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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] rahulkmr:
How to install indian firmware CSC INU on Galaxy S8 bought from UAE CSC XSG... AND retain all benefits in INS CSC firmware like samsung pay and jio volte feature. Some saying you have to put indian sim card before odin flash in order to change csc. Please confirm is this true....it will work or not...Please reply all members soon... and Give your valuable feedback....

[MENTION=1586120]henklbr[/MENTION] and [MENTION=1572395]maik005[/MENTION] pls help me
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] lipak:
This is what I did and it worked for me .. Please note , all of your data will be erased (I.e. factory reset) so take back.up if you want.

1. Power off and remove the sim tray.. Please ensure you have a Indian sim in the tray.. I used Airtel

2. Goto recovery , HOLD bixby button and Volume up together and power up

3. In recovery , chose factory reset .. This will give a warning and then reset everything

4. Chose power off in the recovery and insert sim tray with Indian sim .. you should do this before booting up as your CSC will be configured when you will start

5. Power on the phone , it may goto recovery again.. Chose to restart to system now

Everything will be configured to INS CSC now .. Samsung Pay works now ..

This worked for me , I had imported S8 from UAE . I don't take any responsibility for any damage in the process please .. just sharing what I have learnt from this forum. THANKS
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] batmobile_bang:
I'm in a similar situation, have imported a Samsung S8 from UAE and would like to change the CSC to India. Will be getting my hands on the device in 1 or 2 days.

Are you sure the procedure explained above works?! Seems too simple ;)

What was the UAE firmware version. I read somewhere on sammobile that the samsung s8 bought from UAE cant be changed to Indian CSC, and I also read the you should first insert a UAE sim card into the phone and then later you can insert any sim.. lots of confusions. Please do let me know your thoughts.

I'm very familiar with rooting phones so flashing new firmware and CSC using ODIN isn't going to be complicated for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] lipak:
Yes, it's simple and it works. Now a days most of the firmware are multi CSC so it gets configured automatically. Make sure you put a India SIM before powering on the NEW phone and you may not need to follow the above procedure.. It will get configured automatically
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] trialsid:
Hey! I purchased a Galaxy S8 G950FD from USA. I'm gonna receive it in few days. The CSC has OXM in it but not an Indian one.

It's being used with an US SIM currently. Will I ever be able to activate SPay in it here in India? Inserting an Airtel SIM (Indian Network) and following the steps you mentioned will change it to INS, thereby enabling me to use VoLTE and SPay?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] sourabh16:
Similar situation, Just curious to know if this worked?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] batmobile_bang:
It works. Only that I didn't get any OTA updates for India even after a week. The firmware version was stuck in AQEB. So I flashed a newer firmware version AQF7 using ODIN, after which I got an update for AQG5.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] anshuman9969:
Did you figure out a way for samsung pay to work on USA bought phone in India?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] lipak:
For me OTA worked... May be this is US model and mine was an UAE.. But glad to hear that it works!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Drzhivagolikesandroid:
Did this work for you?

I also have USA S8 950F.

Please let me know if it worked.

I don't mind if the Samsung pay or Bixby doesn't work.

Volte should work.

I am using JIO

---------- Post added at 01:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:36 AM ----------

Do have a USA phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Drzhivagolikesandroid:
This solution worked for me and I have a USA s8 phone.

Million Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] lukman2121986:
hi,

i bought s8 and using here currently in UAE. im returning back to india in couple of days.

should i install india firmware before following the above step?

please reply.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] lipak:
No, you don't need install any firmware. Just follow the process and CSC will be configured to INS (I. E. Indian firmware). thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] bobypatel80:
S8 brought from UK and currently in India with Jio Sim VoLTE does not work

:good:

Thanks for the very nice guideline. I bought Galaxy S8 from the UK and currently in India with Jio Sim card. Its real pain to call some one via Jio4g app. I have tried above method to reset CSC and get Indian version, but its does not work for me. Do you guys have any idea any other way to Do?

