Hi guys, i'm reading the forum for days but still didn't find few answers that i need.
OK, first some input data, i have a Croatian T-mobile branded phone and i have rooted it the next day i got it with Odin and S2 Root method and put original stock kernel back (to avoid yellow triangle).
(By the way,when i check *#7465625# it says that phone is not locked but i have tried the unlock aplication for finding the unlock code and application did find it but it doesn't work when i put another sim card and try to unlock it)
After two weeks i upgraded it over kies to newer version and rooted it again.
Now i have the following situation:
Android Version 2.3.3
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-I9100BOKG2-CL255512
r[email protected]#2
Baseband: BOKG1
PDA: I9100BOKG2
PHONE: I9100BOKG1
CSC: I9100CROKF1
My question are:
1 - Can i debrand and unlock the phone with some firmware or some way but at the same time keep Croatian language in menus, swype, ... etc.
2 - If i upgrade to XXKG6 or XXKG3 firmware will i lose Croatian language ?
Overall what i want is debranded, unlocked phone with latest gingerbrad 2.3.4 but with Croatian language in menus, keyboard letters, swype... etc like i have now.
Is it possible and how ?
Thanks in advance !
jartukovic said:
Hi guys, i'm reading the forum for days but still didn't find few answers that i need.
OK, first some input data, i have a Croatian T-mobile branded phone and i have rooted it the next day i got it with Odin and S2 Root method and put original stock kernel back (to avoid yellow triangle).
(By the way,when i check *#7465625# it says that phone is not locked but i have tried the unlock aplication for finding the unlock code and application did find it but it doesn't work when i put another sim card and try to unlock it)
After two weeks i upgraded it over kies to newer version and rooted it again.
Now i have the following situation:
Android Version 2.3.3
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-I9100BOKG2-CL255512
[email protected]#2
Baseband: BOKG1
PDA: I9100BOKG2
PHONE: I9100BOKG1
CSC: I9100CROKF1
My question are:
1 - Can i debrand and unlock the phone with some firmware or some way but at the same time keep Croatian language in menus, swype, ... etc.
2 - If i upgrade to XXKG6 or XXKG3 firmware will i lose Croatian language ?
Overall what i want is debranded, unlocked phone with latest gingerbrad 2.3.4 but with Croatian language in menus, keyboard letters, swype... etc like i have now.
Is it possible and how ?
Thanks in advance !
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You require a rom with Croatian CSC or a stock rom and separate CSC
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
jje
OK, so for example i can take stock firmware XXKG6
and after just flash multi CSC containing Croatian language ?
I presume that inside the stock firmware is also KG6 modem update ?
Thx
Yes thats included .
jje
Any idea where can i find latest multi CSC containing Croatian or just Croatian CSC ?
Or maybe is there a way to extract current one from the phone and use it ?
You need rooted phone plus an app like file explorer or super manager .
Go to system copy off CSC folder CSC files text CSC version text and SW configuration xml .
After upgrade delete the same files as above and just paste the saved files back into system .
You might find a CSC here or even multi CSC.
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
jje
I saved them for later if i decite to do it that way.
I have downloaded I9100XXKG6 pack from samfirmware and it containes 5 files:
CODE_I9100XXKG6_CL425236_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKG6.tar.md5
KERNEL_I9100XXKG6_CL425236_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
MODEM_I9100XXKG6_REV_02_CL1044543.tar.md5
u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit
So the first file is firmware, second is CSC languages wich doesnt have croatian (i think OXXKG6 contains croatian but i cant find it anywhere), thirdf is kernel and the fourth is modem, i have no idea what is fifth file.
So, (correct me please if i'm wrong) i was thinking to do it like this
- first - flash XXKG6 firmware, and XXKG6 modem
- second - flash unsecure version of XXKG6 kernel
- third - root the phone
- third - flash original XXKG6 kernel to avoid yellow triangle.
The main question is will my current CSC (CROKF1) work with this written above ?
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Hello
My sgs2 is an unbr./unl. O2 from the Uk now working on vodafone PT, in portugal
I have read thoroughly on the given instructions on the dev forum side and was able to flash in firmware XWKE7 - baseband XXKE4 using Odin 1.85 and also root it with superoneclick (thks again guys!), this is a small victory for me as I am a total newbie to android
Just was´nt still able to put away the yellow triangle but will try again later
Maybe I missed something somewhere else and this is newbie issues, but after reading carefully on those long (gladly!) posts I could not find out how to install a CSC file, the phone returns "unknown" and the only one available to install with the command *#272*Device IMEI# is of course O2U
So my questions are:
- what CSC file should be more appropriate for this firmware setup, for PT and/or vodafone PT ?
