yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
I figured out the G950U1 Gear VR problem. Download and install these apps then install them. Open Oculus app then it will install everything and work.

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/oculus...ease/oculus-3-6-0-6-392-android-apk-download/

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/oculus...m-driver-1-5-6-55802222-android-apk-download/

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/oculus...lease/oculus-home-3-3-7-android-apk-download/
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fibrizo:
This only seems to get me to a certain point. It will try to connect the Gear VR controller and aks for an update to Gear VR services. When I try to update that, it takes me to a EULA, and then a screen that gives network errors and won't proceed further.

I tried to install the Gear VR service 2.6.64 and it doesn't seem to do much. Anything else that you did to get it working?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i just sold my gear vr.. problem solved lol.. i have purchased every one (i didnt preorder s8 so i actually paid for it)..

it was collecting dust lol i always buy latest gear vr then end up not usin it and reselling it, im afraid of heights and get motion sickness within 5mins lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] emrug:
same here

Same here, no success.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] silentdie:
This is the latest version of the XAA firmware for the S8?

http://www.romup.com/roms/17454

So it should not be late to arrive on updato no?

thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
that is not lol thats same version we've had for a while now
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] silentdie:
Exact, after research on this same topic I saw here:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72433451&postcount=1385

Is this the latest XAA version?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
that is the same exact version u just posted asking if it was the latest lmao as u can see both links are exact same firmware and the xda one was posted on the 25th as well as it was in updato for free..

ppl should stop posting links from those chinese sites.. ppl might end up buying it when everything theyve had has been posted for free lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maidguitar:
Having issues here, can anyone help?

I want to switch from VZW to ATT stock.

I'm following the steps (skipping the engboot section because of a few mentions that it's unneeded), I've flashed the binary (G950USQU1AQCF), and then I adb reboot bootloader, uncheck AP section in Odin, check the CSC section, add HOME_CSC_OYA_G950WOYA1AQDE from a G950W XAC rom, and when i click start on Odin it says FAIL! SHA256 is invalid.

What am I doing wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaypr9:
Are you using PrinceComsy Odin?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] stubborn123:
Hi, first of, you have to use the cosmy patched version. Second of, I followed those same instructions and got the Full AT&T Rom to work, however here is the following problem. 1) Wifi calling still does not work 2) The AT&T connection was very weak, and I don't think LTE was working properly. I believe that the Bands do not get unlocked when we flash the rom. I hope someone on this thread can help us with this. I'm in the same boat. I need to figure out a way to have the LTE/4G bands unlocked properly when using this guide and on the AT&T rom. I was forced to switch back to the XAC rom to have my connnetion working properly and LTE, but wish I could run the AT&T rom with bands working properly (maybe thats why wifi calling doesn't work) . I think VOLTE was working though, but hard to tell.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shuthefrontdoor:
So to confirm you have an s8 with unlocked firmware with volte wifi calling and identify spam working?? If so please lmk exactly what you did!, Did you need to use the adb commands to boot into download mode or were you able to just use hardware buttons?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] inneyeseakay:
No wifi calling, but volte and identify spam working.

Started with factory att phone and did exactly the steps in the post you quoted that are numbered.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shuthefrontdoor:
Did u have to flash user data at all? Did you start with an att phone?so what I have so far, and tell me if I'm wrong

Factory reset

Set up with pin

Flash xaa with home csc

And I'm good?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maidguitar:
Thank you both very much re: PrinceComsy! I was able to get it to be an ATT phone with your help. [MENTION=8316523]stubborn123[/MENTION] Once I have the phone setup properly I'll let you know my findings regarding signal etc. There must be a solution!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nexii5:
Hi all, I have read through this thread and I'm trying to summarize it best I can if I can buy the Verizon s8/s8+ and flash tmobile or unlocked firmware on it without losing any functionality? Or what functionality would I lose? I want to take advantage of the trade in deal samsung is offering now and get the verizon version but I don't want to lose mainly features. Will the following still work:

VoLTE, WiFi Calling, band 12, RCS, auto updates
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] stubborn123:
Awesome, you got the ATT rom to work :). Please let me know your experience with the Firmware, and whether or not you are getting full signal/strength and full LTE capabilities. Definitely would be interested to know your findings. Thanks

Best
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheGmanIII:
So I am kinda new to this sorta thing so reading through this thread has confused me a bit. I have an unlocked t-mobile s8 but I need it to work on verizon networks witch it wont. I am assuming that I will need to fash the verizon firmware onto it or am I wrong? Also what order of steps do I take out of the multiple posted here?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
theres two ways, either verizon firmware but i recommend the u locked U1 firmware as its easiest to flash, bloat free and you can swap carriers easily by just switching sim cards
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheGmanIII:
Would the U1 need to have its updates flashed to it? Also I have never flashed a phone before so does is matter if your sim card is in it when it gets flashed? I would assume you would want it removed but just wondering?

