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Flash VZW branded Note 8 to Unbranded XAA

Hi All,
Just got a VZW branded note 8 and I want to flash the US XAA unbranded firmware.
Can anyone point me to a location to get a decent download of the official firmware that will not take 17 hours?
updato, samfrew and sammobile are all predicting between 8 to 16 hours for download?
I'm looking for the XAA version of this one N950U1UEU6DSH3
It is on all the sites but the download crashes or is going to take a very long time.
Thanks

qnc said:
Hi All,
Just got a VZW branded note 8 and I want to flash the US XAA unbranded firmware.
Can anyone point me to a location to get a decent download of the official firmware that will not take 17 hours?
updato, samfrew and sammobile are all predicting between 8 to 16 hours for download?
I'm looking for the XAA version of this one N950U1UEU6DSH3
It is on all the sites but the download crashes or is going to take a very long time.
Thanks
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If you're on boot loader 6 it's more than likely not going to work.. I just tried to help someone else do this very thing with the boot loader version of 6 and it didn't work not with the regular Odin and not with the prince comey Odin.. I haven't seen any other way to do it or anyone else do it yet but you can check the page on here that has directions on how to do it but that's only for the lower boot loader versions..

Thanks so what you are saying is that I can't even go from BL6 to BL6 unbranded.
That sucks that it is not possible at all.
I'll reread the guides but since they were older versions, that was the one reason I asked the question about firmware location hoping some one had it on a Google drive or something I wanted to give it a shot.
I'll have to go the route of adb shell to disable stuff then.

qnc said:
Thanks so what you are saying is that I can't even go from BL6 to BL6 unbranded.
That sucks that it is not possible at all.
I'll reread the guides but since they were older versions, that was the one reason I asked the question about firmware location hoping some one had it on a Google drive or something I wanted to give it a shot.
I'll have to go the route of adb shell to disable stuff then.
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You can always check https://androidfilehost.com that's only one I use since the rest of them are too slow and do that on purpose to try to make you want to pay for the higher speed. And no I don't think you can flash it at all at this point because like I said I just tried it with someone else and it would not work.

MrMike2182 said:
You can always check https://androidfilehost.com that's only one I use since the rest of them are too slow and do that on purpose to try to make you want to pay for the higher speed. And no I don't think you can flash it at all at this point because like I said I just tried it with someone else and it would not work.
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Thanks for the link.
checked and N950U1UEU6DSH3 is not listed there unless i'm not correct in my search. i searched by
N950U1UEU6DSH3 - no results
sm-n950u1 older versions with generation 4 BL

I Need Help Updating My Note 8 to android 9

Please I need help with manual update to android 9.
OTA keeps saying processing failed
Below is my device info
Product Code SM-N950UZVAXAS
PDA N950USQU4CRF3
CSC N950UOYN3CRF2
Baseband N950USQS5CRKI
Bootloader N950USQS5CRKI

Messrben said:
Please I need help with manual update to android 9.
OTA keeps saying processing failed
Below is my device info
Product Code SM-N950UZVAXAS
PDA N950USQU4CRF3
CSC N950UOYN3CRF2
Baseband N950USQS5CRKI
Bootloader N950USQS5CRKI
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You cannot OTA update from Baseband N950USQS5CRKI. You need to manually flash the latest version using Odin.

MrMike2182 said:
You cannot OTA update from Baseband N950USQS5CRKI. You need to manually flash the latest version using Odin.
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Tell me how please. Never done it

Messrben said:
Tell me how please. Never done it
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It's quite simple.. You download the latest version of firmware for the device which is N950USQS6DSI3 after it's downloaded you need to unzip it one time and then boot the phone into download mode and connect it to the PC USB port and open Odin and put the files in their respective place and then flash.

MrMike good to see you bro
My SM-N950U Still Rooted Note 8

butchieboy said:
MrMike good to see you bro
My SM-N950U Still Rooted Note 8
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Thanks bro! Nice to see you too! How are you doing? Everything alright? I sent my Note 10 back because I just can't stand certain features or LACK of features namely the notification light being gone and the screen protectors breaking the fingerprint scanner so.. I don't know what phone to even get at this point now.

