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[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] tormox10:
I'm correct in thinking that it won't stop apps like android pay working? Just when it's rooted that happens, is it not?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Niccolò Paganini:
Yes, I use my phone for work and business. Encryption is now mandatory for OEMs for a reason... Besides I've been running encrypted and rooted for ages (on GNU/Linux). I need to protect my privacy and my work and also documents and data which belog to or affect my contacts.

All iphones and almost Android phones are now coming with encryption enabled by default, since your first boot of the system, and for a good reason.

The question here is not if people need or want encryption or not. Some people want it and some people don't want it (or don't know the advantages of encryption or use their phones just for gaming and watch videos).

The question here is why posting a method of flashing a custom recovery and getting root that will brick your phone as soon as you re-enable a very important, default and mandatory feature: the encryption of the device.

And all this without a disclaimer that, at least, prevents users of bricking their phones by going to "Security" and tap on "Encrypt device".
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Bogemar:
Yes this is the latest firmware version. And I'm afraid to turn a smartphone into a brick. On past TWRP I had serious problems with turning on the smartphone and downloading.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] force70:
Most people on xda care more about root, twrp and roms than having encryption working. Your by far the minority here.

Encryption may be mandatory for you does not make it mandatory for all clearly.

We all know that you cant encrypt and have twrp and root so no need to post it.

Anyone who just blindly flashes things to their device without doing any research to understand the implications of doing so is not a very intelligent person.

For me I use 2 phones one for work which i dont modify and one for personal use which i will modify.

I dont know why more people dont do that because it allows the best of both worlds.

sent from my Note FE or S8 Plus
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] olvidado166:
Im on the lastest firmware and bootloader QH3 and odin fail when i install twrp. Why? OEM is ON

cheers from argentina! :D
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] callumbr1:
Samsung pay, Samsung pass, secure folder will be permanently be broken once TWRP is flashed. You can use android pay however if you flash magisk and root and use magisk hide to pass safety net.

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Which version of TWRP you flashing?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] kyzn:
Ah. I already gave up on rooting a phone I use for business. My work is very anal about security, the server denies access if the device is non compliant. That means no USB debugging, no root, no unknown sources - no fun allowed.

Which is idiotic because we have a web based email that can be accessed anywhere as long as I register an OTP to the server. ?

So much for the great minds of a international multi billion company.

And yeah, I think the use of mandatory is too strong when the majority unencrypts their device the moment they can for root. This is XDA nothing is more important and mandatory than root.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Niccolò Paganini:
You are right. Here nothing is more important than root. And I tend to share that vision.

But nothing is better than having root and encryption... :)

Well, I've been reading a lot and it seems we can run rooted and encryped if we have a custom recovery (like TWRP) AND a custom ROM...

It seems we just can't run rooted and encrypted if we are using a stock ROM or a stock recovery...

And, I also think that even if we use the stock ROM and have flashed TWRP and rooted our phones we can encrypt them as long as we don't reinstall or update the stock ROM or flash the stock recovery...

I've not tested it yet, but I hope I'm right. It would be great to run LineageOS rooted AND encrypted.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] infamousvincci:
Is there any rom for s8 exynos that has the OMS commit and stable? I asked in different threads already and cant find anything. Thanks!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] SuperSandro2000:
No
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] samteeee:
Would anyone know where I can find the "Stock Kernel"?

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] pendor24:
Hello

in a stock rom.

decompile the tar, select the boot. img and recompine in tar. and flash via odin.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] samteeee:
Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] keiloff:
hi all,

i bricked the s8+ by flashing the wrong TWRP-File. First i flashed "BL_G955FXXU1AQDG_CL11168760_QB13362118_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5" and wasn`t able to boot into recovery. the phone stuck at samsung logo and i booted back in download-mode.

i risked then flashing another twrp (what an idiot i´ve been) "openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-i9305.tar", which i used to repair my ols S3. When i tried to boot into recovery, a flashing readline ontop told me "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" and the phone tried to boot every second. i can reboot int downloadmode.

I´m aware that i made a big mistake flashing a bootloader instead a TWRP. I can boot into downloadmode only.

Is there a chance to bring my phone back?

PS: Thought i´m ready to root my phone but i am an newby.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
If you can boot into Download Mode - I'd Flash the CORRECT Stock Firmware with Odin and start over - Then Flash the CORRECT version of TWRP - You haven't "bricked" a Samsung if you can still get into Download Mode ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] keiloff:
Thanks for your fast reply. I thought that too a few minutes ago. i´ve dowloaded two firmware yesterday.