Flashed it with U1 and it works great.... Thanks to all the people here
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maidguitar:
Thanks again for your help. I've used the ATT firmware for a day now, and it seems to me that the LTE signal I get is no different from before (vs. verizon rom). I don't know if you've had a big difference just from switching the ROMs, but FWIW Phone Arena lists the Verizon variant has *NOT* having LTE band 17 (it has 2, 4, 5, etc), which I believe is a major AT&T (bands 2, 4, 5, 17) band. However, for my area, the S8 seems to perform exactly the same as the Xperia XZ (which had all 2/4/5/17) and the Moto X Style (2/4/5/17) that preceeded it. TL;DR for me the ROM is no different than the VZW in terms of signal. Maybe because AT&T in my area has strong 2/4/5 bands. Other issues I had on VZW, like incoming phone numbers being treated as international +1234567890 calls have now been fixed on the AT&T rom.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
the devices are essentially identical so I assume Phone Arena lists it as not having certain bands most likely because it is not enabled on Verizon by default
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fsinan:
OK, I tried to go through this thread, but I do not understand any of it. Does this mean I can flash my phone to US Unlocked one (I have a network unlocked Tmobile S8, not plus)? I also don't want to root my phone and be able to keep using my Gear VR stuff, alongside any feature I currently use (and updates, yeah). Can anyone help me in a way even I can understand? Thank you :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i believe if u want to use gear do not flash the U1 firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fsinan:
I think this is a common issue among the unlocked users. I hope they are, Samsung, working on a fix.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] snoop1979:
Hi there. I have a S8 ATT. Is there a debranded rom? I dont need to switch carriers just get rid of att software. I just to have an S7 verizon and back then you were able to flash "unlocked rom" and it worked perfect. Can i do something similar with this S8 ATT?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
its not a common issue for those who purchase the actual unlocked device, only for those on carrier versions that flash the unlocked rom

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please read the threads lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] snoop1979:
Thanks for sharing your wisdom and helping the community.

I will keep on reading either way.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
your questions have been answered in multiple threads on probably a few hundred posts by now lol.. it gets really redundant when ppl ask the same questions over and over again without searching or reading a few posts.. sorry if I dont want to repeat myself again lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fsinan:
This is what I'm talking about: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/help/unlocked-sm-g950u1-gearvr-t3615572
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i stand corrected lol thought it was working o the actual device but i guess not lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] raduque:
Hey ya'll, GearVR is working now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] cale vance:
hey guys i flashed the u1 firware and everthing worked out great but now samsung pay is gone on my gear s3 people on reddit say its because of the u1 firware is that to any truth? thanks and if so what firware should i run that is bloat free?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] cikaaca:
thanks to all who will help me upfront

i have a situation ,i got my s8 from friends friend locked to canada network i didnt know but i already wanted to flash with other carrier

i submited my imei to be unlocked from one of the servers on google got my msl code for 30usd

i have chimera and z3x but didnt succseed unlocking it

in download mode says

rpmb fuse blown

rpmb provisioned ... ect

when i connect to enter msl code it always shows error when geting to reading sn

phone has imei baseband everything ok but cant unlock bcause i have changed operator before unlock to i need to flash to original carrier to not get rpmb fuse blown and rpmb provisioned and to not get error to unlock phone

i having trouble the past few weeks to unlock phone tried multiple different firmwares and no succes

if anyone can help me bring phone to original state original carrier to unlock phone

i will give all informations got on online checker

IMEI Number: 3557570xxxxxxxx

Master Number: 3557570xxxxxxxx

Serial Number: R28J43xxxxx

Un Number: 98883743494xxxxxxx

Model Number: SM-G950WZKAXAC

Model Name: SM-G950W

Model Desc: Galaxy S8

Warranty Status: In Warranty

Purchase Country: Canada

Warranty Until: 04.03.2019

Production Date: 27.04.2017

Manufacturer: P648 Samsung Electronics Huizhou (China)

