Root - Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers

Question. I have never rooted my note8 it has all the latest updates from samsung I use to root my phones all the time but I never did on this one. I for some reason have tried every method to get OEM Unlock to show but I can not get it to show up. I have had developer options open for the last 2 months waiting for OEM option to show up. But it still hasent. I have owned this phone for a year now. Is there no way? I have tried the setting date backwards, But like I said I have owned it for almost a year and had developer options open for at least 2 months.

So you are on stock firmware without OEM
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Monarky said:
Question. I have never rooted my note8 it has all the latest updates from samsung I use to root my phones all the time but I never did on this one. I for some reason have tried every method to get OEM Unlock to show but I can not get it to show up. I have had developer options open for the last 2 months waiting for OEM option to show up. But it still hasent. I have owned this phone for a year now. Is there no way? I have tried the setting date backwards, But like I said I have owned it for almost a year and had developer options open for at least 2 months.
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It doesn't work on the snapdragon models unless you use a specific factory firmware combination rom.

Yeah Stock Firmware everything is stock. But its not possible to install a factory firmware rom without OEM right? Its crazy how much the phone seems to be locked down.

Monarky said:
Yeah Stock Firmware everything is stock. But its not possible to install a factory firmware rom without OEM right? Its crazy how much the phone seems to be locked down.
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No it's possible to install only official Samsung firmware. If you're phones the snapdragon SM-N950U version and you're on bootloader version 5 you can't root or do anything else at the moment until we figure out how to unlock the bootloader and we haven't yet. We've only managed to get root for bootloader version 1, 2 and 3 but you're most likely on version 5 now if you're on the latest firmware.. In order to get the OEM unlock to basically be like it's "off" is to make sure you either have no gmail account or any other account on the phone at the time if you do and you boot into download mode you'll see FRP is set to on meaning that OEM unlock is set to on if you remove the accounts by using the RESET option in settings and then go back to download mode you'll see that it's now set to off.. That's pretty much what that does.. And yes these phones are locked down like there's no tomorrow even T-Mobile brand which used to be able to unlock the bootloader are now locked down also and this is because of several reasons some being because of banking and credit card information being in the phone and then because Samsung wants the government and businesses to use their phones too but the government and businesses won't unless they're secured like hell which basically makes those of us who want to root and rom screwed..

Well thats too bad. Guess I will just not worry about it. This is probably the way of the future. Companies will just release phones that are completely closed source.

Monarky said:
Well thats too bad. Guess I will just not worry about it. This is probably the way of the future. Companies will just release phones that are completely closed source.
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They really shouldn't be doing this on Android though because Android is open source and we should be allowed to do it for that reason but unfortunately that's just the way it is.. HTC is starting to look better to me because at least they allow you to decide if you want to forfeit your warranty and root and unlock the bootloader but Samsung won't..

HTC isn't making new devices anymore

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HTC isn't making new devices anymore
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Ok now that's fking sad.. Guess I'll look for that Nubia X because that thing is beautiful and loaded with features and that extra screen on the back of the phone for selfies is insane!!

Him on not hi that nuch but samsung has gear thats unmached. Spying no root
Pricing is afincive , support for updastes whats that, u mean i need two phones at 1200 grand a six monthes to get new os in a year ofter no show. On plug 200 dollars i am never investing in them agin i got 19.04.1 studio and 10 more gnome and others on my lil 1ntel i3 dual core 12 ram useless bk diskdrive al my os is on 10usbs prestant live and mostmutible on 1 butt my lives are no persintance on 80's fones are back this phone only exist now for gear vr todY on. Till ps4 and new vr
Sad i dont even wan5 pixel or other easy roots sipmle and cheapphones are back
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New back to the roots
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Is the S5 still a good phone to get in 2016?

