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[Galaxy S6 Edge General] n0my:
I had successfully changed the China firmware without GAPPs to Hong Kong firmware with GAPPs.

My phone is a SM-G9250, single sim, China variant. I am not responsible if you brick your phone.

1) First you need to take backup of your phone and also take picture of your IMEI, software versions and serial number in case of a brick.

2) Download Odin 3 Link: http://dl.sammobile.com/Odin3-v3.12.7.zip

3) Download Hong Kong Firmware. I used G9250ZTS2DQD1_G9250RZH2DQD1_G9250ZTS2DQD1_HOME.tar.md5 Link: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s6-edge/SM-G9250/TGY/download/G9250ZTS2DQD1/132083/

4) Download PIT file for G9250. Can be found here: http://www.droidviews.com/download-pit-files-for-galaxy-s6-edge-all-models/ If link is dead, I have uploaded here: https://hostr.co/wZuHx0DnVvhc

5) Power down your phone and boot into Download Mode by pressing Power + Volume Down + Home. Once done, it will show a screen with Chinese written on the screen. Press Volume Up.

6) Run Odin, click the PIT tab and select the PIT file you downloaded in step 4, once done click on the log tab again.

7) Click AP button and select the Hong Kong Firmware you downloaded in step 3 and wait until Odin is finished checking the firmware file.

8) Connect the phone which is in download mode to your PC.

9) Pray and click Start.

10) Once the firmware is flashed, it might get stuck in a reboot loop on a screen which is in Chinese. You will have to boot to recovery by pressing Power + Volume Up + Home and then select wipe data/factory reset and then select wipe cache partition and then select boot to bootloader.

It will take sometime but eventually it will start up with Hong Kong firmware which has all of the Google Apps.

Hope this helps someone who bought the China variant of this phone and is stuck without Play Store etc.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] suddene:
anyone received a Nougat 7 ota upgrade> or flashed one? smart switch showing only 6.0.1 update and can't find a stock or rooted ROM anywhere..

:(:eek:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] windtalkersm:
Hi n0my,

Two very quick questions, before I click the Start button (done praying already...)

1. To confirm: Once select PIT file, I suppose you have to tick Re-Partition box in Odin? (many tutorial stress NOT to tick, apparently, including the sammobile firmware link you provided)

2. Does this firware (or any from sammobile for S6 Edge) has built-in custom recovery like TWRP or CWM?

Thanks,

(I rooted my S6 Edge (G9250ZCU2DPJ2) successfully, but somehow got bootloop only when trying to enter Recovery mode with TWRP 3.1.1 and 3.0.2.)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] windtalkersm:
I guess I'll just answer my own question here at the same time reporting one more successful story on S6 Edge! I've been researching the topic for a week intermittently and greatly grateful for free information ppl have provided like did in this thread!

I've got a chinese model S6 Edge with SM-G9250ZCU2DPJ2 which I could not find ANYWHERE on internet the exact version number.

Long story short, what's NOT working:

- Any TWRP custom recovery from the official site (tried version 3.1.1 and 3.0.2)

What's worked:

- Rooted with [CF-Auto-Root-zeroltechn-zeroltezc-smg9250](sorry but apparently no external links allowed for new user)

- Only workable TWRP version from suddene's package [SM-G9250_HK_MMROOT.zip] (didn't try the G9250-PC2-root-kernel since I've rooted already)

And of course, ultimately n0my's HK ROM which just works like a charm:)

To answer my own questions:

1. Yes. Actually Odin will tick the option once PIT file is selected.

(In fact, if not select PIT file the flash will NOT work!

I tried without PIT file first coz I'm too scared by changing the partition, but nearly bricked my phone... It won't boot and stuck with a warning message I can't boot into Recovery Mode too!!

Very FORTUNATELY, downloading mode still work...)

2. NO. It's default recovery with NO root access.

Two more minor points to stress in n0my's steps:

a.

Basically it says data partitions are corrupted and need reset to factory settings but bootloop - I seriously thought the flashing has failed before noticed step 10)...

b.

just be patient

Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] thisismaky:
nougat update

seems like we're not going to get the nougat update anytime soon :(
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] wolfaas12345:
Hai boiz i made a tutorial how to convert china s6 edge G9250 to hong kong one :D

Magic Link
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Doctor Whi Lee:
How to make G9250 fully work with custom ROMs.

