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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] the1stSecond:
[MENTION=7386214]AKETech[/MENTION]

I have Xfinity device as well. Got mine working. Was on U1 software with root, but no txt messages. I Smart Switched back to bone stock and repeated OP instructions but used the all carrier su.zip instead of OP root.zip so I wouldn't have to flash CSC via Odin at very end, which is what my device was having issues with.

If you want to go back to stock until you are ready to try again just use Smart Switch by Samsung on your PC.

Make sure most current firmware is still U1 aka firmware like this:

G955USQ*U1*AQFJ

Anything different (aka U1 changes to U2) then Smart Switch wont work to go back to stock.

Go to Emergency Recovery in Smart Switch on PC>Initialize>Follow on screen instructions>when completed you will be on bone stock Xfinity (CCT) FJ firmware.

You'll need your Serial Number and Model number that you will enter in smart switch before it will initialize the phone back to pure Xfinity stick form (when you plug your device in to PC Smart Switch will say the device is not compatible given the modifications made, don't worry, just go to options and then emergency recovery and continue as stated above).
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
its rcs/volte icon.. theres a zip that removes it
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
its on updato/sammobile
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
lol really?? i clearly stated u will have issues if u stop at phase 1.. to not have sny issues you must complete phase 2
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
thatll work for now but when samsung increments the bootloader smart switch will be using the latest firmware lol odin is your friend
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jokono421:
thankyou, will hit up the bounty thread soon as I can. I feel so stupid after I got it to work. If I could go back in time and just do what elli posted instead of reading through thread. May I suggest to ppl having issues. Get latest minimal adb do install. an follow directions. That simple. Stay out of the threads its just going to confuse you.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] the1stSecond:
[MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION]

Understood, thanks!

I was having a model dismatch problem with Oidin, the modded version and non modded version, so I wasn't able to flash CCT firmware.

I couldn't figure out how to modify the needed CCT zip to go back to stock, but worked out given we are still on initial bootloader.

Smart Switch was definitely last resort lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Reechings:
Heard there's a lib file you can rename to make it work
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] heyhowareya:
Aw snap, I just got this G950U from T-Mobile the other day. Nice work though!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
what do you mean by cct?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
use the g950u root
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] heyhowareya:
Hey, I just switched to Android from iOS, and have been trying my best to do my research on the S8 rooting progress. Would you mind linking me to the root for my variant? It would be very appreciated, thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] the1stSecond:
[MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION]

Xfinity Mobile carrier specific firmware. CCT is their carrier code.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] DaftOdyssey:
Start over from the the beginning. After you have finished with the odin part, and have extracted the systemroot folder inside the adb folder, go to the link below and replace the root.sh file with the one under the systemroot folder. Follow the steps provided in the post, and let me know how it goes. :)

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=73462122&postcount=184
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Dvanzutphenkann:
I haven't rooted since the note 4 but this has me sayin hmmmm? Nice job, looks like I got lots of reading to do!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
oh lol.. i just use u1 firmware..

but what happens in that situation is you flash one partition at a time in odin.. for example the bl file will work in normal odin but the ap cp and csc in comsey odin etc etc
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Interceptor777:
Anyone else crashing with Netflix? Tried everything, even older APK's.

It just hangs on the first Netflix logo and then it FC's.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] DaftOdyssey:
For the Netflix fix

Go to: /system/vendor/lib

Find the file "liboemcrypto.so" and delete it or rename it.

Give Netflix a try.

That file is used by Netflix for DRM check
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Interceptor777:
Thank you this worked.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kcsevo:
Im so sad! Ive been waiting for root and now got it. But then i just found out Hawk freedom squadron wont load on my device. Spent so many nights and days playing for upgrades haha. Anyone having this problem and maybe have a fix?

My netflix works just fine with root and no modding done.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] DevCharlie17:
I woke up to my phone on 82%
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] muppetmaster916:
Possibilities.

1. You're not rooted.

2. You've figured something out and should work with the devs here to bring it to maturity for a release.

The end.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] DevCharlie17:
Oh I'm rooted ?, but who should I contact... Because I just followed the rules on the thread... But I'm not on ENG boot like some people are. And I'm on my regular G955U1 XAA Stock Software.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Interceptor777:
So not rooted? You need to be on eng boot for root.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] LRiley:
I've occasionally gotten 81 and 82. Nothing is figured out but it does happen as I'm rooted as well
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] DevCharlie17:
Nope I'm on regular G955U1 boot XD and not to mention root prompt and other things work much faster when your not on ENG or at least what I've seen in my phone!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] meathammer386:
Nice info
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] boostnek9:
This again......

