Hi All, I really need some help. First post. I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950F/DualSim from eBay in mint condition for £285 a few months back. Works perfectly. Waited until end of March but no Android 9 One UI update. Realised I hadn't got ANY updates what so ever since I got it. Contacted Samsung and they say because it is from a different region it can't be updated in the UK. I find this extremely unfair. I use a Blackberry Key2 as my main phone and Note 8 as a second phone which I don't always carry. Use it more to surf and watch videos with once I get home.
I have never rooted or Odined or anything else before so am not too excited about any of that stuff. I just need the simplest tutorial there is to get my phone to update and to continue to update if that is possible. I am currently on Android Oreo 8.0 and security patch August 2018!
Thanks in advance for your help.
P.S I have no idea which region it's from but the serial number is R58J944Z7HT
Bilal81 said:
Hi All, I really need some help. First post. I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950F/DualSim from eBay in mint condition for £285 a few months back. Works perfectly. Waited until end of March but no Android 9 One UI update. Realised I hadn't got ANY updates what so ever since I got it. Contacted Samsung and they say because it is from a different region it can't be updated in the UK. I find this extremely unfair. I use a Blackberry Key2 as my main phone and Note 8 as a second phone which I don't always carry. Use it more to surf and watch videos with once I get home.
I have never rooted or Odined or anything else before so am not too excited about any of that stuff. I just need the simplest tutorial there is to get my phone to update and to continue to update if that is possible. I am currently on Android Oreo 8.0 and security patch August 2018!
Thanks in advance for your help.
P.S I have no idea which region it's from but the serial number is R58J944Z7HT
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Dial *#1234# in phone dialer. Look at the CSC line and look for "OXM" in the line eg. N950F"OXM"5CSA2. If you see that then:
Read page 1:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/official-stock-firmware-update-odin-t3677072
To find your CSC:
You can go to system settings/ about phone/software information/ service providers SW ver. (Look for something like this example TPA/TPA/XEU , should be last line in that section. Yours might be different but it should be in this format CSC/CSC/CSC .)
2nd spot TPA is the your carrier CSC (set by your sim card.)
3rd Spot XEU is where your phone is from.
So look at the second spot for your CSC code.
So know you have the:
Model of note 8 : SM-N950F or SM-N950F/DS (doesn't matter firmware is for both phones.)
The multi-CSC firmware OXM
And your CSC code.
Now you have 3 choices:
1) Connect phone to PC and use smart switch to update phone (if there is one for your csc). This will keep data intacted!
2) You can use samfirm.exe on PC to download the firmware for your model phone and CSC and use the latest Odin to update.
Use "Home-CSC" file to keep data intacted!
Warning DO NOT use "csc" file this DELETE DATA! (Or you
want to delete data.)
3) Use samfirm.exe to download the firmware for any CSC that's in that multi-CSC OXM that's listed in that thread I posted and latest Odin.
Use "Home-CSC" file to keep data intacted! This will keep
your CSC the same!
Warning DO NOT use "csc" file this DELETE DATA! (Or you
want to delete data.)
Now you might need to Odin everytime the new update or you might be lucky and you'll get the OTA.
I have the N950F in Canada and I get OTA update here, maybe because my 3 csc code is XEU/XEU/XEU(your will be different! )(because the multi-CSC oxm doesn't support my carrier csc so it stays default XEU/XEU/XEU. )
Your case maybe different so I would get used to using Samfirm.exe and Odin to update your phone.
Or you can always wait and see if you get the OTA, your choice!
If you don't have the OXM or do you can go to
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-note8/SM-N950F/
To look what country the CSC belongs to (CSC in this case is the 3rd spot in this eg. XEU/XEU/XEU)
Eg XEU is UK/Ireland
XSG is United Arab Emirates
Hi,
I had exactly the same issue; bought a Note 8 on ebay last year (also in mint condition) - it's a Dual SIM model also. But mine had not had a security update since March 2018. Like you I contacted Samsung support and was told that there isn't anything they can do. One suggestion was to send the phone to its country of origin so that it can pick up security updates OTA - not really an option for me...
I bit the bullet today and followed the procedure set out by BluePhnx. The whole process took about 1 hour. I was taking my time because I have never attempted anything similar before. Everything worked great and I now have Android Pie with Samsung One UI More importantly the security version is March 2019. All my apps and data are intact and S-Pen continues to work great.
