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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
Sigh. Just discussing different options. I'm not going to stop until I am able to get a working root for these phones. Like there are things I do that absolutely require root. And carrying my second phone on me is a hassle for such specific uses. Wouldn't mind if there was a proper working android to android mirror/control app.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tigerhoods:
No

my phone auto downloaded verizon apn i can upload it im on xac and verizon is my apn
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fibrizo:
I dunno which ones you are referring to, it's stock GS8 with no bloat at all. Settings menus seem normal

It does because I think omcnw_code.dat and prodcode.dat and salescode were not changed. Not sure if these have to change as well
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
I found newer factory binaries files if anyone wants to purchase and see: https://easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=search&b=g950u
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TimelessPWN:
I don't think they will be any different just the latest updates but if anyone wants to purchase them and find out be my guest :) ^^
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ashyx:
Surely that comment wasn't serious? :eek:

Do you have any idea the kind of encryption that the bootloader uses and the amount of Power let alone the amount of time it would take to decipher it? Not in this lifetime.

Samsungs bootloaders are probably the most secure in the world. The industry and corporations all over the world rely on it. If it was even half way possible don't you think it would be posted everywhere?

What would you think it would mean to Samsungs integrity and business as a whole if everyone of its devices suddenly became compromised by some dude with a couple of AMD cpu's running Linux. Really. :silly:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
If someone has access to GSM Clan can you please DM me. I have a few files that interest me.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] samman82:
Really? You read the recent articles on tizen and the 50+ doomsday flaws in the coding? It was assessed the coding was so bad that it looked like it had been handed to interns to write. And this is Samsungs flagship source code. Please, do go on about their integrity and infallible coding...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
we are talking about the S8 bootloader and samsung keys.. not to mention touchwiz ui not full blown Tizen..

fact of matter is yes there will be bugs but there hasnt been a bootloader exploit on Sammy for a very long time and to brute force the keys would take so long they wouldnt even be reoevant as we wouldnt get the keys for years and years as well as sammy i am sure isnt dumb enough to keep the same key for that long anyways
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] samman82:
Yea. Not trying to call you out. Just saying, after learning how shoddy they were with tizen, I don't trust anything they do right now. They have some serious catching up to do. They hung their rep on an os that is apparently so riddled with errors that it ranks among all amateur programming ventures, anywhere. That causes me to question anything they do.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] GSM CHEN:
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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] billydroid:
Lol..good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
You honestly have no idea what I do for a living. Lol. I'm a penetration tester. It's literally my job to break security measures. This is what companies pay me to do.

But I'm not going to run my way into Samsung's secure databases and leak the straight key to here or anything like that as it would obviously link directly back to me.

And again, it was bringing up options for us to try, because I require root for pentesting functions from my phone as well as other things. And I want to keep this s8. So pretty much any option there is, I will bring up to discuss as an option.

Don't be so dense and naive thinking you're Billy badass over here trying to call me out. K, thanks

This is what I was talking about earlier. Trying for a debug boot, but still requires getting one sadly

Lastly, there hasn't been a bootloader exploit in a long time partly because there hasn't needed to be [MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION]

But honestly you guys need to be more optimistic and think outside the box. None of this "it's too hard to even think about" crap. So many things in the rooting community have come from things people didn't think possible because of complexity. And yet someone went for it
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i wasnt calling anyone out haha.. what you mentioned has been discussed many times in the past and very knowledgeable ppl have shot it down.. is it impossible? definitely not but the encryption used isnt as novice as brute forcing say a WPS pin or someones password lol as Ashyx stated, if it was that easy it wouldve been done many times and we'd never have to have these threads as everyone with a solid PC could do this including terrorists and the NSA lol, there would be 0 phone security...

and theres always been the need to crack BL for certain carriers and now apparently all US carriers..

last BL we saw on Sammy get unlocked with vzw was the S4.. the Notrle 4 wasnt unlocked but beaups i think it was found a way to change the phone into a developer edition which was then unlocked..

we've only been able to get root here and there through exploits.... no unlocked BLs unless you had certain carriers and up until recently they have stopped allowing it on those devices as well..

we are thinking out of the box but security is tight on the S8 and it wont be easy by any means..

