yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] joefuss:
I haven't rooted a phone since my S5 but I've loaded custom roms on all my android phones starting with the Moto Droid OG. I currently have a Sprint S8 does this method work on the latest software or do I need to flash back to the stock? Has anyone removed all the samsung and sprint bloat without any crashing? I searched the Sprint S8 XDA forum for root info, no dice, and searched this thread with the last reply being from Sep 16th there's some good info but I don't want to brick this expensive stupid ass phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
Has anyone had the strange issue of losing all of their Bluetooth pairings after a reboot?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] d33dvb:
Well, aqi6 just popped up

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[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] QuantumPie:
I decided to un-root my phone and when I flashed stock my phone is now stuck booting up. I have been waiting about an hour and nothing is happening. I can't go into recovery mode but I can go back into download mode. I tried re-flashing stock again and still the same problem. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] MrSteelX:
you did not erase nand when flashing stock.

also, instead of vol down. use vol up bixby and power to enter recovery and do factory reset will also fix this.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Eads2006:
I was curious if you unroot and revert back to stock. Does the battery return to normal?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Mysticales:
So I saw Elli comment that he updated the S8+ thread with a new install method.

Should I assume the S8 should also have the new method to install root?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dd805bb:
yes it does. i have done it a few times to different carriers too. it will say official if you get the stock rom. playstore says certified. battery will charge to 100. netflix works.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Eads2006:
Thank you! I just need to get the green screen fixed it comes and go. I'm just happy I was able to get rid of the nasty bloatware.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
Netflix works with rooted too. ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] chparmley:
Problem with odin

im following the directions and load the respective .tar files in odin and select the 5 options and hit start but nothing happens? is the root still working?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] JACOBXDM40:
system will not mount in adb
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] osiandtrix:
I was wondering if it's possible to root my Canadian S8, or it's definitely not doable
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] davidisflash:
You should be using the Prince Comsy Odin, not the normal odin I think. Does it just appear to "hang"? Look at your screen to see if the downloading progress bar is there.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
Yep, works just fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] thetrystero:
Will this work in Mac OS X?

It sounded like Odin is a windows only app
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dandelionsland:
Did this fix the %80 battery?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] MrSteelX:
can you breath under water?(without scuba gear) that is your answer to your question!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] yungrandy:
Ok how do i unroot? CANT SEND SMS OR MMS FOR SOME REASON. but i can make calls and recieve calls
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] MrSteelX:
you flash stock firmware in odin form here. http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=sm-g950t&exact=1&r=&v=&rpp=100.

you must check nand erase or you will have a bad time.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] elliwigy:
why would it stop working? basic odin flashing and firmware knowledge is necessary
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] yungrandy:
ok thanks . do you know if that will fix my text messages failing?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] yungrandy:
it says model dismatch fail

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Its says (fail model dismatch) and i checked nand erase. and im using the prince comsy odin.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] griess543:
Hi,

I have been having a problem with my Bluetooth pairings on my rooted S8. Every single time I restart the phone, the Bluetooth pairings disappear and I have to pair my smart watch and car stereo again. I have tried completely re-rooting the device to try to fix the issue, but the same thing happened after I re-rooted. Does anyone have any ideas to fix this issue?

If not, could you please tell me which stock firmware you used in step 2 of the rooting process? The system.img.ext4 I used is from the latest T-Mobile firmware, but it has this issue and my battery drains very quickly with the firmware. I have also tried using the system image from the latest unlocked T-Mobile firmware, but every time I tried installing Xposed with that firmware I would get a lot of system errors.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jokono421:
Ok after done rooting dont delete galaxy store or samsung acct. apk. go to phone app. go in settings of phone app. should be a option to update phone. then go in mssg app. in settings of mssg. app there is a option to update messeging app. Update it. Now you could log out of your samsung acct. and delete galaxy store if you want
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
I'm having the same issue. I think it is most likely Xposed related. I rooted using this method then used flashfire to flash the TURBO PWND rom from the T-Mobile section. Have you tried to see if you have the issue without Xposed framework installed? I'm also going to try flashing the CSC from my carrier firmware (Telus) and see if it makes a difference. Let me know if you figure it out.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] cdakaharpo:
Odin issue

