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What region has the quickest security updates?

I don't mind tripping KNOX
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obongo said:
I don't mind tripping KNOX
Thanks
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Hi mate
It changes , but if you want to keep you phone with the latest stock firmware ( warranty safe) and not losing your configuration check here

obongo said:
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Thanks
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you cannot tell or guess which region get firmware update first
but maybe the region that has most user!
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Over at SamMobile Greenman once said that Trinidad and Tobago always is among the first, if not the first. Can't be the region with the most users if my demographic instinct isn't totally off track!

Sorry for the bump, I bought the S7 in Israel, should there be a problem with flashing a foreign ROM?
Thanks again

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Sorry for the bump, I bought the S7 in Israel, should there be a problem with flashing a foreign ROM?
Thanks again
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No that is not a problem , the only issue you may be concern is your phone CSC ( country code) is not a big deal but some carrier specific options may be not available if you have a different CSC than you carrier

obongo said:
Sorry for the bump, I bought the S7 in Israel, should there be a problem with flashing a foreign ROM?
Thanks again
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Just see to it that you use the CSC file and NOT the Home_CSC when you are switching CSC. Fill in the BL, AP, CP and the CSC files in the right fields and have the following boxes ticked: Auto-Reboot, Re-Partition, F. Reset Time.
After the flash, power off, reboot and enter Recovery. Select and execute Wipe cache partition and then Wipe Data/Factory Reset. Reboot and then you will receive OTA updates from the new region you flashed when they are released. You should be aware of the fact that your Samsung warranty is void after switching CSC should they notice it. This probably is not likely, but still, be aware of it. Flashing original Samsung firmware do not trigger Knox.
All your data will be lost so back up important stuff.

MAX 404 said:
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No that is not a problem , the only issue you may be concern is your phone CSC ( country code) is not a big deal but some carrier specific options may be not available if you have a different CSC than you carrier
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Just see to it that you use the CSC file and NOT the Home_CSC when you are switching CSC. Fill in the BL, AP, CP and the CSC files in the right fields and have the following boxes ticked: Auto-Reboot, Re-Partition, F. Reset Time.
After the flash, power off, reboot and enter Recovery. Select and execute Wipe cache partition and then Wipe Data/Factory Reset. Reboot and then you will receive OTA updates from the new region you flashed when they are released. You should be aware of the fact that your Samsung warranty is void after switching CSC should they notice it. This probably is not likely, but still, be aware of it. Flashing original Samsung firmware do not trigger Knox.
All your data will be lost so back up important stuff.
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Thanks for the replies, by CSC do you mean Israel's CSC or the other country's CSC? I'm flashing the newest build from the UK with the November 1 security patch which was build in November, but the Israeli build was built in August and has the August security patch. Could that cause a problem?
Say I filled the UK BL, AP and CP with ISRAEL's CSC (not HOME_CSC), what are the chances for a HARD brick?
Thanks again
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If it matters, these are the links for the builds I'm hoping to use:
UK: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/113229/G930FXXS1BPK6_G930FH3G1BPI1_H3G/
Israel: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/89793/G930FXXU1BPH6_G930FOJK1BPH2_ILO/

