yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] patchmonkey:
For clarity, in accomplishing that, did you flash TMO 955U (AP + BL + CP + USERDATA) in PrinceOdin?

Or was it XAC 955W (AP + BL + CP + non-home CSC) and then TMO CSC (which causes the force closes on mine)?

Flashing XAC (AP + BL + CP) and TMO USERDATA at the same time = force close, which I expected.

What I'd like to achieve is XAC 955W with VoLTE and Video calling. (Although at the moment, I'm trying TMO 955U (AP + BL + CP + Non-Home CSC)

EDIT 10AM EDT: Finished the last flash. No settings for VoLTE or Video Calling yet, but I haven't inserted a TMO sim yet either. Letting some files restore whilst connected to Wi-Fi.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] emrug:
Try out this

Try out this funny method you'll get Video Calling and voLTE but no WI-FI calling. I flashed full XAC, then TMO CSC and it gave me an error message, lastly I flashed back XAC AP and CSC and the 2 were unlocked. Didn't keep it because I prefer WI-FI calling than Video Calling. T-MOBILE firmware (user data not csc) gives you the 2 without Video calling.

Play around with PrinceOdin and the new Odin 3.12.7, when it fails on one it works on the other.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] patchmonkey:
So where I am now is on 955U with carrier code XAA. It looks like Wi-Fi calling is active (well, definitely active). Flashed 955U TMO (AP + BL + CP + Home CSC).

I used to see an "HD Voice" icon whilst calling on my note 5, but this seems to have VoLTE on. XAA is likely the USA unlocked code, anyway, so I'm fine with that.

Video calling...I don't really need. I have Duo and I have an iPad should I want to look at people.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] emrug:
Great!! HD is not showing on mine too, but voLTE is working. To confirm your voLTE make a call if LTE icon in notification stays unchanged then you're good. If it changes and comes back after the call it means it isn't functional.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] bestlands:
So im now super confused , let me share my story: So I bought a ATT S8+ but got it unlocked, but im switching to t mobile in a couple months, It looks like to me that this: G955WVLU1AQDE is the best XAC version for my phone to get all the bands so that I can switch easily and not worry about bands being blocked. Now I would love to have Wifi Calling/VoLte when I switch to T-Mobile, but if that is a problem with performance/signal while using att then I don't want to risk it.

Lastly which Odin do I use to flash this: PriceComsy or another one linked here, and whats this whole thing with Home_csc and non home_csc because this thread got me more confused than before, I have never flashed a Samsung in my Life but have OnePlus and Nexus's. So anybody willing to send me a long description of a step by step guide explaining everything will get 100 internet hugs from me, honestly I hate Att bloatware and don't want to see it again!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] Quickvic30:
I would Google or YouTube Installing firmware with Odin and watch some videos. It's fairly simple compared to Nexus flashing, well in my book anyway lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] bestlands:
Would the G955WVLU1AQDE XAC version on the s8+ me fine for someone like me, who wants all the bands when I will switch from att to t mobile but also im kinda bummed out that their will be no VoLte/Hd Calling/Wifi calling on t mobile or there really nothing you can do about it right now, because if we enable those features then att wouldn't have the best signal? Or no one figuired out a way to port those features to the Canadian version without messing something up?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] Milly7:
If you read above it appears that people do have those features working.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] bestlands:
Yea Im just not sure how they enabled it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] Quickvic30:
1 Flash all XAC firmware

2 Flash your carriers CSC (telephony application will crash upon reboot)

3 Reflash XAC AP and CSC

All this is done in download mode and with Odin.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] arbolmalo:
Will it work using the HOME_CSC or do you have to use CSC? I'd rather not have to wipe right now, but I want to try this
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] bestlands:
So i managed to get the XAC Canadian version on the s8+ and flashed everything, so now where do i find the t mobile CSC, and why should you flash the carrier CSC if your going to flash the XAC AP and CSC on top of it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] Quickvic30:
You have to download TMO firmware just like you did with the XAC firmware for the TMO csc files. Or they might be floating around F roms available also.