~Please give me some suggestion what to do?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] lipak:
It worked for UAE as well as USA model, not sure why this wouldn't work for UK model.. Have you ensured an active India SIM loaded when reseting in recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] rahul85.ram:
Hi,

Appreciate your effort in letting us know what could be done in rectifying this issue. I have just bought an S8 (SM-G950F) & I have been using it in India. I didn't kind of notice it initially but as time went by I just thought I'll set up "Samsung Pay" and noticed that I could not get through it at all. The application would open and check availability and would immediately give me a reply stating "Temporarily Available, Try again later". Had been frantically searching for a work around I stumbled across your instructions.

Did exactly as you had mentioned but to no avail. Everything seems to the same as it was just before I did a factory reset. I don't know where I have gone wrong but if you could probably try to help me out. Just for my clarification, after the factory reset, are we supposed to set up the phone as a new one or can we restore the settings and applications. If you could let me know, as it has been very frustrating since the last few days. I haven't been able to use Samsung Pay nor have I been able to use the Oreo Beta Program nor any updates.

Will look forward to your reply.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] lipak:
Can you please refer post#2 and try doing reset in recovery.. Then set up a phone with a Indian 4G sim..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Kulyash:
Jio Volte not working on G950U s8

Which model no. From US do you have? I have G950U and jio volte is not working.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Drzhivagolikesandroid:
That means yours is the US version.

My phone's model number is G 950 f, which is a international version.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] brahmajivv:
Unfortunately this didn't work for my s9plus unlocked snapdragon usa version with indian carrier jio, I tried hard reset once with nio sim and twice with airtel sim, but all in vain.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Deomons:
Regarding CSC of galaxy s8 plus

Exactly.......anyone know what to do if we have us version...I got G955U and I got a pie stock rom multi CSC yet ...I can't fix the bugs ... Any suggestions ??
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] hugoprh:
Hi guys, just got a used Oneplus 3 from eBay, from a phones refurb company and the were selling as the regular OP3, but I thought I was going to get the 3T, thinking they did not know what they had in hand :p the color is gunmetal, I compared with a friends OP3 and mine is gunmetal for sure, much darker then the OP3. Now looking at the specs on AIDA64, they do match the OP3, SD 820, 16Mpx on the back and 8Mpx on the front, so now I have 3 questions, number 1, is there a gunmetal version of the OP3? number 2, if they flashed the OP3 through the unbrick guide (here) whill the app AIDA64 read the hardware specs from the drivers on this ROM? meaning that it would think it is the OP3 specs, but it could possibly be the OP3t? And number 3, what would happen if I follow the the OP3T unbrick guide (here) on this device, which I have no Idea what it is xD

Thanks for your time guys and sorry for this messy questions, but really not sure which model I have right now =P
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] hugoprh:
UPDATE: Tried to flash the OP3T unbrick ROM and guess I do have the OP3 :p just with the Gunmetal color... Was there a gunmetal OP3? Or did the seeler changed it?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Explorer23:
OP3 with gunmetal does not exist, so I'd guess they simply put OP3 hardware into a 3T body. Probably had a bunch of damaged phones and combined useful stuff.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] hugoprh:
My thoughts exactly, ok, now I have the S7 Edge (Exynos) and the OP3, comparing both right now, but I'll probably sell the OP3, the S7 Edge feels a lot better in hand IMO, far supperior screen and camera is much better, the only thing OP3 has that I really like is the software, but my S7 Edge has a custom ROM based on Stock, installed the Pixel Launcher and now it feels just like a Pixel now :p
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Explorer23:
Yeah, if you put a custom ROM (i.e. Get rid of TouchWiz) on S7 it's definitely a better device. I love my OP3, but if money wasn't an issue I'd probably go for S7 (Plus).
[Sony Xperia M] AnderJoy:
Hi all, I am looking for a fast and light rom, easy on installing and use for dual sim. It's my husband's phone, and for now he refuses to buy a new one. His phone is laggy, easily discharges, uncomfortable to use. Right now it runs cm13.

Could you please give me a recommendation?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] standbyme91:
I'm not good at English. I'm just wanna know how to get new font in OOS beta to orther ROM.

