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What does the kernel codes mean?

Can someone explain to me the meaning of kf2 .. What the k or f means or with ke7 wat does the k or e or even 7 mean? cheers
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The 5 digit code is a combination of a country/language code and a date code.
First two digits are a country language code and are sometimes omitted when talking about generic kernels.
Next two digits are year/month code and the final digit is a release number within that month.
KF2 = second (2) release in June (F) 2011 (K)
KE7 = seventh (7) release in May (E) 2011 (K)

Kies see my 3.1 as the latest firmware?

I just purchased the Galaxy Tab 10.1. I have been reading around here about people updating to 3.2 using Kies. I have the latest Kies installed but it does not detect a software update. I bought the Tab from the middle east. Any idea what's going wrong here? Thanks in advance!

You said you bought your Tab from the Middle East???
Are you using it in the USA???
If that's the case, your Tab is most likely set to that region of the world. And their most likely not an update available.
And also, you need to give us a bit more info...
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I am having the same issue I bought mine in Canada (and currently living there) and I am still seeing 3.1 as the latest firmware available.
I bought mine from The Source store and not through a carrier so could that be the problem?

I bought mine from a carrier but officially unlocked and Kies still finds 3.1 as the latest firmware. I've been reading about the improvement in the 3.2 specially with the web browser. I hope someone here can find an explanation or better a solution!
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SouthPhily
What other info I should be providing? It's officially unlocked, I have not rooted it yet. Let me know what other info I should be giving here. Thanks!
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In the 'About Tablet' screen there is a build number displayed like 'P7510XXKH3'.
In general Samsung releases follow:
P7510 is the model
XX is the region/carrier
KH3 is the build
XX = Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
K=2011
H=August
3=revision
Depending on what region/carrier your tablet has will determine when (if) you get a new release. Not all regions are released at the same time e.g. some translations may take longer, or a release is only made to a 'select few' to determine any issues. Or the carrier wants to test/add their own customisations.
In the UK we have had KH3 for a couple of months, and are waiting for 3.2 as well.
Though there does seem to be some variations on the release numbering scheme e.g. my i9000 on Vodaphone says it is BUJV9, V is not a month, thouth it is a Vodaphone release not Samsung.
Keith

Well, if your Tablets CSC is NEE, you should recieve the update, Over The Air! Remember that hehe.

Here are the info:
Baseband version: P7500XXKG7
Kernel version: 2.6.36.3 [email protected] #1
Build number: HMJ37 P7500JPKG6
Another thing is when I choose to check for software update from "About Tablet" it says "Wi-Fi is not available. Disable Wi-Fi only. Using 3G network may incur additional charges" how do I disable "Wi-Fi only"?

keithmoore so there is no official update 3.2 for GT-P7510?

Yes, there is, but only a few regions seem to have it so far. The US definately have it (though it took them twice to get it right), but in the UK we are still waiting (unless you use a custom ROM).

Which region to choose for internationl note

Hey, i have the note and in the regional it "KOR", which one should i change to be international?
i see that all the updates are international first.

There is no 'international' like in sole version that gets updates. It still attached to the region you live or bought the phone.
Recently, the German version has been receiving updates first. Code - DBT
But this is no guarantee that will stay that way.
Cheers.
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o.k but i live in israel and the phone is not released in here and the region is set to "KOR".
there are alot of free games that i cant find in samsung apps and i like to know which one is the best to set?
b.t.w - i still didnt see the last firmware update.

Just change your region.
Type this on the phone dialer - *#272*your imei number#
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please note that by changing your region you will wipe your phone like doing a factory reset. make a backup first.
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no DBT option for me there. Any update getting alternative?
(On the Galaxy S I had XEU, and that was rather successful for updates, but here also no XEU and I read that the UK is also not much included in those updates)
Can choose from
XSK,XEZ,XEH,XEF,XEE,WIN,VVT,VOM,VOD,VIP,VIM,VGR,VDH,VDF,VDC,TWO,TSR
,TRA,TPH,TOP,TMU,TMT,TMS,SMO,SIM,SEB,ROM,PHE,PAN,ORS,ORA,OMN,
,O2U,O2I,O2C,NEE,MTLMSR,MOB,MKO,KOR,ITV,HAT,GBL,FTM,EUR,ERO,
,DNF,CYV,CYO,CRO,COS,COA,CNX,BOG,BGL,AUT,ATO,ATL,AMN

