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[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
G9200 got plenty of custom roms with root/twrp but they are all published in Chinese forum. Sadly, I don't have time to do translation for you.
[Galaxy S6 General] GCbard:
Hi,

I just purhcased the SM-920FD. I saw that there were two dual-sim versions (SM-9200 and SM-920FD). The FD had the right frequency bands for my area. My question is what is the latest ota update that you have received for this phone? Is it 5.1.1?

Thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] GCbard:
When you rooted the 920fd Dopod you just use cu auto root? I read all up on rooting bit couldn't find much on the fd. I am experienced in rooting and custom roms, just not with samsung. Also, did your phone Ota to 5.1.1 before rooting? I'm expecting my fd in same few days. Thanks for your help.
[Galaxy S6 General] adalbertoma:
No, Sir... Mine came with firmware G920FXXU1AOD5, and I wanted to root with PingPong Root so that Knox was not tripped. I had to ODIN G920FXXU1AOD4 so that the app could root my phone correctly. Don´t ever update OTA to 5.1.1 if you want to root it without tripping Knox or your warranty will be lost.
[Galaxy S6 General] GCbard:
You can use Odin with the 920fd?

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That firmware is for the 920f. You Have That On The 920fd?

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[Galaxy S6 General] onidarbe:
S6 Duos auto switch to the fastest operator?

Hi,

Can anyone confirm me that I can use the S6 Duos to speed up internet-connection by automatically switch to the faster operator/sim?
[Galaxy S6 General] Smartphoner:
Yes. Both versions now are on 5.1.1

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No. You have to switch mobile data manually.
[Galaxy S6 General] rajackar:
Hi Guys,

Picked up my g920FD yesterday and I'm really happy with it.

Just did some reading up in this thread and there's a lot of useful info here.

As I understand it correctly I'll be able to flash any GF9200F stock rom without issues right?

Also. I got an OTA update yesterday to GF920FXXU2BOGF with android 5.1.1. Is it possible to root directly without tripping knox?

If I need to flash an older version to root, how would I go about getting back to 5.1.1 rooted? Or is that only possible with a custom ROM?

Thanks guys!
[Galaxy S6 General] roydok:
Not possible to root directly without tripping knox. Enjoy your current set-up and just wait for regular OTA updates. ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] rajackar:
OK thanks so root on 5.1.1 is only available through custom roms if I get you correctly.

The only real reason is that I'd like to do some adblocking without the proxy stuff ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] GCbard:
So if I understand correctly with 920fd we can update to 5.1.1 via Ota or odin. Then after that for root we can install twrp and flash a custom rom? Can someone confirm if this is correct.
[Galaxy S6 General] santiargy:
Updates OTA will not trip Knox. They are official. Nor will over Odin or Kies. This, provided you install a stock rom.

You can't root 5.1.1 with Pingpong root. Not at least last time I checked. Maybe they released an update.

If you install unikernel, you will trip Knox.
[Galaxy S6 General] adalbertoma:
I was telling him not to install 5.1.1 OTA if he wanted to root without tripping knox. Maybe the statement was not clear.

U used ping pong root with 5.0.2.

And thanks for the response on Unikernel. That was what I wanted to know. :D
[Galaxy S6 General] GCbard:
if one updates to 5.1.1 through odin, and then installs twrp and flashes a custom rom, will that trip knox?
[Galaxy S6 General] samusalo:
Yes.
[Galaxy S6 General] aerobharath:
Hi guys, I'm from the UK. I thought i could buy the OP2 but the reality has changed. So I have made up my mind to go for s6 duos. Can you please tell me where I can buy it? And also tell me how is the phone? I want stock Android smoothness. Is it something I can expect?
[Galaxy S6 General] aerobharath:
Can you please tell me where did you buy this phone? thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] GCbard:
Amazon.c0m
[Galaxy S6 General] aerobharath:
wellll :( i tried to buy it from amazon us but it wont ship to UK :(

i see some other sites like eglobal central, valuebasket can i trust them and buy from there?
[Galaxy S6 General] santiargy:
Ebay
[Galaxy S6 General] aerobharath:
thanks... can you confirm if there are 2 versions of duos? G920FD and G9200?

http://www.eglobalcentral.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-s6-g9200-dual-sim-32gb-sim-free-unlocked-gold-en.html

http://www.valuebasket.com/en_GB/Sa...er-Locked-(Gold)/mainproduct/view/19388-AA-GD

Im really confused... Im in the UK and im looking to buy the most suitable on for LTE bands here mainly band 20 (800mhz)

thanks

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if i buy from ebay US to be shipped to UK, do i need to pay customs duty? if so how much please ?
[Galaxy S6 General] GCbard:
It is the dual sim version. I just received the 64gb version yesterday. You can flash 920F firmware on it. I just flashed the generic french firmware and it was updated to 5.1.1 and it works like a champ!

