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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jhofseth:
Hong Kong Snapdragon SM-G9550 Bootloader Unlock (crom)

Hong Kong Snapdragon SM-G9550 has bootloader unlocked, as the firmware allows crom to be bootloader unlocked. Could someone somehow flash Hong Kong Snapdragon SM-G9550 firmware on SM-G955U, unlock crom, and retain crom unlock after subsequently reverting to SM-G955U?

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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] hazmad:
Doesn't work, already been tried
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Wacky2bakky:
Actually got it figured out. Found a custom combo firmware for g955u online. Flashed it then reverted back to the sampwnd fw and i was able to bypass the FRP. Now finalizing the root process :D
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
if ANYONE gets stuck at the FRP crap ... just reboot into recovery and wipe cache and data ... bam done !
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dogredwing1:
I'm having a issue with changing system file permissions.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
alright well I said F it and restarted the entire process again and its booting up now so we will see if this is smoother or I go back to stock ... and I lost my SD card ... says corrupted ... ill try and format and recover what I can
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xDMONEYx:
If you refresh that folder, you'll see that the permissions actually did change despite that message. Been using that root browser for years and it's always done that. I can say that Jrummy's newer root browser changes permissions without that message at all.

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Search the thread. I've posted that I have Viper working like 3 times by now. Persists reboots and I have had not one issue with it thus far.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dogredwing1:
Got another question can I use odin change my Csc to XAA without losing root? Want to change my notification bar icon with substraum.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Wacky2bakky:
Ok, so I'm working on the 2nd part of the process. I have root and have flashfire installed. Has anyone else experienced where when you went into flashfire to flash firmware package, it comes up blank? I already have the su.zip and system image on my internal storage. Just trying to find it in flashfire so I can flash them. Screenshot attached. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] anewday:
Is it possible to return back to completely stock firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dogredwing1:
How did you get v4a working I cant get the drivers installed?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] trebills:
Yes, download the stock firmware from updato then just extract the zip, boot into Download Mode and flash using unmodded ODIN .
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] ad44891:
Awesome work Devs... Imma wait & watch a bit.... It's a Lil chaotic in here right now lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] zplit:
1st off thanks for this man... You guys rock, thanks for the time you guys spend to make this possible for alL of US. And 2nd...

...damn where all ur energy come from to be on top of this thread and answer all this

Questions lol...

You should be resting and the rest of the team too.

Again thank you so much.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
i dont have time for pm.. u can read my previous responses on the same question or read the op again very closely.. its a tricy step but ultimately theres nothing i can do without team viewing into your pc and doing it for u which i dont have time lol

u probably are doing it right its just "unstable" at yhat part of the root method..
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
when it gets like that you hold vol down n power until it reboots or goes into upload mode.. when in upload mode wait until it says Done and then hold vol down bixby n power and itll go to dl mode..

first thing to not do is panic lolive spent days in upload mode literally in the ast few months lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kanchyhemboy:
Do u mean that it keeps taking gibberish when we press exit? and we have to keep trying this until its not gibberish and becomes exit? cos when i press exit after pressing setsid su 0 it keeps being taken as something else and says not found
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] vzdragon:
Yeah very unstable. I've typed exit about 30 times and nothing changes. If anyone else has any insight let me know. Thanks for your help op
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
good luck.. im thinkin if it has anything to do with modifying the boot.img were screwed
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] wschamps42:
Any chance we can get Magisk or SUHide working so we can pass safetynet? I'd like to play Pokemon go with this root!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
updato or sammobile or search the web lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
lmao.. that woud be the gibberish.. u keep typing exit until you drop into a root shell just as the instructions say
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kanchyhemboy:
Just managed to get it working.

First downloaded latest adb drivers.

