.: E900 Firmware :.
Firmware is the software which runs the phone itself, stored
in Read Only Memory. This page contains a list of different firmware available
to download and flash to the Samsung E900. At the bottom of the page is an
explanation of how the name of the firmware is formulated.
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.: Firmware Download :.
Currently, you are not able to dump software from phone, but available below
is a list of downloadable firmware. Download the firmware from below, then you
can flash using the Installation Guide.
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E900XEFG2
Download The recommended download. This is the Russian firmware, but still has the
English language and English T9 dictionary. Advantages of this firmware are installation of Java games, ring + vibrate at the same time, recording
voice calls and
custom alarm tones. This is one of the more recent firmware, as it is the
2nd release in July 2006. This file is in .7z
format and so you will need 7-zip from
http://www.7-zip.org/ to unzip it.
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E900XEFF3
Download 3rd release in June 2006
for Russia and Eastern Europe.
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E900XXFG2
Download 2nd release in July 2006
for the UK and Western Europe. This is in .ace zipped format.
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E900XXFF3
Download 3rd release in June 2006
for the UK and Western Europe.
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E900XXFF2
Download 2nd release in June 2006
for the UK and Western Europe.
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E900DXFF7 (.sre)
Download 7th release in June 2006
for Asian countries. This file is in .sre backup format, unconfirmed
instructions and how to install .sre can be found
here.
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E900DXFE5 (.sre)
Download 5th release in May 2006
for Asian countries. This file is in .sre backup format, unconfirmed
instructions and how to install .sre can be found
here.
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E908ZCFG1
Download 1st release in July 2006
for China. This firmware is for the SGH-E908 phone, but the only difference is
that it says E908 instead of E900 at startup.
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E900JPFG7
Download
(Corrupted) 7th release in July 2006 for Arabia. This file has been
reported not working and can corrupt your phone.
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E900XFFG2
Download 2nd release in July 2006
for Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria
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E900ACFE2
Download 2nd release in May 2006.
.: Firmware Breakdown :.
Here I will explain how the firmware names are formulated, e.g. E900XEFG2,
E900XXFF3. To make things easier to understand, we'll take the firmware of the SGH-E900
as example, e.g. E900XXFF2
Now this can be split into different sections:
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[Model] [Location]
[Year] [Month]
[Version]
So it then becomes:
-----E900XXFF2-----
->----- E900
XX
F
F
2
We can now analysis this using the information above and the codes tables
below:
----- [Model]
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E900
- This is the model designated for the firmware, in this case it is SGH-E900.
----- [Location]
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XX
- This is the branding type or country/region, which using the
'Country / Region Table' below, we can see that XX is for 'United Kingdom,
France, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain'.
----- [Year]
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F
- This is the year of the firmware release, which using the 'Release
Year Table' below, we can see that F is for 2006.
----- [Month]
----- ----- F
- This is the month of the firmware release, which using the 'Release
Month Table' below, we can see that F is for June.
----- [Version]
-------- -- 2 -
This is the revision number of the software in that month, so it is the 2nd
release.
So, this firmware is for the Samsung SGH-E900 in 'United Kingdom, France,
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain' and was the 2nd revision
released in June 2006.
These tables can help in finding out the date and location of firmware. The
Country / Region table is not a complete list, so if anyone know more codes,
please contact me and ill update the list.
----- - Country / Region Table:
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CP |
Finland |
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DB |
Vietnam |
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DC |
Thailand |
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DD |
India |
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DT |
Australia |
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DX |
Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore |
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JA |
South Africa |
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JC |
Tunisia, South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco, Algeria |
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JP |
Arabic |
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JR |
Arabic |
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JV |
Tunisia, Syria, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Oman,
Nigeria, Morocco, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Algeria |
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XA |
United Kingdom, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, France,
Germany, Austria |
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XB |
Sweden, Denmark, Norway |
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XC |
Portugal, Spain |
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XD |
Slovakia, Hungary, Czech, Croatia |
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XE |
Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia,
Kazakhstan |
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XF |
Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria |
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XX |
United Kingdom, France, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary,
Italy, Spain |
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ZC |
Hong Kong, China |
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ZT |
Taiwan |
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----- - Release Year Table:
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a |
2001 |
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b |
2002 |
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c |
2003 |
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d |
2004 |
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e |
2005 |
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f |
2006 |
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g |
2007 |
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h |
2008 |
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i |
2009 |
----- - Release Month Table:
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a |
January |
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b |
February |
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c |
March |
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d |
April |
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e |
May |
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f |
June |
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g |
July |
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h |
August |
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i |
September |
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j |
October |
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k |
November |
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l |
December |
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