About to get warranty replacement phone thru my carrier tomorrow.
Was offered S5 and an alternate to my G3 since they were out of stock.
If you were in my shoes, which phone would you get?!
Thanks in advance
S5
The S5 is still a very capable phone. The display is top notch. It would really depend on what carrier you are with though. I know the att variant cant be rooted or unlocked currently and verizon has theirs locked down too, but as long as it comes with lollipop (5.x.x) software the verizon variant can be unlocked all the way to the bootloader.
as far as i know they are the only two providers who secure the s5 like fort knox. I could be wrong though. I have a verizon variant (900V) and its fully unlocked and rooted. I dont think you'll find a better phone in the same price range.
S5 is still a great phone. Only issues ive had with it over the 28 mos that ive had it is the low light blurryness with the camera and the fact that you have to swipe your thump across the fingerprint scanner. Having to do that nowadays kinda makes it feel dated. Other than those 2 issues, its a great phone!!
I just got an S5 to replace my S4 and I love it. I'm on AT&T and got the Tmobile version for the unlocked bootloader. I would totally get this phone again.
Its a great phone!
Green Bastard said:
The S5 is still a very capable phone. I have a verizon variant (900V) and its fully unlocked and rooted.
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I have a s5 900v like you (verizon) & got it 12 days ago. . When did you root yours? I *had* lollipop until last Thursday after accidentally pressing the screen through my pocket....which proceded to accept the update I was avoiding. Now I have marshmellow and I'm not happy ???*
Been fishing through XDA and haven't found anything about rooting s5 on mm. Anyone have something to share with me? Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...t/rd-unlocking-galaxys-s5-bootloader-t3337909
That's for bootloader unlocking, some Google searching should get you root too
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youdoofus said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...t/rd-unlocking-galaxys-s5-bootloader-t3337909
That's for bootloader unlocking, some Google searching should get you root too
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I tried the root method (link within the thread u posted) about a week ago & had problems. To make a long story short, check out my remarks on pages 1-2 in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/help/to-root-t3330514/page2
I'm just looking to root my g900v s5. I don't want to mess around with the bootloader (not yet anyway). I just want root before Marshmellow or verizon release another update to patch the *open* vulnerability.
If the dumb MM update didn't happen I would've had time to find lollipop root. I never had a problem w/ my s4 where the screen would allow a touch through pants or shirt pocket. Thought these things were sensitive to the touch of skin not clothing?? Cause of my problem was losing my s4 over July 4th weekend that I rooted w/ towelroot in 05/2014 (that I just paid off in May over 24 months w/ verizon)
Right on. Well, if the bootloader unlock is there, root has to be possible too. I'll see what I can find later. We are busy as hell on Mondays at work
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have you tried kingroot? not kingoroot
youdoofus said:
Right on. Well, if the bootloader unlock is there, root has to be possible too. I'll see what I can find later. We are busy as hell on Mondays at work
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have you tried kingroot? not kingoroot
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Root looked do-able by what @painiac put together, which is similar to @jkrause's is in the link you shared.
Kingroot: no go
OneClick: no go
Towelroot: no go
The root (sorry, couldn't resist) of my problem is that I can't get a PC to recognize my s5 as removable storage. Since they don't this has prevented me from going any further. Take your time and pass on whatever you can...whenever that time is.
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youdoofus said:
Right on. Well, if the bootloader unlock is there, root has to be possible too. I'll see what I can find later. We are busy as hell on Mondays at work
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have you tried kingroot? not kingoroot
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Root looked do-able by what @painiac put together, which is similar to @jkrause's is in the link you shared.
Kingroot: no go
OneClick: no go
Towelroot: no go
The root (sorry, couldn't resist) of my problem is that I can't get a PC to recognize my s5 as removable storage. Since they don't this has prevented me from going any further. Take your time and pass on whatever you can...whenever that time is. Thanks
Lane W. said:
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Root looked do-able by what @painiac put together, which is similar to @jkrause's is in the link you shared.
Kingroot: no go
OneClick: no go
Towelroot: no go
The root (sorry, couldn't resist) of my problem is that I can't get a PC to recognize my s5 as removable storage. Since they don't this has prevented me from going any further. Take your time and pass on whatever you can...whenever that time is. Thanks
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CLEVER!!! LoL! No, that was actually pretty funny! But oneclick and towel doesnt surprise me, but kingroot has been the "if nothing else works" as of late. I have a root program on my computer that i cant recall the name of off hand, and it does look like a malware program, but its been the go-to when all else fails. Ill look at my desktop icons and remind myself what it is when i get home. Its some chinese .exe is that helps in the interim
