yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TT_Vert:
So for those in the same boat as me w/ sprint and could connect to hotspot or were greeting w/ an error that you did not sign up for the hotspot or were able to connect hotspot but not able to get data, just go to adb shell and run these two commands. This sticks between reboots. ALSO make sure wifi sharing is on or it won't work.

settings put global tether_dun_required 0

settings put global tether_dun_apn "APNDUN,n.ispsn,,,,,,,,,310,120,,default,dun"
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
You do NOT have to extract the system.img.ext4 file!! Just add the full AP archive file and flash fire will extract it and give you a choice of what img files to flash that are inside. Just be sure to select the system.img and deselect the other ones
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] iiTzJ03y:
is it normal for the screen to go black after part 2 of flashing in flashfire?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TT_Vert:
I see people talking about this battery charging past 80%. When I get a chance I'm going to monitor the current at and beyond 80% to see what is actually going on. I can then also have an idea of the actual mA being put into the battery.

Dave
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] iixAndroidx:
Kinda weird I rooted and everything went good removed a bunch of bloat and got everything running great like my phone charge to 80% but randomly put it down and it was at 82 % kinda confused why then plugged it in then went down to 80%
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TT_Vert:
When I get a chance I'll discharge it and then recharge it and monitor amperage to determine capacity it is taking. Just got this thing rooted a bit ago and working out some bugs of my own as you can see above.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] DaftOdyssey:
[MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION] After doing the odin part, the phone starts applying the initial odin firmware but once it reaches 32% the phone restarts in upload mode with a subsystem crashed: modem error. I have tried with both odins and even back to stock with same outcome. The way i found out to get back to normal state, was once in stock recovery I selected factory reset and it started with applying an update yet it also crashed on the 32% mark, but the phone continued normally into stock form. What could be the problem here? Btw everything went fine on odin based on odin log, no fail attempts.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TT_Vert:
Uh oh. I had asked before about doing any updates before doing the root process. I didn't do the calling plus update for sprint and when I try to do OTA I get the following. I've never used smart switch so I'll see what it is all about but for others I think you should probably do all the OTA updates you want to do before the root process. I think I may have to go back to stock, install the latest OTA so I have calling plus then run through the root procedure again unless anyone has any bits of wisdom they'd like to add?

**UPDATE**

Smart switch says my S8+ is not compatible. So it seems you can no longer push OTAs to a rooted phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] RedBullSlurpie:
It's actually fixed. It no longer shows the Custom Unlock logo at first boot, but also still doesn't show the VZW splash screen, however it seems to boot faster without it, so I am fine without it is now. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TechnoHippie:
hmmm - well I don't seem to be having much luck.

The ODIN flash works fine....

Then I do this command:

adb push systemroot /data/local/tmp

..and that works fine (I see the things it supposed to display after that - says the 8 files pushed etc etc)

But - when I do this command next:

adb shell chmod -R 7777 /data/local/tmp

...I enter that and it just takes me back to the prompt - but I don't see it saying anything to me like the instructions say it should. Everything seems fine up to this point. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? I've rooted all my phones in the past so not a total noobie -- but my guess is it's me doing something wrong.

Got USB debugging checked and allow unknown sources enabled too.

Thanks everyone!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] theboz1419:
You won't see anything after the 2nd command, so you are doing it correctly
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] SpasilliumNexus:
As long as there isn't any error response about files not getting chmod'ed (?), it's fine.

See attached screenshots.

First screenshot is chmod where everything is fine.

Second screenshot is when chmod can't find a file or folder to apply permissions to.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MicroMod777:
Well decided to not root after all. Preordered the Note 8 instead and didn't want to risk bricking my trade in.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TT_Vert:
Sorry for the stupid question but can someone tell me where i can find the stock firmware that is listed so I can install the latest OTA before doing this so I have calling plus? OP stated this "All you need is a full stock 4 files firmware of your choice" but I'm unsure where I can obtain these?

Thanks

Dave
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] the1stSecond:
[MENTION=2944194]TT_Vert[/MENTION]

Edit: Well, see two posts below me...there is SamMobile too.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] DaftOdyssey:
You can find your latest firmware based on your carrier at http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TechnoHippie:
Ok - but when I put in the next command:

adb shell setsid su

..it just sits there. Does it take a long time or something? I have it like 2 or 3 minutes.

