In this article we will be listing out all the Samsung Galaxy firmware PDA And CSC codes list along with a detailed explanation for each.
Did you ever wondered what do the numbers and letters on your Galaxy phone firmware version mean? I actually did it in the past, but made a detailed study about it that resulted in this detailed article which will explain every aspect of the CSC / PDA codes loud and clear. First of all the firmware version name has two parts, the first one is called the PDA and the second one called is CSC.
Now lets get an idea what do these abbreviations actually mean.
What is a PDA Code?
PDA represents the Core OS build along with the phone model number, country/region code, bootloader version and release date.
What are the numbers and letters in a PDA Code mean?
As shown in the image the first 5 letters (eg: G930F) is your phone’s model number. The next two letters (eg: XX) denotes the country/ region code. Now the next 3 letters denotes the bootloader version (eg: U2E) of your phone, in this example the bootloader version is “2”. The last 3 letters denotes the release date (REM), in the example “R” means “2018”, “E” means May and “M” means the date.
For example “REM” means 2018-05-13.
Now you know what is PDA, now lets find out what is CSC.
What is a CSC Code?
CSC stands for “Country Specific Code“. This is were all the customizations takes place and the code denotes the “country/carrier” it belongs. Various CSC versions of the same firmware version may contain customized settings, system configurations, localizations and geo-specific things such as the system language, APN settings, and carrier specific branding.
As shown in the above image “A700FD” denotes Galaxy A7 2015 dual SIM model and the country code “OLB” denotes Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand or Vietnam. So if you have a phone with that code it can be of any of the before said countries.
How to find the PDA and CSC versions of your phone?
For that please type in *#1234# on your phone’s dialer and you will get all the information like shown below;
Here “AP” denotes “PDA“.
Now lets list out the country/carrier codes in the CSC.
All United States Country/Carrier Specific CSC Codes For Galaxy Smartphones
| Code | Country / Carrier |
| ACG | Nextech, C-Spire |
| ATT | AT&T |
| BST | Unknown |
| CCT | Comcast |
| GCF | Unknown |
| LRA | Bluegrass Cellular |
| SPR | Sprint |
| TFN | Tracfone |
| TMB | T-Mobile |
| VMU | Virgin Mobile USA |
| VZW | Verizon |
| XAA | Default USA unbranded |
| USC | USA unbranded |
| XAS | Unknown |
That concludes the US country specific CSC codes.
All Vodafone CSC codes For Galaxy Smartphones
| Code | Country |
| ATL | Spain |
| AVF | Albania |
| CNX | Romania |
| CYV | Cyprus |
| MOB | Austria A1 |
| MTL | Bulgaria MTL |
| OMN | Italy |
| PRO | Belgium Proximus |
| SIM | Slovenia Si.mobile |
| SWC | Switzerland Swisscom |
| TCL | Portugal |
| VD2 | Germany |
| VDC | Czech Republic |
| VDF | Netherlands |
| VDH | Hungary |
| VDI | Ireland |
| VGR | Greece |
| VIP | Croatia VIP-Net |
| VOD | United Kingdom |
| XFV | South Africa |
That concludes the Vodafone carrier specific CSC codes for different countries.
All Canadian CSC codes For Galaxy Smartphones
| Code | Country / Carrier |
| BMC | Bell Mobile |
| BWA | SaskTel |
| CHR | Canada (unknown) |
| ESK | EastLink |
| FMC | Fido Mobile |
| GLW | Globalive Wind Mobile |
| KDO | Koodo Mobile |
| MTB | Belarus |
| RWC | Rogers |
| TLS | Telus |
| VMC | Virgin Mobile |
| VTR | Vidéotron |
| XAC | Canada unbranded (default) |
That concludes the Canadian country specific CSC codes.
