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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
Here is the method, credit goes to tkkg1994 for his utility. This worked for me but I cannot guarantee that it will for your CSC. Also be aware that there is a new version of the utility released today, so it would be a good idea to get the updated utility. (this is the updated version here) - https://download.grifodev.ch/file/6

**I've only tested on Telstra CSC**

Change that has to be made is in META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script:

getprop("ro.product.device") == "greatlte" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "greatlte" || getprop("ro.product.name") == "greatlte" ||

This will allow the utility to run on on our Note 8's

Instructions on how to modify the script-

- First open the CSC utility with WinRar. Just double-click on the ZIP, but DON't unpack it!

- Navigate to the Updater-Script. You will find it under following path:

META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script

- Now Drag & Drop the Updater Script on your Desktop and open it with Notepad++

- Edit the line and save the Script in 'All types (*.*)' - Format!

- After you have done this, Drag & Drop the Updater Script back into the ZIP and hit OK.

- Copy ZIP onto your SD card and flash in TWRP.

- Happy Flashing :)

Also be aware that tkkg1994 has advised that he is going to update this utility properly for the Note 8 -

Last but not least: I will make a separate csc installer for N8 devices. This one here is made to work on S8, S8+ and S7/S7e running full ports, not any note 8 devices. As said before, a n8 based csc selection will be released when I got the time to work on that - tkkg1994
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] azq8ooz:
i sold my note n950fd and i will buy n950n where can i find oem unlock for this model in ebay
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Okay. Thanks. Please let me know if tkkg1994 released the note 8 version[emoji3] thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
Will do, I don't think it will be for a little while, hence I did the modification to the utility cause I'm impatient!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] evangelionpunk:
Just to confirm; flashing another csc firmware does not trip knox and thus invalidate warranty or stop Samsung Pay from working correct?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
Definitely all good! I've done quite a few backups now as I usually do one every couple of days to keep up with all the setups/changes. Definitely okay to go into TWRP and do your backups :) :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
wondamobile.com

It's not a ebay seller and not in the US. they ship from hongkong and have the Korean N version in stock for a around 870 right now with currency exchange from dollhairs to british pounds .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] TYMO68:
Excellent! I will do the same... Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
If your going to use the above mentioned utility then yes, it will trip knox and yes, it will stop Samsung Pay from working. Android Pay will still work. (with Magisk)

This utility will work basically on every stock based rom, as well as on stock roms (who are rooted of course). So: root and a recovery (custom) are required!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] evangelionpunk:
Thanks

Can we flash different CSC roms, for example by using Samsung utility or something, without tripping knox and therefore breaking Samsung Pay? Say a person is only interested in Flashing XSG firmware onto their Taiwan sourced phone and nothing else with no changes to recovery or anything else.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
That's totally fine if your using stock firmware in Odin - that will not trip Knox and void warranty so all good there.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
i don't mean no disrespect to this thread,if i do,i cant do nothing about it,.....please...please we all know RENOVATE ICE rom works and we know some got to reboot x amount of times,but please i wanna see ppl that flash 2 to 3 different roms and give insight on that,it it seem this thread tend to get more repetitive than dynasty warriors game,for gamer head will understand that references,some like myself dream to be in state ya are in,but please mix it up my ppl
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Would you upload the newest 1.2.5 modded for note 8 and send it to me? I couldn't make it work for some reason. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
I'll upload it to Mega when I get home from work tonight and will give you the link then :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Thanks. You're the best [emoji3][emoji3]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
Im confuse ya found a way around it if so do i still gotta wait for oem unlock?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] lv128:
I've had my phone on and unused (no sim card, wifi only and all accounts logged in) for 8 days now, just moved my pre-activated sim to my N950F and haven't seen the OEM unlock feature pop up yet.

I reread the thread and correct me if I'm wrong, but do I have to do a full factory reset before it'll start the countdown?

The phone was brand new and unprogrammed out of box, so I figured powering it on should have been no different than factory resetting it.

Looks like I'm also going to have to change my CSC in order to get VOLTE to show up since I'm on Verizon, and this of course doesn't have CDMA, but my 4g data works perfectly.

Edit: So just for confirmation, will the dual sim model never have oem unlock appear? Unless I misunderstood, I thought OP's was a DS model?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] azq8ooz:
thanks i tried many time fro this website in paypal than they hold my account is there any seller in ebay i found seller account name right-mall but i donot know if the phones has oem unlock
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Just try this guys. One of this works for me . I now have oem unlock button from the first time I booted the ROM .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] fragtion:
F/DS does have OEM just like F, and F can disappear just like F/DS. Both are expected to reappear 7 days after full wipe. From what I can see there is no difference.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] wenjie1234:
Hi guys! Just got my OEM unlock today after be in jail for 2times. Finally got my OEM unlock 3hours ago and I immediately start to flash twrp and roms. I followed this post by [MENTION=2595672]j3yps[/MENTION] :

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74071348&postcount=1126

I followed exactly except i did not check F.reset time. I flashed twrp and then the no verify thing followed by the Renovate rom and finally magisk.zip.

