So I got two S7 Edge's today, both network unlocked. One is running CSC BTU and the other is XEU. Is there any benefit or difference between the two, should I put BTU on both or XEU on both, any performance or battery life difference or does one get updates quicker than the other?
From having a look around the net I haven't really found much in explaining the difference, I see that BTU is UK and XEU is UK/Ireland.
A couple of people have said that the BTU is from Samsung and the XEU is unbranded from a reseller, what does this mean?
Thanks for any input.
On this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/help/btu-xeu-t3100911
madpete said:
XEU used to be the old Samsung csc for the UK, then they switched to BTU later on. I hadn't seen XEU about for a while before I got my Edge and found it had the XEU csc code, not sure why they are using it again and why there is two now?
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Ronaldo_9 said:
I think i worked out the difference between BTU and XEU.
BTU firmware are on phones that come directly from Samsung (unbranded)
XEU firmware are on Sim Free handsets that are generic (unbranded) but not from Samsung
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On this thread: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18710229&page=104
It's better to use the XEU one as it's the fastest one for updates. My UK unlocked s7 edge from carphone warehouse came with this firmware. XEU has replaced BTU firmware for fastest updates since the S6.
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On this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS6/comments/47d7iv/xeu_or_btu_rom/
I read that BTU is for unbranded phones that come directly from Samsung, while XEU is for unbranded phones that aren't from Samsung. (e.g. resellers)
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Turns out that BTU get updated faster than XEU.
BTU is Samsung UK unbranded (generic) and XEU is just UK unbranded (generic). Difference between the two, if you purchase an sim free phone from Samsung you get BTU, purchase a sim free phone from any other retailer you get XEU.
So if you purchase a Samsung S10 sim free direct from Samsung it will ship with BTU firmware...
If you purchase a Samsung S10 sim free from the likes of Carephone Warhouse it will come with XEU.
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Hi. I bought s7 edge in Thailand.
I was trying to find its stock firmware to get my phone a new fresh start. So far, I only found a link to Singapore firmware.
Here is from my phone
free upload
I heard you can flash single Sim firmware into dual one, but I was just afraid and prefer original firmware (before I root it soon hahaha)
Any idea where I can find one for my Thailand model.
guitarz said:
Hi. I bought s7 edge in Thailand.
I was trying to find its stock firmware to get my phone a new fresh start. So far, I only found a link to Singapore firmware.
Here is from my phone
free upload
I heard you can flash single Sim firmware into dual one, but I was just afraid and prefer original firmware (before I root it soon hahaha)
Any idea where I can find one for my Thailand model.
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This is the latest firmware for SM-G935FD I'm using,its the best so far,download and install with Odin.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G935F/CAC/
I have s7 edge dual sim, SM G935 FD, but i have csc OLB1APB6 ( only the end)
Which is my country firmware? Because i don't find it on sammobile and i don't receive any update by OTA.
Thank you
biondo99 said:
I have s7 edge dual sim, SM G935 FD, but i have csc OLB1APB6 ( only the end)
Which is my country firmware? Because i don't find it on sammobile and i don't receive any update by OTA.
Thank you
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OLB covering Malaysia/Philippines/Singapore/Thailand/Vietnam. I believe your latest update is of February 2016
Download Phone INFO Samsung from playstore and look for the active CSC. It has got a country shown as well.
I have a FD version as well with XME (Malaysia) CSC. But from what I have researched, for Galaxy S7 Edge specifically, Samsung has been releasing OTA updates (three times; once a month since Feb) for OJV countries (Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey), XSG (united arab emirates) and EU countries (NEE=Netherland, DBT=Germany, LUX=Luxembourg so far)
I have decided to flash the DBT firmware as from the look of firmware updates trend, Galaxies with DBT receive the earliest and most frequent updates from Sammy. Everything is working fine. No Knox triggered. Not too sure about the warranty; i guess it doesn't matter that much since samsung only looks at whether your knox has been triggered.
Good luck
thank you
can I flash German firmware only PDA or i have to flash CSC and MODEM too?
Hi guys im thinking to get a S7 Edge in the UK and its on EE network but sim-unlocked.
If i flash the BTU UK firmware on it, will it trip the Knox counter? And affect my samsung warranty?
Im thinking to flash BTU as it has less bloatware and making it carrier free would mean i receive updates sooner also. Please let me know. Thanks
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I flashed BTU on my EVR S7 and knox is still 0x0, however the EE firmware doesn't come with much bloatware, just the myEE app and Lookout.