found it, its called "v root"
it looks like its malware, but the one i got works fine
here is a bit of an older article that lists it first as a good program to root stuff
http://www.3ptechies.com/9-best-software-apps-to-root-android-devices.html
tiguy99 said:
About to get warranty replacement phone thru my carrier tomorrow.
Was offered S5 and an alternate to my G3 since they were out of stock.
If you were in my shoes, which phone would you get?!
Thanks in advance
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I'd stay clear of Samsung from my experiences:
- issues with warranty and knox
- not easy to customise / flash / fix OEM issues with bloatware, root, other ROM issues that require root
- many variants mean even after 8 years of flashing ROMs, I still can't find what I need in the SGS5 section. I don't know what ROMs can be flashed to my device, the information is sparse and not easy to follow or understand
I'm looking to go back to HTC - they don't mind you rooting / customising (unless this has changed in the last couple years).
dieselboy said:
I'd stay clear of Samsung from my experiences:
- issues with warranty and knox
- not easy to customise / flash / fix OEM issues with bloatware, root, other ROM issues that require root
- many variants mean even after 8 years of flashing ROMs, I still can't find what I need in the SGS5 section. I don't know what ROMs can be flashed to my device, the information is sparse and not easy to follow or understand
I'm looking to go back to HTC - they don't mind you rooting / customising (unless this has changed in the last couple years).
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I disagree with this (respectfully). I've never had to return a Samsung because of warranty related issues or return one period, so warranty and Knox are all but irrelevant. Customization is a snap, flashing is a breeze, and bloatware (which is caused by the carrier most often) is easily solved with titanium backup. There are many variants, yes, but all the Roms are cross compatible as long as you flash the snapdragon based processor ones on a snapdragon powered device. The only sgs5s that were problematic were the at&t and (of course) vzw ones because of the carriers deciding to lock the @&$%/!? Bootloaders. Sprint and tmob sgs5s have always been an absolute cakewalk. Hell, I've bricked mine intentionally just to see if I could actually kill it. It's actually harder than one would think to seriously screw up a sgs5 esp a g900p
youdoofus said:
I disagree with this (respectfully). I've never had to return a Samsung because of warranty related issues or return one period, so warranty and Knox are all but irrelevant. Customization is a snap, flashing is a breeze, and bloatware (which is caused by the carrier most often) is easily solved with titanium backup. There are many variants, yes, but all the Roms are cross compatible as long as you flash the snapdragon based processor ones on a snapdragon powered device. The only sgs5s that were problematic were the at&t and (of course) vzw ones because of the carriers deciding to lock the @&$%/!? Bootloaders. Sprint and tmob sgs5s have always been an absolute cakewalk. Hell, I've bricked mine intentionally just to see if I could actually kill it. It's actually harder than one would think to seriously screw up a sgs5 esp a g900p
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Hi mate, of course this is a difference of opinion and I'm not posting here to argue with you so much as to give reasons for my post above.
When I say warranty issues, I mean in a sense that if you flash anything to your samsung then you've voided your warranty. If you customise on day 1, knox efuse are blown and it's impossible to revert what you have done. In this case your warranty is voided and samsung can refuse to honour any warranty issues irrelevant to your flashing. Basically you make changes to software on your device and later there is a hardware issue such as microphone not working - samsung don't have to honour that claim.
Flashing is a complete pain in the bum, to be honest. What makes it harder is these forums don't contain all of the information you need in once place. Compared to my previous devices such as HTC, you simply do a wipe and install the new rom. With the samsung you need to do the same PLUS find and flash the correct bootloader and modem. And this isn't even taking into consideration the knox trip issue. The roms aren't cross-compatible unless I've missed that bit of information? You technically can flash a g900F ROM to a g900i but to get it to boot you need to do additional steps. NFC and call recording wont work, though. So, no you can't really flash that way. Samsung may have made it easier for you guys in the USA, not sure.
I disagree about the bloatware statement, samsung have their own rubbish in there as well and most of it is redundant and not necessary. There's a samsung app store and a samsung account thing that lets you find your phone - google has all of that.
Lastly, when you trip knox this actually physically prevents some functionality on your phone, but I've never tried using that functionality anyway (although I did want to try it out). From memory this is a secure parition on the phone that you set up for your work, which is completely separate from the personal things on your phone which can be seen to make it more secure.
All the best,
