In the EU it isn't legal for OEM's to sell phones with a native call recording feature.
With Huawei phones sold in EU you can install the native call recorder apk from a region where they have this feature and problem solved.
Can we do the same with Samsung phones, or do we need to flash a CSC from a region that has that feature?
PS: I know some 3rd party apps can do the same but I want to use the native app that Samsung.
So I managed to do it but it requires flashing files with Odin (but it doesn't trigger knox):
1- My Galaxy A52s had the ROM A528BXXS1BVC2 from PHE region
2- I downloaded with Frija the same ROM A528BXXS1BVC2 (very important) but from a region with call recorder enabled (I chose XID from Indonesia)
3- I flashed with Odin only the HOME_CSC file in the CSC file option (I didn't flash anything else)
Flashed successfully and call recording now appears in the Phone app settings. No factory reset needed
CONS:
I'm getting some notifications from app Samsung Gifts Indonesia (but the app can be disabled)
I get an additional Samsung Pay app, which is a different version than the one I had already before
jmbnus said:
So I managed to do it but it requires flashing files with Odin (but it doesn't trigger knox):
1- My Galaxy A52s had the ROM A528BXXS1BVC2 from PHE region
2- I downloaded with Frija the same ROM A528BXXS1BVC2 (very important) but from a region with call recorder enabled (I chose XID from Indonesia)
3- I flashed with Odin only the HOME_CSC file in the CSC file option (I didn't flash anything else)
Flashed successfully and call recording now appears in the Phone app settings. No factory reset needed
CONS:
I'm getting some notifications from app Samsung Gifts Indonesia (but the app can be disabled)
I get an additional Samsung Pay app, which is a different version than the one I had already before
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can you go in (if you're on android 12)
Root/optics/configs/carriers/single/(XID i suppose)/conf/system
and copy upload and paste here the folder ? i want to see inside the file cscfeature.xml and cscfeature_network.xml
so i can extrapolate the correct writing / code to activate the call recorder and apply it to other csc
raffybest94V01 said:
can you go in (if you're on android 12)
Root/optics/configs/carriers/single/(XID i suppose)/conf/system
and copy upload and paste here the folder ? i want to see inside the file cscfeature.xml and cscfeature_network.xml
so i can extrapolate the correct writing / code to activate the call recorder and apply it to other csc
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Me too
Anyone confirms this works on Oneui 4.1, without affecting data? Thank you
raffybest94V01 said:
can you go in (if you're on android 12)
Root/optics/configs/carriers/single/(XID i suppose)/conf/system
and copy upload and paste here the folder ? i want to see inside the file cscfeature.xml and cscfeature_network.xml
so i can extrapolate the correct writing / code to activate the call recorder and apply it to other csc
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I didn't root my phone so I can't confirm, sorry..
innocentus said:
Anyone confirms this works on Oneui 4.1, without affecting data? Thank you
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This works. Nothing has been erased. Call recorder is available through samsung phone app
jmbnus said:
So I managed to do it but it requires flashing files with Odin (but it doesn't trigger knox):
1- My Galaxy A52s had the ROM A528BXXS1BVC2 from PHE region
2- I downloaded with Frija the same ROM A528BXXS1BVC2 (very important) but from a region with call recorder enabled (I chose XID from Indonesia)
3- I flashed with Odin only the HOME_CSC file in the CSC file option (I didn't flash anything else)
Flashed successfully and call recording now appears in the Phone app settings. No factory reset needed
CONS:
I'm getting some notifications from app Samsung Gifts Indonesia (but the app can be disabled)
I get an additional Samsung Pay app, which is a different version than the one I had already before
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Does the Samsung Pay app work in Europe?
ALWA7SH6 said:
Does the Samsung Pay app work in Europe?
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The one from the Play store won't work. The one linked with CSC will but with Indonesian banks.
So it seems to be useless.
jmbnus said:
So I managed to do it but it requires flashing files with Odin (but it doesn't trigger knox):
1- My Galaxy A52s had the ROM A528BXXS1BVC2 from PHE region
2- I downloaded with Frija the same ROM A528BXXS1BVC2 (very important) but from a region with call recorder enabled (I chose XID from Indonesia)
3- I flashed with Odin only the HOME_CSC file in the CSC file option (I didn't flash anything else)
Flashed successfully and call recording now appears in the Phone app settings. No factory reset needed
CONS:
I'm getting some notifications from app Samsung Gifts Indonesia (but the app can be disabled)
I get an additional Samsung Pay app, which is a different version than the one I had already before
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Tried it on Android 12 and it bricked my device. Don't try this CSC method. It doesn't work.
