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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] xterminater07:
I am currently on the ATT S8, is it worth it to switch to the unlocked firmware? If I switch to the unlocked firmware, I would still need a sim unlock code to sim unlock this phone right? Also is gear vr working or no one really knows yet?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:
Just the user data alone. I first flashed U1 BL/AP/CP/Regular CSC. I then skip everything in set-up and then reboot the phone into DL mode and flash JUST user data in the UMS slot and all the ATT features are available. phone model is still 955U1.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] canynballa:
Can someone explain please why there's a auto root file on chainfire's wevsite for the sprint S8 QD9 firmware? I thought all US S8's had a locked bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ashyx:
You don't need to ask twice, in fact you don't need to ask once as it's been answered several times already. Search and ye shall behold.

CFautoroot uses an auto build system so regardless of whether the bootloader is locked or not its still gets built for the device.

It doesn't mean it will work.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] canynballa:
Well that's strange why go through trouble of making a auto root file
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] benmeroff:
Because although this device won't obtain root via that method due to Samsung locking down the bootloader, other devices with unlocked bootloaders may see root much more quickly through that automatic function, or possibly even right away if the exploit is immediately successful (as far as I can tell at least).

A bit frustrating for this device? Sure.

Possibly useful for a variety of other devices? Hopefully so.

All in all, it's a pretty slick concept that may have the potential to revolutionize root access for a lot of "easier" devices should the same exploits resurface with new devices. Props to you for still innovating, Chainfire.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] canynballa:
Thank you for your answer I appreciate it. The only reason why I even asked was because I got my hopes up. I know chainfire is a respected DEV and is the reason why a lot of phones are rooted. So I thought if anyone could do it, he could.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
its simple lol.. instead of manually building for each device it is done automatically so he basically wastes 0 time at all
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] inneyeseakay:
If better battery life and smoother performance tickle your fancy, then go for it.

Yes, you will still need a unlock code to use with other carriers.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:
Upload Mode ??????????

I know someone else posted this and the question was never answered but whats this all about?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vboyz103:
I think it has to do with permission set by apps to allow users to back up data or not. For instance, I can never restore a backup of Facebook etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] billydroid:
It has been answered several times.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:
Alright, last time I seen someone ask about it everyone just ignored the question. Thanks for the helpful info though :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] billydroid:
I suppose you want us to Google things for you? Here you go https://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2487
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
When Kernel panics happen, this allows Dev's to copy over logs and diagnose.

It's mostly used on Linux
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:
Jeez man............talk about over dramatic.......... I could see if I was a noob with 1 post and asked a question that's been answered multiple times or even on the same page they're asking the question on or even worse the post above they're asking the question about but something that has been discussed maybe once or twice that's scattered in 4 different threads in 600 different posts......gimme a break..... LOL

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Thanks for the nice straight to the point simple answer, I really appreciate it :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
think of it in a literal sense lol download mode is to download from pc to phone.. therefore upload is to upload from phone to pc
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:
Very true but when you've never seen that mode before on a Samsung device and I've owned I don't even know how many Samsung phones (in the hundreds) it makes you kinda wonder, thanks for the straight simple reply wigy lol

So has anyone figured out how to use this upload mode or is there specific software we need to use this upload mode? Oh wait a second I'll just Google it since we can't ask questions on here anymore. [emoji12]
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
its pointless to use lol we can already read debug logs n what not lol.. it was pretty bad on s7 devices from what ive read and we even saw it on the v20 quite a bit as well
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:
Sounds interesting, I'll have to look into it a little more. I've tried about everything to get this thing rooted and no luck yet, so frustrating.....
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] agatonjohansson:
Samsung