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I bought my 64gb on amazon.com. You can also find it on ebay.
[Galaxy S6 General] rajackar:
I bought it from a local Internet shop in the Netherlands called 4launch. They also handle warranty.

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I'm running the latest 5.1.1. Is it possible to go back using odin to 5.0 then root and install twrp and install a custom Tom without tripping knox?
[Galaxy S6 General] GCbard:
I am french and live between the US and France. I looked also at that, the difference between the two versions (920FD and 9200). In looking at the two I saw that the 9200 is more for China. The 920FD is the that seemed to work best for me for both the US and France based on its LTE bands. Essentially, the 920FD is the same as the 920F. It just has two SIMs.

Hope that helps. But check out for yourself the difference between the two in terms of LTE bands. Check the links below.

SM-920FD

SM-9200
[Galaxy S6 General] aerobharath:
Great... Thanks... I have planned to buy G920FD ...in gonna order from US eBay and will they charge customs when I receive the package? Thanks

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Perfect can someone share a video on how the dual sim system works on the phone... Thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] nijoo:
Can you tell me. I have G920FD Android 5.0.2 I rooted by pingpong. Do I flash unikernel? Without tripping Knox?

Wysłane z mojego SM-G920F przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Galaxy S6 General] GCbard:
This is a quick review. The way it works is the same between the 920fd and 9200.
[Galaxy S6 General] aerobharath:
Thanks for the link. I'm just worried about leaving almost stock Android on my oneplus one to touchwiz again. All I want is a fast and smooth ui... Is it something I can expect from the S6?
[Galaxy S6 General] GCbard:
I have the 920fd. Fast as h+#$. Responsive. Just try to get the 64gb version for more storage. The version of TouchWiz is light. I usually stick with stock Android smartphones such as the Nexus 5. I also have had HTC phones. This one is by far the fastest phone I have ever used and the most efficient. The only thing is that the battery does not last as long as some of my other phones. But the camera is awesome the phone is fast and I can always see the screen in bright light. What I mean is that I can always see the screen in direct sunlight. In addition I am NOT tempted to root this phone since it has everything I want.
[Galaxy S6 General] scampstom:
Help needed - root G9200 G9200ZHU1BOGB 5.1.1

Tried nearly everthing to get my SM-G9200 G9200ZHU1BOGB rootet incl. translating dozens of chinese forums and downloading a lot of crap. I don´t care for Knox, so does anybody know the way to gain root?

Thank you in advance!
[Galaxy S6 General] roydok:
Try any of these: ;)

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/root-pingpong-root-rom-workshop-thread-t3104639

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/samsung-galaxy-s-6--s-6-edge-unified-development/kernel-stockmod-kernel-t3100395

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/orig-development/kernel-adam-kernel-t3093569
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
Here you go.

Below link

http://bbs.gfan.com/android-8034000-1-4.html

G9200 links: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1hq70dMk Password: sfgq

Some translations.

Wire brush project package execution

1. Automatic root, increase supersu2.49 Professional Edition

2. Remove knox assembly

3. Repair intelligent manager prompts threat

4. Remove the boot kernel prompt Scarlet

5. Increase busybox

6. increase init.d support

Suggest you to use google translations or follow the pictures.

Report back if any issues.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
Yup you help them, been very busying these days with my works, no time to help other G9200 owner......
[Galaxy S6 General] scampstom:
Thanks!

This was one of my favorite solutions. Registered at this forum etc. pp., but the tar,md5-file is corrupted (shown by Odin). Do you have a proper one? (tried it several times)

Up to now no TWRP Version was running on my G9200, so no possibility to flash anything with TWRP. Today I tried the UniBase and UniKernel. Phone boots, but no recognition of the SIM cards and (even worse) no input on display possible. Just had to go back to download mode by pressing on/off + volume down and while rebooting + home button to flash back original kernel. The chinese version (see above) seems to be the one and only modified for G9200.