You're right though, updates do come through a lot quicker on BTU then EVR
FSOP said:
I flashed BTU on my EVR S7 and knox is still 0x0, however the EE firmware doesn't come with much bloatware, just the myEE app and Lookout.
You're right though, updates do come through a lot quicker on BTU then EVR
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I also have an EVR SGS7 Edge and would like to debrand with BTU. Is this easy to do?
I bought a rooted S7 edge from eBay that was originally purchased from Samsung... When I first tried to return it to stock via odin and stock BTU the flash failed..... I think I got confused with csc and csc home (which I still don't understand as all my previous sammobile downloads never had csc home file )... So I eventually got it to flash but ended up somehow on VIR which I think is virgin.... Which has the slowest updates known to mankind.
I'd love a stock BTU phone but don't want to lose my existing setup or semi brick it again. It's the csc and csc home thing I don't get.
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You should be able to flash BTU without issue. It also has WiFi calling built in now so you don't have to have EE firmware for it.
Won't trip knox so long as you are flashing stock firmware in Odin.
I believe csc wipes data whereas csc_home doesn't.
Hello,
Yesterday I downloaded the Vodafone Italian Nougat firmware, flashed it and immediately as my S7E turned on I saw that the firmware was wrong.
In fact the firmware is from Germany No Brand, I already downloaded it again just to make sure that I didn't made any mistakes, flashed it again and I have the same problem.
Sammobile take up to 10 days to respond, So I'm asking if anyone else has this problem, or maybe can anyone upload the real Vodafone Italia Nougat firmware:
Model SM-G935F
Model name Galaxy S7 edge
Country Italy (Vodafone)
Version Android 7
Changelist 10422490
Build date Mon, 20 Feb 2017 06:27:00 +0000
Security Patch Level 2017-02-01
Product code OMN
PDA G935FXXU1DQBT
CSC G935FVFG1DQBT
Thanks everyone
your firmware can be download from here.
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=G935F&r=OMN&order=date&dir=desc&exact=1
edan1979 said:
your firmware can be download from here.
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=G935F&r=OMN&order=date&dir=desc&exact=1
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Thanks, will download, flash and report back here
I downloaded that one myself some days ago and had no issues.
However, I am wondering why did you flash it if it was wrong. You can easily determine it by the filename.
Has your device been on OMN before?
andiling said:
I downloaded that one myself some days ago and had no issues.
However, I am wondering why did you flash it if it was wrong. You can easily determine it by the filename.
Has your device been on OMN before?
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Yes mine is branded Vodafone, but I had the UK Nougat flashed, now I saw that finnaly Italian Vodafone Nougat became available I donwloaded it to flash, but the guys from sammobile made an mistake, yes the firmware is Vodafone, but it's germany not italy
It contains actually several countries but all are Vodafone branded.
Did you have a Vodafone Italy SIM inside when booting up for the first time?
edan1979 said:
your firmware can be download from here.
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=G935F&r=OMN&order=date&dir=desc&exact=1
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Update.....Tried to flash it 2 times, but the same result, I dont know what's going on, I'm still on Germany Vodafone firmware.
Can anyone help please?
andiling said:
It contains actually several countries but all are Vodafone branded.
Did you have a Vodafone Italy SIM inside when booting up for the first time?
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Yes ofcourse, I an prepaid Vodafone SIM installed. The phone was not bought under any contract with Vodafone
the firmware is multi csc files with Germany is the main CSC. we cannot do anything with it. The only way i know how to change the csc fully to your country is via Samsung Service Center or you need to root the device and do it with samsung phoneinfo apps. Root and you will loose samsung pay function/secure folder and any knox related software like shealth
Usually the CSC changes accordingly to the sim inserted. Only if there's no corresponding csc it takes the default one in multi csc roms.
Please download Phone INFO ★Samsung★ and posts screens here to see what's really going on.
Here's the screenshot
Anyone has an solution?
blackfire2802 said:
Anyone has an solution?
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Flash your original marshmallow firmware using the CSC. It will factory reset your device
Flash the latest Nougat firmware using the HOME_CSC from your original firmware (can be the marshmallow one or if you have an Nougat one, use this). Don't use the nougat CSC file anymore.
