Hi,
Been a while since I have been on here and I have been searching extensively in the last couple days on this issue. A little back story for perspective here. I bought this S9 Plus (G956U) Refurbished in July. The phone was branded AT&T but it is network unlocked as I am an not located in the US. Recently I noticed that I didn't have the Night Mode Camera and investigating and understanding the firmware jargon because I have been out of modding phones for a bit, That while the phone had AT&T branding; Googling the firmware I saw it was a verizon (VZW). Fine, probably was flashed before I got it. I researched some more and decided I needed o flash the thing so I pulled the latest August 1st Firmware (G965U1)for US (Unlocked) and AT&T (Unlocked) and flashed it with the US (Unlocked version both had the same firmware number anyway) but I didn't want to have to set back up every thing again so I used the Home_CSC file instead, The phone works fine, got to remove the AT&T Bloatware but still no Night Mode Camera. Now a this point it is just curious as at this point proper Security updates would satisfy me. Do I need to flash the phone over and use the CSC file to wipe it in order for the Night Mode camera to be enabled?
Thanks in advance for the assistance.
I too have a SM-965U with night mode..I have the latest August security update. Nothing else was included. Camera version 9.0.03.38. Is there a way to mod or install camera version 9.0.05.X without running into serious problems? I'm guessing that Samsung hasn't released Night Mode for the US versions of the S9 pluses but I haven't seen anything definitive. Would a appreciate any and every assistance forthcoming.
Thank you.
Good day.
Hey, you don't have problems with the front camera? It seems to me that it is poorly adjusted since when I take the photo it looks very different from the preview, it greatly overexposes the illuminations on the face.
My Verizon S9+ with August update has night mode as seen here.
I just updated mine att S9 plus and no night mode. Hate the slow updates of att.
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Did you set in camera settings so that Night Mode shows as a selectable option? The default mode list for that firmware version may not have night mode selected.
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Right so I got the Galaxy S3 1st week of June. I received an OTA update last 26th of June and was able to successfully install latest version then (I9300XXALF6 Vietnam). No problems with it. On July 8, I was able to successfully update the S3 to another firmware via Kies (I9300XXBLFB Vietnam). No issues, loved the brightness feature and other extra goodies that came with it.
Here's the problem:
When I woke up this morning though (July 12), I noticed that I was still connected to the Router but could not actually use the internet (I checked my old Galaxy S I9000, the I9000 was still able to use the net). So I decided to fiddle with the S3's toggle switch off and then on. This time, I could no longer connect to the router and I was told that there was an Authentication Error. The router was in the next room so I tried to SIT IMMEDIATELY BESIDE IT, and to my surprise, I am now able to connect to the network. I return to my room and BAM, I get disconnected. I return to the other room where the router was, stand next to it, attempt to reconnect, and BAM, it's back! I tried to turn off the power saving option via the dialer but it didn't seem to change anything. I was hoping that this could be related to the firmware update and have decided to flash an older firmware. Anyone experience this, too? Could use some help. I don't plan to sit beside the router every time I want to use WiFi. Thanks.
Edit: So flashed back to I9300XXALF6 Vietnam firmware but to no avail. Tried rooting and putting in CM9, didn't help either. I read somewhere that this is actually a hardware problem for the S3 (which not all S3's apparently have and something that Samsung has not admitted to) so I'll try to have this replaced..no longer sure if I should replace this with another S3 or move on to the Nexus. =/
Ren Hayashi said:
Right so I got the Galaxy S3 1st week of June. I received an OTA update last 26th of June and was able to successfully install latest version then (I9300XXALF6 Vietnam). No problems with it. On July 8, I was able to successfully update the S3 to another firmware via Kies (I9300XXBLFB Vietnam). No issues, loved the brightness feature and other extra goodies that came with it.
Here's the problem:
When I woke up this morning though (July 12), I noticed that I was still connected to the Router but could not actually use the internet (I checked my old Galaxy S I9000, the I9000 was still able to use the net). So I decided to fiddle with the S3's toggle switch off and then on. This time, I could no longer connect to the router and I was told that there was an Authentication Error. The router was in the next room so I tried to SIT IMMEDIATELY BESIDE IT, and to my surprise, I am now able to connect to the network. I return to my room and BAM, I get disconnected. I return to the other room where the router was, stand next to it, attempt to reconnect, and BAM, it's back! I tried to turn off the power saving option via the dialer but it didn't seem to change anything. I was hoping that this could be related to the firmware update and have decided to flash an older firmware. Anyone experience this, too? Could use some help. I don't plan to sit beside the router every time I want to use WiFi. Thanks.
