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New Phone Software info Issue

Hi, everyone.
Just bought a new galaxy S7 G930F. I checked the IMEI info on imei.info and it says the phone was released on Feb. 2016. But when I look through my cell phone settings, I found the software info indicate:
Kernel version
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Mon Jul 4 11:12:05 KST 2016
SE for Android status
Mon Jul 04 11:40:03 2016
Why is Jul? Shouldn't it be Feb? I'm not quite know these phone& software updating stuff. Does it mean the phone has been used before selling to me?
(I haven't linked to wifi or connect to networks since I started the phone.)

hujiang said:
Hi, everyone.
Just bought a new galaxy S7 G930F. I checked the IMEI info on imei.info and it says the phone was released on Feb. 2016. But when I look through my cell phone settings, I found the software info indicate:
Kernel version
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Mon Jul 4 11:12:05 KST 2016
SE for Android status
Mon Jul 04 11:40:03 2016
Why is Jul? Shouldn't it be Feb? I'm not quite know these phone& software updating stuff. Does it mean the phone has been used before selling to me?
(I haven't linked to wifi or connect to networks since I started the phone.)
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SE means security enforcing.. (correct me guys if i'm wrong)... in other words, it means that the latest security patch that was applied by samsung on your device is in july.

Patlcs said:
SE means security enforcing.. (correct me guys if i'm wrong)... in other words, it means that the latest security patch that was applied by samsung on your device is in july.
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hujiang said:
Hi, everyone.
Just bought a new galaxy S7 G930F. I checked the IMEI info on imei.info and it says the phone was released on Feb. 2016. But when I look through my cell phone settings, I found the software info indicate:
Kernel version
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Mon Jul 4 11:12:05 KST 2016
SE for Android status
Mon Jul 04 11:40:03 2016
Why is Jul? Shouldn't it be Feb? I'm not quite know these phone& software updating stuff. Does it mean the phone has been used before selling to me?
(I haven't linked to wifi or connect to networks since I started the phone.)
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Hi mate
Imei are issue before the device is made , if you wish to know when the device was made and if it had a CSC change use an app like PhoneInfo
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo&hl=en

Thank you all for your help! Problem solved!
But one more question...
I did a little search about "CSC" (I don't know what the stuff is.......), and I found this:
Again, as the CSC of a Samsung Galaxy phone firmware contains the code-name of the country/region for which it is build, you can change it to tell Samsung servers that your phone is actually from a different country/region and get official updates for that country. It often happens that a firmware update is released for a particular country and you do not get it in your country. You grab the firmware file but are afraid that you will not be able to get the future official updates on your Android device if you flash a firmware that is not meant for your country.
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The baseband version of my S7 is: G930FXXU1APEQ. It seems the baseband region is some European countries. I'm in the US, do you think it is necessary to change the CSC code?

hujiang said:
Thank you all for your help! Problem solved!
But one more question...
I did a little search about "CSC" (I don't know what the stuff is.......), and I found this:
The baseband version of my S7 is: G930FXXU1APEQ. It seems the baseband region is some European countries. I'm in the US, do you think it is necessary to change the CSC code?
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It means Customer Service Code (CSC) and it provides specific configurations and software ( bloatware most times) for the designated region , most times is not big issue having a csc from a different region , unless you are having problems with the signal quality or you are missing an specific service from your carrier .
Anyhow G930F does not have a US CSC specific firmware as this model is the international model not "sold" in the US , you can change the CSC but you need to be root.
I would not worry too much

MAX 404 said:
It means Customer Service Code (CSC) and it provides specific configurations and software ( bloatware most times) for the designated region , most times is not big issue having a csc from a different region , unless you are having problems with the signal quality or you are missing an specific service from your carrier .
Anyhow G930F does not have a US CSC specific firmware as this model is the international model not "sold" in the US , you can change the CSC but you need to be root.
I would not worry too much
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Got it.
Thank you so much!!

