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[Q] Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N - Re-flashing stock rom

Hi All.
I am looking for help and advice with regarding to re-flashing the stock rom on my wife's Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N.
The phone in quick is 100% stock, it has never been unlocked and or had any custom rom's installed.
The reason why I wish to reflash the stock rom is due to the phone being stuck in a boot-loop, and not being able to access the boot-loader / factory reset.
I have already download ODIN v3.09, But as the phone does not boot and I can not get into the boot-loader to run any ADB or Fastboot commands, I am unable to find out what the phone was running.
The phone is/was on contract via Tesco Mobile here in the UK, But Tesco's have told my wife that the warranty for her phone has expired.
The only information I have been able to find is via the Odin Mode, but this does not give much.
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I8190N
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
HW REV: 0x5
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Can anyone here please advice me on how I can find the correct stock rom for this phone.
Thanks for your time.
Best Regards.

Hi,
There's a website called Sammobile where you can download the original firmware of a large number of phones.
Cheers

As said above I do not know what is the correct firmware (rom) to download for this phone.
How can I tell what is the correct firmware (rom) to download?
I have looked on http://www.sammobile.com but there is no firmware (rom) listed for Tesco Mobile.
From my understanding is the the BTU is the unbranded firmware (rom)
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/GT-I8190N/BTU/
I8190NXXAMJ2_I8190NBTUAMJ1_BTU.zip
I8190NXXAMG1_I8190NOXXAMG1_BTU.zip
I8190NXXALL6_I8190NOXXALL3_BTU.zip
What will happen if I try and re-flash any of the above files via Odin to the phone, if I pick the wrong file am I going to hard brick the phone?
Thanks for your time.
Best Regards.

Nothing bad will happen if you flash any of the I8190N firmwares.

Thank you for your reply.
I saw in another post that there should be a sticker on the NAND flash memory chip with some details of what was flashed into the chip at the factory, I took the phone apart and sure enough there was indeed a sicker.
073110
H49C BTU
HS033741
C-HVT1
I8190NXXA
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So it seems that I was right in guessing to go for the unbranded (BTU) firmware / rom.

Thank you !

[Q] Help needed, stuck after updating firmware (emergency call)

Hi,
Well my device which is S5 mini g800f working fine, since I have changed the firmware which was old like build on july so I tried to installed latest, but now there is emergency call showing, also I have tried manually and automatically to register on the network but it says unable to register to the (---network). I did it coz my device was not showing LTE network. However my sim supports the 4g and was working on S4 i9505. I have searched on Google and look out many threads on XDA but no success until now.
The biggest mistake was I didn't looked the firmware which was already there and was running with 3g support. I have tried these EUR-G800FXXU1ANL1-20141226162921, SER-G800FXXU1ANG1-20140709112536, MAT-G800FXXU1ANI3-20141218172328. Then I have installed Custom Lollipop but no success was there too.
So now any pro's here who can understand my problem ? My imei is showing, is there any procedure where I can put the imei and it will let me know what was installed on stock :crying:
Sorry for being noobish..

Please any buddy give me suggestions that what should I do ? Or should I look in the specific section of XDA forums ?

[email protected] said:
Hi,.....
So now any pro's here who can understand my problem ? My imei is showing, is there any procedure where I can put the imei and it will let me know what was installed on stock :crying:
Sorry for being noobish..
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What do you mean by this? IMEI showing or Not?

02xda2 said:
What do you mean by this? IMEI showing or Not?
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Its is mentioned mate what I have written, I said my imei is showing that by dialing *#06# I can see it, because there is a problem where the efs folder corrupted or gone you cant see imei or imei appears to be in these digits 00000 especially by installing custom roms. Anyways my only motive is that I know the imei and how ever I can see it too, so is there any procedure where I can put the imei to the website and see what was installed on stock. Because I dont have the box so I dont know which firmware was there when I installed another rom to get LTE, because it was working properly as I said in my earlier post.
Problem is due the baseband I am pretty sure which is not matching, this is the reason because I cant connect to the network---error msg (Unable to connect).

