So I'm flashing from Singapore FW which has no region lock, to the UK BTU one. But the thing is that I don't have a UK SIM, will it suddenly become region locked and unable to activate? Figured I'd ask here before I do something stupid.
Can i use an european version of galaxy s5 in Argentina with a sim of a local carrier? i have got an european s5 (never used) and i would like to gift it to my brother that live in Argentina...
Thanks all.
Hi ebisco,
Samsung sometimes(often?) region lock their phone, which means if your phone is region locked then you would have to use it in Europe to region unlock it before using it with an Argentina SIM card, or pay for it to be region unlocked.
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SM-N910W8 canadian note 4,
i bought a Telus Note 4, and unlock it.
It works with rogers sim, but the phone has telus bloatware.
i was wondering if i should use *#272*IMEI# and Change the Sales Code to RWC (Rogers) ? will that do anything unreversible to the phone apart from now i'm geting rogers bloatware？
should csc matches the carriar that you are using? could i change my csc to FMC (Fido), a carrier that doesnt carry note 4.....so there may be no bloatware？
Hi there,
You can change the Customer Sale Code (CSC) by flashing a firmware with a different CSC, and after that doing a full factory reset. Also note that changing the CSC won't work if your phone is carrier locked. You can change it to whatever you like, it doesn't need to match the carrier.
so for those who got their S8 UNLOCKED from ebay\amazon..etc there is a chance that you might have got the version of the S8 of a country that doesn't support it yet, thus it will not work on your phone, for e.g. (AFG- Afghanistan, EGY- Egypt...etc).
So to solve this issue we need to flash the firmware of a country that has SAMSUNG PAY working on an EXYNOS device (G950F, G950FD).
Last year that fixed the issue for me on my S7 Edge G935F.
An example of a country firmaware that have Samsung Pay working is XSG - UAE
So if someone can provide us with the firmware files for both G950F and G950FD , that will be so much of help for many of us.
Also we need ODIN that works for the S8.
Thank you!
Joe
I think you are looking for this firmware -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72612738&postcount=28
Hi,
Are you sure that flashing the rom of specific country will make samsung pay work on S8 or S8 Plus
I have an Exynos S8 Plus SMG955FD which was bought in Nepal but there was no pre installed samsung pay as it has not launched its service for S-Pay in Nepal.
If i flash the indian firmware for Exyons S8 Plus on the same Nepal Device as becasue In india now it S-pay service is launched and supported.
Will this work ? 100 %
Both Indian And Nepal device are same model SM G955FD and both country support carries of both countries as well. Only the CSC code is different i.e. India - G955FXXU1AQE5 & Nepal - G955FXXU1AQDG
Since almost all the international S8/S8+s are on the multi CSC ROM, all you need to do is find a SIM from one of the SPAY supported countries (India, Singapore, UAE, UK works) and reset your phone (preferably from the recovery menu) and put in the SIM and reboot. All the regional features are activated, and you get SPAY to work even after changing your SIMs.
I am currently using the India SPAY and it works with all cards (Chase, Amex, Citi are what I have checked). Of course you won't get Samsung rewards since its a program only available in US.
tl;dr No need to flash ROMs. Only reset required.
cooolzzz_guy said:
Since almost all the international S8/S8+s are on the multi CSC ROM, all you need to do is find a SIM from one of the SPAY supported countries (India, Singapore, UAE, UK works) and reset your phone (preferably from the recovery menu) and put in the SIM and reboot. All the regional features are activated, and you get SPAY to work even after changing your SIMs.
I am currently using the India SPAY and it works with all cards (Chase, Amex, Citi are what I have checked). Of course you won't get Samsung rewards since its a program only available in US.
tl;dr No need to flash ROMs. Only reset required.
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I'll try this but will this make Samsung Pay work for only that region? I.e. if I use an Indian SIM will it activate the Indian version of Samsung Pay or can I use the US version which has rewards
I got US unlocked note 8 and would like to use phone with one of carriers in Canada.
I checked my phone info and noticed that all available CSC codes are for carriers in US.
I am wondering if it is possible to change CSC codes for Canadian by flashing Canadian carrier rom.
Thanks