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aj2019 said:
Does anybody know how to enable E-sim (or get Sim Management Options) in Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 USA Version?
I have SM-F916U1 and as far as I know E-sim has been enabled in international version.
By the way, I originally have SM-F916U (AT&T Model) which I unlocked and then flashed SM-F916U1 firmware on it. So, my box has two IMEIs written over it.
Can someone help?
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If it is like the Note 20 and S10 Samsung has to enable it. Which they never did on those devices. It is capable but not enable and no figured out how to do it on those either.

nrage23 said:
If it is like the Note 20 and S10 Samsung has to enable it. Which they never did on those devices. It is capable but not enable and no figured out how to do it on those either.
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Noted! Thanks a lot.

Question S22 Ultra esim enable TGY csc

Hello all, new here! Never rooted a device, I'm very technical and confident but would like to ask the question as to why I'm looking to root or change CSC.
Currently my S22 ultra 512 is a Dual sim Hong Kong purchased device. TGY is the current CSC, basically I'd like to use the esim option and phones sold in Asia specifically China, Hong Kong & Macau at least I'm told have this disabled. My note20 ultra dual sim is the same. By changing csc/firmware can I enable this feature that other s22s have? Basically is there another s22 with identical hardware dual SIM and all that I can put on the phone that will enable this feature? I'd like call recordeding if possible as a phone feature rather app but it's not important. I'll attach screen shots of what versions I currently have. Sorry if I'm asking the wrong questions I'm technical but new to android rooting.. Willing to PayPal or donate to anyone who can assist me through the process. SM-S9080 TGY I know the Taiwan sold device is basically the same hardware but have not received a clear answer if esim is enabled, thinking no but figured I'd mention it. I'd also like to do the same to my Note20 Ultra. Thanks in advance

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I think SM-S908E/DS is the same hardware
Dual sim snapdragon variant for midd&le east

hoss_n2 said:
I think SM-S908E/DS is the same hardware
Dual sim snapdragon variant for midd&le east
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Interesting, so worth a try? I'm fairly worried and willing to pay for advice. Rather not brick my phone .. [email protected]
Or WhatsApp is +85254440929
Appreciate the quick response.

I'm hoping this works out, I assume if it does my Note 20 ultra 512g dual sim hk spec phone will to using the same principle?

hoss_n2 said:
I think SM-S908E/DS is the same hardware
Dual sim snapdragon variant for midd&le east
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Would there be any issues using a UAE CSC such as XSG? Or would another CSC be suggested? I'm aware that in parts of UAE you can not use WhatsApp or equivalent calling ect? Sorry for the basic questions, last one lol.. Doing this will root the phone or just change the software?
Thank you kindly

12453RS3 said:
Would there be any issues using a UAE CSC such as XSG? Or would another CSC be suggested? I'm aware that in parts of UAE you can not use WhatsApp or equivalent calling ect? Sorry for the basic questions, last one lol.. Doing this will root the phone or just change the software?
Thank you kindly
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Egy csc have call recording , but this is only valid for s22 ultra because both are snapdragon , for note 20 ultra different hardware
12453RS3 said:
Would there be any issues using a UAE CSC such as XSG? Or would another CSC be suggested? I'm aware that in parts of UAE you can not use WhatsApp or equivalent calling ect? Sorry for the basic questions, last one lol.. Doing this will root the phone or just change the software?
Thank you kindly
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Hi Guys, someone can confirm if CSC TGY have esim activated on S22 ultra SM-S9080? o wich carrier could have it?

I'm having exactly the same issue... just tried out the HK and CN variant. Both don't an eSIM support.
However, I've also read somewhere that Samsung has "dropped" the eSim support in on of the recent Firmware versions, because the had too much trouble with that.
So the quesetion is: Is this a regional issue (e.g. TGY, etc.) or is is a "Version" issue (e.g. an earlier version still might have it)
Best!

hoss_n2 said:
I think SM-S908E/DS is the same hardware
Dual sim snapdragon variant for midd&le east
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hi i have a s9080 hk model and tried flashing the s908e/ds firmware through odin buy kept getting failed partition error

i want to share my experience with my note9, it was the N variant - South Korea, i had network issues in which case i had to root my phone and install a custom rom which had csc of my country and i worked great.
if you could do with a rooted phone follow this:
1. check if your phone is listed as rootable.
2. check if your phone has a custom rom:
if YES you could see or ask for what you need ( in the Rom's forum or the developer).
if NO wait and keep researching.
dont flash another region firmware even if its the "same phone" you might break the phone.

