Take a look a this thread for the Note 2 which shows how to enable secret CSC features for the stock Samsung ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033894
Also works for other Samsung phones, I tried this on my S4 Mini Plus i9195i and it works perfectly :highfive:
There's no feature.xml in System/CSC on the S4 Mini Plus so I put the XML code into the others.xml file in the same directory. The tweaks I tried are these:
Enable sub Symbols on Stock Samsung keyboard
Code:
<CscFeature_Sip_UseSymbolInCMKey>true</CscFeature_Sip_UseSymbolInCMKey>
<CscFeature_Sip_EnableSymbolInSecondary>de;en_US;en_GB</CscFeature_Sip_EnableSymbolInSecondary>
Add exit menu to stock web browser
Code:
<CscFeature_Web_AddOptionToTerminate>true</CscFeature_Web_AddOptionToTerminate>
Confirm whether you want to exit the browser
Code:
<CscFeature_Web_EnablePromptToExit>true</CscFeature_Web_EnablePromptToExit>
Add shutter sound on/off menu to stock camera app
Code:
<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>true</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>
All working great but requires root (see my post here for rooting the S4 Mini Plus i9195i).
Don't forget to backup others.xml before editing and if you take a copy to change and then put back, make sure you reapply permissions to the new file to it can be read properly.
●BRIEF INTRODUCTION :-
•Here Is Guide For Those Samsung Galaxy Devices Users Who Are Missing Some OMC-CSC Features On Their Devices
•Since Only Few Country's Cscfeatures.xml OR Others.xml Are Fully Modified By Devs Due To Time Lackness Or Any Other Reasons While Other Country's Need To Be Modified
●REQUIREMENTS :-
•Any Custom S8+ Based/Note 5 Based/Note FE Based Nougat 7.0/Marshmallow 6.0.1 TouchWiz Custom/TouchWiz Stock Rooted Rom
•Rooted With Properly Working SuperSU Root OR Magisk Root
•Root Explorer Like Es File Explorer OR Root Explorer by SpeedSoftware
•Some Typing Experience As Small Typo Is Unacceptable
●INSTRUCTIONS :-
•Use Any Root Explorer Above Mentioned With
Proper Root Access Granted
Mount R/W Permitted
•Follow The Path Local/System/Csc/Others.xml
Note :-
*For N5 Based Custom TouchWiz Roms/Any Custom TouchWiz Roms That Uses Others.xml Features Format
•Follow The Path Local/System/Omc/Your Selected One While Installing Rom/Cscfeatures.xml
Note :-
*For S8+ Based Custom TouchWiz Roms/Any Custom TouchWiz Rom With Cscfeatures.xml Features Format
•Take Cscfeatures.xml OR Others.xml For Editing Purpose As Per Your Rom's Format To add Some Useful OMC-CSC Tweaks
•After Editing Completes Kindly Save Changes And Reboot Your Device Right After Editing/Saving To Make Mentioned OMC-CSC Tweaks Works Actually
●SOME USEFUL OMC-CSC TWEAKS :-
▪Places Tab In Samsung Stock Phone App :-
Note :-
*Line To Be Added In Cscfeatures.xml OR Others.xml Is As Below
<CscFeature_Common_ConfigSvcProviderForUnknownNumber>whitepages,whitepages,on</CscFeature_Common_ConfigSvcProviderForUnknownNumber>
▪Samsung Stock Real Time Network Speed In StatusBar :-
Note :-
*Place It Below <Cscfeature_Setting_> Tweaks
<CscFeature_Setting_SupportRealTimeNetworkSpeed>TRUE</CscFeature_Setting_SupportRealTimeNetworkSpeed>
▪Data Usage View On Quick Settings Panel :-
Note :-
*Place It Below <Cscfeature_SystemUI_> Tweaks
<CscFeature_SystemUI_SupportDataUsageViewOnQuickPanel>TRUE</CscFeature_SystemUI_SupportDataUsageViewOnQuickPanel>
▪Adding Some Essential Missing Toggles In Quick Setting Panel
Note :-
*For Eg.
Some Useful Quick Toggles Like Following "ScreenCapture,VoLte,Ebook,UHQ,TouchSensitivity,DeviceVisibility" etc.