Then, after pressing adb shell, then setsid su 0, just spammed exit. It kept taking as something else, but one time, a blank line will come. then press id. thats it, u should have root access. mount and rest of steps worked for me after i did this. lemme know if it helped.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
did you read the disclaimer?? magisk and suhide never have andprobably never will work on deviceswith locked bootloaders..what yure asking is not possible
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
yea, and when we said we got a root shell ppl were beggin and we kept tellin them its not stable lmao
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
yep, just gotta keep at it lol..some ppl get it first exit others 30 times lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jawonder:
I did read the instructions but i thought extracting the zip would make it all individual files in the adb folder . As i said i’m at work and didn’t try it yet .
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] AngelIsL33T:
Just wanted to ask, so this will work with the S8 SM-G95OU when released?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Xak:
Hey does 80% charge just show the number 80% charge as 100% or does it short the battery life. If it's just numbers that's fine like is the battery life exactly the same with 80% charge.

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SuHide probably will work it does not need unlocked bootloader like magisk I am pretty sure it's not like you have to flash anything just install and check it
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] boostnek9:
Here is what my command prompt input looks like.

C:\Users\******\Downloads\S8\platform-tools>adb shell setsid su

id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

I typed in : sh /data/local/tmp/systemroot/root.sh
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] vzdragon:
I'm doing something wrong. Can I pm you? I don't want to flood this thread anymore then I already have
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
i said he as in the guy u were answering needed to read the instructions, ur good lol

systemroot folder in the zip has all the files in it.. so just extract the zip in adb root directory and follow the instructions
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Smithfolk4:
A page or two back someone said that the new Flashfire doesn't work. They posted a link to the previous version that you will have to sideload. Hopefully that will fix it. Sounds like a new issue due to a recent change in Flashfire.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] mopartonyg:
[MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION] this is a great find should be in the OP for dummies like me. Thanks [MENTION=4776810]TheLastSidekick[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MINTED7:
extract and place this file in SD card directory and flash magnum opus
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Wacky2bakky:
That's the version I'm using
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Wacky2bakky:
I know I got root becuz I've granted both flashfire and root checker permission. The only thing I can think of I did differently is when setting up supersu the first time, on the question disable Knox, I selected never. Don't think that would make any difference
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] anewday:
Can I use the princecomsy odin instead?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
flashfire was updated to .60 a while ago lol.. i use .60 and havent had any issues
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
not sure what the heck cmos is... you mean crom? lol been tried
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Interceptor777:
CMOS is a low power circuit powered by a battery on a PC to store BIOS settings and date and time.

This phone has this system too, but it's way less integrated into the software than it is on a PC. I don't think it stores any crucial info like it does on PC. Just time and date and maybe warranty info.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
oh but it does work if you know what you need to install and how.. however, our bootloader doesnt have acrom lock so its ignored..

essentially what crom does is sets a "KIWIBIRD" flag on the steady partition and the chinese bl checks for this flag..

so basically if there is a way to flash and have it boot the chinese bl file to our phone it would essentially be unlockable.

keep in mind we have had one person in our group hard brick by trying to flash the bootloader so unless you know exactly what youre doing dont even mess with the bootloaders at all
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TheLastSidekick:
I definitely wonder why, hmm. As soon as I downgraded the app after (7 different root attempts) it worked. Just a note that that's what worked for me I guess. Who knows. Very weird.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Interceptor777:
I got to 81%, nothing changed from provided file in OP.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Heavenly_Abyss2016:
Hmm, I'm sure someone will take up bootloader as a challenge later on. (Just making an observation, and it been done before.)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
this is what crom says to me now lool.. so min i can flash chinese bl mine will already be unlocked if it ever happens haha
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Wacky2bakky:
I keep getting these pop-ups on my phone. Did I maybe miss something when rooting?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TheLastSidekick:
This happened to me too. Everything worked just fine, but I couldn't get FlashFire to open the file list. See above (where it didn't work for me unless I downgraded FlashFire) to 0.59 (elliwigy mentioned 0.60 works just fine so I'm confused) but the steps and processes worked just fine excluding FlashFire getting stuck for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] progro420:
Now this is getting good!! Love following your progress! By the way I get notifications anytime you do anything on XDA. [emoji12]
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] AddictedToGlass:
Elliwigy, is this for the 8+? What about my Xperia? Will it work on that?

How do I do it?

