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[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voulgeor:
you can remove hiden but it will not install again . The problem is with the modem.

you can copy cache and system from another rom and replace on the Taiwan,
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
will doing that solve my chinese keyboard problem
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voulgeor:
yes but you may lose nfc.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zazabichi:
I'm trying to flash Sprints N920P with international unbranded firmare. phone is rooted, TWRP already installed and OEM unlocked.

Flashed N920CXXU1AOI3_N920COXE1AOI3_SER with odin but failed.

could you please help me to flash?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
great.! least I don't have to root... I'll give it a go.... and if I can't live without nfz.. I'll flash original .... you been great help

,

this peazip is hard to figure with these roms

extraction...keeps asking for ""custom executable name"""?????
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voulgeor:
install Peazip

right mouse click on the rom tar file goto peazip>>Open as archive

before you transfer a file between tars you have to save it on the disk.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alta1r:
I'm not really an expert in flashing with Odin so not even sure I can help you.

You could try to download the firmware from another region as I had an issue like this before on my Galaxy S6: tried to flash a firmware from the Netherlands but it failed, downloaded the French one and it worked, and they are basically the same.

Do you know where the flashing is failing? If it's hidden.img or something like that you could try to flash it without that file in the .tar. Worked for me before as well to do that.

You can follow that guide: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/gene...e-g920s-s6-t3183124/post62427383#post62427383
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voulgeor:
the n9208 is failing on the modem..
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alta1r:
This post/guide by ethanscooter worked well for me before: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/gene...e-g920s-s6-t3183124/post62427383#post62427383

---------- Post added at 11:57 ---------- Previous post was at 11:44 ----------

I've just read you original post/problem again and wouldn't it be easier to add UK English to your current ROM than to try to flash a different version (if you can have root...)?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
the guide is way to complicated for me!!!!!

the problem with tawain rom is handwriting with samsung keyboard...chinese characters keep popping up...

i like samsung keyboard because you can change keyboard/handwriting modes so easy?

so my problem is not life threatning...rom ok otherwise
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voulgeor:
I would happily prepare the tar file for you but its 3.8 gigs and dont know where to upload it.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alta1r:
Do you have root access? Adding languages is fairly easy (if you're missing UK English).

But maybe the problem is simplier: do you have multiple languages selected in the Samsung keyboard settings? Might want to use only 1 language if you do have multiple ones enabled. Also the handwriting recognition language is set to 'English'?

Edit: actually i just noticed that the original post I quoted before is not from you, but i guess you have the same problem, no?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
wow！wouLd be gReat……Dropbox. ..Google drive. ..or...one drive and the n sent link

don't want to bother you too much. .......don't want to root...would the rom be still stock. ?

---------- Post added at 12:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:33 PM ----------

tried all that! but in hand writing the odd Chinese character comes up

i don't intend too root at this time
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voulgeor:
Here try this with odin and tell me..

https://mega.nz/#!rAERlCQK!5CeQ7GMpCvBj2uG9Q2VrWJ4tDDB6_zWdJVWwixZg2SU

if you want root & twrp try this after

http://d-h.st/SZSY
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @home:
Just purchased the NEW Samsung Galaxy Note 5 SM-N9208 Dual SIM 64GB 5.7-Inch 4G LTE Unlocked SILVER & am hoping to flash the EU roms, stock, when they surface. Is this going to be a problem with this device?

Have a bought the wrong version?

UK Three 4g

Ta
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
i'm using my tawain bought 64gb in ireland ...much same networks system in ireland as uk....and its great...works perfectly

not really needing eu rom

my issue is a personal one regarding samsung keyboard......and chinese writing appearing in it[probably MY handwriting] ...but google keyboard/handwriting....swiftkey work great.....

you'll be fine
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @home:
Whats the SM-N9208 like for updates. I know the Polish roms usually get pushed first but what about the Taiwan roms?

Thanks for letting know btw.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
yea forgot about all that
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpx:
n9308

I have also from Taiwan the note 5 duos model N9208. I have 3 issues with it.

1. I cannot get Greek 160sms characters only 70 character with stock Samsung keyboard and there is no option to select Unicode from sms settings.

2.. Greek handwriting recognition is not supported in languages .

3. There are only 2 options to select from network 4G/3G/2G or 3G/2G. So I don't have option to select only 3G if I want.

I have seen a friends note 5 duos n920Cd version and all the above are supported. There are also option only 3G or only 2G.

I know that I cannot flash n920Cd to n9208 because modem is different.

Is there any other way to get the above functions working on n9208?

