yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] billa:
Interesting... so you're saying that if you get a rev check fail due to some minor model mismatch, ticking t-flash with pit will force flash it?

Most apps can be disabled even without root, using this simple command in your adb folder:

adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 <package_name>

(it doesn't literally uninstall it, just disables it till a factory reset)

To list all the available apps on the phone, enter:

adb shell pm list packages -f
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] akiraO1:
yes t-flash will force flash anything but you need to use a pit file so it doesnt destroy your partitioning and make sure you dont have an sdcard in. Also in regards to pm uninstall, do: pm uninstall --user 0 <package> with no option -k to fully get rid of the package and its data. it wont take the apk out of the system but it does destroy the applications functionality.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] yungrandy:
So is the s8 G950U root process gona work on a galaxy s8 from (xfinity mobile)??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] partcyborg:
Dude read the thread it's in the first post
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] yungrandy:
What do u mean?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sacnotsack:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/development/samsung-galaxy-s8-root-snapdragon-t3659305
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Even if you flash f firmware it will still stay duos. 1:Change the icon into something else. 2:Sell the fd and buy f.

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AQI1 stock kernel is unable to be repackaged with magisk or cf autoroot. Therefore root can not proceed. Samsung has changed packaging of the kernel according to magisk log during twrp flash.

Had to odin flash to previous firmwares stock kernel H3 in order to root it. Do not want to use custom kernels.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] andrei9270:
Hi, does anyone know how to get boot.img for s8?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sjbayer3:
I accidentally deleted some videos that I want to recover, I cannot do this from the INTERNAL memory without root. I am considering doing PART 1 of the SamPWN instructions and then trying to recover, before doing PART 2. Does this sound possible?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blade22222:
Doing part 1 wipes your device. If your trying to recover something on your SD card then you can try it on part one.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] billa:
Well that sucks... so can a repackaged/patched newer kernel (=or>AQI1) still be flashed via Odin?

Sound to me like they implemented some kind of signature checking.

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Thanks, I think the -k switch just tells the uninstaller to "keep" the app's userdata, but other than that it's still disabled.

Without a factory reset, the only way I found to re-enable an app after this uninstall method, is to point the install command to the /system/app(or priv-app) folder:

adb install -d -r -t /system/app/<app_name>.apk

Any other tricks without a full re-install?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Latest October firmware for exynos also shows same issue when trying to patch stock kernel with magisk.

Magisk log complains of Sony elf 6 (or 4 don't remember exactly) format. And says it can not patch it.

Switched to supersu and auto root, which worked fine without having to use 2 months old kernel with magisk (last one that worked for me) .

Sent from my phone
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheLastSidekick:
Does any one care to chime in about how you'd go about installing V4A, and if there are any special instructions for Flashfire? Thank you in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] partcyborg:
Use Ahiron's version with the snapdragon system root varieties
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheLastSidekick:
Thank you so much will do

Edit : Working flawlessly, much appreciated!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ianyt77:
I tried to flash ENGBOOT using ' ODIN Modded by Princecomsy ' on my SM-N955F S8+ UK/EURO EXYNOS cpu version... now it stops on the Samsung Logo boot screen. I can get ODIN to connect (modded or unmodded) but any Firmware I try to install gets a message - FAILED (Device Info).

It can start in default recovery mode but I don't know what to do to fix it.... also in Download screen it now says - Warranty void 1 (0x0303) - please can anyone help...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sofir786:
Wait what was you trying to achieve in the 1st place, why was you trying to flash a engineering boot loader, your Knox is know tripped permanently whatever you did anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ianyt77:
I feel sick now... I just bought it almost new on Ebay and wanted to use my own carrier's SIM card.... I thought that I read that this would work without tripping knox. I now have a phone that I've had for 3 days and it is now worthless... it won't reboot. I could cry...

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Does anyone know of a way to get the phone running again... at least I could have a working phone and try and forget about Knox being tripped ... will this mean that I can't use Android Pay even if I can get it running again ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sofir786:
Download the full firmware and use normal Odin to flash, why you used that other version I'm not sure, that should at least get your phone back up and running, if you want things like android pay to work, you'll need to flash custom recovery like twrp and install one of the roms on here
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ianyt77:
Well, I've downloaded Firmwares and tried to get the phone back working but nothing that I've tried seems to work . I did get the HOME CSC to install but everything else fails right at the start....
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ianyt77:
Success ... I got the Official Firmware back installed and all good (except Knox) but at least I don't have a brick anymore.. this guy found a little trick and it worked. Thanks guys.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=73211830&postcount=12
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] joe51:
G950w don't know if it's 1 or2

Hi guys can this version be fixed server not register. Everyone say no to this but see it's says yes.have Rogers it's open but locked can not get on blklst what do you think seems I know this is the place to ask thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] partcyborg:
Sorry I don't follow.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vargapirot:
For now I only using adhell... Its really hell good ??