I simply installed from the other thread the A72 mods with magisk and i got recording now. There are also official settings for it in official dialler to enable/disable recording always. I have it to record when i want.
My csc is VGR (Vodafone Greece)
BlueChris said:
I simply installed from the other thread the A72 mods with magisk and i got recording now. There are also official settings for it in official dialler to enable/disable recording always. I have it to record when i want.
My csc is VGR (Vodafone Greece)
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Good to know. It means there's actually no way with non modified device to change it except with CSC flash.
k4sh44 said:
Good to know. It means there's actually no way with non modified device to change it except with CSC flash.
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I only have root & magisk, by modified you mean to unlock the bootloader?
Either way all are working fine here with zygisk and hide root from banking apps which was crucial for me. Nfc payments work also fine.
BlueChris said:
I only have root & magisk, by modified you mean to unlock the bootloader?
Either way all are working fine here with zygisk and hide root from banking apps which was crucial for me. Nfc payments work also fine.
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Question. You have magisk and phone is rooted but your booloader is not unlocked? How did you get it rooted with magisk then, most curious about your post...
Arobase40 said:
It is obvious he unlocked his bootloader as there is still no known exploit to gain root with this phone.
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Off course i unlocked the boot loader to have magisk and i don't see a reason why not to do it.
Hi, will I still get OTA updates after flashing XID csc?
Errorman said:
Hi, will I still get OTA updates after flashing XID csc?
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If your are not rooted, why not?
In my country, Sweden, call recording is fully legal. In a phone call it is sufficient that only one of the participants (the caller) is aware of that the call is being recorded. To record a phone call without the knowledge of any of the participants is illegal unless it is done by the police and even they have to have special permit by a state attorney.
Even though this is the case all phone makers chose to block call recording for phones sold in Sweden. I have never been able to get an answer as to why they do this.
For my previous phone, Oneplus 8, there was a simple hack you could do in the caller app to enable call recording. Problem was that as time went by and newer firmware arrived the blocking of the call recording was restored faster and faster.
I now rely on an Olympus pocket recorder when I must record a phone call. Sometimes as you talk to company reps or officials it is very handy to record their statements since this is permitted as evidence in our courts of law.
I don't understand why you don't use call recording apps instead of changing the CSC,
There are many modified and cracked apps that allow you to record calls such as
Cube ACR
Automatic Call Recorder
Call Recorder - ACR
Arobase40 said:
To my knowledge call recording or recording with any recording device is illegal unless the other participant knows and accepts this recording or unless you keep it for yourself as a private archive (even in that case don't think it is legal but if nobody knows... ^^) and you are not allowed to use this recording in a civil procedure and as Sweden is part of E.U there is no exception !
The term "participant" may have a totally different meaning in real life than in the judicial setting !!!
Sweden Audio and Video Recording Laws - Recording Law
Can You Record Phone Calls and Conversations in Sweden? In Sweden, you are allowed to record conversations and phone calls provided you are an active participant, or you have obtained authorization to record. It is against the law to record private conversations when you’re not a participant or...
recordinglaw.com
In some European countries (such as France) the production of recordings (or pictures) can be accepted in a penal procedure as you are allowed to provide any means of evidence as an exception of the law as long as it directly serves your own case ("Loreal jurisprudence" vs Sarkozy) !!! ^^
But you must be very careful in any case as you must be sure this exception applies in your own country...
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You are wrong. It is legal in Sweden to record a phone call as long as one of the participants knows about it. EU law do not override Swedish law in this case.
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Do any one guide which official Android 10 firmware for A505F have native call recording option enabled??
Native call recording is present in android 10 for countries where its legal. USA and most Europeans countries have prohibited it so its disabled in their firmware. middle east and most Asian firmware must have it, i tested Indian and Tunisian (my original csc) firmware and its present in android 9 and 10. Its not as tweakable as paid solutions that are always hard to enable correctly but its very easy to set and you can chose to record either all calls, unknown numbers or specific numbers, records are named with the contact name or number and time+date. when its enabled you can see a microphone icon near the contact in the call history where you can access all records of that contact.
I had INS firmware (android 9) on A505F but when I flashed TUN firmware android 10, I lost native call recording.