obongo said:
Thanks for the replies, by CSC do you mean Israel's CSC or the other country's CSC? I'm flashing the newest build from the UK with the November 1 security patch which was build in November, but the Israeli build was built in August and has the August security patch. Could that cause a problem?
Say I filled the UK BL, AP and CP with ISRAEL's CSC (not HOME_CSC), what are the chances for a HARD brick?
Thanks again
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You MUST use the csc that comes with the firmware package. The csc file contains info on the layout for how the firmware files are going to be organized. You should not mix files from different packages. It is only when you are flashing a newer version of the same region firmware that you can use the Home_CSC file. The Home_CSC file do not contain the instructions for how Odin shall re-partition the system as this is not needed in that case. This is why config and data is not wiped and the phone is not factory reset when using the Home_CSC.
The CSC file must be used when you switch region since the layout in memory is different for different regions.
So you see you will always lose configuration and data and have to do a factory reset upon CSC switching. No way around this I'm afraid!
On the risks of hard brick when mixing files I have no clue. If you are adventurous you could try, otherwise do not try!
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obongo said:
Thanks for the replies, by CSC do you mean Israel's CSC or the other country's CSC? I'm flashing the newest build from the UK with the November 1 security patch which was build in November, but the Israeli build was built in August and has the August security patch. Could that cause a problem?
Say I filled the UK BL, AP and CP with ISRAEL's CSC (not HOME_CSC), what are the chances for a HARD brick?
Thanks again
EDIT:
If it matters, these are the links for the builds I'm hoping to use:
UK: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/113229/G930FXXS1BPK6_G930FH3G1BPI1_H3G/
Israel: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/89793/G930FXXU1BPH6_G930FOJK1BPH2_ILO/
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The UK firmware you link here is a carrier specific Hutchison 3G firmware and should not be used unless this is your operator. I would suspect that mixing the files is risky.

It seems that there are two versions of Trinidad and Tobago's firmware that you've mentioned in your earlier post, specifically TTT and EON
Are both compatible? Is there another, unbranded firmware that I can get with the November 1 security patch? I'm gonna be using the phone in Israel and my current baseband ends with BPH1
Thanks again

obongo said:
I don't mind tripping KNOX
Thanks
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XEF France neverlocked .......

obongo said:
Thanks for the replies, by CSC do you mean Israel's CSC or the other country's CSC? I'm flashing the newest build from the UK with the November 1 security patch which was build in November, but the Israeli build was built in August and has the August security patch. Could that cause a problem?
Say I filled the UK BL, AP and CP with ISRAEL's CSC (not HOME_CSC), what are the chances for a HARD brick?
Thanks again
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If it matters, these are the links for the builds I'm hoping to use:
UK: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/113229/G930FXXS1BPK6_G930FH3G1BPI1_H3G/
Israel: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/89793/G930FXXU1BPH6_G930FOJK1BPH2_ILO/
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Hi mate
You can use any CSC with any firmware you want ( check the first link i gave you) what i meant about CSC is for example you live in Israel but you have a UK csc , the phone will work fine , but if there is any specific service from you carrier ( Israel ) that depends that you have an Israeli csc i will not work ...because you have a UK csc

obongo said:
It seems that there are two versions of Trinidad and Tobago's firmware that you've mentioned in your earlier post, specifically TTT and EON
Are both compatible? Is there another, unbranded firmware that I can get with the November 1 security patch? I'm gonna be using the phone in Israel and my current baseband ends with BPH1
Thanks again
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I didn't mean that you should flash the Trinidad and Tobago firmware, I just commented on the post saying that the firmware that has the most users was updated first. I think that you should use the firmware that best suits your operator. And if you decide to switch, do not mix files, use all files in the package you flash, and do not use Home_CSC.

gerhard_wa said:
You MUST use the csc that comes with the firmware package. The csc file contains info on the layout for how the firmware files are going to be organized. You should not mix files from different packages. It is only when you are flashing a newer version of the same region firmware that you can use the Home_CSC file. The Home_CSC file do not contain the instructions for how Odin shall re-partition the system as this is not needed in that case. This is why config and data is not wiped and the phone is not factory reset when using the Home_CSC.
The CSC file must be used when you switch region since the layout in memory is different for different regions.
So you see you will always lose configuration and data and have to do a factory reset upon CSC switching. No way around this I'm afraid!
On the risks of hard brick when mixing files I have no clue. If you are adventurous you could try, otherwise do not try!
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The UK firmware you link here is a carrier specific Hutchison 3G firmware and should not be used unless this is your operator. I would suspect that mixing the files is risky.
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gerhard_wa said:
I didn't mean that you should flash the Trinidad and Tobago firmware, I just commented on the post saying that the firmware that has the most users was updated first. I think that you should use the firmware that best suits your operator. And if you decide to switch, do not mix files, use all files in the package you flash, and do not use Home_CSC.
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MAX 404 said:
Hi mate
You can use any CSC with any firmware you want ( check the first link i gave you) what i meant about CSC is for example you live in Israel but you have a UK csc , the phone will work fine , but if there is any specific service from you carrier ( Israel ) that depends that you have an Israeli csc i will not work ...because you have a UK csc
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Ahh I see. I'm gonna go ahead and try to flash the H3G firmware then, will update with results