1. SM-G955FD_1_20170609082754_78hsd1le87_fac.zip

2. G955FOWA1AQCC_Recovery.zip

i am from germany and would install the first one. do you agree or do have any other idea?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
Go to sammobile.com and search for your Device and Carrier to find the correct Firmware for your device - I'm in Canada - But you HAVE to Flash the img.tar file with Odin - There's a link to the latest version of Odin on sammobile.com - There should ONLY be ONE CORRECT version of the Firmware for your device (other than there's older Firmware and you want the latest version). You have to EXTRACT the Stock Firmware that you Downloaded from sammobile.com. If you're unclear on how to do this - Search for YouTube videos.... BUT it seems that you should be more familiar with what you're trying to do ?

Then go to twrp.me and Search for the latest version of TWRP img.tar and Flash it with Odin as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] keiloff:
i verified the correct version, flashed the first one and booting right now. got it.....i am back again

thanks a lot my friend
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
Good to hear ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] billa:
force70 is correct, you can run it encrypted by not flashing the No-DMV file, you just won't have access to the data partition through TWRP, that's all. You can also consider moving sensitive files into an encrypted folder created by a third party app.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] vvv1vvv:
Help with TWRP on G955F

Having successfully rooted all my previous Samsung phones, I rooted the S8+ as well. Then I managed to break the screen (nothing to do with TWRP), phone went to Sammy for repairs, they decided to change the mobo as well for good measure.

Now I can’t get to install a custom rom at all. Odin reports fail - DeviceInfo.

I tried various versions of Odin, some older versions of TWRP as well, OEM unlock is ON, nothing does the trick. The phone boots into system straight after even if Odin has the reboot option deactivated. Kernel version AQH3.

Screen shots below. Any ideas please?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] force70:
Your screenshot is showing OEM unlock is off not on.

Theres your problem.

sent from my Note FE, S8 plus, or S6
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] vvv1vvv:
The screenshot shows OEM Lock: OFF

I tried FRP: ON and OEM Lock: ON just to to be sure and still no luck. Same output on Odin.

Any other causes?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] malukixda:
There is one solution of yours problem. I gues, you can't flash FW because "FAIL (DeviceInfo), yes?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] vvv1vvv:
That is the problem reported by Odin, not sure what it means or how to fix it.

Did anyone on AQH3 manage to install TWRP? Because another option is that the newer bootloader for ver. AQH3 is not supported by current TWRP (twrp-3.1.1-2-dream2lte.img.tar), could the OP kindly confirm if this is the case?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] malukixda:
You must do this:

The solution:

1. Go the the options tab in Odin, make sure "Auto Reboot" IS ticked.

2. Press "start", but as soon as you do, hold down Vol down+Bix+Power on your phone.

3. Odin will fail and your phone will reboot into download mode again, now press "Start" in Odin again, and your phone should flash without a problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] vvv1vvv:
Thank you very much Malukixda. After trying twice it worked.

This is described in the OP's guide, but I obviously didn't follow the instructions properly.

I've a custom rom installed already.

Thanks again for the advice and to Jesec for TWRP.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Interceptor777:
Is there anyway currently to run a custom ROM encrypted with Magisk and still use TWRP?

Like the OnePlus 5 can run custom ROM encrypted with root and it asks for your passcode everytime you enter TWRP so it is secure. Why doesn't the encryption on the Galaxy S8 support this?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] kyzn:
Because for some reason, encryption bricks the S8 when you use a custom recovery. It's probably an S8 thing as I also used to run my unlocked and rooted 6P encrypted.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Whitehart782:
Hi, excellent work. Can anyone tell me the pros/cons with the "Keep /system RO" part of the twrp activation steps please?

Edit....please disregard this as upon going over instructions, I realize that without this root will not work.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] falio:
Not work on my sm g950f :(
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] SuperSandro2000:
You can read? It worked you just need to reset your device.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] falio:
Yep. I reset the phone .. and recover is stock sam recovery
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] ChanceGPM:
Why do you have to do a wipe? Doesn't the phone wipe automatically if you try booting up anyway?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] mchtt:
Thanks, installed !
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] falio:
Phone automatically boot in to the Erase screen..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] mchtt:
https://youtu.be/WbFDv8Ii7PM follow each steps exactly, i did it a few hours ago first try G950F also.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] falio:
[MENTION=5307127]mchtt[/MENTION], again same...after succ flash recovery with odin phone boot to Erase screen.. maybe recovery not work on AQH3..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] force70:
Big difference between a wipe and a format
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
Yup ?

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Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] petrossa:
after multiple failed attempts to flash TWRP on my S8 enox (reflashed to stock and no problems) every time i try to flash TWRP in Odin i get 'FAILED' . After that the phone reboots normally but if i try to enter Recovery i get an error: NO COMMAND and the phone enters into standard Samsung recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
Are you using Odin 3.12.3 (minimum) to Flash TWRP img.tar on your S8 Exynos? Remember to Uncheck Auto Reboot as well.