I reboot and setup everything, and reboot (cross fingers) hoping it will work. and indeed it works. I reboot a few more times just in case and no problems at all just like what you expect of a regular phone! I'm really happy that it's working! Everything seems to work perfectly except for xposed (sdk25 in magisk) which I can install and reboot just fine but my module (xposed edge pro) isn't working. It cannot detect that the module is activated in xposed and reboot. It keeps on telling me to activate it in xposed and reboot but i did that at least 3 times and reboot for 2 times it still asking me to reboot. idk what happen in I'll keep searching in the forum but for now, im happy that my root and twrp is good!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] chloeleedow:
Hey mate can you confirm xposed is working for any other modules? As I will be flashing xposed as soon as I know it's not going to boot loop lol was it the magisk version from magisk or from xposed material app really would appreciate your help in regards to this particular situation since I haven't seen any other xposed users in this note 8 thread but im dying to use it one im out of jail in the next 8 to 10 hours hopefully lol ☺?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] iunlock:
Actually I'm with you mate. I just got my Note 8 (F Model) from Clove UK and haven't done anything with it yet.

Having a working xposed is very important for me... particularity the app: xprivacy.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] chloeleedow:
For sure xposed is just so useful and fun on so many levels. If i get out of jail like i hope to in the next few hours and try it before we get a response ill fill you in with my experience bud. ☺
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j3yps:
I'm glad it worked for you! Congrats on having a succesful flash and root. If there are any changes in your system.pls post it here so that we may also be informed of potential problems and stuff :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] iunlock:
That'd be great, thanks.

Which model do you have?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] chloeleedow:
N950F Australian stock hardware, firmware carrier branded CSC (TEL) but can flash (XSA) CSC to unbrand it but doesn't come with much bloat so im not that concerned. Need to keep one of those CSC Active though for Wi-Fi calling and VoLTE and banking apps etc
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Gammer2017:
This worked

So I got out of my 7 day jail (first 7 days, 2nd try). I followed this post. Once back in system I checked for oem but is was not there. I rebboted and way and had no problems. Restoring apps now.

Thanks to guy above
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] recepo1:
Had my phone rooted rebooted several times reboot into twrp several times and lost root because like a idiot i swiped to install twrp as a system app through twrp...followed [MENTION=4258741]andysmi[/MENTION]th71 instructions worked perfectly to root and install renovate
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] memphisneo:
On light rom

Thinking to switch to Reno

Do I have to follow the same method?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
dude, that's what they do, they put a transactional hold on your account until the device ships. "

Anyway , my N model is on a delivery truck right now
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
let me know asap bout the n model and oem unlock
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] TYMO68:
[MENTION=7407221]Andysmith71[/MENTION], I just realized today that I lost root via Magisk Manger!?!? Has this happened to you thus far since you've been rooted and running Renovate ROM and if so how did you resolve it? Any advice on how to fix this delimma?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Sn0wR@pt0r:
[MENTION=3217094]Deezy88[/MENTION] - I imagine there's at least a few of us waiting on his results w/ the N-model after he gets it today...we've ALL got that "itch" to scratch, LOL! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
i work for samsung repairing their phones,so imagine how i get when i see a note 8,mines is in the box on for 7 days in counting as i use a note 4 with roms
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Crazzy.Wave:
AP : N950FXXU1AQI1

CP : N950FXXU1AQHB

CSC : N950FOXM1AQHF

MODEL : SM-N950F,

SERVICE PROVIDER SW VER. : SAOMC_SM-N950F_OXM_ILO_0013ce06171653758411027e ILO/ILO/ILO

bought in Israel, its been almost a month, and no OEM UNLOCK menu in DEVELOPER OPTIONS.. any suggestions ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
Did you setup and login to your Samsung Account?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Crazzy.Wave:
YES, I DID.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] TYMO68:
Okay, I have corrected the issue. Simply rebooted back into TWRP Recovery and reflashed Magisk v14. Not sure why I lost root but will keep an eye on this.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] chloeleedow:
I just got out of jail haven't flashed anything yet and was thinking light Rom are not enjoying it?

Just wondering why you are thinking of changing mate?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
Just got my Samsung gifts from the note 8 I'm returning to TMobile ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
did its have oem unlock,some one selling the N model to me for 950,i gotta know
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] iunlock:
Also, this may be rhetorical, but for the sake of having some clear yes and no answers for those in the future that may be searching...

