[TIP][5.0.1]How to change CSC without root using Odin

[TIP][5.0.1]How to change CSC without root using Odin - Galaxy S 4 General

Spent a buttload of time trying to find this info on the internets, it seems like every method required root or other warranty-voiding methods, this one (which iv'e stumbled upon on a foreign website) works without any tinkering at all, very easy to do.
Say my device is currently on CSCTR (carrier) on a rom that also contains the non-carrier CSC:ILO, which i wanted to switch to.
If I burn any rom that has PTR the device will stay on that particular CSC.
However if you install a rom that doesn't have the current CSC in it, the device's setting will reset to the rom's default.
(BEFORE DOING ANYTHING PLEASE BACKUP YOUR FILES AND SETTINGS, CHANGING ROMS AND CSC WIPES ALL OF YOUR DATA)
Here's how I did it:
1) Backup your stuff
2) Boot into recovery and do a full wipe
3) Wait for the device to boot
At this stage the device is running my target rom I9500XXUHOC5 but with CSCTR
4) Download a similar-version firmware that surely does not contain your current CSC, I downloaded firmware I9500ZSUHOC2 which defaults to CSC:BRI (taiwan)
5) Turn off the device, Boot in Download mode
6) Bring up Odin, load the new rom in AP and make sure that only "auto reboot" and "f. reset time" are checked
7) Click Start, go make coffee
8) One the device finished burning and booting, reboot back into recovery
9) Do a full wipe, reboot, drink cup of coffee from step 7
Now device booted up with CSC:BRI (or whatever default CSC of the rom you just installed)
10) Once the device finishes booting, turn it off, boot in Download mode
11) Bring up Odin, now load the rom with the CSC that you actually want, in my case it was I9500XXUHOC5 with default CSC:ILO
12) Make sure only "auto reboot" and "f. reset time" are selected, click Start
13) Wait for it to finish and boot up, continue drinking coffee
14) Turn it off and start in Recovery
15) Do a full Wipe and reboot
Congratz! I am now running CSC:ILO, without ROOT, without triggering Knox, keeping my "official" status and my warranty
(Note that most of the wipes can probably be skipped, It just felt somewhat "cleaner" to do it like that)
This exact method worked for me on a stock S4 9500 with Lollipop 5.0.1, I imagine it also works on KitKat/JellyBean and other devices
Hope this helps.
-D

Man, that's just great :good: I tried it on dad's N7100 aaaand it's worked! Thank you!

You're most welcome! Glad to hear this helped!
Guess I have my answer now; this method works on other devices and older firmwares awell.

i lost my backup no more csc changing

So I think you meant to install two different android....... The first that can be for any country and the second one that for the country I want..... Is that right?

Yep, one completely different and then the one you actually want to use

I want to go from UFN (Carrier, Argentina) to ARO (Argentina, no carrier). I first flash, for example SER (Russia), and the ARO. Is that right?
Two questions:
1) Will i be able to update via OTA and KIES after this with the new CSC?
2) How risky is flashing with ODIN if i don't have an EFS backup?
Thanks.

Always find installing the one I want and doing 2 factory resets works for me.

tom_car said:
I want to go from UFN (Carrier, Argentina) to ARO (Argentina, no carrier). I first flash, for example SER (Russia), and the ARO. Is that right?
Two questions:
1) Will i be able to update via OTA and KIES after this with the new CSC?
2) How risky is flashing with ODIN if i don't have an EFS backup?
Thanks.
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Yeah that's the general idea. if both UFN and ARO are in the same firmware - first thing flash something that has neither like SER or SAE and then go ARO.
1) ofcourse, this method doesn't root or temper with /system or anything of that sort.. you are 100% stock at all times, OTA remains as long as you use official FW
2) I have personally flashed using Odin i believe over 50 times using various phones, none of them ever bricked, im very confident that as long as you follow the normal Odin directions - nothing bad will happen
Ofcourse, as always; your mileage may vary. don't blame me if your phone bursts in divine flames :silly:

Hi.
This method is not working anymore I think. Because it caused my S4 to work on opposite. Last year, Samsung didn't release official Lollipop for Turkey. And I upgraded to Russia Lollipop a that does not contain TUR CSC code. When the Turkey Lollipop released, I installed it and the device confused and set the CSC code to default of OJV, KSA which is Saudi Arabia. I had to rollback to 4.4.2 and root using kingroot and changed CSC to TUR and flashed Turkey Lollipop and that's it! I got the TUR CSC on LP.
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At previous, I installed SER firmware because official Lollipop isn't released yet on my country and the CSC become SER. I flashed OLB firmware, and the phone was confused and instead changed the CSC code to XXV, not XSE (where my phone should).
Next time I flashed ARO firmware, where I intended to stay on Latin American one, and again, the phone was confused and instead changed the CSC to TTT. How pity.
Sent from my GT-I9500