Edit: So flashed back to I9300XXALF6 Vietnam firmware but to no avail. Tried rooting and putting in CM9, didn't help either. I read somewhere that this is actually a hardware problem for the S3 (which not all S3's apparently have and something that Samsung has not admitted to) so I'll try to have this replaced..no longer sure if I should replace this with another S3 or move on to the Nexus. =/
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i have exactly the same problem with my galaxy s3 here in luxembourg
valerio.tosti said:
i have exactly the same problem with my galaxy s3 here in luxembourg
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Yeah you might want to have that replaced. That's what I did. :-\
I´m on my second S3 and it has the same thinck, 2 days working and in the thirt day not, but with an open system and 3g it´s all fine...
Read these topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779318&page=3
So I learned the hard way that you can't have it all.
I travel for work quite a bit and I was in the Middle East working when my Verizon S7 Edge started to have problems. I looked for a replacement in Dubai and was happy to find the S9+ at a reasonable price and with the 256GB option (which I wasn't finding in the US). I popped in my Verizon sim and life was good.
Then I returned to the US and. nothing. worked. I had forgotten that Verizon was strictly CDMA in the US and this phone had no CDMA radio.
I also was noticing that the samsung pay app was locked to the UAE version which was annoying but not a huge issue...I couldn't add American Express credit card which may or may not have been due to that region setting.
So in order to actually get service I switched to T-Mobile and have had decent data rates. However the phone doesn't use volte or wifi calling which is very bad since where I am staying is somewhat of a dead spot for mobile coverage. I basically can't receive phone calls here and making a call requires me to wait about a minute for the phone to figure out what protocol to connect to (dowleveling to either a 3g or H to actually connect and dial).
My initial research tells me that I don't want to root the phone and lose all ability to use samsung pay, but I would love to do as much as I can to the phone to get it working as best as possible.
Can someone chime in here to let me know what's possible? I don't want to experiment too much, and it's been rare over the years for me to keep up with all the root/firmware/rom etc. that has become available. My last real era of rooting phones was many years ago with iPhone and even then it was a lot to keep up with.
thanks in advance!
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Anyone?
I had the same issue. I ended up rooting to get TMobile volte/wifi-calling. Also, by rooting you can also use Verizon Wireless; however, only with LTE.
You could use Google Pay lol.
Furthermore, I suck at giving reasons, but that's what I did.
Don't quote me on this, but from what I understand, you can use the patched ODIN and flash the firmware's CSC outside of it's region and change it to XAA. There is also a guide to changing CSC without root that may work as well.
From what I understand, the G965F is unable to load the XAA csc without root since it is only for the Snapdragon version
I ended up using Tekhd's tmobile detonator after I bricked my G965F/DS atleast 3 times. It works great now.
The way to change csc without root is via a combination rom and using Realterm. Using TMB CSC on a global G965F/DS ROM will end up in a PUK code lock. I tried ALL the US CSC on my G965F to confirm this.
So the phone itself, as stated is a MetroPCS branded Alcatel One Touch Fierce XL, and according to metro it is in fact UNLOCKED. It is on the latest update of the stock rom from metro I believe (Android Lollipop 5.1.1 ). so that, as far as i can tell is not the complete issue however I'm wondering if it being from metro is contributing to the issue at hand. I am using Mint Sim/Mint Mobile, they have amazing coverage in my area that I myself experienced for a week, so I'm almost positive it is not a coverage issue. Now down to the bare bones of the problem:
I got this phone about two weeks ago now, bought it in "unlocked" "New, Other" Condition on eBay from the seller Cellfeee. Had to use the unlock app when I got it but it went through fine, with no issues. Fast forward I activate my new sim, put it in the phone and experience great coverage for about a week and a half. Phone was lovely. Fast forward more, around 8:30 pm on August 29 2018 I lost service completely. Start journey into google. I have done the following:
Taken out the sim
restarted the phone
tried the sim in other devices
factory reset the phone
rooted the phone, removed metro apps and apn
done *#4636# I don't know how many times
messed with every mobile and wifi setting possible
the only time I have gotten service back was last night around 10, the phone had no wifi connection and it seemed to pick up a very strong signal that faded while i watched.