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] petrossa:
i am using odin 3.12 (the latest i could find) i unchecked auto reboot. After flashing TWRP the device reboot to standard recovery after the warning NO COMMAND. In that recovery i can choose to reboot system and than it it reboots standard S8 samsung operating system
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
After Flashing the CORRECT version of TWRP img.tar with Auto Reboot Unchecked - Your device should remain in Download Mode until you Force the Reboot - Power + Volume DOWN - Quickly Switch to Power + Bixby +Volume UP to boot into TWRP Recovery... Is this what you are doing?

You shouldn't be getting Failed in Odin if you Flashed the correct version of TWRP.

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] petrossa:
i must confess the s8 is by no means an improvement to the s7 .Not only it lacks a hard home button but compared to between the 2 the screen of the s7 is superior to the s8. Who needs a on screen home button which freezes when the OS freezes? And even still, the resolution of the display is not even near what the human eye can discern. Its like the difference between a 4k television and a HD lcd screen. Can you see the difference?

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so this happens: I reboot my S8 enox to download mode. I start Odin odin 3.12. I load AP with the TWRP 3.1.1.2 dream2lte.img.tar... Odin shows com7 Blue as connected. I make sure that in Options Auto-reboot is disengaged . As soon as i click START in Odin immediately i get FAILED and the device reboots into standard Samsung OS or sometimes reboots to standard recovery where i can choose reboot system. When i do my device reboots standard Nougat and offers me upgrade to latest
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
If you have the Galaxy S8 (which you said in your first post) The correct version of TWRP is dreamlte and NOT dream2lte which is for the S8+

So the reason that Odin Fails immediately is because you are trying to Flash TWRP img.tar with the Wrong version for your device.

Sent from my SM-G955W ??

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@petrossa The screen is Awesome on the S8+ Did you change the Default Screen Settings to WQHD+? For some inexplicable reason Samsung ships the S8 / S8+ with the standard resolution instead of the Optimum resolution....Go to Settings - Display - Screen Resolution and slide it all the way to the Right.

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] uqrtml:
stuck on samsung logo

Hi,

i have 950f . i tried to install TWRP but my phone bricked. i install TWRP 3.1.1.2 dreamlte.img.tar with ODiN v3.12.3 . i see pass and green colour in odin and restart my 950f. but it stuck on samsung logo :confused::confused:

how i can open my phone?

Thnx for replies , sorry my bad english :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
Boot into TWRP Recovery - FORMAT Data (not wipe! - Format!) and You have to Type "Yes" - Google how to Flash TWRP img.tar on Galxay S8 Exynos - There's probably a helpful YouTube video on how to do this - And what else you need to do - ie: dm-verity or SuperSU that include dm-verity

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] uqrtml:
i cant open TWRP recovery. only open odin mode (power + volume down + bixby) ... cant open, cant shut down, cant open recovery :mad: :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
Press Power + Volume DOWN to Force Reboot - Then QUICKLY - Switch to Power + Bixby + Volume UP to Boot into TWRP Recovery.

It's always an excellent idea to read up on the process and even watch some How To YouTube videos - BEFORE you start - Then you can avoid getting mad & crying ?

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] uqrtml:
i cant open recovery again.. im triying recovery my phone with Samsung Smart Switch.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
Well if that doesn't work - But you can get into Download Mode - Go to sammobile.com and search for your Device and Carrier - Download the Stock Firmware from sammobile.com and Flash it with Odin 3.12.3 - You will likely lose everything on the internal storage - But hopefully you have already copied or saved everything you want to the external sd card (or your computer).

I don't know why you can't get into TWRP Recovery - Did you try to Flash the TWRP img.tar again?

But seriously - Watch a couple of How To YouTube videos and I'm sure that will help you.

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] sergionicr:
help Root attempt Galaxy S8+, touch screen unresponsive at TWRP﻿

reseult

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] force70:
Hahaha....omg thats funny.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Ausboy 2011:
as soon as you hit flash on the odin screen hold the correct buttond to launch into recovery. if you dont youll get the og android recoverys screen
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] uqrtml:
Yes,i had a back up. i tried to install TWRP twice with Odin 3.12.3... i watch a lot videos in youtube. i will try again to install TWRP now.

Thnx 4 ur replies:good:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
Did you Boot into TWRP Recovery and FORMAT Data - Type YES etc?