The idea itself is nice but for some reason it gives me FAIL on my phone whenever I try to reflash with a different CSC. I downloaded the correct version, data wipe + cache wipe. It gives me FAIL in ODIN and gets stuck in Recovery Mode. I got back to Download Mode and reflashed my own CSC. No fails.
I'm currently on XEF (Open France). I tried 2 different CSCs which are not in my available CSC list: COA (Cosmote Romania) and DBT (Open Germany). None of them are in my available CSC list. I guess I have to root my phone and just get it over with.

this is not real. iwant aro one that was "argentina" but every time iaflashed is going to "UPO" paraguay. no matter wich rom i installed. i explain what i do first ARO to BTU, BTU to ARO and then ARO to ARO that i want ARO "argentina" and nothing happened. of course with this tutorial.

DenisF said:
Spent a buttload of time trying to find this info on the internets, it seems like every method required root or other warranty-voiding methods, this one (which iv'e stumbled upon on a foreign website) works without any tinkering at all, very easy to do.
Say my device is currently on CSCTR (carrier) on a rom that also contains the non-carrier CSC:ILO, which i wanted to switch to.
If I burn any rom that has PTR the device will stay on that particular CSC.
However if you install a rom that doesn't have the current CSC in it, the device's setting will reset to the rom's default.
(BEFORE DOING ANYTHING PLEASE BACKUP YOUR FILES AND SETTINGS, CHANGING ROMS AND CSC WIPES ALL OF YOUR DATA)
Here's how I did it:
1) Backup your stuff
2) Boot into recovery and do a full wipe
3) Wait for the device to boot
At this stage the device is running my target rom I9500XXUHOC5 but with CSCTR
4) Download a similar-version firmware that surely does not contain your current CSC, I downloaded firmware I9500ZSUHOC2 which defaults to CSC:BRI (taiwan)
5) Turn off the device, Boot in Download mode
6) Bring up Odin, load the new rom in AP and make sure that only "auto reboot" and "f. reset time" are checked
7) Click Start, go make coffee
8) One the device finished burning and booting, reboot back into recovery
9) Do a full wipe, reboot, drink cup of coffee from step 7
Now device booted up with CSC:BRI (or whatever default CSC of the rom you just installed)
10) Once the device finishes booting, turn it off, boot in Download mode
11) Bring up Odin, now load the rom with the CSC that you actually want, in my case it was I9500XXUHOC5 with default CSC:ILO
12) Make sure only "auto reboot" and "f. reset time" are selected, click Start
13) Wait for it to finish and boot up, continue drinking coffee
14) Turn it off and start in Recovery
15) Do a full Wipe and reboot
Congratz! I am now running CSC:ILO, without ROOT, without triggering Knox, keeping my "official" status and my warranty
(Note that most of the wipes can probably be skipped, It just felt somewhat "cleaner" to do it like that)
This exact method worked for me on a stock S4 9500 with Lollipop 5.0.1, I imagine it also works on KitKat/JellyBean and other devices
Hope this helps.
-D
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To change the csc with the odin which I have to add the csc in the option AP or in the option CSC?

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[Q] Possible to change region completely in SM-G920i?

First of all, sorry if this has been answered here, I simply can't find a definitive answer for our S6, let me explain better.
As you may know, I'm not a newbie here or in other forums, I've rooted most of my phones (Not this one) and have installed custom roms dozens of times to all of them, BUT, I'm definitely a newbie about what I need here, I'm trying to see if I can change my SM-G920i region from XSA (Australia) to any other one, India in this case. I have read tons of threads and posts and that's what is confusing me, in some threads there are people saying that they did it and is working great, in that same threads there are people saying that they did it but Knox got tripped, there are others that say that the device is soft bricked and others are saying that they have read somewhere that changing the CSC from it's original one may brake future Samsung pay.
So, this phone is paid by my office, they allow me to do what I want to it while I'm able to just put it back as it came from factory, so that means that I can root it if it doesn't trip Knox, that I can install anything while I can simply go back anytime they need me to, and obviously, Samsung pay works when it finally comes. With this in mind, can somebody answer me a couple of questions?
1-) I know it's possible to do it, but is it true that by doing this I'll have Samsung pay issues? I doubt that knox will be tripped if I do it with odin, but besides knox, is there any possibility that Samsung Pay will not work in certain regions (India in this case) and that's why some are saying that it will break it?
2-) If I download the firmware and flash it via Odin, I'm reading that it won't brick the phone is done via Odin, but in worst case scenario I assume that I can always go back to original one and it gets factory reset, am I right?
3-) If I flash it correctly as I expect an it doesn't brick, does this means that it will change PDA and CSC versions all together, that it will basically become a device from the new flashed region? So if I flash the India one to my XSA (Australia) now it will work completely as an India device and should get future OTA like the rest?
Again, sorry if this has been asked and answered but going back a lot of pages here can't give me definitive answer, thanks in advance for those of you kind enough to answer to this.

