Hi
I have tried to research the answer myself, but I have been unable to find it.
I have had a replacement device from my carrier (EE). As shown in the attached photo, my CSC looks like this: BTU/BTU,BTU/EUX/TPH. My question is in regards to the TPH section. Upon searching the internet, I deduced that the phone did not originate from the UK. I believe it originated in Portugal. The phone accepts my EE sim card, but with it not originating in the UK, will it affect the phone's ability to update OTA?
Thanks for taking the time to answer.
ikeieva said:
Hi
I have tried to research the answer myself, but I have been unable to find it.
I have had a replacement device from my carrier (EE). As shown in the attached photo, my CSC looks like this: BTU/BTU,BTU/EUX/TPH. My question is in regards to the TPH section. Upon searching the internet, I deduced that the phone did not originate from the UK. I believe it originated in Portugal. The phone accepts my EE sim card, but with it not originating in the UK, will it affect the phone's ability to update OTA?
Thanks for taking the time to answer.
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Have you attempted an OTA Update? I would return the device to the carrier and demand a replacement with the appropriate CSC.
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Hello. I am trying to use one of these cards on my unlocked tilt as I want to go to Spain this month and use it there. I can check my balance and I can see the network, Rogers wireless. I cannot call it from another phone and I cannot find a way to call from it. They say I may need the "go-sim menu" which should magically appear under the phone menu or some other menus depending on the phone. Only I cannot find it anywhere.
Has anybody used one of these before? Any help would be gratly appreciated. Thanks.
My wife and I used a similar product from MAXroam during our trip last month to Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Once we put the MAXroam SIM in our unlocked AT&T Tilt devices, there was a new entry in the Programs folder named "Roaming" that we had to use to make calls via a small menu list.
Incoming calls came in the normal way, except that most of them came in as "Private Caller," due to the methods by which that particular service operates. Hope that info helps, and that your trip goes well.
Thanks. I found it on mine it's called ... "SIM Menu". I was looking for a folder... Thanks again
Also, I can call it on ATT although I could not on Rogers, eh!
I found this little bit in the customer.xml of BMC (Bell Canada) CSC
Code:
<Security>
<NbNetworkLock>4</NbNetworkLock>
<NetworkLock>302610</NetworkLock>
<NetworkLock>204040</NetworkLock>
<NetworkLock>001010</NetworkLock>
<NetworkLock>999990</NetworkLock>
</Security>
Anybody know what this means? I was planning on using this csc.
As near as I can understand, those are the codes that set what network the phone can use. The first number (302610) is Bell Canada, the second (204040) is for Vodafone Netherlands I think, which was likely the market that specific firmware was first developed for. The next number (001010) is a test band and I have no idea what the last one (999990) is, but likely it is a placeholder or another test band.
I also do not know what the nbnetworklock code means, but as I have seen many different single digits on the examples I looked at, I doubt it is anything to worry overly much about.
Beyond all that, this code sequence seems to be very very normal for a CSC and I see no reason it should stop you from using the CSC, assuming of course you want to use the phone on Bell Canada.
Mine just has a large list of the local networks no lock mentioned .
jje
Thank's the info.
Hoping someone can help me here. I have the dual note 5 sm-n9208. I was told by a tmobile representative that my phone is one of the phone affected by the latest upgrade and makes it non compatible with the cell tower. Basically I can only run 2g on my phone, plz is there a rom that will fix this. I can't afford to purchase a new phone rite now. Alil of what I'm facing: using 4g I can use the internet, calls go straight to voicemail, outgoing calls take a while to connect. Under 2g can't search the web, but can make and receive calls. Did a master reset and the phone came back in Chinese, which lead me to the tmobile store. The language and input was missing. Thanks for reading this and your help. ?
Thanks for this, I was able to fine this info.
It gave me:
AP
CP
CSC: N9208ZZT3CQE4
How do I make sure it was flashed correctly.
johngr77 said:
There are many versions of N9208, this model was sold in india, taiwan, south east asia countries, etc. Check first country CSC of your phone, maybe it was flashed with a wrong firmware
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Monday I updated the FW of my US unlocked Note 8 (N950U1 / SD-version) with N950U1UEU5CRG6.
After the update I noticed that in Settings - About Phone, My Phone Number is listed as UNKNOWN. I am using the phone in The Netherlands with provider Hollandsnieuwe (=Vodafone). I am certain that the actual phone number was correctly displayed prior to the FW update.