It seems to unlock your carriers extras, volte,video calling for me on ATT. Even after you flash the XAC csc and AP.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] bestlands:
What is F roms just wondering, so I would just flash the CSC t mobile file and thats it in odin, and everything will work as needed. Would the one from updato work for me.?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] Quickvic30:
"F" model is the international exynos model.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] Skyrocket2Paradise:
[MENTION=5149713]Quickvic30[/MENTION] have you been able to return the device to 100% stock att fw?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] bestlands:
So where is the t mobile csc, that i can flash onto the Canadain XAC device? Also any problems i will encounter doing that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] Quickvic30:
I haven't tried yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] Quickvic30:
I just posted this didn't I? Lol read through the last 10 posts.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] bestlands:
Yes you did:

Here it is:

1 Flash all XAC firmware

2 Flash your carriers CSC (telephony application will crash upon reboot)

3 Reflash XAC AP and CSC

All this is done in download mode and with Odin.

1. I already did that

2. Were will i find the t mobile file, on updato ? and just find the latest version, download it, and just flash the CSC file in thier? or Am i missing something?

3. Will i receive updates from t mobile after doing step 3 and completing the procedure?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] bestlands:
So after you flashed the full XAC, what TMO parts did you flash to get wifi calling and HD voice, was it AP + CSC or something else, also did you flash XAC AP + CSC after you flashed T-Mobile. And lastly, will we get updates from t mobile doing this method?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] dave357:
I am going to try this with the G950U Firmware to go from Metro S8 to Att S8 or TMO S8 or the Unlocked S8 unbranded variant.

Just would like to know if anyone else has done the S8 yet successfully switching it over to another carrier firmware as we can the S7 S7 edge?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] the_OZONE:
Have you tried it yet?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] DESERTDART:
I used PrinceComsy Odin and flash the G955W firmware.....passed with no problems.

Phone booted up and setup fine. No T-Mobile apps or anything and no T-Mobile splash screen.

Model shows as G955W now.

Inserted and non-T-mobile sim and got a 'SIM not supported pop up'. Not a prompt for unlock code.

Was able to access APN and could add an APN but would not save. Hit Save and just went to previous screen without saving.

No service with non-T-Mobile sim so appears still locked.

Was trying this to see if I would get an unlock code prompt and maybe have a way to unlock T-Mobile models without the unlocking App.

However, I am unable to get back to 100% T-Mobile now. Flashed T-Mobile firmware and still no T-Mobile Apps or splash screen and it shows model as XAA/XAA/TMB.

And I manually installed the T-Mobile unlock App but get an error when running it "This app is not compatible with this device". So now when the device is eligible for unlock, I won't be able to unless there is a way back to 100% T-Mobile.

Just wanted to share this for those who are not carrier unlocked and thinking of changing firmware.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] the_OZONE:
Thanks for the post! So if I wanted to flash AT&T on a T-Mobile g955U, would it work? Would I be able to achieve AT&T wifi calling and volte?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] johnwayne27:
Did you get your phone unlocked first? Phone has to be sim unlocked before doing that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] DESERTDART:
No it wasn't unlocked first. That's why I was experimenting.

But the point of the post was to let people know I can't go back to 100% stock now. Nobody seems to be able to yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] the_OZONE:
Would the same thing be achievable going from T-Mobile to AT&T rather than G955W? I assume if that is possible then I would be able to get carrier features such as AT&T bootscreen (since you mentioned your bootscreen changed), volte, wifi calling, etc?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] thecrunked:
did you try this, pulled this from another thread:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] DESERTDART:
Once I changed from original T-Mobile I tried going to ATT and Verizon and never was able to get carrier apps or carrier boot screen. Always stayed the generic unbranded W version.

I did not try going directly from T-Mobile to AT&T and once I did the W firmware I seem to be stuck on it.

I know there are posts on here about people trying to switch carrier firmware but every one I read did not work. The flash completes but the carrier did not switch.

