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Hi everyone, I am new here. I just returned i9100g for a i9100. Anyways as I look for the i9100 firmware at sammobile.com, there are tons of ICS available. Which one will I install?
Also I am in Bangladesh, however we get mixed region phones: Sometimes from Malaysia, Singapore, France, etc. How do I know which region I have, so it can guide to install the proper ICS.
I installed XXLPJ, everything works well, however I noticed that just like my initial i9100g, whenever I use the voice to setup alarm, it doesn't work. I fixed this problem when I installed the proper region firmware for my phone, which was French at that time. The problem is I don't know which region of the phone this actually is.
Any idea?
Thank you
I dont think different regional firmwares will make any difference in your alarm settings too...
you can check the firmware information by dailing *#1234#
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you can have a look for the language supported by that rom, you can also go for custom rom, language information was given there that it support these many language.
Also i am agree with "zaheedahmed" that "regional firmwares will make any difference in your alarm settings" i guess this the bug with that version of ROM, so it better to upgrade your ROM.
Thanks for your responses. What do I need to look after after for the latest firmware, android version? Cause there are tons of 4.0.3
rock1m1 said:
Thanks for your responses. What do I need to look after after for the latest firmware, android version? Cause there are tons of 4.0.3
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if you want to remain on stock roms, for bangladesh already ICS official rom available now http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9100&r=2#
or your can root your phone and install any custom ICS rom...go for any popular one after reading reviews of the respective ROM thread
I have a Samsung Galaxy S II i9100G bought in China in March, now I am back to my country in Europe, and I would like to put a European Android version into it, but it seems to be impossible. There is a block in my phone, which doesn't let to run any other android than Chinese.
Do you have any idea how to handle this?
hannus said:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S II i9100G bought in China in March, now I am back to my country in Europe, and I would like to put a European Android version into it, but it seems to be impossible. There is a block in my phone, which doesn't let to run any other android than Chinese.
Do you have any idea how to handle this?
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chinese phones can only flash chinese roms
i believe the latest version is 4.0.4
check here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754158
or
u can also download it using checkfus or from www.samfirmwae.com
neerajganga said:
chinese phones can only flash chinese roms
i believe the latest version is 4.0.4
check here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754158
or
u can also download it using checkfus or from www.samfirmwae.com
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Thank you very much. In that case I have to buy a new phone(( because the Chinese version is censored and full of restrictions, so it is impossible to use it normally in Europe.
hannus said:
Thank you very much. In that case I have to buy a new phone(( because the Chinese version is censored and full of restrictions, so it is impossible to use it normally in Europe.
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wat kinda restrictions u talkin abt
I cant use google play - they were finally able to put it to my phone here, but it doesnt work, says "server problem".
I can not watch youtube video.
Skype runs very strange
It just doesn't write my number here, so when I am calling somebody its always an "unknown" number...
So it is a little bit troublesome, I think if I had a European android, it would be a lot better.And what is more, in my country only i9100 is selled, so there is no programs and updates for i9100G.(I thought that I have a i9100, i was told in the phone service that I don't...).
hannus said:
I cant use google play - they were finally able to put it to my phone here, but it doesnt work, says "server problem".
I can not watch youtube video.
Skype runs very strange
It just doesn't write my number here, so when I am calling somebody its always an "unknown" number...
So it is a little bit troublesome, I think if I had a European android, it would be a lot better.And what is more, in my country only i9100 is selled, so there is no programs and updates for i9100G.(I thought that I have a i9100, i was told in the phone service that I don't...).
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try flashing the latest chinese rom and check if it fixes the prob
In China this things are not allowed to use.(like youtube, androidmarket, google, facebook, etc).
So the only solution would be to put a non chinese android into it, but if you too say that it is not posibble, then I dont have any other choice that buy a new phone in europe.
Before I bought my phone I asked phone-experts in my country, and I was told that if its and android phone, it can be easily updated with my countries android software if I came back. They didn't know that you cant do this with a Chinese phone.
I have studied in China, but for sure, I will never ever buy anything valuable for a long-term there anymore.
Thank your very very much for the information and for your help!:victory::laugh:
hannus said:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S II i9100G bought in China in March, now I am back to my country in Europe, and I would like to put a European Android version into it, but it seems to be impossible. There is a block in my phone, which doesn't let to run any other android than Chinese.
Do you have any idea how to handle this?
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If i were you, I would go to www.sammobile.com and type in my device model and see what android versions come up. You might find a european G android version. Then all you have to do is flash the firmware through odin
kilometers4 said:
If i were you, I would go to www.sammobile.com and type in my device model and see what android versions come up. You might find a european G android version. Then all you have to do is flash the firmware through odin
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he is having a chinese g variant which is different one other g variants so if he flashes the firmware for international g varaint they he will semi brick his phone
it doesn't run any other android than Chinese, the service guy told me that they tried all the non-Chinese Ice Cream Sandwiches, and older versions of android as well, and none of them worked.
Now I am happy that they didn't manage to do this, because I don't want to brick my phone(i suppose it means something bad), I think someone can use this happily in China, because it works perfect.
So the best choice would be to sell my phone in china, and buy a new one (i9100) in Europe
:victory:Thank you very much!
Hey people.
I wanted to know: is there a way to know what was the firmware/android version that came with the phone when i bought it?
