[Q] Want upgrade to 4.4.2

iulian_2007 · May 19, 2014

Hello.
Just bought an used Note II. It has 4.3 and I want 4.4.2. Software updates on the phone tells me 4.3 is the latest. Kies on imac is telling me the same.
Baseband version: N7100ZSENA1
Current firmware = Latest firmware = PDA: NA1, PHONE: NA1, CSC: NA1 (TGY)
It means that the update is not ready for that country? What country is NA1 (TGY)? Can I change that somehow and get the latest firmware?

Thank you in advance.

joy854 · May 19, 2014

Update might not have arrived on your country. But you can get the ofiical firmware from here and instructions too. http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=28988

iulian_2007 · May 19, 2014

Thank you.
I'm also interested in knowing which country is NA1 (TGY). According to http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Csc, TGY is Hong Kong. That means the phone was bought from Hong Kong?
If i flash that firmware, it will change country to India and will have OTA updates when available in India?

singhpratik87 · May 19, 2014

iulian_2007 said:
Thank you.
I'm also interested in knowing which country is NA1 (TGY). According to http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Csc, TGY is Hong Kong. That means the phone was bought from Hong Kong?
If i flash that firmware, it will change country to India and will have OTA updates when available in India?

I would advise you flash the French Version and not the Indian version cause it carries the modem file that is tailor made for Indian users only,people who use that modem outside of India might experience sudden battery drain and weak signal (the ones that are rooted can take care of it by flashing the french modem or one of the older 4.3 modems) but you wont be and you'd have to flash French rom which carries a XX labelled modem that works for most EU countries although XF is the one for romania

iulian_2007 · May 19, 2014

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=29588 - is this the right one?
Will this be enough? Or do I need to flash a different modem firmware? After this the phone will be french version instead of hong kong version?

singhpratik87 · May 19, 2014

iulian_2007 said:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=29588 - is this the right one?
Will this be enough? Or do I need to flash a different modem firmware? After this the phone will be french version instead of hong kong version?

Ya thats the latest one that released today.Download it and flash via pc odin.I am not too sure if your phone would change to "french version" look at my screenshot of attached CSC .Shows BTU (which is UK) and CSC country is UK AND IRE (cause i believe the stock rooted ROM from the developer i got turned the CSC into this i guess he's from that part of the world) and my note II is originally from Dubai and been using it in India .So you can imagine by poor phone has been touringaround the world..LOL But doesn't affect me cause i never upgrade to stock roms from sammobile i always get the stock dedoxed pre rooted ones from xda so CSC doesn't matter to me unless it messed my phone up.

Read this post below that would give you more info about how does flashing a rom from another country works

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52767907&postcount=11

iulian_2007 · May 19, 2014

http://postimg.org/image/p6gknp0mj/
This is mine. Should I go then for french update or wait for hing kong version.
Is it ok that I'm using hong kong version in romania? France is closer

iulian_2007 · May 20, 2014

Ok, I did the firmware update from France.
http://postimg.org/image/krzd3qs8b/
Is this ok? Do I need to do anything else?

iulian_2007 · May 23, 2014

Battery life seems worse on 4.4.2. Should I flash different modem firmware?

singhpratik87 · May 23, 2014

iulian_2007 said:
Battery life seems worse on 4.4.2. Should I flash different model firmware?

Since you are on stock 4.4.2 you got two options,either flash a custom 4.4.2 custom ROM (dr ketan's rom is the least bloated and very close to stock)so that would give you a good estimate how your battery drain is or you flash a custom 4.3 (there are tons available out there choose the one which impresses you the most)

iulian_2007 · May 23, 2014

For now I wish to stay on stock ROM. But battery life on 4.3 was much better than on 4.4.2.

singhpratik87 · May 23, 2014

iulian_2007 said:
For now I wish to stay on stock ROM. But battery life on 4.3 was much better than on 4.4.2.

Well give it few days and see if it improves ,if it doesn't then only option is to root your phone and try custom 4.3 or 4.4 ROMS.Good luck

minhhc · May 23, 2014

iulian_2007 said:
For now I wish to stay on stock ROM. But battery life on 4.3 was much better than on 4.4.2.

if you have two batteries you will not care anymore about the battery problem

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wrena · May 24, 2014

iulian_2007 said:
Battery life seems worse on 4.4.2. Should I flash different modem firmware?

Why not give it a try? The 4.3 stock firmware should be on sammobile's site. Why carry another battery when you don't have to?

EmptyArea · May 25, 2014

Assuming you upgraded (as in kept all your apps and data) from 4.3 to 4.4.2 then you should probably factory reset before judging battery life. Some apps just never play ball again after an update.

The rule typically is:
x.x.a to x.x.b - wipe only if experience issues
x.a.x to x.b.x - wipe suggested but not generally required
a.x.x to b.x.x - wipe generally required

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