Im thinking about root of my s8 exynos...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] HighOnLinux:
I would recommend to root your exynos version of the S8. It's way easier to do so compared to the Snapdragon method.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vargapirot:
I will.. Is there any how to step by step guide?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] HighOnLinux:
Well since i don't have the exynos version myself, i believe there's a CF-Auto-Root file you can download. But I'll check out a forum for you.

Edit: Here's a video onto rooting you're exynos, step-by-step: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgUU9ZdWsSc&feature=youtu.be
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vargapirot:
Hmmm.. Thank you very much bro... I will try this one...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] aydinbahadir88:
Hello Samsung friends

I bought the S8, it wants to root and a custom rom

What do I need to pay attention for ? Is there a good guide for this?

Many thanks :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
Time to return the phone if you want a custom rom. If you have a G950f it is fairly easy to root and install TWRP, g950u not so much.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] aydinbahadir88:
yes I have the G950F

was on stock android for years

I want to try something new now

Do you have a libk for an how to please ? thx
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8+/development/recovery-twrp-galaxy-s8-exynos-t3594756

That will get you started then you can look for which room you want to try. Only ones that will be daily use at this point are TouchWiz based which isn't so bad these days.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] oile:
Sorry the noob question but I d like to know:

Isn't there a root method that doesn't trigger Knox counter on g950f?

I remember an engineering firmware on some older galaxy that allowed that.

Thank you for your answer
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] manups4e:
non preoccuparti in europa la legge prevede che tu possa modificare il software senza preoccuparti della garanzia perchè il venditore è obbligato a dare assistenza hardware a prescindere dalle modifiche.. it's legal to root the phone in europe.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vargapirot:
I successfully finished with this one :

[YOUTUBE]WbFDv8Ii7PM[/YOUTUBE]
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] HighOnLinux:
Yeah that method was used to obtain root on the SD S8 (which i used myself). But regarding the Exynos version, i'm unsure if the same fw was released just like the snapdragon version, you're going to do a little finding on that one.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] judemilstan:
I would like you root my Galaxy s8 Duos. Can someone recomend me a stable method to root :o
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vargapirot:
[YOUTUBE]WbFDv8Ii7PM[/YOUTUBE]
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] judemilstan:
thanks mate, really appreciate it!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] k.aalai:
Hi guys, after dropping my S6 in the bath, had to to get a new phone....

S8 Plus arriving tomorrow!

I had my S6 Rooted with Magisk, and was happy. Is this still the best method to root an S8+?

Not worried about encryption so do I NEED to do the dm-varity disabler step?

And does this method trip knox?

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shm02:
I'm a long time beneficiary of all the work done on these forums. Many thanks to all who spend lots of work for the benefit of those of us to enjoy rooting. I've never been a technology wizard but and I've always been pretty good at following instructions. The tutorials and instructions on these forums are amazing.

I'm about to buy a Galaxy S8 with the plan to root. I am on the Verizon network and I'm clearly not going to buy a Verizon phone with a locked bootloader.

Any recommendations on where to buy a factory unlocked phone that should work well with the instructions provided on these forums for rooting? Amazon.com is my leading contender at this point to buy a US version that is unlocked.

I have tried to get answers by asking questions about locked bootloaders on Amazon but get mixed feedback. I've also tried to get build numbers for devices that are sold but haven't been successful.