Thanks BluePhnx for the guide.
Best,
TB
Hey guys,
I have a G9730 (Snapdragon) S10 in Germany, which is manufactured for the HongKong market.
I'm still on the April Update (ASD4) and haven't received any further OTA updates. I bought it via eBay
on this update so I don't know how the April update was installed.
After contacting Samsung they said I won't get any updates unless I'm in HongKong...
Is there any possibility to force an OTA update or Smart Switch update? I already tried a HK VPN which doesn't seem to work. The other possibility would be via ODIN right? But that means I would get all.my data wiped, if I understood it correctly? So I'd prefer another way..
Thank you so much in advance and I'm sorry if this question has been asked before, I didn't find anything.
Edit: Maybe this thread should be moved to the questions section?
You can use SamFirm to download and install new firmware with odin .
Write this in SamFirm
Model SM-G9730
Region TGY
use manual mode
PDA G9730ZHU1ASE6
CSC G9730TGY1ASE6
Phone G9730ZCU1ASE6
in odin use HOME_CSC_OMC , not CSC_OMC and your data will be intact everything stays same installed apps ,settings ,etc.....
Cheers
ASE6 update has been canceled that's why no update
I would install it manually anyway.
I'm also from Germany and I wouldn't want to rely on the OTAs.
If you are buying a chinese/HK model for Europe you can't expect everything to work 100% automatically.
If that's the case it's your own fault, sorry.
The ASE6 ist awesome btw.
Hello any solution to change csc on s21 ultra? Samkey not work
it seems there is no way curently
I did this method and it worked https://androidmore.com/change-csc-samsung/
I have a s21 ultra exynos , and a unlock phone , global version
I installed the AUT update via odin and the csc was TPA , so i did the method on the link to change to AUT and it worked but it deleted everything
but what about Carrier blotware?
Jpablo67 said:
I did this method and it worked https://androidmore.com/change-csc-samsung/
I have a s21 ultra exynos , and a unlock phone , global version
I installed the AUT update via odin and the csc was TPA , so i did the method on the link to change to AUT and it worked but it deleted everything
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Hmmm, it says invalid MMI code whenever I try it.
Jpablo67 said:
I did this method and it worked https://androidmore.com/change-csc-samsung/
I have a s21 ultra exynos , and a unlock phone , global version
I installed the AUT update via odin and the csc was TPA , so i did the method on the link to change to AUT and it worked but it deleted everything
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Which step on the link did you exactly do? There are many options.
Any update on this? I have S21 Ultra with TPA and I want to change the CSC to BTU. I am in Canada and I hope this will help with faster updates. Also I am having problems with slow 4G uploads, and faster updates might be the solution.
Thank you..
elena11 said:
Any update on this? I have S21 Ultra with TPA and I want to change the CSC to BTU. I am in Canada and I hope this will help with faster updates. Also I am having problems with slow 4G uploads, and faster updates might be the solution.
Thank you..
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If your device is SD then you won't be able to get BTU.
If it is exynos then you can flash the BTU firmware.
Your 4g speeds may be slow if you do not have the correct csc files for your provider. Eg: having BTU for Rogers may not get your the speeds you are looking for.
Techvir said:
If your device is SD then you won't be able to get BTU.
If it is exynos then you can flash the BTU firmware.
Your 4g speeds may be slow if you do not have the correct csc files for your provider. Eg: having BTU for Rogers may not get your the speeds you are looking for.
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I have Exynos device. If I do Canadian CSC on Exynos S21 Ultra, will I have better 4G in Canada?
Thank you.
@carlitobahsoun
March Update is out for S21 Ultra xid CSC . So if I want call recording I just have to flash xid home_csc right?
iamnotkurtcobain said:
@carlitobahsoun
March Update is out for S21 Ultra xid CSC . So if I want call recording I just have to flash xid home_csc right?
