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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] *Detection*:
Personally I would go for the full refund / return option, that's not the phone you thought you were buying and is limited because of the locked bootloader

But make sure you get the refund in full before sending anything back, and tell him you want him to pay for return delivery costs, you will win no matter what, don't let him bully you, ebay will side with you if you open a case and he knows it

I have won plenty of free items on ebay by threatening to open cases when the item was not as described, faked PS3 controller for example, I told the guy I was going to open a case if he didn't refund in full and pay for delivery for the return, he kicked up a fuss for a couple of messages, admitted defeat and I received an email saying I could keep the item and I was also refunded in full, done that a few times

They only do it because a lot of people don't know they will win the case, don't let scammers bully you, you've got the law on your side ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] snowfun84:
Hi

I am using Google calendar on my s8 as the stock calendar appeared to be a stripped down version of its prior one on my s5.

Now, when I get notifications on my lock screen, they fade away and keep reoccurring until I dismiss it by sliding the X to the side. This wears down the battery, etc. It appears that others are having the same issue. I tried different fixes but nothing has helped.

Any suggestions?

Thank you.
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] Pariki:
Devs,

Please help. My phone says Baseband Unknown IMEI unknown,

It was my fault, I flashed debloated C9000 China Rom on my SM-C900f Indian variant. But my bad. I am totally lost now.

I flashed old, new & latest Stock Indian roms but no luck. Phone crashes & Baseband Unknown IMEI unknown problem. No network & phone restarts automatically.

Someone please help what Should I do.

.. Thank you.
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] travis82:
Flash stock firmware again via odin.
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] Pariki:
Did that. Been doing it from 2 days.. I have 4 stock roms.

Pls help...

I have a Twrp backup of old Rom when I rooted the phone.

Can that help?
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] dondeep:
restore EFS back up from your TWRP back up
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] Pariki:
I checked the two backup & it has some 5 files. None says efs backup.

When tried to restore the backup, there is only System to restore. :(
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] dondeep:
try this

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-recover-imei-9-steps-t1264021
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] Pariki:
Nothing worked for me &

I had to send my C9 Pro to Samsung service center.

The Service center guy told the warranty is void as I have rooted the phone & they cannot repair it ( I did flash original stock rom to make it official).

But nothing worked out. My phone is dead now just because I flashed C9000 on C900F.
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] travis82:
Your phone is dead because you did not backup efs. If you would of done that you never would of had an issue. Where is your mobile now? Maybe donate it to a dev if your can't get it repaired.
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] Pariki:
Hi Travis,

I got my phone repaired at Samsung Service Center for free.

I know someone there.

They changed the whole Motherboard & gave it.

It's working perfectly fine now.

I backed up the EFS partition & rooted the phone & using Xposed framework. The way I want the phone.

Eagerly waiting for Lineage OS for C900F Indian Variant.

:good:
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] travis82:
Right on! Could use a box to do the same without a mobo swap too. Lineage is getting there. Be patient.
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] Pariki:
Yes. I first tried to get the phone fixed locally using 2 boxes. But no luck. They told me to take the phone to Service Centre. I took it to Samsung Service Centre & they used the box to fix I. But they could not.

They told me they have to replace the 64 GB part which is on Motherboard & they replaced it.

Will wait patiently for the Lineage OS..

Thanks.. :good:
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] anwar726:
here is your solution.....

download efs.img file as i have attached ....

download any TWRP for c900f form google.

and put efs.img file into internal or extarnal starage......

now in TWRP use tarminal emulator

and use this command

adb shell

su

dd if=/sdcard/efs.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/efs

please dont edit any command

please press thanks for helping:cool::cool::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::cowboy::cowboy::cowboy::cowboy::confused::confused::(:(:angel::angel::angel:
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] Himchawla:
IMEI Not restored

Well i tried as you said

its not quite working

serial number was restored but not imei and baseband

when i dial *#06# i only see serial number

pls help.
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] abdullah alotaibi:
by odin install 4 file rom
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] rajnish_1604@yahoo.com:
i m also falsh c9000 rom and imei lost. please give solutions for us.
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] rajnish_1604@yahoo.com:
Mine done. I restore efs settings.
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] Omani1:
i have c9 pro, i forget pin number. can someone help solve it with remove data?
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] sharjeel57:
c900f

how? Plase share the procedure?
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] raghu0421:
I have the same problem. Can i fix this problem myself! .Is there anyone could help. Please!
[Samsung C9 Pro  Questions & Answers] mr.mydoom:
Try

Boot into TWRP recovery.

