yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] t-shock:
Hi

I want to flash a branded ROM on my phone (COS which is included in G950FODX1AQD4)

Is there any way to make sure that my phone will get this specific CSC from the multi-package?

(Otherwise, VoLTE & VoWiFi wont work)

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Yes. Insert the SIM Card of the Provider before flashing!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] t-shock:
Thanks

I will try it out
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bariz143:
This one wont let me use samsung pay or update toa ???
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] derf574:
I have baseband version G950FXXU1AQDG with CSC THR.

Service provider SW ver.:

SAOMC_SM-G950F_OXM_THR_0072

I tried to flash many other regional firmwares such as BTU with same firmware version (AQDG) but the CSC does not change and i still have all the Iranian regional apps. Shouldn't the first slot of my CSC change to BTU but THR will still remain in the third slot because that was the original CSC. Mine still says THR/THR/THR.

In odin I use the CSC_OXM file and factory reset the phone during the flashing. Despite copying a large AP system file onto the phone the phone OS appears to be exactly the same as before in any noticeable way.

What should i have done differently or is my phone restricted in some way?

Would flashing a newer firmware (AQEB) help change the regional system of my S8?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Do you have a SIM Card in your phone and from which provider?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] derf574:
I did have a HK (Three) sim card in there the first time i flashed the rom but removed it for my later attempts. There is no HK firmware for 950f since the official s8 here is snapdragon variant.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
so... you can´t change the CSC unless you insert another SIM that has a corresponding CSC in the OXM CSC package.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] derf574:
Ah, thanks for that information! I guess all the tutorials online just assumes that you got the firmware of your home region so the sim card mis-match is not really an issue.

I actually have some old sim cards from travelling that are from some of the country/carriers available on the OXM CSC. Maybe this is a stupid question, but do i have to download the exact region/carrier of the sim card or can i just flash any of the G950F firmwares from the CSC OXM and it will change to the CSC of my inserted sim card.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
You have flashed a OXM Firmware, right?!

So just insert your SIM.

Then reboot and look under "Service Provider info"

What does it show then? If it shows

THR/***/THR then do a factory reset (with SIM still in phone and youll have

***/***/THR. last one couldn´t be changed and is not needed as OTA updates will work without problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] derf574:
Really appreciate the help.

So i have flashed a OXM Firmware. I have inserted my Australian Optus Sim Card and it has registered and is on roaming here in Hong Kong.

I rebooted the phone but service provider info still says THR/THR/THR. I guess from your description i should expect OPS in the middle.

Trying a factory reset now, since i have no data to loss anyway.

---------- Post added at 03:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:32 PM ----------

Sorry maybe OPS is not part of the OXM CSC but its own OPS CSC? I don't see if in the list of CSC code of the original. forum post. But they do have the OPS firmware on updato (G950FOPS1AQDG), would i be able to download that and flash onto my phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bariz143:
Hi guys. Someone want to help me maybe?

I just used odin with 2 different firmwares and none of them lets me use Samsung pay or secure folder.

says. "Secure folder cannot be set up because unauthorised software was installed on this device"

any ideas of how to bypass that or am i doing something wrong?

Tried with wipe and without wipe without succes.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
These CSCs are in the OXM Multi CSC

---------- Post added at 15:50 ---------- Previous post was at 15:49 ----------

did you root the phone before or triggert knox in another way?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bariz143:
Yes it was rooted before sir. But it says Official on status
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Then that is your problem.

First heres no Root talk only stock firmware.

Secound with unmodified Stock firmware Samsung Pay and Secure Folder wont work when Knox is triggert!

Knox can´t be reset! Only solution would be a custom Rom/Kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bariz143:
Ahhh didnt know that. Thanks sir. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] derf574:
Thanks for the help so far.