This method needs ENG boot. If you are stock and rooted, you have discovered another method..

You make claims, can you prove it? Does it say custom on boot?

Last time the claims led to nowhere and "fell asleep" just before sending the files.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xIP-:
I'm attempting to flash to stock and i cant seem to get it. I flash with odin, works fine. It reboots and gets to 32% and gives me an error then takes me into recovery mode. When i boot up with the boot logo it says Galaxy S8+ then "custom" with a unlocked lock symbol on it. How do i fix this? I really just want to go back.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] boostnek9:
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Download smart switch on your pc and do an emergency recovery.

Seems you're not flashing the stock firmware for your phone. Smart switch will fix you up.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] DevCharlie17:
Just tried to do something and put my phone in a bootloop lol FML, but no it didn't say custom.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] AKETech:
So my firmware is 955u, and then last 4 of the build number is AQFD as of now because I'm on the eng.boot that was flashed in Odin. But my original build number was exactly what your's was. I'm ok for now, and I'm willing to try again, but I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I can get almost all the way through the 1st process, but when I type in the last line my phone reboots as the process says it's supposed to, but the phone gets stuck on the Xfinity Mobile boot screen and won't completely reboot. At that point the only thing I can do is get into download mode and reflash the eng.boot firmware and start over. I have the original firmware package for the phone, but I really want root, so if I hit an absolute brick wall, then I can get it back to stock. Don't want to do that because I'm pretty sure there is just something I'm missing, or doing wrong with the process, but because this is my first experience having to use adb, there's things I'm doing that I don't understand, therefore, I don't know if there is something I'm doing wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] agroff1993:
Ok so I ran into another issue. I finished the whole process and flashed the multi csc that was posted. Later in the night I rebooted the phone and got stuck at the Verizon screen again, and had to flash back to the modded eng firmware just to get my phone to work.

Did I do a step wrong that caused my reboot to mess something up?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] AKETech:
Can I hit you up later? At work right now, but want to try again when I get home? I can get through to the last part of 1st process, but phone locks up on boot screen.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] fademaydarkness:
Imean to say, Download the root.7z and extract the root.7z in page 19 then inside your "systemroot" FOLDER. There is a file called "root.sh". Replace the "root.sh"(of systemroot FOLDER) by copying the "root.sh" from root.7z(by extracting it). As you can see in the pic
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xIP-:
i ended up reflashing but this time did a nand wipe and a re partition with the bootloader update. it did the same thing at first, but after i rebooted into recovery, i rebooted the phone again. It said "erasing" then took me to the wizard. Im all back on stock now!

Im just gunna have to wait till theres a simplified version or till i can afford to brick this device lol. It took me all day to get back to stock.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] fademaydarkness:
You got rw rootfs. What happened? after that ? if you`re stuck, try again with another root.sh. I was stuck too.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] boostnek9:
Sure. Again, unless you have something special then this is false.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] DevCharlie17:
SIR YES SIR! But seriously how about you STFU and stop hating on people who making progress!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] joshclouds:
Remove
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] ililaoban:
Thank you for your hard work!

But there is a mistake in the guide

It should be"adb push systemroot /data/local/tmp/systemroot",instead of"adb push systemroot /data/local/tmp"
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] boostnek9:
I've been helping people here and you've been doing nothing but spewing garbage. So happens you fell asleep last time and now you can't prove it cause of a boot loop. I know what you're doing. Were not stupid. Now cut the crap, you ain't making making any progress.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xDMONEYx:
There's no progress until there's proof. Questioning and being skeptical is not akin to "hating on people." Can't blame anyone for being skeptical of your claims, especially when people start asking for proof and then you coincidentally get caught in a bootloop immediately after. Everyone appreciates people trying to make progress on these issues, but if you don't have anything to backup your claims, they're just wasting space my dude.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] progro420:
Weird. I woke up. Phone was at 80% I unplugged it and about 2 mins later I was at 82%
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Raz12:
Hey I figured out the freeze update on the phone. So that's no problem. My text messaging works fine! But! The standard message app seems to turn my normal text into mms after a certain length. Normally there is a switch off but I don't see? Is it because it doesnt think I'm AT&T anymore? Or is it the application itself
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] blane3298:
every time i hold shift and right click to open a command prompt i get open powershell instead. driving me nuts
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] 2phonejones:
Thank you! I'm pretty sure this is why I couldn't get pass the last step of root.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] the1stSecond:
[MENTION=7386214]AKETech[/MENTION]

I'd start from scratch and follow OP again, only change would be is what is described above.