This font is very nice.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Codex1998:
No Hate intended to any Dev i appreciate the work of each and every single developer
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Nathan5900:
Omega v3
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alperent_123:
I have always black screen bootloop. I tried flashtool, EMMA, Xperia Companion. Xperia Companion say uegetphoneinfomissinginfo

I really need it. Sorry for my bad English
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S.N.A.P:
can you give me some screenshots ?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alperent_123:
I solved it. I flash Android Kitkat first.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oh fuuu:
Can somebody please post a working link for build 222 (android 5.1.1) Indian genric I extremely need the firmware for my bricked c6602....
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] pef6000:
Hello,

After a few days of using the phone, I installed Lightning Launcher and set it as default. I got some bugs with the lockscreen (i'll explain later) so I reverted back to the Xperia original launcher.

Now, after not using LL, I still have that same issue. I'm pretty sure it hasn't anything to do with LL or anything, but I prefer mentionning it just in case.

(tl;dr)

Whenever I press power button, it is supposed to immediately scan the fingerprint. It doesn't anymore and instead of the normal lockscreen I have a completely blank screen, only with Back and Home button.

Finger is not scanned, I can't swipe in any direction BUT, if I press the Home button, lockscreen shows up (it slides from the left side), as if I already swiped to the right.

That's pretty annoying when the purpose of fingerprint scan is to immediately unlock :D

Got any idea ? Somebody has the same problem maybe ?

EDIT:

Okay my bad. I uninstalled LL completely and the problem didn't show up anymore. I reinstalled because I remembered it can also be used as a lockscreen, and i disabled that in its settings. I'll check if problem continues but if not, I'll come back to inform about it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] warden243:
I have had my tilt for about three weeks now. video is slow and sluggish,

is there anything wrong with it or is that just the way it is. when you move it lags and takes a while for the video to catch up and focus.

and is there any help out there to replace the lcd..

Thank you. I have already broke it and got a new one on the way.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Kepela523:
Dude... Look around man.. Come on... Look at the stickys' look at the titles of all the posts..
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ericc191:
haha there is no way this guy is serious
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] grizzley:
I think everyone else around here is reporting that the video is SO fast that the battery actually catches fire. It must be your phone. I'd take it back and exchange it for a RAZR or something.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] greenbrd:
I bet the video will look better once you install the new lcd.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ?Glitch:
You need to take out your Windows Mobile 6 CD, connect your USB cable to your device and computer, place the CD in the CD Drive and wait for the wizard, reinstall your OS, just do a complete format and reinstall.

:)

?Glitch
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] DarkDvr:
Ok guys no need to lose temper =)

Your problem is what every Kaiser out there has. It is related to the fact that HTC didn't include proper drivers, so if your video is big and not properly converted it may be slow and sluggish.

Just read some sticky posts at the top or go to htcclassaction.org for full info on the problem.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] warden243:
thank you

Thank you for the information
[Android Software Development] marcone093:
How To Port CWM Recovery on Marvell Devices PXA988/PXA1088​

This Guide working is only tested on PXA1088 Devices, But Maybe Work on PXA988 and and others Marvell Powered Devices too.

The Guide Provided by Marcone Noise / [MENTION=7017724]marcone093[/MENTION] if you copy give a proper credits.​

NOTE:

Do This At Your Own Risk!
Remember, Am not Responsible for Any bricked devices, Wars and explosions, or because you simply lost your girlfriend's nudes,
be aware that YOU are doing the procedure on your own, if you do not know what you are doing give up now, in case something goes wrong my hands are tied

Requirements:

Android Image Kitchen Tool. -You can download here

Your Stock or Base recovery.img - Which is functional on your device.

The Port recovery.img - CWM or any other recovery you want to port.

Notepad++

A brain and patience.

let's start?

- Extract Your Base/Recovery

- Extract the recovery you want to port - (on different folders obviously)

You will now have two folders: BASE And PORT Folders.

[IMG="bla"]https://image.ibb.co/jpMB55/Captura_de_tela_de_2017_06_21_04_46_42.png[/IMG]

Open split_img on both folders and copy & replace recovery.img-zImage from base to port.