Nice
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
I think the point being made is if you don't know what the bootloader modes do, then the place to ask is in the part of the forums where people who are learning android development ask questions. Not in a thread that is already 161 pages in about root/carrier flashing
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i feel ask away but if its somethin found by an easy search or readin a few pages dont get mad if you get a "smart" answer lol.. some of us answer the same question over n over.. not trying to discourage ppl from askin but if our response seems rude dont take it to heart, we just answered same question muktiple times and our answers get shorter n shorter lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
I completely understand. At first I hopped on them, but now I just avoid some of the super simple /obvious ones and chalk it up as, if you really have to ask that, maybe this isn't the place for you
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i cant help but answer tho.. ppl feel im rude at times and i am sure it sounds that way a lot because of the redundency but i really do like helping ppl and sharing my knowledge when possible.. xda is for me haha, i live on xda as you and others can prolly tell.. i check probably 3 times per hr and usually reply in every thread ive posted in lol..

i need to get a better hobby haha, then maybe some ppl wouldnt hate me so much and i wouldnt get irritated with questions that have been asked 100x haha..

but all good, hopefully ppl read this and dont think im a jerk after they understand me better lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] patt2k:
So I found the unlocked firmware here: http://tekhd.com/. But still very confused on what to do next. Is there a video anywhere made by anyone ? tried looking on youtube.

I haven't done this in long time - my last samsung was note 4 couple years ago.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mysticales:
Thing is, thats not "Unlocked" like you would think. If you are on Snapdragon, that rom posted is just an unbranded one. Nothing major.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] patt2k:
Well what I meant was the same FW that's being used on Unlocked version with no bloat.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] b3@n:
Hey bro have you put your greyhat linux distro and dual core AMD gpu setup to work yet? What's the ETA on this bootloader brute force you've promised?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
Who are you, Mr 7 posts? Why is this kid still allowed on the forums?

Placing bets on how long till ban. I give it 3 more months or so
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] meathammer386:
thats to long
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XxCyberHackerxX:
Could you share the galaxy s8+ version?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jellomonster54994:
i know its the wrong thread but can someone point me to the carrier switch for the s7 edge im trying to switch my s7 edge sprint to at&t or other
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
lol . u can prolly start by looking in S7 Edge threads, there might not even be a carrier switch thread for u but there might be one, go have a look
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jellomonster54994:
ive searched and got no results 32 pages into the search but ive seen people have an s7 edge from metro to at&t
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
dunno.. i didnt have my s7 or s7e for long so i couldnt tell ya lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
For the S7 or S7 edge go to SamMobile and download the G935U firmware on the ATT product code and flash with Odin. If that doesn't work, use modified Odin. If you meant S8 go to the T-Mobile S8 thread and look for EngBoot + Root. I have instructions there.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sd_N:
Lol...it does if you buy the actual 950U1 phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0idst4r:
A while ago I flashed the engineer firmware on my phone, but I went back to T-Mobile stock. Everything has been working fine but I noticed that I'm no longer able to receive MMS. Can someone point me in the right direktion?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
Were you able to receive them prior? And are you using any package disabler? I'm currently having the same issue. Can't send them either from stock messages app.

I haven't worried too much as I use mainly hangouts, but just letting you know I'm having the same issue with stock firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0idst4r:
I believe so. I tried to use a Knox package disable one time but it didn't work. Maybe that's why? I just realized I can't send MMS either :eek: The only app I have disabled is the built in chrome, I use chrome canary

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I just downloaded Hangouts and it looks like it can't be used as a Messaging app anymore, weird.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LovelessLane:
Google killed SMS support for hangouts two weeks ago to move people to Android messages
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
So I personally fixed the issue. It was an issue with Adhell and their dns for me. Do you use adhell? If so, reset dns to default and then re-enable adhell.

Yuppppp. They are also going back to a Google voice app. Confusing as hell. I keep hangouts solely for my Google voice number personally
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0idst4r:
Ohhhhhh yeah I use adhell let me check if it fixes it
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] patt2k:
So anyone can help me with the unlocked firmware with no bloat ? Not sure how to do it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
you use odin and flash the U1 firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
Did it work for you?

Also, when you're on WiFi, you have to have WiFi calling enabled to send mms apparently. Whether it's preferred data or WiFi. I didn't test that part, but have seen from reading
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] patt2k:
thats it ? just odin fw?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saythis:
It's a factory image from the carrier unlocked model of the S8, so yep!

