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JJ/JK/JM

So, what's the basic difference between the different "branches" of the firmwares?
I believe consensus was that the JM firmware is some sort of in-development or test version, any idea what the difference is between JJ & JK? I know there's been official updates for the JJ series pushed out via Kies, is the same true of JK?
Since there doesn't seem to be any obvious difference between them, is there a good reason to stick with one versus another for the sake of legitimacy?
Also - does anyone want me to throw together a super-root UPDATE.ZIP for the tab? (Shell root, busybox & superuser) or are people happy with z4 & super one-click?

JJ and JK means Oct 2010 and Nov 2010
nothing special
samfirmware code has it
that means JK is newer since it released on November
tha latest should be JL
there shouldnt be any JM
thats why maybe people here call it some sort of test firmware
the area region is the 2 digit before JJ/JK
like DX for SE Asia, or XX/XW for europe
as the last number is the version, which generally means bigger is newer
official always out later then the unofficial ones, so in my logic, the JJ update via Kies is the most stable that samsung tested
it doesnt mean the JK ones is not stable, maybe they havent got the time to test it yet

JM are typically test firmwares.

I got a JK5 through Kies last week up from European XXJI.

susu42 said:
I got a JK5 through Kies last week up from European XXJI.
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Odd, Kies still thinks my Euro-JJ4 is current.

susu42 said:
I got a JK5 through Kies last week up from European XXJI.
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Yep, that's the official update indeed. See links below to learn how to use the CheckFUS app (instead of Kies) to determine firmware availability:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9642432#post9642432
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9642439#post9642439
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daniel.weck said:
Yep, that's the official update indeed. See links below to learn how to use the CheckFUS app (instead of Kies) to determine firmware availability:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9642432#post9642432
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9642439#post9642439
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According to the Kies registry entry, my product code is GT-P1000CWACPW.
The CWA part seems to be a complete orphan, most of the codes seem to be HK? of some form. Guess I should've left it on the stock JJ3 firmware.
I've grabbed one of the 550Mb CPW firmware files, decrypted it, unzipped it and flashed it as the PDA file in Odin (no PIT, no repartition).
It's flashed the kernel, cache partition, factoryfs partition (/data and /system etc. I assume), got to the "hidden" partition and hung. Still trying to work out what's going on. Looks like people are having no success with this partition (which by the sounds of it has the full version of NovaHD in it, so not hugely useful).
Once extracted the .tar was over 600MB, took a long time to flash it all! Probably not wisest to flash it in a virtual machine running on a hackintosh.
Edit: Just used Heimdall to flash the individual components using the standard P1.PIT, I left out the "hidden" partition, will just mount it as a loop device and manually copy the data into the main FS.
Edit2: Yup, the hidden.rfs file just has the full copy of NovaHD in it, the demo Movies (trailers) and a DioDict.apk.

can anybody use that nova apk? if the answer is yes, can you upload it? ^^

My understanding (and I'm a n00b so don't flame!) Is that CSC is the carrier customization portion of the firmware, and that CPW stands for Car Phone Warehouse...
According to FUS I'm on the latest stock UK firmware...
PHP:
Firmware info from Check Fus
Last modified: 10/11/23
Current displayversion: P1000XWJJ7/P1000CPWJJ5/P1000XXJK5/P1000XWJJ7
Latest displayversion: P1000XWJJ7/P1000CPWJJ5/P1000XXJK5/P1000XWJJ7

[Q] Why hasn't the Android 5.0 update shown up for me?

If I check for updates, it says there are none. Has the update been officially released yet or is everyone "manually" installing it?

the update has been released official by sony, but it's rolling out slowly. For now the update showed up in nordic regions, but it should soon start rolling out in other regions. If you're impatient you can always flash the update manually. Search the forums to find out how to do it
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Sprkd1 said:
If I check for updates, it says there are none. Has the update been officially released yet or is everyone "manually" installing it?
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Same here. I have bought the phone without any carrier attached and no update yet even though at least some other folks in my country seem to have it already.
Should we wait or we should do the manual update? With the manual update, do we have to unlock the bootloader? I would actually like to avoid unlocking or rooting.

Thanks for the replies. Guess I'll just wait some more.

ulukai3 said:
Same here. I have bought the phone without any carrier attached and no update yet even though at least some other folks in my country seem to have it already.
Should we wait or we should do the manual update? With the manual update, do we have to unlock the bootloader? I would actually like to avoid unlocking or rooting.
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no you dont have to unlock your bootloader. You install flashtool,device drivers and ftf file you wish to flash. There are great guides in forums, search for them how to do it

By the way, once the update is available through the phone's update feature, will it be possible to do a fresh install or is updating the only way?