All Galaxy Smartphone Country Specific CSC Codes
| Country | Codes |
| Afghanistan | AFG |
| Algeria | TMC, ALG, ALR |
| Austria | ATO (Open Austria) AOM, DRE (3 Hutchinson), MAX (T-Mobile), MOB (A1), MOK, ONE (Orange), TRG (Telering), TTR |
| Albania | AFV (Vodafone) |
| Aruba | ARU |
| Australia | XSA, OPP, OPS (Optus), VAU (Vodafone), TEL (Telus), HUT (Three/Vodafone) |
| Argentina | ANC, ARO, CTI (Claro), UFN (Movistar), PSN (Personal) |
| Bahrain | ARB |
| Baltic | SEB |
| Belarus | MTB, VEL |
| Belgium | BSE, BAE, PRO (Proximus), XEB |
| Bangladesh | BNG, , TML , ETR |
| Bosnia | ERO, BHO, BHT (BH Telecom), TEB |
| Brazil | ZTO, BTA, BTM, TMR, ZTA (Claro), ZVV (Vivo), ZTM (TIM) |
| Bulgaria | BGL, CMF, GBL, MTE, MTL (MTL), OMX, PLX, VVT (VVT) |
| Cambodia | CAM, RCG |
| Canada | BMC (Bell), RWC (Rogers), TLS (Telus), KDO (Koodo) |
| Chile | CHO, CHB, CHE (Entel PCS), CHL (Claro), CHT (Telefonica) |
| China | CHN, CMC, CUH, INT, M00, TEC, TIY |
| Colombia | COO, CGU, COB, COL, COM |
| Costa Rica | ICE |
| Croatia | CRO, TRA, TWO, VIP (VIP-Net), DHR |
| Cyprus | CYV (Vodafone), CYO |
| Czech Republic | ETL, KBN, O2C, OSK, TMZ, VDC (Vodafone), XCS, XEZ |
| Caucasus Countries | CAU |
| Denmark: | DTL |
| Dominican Republic | CDR, TDR, DOR |
| Dominica | CST, DCN, DOR |
| Ecuador | EBE, ECO, BBR |
| Egypt | EGY |
| El Salvador | DGC, TBS |
| Finland | ELS, SAU |
| France | XEF, AUC, BOG, COR, DIX, FTM, NRJ, OFR, ORC, ORF, OXA, SFR, UNI, VGF |
| Fiji | VFJ (Vodafone) |
| Germany | DBT, DTM (T-Mobile), DUT, EPL (E-Plus), MAN, MBC, OXA, VD2 (Vodafone), VIA (O2), XEG |
| Ghana | SPN, ACR |
| Greece | EUR, AOC, COS (Cosmote), CYO, GER, OXX, TGR, VGR (Vodafone), ILO (HotMobile) |
| Guatemala | PCS, TGU, PGU, CGU |
| Hong Kong | TGY |
| Hungary | XEH, PAN (Telenor), VDH (Vodafone), WST, TMO, TMH (T-Mobile) |
| India | INU, IND, INA, INS, IMS, REL |
| Indonesia | AXI, SAR, XSE, XID |
| Iran | THR |
| Iraq | MID |
| Ireland | 3IE, VDI (Vodafone), TSI, MET |
| Israel | ILO, CEL, PCL, PTR |
| Italy | ITV, FWB, GOM, HUI, OMN (Vodafone), OXA, TIM, VOM, WIN, XET |
| Ivory Coast | IRS, SIE |
| Jamaica | JBS, JCN, JCW, JDI, CWW |
| Japan | DCM, SBM, VFK |
| Jordan | LEV |
| Kazakhstan | EST, KCL, KMB, KZK, OXE, SKZ |
| Kenya | KEN, KEL, AFR |
| Korea | SKT, LUC, SKC, KTC |
| Latvia | SEB |
| Libyan Arab Republic | MMC |
| Lithuania | TLT |
| Luxembourg | LUX |
| Macao | VTN |
| Macedonia | TMC, MBM, VIM |
| Malaysia | CCM, FME, FMG, MXS, OLB, XME |
| Mexico | SEM, TCE, TMM, UNE, IUS |
| Mongolia | MPC |
| Morocco | FWD, MAT, MED, MWD, SNI, WAN |
| Montenegro | TMT |
| Nepal | NPL |
| Netherlands | PHN, BEN, KPN, MMO, ONL, QIC, TFT, TNL, VDF (Vodafone), VDP, XEN |