MrMike2182 said:
It's quite simple.. You download the latest version of firmware for the device which is N950USQS6DSI3 after it's downloaded you need to unzip it one time and then boot the phone into download mode and connect it to the PC USB port and open Odin and put the files in their respective place and then flash.
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I'm seeing different carriers (vzw, tmb, cct, usc,spr) except mine which ends in XAS. Which will work for me? Will any of these stop my device from supporting my sim??

Messrben said:
I'm seeing different carriers (vzw, tmb, cct, usc,spr) except mine which ends in XAS. Which will work for me? Will any of these stop my device from supporting my sim??
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Doesn't matter they're all the same just choose whichever and flash it the phone will choose the correct information on it's own!

Are there update limits? I usually get a new phone, root it, find a rom I like and stick with it a long time. I recently updated many apps and they are not working right. Only google maps will get the location from the GPS for example. Also trying to get it to work with my new car radio (kenwood) with wireless mirroring and android auto. Anyway, as much as I like root, I am thinking it may be time to just update. I am currently at N950USQS2BQK2. Yeah way back. Can I odin a current like N950UOYN7DSK3 or do I have to go in steps? Also how do I get an unlocked USA from sammobile? Just pick a USA that doesn't list a carrier? Any other gotcha's since 2017?
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Bob

S10 got stuck at firmware update.

Hello there, I'm stuck with a situation and I can't fix the phone.
I live in Canada and I bought the phone here (Canadian software version and also unlocked) and gave it to a relative who lives in the USA to use. Recently, she has a firmware update notification from her phone, however, it always gets stuck at 28%, and the download fails. So she plugged the s10 device into her computer and used Smart Switch to download the new firmware. After she finished downloading it, she clicked to install the new firmware on her phone. That's when the problem starts... She got stuck on this screen forever and she even tried to soft reset/restart the phone but it just went back to that screen.
What I think happened was it's a Canadian version phone but the new firmware is the US version and it tried to install and crashed.
Could anyone give me some advice on fixing this problem?

jimyall said:
Hello there, I'm stuck with a situation and I can't fix the phone.
I live in Canada and I bought the phone here (Canadian software version and also unlocked) and gave it to a relative who lives in the USA to use. Recently, she has a firmware update notification from her phone, however, it always gets stuck at 28%, and the download fails. So she plugged the s10 device into her computer and used Smart Switch to download the new firmware. After she finished downloading it, she clicked to install the new firmware on her phone. That's when the problem starts... She got stuck on this screen forever and she even tried to soft reset/restart the phone but it just went back to that screen.
What I think happened was it's a Canadian version phone but the new firmware is the US version and it tried to install and crashed.
Could anyone give me some advice on fixing this problem?
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youre gonna want to flash the FW with Odin. I can give further details if the solution i provided doesnt make sense

Youdoofus said:
you're gonna want to flash the FW with Odin. I can give further details if the solution I provided doesn't make sense
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Could you please provide me more details? I'm not really a tech person >_>. Do I need to flash the FW with new Canadian version of FW? Also where can i download Odin from a trusted source?

jimyall said:
Could you please provide me more details? I'm not really a tech person >_>. Do I need to flash the FW with new Canadian version of FW? Also where can i download Odin from a trusted source?
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for sure man, i sometimes skip the long winded Odin stuff because ive typed out like 3 paragraphs of Odin instructions and the person i was replying to already knew 75% of what i just typed LOL
aaaaanyways, downloading Odin from a trusted source isnt an issue. Ive downloaded soooo many versions of Odin over the years and from so many different places, i cant imagine an infected Odin. Im sure they exist, but ive never seen one. ive got Odin from here before, and it was fine. Also, yes, youd definitely want to download the canadian version of it. You should be able to flash the U1 version (fully unlocked) so long as you have a snapdragon processor, but youd need whats called "Patched Odin" to do it. The U1 thing is kind of a tangent, but youll find out that there are a TON of rabbit holes you can find yourself in from time to time. The best thing to do is to just flash the FW for the model of phone you own unless you plan on tinkering. sammobile.com/firmwares is where you want to search for the FW and samfirm is an exe youre going to want to use to actually download the FW itself. Samfirm downloads it literally 5x faster.