So would it be safe to flash a OPS stock ROM (not part of multi-CSC OXM) onto my OXM phone? Does this trigger any warranty or KNOX issues? The PDA version is the same, just CSC code is different.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
OFF-TOPIC!

cc: [MENTION=1572395]maik005[/MENTION]

This has NOTHING to-do with thread's subject and is considered OFF-TOPIC!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Yes it is save.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Guto ViP:
Bariz143, noob and root do not match.

Enviado de meu SM-G950F usando Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] derf574:
Thanks! All good here, OS now Aus version and got rid of all the original THR preloaded stuff. Picked up the Optus apps but at least a bit more relevant to me and can be removed if needed.

The Service provider information section is no longer there at all inside the about phone setting. Doesn't really bother me for now, but maybe worth noting.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] derf574:
Sorry just a few questions to clarify my understanding:

In all of this, the PDA version i flashed were always the same (AQDG), so i'm still a bit unclear as to what the CSC file is specifying and doing.

Am i correct to assume that multi-CSC OXM firmware contained regional apps/settings for all the various regions but without a sim card installed to tell it which one to pick, it kept selecting the factory region of THR? And when i flashed the Optus firmware, did i need the Optus sim-card installed? Would it have changed the firmware to OPS because it's outside the multi-CSC OXM group? Is it a different CSC file being flashed since it's OPS instead of OXM, so would my old THR settings from OXM get overwritten anyway?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] cavags5:
I assume that OPS is single CSC, because XSA is too, probably it will show OPS even with different sim card.

But im not really sure,

I know XSA is, or at least was in s7 edge, this is always changing.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] derf574:
Yes OPS is single CSC. And my phone is on that CSC and has the AU software (Samsung Pay, phone start up screen, etc.). Just wondering which file is responsible for that. The AP and CP file appear to be the same version number as the OXM firmware that i previously flashed, so are the AP and CP files actually identical and the "magic" is in the CSC file?

For example, if i upgrade not using OTA but through Odin, and i try to flash a newer OXM firmware, what will happen? Will i revert back to all my THR settings since i wouldn't be flashing with a sim-card within one of the OXM regions.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] cavags5:
I usually flash a lot, but now my new s8

I didn't flash anything yet, in s7 i usually had BTU or XSA, it was more clean CSC, but now in s8 we can uninstall almost everything or stock apps.

You can flash any firmware for your model. You can change also cp and csc but don't receive ota.

Try to flash its the only way for you find out.

And don't worry with bootloops or anything else, with stock firmware you always can put the phone working.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] derf574:
Thanks, does that mean i can actually flash a HK firmware for model G950O and snapdragon variant? I didn't think that was possible.

Yeah with Odin, i'm not too worried about OTA, can always just flash the latest. Would be nice to change my software version to any region that i needed.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] cavags5:
This thread is only for 950F you CAN'T flash exynos 950F firmware into Snapdragon s8, or it will break.

Be careful and read more.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] J o s e p h:
G950FD Samsung Pay

can someone please post\upload or tell me where I can find the XSG official firmware (UAE ) for G950FD.

I want to flash the XSG firmware so I get Samsung Pay to work on my S8.

Please make sure it is the G950FD not the G950F

I would greatly appreciate it guys

Thank you

Joseph
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] derf574:
Updato or SamMobile has all the files. You can search by model and region. Updato download is faster since they are big files.

I flashed both 950f or fd successfully on my 950fd as they are essentially same model. Dual sim will work even when you have 950F firmware.

I didnt search your particular CSC but it might only exist in one or the other model. So just go by the CSC code as long as it's under f or fd model.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sukhi:
XSG is part of muti csc pckg in OXM firmware. There is no such G950FD firmware. Both F & FD models use the common G950F pckg. Use Samfirm to download the pckg.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] J o s e p h:
Thank you for the information,

actually I just found it using this link : http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=D1BD1F6844C711E7963AFA163EE8F90B

should I install all the files in the package on Odin to make my device go from AFG to XSG ? or just flash the home CSC file?