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Hi mate, of course this is a difference of opinion and I'm not posting here to argue with you so much as to give reasons for my post above.
When I say warranty issues, I mean in a sense that if you flash anything to your samsung then you've voided your warranty. If you customise on day 1, knox efuse are blown and it's impossible to revert what you have done. In this case your warranty is voided and samsung can refuse to honour any warranty issues irrelevant to your flashing. Basically you make changes to software on your device and later there is a hardware issue such as microphone not working - samsung don't have to honour that claim.
Flashing is a complete pain in the bum, to be honest. What makes it harder is these forums don't contain all of the information you need in once place. Compared to my previous devices such as HTC, you simply do a wipe and install the new rom. With the samsung you need to do the same PLUS find and flash the correct bootloader and modem. And this isn't even taking into consideration the knox trip issue. The roms aren't cross-compatible unless I've missed that bit of information? You technically can flash a g900F ROM to a g900i but to get it to boot you need to do additional steps. NFC and call recording wont work, though. So, no you can't really flash that way. Samsung may have made it easier for you guys in the USA, not sure.
I disagree about the bloatware statement, samsung have their own rubbish in there as well and most of it is redundant and not necessary. There's a samsung app store and a samsung account thing that lets you find your phone - google has all of that.
Lastly, when you trip knox this actually physically prevents some functionality on your phone, but I've never tried using that functionality anyway (although I did want to try it out). From memory this is a secure parition on the phone that you set up for your work, which is completely separate from the personal things on your phone which can be seen to make it more secure.
All the best,
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I wasn't trying to argue either. It's rather hard to express tone over text I've just never had any trouble with flashing stuff on a Samsung since the epic touch 4g. Htcs have that goofy bootloader unlock that has to be done via htcdev.com. The newest Samsung I'd be willing to use is the S5 anyways because of the removable battery, external storage and waterproofing. The s6 sucks and the s7 has that dumb encrypted storage that made root hard for a while. Samsung's are far from perfect, and I'd likely be looking at a OnePlus or a Huawei in the future if I was shopping for a phone, but for those looking at either the second hand market, refurbs or a new one available for stupid cheap, S5s are great phones still.
Again, 0 arguing from me, like you said, just a differing opinion. Cheers mate! Btw, judging my the terms you used, I take it that you're in the UK, and thank goodness Jeremy Clarkson and the boys are back!!
youdoofus said:
CLEVER!!! LoL! No, that was actually pretty funny!
found it, its called "v root". it looks like its malware, but the one i got works fine
here is a bit of an older article that lists it first as a good program to root stuff
http://www.3ptechies.com/9-best-software-apps-to-root-android-devices.html
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Should I use the links in this "older article" to possibly get to vroot? Or do you have something more current? Thanks
Lane W. said:
Should I use the links in this "older article" to possibly get to vroot? Or do you have something more current? Thanks
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Vroot has a site. Lemme look
http://vrootdownload.info/download/
youdoofus said:
Vroot has a site. Lemme look
http://vrootdownload.info/download/
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Fantastic, thanks. Just to be sure, I want to use the one click root APK the part at the top under the first description, correct? The second section, as far as I can tell, is for iroot via a PC?
Is Titanium compatible with this method of root? What about recovery? Does Vroot have its own method or could I use TWRP or SafeStrap? Have you had any complications with the modem or WiFi using your device with Vroot?
Thank you!!
youdoofus said:
I wasn't trying to argue either. It's rather hard to express tone over text
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Again, 0 arguing from me, like you said, just a differing opinion. Cheers mate! Btw, judging my the terms you used, I take it that you're in the UK, and thank goodness Jeremy Clarkson and the boys are back!!
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I said that I wasn't arguing for that very reason - I didn't want my second post to come across in a negative way. I could see that your post had come across in a good light and wanted to keep it that way
I am from UK but living in Australia at the moment. I last heard that Chris Evans has gone from the new Top Gear - thank F... for that, he's the biggest pleb going and watching the first couple of episodes were extremely painful and cringy. A number of things Chris said in the first show were somewhat not completely correct and I eventually switched it off.
Really looking forward to watching Clarkson and the gang - they're entertaining. Their top gear was more like a sit-com, which is what it's grown into and it works pretty well. Anyone in the family can watch it even if they know nothing about cars - I'll have to google for it because I don't know any details about their new show.

