.: SAMSUNG E900 MODDING :.

 
 











.: 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.

 

 

.: 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.
 

----- 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.

----- E900XEFF3      Download
3rd release in June 2006 for Russia and Eastern Europe.

----- E900XXFG2      Download
2nd release in July 2006 for the UK and Western Europe. This is in .ace zipped format.

----- E900XXFF3      Download
3rd release in June 2006 for the UK and Western Europe.

----- E900XXFF2      Download
2nd release in June 2006 for the UK and Western Europe.

----- 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.

----- 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.

----- 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.

----- E900JPFG7      Download (Corrupted)
7th release in July 2006 for Arabia. This file has been reported not working and can corrupt your phone.

----- E900XFFG2      Download
2nd release in July 2006 for Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria

----- 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:

----- [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]

----- ----- E900 - This is the model designated for the firmware, in this case it is SGH-E900.

----- [Location]

----- ----- 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]

----- ----- 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:

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

 

----- - Release Year Table:

a  2001
b  2002
c  2003
d  2004
e  2005
f  2006
g  2007
h  2008
i  2009

 

----- - Release Month Table:

a  January
b  February
c  March
d  April
e  May
f  June
g  July
h  August
i  September
j  October
k  November
l  December

 

 












 




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