Thank you again,

Joe
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
You don´t have to flash anything - as with the AFG CSC you already have the OXM-Multi CSC?!

Look in Settings - About phone - software info - service provider info

Do you see OXM there and what do you see in the last line which shoult look like this:

***/***/***

every "*" is a placeholfer for a letter.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Search 1st b4 ask!

Have you read msg #1 & #2 of this thread?

AFG & XSG are BOTH part of the Multi-CSC OXM; if you now have the SIM of your provider in your S8 and you don't have Samsung Pay, you won't get Samsung Pay (because you CAN'T CHANGE YOUR CSC to XSG!!!)

This has been explaned several times already on this forum, also in this thread...

[MENTION=1572395]maik005[/MENTION]: thanks for your patience for answering the same question everytime again... ;) (because some don't know how to use the SEARCH-function)... :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] J o s e p h:
THANK YOU

Thank you for your time and help buddy,

it's

SM-G950F_OXM_AFG

AFG\XEU\AFG

My main intention from changing the CSC is so I get Samsung Pay to work on my device.

If you have any recommendation\suggestion on how I can get SPay to work I would greatly appreciate it.

Best,

Joe
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
your phone thinks the best CSC (included in the OXM-Multi CSC) for your SIM would be XEU.

I don´t know if Samsung Pay works with XEU CSC. But you can try out. Just let the SIM Card in the phone and reset the phone to factory defaults. Either from Settings or recovery.

Then you´ll have the XEU - CSC and it will look like this:

XEU/XEU/AFG

You should get back to AFG/***/AFG anytime... just reset the phone to factory defaults without a SIM card in it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chungdae:
First off I have to say THANK YOU very much to you and WCKED for the very easy instructions and video tutorial.

The S8 I have now is the TTT CSC, Trinidad and Tobago. Now I flashed the G950F to the firmware listed. However it still lists TTT. I wanted the BTU (UK) firmware for the Samsung Pay app. Unfortunately I don't know how to get the BTU firmware. Do I have to have a UK sim card installed first before I do the flash?

I apologize in advance for the noob questions. I am very new to flashing and this is the first time I have ever flashed the phone. Any and all help and advice is greatly appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
YES. you need a UK SIM.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chungdae:
That's what I thought. Now when I put the UK Sim in and reset the phone, will it be region locked? Would I have to make a 5 minute call to unlock it?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
No. Don't think so.

If I read correctly the call on EU devices has to be made only one time at first setup.

If you then reset the phone or flash it won't be locked again.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] iamnotkurtcobain:
It's strange that this week we got no new Firmware...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sukhi:
They have been updating a lot of OS and User apps offlate so I guess we might see the next OS iteration(7.1/7.1.2)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] iamnotkurtcobain:
I don't really think that we get 7.1.x before Note 8 Launch :(
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chungdae:
I've been reading a bit more and haven't been able to find the answer. I ordered a UK sim card and it'll be here next week. The service provider is TTT/TTT/TTT, The reason why I am trying to flash with the UK is to have Samsung Pay work. Since the phone original region is TTT would Samsung Pay work if I were to get the UK sim card in?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sukhi:
Is Samsung Pay officially launched in your region ? If not, i guess it won't work
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chungdae:
I'm in the United Stated, but since this is a TTT (Trinidad Tobago) region it is not released here. Which means it won't work?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sukhi:
It should work bcuz Samsung Pay is live in the US and after flashing the BTU rom, it should allow you to setup the pay. But i am not sure if Pay would accept your international CC as it would expect to use region specific (UK) cards irrespective of whether it is Visa or Master. It might work as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Change CSC for i.e. use Samsung Pay

First of all: this thread is about "Firmware updates" and NOT about "How to change CSC for use Samsung Pay"!

Those questions are considered to be OFF-TOPIC!

1. If your CURRENT CSC is part of the Multi-CSC OXM (i.e. TTT & AFG), it's IMPOSSIBLE to flash i.e. BTU and/or XSG-firmware to get that CSC because BTU & XSG are also part of the OXM Multi-CSC! If you flash those FW, your CSC WON'T CHANGE!