Okay, quick info: I've flashed all three regions (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan) on the SM-S9080 (current firmware versions june to Sep) and none of them have eSIM support.
This is really annoying - especially when all the offical samsung websites praise that the phone supports esim.
I'm personally pretty pissed off and the key reason is that I know that other users of the same phone in other regions of the world can use it and I'm not able to do this, because the programmers just want to make their lives easy and "silently" drop this feature from the firmware.
Something similar happened about 15 years back with a Sony device and since then I've never ever bought anything from Sony again (neither phone nor anything else). So the same is probably going to happen with Samsung.

SamLux said:
Okay, quick info: I've flashed all three regions (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan) on the SM-S9080 (current firmware versions june to Sep) and none of them have eSIM support.
This is really annoying - especially when all the offical samsung websites praise that the phone supports esim.
I'm personally pretty pissed off and the key reason is that I know that other users of the same phone in other regions of the world can use it and I'm not able to do this, because the programmers just want to make their lives easy and "silently" drop this feature from the firmware.
Something similar happened about 15 years back with a Sony device and since then I've never ever bought anything from Sony again (neither phone nor anything else). So the same is probably going to happen with Samsung.
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When you flash a different CSC, I read that since basically the firmware reads your sim, grabs the CSC from that, that if you leave it out, on the boot up screen before you start the setup, you can hold Volume down, I believe or some button combo to skip through set up so you don't need a SIM to complete it.. then you have the actual firmwares original CSC and not the one that was read from your SIM card.. Cuz if not no matter what firm u are you flashing, if your SIM card is in there and you run set up it's going to go by that. The firms are supposedly all the same but what's changes is the CSC each time.. now overseas, United States, snapdragon vs Exyno it's a different story. They do have different firmware's...
But I do know that the phones are basically all universally the same all the same hardware but it's the firmware the software that does all the matter of difference... Including the bootloader for instance. We all have the same hardware but I can't unlock mine it's software there that can do it.. if I find the site up forward it for you.. have you gone into the service mode after enabling it? There's a bunch of crap you can do in there that has to do with antennas and SIM cards and ESIM stuff you might just need to enable something.

soyelreyy said:
When you flash a different CSC, I read that since basically the firmware reads your sim, grabs the CSC from that, that if you leave it out, on the boot up screen before you start the setup, you can hold Volume down, I believe or some button combo to skip through set up so you don't need a SIM to complete it.. then you have the actual firmwares original CSC and not the one that was read from your SIM card.. Cuz if not no matter what firm u are you flashing, if your SIM card is in there and you run set up it's going to go by that. The firms are supposedly all the same but what's changes is the CSC each time.. now overseas, United States, snapdragon vs Exyno it's a different story. They do have different firmware's...
But I do know that the phones are basically all universally the same all the same hardware but it's the firmware the software that does all the matter of difference... Including the bootloader for instance. We all have the same hardware but I can't unlock mine it's software there that can do it.. if I find the site up forward it for you.. have you gone into the service mode after enabling it? There's a bunch of crap you can do in there that has to do with antennas and SIM cards and ESIM stuff you might just need to enable something.
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What I've (think to have) learned so far:
There are two different hardware combinations: (a) the snapdragon variant and (b) the Exynos combination. For each combination, there are differernt firmwares available
Each firmware (e.g. SN-S9080) is a special combination of modem-settings, software configuration, etc. that is geared to optimize the phone performance and battery consumption
For each firmware, you have then certain CSC variants, wihch then further add which apps are available, etc. (for example in the Taiwan variant, Google is available, while in the China Mainlaind variant it is not)
During the first-time installation process, you can choose the language of the phone (and maybe also the CSC), but you can't change the firmware
Therefore, my problem is this: I've tried all the CSCs which are available for m firmware (SN-S9080) but none has eSIM support. Now I want to flash a differetn firmware (e.g the SM-S908E firnware), but Odin currently doesn't let me flash this onto my phone.
Does anyone have a guidline of how to flash a SN90E firmware onto a phone which currently runs a SN-S9080 firmware?
Best!