I tried some custom ROMs in XDA and flashed haidao kernel after flashing every ROM. All things worked successfully except signals.

Haidao Kernel: https://mega.nz/#!RUd0WZYS!6Mva7WQyAiqJRawgddoDU1FDbPlicgUt3n8sTU7J3ws
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] drakon.us:
Sorry, Could you clarify, do you mean 4g and voice not working? Or nothing? (BLE, WIFI, ANT, etectera).

Thank you.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Doctor Whi Lee:
2G/3G/4G and voice not working.

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi work successfully.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Dez Playamade:
G9250 7.0 Nougat

Iv'e Got Nougat on my G9250, any kernels with AOD that work with this phone?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mattcand:
How did you manage to install Nougat on the G9250 ? Is there a Nougat official firmware ? Thanks.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] zsdonny:
Does anyone have a copy of suddene's file? All mirrors are down on the multihost website and a whole day of Google troubleshooting seems to be pointing this to be the only way to install a custom recovery for the G9250 model of S6 Edge
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Amadkhan159:
I have s6 edge gt-g9250 and i upgrade it to on nougat. How i upgrade it
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] manikkumar20:
Hey Guys

Anyone has the link to SM-G9250 Android 7.0? Please share it. Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] PRO MAN 24:
Hi guys, does anyone have a copy of Suddene's file that she posted a while ago on here. Can't seem to find any working TWRP for SM-9250 anywhere else, and the messages on this forum seem to say that that works.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] saimonyz:
TWRP

G9250-twrp-3.2.1-0-zeroltechn.img.tar

RR-N-v5.8.5-20180126-zeroltechn-Unofficial.zip

drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dq_TXkU_uZFbVqivs-x6ZJCzTpnHUaAW
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Mr.Grama:
OMFG guys I really have a tip for u guys

if u use twrp that is zeroltespr, it really DOES WORK.

I tried 3.2.3-0 and it did work.

and I finally did upload android pie with my chinese s6 edge!!

I installed NexosOS CUSTOM ROM, which is android pie.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] keyuchen888:
Have you got a working basband for it? Or the phone still won't call.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Celixa:
Hello. I have àa problem dowloading the HK AOF1 firmware ,I went on your g drive and click on it but they keep telling me it's downloading and am not seeing nothing since 2 days already.

Please I need help
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Wilson Ying:
Hmm,Is the a s9 or s8 or any one ui port rom for s6 edge taiwan SM-G9250,I hope I will get an answer
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] BlueOasis:
Hello I'm very new to custom ROM and I'm wondering if there any new ROM for Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (SM-G9250) I've been searching for days but no luck, if you know any please help
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] elliwigy:
post your fingerprint and preferrably upload your boot.img and build.prop as well in the ping pong thread to get support added
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] copper-head:
yeah i got the AOE3 last night.. my hope/optimism/dreams were smashed when this version still didnt allow me to use my gear VR

Still seems no solution to getting this to work on my HK phone.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] elliwigy:
do you have the gear vr apks and driver files?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] tinblue:
I am in the same boat although my GearVR hasn't been delivered yet. I am sure I will be even more frustrated once it arrives. I really don't understand why Samsung isn't fixing this.

EDIT: Oh my god I did it!

I used a root explorer to edit the build.proc file in the /system folder. Edit the model to 925F and reboot.

DO AT YOUR OWN RISK. I WAS WORRIED BECAUSE I HEARD STORIES OF GETTING STUCK IN REBOOT LOOPS WHEN MESSING WITH BUILD.PROC
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] drakon.us:
[MENTION=6228511]tinblue[/MENTION]:

Did you try GearVR with modified build.prop yet? Does it work? or you are just commenting that changing build.prop didn't create boot loop?

Have you tried installing the oculus home app?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] JJZZ11:
-- wrong post.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] tinblue:
It let me install Oculus Home. Should have my Gearvr in the next day or so. Will update later but I don't think there will be a problem.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] tinblue:
My GearVR arrived!

Plugging the phone in prompted it to want to download the Oculus Service. Once done everything worked fine!

So in summary... to get mine working I had to root the phone and modify the model number in the build.prop.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nachosoli:
So you have the SM-G9250 Hong Kong international version?