Flash a G920i ROM via odin other than your own region/country:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G920I/

roydok said:
Flash a G920i ROM via odin other than your own region/country:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G920I/
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Thanks.
In another thread that I have posted (Brazilian one) I was replied to, so because of that I decided to do it, so far everything is working great as expected. Mine was an Australian baseband (XSA), only thing you I noticed is that when I connect it to Smart Switch app for PC or MAC it will still detects the Original CSC, I was curious about it and installed Phone info apk and it shows correctly the information, both PDA and CSC are now from India but it shows that the Original CSC was XSA (In my case), Firmware's CSC code is INU (India) and Active CSC code it says XSA/INU, so I'm assuming that it's showing multiple CSC.
Does somebody know if having the Active CSC showing XSA/INU causes future OTA issues?

After flashing a ROM its good practice to go to recovery mode and do a full wipe of cache and full reset to change CSC to the default of the ROM you flashed.

roydok said:
After flashing a ROM its good practice to go to recovery mode and do a full wipe of cache and full reset to change CSC to the default of the ROM you flashed.
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Well, in that case I think I will pass for now, as I did a Full wipe cache and Full reset before the Flash but just did a Wipe cache after I flashed it.
The issue is that I basically just finish setting everything back as it was before (about 3 hours and I still haven't set my Contacts Ringtones and Accounts links) so begin again it's a PITA. Once I finish this I'll do a full nandroid backup to have everything as I want, but if I do the Wipe Data/Full Reset and then restore from the Full backup, does this put everything as it was including CSC again? I've been always confused about how deep this restore goes in the system files. Do you know about it?
Thanks.

Try restoring from your backup after the full wipe from recovery. If everything works then you should be ok. Otherwise start from scratch and reinstall everything one by one.

Will try that later today, thanks.

Goodluck.

roydok said:
Goodluck.
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I tried that and nothing, still the same, then I decided to remove the Re-activation Lock in Find My Mobile settings, and after that and enter to recovery mode, it changed the CSC to India, so for those of you with same issues, remember about Re-activation lock.
Thanks for your help.

Did you have a SIM card inserted when you flashed your ROM with removed reactivation lock?

I had the SIM card on the phone today all the time as I forgot to bring with me the SIM removal tool and didn't have anything to open the Sim card tray, but last night I didn't have the Sim card installed when I flashed the ROM.
So today after I did the Wipe cache Partition and Data and saw that it still had the same issue, I flashed a UK ROM into a SM-G925f that had some African country ROM (have never heard of it before in my life but for the name it sounded like an African country), anyways I did that and everything went great, so that's when I thought what was different between the devices and then I remember that I had turned on the Reactivation lock in my S6 and not in the S6 Edge, so I turned it off, then went to Recovery mode and for my surprise the CSC was already changed without any other reset or anything.

erasat said:
I had the SIM card on the phone today all the time as I forgot to bring with me the SIM removal tool and didn't have anything to open the Sim card tray, but last night I didn't have the Sim card installed when I flashed the ROM.
So today after I did the Wipe cache Partition and Data and saw that it still had the same issue, I flashed a UK ROM into a SM-G925f that had some African country ROM (have never heard of it before in my life but for the name it sounded like an African country), anyways I did that and everything went great, so that's when I thought what was different between the devices and then I remember that I had turned on the Reactivation lock in my S6 and not in the S6 Edge, so I turned it off, then went to Recovery mode and for my surprise the CSC was already changed without any other reset or anything.
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can you post a screen of CSC page of Phone ** info ** just for reference?
I see you said that CSC changed to India, but Active CSC or also Original CSC?
What I mean is that, now I have a S6 which has Original, Active CSC as MRU...I'd like to put a European fw on it since I'm based in Europe (got this Middle East / Africa phone just because Dual sim it's not available in europe) but I'm in doubt if putting an european fw will still show that CSC has changed from original one and maybe OTA updates won't work.
thanks

Changing csc!!!
I succesfully installed a G920I indian INU rom in my device which had a XSA rom but when i go to recovery it still shows as XSA ....How do i change that to INU?

