We know that ODIN can install international software on devices including US unlocked models of the Note 8. I am wondering if it might be possible to install firmware from another variant, such as the SM-N9500, via ODIN and unlock the bootloader from there. TWRP could be installed by rooting via SamFAIL or via another method to prevent the tripping of KNOX. After that, a custom ROM could be installed.
However, I am worried that by doing this, the SM-N950U1 (or conceivably any US Note 8 with CDMA support) may lose support for Verizon and Sprint.
I would try this out on my own, however my SM-N950U1 is the only phone that I have, I've never used ODIN, and I'm on Verizon.
Syberkonda said:
We know that ODIN can install international software on devices including US unlocked models of the Note 8. I am wondering if it might be possible to install firmware from another variant, such as the SM-N9500, via ODIN and unlock the bootloader from there. TWRP could be installed by rooting via SamFAIL or via another method to prevent the tripping of KNOX. After that, a custom ROM could be installed.
However, I am worried that by doing this, the SM-N950U1 (or conceivably any US Note 8 with CDMA support) may lose support for Verizon and Sprint.
I would try this out on my own, however my SM-N950U1 is the only phone that I have, I've never used ODIN, and I'm on Verizon.
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This is not the correct place to ask questions. This is for development only. I have flagged a moderator to move it to the correct Q&A section. Please bare this in mind for any future posts.
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This is not the correct place to ask questions. This is for development only. I have flagged a moderator to move it to the correct Q&A section. Please bare this in mind for any future posts.
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Please allow forum moderators to take care of this thread and refrain from overstepping your bounds.
plainSpeaker said:
Please allow forum moderators to take care of this thread and refrain from overstepping your bounds.
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We don't have time to look at each individual subforum for every single device out there.
Without eagle eyed users reporting mistakes like this, the forum would be a mess.
The user was well within his rights to report the thread for it to be moved to the correct section and we are grateful to him for bringing it to our attention.
Please refrain from discouraging users from reporting threads because you think they are 'overstepping'.
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OK I know this should be in the question section, but this section gets more traffic.
Has anyone checked the S4 Bootloader unlock methods with the new update from ATT
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joeclark said:
OK I know this should be in the question section, but this section gets more traffic.
Has anyone checked the S4 Bootloader unlock methods with the new update from ATT
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There are no S4 bootloader unlock methods, so there's nothing to try.
Then why can you install Cyanogen Mod on the AT&T S4? At least I thought you could. I'll do more research. I am just really wanting CM11 on my phone.
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joeclark said:
Then why can you install Cyanogen Mod on the AT&T S4? At least I thought you could. I'll do more research. I am just really wanting CM11 on my phone.
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You cannot install CM on the AT&T S4 (i337), the bootloader is locked. There was a point over a year ago where there was an exploit for the bootloader that would allow you to install any ROM known as Loki. But that was patched with the very first update AT&T pushed out. There are very few people who still have that version.
The S4 Active was released after that vulnerability had been patched, so there was never a version of the Active where you could install custom ROMs.
If you want an unlocked bootloader, buy an international version of the phone you want, never buy a phone branded by either AT&T or Verizon. You're only other option with the i537 is to install SafeStrap, you will be able to install TouchWiz-based custom ROMs, but no CM and no AOSP.
Hey guys,
One of the main reasons I always want to root my phone, is not so I can customize the look and feel of it. My main reason is so I can have Xposed framework on it. I had xposed on my first rooted phone (verizon galaxy s5) and I loved it.
Later I got a verizon samsung galaxy s7 and unfortunately they could not crack that nut so there never was a version of xposed compatible with my s7.
Well now I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (snapdragon) and thanks to samfail I can easily root my phone but is there no version, whether official or unofficial of xposed available or under development for this phone? Or does the locked bootloader prevent it from ever becoming a reality? Thanks guys.
TRexombo said:
... Well now I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (snapdragon) and thanks to samfail I can easily root my phone but is there no version, whether official or unofficial of xposed available or under development for this phone? Or does the locked bootloader prevent it from ever becoming a reality? Thanks guys.
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I don't have this device but, have you tried performing a search (or posted this question) within the following area of the forum that's specific to your device?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8
XPosed only requires a properly rooted device and not an unlocked bootloader because it doesn't affect the bootloader of a device.