I get this every time I try. I am on SM-G950U, downloaded all files from the OP and am in the correct download mode and USB debugging is enabled with up to date drivers.. Please help

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

These are the files

BL is S8 Root\BL_S8_SamPWND_Firmware_.tar

AP is S8 Root\AP_S8_SamPWND_Firmware_.tar

CP is S8 Root\CP_S8_SamPWND_Firmware.tar

CSC is S8 Root\CSC_OYN_S8_SamPWND_Firmware.tar
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] junkiec:
It should. Unless there is problems with the battery physically the phone should revert back to it's standard chargeing and battery optimizing that the firmware Handels. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] yungrandy:
And that's gonna fix my text messaging problem ?

And how do I delete those apk?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] DarkWolf:
This is really good
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] windowsman01:
Sorry if this was already asked. If you charge the phone while powered off, will it charge past 80%? I don't have the phone to test, but I was thinking that might work.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
I think you can charge it to full if it's in upload mode but I haven't tried.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] yungrandy:
which firmware file am i supposed to use from this link? i didn't see anything matching my phone info.

also, for the options in odin, do i only check , NAND Erase all, and nothing else or, ....?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nysarea:
Go back to the link i sent you before. That is the xfinity firmware. And you click all the options that the original instruction on page 1 say.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] imlegend1512:
i have a question, i already rooted my phone but there is a problem. i can not update anything on my phone (messager, edge screen,...). my phone is SM-950U1 and when i installed firmware from this, it changed to SM-950U. how can i get back to my SM-950U1. helpppp pleaseeeeee!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sparky2029:
Make sure you have the galaxy apps app installed otherwise it won't be able to update any of those. Just do a Google search for galaxy app apk and you should find it and install it. After that you should be able to update those apps. Hope this helps. If not let me know and I can try to help some more
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Mattjc12:
Charge

I noticed with regards to 80% charge issue that mine charged to 100% until phone was activated
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] C3cars:
What do you mean by activated?

The initial activation when the phone is first booted from a fresh firmware flash?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nightflyer1975:
Hey everyone,

I went thru page 41 and stopped cuz taking ages to read all but couldn't find the answer if this root method is also working for the SM-G950F.

Can i hardbrick phone when i try so? Can i just use the files like there is in the OP? Or do i need other files cause my different model nr?

Thanks a lot in advance for your answer!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jrcdpm:
Is there any way to install the latest security update (October from Verizon) on a rooted phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] BigBucha:
Baseband mismatch after rooting

Hi,

I rooted my new S8 (SM-G950U1) yesterday using SamPWND. Thank you very much to the devs!

I was following the step by step video here www youtube com/watch?v=5-ubrnWdGT4 and using the files that the youtuber provided.

Everything works fine (I am using Ting/XAA), but I was not able to update CSC due to Odin complaining about some version mismatch.

Fortunately, my phone works fine even with the old CSC firmware.

One thing I noticed after the update is Bixby app is constantly crashing (every time I reboot the phone and every time I install a new app).

I did some research and found out that this could be caused by CSC firmware mismatch.

Before doing the root my baseband version was G950U1UEU1AQH3 (I took a screenshot).

After rooting it became G950USQU1AQDE, i.e. it doesn't match what I initially had.

I think this is the reason why I couldn't flash CSC from my original firmware in Odin.

My question is can I update my baseband back to what it was before rooting but keep root access?

Or should I download firmware for G950USQU1AQDE and try to flash CSC from it (it should pass Odin check in this case IMO)?

I took screenshots before and after rooting here https:// postimg.org /gallery/u8gjt30c/

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] tamanedalabe:
can nyone confirm this fix? Thanks

Can anyone confirm this fix? Thank you in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
It's not a fix, it just makes the part where you have to exit from unstable shell easier. It's not talking about battery if that's what you're thinking.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Mohanadmohamedd:
Do i keep warranty with this root?:3
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Maltrix7:
Did you ever find a solution for this? I've got the same issue
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] RypeDub:
I didn't find a solution.

I used another computer and it just worked.

I hope it works for you, and I'm sorry I don't have any other info.

This other computer was a fresh Windows 10 install, all updates, c++ 2008 x86 and smart switch installed for driver support.

When I ran Odin this time it just worked.