I have determined that It is NOT the sim card, I have determined it is most likely not the hardware, the only thing left that I can think of is either the ROM or the modem firmware itself. My question is, do any of you think that flashing a custom rom onto the phone could cure this? is there a way to find the most recent stable firmware for the modem and update/downgrade it to that? I've already cut my losses and bought a new phone through alcatel on their amazon link so it's not like i'm completely screwed but honestly I'm so irritated with this phone and I just want concrete answers/results at this point. any suggestions welcome. thank you for your time.
Edit: The service provider in the top corner was mint while the phone was working. after it began to fail it switched to either no service OR metropcs, now it often says metropcs even when no service don't know if this makes a difference
Deanna said:
So the phone itself, as stated is a MetroPCS branded Alcatel One Touch Fierce XL, and according to metro it is in fact UNLOCKED. It is on the latest update of the stock rom from metro I believe (Android Lollipop 5.1.1 ). so that, as far as i can tell is not the complete issue however I'm wondering if it being from metro is contributing to the issue at hand. I am using Mint Sim/Mint Mobile, they have amazing coverage in my area that I myself experienced for a week, so I'm almost positive it is not a coverage issue. Now down to the bare bones of the problem:
I got this phone about two weeks ago now, bought it in "unlocked" "New, Other" Condition on eBay from the seller Cellfeee. Had to use the unlock app when I got it but it went through fine, with no issues. Fast forward I activate my new sim, put it in the phone and experience great coverage for about a week and a half. Phone was lovely. Fast forward more, around 8:30 pm on August 29 2018 I lost service completely. Start journey into google. I have done the following:
Taken out the sim
restarted the phone
tried the sim in other devices
factory reset the phone
rooted the phone, removed metro apps and apn
done *#4636# I don't know how many times
messed with every mobile and wifi setting possible
the only time I have gotten service back was last night around 10, the phone had no wifi connection and it seemed to pick up a very strong signal that faded while i watched.
I have determined that It is NOT the sim card, I have determined it is most likely not the hardware, the only thing left that I can think of is either the ROM or the modem firmware itself. My question is, do any of you think that flashing a custom rom onto the phone could cure this? is there a way to find the most recent stable firmware for the modem and update/downgrade it to that? I've already cut my losses and bought a new phone through alcatel on their amazon link so it's not like i'm completely screwed but honestly I'm so irritated with this phone and I just want concrete answers/results at this point. any suggestions welcome. thank you for your time.
Edit: The service provider in the top corner was mint while the phone was working. after it began to fail it switched to either no service OR metropcs, now it often says metropcs even when no service don't know if this makes a difference
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uuuhh ... this is just a shot in the dark here but have you tried the apn settings ??
I recently moved tmobile to usmobile CDMA/Verizon. Tmobile unlocked my phone without any issues.
I was expecting the next security update to be a fresh/vanilla samsung rom.
This didn't happen. I have read multiple things about people having issues with non-tmobile bands working on the device if the CSC is wrong. USMobile has me manually set the APNs and the phone connects to 4g/5g without issue. However the ultra wide band does not seem to want to work.
Is there an issue here? It's really hard to tell. Should I wipe the device? I really don't have the means to install a downloaded firmware at this moment. At the end of the day, I don't care that it's branded - just that it functions on the CDMA network fully. If it wont, then I will jump over to the GSM side of USMobile.
Good day,
I am a proud owner of a LG V20 H910 AT&T for about four years now.
Bought it back in early 2018 refurbished from ebay for about US$185.
I got very good service from this, I learned alot about roms, scripts, etc...
these are the issues I faced...
Very recently, phone started turning off when the battery is around or below 40%
After further investigation and cleaning the contacts, the battery seems to be swollen slightly.
Sometimes I can run it until below 20% until it powers down.
Lately I see it takes a long time to charge from this point.
The phone mic stopped working and gives of static noise/feedback to other caller until you switch to speakerphone then it works fine. This is for mobile calls and whatsapp/duo.
The headphone jack seems to short and stop music and activate google assistant every now and again.
This doesn't happen to all headphones, only some. If you don't move the phone or the cable, it works fine.
Download mode loads, but you get static on screen, tried reflashing with my stock and others but same.