I did notice on one or two threads regarding the Magisk XPosed working as well for your device.
Good Luck!
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Thank you ibuprophen. I will look into those threads.
Hello All,
It has been a while since I returned back to the forms and seems kinda hard to find the path. . . .
Is this the right place for Samsung note 9 Tmobile? if not, can someone please point me to the correct forums for the T-mobile users who has the Samsung Note 9 Smartphone.
I see a lot of threads for Verizon and ATT and I don't want to be in the wrong place.
Like everyone else, I want to dig into the threads and root my Note 9.
serendipityguy said:
Hello All,
It has been a while since I returned back to the forms and seems kinda hard to find the path. . . .
Is this the right place for Samsung note 9 Tmobile? if not, can someone please point me to the correct forums for the T-mobile users who has the Samsung Note 9 Smartphone.
I see a lot of threads for Verizon and ATT and I don't want to be in the wrong place.
Like everyone else, I want to dig into the threads and root my Note 9.
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Yes this is the correct place, the threads aren't broken up by carrier anymore also unless you have the Exynos version (which I assume you do not because you said that's on T-Mobile) Root is not available for the Snapdragon variant and I believe it hasn't been since the Galaxy S7?
BigMosely said:
Yes this is the correct place, the threads aren't broken up by carrier anymore also unless you have the Exynos version (which I assume you do not because you said that's on T-Mobile) Root is not available for the Snapdragon variant and I believe it hasn't been since the Galaxy S7?
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The Note8 had root... I had a SD Note8 and used the Samfail method to root.
serendipityguy said:
Hello All,
It has been a while since I returned back to the forms and seems kinda hard to find the path. . . .
Is this the right place for Samsung note 9 Tmobile? if not, can someone please point me to the correct forums for the T-mobile users who has the Samsung Note 9 Smartphone.
I see a lot of threads for Verizon and ATT and I don't want to be in the wrong place.
Like everyone else, I want to dig into the threads and root my Note 9.
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acctualy, the forum is not wrong but your phone is.
so if you thought about rooting it, then you bought the wrong note 9 model.
serendipityguy said:
Hello All,
It has been a while since I returned back to the forms and seems kinda hard to find the path. . . .
Is this the right place for Samsung note 9 Tmobile? if not, can someone please point me to the correct forums for the T-mobile users who has the Samsung Note 9 Smartphone.
I see a lot of threads for Verizon and ATT and I don't want to be in the wrong place.
Like everyone else, I want to dig into the threads and root my Note 9.
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Yup! You're in the right place! However, there is no root for the US Note 9s with the Snapdragon processor. Only the international versions have unlockable bootloaders and/or root. But the problem with an international version is no warranty and you won't have as great of a signal due to differences in supported radio bands and lack of carrier aggregation. Though some people in the US have had luck with them.
Also once you unlock the bootloader and root, you break Knox, which is permanent. Once that happens you'll never have Samsung Pay, Secure Folder, etc...again.
PsiPhiDan said:
The Note8 had root... I had a SD Note8 and used the Samfail method to root.
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The Note 8 HAD root. Samfail was patched long ago when Oreo came out. The developer of Samfail said it was impossible to root the Note 8 now.
bober10113 said:
acctualy, the forum is not wrong but your phone is.
so if you thought about rooting it, then you bought the wrong note 9 model.
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Yeah, but he'll lose carrier aggregation, so poorer signal strength, and US Warranty. And once rooted, Samsung Pay, etc.
What I want to do, but not in any specific order
Glad I made it here!!!
Thanks for the reply everyone who chimed in.
Here we go again with the no "root" from the 7 edge to this . . .
T-Mobile had this promotion that was hard to pass up so I upgraded.
What I want to do, but not in any specific order
Root
De-Bloat the bundled apps that I will not use
Install recovery tools
Install backup tools (need root)
Pimp out the kernel
It take me awhile to navigate around XDA to look for these tools and such.
I have never used Samsung Pay nor am I onboard with that service.
If anyone knows where I can find some of these tools, please don't hold back because it will take me awhile to get started.