Thanks, i see how change the region.
1. which one to choose "EUR" is euro?
2. there is no unbranded region?
now its on "kor"

country code
Hi guys. I've gut a similar problem in that my cmc code is aus and I am in the UK. I don't seem to have the country codes that would suit me, and I have not received the last Feb update. Any suggestions. Really wanting ics asap. Ta all

Official ICS Update in Germany starting today

Hey,
just read that major german carriers are rolling out ICS today. Deutsche Telekom seems to be offering the update from today on. Anyone has checked this out yet? Maybe there's a new build coming .....
bobab

XWLP7 (Germany)
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/153045490/b1212f7/I9100XWLP7_I9100DBTLP5_DBT.zip.html
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worth mentioning is aalso fact that changelist number is latest 340913
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http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9100

IWillExplain said:
worth mentioning is aalso fact that changelist number is latest 340913
download with no waiting
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9100
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Not really.. Australia rom has more changes..
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robsoniqe said:
Not really.. Australia rom has more changes..
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Larf Larf larf .
jje

robsoniqe said:
Not really.. Australia rom has more changes..
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what does a higher change number bring you, when most of the changes done is by the carrier who (most of the time) does change things to the worst.
i'd always prefer an open firmware (like the german one) to a carrier f'd up firmware with a slightly higher build number

v1rtu4l said:
what does a higher change number bring you, when most of the changes done is by the carrier who (most of the time) does change things to the worst.
i'd always prefer an open firmware (like the german one) to a carrier f'd up firmware with a slightly higher build number
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I am just saying is higher (changelog) .. Not better so easy in second hand i dont think so that the only changes are for worse like 3d app..
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v1rtu4l said:
what does a higher change number bring you, when most of the changes done is by the carrier who (most of the time) does change things to the worst.
i'd always prefer an open firmware (like the german one) to a carrier f'd up firmware with a slightly higher build number
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So what you're saying is each carrier increases the Changelist count.
Which means the next firmware you get with an even higher changelist count will already include the supposed carrier changes.
The changelist refers to the android framework and kernel changes.
It has nothing to do with the carrier. It's manufactured and developed by samsung.

victorator said:
So what you're saying is each carrier increases the Changelist count.
Which means the next firmware you get with an even higher changelist count will already include the supposed carrier changes.
The changelist refers to the android framework and kernel changes.
It has nothing to do with the carrier. It's manufactured and developed by samsung.
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are you sure about that ?
of course carrier changes by carrier A will not get carried over to carrier B !
my understanding is:
google delivers an build with buildnumber with Changelist X
now carrier A fiddles around with that build to customize it which will result in an Changelist value of X+Y (Y being the customer changes)
carrier B might get the same build by google and fiddle around less with it
the resulting changelist value of X gets added by Z (Z being carrier B changes) which is a lower value
just because changelist in rom B is lower than in rom A doesn't make rom A "newer"...
for a better understanding i will put numbers and names into it:
google releases a android 4.0.3 build to carriers with a changelist of 200'000.
verizon takes that build and customizes it which results in their rom having a changelist of 230'000.
at&t takes the same build (with changelist of 200'000) and adds fewer changes, resulting in their rom having a changelist of 210'000.
does that mean that verizons rom is newer ? no, it's just that they made more changes to the available stock/vanila build by android.
in the end people want newer vanila builds and not the latest carrier changes!
so a carrier rom with changelist 350'000 is probably based on an older build than an open rom with a changelist of 340'000.

