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Help: Cannot Select CSC Code

I have flashed my Note with the UK ROM LP4 and want to change my CSC code from the German CSC code ODT which I set after installing the German LPY ROM. But when I try using *#272*IME# then it just shows the ODT code with no other codes listed and no selection button for the ODT code.
Is there any way to fix this?
Thanks for all your help

I think the U.K. Rom you installed dude doesn't offer Multi CSC resource. You have to install a rom with Multi CSC resources.
Check Samfirmware and look for another U.K Rom you can flash and check later on if you can have the option of selecting ODT among the CSCs on that ROM.

letters_to_cleo said:
I think the U.K. Rom you installed dude doesn't offer Multi CSC resource. You have to install a rom with Multi CSC resources.
Check Samfirmware and look for another U.K Rom you can flash and check later on if you can have the option of selecting ODT among the CSCs on that ROM.
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There is only one other UK rom on Samfirmware which is for the carphone warehouse but how do you know if it is Multi CSC? I don't want to select ODT but the UK CSC which I think is XEU
Thanks for your help.

hmm.. hey listen.. i read this before, try this step: downgrade your phone to a all stock GB , there are a lot of it in Dr ketan's thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997. Choose the very basic stock one. After you flash to stock, check if there is ODT on that, if it does have it. Then your good to go. Flash and back to your official U.K Rom, I'm sure the Mutli CSC from the previous one is already there. By the way, you need to flash the Rom only.. not the corresponding CSC files of your new UK ROM..

letters_to_cleo said:
hmm.. hey listen.. i read this before, try this step: downgrade your phone to a all stock GB , there are a lot of it in Dr ketan's thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997. Choose the very basic stock one. After you flash to stock, check if there is ODT on that, if it does have it. Then your good to go. Flash and back to your official U.K Rom, I'm sure the Mutli CSC from the previous one is already there. By the way, you need to flash the Rom only.. not the corresponding CSC files of your new UK ROM..
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Thanks for your help I'm going to flash XXLC1 which is 2.36 and is called Open Europe so it should have the UK CSC code which I think is XEU. So I need to set that once LC1 is flashed then flash LP4 again. Correct? I notice in Samfirmware there are PDA and CSC files available. Can you just flash a CSC file? If so then there is no need to flash XXLC1 which is the PDA file.

When I flashed the UK LP4 rom I just flashed the PDA file. If I had also flashed the CSC file at the same time then perhaps I would be able to select the UK CSC code. As I have just flashed the PDA file can I now flash just the CSC file or do I need to start again and flash PDA and CSC together?
Sorry for all the questions, but I am a noob

I just checked it for myself and realised that only Korea CSC code is avaible to me after ICS Turkey version update. How can i revert to TUR CSC code which is for Turkey? I flash roms with mobile odin pro. Do you think it's something related to it ?

I managed to fix my CSC code problem by flashing the stock European GB rom XXKL8 which is multi-CSC. The other big advantage of the KL8 is that it does a full wipe which clears a lot of faults when you flash over other roms without a wipe.
With XXKL8 installed I was able to select the XUE CSC code for the UK and then flash the latest ICS stock rom for the UK. With the correct UK CSC code and correct UK rom I am now able to use kies or ota for future updates.

captainhakan said:
I just checked it for myself and realised that only Korea CSC code is avaible to me after ICS Turkey version update. How can i revert to TUR CSC code which is for Turkey? I flash roms with mobile odin pro. Do you think it's something related to it ?
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It's nothing to do with Odin. You need to find a rom, probably a regional one which contains multiple CSC codes including your Turkey code. You might need to flash a GB rom first which does a full wipe if you have been flashing several non-wipe roms to clear any errors.
Once you are able to set the Turkey CSC using the regional Multi-CSC rom then you can flash the ICS rom for Turkey then you will have the correct CSC code and correct rom so you will be able to use kies for updates.
Hope this helps.

To be honest i don't remember which Gingerbread CSC code i was using before the ICS update and moreover i didn't directly flash ICS Turkey version over gingerbread. I first flashed ICS LPY German then i flashed ICS Turkey on it. Before that i only used German , Open Europe and Turkey roms. So i don't have a clue where did that Korean CSC come from even tho i never flashed a rom with Korean CSC. Thanks for the tip but i'm scared to downgrade to gingerbread for the famous emc bug hard brick problems. I can bare with korean csc for now as i never flash roms through kies.

captainhakan said:
To be honest i don't remember which Gingerbread CSC code i was using before the ICS update and moreover i didn't directly flash ICS Turkey version over gingerbread. I first flashed ICS LPY German then i flashed ICS Turkey on it. Before that i only used German , Open Europe and Turkey roms. So i don't have a clue where did that Korean CSC come from even tho i never flashed a rom with Korean CSC. Thanks for the tip but i'm scared to downgrade to gingerbread for the famous emc bug hard brick problems. I can bare with korean csc for now as i never flash roms through kies.
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Flashing ROMS is never risk free. However flashing stock GB ROMS correctly using Odin appears to be reasonably safe. You can do a search for the correct CSC code for Turkey and change that but it will do a factory reset. If you don't have the CSC code which matches your ROM then you will not be able to update firmware using Kies.