EDIT --- All my fault - I wasn't reading the instructions properly!!! Sorry and thanks!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TT_Vert:
Im on G955USQU1AQDE and I need G955USQU1AQGL for calling plus to work.. I went to updato.com and they have PDAG955U1UEU1AQDC so hopefully I can put that on and OTA to QGL and then re-root.

Dave
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] DaftOdyssey:
No, if you follow the op it states that it is going to be blank wit ha blinking cursor. Next step will be to type the "id" to find out if you have root
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
What you are doing is a waste of time, as you are going to wind up erasing everything when you flash the eng boot/system to root.

If you follow the directions in the OP, AFTER you root you can install the stock system.img using flashfire.

Also once you are rooted and have updated your system.img to the latest build, you can flash the same firmware's radio, csc, and userdata using unmodified odin (comsey odin at least always gave me errors when i tried).
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] osirisale786:
setsid: exec su: Permission denied

I've tried running as administrator, etc. and I get this error every time trying to elevate myself to su. Any suggestions?

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb shell setsid su

setsid: exec su: Permission denied
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TT_Vert:
Ok you lost me. Where can I get the system.img file I'll need that is part of G955USQU1AQGL to flash w/ flashfire? I already have rooted this device however i'm somewhat lost on this procedure. and by flash the same FW's radio, csc, etc, do you mean from G955USQU1AQGL?

If I understand you correctly at this step:

"5. Press the + sign and select "Flash Firmware Package" & navigate to where you placed the system.img.ext4 and select it"

I just need to specify the system image file I just downloaded for QGL and I can use the existing CSC Systemroot zip that I used to root initially?

Dave
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
Inside the QGL file you downloaded is several archive files. One starts with AP_, and one starts with CSC_.

Add the AP_ one to flashfire as a firmware package, wait for it to process the file, and make sure ONLY the system.img file is checked (uncheck boot and persist)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TT_Vert:
Roger that thanks much. I was trying to extract the the system.img file from APxxxx8.md5 file. I'll see how she goes. Or would it just be easier to pull the system.img.ext4 and flash it w/ flashfire? If I do this I assume I do not select to wipe or must I?

Dave

---------- Post added at 02:59 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:07 AM ----------

So After downloading I realized that I can only find QG2 for Sprint. Does anyone have the QGL OTA update that I can get? It has the calling plus that us sprint users need for simultaneous data/calling. Sorry to be a pest but the one page that linked me to an app called samfirm which is supposed to pull from samsung's site is just pulling QG2 :(

And in the spirit of answering my own question and hopefully helping other sprint people, I found a fast link to what I think is QGL.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=...2a4de6b6fff4b68f9da8723bb6957f21a6ae866b05ef4

Dave
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
Any chance you could pop over to the regular ol' s8 (G950) thread and help us out by posting the equivalent for our phones? :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TT_Vert:
Well just flashing that system.img from the QGL download for the Sprint S8+ resulted in a light blue security error screen. It states that this phone has been flashed with unauthorized software and is locked. I'll have to play w/ it a bit later today after I get some sleep. It also says secure check failed : boot.

Dave
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jhofseth:
Stepping Stone to Bootloader Unlock

The obvious problem with bootloaders is that experimentation is necessary to develop unlock methods, but experimental failure is way too costly. If someone can develop a strategy to flash a Hong Kong or Chinese Snapdragon S8/S8+ bootloader to US Snapdragon S8/S8+, then we would have a viable route due to

those bootloaders being crom unlockable

. Maybe someone gets a modified Odin to do it or someone gets dd copies (not unflashed BL extracted images, but actual dd copies of already flashed partitions) of relevant Hong Kong or Chinese Snapdragon S8/S8+ bootloader partitions to distribute, etc.; or, better still, some hacker finds a relatively safe exploit that doesn't risk bricking. Root is definite progress, though. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] arrogant437:
Anyone happen to have the latest at&t firmware(QGL)? Full File. At&t is always last getting firmware downloads. Wondering if someone maybe got a hold of it. It's not on sammobile or updato
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jhofseth:
This may be the update (not sure), but definitely not ROM:

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s8/SM-G955U/XAS/download/G955USQU1AQGL/184062/
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] ikoyhn:
Are you sure the screen isn't just dimmed, I thought my screen was black but after looking closely it was just reallllly dim.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] abdullaha:
Same problem here, was unable to find the latest firmware for AT&T.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] hazmad:
I've got the OTA file, but not sure what effect it would have when flashed with flashfire on our rooted systems.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Raryn:
Before I start playing around, does this whole process work if using a computer with OSX? Don't see any mention from a mac user one way or the other in the thread.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] unitz0mbie:
im pretty sure its windows only
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] hazmad:
It should, you just have to use adb for mac: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html

yup, forgot about the odin part.

you could try JODIN
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] mopartonyg:
Hey Micro what is leading you to the note 8, what are the differences you like?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
If you can find the right light as in a dark room you can see tbe flashfire working
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jawonder:
The Odin part is definitely windows and the adb part can work on a Mac . So it make sense to just use windows as both steps works on window .