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By the way, once the update is available through the phone's update feature, will it be possible to do a fresh install or is updating the only way?
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You can do a factory reset after the update. That's equivalent to a clean install.

degraaff said:
You can do a factory reset after the update. That's equivalent to a clean install.
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Thanks. How would go about doing a factory reset after the update? Sorry, I'm an Android noob as this is my first Android phone. Secondly, after the update to Android 5.0 will the recovery "partition" of the phone also get updated to Android 5.0 or will it stay at 4.4.4?

I guess they are doing a roll in insteaf of rollout. Im short to ditching sony

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I guess they are doing a roll in insteaf of rollout. Im short to ditching sony
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Rollouts take time with Android phone OEMs, the update must be tested and approved seperately for each region and mobile operator. Some regions and mobile operators can be very slow at this, unfortunately. Just be patient and don't obsess too much over it.

With non oem phones (international version not tied to carrier) is it still expected that I may not have an update yet or should I start worrying something is wrong and should start look at the manual update?

ulukai3 said:
With non oem phones (international version not tied to carrier) is it still expected that I may not have an update yet or should I start worrying something is wrong and should start look at the manual update?
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Non-carrier =/= non-OEM. Sony is an OEM

Is there where you do a factory reset? If I use this feature, the phone will be formatted and return to its original "shipped" state?
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Is there where you do a factory reset? If I use this feature, the phone will be formatted and return to its original "shipped" state?
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Yes.

scottjb said:
Yes.
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But doesn't that just reset options and delete your data? Or does it perform an actual reformat?

Help With Official Firmware Installation

Hi i had gotten the leaked 4.2.2 F1 installation was almost done then just failed now when i enter past boot logo screen on phone System Software not authorized by At&t been using odin keeps failing don't know why prob wrong rom I'm trying to use please help been going through this all day

DemonNation1 said:
Hi i had gotten the leaked 4.2.2 F1 installation was almost done then just failed now when i enter past boot logo screen on phone System Software not authorized by At&t been using odin keeps failing don't know why prob wrong rom I'm trying to use please help been going through this all day
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2835481

Devo7v said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2835481
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i know about that already my question is what firmware do i use ? so many different ones i don't know which one to choose?

DemonNation1 said:
i know about that already my question is what firmware do i use ? so many different ones i don't know which one to choose?
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NE3 (kitkat) which is easily rootable, which you can then go to lollipop (and keep root) easily enough from there, should you wish. MF1 is ancient, no wonder it's giving you issues.
Even if you don't need or want root, go with NE3. It's the most stable of the recent builds, and from there you can either stay on kitkat or easily upgrade to lollipop, with or without root.

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
NE3 (kitkat) which is easily rootable, which you can then go to lollipop (and keep root) easily enough from there, should you wish. MF1 is ancient, no wonder it's giving you issues
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Yeah because now it says firmware upgrade encountered please use samsung kies when i use it doesn't even read my phone when i manually enter the s/n said find model number of phone? after all that so I'm just gonna download the NE3 can u give me a secure download link so i don't mess this up again?

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Yeah because now it says firmware upgrade encountered please use samsung kies when i use it doesn't even read my phone when i manually enter the s/n said find model number of phone? after all that so I'm just gonna download the NE3 can u give me a secure download link so i don't mess this up again?
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DON'T use kies. Trust me on that. The download link you asked for. Extract all four files and use all four concurrently with Odin should look like:
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I would strongly recommend using Odin v3.09 if you aren't already, I have it for you if you need. Yes I realize the picture shows 3.07 but trust me I've done this a million times

Alright I'm gonna do it right now hopefully no errors occur I'm gonna post to tell you what happens

Oh! I should mention, when you do this, your phone will automatically reboot on its own a couple times, and one of those times will be to the stock android recovery. This is completely normal, just leave your phone alone and let Odin do its thing. I say this because I've seen so many people freak out when their phone starts doing stuff on its own. Just let Odin go, it knows what it's doing. Good luck!

New OTA Update 2.21.401.1

Did anyone get this update?
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Yep, here as well. I have a unlocked M8s. Update is small, contains only system improvements....
*Update*
Doesn't update the security level, is still @ 1 oct. 2016. Not sure which improvements have been made...

I haven't received the update yet. Probably because it's Vodafone branded

bgoedhart said:
I haven't received the update yet. Probably because it's Vodafone branded
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I don't think so because I installed this rom(0PKVIM[email protected]60201_20.05_018_F_release_479349_combined_signed.zip). This update appeared after installation it.

I mean my phone is Vodafone branded. I'm on version 2.11.161.1.

I received the update today. However, yours appears to be much larger in size. Mine was just about 24MB.

bgoedhart said:
I mean my phone is Vodafone branded. I'm on version 2.11.161.1.
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Ah! Ok, it is my fault.

Felyks said:
I received the update today. However, yours appears to be much larger in size. Mine was just about 24MB.
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I received an update few days ago, but 24Mb also. And i'm in France too.