Sticky :-
*Find The Below Line in <Cscfeature_SystemUI_> Tweaks
*See Which Toggles Missing In Your Quick Setting Panel
*Add Them Manually As Per Requirements
*While Adding Quick Toggles Manually Kindly Be Careful To Put Comma Symbol [ , ] To Make Them Work Effectively
<CscFeature_SystemUI_ConfigDefQuickSettingItem>Wifi,SilentMode,MobileData,Bluetooth,RotationLock,Flashlight,AirplaneMode,ScreenCapture,Performance,EdgeLighting,Nfc,WifiHotspot,BlueLightFilter,UDS,PowerSaving,Aod,AllShareCast,SFinder,DeviceVisibility,Ebook,Dnd,SideKey,Location,Sync,SecureFolder,VoLte,UHQ,TouchSensitivity,RedPacket,SmartStay,Toolbox,MultiWindow,SecureFolder,UltraPowerSaving</CscFeature_SystemUI_ConfigDefQuickSettingItem>
▪AppLock OR Any SmartManager Related Missing Features
Note :-
*Place It Below <Cscfeature_SmartManager_> Tweaks
*Add AppLock OR Any Missing SmartManager Realted Features
Sticky :-
*You Will Need AppLock.Apk From Another Custom Rom/Downloaded From External Sources To Place In Local/System/Priv-app/Applock Folder
*Give Proper Permissions To Both Folder And App Inside The Folder Correctly
<CscFeature_SmartManager_ConfigSubFeatures>roguepopup|autoclean|autolaunch|autorestart|storageclean|backgroundapp|applock|trafficmanager|trafficmanager_auto|notificationmanager|data_compression|cstyle|fake_base_station|appclean|devicesecurity</CscFeature_SmartManager_ConfigSubFeatures>
▪Auto Call Recording Option While Calling From Native Samsung Phone App :-
Note :-
*Place It Below <CscFeature_VoiceCall_> Tweaks
Sticky :-
*Above Mentioned Feature May Not Work On Every Device Due To County's OMC-CSC Limitations
*Base Is Complete Different For Every Roms
*Some Belongs Note5 Base/Some Belongs S8+ Base/Some Belongs To Note FE Base Etc.
<CscFeature_VoiceCall_ConfigRecording>RecordingAllowed</CscFeature_VoiceCall_ConfigRecording>
▪Call Recording Button Replaced With Add Call Button In Native Samsung Phone App :-
Note :-
*Place It Below <Cscfeature_VoiceCall_> Tweaks
<CscFeature_VoiceCall_EnableCallButtonInFdnList>TRUE</CscFeature_VoiceCall_EnableCallButtonInFdnList>
▪For LTE Icon Instead Of 4G Icon Have To Place/Add Following Line OR For 4G Icon Instead Of LTE Icon Have To Remove The Following Line :-
Note :-
*Place It Below <CscFeature_SystemUI_> Tweaks
<CscFeature_SystemUI_ConfigOverrideDataIcon>LTE</CscFeature_SystemUI_ConfigOverrideDataIcon>
●IMPORTANT NOTE :-
Not All Features Will Work On Every Device Or Every Country's OMC-CSC Due To Country/Regional Restrictions But Most Should Work Well
More Tweaks Will Be Added As Per Availability And Working Status After Being Tested.
I'm attaching my App Lock .zip if someone wants to use it, I was missing the line that enables it :silly:
cachanilla86 said:
I'm attaching my App Lock .zip if someone wants to use it, I was missing the line that enables it :silly:
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Thanks For Your Contribution Mate
Hi Some questions
1. Are these features dependent on the type of processor Snapdragon / Exynos. For eg some feature set require parameters to be provided, would they change depending on the processor especially network related features (eg: enabling VOLTE)
2. Lets say i root the phone and make changes to the CSCFeatures file. Now if i unroot the phone by flashing the stock AP file back using ODIN, then technically i have unrooted the phone and since i did not flash the CSC file, the changes made should continue to be there. Would the changes and files written to the system/csc areas continue to be there after i flash it with the stock AP file ?
deltacharlie said:
Hi Some questions
1. Are these features dependent on the type of processor Snapdragon / Exynos. For eg some feature set require parameters to be provided, would they change depending on the processor especially network related features (eg: enabling VOLTE)
2. Lets say i root the phone and make changes to the CSCFeatures file. Now if i unroot the phone by flashing the stock AP file back using ODIN, then technically i have unrooted the phone and since i did not flash the CSC file, the changes made should continue to be there. Would the changes and files written to the system/csc areas continue to be there after i flash it with the stock AP file ?