2. Product-code of your device CAN'T BE CHANGED!

But, there's a "slight chance" you can have "Samsung Pay", if you have an "ORIGINAL SIM" from an UNBRANDED OPERATOR (i.e. "British Telecom" for BTU).

When you've i.e. the BT-SIM:

A. POWER-OFF your device, SIM-CARD holder out of your device

B. RESET your device in the recovery (VolUp-Bixby-Power)

C. Put NEW SIM (i.e. British Telecom) in your device and POWER-ON

D. Follow the instructions on your screen

If everything's OK, your device will use i.e. the BTU/XEU CSC now, and possibly "Samsung Pay" will be available

NOTE: you'll NEVER get Samsung Pay if KNOX has been triggered!

cc: [MENTION=1572395]maik005[/MENTION] [MENTION=4458786]J o s e p h[/MENTION] [MENTION=5910144]chungdae[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chungdae:
Perfect that's what I thought. Thank you very much. When the Sim card comes in I will attempt to do that. I will post with my results.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Maybe you can post a link to this post in every new firmware post AND the first Post of this and the other G955F Thread?

So people hopefully wont ask the same question again and again and again and again and ....
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrPhilo:
So what do I flash to retain my data? Our does it wipe everything
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
No you won't: read this message, alinea 1 & 2 ->

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72627963&postcount=164
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Search 1st b4 ask!

Have you read msg #2 of this thread? Probably not, because there your question has been answered... :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] J o s e p h:
Thank you so much for your time and help,

the question here is, I do have 2 sims in my G950FD (dual sim S8), one is AT&T and the second is Freedompop Global Sim (UK SIM), should I leave them both in or just the UK one?

Thank you

Joe
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Just UK. take the other out.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Laucien:
I just got an S8. Bought the international version unlocked from Amazon.com while I was on a trip and it seems to be the T-Mobile Germany version though it is unlocked.

Here's the device info I can see on the screen:

I'm quite a noob on this (Sammy phones, my last few had been Nexus) and was wondering if I'm OK for flashing this or if I should stay away? Mostly because I'm reading a ton of references to OXM CSC in this thread but mine seems to be ODX... unless I'm looking in the wrong place.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Yes you have a T-Mobile Brading (CSC ODX)

Yes you can flash this firmware here

BUT

If you flash the full package from here you need to flash with CSC_OXM (NOT HOME_CSC_OXM) this will remove the branding and reset the device!

If you want to keep the branding AND don´t want OTA Updates AND don´t want to factory reset the device you need a HOME_CSC_ODX file and flash with that file and AP,BL,CP from this thread.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Laucien:
I literally just got the device 2 hours ago. Haven't even set up my main Google account so really, resetting the device is a non-issue at the moment.

Do you guys recommend to flash this?.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Yes, why not??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Laucien:
Yeah, I know, just making sure haha.

One last noob question. I can't download the FW from Mega as it keeps going over my quota. Is this one the same? http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=475D4A36451811E7963AFA163EE8F90B
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kackburt:
got my dual SIM version G950FD today and everything worked brilliantly... ATO/ATO/PAK :) Thanks a lot!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Yes. Or use SamFirm tool
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] liver20:
thanks, good thread
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
G950FXXU1AQF7 (Multi-CSC OXM)

WARNING WARNING WARNING -> Before flashing, ACTIVATE PIN in "Secure startup" (You'll be asked for it AFTER flashing!)

WARNING WARNING WARNING -> Before flashing, ACTIVATE PIN in "Secure startup" (You'll be asked for it AFTER flashing!)

This ROM is the latest ROM for Multi-CSC OXM released 15 jun 17, and can be used for ALL CSC's mentioned in Multi-CSC OXM!

This is official Samsung ROM, so KNOX won't be triggered!