Hi i am using a galaxy s6edge+ and i am really struggling with the region lock. I have tried a few options of the factory full reset changing the Apn's to the ones needed and using different sim cards.when it used to go into emergency mode "h+" now it won't connect to any internet at all. Can i possibly have any basic assistance with the rom and resetting options to change the csc when i do a hard reset the csc says it's 'multi'. what does that mean? Any region unlocking help would be appreciated so much!
Thanks guys

[Q] Firmware change unsuccessful

I bought my S6 in Colombia although I live in Panama. It is the SM-G920I.
I found that a Panama app I wanted to install would not install because it said the country was wrong. I guess that may be something to do with the CSC. I had naively assumed the phones in Colombia would be the same as the phones available in Panama. I now see from Sammobile that there are different firmwares for Colombia and Panama. So I downloaded the Panama firmware and installed it with Odin. Odin did its stuff and said that the installation was successful. Both firmwares are 5.0.2.
However, when the phone rebooted it was exactly the same as before and PhoneInfo still shows it as having the Colombian firmware. The only change was that I lost my Pingpong root.
Sorry for the long explanation but what have I done wrong? How can I get the Panama firmware on the phone?
TIA
norm

norm2002 said:
I bought my S6 in Colombia although I live in Panama. It is the SM-G920I.
I found that a Panama app I wanted to install would not install because it said the country was wrong. I guess that may be something to do with the CSC. I had naively assumed the phones in Colombia would be the same as the phones available in Panama. I now see from Sammobile that there are different firmwares for Colombia and Panama. So I downloaded the Panama firmware and installed it with Odin. Odin did its stuff and said that the installation was successful. Both firmwares are 5.0.2.
However, when the phone rebooted it was exactly the same as before and PhoneInfo still shows it as having the Colombian firmware. The only change was that I lost my Pingpong root.
Sorry for the long explanation but what have I done wrong? How can I get the Panama firmware on the phone?
TIA
norm
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You Need to download another firmware, i recommend to you to download the Trinidad And Tobago firmware, i tell you because latin america has csc codes for many countries but if your country does not have csc code it sets to latin american firmware because of your EFS Folder, if it doesnt work to you please download a firmware from France or Spain. if you doesnt want to lose pingpong root do not upgrade to a kernel made after 15 May 2015
Please do not upgrate to 5.1.1 Firmware it Sucks

kmiloxdxd said:
You Need to download another firmware, i recommend to you to download the Trinidad And Tobago firmware, i tell you because latin america has csc codes for many countries but if your country does not have csc code it sets to latin american firmware because of your EFS Folder, if it doesnt work to you please download a firmware from France or Spain. if you doesnt want to lose pingpong root do not upgrade to a kernel made after 15 May 2015
Please do not upgrate to 5.1.1 Firmware it Sucks
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Thanks. I will give that a try. Would it be the CSC that is stopping the app I want from installing, saying it is the wrong country?
If so, is there an easier why just to change the CSC? I have done some searching but everything I've found seems to be quite old and probably not working for Lollipop.

norm2002 said:
Thanks. I will give that a try. Would it be the CSC that is stopping the app I want from installing, saying it is the wrong country?
If so, is there an easier why just to change the CSC? I have done some searching but everything I've found seems to be quite old and probably not working for Lollipop.
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Try this to change your csc code:
1. type in the dialer *#06#, copy ur IMEI
2. type in the dialer *#272*IMEI HERE and add a #
IT WILL WIPE YOUR DATA

kmiloxdxd said:
Try this to change your csc code:
1. type in the dialer *#06#, copy ur IMEI
2. type in the dialer *#272*IMEI HERE and add a #
IT WILL WIPE YOUR DATA
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Thanks but that doesn't work. I get Unknown Application. I think that doesn't work on the S6. I also tried using Phone Info to change the CSC but that also doesn't seem to be compatible with the S6 even though it shows my firmware is multi-CSC.