[email protected] said:
Hi,
Well my device which is S5 mini g800f working fine, since I have changed the firmware which was old like build on july so I tried to installed latest, but now there is emergency call showing, also I have tried manually and automatically to register on the network but it says unable to register to the (---network). I did it coz my device was not showing LTE network. However my sim supports the 4g and was working on S4 i9505. I have searched on Google and look out many threads on XDA but no success until now.
The biggest mistake was I didn't looked the firmware which was already there and was running with 3g support. I have tried these EUR-G800FXXU1ANL1-20141226162921, SER-G800FXXU1ANG1-20140709112536, MAT-G800FXXU1ANI3-20141218172328. Then I have installed Custom Lollipop but no success was there too.
So now any pro's here who can understand my problem ? My imei is showing, is there any procedure where I can put the imei and it will let me know what was installed on stock :crying:
Sorry for being noobish..
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The baseband firmware is included in the firmware packages that are available on sammobile (.tar.md5 files). If you flash the firmware package with Odin, also the baseband firmware (contained in modem.bin) will be flashed.
If you have problems with a newly flashed stock firmware that were not present with the original firmware it might be because of one of the following reasons:
You flashed the wrong firmware. I don't think that the version name of the original firmware is stored somewhere. Instead check sammobile for the correct one: select the correct phone model and your country. EUR, SER (for Russia), MAT are country codes, choose the correct one for your country, the search function on sammobile will help you with that. You can also try Kies for restoring the firmware. Maybe that is able to determine the correct firmware according to the IMEI or some other information stored on the phone.
Maybe your EFS partition was changed and corrupted. The EFS partition is the partition that contains the IMEI and other information like calibration files that are specific for your device. If any of the files in this partition is damaged, the phone might not behave correctly. If you flash another firmware the EFS partition normally is not changed.
Your hardware is defect.
I guess that you simply flashed the wrong ROM. Otherwise the problem will be hard to fix.

[email protected] said:
...... where I can put the imei to the website and see what was installed on stock. ..........
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Probably THIS is what you want, hope so

02xda2 said:
Probably THIS is what you want, hope so
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Thanks but for me its not working... its showing device Nokia 6303i

Note 9 SM-N960U - Pie Update - No Internet While Calling - No LTE

I recently upgraded my Samsung Galaxy Note 9 SM-N960U to Android Pie 9.0 - One UI Version: 1.0 - Baseband Version: N960USQS1CSD1 - Build Number: PPR1.180610.011.N960USQs1CSD1 - Security Patch: April 1, 2019 and now i cannot surf the internet while on a call, and don't have LTE as well. I've been searching the web trying to find the resolution.
I will reluctantly downgrade back to Oreo 8.1 if needed and have Odin downloaded but finding all the correct software needed to do so plus the Oreo 8.1 version for my model is a pain as well, and i haven't done this for sometime either.
Any assistance would be much appreciated. Thanks ahead of time!
DB

Swofshop said:
I recently upgraded my Samsung Galaxy Note 9 SM-N960U to Android Pie 9.0 - One UI Version: 1.0 - Baseband Version: N960USQS1CSD1 - Build Number: PPR1.180610.011.N960USQs1CSD1 - Security Patch: April 1, 2019 and now i cannot surf the internet while on a call, and don't have LTE as well. I've been searching the web trying to find the resolution.
I will reluctantly downgrade back to Oreo 8.1 if needed and have Odin downloaded but finding all the correct software needed to do so plus the Oreo 8.1 version for my model is a pain as well, and i haven't done this for sometime either.
Any assistance would be much appreciated. Thanks ahead of time!
DB
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arent there any May patches ?(btw june updates should be right around the corner...if not alredy out)
so pretty sure there is. just flash a may or june update.
you can download stock firmware via web sites which can be slow or via frija:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/how-to/tool-frija-samsung-firmware-downloader-t3910584
then extract zip when its finished dling and flash via odin 3.13.1
there is more than enough documentation about all of this in xda,google,YouTube....etc
so all in all try and flash a new firmware instead of an old one.
try resetting ure device also( wipe data) before flashing.

