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P6210 Offical Samsung UK Stock ROM

Hi all,
I am trying to follow up on the rumours of ICS being released in the UK via Kies. However, I have a US firmware on my SGT 7+ (P6210UELA3) and I'd like to get the UK version (or EU if there isn't a UK one) on there to see if I can grab the ICS update.
Does anyone have a link to the official UK/EU firmware from which I can grab and flash the ROM?

memoreks said:
Hi all,
I am trying to follow up on the rumours of ICS being released in the UK via Kies. However, I have a US firmware on my SGT 7+ (P6210UELA3) and I'd like to get the UK version (or EU if there isn't a UK one) on there to see if I can grab the ICS update.
Does anyone have a link to the official UK/EU firmware from which I can grab and flash the ROM?
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Where did you hear this rumor from?

ColMustard said:
Where did you hear this rumor from?
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He heard it here from qubeuk user: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28725729
It may be a short-term released firmware he accidentally updated to, but it's not available yet. According to its build time, it was compiled some hours after the P6200 firmware.
I understand Samsung strategy. Releases only one firmware per device per week, only for one small region. They know xda members will jump on it, install it, and besides Austrian users, experienced users will stress-test the firmware. Maybe they solve bugs, too, like the P6800 WIFI bug (and I bet this can be applied to P6200 users, too, check P6800 forum). After testing that, they will fix all errors and release firmwares for all regions and all models in a few weeks.
And, they're right. No better and cheaper testers than experienced users. And this way, simple users will just get a stable version later.

carlosmeldano said:
I understand Samsung strategy. Releases only one firmware per device per week, only for one small region. They know xda members will jump on it, install it, and besides Austrian users, experienced users will stress-test the firmware.
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A 200 billion dollar company isnt basing operational decisions off users on an internet forum
sorry

ccpotato said:
A 200 billion dollar company isnt basing operational decisions off users on an internet forum
sorry
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I don't wanna get into a useless fight but think it over again. Open your eyes and see what happens when a device like tab7+ comes to surface months after ICS is introduces with HC installed and almost a year is needed to get ICS in a very limited region first, but letting experienced users to install it on their device. Why? Money?
Believe me, this is the strategy. This way, major bugs affect only a few "official" users (Austrian people), but experienced ones can find all bugs by using and testing devices for free. Why? Less investment?
So, "sorry", but believe this is how it works. And I believe your opinion is based on decades of software production knowledge, but mine is.

carlosmeldano said:
I don't wanna get into a useless fight but think it over again. Open your eyes and see what happens when a device like tab7+ comes to surface months after ICS is introduces with HC installed and almost a year is needed to get ICS in a very limited region first, but letting experienced users to install it on their device. Why? Money?
Believe me, this is the strategy. This way, major bugs affect only a few "official" users (Austrian people), but experienced ones can find all bugs by using and testing devices for free. Why? Less investment?
So, "sorry", but believe this is how it works. And I believe your opinion is based on decades of software production knowledge, but mine is.
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You are completely wrong about the ICS timeframe just so you know. Its only been on the street for 7ish months. And on tablets for farrrrr less time.

robyr said:
You are completely wrong about the ICS timeframe just so you know. Its only been on the street for 7ish months. And on tablets for farrrrr less time.
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You're completely right! I remembered that G7+ was released in February but now I see it was released in last October. Sorry, my bad. Anyway, it doesn't change my opinion on Samsung firmware upgrade policy.

Official UK ICS 4.04 GT-P6210 Firmware
Here is the link for the official UK 4.04 ICS firmware for the P6210 I've downloaded and installed via Odin today on 2 6210's no problems and much better than honeycomb. I also change my CSC as mine was set to France and now set to UK so updates via Kies work etc.
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/163420726/492e018/P6210XXLPL_P6210OXALPL_XEU.zip.html
Hope this helps
themooncat