Youdoofus said:
for sure man, i sometimes skip the long winded Odin stuff because ive typed out like 3 paragraphs of Odin instructions and the person i was replying to already knew 75% of what i just typed LOL
aaaaanyways, downloading Odin from a trusted source isnt an issue. Ive downloaded soooo many versions of Odin over the years and from so many different places, i cant imagine an infected Odin. Im sure they exist, but ive never seen one. ive got Odin from here before, and it was fine. Also, yes, youd definitely want to download the canadian version of it. You should be able to flash the U1 version (fully unlocked) so long as you have a snapdragon processor, but youd need whats called "Patched Odin" to do it. The U1 thing is kind of a tangent, but youll find out that there are a TON of rabbit holes you can find yourself in from time to time. The best thing to do is to just flash the FW for the model of phone you own unless you plan on tinkering. sammobile.com/firmwares is where you want to search for the FW and samfirm is an exe youre going to want to use to actually download the FW itself. Samfirm downloads it literally 5x faster.
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For the firmware, do I just download the latest one for Canada Version? There are so many links so do I just click on Canada (the one without Provider) and Do i download PDA or CSC or both? My phone is unlocked already btw. Also will i able to flash my phone even though it is currently stuck in the "BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH"?
I even tried to you the samfirm to download the firmware but it keeps saying authorization failed after I filled in the blank and clicked update.
Checking firmware for SM-G973W/XAC/G973WVLS4ETK1/G973WOYV4ETK1/SMG973WW12/G973WVLS4ETK1
Error: Could not send BinaryInform. Status code 200/401
Authorization failed

jimyall said:
For the firmware, do I just download the latest one for Canada Version? There are so many links so do I just click on Canada (the one without Provider) and Do i download PDA or CSC or both? My phone is unlocked already btw. Also will i able to flash my phone even though it is currently stuck in the "BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH"?
I even tried to you the samfirm to download the firmware but it keeps saying authorization failed after I filled in the blank and clicked update.
Checking firmware for SM-G973W/XAC/G973WVLS4ETK1/G973WOYV4ETK1/SMG973WW12/G973WVLS4ETK1
Error: Could not send BinaryInform. Status code 200/401
Authorization failed
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yep. sorry, i forgot to mention that part. Zero worry tho, its just a thing caused by the bootloader that your phone was most recently on being too new for the FW youre trying to flash. Thats whats causing the binary error, the binary currently installed is greater than the one youre trying to install so the phone wont physically allow it. Its not even a software thing, it gets hard coded. Anyways, get the most current one and reflash. It wont fail again with the same reason on the newest firmware, but if it does fail, try a different cable, download the file again. it might have corrupted during the download. If youre not using patched Odin, you literally cant screw it up so badly you cant recover it

Youdoofus said:
yep. sorry, i forgot to mention that part. Zero worry tho, its just a thing caused by the bootloader that your phone was most recently on being too new for the FW youre trying to flash. Thats whats causing the binary error, the binary currently installed is greater than the one youre trying to install so the phone wont physically allow it. Its not even a software thing, it gets hard coded. Anyways, get the most current one and reflash. It wont fail again with the same reason on the newest firmware, but if it does fail, try a different cable, download the file again. it might have corrupted during the download. If youre not using patched Odin, you literally cant screw it up so badly you cant recover it
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thanks you! I used Frija to download the latest Canadian version of the firmware. Next step do I just use the Odin to flash and follow the instruction on sammobile websites? Can I flash the new firmware without deleting data on my phone?

jimyall said:
thanks you! I used Frija to download the latest Canadian version of the firmware. Next step do I just use the Odin to flash and follow the instruction on sammobile websites? Can I flash the new firmware without deleting data on my phone?
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yep, when flashing the 4 parts of the FW, the home_csc will not wipe your userdata, csc will factory reset. let us know if you run into trouble, but you shouldnt have any issues. it sounds like you got this

Thank you so so much! I fixed the phone and it works now. For future firmware updates, I have to do this every time? Is there any option that i can change my firmware permanently to the US version so that I can get auto-update on the phone instead of using ODIN every time?

Question this may update is terrible

how do I downgrade it I tried to get the April update and flash via odin but IT WONT FLASH..... usb debugging on everything I don't like the fact that I cant turn the hotspot on with out it carrier checking all these years and suddenly they put carrier check and I WANT TO go back to the old version ive downloaded an old version with NO LUCk can anyone help this is the unlocked s21 ultra too!... it keeps carrier checking and I can't disable it from doing it...

