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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] xda rocks:
Hi,

Happy New Year 2024..!!!

I have recently bought a S23 Ultra from Dubai and moved to India recently. Now, I am looking a way to handle all the apps that are specific to the region, India plus get other settings like Call Recording/Samsung Pay (handling both Cards and UPI payments) / OTA updates relevant to India etc.I wanted to know does a flashing will enable all the features and allow me to use my mobile as if I bought the mobile from India?

I am not looking to root my mobile and do not wish to trip my Knox. As my mobile is bought from UAE, warranty services cannot be availed by me but I am not comfortable to trip my Knox due to Safety concerns as I will be using work related applications that may use Knox too..I am not sure just changing the CSC would work, as that may not receive my OTA updates and Samsung Pay would work..

Is there any other easier/better way to perform an operation that can essentially solve my problem other than flashing the official INS rom using ODIN ? (Do not worry about losing data as I have all the backup taken already) Also, is there anything else I would lose by doing this flash which I can avail by not flashing it.

Any help is greatly appreciated..
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
Step 1 - use the CSC change app to change your CSC from XSG to INS.

Step 2 - download and flash the INS rom in ODIN with full reset.

You should be set after this.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] dr.ketan:
step2 isn't required. XSG and INS both are part of OXM group of CSC and are ditto same.

Simply changing CSC (search samfw.com) will do the job. (Shouldn't needed factory reset either).
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
You are right..but if I'd do it, I'd like to have clean slate without any carryforward from previous rom.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] dr.ketan:
When both ROM are ditto same there is no logic of carrying forward part of ROM. OXM group of ROM contains both CSC (Total > 80+) XSG as well INS. So flashing INS make 0 changes. Changing of CSC will just make small changes in EFS folder (Which not going to change by flashing ROM) to set active CSC of desired.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] panu123:
Is first step of CSC change really required if we are anyway flashing INS ROM?

Can we flash ROM first and if some issue appears change CSC to INS?

Will flashing INS ROM not change CSC to INS?

Sorry I am new to all these terms and flashing, hence asked above questions.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
You can flash any OXM rom on your device however the CSC will remain as XSG. There's no issue with this although Spay may not work. If you want native spay to work then you will need to change the CSC.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Seriousfreedom:
Is there anyone else have an issue installing busybox or magisk modules on to the Pixel 8 Pro
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Tulsadiver:
I haven't. I installed osmosis busybox earlier, and a font module and one for swapping back-recents. It seems like my back-recents swap wouldn't work without bootloop until I had verity and verification disabled.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Lughnasadh:
No problem installing osm0sis' BusyBox here, or modules for that matter. Might help to go into further details (e.g. Magisk version, what errors are you getting, etc.) and maybe someone can help
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] easyrider77:
S23 ultra carrier unlocked, I'm curious if there is a way to disable/turn off system auto updates at all, not app updates, but system/OS updates

So to my knowledge you can delay updates, that's been around for awhile, but eventually the system auto installs the ota and reboots itself, leaving you with the new update.

I am not a fan of UI6, as are some others, but some love it. I prefer 5.1, over 6.0.

That given, I know I can use odin and flash back to 5.1, problem is it will eventually update to ui6, so I'd be chasing my tail really with using odin to flash to 5.1 then it updating again.

That brings me to my question about if you can stop ota/system updates, or no. If it's possible then how would it be done? On a google search I've read that it can't be done, I've also read that it can and named some files which I am not sure of the names off hand, and also that it cannot be done.......... so it's a mixed opinion. So that brought me here to ask, can system updates/ota be disabled at all, and if so how?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] blackhawk:
Samsung... upgrades and updates can and do break them.

Rule #1 - if an OS is fast, stable and fulfilling its mission, let it be! This stock AT&T N10+ is still running well on Pie. Last update was over 4 years ago, last factory reset was over 3.5 years ago. No malware in all that time; anything from Android 9 and higher is reasonably secure*.

If on AT&T you can request they disable OTA updates on their end, they can. To be safe though I would disable them on the device. You can use Package Disabler or adb/ladb edits to do so. This is what you need to disable.