Carrier: Canada Open

Sold By: Canada / 27 April 2017

Ship To: Canada / 03 May 2017

thanks to all who can help me

br
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
rpmb fuse info means nothing for you lol.. it says that on every single s8 and s8+ device out of the box so dont waste your time with that..

and i assume youve flashed G950W firmware inckuding userdata?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] cikaaca:
yes ive flashed correctly but cant enter msl code it always gives error when doing unlock via msl code

tried via cable normaly and via uart with micro usb to type c adapter also the same

i thought that ive messed up binary or user data
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i thought only the Sprint variant was unlockable with z3x to be unlocked and even then its not officially supported since they use the Sprint S7 as the device on z3x software and it works for the Sprint device..

either way im not too familiar with boxes and unlocking but I dont think any S8 devices are officially supported yet
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gqukyo:
I have a Vzw device that I flashed the U1 firmware and Samsung Pay works fine for me. Gear is the only thing that people seem to have problems with.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
gear should b working now
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gqukyo:
That's great for those who need it. Personally, I've disabled all the gear stuff but good to know I can just disable if I ever do want to use gear stuff lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaypr9:
Just curious if anyone else can vouch for gearvr working now on u1 firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
It works for me
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hoangps:
TMobile s8+ not working, dialer keep crashing, cant put code, how to solve it ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
You need to flash the Canada XAC then flash the factory binary again and use the command to change it. After that all you need is EngBoot to change your carrier, plus that command.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hoangps:
thanks for reply me, but flash XAC full firmware ( http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-G955w ) then flash combination again right or what else bro ? can you explain more ?:(
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
Dont flash the full firmware. Flash the combination file THEN the XAC Home_CSC file.

THEN use the command:

adb shell

echo "XXX" > /efs/imei/mps_code.dat

Replace XXX with CSC codes found in OP

then flash full G955U firmware.

This might help. https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8+/how-to/carrier-switch-snapdragon-t3615680
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] drocny87:
I too have an s8 for t mobile which is locked, so all i have to do is flash the U1 firmware without contacting t mobile to unlock the device to work on Verizon?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] co.ag.2005:
I think you still have to unlock the device through the proper channels. But someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
I think you do. I dont have another sim to test it with.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] drocny87:
So contacting t mobile is a must
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
you have to use the tmo unlock app.. typically tmo will just tell you to use the app..

of course ive heard ppl say make minimum 2 device payments and say youre travelling out of country they might unlock it for u lol but i have vzw so dont kno for sure
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] drocny87:
How do you like the phone? Especially w/o root lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
no root sucks but i am loving the phone none the less.. outside of v4a, actually removing bloat (not just disabling it), and an occassional mod here and there root isnt a deal breaker for me.. although adaway n such would be nice lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] drocny87:
I think you can blocks ads w/o root.

Im currently​ using the pixel but was able to grab a new s8 from someone for $500. Im debating if i should use it or sell it
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
yes you can but not as efficiently imo lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] drocny87:
I hope root is possible at some point
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gqukyo:
Adaway is really the only thing I miss that requires root.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] anewday:
I'm curious why the instructions are much different from this one?

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/6dtr4f/bloat_free_flash_for_snapdragon_s8_available/

It just requires clicks and no manual input of commands.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ronallica:
works on S8+ ATT?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
Because we are switching carriers with a multi-csc. Changing it on the original firmware. That person is just switching to an unlocked firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nexii5:
What is the benefit of doing it this way vs the way mentioned on Reddit? (pardon my ignorance, I'm learning all this as best I can)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
You are switching carrier without switching firmwares. Model number stays the same. I reccommend the G95-U1 firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nexii5:
I feel quite dumb but I still don't understand this. I just want to be able to use the Verizon S8+ on T-Mobile with all the features available so will both of these work? or only this one? I just don't get the differences still.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sheon849:
Does this still work with the new update that came out?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] moises93:
Has anyone ran in to this setup? Frankenstein build, T-Mobile, Metro, and KT. Also it appears Sprint provisioning is running as well. I've been playing with CSC too much :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
g95xU1 is unbloated samsung firmware that comes on the U1 devices.. if your device is sim unlocked you can put any sim and it works.. carrier specific features might not work..

the other method you are on the carrier specific firmware but are just changing the CSC code to whatever carrier you choose but remaining on the stock carrier firmware..

so follow this thread to change CSC to TMB then maybe youll also want to flash TMB userdata to get all TMB bloats and best chance of getting all the TMB features working for you