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yup , i only flashed home csc , no wipe sure , other poeple on Russian forum flashed full 4 files / for me from first open box was downloaded xid full firmware and once get my s21 ultra i flashed only home csc .
i got march patch now ota and will install now
my out of box csc was MID/MID/MID/XSG
now its XID/XID/XID/XSG
and OTA received well
**in case AFTER FLASH AND REBOOT a pop up appear asking u keep curent or back to sim card detected : SELECT KEEP CURENT.
@carlitobahsoun
Is there another way than samkey to change my DBT CSC to ATO? voLTE isn't working with my simcard if I don't have ATO as CSC :/
iamnotkurtcobain said:
@carlitobahsoun
Is there another way than samkey to change my DBT CSC to ATO? voLTE isn't working with my simcard if I don't have ATO as CSC :/
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till now , only samkey .....
i dont have volte in my country , no 5g in my country , no google pay in my country , no samsung pay in my country , no PayPal in my country , no paid app or watchface appears in galaxy store in my country , bad bad bad .
I used the link in this tread and I selected BTU, but I did not pay attention that it was mentioned that is Single. Now I have BTU, but I have some problems receiving SMS and I cannot go back to TPA. When I try *#272* IMEI# it does not do anything. Any idea what I have to do to go back to Dual SIM?
elena11 said:
I have Exynos device. If I do Canadian CSC on Exynos S21 Ultra, will I have better 4G in Canada?
Thank you.
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You will not be able flash Canadian CSC on an exynos device.
First you have to root the device and Either you or some else will have to edit the canadian csc file to make it compatible wtih exynos.
Some one has done for me in the past with note 8 but that dev is no longer in XDA.
The other option is to root and then copy the required csc files.
With this there is a high chance that the imeir related files can get corrupted.
elena11 said:
I used the link in this tread and I selected BTU, but I did not pay attention that it was mentioned that is Single. Now I have BTU, but I have some problems receiving SMS and I cannot go back to TPA. When I try *#272* IMEI# it does not do anything. Any idea what I have to do to go back to Dual SIM?
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You can flash any other file with multicsc.
There is no reason for you not recieve sms with BTU csc. However, if it does happen fhe csc firmware that is the original one. i.e look at the third tri letter in the csc info.(this third letter never changes , more like hard coded)
I do get SMSs but, I was not able to get one from my bank. The 3rd 3 letters are still TPA. I do not know if it is normal, but the dual sim menu has much fewer options. I can choose from what sim to call only after I dial at least one digit. And When I try to activate Dual sim always on, the toggle still stays off.
For the Canadian CSC, I suspected that it will be impossible to flash. I used to be on TPA and now I am on BTU, I had problems slow upload speed on 4G. Now is a bit better, but the download is staying around 50-75. before I had 160-300 Mbps.
Where I can get Multicsc and do I have to root the phone?
Thank you.
elena11 said:
I do get SMSs but, I was not able to get one from my bank. The 3rd 3 letters are still TPA. I do not know if it is normal, but the dual sim menu has much fewer options. I can choose from what sim to call only after I dial at least one digit. And When I try to activate Dual sim always on, the toggle still stays off.
For the Canadian CSC, I suspected that it will be impossible to flash. I used to be on TPA and now I am on BTU, I had problems slow upload speed on 4G. Now is a bit better, but the download is staying around 50-75. before I had 160-300 Mbps.
Where I can get Multicsc and do I have to root the phone?
Thank you.
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Rooting won't help you much with signal or speed of data, unless you have to flash some modified csc files.
Your problem could also be the absence of the required bands,whuch may be lacking in exynos.
I have a SD version ( decided to go wtih non root this time as most of the things that need root can be done with adb anyways. Also there is root for SD too these days) so cannot help you much.
Techvir said:
Rooting won't help you much with signal or speed of data, unless you have to flash some modified csc files.
Your problem could also be the absence of the required bands,whuch may be lacking in exynos.
I have a SD version ( decided to go wtih non root this time as most of the things that need root can be done with adb anyways. Also there is root for SD too these days) so cannot help you much.
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I am missing only one band, and this is not a problem. B29 in LTE. Al the rest are there. My question was more like is it normally to loose t some fucntciuts of Dual sim manager and and is there an easy way to change back and forth CSC without rooting. I do not want to root. Thank. you
elena11 said:
I am missing only one band, and this is not a problem. B29 in LTE. Al the rest are there. My question was more like is it normally to loose t some fucntciuts of Dual sim manager and and is there an easy way to change back and forth CSC without rooting. I do not want to root. Thank. you
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Chainging csc is easy by flashing the CSC file. Rooting won't affect it. Rooting has its downsides.
Your loss of dual sim fn could be related to csc but BTU should support full dual sim fn.