It may be noted that I used home csc option in odin
yamen_tn said:
Native call recording is present in android 10 for countries where its legal. USA and most Europeans countries have prohibited it so its disabled in their firmware. middle east and most Asian firmware must have it, i tested Indian and Tunisian (my original csc) firmware and its present in android 9 and 10. Its not as tweakable as paid solutions that are always hard to enable correctly but its very easy to set and you can chose to record either all calls, unknown numbers or specific numbers, records are named with the contact name or number and time+date. when its enabled you can see a microphone icon near the contact in the call history where you can access all records of that contact.
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I had INS firmware (Android 9) on A505F but when I flashed TUN firmware (android 10), then I lost native call recording
It may be noted that I used home csc option in odin to keep my data
Did you manage to get back call recording?
Hi all,
I purchased an A52s 5G (SM-A528B/DS, snapdragon version) last week. I never had a Samsung before so I’m learning now about CSC and such.
I noticed that I don’t have the call recording function even though my country should support it (ILO). As it turns out the device has XSG CSC (I guess it’s a non-official parallel import).
I gathered information around the forums and I’m trying to understand if I can change the CSC by factory reseting and doing the device setup while my ILO SIM card is installed.
Apologies if my questions are stupid and the answer is obvious, but I couldn’t piece it together.
I’m trying to avoid tripping Knox to retain my warranty.
I read somewhere that ILO and XSG are part of the same multi-CSC group (OJM) and that it should work?
I read somewhere else that it no longer works on One UI 3.1/Android 11 versions?
I read somewhere else again that samkey may be a viable solution?
So should I try just by factory resetting the phone? Or try samkey? Or?
Is there any way to change CSC on the fly and avoid having to factory reset the device?
Thanks so much in advance,
Tal
I used to require a SIM to change the CSC but was able to do without it this time.
Doesn't trip Knox. There's a list of countries that details which have call recording built in.
talla1 said:
Hi all,
I purchased an A52s 5G (SM-A528B/DS, snapdragon version) last week. I never had a Samsung before so I’m learning now about CSC and such.
I noticed that I don’t have the call recording function even though my country should support it (ILO). As it turns out the device has XSG CSC (I guess it’s a non-official parallel import).
I gathered information around the forums and I’m trying to understand if I can change the CSC by factory reseting and doing the device setup while my ILO SIM card is installed.
Apologies if my questions are stupid and the answer is obvious, but I couldn’t piece it together.
I’m trying to avoid tripping Knox to retain my warranty.
I read somewhere that ILO and XSG are part of the same multi-CSC group (OJM) and that it should work?
I read somewhere else that it no longer works on One UI 3.1/Android 11 versions?
I read somewhere else again that samkey may be a viable solution?
So should I try just by factory resetting the phone? Or try samkey? Or?
Is there any way to change CSC on the fly and avoid having to factory reset the device?
Thanks so much in advance,
Tal
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pacificator1048 said:
I used to require a SIM to change the CSC but was able to do without it this time.
Doesn't trip Knox. There's a list of countries that details which have call recording built in.
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I have the exact same issue with the same XSG CSC, and I need to change to ILO.
Can you guys help me with that?
CosTuMe said:
I have the exact same issue with the same XSG CSC, and I need to change to ILO.
Can you guys help me with that?
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To anyone who might encounter this in the future, My phone was bought trough GoMobile a parallel importer in Israel who didn't have call recordings available although the official one had.
I used SAMKEY in order to change the CSC into "ILO" the Israeli CSC and it worked getting me back the recordings and even had gotten OTA's after it.
I bought an A52s 5G on Amazon UK, and the model that arrived was a Romanian one. I find two things very odd: there is nothing outside the box to indicate that the device is not a UK one (product code would suffice), and when opening the box (which was untampered, as expected) it had a UK plug charger, adding to the fact that the device was destined for the UK market. The back of the device shows a sign for compliance with UK CA standards, and booting it first time, it greeted me in English. However, soon after I figured out the shortcomings and I found that CSC is set to ROM. Factory resetting the phone with a UK sim didn't make much difference however this time the phone greeted me in Romanian. While I've resolved the issue with.. the usual method, I find it dodgy and either the seller went to great lengths to hide the originating country or Samsung is creating these devices targetting Romania but actually making them look British, for.. reasons? Both possibilities are weird.