J/K, man! Don't get frustrated, a 700 dollar phone will make noobs panic quick when it bootloops cause they missed a bit of the insructions! Imma wait it out a bit myself. But you guys did some really good stuff here. Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
yes, you missed part 2
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Wacky2bakky:
Can't get to part 2 becuz of flashfire not bringing up my internal storage
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jawonder:
The instructions in part 2 tells you how to get around that. Quit Flashfire turn on on airplane mode try again.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jeffyv2:
upload mode

my phone will not stop going into upload mode ive done every steop even flashed the system image with flashfire and it just wont stay out of this stupid upload mode
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Wacky2bakky:
Lol no. Part 2 tells you to put the system image and add csc systemroot on your internal sd card then flash them with flashfire which is where my trouble is. Flashfire won't bring up my files
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
put phone in airplane mode
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] elliwigy:
i need to add it back.. i edited n cleaned the instructions last night but all u do is put the phone into airplane mode then go into flashfire
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jazz995756:
How can I get the rom control app to work it just displays everything blank
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] rtown195:
when flashing eng firmware i got "re-partition operation failed" on the odin log and the phone says " secure check fail: pit"

ive tried everything i can think of including re-downloading the firmware. can someone PLEASE help?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] AKETech:
So I have seen this and it is something that I am working on and going through. So we'll see what happens and I will let you know. I do have the pro version of SuperSU, and I have used it before. The part I can't seem to get past right now is the first screen in FlashFire that says acquiring root access. So I have uninstalled, and reinstalled SuperSU, and apps like Titanium and Greenify are getting root access. So I will keep playing with it and will keep you updated. I really appreciate you taking the time and explaining this all to me.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Lmax579:
Put itnon airplane mode
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] AKETech:
So I have removed/reinstalled SuperSu, updated the binary hitting the normal button, rebooted, turned off WiFi, turned on airplane mode, made sure apps like greenify, and titanium backup were gaining root access, and opened flash fire and still stuck on acquiring root access. I have also gone to settings, and used force stop on flash fire and reopened with the same result. Also rebooted into recovery and cleaned the cache partition etc... Still stuck on this first screen for almost 10 mins. now. I'm really at a loss at this point. I have never seen flash fire hold up like this.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Xak:
Can someone confirm weather or not the 80% issue is visual or actually impacts bat life real
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] AKETech:
So I am having a major problem trying to get flash fire to work. I have uninstalled and reinstalled SuperSu, I have uninstalled and reinstalled flash fire, I have cleaned the cache partition, I have tried it with airplane mode on and off, I have rebooted several times, I have also made sure that apps like Greenify and titanium backup have root access, and they do. Last night I could at least hit the buttons to add files to flash, but was not able to select any files as that screen was blank. Now I can't even get past the first screen in flash fire where it says acquiring root access... I don't know if you have any advice, but any help would be great. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] theboz1419:
Also, airplane mode and restart the phone. That's the only way I was able to get to show up correctly.

It has been brought up numerous times in this thread, but it's a long read at 122 pages, so I say that it will effect oyour batteries uptime. It's stuck at a Max of 80%. If you want to keep root, for now, you will either learn to live with it or do what I did and buy a battery case.

I just received a 8500mah case, yes it's a brick, but dam I can go all shift at work and I'm still at 80%, lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
Sweet ... and very snappy speeds now rooted ... however ... flashfire sucks butt.... i can see the + to add files ... i choose zip and it sees NADA ... but if i select image ... i can see ALL files ... im running version 0.57
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nimms:
Hold vol up , down and power for 5 seconds and let it reboot. If you hold the power for 7 seconds or more, it goes to upload mode again. Not sure if that's the case with you.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jeffyv2:
not really it randomly goes into upload mode and says kernel panic in red under when it says upload mode
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] SpasilliumNexus:
Sounds like the same issue I have. If you have an SD card inserted, remove it and the kernel panic will stop.

