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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] denson9874:
Sorry to hear that you are having trouble with it. I just have a few questions to help figure this out.

First, when you initially plugged your device into the PC, did you see the COM# in BLUE appear in the box?

Second, when you first attempted to flash and it hung on Setup Connection, did you reboot back into Download Mode before your second attempt?

Third, did you download the drivers from Samsung Support, and if so, what version was it?

Lastly, if you are able, can you navigate to Device Manager on your PC and look to see if, while your phone is still connected, your phone appears in the list of devices?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sillyphillie:
I have noticed in Windows 10 (If that is what you are on) you need to shut down any AV running. Seems to close the ports and hangs at Setup Connection. Shut down any AV and restart Odin.

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Does anyone know if you can get updates after you flash a carrier over XAC? I saw someone mentioned in a post earlier that they received an update. I have not (even mashing the button daily). I flashed XAC and then T-Mobile's Firmware after (Original Verizon Model BTW). I now have XAA/XAA/VZW. Will I not be able to update? I tried to flash the newest "E" firmware and it continuously fails. Do I maybe have to go back and flash XAC and then flash the T-Mobile "E" variant?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Is enabling the LTE bands permanent? I followed the steps listed in here a couple times to flash XAC, enable all bands, then flash VZW using the HOME CSC which leads to my current sw version being XAA/VZW/VZW. If I now put an AT&T sim in the phone and switch to GSM mode will I have all the bands active or did I "relock" the bands to Verizon's setup when I flashed the VZW firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] co.ag.2005:
I don't know the answer to your question, but have one of my own. Did you use these steps? I have a VZW S8 that I want to keep with Verizon, but want debloated/decarrier skin, etc. But I want my verizon to work like it should along with advanced calling.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Yes that is what I did. If I stay on Verizon this is certainly the setup I will use. HD Voice is active (LTE works on a phone call), Samsung Pay works, Samsung Cloud is there, device maintenance normal, etc. The only thing I can tell that is not available is WiFi Calling so that would be your downside.

I asked my question cause I'll likely be switching to AT&T and am not sure if this setup is ready for AT&T or if I need to reflash different firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] co.ag.2005:
gotcha, thanks! I don't use Wifi calling, just the other features you mentioned. Do you know if you can got back to all Verizon just by flashing the verizon files? or are you stuck on XAA until someone comes up with another solution?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
lol.. theres a reset button right next to the start button in Odin...

If you plugged your phone in, put phone into download mode and attempted to start it but it failed somewhere you need to reset everything and start over or else it will just sit there.. so start fresh after each failed attempt.. in this i mean:

1: Unplug phoke from PC

2: Press reset in ODIN or close it completely and reopen it

3: reboot phone back into download mode, it must be rebooted.. if you have any download started or see a white progress line you MUST TURN IT OFF AND REBOOT BACK INTO DOWNLOAD MODE or it will just completely hang and do absolutely nothing

4: Once above steps are done plug phone back into PC and start it again with whatever your flashing as soon as you see the blue com port light up
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Triforce1001:
When flashing using odin, there was some file named carrier that I saw in the log. Don't know if this helps or anything or if this is useless, just trying to help
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] docgizmo:
Being another person new to all of this converting from a long time "iDoc" user to "sDoc" user :) and after reading 80+ pages of this thread I'm starting to understand concept/procedures on how this all works. I do need a little help / clarification on carrier switching. I have a new S8 on Verizon but I have T-Mobile as my carrier. I want to use T-mobile of course. I see that flashing the XAC firmware seems to be the way to go. If I do that, can someone tell me if all the T-mobile services (mms, vms, txt, wifi calling, lte, etc.. ) work or will i be loosing certain things. Or is the recommended way to flash XAC then flash certain things (in Odin) with TMS? Thanks for helping a "new" guy out..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fred_yo:
Its ready for ATT, Im using XAC firmware... but if you want hd voice you may need the AT&T CSC FILE...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] webdork:
How do you choose which firmware you want since it's one single md5 file?

and does it require an fdr before the flash?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sniper7kills:
Rename the file to .md5.tar.gz and extract it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
you can just flash the .md5, the .tar in it is extracted and converted in ODIN.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sniper7kills:
Absolutely; I just assumed they were looking for the CSC or HOME CSC files.