Doesn't manual factory reset on a single-CSC ROM also change the CSC to that of the ROM...?

How can i change CSC to get official UK update from Kies ? and any bad side of this ?

Hello. I live in Turkey and still no update for us.
So i suppose i can change CSC and get official update from kies.
How can i change CSC to UK ?
After i changed i suppose i will get official uk updates. But would this cause any problem since i live in turkey and uses different service providers
thank you
my phone is currently stock firm 4.0.4 and not rooted

MonsterMMORPG said:
Hello. I live in Turkey and still no update for us.
So i suppose i can change CSC and get official update from kies.
How can i change CSC to UK ?
After i changed i suppose i will get official uk updates. But would this cause any problem since i live in turkey and uses different service providers
thank you
my phone is currently stock firm 4.0.4 and not rooted
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You will need the full UK ROM from Sammobiles or checkfus.
This may give you the Korean CSC, if it does you will need to download the CSC changer for SGS/2/3 from the market and select BTU, this will wipe your data though.

delsus said:
You will need the full UK ROM from Sammobiles or checkfus.
This may give you the Korean CSC, if it does you will need to download the CSC changer for SGS/2/3 from the market and select BTU, this will wipe your data though.
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csc changer from market displays on this
sales code : ATO
and no other thing

MonsterMMORPG said:
csc changer from market displays on this
sales code : ATO
and no other thing
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The Turkish ROM contains the CSC for Turkey only I believe, you need to flash the latest ICS from Sammobiles or checkfus and flash through Odin, then change the CSC.
Btw the English ROM is BTU
and another Btw, we haven't got JB for unbranded devices in UK yet, only O2 and Three carrier branded.

when i type *#1234#
i get these
AP : I9300XXBLH1
CP : I9300XXLH1
CSC : I9300ATOBLH1
so which country is my phone right now ?

I don't know the sales code but if you Google Samsung sales code ATO you will be able to find out.
But because you bought it front Turkey there's a 99% chance ATO is Turkey. If you want the English firmware you needs BTU then change the CSC to BTU (English firmware has a few CSCs included)
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium

CSC is not an upgrade path .
Unless you have the full correct HIDSWVER codes phone will not update .
Solution download stock firmware and flash via \ODIN .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
or use CHECKFUS to download any firmware and flash via ODIN .
jje

JJEgan said:
CSC is not an upgrade path .
Unless you have the full correct HIDSWVER codes phone will not update .
Solution download stock firmware and flash via \ODIN .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
or use CHECKFUS to download any firmware and flash via ODIN .
jje
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thanks flashing right now lets see

[Q] Upgrade to 4.4.2 via odin with firmware with a different CSC code ..

Hi,
Via OTA and Kies there is still no upgradet 4.4.2 available ...
CSC code is MJ8 (BOG) --> Bouygues Télécom France.
My phone is an I9505 ... I suppose I can just use Odin to flash another 4.4.2 firmware for the I9505 with a different CSC code?
I used to do some modding with previous phones ... but so far I 've only been using a 'standard' S4. Thus therefore I would like to get confirmation from some people who have more experience with flashing S4 phones.

Better wait for OTA or KIES 3 update android 4.4.2. Your phone is branded to one company.

Joku1981 said:
Better wait for OTA or KIES 3 update android 4.4.2. Your phone is branded to one company.
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That's the point firmware is not yet available via OTA or KIES 3. The phone is most certainly branded ... it contained some french apps which I never use out-of-the-box. I don't care about loosing these apps.
Question is will I encounter problems when I flash with another french, british, dutch, ... firmware?
Personally I don't think so ... If you can only flash the original firmware then sites like sammobile.com which host all different original firmwares dont have a reason to exist?
Or am I wrong?