root....maybe.

So @nitayart has been putting in some work on the s7....
muppetmaster916 said:
So @nitayart has been putting in some work on the s7....
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There's a glimmer of hope after all...
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I have a quick question about this, will it be possible to root my ATT S7 EDGE running Nougat?
Thanks.
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There's a glimmer of hope after all...
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I have a quick question about this, will it be possible to root my ATT S7 EDGE running Nougat?
Thanks.
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We don't know if it'll work for Qualcomm s7 in general yet. But if so then yeah hopefully.
WOO-HOO a glimpse of hope after almost a year of being released!! I myself will not be upgrading, am sick of financing phones... so this will be awesome for me if it can get done.
rachelm920 said:
WOO-HOO a glimpse of hope after almost a year of being released!! I myself will not be upgrading, am sick of financing phones... so this will be awesome for me if it can get done.
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Same. I'm waiting for the s9. Be sweet to have a custom recovery and Rom on this thing though.
This would be awesome, although I'm not holding my breath.
lets keep our fingers crossed that we can have a stable root on S7e soon.
Yeah root no eng boot !
If he hasn't looked at the Qualcomm version it doesn't mean anything. It's completely different.
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If he hasn't looked at the Qualcomm version it doesn't mean anything. It's completely different.
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He looked at it, responded back to me. He was asking me to build a special cable that I'm not able to make. I'm not sure if he has others testing or not. But he did say at first glance the bug that he exploited on other variants did not appear to be present.
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He looked at it, responded back to me. He was asking me to build a special cable that I'm not able to make. I'm not sure if he has others testing or not. But he did say at first glance the bug that he exploited on other variants did not appear to be present.
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Do you have any details on the special cable that he needed built? Maybe I could help.
nynativ said:
Do you have any details on the special cable that he needed built? Maybe I could help.
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Pm him on Twitter.
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So @nitayart has been putting in some work on the s7....
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That is S7 Edge international read previous posts and screen objects no hope for perm root on ANY AT&T FUTURE SAMSUNG DEVICES he even told me
he didnt tell me the bold red part but the rest and thats because AT&T and SAMSUNG are crazy locking bootloaders. AT&Ts bad in general but stuck on business plan so just switching away from samsung and only buying unlocked phones direct from carrier is best bet if you want root perm and recovery. thats what im doing done personally giving my money to AT&T.
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WOO-HOO a glimpse of hope after almost a year of being released!! I myself will not be upgrading, am sick of financing phones... so this will be awesome for me if it can get done.
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im with you but hate to say AT&T SAMSUNG screwed us now im throwing money toward an unlocked phone because root is the necessary for me.
BaconSeeds said:
That is S7 Edge international read previous posts and screen objects no hope for perm root on ANY AT&T FUTURE SAMSUNG DEVICES he even told me
he didnt tell me the bold red part but the rest and thats because AT&T and SAMSUNG are crazy locking bootloaders. AT&Ts bad in general but stuck on business plan so just switching away from samsung and only buying unlocked phones direct from carrier is best bet if you want root perm and recovery. thats what im doing done personally giving my money to AT&T.
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im with you but hate to say AT&T SAMSUNG screwed us now im throwing money toward an unlocked phone because root is the necessary for me.
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I caved, and was sick and tired of problems. I had 4 S7Es, 2 Nexus, and 2 S5s, my boyfriend's on his 2nd LG, my friend's S7E has extremely bad screen burn. My daughter has never had an issue with her iPhone. I went out and bought one. If I can't have root, I might as well have an Apple. At least the battery isn't dead by lunch.
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I caved, and was sick and tired of problems. I had 4 S7Es, 2 Nexus, and 2 S5s, my boyfriend's on his 2nd LG, my friend's S7E has extremely bad screen burn. My daughter has never had an issue with her iPhone. I went out and bought one. If I can't have root, I might as well have an Apple. At least the battery isn't dead by lunch.
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That's what I most likely will do as well. Sucks that rooting is pretty much dead. I pretty much only want root for hotspot.
Android300ZX said:
That's what I most likely will do as well. Sucks that rooting is pretty much dead. I pretty much only want root for hotspot.
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This works for free hotspot until there is root https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3383680
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Android300ZX said:
That's what I most likely will do as well. Sucks that rooting is pretty much dead. I pretty much only want root for hotspot.
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Busy go over to the U firmware. That's why I did. No hotspot restrictions.
Android300ZX said:
That's what I most likely will do as well. Sucks that rooting is pretty much dead. I pretty much only want root for hotspot.
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And my iphone came with it out of the box! Use it daily to play my game on my nexus 7 when there's no wifi available.
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And my iphone came with it out of the box! Use it daily to play my game on my nexus 7 when there's no wifi available.
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Does your AT&T plan include tethering? Because I'm pretty sure the iPhone checks to make sure you are allowed before turning it on as well.
That said, I'm also bummed about the root situation, but for other reasons. I did find a pretty good firewall in NetGuard, and (ironically) the Package Disabler app that only works on Samsung devices was able to disable most of the bloat. Only the ability to backup and restore individual apps (or even just their data) is missing, and why I still wish I had root.
(yes, I know I can use ADB for some backups, but I'm not sure downgrades are possible that way)