Months before I had PingPong root apk. The download in that thread is obvious, it´s no apk, but a flashable zip. But how to flash without working TWRP????
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
Mate dont try any xda twrp or roms as it wont work on G9200 models. Period. You will never have network with those roms.

For rooting, i used the tar file and it worked for me. Make sure you are using the odin in the same link and just update under BL and it should work without issues. I used the same one before so i know it does work.
[Galaxy S6 General] scampstom:
You are right, sir. All those roms and TWRP are just not working with G9200.

I will download the complete package from bbs.gfan.com again. Of course I used only the tar-file before. I will report about the outcome.

Tadaa :)

A big and fat thank you to Hemant !!!!!!
[Galaxy S6 General] scampstom:
In the meantime I have installed another TWRP 2.8.7-theme and even the Chinese language is replaced by English.

Great findings!
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
Good to know you got it sorted. Visit that site more and you will learn how to find more useful information in Chinese. They have even rooted the new firmware BOH2 released yesterday for Chinese G9200.

Yes the twrp theme on theme section is based on English and it will change the language to English.
[Galaxy S6 General] aerobharath:
Very happy to know that the phone is fast.... :):thumbup:

I'm gonna come from oneplus one and will give up oneplus 2 because of the ever coming invite to buy one. I don't want to regret choosing s6 over oneplus 2. Sure there are things which I love on touchwiz that I miss from stock Android like multi window. I can sacrifice anything but lag.

Battery life is something I can sacrifice because you have power source every where these days and my phone is gonna sit on desk most of the time so can use wireless charger.

One big thing is that I'm seriously in hate with phablet size. For these reasons I think I'll be very happy with s6. :thumbup::D
[Galaxy S6 General] geanv:
Used to have a G920F gold one. Now changed to G920FD black.
[Galaxy S6 General] aerobharath:
May I know why please. And happy with the dual sim variant? What major differences you see in battery life and performance?

I'm planning to go with gold.. Is it too flashy?
[Galaxy S6 General] scampstom:
I will keep an eye on it.
[Galaxy S6 General] criszz:
somone have a TWRP backup for 9200hk lollipop 5.1 ? please post it. thx

i actually need only radio back-up
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/themes-apps/aroma-criskelorom-v1-0-t3128317

Can you help me to test if this 5.1.1 stock mod cam work with G9200? Remember to backup your rom or camera.apk before doing this.
[Galaxy S6 General] criszz:
no one with twrp backup for modem on 9200 ? i really need it.
[Galaxy S6 General] scampstom:
You´ll get a pm
[Galaxy S6 General] aerobharath:
Guys .. Please let me the very first things to do when I receive the phone next week. Especially debloating the touchwiz of unwanted software. Thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] criszz:
comme on guys, no one can help me with twrp backup of radio from 9200 duos?
[Galaxy S6 General] scampstom:
what about the link I have sent to you by pm? See package 1...
[Galaxy S6 General] criszz:
tom, thanks again, i do not need modem odin flashable i only need nandorid backup of modem from 9200, if u can make one plese gimme a link, thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] naishadh:
Hi I am from india and recently I orders s6 dual sim frombebay I don't this phone is dual active or dual standby.I get my phone 2 may .and call recording working with both sim or not? Any idea pl help.
[Galaxy S6 General] roydok:
Got a 64 gig S6 Duos from Globe Telecom. How do you arrange the app icons in alphabetical order? There is no sort option in the Edit menu. Only option I can think of is to do it manually which is tedious if you have a lot of apps.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
Shame on you, I want 64GB Duos :D ... but way too expensive...

https://shopmeenova.appspot.com/

I think I will just buy this super slim usb otg and give it a 64/128GB microSD.
[Galaxy S6 General] useletters:
Check this. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60104699&postcount=12

I believe you have to get it rooted before you can do it..

Also got my S6 frome Globe. XD
[Galaxy S6 General] naishadh:
Call recording working or not?
[Galaxy S6 General] ediflyer:
Or use an alternative launcher - this doesn't require rooting :)
[Galaxy S6 General] EMF:
Battery life

Hi,

Any updates about batterylife from the owners? Does it make it through a day?
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
I am rooted and have installed Custom Chinese rom but battery lets me get through a day. Mind you i havent been out of office these days so would check out soon when i am out completely for the entire day. Currently i am 1.30 SOT with 75% left and mostly on wifi with 4G signal which always hovers at 1-2 bars. Since i have wifi at home and office so for now i have turned off 4G data and only use it very sporadically.