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1)Though Some Features are related with CPU but almost all are hardware
Since these tweaks are Software related should work without any conflict between CPU's
VoLte is totally CSC related thing n ofcourse needs to be supported by network carrier provider within country
(For unlocked devices it might would be used as many other guides would be there to enable native VoLte feature on Network unlocked devices Since CPU versions varies accordingly markets and many people prefer to use snapdragon or exynos as per own choices hence needs sometimes unlocking of network)
2)For making changes in omc-csc obviously you needs to be rooted point granted. But if you unroot to stock by flashing Stock Firmware using odin saved changes will lost as Odin flashing does complete wipe including Internal storage (Not confirmed as sometimes it doesn't wipes internal storage dramatically but in every case it does. I guess especially in case of flashing Stock over Stock it doesn't wipe internal storage but In case of complete unroot from Custom to Stock it wipes as well as you yourself need to wipe internal storage to avoid odin flashing errors)
3)Also AP (One File Firmware Contains Home_CSC Pre Included In Cache.img if you extract it you can even get flashable zip for your Home_csc in Case if you want to use native features like eg.VoLte on Other CSC Based Custom Roms), So ofcourse changes you previously done will be lost after flashing omc-csc alone OR whole AP/Four Files Full Firmware through Odin
Thanks for the detailed explanation. But one clarification required again. In the option where i am trying to unroot the deivce i only flash the AP file (not the one file that contains all files) but one of the 4 firmware files. I uncompressed it and found it to contain - boot.img, recovery.imk and system.img.ext4. So will that still overwrite the CSC files that were modified when root was in place. ?
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Thanks for the detailed explanation. But one clarification required again. In the option where i am trying to unroot the deivce i only flash the AP file (not the one file that contains all files) but one of the 4 firmware files. I uncompressed it and found it to contain - boot.img, recovery.imk and system.img.ext4. So will that still overwrite the CSC files that were modified when root was in place. ?
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1)Odin Is Designed To Flash Specifically .tar/.tar.md5 files afaik So even if you decompress Stock One File Firmware AP Into 4 Files Likes .img, Odin Will Not Flash It So No Further Discussion Here
(As You Can only Flash Single AP.tar.md5 file in case of One File Firmware So Obviously your whole data will be reset including previous changes you done while on Root using custom Rom)
2)In case of 4 files Full firmware which includes .tar.md5 files for AP/CP/BL/CSC Etc to be added in Odin's respective Tabs
You will also loose your previous changes made while on Root As flashing Odin will completely unroot your device so no access to system/root directory
(In simple way, Odin flash will lead your device to complete stock experience without root only Knox flag tripped exception OR else your device gets in Factory manner after flashing Stock firmware through odin)
Apologies, I just dont seem to able to articulate my point/query. So further questions.
In the second case you mentioned (of 4 files Full firmware which includes .tar.md5 files for AP/CP/BL/CSC Etc to be added in Odin's respective Tabs) what if i only flash the AP file and leave the other tabs blank. Will it still wipe out the CSC area ?
deltacharlie said:
Apologies, I just dont seem to able to articulate my point/query. So further questions.
In the second case you mentioned (of 4 files Full firmware which includes .tar.md5 files for AP/CP/BL/CSC Etc to be added in Odin's respective Tabs) what if i only flash the AP file and leave the other tabs blank. Will it still wipe out the CSC area ?
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1)Yes It Will erase your previous CSC contains specially if you were on different CSC And Modified It Per Your Requirements While on Root
2)As I Already Mentioned In my earlier post that CSC features are packed within one file firmware too in cache.img format That's why stock Firmwares are specifically categorised according to country for eg. like INS/XSG/XXV/BTU/XME Etc.Which suggests Home_CSC Codes
3)So the conclusion is that either flash 1 file i.e. AP through Odin Or Flash Separate 4 Files Firmware You Will Loose Modified CSC Contains while On Root/On Different CSC Because Odin totally resets your device to factory state/Unroot it So Obviously Modifications Done While On Root Would Be Erased
Hmm this seems like a good post to follow for the Note FE. Thanks !
DarkManX4lf said:
Hmm this seems like a good post to follow for the Note FE. Thanks !
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Real Note FE or modded ROM? There are a few Note FE ports, but they all have all of this enabled, no need for aditional mods.
cachanilla86 said:
Real Note FE or modded ROM? There are a few Note FE ports, but they all have all of this enabled, no need for aditional mods.
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I'm on a real Note FE from South Korea N935K.
Hello guys... I'm trying to put up a few things(data speed and count) in my stock nougat ROM for galaxy s6 . There's something that's bothering me... that I don't have the omc folder in my root and in csc/others.xml I can't locate as to where should I type the code.
I know it's CscFeature_ like something mentioned in the OP but I can't find the headings under which the OP states the code is to be put.
I'll appreciate this help.
Please tell if you need screenshot.
Edit: Thanks for consideration (if anyone did ! ) but I figured out my way. Now I have what I wanted.
Thanks for the codes.
Regards
Here is some working csc codes.