Unfortunately without a Single CSC file you are not getting back to your original CSC and a single CSC has not been published for Vodafone Italy. In case of multi CSC the system uses the CSC already applied or in case of change (since you've BTU at the moment) the standard CSC which is VD2 (Vodafone Germany) in this case.
The only way to change that is with root.
andiling said:
Unfortunately without a Single CSC file you are not getting back to your original CSC and a single CSC has not been published for Vodafone Italy. In case of multi CSC the system uses the CSC already applied or in case of change (since you've BTU at the moment) the standard CSC which is VD2 (Vodafone Germany) in this case.
The only way to change that is with root.
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I said using CSC meaning the firmware included all the stuff of your firmware.
Sent from my SM-G935F using XDA-Developers Legacy app
Unfortunately that won't help as there's no firmware which only includes Vodafone Italy. There's only one with several European Vodafone settings and if you flash that onto a device with non-Vodafone CSC such as BTU it used the standard CSC included which is Vodafone Germany. I thought first different, too, unfortunately there's no way without root (tested it by myself).
Rooting is out of picture, because I don't want to loose warranty.
I'll try to download and flash Vodafone Italy MM, then flash it, after I'll flash again the nougat with the old MM csc.
Edit: in this case I'll wait for a few weeks until Vodafone Italy will release the proper csc file.
Thanks
Hello,
I am on BTU and still on April security patch. I bought an unlocked phone to get updates faster and everyone is getting the patches faster than me. Even the carriers (tmobile, att) are releasing the patches faster.
Which version should I flash to get the patches in a regular way? BTU sucks.
Thank you.
what region are you in ?
did you check out sammobile, they post regular updates as soon as they are published.
you can download them and flash with, odin, twrp flashfire.
I am in Europe for the moment.
I am on BTU no root
Cosmic Blue said:
what region are you in ?
did you check out sammobile, they post regular updates as soon as they are published.
you can download them and flash with, odin, twrp flashfire.
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I live in the UK. I was also on BTU and bought the phone unlocked. I changed to H3G United Kingdom (H3G) as I was getting sick of there being no security update since April. I am also unrooted. To be honest I have not noticed much difference in the software, apart from the bootup screen. Last Samsung phone or tablet I'll be getting.
Same here
Also with H3G United Kingdom you have more regular monthly security updates?
mightywhites29111971 said:
I live in the UK. I was also on BTU and bought the phone unlocked. I changed to H3G United Kingdom (H3G) as I was getting sick of there being no security update since April. I am also unrooted. To be honest I have not noticed much difference in the software, apart from the bootup screen. Last Samsung phone or tablet I'll be getting.
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It's more regular than BTU updates, and you're right BTU stinks
does anyone know if there is a benefit or downside to changing my csc from my carrier bell canada ( CSC: BMC) to canada generic (XAC)? thanks
ansamech said:
does anyone know if there is a benefit or downside to changing my csc from my carrier bell canada ( CSC: BMC) to canada generic (XAC)? thanks
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The benefit is that you don't have to wait for your carrier (testing and aproval) to receive OTA, the only "downside" is that you don't get any bloatware apps from them.
Donald K. said:
The benefit is that you don't have to wait for your carrier (testing and aproval) to receive OTA, the only "downside" is that you don't get any bloatware apps from them.
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The bloatware was what I was trying to avoid by switching, awesome. But it won't brake anything? Like Volte or wifi calling?
Donald K. said:
The benefit is that you don't have to wait for your carrier (testing and aproval) to receive OTA, the only "downside" is that you don't get any bloatware apps from them.
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That's not true, bmc gets updates before xac and rogers, in fact rogers is usually dead last in some instances. I specifically changed mine from xac to bmc to get updates a few days earlier, the two bell apps i simply disabled.
peachpuff said:
That's not true, bmc gets updates before xac and rogers, in fact rogers is usually dead last in some instances. I specifically changed mine from xac to bmc to get updates a few days earlier, the two bell apps i simply disabled.
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Here in Holland I've had TNL (T-Mobile Netherlands branded) and I changedit to PHN (Netherlands unbranded) and while I received the december patch on 28-12 while TNL was still stuck on october.
Donald K. said:
Here in Holland I've had TNL (T-Mobile Netherlands branded) and I changedit to PHN (Netherlands unbranded) and while I received the december patch on 28-12 while TNL was still stuck on october.
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In Canada it's the opposite for some reason, bell/telus/koodo get it first while Rogers and unbranded xac get it last.