Otherwise their question doesn't really make sense to me as as long as they downloaded the correct firmware there would be no issue or question of if its the correct one.

Simply an example (I'm 100% new to this as its my first Samsung),

Wouldn't flashing the XAC .md5 file; followed by flashing the VZW .md5 file be a mute point? seeing the VZW firmware in the .md5 format would just overwrite everything from the XAC file.

If one was trying to simply factory restore, or just 100% cross carrier the .md5 file as itself being flashed would be fine.

But as I said 100% new here, not really sure whats going on.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
You shouldn't have VoLTE or WIFI calling any way since you're using a VZW phone on T-Mobile. If you flash the Canada firmware, I don't believe it'll enable those features either since it's not T-Mo firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] webdork:
But the file in the first post is that the xac file? and it said it doesn't have the play store...

furthermore did you guys do a factory reset before flashing?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
the file in op is a factory binary image which isnt used for carrier switching and is not the xac firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
As far as I know you can always Odin flash back to stock if you mess anything up. Maybe someone who knows more will correct me but that is my understanding.

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Can I just flash the AT&T HOME CSC file over the XAC firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
I flashed the XAC firmware to the VZW S8 Plus I picked up yesterday for use on T-Mobile. Nice to have no bloatware. If we ever have the ability to flash the T-Mo firmware I'll be happy so I can have VoLTE but it's not bad since it just drops down to 4G on calls.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fred_yo:
Yes but you need the csc from att, ill been looking for that file for a while without luck, remember the csc is not the same as the user data file
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
There is an AT&T firmware on Updato which is where I got the XAC firmware. It is the QC9 version though whereas the XAC version is QDE but aren't CSC's universal?

In the AT&T QC9 firmware there is a regular CSC, HOME CSC, and USERDATA_ATT. Which one would I flash in Odin?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fred_yo:
Yes. But the firmware in updato is for the S8+...

And you need both firmware be the same build..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tnick84:
Question: if i flash XAC and tmo csc will i still get tmo firmware updates?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0idst4r:
It's not an md5 file, it's a tar but the ".md5" at the end makes odin check the md5.

Also note that flashing it will automatically wipe data including internal storage. Also it's not really worth flashing.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Oh sorry yeah I'm on an S8+ there just isn't a good discussion for this in that forum and mostly everything is the same. So when the AT&T QDE version is posted somewhere would I flash the HOME CSC or USERDATA ATT in the CSC slot in Odin?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fred_yo:
Yes...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
csc is not the same as the userdata file lol.. a typical tar will have ap bl cp csc home_csc and userdata partitions..

i believe the home csc is the carrier specific csc.. the userdata has been extracted and i thought i saw someone say it didnt contain much outside of some carrier specific apps n other files

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csc partition goes in csc slot in odin.. userdata partition goes in userdata slot.. i do not believe you need to odin the userdata at all
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fred_yo:
Yes... you right sir my bad... thanks for the correction..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shuthefrontdoor:
I dono if this helps u but

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8+/development/utility-flashable-csc-selection-v1-0-0-t3605264 looks like att csc is floating around, I saw another member pm tk the att csc in hos batstock thread

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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fred_yo:
interesting, thanks....
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bricky23:
Did you find out why yours doesn't have the "Service provider SW Ver. " ? Because mine doesn't either. It is just like the pictures that you uploaded. No XAC/VZW/VZW or anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:
.

I didn't and it updated OTA and it's still the same. I did flash with my sim tray removed, not sure if that has to do with it or not.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bricky23:
Same here, flashed without sim in.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Whanksta:
I flashed xac with Sim in it, no such info as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] PieceofSlice:
I've been watching this thread for quite a while and while I see that carrier switching is helpful, does it pertain to root at all?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Skyrocket2Paradise:
no. root doesnt apply to this at all. Just flashing official unmodified samsung firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] PieceofSlice:
That's what I thought...

Is anyone working on root out of curiosity?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cuz_Murica:
More than likely. But probably a long time until if ever root is acheived IMO
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bestlands:
Where would I find the t mobile version of the CSC file and if i just flash it, would everything just work normally or some additional steps needed.