What about flashing Malaysia or Philippines official rom for n9208?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
possible if you extract system and cache .IMG from whatever firmwares and install them try Odin as tar file

but it's not without issues which may or may not irritate you

read the thread tru... it's already been done...
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpx:
Eduardo thanks for your reply.

I will flash the same way like you did the Philippine rom because of the NFC working.

Can you check 2 settings in your devise please?

1. Settings/mobile networks/network mode

you have 4 options including 3G only? Or 2 options only 4G/3G/2G and 3G/2G?

2. Applications /messages/more settings /text message

Do you have option for codification to select Unicode? This is for 160 characters

Thanks
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voulgeor:
here Philippine tar ready for odin

https://mega.nz/#!HddgHYIS!GrwJT5tP7sOupPX-f_ffB35JDX5FjawQsaIgJQLlYa0

you have to flash that after you setup your original rom because it doesnt have greek as a setup language..

and yes is the answer for both of your questions.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpx:
Perfect thanks for your reply.

Interesting, Taiwanese rom does have Greek as setup language Philippines not

So not to hard reset the device after flashing for any reason because I will loose Greek language.

What about future OTA updates? Hope will not freeze the device because of the different modem.

Maybe only the system will be upgraded over the air but cannot be sure.

Regards
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voulgeor:
there is strange that the Taiwan has the setup language and not the hand recognition.

What I notice is that the keyboard crashes when you try to add the greek language on the handwriting , does your phone do that? Samsung keyboard stooped working? that is not normal. maybe is a rom specific bug that will be fixed in the future . who knows. Sure it would be nice if some one in Taiwan could ask Samsung for that .
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpx:
Yes very strange. I'm still with Taiwanese stock rom but I will flash soon then I will check if keyboard crashing when Greek handwriting.

Maybe conflict with the system language not supported on Philippines rom. Only Samsung knows.

Anyway we can try other 9208 region rom like Malaysia for example. Maybe this system has Greek setup language and keyboard not crashing.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voulgeor:
no the problem is on the Taiwan rom and thats why I believe handwriting doesnt work..
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpx:
Yes Taiwan rom has no issues with handwriting but no Greek support there.

But CD version if fully Greek supported language and handwriting therefore is a Philippines rom related problem not to support Greek handwriting.

That's why I'm saying that we can try other region 9208 system for fully supporting greek
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
try clear cache on keyboard.............also..try doing what you want in safe mode...... ie turn off....power on holding button....when galaxy show... press vol down. till it start. then make your adjustment you need...worked for me ...fixed

---------- Post added at 04:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:14 PM ----------

what set up have you......my taiwan handwriting is a nightmare.....constant chinese characters pop up ????

---------- Post added at 04:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:22 PM ----------

which philipine rom is that....?

flash after setup original rom....what you mean?

any issues....wifi ...security alerts etc etc
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voulgeor:
its the rom you selected instead of my n920c.

the problem with that rom is that it doesnt have Greek as setup language but it has Greek recognition.

The Taiwan has Greek Setup but no greek recognition !! Go figure!!!

So if you want both you should start seting up Greek with the Taiwanese rom and when finished throw the Philippine over..

there allot of doing if you dont want root and twrp...
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
Very good, we're making Progress. . . . "

any issues other than that

ever since 1 started this "... having battery problems ----- 30% drain 6hour...... Android system 10%........android os 10%......and l Was sleeping??
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpx:
Edwardob I have set up my device in Greek language with Taiwan rom. Yes Chinese characters pop up when handwriting but if you change handwriting language to EN is working fine. But no Greek language to select so no Greek support as said previously.

Voulgeor with the Philippines system rom above Taiwan rom did you try to clear keyboard cache after? Is crashing of the keyboard when you select Greek handwriting fixed this way?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
interesting i did that.......but still odd chinese poping up........what other setting you got on keyboard........multi character.....stroke etc settings??
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpx:
I change handwriting to EN from the keyboard. There is a button there and if you press it shows only 4 languages to select, 3 Chinese and EN..
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
in handwriting settings...what have you got..

i dont understand them....mode ...recognition type
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpx:
I will try to post a screenshot later.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Detroitking02:
I have the N9208 and I'm on T-Mobile network . I was wondering if I can flash T-Mobile firmware to my N9208 so I can use wifi calling and T-Mobile new video calling for the note 5.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
this is what we're all wondering.....its seems you can flash parts of the rom..without problems ,,,,but not alll

welcome to the thread
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
are we sure this doesnt void knox

mine reads knox warranty void 1 (0x0500)......i didnt root or anything

i think doing this has trip knox.....constantly being told otherwise.....all that was done was change sys .img and cache.img??????
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Detroitking02:
OK I've downloaded T-Mobile newest firmware off sam mobile. I also made a backup on philz recovery n backed up my imei info. My N9208 is rooted so will a Odin flash of T-Mobile firmware on my N9208 pass or fail and possibly brick my phone and if it bricks try phone will I be able to flash stock Taiwan firmware back.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garyd9:
Until it's actually been tried, no one can really know for sure. In theory, it'll reject it if it won't work. In theory, you should be able to flash back if it does flash but doesn't work. (Not very helpful, I'm sure.)