Anyone else having water detection problems?

My note 8 has never been near or in any water, not even rain drops have hit it. Now randomly it will pop up and say water detected in usb port. Which doesn't really effect me being able to use the phone, I use a wireless charger anyway. It's just annoying that it keeps popping up from time to time. Sometimes it will go weeks without doing it, one time it popped up and the phone rebooted itself and the warning was gone when it restarted. I talked to sprint about it and they basically showed me the door telling me to go to samsung who was equally useless. The first time it happened it wouldn't go away for days and I finally did a factory reset. That worked for the last 3 months, now all of a sudden it's back again.
DjGeraldo said:
My note 8 has never been near or in any water, not even rain drops have hit it. Now randomly it will pop up and say water detected in usb port. Which doesn't really effect me being able to use the phone, I use a wireless charger anyway. It's just annoying that it keeps popping up from time to time. Sometimes it will go weeks without doing it, one time it popped up and the phone rebooted itself and the warning was gone when it restarted. I talked to sprint about it and they basically showed me the door telling me to go to samsung who was equally useless. The first time it happened it wouldn't go away for days and I finally did a factory reset. That worked for the last 3 months, now all of a sudden it's back again.
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Check that your port doesn't have any excess lint in it. Also what software version are you on. I think there's one with a bug dealing with the port and causing the device to reboot.
It's clean and I'm on official oreo, not rooted, only custom thing I've done is make a theme using the themeGalaxy app.
I'm getting this quite a lot now. First time it lasted 3 days before it cleared itself. I've had it today but cleared on a day. Deffo a software thing as the port looks clear to me.
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*cleared in 30 mins
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DjGeraldo said:
It's clean and I'm on official oreo, not rooted, only custom thing I've done is make a theme using the themeGalaxy app.
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Are you on the latest firmware, or an earlier Oreo build instead?
My build is N950USQU3CRBB.
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My build is N950USQU3CRBB.
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Ok I think the issue was resolved on later builds if I recall correctly. If you decide to update try and test from there.
sefrcoko said:
Ok I think the issue was resolved on later builds if I recall correctly. If you decide to update try and test from there.
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What version can I flash from this version? I've done some looking but their are so many versions out there. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
DjGeraldo said:
What version can I flash from this version? I've done some looking but their are so many versions out there. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
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Not sure what sprints latest is but u4 bootloader is more current. If you do go form 3-4 there is no root option for now or ever.
Amos420en said:
Not sure what sprints latest is but u4 bootloader is more current. If you do go form 3-4 there is no root option for now or ever.
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This.
And you can't downgrade either, so be sure before pulling the trigger
I don't really care about root, I just want to make sure I flash the right one. Anyone know where I can make sure I find the right one for sprint? And I'm guessing I have to use Odin for it right?
DjGeraldo said:
I don't really care about root, I just want to make sure I flash the right one. Anyone know where I can make sure I find the right one for sprint? And I'm guessing I have to use Odin for it right?
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Go to sammobile or updato.com, put it your model number, and you should be able to find the latest firmware for your specific model there. Yes you would need to use Odin (be sure to read up on the instructions in the other threads and be familiar with the process before jumping into it...saves time in the end ).
sefrcoko said:
Go to sammobile or updato.com, put it your model number, and you should be able to find the latest firmware for your specific model there. Yes you would need to use Odin (be sure to read up on the instructions in the other threads and be familiar with the process before jumping into it...saves time in the end ).
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Okay awesome, I'm fairly familiar with Odin, used it on my note 3 back in the day and it's what I used to get the note 8 to Oreo. I was really just concerned with what version I could go to and from, I know in the note 3 days you couldn't skip certain updates. So you were stuck sitting there updating your phone like 3 times through Odin just to get to the version you wanted.
the moisture in charging port is a know error since S8/S8+ and Samsung is well aware of it.
I had it on my first Note8 and there's a few things you can try, cleaning the charging port with gently with alcohol wipes - delete cache in USB in system apps - factory reset -
But best option is to back up everything and flash latest software using Odin.
I ended up just sending mine in for warranty repair as it was only 2 months old
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forgot to say that you can still charge using the cable but you need to first turn off the phone and then connect the cable just as the boot up starts