THEPLANETEARTH1 said:
how do I downgrade it I tried to get the April update and flash via odin but IT WONT FLASH..... usb debugging on everything I don't like the fact that I cant turn the hotspot on with out it carrier checking all these years and suddenly they put carrier check and I WANT TO go back to the old version ive downloaded an old version with NO LUCk can anyone help this is the unlocked s21 ultra too!... it keeps carrier checking and I can't disable it from doing it...
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If it's the U1 3AUDD update you can't downgrade. The bootloader revision has been bumped to 3 and there is no going back to bl 2.

THEPLANETEARTH1 said:
how do I downgrade it I tried to get the April update and flash via odin but IT WONT FLASH..... usb debugging on everything I don't like the fact that I cant turn the hotspot on with out it carrier checking all these years and suddenly they put carrier check and I WANT TO go back to the old version ive downloaded an old version with NO LUCk can anyone help this is the unlocked s21 ultra too!... it keeps carrier checking and I can't disable it from doing it...
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I'm pretty sure you can't downgrade because the bootloader is a different version than the previous version. The number that is shown 5 characters from the right on your Build Number identifies the bootloader version. The May update took me to bootloader version 3. Prior to the upgrade, I was on bootloader version 2. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe you can downgrade once you've updated to a different bootloader.

THEPLANETEARTH1 said:
how do I downgrade it I tried to get the April update and flash via odin but IT WONT FLASH..... usb debugging on everything I don't like the fact that I cant turn the hotspot on with out it carrier checking all these years and suddenly they put carrier check and I WANT TO go back to the old version ive downloaded an old version with NO LUCk can anyone help this is the unlocked s21 ultra too!... it keeps carrier checking and I can't disable it from doing it...
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If it's the U1 3AUDD update you can't downgrade. The bootloader revision has been bumped to 3 and there is no going back to bl 2.

They upgraded bootloader so no going back.. Not sure if you can root.. But if so you can add command to unlock the hot spot..

THEPLANETEARTH1 said:
how do I downgrade it I tried to get the April update and flash via odin but IT WONT FLASH..... usb debugging on everything I don't like the fact that I cant turn the hotspot on with out it carrier checking all these years and suddenly they put carrier check and I WANT TO go back to the old version ive downloaded an old version with NO LUCk can anyone help this is the unlocked s21 ultra too!... it keeps carrier checking and I can't disable it from doing it...
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May update clearly mentioned in it's changelog that it was not possible to go back to older firmware after updating. No dice.

THEPLANETEARTH1 said:
how do I downgrade it I tried to get the April update and flash via odin but IT WONT FLASH..... usb debugging on everything I don't like the fact that I cant turn the hotspot on with out it carrier checking all these years and suddenly they put carrier check and I WANT TO go back to the old version ive downloaded an old version with NO LUCk can anyone help this is the unlocked s21 ultra too!... it keeps carrier checking and I can't disable it from doing it...
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You could try PDANet

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Are you in the US?
I haven't tried to tether with this phone.
So, you're saying that if I tether, it will check with T-Mo or whatever my carrier is to see what I'm eligible for?
I guess that was 1 benefit about the Pixels. No checking, just tethering!

Very happy with May update

nixnixnixnix4 said:
Are you in the US?
I haven't tried to tether with this phone.
So, you're saying that if I tether, it will check with T-Mo or whatever my carrier is to see what I'm eligible for?
I guess that was 1 benefit about the Pixels. No checking, just tethering!
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If you're talking to me, yes I'm on the USA but I have AT&T

OMG THANK YOU I LOVE YOU! IT DIDNT CARRIER CHECK 👁👁 but I'm not updating to any future updates at this point unless someone else can confirm it turns on still
chungdae said:
Here's a work around I found:
Download Activity Launcher from the play store -> go to the search on the top right -> type in "tether" -> it should search for "Mobile Hotspot and Tethering (there should be 3 that pop up) -> choose the 2nd one -> click on "WiFi Hotspot" -> click On.
I don't take credit for this as I found this on reddit. It worked for me and a few others. Good luck!
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ANK

THEPLANETEARTH1 said:
OMG THANK YOU I LOVE YOU! IT DIDNT CARRIER CHECK 👁👁 but I'm not updating to any future updates at this point unless someone else can confirm it turns on still
ANK
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You're welcome

Keep this workaround on the DL.

Wow. Already on BL 3?