Package Disabler:

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*Android 12, I believe it was, had a security huge hole when first released but was quickly patched.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] butchieboy:
Or you can use AdbAppControl. Can be found with Google search
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] kin201303:
use adb

adb shell pm disable-user com.wssyncmldm

adb shell pm enable com.wssyncmldm

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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] easyrider77:
1: so no I'll affects from disabling updates? Like play still works etc??

2: you haven't gotten any updates at all?

Also curious if you disable the update files, them check for updates, what happens??
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] blackhawk:
Play? Google play Services? That still works although most times I disable it in settings to save battery.

Nov 2019 was my last update. This load remains fast and stable with minimum maintenance.

Maintenance: Device care (Storage, clean now & Memory, clean now) immediately followed by Maid Pro Quick Access cleaning, then Galaxy App Boost, reboot, clear system cache.

About every 7 days or if SOT drops unexpectedly.

Once OTA updates is blocked it doesn't start at boot including in safe mode, and no longer shows on the Settings menu. It no longer runs in the background. Yay!
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] easyrider77:
Wow, so it doesn't show at all, that's sweet. No mistaken button pushing that easy, ha....... Very nice! From what I've read on forums, people are doing this exact thing, waiting for 6.1 to hit.

Ui6 is a mixed preference. Some absolutely love it, me personally, I'm not a fan. While it seems faster, that could be a placebo affect, who knows.

What I don't like is the new notification, and that's bugged with being able to pallete color it, it's broken in the notification area. Only way to get colors to stick is using a theme.

Also the battery stats and the way Samsung does it now. I'm not a programmer, but I can't see how you can get an accurate sot when you use a 24hr then reset system. How can you tell your sot if it gets reset every 24hrs at midnight, just don't get it.

Basically you'll have the same sot if your plugged in, or if your not
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] blackhawk:
You can get rid of other trash like Digital Wellbeing from the Settings menu. This is much easier to do on Pie though. Pie is delightfully simply and functional compared to Android 10 and higher (I have a 2nd stock N975U1 that came loaded with 10).

This what the lower half of my settings looks like, no Updates or Digital Wellbeing. However I can't easily block Digital Wellbeing from appearing on the Android 10 settings although it's inert🤣

Playing with it more can get it gone 100% (I assume) but it's much more complex than 9.

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I be very conservative about doing any updates or upgrades to the firmware until you see what issues they cause. Especially if it upgrades the boot loader so you can't do a roll back. Samsung is infamous for doing this. On a Snapdragon chipset this is a nightmare.

Any firmware upgrades will change the playing field most likely requiring you to waste time trying to find work arounds*. So are those extra perks worth what you will lose? I don't think so which is why I still happily run Android 9 and 10.

More play time, less downtime!

From experience I can say that security simply isn't an issue for anything running on Android 9 or higher unless you do stupid things.

Accubattery provides better real time SOT and screen off stats than Device Care or Google.

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*may also trash legacy 3rd party apps. More updating and lost functionality is likely. I use the older 913 version of Poweramp because Android security screwed up the latter versions of it as for as files/folders in Android 11 and higher; they are a bloody mess. 14 will likely be even worse. Google is running rabid and Samsung isn't doing enough to provide 3rd party UI solutions/work arounds for these inept new Google Android security protocols😖
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] easyrider77:
Yeah, that another thing I hate is digital well being. Although it was not really intrusive once I turned off notifications, it's still an added annoyance that I had to deal with

I personally don't automate, nothing at all. My emails are never synced my auto updates are all off, etc.....I would rather be in control instead of having the system do it.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] blackhawk:
It's a worthless app.

Agreed, I hate much of the automation and the power drain it causes. Bixby is the first to go🤣

No Google Assistant either.

You can disable Google play Services then as it will buy you at least 1.5%@hr SOT. Gmail, Framework, Playstore, Find my Device and Backup Transport are it's main dependencies. In settings simply temporarily disable it; reenable as needed. If grey out you'll need to disable Find my Device as a system Administrator in Security settings first. If you reboot with Google play Services on it will reactivate Find my Device as a system Administrator. Many of the Samsung apps are superior to their Google counterparts and can be disabled as well.