Not sure if related, but Find My Phone/Device does no longer work via Samsung or Google. Is does work through Bitdefender Anti Theft...
Anyone has this or other issue after the update? Thoughts?
OnnoJ said:
Monday I updated the FW of my US unlocked Note 8 (N950U1 / SD-version) with N950U1UEU5CRG6.
After the update I noticed that in Settings - About Phone, My Phone Number is listed as UNKNOWN. I am using the phone in The Netherlands with provider Hollandsnieuwe (=Vodafone). I am certain that the actual phone number was correctly displayed prior to the FW update.
Not sure if related, but Find My Phone/Device does no longer work via Samsung or Google. Is does work through Bitdefender Anti Theft...
Anyone has this or other issue after the update? Thoughts?
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Hi, on my 2 Note8 dual sim, it is said : phone number⇒ unknown. And this from the beginning (on every firmwares). I'm in france using two french sim cards in the phone and i bought my phones on samsung shop. Until now, no problem, everything works great.
My branded, but unlocked 950F, as I paid for it the full price to use it as a prepaid phone displays the same, unknown number, since day one, I bought it directly from the major carrier in Mexico which is Telcel, everything works fine, all services and VoLTE
You mean like this seeing on my screenshot? This number is only visible if it's saved into your SIM card. Since a while, the carriers/operators don't write longer the numbers into the SIM card
So if you don't see it now, you never saw it before!
But there was an xposed module (if I remember right on android 4.4.2) where you can change this (showing) number.
(It don't changed your registered phone number!)
At that time I had found that thread
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...share_tid=2106490&share_fid=3793&share_type=t
That should be the correct GitHub link:
https://github.com/OXINARF/SIMNumberChanger
But it looks like there is a newer xposed module called SIMEditor - maybe that still works (when your device is rooted and xpised installed)
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.gnufabio.simeditor
Greetings
Spoiler
Sorry for German language. The first line: Eigene Telefonnummer means "own phone number"
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I've never had my phone number displayed in the information menu. As far back as the Note 3, no matter what firmware, official or custom, or even other phones. I live in South Africa. After reading @Logel's explanation, it now makes sense to me why it never showed to me, because of the way South African carriers assign numbers to customers.
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Anyone has this or other issue after the update? Thoughts?
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I know it's not the exact same model, but my N950F/DS shows my phone number there like normal. Not sure why it's not showing in your case though.
So I bought a brand new Sim-free sealed note 9 from eBay last week here in Germany. Take it from the box turn the phone on and see the OPTUS logo when I power it on and then I was thrilled like WTF is this a fake phone? (didn't know what that logo is) so I searched on google and found out that is just an Australian service provider so was relaxed and then I put different SIM card in the phone and I can do phone calls and use mobile data without any problems. The only problem is that the service provider SW is Locked on Optus Australia (OPS). I downloaded different stock firmware's from SamMobile for Germany (DBT), UK (BTU) Even Australia (XSA) and still in settings at the software info/service provider is shown: OPS/OPS,OPS/OPS and every time when I turn the Phone ON/OFF the annoying OPTUS logo is shown... I tried just only flashing the CSC in Odin but still no changes... I contact the buyer on eBay and he is willing to take the phone back and full refund me. But I want to keep the phone really like the Note 9. Please help me :angel:
You have to change the CSC using a combination file ROM, as they use a multi-CSC now. In some ways, it's better than the old system but in others, it's worse.
This took me ages to figure out but after finding a guide and the right combination ROM (must match the current bootloader version else it won't boot), it worked.
Here's the thread that helped me: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...9-s9-csc-only-same-model-numbers-csc.3870836/
Look through all the comments if you have issues. I believe I mentioned, somewhere in that thread, the exact steps I took to make it work.
Newer versions of SamFirm have a combination ROM download option to simplify finding one (new SamFirm builds don't seem to be on the website yet but the guy who maintains it now also has a YouTube channel where he posts links. Seems to be fine except the very latest version seems a bit ad-filled).
Just so you're aware, the N960F shouldn't be carrier-locked. You just can't change the CSC like older phones could. S7 and Note 7 were the last Samsung phones that used the old CSC system, if I remember correctly. Getting rid of the carrier logo is worth it, though, in my opinion.