Edited by kdesouky at 2016-12-07 23:48

Hello all,

I appreciate any advice that can be given to my predicament.

I purchased a Note 3 while in Guangzhou on a business trip this past October 2016 as my phone suddenly died. I was able to install Google apps while I was there, which was very time consuming, but a lifesaver at last.

I'd like to gift this phone to a friend. Whoever, I was hoping I could install the Global Firmware for it before giving it away. I had a couple of questions and wanted some input from the community.

1. Does Meziu officially allow us to install the global firwmare?
2. Is there a chance of bricking the phone by doing so?
3. If I do install it, will the phone receive future firmware updates for the global firmware?
4. Should I install the global firmware now or wait until Flyme 6 comes out?
5. Is there a tutorial here that I can follow to try this?
6. Is there a way to do a backup of the current software, in case something bad happens, I can go into recovery then go back to the old os?

I realize I'm asking a lot of questions. If there are other discussions you can point me to that talk about these issues, a link would suffice.

Thank you all for taking the time in reading my query.

Colorado, USA