What carrier are you on? Sprint/Verizon/At&t/Tmobile?

docdg said:
What carrier are you on? Sprint/Verizon/At&t/Tmobile?
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Verizon

Same issue here Verizon. Had to do full wipe. Odined pie and updated

pospower said:
Same issue here Verizon. Had to do full wipe. Odined pie and updated
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There any way you could provide the download as im not getting Frija to function correctly? I have Odin v3.13.1..

Swofshop said:
There any way you could provide the download as im not getting Frija to function correctly? I have Odin v3.13.1..
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try right click and run as admin.
enter fone model and ure desired csc code

bober10113 said:
try right click and run as admin.
enter fone model and ure desired csc code
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ok. My CSC is: VZW/XAA/VZW
ive researched and VZW is Verizon, XAA is Unlocked US
Which should i use? I appreciate it greatly.

Swofshop said:
ok. My CSC is: VZW/XAA/VZW
ive researched and VZW is Verizon, XAA is Unlocked US
Which should i use? I appreciate it greatly.
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xaa wont have any bloatware(extra crap apps) but might be missing carrier specifics like volte, wificalling and other feature specific to Verizon .
start with VZW and if that works out well then stay on it.
so u should have entered in the app:
SM-N960U
and
VZW
once the big 3 or 4 gig zip is finsied dling, extract it and in odin fill in all corresponding Slots...BL,AP,CP,CSC
for csc use csc.md5 and not home_csc.md5 for best results. but it also might erase all ure data so be sure to backup ure stuff first.
also, ull need samsung android drivers so that odin recognize the phone under a com X device when u plug it in.( odin will show it connected as com and a number.)
https://mega.nz/#!V5JzBSyL!ThSDNSn5-4iTJ6rJKlCeN1l1z9gBDM7UnPBdgbRn0zk
edit u can also install samsung smart switch have the drivers auto install and use the software to backup fone. so that might the best case for you

bober10113 said:
xaa wont have any bloatware(extra crap apps) but might be missing carrier specifics like volte, wificalling and other feature specific to Verizon .
start with VZW and if that works out well then stay on it.
so u should have entered in the app:
SM-N960U
and
VZW
once the big 3 or 4 gig zip is finsied dling, extract it and in odin fill in all corresponding Slots...BL,AP,CP,CSC
for csc use csc.md5 and not home_csc.md5 for best results. but it also might erase all ure data so be sure to backup ure stuff first.
also, ull need samsung android drivers so that odin recognize the phone under a com X device when u plug it in.( odin will show it connected as com and a number.)
https://mega.nz/#!V5JzBSyL!ThSDNSn5-4iTJ6rJKlCeN1l1z9gBDM7UnPBdgbRn0zk
edit u can also install samsung smart switch have the drivers auto install and use the software to backup fone. so that might the best case for you
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Thanks a million! waiting for the download... I have Samsung Smart Switch installed(which is what i used to do the update with), and it installed the Drivers and i have a few backups.. Once the Frija download gets finished, ill follow the steps for Odin etc., u provided. Ill post an update once completed so this may assist others if needed as well...

bober10113 said:
xaa wont have any bloatware(extra crap apps) but might be missing carrier specifics like volte, wificalling and other feature specific to Verizon .
start with VZW and if that works out well then stay on it.
so u should have entered in the app:
SM-N960U
and
VZW
once the big 3 or 4 gig zip is finsied dling, extract it and in odin fill in all corresponding Slots...BL,AP,CP,CSC
for csc use csc.md5 and not home_csc.md5 for best results. but it also might erase all ure data so be sure to backup ure stuff first.
also, ull need samsung android drivers so that odin recognize the phone under a com X device when u plug it in.( odin will show it connected as com and a number.)
https://mega.nz/#!V5JzBSyL!ThSDNSn5-4iTJ6rJKlCeN1l1z9gBDM7UnPBdgbRn0zk
edit u can also install samsung smart switch have the drivers auto install and use the software to backup fone. so that might the best case for you
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UPDATE: I am not able to get Frija to complete the download file. i have tried many times. Ran as Admin, nothing. Does anyone know the best place to download the file another way? Sammobile?

