear results. Apologize if this has been asked before (it probably has). I hope you guys can help me by providing me with some definite answers.
Background:
I've been researching about getting Lollipop on my device (I had it on my rooted sprint s4 and I miss it dearly). I've heard that the MetroPCS S5 is the exact phone as the T-Mobile S5. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to confirm whether that's the case or not. I have a MetroPCS S5 (SM-G900T1), and I would greatly appreciate it if you guys took the time to answer these questions for me:
1) Are they really the same phone?
AFTER SIM-UNLOCKING THE PHONE
2) Can I put T-Mobile S5 custom recoveries on the Metro Version?
3) Can I put T-Mobile S5 custom ROMs on the Metro version?
If the answers to question 2 and 3 is "NO" then where can I find a place where people are developing for the MetroPCS S5 or that place doesn't exist?
Thank you all for reading and for any help.
1) They are mostly the same as they do use the same network.
2) Any KLTE recovery will work.
3) Any KLTE rom SHOULD work, check the OP of the roms developer. Any KLTE AOSP rom will work.
Here is a site showing the recoveries are the same. -->HERE<--
Brian_svc said:
Hello everyone,
Let me preface this by saying that I have googled this extensively and used the search feature on XDA but so far I have come up with no clear results. Apologize if this has been asked before (it probably has). I hope you guys can help me by providing me with some definite answers.
Background:
I've been researching about getting Lollipop on my device (I had it on my rooted sprint s4 and I miss it dearly). I've heard that the MetroPCS S5 is the exact phone as the T-Mobile S5. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to confirm whether that's the case or not. I have a MetroPCS S5 (SM-G900T1), and I would greatly appreciate it if you guys took the time to answer these questions for me:
1) Are they really the same phone?
AFTER SIM-UNLOCKING THE PHONE
2) Can I put T-Mobile S5 custom recoveries on the Metro Version?
3) Can I put T-Mobile S5 custom ROMs on the Metro version?
If the answers to question 2 and 3 is "NO" then where can I find a place where people are developing for the MetroPCS S5 or that place doesn't exist?
Thank you all for reading and for any help.
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You can actually flash the stock firmware and have the new modem and everything.(won't have metro bloat anymore but will have tmo which you can delete all that and grab metro bloat if you wanted it) But yes firmware, recoveries, roms, etc
esjames said:
1) They are mostly the same as they do use the same network.
2) Any KLTE recovery will work.
3) Any KLTE rom SHOULD work, check the OP of the roms developer. Any KLTE AOSP rom will work.
Here is a site showing the recoveries are the same. --><--
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Thank you very much for your answer and your time.
ShinySide said:
You can actually flash the stock firmware and have the new modem and everything.(won't have metro bloat anymore but will have tmo which you can delete all that and grab metro bloat if you wanted it) But yes firmware, recoveries, roms, etc
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Thank you for your reply. It's cool to hear everything is compatible although I'm still very nervous about trying it lol
Can you expect in the distant future a way to install a custom recovery without tripping the knox count (I believe that's what it's called)? As far as I know there's no way to reset that.
Brian_svc said:
Can you expect in the distant future a way to install a custom recovery without tripping the knox count (I believe that's what it's called)? As far as I know there's no way to reset that.
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Doubtful that Knox will be figured out anytime in the near future. And you are correct, you cannot reset it once it's tripped.
But if you look around at the Knox threads, the vast majority of users that have tripped Knox have not had any problem getting service or warranty work. So for the most part it's a non issue.
Of course YMMV

Any hope for upgrading old Galaxy Mega 6.3 i527?

I have searched through these forums and others about upgrading android on this old device Galaxy Mega 6.3 i527. Mainly what I find is for the GT versions.
I currently have a rooted 4.2.2 rom on the phone via Odin. I was just wondering if anyone has attempted any of the later android versions on this phone?
I have watched some videos saying that the upgrades work for all galaxy megas, however if my research is correct, the i527 is different than the rest of the Megas. Curious if there are any custom roms out there or if development has stopped for this device (which I'm beginning to think it has).
Any help in this matter is much appreciated. I apologize if this has been answered lately. However most of the posts I find on this have Zero replies to them.

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