[IMG="ble"]https://image.ibb.co/h6mQyQ/Captura_de_tela_de_2017_06_21_05_00_42.png[/IMG]

Now go to ramdisk folder and then copy from BASE to PORT:

-ueventd.rc

-ueventd.goldfish.rc

Aand other files you don't have in the PORT / ramdisk folder

[IMG="bli"]https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/28BzQp1jc.png[/IMG]

Compare The Fstab.PXAxxx

-if your port recovery don´t have like me, copy from base to port

-in your base recovery don´t have, just ignore or checks and set your mount points.

Now You Need To compare default.prop, Just replace these lines From the BASE to the PORT.

ro.product.model=

ro.product.brand=

ro.product.name=cm_ here maintain the cm_ and set with your device codename

ro.product.device=

ro.product.board=

ro.product.manufacturer=

ro.build.product=

ro.board.platform=

ro.cm.device=

And search more codename and replace with your codename on some lines of default.prop like this:

[IMG="blo"]https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/28s172RH1.png[/IMG]

Now go to /randisk/etc folder then compare recovery.fstab, replace your mountpoints from BASE to PORT.

[IMG="blu"]https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/28UsZ1Cdz.png[/IMG]

NOW REPACK PORT RECOVERY AND TEST IT

DONE

I successfully ported a CWM to the Galaxy S3 slim using this method

sorry for my bad English

HIT THE THANKS BUTTON IF I HELPED YOU:D
[Android Software Development] Filarhq:
What about the "libs" folder and "sbin" ?

i need help to understand that, the stock img don't contains too many files on sbin and the port img contain's a lot of files onto sbin folder, my phone is not booting on recovery, kitkat based device
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Haroun16:
Hi guys

I need some advice. I would love to root my phone and customize it the way I want but I still have more than a year of warranty.

I also have read about the limited support for Honor 8. Is it worth it? Should I do it or not?

Thanks
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] netvorCZEK:
It's your decision. If you want to root then root it, no matter what. If you doubt about it and you don't need it then leave it stock.

IMHO I don't think H8 doesn't need root. It's amazing in stock.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
We all have different opinions on this. But for me, the need to root is heaviest among the reasons not too. :)
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
If you want to MOD your honor 8 then, it's worth it
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Haroun16:
I would like to use apps that need root and modify my phone. I'm not interested in a different rom at the moment. So, do you guys recommend rooting my phone or not? I know that it is my choice but I want some advice.

I still have warranty if that matters a lot. Are there some pros and cons for rooting my honor 8? I mean especially for the honor 8. I hope you understand what I mean.

Thanks
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] venugopalu007:
can remove bloatware , also u can use mods like viper, dolby.. they are really good
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Haroun16:
And do you guys recommend installing a custom recovery or is that useless if I just want to use rooted apps
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] venugopalu007:
custom recovery must to flash su zip
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
Custom recovery is a requirement.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Haroun16:
Ow okay, that's clear. Thank you very much!
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] wangdak:
Is Magisk 13 working fine on rooted phone?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
If you mean being rooted with SuperSU, you gotta flash your stock boot.img first before flashing Magisk.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] wangdak:
No, I mean for first root without SuperSU...
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
Then yes it will work.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] nikosgb14:
I had this phone the past 9 months.I do belive that root is not the best idea for this phone.There is not anything that lugs the phone the UI is perfect and the phone responds very good at every single task.So I think it is not necessary.If you want customization and personalisation you could try it but the past year I could not found a lot of roms or apps that could make me root the phone.

It is up to you...
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iSilens:
Hey folks, fiance has a Zenfone 2 that has been flashed with RR.

Out of the blue, the phone started restarting/turning off.

I've wiped it since and reinstalled RR which didn't help.

I've noticed that if I disconnect it from the charger, as soon as the battery level dips below 100% it will either restart or turn off.

I've been unable to find this issue elsewhere. Maybe someone here has an idea?

Thanks!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micster:
I had the same problem and don't have Idea of how to fix that.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sukhwant717:
better return to stock flashing raw and start over again. it raw doesn't help. fault may be battery or power management ic
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squidlox:
First off ive been searching for days on how to do this, its late and around 6 am currently, so please forgive spelling mistakes.