SamLux said:
What I've (think to have) learned so far:
There are two different hardware combinations: (a) the snapdragon variant and (b) the Exynos combination. For each combination, there are differernt firmwares available
Each firmware (e.g. SN-S9080) is a special combination of modem-settings, software configuration, etc. that is geared to optimize the phone performance and battery consumption
For each firmware, you have then certain CSC variants, wihch then further add which apps are available, etc. (for example in the Taiwan variant, Google is available, while in the China Mainlaind variant it is not)
During the first-time installation process, you can choose the language of the phone (and maybe also the CSC), but you can't change the firmware
Therefore, my problem is this: I've tried all the CSCs which are available for m firmware (SN-S9080) but none has eSIM support. Now I want to flash a differetn firmware (e.g the SM-S908E firnware), but Odin currently doesn't let me flash this onto my phone.
Does anyone have a guidline of how to flash a SN90E firmware onto a phone which currently runs a SN-S9080 firmware?
Best!
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i think the chinese s9080 is locked down only because you cant flash other firmware like other models most secret codes like to change bands dont work and this model took agesto get one ui 5.0 update

Well, I can flash different CSC variants, e.g. the Taiwan or the HK variant (and these are not multi-CSC firmwares, but seperate files).
However, does anyone have an idea of how to flash e.g. the S908E firmware onto a phone that is currently running S9080?
I was able to flash all files of the S9080 variant (including BL - the boot loader), so that means that the phone is *not* locked, right?
I've tried to click the repartitioning option (because the S908E is bigger than the S9080), but that also didn't help.
Do I maybe really need need to "root" the phone first for flashing another firmware? This doesn't sound logicall, so I tried to avoid rooting so far ...
Any ideas or a link to a "how to" is warmly welcome ...

soyelreyy said:
When you flash a different CSC, I read that since basically the firmware reads your sim, grabs the CSC from that, that if you leave it out, on the boot up screen before you start the setup, you can hold Volume down, I believe or some button combo to skip through set up so you don't need a SIM to complete it.. then you have the actual firmwares original CSC and not the one that was read from your SIM card.. Cuz if not no matter what firm u are you flashing, if your SIM card is in there and you run set up it's going to go by that. The firms are supposedly all the same but what's changes is the CSC each time.. now overseas, United States, snapdragon vs Exyno it's a different story. They do have different firmware's...
But I do know that the phones are basically all universally the same all the same hardware but it's the firmware the software that does all the matter of difference... Including the bootloader for instance. We all have the same hardware but I can't unlock mine it's software there that can do it.. if I find the site up forward it for you.. have you gone into the service mode after enabling it? There's a bunch of crap you can do in there that has to do with antennas and SIM cards and ESIM stuff you might just need to enable something.
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with an without SIM card didn't make a dfference. The firmware files for 9080 are all single CSCs anyway.

So after more than five weeks of trying around, I finally have to say that it seems impossible to enable eSIM on a 9080 (i.e. the version bought in China).
I've tried so many things by now (the VN Rom, the Dr Ketan Rom, switching CSC to Hong Kong or Taiwan, etc.).
So my conclusion is this: You have two options
a) Don't buy a Samsung Galaxy phone at all
b) If you really want to by a Samsung, then buy on from a region where there are the least restrictions on your firmware in the first place.
Everything afterwards turns into frustration.

Question Buying a Samsung S22 Ultra with unlocked bootloader / KG

I am trying to purchase Samsung S22 Ultra that is to be rooted and then used for a project (not used as a personal phone). It absolutely needs to be rooted.
I understand that the snapdragon versions sold in the US do not have an unlocked bootloader, and that exynos version is required that is sold outside of NA.
However, I had some bad luck already, I bought a European S22 Ultra from Ebay with exynos. I was able to unlock the bootloader.. But, I could not install custom firmware because custom binaries were blocked due to "remaining installment balance." This appears to be the Knox Guard lock added from companies or MDM activation, or if the phone was bought through Samsung Finance + and is not fully paid for. And it seems there is no way to bypass this KG. So I am out of luck on that phone.
I am wondering can someone recommend me a better place to purchase, and / or confirm that I can buy a new S22 Ultra (exynos) and will be able to install a custom firmware? I don't want to buy one again and have it not work out.
Or am I better off just giving up on the Samsung S22 Ultra? If that's the case, my main requirement for this phone is one that I can root easily, so maybe someone can recommend me an option that I should not have any trouble being able to root?

First things first, have you contacted the eBay vendor who sold you the phone? If the seller won't cooperate eBay has a buyer protection program.
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varcor said:
First things first, have you contacted the eBay vendor who sold you the phone? If the seller won't cooperate eBay has a buyer protection program.
eBay Money Back Guarantee
It’s automatic and covers your purchase price plus original shipping on eligible purchases* and there’s no extra fee for coverage. Follow these steps to get your refund.
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Thanks for the support.
Yes, but no where in the item description does it say this device does not have Knox Guard blocking custom firmwares. Seller can argue it was sold as described. It's kind of a niche thing, most buyers wouldn't care or know it exists. Also, I'm afraid it might be over 30 days since it arrived...
Also, I assume I have now voided the warranty on the phone now too, with the tinkering I have been doing.