There is an update notification. 2.21.401 (previously I'm at 2.20.401).
I have downloaded it. Does anyone know where it is stored now after download ( I selected install later)
The phone biggest problem it has been getting hot to touch as it is playing youtube videos. It then occasionally gives an overheat warning. i am hoping this will be fixed after update.

Ayziio said:
I received an update few days ago, but 24Mb also. And i'm in France too.
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I don't know why mine was 638Mb. It is strange.

I found my update a fota inside the htc sense region of my /data/data directory
It was about 24-26 MB.

What does the update do? I tried unzipping but it cant be unzipped. I didn't try everything . I really nervous am made by ota updates.
I want to know everything it will be changing. I operate by "if it ain't broke don't fix it" adage... and it ain't really broke in any way.
I haven't tried everything yet. I probably wont install it since the phone is working well. What if it screws my phone so I can't boot twrp or something.

kruc Ire said:
What does the update do? I tried unzipping but it cant be unzipped. I didn't try everything . I really nervous am made by ota updates.
I want to know everything it will be changing. I operate by "if it ain't broke don't fix it" adage... and it ain't really broke in any way.
I haven't tried everything yet. I probably wont install it since the phone is working well. What if it screws my phone so I can't boot twrp or something.
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Not sure. I installed the update, didn't notice any change. Probably a good idea to install though...

Maybe if they were prepping our phone for a nougat upgrade I would. Anyone heard anything like that?

kruc Ire said:
Maybe if they were prepping our phone for a nougat upgrade I would. Anyone heard anything like that?
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Don't get your hopes too high up, HTC didn't announce Nougat for the M8 nor the M8s....

As far as I know they only managed to release Nougat for the M9. Ten still doesn't have a legit Nougat in my family. We have a Ten and still no Nougat OTA.

I am corrected today. I just found out the ten does have the Nougat now.

I don't wait anything from HTC anymore. This phone will be last HTC for me.

To clarify, is this update for M8s or the M8? Because you are posting in M8s forum.

Bricked phone after trying to install Nougat Update

Hello, I had recently try to install the Nougat update on to my Mexican Galaxy Note 5 SM-N920G. I used the Bangladesh version of the firmware, my phone is on the latino american carrier Telcel. Before the update I had Trinidad and Tobago's Marshmallow firmware and was working great since the las year (Telcel delay so much it's firmware updates so I opted to use other country firmware instead to wait for them to release it for Mexico). Yesterday when I tried to upgrade to Nougat using the Bangladesh firmware, everything went O.K until the part when it starts to write the system image, when Odin reached that point it suddenly put "failed" on the status window and the phone got stuck in the downloading window. I rebooted the phone and I've got a message saying that the firmware update went wrong and that I have to connect it to use Smart Switch's Emergency Recovery Function. I tried that but Smart Switch doesn't recognize my phone when I connect to it, then I tried to flash the firmware that I had before without any success. Whenever I reach the point where Odin start to flash the system image it says fail once again and in the phone shows up a text saying "System Rev. Check Fail Device:1. Binary:0". What can I do in order to get back up and running my beloved Note 5? It is already dead for good? Or there's any hope for saving it?.
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as long as you can turn it on there is a hope.. try look online for the latest firmware for your phone N920G

crisgame93 said:
Hello, I had recently try to install the Nougat update on to my Mexican Galaxy Note 5 SM-N920G. I used the Bangladesh version of the firmware, my
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Try this.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65031919

I just flash the latest Telcel rom Marshmallow 6.0.1 all ok......but i want Nougat 7.0 which one should download in sammobile? Nepal? or Bangladesh? or Sri Lanka? or India? i dont wanna brick my device! they all are 7.0 for SM-N920G.....If i flash one of those can i loose my signal since im in mexico? Cuz those roms are from a diferent continent! Or can i flash a deferent varyant like SM-N920C? Any help? THANKS IN ADVANCE!

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Try this.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65031919
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This is the solution, try it and tell us if it worked please.
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I just flash the latest Telcel rom Marshmallow 6.0.1 all ok......but i want Nougat 7.0 which one should download in sammobile? Nepal? or Bangladesh? or Sri Lanka? or India? i dont wanna brick my device! they all are 7.0 for SM-N920G.....If i flash one of those can i loose my signal since im in mexico? Cuz those roms are from a diferent continent! Or can i flash a deferent varyant like SM-N920C? Any help? THANKS IN ADVANCE!
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No, you can't flash a different model, only N920G firmware.
Try downloading the India firmware using SamFirm 0.3.6, extract it and you'll get the 4 files (BL, AP, CP and CSC).
Using Odin 3.12.3 put the 4 files on their respective places and flash it. Worked for many in Brazil.
I recommend factory reseting your phone before flashing.
Samsung Pay won't work since it's the Indian version, but everything else including Samsung Health and Gear accessories should work just fine.