themooncat said:
Here is the link for the official UK 4.04 ICS firmware for the P6210 I've downloaded and installed via Odin today on 2 6210's no problems and much better than honeycomb. I also change my CSC as mine was set to France and now set to UK so updates via Kies work etc.
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/163420726/492e018/P6210XXLPL_P6210OXALPL_XEU.zip.html
Hope this helps
themooncat
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How did you change your CSC from France to UK?
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CSC Change
dneill2006 said:
How did you change your CSC from France to UK?
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I used a program from the play store which change the CSC from XEF (France) to XEU (UK) link below. It didn't state that it work for the GT-P6210 but did work fine with a little messing. If I ran it from 3.2 Honeycomb it didn't come up with any options to change the CSC and just showed I was on XEF (France) CSC so what seemed to work for me is to factory reset 3.2 (or 4.04 if you have already installed update)and leave it at the language selection screen do not enter any set-up details then turn off and enter download mode and flash 4.04 firmware from Odin. Once that's finished complete initial set-up and get into the 4.04 OS and install CSC selector from the Play store and run it selecting XEU (UK) from the list and install the new CSC. This will automatically do another full reset on the device changing the CSC to the new region and will now updates OTA or through Kies no problem as your CSC matches the firmware (this is confirmed when you open Kies as it shows the CSC on the initial screen).
Whenever you change the CSC it always wipes the device a little annoying but only needs doing the once so not a big problem to get the device right.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwyLDEsImNvbS5tYW5uaWFray5jc2NzZWxlY3RvciJd
Hope this help
The Mooncat

[Q] Languages for Android OS

Hi Everyone;
Today, i made a decision to update my GT-P5510 tablet to Android 4.2.2 via download its file from Sammobile...
But, there was only one problem here; I am living in Turkey but there is no offical update upper than android 4.0.4 for my country...
So, i need to use English version... I agreed that, i gone to website than dl the firmware than installed it to my tablet via Odin...
After the update i see a suprise!..
Dadadaa!.. My tablet updated to Android 4.2.2 successfully but still Turkish!
But i really cant understand how can it be? Can it be linked with Gapps (offically come installed with Stock ndroids as you know) why my language is Turkish?
So, if operating systems languages nıt important, why there is a lot of different language version for an offical stock rom?
Can anybody explain this surprise for me?
Thanks...

Let me tell you by an example:
It's not necessary for President to know people, but for the people they have to know President. :sly:
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Sorry but i cant understand what u mean clearly?
Do you mean, Samsung's android programers dont have to say this trick to you, but u must find it?

Sorry but i cant understand what u mean clearly?
Do you mean, Samsung's android programers dont have to say this trick to you, but u must find it?

any_body said:
So, if operating systems languages nıt important, why there is a lot of different language version for an offical stock rom?
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The difference between those versions is not just languages... Most ROMs contain many languages that you can select from, that's not really a surprise (although the selection varies by region). The difference in versions is what's called CSC (Customer Sales Code, or Consumer Software Customization, whatever it is). It determines the list of supported locales, and your default locale (language, formats), settings for your carrier(s), etc. Basically, it's a bundle of settings specific to a region of a product distribution.
As for how your phone automatically recognized your language, I am not 100% sure, but it could be by carrier, or by physical location based on the network. For example, when I installed European-based ROM on my old Galaxy S2, it recognized my language as English (Canada). The funny thing is that Canadian English does not even exist as an option in that ROM -- if I change it later to US or British, I can't go back to Canadian, because it's not listed! But it's still set like that during the initial setup. Go figure...

SM-G920F from Spain got G920FXXU2COH2

Hi,
i've just bought a pre-ordered Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F when it was first launched. I didn't buy it to any mobile carrier, i got it through a Samsung point of sale in Spain called El Corte Inglés. Since then i've just been updating the firmware through OTA but today an update with baseband G920FXXU2COH2 got installed which i think it's from a french version. Could someone tell me if this is wrong? Also i would like to know if would it be safe to flash the G920FXXU2BOGB (Spain phe region) from Sammobile? I'm wondering if this could lead to issues because of being a downgrade.
I just want the stock firmware without mobile carrier modification which came with the mobile device.
Thanks a lot in advanced.

Finally i downloaded G920FXXU2BOGB_G920FPHE2BOGB_G920FXXU2BOGF_HOME.tar and flashed it through Odin but don't know why it still keeps annoying me about the G920FXXU2COH2 update. Which i think belongs to a French mobile carrier, it also change some icons to the ones shown in the next image http://i57.tinypic.com/2ms4kfq.png

sibok said:
Finally i downloaded G920FXXU2BOGB_G920FPHE2BOGB_G920FXXU2BOGF_HOME.tar and flashed it through Odin but don't know why it still keeps annoying me about the G920FXXU2COH2 update. Which i think belongs to a French mobile carrier, it also change some icons to the ones shown in the next image http://i57.tinypic.com/2ms4kfq.png
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I think you got the update to the latest 5.1.1, which has some features from the newer TW version (Note 5 and Edge Plus), the icons being one of them. The only thing that you should care about is that you don't have the carrier's boot animation or carrier's bloatware. If you don't have those then just enjoy the update!