Swofshop said:
UPDATE: I am not able to get Frija to complete the download file. i have tried many times. Ran as Admin, nothing. Does anyone know the best place to download the file another way? Sammobile?
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sammobile is very slow.
try updato.com
thers an other utility:
samfirm tool 0.3.6
i needs some dot .net and or vcredist versions to be installed though. i think the log window would state which you need:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647

Updato is garbage too.

samfrew maybe?
anyways both samfirm tool and frija work fine and fast for me..

Update: Note 9 SM-N960U - Pie Update - No Internet While Calling - No LTE
I figured I'd post a update. I never had luck with Pie period. Been reading VoLTE has been disabled on Pie updates but still available.. I don't have it. So it's either go back to Oreo or find a app that I can access it and enabled it. Either way, thanks for all the comments...

Note 9 SM-N960F/DS Firmware problem.

I have a Note 9 SM-N960F/DS model. I bought it from KSA (Saudi Arabia). The phone came with Android Pie (9) out of the box.
Unfortunately my friend rooted my phone and now i am running on "N960FXXU3CSFA/N960FOXM3CSFA/N960FXXU3ASF1" version with "Security patch level: 1 June 2019". I am unable to use my Samsung account and all the security features (finger print, Ratina scanner, Face recognition etc).
When i switch back to original firmware i.e
PDA N960FXXU3CSG1
CSC N960FOXM3CSG1
i got all the features functioning but my SIM card shows "Emergency calls only".
Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks.

Eternal_Mortal said:
I have a Note 9 SM-N960F/DS model. I bought it from KSA (Saudi Arabia). The phone came with Android Pie (9) out of the box.
Unfortunately my friend rooted my phone and now i am running on "N960FXXU3CSFA/N960FOXM3CSFA/N960FXXU3ASF1" version with "Security patch level: 1 June 2019". I am unable to use my Samsung account and all the security features (finger print, Ratina scanner, Face recognition etc).
When i switch back to original firmware i.e
PDA N960FXXU3CSG1
CSC N960FOXM3CSG1
i got all the features functioning but my SIM card shows "Emergency calls only".
Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks.
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how did you "switch"?
give all the details step by step

bober10113 said:
how did you "switch"?
give all the details step by step
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Well, My friend took my phone and told me that he will make it compliant with our local network and make it approved from the Telecommunication authority.
He has downgraded the phone with older firmware version i.e N960FXXU3CSFA/N960FOXM3CSFA,N960FXXU3ASF1. The security patch level is 1 June 2019
I have checked the Knox e-fuse which is not tripped which means its an official ROM and not altered.
Now, i have the latest firmware version downloaded i.e N960FXXS3CSG1 but when i try to install it in my phone it does not recognize my SIM card and phone is in "Emergency calls Only" state.

