Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Samsung firmware naming convention


If you want to know this Firwmare KXY newer or older than KYZ". See bellow:

CODE:
S/W ver: *#1111#
H/W ver: *#2222#
LCD TEST  (screen, sound, sensors, ...):*#0*#

Dial: *#1234# or *#9999#:
PDA: N7000XXKKA
PHONE: N7000XXKK5
CSC: N7000OXAKK9

PDA is the operating system with its programs and settings included.
PHONE is the modem firmware file, parts of which are required to access the hardware.
CSC (for consumer software customization) are the regional settings applied which may install additional programs as well as provider-specific settings (APN).

PDA AND PHONE CODE MEANING
What does
N7000XXKKA means?
N7000(=model)XX(=Region)K(=Year)K(=Month)A(=Revision)

As you know your model, here are Samsung's complementary information:

Model: SM-E700H Country:Cambodia                                                                                                               
PDA: E700HXXU1AOAB

REGION CODES
BD Cyprus, Greece
CP Finland
DB  Vietnam
DC  Thailand
DD India
DT Australia
DX Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
DZ Malaysia, Singapore
JA South Africa
JC Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia
JP Arabic
JR Arabic
JV Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey
MT Switzerland
XA Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom
XB Denmark, Norway, Sweden
XC Portugal, Spain
XD Croatia, Czech, Hungary, Slovakia
XE Bulgaria, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine
XF Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania
XW France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom
XX Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
ZC China, Hong Kong
ZH Hong Kong
ZT Taiwan

YEAR CODES
A 2001
B 2002
C 2003
D 2004
E 2005
F 2006
G 2007
H 2008
I 2009
J 2010
K 2011
L 2012
...

MONTH CODES
A January
B February
C March
D April
E May
F June
G July
H August
I September
J October
K November
L December

REVISION CODES
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
...
...
A = 10
B = 11
C = 12
...

CSC CODE MEANING
For CSC, you can notice a different scheme: between the phone model and the release code, there is no 2 letters but 3, in my case OXA, it is simply a code explaining from which country and which operator this phone is. OXA is supposed to be O2 UK and for SFR France (code should be then SFR).

Conclusion, this is not harmful to your phone having a different CSC code than the one you are supposed to use. But if you want to properly change it anyway, you can do it using the code *#272* IMEI# (if you don't have it, your phone IMEI can be obtained using the code *#06#), the CSC menu is displayed and shows your current CSC and a list to change your phone CSC.

Samsung official letter code section and pray to have in in you CSC list
http://cdn3.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
If it isn't, then choose the X?? version (for France it is XEF), it is for retail code (i.e. not operator branded). But be careful, if you apply a new CSC, it is phone factory reset (all your data and settings are lost).

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