CosTuMe said:
To anyone who might encounter this in the future, My phone was bought trough GoMobile a parallel importer in Israel who didn't have call recordings available although the official one had.
I used SAMKEY in order to change the CSC into "ILO" the Israeli CSC and it worked getting me back the recordings and even had gotten OTA's after it.
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Did you use it on Galaxy A52s 5G? Which firmware date version did you use to change the CSC?
I wanna go back to my original CSC.
gambit1091 said:
Did you use it on Galaxy A52s 5G? Which firmware date version did you use to change the CSC?
I wanna go back to my original CSC.
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I think I was on the latest one
can someone help with it?
i am currently before buying from GOMOBILE parallel , and want to add call recording.
can someone help with it?
i am currently before buying from GOMOBILE parallel , and want to add call recording.
CosTuMe said:
To anyone who might encounter this in the future, My phone was bought trough GoMobile a parallel importer in Israel who didn't have call recordings available although the official one had.
I used SAMKEY in order to change the CSC into "ILO" the Israeli CSC and it worked getting me back the recordings and even had gotten OTA's after it.
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mordydd91 said:
can someone help with it?
i am currently before buying from GOMOBILE parallel , and want to add call recording.
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Thats exactly what I did, bought from GoMobile as well, change the csc trough SamKey to ILO
CosTuMe said:
Thats exactly what I did, bought from GoMobile as well, change the csc trough SamKey to ILO
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P{ls help me throw this
talla1 said:
Hi all,
I purchased an A52s 5G (SM-A528B/DS, snapdragon version) last week. I never had a Samsung before so I’m learning now about CSC and such.
I noticed that I don’t have the call recording function even though my country should support it (ILO). As it turns out the device has XSG CSC (I guess it’s a non-official parallel import).
I gathered information around the forums and I’m trying to understand if I can change the CSC by factory reseting and doing the device setup while my ILO SIM card is installed.
Apologies if my questions are stupid and the answer is obvious, but I couldn’t piece it together.
I’m trying to avoid tripping Knox to retain my warranty.
I read somewhere that ILO and XSG are part of the same multi-CSC group (OJM) and that it should work?
I read somewhere else that it no longer works on One UI 3.1/Android 11 versions?
I read somewhere else again that samkey may be a viable solution?
So should I try just by factory resetting the phone? Or try samkey? Or?
Is there any way to change CSC on the fly and avoid having to factory reset the device?
Thanks so much in advance,
Tal
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did you succeed? do you have call recording?
For some reason I've never been able to buy a Samsung that used a single sku CSC.
Even with ICCID locked devices they always shipped with the multi-csc/multi-csc2, so I've always been able to use a SIM Card to change out carriers unless the EFS/CSC partitions blocked it partially.
And even in those couple cases, I've always been able to cross-flash carrier firmware for that device to switch networks when need be.
This method even allowed me to use my AT&T locked Galaxy Note5 with T-Mobile Firmware. The only bug was the AT&T Modem's lack of hardware support for all of the TMO network bands.
Other than that. I even bested the Geek Squad at Best Buy...
This method worked on my A32x 5G.
Hello all!
As we know from S20 and S21 threads, the only eonly viable option to enable clear call recording is to flash XID, Indonesia firmware on our Exynos smartphones. This year the XID version is Snapdragon, so it won''t be a good decision to flash software meant from another hardware.
Is there any other region with native call recording and Exynos so we can flash that firmware instead? None of the call recording works if not enabled from the firmware as well since you will only hear you talking.
Thanks in advance!
Samsung announced that the new S22 will have 5 yeasr software updates, thanks to the new policy to reduce the number of firmwares for the different countries
CoolZoneAlex said:
Hello all!
As we know from S20 and S21 threads, the only eonly viable option to enable clear call recording is to flash XID, Indonesia firmware on our Exynos smartphones. This year the XID version is Snapdragon, so it won''t be a good decision to flash software meant from another hardware.
Is there any other region with native call recording and Exynos so we can flash that firmware instead? None of the call recording works if not enabled from the firmware as well since you will only hear you talking.
Thanks in advance!
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Try my manual on the S22 ultra. I think it might work.
SD Native call recording & CSC (without rooting)
Hi everyone, Looking for some insight and more educated projections. I'm in Canada, and our phones (SD) typically didn't get native call recording (or any recording allowed as a matter of fact after Pie was rolled out). I had to purchase a...
forum.xda-developers.com
I'll be happy if you let me know if it works, I'm considering exchanging S22ultra for S22.