v1rtu4l said:
are you sure about that ?
of course carrier changes by carrier A will not get carried over to carrier B !
my understanding is:
google delivers an build with buildnumber with Changelist X
now carrier A fiddles around with that build to customize it which will result in an Changelist value of X+Y (Y being the customer changes)
carrier B might get the same build by google and fiddle around less with it
the resulting changelist value of X gets added by Z (Z being carrier B changes) which is a lower value
just because changelist in rom B is lower than in rom A doesn't make rom A "newer"...
for a better understanding i will put numbers and names into it:
google releases a android 4.0.3 build to carriers with a changelist of 200'000.
verizon takes that build and customizes it which results in their rom having a changelist of 230'000.
at&t takes the same build (with changelist of 200'000) and adds fewer changes, resulting in their rom having a changelist of 210'000.
does that mean that verizons rom is newer ? no, it's just that they made more changes to the available stock/vanila build by android.
in the end people want newer vanila builds and not the latest carrier changes!
so a carrier rom with changelist 350'000 is probably based on an older build than an open rom with a changelist of 340'000.
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What happens if we get another XWLP8, unbranded this time?
Does it mean that samsung accepted the carrier changes and implemented them into their generic build?
This has happened many times in the past.
The only rational explanation is that XWLP8 is simply newer and has more bugs fixed than XWLP7.

No, of course not. there are three parties involved here. Google, samsung and the Carrier. The order is fixed and does imply that a carrier change will not be applied to the next samsung rom, just like a samsung change will not be applied to the next vanilla Android build, since google has no interest to modify their base build to incorporate changes that add functions for samsung phones just as samsung won't apply a carrier modification to their general build, because it does not make any sense to have modifications that make a device work better on only one Carrier and worse on others.
I think you live in the illusion that a carrier would actually add features to a ROM that every user would benefit from which is just not true
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So does it make for an german user any difference to flash this firmware over the lp8 one ?
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Can I just flash this via Odin (one file -> PDA) over my current CM9 nightly? Or do I need a kernel as well?

No - just wipe and flash.

Countries Being Ignored by Samsung for Getting i9500 updates?

Since around a month, there hasnt been any new Galaxy S4 updates when it comes to Middle eastern, African and neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan because all of them are stuck at UBMEA. But on the other hand, Indian Sub continent (inda,Srilanka, nepal, bangladesh,etc.) are now ahead of the rest by THREE updates (MF5,MF8,MG1) now which is stupid and it doesnt make sence.
I know it takes time, but in the past with Galaxy S3 updates, all countries used to get the SAME update and then after some time, Samsung used to release a new update when most of the countries had got the previous update. But now Samsung have ignored the rest and concentrating on few countries now.
IT makes me wonder whether whether the rest countries are now being ignored or indian sub continent has got the most faulty units in comparison to others.
Thoughts?
p.s. Not all people like to 0din and flash manually.

There isn't a logical answer at your question. Middle East countries sale match more than Shrilanca Indonesia, Bangladesh e.t.c
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I would suggest you use Odin and install the latest firmwares coming out. Those are official updates. I guess that's the reason why your phone came with Odin mode.
I got my phone from a distributor, and my phone came from South Africa. It took a while before I got the MEA update, and now that I see new firmwares coming out, I finally decided to use Odin, my phone is now officially from Bangladesh (software-wise)

farrukhna said:
Thoughts?
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If you look on Sammobile or Samsung-Updates at any Samsung device there are regions on ancient ROMs while CSC's like DBT have gotten three updates. It's pretty random from device-to-device and region-to-region.

It's more of the official country importer's fault than Samsung's fault...

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It's more of the official country importer's fault than Samsung's fault...
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No its samsungs, they should send out the update to everyone. I understand the delay, HTC devices also have similar delays when software updates are rolled out.

There are people in the UK Still stuck on MDM..... Not sure why you think you think you are being ignored.
Dont worry though, nothing past MEA seems to make much of a difference anyway lol

