yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dd805bb:
root vs oreo/ root+oreo=??

i would like to keep my root. as you can see i have two s8 side by side. left is on oreo and right is rooted, xposed, gravity box, whole 9 yards. works awesome. so does the oreo. downfall is the oreo has way more options in the android system, and the rooted one allows for major customizing, changing of anything and everything. what i am trying to do is merge them both together to make one oreo rooted phone. i know major conflicts in the system to do that, but i think this oreo is is barebones enough to run xposed still and some nougat things. some of the xposed apps are supported in oreo in root mode, not thru xposed i dont think.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kseawright76:
Subsystem Crashed: Modem!

Please forgive me if I am posting in the wrong spot, I still have difficulties navigating this site. I desperately need help. So I have a Sprint s8 that I started to root but only got as far as the first step because I couldn't find the right adb file to continue with terminal commands. So, as far as my understanding goes I unlocked the bootloader. Been using my phone this way for a few weeks but last night it straight crashed on me. Says Err type: Fatal. File: cdma1x_rl_wav.cc. Tried reloading firmware files provided (s8 SamPWND_4Files) but nothing happened. Please can anyone help?:(
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dd805bb:
your fix. watch this.

use his root zip. watch only difference is this one says "setsid su 0'. just do "setsid su".. watch and you will understand.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-ubrnWdGT4
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] adj998:
No as far as I'm concerned, theres no way of rooting Oreo on s8 right now. I'm not sure if anyone's tried yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mweinbach:
not happening right now. We need a combo file for Oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] adj998:
Nobody responded to my last post, if you by any chance use google play music are you experiencing really bad skipping audio when the screen is off?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dd805bb:
Google play music on my other s8 sucks(nougat). FYI. Get the Samsung music or a small player other than play music. Unless you use their music. They have way too much for me in the background going and on a slow connection can make it spotty. I found iheart radio a better steaming choice.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
Anyone else using Xposed and lose their Bluetooth pairings after a reboot? I've tried different combinations of modules enabled/disabled and can't figure out anything definitive.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dd805bb:
Mine does the same thing. I don't use it except for a few things. Like my speakers inside the garage. I can find those easy. A little annoying to pair everytime. I thought it was my smart network manager app off fdroid.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] RaySorian:
Do you mean the Gear s3 is the only device with working Samsung Pay, or is your Galaxy S8 also working? Slightly confused, may be due to lack of sleep.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HighOnLinux:
Even im sorta confused by that comment but i'm assuming he means it works on his gear s3 but you have to set up samsung pay on the gear s3 before you root the s8 so it can still work and be unaffected
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Scoth42:
I still seem to be having issues with big SD cards even after completing part two. It only seems to be large cards that are a problem - an 8 gig and two 32 gig cards work fine, a 64 gig and 128 gig immediately crash it and generate a kernel panic on boot. I've flashed back to stock to verify cards working and redone the entire process again, and I've verified my G950U is on the unlocked firmware and not ENG (G950U1UEU1AQDC). Willing to try other tweaks; 32 gigs is enough for my use case for now but wouldn't mind going bigger again at some point.

Thanks for the root work though, it's fantastic having a rooted phone again!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bigalbklyn:
This has been brought up before in most cases it turns out to be a low quality SD card. Some cases there were other issues, if you search this thread you will find potential solutions.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Scoth42:
Doubt it's a quality issue - the 128GB is a Samsung EVO Select and the 64GB is a Patriot of some sort. They work in everything else I've tried them in, including the phone stock and heavy-use stuff like a DSLR camera in burst mode. They also work fine even rooted when used with a USB flash card reader via the USB-C adapter that came with the phone. If anything the opposite is true - the small ones that work include sources such as a cheapy Chinese drone and knockoff games console thing.