So i will see how it goes today i started the day at 7.00 am with full 100% and currently in 3.5 hours as stated above 1.5 hours SOT with 75% battery remaining. I am using lux auto brightness app.
[Galaxy S6 General] ring_GT:
I just got the S6 Duos unlocked from phil. However the code seems like it is from SUN (XTU). From past experience, i have always found that UK (BTU) has the most stable build, so i want to flash it via odin. However i am scared it might break the dual sim feature. Did anyone try already?
[Galaxy S6 General] roydok:
The Samsung Galaxy A5 Duos SIM 2 can be used either for SIM cards or microSD cards. Is this the same for the S6 Duos? Thanks.
[Galaxy S6 General] useletters:
No, A5 is a hybrid. For S6, just duos, only nano SIM cards for slot 1 and 2.
[Galaxy S6 General] wanjieming@hotmail.com:
Hello Hemant, can you please provide a link or the name of the Chinese custom rom? I would like to try. Thanks

Envoyé de mon iPad en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
http://www.soului.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=56

This is it. They got G9200 HK/China V3 rom now, they also have their owned custom kernel and TWRP for G9200.
[Galaxy S6 General] samwise110712:
after the latest official update here in the PH (globe)... I can't get the TWRP to work anymore. :(
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
Also they have v4 with aod5.

Sent from my SM-G9200
[Galaxy S6 General] JJZZ11:
Hemant do you get 4G in mainland with a HK mobile? I just bought one in mainland because my old S5 from HK always sticked to edge.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
I've heard the HK G9200 not work with China Unicom LTE(in China) but okay with CM LTE(in China) but I'm not sure.
[Galaxy S6 General] wanjieming@hotmail.com:
I do have G9200 with China Unicom in Shanghai. I do have 4G
[Galaxy S6 General] wanjieming@hotmail.com:
Here are more screen shots
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
The different is that the China ver of G9200 supports China Unicom LTE but HK G9200 no.
[Galaxy S6 General] scampstom:
next try sent ...
[Galaxy S6 General] criszz:
excelent, this is what i need
[Galaxy S6 General] Mods5:
Confusion confusion

Hey there would highly appreciate If you could help me

I am using s6 duos 32 gb

On the box. The model number is 920 FD

But on the phone it shows me

920F

Have purchased It from UAE with bill and warranty from one of the reputed stores

Just wanted to know if this is normal or you find something fishy

Ne ways

Wanted to update to 5.1.1 rom

Also can you recommend a rom for the same

Also would it tamper with the warranty ( I know it would)

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S6 General] mimahitna:
Hi, yes, this is normala...modle phone is g920fd but in phone says g920f.

You can use any firmware for g920f, personaly i use German 5.1.1 (DBT) rom on my g920fd( you can find link on sammobile and Odin for flashing). If you flash this official firmware with Odin, you dont loose your waranty, knox is still 00.

Greetings from Serbia.
[Galaxy S6 General] Chapu20:
Rom 920FD in 9200

Hello such, I'm from Peru. I have the S6 9200 , the trouble is that the band does not grab 4g here because the band 2 4g lte tdd used .... seen that s6 920FD is compatible with most bands 4g in my country. The question is: if I install a ROM or the band base or modem 920FD in the 9200 , it will work 920fd 4G bands?
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
Won't work. Period. Pls read this thread again. 920f and 920fd are completely different from g9200 and the main reason is that tdd lte band.
[Galaxy S6 General] Chapu20:
but the LTE band is hardware or software problem?

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The 9200 and 920fd are dual sim.......
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
Yes they are dual sim. All other stuff related this 2 models are posted here.
[Galaxy S6 General] Chapu20:
but I think 4g lte band becomes the modem is software or hardware? Because before had a I9000B s1, what rooteaba with the i9000 rom and no sign, I installed a modem for my country and work.
[Galaxy S6 General] Chapu20:
anybody that testttt

Using the ROM Galaxy S 6 G9200 model can be install G920FD Dual SIM phone for work bans 4g lte
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
Don't understand. Do you mean you have installed g920fd rom on g9200?
[Galaxy S6 General] Chapu20:
No, yet

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You might run a ROM 920fd in 9200, because both are dual chip.
[Galaxy S6 General] scampstom:
Discussed here several times, e. g. with myself. 9200 + 920fd have a completely different modem HARDWARE, so be careful.