dude most latin american countries are still rocking MDE or MDK
now thats ignored, mine was TPA(Panama) and to this day MDK is its latest
i used odin to flash MF3 from TTT, and might flash MG1 if it doenst come ota by august.
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farrukhna said:
Since around a month, there hasnt been any new Galaxy S4 updates when it comes to Middle eastern, African and neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan because all of them are stuck at UBMEA. But on the other hand, Indian Sub continent (inda,Srilanka, nepal, bangladesh,etc.) are now ahead of the rest by THREE updates (MF5,MF8,MG1) now which is stupid and it doesnt make sence.
I know it takes time, but in the past with Galaxy S3 updates, all countries used to get the SAME update and then after some time, Samsung used to release a new update when most of the countries had got the previous update. But now Samsung have ignored the rest and concentrating on few countries now.
IT makes me wonder whether whether the rest countries are now being ignored or indian sub continent has got the most faulty units in comparison to others.
Thoughts?
p.s. Not all people like to 0din and flash manually.
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You are right not only to the Middle East I bought S 4 in the Netherlands. Csc PHN priced at $ 750 So far, came many update june and july for Countries of the world, including the Middle East But the Netherlands s4 is still on May updates
Samsung this jear bad service for expensive smartphone.:banghead:
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Dude if ur phone came from south Africa and u flashed it with ur country's firmware would it brick you fone? I have a similar situation here I need to be really sure where my phone came from b4 I odin it
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alphamars said:
Dude if ur phone came from south Africa and u flashed it with ur country's firmware would it brick you fone? I have a similar situation here I need to be really sure where my phone came from b4 I odin it
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Why would a stock firmware brick your phone ? i flashed my Dutch Vodafone rom with the DBT rom from Germany. The only way you can brick your device is if you flash a i9505 rom on a i9500

noteics said:
You are right not only to the Middle East I bought S 4 in the Netherlands. Csc PHN priced at $ 750 So far, came many update june and july for Countries of the world, including the Middle East But the Netherlands s4 is still on May updates
Samsung this jear bad service for expensive smartphone.:banghead:
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I seriously dont understand the differences because it is absurd. Either the indian sub continent has sold more i9500 than other countries or Samsung dont like to take notice of other countries. HTC is Way better when it comes to 'Distribution' (and not the number) of updates as they cover the whole continent at once.

MichelN said:
Why would a stock firmware brick your phone ? i flashed my Dutch Vodafone rom with the DBT rom from Germany. The only way you can brick your device is if you flash a i9505 rom on a i9500
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DBT frimware is good and fast update for from samsung but not shortcut on lock screen also dbt frimware for note1 note 10 not shortcut on lock screen.
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farrukhna said:
I seriously dont understand the differences because it is absurd. Either the indian sub continent has sold more i9500 than other countries or Samsung dont like to take notice of other countries. HTC is Way better when it comes to 'Distribution' (and not the number) of updates as they cover the whole continent at once.
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HTC is exactly the same. They are just have a different way to do that (by CID) and you can't flash a new firmware without rooting or messing with your device.

All OEMs are the same, they have a lot of differe t firmwares for a lot of different regions, thus making everybody wait for ages or ignoring some regions completely, LG doesnt count cause they almost never update their devices
why doenst samsung release two universal firmwares for the 9500 and 9505 and then the carrier specifics? would be a lot easier
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MichelN said:
Why would a stock firmware brick your phone ? i flashed my Dutch Vodafone rom with the DBT rom from Germany. The only way you can brick your device is if you flash a i9505 rom on a i9500
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Thanks for the explanation.

negrobembon said:
All OEMs are the same, they have a lot of differe t firmwares for a lot of different regions, thus making everybody wait for ages or ignoring some regions completely, LG doesnt count cause they almost never update their devices
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lol
That was good

farid993 said:
lol
That was good
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Life is Good

I live in Pakistan
I have a I9500 and I am still stuck with XXUAMDK
Whenever I check for updates from the phone or kies, they notify me with that I have the latest firmware installed.
Although I know that there are updates rolled out.
How to check whether my phone connects to the samsung servers to check for the updates?
And I have not rooted or customised my phone in any way. The status still shows "Official"

Ghazi Anwar1 said:
I live in Pakistan
I have a I9500 and I am still stuck with XXUAMDK
Whenever I check for updates from the phone or kies, they notify me with that I have the latest firmware installed.
Although I know that there are updates rolled out.
How to check whether my phone connects to the samsung servers to check for the updates?
And I have not rooted or customised my phone in any way. The status still shows "Official"
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You can flash any I9500 official Samsung rom downloaded from here www.sammobile.com/firmware with Odin 3.04. You don`t have to wait for updates.
Link for how to http://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j...r_KS4Aqzam707pZGU82AvAQ&bvm=bv.49784469,d.ZWU.