At any rate, I've tried everything I could find in the thread based on searches, such as flashing the combo firmware in Odin, uninstalling ff, restarting, etc so not sure what to make of it. I'll keep an eye on the thread for any new developments.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] leesumm:
Odin Cumsy fails

I admit I am new to the Samsung adventure but I can read and followed directions closely but maybe missed something . ATT Galaxy S8 SM-G950U. Loaded the Odin with the required files , checked the required boxes in options except bootloader update is greyed but checked . Blue box on ID: Com , now twice attempting I get to the boot.img on the log and then "Complete (write) operation failed (screen shot attached) . Then upon trying to reboot I have to use Smart Switch which there is no code for the phone. I did get it to shut down the reboot gives a "erase" , then I have a fresh OS installed. Something I am not doing or following right , what is it ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] lakePlacidSurf:
when i plug my device in i dont get a USB popup. al i get is that my PC cannot communicate with. "the connected device is unable to access data" so at this point i cant even go ahead and perform the adb codes. i am stuck.. what do i do?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nysarea:
That message happened to me and I just ignored it and everything worked fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] lakePlacidSurf:
security check: this phone has been flashed with unauthorized software and is locked " when i was all set and done this was the final message i got. How do I get out of it?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Aruku:
I completely agree with you; I had the exact same problem (card working on other devices, 4 GB Chinese crappy one working on the S8) and I even got my Sandisk 128 GB MicroSD exchanged but the problem persisted.

I was actually thinking of this again before, and I noticed the different sizes and realized that from 4 GB up to 32 GB cards are SDHC, and from that on they are SDXC, so that has to be the problem: one of the software pieces involved here has a bug on the implementation of that standard.

Anyway, I fixed it with https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/development/sampwnd-green-screen-corruption-fixed-t3673782, but that was a month and a half ago, I don't know if there are better options now or if it will work with newer firmwares.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
Wow aqdc is ancient and full of bugs.

Use this instead, roots your device with only Odin, no crazy adb commands needed, and you get a (almost) brand new deodexed aqi6 base that doesn't have SD card problems and has about a 200% better display quality:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/development/root-partcyborgrom-aqi6-deodexed-t3702988
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] JupeBullet:
URGENT HELP

I was trying to set up fingerprint just now, I set up the pattern and as the device read my fingerprint to 80% something,

my device restarts.

The problem is my phone is locked and it won't recognize my pattern, the fingerprint sensor seems to not working too :(

this is stupid... please help!

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[solved]

find my mobile from samsung worked! damn, I thought my phone was a goner for sure
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] AngelIsL33T:
Gonna try it soon!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] TimelessPWN:
Hey guys sorry I have been dealing with life. I am back somewhat now. Working on a ROM, and the thread will be updated later today with new firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bladetears:
Somehow Samsung was able to figure out I was rooted. I removed supersu and flashed the stock firmware for VZW with Odin and sent it in for a screen issue. They looked at it for a day and replied with this:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
If you don't strip Knox and other security stuff out of your rooted rom yes it will phone home and report.

For vzw specifically in adb or in a terminal as root type:

getprop vzw.os.rooted

If it says true then VZW has determined you are running rooted. You can set this to false with a build.prop edit, but there is more to it than that to get fully safe
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bladetears:
Thanks, haven't owned a Samsung phone since the S3. Is there an up-to-date guide on what to strip or change to fully return to stock or not report root?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
You can just use this: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/development/root-partcyborgrom-aqi6-deodexed-t3702988
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bladetears:
Thank you! You've been very helpful. What if I want to return to full stock without any traces of root? Like I said, I used the stock image with Odin and for some reason Samsung was still able to determine it was rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
If you erase EVERYTHING and flash every single thing in the rom and reboot a few times there shouldn't be any record on your device. However if VZW knows it was rooted before (which they do obviously) then there is little you can do to fix that, but without proof you have deniability as there isn't record on the phone.

And if there is, tell me what it is so I can make a zip that fixes it ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bladetears:
I get the phone back on Tuesday, so I'll check everything for a trace. I checked if knox was tripped before sending it in. Maybe I missed a wiping step before sending it in. But I checked most options Odin had. But thanks for everything thus far, got a PayPal?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] celphtitled85:
adb devices