You can change CSC to SEK (Ukraine). It has native call recording function. but you can't use Samsung Pay.
Can SEK firmware be flashed directly to the device without SAMkey? When XID was on Exynos I could flash directly since my terminal is not branded.
No, change possible only via Samkey, because both regions present in one Europe FW.
CoolZoneAlex said:
Hello all!
As we know from S20 and S21 threads, the only eonly viable option to enable clear call recording is to flash XID, Indonesia firmware on our Exynos smartphones. This year the XID version is Snapdragon, so it won''t be a good decision to flash software meant from another hardware.
Is there any other region with native call recording and Exynos so we can flash that firmware instead? None of the call recording works if not enabled from the firmware as well since you will only hear you talking.
Thanks in advance!
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This thread may help you
Enabling Native Call Recorder through CSC
Hello, Thanks to this XDA thread and some other sources I was able to compile a list of CSC codes that enable native call recording on Samsung ROMs. This is the list: Indonesia (XID) Vietnam (XXV) Ukraine (SEK) Israel (ILO) India (INS) Thailand...
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I recommend using the autoSync app for automatic backup of recordings. Works very well
i understand that CSC cannot be changed to Ukraine since both regions use same FW and multi CSC file. But will it work if i simply buy ukranian sim card off of ebay and put in phone? will phone change CSC from EUX to SEK then?
I read, if you change CSC to SEK, Samsung Health not work properly.
(Or Samsung Pay? And credits on Samkey a little bit expensive.
I lost the guarantee, when i change the CSC?)
Call Recorder - Cube ACR app seems to be work, but the caller voice is very weak
Hi,
If you change CSC to SEK, will wipe all data?
If YES, is there a posibility to write HOME_CSC only, instead of CSC?
silvinnio said:
Hi,
If you change CSC to SEK, will wipe all data?
If YES, is there a posibility to write HOME_CSC only, instead of CSC?
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No wipe
Hello guys,
I'm from Brazil and I bought my S22 in Uruguay, I can't use samsung pay in Brazil because of my CSC.
I tried to flash a ZTO firmware from samsungmobile website and I factory reset my phone, after I flashed the firmware my CSC kept the same.
My S22 is the snapdragon version SM-S901E.
My current CSC is UPO and I want to change to ZTO.
Any ideas in how can I solve this issue?
Hi,
I described it in detail here:
SD Native call recording & CSC (without rooting)
Hi everyone, Looking for some insight and more educated projections. I'm in Canada, and our phones (SD) typically didn't get native call recording (or any recording allowed as a matter of fact after Pie was rolled out). I had to purchase a...
forum.xda-developers.com
efkosk said:
Hi,
I described it in detail here:
SD Native call recording & CSC (without rooting)
Hi everyone, Looking for some insight and more educated projections. I'm in Canada, and our phones (SD) typically didn't get native call recording (or any recording allowed as a matter of fact after Pie was rolled out). I had to purchase a...
forum.xda-developers.com
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I'll try it out, let's see.
Thank you
As the title suggests, I was able to successfully change the CSC on my factory unlocked (unbranded) Fold 3 - F926B/DS bought in Germany with OXM firmware having Android 13 & one UI 5.0 from EUX to INU csc using SamFW Tool v3.31 in hardly 2-3 mins. Kindly note that I also looked into other options to do this like Samkey tool (paid service) and alliance shield app (which doesn't work anymore) etc before engaging with the SamFW Tool as none were simple/working with no complications whatsoever involved.
My main objective to change the CSC was to enable call recording and couple of other features (including some pleasant surprises listed in the end of the post) which were available in the INU csc with little to no hassle. The process was pretty simple, straight forward and most importantly, FREE . It DOESN'T require any factory reset, flashing of roms or wiping cache partition before or after the process.
The step by step guide process which worked for me is as follows:
STEP 1: Click here - SamFW Tool Download - to download the latest version of SamFW tool.
STEP 2: Remove the sim card and connect your phone to a computer and make sure the phone's drivers are installed.
STEP 3: Unzip the downloaded file. Right click on the file SamFwFRPTool.exe and 'Run as Administrator'.
STEP 4: After the software opens, make sure your phone is detected before proceeding. If its detected, click on ADB tab in the software.