It worked, but the H3G ROM is heavily bloated
Is there a way to restore the original Samsung boot animation? Also, how do I make it mount the system read/write?

obongo said:
It worked, but the H3G ROM is heavily bloated
Is there a way to restore the original Samsung boot animation? Also, how do I make it mount the system read/write?
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What you want is not possible without root access. You need to go to other parts of this forum to do research on how to root your phone and install custom roms.

gerhard_wa said:
What you want is not possible without root access. You need to go to other parts of this forum to do research on how to root your phone and install custom roms.
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Already rooted of course, however even with su enabled I can't write to /system
I also tried to switch the boot animation with substratom and it didn't work, are there other apps/ways that are known to work? I just want the stock Samsung logo back (or anything that doesn't have a site address on it lol). I'm not eager to give root access to everything that claims to be able to change your boot anim, and Google brought up nothing
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I've managed to get rid of the H3G boot and shutdown animations by going to /system/media/ and removing *.qmg, then going to /system/media/video/shutdown/ and removing shutdown.qmg
Do this at your own risk, it won't restore the original Marshmallow animation but it will PROBABLY make your device stay on the "powered by Android" logo instead of going to the carrier boot animation

OTA Nougat UK

I have an S7 on MM, when are Nougat OTA's are coming to the UK? I don't bother rooting any longer but I am tempted to sideload if Samsung are going to take forever.

Depend on what s7 you have?

Edge G935
I'm on a sim only plan with BT so I own my phone rather than rent, I have spoken to BT who tell me its a Samsung OTA and they have no control, and Samsung merely tell me to to contact my Carrier.
Might end up sideloading!

It's already out. What CSC are you using?
Is the device network locked.
Can you install "Phone Info" app from play store and check which CSC is currently set as your active CSC. The CSC is the one based on which the updates are set.

kamranali44 said:
It's already out. What CSC are you using?
Is the device network locked.
Can you install "Phone Info" app from play store and check which CSC is currently set as your active CSC. The CSC is the one based on which the updates are set.
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XEU
Unlocked

It's not been released yet from what i can see on SamMobile.

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XEU
Unlocked
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I have the same UK firmware but with BTU. The difference is given below (Copied from someone on xda). https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/help/btu-xeu-t3100911
"I think i worked out the difference between BTU and XEU.
BTU firmware are on phones that come directly from Samsung (unbranded)
XEU firmware are on Sim Free handsets that are generic (unbranded) but not from Samsung"
You can now decide whether to wait for XEU or flash BTU. If you do decide to flash, backup data first and confirm that the active csc is set to BTU for OTA to work.

mimo2008 said:
It's not been released yet from what i can see on SamMobile.
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Is this mine? Listed after the update half way down the page?
https://www.sammobile.com/2017/01/1...mware-for-the-galaxy-s7-now-available-online/

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I have the same UK firmware but with BTU. The difference is given below (Copied from someone on xda). https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/help/btu-xeu-t3100911
"I think i worked out the difference between BTU and XEU.
BTU firmware are on phones that come directly from Samsung (unbranded)
XEU firmware are on Sim Free handsets that are generic (unbranded) but not from Samsung"
You can now decide whether to wait for XEU or flash BTU. If you do decide to flash, backup data first and confirm that the active csc is set to BTU for OTA to work.
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I may wait a few weeks, unless its done with the flash Icannot set XEU to BTU, there is no option.

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I have the same UK firmware but with BTU. The difference is given below (Copied from someone on xda). https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/help/btu-xeu-t3100911
"I think i worked out the difference between BTU and XEU.
BTU firmware are on phones that come directly from Samsung (unbranded)
XEU firmware are on Sim Free handsets that are generic (unbranded) but not from Samsung"
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Is your phone direct from Samsung? Mine is Sim Free, unbranded not from Samsung.