As of today, formatting the SD card or using another one (tested with a 256GB Samsung, 128GB SanDisk, and 64GB Samsung) doesn't fix the panic issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
What does that have to do with the xaa CSC lol wtf
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dogredwing1:
The att data icon doesn't theme with any themes.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jeffyv2:
i have a 64GB samsung installed.

ive been trying to go back too stock but even thats a pain.... but ill reflash and take the card out and test i sure jope it works im done... ive been here all day and i just want a working phone at this point.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Lmax579:
I'm having a problem with FF...it stays stuck on acquiring root access...help pls
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] theboz1419:
Make sure your SU isupdated and you have set it to PRO settings. Also, remove FF from SU and let it re-add FF
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Lmax579:
It's in problem but how would I update it?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] theboz1419:
When I rooted SU asked to be updated and I clicked yes.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Lmax579:
Oh yeah I updated it

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My phone just went into upload mode fur no apparent reason...Why could that happen?

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This phone is bugging completely right now....Everything's fc it's just opening drive and it's getting warm...wtf
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] ckelley1989:
does anyone know if a how to video has been posted on the rooting process. i still have not been able to achieve root
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] yoyoche:
RootJunky has ya covered

https://youtu.be/5-ubrnWdGT4
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] DaftOdyssey:
Did what firmware or csc did you used? Because my phone would crash if I use the new VoLTE from sprint
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xDMONEYx:
Ran into a strange issue yesterday where my system UI stopped working, persisted through reboot AND a factory reset through recovery. Redoing the process now, unfortunately. I was messing with the display modes/color options in Settings > Display when it happened. Statusbar and navigation bar randomly disappeared, when I rebooted, it booted to a black screen, could only see the Edge Panel handle, similar to what I have seen with Substratum overlay issues. But, a factory reset would fix that, so it must have been something to do with the display/color settings, but I am not 100% on that.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] hazmad:
Did you wipe when you flashed your system.img.ext4?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Wacky2bakky:
Alright, i was able to finally get flashfire to finally access the files I needed to flash to continue part 2. Now after getting part 2 done and getting back to original stock sprint system image with root, getting that frp crap again at initial setup. (password has been changed recently, wait 24 hrs.) Now am I gonna have a way around this or am I gonna have to wait til 24 hrs this time? The way I was able to get around it before was flashing that custom combo firmware then going back to the sampwnd firmware but now I'm actually rooted and already past part 2 with sprints latest system image. Any ideas? I've already rebooted into stock recovery and did factory reset and wiped cache. Still stuck at this.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Blade22222:
I seen a post saying if you get stuck there go into recovery and do a factory reset. He said it worked for him.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] arrogant437:
If it lets you back to the sign in screen you just have to logon with a secondary gmail account(If u have one) to get thru setup. If you only have one, maybe creating a new one from another device and logging in with that one will work.

I've successfully tried 3 different firmwares so far and got thru setup each time using my secondary gmail. Once in just add your primary gmail back.

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Anyone happen to have the line of code needed to get apps (titanium backup specifically) to write/save to the sd card?. The one that goes in the system/etc/permissions/platform.xml directory. I had it on my old devices but I must have deleted it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Wacky2bakky:
Already tried that. Didn't work.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Wacky2bakky:
It says it has to be a Google account that was previously synced on the phone and I only had my Gmail setup on it. I've already tried my wife's Gmail and says the same. Guess I'm gonna have to wait 24 hrs :(
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] arrogant437:
Oh ok. Once you get in id create a second one and sync it on the phone. Just in case you wanna try a different firmware in the future. Or u can simply return to stock, go thru the setup and add a new one on stock software. That way u don't have to wait 24 hrs.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] mdiaz33685:
Titanium changed a bit a while ago, u have to goto backup location and choose the directory using the differnt method of 3 choices, not the scan sd or phone option. and just point to the root of the sdcard, then it will let u select the TitanumBackup folder..

Something to that effect, Im at the hospital and I haven't rooted yet, but that is how I dio it on my note 4 and tablet.

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someone posted to goto to recovery and clear cave and data.. factory reset should fix it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xDMONEYx:
Can anyone upload the ARISE Deuteronomy ZIP? Since I had to go through the process again, my device got wiped and for some reason Androidfilehost is not finding any mirrors for it. Thanks in advance to anyone who can!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] lightninbug:
Are there any confirmed Devs working on a Rom for us?