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So if for example I have the s8+ on att version right now, I flashed the Canadian XAC file for the phone but want to switch t mobile soon, i still want to stay on the XAC not bloatware version of the phone, how would I get Volte and HD voice on that canadain firmware. And do you think ill be able to retain good singal on att for at least a few more months( I understand with att sim I won't get any benefits) thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Heavenly_Abyss2016:
I doubt that there is going to be root, and just looking at threads, it seem less and less likely root will be achieved. A lot of speculations, but nothing to show root will come. As I am not in the position of buying a phone, I hope my father researches rootable phone and stop buying the garbage known as Samsung. I will have to say this the next time I can get a new phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] 954wrecker:
Nobody in this thread has any clue how to root a phone without following a tutorial. Almost nobody in this thread has any clue how to change a T-Mobile phone to Sprint phone or an ATT phone to a T-Mobile version. This thread is pretty much useless.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Heavenly_Abyss2016:
The thing is there is zero proven ways to root Snapdragon S8, and some of us aren't interested into trying to change carrier version. If you can root Snapdragon S8, please let me know so I wouldn't dread this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] PoLoMoTo:
This is correct, there do tend to be zero ways to root a phone while people are working finding a root method. Its a shocker I know.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bricky23:
Did you flash home csc? I only flashed non home. Never home maybe that's the difference. Later today I will do a factory reset and see what happens.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] denson9874:
Thanks that really helps and contributes to the overall goal that we are attempting to accomplish here. Might I suggest one thing, take it or leave it, but as Senior Member of this forum, take a moment to reflect on the effectiveness of your post before posting. Only a suggestion...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Whanksta:
I first flashed with home, but couldn't access service mebu. Then I flashed it with non home and now everything is perfect.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] 954wrecker:
No offense taken. I've read all the posts, including all of mine AND especially yours, they are useless and a huge waste of time.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] denson9874:
I appreciate your feedback regarding the assistance that's been given to fellow members of this forum and threads. I will apply this feedback going forward. Any additional comments or concerns you would like to provide regarding my performance of being a valued contribution to the forum can be addressed via PM to discuss ways to improve.

Being professional and courteous to others contribution and input promotes growth, whereas, negative opinions and destructive criticism only hinders it. But, in an effort to mitigate negativity, I would implore that you refrain from posting such ineffective comments to an otherwise flourishing environment.

Thank you for you consideration regarding this matter.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] 954wrecker:
Please never PM me or quote me in the future. If you dont like my opinions simply ignore them and move on.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] aloknm:
grabs popcorn
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
for the sake of being professional and being an RC i have edited my post as it was a bit too passionate..

we should simply ignore those trying to kill the thread with negativity and continue discussions on carrier switching and root..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
You wouldn't get it on XAC firmware. I'm using a VZW S8+ flashed with XAC firmware on T-Mobile, no VoLTE or wifi calling
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fibrizo:
Practice what you preach. If you didn't like someone's comment on your pointless remarks, move on. And don't bother replying, I happen to check on the thread because I'm waiting to see if the full unlocked U rom will leak early, I'm pretty sure I will never see your reply anyways, nor would it remotely concern me in anyway now that I've said my piece.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] webdork:
Does anyone have a link for the xac files?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Skyrocket2Paradise:
So has anyone successful returned to 100% carrier stock? I've been following this and haven't been able to see an example. In my instance I have an att phone. I'm interested in going xac with the att CSC to still get the att features. However I'd only do this if I know it's possible to return to 100% stock att fw. Also I saw a link floating around of an Odin with the ability to flash user data but haven't seen anyone mention actually using it. Does it actually work?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bricky23:
updato.com Download from here.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TechBSwift:
Bro you've been around a long time, why you wasting your time entertaining non sense lol. I can't say this about everyone but you're better than that. I stop responding when people started asking how to flash odin.... No disrespect to those who don't know, however odin has been around for at least 15 different model samsung phones, a simple goggle search would explain. ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] highaltitude:
So... After all this thread, what is it that is really gained from this? Why would one want to do this. Certainly if there was root I could understand. But we don't?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] 954wrecker:
Nope no root you still have a POS samsung a very expensive POS samsung
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hazmad:
The hardware on my S8+ is great. The sw is ****ty. This is my first Samsung phone. HTC hasn't kept pace
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
Because this thread is also about carrier switching and there are many reasons one would want to do this one being removing carrier bloat or if one switches carriers they want to switch their firmware without buying an entirely new device to name a few..