Many thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] adj998:
All USA versions are bootloader locked, the only "unlocked" one is the G950U1 but it doesn't have carrier bloat since it's not locked to any carrier service. But that one has a locked bootloader as well, the only model to have an unlocked bootloader is the G950F, G955F/FD
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] SoCalSpecalist:
i am a returning android user after crossing over to the ios world for a few years ... you can actually still find my works and screenshots under my previous sn : SoCalSpecialist

my question is : now being on the t-mobile network after crossing over from the verizon network - is there an option of rooting my device? if so can you please point me in the right direction. ALSO considering the beauty of this device, I do believe i will get back into themeing, I can feel the urge building already.

t.i.a
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] partcyborg:
Here is root with a custom rom for the g950u: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/development/root-partcyborgrom-aqi6-deodexed-t3702988
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Massyboy:
Is there currently a way to root the G950F with Oreo? I managed to achieve it on one of the early betas but the next update broke it. I know it only started rolling out yesterday but was just curious as to whether anyone was currently running it with root and if so, how?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] FelipeCRamos:
Indeed, another curious here ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] meathammer386:
Yes and the force is bootloader unlockable
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] XBlackChaosX:
Hmm what a honest surprise, Motorola/Lenovo aren't known to be developer friendly.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] meathammer386:
I you know what is a surprise how many lil whiney non reading immature -ucks are on the root progress thread now on the bounty thread wow i can believe the sh-t thats on xda it never was like this thanks for making this thread
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrBigWaffles:
you sound like someone that was lifted straight from the_donald. :rolleyes: Stay civil man.

Anyways, props to all the devs that put in work to get root! I just need to get rid of all these adssssss it's unbearable.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheLastSidekick:
I agree. But here's a thread detailing some useful tweaks that can be done with the S8 cam.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/themes/zero-camera-mod-bitrates-jpg-hdr-af-t3625795

And on previous devices, there have been frame rate unlocks for HD video recording etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jhofseth:
/s means sarcasm
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Xshooter726:
Wish the devs would update us on what bugs they are currently working on. They maybe other devs that could help. They did a great job keeping us up to date on the root process but now we haven't heard a thing. Have they found other big issues with the root method? :confused: guess only they know now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kjc99:
Im guessing/hoping they are making the process idiot proof... So no one gets blamed for user error soft brick etc
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jhofseth:
If I was a cellphone manufacturer, I would publish APKs that unlocked cellphone bootloaders as long as the enduser

signed away their warranty

. It's like, they could avoid people looking for security vulnerabilities and save money at the same time as making more money giving people what they want. So, make them sign in blood, who cares? Boom, done. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] billa:
Problem is that the carriers have the manufacturers by their balls (read: contract prohibiting the facilitation of any rooting/method/app etc).

Here's a completely free package disabler method for the S8

First run this app to list the package ID's (ex. com.xxx.yyy), also might be a good idea to back them up.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ext.ui

Uninstall the apps of your choice with this ADB command:

adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 <package_ID>

For example:

adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.mobeam.barcodeService

It doesn't actually "uninstall" the app, just marks it unavailable for the user ID #0 which is you.

A factory reset will re-enable all the apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jhofseth:
I think the biggest issue at this point was the Snapdragon S8+ ENG rooted with system R/W ROM was capping battery charge at 80% max. As someone else mentioned: release the kraken!

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I think a lot of the time in XDA there is criticism of people who are new to rooting and related stuff. Part of that is due to the

huge

knowledge gap between developers and someone rooting their first phone, etc. I can't count how many Android phones and tablets I've owned (all rooted except current US Snapdragon S8+), but I am still not a developer or software coder like some. It takes time for people to realize stuff like carrier unlock is different than bootloader unlock, that Exynos is different than Snapdragon, what the differences between various Android partitions are, etc. One thing that has helped me is using Linux for obvious reasons, but that is not a popular OS in the general public.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Quickvic30:
So just my two cents of input after reading this 4 page thread (yes I read all 4 pages, I know that's difficult for people to do these days but I did it and survived!).

I like BK package disabler because you can actually disable all the running and not running app services within the app, pretty neat, Google play has 150 something services I think it was lol......rediculous.

Root is an amazing thing but you have to give credit to adb these days, all this stuff we're doing with adb ALWAYS needed root on previous devices. Even the adblockers for the Sammy browser works pretty decent, it's no adaway but it's damn good for not having root.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] beatbreakee:
Download "package disabler 9.8" by OSPOLICE.. It's an older version but has all the same abilities as the new one but doesn't require any PDP ENGINE or secondary downloads. You can disable all the system stuff without issues. No more OTA ... Google search and you will find all clean links from several sites in the 1st few hits.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] zone23:
YES it would appear [MENTION=4319305]XBlackChaosX[/MENTION] doesn't know that..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] geoff5093:
I don't think you guys know what /s means...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ngdskier:
Now that I notice your name, a little trouble is exactly what I'd expect out of a bored Kender (in fact I'd expect flat out mayhem, so step it up a notch! Wait a minute, who stole my phone!!! ). LOL
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sacnotsack:
Nope didn't know what /s meant, but there have been others seriously asking if this will work with the note 8. ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BoredKender:
Yeah, my intent was to satire that.

