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Galaxy S6 CF-AUTO-ROOT doesn't work

Hello I've bought a secondhand
Samsung Galaxy S6 (refurbished)
It is a Verizon or T-mobile phone (Not sure, don't know US carriers. Model says SM-G920T, must be T-mobile, I suppose... )
Seller claimed it is unlocked for other carriers, and it is, it works fine with Canadian carriers SIM cards.
But Samsung pay and Samsung Health wouldn't open, saying the phone is ROOTED.
I've downloaded the RootChecker app, and tested the phone, result:
it isn't rooted.
Background info:
Settings -> About Device -> Status -> Device status
Custom
Settings -> About device -> Model Number
SM-G920T
Settings -> About device -> Build number
NRD90M.G920TUVS6FRC1
My Android version is 7.0
Developer options
OEM unlock - yes
I've downloaded and installed Samsung drivers
developer[.]samsung[.]com/galaxy/others/android-usb-driver-for-windows[/url]
Then, found this
desktop[.]firmware[.]mobi/device:411/firmware:15878
Friendly name Galaxy S6
Model SM-G920T
Name zerofltetmo
Device zerofltetmo
Board universal7420
Android
- Release 7.0
Display ID NRD90M.G920TUVS6FRC1
It is precisely what my phone is.
Odin connected the phone and flashed the firmware
Odin says PASS
Device reboots
(NO blue "Pirate" Android screen)
Just Ordinary SAMSUNG screen with
RED writing
Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing
And device reBoots to normal
I've tested with RootChecker, no root.
Am I missing something? It seemed super easy in the guides and on Youtube.
And it was simple, aside from the fact phone is not rooted in the end... :laugh:

i'm facing the same issue.what's the solution?

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950F/DS 64gb doesn't receive any updates in UK

Hi All, I really need some help. First post. I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950F/DualSim from eBay in mint condition for £285 a few months back. Works perfectly. Waited until end of March but no Android 9 One UI update. Realised I hadn't got ANY updates what so ever since I got it. Contacted Samsung and they say because it is from a different region it can't be updated in the UK. I find this extremely unfair. I use a Blackberry Key2 as my main phone and Note 8 as a second phone which I don't always carry. Use it more to surf and watch videos with once I get home.
I have never rooted or Odined or anything else before so am not too excited about any of that stuff. I just need the simplest tutorial there is to get my phone to update and to continue to update if that is possible. I am currently on Android Oreo 8.0 and security patch August 2018!
Thanks in advance for your help.
P.S I have no idea which region it's from but the serial number is R58J944Z7HT

Bilal81 said:
Hi All, I really need some help. First post. I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950F/DualSim from eBay in mint condition for £285 a few months back. Works perfectly. Waited until end of March but no Android 9 One UI update. Realised I hadn't got ANY updates what so ever since I got it. Contacted Samsung and they say because it is from a different region it can't be updated in the UK. I find this extremely unfair. I use a Blackberry Key2 as my main phone and Note 8 as a second phone which I don't always carry. Use it more to surf and watch videos with once I get home.
I have never rooted or Odined or anything else before so am not too excited about any of that stuff. I just need the simplest tutorial there is to get my phone to update and to continue to update if that is possible. I am currently on Android Oreo 8.0 and security patch August 2018!
Thanks in advance for your help.
P.S I have no idea which region it's from but the serial number is R58J944Z7HT
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Dial *#1234# in phone dialer. Look at the CSC line and look for "OXM" in the line eg. N950F"OXM"5CSA2. If you see that then:
Read page 1:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/official-stock-firmware-update-odin-t3677072
To find your CSC:
You can go to system settings/ about phone/software information/ service providers SW ver. (Look for something like this example TPA/TPA/XEU , should be last line in that section. Yours might be different but it should be in this format CSC/CSC/CSC .)
2nd spot TPA is the your carrier CSC (set by your sim card.)
3rd Spot XEU is where your phone is from.
So look at the second spot for your CSC code.
So know you have the:
Model of note 8 : SM-N950F or SM-N950F/DS (doesn't matter firmware is for both phones.)
The multi-CSC firmware OXM
And your CSC code.
Now you have 3 choices:
1) Connect phone to PC and use smart switch to update phone (if there is one for your csc). This will keep data intacted!
2) You can use samfirm.exe on PC to download the firmware for your model phone and CSC and use the latest Odin to update.
Use "Home-CSC" file to keep data intacted!
Warning DO NOT use "csc" file this DELETE DATA! (Or you
want to delete data.)
3) Use samfirm.exe to download the firmware for any CSC that's in that multi-CSC OXM that's listed in that thread I posted and latest Odin.
Use "Home-CSC" file to keep data intacted! This will keep
your CSC the same!
Warning DO NOT use "csc" file this DELETE DATA! (Or you
want to delete data.)
Now you might need to Odin everytime the new update or you might be lucky and you'll get the OTA.
I have the N950F in Canada and I get OTA update here, maybe because my 3 csc code is XEU/XEU/XEU(your will be different! )(because the multi-CSC oxm doesn't support my carrier csc so it stays default XEU/XEU/XEU. )
Your case maybe different so I would get used to using Samfirm.exe and Odin to update your phone.
Or you can always wait and see if you get the OTA, your choice!
If you don't have the OXM or do you can go to
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-note8/SM-N950F/
To look what country the CSC belongs to (CSC in this case is the 3rd spot in this eg. XEU/XEU/XEU)
Eg XEU is UK/Ireland
XSG is United Arab Emirates