I think one thing I did was ONLY use the options mentioned in the post, I had to uncheck one of the default options and it worked the first attempt.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Maltrix7:
Thanks I'll try that.

I did get it to go past that step but it's been stuck at recovery.img for about any hour now...

The Phone Bootloader Update option was greyed out but searching this thread I found a reply saying it wasn't important...

Can't find anyone else that has got stuck at this step...

Hope I'm ok to shut down my phone at this step. I'll wait for awhile for a reply before I do anything
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] freak69ize:
Yes

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Have you tried a different usb port?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Maltrix7:
I'm about to, can I just shutdown my phone while its in this recovery stage?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] freak69ize:
Yeah.. just go into download mode
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] xenokc:
Is it possible to boot TWRP manually each time via fastboot but not flash it. I do this on an older Fire 7 tablet that is still bootloader locked.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Maltrix7:
So I got to the last steps of part 1 and got this

The guide says i'll get some errors and my phone rebooted but I'm not sure if this is correct.

Should the root check app work at this stage?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jhofseth:
Samsung doesn't use fastboot, unfortunately; but, FlashFire is almost yet not quite as good as TWRP.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] twistedominoes:
At step 8 is it supposed to go into upload mode?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] davidisflash:
I've confirmed Viper in compatible mode is causing the modem subsytem crash and causing me to have to use the volume up and down and power keys to boot back into the OS.

1) Re-rooted following all instructions to the T. This causes viper to not be installed of course due to data being wiped. For the flashfire step, I used the latest October system.ext4 from updato.com. I am on build number AQI6, baseband AQDE, and kernel 4.4.16 from 3/26/2017.

2) Waited a few days. No crashes.

3) Installed viper and left it on. No crashes. I have it in compatibility mode or else it won't process when using USB in my car (viper actually thinks this is headset mode too).

4) This step is repeatable and causes the crash. Leave viper on. Play YouTube. You'll get no sound output. While it's playing, turn Viper on, and very shortly after the crash happens.

I'm not sure if it's that, but could having an older baseband with the newer build cause an issue like this?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] yogurtsauce:
Hello, I'm pretty sure I just bricked my phone. I used all the four files from sampwnd 4 files, but comsy odin wouldn't let me select the phone bootloader update. So I used my own tmobile 950U csc file, and the phone bootloader update box was able to be checked. So I pressed start and everything went okay until the phone turned off. After the galaxy s8 screen pops up, and ring and updating system thing pops up. Then it says No Support SINGLE-SKU, failed to stat, failed to mount. And it just repeats, then restarts over and over, but with a dimmer screen. I tried entering download or recovery mode, but it only enters upload mode. The upload mode says user key press powerbutton 7 sec or something. Any advice? Thanks

Sometimes it actually says force upload by key in uploade mode. Panic caller sec debug check crash key. Panic msg :crash key.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] freak69ize:
Start over and don't worry about phone bootloader update.. only use the sampwnd files
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] yogurtsauce:
I can't enter recovery or download mode
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
It will probably take a few tries but when you get into upload mode hold volume down and power until phone reboots then hold down volume down, bixby and then power button. It's finicky but you should eventually get to download mode.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] SlackingVeteran:
Do you know if I can do this without resetting the phone? I want to grab one of the OTA update.zip file from the cache folder once its downloaded but it requires root. I haven't read other comments yet and did not seem to find any info about knox tripping so I am hoping it does not trip it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] SlackingVeteran:
Thanks man, I ran into same issue. I tried by not flashing CSC because it contains cache partition.

I want to root without clearing the cache partition to grab OTA update.zip if it was possible. Any help would be really great

EDIT: My assumption of getting the files are wrong, turns out file I need are in /data/fota folder. Anyways, thanks a lot for you hard work guys
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
So is there any chance this exploit could be used for Oreo?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Shemploo:
I went back a lot of pages, 35 I believe, and I don't see a mention of Oreo beta, seems everyone's mum on topic?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] TimelessPWN:
Possibly if you can receive the update on the sampwnd 4 firmware then you can take advantage of that su binary in adb by following some steps and pull it that way?