Thank u very much Cloxed.
By the way, i hate the new TW icons it doesn't correspond with the rest of the icons.

Help me understand CSC?

Long time flasher, but haven't really come across "CSC" until recently and trying to figure out if I care.
Just picked up a SM-G930W8 to use in USA on AT&T. Rooted and flashed a custom ROM (Resurrection Remix/AOSP) replacing stock. Will be updating my modem which I'm used to doing, but am not sure if I should be looking at my CSC too...? Been doing some searching and reading and still not clear on WHAT the CSC affects, and when one might want or need to update it, and whether any of that even applies if you're not running a stock ROM or me in my situation.
Can someone provide some enlightenment? Thanks.

Determines which region the phone thinks you are in, which provides restrictions over features and OTA updates roll out dates

*Detection* said:
Determines which region the phone thinks you are in, which provides restrictions over features and OTA updates roll out dates
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OK, thanks for that info. So that leads me to 2 questions:
1) Does "USA" count as a different "region" than Canada?
2) Since I'm using a custom ROM and not doing OTA stock updates, do I care?
One might assume that "restrictions over features" also becomes moot if you're using a custom ROM like RR vs. stock, as it's the stock ROMs with their carrier influence which might have restrictive features (hotpots, for example).

sremick said:
OK, thanks for that info. So that leads me to 2 questions:
1) Does "USA" count as a different "region" than Canada?
2) Since I'm using a custom ROM and not doing OTA stock updates, do I care?
One might assume that "restrictions over features" also becomes moot if you're using a custom ROM like RR vs. stock, as it's the stock ROMs with their carrier influence which might have restrictive features (hotpots, for example).
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1.) Yes USA would be seen as a different region to Canada as they are different countries, but you also get multiple different CSC's per region too
For example UK unbranded CSCs are XEU and BTU, then you have the carrier CSCs which are carrier branded, but also for the UK for example
VOD - Vodafone
H3G - Three
O2U - O2
2.) No probably not, and generally custom ROMs have all CSC features enabled anyway such as VoLTE etc

Thanks so much. I'm going to learn to stop caring about CSC then. :good:

sremick said:
Thanks so much. I'm going to learn to stop caring about CSC then. :good:
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:good:

Flashing back to Samsung firmware SM-G920F vs G920I

Hi all, I recently installed Lineage OS on my S6 however there are a few too many bugs for my liking, mainly enormous camera lag and lack of ANT+ functionality which I desperately need to pair fitness devices. I've tried the ANT+ enabler from Google Play but this didn't work, nor did the commonly touted ANT+ APK file that seems to be sent around.
In 'about phone' mine is apparently a SM-G920F (Telstra, Australia). However the back of the phone states it is a G920I. I've been to Sammobile but no firmware exists for the G920F. Am I ok to install the G920I from Sammobile do you think?

No firmware exists for G920F? This is what, then?
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s6/SM-G920F/

Thanks for the reply.
Sorry should have mentioned, none for Australia. Am I ok to install any of them, or will they include the relevant carrier's bloatware when I install?
If I can install any of them, which would be best to install?

captain cool said:
Thanks for the reply.
Sorry should have mentioned, none for Australia. Am I ok to install any of them, or will they include the relevant carrier's bloatware when I install?
If I can install any of them, which would be best to install?
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Ahh, now it makes sense. I usually try to install the latest version available. About carrier bloat, you have to install the 'unlocked' variants. Take a look here: https://www.imei.info/download-firmware/samsung/samsung-g920f-galaxy-s6/SM-G920F/. Sort the list by carrier. The ones that says 'OPEN' are unlocked variants, and doesn't include any bloatware. Just pick one

Thanks heaps for that. Seeing as Australia isn't on the list, am I ok to install the G920F firmware instead of the G920I (seeing as it says "G920I" in my phone but "G920F" on the back), or should I stick with the latest open G920I firmware from that list?

captain cool said:
Thanks heaps for that. Seeing as Australia isn't on the list, am I ok to install the G920F firmware instead of the G920I (seeing as it says "G920I" in my phone but "G920F" on the back), or should I stick with the latest open G920I firmware from that list?
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If I got you correctly, yes, as far as I can tell its OK to install G920F firmware instead of G920I. In fact the 2 models are the same, only sold in different places (and maybe they have different carrier-band support).