Limeybastard said:
BL 3
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What's that?

nixnixnixnix4 said:
Keep this workaround on the DL.
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I'll keep it up for a couple days and then delete it

nixnixnixnix4 said:
What's that?
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Boot loader version revision.

chungdae said:
I'll keep it up for a couple days and then delete it
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Thank You soldier.
By the way, folks: you can make this work with Shortcut Maker too. Great app.
Thank You to Samsung for leaving this untouched, LOL.

Limeybastard said:
Wow. Already on BL 3?
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Other than locking you in so you can't go to an earlier version does it serve any useful function?

Question Phone bricked after unsuccessful OTA

Hi all, I just had the S23 for a couple of days now and have experienced quite a few bugs: Camara failed, restart automatically from time to time, cannot enter themes saying not available in my market (successfully logged in the next day).
Therefore I was quite happy when there is an OTA popped out today and I immediately started the OTA update.
However the update stuck at the download mode, error message on screen being "Build-id does not match with the reference".
Followed the instruction to restart, and try entering the recovery mode both did not work, all coming back to the download mode screen.
I've never flashed my device, any ways to clean the cache and do the OTA again? Just need to bypass the download mode screen...
Worst case is I return the phone to the original dealer (still within 14 days regret period) and get a new one. I just moved all my data to the phone and am quite reluctant to do so if there's no other alternatives.
Thanks for your help in advance!

I would return it. Not a good start... if it's hardware it will just bite you again, eventually.
A Samsung Experience center at a best buy can run advanced diagnostics on it and reflash it if you decide to play Samsung roulette.
The data is toast either way. Wishing you had an SD card slot yet?

Thanks for the
blackhawk said:
I would return it. Not a good start... if it's hardware it will just bite you again, eventually.
A Samsung Experience center at a best buy can run advanced diagnostics on it and reflash it if you decide to play Samsung roulette.
The data is toast either way. Wishing you had an SD card slot yet?
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Thanks for replying. I try to do a online smart repair but obviously S23 is too new to be included in their aftersales tool. Here in Germany there is only limited places that I can go. So probably I end up returning it but it's such a pity since it has the best phone camera I've used and I really wish to stay...

You're welcome. Sorry. That's too much money to risk it being a hardware fault and even it isn't you shouldn't have to be reflashing it right out of the box. That takes away the joy of new ownership and then some.

harrymls said:
Thanks for the
Thanks for replying. I try to do a online smart repair but obviously S23 is too new to be included in their aftersales tool. Here in Germany there is only limited places that I can go. So probably I end up returning it but it's such a pity since it has the best phone camera I've used and I really wish to stay...
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That's bad luck indeed.
Either Samsung shop to fix that? Either returning it or asking for an exchange yep. For you data, didn't you sync on Samsung cloud or Google cloud?
Good luck with this sh*t.
Ps: idk if your computer detect your phone? So you could flash the firmware again through odin? I read this tool can detect the phone model and automatically download the latest firmware directly from Samsung update sevrer.. Idk what it worths https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/tool-frija-samsung-firmware-downloader-checker.3910594/
Ps2: funny when I mentioned frija and odin 2 guys from our cousin Ultra came

Odin it with the firmware from Sammobile or Frija - Relatively straight forward etc

harrymls said:
Thanks for the
Thanks for replying. I try to do a online smart repair but obviously S23 is too new to be included in their aftersales tool. Here in Germany there is only limited places that I can go. So probably I end up returning it but it's such a pity since it has the best phone camera I've used and I really wish to stay...
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Odin it with the firmware from Sammobile or Frija - Relatively straight forward etc
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Yes, you can very easily just reflash the firmware using a PC - and no factory reset required

fkofilee said:
Odin it with the firmware from Sammobile or Frija - Relatively straight forward etc
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Thanks for the tip. Used Odin and it did work. However when trying OTA it comes again, so had to flash once more. I'll just leave it and Samsung was kind enough to give me 5% on my next order in Samsung Shop so I'll just return this and get a new one via Samsung. Hope I'll get a normal one.

harrymls said:
Thanks for the tip. Used Odin and it did work. However when trying OTA it comes again, so had to flash once more. I'll just leave it and Samsung was kind enough to give me 5% on my next order in Samsung Shop so I'll just return this and get a new one via Samsung. Hope I'll get a normal one.
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Are you downloading the right CSC maybe? Keep in mind Europe has 2... EUY and EUX...
Plus the new firmware is downloadable now BWAB I believe