From TWRP’s main screen, select Advanced » then Terminal.

Type the following commands in terminal (one by one):

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst1

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst2

Reboot device.

or via ADB

adb shell 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst1'

adb shell 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst2'

adb reboot
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madhancena:
please anyone help me to root infocus bingo 10 m415..........
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] Androbots:
Which is the best kernel for RR N can anybody tell me? *
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] arnavbatra:
It all depends on your preference and use case.

1. Agni kernel

Cutting edge stuff with lots of updates

2. Radon kernel

Super stable and smooth with lots of features

3. ElementalX

Super stable with extra wake gestures

4.Infected kernel

I personally prefer Radon or Agni
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] Hemphiz:
For me Radon with per app profiles. Have tried pretty much all the kernels yet always end back at the Radon. Quick charge undervolt also
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] Androbots:
Thanks for ur suggestions can u tell me a rom that will be beat with elementalx and radon?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] Hemphiz:
That's a tough one. So many good roms. I would say Speedy and stable: Umangs LineageOS. For an all-rounder try Aex-Lite mod with Radon (what I'm using) or a kernel of your liking. Lots of features and also fast. I've not properly tested Pure Nexusrom by Demon but heard it's good (doesn't support Exfat though)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
first
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] progro420:
Thank you dev team!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ernestico911:
Tell me if you need anything? firmware or whatever? I have conections and can help you on your research, ANYTHING.

Already pledged 10 for your cause, I say hello from Cuba LOL
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] JSNxESCT:
Thank you so much for your hard work devs! ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hugebulge:
Yes!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
we already got everything we need..

only thing anyone can help with is if they are aware of any permissive boot.img from combo firms etc that charge to 100% thatd be great lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bauwoo:
Looking forward guys. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
Wow so you're saying this doesn't trigger knox flag and we could flash back to stock for warranty work?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:
That is correct, S7 and S7 edge snapdragon were like that also.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
That is great news! Much more interested now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] unitz0mbie:
I saw some post that you guys said some get 80 and some get 100 percent battery? Or everyone with this method will be locked at 80?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nhannon9:
Did you not even bother to read the OP after this thread was posted? No offense, this was made partly because nobody was searching the old thread for answers. We're only two pages in here...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] teknowiz23:
I'm pretty sure this is a legit question. I remember this statement of some get 80% some get 100% in the previous thread.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nhannon9:
Right, but it seems all the info they have at the moment has been detailed in this post.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
yes.. ive gone back n forth well over 100 times now lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] crazysoccerman:
OP's post contradicts:

It's a valid question for those who are following developments. Your post seems inappropriate IMO.

BTW, is there a possibility 80% max charge accurately reflects the potential maximum utilization of the true battery capacity?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
yes, that was stated but not sure how it happened but reflashing firmwares for testing and now no one charges past 80%..

we are currently working on a fix

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its possible but highly unlikely.. it seems to drain normally, id think if it was truely 100 reflecting as 80 that itd take longer for the battery to drop but it drops at a normal rate

tberes 100s of battery related files we are sifying through

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keep in mind the moment i said that some of the team said they could charge past 80 but later they wrre not able to go past 80..

either way, the op is in the group obviously and will have the most up to date information since we control this thread.. so op is 100% accurate (pun intended)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] eNubiX:
Is it possible to pull the boot.img from the international s8+/s8 firmware? I thought boofloader should be unlocked, and should also charge to %100?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
1) we have it already as well as twrp