Which ROM did you use!?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] penguinspring:
As mentioned above. I also got it working.

I rooted using pingpong. I am on OTA AOE4

I used a .prop editor to adjust the model number from SM-G9250 to SM-G925F

All working perfectly.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] geertt2:
Hey guys, I been following this thread very closely. I recently bought a Chinese S6E and been trying to figure out how to install play store. Since I've been using iOs's in the last 8 years and never touched an android phone before I definitely need to seek some help from this site.

From my understanding from the posts, is it impossible to install GAPPS without rooting a Chinese G9520 phone?

P.S. my build number is AOE4
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mehdi_s82:
I have not seen a way of doing that without rooting. That's why I bough the Taiwan 9250 which has Gapps loaded.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] geertt2:
Well, I guess I would need to learn how to root then. Which one do I use? So far I see a couple of different ways.

1.) Crom from the Samsung App Store.

2.) Pingpong from youtube

3.) Odin? <--- Not sure if this is a rooting software.

Once I finish rooting, how do I go about installing Play Store?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mehdi_s82:
Pingpong is the safest and easiest and it does not trip Knox.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] drakon.us:
1.) Crom unlocks so you can root. without Crom, you can't root.

2.) pingpong seems the best for now, but follow the thread from XDA, the youtube one shows the older version. http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/root-pingpongroot-s6-root-tool-t3103016

3.) Odin/ CF-auto is more complex, and it trips knox (don't use it unless you really understand what you are doing).
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dennis nai:
crom from sam apps store does not root your phone its to unlock your bootloader if its lock which open the door for you to root your phone.

pingpong is a new way to root your phone without tripping your knox so you still have warranty

odine is to help you to flash your file into your phone ,like file for rooting and file for custom recovery.

once you get the proper file to root your phone you also need to search for a working recovery (TWRP) in order for you to flash Gapps into your phone.

i have the same problem like you 2 years ago with my note 3,hope this help you
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] geertt2:
Thanks to both of you. I'll root first when I get home. Once that is done and working properly, I'll go to the next step which is a bit more murky.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] geertt2:
Awesome, I finished rooting with PingPong version 6. Installed perfectly with no problems. Anyone know now how to flash GAPPS on it now? Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] samsungfan12:
okay so i downloaded the new version that just got posted to the XDA site,

I tried downloading the soul version but it requires a baidu downloader package and my anti virus just refuses to accept it as anything but spyware,

anyways, what do i do now with the XDA tar file? DO i use odin again?

I tried booting into TWRP and installing the zip file directly but it says it failed, no MD5. THe XDA file says its a tar.md5 file though, so what's the next step?

:confused::confused:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dennis nai:
to flash gapps you need to google it and make sure you download the gapps for lollipop 5.0.2

than to flash gapps file into your phone you need to have a working custom recovery (TWRP)

transfer the file to your phone internal storage than with TWRP install it to your system , enjoy
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] geertt2:
Been browsing quite a bit about TWRP'ing. From what I can gather, I can download the latest TWRP 2.8.6.0 from their site but the site only says Samsung Galaxy S6 (zeroflte) and Samsung Galaxy S6 (Sprint) (zerofltespr) is supported.

Question is, would that version (2.8.6.0) work with the Edge version, if it does, which one do I use? the zeroflte or the sprint zeroflte?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] radeonboy:
Would be be possible to flash the HK ROM to get around this? My HK model is arriving on Monday so maybe I can try to help you out.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] samsungfan12:
okay posting here as well just as another confirmation,

if your stuck with a broken accelerometer s6 edge, the new update does fix it, and i used the V5 one from the soul team,

all the apps work, video, camera, gmaps, you don't need any extra apps now to make the rotation correct,
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] drakon.us:
What is "v5 update from soul team"?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] samsungfan12:
someone posted here or in another thread of a chinese development team that posts their own stock updates or something, not sure exactly what they do, but their newest version for the chinese s6 edge is version 5 and i used it to update mine and it fixed the screen rotation almost completely,

the native camera app still starts off in landscape rotation but then corrects itself after a half second, the video app now works perfectly and ive only tested gmaps once but it worked great as well, whereas previously it was completely busted.

find the guy who posted it in one of these threads if you want another source,

here is the link

http://www.soului.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=56

just as an FYI: IF you do use this, it ruined TWRP so i had to flash?install? not sure the word, again after doing it, but now everything works great, and its possible it was my own incompetence that broke the twrp in the first place, not sure, or maybe installing a stock update automatically breaks twrp?