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] falio:
[MENTION=4351374]shaggyskunk[/MENTION] i can't join in twrp. I try to boot in twrp with hardware buttons, but recovery is stock sam recovery not twrp..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
If it were me - I'd Flash TWRP img.tar again with Auto Reboot Unchecked - When TWRP Flash gets PASS in Odin - I'd unplug the USB cable - Press Power +Volume DOWN to Force Reboot - As soon as the phone starts to reboot - Quickly Switch to Power + Bixby + Volume UP to boot into TWRP.... See if that works for you - OR - Did you follow the instructions in the OP below?

"

7. Open Odin and place that TWRP tar file in the [AP] slot.

8. Connect your phone.*

9. Hold [VOLUME UP] + [BIXBY] + [POWER] on your phone and then press start on Odin.*

10. Wait for the phone to reboot. DO NOT release [VOLUME UP] + [BIXBY] + [POWER] or you may not reboot into TWRP.

"

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] falio:
I will try that later :) tnx man

Edit: yep it workk.. im rootes now [emoji14]
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] petrossa:
I tried the latest TWRP IMG available for my S8 exynos. I ended up with a brick although there was no error loading the recovery img. I tried reflashing stock firmware after which i got a FAILED in odin. Odin told me i had no more PIT file. Only after reflashing PIT by very fast clicking on START and volume up in the download mode repeatedly for about 20 times (really fast) i regained access to download mode and could install stock firmware successfully.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] jamesbond_28_007:
I really hoped this would have worked for. I simply cannot get past the splash scream. Odin passes every time but it will not boot in to recovery. Tried holding the buttons down before during and after. I've only had my phone 30 minutes and it's already a brick!

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As an update to this, I just flashed the stock rom from sammobile using Odin and that passed - yet I am still stuck on the flash screen....

So right now I have access to download mode (at least that's something) and the splash screen which needs to forced to turn off (volume down PLUS power key.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
Ok - Now that you've Flashed the Stock Firmware - Boot into the Stock Recovery - Power + Bixby + Volume UP - Using the volume buttons - Navigate to Factory Reset - Press the Power Button to Execute the command - Scroll down to Cache and again use the Power Button to Execute the command - Hopefully your phone will Boot up to the Welcome Screen fingers crossed ?

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] jamesbond_28_007:
Thanks. Installing stock. By the way several md5 files are in the zip (AP, BL, CP, CSC, Home) Do I install via Odin one by one?

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Ok, I can answer that myself. The answer is yes so I had a partial rom only installed. I am now back in the stock home screen and will try this all again...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
AP goes in the AP Slot - BL in the BL Slot - CP in the CP Slot and HOME_CSC in the CSC Slot ?

Note - If you DON'T Select HOME_CSC It will Wipe your phone COMPLETELY ie: If you select just CSC and Not Home_CSC

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] jamesbond_28_007:
Thanks guys - all good now and new rom up and running. No idea why it wouldn't work the first time round but after reinstalling stock rom, it worked.

As an aside, I'm trying to get my old S3 back to stock. However the .zip file from sammobile once opened doesn't show an md5 file, just one .tar file. And inside that a load of files varying from .bin to .rfs so I don't know how it works with Odin (everything I try just hangs or fails)...Appreciate wrong forum for this but it is loosely related :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] shaggyskunk:
You're welcome - Google is your friend ?

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45563190

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[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] nacos:
SOLVED - Bluetooth loses paired devices after root/reboot.

Hi,

The Bluetooth on BOTH my phones (SM-G950F) keep loosing paired devices. It happens after every reboot.

Both phones work fine BEFORE installing TWRP (immediately after flashing a firmware through Odin), in the sense that, once paired, Bluetooth devices are saved and shown in a list until manually removed. After TWRP installation BOTH phones keep losing the paired devices, after every reboot.

I've tried everything under the sun but nothing works permanently. There are tons of complaints out there about this problem but I believe it can be narrowed down to this 2 possible causes:

- it starts after TWRP installation and/or rooting AND

- it occurs after every reboot thereafter

Edited: after many more tests, I've learned that:

- wiping Dalvik/Cache brings back the list of previously paired devices (and it keeps it on until next reboot), furthermore,

- restoring Baseband partition immediately after wiping Dalvik/Cache "restores" the paired devices even after reboot - UNLESS apps get updated from Google Play.

This drives me nuts!!! - any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Edited:

SOLVED

If,

during the initial setup of TWRP

, system modification ARE BEING allowed, the problem occurs due to the way the data partition gets wiped by TWRP.

If, on the other hand, the TWRP installation is performed WITHOUT allowing system partitions modifications, the data partition gets wiped the same way the original recovery does, and the problem is being avoided.

Note: if you have the same problem, you need to re-flash the firmware through Odin (all 4 files) and then

do a data wipe through the original recovery

. Next, come back to installing the TWRP but do NOT allow system partitions modification during the initial setup.

Phone: SM-G950F (AQH3)

CSC: XEU (UK & Ireland), used in Canada