If you only have a Mac you could try installing windows on a virtual machine or use BootCamp to install windows .
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TT_Vert:
I can tell you what happened for me when I flashed the sprint variant of QGL system.img using flashire after root. My previous post is below. If you get it please let me know how you do it as I really need voice plus.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
I rooted using Windows 7 running in parallels on my MacBook pro. Worked perfect.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] abdullaha:
What effect would applying ota's via adb have on our devices?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TT_Vert:
Are you actually reading the posts directly above you????
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Quickvic30:
Thats odd cause I flashed the sprint AQGL sys.img.file and it worked great for me, also flashed the modem aka radio aka CP.

Anyways all our firmware is pretty much identical for all USA phones. It's called multi csc firmware, which means you can flash it amongst any USA SD device. What makes the firmware carrier specific is the user data file. Take a look for yourself, download two diff carrier firmware and compare file sizes, their all exactly the same size files.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TT_Vert:
Mind if I PM you so we don't clutter this up? I'd love to get QGL working as I really need calling plus.

Thanks

Dave
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Kjc99:
Hey guys saw this mentioned and was wondering if there was a fix.... Been rooted 3-4 days... I know the green screen wash has happened everyday at least once and this is a flaw of the ENG firmware... But last night my phone froze and went into upload mode.... When I restarted I had no signal or imei until I rebooted one more time.... Is there something I can do to prevent these things from happening? Different system img? I'm assuming it's the eng boot and it is what it is... Just scared ill permanently loose my IMEI number....

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] lightninbug:
Just noticed it isn't resetting the battery stats when I turn off my phone to charge it at night. Is this normal for everyone else???

I power off the phone every night and charge it, shouldn't these setting be reset?

Time on and Recent Battery Usage
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sgtcassio:
I can not root g955fd (exynos), i can help.

After the latest firmware update (G955FXXU1AQEB_G955FOXM1AQEB_ZTO) I was no longer able to root on my Galaxy S8 + 955FD.

The last root file gave (RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING).

I was able to recover the phone, but I can no longer do root with CF Autoroot.

Please help me.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] hazmad:
If you're talking about a rooted device - the effect would be a softbrick (i.e stuck on boot screen). you'd have to reflash firmware and potentially lose all internal data.

the AQGL OTA I looked at applies a recovery patch and a new boot.img. I've tried flashfire-ing a stock boot.img with my rooted S8+, and got softbricked.

But if we remove the recovery patch and boot.img would it work? - that's unknown to me. do you wanna be a guinea pig?

---------- Post added at 13:16 ---------- Previous post was at 13:13 ----------

wrong thread, wrong area. This thread is for root on G955U/G955U1.

try asking here.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Quickvic30:
Don't mind at all, shoot me a pm!

---------- Post added at 12:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:20 PM ----------

I get the dark green screen at least a couple times a day, what seems to trigger it for me is shutti g off the screen and turning it back on right away.

I had the same issue with no one I or baseband after flashing Jrkruze img.file and csc.root package, a reboot fixed the issue but that was the first time I encountered that.

---------- Post added at 12:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:27 PM ----------

Dial *#9900# and all the way at the bottom is reset battery stats.

Be careful in this menu and don't click on stuff if you don't know what it means or what it does.