Recover OTA updates on stock firmware

I've searched about a lot but I haven't found a straight answer so if anyone can give me a hand it would be highly appreciated.
I have a G930FD which originally had a XSG (United Arab Emirates) firmware. As soon as the first BETA Nougat firmware was available I sideloaded it, and the same happened with the first offical Nougat release, CSC BTU.
A couple of days later, the official Nougat firmware from my original CSC (XSG) was released, but I already had flashed the BTU version so I didn't download it.
My question is, having changed my CSC from XSG to BTU, will I recieve future OTA updates? I understand it won't be the case because the Firmware CSC and the IMEI (or any other form of ID on the phone) do not match on Samsung's records. All my past phones had TTT CSC which had terrible waiting times for updates so I always sideloaded new firmware on them, but now my S7 seems to be receiving OTA a lot sooner.
Will I gain access to OTA by flashing the XSG firmware?
Thanks a lot for your time.

Anyone??

JCBRR1 said:
Anyone??
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Whatever your CSC is, they are the OTA updates you will receive, so if it is currently BTU, you will receive BTU OTA updates so long as it remains stock / official (Not rooted or other custom)

Thanks for your reply. I actually changed the CSC to BTU when I installed the Nougat Beta firmware, and when the final version was released I didn't receive the OTA Update, so I thought I wasn't going to receive any.

JCBRR1 said:
Thanks for your reply. I actually changed the CSC to BTU when I installed the Nougat Beta firmware, and when the final version was released I didn't receive the OTA Update, so I thought I wasn't going to receive any.
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Not sure it has released for the FD yet, just F
Afaik you can flash F firmware on FD though, so you could flash the final Nougat 7 G930F firmware with ODIN and continue to receive OTA updates for the F model
DualSIM still works too from what I understand

*Detection* said:
Not sure it has released for the FD yet, just F
Afaik you can flash F firmware on FD though, so you could flash the final Nougat 7 G930F firmware with ODIN and continue to receive OTA updates for the F model
DualSIM still works too from what I understand
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That's most likely the reason, I hadn't take into account the fact that my S7 is FD, not F. I'm pretty sure BTU doesn't have a FD model, which is mostly reserved for the asian and eastern market. I might need to search for the firmware released specifically for the FD in order to recieve OTA updates. I'll give it a try with the XSG Nougat available on sammobile even when it is labeled as a F firmware. FD version doesn't get that much attention regarding the flashable firmware files on the sites I usually visit.
I'll wait for the February security patch OTA and see what happens.
Firmware for the F version works 100% on the FD by the way, tested on both Beta and Final Nougat versions.
Thanks for your time mate.

JCBRR1 said:
That's most likely the reason, I hadn't take into account the fact that my S7 is FD, not F. I'm pretty sure BTU doesn't have a FD model, which is mostly reserved for the asian and eastern market. I might need to search for the firmware released specifically for the FD in order to recieve OTA updates. I'll give it a try with the XSG Nougat available on sammobile even when it is labeled as a F firmware. FD version doesn't get that much attention regarding the flashable firmware files on the sites I usually visit.
I'll wait for the February security patch OTA and see what happens.
Firmware for the F version works 100% on the FD by the way, tested on both Beta and Final Nougat versions.
Thanks for your time mate.
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Hey, did you receive the February security patch in the end? I installed the BTU version manually as well and I'm still on the January security patch...
Cheers!

Anilikos said:
Hey, did you receive the February security patch in the end? I installed the BTU version manually as well and I'm still on the January security patch...
Cheers!
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No, both S7 in my house are on January patch....I did received a small update a while ago, but the security patch is still the same.

JCBRR1 said:
No, both S7 in my house are on January patch....I did received a small update a while ago, but the security patch is still the same.
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Same here mate. Since we got the small update though I suppose OTA is on

Anilikos said:
Same here mate. Since we got the small update though I suppose OTA is on
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That's what I thought. I have checked sammobile.com and live.samsung-updates.com for new BTU firmwares and I haven't seen any, so I suppose that there are no new security patches released for BTU region yet...I'm only assuming so...

JCBRR1 said:
That's what I thought. I have checked sammobile.com and live.samsung-updates.com for new BTU firmwares and I haven't seen any, so I suppose that there are no new security patches released for BTU region yet...I'm only assuming so...
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I just got an OTA update bringing the February security patch on my phone. OTA at least is working.