Eternal_Mortal said:
Well, My friend took my phone and told me that he will make it compliant with our local network and make it approved from the Telecommunication authority.
He has downgraded the phone with older firmware version i.e N960FXXU3CSFA/N960FOXM3CSFA,N960FXXU3ASF1. The security patch level is 1 June 2019
I have checked the Knox e-fuse which is not tripped which means its an official ROM and not altered.
Now, i have the latest firmware version downloaded i.e N960FXXS3CSG1 but when i try to install it in my phone it does not recognize my SIM card and phone is in "Emergency calls Only" state.
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not sure how you check knox but if he really rooted then its too late and knox cannot state cant be reverted.
typically checking via software is not a good method . going to download mode and checking warranty state 0x0 means is not tripped. anything different means it been tripped/blown.
anyways that dosen't make you phone have no signal though.
i suspect he screwed up the twrp recovery flash procedure for twrp and botched the flash back to stock via odin.
read up on odin and how to use it. get latest version.(search and read)
read up so on how to get latest firmware for your phone and which csc your carrier is so that you can download the correct firmware and have best results for your sim carrier.( in doubt try BTU csc firmware)(but search and read about the subject of phone types firmwares and CSC)
also the firmwares your quoted seem old. not sure why you ended up using it but you should get one that is from july.
E.G.:
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note9/firmware/SM-N960F/BTU/
(get the most recent! july 25th)( u can dl odin from there too)
on your PC, install samsung android drivers or simply install samsung smart switch. it will install the necessary components.
in it self smart switch can flash firmware automatically for your device. so you might want to try it first.
if you go towards the odin flash route and found the correct firmware or want to try BTU multi csc as suggested above:
put phone in download mode and unzip on PC firmware and flash with odin BL,AP,CP and CSC. But for csc choose csc.md5 instead of home_csc.md5
(be patient while AP is being checked before adding cp and csc)
edit: details steps on odin flashing procedure below
henklbr said:
1. Extract (un-rar) the firmware file (i.e. to folder c:\Odin) ***
2. Download Odin v3.13.1
3. Extract Odin ZIP file (i.e. to folder c:\Odin)
4. Open Odin v3.13.1
5. Power OFF Note9
6. Reboot Phone in Download Mode (1st plug-in USB-cable to your Note9!!!, push Bixby + Volume Down buttons, while pushing them plug-in USB-cable to PC
7. Wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
8. Add the firmware files to their designated slots
9. Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
10. Click the start button, sit back and wait few minutes
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last but not least don't listen to your friend or let him close to your phone again. reading and searching on xda is much better. everything has been already asked. you just need to search for it.
regards

bober10113 said:
not sure how you check knox but if he really rooted then its too late and knox cannot state cant be reverted.
typically checking via software is not a good method . going to download mode and checking warranty state 0x0 means is not tripped. anything different means it been tripped/blown.
anyways that dosen't make you phone have no signal though.
i suspect he screwed up the twrp recovery flash procedure for twrp and botched the flash back to stock via odin.
read up on odin and how to use it. get latest version.(search and read)
read up up how to get latest firmware for your phone and which csc your carrier is so that you can download the correct firmware and have best results for your sim carrier.( in doubt try BTU csc firmware)(but search and read about the subject of phone types firmwares and CSC)
also the firmwares your quoted seem old. not sure why you ended up using it but you should get one that is from july.
E.G.:
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note9/firmware/SM-N960F/BTU/
(get the most recent! july 25th)( u can dl odin from there too)
on your PC, install samsung android drivers or simply install samsung smart switch. it will install the necessary components.
in it self smart switch can flash firmware automatically for your device. so you might want to try it first.
if you go towards the odin flash route and found the correct firmware or want to try BTU multi csc as suggested above:
put phone in download mode and unzip firmware and flash with odin BL,AP,CP and CSC. But for csc choose csc.md5 instead of home_csc.md5
(be patient while AP is being checked before adding cp and csc)
edit: details steps on odin flashing procedure below
last but not least don't listen to your friend or let him close to your phone again. reading and searching on xda is much better. everything has been already asked. you just need to search for it.
regards
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Thank you so much for all the support. I will try this method today and will keep you posted if it worked out.

Eternal_Mortal said:
Thank you so much for all the support. I will try this method today and will keep you posted if it worked out.
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i've the same problem with my SM-N960F i was using my sim card yesterday i updated it using odin and its not detecting it says not registered on network. Do you got any solution ?

Skyscout said:
i've the same problem with my SM-N960F i was using my sim card yesterday i updated it using odin and its not detecting it says not registered on network. Do you got any solution ?
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I haven't try SmartSwitch for N9 but worth to try as it should be able to detect proper csc for your phone.
Else find the latest firmware for your phone with Frija/Samfirm then flash with odin.

