@CellphoneuserPM
XAC is Canada Unbranded when you first get it with no sim card in. The default for all phones I think.
Once you put a carrier sim card in I believe the phone will factory reset and install that particular carriers info.
In your case it's CHR which is Canada Unknown. It might not be just Public Mobile maybe other 3rd tier carriers like Freedom, Lucky might show the same as yours.
If you put another sim card in let's say Rogers for instance (RWC). It may do another factory reset and then install Rogers apps, bloatware, etc to the phone. I'm not sure about this though if it does another factory reset or not. It may be only the first time and it installs all things like carrier APNs, wificalling, bloatware, apps ,etc etc.
A quick google came up with this list.
- “BMC”, “Bell Mobile branded”
- “BWA”, “SaskTel branded”
- “CHR”, “Canada (unknown)”
- “ESK”, “EastLink branded”
- “FMC”, “Fido Mobile branded”
- “GLW”, “Globalive Wind Mobile branded”
- “KDO”, “Koodo Mobile branded”
- “MTB”, “Belarus branded”
- “RWC”, “Rogers branded”
- “TLS”, “Telus branded”
- “VMC”, “Virgin Mobile branded”
- “VTR”, “Vidéotron branded”
- “XAC”, “Canada unbranded (default)”
While reading it also says you could change your CSC to another carrier.
important however - if you change your CSC then the phone will do another factory reset so make sure you back everything up first and save all your stuff.
No idea if this code works for A50 but it does on other Samsung phones.
*#243203855# This will popup the CSC reset screen, where you can set the CSC code to whatever you want. (Careful, it will reset your phone if you change it).
You can set it to any carriers and you will gain that specific carrier bloatware package and OTA updates. Technically, that means I could reset my phone to the Rogers CSC, then use my Telus card (because it's unlocked). However, the thing you can't do (apparently) is put it to carrier neutral (XAC) and keep it there.