---------- Post added at 05:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:32 PM ----------

"However, I am unable to get back to 100% T-Mobile now. Flashed T-Mobile firmware and still no T-Mobile Apps or splash screen and it shows model as XAA/XAA/TMB. "

Yes....doesn't work
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] emrug:
I believe SM-G955U Firmware for S8+ works as the U Firmware for S7 Edge, it can't take you back to TMO 100%. I messed up mine too thinking i would go back but nuh, tried everything no luck. On S7 Edge we flash SM-G935T to go back, wish there was SM-G955T carrier branded.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] ptclik85:
Has anyone tried this on a Verizon Variant and had any success switching back? The reason I ask is because I purchased one and everything is working except for VoLTE and I am unable to send text messages? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

P.S. I'm unable to flash any of the Verizon firmware through Odin. I even tried princecomsy version. Still haven't had any luck.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] emrug:
Try this

Have you tried Odin below? Not sure if you'll fully switch back to Verizon. We all have the same problem of switching back to our carrier 100%.

https://mega.nz/#F!8WxRwDwa!seZLQVSoWTrz2CJkbdxTkQ
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] ptclik85:
I will try it out tomorrow to see if that will work

Edit: I tried it using this edition of Odin, but still a no go.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] nugzo:
I was able to get back to complete ATT stock. ATT/ATT/ATT with all apps and splash screen. Let me see if i can find the instructions.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] ruffsl:
Thanks, I would like to hear how you returned to complete ATT stock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] anewday:
Does VoLTE / HD voice work with Verizon? What other features doesn't work?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] JoeJWbD:
I have downloaded the Canadian version when I try to start the process using Odin I am getting this error "<ID:0/006> FAIL! SHA256 is invalid":( See image below:

I have even tried it with the same Odin version that in the ZIP file but the same problem, going to try the US version then update you guys...​

---------- Post added at 03:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:50 AM ----------

The US version is sticking up with "<ID:0/006> SetupConnection.." If anyone believes the error caused because of Odin, please let me know.

Thanks,
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] shkdwn:
i got a unlocked G955W from canada with a T-Mobile Simcard but no VOLTE can i just flash the CSC file from T-Mobile to enable and don't flash BL/AP/CP should it work? without brick??
[General Questions and Answers] gil_happy:
Hello,

Can anyone recommend a cheap (maybe a no-name) tablet that is easy to root and is something I can just have around my home that I will use to stream music to my stereo, use as an alarm clock, etc (mostly just use for media).

It doesn't necessarily need to support the latest Android version (Nougat), but if 2 tablets are similar in price, then I would go with the tablet that supports the newer version.

I've seen many on eBay, but not sure if this is the direction I should go as I don't know anything about them including whether they are easy to root.

Thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] gil_happy:
Hi, I decided to purchase a cheap tablet through swappa.com - in fact I ordered a Nexus 7 2012 which should work just fine and will be easy to root and will stream my music just fine, will allow me to control my home automation stuff, etc.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad Questions & Answers] shirruy:
Will there be a chance to have vulkan api on our mipad?
[Xiaomi Mi Pad Questions & Answers] AbhaYsinGH007:
Vulkan API on MiPad is possible , but you have to wait for that :)
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom ROM Development] joolawan:
I need to use sim hutch!
[Xiaomi Mi Pad Questions & Answers] shirruy:
Will there be a vulkan on our mipad?
[Xiaomi Mi Pad Questions & Answers] AbhaYsinGH007:
Yes there can be Vulkan API on our old gold MiPad
[Xiaomi Mi Pad Questions & Answers] Kunal pongurlekar:
Nougot is out for Mi pad

But still no vulkan support for mi pad why ?
[Xiaomi Mi Pad Questions & Answers] AbhaYsinGH007:
There is vulkan now
[Xiaomi Mi Pad Questions & Answers] hell1134:
Where ? Did you get the vulkan supported ROM ??
[Xiaomi Mi Pad Questions & Answers] DbIm4pda:
We (Smoke team) start porting 3.10.96 kernel from shieldtablet. Now android start with shieldtablet Graphics blobs with Vulkan support.