2) their bl is unlocked, not much to do with a boot.img as the bl is separate

3) it does charge to 100% lol

4) it wont work.. been down that road already.. our bl is locked and attempting to flash chinese firm on our devices dnds in a secure check faileither in odin or when trying to boot after dd

we basically would have to disable secure download (bl unlock) and/or disable secure boot to boot unsigned firmwares
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jawonder:
Thanks to all involved, your hard work will be rewarded. Keep at it .
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] eNubiX:
I wouldn't nessesarly worry about unlocking the boofloader. But would it be possible to use the battery files to overwrite the properties to charge to 100%?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
why would we use chinese files when we can use stock g955u files? but possibly, that is actually one of the things we are trying today
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] eNubiX:
Actually now that I think about it, you're right. It should work with whichever stock firmware there is available. Do you think while causing the memory leak or buffer overflow to force root caused the phone to go in a failsafe and limit it to 80%? Was there any heating issues while rooting?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
I remember in the chats one of the guys also rooted a Note 7 SD successfully, did that get anywhere? Maybe could be of use for the S7/S6?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] DevCharlie17:
"-We are currently limited to 80 percent battery capacity. This is a limitation in the kernel that we are using. We are looking for a work-around, but we may release with this limitation intact and let the community work to get it sorted out. I've been getting through the day just fine with battery left to spare, but your mileage may vary, depending on usage pattern and apps installed etc... Sometimes you just have to make a sacrifice. "

I work be happy to help get this issue fixed!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
lmao no.. the permissive boots that have been around since s8 launch are all only capable of charging to 80%.. nothing at all to do with root
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] EchoX860:
Is this the same way that the S7/E got root last year?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] 2phonejones:
Pure awesome.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
pretty sure no.. but howd they get root last year? if it was flashing boot.img with ro.secure=0 then no
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mysticales:
Wooo! Finally, Root for my S8. Can finally do a REAL restore from my S6 and maybe finally... switch over to use my S8 which hasnt had a sim card from day 1.

Tho the trade off... only 80% battery? =/ That kinda sucks lol...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] serajr:
Is there some kind of "temp root" (cve vulnerability) involved at the root process?

I'm seriously thinking about buying/joining S8 development! Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Opensystem:
I wouldn't sweat the 80% too hard to release root, someone else can fix that lol you guys have done enough imo

Also thanks for the new thread, it's nice having updates on the front page
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] boostnek9:
I'm not sure how useful this root solution will be tbh...

80% charge issue is enough to keep me away from it. Won't be able to get latest security patches just adds to the pile.

What I would do is release a "hardcore user" version and a "noob user" version and let the community iron the rest out or at least get more people involved for greater success rates. This way your issues encountered can be fixed quicker and possibly with different solutions you haven't thought of.

These are just opinions/suggestions, it's not my release, so I encourage you to do what you feel is right for you guys.

Good effort on this.

1 question, what are the differences between this and engineering fw in terms of security and why can't we root on OFW?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] EchoX860:
Engboot
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
it was eng firmware but it was a lot less secure, you could root it right out of the box pretty sure. I think the process was to flash the eng firmware and run a .bat that installed root through adb, it was a lot simpler and Samsung made sure to patch it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ironbesterer:
Since it involves having to flash the eng-boot, it basically is a hard-core user version.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] thekojac:
Any idea why this root method doesn't cause the stability and lag/performance issues like the S7 root using the engboot from last year did?

Just curious. That root method was practically unusable, so if this one doesn't have those issues that's amazing.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] eNubiX:
Goodness, I blame Samsung... Lmao!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] muppetmaster916:
Amazes me all of the people that complain waiting for root, then it's achieved and they complain about when the packaged method will be released, then complain about 80% battery, then say we don't need root anyway. It's a PHONE. root= awesome. No root=no big deal. Released in a week , month, or a year, sweet. Live your life.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
Nope... we didn't utilize any recent cve's..the main contributor was the ENG firmware of course outside of the group which we've spent countless hours on this project..

It will be soon!

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We figure if we can't fix it, once it's released there will be many eyes on it and surely someone in this world can find a solution!

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That is what we are doing lol.. we are trying to resolve the issues but ultimately if it comes down to it we will release what we have (battery issue is a tough cookie)..

The reason we cannot root on OFW is because A) we need to be permissive to do much anything or else everything is strictly enforced/denied and B) ENG system.img is needed as it has su binaries already in xbin

To add, the stock boot.img will not boot if we root then try to flash it, we cannot root using stock boot etc etc so we have yet to figure out a method that would allow us on stock boot.img on ENG firmware.. it either freezes on bootloader screens, bootloops into upload mode/kernel panic etc etc.. when it does boot we get verify errors and it will force us to factory reset

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Then no, it's not the same.. their ENG boot was rooted essentially from the get go whereas we cannot even flash or use our rooted ENG boot.img lol

So instead we are using ENG system.img and permissive files (and other ENG files)

I do not believe anyone's had a full ENG firmware on Samsung devices?? I have seen userdebug such as with the N7 but not full ENG.. it has a ton of goodies in it

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Yea, it's still that way with the s8 ENG boot.img but yes, they patched it so it cannot be flashed on user devices lol, else we wouldn't been rooted months ago haha

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To add, we have FULL 4 file ENG firmwares.. not just a boot.img lol

Once root is released I will also release the rest of the ENG files we aren't using for root in case some of you would like to take a crack at the BL or w.e

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We are not able to flash the ENG boot lol.. throws error it is ENG flash user binary.