Hi,
I had exactly the same issue; bought a Note 8 on ebay last year (also in mint condition) - it's a Dual SIM model also. But mine had not had a security update since March 2018. Like you I contacted Samsung support and was told that there isn't anything they can do. One suggestion was to send the phone to its country of origin so that it can pick up security updates OTA - not really an option for me...
I bit the bullet today and followed the procedure set out by BluePhnx. The whole process took about 1 hour. I was taking my time because I have never attempted anything similar before. Everything worked great and I now have Android Pie with Samsung One UI More importantly the security version is March 2019. All my apps and data are intact and S-Pen continues to work great.
Thanks BluePhnx for the guide.
Best,
TB

Unable to update to Android 10

I bought unlocked galaxy s10 ATT variant from ebay. Everything works fine but I am unable to update it to Android 10 ( Current Version is Android 9) For some reason software button shows red and white icon and reset settings are disabled. How do I update it to Android 10 and enable reset settings?

I'm wondering if you're phone wasn't previously flashed with another firmware. What does your software version show, that may give you a clue if you're actually running original firmware.

You can always flash the latest firmware with ODIN. Of course with it being AT&T firmware it's hard to find and found mostly only on pay sites.

Questions regarding my Galaxy Note 8

Hello!
A few days ago i purchased a "new" galaxy note 8 on ebay. the offer said that it would be a N950F. So does it say in the settings.
After setting up the phone I tried to update the phone to the newest firmware via the OTA option in the settings.
Just to see the following message
"Your current software version isn't supported. visit a service center."
Current version: n950fxxu4dsd1/n9500zzh4dsd/n950u5dsd3
Security patch level: March 1, 2019
So I tried to flash a newer stock firmware via odin which didn't work either cause it would either get stuck while initializing or fail after establishing a connection.
I dug a bit deeper and installed PHONE INFO SAM from the playstore to see what's up with this phone.
This is what I found out so far:
BL: N950USQU7DSK3
PDA: N950FXXU4DSD1
CSC: N9500ZZH4DSD1
On top of everything it says in the settings that the phone is a SM-N950F which is a european version of the phone which uses an exynos processor.
But this phone according to Phone Info Sam is a SM-N9500 which uses the msm8998 wich is the snapdragon 835.
So the settings say it is a N950F but in reality it is a N9500.
What does this all mean and what should I do with this phone?
Get a refund?
Can i change the csc somehow and flash a european firmware?

Try changing just the csc with odin. See if that works. Then check for the update. Hope that helps.

I'd return it. As you may have been sold a frankenstein unit made with miss match Note 8 parts.