norm2002 said:
thanks but that doesn't work. I get unknown application. I think that doesn't work on the s6. I also tried using phone info to change the csc but that also doesn't seem to be compatible with the s6 even though it shows my firmware is multi-csc.
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enter in recovery mode after flash in odin do not let to install csc files, it worked for me

kmiloxdxd said:
enter in recovery mode after flash in odin do not let to install csc files, it worked for me
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Sorry but what do you mean do not let to install csc files? I did stop Odin auto-rebooting and went to recovery but that didn't seem to help. How do I stop it installing the wrong CSC files?
If I was willing to lose warranty now, would installing TWRP and maybe a custom ROM make it easier to change the CSC?
Thanks.

norm2002 said:
Sorry but what do you mean do not let to install csc files? I did stop Odin auto-rebooting and went to recovery but that didn't seem to help. How do I stop it installing the wrong CSC files?
If I was willing to lose warranty now, would installing TWRP and maybe a custom ROM make it easier to change the CSC?
Thanks.
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I am stuck in BNG csc code and i cant change it because i need to Trip KNOX, but i changed my csc code From ING to BNG.
- When odin finish flashing if Auto-Reboot option is ticked, your samsung will reboot and it shows a Android robot instaling something and later says Erasing... you cant let this happen, untick auto reboot and you need to reboot your galaxy in recovery mode and it will show CSC Check Failed and you have to wipe data and shutdown your device and enter in download mode and reflash the firmware.It worked for me.
if you trip knox and you install twrp it will be easier because you can install a custom rom and change your csc code rooted.

kmiloxdxd said:
I am stuck in BNG csc code and i cant change it because i need to Trip KNOX, but i changed my csc code From ING to BNG.
- When odin finish flashing if Auto-Reboot option is ticked, your samsung will reboot and it shows a Android robot instaling something and later says Erasing... you cant let this happen, untick auto reboot and you need to reboot your galaxy in recovery mode and it will show CSC Check Failed and you have to wipe data and shutdown your device and enter in download mode and reflash the firmware.It worked for me.
if you trip knox and you install twrp it will be easier because you can install a custom rom and change your csc code rooted.
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Thanks for all the advice. I am away for a few days so cannot risk reflashing my phone until I get back home. Will try again then.

Successful flash of SM-G920F - Anyone

OK, no matter what method I try I am unable to achieve a successful flash of my phone. I have tried it via odin with many different firmware versions but all seem to fail almost immediately. The only way to resolve this is to use samsung switch and reset phone to stock. The problem is stock firmware is german vodafone full of vodafone bloatware, I want to get rid of it and flash a UK unbranded firmware but no matter what I do I am unable to achieve this. I can see from the forum that there are many people out there with the same flashing problem but with no real responses on how to achieve the goal. There must be people out there that have achieved this task but don't seem to be offering up much help?

ok
sinbrad said:
OK, no matter what method I try I am unable to achieve a successful flash of my phone. I have tried it via odin with many different firmware versions but all seem to fail almost immediately. The only way to resolve this is to use samsung switch and reset phone to stock. The problem is stock firmware is german vodafone full of vodafone bloatware, I want to get rid of it and flash a UK unbranded firmware but no matter what I do I am unable to achieve this. I can see from the forum that there are many people out there with the same flashing problem but with no real responses on how to achieve the goal. There must be people out there that have achieved this task but don't seem to be offering up much help?
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Is your phone international unlocked out of the box? I dont believe it was, because as far as I've read international unlocked phones come with "unbranded" firmware. The unlocked ones I know can be pretty much flashed with "any" international firmware, which is what you are trying to do.
If you dont know for sure. Odin the stock German Vodaphone. Let the phone boot. Boot back to stock recovery, then factory reset and clear cache.
Then let the phone boot...Download phone info app by vndnguyen (free version is fine)...Open the app, go to CSC Code tab. Then that will tell you the active CSC code and your firmware CSC code...you are looking for the line that says Available CSC Codes. If it only lists German Vodaphone (VD2), then I believe you are stuck til the phone is unlocked.
Anyone, jump in here if I'm mistaken. I am using this as reference as, I've checked my G920F. Mine is unlocked tho and I can flash any firmware from any region with no problem. Hopefully I've answered your question.

