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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] NeedleGames:
Just press on it and then delete
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] danman132x:
That doesn't work though. You can press on it, shows the date individually, event is there but clicking on it does nothing. Also as far I can tell no way to get rid of the muslim calendar dates also. I want to keep it OEM for now, no root, is there any other international variant OEM rom to flash?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] NeedleGames:
You can choose what calendar sources you want (google, celebrations, facebook etc.) All of them are on by default. You just have to find it in the calendar app and disable that calendar. It is celebrations calendar for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] danman132x:
I don't know. I'm thinking it's baked into the ROM for real now. I googled this also and it seems the S7 had the issue also on international variants. But there were some work arounds I think. I tried unselecting all the different calendars. There is none that states celebrations on here.

Screenshot_20170620-090119 by Daniel Rivera, on Flickr
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] t-shock:
You can flash any firmware (using Odin) from the F version to the FD one with absolutely no issue.

Edit: If you are scared to flash an F firmware, you can flash the Russian one (from the FD) and it wont have any of that "bloatware"
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] danman132x:
Cool, so would this one work? https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s8/SM-G950FD/SER/download/G950FXXU1AQF7/172614/

It's an updated version also it seems, as I'm on AQDG and security patch April 1, 2017 and this one is 6-1-17. This won't put the russian alphabet on my phone will it? lol

Mine has the Egypt firmware apparently.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] t-shock:
That should do

You can remove the russian keyboard very easily (it is like if you flash a Greek or Italian OS, no big deal)

But be aware. In order to avoid the EGY CSC, you shouldnt have a SIM card while booting for the first time and you should probably use a .pit file

Last but not least, use SamFirm to download the whole firmware (Here) and make sure that you tick the Binary Nature selection on the app (that way, you will get 5 files instead of one and you can completely remove the EGY csc)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] danman132x:
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by the EGY CSC. What is this exactly? Under software information I see under service provider is EGY/EGY/EGY. I do have straight talk up and running just fine on my S8 using the ATT network, everything works as it should right now.

I'll be sure to have my SIM card removed when flashing in odin and rebooting the 1st time. As of right now, I'm downloading the file from sammobile, the zip file which they say to extract and flash in odin.

I checked that link you sent and found the russian one with the SER region selected and clicked binary nature. So should I not flash the file from Sammobile with odin and use the the link you sent instead?

The tool downloaded the 5 files you said, I have a HOME_CSC file, CSS_OXM... , CP, BL, and AP files. They are all md5 files. So you're saying I should flash these in odin instead of the single file from Sammobile?

Im good at rooting phones and stuff, but only when following guides. The "behind the scenes" stuff I'm not good at since I don't program. This one I'm not rooting right away, just want to do this to try and get rid of the egypt stuff and muslim calendar things.

Heres what I have. It shows 4 places to flash though. The AP, BL, and CP seem straightforward using the files downloaded, but which one of the top 2 files goes in the CSC part?

odintest by Daniel Rivera, on Flickr
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] t-shock:
The single file from Sammobile wont help you to remove all the muslim stuff from your phone. On the other hand, a 5-"pack" firmware will debloat your phone completely.

Just put the BL file to the BL option in Odin

AP file to AP option

CP file to CP option

and CSC (NOT HOME_CSC) at the CSC file

Also make sure that you have "extracted" from the CSC .tar.md5 the pit (Just open it with WinRaR and extract the .pit file)

After doing that, open the pit section on the Odin and selete the pit file that you just extracted
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] danman132x:
Thank you. This all worked perfectly. Did every option. Phone is back up and running just fine, Latest software and security patches are installed.

Sadly, the ramadan and muslim dates are still there, still shows EGY under service provider SW version. I guess I'll just have to accept this and can't get rid of it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] t-shock:
I'm glad that your phone works but I still cannot understand why it didnt change

If you get your hands on a european sim, then you will be able to get rid of the muslim dates etc
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] danman132x:
Hello t-shock I'm hoping you'll see this, but I ordered me a Russian Sim card on ebay so I can change to the SER hopefully. Would I follow the same steps again? You did say make sure not to have my Sim card in when booting for the first time, but wouldn't I want to have it in so it can read it and hopefully change? Since when I did it with no Sim cars inserted, it didn't change. Now I'm trying to change my csc to get Samsung pay to work, and it looks like it should on Russian phones since its been released there.

I've tried everything else and I can't even pull up the multi csc menu, even though it shows EGY should be part of the multi csc pack.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] t-shock:
Hi

Put the Sim on the phone and repeat the step that I have said.