EDIT: THIS IS FOR THE CHINESE MODE G9250
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] kittiyut:
To all of you who have bought the 9250 version, what was the reason for choosing it instead of the 925F? Was it because you had no choice? I doubt many here are from China/HK though.

I had the choice of 9250 or 925F or 925A (Live in HK, travel frequently to BKK (925F) & US (I'm with AT&T).

Scratching the 925A was an easy decision but between the 9250 and 925F was a hard one.

In the end I decided on the 9250 (Edge, 64GB, Gold - for 6,980 HKD ~ $900 USD) because it had support for more LTE bands - something that can NOT be changed by OTA or flashing. The downside is limited Devs.

What are your thoughts?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nofam:
I've got a green 64Gb 9250 from HK on order, and like you, it was an easy choice due to the wider LTE support. Do you happen to know where there's a list of all the exact differences between the different models?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] kittiyut:
I wanted the green model too, but after seeing the real thing, I think (IMHO) it looks too dark and more like the black (maybe it was the lighting condition I was in). Also.... I just couldn't wait.

To answer your question - I haven't found a single reliable source for the exact supported bands. All 4 carriers in HK (3, CSL, PCCW, Smartone) list conflicting LTE bands. I do think, however, that Smartone is the most accurate. Unfortunately, it doesn't list the band #, instead it shows the band frequency.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mehdi_s82:
9250 has hands down the best support for all LTE bands. It even supports CDMA networks. I had 920I on AT&T before my current 9250 and I feel 9250 has better reception and more optimized swtiching between LTE and 3G
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nofam:
Thanks - so other than the supported bands/frequencies, are there other differences? Just wondering if flashing a 925F firmware (for example) over the stock one would work?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] drakon.us:
I picked the 9250 because I travel between Taiwan (Chunghua Mobile) and US (Tmobile), and I knew that I was going to be in Taiwan when the Edge was coming out.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mehdi_s82:
It won't work. By why would you? The stock is no different. I was worried about Chinese firmware before bought it but recovery/download mode is in English and the actual firmware is all English once you choose it as language. It got latest OTA faster than 925F.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nofam:
Simply because some carriers in some countries seem to release updates faster than others - I'd rather have 5.1 (or Android 6 down the line) without having to wait for months. Not worried about OTA either, as I'm not in Hong Kong - quite happy flashing via Odin.

I was just wondering if baseband was the only difference in the firmware, as other versions would probably work if so. At least that was the case with other Galaxy S phones I've owned.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mehdi_s82:
9250 is not for any carrier. It receives OTA directly through Samsung. The AOE4 update came the same time with 925F. As for 5.1 I've seen some reports that 925T has it but that is a soak test I'm sure once its ready, all of these models will have it the same time. Well, except AT&T models :D
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nofam:
Oh cool - didn't realize that, cheers! I guess that explains why it doesn't have the letter designation like other models?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mehdi_s82:
Not sure about model number coding. I had SM-G920I and that was also not carrier specific either. If you end up getting 9250, make sure it is for Taiwan or Hong Kong because the ones sold in China does not come with Google apps (Play store, etc.) loaded and it will be a pain to install them.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] prembox:
Just got the OTA... View attachment 3333430
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dennis nai:
it is getting sad to see samsung making things hard for developers, before we can port a international rom to a chinese model like the note3 i did before,the reason for me to do this is i enjoy using the 4g in china where i work but i also enjoy the work of those great developers in XDA ,they make the best out it,and its normally more choices in the international model. just wondering if we flash the 9250 modem and bootloader after flashing the 925f custom rom will work?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nofam:
This is exactly what I was wondering too - they can't be that dissimilar, other than baseband/modem. Would love to see kernel devs include the 9250 in their builds too.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] prembox:
That should work...You could ignore the bootloader part though.... Keep us posted!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dennis nai:
at the moment i am very happy running simpl kernel in my 925i and have requested developer to unify it for 9250 and he have sort of agreed
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] prembox:
Keep us posted here as and when therez a lean and battery efficient kernel developed for 9250.....the stock kernel sucks at battery juice...
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dennis nai:
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6-edge/orig-development/tw-simplkernel-t3091094/page68