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Weird, I have WiFi calling disabled and I can send texts over WiFi.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
Were talking mms with advanced features enabled
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sreza4:
How is the battery life after rooting
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
we dont have root yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
lol right, dunno where some ppl hide haha.. sometimes i wish xda had a way to make ppl read before posting
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ashyx:
XDA should use a negative points system. Where other members can down vote another's post.

A bit like the thanks button, but the other way.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] b3@n:
Nah, makes brigading too easy. Moderation just works better.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
100% agree....

Sent from my S8+ exynos , S7 Edge exynos or S6
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mysticales:
FFXI forums had that... Its called a Karma System. Doesnt work as well as you think, because if someone doesnt like a single post you say. They just karma bombed you into oblivion to where all your posts were hidden because it was under the threshold.

This made it so users were less prone to post at all or just worry about being hit up front.

That being said. We do have good forum mods who can fix things on users. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] billydroid:
So like reddit?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheBigEasy88:
Fixed for ya bro.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
Or just a pop-up before people comment saying "Are you 100% sure you didn't use search before asking this?"
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
Never thought this thread would die.

R.I.P
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
heroes never die!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] happy2472:
Who says this thread is dead?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tnick84:
Actually...

"Heroes get remembered but legends never die"

-Babe Ruth in Sandlot

Lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
I was quoting Mercy from Overwatch
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
Quote of the year award hands down
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0idst4r:
Yes it worked, thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0idst4r:
Any one else get a notification about software update AQEF? Doesn't look too important. Personally I'll hold off for now just to keep the chances of root the same.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
check to see if they incremented the bootloader or not, if they havent wouldnt matter.. if they did ud be stuck on latest firmware lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ernestico911:
well, last combination downloaded is G955U_COMBINATION_FA70_G955USQU1AQF1_FACTORY_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar.rar but dont know wich BIT is, dont tested yet
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Maltego:
File hosted

I have that file hosted on my site along with all others. Feel free to download!:fingers-crossed:

http://skyof.red

Also, feel free to ask to have your S8/S8+ files hosted, keep things free and shared!:highfive:

EDIT: Please report back if the file helped. Also, if there's a file you want or need, let me know and it'll be looked into! Post your request publicly so others can chip in!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
the combo firms are not rooted.. they are pretty much only useful for fixing drk, frp, and enabling bands from what ive seen..

if u can find true eng boots with actual root would be nice
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Maltego:
I know they aren't rooted, but they may be exploitable. I just want to give everyone a fair access to everything.:highfive:

Also, I have been combing the internet for actual root. I have been using Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian IPs to get results in those areas for forums that may have leaked files that we can't index easily in the US.:fingers-crossed:

Don't worry, I'm trying!:good:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
How do you enable bands with them?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
theres an imei code u input that brings up the bands menu and you can enable them from what i was told.. havent done it personally
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
Are you referring to the dialer code *#2263# ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] billydroid:
Are you saying no one has been flashing eng_boot.imgs from all these combo firmwares floating around?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
None of them contain root or system write access there man. Hence why we don't have root yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
we have been but eng files no longer contain root so no point in posting eng files as they are not rooted

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this isnt news lol.. every eng file posted was flashed and already determined eng files are no longer rooted
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
Hey,

No offense taken, we do understand there are actual ENG firmwares out there that (at this time) cannot be flashed on retail devices.. however we do not have access to one of these firmwares.

if you have actual eng files i hope you can pm me and if u do not wish to share the actual files then at least join our hangouts group.. we have a few users with not user devices that we feel might be able to flash the actual eng firmware as they are developer devices.

i was simply implying that none of the "ENG" files we can flash that have been posted publicly do not contain root and are not (in my opinion) true ENG files.. maybe stock with permissive and extra debug capabilities at that
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] carlosjcar:
So from reading the thread, we can flash the eng boot and it works with the stock binary giving you a permissive kernel. I know its of topic but, will that help me run Viper4android?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
no.. we do not have rw to anything in the system lol only certain partitions like efs and even then its very limited
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] carlosjcar:
Bummer. i have been able to get by using a disabler App and blocking all bloat. Im at the limit of what I can do without root. Well, Thanks to all that are working on this and good luck. Count me available for any test even if it means a high risk of brick i'll replce it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Maltego:
Not just looking for ENG, I'm looking for anything. I'm looking through whatever people post about 950U and 955U. Whether it be easier carrier switch method or root. Anything goes my friend, I am not a developer in this term. But I will happily contribute helping to find whatever it may be and hosting them on my server for the public.