For some reason my phone won't bring that menu up anymore after my latest flashing so not sure what the issue is yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Xak:
If you do not know the benefits it is not worth rooting man especially if it's your first time.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Raz12:
im pretty sure i did. if not where would i be able to check that ? and i put the system root folder in my local drive. in the adb folder. on my phone external and internal and i just keep getting that block security message on my phone. i type in cmd then i type adb push systemroot /data/local/tmp i don't know if there is any additonal spaces i need and when i do that it says cannot stat 'systemroot' : no such file or directrory
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Raden Mas Yoga:
can anyone give s8+ bootsplash?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Xak:
Dude you always loose data when rooting and flashing firmware. It's expected.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] LRiley:
OKAY SO FOR EVERYBODY GETTING STUCK ON MOUNT SAYING RW this is the problem

"echo /data/local/tmp/systemroot/remount2.sh > /sys/kernel/uevent_helper"

- that line shouldn't have systemroot in it so type "echo /data/local/tmp/remount2.sh > /sys/kernel/uevent_helper"

"sh /data/local/tmp/systemroot/root.sh"

- this line should also not have systemroot in it so type "sh /data/local/tmp/root.sh"

should be smooth sailing with that fix
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Wacky2bakky:
It ain't my first time. I've been rooting for years lol. Just didn't know if there was anything different for our phones compared to prior root procedures since it was so hard to gain root access. Because with other phones, I was able to flash special tweaks and roms due to having twrp recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Harry44:
I have seen you before, did you have the droid turbo?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Wacky2bakky:
No. I've always had Samsung phones. Been rooting since the s2 and Note 3 days
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] vzdragon:
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was getting so frustrated by being told to read the instructions... You've fixed my problems. OP please fix your instructions with these edited lines. Worked flawlessly!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Xak:
Then why ask what the benefits are.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] LRiley:
I was getting messed up too. Tried it for like 2-3 hrs till I read what adb was pushing and systemroot isnt in the push files
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Xak:
This phone will not have ROMs USA models like att no TWRP anymore cause of locked bootloader's by international versions of that's what you want
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] vzdragon:
Again thank you so much just waiting for the phone to finish rebooting. How long did it take yours?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Raz12:
also each time i do that the list of adb commands keep popping up
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kanchyhemboy:
Hey OP, any way to enable vOLTE on this firmware? this is so important for me this is the main reason i rooted :(
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xcha0tic:
For phase 2 I have a firmware for my s8 plus but there is no system.img, the firmware is .zip and inside is AP, BL, CP, CSC, HOME_CSC
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Jikers:
is your phone taking forever to boot? Mine seems to be hanging on the tmobile logo.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] LRiley:
extract ap
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] vzdragon:
yeah same boat. It's o the verizon logo
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nimms:
Did you just copied the files from systemroot folder into adb folder or systemroot folder into adb folder?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Gr8man001:
I was able to get through the first part of the rooting process without any issues. For part 2, I am having issues with Flashfire, I granted the app root access w/o any issues. However when I clicked on the plus sign to flash firmware package the flashfire app just goes in circles. I have both files placed on the internal storage. Unless Flashfire gives me a chance for navigating it to the correct location, there is nothing I can do except to keep looking at the circle. Any one else had this issue? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TT_Vert:
Turn on airplane mode, close flash fire and reopen.

Dave
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Kjc99:
Ya it doesn't reset since it won't charge to 100%.....im looking for apps that check the status and can be manually reset
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
those apks serve dif purposes.. one is vm obviously, one is the phone itself, one is the incallui most likely etc etc
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] smooth703:
What version of adaway works the one I'm using hangs at applying host file
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
hey man thanks for the suggestion! unfortunately i am pretty positive its not reading from the system.. its in the boot.img itself since any time we used the boot img including on multiple stock firmwares, combo firms and even eng firms it limits to 80%. So essentially any rom we are on is 80% so long as we are using the permissive boot.img.. use stock kernel no problem

only issue with stock is its strictly enforcing and dm verity errors out when we try to use it with root
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
or just put in airplane mode lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
you are absolutely incorrect lol you can use chcon in a root shell to change to that context with no issues
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dragunbayne:
I'm using the one from the F-Droid repository. Just grab the F-Droid app here.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
i never said i had issues changing selinux lol in fact i disabled ro.selinux lol

i have no need or want to be enforcing haha
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
youve never been able to take otas directly on any rooted phone.. this isnt new
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] d33dvb:
Any link to stock files to unroot?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
if u look at the op you will see the output as to what it looks like, that is normal
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Wacky2bakky:
Ok...So just want to double check i did everything correctly. I have root on my phone then the latest Sprint FW in which I did the flashing of CSC and CP from latest FW thru Odin then used flashfire to flash system image from AP file. Is this what my about phone info should look like? Just want to make sure I'm all good now. Main reason I'm asking is bcuz I'm still to yet have the new samsung txt massaging features that was released with Sprint's newest update. What's odd is I have calling plus though. Guess I'll just have to use another messaging app for the RCS features.