Best Official Oreo Firmware for UK ? - Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers

So Oreo Firmware is available in 30+ Countries, but it seems that Samsung have something against UK users... ( https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-note8/SM-N950F/)
Out of all the available downloads from Sammobile, whats the best ROM for (BTU) Unlocked UK variant ?
Ideally without voiding the warranty or tripping Knox.

I used the French one via Odin flashed home-CSC so not to wipe my data, everything went smoothly and now running Oreo on my Note 8 Dual SIM with no problems

I assume this will work for Single Sim, and Warranty still intact ?

Totally agree with Tonyspurs. Works 100% Even Vowifi works on my 3 network.

if you're on unlocked btu why don't you just flash the french xef, flashed my xeu (same as btu really) I didn't do home_csc but just csc as I had done an fc first anyway, you should be fine, just use the correct odin 3.13

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Firmware change from Branded to Unbranded

Hey guys,
i've got the G800F branded by T-Mobile.
PDA G800FXXU1ANL2
CSC G800FDTM1ANL1
I would like to flash the unbranded DBT version.
PDA G800FXXU1ANL1
CSC G800FDBT1ANJ1
since i dont want to trip the knox counter i've read that flashing the same firmware wont trigger it. the last letter in the PDA / CSC code is for the version right? since the last letter in the CSC from the DBT version is "J" which is before the "L" would flashing the DBT version trigger my knox?
greetings and thx
RoXxToR said:
Hey guys,
i've got the G800F branded by T-Mobile.
PDA G800FXXU1ANL2
CSC G800FDTM1ANL1
I would like to flash the unbranded DBT version.
PDA G800FXXU1ANL1
CSC G800FDBT1ANJ1
since i dont want to trip the knox counter i've read that flashing the same firmware wont trigger it. the last letter in the PDA / CSC code is for the version right? since the last letter in the CSC from the DBT version is "J" which is before the "L" would flashing the DBT version trigger my knox?
greetings and thx
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You won't trip the knox since it is stock Don't worry about anything. Just flash it via odin in PDA/AP section and don't forget to wipe data and cache after installing

Quick question about flashing stock ROM

I've got a Telstra-branded S8+ (code TEL according to Sammobile) and I want to flash regular unbranded firmware onto it but I'm a little confused by all this talk of CSCs and so on. Is it safe to download the Australia (XSA) firmware and simply flash the HOME_CSC file over the top of what's already there, or is there more to it than that? Do I need to worry about this tripping Knox/breaking Safetynet/disabling OTAs/etc?
I have had no issues with flashing XSA on my Singapore model Note 8. As long as it is the official firmware this will not trip Knox.
Though your original CSC will appear in the Software Information as the third CSC. Mine currently shows XSA/XSA/XSP (XSP is Singapore)

is oem unlock needed for changing csc v3 bootloader and oreo

I have done several searches re the above.
As stated in a previous post I want to change my phone back to tel/tel/tel from xsa/xsa /tel ( xsa is generic unbranded phone in australia and telstra is a branded in Australia phone )
I have no oem unlock available as it has not been 7 days since I have flashed my phone.
should it be possible to change the csc without oemunlock with olin_csc not home_csc ( and using the other associated firmware files bl,ap etc)
and picking f reset time, auto reboot and repartition in odin .
You're good, oem unlock is only needed for flashing custom binaries.
I'm curious, how did you get xsa/xsa/tel? I have been trying to achieve this but haven't had success.. I have flashed stock xsa rom with Odin with CSC and wiped everything and it's still tel/tel/tel. I even tried Optus software and it never changes..
kloony11 said:
I'm curious, how did you get xsa/xsa/tel? I have been trying to achieve this but haven't had success.. I have flashed stock xsa rom with Odin with CSC and wiped everything and it's still tel/tel/tel. I even tried Optus software and it never changes..
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I did the below with oreo firmware
flash xef french firmware and setup without simcard or sd card ( you will get xef/xef/tel) then flash xsa firmware
both times use csc not homecsc. you will get xsa/xsa/tel
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but even though I tried to reverse the above with the telstra firmware instead of xsa after reflashing french to try to get back to telstra but it did not I still have xsa/xsa /tel. no biggy samsung pay volte and richtext messages work still . Just thought I might get back to branded for something to do.
g_alahad12345 said:
I did the below with oreo firmware
flash xef french firmware and setup without simcard or sd card ( you will get xef/xef/tel) then flash xsa firmware
both times use csc not homecsc. you will get xsa/xsa/tel
I
but even though I tried to reverse the above with the telstra firmware instead of xsa after reflashing french to try to get back to telstra but it did not I still have xsa/xsa /tel. no biggy samsung pay volte and richtext messages work still . Just thought I might get back to branded for something to do.
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Thanks for that info. Will try this. Hopefully I can get Volte and Wifi calling to work with Optus, even though its a Telstra phone.
solution to get back to telstra
hello all got back to telstra through the factory binary in the below post
and following steps there
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74324845&postcount=87

Setting CSC to BTU needed for OTA?

Hi,
Recently got a Note 8 and found it was the Italian version with the CSC code TIM.
I then used Odin to flash the latest Oreo BTU firmware, and afterwards wiped the cache and reset to factory settings.
However, I'm not sure if this will allow future OTA firmware updates?
My brother also has a Note 8 which was the UK version and upgraded to Oreo via OTA, and using the phone info app, found his firmware versions and CSC codes were identical to mine, so I'm not sure if my phone will receieve OTA updates for BTU or not?
If not, what steps do I need to follow to ensure I do?
Thanks
I flashed my uae import to XEU and then VOD oreo. I am getting OTA updates.

Flashing firmware from different CSC (but same multi-CSC)

Hi! My Galaxy S20 FE is the 4G Snapdragon variant (SM-G780G). The Android 12 update is not yet out for my CSC (GLB), but it has been released for Malaysia (XME). Seeing as they're both part of the larger OLM multi-CSC, can I flash the Malaysian firmware through Odin and still retain my GLB CSC (no factory reset)?
yes you can if you A) use only BL, AP and CP from OneUI 4
and use HOME_CSC from your own last OneUI 3.1 firmware (they share the same bootloader binary version number). your CSC will not change then. many have tested this and said it works, however some say it may cause OTA updates to stop working. if that's true downloading the firmware for GLB once it's available would fix that (with you flashing it again with the HOME_CSC).
B) you could flash it all from XME using HOME_CSC, I've only heard from one person saying this worked, honestly I can't remember if his CSC stayed as it started out, the rom worked though.

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