I have recently moved From India to France. Unfortunately I can't seem to add my cards here since Samsung Pay only accepts cards from India. I created a new Samsung account in France but that didn't seem to make any difference.
Is there any way I can change the location for my Samsung Pay for it to work here? I read somewhere that I need to change my CSC region or something? Do I have to download the France firmware to do that or is there another way? Worried I might mess up my phone if I mess with it haha. I tried factory resetting it with my French sim but it didn't make any difference? Is it possible to do it like that/ did I miss a step or something or is flashing firmware the only way to go about this? Would appreciate any and all suggestions and tips so i don't break my phone haha as I'd like to keep it functioning and under warranty.
Also if i need to flash a new firmware,
1. Do i download the France(XEF) firmware or France(SFR) firmware(since the sim card i bought here is Red by SFR).
2. Is the PDA id basically the build number of my phone? since I'd need to download that specific firmware i think.
Sorry for the stupid questions. Would appreciate all the help I can get as I've never done this before.
rocknrjiii said:
I have recently moved From India to France. Unfortunately I can't seem to add my cards here since Samsung Pay only accepts cards from India. I created a new Samsung account in France but that didn't seem to make any difference.
Is there any way I can change the location for my Samsung Pay for it to work here? I read somewhere that I need to change my CSC region or something? Do I have to download the France firmware to do that or is there another way? Worried I might mess up my phone if I mess with it haha. I tried factory resetting it with my French sim but it didn't make any difference? Is it possible to do it like that/ did I miss a step or something or is flashing firmware the only way to go about this? Would appreciate any and all suggestions and tips so i don't break my phone haha as I'd like to keep it functioning and under warranty.
Also if i need to flash a new firmware,
1. Do i download the France(XEF) firmware or France(SFR) firmware(since the sim card i bought here is Red by SFR).
2. Is the PDA id basically the build number of my phone? since I'd need to download that specific firmware i think.
Sorry for the stupid questions. Would appreciate all the help I can get as I've never done this before.
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Flash the SFR Firmware if that's your current service provider.
varcor said:
Flash the SFR Firmware if that's your current service provider.
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My AP ends with AUJ7
im guessing i need to match that to the PDA of the firmware im downloading?
for SFR there is no such PDA that ends with AUJ7 but in the XEF version there is. Does that mean i can only download the XEF version?
rocknrjiii said:
My AP ends with AUJ7
im guessing i need to match that to the PDA of the firmware im downloading?
for SFR there is no such PDA that ends with AUJ7 but in the XEF version there is. Does that mean i can only download the XEF version?
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Hi
Flash a firmware from Europe , so you have available a french CSC
Then You need to change your active CSC to one from France , at the moment (without root) you have to use a pay service (samkey) , after that you can use you french account for samsung pay and add credit cards from that country
Hello all.
My S20FE (SM-G780F) has not updated from OneUi 3 and Android 11. It always says that I'm using the latest software. I've tried factory resetting the phone and using Smart Switch to no avail.
I'm in the UK. Never lived anywhere else. I reside here permanently. It's where I bought my phone brand new.
I checked the service provider software version and it says ZT0/ZTO,ZTO/EUX . However, when I use the dialler method to check the same information it says the CSC is BTL3.
I researched and ZTO seems to refer to Brazil. I've never been to Brazil or anywhere in that vicinity so I don't know why it says ZTO as the service provider information.
Could this be why I'm having issues updating? If the phone thinks it's Brazilian then it would stop me updating if I'm in the UK? Is that correct?
Samsung suggested I send it to them to flash the drive but they require a proof of purchase and as I bought the phone over 2 years ago I can't for the life of me find the original order email.
Just for clarification the phone has never been rooted or modded and all software etc is "official." I've looked into flashing the software with Odin. Would I need ro download the update file for the CSC my phone says it is or for the CSC it should be? Do I only download the latest update or would I have to stack them and download all the previous ones my phone missed too?
Please help before I tear my hair out.
flashing the phone yourself with Odin is very easy, there are dozens of YouTube vids to get an idea from. actually downloading the firmware is more difficult.
whoever sold you the phone is who you should be angry at, it obviously wasn't intended for use here. let me know if you want help flashing!
Same thing happened to my Mom's phone (a Galaxy A series device).
Use this guide and manually flash the latest firmware.