All that was implied is brute forcing is not a viable option considering the sheer amount of time itd take to brute force it is unreasonable so its best to look at other methods
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] GSM CHEN:
I wish you good luck
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
My main comment was towards Ashyx, not you. And when I have to brute force bigger encryptions, i dont use my personal work rig. I'm not going to say what rig I use, because it's not exactly legal, but you get the just. So I can't exactly use that machine without it again, leading back to me here.

This is frustrating and I'm dead tired lol. Staying up late every night trying to figure things out is taking a toll. I have people drinking out in my garage and I came inside really quick to grab something. 40 mins later I'm at the computer working on this haha

I've been working my way through some Samsung employees to try to get to someone that has access to the debug files. As a friend told me pretty much every developer working the Samsung phone sector has access to them
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pete4k:
Actually using brute force is not such a bad idea, but probably need to use distributed computing. If somebody could write a program to run on server and distribute processing to all of us, we could probably have thousands of computers running this (we must have few thousands S8 users on this board alone, who could donate computer time) and years of processing could easily turn into days.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
That isn't a bad idea. If you get those we can easily get an unlocked bootloader. Please keep trying. If you do it, there is a bounty.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] the_OZONE:
Where on earth is the G955U combination file lol I can't find it
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] meathammer386:
thank you everyone
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
Power... not a problem. I have friends with S8's that would help. We all have gaming computer, overclocked, with multiple GPUs. I could brute force it in 2 months myself. If we split it up we could probably crack it in a week. Or we could try to hire a hacker to try.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] martylavender:
Regardless if it could be done in a reasonable amount of time it would have been done. Since you are so sure about it why not spend your time doing it rather than sitting on here arguing about how long it would take. You obviously have the answer. Why don't you become the savior of the Galaxy community and crack this for everyone.

Oh wait. That's right. You can't.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
Can someone upload the rom for the Galaxy S8 plus which includes the pit file?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
You don't need the PIT, Odin grabs it from your phone automatically.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] underground9:
I tried flashing G950U1 with Odin 3.12.7 and prince comsy odin but both fail after file analisys
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
I know but my phone is displaying security error and I've tried flashing it with Odin many times using Odin. It says success but this keeps popping ing up
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
What did you flash lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
Probably gonna need a pit file at this point... idk
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
Is that what you flashed and then the phone ended up like this?

Also what exactly are those files, are the just stock or are they combination/eng firmware?

What carrier are you on?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
It's a demo galaxy s8 it was flashed to a unlocked us firmware and it was normal until I tried flashing the ENG boot now it's completely locked up and I can't get pass the error. TBH I had to screw up somewhere I doubt it was fully the ENG
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
So you tried flashing stock after this happened right?

Also which Odin are you using? Show me a picture of your Odin open
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] underground9:
guys i need help
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
Use the attached Odin instead, and flash stock from updato

View attachment Odin3_v3.12.10.rar
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] denson9874:
Based on the files in your screenshot, those are g955u files. If you have an S8, then you need g950u files.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
I have a s8+

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I will try now
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] denson9874:
Gotcha my bad. If you need the pit file, extract it from the CSC file.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
Didn't work :( guess my phone is a brick forever now

here is a youtube link for the process. Someome please help me. The video shows what I did and what happens at the end :( someone please help me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2-voUvIQl0&feature=youtu.be
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
You also used the userdata file with the Odin I gave you right?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
Yes
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
You said this was a Demo unit right?

You may have to find and flash Demo firmware on it. I don't know what else it could be, the phone is refusing the firmware and it being a Demo unit is the only obvious explanation.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
Could someone help me find the demo s8+ firmware? Maybe we can get them though Samsung server?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
Where did you get the phone from?

If you bought it as in official purchase then your best bet would be to warranty it and claim it happened randomly.