Security Updates

My S7 international variant unlocked has not been updated since February 2017. There is no update available when I try to update manually. I want to confirm with everyone using same variant whether they are receiving security patches or not. My device is totally stock and non rooted.

My device is on 1 May 2017 patch.
SM-G930FD

Portugal TPH and still on January patch....

mrmamon said:
My device is on 1 May 2017 patch.
SM-G930FD
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Weird, i have same device but not yet updated. May I ask where u purchased this device.

My device is G930Fd still on feburary patch, Region Pakistan
Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

MY Sim free UK SM-G930F has the 1st April 2017 patch.

I have SM-930F with BTU firmware and still 1st May Security Update.
I have noticed something weird on my phone about software update though. 2 times now it displayed the software update icon saying that a software update is available but when I click on it, the page says that I already have the last version... Did this problem happen to someone else already?
Thanks

Changing CSC from SKC to KOO for SM-N986N. Getting Samsung Pay to work

I have recently purchased the Note 20 Ultra 5G in the UK. But I got sent a South Korean variant. I have looked around and I don't seem to find anyways to get Samsung Pay working here in the UK. It kept asking for a Korean sim card. Also, it would be nice to get rid of the preloaded South Korean apps.
Model: SM-N986N
Android 11
Security Patch Level: 1 Dec 2020
I have read about the *#272 method and tried it. Also the IMEI method. Both the default Samsung dialer app and Google Phone did not bring up the menus.
I have also read about downgrading the phone to July security patch. But this phone launched with August security patch. Even though the rom download on Sammobile said the rom is from July, it still contained the August Security patch, which meant it won't work with other methods.
I really want to use Samsung pay, thus I don't want to trip KNOX and root. Do you guys have any recommendations that I can try?

william0910 said:
I have recently purchased the Note 20 Ultra 5G in the UK. But I got sent a South Korean variant. I have looked around and I don't seem to find anyways to get Samsung Pay working here in the UK. It kept asking for a Korean sim card. Also, it would be nice to get rid of the preloaded South Korean apps.
Model: SM-N986N
Android 11
Security Patch Level: 1 Dec 2020
I have read about the *#272 method and tried it. Also the IMEI method. Both the default Samsung dialer app and Google Phone did not bring up the menus.
I have also read about downgrading the phone to July security patch. But this phone launched with August security patch. Even though the rom download on Sammobile said the rom is from July, it still contained the August Security patch, which meant it won't work with other methods.
I really want to use Samsung pay, thus I don't want to trip KNOX and root. Do you guys have any recommendations that I can try?
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Hi,
Same case for me, I'm based in France and I have this Korean model. I can't find a French ROM or an "EU" ROM for using Samsung Pay and the others features. If someone could help us it would be cool. Thanks !

Question What is the latest software update version for GW4 LTE in India?

Hello,
I have not received any software update on my GW4 LTE since Nov 2021. My current software version is R875FXXU1DUJA.
When i contacted samsung support, they told that i will get it once a new update is released. But i have not got any update till now.
But on this forum, i see that a couple of updates are released in 2022 in other countries.
Can somebody confirm the latest software version of GW4 LTE in India?

Check FULL details about your Firmware...
Easiest way to enter Code:
*#1234#
According to my knowledge that INU is CSC for India:
http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/INU/SM-R875F/version.xml
R875FXXU1FVC8/R875FOXX1FVC8/R875FXXU1FVC8
FVC8 is latest for Region OXX...
Notify Update
We can try to identify your ACTIVE CSC...
Best Regards

adfree said:
Check FULL details about your Firmware...
Easiest way to enter Code:
*#1234#
According to my knowledge that INU is CSC for India:
http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/INU/SM-R875F/version.xml
R875FXXU1FVC8/R875FOXX1FVC8/R875FXXU1FVC8
FVC8 is latest for Region OXX...
Notify Update
We can try to identify your ACTIVE CSC...
Best Regards
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@adfree I changed CSC from INU to MEA by dialing *#272*IMEI# to enable Samsung Pay app.
I refer the guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...gions-may-work-on-non-samsung-phones.4338385/
Is there any way i can start receive software updates?
Can Samsung support help in it?