But make sure that you use the pit file and also the csc (not home_csc)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] zerosource:
Were you able to get rid of EGY? I'm in the same boat.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Presterin:
I think you should flash multi-CSC firmware that contains CSC you want to get. I have NEE/NEE/XSG, no muslim stuff. OXM firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] P1226R:
As I have had same satuition. EGY is included in Multi-CSC OXM, you can't change CSC by odin flashing another Multi-CSC OXM firmware.

I tried flash VD2(Germany Vodafone) then it became VD2/VD2/EGY but if I flash other CSC included in Multi-CSC OXM, it go back to EGY/EGY/EGY. I'm gonna just root my phone now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Presterin:
I got my phone from Dubai, inserted finnish SIM card and turned on the phone. It automatically changed CSCs to NEE, which is correct for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] danman132x:
I'm waiting on my Russian Sim card to come in the mail, then I will try to change to the SER csc, which Samsung pay should work for. Hoping it changes. Apparently from reading above, if you have a multi csc like the EGY I have, you can't flash another one. That's why when I initially flashed the SER csc through Odin, in a multi part file, it didn't change. HOPING it will change when I get my Russian Sim card.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] danman132x:
Can you clarify please? I'm assuming you had EGY csc also. Is that why when I flash SER csc (Russian) it didn't change anything? But VD2 is not multi csc package and that's why it changed? I don't really care what firmware I'm on now as long Samsung pay will work and it doesn't have all the bloat ware. I was told Russian software has some of the least bloat. Will changing my Sim card change the csc?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Njaiker:
My phone is draining it's battery really fast and the process responsible for it just reads "Android" (see the image)

Confidently this happened with the installation of Magisk so now I don't know what's causing it Magisk or it's something else.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] BraianV:
Download another app to see battery with more details. If u are rooted use Greenify to hibernate most apps
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] {s3rious}:
Download wakelock detectord or betterbatterystats and then post screenshots.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] FireMax_:
Block or uninstall Google Search. Disable Xiaomi Location.

Enviado de meu Redmi Note 3 usando Tapatalk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] vasiaua:
And broke... New stylus time
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] bond32:
Nice! I'm sure newcommers will appreciate this post a ton. Just a note, the exploit WILL work on 13a, but it WILL NOT work on 14b. If someone has the 14b firmware, they aren't screwed - simply use the KDZ restore to downgrade to either 13a or 12a. Note: when doing this, data WILL NOT be wiped - your phone will have a ton of force closes. I recommend in this case to try to get to the backup in settings and do a factory reset because the FC's will not let you get to terminal emulator to do the exploit. Factory reset to start fresh, then enable debugging, etc.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ruttedbeez:
Ive been looking all day to see if I can just kdz to 13a. I now have plans after work. Thank you!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] bond32:
Nice, glad to help. Don't forget, your phone will likely go cray with all the force closes so you may want to just factory reset after the KDZ completes. Also, if/when you do that, after it is back to the point where you set the phone up, just get past the initial setup as quickly as possible then put the phone in airplane mode - this will keep it from trying to load the 300 apps as well as prevent Verizon's bloat crap from downloading Candcrush, garbage, [insert unwanted app here], etc. Then just enable usb debugging, install terminal emulator, and you're good to proceed with the exploit.

Personally (and I DO NOT recommend this), I've gone back and forth so many times I've lost count between stock/unroot and root. I am actually able to restore a backup from right after installing TWRP and rebooting by jumping straight into TWRP after installing TWRP image and formatting data. It has worked a number of times now.

I really only need root access for adblocking and ViperAudio.

Thanks again OP!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ruttedbeez:
I just got the phone 3 days ago so a factory reset isnt gonna bother me much. And good idea on the airplane mode wouldny have thought of that.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LASERWOLF452:
thank you for that info i was not sure of 13A but i ake sure to add it to my video. glad this helped people i love to make videos and help others out in need, i deal with the hard work trying to understand how a method works and once i get it going i show all steps that are missing (i know they wont add it cause as you see my video is long hehehe) but i dont mind doing it, gives me somthing to do and its somthing i love doing

thank you for that info that is a big help there, i be making more videos and will be updating this post as a new video is uploaded, i will try to get one this week for debloating apps off the phone, i am still messing around with freeing apps cause here and there i seen a few screw ups and trying to study it before all is final on a video
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LASERWOLF452:
hope you get it all working, if you want more videos adn want to keep up to date on this phone, feel free to subscribe to my chanel
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] bond32:
I subscribed, good stuff! Thanks for putting all that together, I'm sure it will be helpful.