The reason this is possible is because every carrier specific S8 devices uses the SAME FIRMWARE with the exception of USERDATA so all you need to do to switch between them is CHANGE THE CSC CODE whereas the G95xU1 firmware is only on the Samsung unlocked device (this can also be flashed on carrier specific devices)

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why would anyone want to run that?

to answer your question though yes, ppl have done this already but of course didnt stay.. no one wants a phone with bloat from multiple carriers lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bricky23:
Does anyone know the 3 digit code for cricket wireless? CRT? CKT?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] robstunner:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...5Zmmi9mLZH4wPFZZQBbWyS-rs/edit#gid=2050731693
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bricky23:
CRI thanks you're awesome! I tried ATT hoping to get volte on cricket. Even though it was in settings it didn't work. So I will try this. Although I may return to U1 because I like being able to use mobile hotspot. [emoji4]
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nexii5:
Ok I just read through 49 pages. Talk about information overload haha.

I saw a file posted for the G955U some pages back, a combination file (tar.md5). It seems like this file would make things easier and replace some of the steps in the OP. If so, which steps would this replace? I'm trying to go from a VZW S8+ to either a TMB or XAA. The file I downloaded is:

COMBINATION_FA70_G955USQU1AQD8_CL11249373_QB13326524_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] HumanXv2:
So can this be done to a tmo phone to be used on cricket? I try to avoid buying att phones since they're so locked down.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
yea if ur tmo phone is unlocked already
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] moises93:
It's actually AIO, I have a Cricket S8.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bricky23:
Thank you. CRI gave me XAA. I will try again later. It's a pain wiping the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
its AIO
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bricky23:
It worked. Finally have volte working on cricket.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] y2whisper:
Just to confirm, I use the engboot and G955U factory binary even though i have a G955W?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
g955w doesnt contain eng boot but combo firm does.. so if u flash combo firm ur also flashing eng boot
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] y2whisper:
Which one is that? This one?

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120731328

Just don't want to flash the wrong file
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] greenogre:
Guys,

Would this method work on Sprint Samsung Galaxy S8 SM-G950U, if the phone is Unlocked? I want to flash T-mobile firmware to get all benefits from T-mobile like wifi calling or hotspot sharing etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] daniel4653:
I would take mobile hotspot over VoLTE. I'm on Cricket too, but haven't flashed anything yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maidguitar:
Hey guys, I'd like a bit of help here once again... sorry if this was covered but I tried to search for it and didn't seem to find an answer.

I flashed from VZW original to ATT by following the steps and using echo "ATT" rather than XAA, because I want a properly AT&T branded phone rather than unlocked. I used a Verizon rom to install, but as the bootloader was set to "ATT" I got the proper underlying ATT firmware and when I boot up the phone I get the AT&T logo and sound.

I've been using it fine for a while now, works great, but I saw that AT&T had an update a few days ago, June 13 OTA marked version G950USQU1AQEF. However, now when I want to go and check for an update, it doesn't find one, and my phone reports that I have firmware version AQDF (screenshot here), which I believe is Verizon only. This would make sense as I flashed it using the Verizon rom but with the ATT code (I can't find an ATT rom anywhere).

If I want to get OTA updates from AT&T, am I screwed? Will I have to find a proper AT&T rom? Or has the update not rolled out to all regions yet? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
sure why not?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] qqppaallzzmm:
Even after reading through most of the thread, I dont seem to understand the process fully even though I have been using custom roms for over 8 years. Please help me out here guys. I am on stock verizon. I want to convert to complete tmobile firmware ( that would be tmb/tmb/vzw I guess) to get all tmobile features and software updates. What process should I follow and where do I get the files required?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:
Flash the AQDE U1 firmware first (you may need to follow the istructions in the OP to get on pure XAA), reboot skip through set-up and reboot to DL mode then flash any ATT user data file in the UMS slot all by itself. ATT firmware can be found on updato.com. seems like only the older builds have user data included in the firmware DL, I know AQC9 and AQD9 both have ATT user data files included in the DL.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] maidguitar:
Wow... I feel so stupid... I kept searching "g950u" on updato and it would never show ATT... I didn't realize ATT was listed under "g950u1" sigh, I'll start over again haha thank you!

edit: It looks like for ATT, only the newest version exists for 950. Only the 955 has older user data. Could I use the older 955 userdata on 950 or is that just a bad idea?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] robstunner:
Just a question for those of you who switched to unlocked carrier free:

Are you getting OTA updates?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:
Yes