Other than these problems, I totally love my v20 and it is still going.
I wanted to buy either a v50/v60/G8x.
I see LG is no longer making V series.
I like to tinker with mods and roms, what do you recommend
my max budget is ~US$220 and I see I can get these on ebay.
The main thing i like about my v20 is the dac, I use the force high impedance mode as I use it as a music player in my car's Hi-Fi. Is this possible on these units?
I want to go for the v60, what version TMO, Verizon, AT&T?,
I am on Digicel in Trinidad & Tobago. so this doesn't matter but what is the best version to buy for unlocking and future mods/dev.?
I remembered when I got the AT&T version of my v20, it never came with the Music app, and I only recently solved that issue.
Skylined said:
Good day,
I am a proud owner of a LG V20 H910 AT&T for about four years now.
Bought it back in early 2018 refurbished from ebay for about US$185.
I got very good service from this, I learned alot about roms, scripts, etc...
these are the issues I faced...
Very recently, phone started turning off when the battery is around or below 40%
After further investigation and cleaning the contacts, the battery seems to be swollen slightly.
Sometimes I can run it until below 20% until it powers down.
Lately I see it takes a long time to charge from this point.
The phone mic stopped working and gives of static noise/feedback to other caller until you switch to speakerphone then it works fine. This is for mobile calls and whatsapp/duo.
The headphone jack seems to short and stop music and activate google assistant every now and again.
This doesn't happen to all headphones, only some. If you don't move the phone or the cable, it works fine.
Download mode loads, but you get static on screen, tried reflashing with my stock and others but same.
Other than these problems, I totally love my v20 and it is still going.
I wanted to buy either a v50/v60/G8x.
I see LG is no longer making V series.
I like to tinker with mods and roms, what do you recommend
my max budget is ~US$220 and I see I can get these on ebay.
The main thing i like about my v20 is the dac, I use the force high impedance mode as I use it as a music player in my car's Hi-Fi. Is this possible on these units?
I want to go for the v60, what version TMO, Verizon, AT&T?,
I am on Digicel in Trinidad & Tobago. so this doesn't matter but what is the best version to buy for unlocking and future mods/dev.?
I remembered when I got the AT&T version of my v20, it never came with the Music app, and I only recently solved that issue.
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Personally I went with the U.S. Cellular unlocked version.Or,you can go with the T-Mobile version.Prefer it be unlocked,and the reason I say those 2 is because at least the firmware is downloadable unlike the AT&T version.But,there is a Qfil copy of the AT&T version in the Q&A post.From my readings they're all IMPL locked and I haven't found away around that yet.
I would like to know too. coming from a v40 that i bought for $300 and it lasted 4 years... I hope to do a similar run with the v60.
Not too worried about updating past android 11. But it does kinda suck the security updates stop at June 2021. My v40 is stuck at 8/20, and I'm already noticing some apps dont work with Biometric anymore.
It took many years before the v40 was finally moddadable to lineage... and I'm sure someone will figure out the v60, but I also worry that WIFI calling won't work if it ever gets lineage.
That said, if I am on ATT, and want to use WIFI calling, I should buy an ATT branded model, correct? If I buy a global model, and run it on ATT, it likely won't work with WIFI calling?
resiny said:
I would like to know too. coming from a v40 that i bought for $300 and it lasted 4 years... I hope to do a similar run with the v60.
Not too worried about updating past android 11. But it does kinda suck the security updates stop at June 2021. My v40 is stuck at 8/20, and I'm already noticing some apps dont work with Biometric anymore.
It took many years before the v40 was finally moddadable to lineage... and I'm sure someone will figure out the v60, but I also worry that WIFI calling won't work if it ever gets lineage.
That said, if I am on ATT, and want to use WIFI calling, I should buy an ATT branded model, correct? If I buy a global model, and run it on ATT, it likely won't work with WIFI calling?
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Yes,if you're on AT&T most definitely get the AT&T branded v60.With my V60 USC device it wouldn't make or receive any calls when the 3g shutdown hit.I had to cross flash my V60 with a Luns backup and that's the only way it would dial in and out again.I even went in to the engineering menu and enabled all the settings perfect for VoLTE and it still wouldn't call out.It's not IMEI specific either.I'm still trying to figure a work around for it,but nothing as of yet.
Ok. I just bought the lm-600am version