Stay open minded but still focused on the goal. :fingers-crossed:

Best of luck to all of those testing, and thank you for all your help :good:

Thank you to all the developers working to achieve root on this beast of a device. :highfive:

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] this.guy.lol:
Why would my OTG stop working in g955F? Worked a,week ago when I used it to plug n play with a ps4 controller and a,emulator. Any thoughts? Like it won't mount or anything but it says " charging connected device" makes 0 sense. Also won't mount in twrp.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TimelessPWN:
That is an Exynos device this is a Snapdragon thread not dedicated to that, maybe post in general questions forum
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] this.guy.lol:
Understood however I have an SD variant and it doesn't work either so ya....why?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TimelessPWN:
I have no idea for the answer but as to asking the question in this thread. This thread is dedicated to carrier switching and rooting the device not connecting a ps4 controller to it. It gets off topic enough and would like to refrain from that as much as possible, not trying to be an ass just don't know the answer to your question, and this isn't the place for it. Someone may choose to answer it but it should be posted in general questions as the thread need not go off topic anymore.

Thank you,

TimelessGoD
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Heavenly_Abyss2016:
I root just have flexible Rotate, DriveDroid, Titanium Backup, and FolderMount.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gqukyo:
I rest my case. Lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] xike17:
I just received a Verizon S8 yesterday and tried to flash G950U1, but failed.

I installed Samsung drivers, enabled usb-debug, used modded Odin, but always failed. The phone (powered on) is recognized by the computer. I also tried unmodded Odin 3.12.3 and 3.12.7, nothing happened. Please advise.

<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

There's only one time I was able to get into Initialization, but FAIL anyway. Any help? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bricky23:
Use the PrinceComsy Odin
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] xike17:
That's what I used.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
Random thought before I attempt to try it this evening as I'm bust most of the day. Long shot, as I know Samsung for sure didn't support it in the past, but does anyone know if Samsung supports EDL mode currently?

If I don't get an answer within the next 8 hours, I'll probably modify the files to try to reboot edl
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
you can try adb reboot edl

Another method is to do it thourhg fastboot but the S8 doesn't have fastboot
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
reboot edl only works from fastboot. Otherwise the command isn't sent to the phone. That's why I was saying I will modify the reboot files and change reboot to reboot-edl to bypass it not being sent to the phone. Was just wondering if anyone knew if Samsung supported edl mode at all
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Maltego:
>adb reboot edl

Black screens, nothing else. Maybe if I wait longer? lol doubt it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0idst4r:
EDL probably was never added to Samsung devices because it was never needed. Odin mode did the job.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
Yeah, everytime I soft bricked my S7, Download mode saved my ass. It's a lot harder to brick Samsung devices because of this.

there's a chance of a vulnerability if we can activate it on the S8. Possibly bypassing the bootloader? Keep in mind I said chance, as in possibility. You never know
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
With a cable yes. There's someone on here that was working with serial cables. Apparently it takes a specific resistor to one of the pins. Different resistor values give different types of boot menus from what he was saying.

Did you just try regular adb reboot edl? Or did you change the value for reboot to reboot-edl in the adb system? Apparently that is a work around for phones that have it, but can't access normally

Edit - Because Samsung uses download mode instead of fastboot, maybe changing reboot download to edl in the adb command files so when you specify download, the command running to the kernel gets it, but recognizes edl. Given edl is technically supported by all Qualcomm devices. Unless Samsung specifically disabled it, it should be there somewhere
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Acoustichayes:
You should be able to to pretty much do anything you want while in edl.... Don't flash the eng files that don't have root or rw access... You legit modify from there because edl bypasses bootloader.

You can make your phone show up as a com port in edl, and flash whatever you want to it if that's the route you wanted to take