<CscFeature_Message_DisableSmsToMmsConversionByTextInput>TRUE</CscFeature_Message_DisableSmsToMmsConversionByTextInput>
<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>TRUE</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>
<CscFeature_VoiceCall_ConfigRecording>RecordingAllowed</CscFeature_VoiceCall_ConfigRecording>
<CscFeature_Message_EnableBlackList>TRUE</CscFeature_Message_EnableBlackList>
<CscFeature_Setting_EnableMenuBlockCallMsg>TRUE</CscFeature_Setting_EnableMenuBlockCallMsg>
<CscFeature_Message_EnableSaveRestoreSDCard>TRUE</CscFeature_Message_EnableSaveRestoreSDCard>
<CscFeature_SmartManager_DisableAntiMalware>TRUE</CscFeature_SmartManager_DisableAntiMalware>
<CscFeature_SystemUI_SupportRecentAppProtection>TRUE</CscFeature_SystemUI_SupportRecentAppProtection>
<CscFeature_SmartManager_ConfigDashboard>dual_dashboard</CscFeature_SmartManager_ConfigDashboard>
<CscFeature_SystemUI_SupportAssistanceAppChooser>TRUE</CscFeature_SystemUI_SupportAssistanceAppChooser>
<CscFeature_Setting_DisableMenuSoftwareUpdate>TRUE</CscFeature_Setting_DisableMenuSoftwareUpdate>
<CscFeature_Wifi_SupportAdvancedMenu>TRUE</CscFeature_Wifi_SupportAdvancedMenu>
<CscFeature_NFC_StatusBarIconType>DEFAULT</CscFeature_NFC_StatusBarIconType>
<CscFeature_RIL_ForceConnectMMS>TRUE</CscFeature_RIL_ForceConnectMMS>
<CscFeature_Setting_CustNetworkSelMenu4>LTEONLY</CscFeature_Setting_CustNetworkSelMenu4>
<CscFeature_Message_EnableMsgTypeIndicationDuringComposing>TRUE</CscFeature_Message_EnableMsgTypeIndicationDuringComposing>
<CscFeature_SmartManager_ConfigSubFeatures>roguepopup|autoclean|autorestart|networkpowersaving|storageclean|applock|trafficmanager|notificationmanager|applicationpermission|devicesecurity|data_compression|rootbadgefeature|UDS|cstyle</CscFeature_SmartManager_ConfigSubFeatures>
<CscFeature_Common_EnableAirMessage>TRUE</CscFeature_Common_EnableAirMessage>
<CscFeature_Common_ConfigSvcProviderForUnknownNumber>whitepages,whitepages,on</CscFeature_Common_ConfigSvcProviderForUnknownNumber>
Hey! First time using the forum
Let me introduce my question.
Galaxy A5 2016 (Nougat) rooted, stock firmware
At first editing CSC settings via others.xml (used Root Browser) worked fine, until I tried CSC Feature Expert from Play Store.
Altough this app is nice I want to gain control again over others.xml. Now, only modifications via the app work and I cant get anything I type directly on the file to be applied after a reboot.
Tried uninstalling the app and using its restore button, but still others.xml does nothing.
How to edit others.xml again without the app?
Sorry for the noob question
Thanks in advance
brod56 said:
Hey! First time using the forum
Let me introduce my question.
Galaxy A5 2016 (Nougat) rooted, stock firmware
At first editing CSC settings via others.xml (used Root Browser) worked fine, until I tried CSC Feature Expert from Play Store.
Altough this app is nice I want to gain control again over others.xml. Now, only modifications via the app work and I cant get anything I type directly on the file to be applied after a reboot.
Tried uninstalling the app and using its restore button, but still others.xml does nothing.
How to edit others.xml again without the app?
Sorry for the noob question
Thanks in advance
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I think there must be an another .xml file in system/csc which do the same job as others.xml. CSC Feature Expert maybe generated a feature.xml file in your csc folder. Delete it and try again.
xXPR0T0TYPEXx said:
I think there must be an another .xml file in system/csc which do the same job as others.xml. CSC Feature Expert maybe generated a feature.xml file in your csc folder. Delete it and try again.
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Thanks! I didn't notice that file. I'm simply adding new lines to features.xml now and it works just fine.
Hi, would there be any way to change the build.prop file in which I have access to all of the s8 apps and Bixby? (Samsung Messages 4.2, TouchWiz 6.0, etc). I have tried to edit the build.prop file directly but I didn't know which of the lines would change my phone or break it. I have an SM-G900F running Lineage OS v14.
Does anyone know how to change the carrier name that is displayed on lockscreen?
I tried to edit spn-conf.xml but it did bot work.
Carrier Name APK from XDA is also not working.
I'm on stock OOS 4.5.14, rooted with magisk
Gravity Box module can do that, If xposed framework is an option for you.