- How can I install it ?
thks in advance
I would just install a stock XEU(=UK) firmware, seems to be the fastest to be updated, you can find the downloads in the dev section
Hi,
I'm facing a slightly similar problem of unknown CSC & I would like to know how to install the CSC specific for my region. I have SGSII with the following info:
PDA: I9100JPKG3
Phone: I9100XXKG1
CSC: Unknown
Kernel version:
2.6.35.7-I9100JPKG3-CL388633
[email protected] #2In fact, I found on a separate thread the CSC file "csc_xsg_i9100ojpkg1" & I would use Odin to install in on my device. Can anyone help on that please & explain to me the steps? Will I lose any data?
Thanks...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Instructions in post one .
jje
ninogui said:
Hello
- what CSC file should be more appropriate for this firmware setup, for PT and/or vodafone PT ?
thks in advance
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Hi ninogui,
You should go with XEU for Portugal.
Regarding the yellow triangle, I ordered a jig from amazon uk to reset the flash counter and get rid of the yellow triangle. It's unexpensive and usefull to have around.
Around €10 with shipping included to Portugal.
JJEgan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Instructions in post one .
jje
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Thanks JJEgan,
I checked the link but I couldn't find any trace for the JPKG3 firmware! I only found JPKG2 & JPKG5. Is the JPKG3 an official firmware? Will it be OK if I flash the "csc_xsg_i9100ojpkg1" file using Oden & kept the JPKG3? Or do you recommend I update to JPKG3 entirely?
you can flash the csc only if you are happy with the firmware you have.
If you want the latest official firmware you need to upgrade to xkg5.
Hi ,
I am using SGS2 from Germany (unbranded)
My initial firmware for KE2 and I then flashed KF2.
My current phone config is
Code:
PDA : I9100XXKF2
PHONE : I9100XXKF2
CSC : I9100XAKF2
Ofcourse as always for me, Kies is not working for firmware upgrade (is it because i have it rooted?)
Anyway I was checking the fiwmare details on CheckFusdownloader and found out today that the firmware for Europe is
Code:
I9100XWKF3/I9100XEUKD1/I9100XXKE7/I9100XWKF3
After downloading the file, the TAR looks like this
Code:
I9100XWKF3_I9100XXKE7_I9100XEUKD1_HOME.TAR
My questions are:
1. How can I map the above with Phone / PDA / CSC etc?
2. Is this the new firmware than KF2?
3. IS it worth moving to this firmware?
4. Would I be able to root?
My battery life seems to be somewhat improved from KE2 to KF2.
Thanks
The newest kernel is KG1 Gingerbread 2.3.4.
Move to KG1. Forget KF3. everyone's on KG1. Fixes battery life and other things Google talk+video.
It goes in alphabetical order efg so G is the newest KG1.
and I am assuming they are in order
So PDA then Phone then CSC.
My CSC is UNKNOWN LOL, true fact.
Latest firmware is KG2 and thats 2.3.3.
KF2 is slighly older than KF3 .
KG12.3.4 is not a Samsung release its a leaked test firmware .
Root yes read the root post in dev section ..
My view wait for 2.3.4 to be released by Samsung for next upgrade if phone is working OK .
jje
1- As long as you are on stock firmware Kies won't make any difference, rooted or not.
2- AFAIK KF2 is the newer build than KF3 and the latest available for Europe.
3- Press *#1234# to see software info.
4- I'd say you should wait for official KG1 to be released. The current one is leaked and have bugs, so better avoid it.
Regards.
Sent from GT-I9100
I'd look up Lite'ning rom 2.2 if i were you...
Roots your phone, KG1 and all in there. Also Gingerbread 2.3.4.
Works perfect for me. Why wait for the official update. Modders will implement it very fast.
Good luck!
If you change to KG1 dont bother flashing the CSC, use the one you have at the moment.
I am not sure if there is much advantage to that KF3 based rom over KF2, so if you are happy with KF2 and dont want to jump to KG1 (which is working perfectly for me, I dont use stock browser) I wouldn't bother.
Yes you would be able to root btw, just use the KF3 kernel from chainfire.
Thanks guys for your feedback
BTW whats with CSC what will happen if I mess with it? phone will get bricked? lets s say if I flash CSC from another country will i be able to go back to Europe CSC?
Is this only for language?
CSC is only a few text files and xml files with lists of networks etc .
Not really needed for phone to work and a new one can easily be flashed .
jje
JJEgan said:
CSC is only a few text files and xml files with lists of networks etc .
Not really needed for phone to work and a new one can easily be flashed .
jje
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So that means i can flash any country's SGS2 firmware? Whats with baseband? have any info on that?
Baseband = modem/radio.
Yes flash any firmware and enter the networks APN manually as long as its on the same mhz it will work .
But if you flash Chinese firmware it will have Chinese keyboard etc .
