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Help Is this a genuine I9305? Will this update brick my phone?

cencar

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Jul 10, 2013
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Hi everyone, I purchased this new I905, supposedly genuine a while ago. It works find and I decided to update the OS.

That's when the trouble started. I tried OTA update, failed. Kies - failed to recognise device.

In scouring the Net the only update I found was this TGY-I9305ZHBMI4-20131023161041.

It does not have the same build number or date. But it was the only Hong Kong update I could find.

I have three questions:


Is this a genuine Samsung I9305


Even if it is not genuine can I update it and do I have the correct update


I am no techie, so what is the simplest and safest way to update




The following is the information that I was able to get off the Phone.

Phone INFO *Samsung*
GENERAL INFO

Manufacturer / Brand:
samsung

Phone Model:
GT-I9305

Device Type:
m3

Product Name:
m3zh

Country of Origin:
MADE IN VIETNAM

Manufacturing Date:
2013.01.04

Knox Warranty Void:
Warranty bit not found

CSC INFO

Original CSC Code:
TGY

Firmware's CSC Code:
TGY

Active CSC Code:
TGY

CSC Country:
Hong Kong

CSC Country ISO:
HK

Product Code:
GT-I93050KDTGY

FIRMWARE INFO

Bootloader Version:
I9305ZHBMA5

Baseband Version:
I9305XXVMA2

PDA Version:
I9305ZHBMA5

CSC Version:
I9305TGYBMA5

OS INFO

Changelist:
898672

Build Number:
FZO554K.I9305ZHBMA5(I9305ZHBMA5)

Build Fingerprint:
samsung/m3zh/m3:4.1.2/JXO54K/
I9305ZHBMA5:user/release-keys

Build Description:
m3zh-user4.1.2 JZ054K I9305ZHBMA5
release-keys

Build Date:
Mon Jan 28 18:50:33 KST 2013

Android Version:
4.1.2

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

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