All Samsung's should be optimized. I block about 70 packages on my N10+'s. Optimizing has a steep learning curve though and should be customized by the individual user. This requires the user to develop a rudimentary understanding of what various system apps do and their dependencies. Smaller Samsung system apps are generally best left alone especially if they don't use much resources. The better your understanding the easier troubleshooting will be.
[Redmi Note 12 4G] piotrek1497:
Hi,

I have a question about getting data from Xaomi phone. The background is, there was an car crash accident, where a cousine died. He had a phone that was after offcial investigation given to family, however the phone is locked by pattern. The police department was not interested to try unlock it. The family wants to check last calls/messages from before crash. The phone is Xaomi redmi note 12. The phone probably has no USB debug on nor others features like root etc. Is it possible to get access to such data with some low cost solutions ? I went already over google, however the ideas are rather rubish/scam and basing on erasing the data at the end. And the data are a key here.

Many years ago when I was playing gentoo linux, there was a possibility there to do a chroot, however since years I'm out from such stuff.
[Redmi Note 12 4G] chickendrop89:
I'm sorry for your cousin.

Is there any way you could access their computer and log into their xiaomi account (or possibly reset it, using a phone number of theirs)?

if they had backup enabled, you would be able to see the call logs/messages
[Redmi Note 12 4G] ap3xture:
Best bet is to take the sim out and recover his socials and google account and read up on his chats and stuff to see if he discussed any grudges with his friends or someone.

Though all of this disrespects the dead and tbvh if any one of us died we wouldn't want our family reading our private chats .
[Redmi Note 12 4G] wahuka:
edited
[Redmi Note 12 4G] piotrek1497:
The phone is not stolen. I just do not expect that phone store can do something in breaking an access. There is a guy who probably is able to do it but price is huge...

In terms of taking sim out and installing in new phone - there will no messages/call logs in other phone, right ? Can you restore some history from SIM ?

I will ask them about the PC access. However I guess that he hadn't xaomi account. He has bought the phone few weeks before crash and he was a farmer so phone just for calling/texting. I understand that without some secondary option like cloud account there is low chance to get this data ?
[Redmi Note 12 4G] piotrek1497:
Wahuka - I do not understand the purpose of your comments. I glad that you do not have to count cash, but not every one is in so lucky position as you. If you spend so easy someone's money try to become politician or whoever else. They believe that there could be some usefull information. Maybe there are not. It is portion that is un-covered now, missing slide, would this change somethnig no one knows. You just do not understand it , because you don't care and I understand you don't care. So if don't mind - if you do not have nothing to add in terms how to help here just stop commenting this.
[Redmi Note 12 4G] wahuka:
No problem
[General Questions and Answers] xapp7:
What to use no twrp for moto g play (XT2271DL) ,does magisk 25.1 do the same
[Raspberry Pi Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nostradamefrus:
I set up a Pi 4 4gb with KonstaKang's LineageOS 20 (Android TV 13) build and can't seem to get Channels DVR playback to work properly. I only use Jellyfin, SmartTube, and Channels, and Jellyfin and SmartTube are working fine. I've messed around with the hardware acceleration settings and found that the first option works best for both JF and ST (attached). However, none of them allow Channels to play smoothly. Video will play at a barebones framerate while audio is fine. Lowering the system's display resolution below 1080p/60 doesn't make a difference. I've been monitoring resource usage with htop over adb and the system doesn't seem to be under duress while watching JF or ST. I've only seen it spike at 80% cpu occasionally but it usually hovers around 50% and is generally around 1 - 1.2gb of ram use. The cpu is also set to max out at 2ghz and is in performance mode. I've also confirmed it's not my Channels DVR server itself as playback works fine on every other device I've tried. Any ideas what might be going on and what I could check?

Also, unrelated but is there a way to keep adb over network enabled between reboots?
[Google Pixel 7] alsansan:
Today I flashed the January Update to my rooted P7 following the same steps as always. The process seemed to work but in the last step I saw something like an error in the console but I didn't put attention, but the phone didnt restart and keeped in fastboot mode. Then I restarted phone and it totally bricked. I can't even enter fastboot / recovery / nothing. The phone does not turn on. I tried pressing power button for 30+ seconds but there is no response.

There is something I can do? Only solution now is send it to reparation service?