You should make a video or guide about debloating apps, there are plenty out there but sometimes people are really wanting to know about their specific phone model.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] moejoe88:
Subscribed. Thanks for this.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LASERWOLF452:
i do have plans to make a debloat video but i have a trip coming up. good news is when i debloated my phone i had no issues like i did before so that is one thing why i have not made a video. a debloat video will be up at the end of this month or next month. thanks for subscribing to my channel :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LASERWOLF452:
thanks and you are welcome more videos be up later end of this month or next month
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jmcnabb2:
I think I could use some help. I got all the files flashed and rebooted the phone and now my screen is flickering and freaking out and the phone is constantly vibrating. everything went well through all the steps until I typed it fastboot reboot.

EDIT: Got back into fastboot and retyped typed the last few lines and I think I got that fixed. I think I'm still having a slight problem. Phone vibration wont turn off now while phone is running. ideas?

EDIT: Vibration turns off when I turn the screen off so I guess I got that semi fixed. Is that normal?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SgtSmokdu:
DELETED...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ankurcshah:
Is this phone unlocked by default for international use?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LASERWOLF452:
sorry i didnt reply in forever, i dont get a email or anything when people post on here unless i been quated, i hope your v20 is rooted, if not feel free to message my facebook page

www.facebook.com/laser452

just make sure your phone is a vs995 cause thats what phone i use and all i know as i dont own other v20s, if i did i be more of help
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LASERWOLF452:
i went to the Netherlands with my vs995 and had no issues, i was using Verizon tho with there travel pass
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zoandroid:
[MENTION=5066255]LASERWOLF452[/MENTION] Hi. I am using an HTC 10 on Verizon. I'm thinking about buying a refurbished LG V20, and would like to know if I can just swap my HTC 10 SIM card into a V20 and be good to go on Verizon? After that I would want to root the V20 following your guide here.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nrage23:
Yes you can just put your Verizon Sim card from your HTC 10 in a Verizon or Unlocked V20 and all will work.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LASERWOLF452:
Yes it will work
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] WalterSilverio:
After unlocking the bootloader using the dirty santa tutorial, if I reinstall KDZ stock for my cell phone, I still have the bootloader unlocked so I can later install Custom and root?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zoandroid:
Thanks, guys, for the quick replies on the SIM card question. I notice mention of a version suffix (i.e. VS99512A) in this thread. Where in the V20 would I ask the seller of a refurbished unit to find which version suffix it has?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LASERWOLF452:
15A is the latest and it has been confirmed by [MENTION=2691354]bond32[/MENTION] that it is downgradeable with uppercut
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zoandroid:
Thanks! Just trying to get my head wrapped around this. :) So are we talking firmware versions, or what does the 15A mean?

The more I look at this, I can get a US unlocked GSM/CDMA Verizon compatible US996 for not much more than the price of a 90 day warranty refurb, so I would prefer sticking with brand new. I have seen mention of both KDZ and uppercut for downgrading to root. Is it a matter of using just one of these 2 tools, or would I need to learn about both of them? Trying to limit the reading to just essential stuff.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zoandroid:
With a new US996 Unlocked cdma-gsm Verizon compatible V20, the bootloader still would be locked, right?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LASERWOLF452:
i dont know anything about the US996 so i dont know even with an unlocked phones i dont know, i am sure someone can answer this one
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zoandroid:
Thanks for getting back to me even though you can't tell me the answer. :)

I googled the issue and found several web pages telling how to unlock the US996 bootloader, including one here on XDA using Dirty Elf:

https://xdaforums.com/v20/how-to/v20-h915us996-dirtyelf-bootloader-t3568013

and also read several sites describing as of Fall 2016 that LG decided to include the V20 in its official bootloader unlocking for developers......but doing so voids the warranty.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fangwulf:
Thank you very much for the guide. I was able to root my sister's VS995 on 13A. Although this was the most involved root I've ever done for a phone, this guide was fairly simple and easy to follow.

However, there was one point I kept getting stuck following the text of your post, but was solved when watching your video. I think it's a critical missing point in the text of your post though (I prefer text over videos often). But right after the fastboot commands you have step:

"13. after you type in fastboot reboot hold the vol down and power button down. once you see the LG logo, let go of the power button then hold it down again"

Then immediately: "14. you are now in TWRP, press cancel then swipe to modify", which was not true for me (and not true in your video either).

The step missing from your text post is that once you do step 13, a white screen appears asking if you want to factory rest. In your video, however, you explain that this is okay and we should select "yes" (and yes again) to reset, then the phone will go to TWRP.

My problem was that I was selecting "no" because you don't mention anything in this post. So the phone was booting to OS and messing everything up because once I let it do that, going back and selecting "yes" won't boot to TWRP.

