Samsung CDMA firmware naming

This page intends to explain the date codes in CDMA Samsung phone firmwares.

Information on GSM Samsung devices can be found here.

Finding the firmware version
The vast majority of CDMA Samsung phones display their firmware version in the "About Phone" or "Phone info" menus. Dial codes for CDMA phones are nowhere near as standardized, but some common service codes that show the version will be posted if they are found to work.

Naming conventions
CDMA Samsung firmwares are four characters long, and formatted as such:


 * Year (1 character)


 * Month (1 character)


 * Date (2 characters)

As an example, one version of the Samsung SPH-A560 firmware (YE19) can be broken down like this:

- Y (2005)

- E - (5 / May)

- 19 (19th day in month)

Which corresponds to May 19th, 2005.

If you come across a firmware and can only find the date and not the firmware version, a similar process can be done to find it.

For example, one version of the Samsung SPH-A460 firmware was previously only known as being from April 26th, 2002, so if one follows the table below...

- V (2002)

- D - (4 / April)

- 26 (26th day in month)

...then the firmware version should be VD26.