PDA = firmware including kerel
Phone = modem/radio/baseband
CSC = country specifics with a list of local networks keyboard to use language to use etc .
Many firmwares are multi CSC say covering most of Europe .
jje
Thanks mate for the clarifications
one quick question. What happens if i try to update phone with multiple basebands?
galaxyII said:
one quick question. What happens if i try to update phone with multiple basebands?
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You can't, the device can only have one modem at a time.
thanks infratech, I mean more of flashing one baseband and reflashing another version. sorry too bad in explaining
galaxyII said:
thanks infratech, I mean more of flashing one baseband and reflashing another version. sorry too bad in explaining
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You will just replace the old one.
Hi guys,
I just bought a Galaxy S2 and I want to flash a newer firmware.
The firmware I intend to flash (XXKG1) comes with PDA, MODEM and CSC.
Is it possible to flash just it's PDA part? Would there be any implications on that?
Why would I want that? Because the original firmware (Brazil - VIVO carrier) I could find only came with the PDA part. So if I flash CSC or MODEM, there is no way back.
The CSC is different from mine. Would that be a problem?
Thanks in advance
AFAIK the CSC is installed into the system partition, so even when you only flash the PDA part you're going to loose your current CSC setup.
However, if the FW comes as seperate .tar files you can just flash the PDA one, yes.
You can take care of a "way back" if you first install CF-Root for example and then do a backup from recovery mode.
Restoring that back gets you pretty close to "nothing ever happened" - it doesn't backup the moden though, only system and data.
Uhmm... weird, even on ODIN you have a separate button for the CSC.
What are the consequences of changing the CSC?
iury_simas said:
Uhmm... weird, even on ODIN you have a separate button for the CSC.
What are the consequences of changing the CSC?
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As the above poster mentioned It really depends how the firmware is packaged
Intratech's firmware are packed in one TAR ( Pda/phone/csc ) is just one zip, which you put in the PDA section and it flashes all three of them within
If you get three seperate files then you put them in their corressponding order of ODIN
In this instance you can choose to keep your current CSC and not flash that one.
Although I am not sure if It has any effect between 2.3.3 and 2.3.4
Just to clarify CSC subject:
I live in Kazakhstan. My present setup (from *#1234#)
PDA: I9100XEKE2
Phone: I9100XXKDJ
CSC: I9100XEKE1
believe all available official samsung firmwares are issued do exist for different region(i.e. Kazakhstan is not included)
How safe is it to flash the 2.3.4 firmware now (KG2) ?
What can I possibly loose using the KG2 firmware from Samsung ? As u understand phone language is not a problem for me.....so wonder anything else I omit ?
Thanks for help
Sorry to bump in....
Hello, I am relatively new to forums, only discovered it since I got my galaxy s2, which was a month ago.
Anyways I have similar questions, and I read a bunch of topic which only made me even more confused about what to do, and didn't want to make a new thread so I bumped in here
If inappropriate, please ignore me.
Anyways, Ive got:
PDA: I9100XWKE1
PHONE: I9100XWKE1
CSC: I9100OJVKE1
It is an stock firmware, and I guess a ROM...
I want to update to 2.3.4 but waiting seems not to be a better side of me so I decided to do it manually.
My question is with what should I update with?
As far as I understand, latest official firmwares can be found in the Intratech's post ( the XXKG2 one ).
But I am worried about the CSC part, and how will it affect my phone?
As far as I understand CSC carries localization of a sort, for some network configuration, but my provider sends config messages, and only language I use in phone is English.
Will random CSC part affect me?
Can I even update from my current firmware to the latest one? or do I need to update to other one first?
Will update wipe my data? ( it seems no as far as I understood from guide )
Will the phone be full "stock" ( basically like I bought it with that firmware), and will I be able to update on later time with KIES ?
What kinda of problems (if any) might I expect with upgrading this way? ( if presumably I do everything as I should, i.e. as per guides )
Once again, I apologize for bumping this thread, and I thank you for any help you provide.
sader0 said:
Just to clarify CSC subject:
I live in Kazakhstan. My present setup (from *#1234#)
PDA: I9100XEKE2
Phone: I9100XXKDJ
CSC: I9100XEKE1
believe all available official samsung firmwares are issued do exist for different region(i.e. Kazakhstan is not included)
How safe is it to flash the 2.3.4 firmware now (KG2) ?
Safe as flashing any firmware .
What can I possibly loose using the KG2 firmware from Samsung ? As u understand phone language is not a problem for me.....so wonder anything else I omit ?
Flash it and see.
jje
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Hi all,
I bought an unlocked S2 from HK. I'm in the UK.
Rooted it using CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KG2-v4.1-CWM4.tar and S2 root, then went back to official firmware using GT-I9100_I9100ZSKG2_Kernel.tar to get rid of the warning triangle.
