Flashing stock S6 with Vodafone firmware

[DonDino]

Has anyone flashed a stock S6 with the official Vodafone-branded version of Android?

I'm just asking as apparently Vodafone and EE have a similar set-up which requires a more complex re-flash (while Three, for example, is pretty straightforward), so I'd like to know if anyone has any experience with this and can share their comments and tips.

[Retired-Charles]

@DonDino - This is something we can't help with, however a member of the community may comment at some point.

[jimborae]

Why would you want to flash a stock (& I presume you mean unbranded) S6 with carrier branded software????

Anyways if you do then I just flashed my Vodafone S6 with the latest Vodafone branded Marshmallow update which you can find here:

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/download-galaxy-s6-stock-firmware-89079/

Flashing it was the same as flashing any other Samsung device using Odin software.

[DonDino]

The reason I'd want to do that is that I want to use the features that Vodafone (or whatever other network I am on) offer to specific Android phones purchased only through Vodafone (i.e. only to those phones that have Vodafone-branded firmware). The obvious two in Vodafone's case would be integrated WiFi calling and possible optimisations in the modem software to perform better on Vodafone's network.

I am currently with Three. I have an S6 which was originally unbranded, and I flashed the latest Three firmware on it, to get access to Three's 4G 800MHz frequency as well as VoLTE which they allow only Three-branded Android phones to use.

[jimborae]

Well don't upgrade to Marshmallow on Vodafone just yet then as I've read Wi-Fi calling doesn't work on 6,01. Probably best to find branded Lollipop and use that.