I've never had this kind of problem just by updating android in any phone :(
[Google Pixel 7] simplepinoi177:
Was it fastboot or fastbootD mode where "the phone didnt restart and keeped"?

It's unfortunate that you "didn't put attention" when there was an error in the console, because I pay attention to everything output anytime when flashing -- it's when your device is at its most vulnerable! That would've been vital information to give an idea what's/why's happening and possibly what to do -- or at the very least an explanation on why things seem most likely lost....
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] BillGoss:
After updating to uq1a.240105.004 I'm getting this behaviour in Recovery:

If I adb reboot recovery I see this:

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But if I run adb reboot sideload and then let it the phone time out (takes about a minute) I get this:

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Has anybody noticed this behaviour?

FYI, my phone is rooted (Magisk 26.4 stable).

PS: I updated using the factory image.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Lughnasadh:
Try holding down the Power and Volume + button together for a couple seconds and then let go of the Volume + button when seeing the dead Android in recovery.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] fromiOS2Android:
This is normal. I get this Evry time when adb to recovery. Just hold the power button , then press volume up and you will see the menu like mentioned above. I noticed today altso that i needed to run cmd as administrator. If i just ran cmd normally the adb sideload "otafileame.zip" i got the same timeout as you did.... It would not update because it could not read the ota file. Admin previliges did the trick. All up and running again now👍🏻
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Lughnasadh:
Think you quoted the wrong person.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] fromiOS2Android:
**** happens i guess
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] BillGoss:
FYI, when I press both Power and Vol up together, nothing happens. But if I hold down the Power button and then press the Vol up button, then I get the recovery menu (as mentioned by @fromiOS2Android).

So now I've learnt more things about this phone!

Thank you both for your help.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Lughnasadh:
That way works for me but glad the other way worked for you 👍
[Xiaomi 13 Ultra] PsicomonTamer:
hi im updated to Hyper Os 1.0.5.0.UMAEUXM and having some issues

first floating Windows doesnt work, when i open a floating Window normally or from side bar is Just stuck there and doesnt work

Second there is a lot of battery drain

third themes doesnt apply correctly

fourth when i disable Surround Sound cant Hear any music it fixes when i turn in on

also when i cast to a tv using xiaomi mirror the image is Just Black and it doesnt show

please if some one can give me some advice will be welcome

I already send this issues to xiaomi support

(edit) already fixed, The problems were due to the miui Optimization
[Xiaomi 13 Ultra] NOSS8:
Try a factory reset.
[Xiaomi 13 Ultra] costin85:
Where is that option in hyperos?
[Xiaomi 13 Ultra] PsicomonTamer:
in developer options in autofill section click repeatedly in re store to default values and system Optimization will apear
[Xiaomi 13 Ultra] NOSS8:
In general, deactivating this feature creates a problem, have you deactivated it?
[Xiaomi 13 Ultra] costin85:
Thanks
[Xiaomi 13 Ultra] PsicomonTamer:
No i activated it
[Xiaomi 13 Ultra] Ahmednaif95:
How odid u update to hyper os?
[Xiaomi Mi 11] alexk_il:
I have Xiaomi mi 11, need to modify a few kernel settings on my phone. Unfortunately I can't have my phone permanently rooted due to my corporate spyware installed by my work. Also, don't want to lose ability to use Google Wallet.

I checked the idea of installing a custom ROM and/or Magisk related patches but this seem to create a hassle of new patches to pass the security checks undetected, and even that is not guaranteed.

Hence is my question. Can this work and not trigger all the potential security checks by banking apps, Safety Net, etc?

1. Unlock (or replace?) bootloader

2. Root the phone

3. Use root to modify kernel environment (i.e. install services, modify some /etc/* system files

4. Remove root

5. Relock/restore bootloader

I will also appreciate other ideas or tips.
[Xiaomi Mi 11] Slim K:
You cannot re-lock the Bootloader on custom/modified firmware on your device (due to AVB), the only devices on the market that support such a method/function are one of the following:

Google Pixel devices

Oneplus devices up to the 9 pro

Fairphone devices

The reason for that is because a device with a locked Bootloader checks the signature of all partitions against the Stock/or self signed vbemta signature, and if it doesn't match, your device will be hard bricked (only rescue method will be to disassemble your phone and bridge the EDL points on the motherboard).