For those of you getting the 950N (Korean variant) and on T-Mobile, could you please confirm a few things...

1. The UK F model and Korean N model, both do not suffer from the OEM unlock cancer.

2. Getting the Korean N model is the same as the UK F model for dev support as you can flash the F firmware on the N and run ROM's just fine like the Renovate Ice ROM etc..

3. For those with the N model and on T-Mobile, please run some speed tests and let us know how LTE holds up...

Thanks..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
Not yet buddy, just got my samsung gifts that they were offering to those who pre-ordered US models .

the phone has been on the truck since 7am and i have not sat still since i woke up lol

I will report back on all that later today. Will post here and link to a new thread i'll make specifically for questions about N on T-Mobile

---------- Post added at 11:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:09 PM ----------

and just like that the phone was just delivered. gonna pop in my sim and power it on

---------- Post added at 11:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:15 PM ----------

ok, reporting back.

Weird, i never bought korean phones so i don't know whassup , i saw galaxy note 8 splash screen and the next screen was LGUI+ or something? i'm gonna post pics. OEM unlock available out of box. N950N is the model number in about phone. Gonna do speed tests and post results and then flash twrp and get to work.

Side note: charger is korean, so they include a power adapter unit to do the conversion, also they installed a glass shield protector for me, i paid 10$ for it, don't do it, it's not goood with cases .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
Here are speed test results from T-Mo Note 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DeeXii:
Do you by chance have a way to test the speeds side by side with another t-mobile device?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
and attached is speed test from Korean N version Note 8.

Also the boot up screen i was talking about

I didn't do anything beyond pop in sim, sit in the same spot and run the speed test.

Can i flash a rom now :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
I'll have to wait until i go into the store since i don't have a second line of service here with me to borrow their sim
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] iunlock:
Congrats on your phone and thanks for the quick reply on the speed tests..

We're ( [MENTION=2996598]DeeXii[/MENTION] , and the a lot of us here) are trying to figure out this network speed issue with some, if not all, F and N models....

I'll be doing some tests later with my F (Clove UK) model along side my (live) Note 5, Note 4, Note 3 and S5 that I have here....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
i'll also do some research and reach out to my t-mo contacts to see if there's any kind of special provisioning needed
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Sn0wR@pt0r:
[MENTION=2694397]masri1987[/MENTION] - FYI...that LG U plus "splash" screen is the same as if you bought a T-Mobile Note 8 and saw the T-Mobile "splash" screen at boot up.

LG U plus, is the Cell carrier in South Korea.

You should be able to get rid of it or replace it with some other "splash" screen of your choice.

Sucks that the D/L speed dropped on the N-model, hopefully some tweaks will boost it back up again.

Good to go for ROOT, as far as I'm concerned here! :good:

:cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DeeXii:
Do you have an old phone perhaps? You could just swap the sim and test in the same spot.

Yes, indeed thanks for the fast reply and willingness to help. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
oem unlock verification please so i can buy it this Friday?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
this deepbluesea is phenomenal , i flashed twrp, did dmverity fix, flashed nemesis, boots up fine, also still have OEM unlock.

i'm gonna flash the n950f csc since i'm on a n950f rom ( didn't flash any F bootloader or anything)

---------- Post added at 12:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:19 AM ----------

Thanks i was like wth did I get some kind of bootleg note 8! hahaha

I have my old t-mo note 8, i posted speedtests on the t-mo note 8 in the same spot 2 minutes prior to activating N model and posting those screen shots
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
I was like wth? I just searched & found the same thing too, carrier service. That's pretty funny though LG logo boot screen on a Samsung device! Well at least they all Korean.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
Hey mate, it's happened to me once so just download Magisk again via Magisk Manager and then go into recovery and flash the zip again. Root will then be all good.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] delugeofspam:
My Samsung N-950F/DS just came without this option.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] fragtion:
After two jail terms and 3 weeks in total that I couldn't use my device, I'm finally up and running on Renovate. Flashed using krabman's method. Rebooted numerous times, no hassle. All is well. SM-N950F/DS.

Be patient guys, OEM may not appear out of the box, but once you put a sim in and go online via wifi or 3g, the timer will start and 7 days later your oem will appear. Then just flash a known working ROM with our tried and tested method, and you'll be good to go. Some ROMs are causing OEM to disappear, others not. Simple.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Please let me know after you upload it. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
Well well I was out about and I tested my speeds here they are
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Sn0wR@pt0r:
Cool...

1) is that on the new N-model?

2) did you have to apply any tweaks to get those speeds? (If so, which tweaks?)

3) if no tweaks, is your opinion that it varies on signal strength, or just has to hang out on the towers a bit (to let provisioning finish on carrier side)?