Will bam it up a notch next time I try to make a funny. That spice weasel still has a little left in her
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Xshooter726:
:crying:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LaughDonor:
I'm wondering, [MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION] [MENTION=3903209]BotsOne[/MENTION] [MENTION=2746210]Harry44[/MENTION] [MENTION=7986380]akiraO1[/MENTION], and anyone else active..

For those of us that are waiting (im)patiently for the root package, can you tell us right now if there's anything we need to do to prepare our devices? Things like not taking OTA patches, download Odin (for those unfamiliar with flashing), keeping a certain amount of disk space available, etc..?

Appreciate any feedback.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] akiraO1:
Just don't update to binary 2 if it gets released, it's as easy as flashing firmware and detailed instructions/scripts will be provided upon release, almost ready :) patience is a virtue ♡
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] teknowiz23:
Thanks for the update.

On a side note, I taught myself how to backup my phone via ADB to PC sort of like Titanium Backup last spring when I switched phones. That may be a good idea for people to pursue now. You could back up apps, sms/MMS, call logs but not specific app data if I remember right. Anyway.. sort of umm.. preoccupied now, not gonna link it cuz I don't remember which tutorials I used for it, but just a thought. It was a pretty simple process once you get ADB installed, and if you don't know ADB and you're a rooter, you should. It could save your ass from a reset someday.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Xshooter726:
Oh wow didn't know your part of the Root team had to go back to the closed root progress thread to check. What do you mean by almost ready? :confused: jkjk I know I know no eta's. Anyways kinda not about root but does the Team have a name? And will the Root release have a name like other root methods on xda?

If so may I suggest "Kraken Root" or maybe even "Eclipse Root" lol :p Thanks for the Small Update. Was going crazy not seeing any dev activity on here.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] unitz0mbie:
thank you for the update, may i ask if theres any news on the 80% charge?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] akiraO1:
We've been trying with the name: com.****.samsung.android_is_my_bitch whaddya think?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Xshooter726:
It's a little long but it's perfect! Lol xD
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jackie099:
rip F5 keys
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gurinder073:
Can we install twrp
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Xshooter726:
No we can't. That requires unlocked bootloader
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gurinder073:
thanks i was thinking they found a way to unlock bootloader :good: by disabling secure boot using root
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jeffyv2:
/s means sarcasm he was being either funny or a **** lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BoredKender:
As Zoidberg says...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Andrewbud:
I think i have ants in my pants. Im going back to 6p for a bit.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Root-Maniac:
Sarcasm deleted
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jhofseth:
Technically, the US Snapdragon S8+ ENG firmware is limitedly-rooted by default in the sense that it contains a Samsung signed SU binary. What they achieved was system mounted R/W. So, the US Snapdragon S8/S8+ still won't be rooted in the normal sense of a 'root method' usable on people's regular stock ROMs.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] meathammer386:
Root is root
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jhofseth:
True. Samsung rooted the US Snapdragon S8+ ENG firmware by installing their Samsung signed SU binary. Then, Samsung restricted the mounting of that ENG system partition to read only; in effect, they give tech people a handicapped root.

SU binary + system R/W = full root

SU binary + system RO = limited root
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jhofseth:
just do a search in Google Play for the word: root

My one suggestion for people debating whether to root or not:

just do a search in Google Play for the word root

. Take a look at all the apps that can be installed by anyone (i.e., no root needed to install, just root needed to either successfully use or to fully use), and ask yourself if any of them look useful. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Symphomed:
I'm willing to root my dual sim 950FD without wiping data, I did it with cf autoroot, my device got bricked... With frp locked... I bought another one and brung the bricked one to Samsung Algeria, they flashed it, and now I sold it. But now I'm afraid of flashing and rooting the new one, that's why I'm looking for one click root method.... Sad it doesn't exist yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jhofseth:
next time you need to reflash to stock Algeria G950FD firmware, just download the latest one of these and flash in the latest version of Odin in a Windows PC (after putting your phone in download mode):

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s8/SM-G950FD/TMC/
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Symphomed:
Hi thanx for the reply.

You man flashing it even it has FRP lock written there in red?