But of course you are free to try and to report the outcome.
[Galaxy S6 General] Chapu20:
The modem is hardware or software ?
[Galaxy S6 General] lummujaj:
If you try 920f(d) on 9200 or otherwise you will end in bootloop or completly brick your phone. They are different ... they use different bootloader and modem
[Galaxy S6 General] santiargy:
Estas jodido. La banda es un tema de hardware

Sent from my SM-G920FD
[Galaxy S6 General] Chapu20:
Can you put the link of the firmware of your cel s6 920fd, please. I will extract the modem
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
I know we can install G920fd custom roms on G9200 but 2G/3G/4G won't work but actually we can try to extract G9200 modem.bin from stock firmware and flash it via odin. Ended up, we'll get G920fd custom kernel + G920FD custom system with G9200 modem. I'm not sure if this will make the G9200 radio working again, if it is still not function we can flash the G9200 boot.img(kernel) and we'll see.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40344433&postcount=5

Last week, I was tried to extract the G9200 modem.bin from AOF1(5.0.2) and flashed it via Odin on an older rom of AOE4(5.0.2) bcoz PingPong root only supports up to AOE4. I found no problem, my phone was still working good. Maybe we can give it a try for G920fd rom to work with G9200. Just follow the link above to recompress the modem.bin to taz file(in ustar format) and flash it through Odin via AP option.
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
Router I have tried every method and I couldn't get it work. I would appreciate if you or chapu could try and see if it works and post the results here.

For you it work because both the files were for g9200.

As I mentioned before I have spoken to a very good romer who makes rom's for note 4 and he clearly told me what we are trying to achieve is not possible since they tried many ways in the past and failed. Files for modem are coded somewhere in other software files and difficult to extract. Anyway let us know the result.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
If he is referring to convert a single sim Note4 rom to dual sim Note4, he is correct but things is different now because Note4 used dual sim on Qualcomm platform and Exynos on single sim. They are running with totally different set of CPU plus the modem model. There are just too many places/codes(I'll call it entirely different) to change in kernel+system+radio.

G920fd is pretty much same with G9200 all around, it is just the baseband support is a bit different(but we're still using the same Samsung modem). Swap it to G9200 modem driver is very easy to do it in Odin but I think we ended up will still need a good developer to do some minor changes on kernel part and system files to get it real working. The real problem is we don't have enough good G9200 developers or good Chinese devs that is willing to do it for free.
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
Well above method of making modem tar didn't work. Not even including cm and sboot bin too. Wanam on his rom thread has a tar file which picks up properly on odin but tar done above doesn't. I will give another try tomorrow. Just 1 last time.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
I have been tested it personally last week using the above method and it real works(AOE4 rom with PingPong root and showed AOF1 baseband). Don't need to include the sboot.bin why need it? You must did somethings wrong.
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
When i try to install the baseband.tar file it shows setting up pit file and then nothing happens. I have to close odin. I will try 1 more time and see how it goes. It doesn't install though.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1658809

Run Odin as admin and flash it via AP. Did you real pack the modem.bin in Cygwin with ustar format?
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
I was trying to install the modem file and baseband was just the name of the tar file. I did make the file using u star and as I said it was not installing the tar file at all. Normally when u load a tar file in AP it will check the file and tell you ok before u press start but mine doesn't do it. Now the more I think about it. I think with modem u would also need baseband isn't it.
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
Router come on whatsapp please.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
I really don't understand why you got failed .... the modem.bin is already the baseband driver. I will contact you on whatsapp but I doubt I can help this time bcoz I've no idea.
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
Anyway the wanam latest rom 2.5 ended up bootlooping and after downloading and trying few roms i have given up. I am back to Soul VIP and waiting for link for SVA rom which has been updated to latest. I might keep 1 of them now. I am done with testing as wasted a lot of time and will wait for others to test.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/development/mod-wanamlite-1-0-t3095155

Wanam 2.5 doesn't say it supports 920fd dual sim and won't work on our G9200. The Adam Kernel it used doesn't support dual sim as well.