Because i already change from 2.1.1.0.A.6 to 2.1.1.C.0.0 and vice-versa and now my firmware is not the original one anymore :S, I'm from Portugal and i don't know what was the Official Firmware/Android Version that came with the phone when i bought it, i want to installed it back to my phone so i can have my phone Original again without having different firmware. And if that is possible, where can i download it?.
I'll give 'Thanks' to good answers.
Cheers :good:
Crazy Seed said:
Hey people.
I wanted to know: is there a way to know what was the firmware/android version that came with the phone when i bought it?
Because i already change from 2.1.1.0.A.6 to 2.1.1.C.0.0 and vice-versa and now my firmware is not the original one anymore :S, I'm from Portugal and i don't know what was the Official Firmware/Android Version that came with the phone when i bought it, i want to installed it back to my phone so i can have my phone Original again without having different firmware. And if that is possible, where can i download it?.
I'll give 'Thanks' to good answers.
Cheers :good:
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It came with 1.6 when SonyEricsson brought it out, and they provided updates to 2.1, with 2.1.1.C.0.0 being the last one they provided for the x10mini pro. So if you've got that firmware, your phone is still considered original, if that update was available in your region.
If your phone was locked to a specific provider, with their provider specific software (bloatware) installed, you won't be able to get it back to how it was when you bought it.
If you want to make sure you have the last original firmware for your phone for your region, do a repair with PC-Companion or SEUS. And if you had your bootloader unlocked, use S1Tool's restore function to lock it again afterwards. More original than that is impossible.
Now there's another problem, i don't know where i can download a firmware for the Portugal region, the greek firmware works but it has the keyboard problem 'buttons รง and ," that GB roms also have, so i would need to root the phone to fix that.
So there's no way to get the original firmware back :S.
Yes i can always repair with that but...if the firmware is the wrong one 'brazilian firmware for example' then those programs can't find the firmware for the repair.
I hope i never need to repair my phone and that i can stick with the GB roms, they're so much better than original eclair.
Cheers :good:
I want to find a sm-9005 firmware for my sm-900t, at t-mobile, they rooted my phone and installed something called lidroid with this firmware(sm-9005). So I flashed my phone with the sm-900t firmware, but after that happened, it became more annoying with boot sound. The other reasons why I need to find a sm-9005 firmware is because I need all language packs installed, and have it unlocked. So if anyone can help me find a sm-9005 firmware, unlocked or usable in us, with all languages(or just us english with chinese), I won't have to pay t-mobile another $25 dollars, just to just it fixed. But for now, I will try the UK firmware.
laujason221 said:
I want to find a sm-9005 firmware for my sm-900t, at t-mobile, they rooted my phone and installed something called lidroid with this firmware(sm-9005). So I flashed my phone with the sm-900t firmware, but after that happened, it became more annoying with boot sound. The other reasons why I need to find a sm-9005 firmware is because I need all language packs installed, and have it unlocked. So if anyone can help me find a sm-9005 firmware, unlocked or usable in us, with all languages(or just us english with chinese), I won't have to pay t-mobile another $25 dollars, just to just it fixed. But for now, I will try the UK firmware.
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Well, when we are talking firmware here for Samsung devices, it means everything : system, modem, bootloader (if applicable), etc. What you would want would be referred to as a rom, which is just the operating system itself. Flashing actual firmware for another device would at best fail at the modem, at worst cause a brick (probably just soft on the T-mobile version). I find it very odd that T-mobile rooted your phone and put on an international based rom. So, now, you have the official T-Mobile firmware flashed through Odin, Kies, or Heimdall, or did you install just a stock based rom through a custom recovery? What update is it on now - Build Version and baseband?
T-mobile rooted it
Also when they rooted it, it came with philz touch recovery, they also voided my knox, and the knox apps were removed, I flashed a stock sm-900t firmware, because I wanted the knox apps, and every time after booting, 45-60 percent of ram were used up, so it was kinda laggy, but who knew lidroid was a good thing for my phone, it enabled me to use any downloaded app for multi task, and also same for pen window. But the kernel bricked the NFC.
I think you're the first person I've heard who WANTS Knox (unless needing it for work or warranty issues). Lol But you didn't answer my questions so I don't have a way to recommend something for you.
I solved it
It was just a rom, I tried using the uk firmware, it failed. at lidroid.com, you can download a rom that can install: sm-9005, sm-9006, sm-9008, sm-n900s roms, the only problem is that it will take about a day(not because of your internet) to download the rom. Thank you everyone that wanted to help me.
Hi Guys
I have a SGSII, which I got in Hong Kong a couple of years ago. It came pre-installed with Stock Samsung Firmware ICS 4.0.3. I currently living in the UK and was wondering if I did a Firmware update using Kites, would it install you UK version of the firmware instead of the HK version?
If it's got the HK firmware/CSC on it, it will update to the latest for that region; where you are now is irrelevant, it reads the CSC info off the phone to determine what firmware to upgrade to, assuming there is a later firmware for that region.
But it's a moot point. Why would you use Kies for anything ? Flash whatever stock rom for whatever region you want with Odin.
MistahBungle said:
If it's got the HK firmware/CSC on it, it will update to the latest for that region; where you are now is irrelevant, it reads the CSC info off the phone to determine what firmware to upgrade to, assuming there is a later firmware for that region.
But it's a moot point. Why would you use Kies for anything ? Flash whatever stock rom for whatever region you want with Odin.
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To be honest, I am a noobie when it comes to the advanced aspects of android devices. So I've always followed the mantra of always following the manufacturer's instructions to the letter. Also I don't want to loose all my user data for my game of Asphalt g