is there hope for this phone unlocking wise.

I'm thinking of taking this over the poco because it has better build quality. but I would never want to be stuck with such skin. in there hope for there to be a way to unlock the bootloader without bribing someone for that? even if wouldn't be ready for a while?
Sorry
Probably not, it seems like Huawei decided not to allow tempering with the phone.
What do you mean by stuck with such a skin? You can change launchers, and emui itself is not that bad, after all...
Abd121 said:
I'm thinking of taking this over the poco because it has better build quality. but I would never want to be stuck with such skin. in there hope for there to be a way to unlock the bootloader without bribing someone for that? even if wouldn't be ready for a while?
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I've read you can get the phone unlocked for free from service center.
[email protected] phone, wait for Samsung a8s or mi9 imho.
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tech_infinity said:
I've read you can get the phone unlocked for free from service center.
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Yeah in India...!

Is there a TWRP build for the SM-G973U Snapdragon US Cellular? With Android 10

I have the Samsung Galaxy S10 Prism White SM-G973U Snapdragon US Cellular. It is running Android 10. With the security patch of March 1, 2020. The build number is: G973USQS3CTB5.
My question is, is there a TWRP build for this phone? And can this phone work with Project Treble GSI?
The bootloader is locked so no root or TWRP for any U.S. or Canadian variants aside from the Sprint 5G version.
StoneyJSG said:
The bootloader is locked so no root or TWRP for any U.S. or Canadian variants aside from the Sprint 5G version.
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But the bootloader can be unlocked?
secretwolf98 said:
But the bootloader can be unlocked?
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On the exynos variants it can. Not on the snapdragon models aside from the Sprint 5G version.
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On the exynos variants it can. Not on the snapdragon models aside from the Sprint 5G version.
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That sucks. Why is that?
secretwolf98 said:
That sucks. Why is that?
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because thats how its been for years
StoneyJSG said:
The bootloader is locked so no root or TWRP for any U.S. or Canadian variants aside from the Sprint 5G version.
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I've heard how locked bootloaders work and I still think that someday we can find a way around it. I know about TrustZones. I know about all of those things and I still think that I can do it. I'm not saying it'll be easy. I'm still learning how to program so it might be a while before you see my TrustZone security crack but trust me, I WILL DO IT! This is not a ****post btw.
Melsbacksfriend said:
I've heard how locked bootloaders work and I still think that someday we can find a way around it. I know about TrustZones. I know about all of those things and I still think that I can do it. I'm not saying it'll be easy. I'm still learning how to program so it might be a while before you see my TrustZone security crack but trust me, I WILL DO IT! This is not a ****post btw.
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Good luck! It's locked pretty tight. Even elliwigy couldn't crack it and he's the guy that made root possible for the note 8 or S7 I think it was.
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Good luck! It's locked pretty tight. Even elliwigy couldn't crack it and he's the guy that made root possible for the note 8 or S7 I think it was.
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and now s9 s9+ n9
Oh wow root for the S9? That means root for the S10 eventually is hopeful.
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Oh wow root for the S9? That means root for the S10 eventually is hopeful.
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root methods are patched on 10 and newer devices
Well darn. At least the Galaxy S thru S9 has root now.
I think I'm close to cracking s10 g973u is variant I'm needing a partner not scared to join my venture