I had no luck with the firmwares on the firmware page either.
If you are on OI9 check http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/guide-android-6-0-marshmallow-beta-how-t3277533
And try flashing the first stock firmware https://drive.google.com/folderview...sharing&tid=0B40ItdHKfkyQd1hJQXVDU3dDU2c#list (not the android M one!) via ODIN.
Basic process is:
Download the above file, extract, there should be 4 files inside (AP,BL,CP,CSC), simply select each one to go in the relevant box on ODIN, then go into download mode on your phone and click start...
N.B. Be aware that the above firmware contains a PIT file which will reformat and resize the partitions on your phone, so make sure you have a copy of the stock firmware that works before trying the flash (i.e. the one which Smart Switch downloads). You can grab it from your windows %TEMP% directory during the smart switch download (it first downloads a file to TMPxxx, then extracts it into a directory of the same name, its these files you want. They should be the four files beginning with the type of ODIN file you are flashing (AP,BL,CP,CSC). The files get deleted after the firmware has flashed so make sure you watch the process. If things go wrong you can re-flash these files via ODIN

As far as I was led to believe and when I purchased the phone it did state factory unlocked. I was able to put in any sim when I received it and didn't have to go through any aftermarket unlock process?

I have the same problem i have a unlocked G-920F with egyptian CSC and firmware 5.1.1 .when i try to flash BTU 5.1.1 via odin, i have the same problem and only way to recover is via smart switch.BTU firmware is from sammobile

abdussamad said:
I have the same problem i have a unlocked G-920F with egyptian CSC and firmware 5.1.1 .when i try to flash BTU 5.1.1 via odin, i have the same problem and only way to recover is via smart switch.BTU firmware is from sammobile
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So, seems this is not uncommon?

ok the way to do it is download this file
https://drive.google.com/folderview...sharing&tid=0B40ItdHKfkyQd1hJQXVDU3dDU2c#list
its BTU firmware of 5.1.1
and flash this firmware you'll have 4 files AP,BL,CP,CSC,put it in the respective boxes in odin.I have tested this right now and it works
Press "thanks" if i have helped

Well downloaded the app for CSC info and it states available CSC codes are...
ATL, AVF, CNX, CYV, MOB, MTL, OMN, SIM, SWC, TCL, VD2, VDC, VDF, VDH, VDI, VGR, VIP & VOD
Any ideas?

Ok, tried to get stock firmware when samsung smart switch was downloading and installing but couldn't see where the firmware was being downloaded to? Tried windows temp etc but nothing appeared during download and install?

sinbrad said:
Ok, tried to get stock firmware when samsung smart switch was downloading and installing but couldn't see where the firmware was being downloaded to? Tried windows temp etc but nothing appeared during download and install?
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Just type in %TEMP% into you windows explorer address bar and it will take you there. arrange by date modified and you will see the size ticking up during the download, before the flash starts it will extract into a folder with the same name, the md5 files can be grabbed from there

No probs here
abdussamad said:
I have the same problem i have a unlocked G-920F with egyptian CSC and firmware 5.1.1 .when i try to flash BTU 5.1.1 via odin, i have the same problem and only way to recover is via smart switch.BTU firmware is from sammobile
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I flashed BTU firmware on my 920F international unlocked that came with UAE firmware without any problems. Idk

sd_N said:
I flashed BTU firmware on my 920F international unlocked that came with UAE firmware without any problems. Idk
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Which file and which method?

aaronjp said:
Just type in %TEMP% into you windows explorer address bar and it will take you there. arrange by date modified and you will see the size ticking up during the download, before the flash starts it will extract into a folder with the same name, the md5 files can be grabbed from there
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Ok, Got it this time, all four files. Will give the method above a go and if it fails at least I've got the stock firmware to fall back on?

Magic, have had great success. Now on the BTU firmware and everything is up and running. Got the stock as well just in case but if this continues to work won't be reinstalling stock. So a big thanks to those who helped

sinbrad said:
Magic, have had great success. Now on the BTU firmware and everything is up and running. Got the stock as well just in case but if this continues to work won't be reinstalling stock. So a big thanks to those who helped
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Change CSC in Multi CSC ROM without root knox=0

