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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
I have got call from dealer that demo piece available with him and I have read this thread in morning so little worried, visited store and confirmed that

Indian version N950F/DS (dual SIM) 64GB have this option.

Here attached SS

Also somewhere read there is no download mode with regular combo. To add, Vol down + Biby + power will reboot to download mode and same way Vol up + Bixby + Power to recovery
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] galaxyluv:
So only UK 950F doesn't have it? I ordered mine internationallly just to get exynos version in order to root it and I believe it's the UK version I'll be getting. Now I'm worried and wondering if I should cancel my order.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] TroubleShootMe:
Where did you read that? The 950F is the Global model not just UK.

The only ones that are not Exynos are the US models N950U which have locked bootloaders
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
How do I get straight to recovery from the bootloader. The only key option that will get me out of there is power+volume down. I cant shut the phone down with power and if I hold power+volume up+ bixby it doesn't go over to recovery either. Just stays on bootloader. I've tried both for more than a minute. Strange that it wont let me shut down from bootloader...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Press Vol down +power till blank screen and immediately press Vol up+bixby +power for recovery
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
QHF

Tried the key combination many times, maybe my timing is bad, I'm old. O_o
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Try another way, boot device, factory reset from phone settings - once reset from recovery, straightway flash using Odin and see
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
I've tried for the third time, no matter how fast I move over to up, bixby and power it doesn't go into recovery and instead goes right to the installing update screen. I'll try the reset from recovery after it boots and then go to the bootloader from there and flash the csc. Might try a factory csc and see if it lets me go back to recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
When I was testing demo, it stuck to file apply screen instead of recovery, probably it was fixed with Vol up +Vol down +power
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
How do you push up and down at the same time? I tried a reset from recovery and then flashing the csc, failed again to go back to recovery and it insisted on going to the install software screen where it died off at 32% and punted me over to the recovery. I went ahead and wiped cached and reset/rebooted and no joy. During the boot process it loads some carrier software and I'm wondering if that is carrying a payload. It doesn't allow you to skip it and it remained after installed the entire UK firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Something preventing to apply csc file.

If you have csc file of your original firmware then extract a file ending with .pit and inbox me. Will check if any partition difference
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Anyone have dared to flash bootloader file from oem enabled FW?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
I will paypal $25 to anyone who finds a solution lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Delete
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
I just flashed everything, bootloader, csc, sc, ap, with your csc and using the UK firmware which is known to have the switch available. No joy. I tried to get it from the BL straight to the recovery and no luck. It seems as if it is set to only be able to go from the bootloader to boot, during one of my efforts I tried to interrupt it as soon as it began booting by holding power and no joy. What happens is I go to the software update screen no matter what I do, this will run to 32% where it will show error. It hangs there for a minute and then punts me to recovery. One thing I just noticed on this round is that just before you get kicked over to the stock recovery it shows "erasing" which I'm assuming is the CSC changes we're trying to make.

I'm down to 31% battery which is too low to continue flashing. I'll be game for more later if someone has an idea of something else to try.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] eaglerazor123:
Try the apk provided in the above post.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
No doctor. Don't have oem unlock with this app either.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Nope, I tried once and then again with debugging enabled. The first time it didn't do anything when I hit open, the second time with debugging it took me to the developer section but the option was not there.

Appreciate your taking the time btw...

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Think we could ADB it? I've got to charge for now but if we could reboot into recovery instead of being forced into boot we can at least test if a reset before booting works.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
If you meant Toggle unlock with adb then it won't work without root access. Samsung have long ago implement it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] $-MONARCH-$:
Y'all see this? Samsung mofos removed the button for Singaporean region. Flashing different ROM ain't gonna to work. Anyone with the Indian, Malaysian or Korean set are welcome to give a shot. Did y'all get only Singaporean F/FDs?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
No, I mean flash the new CSC and then use ADB to boot directly into recovery so we can do a reset and see if it works. Right now the flash isn't taking, it's being erased before boot and a force to boot seems to be implemented after flashing. Resetting isn't going to do anything because no changes were made anyways and we're not being allowed to reset before the reboot. Perhaps rebooting from the BL into the recovery from ADB is a way to prevent it from doing the erase before we can reset assuming of course it will allow the phone to reboot to recovery with ADB.

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I don't think any Korean owners are reporting they don't have it and several have reported they do have it. One Indian owner has said he has it and I haven't seen anything from a Malaysian owner. At any rate someone who already has the switch has little need to deal with all this BS, they're already where we are trying to go.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] mocsab:
Dr Ketan - I remember all of the great work you did back when the Note 5 came out - I am hopeing that you or someone will be able to find a way that we can re-enable the OEM UNLOCK OPTIONS in Developer settings -

it seems so odd to me that Samsun would do this on just certain phones - so many other International N950F phones do not have this problem - do you think this is something that can be fixed or should I return thye phone and try to get a different one?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] $-MONARCH-$:
If that truly means like that, Guess not all F/FDs are affected. I'd wait a bit and buy a Malaysian set with a full refund from Singaporean. Like I said, Korean sets are welcome here to help the Singaporean by sharing their ROMs and custom binaries in order to accomplish this mission.

If there is no solution, I think the issue is by hardware design can be neither solved by altering the stock ROM. I truly hope there is a solution here, A lot of these spent $1,000 for a phone is wasted.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
Am now on Infinity Rom now and so far so good.

OEM unlock also shows up immediately and that gives you the freedom to explore the more. The Rom Control is in the settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Another ordinary person putting it to the man by taking control of his own property. Right on! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Techvir:
Questions for people who are out of the Jail. I am looking for some consensus answers.