Sorry guys been quite busy lately am only 17 and just moved out of home to 3 hours away so been dealing with that. Am working on getting oreo have a few different viable methods other than the beta from samsung and then will be looking into rooting it at least the beta of it. As for official we have a BL increment coming in this update for U1 G950U1UEU2AQJ6. The 2 before the AQJ6 shows bootloader revision and that will now be 2. WHATEVER you do DO NOT TAKE this update if root is important to you! We will look into rooting this one as well and when safe will update OPS
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] SlackingVeteran:
Man if i can get root for latest U1 them I am thinking i could install it get beta OTA and then root it?

I tried rooting with current method but I cant get any updates. I think software update threw an error saying I have modified system. Let me know if you get any idea. I will be more than happy to do anything to make it possible atleast without tripping knox.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Malibu518:
I have gotten so much resources from this website but this is my first reply. Thank u all for your hard work and time spent makin this for my Galaxy S8. My phone is now everything about the Galaxy S8+. It only took me 2 trys to get this right. My 1st try was on my desktop and that's an Intel so the CMD worked but some of the adb shell prompts wouldn't. so I switched to my Laptop which is an AMD. Anyways I got my phone rooted perfect. I did try and experiment by only doing part 1 of the root. My god was my phone slow. So then it took me forever but I did find the system.img. But anyways thank u all once again. Kingroot,KingoRoot,SRS Root all didn't work. Thank you again.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HighOnLinux:
Dang. Haven't went on XDA for quite some time and i come back to see the S8+ thread of sampwned being closed off. I find that crazy. Also, has there been any new progress on a BL unlock? Not expecting an answer right away, but more curious about it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
Unfortunately i don't think a BL unlock is in the cards for us. Would love to be wrong though
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jhofseth:
Yeah, I think [MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION] may have gotten tired of the same questions over & over! :) He may have some of the most insight into bootloader unlock progress. I've been focusing ~50% on my other phone (Moto Z2 Force, T-Mobile, OEM unlocked) besides the Snapdragon S8+; I just swap sim every few days.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HighOnLinux:
Would love to see the unexpected to occur :)

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Yeah i would expect that he's a smart man so I'll let him be
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Malibu518:
After Rooting galaxy S8

Okay so i rooted my Galaxy S8 and it worked perfectly..but now my battery does not charge any higher than 80%..Can someone help please?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
There is no fix for that, it is one of the trade-offs of having root for this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Malibu518:
okay cool..just makin sure i did nothing wrong..thank u so much
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Marmalade_Shaws:
I apologize if this has already been covered but I've been skimming and haven't seen the question asked or answered.

Does this method support T-Mobile (or any carrier) variants or just US variants that are unlocked?

I just got a brand new S8+ from my carrier and was willing to accept that the S8/S8+ were unrootable from what I'd been reading and understood. Now that I know it's potentially not the case I'd like to get my phone rooted.

If this guide covers T-Mobile what must I do differently? Or if there's a thread specific to the carriers where is it?

Thanks. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HighOnLinux:
It works for all carriers, that is until one releases a BL update or some such.

But since the galaxy S8 and S8+ have different files (which isnt compatable with eachother, be warned), you're going to have to go on the dedicated thread for the phone itself, which for you is the S8+ thread. Go on that thread and read the OP, from there you will get the files to download and etc. etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Malibu518:
When ready to Unroot

Hey does anyone have the Odin Tar files when ready to unroot my Galaxy S8 back to normal? i amout alot doing errands everyday and this battery bein only no higher than 80% is killing me..thank u
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dd805bb:
baseband AQGL?

i have rooted one s8 i have other has the oreo update via zip. now i am trying to flash my rooted one with the oreo update. it wont go because my base is AQDE. how can i change that? anyway will work for me. flashing or faking it on an app. i know bad idea. who cares i own three s8 phones. plus one was free from insurance. anyways. i flashed the newesy system.img and csc file when i rooted which is dated for the AQGL update but didnt change the baseband obviously. thank you in advance for any help.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Malibu518:
Android Oreo

So where do u get the Oreo Android file from?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] adj998:
Flashed aqgl firmware then updated through sd card. If you get stuck on the samsung logo reflashed everything again and you're good to go. Worked for me

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In the AT&T forums
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dd805bb:
on here. another forum.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8+/how-to/guide-oreo-beta-usa-snapdragon-s8-t3700907

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did it keep root?