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This is about flashing only. I don't know if the device will accept the firmware because of a potential carrier lock (in whatever way that is implemented).
If you're on linux, you can use odin4. For me, this tool worked best overall. (Note that it's 100% proprietary and you basically need to run a random file from the internet with special privileges.)
You can run
odin4 -hto see the cli options. You should have 5*.tar.md5files for a newer phone.-aargument-bargument-cargument-sargument ONLY if you want to reset your whole device (I'm not sure if this will force a reset every time on all devices, but it did a reset for me)-sargument if you just want to do an update to your system (of course there's no guarantee that it won't reset, so make sure you have backups)So you should something like this with root privileges:
I think for carrier lock removal, you need to reset your phone anyway, so you can use the CSC file.
I hope this helps!
Thanks for the info! I finally got a successful flash!
My biggest issue was getting the firmware (slow or broken downloads) and second was not screwing up and trying to flash the wrong firmware (watch out for accidentally changing the sort order ๐ฌ).
The phone is now restarted and downloading the latest update (I assume from Samsung since it wasn't updating on its own before).