Question change the firmware
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yes, you can change the firmware of your phone. First need identify the variant model of your phone to find the correct firmware to flash.
thank you, my model is SM-S9110 can i use the SM-S911B FIRMWARE or just another country with my same model SM-S9110 (in my case looks like only Taiwan or Hong Kong) ?
This is confusing to say the least:
forum.xda-developers.com
From the looks of it the 911b has the same hardware as 9110.
I'm also curious if this would work - would love to put the 911b firmware on a 9110.
Firmware variant change
Hello I have s23 s911b/ds I would install china firmware of variant s9110 Is it possible?
forum.xda-developers.com
I'm also curious if this would work - would love to put the 911b firmware on a 9110.
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Via Odin you can't change a Chinese SM-S9110 to a US phone. You can change it to a Hong Kong or Taiwan phone. Hong Kong has Google Play preinstalled. Careful if you do try flashing the USA XAA variant to a Chinese phone, the phone will get stuck in a soft brick. None of the recovery methods online worked (emergency recovery etc.), I had to unlock the bootloader from the download menu, then it would boot again. I relocked it but the damage is done. Goodbye Samsung apps that rely on Knox security, they will never come back. Note I was able to flash Hong Kong firmware with the bootloader locked, which would have been ideal had I known that ahead of time.
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i bought my SM-S9110 in mainland china today (from JD). surprisingly i could activate google services straight from the menu.
i couldn't find google play store in the phone so i installed it from apk. when running the install it said "update" rather than "install". so i guess play store was also already there somehow.
what i am confused about is eSIM. it seems not to have it. can't find it in the seetings and also on the box there where only stickers with the IMEIs for the physical SIM-slots.
would a SM-S9110 bought in HongKong have a eSIM functionality?
i couldn't find google play store in the phone so i installed it from apk. when running the install it said "update" rather than "install". so i guess play store was also already there somehow.
what i am confused about is eSIM. it seems not to have it. can't find it in the seetings and also on the box there where only stickers with the IMEIs for the physical SIM-slots.
would a SM-S9110 bought in HongKong have a eSIM functionality?
The SM-S9110 is the same hardware across China, Hong Kong, Taiwan. I followed the guide for activating the eSIM on US models (which only have 1 SIM card slot) and this phone doesn't have it. BTW I bought mine from JD.com as well, ordering in Chinese and using Google Translate 
JD apparently also sells the US model which has an eSIM, if that's what you want. But you can't root a US phone if that's what you are looking to do. I rooted mine just because I already tripped Knox, it isn't that difficult, and everything works except Samsung Pass and Wallet which I find pretty useless next to Google Pay, which also works rooted with the right Magisk modules.
JD apparently also sells the US model which has an eSIM, if that's what you want. But you can't root a US phone if that's what you are looking to do. I rooted mine just because I already tripped Knox, it isn't that difficult, and everything works except Samsung Pass and Wallet which I find pretty useless next to Google Pay, which also works rooted with the right Magisk modules.I also recently just bought the SM-S9110 from JD, currently live in China. So just to make sure, I can only flash the HK version of the firmware if I want to get rid of the chinese stuff? Will that affect the warranty on my phone?
If you unlock bootloader then Samsung Pay can't be used on all firmware.
For Shealth ect is a patched app available or you can install KnoxPatch with LSPosed. Search on XDA.
before i had two S10e (one from Mainland SM-G9708, and one from Hongkong SM-G9700). i could both flash with the other ones firmware, and back. no problem. i guess would be the same with SM-S9110.