I am also wondering if its possible that newest Samsung S22 Ulta's with exynos just all have Knox Guard installed and activated from Samsung. I am wondering if anyone can confirm that is not the case.

mattsasa said:
I am trying to purchase Samsung S22 Ultra that is to be rooted and then used for a project (not used as a personal phone). It absolutely needs to be rooted.
I understand that the snapdragon versions sold in the US do not have an unlocked bootloader, and that exynos version is required that is sold outside of NA.
However, I had some bad luck already, I bought a European S22 Ultra from Ebay with exynos. I was able to unlock the bootloader.. But, I could not install custom firmware because custom binaries were blocked due to "remaining installment balance." This appears to be the Knox Guard lock added from companies or MDM activation, or if the phone was bought through Samsung Finance + and is not fully paid for. And it seems there is no way to bypass this KG. So I am out of luck on that phone.
I am wondering can someone recommend me a better place to purchase, and / or confirm that I can buy a new S22 Ultra (exynos) and will be able to install a custom firmware? I don't want to buy one again and have it not work out.
Or am I better off just giving up on the Samsung S22 Ultra? If that's the case, my main requirement for this phone is one that I can root easily, so maybe someone can recommend me an option that I should not have any trouble being able to root?
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Get a Pixel 6 Pro.

mattsasa said:
I am trying to purchase Samsung S22 Ultra that is to be rooted and then used for a project (not used as a personal phone). It absolutely needs to be rooted.
I understand that the snapdragon versions sold in the US do not have an unlocked bootloader, and that exynos version is required that is sold outside of NA.
However, I had some bad luck already, I bought a European S22 Ultra from Ebay with exynos. I was able to unlock the bootloader.. But, I could not install custom firmware because custom binaries were blocked due to "remaining installment balance." This appears to be the Knox Guard lock added from companies or MDM activation, or if the phone was bought through Samsung Finance + and is not fully paid for. And it seems there is no way to bypass this KG. So I am out of luck on that phone.
I am wondering can someone recommend me a better place to purchase, and / or confirm that I can buy a new S22 Ultra (exynos) and will be able to install a custom firmware? I don't want to buy one again and have it not work out.
Or am I better off just giving up on the Samsung S22 Ultra? If that's the case, my main requirement for this phone is one that I can root easily, so maybe someone can recommend me an option that I should not have any trouble being able to root?
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I might be wrong, but you can see if it's rootable by the model. S908E (Snapdragon) and S908B ( Exynos) can be rooted.
S908U can't. I believe yours S908U (north america)?

ffp. said:
I might be wrong, but you can see if it's rootable by the model. S908E (Snapdragon) and S908B ( Exynos) can be rooted.
S908U can't. I believe yours S908U (north america)?
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No mine is S908B (Exynos), I explained that in the post.

hand-filer said:
Get a Pixel 6 Pro.
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thank you for the tip! Are there any considerations I need to know when buying for root capability? Location, model, firmware version, other?

mattsasa said:
thank you for the tip! Are there any considerations I need to know when buying for root capability? Location, model, firmware version, other?
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Spend some time over at the Pixel 6 pro forum. You will find a wealth of knowledge there that will address most of your questions.

Just to let OP know. I just bought S22 Ultra SM-S908N Korean version from Ebay. Look for store with_us. Its a snapdragon, with OEM unlock option present. So bootloader can be unlocked and phone can be rooted. I am in Canada using with Fido provider with 4G data only. 5G bands of the phone is curerntly not supported. Since my plan is 4g only so I dont care about that.

Oncet said:
Just to let OP know. I just bought S22 Ultra SM-S908N Korean version from Ebay. Look for store with_us. Its a snapdragon, with OEM unlock option present. So bootloader can be unlocked and phone can be rooted. I am in Canada using with Fido provider with 4G data only. 5G bands of the phone is curerntly not supported. Since my plan is 4g only so I dont care about that.
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thank you for this information! I don't even need any kind of connectivity on this phone
I will look for this seller

Oncet said:
Just to let OP know. I just bought S22 Ultra SM-S908N Korean version from Ebay. Look for store with_us. Its a snapdragon, with OEM unlock option present. So bootloader can be unlocked and phone can be rooted. I am in Canada using with Fido provider with 4G data only. 5G bands of the phone is curerntly not supported. Since my plan is 4g only so I dont care about that.
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I bought this phone from this seller and it worked! This was clutch! Thank you so much

mattsasa said:
I bought this phone from this seller and it worked! This was clutch! Thank you so much
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I am glad that its working for you!!

