New Samsung ( S5230, S5600, etc...) firmware description

[Angelo Cruz]

Here you have for the new (S5230, S5600,S5600v, S8300 etc...) Samsung firmware description .


S5600XXID9


S5600 = phone model

XX = region language code / network code

ID = year/month (release firmware date )

9 = revision

Example:

Samsung model S5600 firmware revision number 9 with Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom languages released in April 2009 .



Sometimes before the region code there is another letter, this letter is for some extra feature edition .


Example:

S5600VBUIF1


These letter mean:

N = navigation edition (contain Route66)
F = Pink edition (firmware is adapted, usually to the color of the equipment an additional theme and some other small features)
G = Grey edition (contain usually no important changes)
V = Vodafone costumized firmware


Revision:

Usually It goes from 1 to 9 . Sometimes 1 to 9 is not sufficient , because there are more than 10 revisions in one month, then the number is replaced by a letter.

Example:

S5600XXID9 (9th revision) is older than S5600XXIDA (10th revision)


Region language codes:

BD = Cyprus, Greece
BH = Central European
CP = Finland
DB = Vietnam
DC = Thailand
DD = India
DT = Australia
DX = Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Viet Nam
DZ = Malaysia, Singapore
JA = South Africa
JC = Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia
JP = 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, Germany
XF = Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania
XG = under other Germany
XX = Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
ZC = China, Hong Kong
ZH = Hong Kong
ZT = Taiwan

Network user code:

AD = CO2, Austria
AE = SFR, France
AI = Tim, Italy
TO = Vodafone
ON = E-plus, Germany
AO = CO2, Germany
AS = KPN, Netherland
AU = Mobilkom, Austria
BB = Tmn, Portugal
BF = Optimus, Portugal
BG = Telefonica, Spain
BM = Swisscom, Switzerland
BN = Amena, Spain
BO = T-mobile, Germany
BU = Vodafone
BV = orange, Switzerland
BW = CO2, United Kingdom
CD = Proximus, Belgium
CG = Telia Mobitel, Sweden
CH = SingTel, Singapore
CK = Tele2 Comviq, Sweden
CT = Tdc, Denmark
CU = One, Austria
CV = Telenor, Norway
DT = Optus, Australia
DV = Telstra, Australia
EF = Celcom, Malaysia
JB = Vodacom, South Africa
MD = Telia Sonera, Finland
MJ = Vodafone, Italy
MM = Tele ring, Austria
MV = NetCom, Norway
NA = Nrj, France
NB = Tele2 Norway, Norway
NE = H3g Nordic, Sweden
NP = H3g, Italy
RF = T-mobile
SS = Vodafone, Japan



Year Code

A = 2001
B = 2002
C = 2003
D = 2004
E = 2005
F = 2006
G = 2007
H = 2008
I = 2009
J = 2010


Month Code:

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



Hope will be useful for all when trying to understand what´s inside the firmware's.

Feel free to correct or add any detail.


BR

Angelo Cruz