All was going great until I downloaded AntTek App Manager and obviously somehow froze something that was required because I then got into a boot loop. :-(
Fixed that by flashing with GT-I9100_TGY_I9100ZSKG2_I9100OZSKG2_I9100XXKG1.tar however now the predictive text for the samsung keyboard does not work (but it does for the swype one.)
Other threads suggest that maybe flashing with my local CSC would fix it (I was planning on opening up and using the correct files from GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWKF3_I9100XXKE7_I9100XEUKD1.TAR)
However the thread where you find the roms states "CSC has nothing to do with what languages the firmware supports and it will not add keyboard language support either."
So now I am confused. Any ideas on how to restore predictive text for the samsung keyboard? (Or why it disappeared in the first place considering I think I used the same firmware it had originally.)
Could I just completely replace the firmware? So could I just flash the XEU KE7 firmware on my TGY KG2 phone. I wonder whether that would solve things?
Current system info:
Android version - 2.3.3
Baseband version - I9100XXKG1
Kernel version - 2.6.35.7-I1900ZSKG2-CL361136
Build number - GINGERBREAD.ZSKG2
Thanks for any clues.
D
My S2 came from 'expansys online' and had the information below and no update in KIES.
PDA: XWKI4
Modem: XXKI1
CSC: OXAKI2 (SEB)
I changed the sales code to NEE by '*#272*IMEI#' and then KIES asked me to update to the following version.
PDA: XWKI8
Modem: XXKI4
CSC: OXAKI2(NEE)
Then I flashed stock firmware from Intratech's thred. But KIES said my phone cannot be updated by it. I check the information by '*#272*IMEI#' and there is just one work 'NEE' after 'sales code' and NOTHING SHOWN BELOW(before there were a list i can select). I thought I should have one 'XEN' to select at least but nothing.
The flashing should be successful because there were some apps with Dutch language.
PDA: XWKJ3
Modem: XXKI4
CSC: XENKJ1
At latst yesterday I flashed KK5 combination from Intratech's thred and succeed (with special apps like bbc i-player) but problem is still there. I cannot see any CSC to select by '*#272*IMEI#'.
KIES says the firmware 'I9100XWKK5/I9100XEUKH2/I9100XXKI3/I9100XWKK5' cannot be updated by it.
So anybody know how to solve it or who know which combination can be updated by KIES?
Anyone can give a help?
I dont really understand what you are trying to achieve .
Kies looks at Product Code and a few other codes .These are then matched against firmware on the Kies server . No match = no download .
Why vendor not updated
product Codes do not match any firmware .
Kies may not be able to match up the current codes on your phone .
You have a phone you changed its sales code
you updated then you flashed stock firmware then you flashed stock firmware again .
You want latest firmware then flash stock rom and flash relevant CSC to your location .
jje
JJEgan said:
I dont really understand what you are trying to achieve .
Kies looks at Product Code and a few other codes .These are then matched against firmware on the Kies server . No match = no download .
Why vendor not updated
product Codes do not match any firmware .
Kies may not be able to match up the current codes on your phone .
You have a phone you changed its sales code
you updated then you flashed stock firmware then you flashed stock firmware again .
You want latest firmware then flash stock rom and flash relevant CSC to your location .
jje
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My question is why there is no CSC which I can select after I call '*#272*IMEI#'. There is just one word 'NEE'. No CSC list.
I flash XEU so I think at least there should be XEU CSC and the word should be changed from NEE to XEU. But the fact is not so.
And how to change product code?
You flashed the Frankenstein version of KK5 which is a combination that Intratech put together, and he placed it in the FRANKENSTEIN section, Kies will not recognize it, in order to flash with Kies, stay with stock roms/combinations.
The biggest question is why do you want to flash with Kies and with ODIN, pick one and stick with it, flash the CSC separately if you do not see it, or download CSC select from the market.
achillies400 said:
You flashed the Frankenstein version of KK5 which is a combination that Intratech put together, and he placed it in the FRANKENSTEIN section, Kies will not recognize it, in order to flash with Kies, stay with stock roms/combinations.
The biggest question is why do you want to flash with Kies and with ODIN, pick one and stick with it, flash the CSC separately if you do not see it, or download CSC select from the market.
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what I most warry about is why there is no XEU displayed. After calling *#272*IMEI# just 'Sales Code : NEE' is displayed (sorry no image). Anyone whose phone just has non-multi CSC can show me your infromation after calling.
NYHGai said:
what I most warry about is why there is no XEU displayed. After calling *#272*IMEI# just 'Sales Code : NEE' is displayed (sorry no image). Anyone whose phone just has non-multi CSC can show me your infromation after calling.
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Flash the CSC separately, then use the market app to select it, will reset your device though...