Hi guys, I flash BTU Rom to change my CSC to receive orio faster. after 1 month Samsung rollout orio for my country (Iran) so I have decided flash again my phone because THR rom has Persian calendar, but after flashing my phone I see my phone CSC set on LYS , after search on internet I found out Samsung multi CSC Roms have default CSC , and you can not change it easily.
so I search forums and can't find anything useful until seeing a way in Persian site and it Assured me it is possible. ok talking enough go to work
combination file works. It's a unique file and not available easily, so every website is taking advantage of it by making it paid, some sites charging per file!
I provide combination file for s7 orio file in my host but it is available just for 13 days from today if someone can upload it to Mediafire or something else it is wonderful.
Prerequisite:
*Official ROM from Sammobile that contains the CSC you want
*Combination file for your phone
*Original/Genuine USB Cable, don't use 3rd party cable or you will have a nice expensive brick if a connection is lost.
*Charge your phone/laptop. 50% is fine.
*Remove SIM & SD Card.
*Patience.
*Important- BACKUP. Use Smartswitch (Faster) OR Samsung Cloud Backup. Remember, you won't be able to restore everything (Apps) if you backup from Nougat & then restore it on 6.0.1, so backup with all the options available.
*Balls of Steel--Kidding
1- Download the latest Combination file '500MB' at the bottom from https://firmware.gem-flash.com/ it for s7 G930D/FD http://fs2.filegir.com/akpa/COMBINA...1296_REV00_user_mid_noship.tar.md5-id88783.7z
2- Flash the official ROM from Sammobile that contains the CSC you want. so I used the latest THR firmware available from Sammobile.
3- After flashing the official ROM, Do a Factory Wipe.
2. Fire up Odin, I used Odin 3.13.1. Extract and select Combination file you downloaded in AP AND your country CSC file from official ROM. Two files only.
4. After successful flashing is done, wait for the phone to boot up, it will go into diagnostic/Factory mode, don't panic.
5- Tap Factory IMEI and enter the code *#243203855# ,it will show you a list of available CSCs, choose the one you need and tap install, the phone will reset/restart.
6- Just in case, do one more Factory/Cache Wipe.
7- Power off the phone & enter download mode and Flash it with your country's official ROM. Four files (BL+AP+CP+CSC) Use CSC, don't use Home_CSC.
8- Knox Zero. System Status: Official
9- You can check your active CSC in recovery mode or use Phone info app.
sorry for my bad English.
*be careful the combination build number like G930FXXU2ARA2 and freamware build number like G930FXXU2EREM . the red number must be equal.
**if you have a problem in step 3 you can flash the ap and CSC separately after flash two file, go to recovery with power + home + volume+ after finish the erasing operation select reboot to system.
*** if in step 5 your list is empty, go to downloading mode flash CSC File from your ROM(not home_CSC) and go to recovery with power + home + volume+ after finish the erasing operation select reboot to system.
****if you break your phone don't afraid just go to downloading mode and flash official rom.
Let me know if you face any issues or were successful. It will help others.

Hope this works

It is working, wow!

akpa said:
Hi guys, I flash BTU Rom to change my CSC to receive orio faster. after 1 month Samsung rollout orio for my country (Iran) so I have decided flash again my phone because THR rom has Persian calendar, but after flashing my phone I see my phone CSC set on LYS , after search on internet I found out Samsung multi CSC Roms have default CSC , and you can not change it easily.
so I search forums and can't find anything useful until seeing a way in Persian site and it Assured me it is possible. ok talking enough go to work
combination file works. It's a unique file and not available easily, so every website is taking advantage of it by making it paid, some sites charging per file!
I provide combination file for s7 orio file in my host but it is available just for 13 days from today if someone can upload it to Mediafire or something else it is wonderful.
Prerequisite:
*Official ROM from Sammobile that contains the CSC you want
*Combination file for your phone
*Original/Genuine USB Cable, don't use 3rd party cable or you will have a nice expensive brick if a connection is lost.
*Charge your phone/laptop. 50% is fine.
*Remove SIM & SD Card.
*Patience.
*Important- BACKUP. Use Smartswitch (Faster) OR Samsung Cloud Backup. Remember, you won't be able to restore everything (Apps) if you backup from Nougat & then restore it on 6.0.1, so backup with all the options available.
*Balls of Steel--Kidding
1- Download the latest Combination file '500MB' at the bottom from https://firmware.gem-flash.com/ it for s7 G930D/FD http://fs2.filegir.com/akpa/COMBINA...1296_REV00_user_mid_noship.tar.md5-id88783.7z
2- Flash the official ROM from Sammobile that contains the CSC you want. so I used the latest THR firmware available from Sammobile.
3- After flashing the official ROM, Do a Factory Wipe.
2. Fire up Odin, I used Odin 3.13.1. Extract and select Combination file you downloaded in AP AND your country CSC file from official ROM. Two files only.
4. After successful flashing is done, wait for the phone to boot up, it will go into diagnostic/Factory mode, don't panic.
5- Tap Factory IMEI and enter the code *#243203855# ,it will show you a list of available CSCs, choose the one you need and tap install, the phone will reset/restart.
6- Just in case, do one more Factory/Cache Wipe.
7- Power off the phone & enter download mode and Flash it with your country's official ROM. Four files (BL+AP+CP+CSC) Use CSC, don't use Home_CSC.
8- Knox Zero. System Status: Official
9- You can check your active CSC in recovery mode or use Phone info app.
sorry for my bad English.
*be careful the combination build number like G930FXXU2ARA2 and freamware build number like G930FXXU2EREM . the red number must be equal.
**if you have a problem in step 3 you can flash the ap and CSC separately after flash two file, go to recovery with power + home + volume+ after finish the erasing operation select reboot to system.
*** if in step 5 your list is empty, go to downloading mode flash CSC File from your ROM(not home_CSC) and go to recovery with power + home + volume+ after finish the erasing operation select reboot to system.
****if you break your phone don't afraid just go to downloading mode and flash official rom.
Let me know if you face any issues or were successful. It will help others.
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I tried this and failed ... I got bootloader exception error
Btw, which red numbers must be equal ?
Nevermind, it wasn't displaying red color in the app but it did in my browser. I know bootloader must be same.. I tried this method before you posted, but odin fails at hidden.img and when I boot the phone I get bootloader exception error. Thats quite scary error if you don't know how to bypass it. And ofcourse bootloader version of combination and normal firmware was the same, still I could not succeed.. any thoughts ?
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Hi all,
I was not able to flash combination and CSC together...When trying in two steps, it didn't work neither...after having flashed CSC and rebooted, the update failed with a message like "invalid carrier" or something like that...No way to select a different CSC from factory firmware...
Finally, the following method worked for me:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...to-change-s9-s9-csc-model-csc-t3870836/page32