Noticed the U/L dropped a bit, while the D/L normalized.

Keep us posted on the speed variations.

Thanks! :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
Yes new N model

just used t-mobile csc tweaks that kalm traveller produced for us

Signal was slightly better than at home, i know i was less than a 1/10th of a mile from a tower

The phone has popped up with "sim settings updated" , after I called t-mobile of course.

I'll keep testing
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Speed72584:
Same here but after 7 days it appears
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
Just flash Magisk v14.3 bro. Magisk v14.2 have root disappear problem and dev fixed it on v14.3. It's not rom related and mine on dr.ketan N2 also lost magisk root occasionally.

http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/59e6ea7d2afea/Magisk-v14.3_151017041953.zip

http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/59e6ea5e713ca/MagiskManager-v5.4.0_151017042001.apk
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
Thanks mate :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] lv128:
Another question comes to mind, if I only want root (titanium, etc) and maybe the ability to do twrp, but otherwise am fine with the rest of the shell as is, is that possible without the oem unlock disappearing?

And once you turn OEM unlock on, does it stay on no matter what,even if the option isn't visible?

I saw a post here where someone said that it might have switched off when it's not visible, but there wasn't any follow up with testing.

Is there maybe just a way to get it unlocked, get root and then muck with the settings menu or build prop so it doesn't hide the option anymore?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] fragtion:
This is what I wanted too... No fancy modded UI's etc.. just stock + rooted + deknoxed + permissive kernel. Nemesis seems perfect for this but apparently some guys lost OEM toggle (meaning softbrick) after flashing that also. So I wasn't going to take another chance - instead I bit the bullet and flashed Renovate, and I have no need to switch to anything else right now. It's clean, fast, has all the essentials such as centering clock on status bar or remapping recents key long press via simple rom tool app, yet retaining the stock feel. So just give that a try, you could always go back to stock afterwards if you're not happy. Yeah Renovate purposely hides the OEM toggle, but that's fine because it's still enabled in the background (plus, there's no reason to ever disable it anyway due to softbrick - so if you really want the toggle visible again, flash stock back and wait 7 days).

If I could go 3 weeks back in time right now and give myself of the past any advice, it would be: Stay away from any ROMs which are causing users to lose OEM after flash - rather stick with what's working for now: ie Renovate, or Light Rom. Otherwise you may have a $1000 paperweight for another week, which is just not worth it. So let the devs of those affected roms sort out the issues first, because evidently this OEM problem can be reduced down to the ROM level - some cause it to trip, while others don't
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] TYMO68:
Excellent tip mate! Flashed updated Magisk v14.3 successfully, functioning flawlessly running on Renovate ROM :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] iunlock:
Update: Clove UK (F Model) Note 8

My carrier: T-Mobile

Simply put, the Note 8 does show OEM unlock, that's good, however...

There is a major data issue where the speeds are very slow. On average 75% slower than my other devices listed below...

I've compared it next to my (live each with their own SIM) Note 5, Note 4, Note 3 and S5...

The ping on the Note 8 is on par with the rest of the phones.

The dBm and asu are also almost 1:1, the same.

Example of one of the runs.

At this particular location it was downstairs where I didn't want it to have full bars on purpose.

Download speed: ~4 Mbps vs ~28Mbps

Upload speed: ~1 Mbps vs ~7Mbps

I've tested using SpeedTest app at several different locations...

All APN's are exactly the same to T-Mobile.

Interesting Note:

When I had toggled off Data Roaming, the run after that was almost 1:1. However, when I ran the test again, the Note 8 dropped again to being about 75% slower than the rest of the devices.

This could perhaps be a modem (chip/region) issue I'm thinking, along with some elements of software, because if it was purely hardware then why is it that the F and N models work just fine in their respected regions right?

I've attached screen shots of some of the runs. There were more, but what shows on the screen should be good enough to get the gist of this issue.

-

I really hope this is a software issue. Those with the N (Korean model) could you please do some more tests and post up your screen shots?

[MENTION=2996598]DeeXii[/MENTION] can also confirm this slow data issue...

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
It took a little time but now I have been to my son's house and he has been here, we are both on tmo. Here I have a low 100 signal and get 10 down and 3 up, there I hit in the upper 70s and was getting 90 down and low teens up. These numbers compare to my son's 1plus3 closely. I have done nothing other than putting the sim in the phone. My apn was already set as shown on Tom's site and I did not change it. My CSC is XEF/XEF/XSP. No available volte/wi-fi calling.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
So, i was testing the N model last night in my kitchen, speeds bursted up to 70-80mbps and maintained, ran the test again, speeds didn't go above 11mbps.

I'll do more testing today since i'll be out and about