guys look out its a fantastic kernel without any hiccup ,very smooth,and good battery life.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] prodigiez:
anything new in AOE8 ?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] geertt2:
I have no idea, but what I did heard is that the specs are slightly different so might not be possible. (Like the manufacturer for camera is different for the two versions and other "parts").
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Adizzzle:
Would anyone here happen to know if 9250 ROMs would work on a 925W8 (Canadian Edge)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] hamzer11:
Which version did you flash to work on the 9250?

---------- Post added at 05:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:46 PM ----------

I don't notice anything new but be warned Ping Pong doesn't support AOE8 yet. Can't get root back right now.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] neo.hsieh:
Whole UI becomes to sluggish..... :(
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] prodigiez:
waiting for BOF1 =)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mehdi_s82:
Just received AOEA update. UI is smoother but haven't noticed any other changes.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] robuk1980:
HK/Taiwan firmware on Chinese G9250

I wanted to get the latest on this.

Has anyone successfully flashed HK or Taiwan firmware onto a Chinese G9250 and have it working properly, with all Google stuff on it?

If so:

- Can I do this without rooting? (unlock bootloader, flash firmware through Odin)

- Does the above trip Knox?

- How does the phone function in China? Does it work ok without a VPN if not doing Google stuff?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] prembox:
Just got it... Is it that elusive 5.1 update? I'd know only after I head home and install this thru WiFi...
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] drakon.us:
No, its just AOEA.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ken_e1407:
what carrier you use ? what do you thinks about that model ? i am using tmobile and found out saletagz onsale that model for ~850 usd

http://www.saletagz.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-g9250-unlocked/
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dennis nai:
hey guys,there is another update for hk 9250 AOF1 you can get it sammobile.com

funny its the 5th update of firmware in 2 month but still 5.0.2
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] prembox:
Aren't we guys with 9250 are always the first ones getting them updates from Samsung??
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mehdi_s82:
I bought mine from never-msrp which is a great ebay seller. I bought directly from their website though as it was slightly cheaper! It now shows 9250 32GB is $790 (link). I bought it for $860 three weeks ago :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] edsontzr:
Hi Guys. I have s6 edge g9250 from China. I have unlocked the bootloader with the app cmr in thus thread. Every thing was ol. Then I installes the root. No problem. After that I installed recovery and google apps. It worked like a charm. After all those steps i cant connect the S6 edge to any computers. Tried new drivers, windows 7 , windows 8. Nothing worked. So what did I do wrong or may be is it hardware issues?

Thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dennis nai:
Hi guys have anyone here tried the custom rom and kernel from the Chinese developer soul rom v5 and soul kernel?

care to give any comments or a mirror to download.thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] estanenmi:
can u put the files i can test the kernel

Enviado desde mi SM-G9250 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dennis nai:
hi estanenmi, i am getting a friend of mine to help me to translate to me as its in a chinese website.once i get it done i will pm you.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] estanenmi:
im download the kernel... this the link if any one want try...

in the next time i have free put the original kernel for sm-9250

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-MLCAZmmekxfktrUEptejhyQkRIVkRSVHJnQlRVNUxmYzIyVHhOTENnVXdVUWpiY21VbDA&usp=sharing
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] tindei:
I can't seem to download the latest update from sammobile as a regular (non-paying) user even though I'm clicking the regular download option. I just keep getting the "User not premium" message. Clearing cache, switching browser where I log in first before attempting to download doesn't help. Same message appears.

Can someone who can download the latest update provide me with a google drive link or the like? I'd appreciate it a lot!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nofam:
Awesome, thanks - have you flashed it yet? And what country is your SM-G9250 from - Hong Kong, Taiwan, or China?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] estanenmi:
i dont know u tell me

Enviado desde mi SM-G9250 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nofam:
Exactly the same as mine - if you put *#1234# into your dialler, you can see your CSC. Mine is G9250ZZT1AOEA which is Taiwan. You can tell the region by comparing your CSC to the firmware CSCs listed on Samfirmware:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G9250/