when i open power shell and try to activate adb allow on my device

it does this and wont allow it

adb : The term 'adb' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the

spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

At line:1 char:1

+ adb devices

+ ~~~

+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (adb:String) [], CommandNotFoundException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] elliwigy:
thats not the original sampwnd eng either.. its not U1 and build num u posted is dif...

but either way u need to try a newer combo firm boot.img

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thats y i dont usepowershell lol too many issues.. use a regular adb shell
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] [deXter]:
Does anyone know if this is compatible with the G9550 ? (S8+ Dual-SIM unlocked, also Qualcomm)

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] elliwigy:
no, it will not work.. two completely different variants.. u need to go unlock your bl and use twrp to root
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pacificgreg:
SamPWND_S8_4File_Firm

Is there an alternate link out there to SamPWND_S8_4File_Firm? I've tried several times in a few different places even and its not working.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] perfectpitch:
I just downloaded it myself. I used the Texas mirror. Downloaded deaf fast from me there
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pacificgreg:
I dont even have an option to select a mirror

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Got it. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dksoni411:
I just got mine Canadian S8 (Snapdragon variant). And I just wanted to ask if this root method will work on Canadian S8. I apologize if anyone has already asked the question, I am asking this because I didn't saw anyone asking the question and I think this means it will work but as I am new to Samsung world and don't have any firmware saved to flash back to stock so it is important for me to confirm this.

So my question is simple, "Will this root method work on Candian S8 SM-G950W (which is Snapdragon variant, it is unlocked Bell carrier).
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] AbdulrahmanHadz:
Root for exynos?

Is an Exynos version coming out?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] adj998:
G950F models already have root twrp and a bunch of custom ROMs already, this for snapdragon users.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
Yes it will work.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Maltrix7:
I'm trying to unroot and keep getting FAIL ! Model Dismatch fail.

Cant seem to find a solution
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] elliwigy:
lol its been answered a bunch of times.. flash the stock firmware with md5 and all in regular odin.. if one odin dont work use another lol

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other as in comsey
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Maltrix7:
Thanks I figured it out and it was just that issue was using the wrong odin.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] lakePlacidSurf:
my rooted phone charged above 80% today. How is this possible?! I am not complaining at all!!! :) :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] tommymilan311:
Not working, help

I seem to be having no luck with this. I've tried it a few time, changed out my USB port.. I'm currently in the "setupConnection" step and have been here for over 15 minutes now, help?

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bootlocked, please help

Edit: I'm not booklocked but I dont' think it worked.. I succefully flashed my phone back to factory setting, however.

Edit: So I'm not locked out.. everything loaded up fine. Root checker says my phone still isn't rooted however. Should I run the process the exact same and allot a few hours in case it takes longer than the recommended time (> 10 Mins). I'll also have to run it from another computer next time. I put all the files in the cloud so I can find them easy.. should I extract them directly onto the computer before attempting again?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] yuhanyanghaeng:
It helped.

Thank you.

It helped.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] hamhamt:
Does this method still work if I have already updated my phone using the auto updater? Or how can I check which version of phone I am using?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pancakebatter12345:
Adaway Restart Problems

I'm not sure if this is the right thread to post this in but I'm new here so just tell me where to move this comment.

I used this root method and it worked great for a while, but I updated my adaway hosts sources to add the one by yoyo.org and after restarting, entering my password and pressing okay had no effect. Entering the wrong password and pressing okay gave me the wrong password error, so I know the ok button itself wasn't the problem. Long story short there was nothing I could do to open my phone so I ended up factory resetting it through the recovery boot menu. Once that was done, I left the phone without a password and set up adaway again. This time after restarting my phone, I swiped to open and I got an "Android is starting" loading bar for a few seconds before my home screen popped up, so that explains the password not working. I removed adaway, unchecked the yoyo source file, and reinstalled, but the problem persists. I don't terribly mind not being able to have a password because I have nice friends, but I was wondering if anyone else had this issue; google searches didn't give me anything good.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Speckler72:
I too had that problem. I couldn't solve the issue so I removed the password and just deal with it being unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermidas:
Did it fully charge to 100%, or just slightly past 80?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] elliwigy:
nothing new.. sometimes it goes over 80%
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] muzicman82:
I am looking to attempt this but wanted to confirm I'm on the same page... I've read most of the posts here so please forgive if I have missed answers...