I have a samsung galaxy note 3 Verizon sm-n900v, Android(5.0)

after searching for ever, i have finally got it rooted and am attempting to install safestrap.

I have busy box, and when I tap install in safestrap it says install completed in the grey pop up box at the bottom center of the screen, while safestrap it's self says " Not installed". Can anyone help, im at a loss.
[Sony Xperia XZ Questions & Answers] Dorynous:
Hello , I hope you all doing good,I'm new , I had read a lot of Threads here , not completely but a lot of threads help me when i was completely lost so Thank to all members.

But now I got some questions about bootloader Relock , and Backup TA Partiton, first of all , I take a lot of time to do all steps because I use this Tutorial :

https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xz/how-to/how-to-unlock-bl-kernel-twrp-root-t3541648 Thanks to [MENTION=6774113]DHGE[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4825559]nathan30[/MENTION]

but fail at some points( Flash Nougat and Unlock Bootloader)

So I Downgrade to MM, I save the 'famous' TA partition,everything was good ,next step was to flash a Nougat , and I successfully do it with this thread by [MENTION=4247293]Leonne[/MENTION]: https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xz/help/famous-fsc-file-t3571093 Thank you dude

Next steps , Unlock the bootloader , and after a lot of command fail with Flashtool and adb command( with the good code by sony official website), I do it using another thread , this one by [MENTION=6317475]lucaszell[/MENTION] :

https://xdaforums.com/xperia-z/help/solved-bootloader-unlocking-problems-t2364334/page4 Thank you

I flash Androkernel and TWRP then SuperSu , I became very affraid of ' Fail messages' and I think that ' Soft Brick and Brick' can kill me.

So how can I relock my Bootloader and restore my TA partition Properly , can I follow the first thread,why I ask this question,it's because I don't do everything as write in the first thread:

That can brick my device ? I also got a warning at each boot , ... Your phone can't be trusted or something like that ... not important,but How can I restore my XZ like it just go out from the Sony store...Also I'm sorry ,my English is disgusting
[Sony Xperia XZ Questions & Answers] acehoangtt:
if u just wanna recover to stock easiest path is use emma

download it from here https://developer.sonymobile.com/open-devices/flash-tool/how-to-download-and-install-the-flash-tool/
[Sony Xperia XZ Questions & Answers] gregbradley:
Emma will not relock the bootloader. Emma is official Sony software and they do not support relocking the bootloader.

The only way back to stock with a locked bootloader is to flash a FTF then restore your TA partition.
[Sony Xperia XZ Questions & Answers] Dorynous:
How can I do that step by step?
[Sony Xperia XZ Questions & Answers] DHGE:
https://xdaforums.com/sitesearch.php?q=restore TA partition
[Sony Xperia XZ Questions & Answers] Dorynous:
If I backup my TA on Mm I got to downgrade to restore it ?
[Sony Xperia XZ Questions & Answers] DHGE:
No

Your backup contains the content of one partition.

The content of TA stays the same throughout the life of your device unless you or a malicious software fiddles with it.
[Sony Xperia XZ Questions & Answers] ShiiMr:
According to what I did to root my phone I can backup my TA with the backup ta tool without worry?
[Sony Xperia XZ Questions & Answers] YasuHamed:
1. with XZ its no turning back option, if you relock you bootloader, the device will keep shutting down

2. you will have to first restore TA.IMG (of your OWN DEVICE!!!!) using dirtycow script! on rooted phone having modified kernel!

3. then flash any ORIGINAL stock rom (either 6, 7 or 7.1.1)

4. using FLASTHOOL you can RELOCK you BOOTLOADER with the same key! (KEEP THE KEY SAVED)

now you will have

original stock rom installed, stock kernel, and TA.img in play! so relocking bootloader should be fine!
[Sony Xperia XZ Questions & Answers] DHGE:
Sorry to be so blunt: this is bull****!

Stick with what you'll find in this forum or in the results of the link in post #5 in this thread.
[Sony Xperia XZ Questions & Answers] YasuHamed:
well then the only way to find out is let the user brick his phone :)

thanks for reply