Thanks Again!
serendipityguy said:
What I want to do, but not in any specific order
Root
De-Bloat the bundled apps that I will not use
Install recovery tools
Install backup tools (need root)
Pimp out the kernel
Thanks Again!
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appart from using adb to disable packages, none of the above list is possible without root.
nothing has changed regarding if the device is unrootable then these things aren't possible.
serendipityguy said:
Glad I made it here!!!
Thanks for the reply everyone who chimed in.
Here we go again with the no "root" from the 7 edge to this . . .
T-Mobile had this promotion that was hard to pass up so I upgraded.
What I want to do, but not in any specific order
Root
De-Bloat the bundled apps that I will not use
Install recovery tools
Install backup tools (need root)
Pimp out the kernel
It take me awhile to navigate around XDA to look for these tools and such.
I have never used Samsung Pay nor am I onboard with that service.
If anyone knows where I can find some of these tools, please don't hold back because it will take me awhile to get started.
Thanks Again!
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Uh....
YOU
CAN'T
ROOT
THIS
PHONE.
Root is not possible. Root will not be possible. You bought a phone that can't and won't be rooted. The developer of Samfail said it was impossible.
You can't have root.
Just in case you want to root the T-Mobile Note 9...you can't.
Ok, no one has provided a root or cooked a Kernel . . .
Are there any rooted roms that were baked?
Silly to ask, but are there any pure android roms for this Note 9?
serendipityguy said:
Ok, no one has provided a root or cooked a Kernel . . .
Are there any rooted roms that were baked?
Silly to ask, but are there any pure android roms for this Note 9?
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I'm not sure why you're so confused. The bootloader can be unlocked. So no custom ROMs. NONE. There is no root and never will be.
What you're asking is impossible.
serendipityguy said:
Ok, no one has provided a root or cooked a Kernel . . .
Are there any rooted roms that were baked?
Silly to ask, but are there any pure android roms for this Note 9?
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Are you high?
hello to all, im having samsung sm-n960u device, sim unlocket from at&t, currently it is located in europe, working with sim card of my country carrier, long strory short, id like to ask can this device be oem unlocket in order to boot-unlocking it (not sure if its bootlocket, but pretty much i think it is) and then to flash it with new\newest firmware available ? Im trying to flash the device thats my goal
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hello to all, im having samsung sm-n960u device, sim unlocket from at&t, currently it is located in europe, working with sim card of my country carrier, long strory short, id like to ask can this device be oem unlocket in order to boot-unlocking it (not sure if its bootlocket, but pretty much i think it is) and then to flash it with new\newest firmware available ? Im trying to flash the device thats my goal
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Hell0 guys & gals,
With all the information floating around everywhere about the snapdragon on S10e, i need advice from good samaritans and talented modders from the XDA community, to avoid screwing up my toy! .. or Lucille will get through it ...
So, here it goes: what is the safest method to root the S10e G970U snapdragon?
Thanks!
puss2puss said:
Hell0 guys & gals,
With all the information floating around everywhere about the snapdragon on S10e, i need advice from good samaritans and talented modders from the XDA community, to avoid screwing up my toy! .. or Lucille will get through it ...
So, here it goes: what is the safest method to root the S10e G970U snapdragon?
Thanks!
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Questions belong in the Questions and Answers subforum. As a courtesy, I have moved your post. Please ensure you post in the appropriate sections.
An unlocked bootloader is required for root, and Samsung Snapdragon devices are typically not bootloader unlockable.
Enable Developer Options; do you see OEM Unlocking?
hi and thanks for the reply,
Unfortunatly nope... no OEM unlocking..
Since it's already unlocked, i guess it's only carrier unlocked and not factory unlocked, is that right?
I think theres no other way to flash a custom rom, other then by rooting it first, right? or is there other methods without rooting it?
on that thread, lots of discussion about it, and they claim its now possible to unlock snaps https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/snapdragon-root-legit.3966208/#post-84715421
As replied on that thread, there was a root process for older BL versions. Current/updated phones cannot be rooted at this time. If you do root an older BL, you were also stuck at that level - you could not patch or upgrade to newer versions (OS or security patch levels).
Check out the first reply on the second page of the thread you linked..