Although I don't see how you would officially buy a demo unit right now
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
Got it from eBay it was working great. But now I need to find the demo firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tigerhoods:
Hey i watched your video it says 0 succeed 0 fail you didnt flash anything- edit nm im an idiot
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
Odd I did flash it though
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
Found some info on Demo units, your phones OG model number is probably SM-G955XU

Here is a Demo phone running Phone Info app showing model number G950XU: https://imgur.com/gallery/uGvKS

Here is a "confidential" document probably meant for stores setting up Demo units: http://14.63.213.86//upload/2017/03/30/3/Setup_Guide_For_Galaxy_S8_RDU.pdf

I'll post more info if i find any

EDIT: Possibly found firmware for Demo unit: http://www.gsm-file.com/files/g950xusqu1aqd2android-70-9029

I couldn't find any for S8+, will keep digging

EDIT2: Possibly found S8+ firmware: https://easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=browse&b=category&id=25500

EDIT3: Found more info on Demo units, there are 4 models and their model numbers are: SM-G955X, SM-G955XN, SM-G955XC and SM-G955XU

Proof: https://www.thisisant.com/directory/galaxy-s8

EDIT4: WiFi certitification for Demo unit SM-G955XU: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3s_zjlHPxz9cTVlQkhvTExuRm8/view?usp=sharing
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] billydroid:
You're a good dude, seriously. I miss the way this place used to be.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
You clearly didn't read as to why it would be dumb for me to do so. It's highly illegal and if one got caught breaking into a company to use their supercomputer and casually post their work where they can be traced they would go to prison.

Could I do it? Absolutely. Could I do it without getting caught after posting it? Obviously not after talking about it in this thread it would come back to me.

Man all these Jr members with no actual helpful posts or aid in these forums going all out and being rude children. Is something in the air? Again, you're making yourself look dumb, not me. Use your early stages of membership to add value and help to the forums, not be all gung ho when you have no backing as to what you can even provide to this community.

And if you want to shoot all my ideas down being a ****, maybe try to do some work yourself. Help find root method, develop some mods, maybe a rom. Hell, even a how to thread for something. Anything at all. Then, maybe, just maybe, you can start criticizing someone that 1, actually works in the field and uses brute force attacks often. 2, actually does work in the development of Android

Like I'm literally, as I've stated twice now in this thread, just throwing any plausible idea out there because root is a necessity for me and helps tenfold in my job.

Rant over. Just irritated when random people come out of nowhere trying to be hot shots. Like has this guy ever even looked at an unpacked rom or touched java coding? Because if not, I'll just write it off as some kid that will be banned from the forums eventually
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] martylavender:
LOL. Wow man. Something sure did crawl up your butt.

Settle down. We're all having a good time. And I actually never shot any of your ideas down. I want a root for the S8 /+ as much as the next person. I am a developer and not some uneducated kid jumping in the conversation to waste thread space.

I get annoyed with half the retarded posts a lot of people throw up here. Especially when people clearly aren't reading or get demanding when they shouldn't.

So take a breath. We're good. I've got no beef with you.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
Guys can we stop with all the complaining/rant bull****.

Lets keep it on topic, and that is carrier switching and root.

Not someones behavior.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:
Switched to full XAA firmware using combination file and script in OP then flashed the latest XAA firmware with Prince latest Odin. Phone now shows as a 955U1 model #.

Very smooth, fast and you can delete/uninstall just about all off the bloatware. I don't see any volte options or wifi calling ect. Maybe those would become available if you flashed your user data seperatly but we won't know until someone tries.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] martylavender:
So this is just flashing a different firmware? Does this trip Knox? Do you lost SSPay?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gqukyo:
is there an option in stock camera app to disable shutter sound? I had that option on stock VZW firmware but once I got to XAA/XAA/VZW I no longer have that option.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] martylavender:
I have it in the Sammy camera app
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kcsevo:
Is your data working? I'm TMO and after flashing the debloat I can't see to have data when I'm not using wifi.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] b3@n:
Bingo.

This thread (and xda's mainstays who are just root fanboys instead of the actual developers who can be found elsewhere on this site) is laughable proof of how far behind a corporation's *concentrated* encryption/security tech the average hobbyist is.

I want this phone to be rooted, and it would be very useful to me. But the time wasted reading posts from a weeb with his anime avatar and talk of his advanced encryption breaking technique thanks to the power of dual gpu linux systems is ultra cringey. He's at least adapting, but have you noticed that within a single forum page it's gone from his gaming rig to his highly secure (to the point of illegality) work supercomputer that can apparently crack 256bit encryption within a few working days?