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I'm new to xda but not to coding and cracking the so called impossible I professionally "hack" you could say I recently bought the phone from somebody who bought thinking they could root it and they sold it after they read the forums Haha got it for basically nothing anybody willing to assist please got me up I do already have custom rom installed just having problems with ui and rebooting
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I'm new to xda but not to coding and cracking the so called impossible I professionally "hack" you could say I recently bought the phone from somebody who bought thinking they could root it and they sold it after they read the forums Haha got it for basically nothing anybody willing to assist please got me up I do already have custom rom installed just having problems with ui and rebooting
trentvamps said:
I think I'm close to cracking s10 g973u is variant I'm needing a partner not scared to join my venture
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I'm new to xda but not to coding and cracking the so called impossible I professionally "hack" you could say I recently bought the phone from somebody who bought thinking they could root it and they sold it after they read the forums Haha got it for basically nothing anybody willing to assist please got me up I do already have custom rom installed just having problems with ui and rebooting
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I'm new to xda but not to coding and cracking the so called impossible I professionally "hack" you could say I recently bought the phone from somebody who bought thinking they could root it and they sold it after they read the forums Haha got it for basically nothing anybody willing to assist please got me up I do already have custom rom installed just having problems with ui and rebooting
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LOL
So @trentvamps has a working custom ROM on a G973U phone? How is this possible without root access?
StoneyJSG said:
So @trentvamps has a working custom ROM on a G973U phone? How is this possible without root access?
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its not and he doesnt
I do i took none traditional direction by removing emmc and writing g973f firmware and pretty much destroyed the phone cosmetically in processs but it. Was simple once removed its boots but omg its jacked the frank up as far as performance goes possibly hardware conflicts but i think there might be something here as far as development goes
trentvamps said:
I do i took none traditional direction by removing emmc and writing g973f firmware and pretty much destroyed the phone cosmetically in processs but it. Was simple once removed its boots but omg its jacked the frank up as far as performance goes possibly hardware conflicts but i think there might be something here as far as development goes
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i think u are mistaken.. if u supposedly removed emmc then howd you write anything to the device?
you are simply saying things ppl dont really know what it even means but not providing any details or proof of what you are claiming to have done.
even if wat ur saying is remorely true it doesnt sound like you were successful, seems to be a hardware mod as well as you damaged the device among other issues which tells me even if you arent blowing hot air that it isnt obtaining root, twrp or anything and isnt going to apply to the avg user.
ppl can take what you say with a grain of salt. you arent the first random person to pop in claiming to achieve what no one has achieved in years and in the end turned out to be bogus.
with that being said i hope you prove me wrong but without more info or proof i will continue to believe its fake news.
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i think u are mistaken.. if u supposedly removed emmc then howd you write anything to the device?
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He removed it, wrote to it, and put it back in and secured it with duct tape... :laugh:
trentvamps said:
I do i took none traditional direction by removing emmc and writing g973f firmware and pretty much destroyed the phone cosmetically in processs but it. Was simple once removed its boots but omg its jacked the frank up as far as performance goes possibly hardware conflicts but i think there might be something here as far as development goes
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In other words, you have nothing, nada, zilch, squat, diddly, diddly-squat, naught, jack, zip

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