| New Zealand | VNZ, NZC, TNZ |
| Nigeria | ECT, GCR, MML |
| Nordic Countries: | NEE |
| Norway | TEN (Telenor) |
| Pakistan | PAK, WDC |
| Panama | TPA, BPC, PCW, PBS, CPA |
| Peru | PEB, PET, SAM, PNT, PVT |
| Philippines | FAM, GLB, OLB, SMA, XTC (Open Line) , XTE |
| Poland | ERA, IDE, PLS, PRT, XEO, OXA, OXX, DPL, TPL |
| Portugal | OPT, OXX, TCL (Vodafone), TMN, TPH , XEP |
| Puerto Rico | CEN, PCI, TPR, PCT |
| Romania | ROM , CNX (Vodafone), COA, HAT, ORO, OXX |
| Russia | AZC, BLN, EMT, ERS, GEO, MTV, OXE, SER , SNT |
| Saudi Arabia | KSA , JED, ACR, WTL, STC, XFU |
| Senegal | DKR |
| Serbia Montenegro | MSR, OXX, PMN, SMO, TOP, TSR |
| Singapore | MM1, XSP, SIN (Singtel), STH (Starhub), BGD, XSO |
| Slovenia | MOT, SIM (Si.mobile),SIO |
| Slovakia | ORX, GTL, IRD, ORS, OXX, TMS |
| South Africa | XFA, XFE, OXX, XFC, XFM, XFV (Vodafone) |
| South East Europe | SEE |
| South West Asia | SWA |
| Spain | PHE, FOP, AMN (Orange), ATL (Vodafone), EUS, XEC (Movistar), YOG (Yoigo) |
| Sri Lanka | SLK |
| Sweden | BAU, BCN, BME, BSG, BTH, COV, HTS, SEN, TET, TLA, TNO, VDS, XEE |
| Switzerland | AUT, MOZ, ORG, OXX, SUN, SWC (Swisscom) |
| Taiwan | BRI , CWT, TCC, TCI, TWM |
| Thailand | CAT, OLB, THE, THL, THO, THS, LAO, MYM |
| Tanzania | SOL |
| Trinidad and Tobago | EON, TTT |
| Tunisia | TUN, ABS, RNG |
| Turkey | TUR, BAS, KVK, TLP, TRC |
| Ukraine | KVR, SEK , UMC |
| United Arab Emirates | ARB, ITO, MID, OXE, XSG |
| United Kingdom | BTU, EVR (EE), BTC, CPW (Carphone Warehouse), H3G, O2I, O2U (O2), ORA (Orange), OXA, TMU (T-Mobile), TSC, VIR, VOD (Vodafone), XEU (EE & Three) |
| USA | ACG (Nextech/C), ATT (AT&T), BST, CCT (Comcast), GCF, LRA (Bluegrass Cellular), SPR (Sprint), TFN (Tracfone), TMB (T-Mobile), USC (US Cellular), VMU (Virgin Mobile USA), VZW (Verizon Wireless), XAA (unbranded/default), XAS |
| Uzbekistan | CAC, UZB |
| Venezuela | VMT (Movistar), DGT, MVL |
| Vietnam | DNA, FPT, OLB, PHU, SPT, TLC, VTC, VTL, XEV, XXV |
This is a long list but you can always use the search functionality “Cntrl F” to find your country / carrier.
However if you have faced any issues while trying to find the CSC/PDA related information, please feel free to post it in the comment section below, don’t worry I will help you as fast I can.
Normal queries for this tutorial
- What are the country specific CSC codes of my Galaxy Android Smartphone?
- What are the carrier specific CSC codes of my Galaxy Android Smartphone?
- All CSC Country/Region/Carrier Codes list.
- What is a CSC code?
- What is a PDA code?
- CSC and PDA code explanation
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