The 80% boot.img I refer to as permissive boot lol.. "technically" it is an ENG also but with the one we can't flash I also refer to it as a "true" ENG boot lol

So to answer others questions, we rooted with a combination of restricted/permissive firmware and ENG firmware and a lil ingenuity lol

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You mean besides being a completely different device and firmware and year etc etc?

That's like asking why it doesn't look identical to the S7 lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:


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The S7 eng.boot had the kernel governor set to performance and no throttling which cause heat issues and lag. Towards the end of my s7edge I edited JKruz root.bat a little and it was running just like stock if not better. Had to correct the cpu governors ect ect
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kjc99:
Why are people acting ungrateful? These guys work night weekends and countless hours... Also who updates security patches when they have root? I did on custom roms but it was included with the rom builds.... Anyway don't use it if you don't like it...

Personally I feel the 80% thing will get fixed and if there is no lag and overheating.... that's awesome...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] boostnek9:
Why do you think people are ungrateful? I see opinions and general talk. Nothing bad was said and work is still appreciated.

Everyone updates security patches.. Custom roms have new versions released with updates all the time so to answer your question, everyone does and everyone should. I do banking on my phone, it's important to me.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] lightninbug:
With the 80% charge problem...

Is it actually only charging to a "legit" 80%?

Or is it "showing" 80% when in reality it's actually at 100%?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Interceptor777:
No, it hard caps the charging at 80%, so you can only use 80% of your battery's capacity (not exactly 80% because the percentage OS shows isn't accurate but you get the idea)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ipwnin3D:
Please excuse my ignorance, I'm coming from a device with an unlocked bootloader (TMO Sgs5) so I know little to nothing about locked bootloaders.

But realistically what are the chances the bootloader for the TMO sgs8+ will become fully unlocked? Like to the point where I (we) could install any rom/any mods instead of just limited modded stock roms?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Opensystem:
No one has seen what we're gonna have to work with yet except these devs, and they mostly focused on root so no one can say for sure. The odds are better now with root, and we'll have more devs looking at it soon.

In my personal opinion, I would GUESS 50/50 or maybe a little better. It's a very popular phone, and a lot of people are going to be interested in making it "perfect" for them as a daily driver for the next year (or two. Or 5.)

I wouldn't go out and buy it today if I needed the ability to flash roms though
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] CarbonNeuron:
But does gear vr work?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ironbesterer:
Damn that sounds even more complicated than I thought. This is almost enthusiast status root. Thank you guys so much for all your work! I'll be sending a donation.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Delgoth:
My question is, what had to happen to find these special files? Where could we find these files for older devices, I feel like these full eng and permissive firmwares exist for "older, unrootable" devices but no one wants to say where to find them.

I'm actually really excited to hear about so much dev work being done on a new Samsung Device again. But I can't help but feel sad that everyone basically skipped the last two generations of Samsungs. Just because. Not because it was impossible.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:
I have a plus model and with 80% battery I still manage to get 7-9 hours of SOT and a couple days usage.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hazmad:
Do you have a way to unlock the bootloader? That's really the only thing left.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
Your permissive files are everywhere and there has been plenty eng files leaked.. heck it's how ppl have been rooting lately

There's a reason I don't talk about where I got them considering they are proprietary and I shouldn't even have them lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
To add, roots getting better n better
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ernestico911:
Sir; unlock bootloader? really?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sorcerer86:
Will this work for the g950u1 also?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ernestico911:
It might work since U1 is an unlocked generic firmware for qualcomm devices
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sorcerer86:
So if I'm going to buy one you think I should just get the Verizon version and not the unlocked?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ernestico911:
really does not matter which version you buy, root most work on every U U1 devices