However, I would defer to the devs who created this process.

Good luck!

FYI there hasn't been a bootloader difference since release of device, so, as of today, you are fine to use Smart Switch to return to bone stock if you are having issues flashing full stock firmware in Odin. It's the U1 within your firmware identification that indicates what bootloader increment is utilized.

Edit: His post/downloads are on page 18 regarding above quote.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] muppetmaster916:
Is this dude serious. I already told him if he's not on eng boot he's either not rooted or found a new root method (unlikely). Also, nobody is buying into your multiple false claims with ZERO explanation of any processes you are using. You're seeking attention, cluttering threads, and lying. Please act like an adult, or maybe just don't post anything of you don't ha e anything useful to post.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] boostnek9:
Try this..

FIRST: make a full backup with either titanium or whatever because the next step would wipe your phone ( not the root or anything just the data)

Dial *#243203855#

if a window comes up, select ATT and you should have an install button.

let me know if this works for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] greek6486:
Exactly, which is why I kept asking who ACTUALLY had this working with Verizon.... I spent 8 hours trying to figure this out yesterday (not looking at who the OP was because it doesn't matter since I'm actually doing this myself) only to find that the original root.sh file was the problem and the other guy posted the correct one that was for some reason a 2kb zipped file. Very counter productive to criticize others who may be coming back to this forum to see how ridiculously complicated and how anti root google/samsung has become(apps not working wtf), rooting used to be easy and simple and it NEVER wiped anything from your phone and never bothered any apps. Very annoying. But thank you for the devs in doing this, since it will probably lead to good things eventually.

Anyway, has anyone tried flashing back to stock VZW? Any weird things that I should know about? Does it ruin Pokemon go forever these days since everything is lame now?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] boostnek9:
OP has Verizon...

I've noticed that people don't have this working because it seems to be done incorrectly.

All firmwares are essentially the same so whether you're ATT or VZW, it's the same method. The thing i've noticed is that the systemroot folder isn't placed in the ADB folder properly. or the ADB version is incorrect since it does matter.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Raz12:
Okay doing it now. I'm at work so doing anything too crazy will leave me phone-less. I don't mind if i have double settings of Verizon and att lol but i like that we can toggle mobile data on the notification bar now. AT&T didn't allow us to do that.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] boostnek9:
Keep in mind, you're rooted now :) You can do whatever you want! ( except anything that requires modded BL lol)

Again, this WILL wipe your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] huffmybrd:
Shwingggggg, thank you devs!!!!!

Is there an s8 specific thread? Or does this one cover the s8 and s8+
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
hes stuck not being able to type afull command. he needs to type exit until it drops him to a root shell then hes good..

jrkruse had similar issue until he changed PCs lol so I think it has to do with adb version or pc or who knows.. either way itll work forall they just might have to do it the hard way in the tty shell
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] vzdragon:
I'm stuck on the part I type sh /data/local/tmp/systemroot/root.sh

It keeps saying no such directory exists, but I have the file inside the systemroot folder within my adb directory. Any help?

I'm also not sure exactly where / or rootfs and /system is to see if it's RW, way too many lines lol

Also still seeing dream2qlte, not sure if I shouldn't be seeing that anymore, but when I type id it says uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) and a bunch of other stuff
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
when it gets there you type in "exit" .. it will most likely be all wonky and half the time wont even type exit but just keep typing exit and pressing enter until it drops you to a rootshell then type id to ensure u r root
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] pro_granade:
you cant disable them in settings?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
yes.. when u flash in odin it will wipephone as well as for thebest rootthe second part u will again wipe in ff
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
not on our phones unless u want to start all over lol. Magisk requires an unlocked bootloader
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
nope,but it wont work since device doesnt pass safety net
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xDMONEYx:
So I went through both processes without issue once, however once I got to the end of the second process where it mentions issues with the CSC, I got a bit confused. My device booted without issue, but I kept seeing a notification regarding Sprint (I'm on Verizon). In thinking that this was the CSC issue mentioned, I flashed the Home CSC file from the unlocked firmware. After doing this though, my device booted but would show the following message:

"Your device will restart to configure features supported by the new SIM card."