STEP 5: In your phone, go to developer options and enable 'usb debugging'.
STEP 6: In your phone, open phone dialer and type *#0*# to get into test mode. Leave the phone unlocked and keep it aside now.
STEP 7: Click on 'Change CSC' button in the ADB tab of the tool. Now the tool will connect to your phone, check and list the available CSCs which your phone model supports as shown in the pic attached.
STEP 8: Choose a CSC which you wish to change to from the drop down menu in the pop-up window as shown in the pic attached.
NOTE: The tool also has the option to force the phone to accept a CSC not listed/supported as well by manually entering the same. However, I would not recommend doing it if you really wish to get OTA updates and also to evade any unforeseen issues. I must admit, I haven't frankly tried this and do not know what lies in the pandora box to be honest.
STEP 9: After choosing the CSC from the drop down, the tool quickly connects to the phone, changes the CSC and restarts the phone.
STEP 10: After the phone restarts, unlock the phone using your pin/password, insert your simcard, check the change of CSC in software information, disconnect the phone from the computer and also disable the 'usb debugging' in the developer options.
That's it! All done. Phone restarts with the new chosen CSC and the related features will now be active!
BONUS: There is also an option in the ADB tab in the SamFW Tool named 'Battery information' which gives the complete information of the battery status including the 'charge/discharge cycles' along with its temperature, voltage etc. like in the pic attached. Do note that the information shown in the 'Genuine battery' section isn't correct for some reason and always shows as 'NO' for any phone with/without genuine battery.
With my choice of INU csc the following major changes/surprises were noticed over the EUX:
1. Call recording and a couple of other INU specific features are now enabled (google for more info on what csc enables what features).
2. Not sure why but Battery backup has increased significantly after the csc change to INU. SOT (Screen On Time) which has fallen to 3-4 hrs after the OTA update to One Ui 5.0 & Android 13 is now back to 5-7hrs or more.
3. RAM management has definitely got better. With EUX csc it used be around 5-6GB during standby and now its always around 3-4GB when the phone is idle.
4. Instead of 4G or 4G+, now it shows LTE and LTE+.
5. Mobile data speed has increased both in 5G (Jio True5G network) and in LTE+ when compared to EUX CSC.
6. 5G signal strength has improved drastically. Signal loss or switching to 4G+/LTE+ is very low now.
7. 5G to 4G/LTE switching while calls (VoLTE/VoNR) is more seamless now. Latching back onto 5G network after a call is a breeze now unlike earlier with EUX csc.
8. Phone definitely got faster for some reason. Can very much feel the difference when switching between apps, multi-tasking, even opening/closing apps and other day-to-day tasks.
etc...
Haven't tested whether the OTA updates will still get pushed after the change in CSC yet, as my phone is already updated to the latest patch as I write this. Should absolutely work IMO as long as we choose a CSC which the phone supports but in any case will update the thread once the next update via OTA is available/pushed by Samsung.
Disclaimer: Please be informed that all the above information is purely based on experience of using the tool for changing CSC only which worked well for me with my Fold 3. Cannot take responsibility if it doesn't work for you.
Does it work for Fold 4. Want to change CSC from Korean Region to INU (India). Please guide
Sorry, haven't tried it on Fold 4. Logically it shud work, I guess. There is no harm in connecting n checking what CSCs does ur model supports using the tool IMO.
Tried out but it does not work. It shows only the Korean csc. Even that seems to be not changing
Oh k. I think the tool works, else u wudnt b seeing the CSC which ur phone supports.
I have checked sources in the web as well on this and looks like Fold 3 or 4 with Korean CSC supports only CSC from Korea.
I guess u can still force a CSC on to it replacing the Korean one but thats too risky as u will b missing OTA updates and im not aure wat all things it will mess up.
Awesome! It works and it doesn't wipe the device. I just switched from G975U VZW to CCT without any issues.
BlueTR said:
Awesome! It works and it doesn't wipe the device. I just switched from G975U VZW to CCT without any issues.
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Happy to hear that. BTW I also got samsung pay/wallet to work as well by installing its apk file today after changing the system language to a local one specific to the changed CSC i.e., English (India) for INU CSC in my case.
I confirm that it is working on a stock android 13! Great tool!
(It worked on the second try though )
Has anyone tired it on a Fold 4, Mine is XAA and I want to convert it to INU. Haven't been abe to do it as yet.