Question Korean version SM-S908N - How to use a Global Firmewere?

Hello friends, I bought a Samsung S22 Ultra device on eBay and I didn't pay attention to its version, now I'm having problems using some apps like Samsung Plu and my chip 2 which is an E-sim. he is not enabled
Does anyone know any way I can change this Firmewere via Odin or any other way? I would like to install the Brazilian version, but if I enter the global version, at least it will be Excellent! I just want to make all the applications work and the E-sim, checking the software, I see that it has the same settings as the other version's devices: the 908B and 908E.

Were you able to do something to your s22 ultra? I have the same problems haha

It is not possible to change the CSC on the Korean version because it has the Snap dragon CPU and the other global versions are Exynos. I also have the KR version of the phone in Europe and so far I have concluded that all issues are possible to overcome by alternative apps. Except for e-sim, don't know about it as I do not care for e-sims.

However upon checking something, I noticed that Dr Ketans s22 rom info, lower in the area of CSC features you can find e-sim. https://drketanrom.com/samsung-s22-1
It might be worth asking about it to see if it would be possible to turn on after rooting and installing his ROM.

Samsung Galaxy XCover 6 Pro - are there different versions?

Hi all, I'm asking here because there is no dedicated subforum for XCover 6.
So, I'm planning on buying Galaxy XCover 6Pro but I'm getting confused if there are different version of it out on the market? I've noticed that shops in my country (Poland) mark phones they are selling using these three different product numbers:
sm-g736bzkdeeb,
sm-g736bzkdeee,
sm-g736bzkd
with the first one (EEB) being called "Enterprise Edition" appearing in most of stores while the offical samsung.com store lists XCover 6Pro with "EEE" product number. Neverthless google shows up a samsung page for the "EEB" model too.
https://www.samsung.com/uk/business/smartphones/xcover/galaxy-xcover6-pro-sm-g736bzkdeeb/
https://www.samsung.com/levant/business/smartphones/xcover/galaxy-xcover6-pro-sm-g736bzkdeee/
So i checked the specs, in stores and on these samsung pages and they all appear to be the same XCover 6 Pro, 6GB 5G phones with Dual Sim in black colour.
So here is my question. Are they really the same phone or there is some difference that's my eye is missing?

The difference between the two devices you have named, is that one is made for the German market (EEB) and one is made for the eastern European and Swiss/Austrian markets (EEE).
There may be some issues with things such as samsung pay if you are using a device outside of its region but overall the device should work fine either way.
With the previous model (G715FN), I was able to flash to my local firmware without issue and all bands worked flawlessly as well as all localised features such as samsung pay. Unfortunately once this is done, you will not receive OTA updates any longer as it recognises your device has been modified. This may be because I tripped knox doing all this.
The only other thing to look out for is that you aren't buying a device that has been locked to a given carrier, or requires a sim from that carrier for activation.
Again, there's usually ways around this but you don't need to complicate your life like that.
If you are able to buy locally, surely they can give you some assurances that the device will work with your local providers?
There is no difference in specs, bands etc, it's just localisation support and operator specific configurations to worry about.
Samsung generally include all international MBN files in their modem config files so it's not such a huge deal these days as long as you can successfully register the device for use.

bandario said:
The difference between the two devices you have named, is that one is made for the German market (EEB) and one is made for the eastern European and Swiss/Austrian markets (EEE).
There may be some issues with things such as samsung pay if you are using a device outside of its region but overall the device should work fine either way.
With the previous model (G715FN), I was able to flash to my local firmware without issue and all bands worked flawlessly as well as all localised features such as samsung pay. Unfortunately once this is done, you will not receive OTA updates any longer as it recognises your device has been modified. This may be because I tripped knox doing all this.
The only other thing to look out for is that you aren't buying a device that has been locked to a given carrier, or requires a sim from that carrier for activation.
Again, there's usually ways around this but you don't need to complicate your life like that.
If you are able to buy locally, surely they can give you some assurances that the device will work with your local providers?
There is no difference in specs, bands etc, it's just localisation support and operator specific configurations to worry about.
Samsung generally include all international MBN files in their modem config files so it's not such a huge deal these days as long as you can successfully register the device for use.
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Thanks for detailed explanation!

Anyone tried root with Magisk?

bandario said:
Anyone tried root with Magisk?
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I have one I got recently, but have not used Magisk. Doesn't one have to access bootloader to do that? Which is my question: Anyone have an unlock for the bootloader?

Yes. There's instructions Here