this comment made me laugh haha.. even without root this device is one of the best devices available on the market if not THE best hands down.. just because theres no root yet doesnt mean at all that it doesnt pack a punch

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lol thats why i removed my inotial post.. someone has to combat the haters or else this thread and eventually xda will turn into nothing but negative users and die out..

of course this is not a perfect world so they will always exist but some comments are hard to ignore when they are negative and dont contribute to anything
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] highaltitude:
Ok that's what I thought. The topic did seem to veer off of root ideas and be specific to changing carriers. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bsharp8:
Lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] this.guy.lol:
I have root!....on my exynos s8 plus....anyone got some popcorn to share? Mine got lost in the process of rooting....

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On a more serious note...ive seen a lot of Eng root comments on YouTube and on some other forums. Looks like it'll be engroot only for now once whoever has the files on deck gets over the hording sure it sucks but Hey, least it's root. I find magisk root kinda ehh. SU is way better by far. Dual speaker mod is kinda cool too
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] 954wrecker:
Good call going exynos. Be careful these snapdragon owners are very fussy they can't get anything working after 900+ posts
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] this.guy.lol:
haha for sure! I'm still planning on getting the US model only so i can play my GameCube games and no other reason lol. Might actually just get one plus 3T since I seriously blanked and realised that in order for me to use my ps4 controller I gotta have root....ao op3T is the way to go, least on my goal that is.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
be careful of these exynos users clogging up a snapdragon thread with negativity as they dont seem know what theyre doing or how to contribute either
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Raymonf:
That's not how any of this works. You don't go "oh, I'll just hack the gibson to unlock my bootloader and then root my phone" and expect it to work.

Knox is extremely secure. Forget that, Android is already really secure. I'd love for you to find the exploits necessary and share them with us.

Also, @ mods: can someone maybe clean this up?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shuthefrontdoor:
Looks like alot of kids from the Reddit forums here ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
I dont know if anyone else got that gibson mention but I did :thumbup:

Love that movie

Sent from my S8 plus, Note 7, S7 Edge or S6
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] freak69ize:
Well if the whole world was exynos we would all have unlocked bootloaders, TWRP and root days after release of the newest Sammy phone. S9 will be here in 11 months and if exynos gets locked down and if you don't have root just after 900+ posts.. Just root that is.. come back with your sarcasm then
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] this.guy.lol:
Gibson was a good movie but I feel magiver is loads better. Btw I managed to pick up some popcorn. Anyone want some?

Reddit is beneath me. Anyone who's anyone knows android central is the litstation.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Heavenly_Abyss2016:
One can always switch...Oh wait, never mind. Forget I said that.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TimelessPWN:
This thread was initially started as a root/carrier switching research and development thread, it has veered more towards the aspect of carrier switching but there still is a hangouts group of a few devs working on root, including some from the dirty santa exploit on the v20. Any devs interested in joining PM me or elliwigy. As for the comments please refrain from putting others down, being negative/disrespectful, and if these comments persist to all others please ignore them! Thank you all for the effort put into this thread hopefully we will be able to achieve root (without an eng kernel lol) and full carrier switch!

Thank You,

TimelessGoD
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Whanksta:
I think it's time to split off carrier switch
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] billydroid:
Unless you have a a root method? It isn't time for anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] this.guy.lol:
Root method in 4 easy steps!

#1 Sell your us model.

#2 buy UK model

#3 flash twrp and root

#4 profit!

#5 if this helps or makes you bloomin mad hit the thanks button so I know I'm doing my job. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] billydroid:
You are beyond useless and not even good at​ being a troll.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ashyx:
I have to say I don't encourage his silly post, however I do get his point. We have absolutely non of this silly bootloader locking business in the UK. It's only US carriers that seem to force it. What happened to 'Land of the free'? :rolleyes:

I feel sorry for you guys having to put up with such nonsense, but as long as people buy the device's they'll keep doing it.

I for one would never buy a device with a locked bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] this.guy.lol:
here here! I haven bought American devices since 2009. My comments are kinda nonsense, but I consider this page specifically for American models to be that of a lobby full of black ops kids if you catch my drift lol. Where as root will not be available for 4-6 months from now until someone gets mad enough and finally releases it that is. :)