Latest Nougat Firmware - Manual Install (Odin)

Hello folks,
I would like to update my S7 Edge (SM-G935F) to the latest Nougat firmware which if I'm not mistaken arrived UK BTU, which is:
PDA - G935FXXU1DQB3
CSC - G935FOXA1DQB1
I would like to install it via Odin, the most stock way possible (don't want root or custom recovery), just because that I'm tired that it haven't arrived OTA in my country (PT).
But I have a few questions regarding this manually update to the latest firmware of another country:
1) Manually installing the latest update from BTU UK will stop me from receiving future OTA updates? and if no, will I be receiving the OTA updates in the future from UK or PT??
2) My device with the currently firmware has no bloatware from any network (was bought unlocked), if I upgrade to the latest firmware from BTU UK, will I still have no bloatware? (or bloat will be installed?)
3) Will I have any problem from installing a firmware from other country (being both for the same model: SM-G935F)?
Thank you very much in advance! :good:

I have everything ready to make the manual flash, just want to clear this things out before I do it.
Thanks

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Hgneto said:
Hello folks,
I would like to update my S7 Edge (SM-G935F) to the latest Nougat firmware which if I'm not mistaken arrived UK BTU, which is:
PDA - G935FXXU1DQB3
CSC - G935FOXA1DQB1
I would like to install it via Odin, the most stock way possible (don't want root or custom recovery), just because that I'm tired that it haven't arrived OTA in my country (PT).
But I have a few questions regarding this manually update to the latest firmware of another country:
1) Manually installing the latest update from BTU UK will stop me from receiving future OTA updates? and if no, will I be receiving the OTA updates in the future from UK or PT??
2) My device with the currently firmware has no bloatware from any network (was bought unlocked), if I upgrade to the latest firmware from BTU UK, will I still have no bloatware? (or bloat will be installed?)
3) Will I have any problem from installing a firmware from other country (being both for the same model: SM-G935F)?
Thank you very much in advance! :good:
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Each country or region has it's own CSC which can be easily flashed
by itself without the need to odin flash a different country's full firmware.
The only time you need to think about bloatware is if you flash a specific
carrier's firmware like perhaps vodaphone and most other carriers add
their own bloatwares. But if you only flash the regional firmware for your
country or region like BTU UK you will not end up with bloatware.
Good luck and happy flashing!

Misterjunky said:
Each country or region has it's own CSC which can be easily flashed without
needing to odin flash a different country's full firmware.
The only time you need to think about bloatware is if you flash a specific
carrier's firmware like perhaps vodaphone and most other carriers add
their own bloatwares. But if you only flash the regional firmware for your
country or region like BTU UK you will not end up with bloatware.
Good luck and happy flashing!
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What about my question about future OTA updates?
Thank you

re: ota
Hgneto said:
What about my question about future OTA updates?
Thank you
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Future OTA's will not be a problem if you have flashed
the proper CSC for your country before trying to update
future firmwares.

Misterjunky said:
Future OTA's will not be a problem if you have flashed
the proper CSC for your country before trying to update
future firmwares.
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So you are saying that first I should change my CSC to the UK, then flash the latest firmware via Odin and won't have to worry about future updates? Can't I simply flash the latest UK BTU firmware and it will change the CSC and get me the latest firmware in once?

S20 flash no brand (ITV) stock firmware with ODIN over Vodafone Italy CSC

Hello everybody, next week I will receive my new S20 (SM-G980F), but this time I accepted an offer from my carrier (Vodafone Italy) and I will get a OMN CSC variant instead of a ITV CSC generic.
I see that Vodafone time to release the updates is very slow, so I ask:
1) If I flash via ODIN the ITV firmware (2020-06-02 PDA G980FXXS2ATE7 CSC G980FOXM2ATE6 ) over the Vodafone one (2020-05-22 PDA G980FXXU2ATE6 CSC G980FOXM2ATE6), for what I understood, the CSC doesn't change, but will I have the firmware update (I mean 1 June patch with Vodafone branding stuff)?
2) If so, are the OTA updates broken or will I get ITV OTA updates? Or worst case, will I receive OMN OTA update over ITV Firmware causing issues?
3) If OTA are broken, can I manually update the new future ITV firmwares manually preserving data (like OTA) from my PC using ODIN?
My concern is not regarding about money (I can buy some samkeys if necessary), but regarding preserving the warranty and Knox (I'm using app inside secure folder and other app that check if bootloader/root is modified) because the CSC is always the same...
Thank you very much