It remains to wait a little, we share beta roms on en.miui.com.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad Questions & Answers] hell1134:
WOW !!!!!! I really hope I can use it on my mi pad.
[T-Mobile LG G4] metropical:
n/t
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
CAUTION TO NOT LOOSE TWRP

I read two posts that say v21, now again on V8.5, put the stock recovery back instead of twrp. This is probably a side effect of a fresh stock /system and wipe of /data.

As a preventive step, when done flashing and wiping reboot to recovery

FIRST

, before booting the system It will allow recovery to handle removing the recovery-from-boot.p that flashes stock recovery.

I just patched the modified V7.4.2 up to the newly released 8.3 now 8.4. 8.5, 8.7,9.0 -V9.2 Patch

New update has been made from V17 to V21 of the non prime version of R1-HD, Non prime is behind on security patch (2017-05-05)

Copied ROM from phone and made twrp install ROM from it.

* No preloader change (official updates change the preloader to block your ability to use sp flash tools for rom flashing)

* No lk.bin change __ this part is what allows you to choose boot options(boot menu when power and volume pressed together)

* No "FOTA" app Fota has now been left in to make it easier to get next update, if that ever happens.

* No opera browser

* No adds (removed in the modified 7.4.2)

* Custom boot logo (only done on v8.3, there was no interest in this so abandoned)

--Newer versions of rom left stock, Leaving mods up to user.

** while it is not necessary to do a wipe with this ROM, I still recommend it.

**Thanks:

** [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION] needed his patched v7.4.2 in order to apply this new 8.3 patch and again for 8.4

** [MENTION=5355478]ColtonDRG[/MENTION] OR [MENTION=5006327]jasonmerc[/MENTION] I do not remember which one made it: For the image used in the custom logo

and the modified zip is here .

Roms are rootable with SuperSU, flashed in twrp after install. Must be done in systemless mode. In order to patch system veridy in boot.img

Logo update did not work on original rom changing link to updated version

BLU rolled v8.3 back to v7.4.2 because of app compatability issues. V8.4 is there fixed release. Both 8.3 and 8.4 are modified prime roms with ads stripped

V21 is the non prime update.

Unmodified V6.1

==>NON-ROOTED-logo-not-replaced-modified-V8.3

==>Fixed Logo modified NON_ROOTED V8.3

==>>modified V8.4

==>>modified V8.5

==>>Full with Ads V8.7

==>>Full with Ads V9.0

==>>Patch For V9.2 must be flashed on top of fresh V9.0

****Run debloat ==>script to remove ads if you need/ want to, or remove from zip before flashing ****

alt. manual example: before reboot, while still in twrp. Select mount and put checkmark next to system. Then run these two commands in adb terminal

adb shell rm /system/priv-app/com.amazon.*/com.amazon.*.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/Adups*/*.apk

==>>Modified V21

** stand alone logo installs
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] andMego:
I flashed this but I didn't get the custom boot logo.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
I had that happen to my second phone too.

I don't have an explanation yet.

I even made a separate update.zip , that one didn't make the logo change either. I did eventually change it with sp flash tool.

I tried with both recoveries.

and multiple /dev location formats. and for whatever reason my one phone did not accept the logo change from recovery.

And the other test phone it worked.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Serenitybs:
Neither did I but it all seems to be working fine
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Naria9:
Been using this for about a day now, likewise no custom boot logo, but that's fine. Otherwise, it's been running super well. A lot better than the previous mostly stock version did for me with the bloatware APKs removed after the install. A lot of the general idiosyncrasies of the previous version of the stock rom seem to have gone away for me. It seemed to have weird storage management issues, errors moving to SD, broken symlinks that prevent apps from moving or being reinstalled, and a lot of other little non-storage issues, but so far, none off that here.

Long story short, good work! I hope we eventually see proper 7.x roms through some of the efforts going on, but in the meanwhile, your work here has made life a little bit better on 6.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
It seems that I was able to get the logo.bin to update when I applied the original update patch, but not when I used the same line in the rom install.