Devices that can re-lock on a self-signed vbmeta partition are the ones listed and only the ones listed above. Devices locked in that State are called "being in the 'Yellow' State". There is also green state (locked on Stock unmodified) and red state (device locked on corrupted or modified/unbootable Firmware).
[Xiaomi Mi 11] alexk_il:
That's what I suspected, thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy A50s Questions & Answers] Dylan8190:
Possibly Bricked My Phone

First off, thank you for taking the time to read this. I'm no expert when it comes TWRP and custom ROMS. I have done it a few times in the past, but that was ages ago (LG G2 era) and I've forgotten a lot.

The Issue

Alright, so I've been trying to flash the Snake OS [V7] ROM. I didn't do enough research and now I'm pretty stuck.

After flashing the Snake OS ROM and the Mint kernel, I rebooted to the system and noticed that I was stuck in a boot-loop. Eventually I managed to get back to TWRP and then realized I had accidentally flashed the wrong Mint kernel. In attempt to resolve the issue, I reset everything and the re did the process with the correct kernel. The issue was that each attempt stops immediately with "ERROR 7".

The second issue, is that ODIN fails every time I attempt to flash the stock firmware. And yes, it's the right firmware (lol).

Possible Solution?

After doing a bit of reading, I've come to the conclusion that I'll need to source a PIT file, and re-partition while attempting to flash the stock ROM. Does that sound correct? If this is the case, does anyone know where I might be able to find a PIT file for the A507FN?

One Final Question

Does anyone know of a compatible ROM for Binary Revision 7? Or can you give me a rundown on the process to at least root the device correctly?

Thank you all in advance!!

Device & Environment Information

- Samsung Galaxy A50s

- Android 11

- OneU.I 3.1

- A507FNXXS7DWD1 [S7]

- TWRP_v3.6.1-Unofficial_a50-1646266291.zip

- ODIN Version 3.13.1

—> Incorrectly flashed kernel: Mint-11.6.0_11_OneUI_A50_1644559311_C

—> Then attempted to flash: Mint-11.6.0_11_OneUI_A50s_1644559306_CI

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[Samsung Galaxy A50s Questions & Answers] Dylan8190:
Yeeeeaaahhhhhh....... So I just sort of said screw it, and I tried that fix. Turns out, that was the thing to do! It's working great now.

However, I really do wish I could install a custom OS though... Oh well, time to go brick my A20 now instead!

For those of you who are having the same issue: I'll edit the main post here shortly and explain how to do this. It's really easy.
[Samsung Galaxy A50s Questions & Answers] LogaN Kat:
So error 7 ... I have encountered this before

So error 7 ... it's actually some file "asserting" some device model stuff.. thats what I heard from this guy on telegram who built some roms for a50 ... I guess he was the one that built snake rom... he loves spider man lol. Ngyuen something.

Next pit file ... yeah if you are going that ... be careful in that... because if boot is bricked ... even Odin can't help you... pun intended.

As far as I have seen I have like 2% success on installing custom rom on this device... 2% because gsi Roms install nicely .. only thing is that you won't get calls or messages anymore. If you have any updates like at the very least did put a custom rom. Please let me know. Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy A50s Questions & Answers] Dylan8190:
Thanks for the reply!!

So, I decided to just go ahead and try it the other day...

Flashed pit file with the rest of the stock images to flash stock firmware. Used the nand erase and re partition options, and of course auto reboot off. It finished with no errors and booted up into the regular os like nothing happened. I guess I got lucky!! Lol

I am going to be trying again, just doing more research. I've been preoccupied lately with my A20. I just installed TWRP and rooted. Managed to flash Arrow OS v13.1. It's a pretty neat OS actually. It's really fast and it's got a nice clean UI. I recommend checking it out if you haven't yet.

Oh yeah I'll definitely let you know if I make some progress with the A50s. I think it's do-able, I'm just a little rusty.. haha
[Samsung Galaxy A50s Questions & Answers] Dylan8190:
Oops.. Forgot to reply... My bad lol