Change CSC for i.e. use Samsung Pay

Note: after install of this ROM, you will receive OTA-updates!

Your data will stay intact, but it's possible you get "com.android.***** has stopped" -> Then a Factory Reset is needed (in Recovery)!

What's new:

* Android 7.0

* June security patches (Samsung Android Security Updates)

* Stability Improvements

Model	SM-G950F

Model name	Galaxy S8

Country	Netherlands

Version	Android 7.0

Changelist	11544126

Build date	Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:09:40 +0000

Security Patch Level	2017-06-01

Multi-CSC	OXM

PDA	G950FXXU1AQF7

CSC	G950FOXM1AQF7

Download for install with Odin 3.12.7: MegaNZ

UN-ZIP the archive and place the files in the designated slots in Odin 3.12.7

HOME_CSC_OXM -> data will stay intact

CSC_OXM -> device will be resetted

This package contains the HOME_CSC of OXM Multi-CSC, which include the following CSC's: ACR AFG AFR ARO ATO AUT BGL BNG BRI BTC BTU CAC CAM CHO COO DBT DKR ECT EGY EON ETL EUR GLB ILO INS ITV KSA LAO LUX LYS MID MM1 MWD MYM NEE NPL ORX PAK PHE PHN ROM SEB SEE SEK SER SIN SKZ SLK SMA STH THL THR TMC TPA TPH TTT TUN TUR WTL XEF XEH XEO XEU XFE XME XSG XSP XTC XXV ZTO
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] saxena1:
Can flash 950fd?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohammad shuaib:
Link: https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2086769

I went through this link and download the stoc rom for samsung galaxy note 2. i flashed as per instructed by wwjoshdew. But i accidently swiped when they asked to install super su and window appeared on the twrp custom ROM asking for password. Can i have the password to be typed in..

please help me with this problem.....:crying::crying::crying:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MigoMujahid:
First: this is the note 1 thread, not the note 2.

Second:You can just go back, and then reboot device, or remove the battery and reenter twrp and make a clean install again, for the password thing, i never heard of something like that in twrp.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohammad shuaib:
That link was for Samsung galaxy note sprint and I bricked my phone. Could you help me unbrick my phone. Please....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MigoMujahid:
You can flash your stock rom with Odin, download your stock rom from sammobile.com, or if you live in an Arabic country, you can download it faster from samsony.net, but sammobile is more accurate, then flash it using the PDA slot in Odin while your phone is put in download mode.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark manning:
Please continue the discussion in the thread in the note 2 forum

Thread Closed
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] Yoodaddy16:
Im using miui eu right now

So im using freedom apk recently after im done using it i deleted host file in etc to make google play work again,it actually work but i cant download anything its says error RPC:S-3 AEC3 blablabla i dont remember

So i clear data playstore and play service framework and force stop only google play

And it shown error RH-01

After that i remove my google account and try to put it again and its says cant sign in

What should i do now? Plz help
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] Yoodaddy16:
Nevermind

Ive alredy fix it by reinstall google play service

Thx btw for reading this thread
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mx3_:
Hi,

I'm all new to rooting and I got a major issue.

Here's the story.

Wanting that substratum themes, I looked up for rooting my devices

I followed this guide to unlock the bootloader, and all was fine.

Next, I followed this one for rooting, but at the "installing nexus drivers" step, my PC wasn't showing off any driver setup or something related to a driver.

I pressed Enter, despite the fact that I didn't know if I had nexus drivers properly installed, and my phone didn't want to boot up. Stuck on the boot animation, for more than 20 hours.

Next day, I came back and found this mega thread about unbricking. I followed it, and now I'm in a boot loop: my phone reboot 1-2 secs after showing the home screen, but I can still enter in fast boot mode. My phone is still unlocked and when I enter Huawei's eRecovery (by long-pressing up volume button) to try to "Download new version and recovery" it connects to my Wi-Fi, then fails.

Thanks for your patience,

Mx3_