It is no big deal that it did not work, I was just trying to make it look different at boot time.

edit:

I think i found the problem with the logo not updating.

i used the update-binary from the official patch update. (the one that allowed the logo to change the first time)

and it changes . so since the ROM seems to install the way it is , only the logo didn't flash I put it in a separate update.zip if anyone is interested in it.

EDIT 2:

clarification.

It was not so much the binary allowing the logo to change but the format of the partition location I had been using that needed that binary.

Further test had shown me that I could have used the binary I was using but just change the partition naming line

package_extract_file("logo.bin", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p9")

the above code works with the same update-binary as rom install

But I was using

package_extract_file("logo.bin", "/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/11230000.msdc0/by-name/logo")

Taken straight from the official patch, and thats why it needed the update-binary also.

I dont know what is different in the binary other than , major size difference.

The powered by me logo was just a test file to see changes in the logo.

**logo-update is same as composite but with alt updater-binary

**composite-logo screenshot is in op

**stock logo will return to original BLU logo
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Serenitybs:
Hahaha the scribbled "ME" is hilarious. Your work is awesome, I don't think anyone using this rom will have an issue with the boot image but thanks for being so helpful and explaining.

P. S. Do you have any plans with the Nougat update?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] linuxsociety:
Nougat is going to take a full build from scratch. We don't have 100% identical hardware with any other nougat device to my knowledge. We might have the same MTK chipset, but there are several other differences. All we really need is an official device overlay and the vendor files released by BLU themselves. We can then apply those to the latest Lineage or AOSP (I prefer AOSP myself) and build. Then the only problem we'll run into is anything that has changed in 7.x that isn't compatible with our kernel we use in 6.0. It'd be a slight chance our current kernel would work without some patches on 7.x We can't even get our official sources for anything else, so I'm almost certain we'll not find any patches to for the kernel to work properly with Nougat, at least not from BLU or any similar devices. None The less Nougat has been well thought of, and we have been trying to debug issues with a broken Port. But a broken port from a different device is just that - Broken. We need a team of knowledgeable devs to build Nougat + Kernel from scratch and then we'll have it working. I can't do it alone with the old computer I have, the R1HD would be long forgot of by the time I got Android Compiled haha.

Mr. Mazak I flashed your rom it went smooth, I was hoping the newest update was for 6.0.1. But I didn't lose any functionality, hopefully on my Cricket Service this update has patched some things to the radio device that will retain connection more steadily. I experienced a lot of coming and going with the 7.4.2 rom. None The Less you did a good job with this update Mr. My suggestion is find the same MTK chipset with a fully working 7.x rom and just port the /System but keep all our libs and inits from this release just for a test starter. And don't replace the camera app thats in AOSP 7.x. )
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] liviu_anc:
Somebody already tried this out
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Serenitybs:
It was just wishful thinking. I have no idea how all of this is done. All I know is [MENTION=5312578]mrmazak[/MENTION] has helped me to fall in love with my phone again with this V8.3. The 7.4.2 did seem a bit buggy for my phone but this update works beautifully and I didn't even root it. If this remains true I will be happy with this phone for awhile even on 6.0
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Really confused right now.

I was browsing through the settings menus. And found in the Settings-security- menu a toggle labeled "quick boot" ( not to be confused with "fastboot") . I enabled it then rebooted to see if it booted quicker. Didn't seem to make much if any difference. So I went back to turn it back off. And it wasn't there. I checked in my other phone , it wasn't there on that one either.

Did any body see this menu item, and if so where is is it?

Edit 1:

Few more power off , power on cycles to compare times. With other phone and defiantly seems to have turned on some faster boot option.

This phone goes from off to on in 5-6 seconds other phone takes about 20.

Edit 2:

OK , I panicked for a minute.

Couldn't find the setting and thought that it was another way to block sp flash tool by preventing you from ever being fully powered off.

But the setting was in accessibility not security.