Balteck said:
Hello everybody, next week I will receive my new S20 (SM-G980F), but this time I accepted an offer from my carrier (Vodafone Italy) and I will get a OMN CSC variant instead of a ITV CSC generic.
I see that Vodafone time to release the updates is very slow, so I ask:
1) If I flash via ODIN the ITV firmware (2020-06-02 PDA G980FXXS2ATE7 CSC G980FOXM2ATE6 ) over the Vodafone one (2020-05-22 PDA G980FXXU2ATE6 CSC G980FOXM2ATE6), for what I understood, the CSC doesn't change, but will I have the firmware update (I mean 1 June patch with Vodafone branding stuff)?
2) If so, are the OTA updates broken or will I get ITV OTA updates? Or worst case, will I receive OMN OTA update over ITV Firmware causing issues?
3) If OTA are broken, can I manually update the new future ITV firmwares manually preserving data (like OTA) from my PC using ODIN?
My concern is not regarding about money (I can buy some samkeys if necessary), but regarding preserving the warranty and Knox (I'm using app inside secure folder and other app that check if bootloader/root is modified) because the CSC is always the same...
Thank you very much
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If done correctly changing csc won't trigger knox. Your warranty will be fine.
Sent from my SM-G985F using Tapatalk

You can flash ITV firmwares each time manually if you want, but you won't get OTA until you match your active CSC with firmware CSC using Samkey, neither method trips knox

Thank you very much.
So is it possible to have the latest security and enhancement patches manually with ODIN, without losing data and warranty also if Vodafone does not rollup the OTA?
My phone remains branded, but with last firmware like a no brand one and a working Samsung PAY/Secure Folders ?

Balteck said:
Thank you very much.
So is it possible to have the latest security and enhancement patches manually with ODIN, without losing data and warranty also if Vodafone does not rollup the OTA?
My phone remains branded, but with last firmware like a no brand one and a working Samsung PAY/Secure Folders ?
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Yep, just make sure when you flash with Odin you use HOME_CSC and not just CSC along with the other sections of the firmware
HOME_CSC = No reset & keep data
CSC = Factory reset and lose data
Everything else should work fine too, just no OTA unless you use Samkey

Last question:
In case of repair and I must to give the phone on service, can I flash the original Vodafone Firmware with right CSC, making a factory reset, also if the last available firmware is a version older than actually installed?
For example: Now Vodafone Italy (OMN) mounts G980FXXU2ATE6 (rolled out at May), but I will flash G980FXXS2ATE7 (full ITV firmware with June security patch, but never - till now - rolled out by Vodafone via OTA)

Balteck said:
Last question:
In case of repair and I must to give the phone on service, can I flash the original Vodafone Firmware with right CSC, making a factory reset, also if the last available firmware is a version older than actually installed?
For example: Now Vodafone Italy (OMN) mounts G980FXXU2ATE6 (rolled out at May), but I will flash G980FXXS2ATE7 (full ITV firmware with June security patch, but never - till now - rolled out by Vodafone via OTA)
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Yes as long as the bootloader version is not lower than the current installed firmware
G980FXXS2ATE7 < Version 2
G980FXXU2ATE6 < Version 2
If the firmware is older but has an equal or higher BL version then use CSC to reset after the flash

Balteck said:
Hello everybody, next week I will receive my new S20 (SM-G980F), but this time I accepted an offer from my carrier (Vodafone Italy) and I will get a OMN CSC variant instead of a ITV CSC generic.
I see that Vodafone time to release the updates is very slow, so I ask:
1) If I flash via ODIN the ITV firmware (2020-06-02 PDA G980FXXS2ATE7 CSC G980FOXM2ATE6 ) over the Vodafone one (2020-05-22 PDA G980FXXU2ATE6 CSC G980FOXM2ATE6), for what I understood, the CSC doesn't change, but will I have the firmware update (I mean 1 June patch with Vodafone branding stuff)?
2) If so, are the OTA updates broken or will I get ITV OTA updates? Or worst case, will I receive OMN OTA update over ITV Firmware causing issues?
3) If OTA are broken, can I manually update the new future ITV firmwares manually preserving data (like OTA) from my PC using ODIN?
My concern is not regarding about money (I can buy some samkeys if necessary), but regarding preserving the warranty and Knox (I'm using app inside secure folder and other app that check if bootloader/root is modified) because the CSC is always the same...
Thank you very much
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I've done this thing for my S20+ with HUI (H3G Italy now Windtre).
I've tried all the possible methods to change CSC, there is no way out due to the fact the model forces the specific CSC.
If you want to change CSC, no need to reset your phone or flash weird stuff from Odin. Just get SamKey. I was skeptical, but it did the job in a second, without tripping Knox or needing root. Just don't buy the credits on their website (btw, is the .org one), they're expensive!. Go to eBay, plenty of sellers sell credits (you need the code reader version)
For me, it cost 1 Credit, so a 3 credit pack (around 5€) is sufficient.
Then just follow the procedure. You will need to eject the sim card prior and to disable screen lock while you're doing it, but other than that I can confirm it switches your phone permanently to ITV CSC and you get OTAs.
Wish you luck!