So you might want to mention that as step 13b or whatever. I spent a few hours trying to figure out the problem, and redoing everything twice before finally watching your video closely. My fault for not watching the video first, but you may want to add that step to this post.

Also a question: When powering on the device, the brightness level gets set to 100% and the screen timeout gets set to 1 minute, even though I changed those settings. Shouldn't it be saving those settings even after powering down then on again? I know the vibration is "normal", but is it normal for the other settings to change themselves on every boot-up?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zoandroid:
[MENTION=5066255]LASERWOLF452[/MENTION]

Sorry to bother you, but it does appear you are the sole supporter in this thread now. I read in one of your posts that you don't get notifications unless mentioned specifically. If you have the time, could you comment on these last few posts please? Thanks!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LASERWOLF452:
sorry that there was a few missing info. when i get the time i will try to work on the video as of right now my phone has been redone and had others ask for a debloat but i been having issues with this phone since i got it, so far it runs ok with a few mods and debloated so i am testing this out for the moment and if it passes i remake that root method video and i will make sure all is done and all info is included

now please note, the method i did was for the VS995 ONLY yes the root method is for most devices but to my eyes all v20s are different when it comes to different carriers, i cant just say yes this method dose work on your t- mobile phone and not get my hands on it

i know my TWRP had swipe to modify but i look again when i redo my phone for a remake of the root video, i will make sure to read the whole post as i work on a V20, i do have a few people asking cause somthing happens so i am able to work on their phones, next person i get asking for help i check the post to make sure all info. is correct and up to date

thank you for your feedback and suggestions, if you need help feel free to message me here or on my facebook page which is on my videos

Edit - oh i miss read hehe you are on the vs995 sorry for that, but glad you got it rooted, again sorry for some missing info
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LASERWOLF452:
you are not bothering me never think that, i love to help others the best that i can, whats up, and what post you wish me to comment on, sorry if i missed something
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zoandroid:
Thanks for the quick reply!

Mostly, I am interested in Fangwulf's post, which you did comment on already. When I read what he had found it seemed possibly pertinent to my situation. I really don't want to miss a step or something and end up bricked. :)

I'm torn between just following the official LG bootloader unlock, which will notify them my warranty is gone, or trying to go the "Dirty Elf" route and hope for the best. But I also want root, and that is a separate process from unlocking the bootloader, right? I don't think LG would have rooting instructions. ;) Although I've rooted several androids, each was different, and trying to remember how I did things gets mixed together and turned around in my head with so many different ways to have done it. I remember you told me you don't have experience with the US996, but I figure any help I can get here, to understand how it works on the other V20 variations, might shed light on any problems that pop up for me.

Unfortunately, the dirty elf root thread has lost its OP support, who has posted he moved on, and so answers there don't seem to be happening. But the thread is specific to the US996, so probably my best bet. There are a couple things I'm not clear on over there. If you run across anyone still providing help on the US996 V20, please point me to them.

Thanks again!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LASERWOLF452:
i dont have any connections with the devs or to someone who really knows how to work with you. i just come on here to learn and if the root method is hard for me to understand and once i learn it i make videos to help those that are noobs to this that are scared to mess up their phone

if i have connections with devs or i am a dev my self i can be of any help

i did took a glance at the dirty elf and it looks simple enough, look for a KDZ for the phone and a unbrick method (if there is no KDZ or KDZ may not save your butt)

i dont mind helping you and getting it figured out
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zoandroid:
OK, Thanks! The phone is scheduled to be here Monday. Once I get it hooked up on Verizon and use it a bit to make sure it works OK, I'll decide how to proceed. I am tempted to try just using it stock for awhile (something I've never done before) but I believe the "usual" things I do with my smartphone will quickly get shut down by things like the current trend to block access for apps to/from the SD card. Plus I always like to make weekly nandroid backups, and have relied on them many times when something suddenly goes sideways or an SD card decides to suddenly stop working. I've seen less of that lately. Maybe SD cards are better nowadays. Used to be a regular occurrence for me.

I'm not eager to run a custom ROM, but usually do after rooting. My main interest is running TIBU, TWRP, and being able to access files today's apps insist on burying within internal storage so I can clone them in real time to the SD card for backups. I used to write and ask programmers to make SD access for their apps that lacked it. But since the powers that be decided to try to prevent apps EVER accessing an SD card (and making devices that don't even use them) I've given up in that attempt. It's easier to just use the available tools that mirror files in real time, but those usually require root. I should mention I am NOT a fan of trusting the cloud to back up any of my confidential data, so that's not an option for me. In fact I opt out of all that stuff at the beginning when setting up a device.