Insult his lack of understanding a couple more times and he'll be talking to us about his top secret qbit superposition crypto cracking warez.

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lmfao, you're such an angsty brat. Get punched in the face repeatedly until you can come back to the table and discuss things like an adult. Instead of talking to us about your top secret know-how, be mature and admit that there's a lot you don't know, and take time to educate yourself instead of talking nonsense. ******.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
Why are you still here? Lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
Dude you're potentially a life saver and I definitely appreciate the effort I will try this today. What's the best way to flash combinations files?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
theres only one way and thats through ODIN
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
Okay so is the combination file only one file? Where does it go?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
AP slot
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
Thank you I will try it later
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] underground9:
Can someone tell me how to flash G950U1? It always says fail after "setup connection", i've tried different versions of Odin
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] the_OZONE:
That's odd, data works perfect on TMO here
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cozmo85:
I used the modified ODIN and it flashed perfectly.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] underground9:
you mean prinnce comsy odin? What version? I am now on XAC, it was originally VZW, where did you download G950U1 from?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cozmo85:
https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-galaxy-s8/how-to/eng-boot-root-t3608353

All from the OP of this thread

Modified ODIN and G950U1 Firmware

Thats all I used from a stock tmobile s8

opened odin, put all 4 files into their places in odin from the g950u1 firmware. Click start and now have a non branded s8.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
True I will try and let you know
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Thread cleaned up.

You guys do realize talking off topic and turning off a developer to give you the required files isnt the purpose of the thread.

Please keep it on topic and keep the discussion related to the thread only.

Kindly read the XDA Ruleshttps://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81 #9 thoroughly.

Now lets stay focussed on discussion without going on any off topic.

Thanks! Hope I made myself clear!

Regards

Vatsal,

Forum Moderator.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
That's my apologies. Im overly dedicated and take offense to people that demean things that mean a lot to me.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
Same error message. I even tried a nand erase. I wonder what partition is identifying this
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
So is yours a RDU or LDU?

Is it a fully functioning phone besides all the demo stuff?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
It's a LDU
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] underground9:
Followed the procedure but still same error.... do i have to do something with engboot?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sheon849:
Does anyone have the stock firmware with no bloat for the s8+?

And good luck with your retail demo unit phone. Those phones are not meant to be sold and they actually belong to Samsung. Whoever sold it to you probably stole it or bought it from someone who took the device.

It will always run the demo software and your battery life with suck.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] miniminus:
s7 Active

bit of a long shot, but do you still have eng Nougat S7 active files ? ..

would you be willing to release those too ?

Cheers .. Mick ..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
lool
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sastone75:
By everything working properly does that mean wifi calling works as well as visual voicemail?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0idst4r:
If you want to run a hash cracker program on your computer for 80 years go ahead
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] raduque:
Anybody happen to have a source for the Verizon firmware?

Edit: Found it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheEndGame7:
I have the same device (SM-G950XU) and tried flashing EVERYTHING! Did the Nand Erase All in Odin. Tried Different versions of Odin. Even deleted some files from .tar.md5 files and reflashed them to see if that'll work...

Downloaded those USERDATA files awhile ago which are useless and got a refund! :D

Mostly all will flash Okay "Passed" w/ a Green light in Odin but, I will consistently end up stuck at this Blue Screen Error of Death!: "Security Error: This phone has been flashed with unauthorized software and is Locked, etc... etc..." no matter what I flash now...

if anyone can provide a way that'll bypass this message would be great! Otherwise stuck like chuck! lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0idst4r:
You can't flash RDU software on an LDU device
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheEndGame7:
When did I flash the Retail Demo Unit software onto a Live Demo Unit? I did flash Stock Official Firmware on the LDU.. But, that's what I've already stated! So, I don't understand how your comment helps at this point... Not trying to sound like a A hole but, I'm looking for solutions if any?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0idst4r:
"Everything" is a broad term, what's the name of the firmware you tried flashing?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheEndGame7:
ALL Free "G950U" Firmwares from the oldest to the newest.. and I searched and Never found any RDU firmware at all to flash...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0idst4r:
Only G950XU firmware will work
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheEndGame7:
lol, again.. I figured that much but, have yet to find that firmware anywhere... Thanks?