1) As part of step two, I see we load a stock firmware. Does this mean the end result of this process is indeed rooted stock image?

2) Does this process wipe app/user data?

3) Given I am on Sprint, I assume for stock firmware file, I can flash G950USQU1AQFJ (from SamMobile)?

4) Based on recent posts, is the battery charge only to 80% still an issue? Is that just a false reading or is the battery actually not completely charging?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] TyPhyter:
1. yes

2. yes

3.idk

4. battery actually only charges to 80% currently no fix, not a huge deal in my opionion, at 100% the battery took me from about 7am to 6pm with no charge, and heavy use. so 80% should be fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 215Aphillyated:
Anyone want to share the system img.ext4 for tmobile?Please
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jhofseth:
sammobile.com/firmwares then use WinZip or something similar to extract. The system partition is the largest file anyway, and it's always a good idea to have latest stock handy.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] xterminater07:
Ok, I seem to have a green screen with lines going all over it horizontally, like a bad VHS tape! It doesn't occur every time, just randomly. Once it happens, it happens on the Settings screen and on app such as facebook. Anyone have the same situation? Devs, please help.

Edit... it seems like it happens if I have Blue Screen Filter enabled. I turned it off, then wait a bit, then it went back to normal. Any guess?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sparky2029:
Anyone having trouble downloading the 4firm zip? Everytime it hits 83% it pauses and starts back at 0
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] txtmikhail:
Question.... is Gear vr working for anyone.? Mines ask me to remove my device and install the files... when I do I get a install error.. I think it's something with the gear vr controller software...

UPDATE : after flashing firmware like it said to do in the direction for part 2 it fixed MANY issues I was having... included installing software for the Gear VR
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] joshclouds:
Can you help me with a problem
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] firebulletstorm:
Help

I got to about step 11 and i read a post that the boot loader is still not unlocked and i wanted to go back to stock and i have flashed stock firmware to the phone and it still does not boot idk what to do plz help
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] junjlo:
hmm, im unable to find any s8 vzw system.img.ext4 anywhere searched for hours. i keep getting the odin firmware's nothing with system.img.ext4
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
It's in the stock firmware zips you have to extract it
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] thatfatkid:
Kind of a noob question, but if I flash back to G950USQU1AQGA (just using system.img.ext4 file for part 2 of setup) and restore using Smart Switch, will that undo achieving root? (after following all the steps in the guide - thanks again guys, pro job getting root out there!)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
Yes
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] thatfatkid:
Thanks for the speedy response! Just curious, is that because Smart Switch would restore the user data? Or is it an issue with the G950USQU1AQGA firmware? Trying to figure out what I can do to restore as much as possible but still retain root.

-edit-

Sorry, took a further look at the responses after doing some more searches and am seeing that Smart Switch is not recognizing devices. I will attempt an ADB backup, thanks again :D

-edit 2-

Successfully rooted and running G950USQU1AQGA system.img.ext4 file, thanks team! Much love!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] zone23:
I was going to say.. that dude doesn't even know why he rooted let alone how he got it to charge to 100% LOL.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mhill1986:
Hold power, Bixby, vol up until you get to recovery. Factory reset. Clear cache (probably not necessary, but hey). Reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] junjlo:
did everything up till step 2 got a system img and all went to sue flash fire as directed it never reboot. I finally exited out of the flash fire and tried again now it won't even open the internal or external memory.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] txtmikhail:
Not doing part 2 makes the phone run like crap...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
WARNING!!!!!

Do not install HOME_CSC on the latest Verizon ROM!

If you do you will wind up with an only 16gb install like me.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] xterminater07:
Has anyone got the weird funky display like I have if they used the blue light filter?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Speckler72:
Mine charged to 100 percent when it was off and plugged in.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Beastben13:
Is there a solution to get tethering working because I wanted root ordinary to have unlimited tethering and realized it wasn't working after I rooted it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] elliwigy:
it doesnt circumvent restrictions from your carrier.. if u dont have unlimited tethering on your plan then u dont have it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Beastben13:
pretty sure u can add a line to the build prop so that it hides the fact thats its a tether
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermidas:
Yeah that's like, not what I asked. Wanted to know if it actually hits 100% or not. Not if it was "nothing new"

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So, does it charge to 100% Everytime when the phone is off or no? I'm just trying to gauge because I use my phone to work so battery life is important to me. And this only charging to 80% is an extremely odd drawback to rooting.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] elliwigy:
again, nothing new.. its been posted and discussed multiple times across multiple threads

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so u want to get tethering without paying for it..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Beastben13:
well i mean i have 10 gb of it but just in case i need more