HoAEng said:
Hello!
A few days ago i purchased a "new" galaxy note 8 on ebay. the offer said that it would be a N950F. So does it say in the settings.
After setting up the phone I tried to update the phone to the newest firmware via the OTA option in the settings.
Just to see the following message
"Your current software version isn't supported. visit a service center."
Current version: n950fxxu4dsd1/n9500zzh4dsd/n950u5dsd3
Security patch level: March 1, 2019
So I tried to flash a newer stock firmware via odin which didn't work either cause it would either get stuck while initializing or fail after establishing a connection.
I dug a bit deeper and installed PHONE INFO SAM from the playstore to see what's up with this phone.
This is what I found out so far:
BL: N950USQU7DSK3
PDA: N950FXXU4DSD1
CSC: N9500ZZH4DSD1
On top of everything it says in the settings that the phone is a SM-N950F which is a european version of the phone which uses an exynos processor.
But this phone according to Phone Info Sam is a SM-N9500 which uses the msm8998 wich is the snapdragon 835.
So the settings say it is a N950F but in reality it is a N9500.
What does this all mean and what should I do with this phone?
Get a refund?
Can i change the csc somehow and flash a european firmware?
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Return the phone ASAP it's not "new" it's using a bunch of random different hardware parts from several different phones and you'll never be able to update it or anything else. Not worth it.
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soyuz4u said:
Try changing just the csc with odin. See if that works. Then check for the update. Hope that helps.
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Changing the CSC unfortunately won't help anything because the phone was put together using a bunch of different parts from a few different phones hardware parts. They'll never be able to flash any firmware updates or anything else.

Mr Mike is spot on. This is why if I buy from Ebay I ask seller to send pics of about phone. Send that Frankenstein thing back.
Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk

HoAEng said:
Hello!
A few days ago i purchased a "new" galaxy note 8 on ebay. the offer said that it would be a N950F. So does it say in the settings.
After setting up the phone I tried to update the phone to the newest firmware via the OTA option in the settings.
Just to see the following message
"Your current software version isn't supported. visit a service center."
Current version: n950fxxu4dsd1/n9500zzh4dsd/n950u5dsd3
Security patch level: March 1, 2019
So I tried to flash a newer stock firmware via odin which didn't work either cause it would either get stuck while initializing or fail after establishing a connection.
I dug a bit deeper and installed PHONE INFO SAM from the playstore to see what's up with this phone.
This is what I found out so far:
BL: N950USQU7DSK3
PDA: N950FXXU4DSD1
CSC: N9500ZZH4DSD1
On top of everything it says in the settings that the phone is a SM-N950F which is a european version of the phone which uses an exynos processor.
But this phone according to Phone Info Sam is a SM-N9500 which uses the msm8998 wich is the snapdragon 835.
So the settings say it is a N950F but in reality it is a N9500.
What does this all mean and what should I do with this phone?
Get a refund?
Can i change the csc somehow and flash a european firmware?
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If your BL is N950U then its a US model phone. The other stuff was just able to be flashed because of my root method on the N950U so thats why pda and csc don’t match. The phone can be flashed with any V7 US firmware. Then you can root from there or whatever you want
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Galaxy Note 9

So I brought a galaxy note 9 renewed fro. Amazon during the xmas holidays. The phone is running android 10 one Ui 2.0. And unwanted to update to 2.5 and update the security level from March 2020. The phone said it's running the latest software, when I plug it into my PC and run smart switch theres no update available for it. Any help would be appreciated

Samsungs have another way of installing firmware via PC called Odin.
You can find Odin on google (or even here in XDA by searching) and the steps would be as follows:
->Install Samsung USB drivers from their site
->Download your phone's firmware from sites like sammobile, samfrew or use something like frija to download it
->Boot the phone into download mode and connect to PC
->Start loading up the necessary files in Odin
->Flash
->Profit
I would look up a video on Youtube to be on the safe side, there are quite a few that tell you how to flash firmware with Odin, I'm pretty sure you'd also be able to find a tutorial specifically for the Note 9

I was sceptical about it because last Time I used Odin I got a failed at the end and didnt want to brick the phone

Android 10