Exu is Ireland band by the looks of it.

InfernalByte said:
Is your phone direct from Samsung? Mine is Sim Free, unbranded not from Samsung.
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I brought it from ebay but I did flash the BTU firmware myself. My phone orignally had multi csc which included BTU and had a german (DBT) csc set as active.
You cannot change the CSC by device but you can flash a firmware with completely different CSC and then flash the BTU one.
I flashed mine with O2U firmware which made it forget the multi csc and then flashed BTU which set the active csc as BTU. I originally flashed the first nougat update release by Samsung and then received the performance update using OTA.
This might make it simple "You are not getting the BTU OTA updates because you don't have BTU CSC but DBT. You flashed BTU Rom but it's a multi CSC Rom and it has inside your original DBT CSC. So your CSC didn't change to BTU...If you want to have BTU CSC so you can get OTA upfates from BTU you have first to flash a rom that it's CSC is not inside the multi CSC you have now, let's say for example a rom with EUR CSC. Then you CSC will change to EUR. After that you can reflash BTU Rom and your CSC will change to BTU...Then you can take the OTA updates from BTU normally..."
Check this thread - https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ta-updates-t3552316/post70923890#post70923890
Check post number 32, I added the screenshots over there as well.
There is http://updato.com/ as well if you want to download firmware faster (a lot faster than sammobile). I think they are official but have only checked one so far.
Backup the data first, flashing a different csc will factory reset the device.

That's what I kinda done I was on vodafone and preferred to be on btu so I flashed that instead but once I flashed it done wipe cache and data factory reset just to make sure all was ok on another note I kept wifi calling as well.

Firmware change - double-check please?

Hi all,
I'm back to Samsung after a number of years away at HTC and LG! Last Samsung was an S2 and so I've used Odin, reflashed firmwares, rooted etc. before so know my way around this stuff in a general sense.
I got an S7 from CEX recently to replace my broken LG G3 but the firmware on it seems to be a slightly older / foreign one and I want to get onto a clean UK / EU firmware, so I can keep stem with OTAs that I see friends' S7's receiving. My current firmware is baseband G930FXXU1BPJE, build number G930FXXU1ZPK4.
I've looked on SAMMobile and can see two options for UK unbranded; XEU and BTU. So my first question is what one should I use and what the difference is?
Secondly, when I use Odin to flash whichever one is correct, will I need to repartition? Or will factory resetting after flash be enough to properly correct the CSC?
Finally, will this still show up as an 'untampered' phone, and receive OTA correctly?
Thanks for the help.

XEU has the most updated firmware atm with a February security patch, where BTU is still on January afaik, both unbranded UK firmwares
If you flash them using CSC (Not HOME_CSC) which will reset the phone and change CSC, then you will remain KNOX 0x0 and receive OTAs for whichever CSC you choose, XEU or BTU
No need to repartition
I did read something about needing to flash to another CSC supported by the current CSC on your phone atm (Multi CSC) before flashing to the one you want to change to, but not sure about that, I've only ever switched between BTU and XEU, and BTU is multi CSC containing XEU too

*Detection* said:
XEU has the most updated firmware atm with a February security patch, where BTU is still on January afaik, both unbranded UK firmwares
If you flash them using CSC (Not HOME_CSC) which will reset the phone and change CSC, then you will remain KNOX 0x0 and receive OTAs for whichever CSC you choose, XEU or BTU
No need to repartition
I did read something about needing to flash to another CSC supported by the current CSC on your phone atm (Multi CSC) before flashing to the one you want to change to, but not sure about that, I've only ever switched between BTU and XEU, and BTU is multi CSC containing XEU too
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Thanks, I'll stay alert to that possibility. I'll go with the XEU variant and hopefully be ok. Just need to backup my stuff first.

gyaku_zuki said:
Thanks, I'll stay alert to that possibility. I'll go with the XEU variant and hopefully be ok. Just need to backup my stuff first.
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Hello, did you have any luck changing your CSC without Re-Partitioning ?
Im in the same situation right now (DDE CSC, still on 6.0.1) and I am kinda scared after reading so many posts where people bricked their phones.