Rosli59564 said:
I haven't try SmartSwitch for N9 but worth to try as it should be able to detect proper csc for your phone.
Else find the latest firmware for your phone with Frija/Samfirm then flash with odin.
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i did it with odin coz smart switch didn't had its update my imei's are same but there's emergency only and it shows not registered on network whenever i try to call or text or cellular etc ..

Eternal_Mortal said:
I have a Note 9 SM-N960F/DS model. I bought it from KSA (Saudi Arabia). The phone came with Android Pie (9) out of the box.
Unfortunately my friend rooted my phone and now i am running on "N960FXXU3CSFA/N960FOXM3CSFA/N960FXXU3ASF1" version with "Security patch level: 1 June 2019". I am unable to use my Samsung account and all the security features (finger print, Ratina scanner, Face recognition etc).
When i switch back to original firmware i.e
PDA N960FXXU3CSG1
CSC N960FOXM3CSG1
i got all the features functioning but my SIM card shows "Emergency calls only".
Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks.
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well may be your friend tried to change IMEI of phone which is illegal in any country. Match your IMEI with box by dialing *#06#, if IMEI are same then no need to worry. you need to register your phone IMEI with PTA by paying tax. after paying tax they will whitelist the IMEI of your phone and you will be able to make calls.
just for information, my note 9 is also brought from Saudi Arabia, but at that time one device was free, so i got my phone registered by providing my travel details to PTA and they whitelisted my phone.

Please guide me solution.
I have just updated my sm-N960F/Ds through odin downloaded files from Sammobiles frimwares
Date 2021-03-08
Version 10
PDA
CSC
N960FXXS8FUB1
N960FOXM8FUB1
Now the device shows only one Imei and become single sim.
Hiw can i make it dual sim ??

Please guide me solution.
I have just updated my sm-N960F/Ds through odin downloaded files from Sammobiles frimwares
Date 2021-03-08
Version 10
PDA
CSC
N960FXXS8FUB1
N960FOXM8FUB1
Now the device shows only one Imei and become single sim.
How can i make it dual sim ??

Samsung Note 9 will not update 8.1.0

Hi, don't know if anyone can help?
I live in the UK and have a Samsung Note 9 which came from the UAE. The phone will not update and is currently Android version 8.1.0 with security patch dated 01/11/18.
I have tried updating via Samsung Smart Switch.
I have cleared the cache, done a factory reset and checked if the phone is rooted, which it isn't.
I believe the only way to update the android version is to do it manually, can anyone help with this.
The phone is SM-N960F dual sim Serial Number RF8KC1DMFSR
Thanks

ILecky said:
Hi, don't know if anyone can help?
I live in the UK and have a Samsung Note 9 which came from the UAE. The phone will not update and is currently Android version 8.1.0 with security patch dated 01/11/18.
I have tried updating via Samsung Smart Switch.
I have cleared the cache, done a factory reset and checked if the phone is rooted, which it isn't.
I believe the only way to update the android version is to do it manually, can anyone help with this.
The phone is SM-N960F dual sim Serial Number RF8KC1DMFSR
Thanks
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Dial *#1234# and send me screenshot
I'll give you firmware links for latest android 10 for your model
You can flash via odin tool from pc.

Just go to https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and run a check for the OS for your device. Download it, connect your device to a computer and use Odin to install it onto your device.

