Russian service centers and private masters offer a great service for flashing Samsung smartphones to activate the Samsung Pay contactless payment system. In this respect informs Kommersant version.
Shortly after the launch of the CBO, Samsung limited the operation of its Samsung Pay payment service to Visa and MasterCard cards of Russian banks. At the same time, the program continued to work with Mir cards. However, in order for Samsung Pay to accept the Mir card, the system software designed for Russia must be installed on the smartphone.
The problem is that in 2022 Samsung officially stopped supplying smartphones to Russia – all new devices sold in the Russian Federation are intended for other markets, so it is impossible to write the Mir card on them by default. To solve this problem, you need a smartphone firmware that changes the region code of another country to Russian.
According to Kommersant, after the launch of the Galaxy S23 smartphone line in 2023, smartphone firmware has become a popular service and is usually provided by small service centers and private specialists with Avito. It is noted that the cost of changing the region code from specialist to specialist varies greatly. For example, in Moscow the service is offered for 950 rubles, while in St. Petersburg it already costs 4.5 thousand rubles.
“Kommersant” writes that the firmware is implemented using a PC and amateur software such as SamKey and SamFw. Both programs and instructions for use are distributed free of charge on thematic forums.
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