lklock said:
Hi all,
I was not able to flash combination and CSC together...When trying in two steps, it didn't work neither...after having flashed CSC and rebooted, the update failed with a message like "invalid carrier" or something like that...No way to select a different CSC from factory firmware...
Finally, the following method worked for me:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...to-change-s9-s9-csc-model-csc-t3870836/page32
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Which firmware you are on? I tried with COMBINATION_FA60_G935FXXU6ASH2 but when I put command "AT+PRECONFG=1,0"
The return is.
+PRECONFG:0,CSC FAIL
OK
I didn't use RealTerm because it cannot connect so I use PuTTY on port: COM3(which found in ODIN)
---------- Post added at 05:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:06 PM ----------
I about to give up but just go ahead with only command "AT+PRECONFG=2,[CSC]" and it work!!.
I got VoLTE VoWiFi.

Changing CSC

Hi.
I just bought the Note 20 Ultra from may carrier and First what i wanted to do was DEBRAND. So acknowladge from Note8 i thought that, ill download firmware XEO - for my coutry flash it via ODIN and BANG.... but nope.. it didnt went as i expected, i mean flashing went great but CSC doesnt change. As i read some forums there was solution for Andorid10 but Ive got Android11. So im asking here "is there any solution" to change CSC to XEO ?

yeah the android 10 version method works still. Downgraded my note 20 Ultra 5G with android 11(1. Jan Patch) to Android 10(build No: N986BXXU1ATGI ) must be the Juli patch! Changed the csc with ChangeCSC Tool and after that flashed the newest Android 11 Firmware again via Odin (Build No: N986BXXS1CUA2)
My Device was branded on Vodafone.

klisza1993 said:
Hi.
I just bought the Note 20 Ultra from may carrier and First what i wanted to do was DEBRAND. So acknowladge from Note8 i thought that, ill download firmware XEO - for my coutry flash it via ODIN and BANG.... but nope.. it didnt went as i expected, i mean flashing went great but CSC doesnt change. As i read some forums there was solution for Andorid10 but Ive got Android11. So im asking here "is there any solution" to change CSC to XEO ?
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I have found if you configure a couple of things first, CSC change still works during firmware flash.
1. enable OEM Unlock (in developer options)
2. disable FIND MY PHONE, & logout of Samsung AND Google accounts
3. Go into downloader mode and flash XEO or BTU FW (use CSC file not CSC_HOME)
4. Boot up device with your SIM Card installed.
5. During setup, phone will reboot and change to the correct CSC to match the firmware flashed.
Be aware thet your data partition wil be wiped so backup everything before you start.
Also, note the prduct CSC will not be changed but SIM1/SIM2/eSIM will be changed as expected.
Finally, you will get the correct OTA upgrades automatically for the flashed FW CSC (BTU in my case)
Good luck.

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