Flashing G930F "BTU" (UK) Nougat firmware in the USA - CSC change needed?

Since there is no official Nougat release in the USA yet, I was planning on installing the "BTU" Nougat official firmware intended for the UK. Do I need to do anything with changing the CSC to use in the USA, or just flash everything as-is in the firmware download? I don't understand if the CSC change is REQUIRED to match the country you are using the phone in, or just recommended. The current Marshmallow build is showing a CSC of OJV (middle east)
What are you USA folks out there doing? I am on Straight Talk (AT&T sim).
My current phone is giving me a lot of problems, and I'd really appreciate a response as I need to get switched over to this S7 ASAP. I realize I can just use Marshmallow but am really hoping to get to Nougat so I don't have to reflash and potentially lose data down the road.
Thank you!

If the CSC you want to change to is not included in the CSC already on your phone, you'll need to use CSC of the new ROM (Not HOME_CSC) along with the other 3 sections, and check the "Repartition" option in PIT settings of ODIN
This will wipe your phone back to factory settings

Are you rooted?

*Detection* said:
If the CSC you want to change to is not included in the CSC already on your phone, you'll need to use CSC of the new ROM (Not HOME_CSC) along with the other 3 sections, and check the "Repartition" option in PIT settings of ODIN
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He doesn't need to check repartition. Despite the fact that it is designed for downgrading and unbricking (exclusively, in most cases ), it is not required to do that if only CSC change is needed. Only thing he need to do is using CSC section of the ROM (not Home_CSC because it is preserving old settings in the phone, message to The Founder of the topic ).
Generally, when I was switching to BTU I flashed Firmware with CSC different that BTU (for example Sweden rom) and then flashed BTU sofware. CSC has changed flawlessly
And when you have rooted phone, you can change CSC manually. That extremely ease you effort.

i would just flash the firmware and the csc that comes with it because then you will get updates in the future. if the csc doesn't match the firmware you wont ever get updates so just do a samsung cloud backup and flash the nougat But its weird that someone in the usa doesn'ty have nougat because i thought usa was 1 of the first with nougat.

RiTCHiE007 is right. If you want to receive OTA updates, CSC must match with the type of firmware it comes from. That is why you need to change CSC from US to BTU. Here is a thread that will help you out providing explanation of the topic.

Flash different region software???

I wan't to flash DBT (Germany) OEM software from Sammobile to my S8+ G955F model which is on SEE region. Is it OK? I forgotten about these regions since I haven't flashed different region since S5.
I wan't to completely change software. From SEE to DBT. Should I install AP and PDA or AP,BL,CP,CSC OXM,Home CSC OXM? I want to change modem firmware as well. Everything I see this much files first time. Dont know except AP and PDA these other what they are for. Can someone tell me?
THX

stefan063 said:
I wan't to flash DBT (Germany) OEM software from Sammobile to my S8+ G955F model which is on SEE region. Is it OK? I forgotten about these regions since I haven't flashed different region since S5.
I wan't to completely change software. From SEE to DBT. Should I install AP and PDA or AP,BL,CP,CSC OXM,Home CSC OXM? I want to change modem firmware as well. Everything I see this much files first time. Dont know except AP and PDA these other what they are for. Can someone tell me?
THX
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2 words: NOT POSSIBLE...
The SEE CSC is part of the Multi-CSC OXM; DBT is also part of the Multi-CSC OXM
When you flash the DBT firmware, your CSC will stay SEE because both CSC's are included in the OXM MultiCSC, and the product-code of your device is SEE (you can't change that)...
All European countries (and some African & Asian) are part of the Multi-CSC OXM; all firmware for those countries are the same (also modem!)
When you flash in Odin, 3.12.3, you must flash 4 files:
AP BL CP & CSC_OXM (this will reset your device) or HOME_CSC_OXM (data will stay intact)