I know I am aware of that most of carrier branded (ATT, Verizon, etc.) all come with locked bootloader, what about international version? is it the same?
also which version of Note 5 you would recommend that does not tights to any of phone companies, but work world-wide, including USA?
jazzespresso said:
I know I am aware of that most of carrier branded (ATT, Verizon, etc.) all come with locked bootloader, what about international version? is it the same?
also which version of Note 5 you would recommend that does not tights to any of phone companies, but work world-wide, including USA?
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N920C is the international variant but N920I should also be okay and no, they don't have locked bootloaders.
You can check which variant is best for you by going to this site:
http://willmyphonework.net/
And selecting the device model and your sim provider
Hi Everyone,
I've searched and could not find a clear answer, and am hoping someone can help.
I just purchased a US Samsung Note 8 (SM-950U1), my question is, is it possible for me to install the G955W (Canadian) firmware on this device?
For Canadian users is anyone currently using a US Note 8 (SM-950U1) Factory unlocked?
Thanks.
Made a typo I meant can I flash SM-N950W Canadian firmware to a SM-950U1 Factory unlocked Note 8
Thanks,
hitmanjat said:
Made a typo I meant can I flash SM-N950W Canadian firmware to a SM-950U1 Factory unlocked Note 8
Thanks,
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not yet, North American models are all Snapdragon with locked bootloaders. If someone finds a way to unlock the bootloader then you could get a flashable zip version of a Canadian ROM and use that but as far as I've seen nobody has been able to do much with the Snapdragon variants yet.
I have been reading the s8 plus thread where users have flashed the s8 plus Canadian (sm-g955w) firmware to the Us s8 plus (sm-g955u) is it not the same process?
Thanks for your help
hitmanjat said:
I have been reading the s8 plus thread where users have flashed the s8 plus Canadian (sm-g955w) firmware to the Us s8 plus (sm-g955u) is it not the same process?
Thanks for your help
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If you follow the s8 + guide...if available it would be the same for u...I am working on a guide for carrier switching but it is for U.S. snapdragon models...but it uses the Canadian XAC home_csc...I say pm the poster of the s8+ that you mentioned for details and then flash at your own risk....you can always flash back to your original....before you do, though, insert your Canadian carrier SIM and see if you can activate it...when I was testing the carrier switch there were options to change to Canadian csc's....good luck
Any update? I also bought my note 8 from USA. With the US firmware, we do not have access to certain features like VOLTE or caller ID and spam protection.
Check out blue fox's thread. I just flashed US firmware on a Canadian unlocked XAA device(not sim locked to Rodgers, bell etc). long as your flashing stock Samsung firmware, youll be fine. The Canadian and US Note 8 phones are basically the same.
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Check out blue fox's thread. I just flashed US firmware on a Canadian unlocked XAA device(not sim locked to Rodgers, bell etc). long as your flashing stock Samsung firmware, youll be fine. The Canadian and US Note 8 phones are basically the same.
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@black96ss how did you do this? this would help us a great deal if you can help us out.
Hello, been trying to find the information online. But is this model of the s10 bootloader unlocked? SM-G973U?
Nope
No, unfortunately it's not. If you want to unlock your bootloader you'll want the G973F Exynos model.
Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk
It's possible you could be SIM unlocked but the bootloader has not been unlocked on US phones in a long time (T-Mobile S5 I think was the last)
hi
No. Get a Hong Kong/China model if you want to do that stuff. They use Snapdragon and have unlocked bootloaders.
If i bought Samsung S21 Ultra G998u from amazon USA
can I root it ?
Only on v1 bootloader. It’s going to be difficult finding the bootloader version before you buy.