ILecky said:
Hi, don't know if anyone can help?
I live in the UK and have a Samsung Note 9 which came from the UAE. The phone will not update and is currently Android version 8.1.0 with security patch dated 01/11/18.
I have tried updating via Samsung Smart Switch.
I have cleared the cache, done a factory reset and checked if the phone is rooted, which it isn't.
I believe the only way to update the android version is to do it manually, can anyone help with this.
The phone is SM-N960F dual sim Serial Number RF8KC1DMFSR
Thanks
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any luck with your issue? if not send a screen shot of your software information... btw i have same N960F/DS which is from UAE and and i never had issues with updates in my country SL

Please find info as requested. Thanks
Trex888 said:
Dial *#1234# and send me screenshot
I'll give you firmware links for latest android 10 for your model
You can flash via odin tool from pc.
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For some reason I couldn't paste a picture in the reply to you so I have typed the info. Hope this helps
AP:N960FXXS2ARK3
CP:N960FXXU2ARJ1
CSC:N960FOXM2ARK2
Model:SM-N960F/DS
Thanks

ILecky said:
For some reason I couldn't paste a picture in the reply to you so I have typed the info. Hope this helps
AP:N960FXXS2ARK3
CP:N960FXXU2ARJ1
CSC:N960FOXM2ARK2
Model:SM-N960F/DS
Thanks
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Here is the firmware link for your model android 10 latest.
https://de1.androidfilehost.com/dl/...261759684/N960FXXS5DTB6_N960FOXM5DTB6_XSG.zip
First install Samsung USB mobile drivers on pc
Extract the firmware file
Warning
Before flashing must Backup all your data and must Do factory reset your device to remove all your accounts to avoid FRP lock.
Boot device into download mode
Use latest odin tool to flash
And do wipe data factory reset from stock recovery after flashing to get clean operating system.
Forst boot may take upto 10 minutes so be patient.
Please note
If you flash android 10 you won't be able to downgrade to oreo or pie again.
Good luck.

shouldnt use DTB6 firmware (March update) which was reported to cause some users' fail screens.
there was May update yesterday for N960F ver DTE2.
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note9/firmware/SM-N960F/DBT/download/N960FXXS5DTE2/338040/

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Trex888 said:
Here is the firmware link for your model android 10 latest.
First install Samsung USB mobile drivers on pc
Extract the firmware file
Warning
Before flashing must Backup all your data and must Do factory reset your device to remove all your accounts to avoid FRP lock.
Boot device into download mode
Use latest odin tool to flash
And do wipe data factory reset from stock recovery after flashing to get clean operating system.
Forst boot may take upto 10 minutes so be patient.
Please note
If you flash android 10 you won't be able to downgrade to oreo or pie again.
Good luck.
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Hi, thanks for the info however the link does not appear to work?

ILecky said:
Hi, thanks for the info however the link does not appear to work?
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Better you download from sammobile website
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note9/firmware/SM-N960F/DBT/download/N960FXXS5DTE2/338040/

Sorry for been a pain
Trex888 said:
Better you download from sammobile website
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note9/firmware/SM-N960F/DBT/download/N960FXXS5DTE2/338040/
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Just checking the file on the link is for Germany, is this correct as I live in the Uk and phone was from Dubai. Thought best to check before I download etc.
Thanks

ILecky said:
Just checking the file on the link is for Germany, is this correct as I live in the Uk and phone was from Dubai. Thought best to check before I download etc.
Thanks
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As far as I understand, your phone has OXM which includes multi CSC, so it doesn't matter which firrmware you can download and flash.
If you have doubt, just install Samsung Phone Info from playstore. In CSC code tab, check what is its original csc.
Use samfirm or frija to download at very high speed.

ILecky said:
Just checking the file on the link is for Germany, is this correct as I live in the Uk and phone was from Dubai. Thought best to check before I download etc.
Thanks
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This is multi csc firmware so don't worry it will detect your sim card and select csc/country code automatically where you live.

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Trex888 said:
This is multi csc firmware so don't worry it will detect your sim card and select csc/country code automatically where you live.
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Thanks for your help. My phone is now running on Android 10, the only thing now to do is to setup all the apps etc (I used smartswitch prior to flashing).
Once again thanks for your help.

ILecky said:
Thanks for your help. My phone is now running on Android 10, the only thing now to do is to setup all the apps etc (I used smartswitch prior to flashing).
Once again thanks for your help.
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Thanks to xda and android open source and Samsung for firmware.
We are always happy to help.