Let me know if someone finds a way, mine is a US version and I want to convert it to the India CSU.
Thanks in advance
unexpected0ne said:
I confirm that it is working on a stock android 13! Great tool!
(It worked on the second try though )
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Good to know! Just out of curiosity, u tried this on a Fold 3 or Fold 4?
srikanth.addala said:
Good to know! Just out of curiosity, u tried this on a Fold 3 or Fold 4?
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Fold 3, latest official android 13
unexpected0ne said:
Fold 3, latest official android 13
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Oh great. Getting otas after the change?
Does OTA work after change?
Hello, can somebody please briefly summerise the options for switching the CSC/Firmware?
I read other threads and this one and now am confused which method actually would work for me.
My situation: i have a Samsung A52s 5G purchased from Deutsche Telekom in Germany, sold separately, not bundled with a contract.
And i am having a contract with a different carrier on a different network, but a german SIM card.
My phone is configured all english, and i need to keep that.
Because of assumed network optimisations and the problem of delayed updates of "branded" phones, i would like to convert the phone from the current CSC of DTM to the DBT using fimrware (A528BXXS1DVL2/A528BOXM1DVK5/A528BXXU1DVK5/A528BXXS1DVL2), which i hope would link me to updates directly provided by Samsung.
I found "https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...official-firmware-all-samsung-device.2697238/" and "https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-multi-csc-codes.4436853/page-5#post-87485577 ", but i am not sure whther the methods described there only apply for UPDATING (within the same CSC) the phone with non-OTA methods, or whether that also covers SWITCHING the CSC?
In the end i have two questions:
1) So far i believed that "simply" putting an official stock Samsung firmware (multi CSC in my case, containing the DBT, but apparently NOT containing the DTM) would bring me there.
But then i read that this might not be suffficient. Instead i also would have to switch the CSC in my Phone's config, which apparently would require purchasing a license for a Samkey unlock code.
Because otherwise i would not receive any OTA updates once i switched just the firmware.
Is that actually true?
I would prefer not to have to buy a Samkey...
And to make the confusion even bigger: now i read, SamFw Tool would also be an option?
But: is that trustworthy? And: from posts of some of you: this might even obsolete to switch the firmware, do i understand that right?
2) If switching firmware still is required: would using Odin/Heimdall be the only option to switch the firmware, or would adb sideloading do the same job as well? I am asking because i don't have access to a windows machine.
Would be so great if someone of you could untangle my confusion a bit, thank you.
MarkoParkovic said:
Does OTA work after change?
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Did not automatically receive the OTA updates with the recent DVL9 update. However, tried a work around to change the CSC back to EUX via the same tool (which is a 2 min task) to check if I can get OTA again.
And yes it worked! immediately after changing the OTA to its home CSC, was able to see OTA in the updates section of the phone. So, I updated the phone to the latest version (DVL9) and then changed the CSC back to INU after the update . All is well and quick! .
very nice i changed sfr to tur but netflix and always on display app not shown google play so unsupported why idk
burc ugur said:
very nice i changed sfr to tur but netflix and always on display app not shown google play so unsupported why idk
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May be TUR csc has restricted options/features. In my example after I changed to INU csc (India one) all the India related options got automatically activated like call recording, spam filter, samsung pay using cards etc etc. which weren't available with the EUX csc before the change.
srikanth.addala said:
May be TUR csc has restricted options/features. In my example after I changed to INU csc (India one) all the India related options got automatically activated like call recording, spam filter, samsung pay using cards etc etc. which weren't available with the EUX csc before the change.
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Any potential issues using INU csc in the UK? I use Samsung pay already but native call recoding would be really useful for me
srikanth.addala said:
May be TUR csc has restricted options/features. In my example after I changed to INU csc (India one) all the India related options got automatically activated like call recording, spam filter, samsung pay using cards etc etc. which weren't available with the EUX csc before the change.
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edit: excuse me you have play protect certificate? i changed csc samfw topl but now i don't have play protect certificate. Therefore not shown Netflix.
you have this? if you have how can i fix certificate.
burc ugur said:
edit: excuse me you have play protect certificate? i changed csc samfw topl but now i don't have play protect certificate. Therefore not shown Netflix.
you have this? if you have how can i fix certificate.
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Might be worth clearing cache and data from Google play services see if that helps. Having the same device with 2 different cscs might have confused Google
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Any reason your Google play store is out of date or is it connected to your original issue