Are you only wanting to flash the modem (radio), or only the system partition (what people here mistakenly call the "ROM"), or what? It should be possible to remove those portions of the stock firmware that you don't want to flash from the tar file. (I prefer 7zip - others use other tools.)

It might also be possible to use tools such as 'dd' to "flash" specific partitions, but I'm not sure if the samsung ODIN .img files are direct device dumps of partitions or not. (It's really embarrassing for me to admit that, by the way. I'm a bit rusty on my samsung/ODIN knowledge.)
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Detroitking02:
I wanted to flash T-Mobile firmware BOH6 and use either tek 's from or deoxed T-Mobile stock rom. My main priority was to gain wifi calling and T-Mobile video calling.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garyd9:
In your shoes, here's what I'd do:

1. Make damn sure I have all the tools I need to restore my phone from "complete disaster" via ODIN, stock firmware, PIT files, etc. Make sure I know HOW to use the tools and files just in case.

2. Make damn sure I have all the tools I need to restore my phone from "complete disaster" via ODIN, stock firmware, PIT files, etc. Make sure I know HOW to use the tools and files just in case. (Yes, I'm repeating it. If you're flashing anything, you should already have a "OS" (Oh, Sheet) plan ready.)

3. Make a nandroid backup (via cwm/twrp/philz) and store the backup OFF the device. (It makes no sense to have a backup stored on the same device that you might wipe.)

3. Download the recovery flashable (not ODIN) of the deodex firmware (it's not a friggin ROM. "ROM" stands for "Read Only Memory." If it was READ ONLY, you couldn't flash it.)

4. Flash it via philz/twrp/cwm.

5. Reboot and pray. Test that you can make plain phone calls. Test NFC. Test WiFi. Test LTE data. Test non-LTE (3G) data. Test everything else related to any radio and whatever else makes your phone's physical model different from the firmware your flashing.

6. If you can boot, but things are broken, use recovery to restore your backup.

7. If you can't boot, try to get into ODIN (bootloader) mode and use ODIN to restore the factory image for your phone.

All that being said... there are still risks. You can easily destroy a very expensive phone, and you most likely will have ZERO mechanism for any type of repair or warranty. If you purchased the phone outside of the region it's designed for, Samsung won't repair it regardless of who pays for the repairs.

Is it likely to completely trash the phone? Probably not unless you start flashing things like modems and bootloaders (that you shouldn't be messing with unless you like taking risks or know exactly what you're doing..)

I will make one request, however... just because I'm curious: If you go forward, please share with the forum what you did and how it worked out. Your experience, positive or negative, can help others - and XDA is about helping others.

Take care (and good luck)

Gary
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d.cortez:
^^ i'd be re-thinking my plans to ODIN flash a T-Mobile ROM after i read this post. :) so i assume that one can't flash a T-Mo ROM to get WiFi calling? gotta say i'm loving having my personal/business SIMs in one device; especially with distinctive ringtones.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garyd9:
Personally, I think too many people go flash-happy (without the knowledge of how to recover) and when it doesn't work out, they expect XDA users to fix the problem for them. (No, I'm NOT suggesting that has happened or will happen in this case.) I'd much rather make people as paranoid as possible. Better to be prepared for the worst (even if the worst isn't extremely likely.)

Oddly, perhaps, I'm just as paranoid when I flash my own devices. Backups. Backups. More backups. Disaster recovery plans. Oh, and ALWAYS have a spare phone I can use in case I fry the one I'm flashing. (That is probably the biggest benefit of nexus devices: fastboot is trivial to use, and google always makes replacement firmware images easy to obtain.)
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] force70:
You are absolutely correct about the flash happy thing.

Flash first then whine and cry here seems to be the thing these days.

Those of us who have been there done that tend to be more prepared for things.

Your advice in this case was perfect, your a man who knows his stuff thats for sure.

Its been my experience that odin will not allow incorrect firmware to be flashed though. I dont see much changing in that regard.

But you never know lol.

Running a Tmo rom on another device will at a minimum require a custom kernel and even then you may not have cell service and a data fix will be needed.

Also doubtful that flashing a Tmo rom on another device will enable wifi calling etc.

Some interesting stuff going on in this thread and i will keep following in the event i pick up the device.