It would then reboot but show the same message. I tried to flash the normal unlocked CSC file, not the Home CSC, but the same result occurred. I was unable to reflash the CSC file from the PWND firmware.

I am just doing the process over because it will be faster than downloading the Verizon firmware just for its CSC file, if that would even fix that issue. I am not sure what I did wrong, or if I even needed to flash a different CSC file at the end there since my phone booted and seemed to have service and everything as well. Any tips on what happened would be appreciated!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
yes.. its not really abug since samsung specifically made their permissive boots only charge to 80%.. its tje only issue left to resolve
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] pro_granade:
i think it should be included in op just so people know they're losing 20% of battery :p
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] lightninbug:
Are there any Roms we can flash yet? Can we flash the ones that are out for the other carriers? Or do we have to wait for newer Roms to be built?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
combo firm isnt really needed. that one was more ofasuggestion to always be prepared..

and yes sort on the XAA.. it has multi csc meaning itll adapt to whichever sim card you put in the phone but it wont have all the carrier bloat the other U firmwares havetypically theXAA andall the other variants will have different names.. XAA is the U1 and the rest are just U.. but yes, allthe firmwares for say g955u on updato are all exactly the same minus a userdata in some of em lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
system img you extract from w.e stock firmware you have.. its usually in the AP tar file....

i havent taken an update since i got my phone lol but i am pretty sure itll work since the BL has not been incremented yet
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
the S8 should beposted in theS8 dev section by now
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
i think ppl should focus on rooting their phones and not what i need to put in the op lool

i mean i was up for 2days getting things rdy for release and instead of sleeping i threw togsther a root thread at near 3am so forgive me if i am barely waking up and udating the thread
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
pretty sure they are not compatible and root was released mere hours ago so highly dount roms are out already..also, we will not be supporting anything outside of rooting your device in this thread so forgive us in advanve if we dont answer some of the non related questions.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] vzdragon:
[MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION] you might of missed my post on the last page, but could you help me out please?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kanchyhemboy:
I'm also having this problem.....cant progress past this step. Any help pls..... and im assuming its the first line which says "rootfs on /"-this is always ro no matter how many times i echo and mount

edit: this is what it says :

C:\Users\Hemant Kancharla\adb>adb shell setsid su 0

/system/bin/sh: No controlling tty: open /dev/tty: No such device or address

/system/bin/sh: warning: won't have full job control

and even when i do achieve stable root, it still says dream2qltesq:/, not a plain / #
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] vzdragon:
Yeah hopefully we can get some insight. I spammed mount and nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Raz12:
i'm thinking long and hard if wiping my phone is good now while i'm at work.. i am backing everything up now though. And yeah this root life is great so far. Trying to change my system font to my whole phone instead of the system menu and also trying to change my nav bar on the bottom to a custom one. Have to figure out if this phone supports certain layers i guess lol. I will let you know what happens after i do the AT&T thing!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] progro420:
It's amazing what a little reading and following of directions can do for a person. It took me a little while yesterday to get rooted but I did it without asking the same question 50 times . Just read The Op VERY CAREFULLY and you will have a rooted device.

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I'm on SPRINT with VOLTE and enhanced messaging fully working.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Raz12:
Okay did those steps and got " Connection problem or invalid MMI Code. "
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] boostnek9:
I had that issue before I flashed my csc
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Raz12:
Oh okay i didn't flash CSC. So when i get home i can go to the stock firmware and flash that CSC and then it should be normal with AT&T again ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] lightninbug:
Is anyone aware of any ROMs being made for us yet?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] AKETech:
I'll bet this is what I'm looking for. I know I downloaded and extracted this file, but had no idea what to do with it. That post on page 19 says to replace that file, but, at least for me, it's not exactly clear on what to replace, and how to do it. I know that's more than likely because I don't understand adb, and up until now I've never had to use it. I will certainly try this when I'm done at work today. Thank you so much, because I really think this is what I'm looking for.