Sent from my Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbiff:
Do you guys know if samsung pay is available in any of the n9208 firmware zips from sammobile? I have only tried the Taiwanese software so far but Pay is not in the base firmware.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daffie:
Would any other N9208 owners (who have not rooted their Note 5 yet) please do me a favor and check the CSC and Country of your phone. You can use this app :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo&hl=en

Please also let me know where you purchased your Note 5. Many thanks for the info.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turilo:
Thinking of getting this model SM-N9208 for here in Canada. wondering if LTE will be ok and is there any cutom roms etc for this device?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] force70:
Ive been reading alot about the diff versions which will work for us.

The dual sim does work network wise no problem but roms are few and far between.

Looks like the n920i would also work on network and there will be tons of development for it (and already is) as its one of the Intl versions.

Sent from my Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shollywood:
LTE works fine
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d.cortez:
all i need is ROOT and xposed; i'm using the 9208 w/stock Odexed ROM on ATT and (at this point) don't feel the need for a custom ROM. stuff is working just fine! :)
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duraaraa:
FYI, for the fellow(s) interested in T-Mobile ROMs.

I just used TWRP to flash the deodexed T-Mobile rom from the forum, over the Taiwan stock rom.

All T-Mobile features (Wi-Fi Calling, VoLTE) work. I haven't tried putting anything in SIM Slot 2 yet.

Only NFC has not worked so far.

(Update) SIM2 slot is not recognized. So it basically works like a T-Mobile Note 5 without NFC.

(Update) The Galaxy Note 5 hardware keyboard add-on does not work.

(Final Update) That's basically it. If you don't have a hardware keyboard and don't care about SIM2 or NFC, it's safe to use. Personally, I like the hardware keyboard, so I'll go back to stock. What I'd really like to do is find whatever components of the T-Mobile ROM enable these features and port them to the other versions so I can have everything, but since I don't plan to be in the US very often, it's not that big of a deal for me.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duraaraa:
As long as you flash them using TWRP, ROMs for non-dual versions work except for SIM2, Hardware keyboard, and NFC (from my experience so far.)
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hudjw1:
Hello, thanks for the files. All working fine, after i ve installed your files can i install now the new Russia firmware (n920c) ? or just the original n9208 firmwares if i want to go back ?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voulgeor:
Unfortunately you can only flash the modem of the original n9208 to go back.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hudjw1:
Can you please share it ?

If i install the original n9208 modem can i later install the original taiwan firmware ? or the russian original one ?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeyorobles:
Hi, I had downloaded the file with the "philippine clean" but to be honest I´m not an expert on this matters, so I got two files ".img" after extracting from this file and I don´t know how to flash this files. Could you help me? I´ve been trying to flash the original philippine rom but with not succes. Is everything working fine with this file?

Thanks!:D
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
first of all install original tw firmware...... then install Philippine clean (no need to extract files]...... using ...Odin. ...

then install the roooted kernel on first post..if you want root

here http://xdaforums.com/note5/general/guide-how-to-root-sm-n9208-t3214659

then you will have a good working ROM..... that's what I did no issues...
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeyorobles:
ok, and did you know how long does it takes to flash bye odin? I want to know because the process has begun and it looks like is not going anywhere... it has like 10 minutes with the same process.

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<ID:0/007> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..

<ID:0/007> File analysis..

<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/007> Initialzation..

<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/007> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/007> cache.img

<ID:0/007> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/007> system.img
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
what exactly. have you done....

to long flashing all right....

have you flashed it. and it won't start.????

can't help unless you tell us what exactly. step by step you done
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeyorobles:
1. open odin

2. select zip file "philipin clean" in "AP"

3. Get in download mode my n9208

4. connect galaxy note 5 n9208 with TW original ROM (I checked to have the drivers installed)

5. I got the "added" sign.

6. start flashing

I don´t know if I did somenthing wrong...
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
looks OK.....don't panic or drink anymore tea

flash original ROM again.......... you may have to wipe first in recovery

then flash clean ROM......
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeyorobles:
I have to do both? wipe cache and factory reset?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
thats the best at this point......but youll be happy in the end.....have a beer now
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeyorobles:
I´m going to chage the beer for tequila... I will let you know about the process
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
oh yea spotted the mexican flag.............not a surrender white flag
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @home:
Are you saying you have flashed another model Rom on this device?

If so which & does it work
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardob:
not exactly.......just flashing part of another rom from philipines......for same phone n9208

few different options then available....network options...few other

for me i needed to get rid chinese language embeded in keyboard...

anyway it worked for me .......our mexican friend was having difficulty for some reason........maybe just needed to start with clean rom..

we just wait to see how it worked out for him

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