1. Does the oem lock automatically appear in the developer section?

2.OR does it appear only after a reboot?

3.Any influence of reboot on the number of days one have to wait?

4.Does the geographic location affect it?

5.Does the phone have to have a sim in place or is wifi connectivity good enough?

6. Oem unlock appears just below the Bluetooth hcl snoop log settings. Am I correct?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] superdarius13:
Thank you for that info... Is there a way around it? I just finished flashing stock rom again because flashing a custom rom made my device go into boot loop and with error "verification failed". Should I now what 7 days again before I can try another custom rom?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
OEM unlock appears automatically under Bluetooth, after login to Samsung account and waiting for 7 days.

Number of reboots, geographical location doesn't count.

Sim or Wi-Fi connection necessary.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] jcadduono:
Not quite. I registered on November 1st, have never reset my device, had developer options enabled since that day, and do not yet have OEM Unlock appearing.

I've been checking every 8 hours or so since, so I'm trying to find the actual duration if it even is duration related. If it is, at this point it's been 10 days so it's certainly more than 7.

FYI, CARRIER_ID: BRI (Taiwan)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
Generally it's 7 days, I've been to that 4 times and in all that it came back on the 7th day( not even 1 minute late), but there are few people who had it later.

My advice for you is try OTA update, so that you will be sure you have had connection with Samsung server, and wait for the 7 days.

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Flash stock and wait for OEM unlock to appear after 7 days, after setup.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
It's a seven day nominal timer for most people as near as I can tell, this is supported by the many people who have flashed stock firmware, marked the time, then reported that the switch had shown up to the minute 7 days later. There are too many to dismiss and yet we do also know that others have waited longer and a few have been shorter. This is why I say nominal, there is no question that there are factors currently unknown which can alter that timing. That is in turn supported by a fair few who went long and reset and then got the switch in 7 days after having said longer without getting it.

As to the fellow that mentioned logging into Samsung, this is not a factor. Nor is the Google log in. People have got the switch when not logged into either, logged into one but not the other, and logged into both. We also know that if the phone is denied connectivity it will never get the OEM and that the phones are contacting Samsung servers at start up. The implication is that it is this back door communication which starts the clock and/or unmasks OEM.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Techvir:
For people who have got it in a shorter time any info on the geographic location?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Nothing consistent that I'm aware of, sorry. Mine was one of the shortest reported at 5 days more or less. In my case I noted the day but not the time so can't narrow it down to the minute. I did not do anything I'm aware of to precipitate it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Kaniba:
Just had this conversation with samsung Australia.

Sadly can't upload the screenshot.

"upon checking, if the device supports RMM or Remote Mobile Manager, Oem unlock menu should hide for about a week. After one week, the Oem unlock menu should be present."
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] jcadduono:
lol so if you ever think about wiping efs to try to change region on a new csc, don't do it

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/help/unbrick-methods-t3703767

it won't take ANY firmware anymore

(at 13 days on BRI with no oem unlock, I tried to go to XEU, now bricked)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] jerinsm:
With regards to the OEM unlock, if the device supports RMM service or Remote Mobile Manager, OEM unlock menu should hide for about one week. After one week, the OEM unlock menu will be present.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] chloeleedow:
Could you share link to infinity Rom please i cant seem to find it ? lol

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Link for infinity Rom bud?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
https://samsungvn.com/threads/dx-3-...8-s8-s8-03-11-2017.33150/page-110#post-786305

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It here,

i use Mega link which seems faster.

Please don't change the kernel, use the one that comes with it. After you can try other's.

Have had bad luck changing kernels.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] chloeleedow:
link seems stuck at waiting for samsungvn.com :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Speed72584:
Edit
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
If you use mega, then you should get mega account, otherwise use Google drive.

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Goggle drive link;

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QCw4CZ76ygarmHiuIQU4lb1q-3FogIBT/view
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] SimplyCity:
Hi guys.

Found this:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3680982

I just want to asking you, who has been in jail and successfully get out of it at least once: have you bought your device directly and made full payment at once? Or is there anyone with installment and even so was able to be out of jail in few days?

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] chloeleedow:
Thanks mate both you and [MENTION=4702703]Speed72584[/MENTION] have got me on the right track now, this Rom is pretty bloody awesome i you like customisation. Really enjoying it so far. Thanks for you help guys. No idea why that forum wouldn't load for me. Guess it doesn't matter now although I'll keep an eye on it for updates. Regards Jeff!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xDreDz:
Hey guys.. sorry for butting in but I have the Note FE N935F (couldnt affor the Note 8 ) and im having the RMM:Prenormal thing on me too. But I can still toggle OEM unlock anytime I want. My main problem is, I cant seem to flash TWRP one from the forums of Note FE and one that I made myself. I tried to flash Note 8's TWRP and it gave me the same error.. can someone kindly look at this? Our forum is a wasteland and I cant find any help

https://xdaforums.com/android/help/help-twrp-note-fe-n935f-t3702399
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] statikk1:
Interesting you say, must install de-knoxed rom.

With this you are implying that the resolution to the oem problem is to simply get rid of Knox once you've enabled oem and flashed custom recovery such as twrp

I've asked if someone could make a zip file that we could run through custom recovery to actually do this before trying to boot into os. If de-knox is the solution this would completely remove the need for custom roms for ppl who want to stay stock and only remove what they want!

I've been meaning to just use the file manager in twrp to manually try this but a zip would be much simpler and easier for many.

The result would be:

1) Enable oem unlock

2) Flash custom recovery

3) Boot into it and run de-knox zip

4) Plus whatever other steps user wants/needs.

5) Boot os and no issues with oem/binaries crap

Can we get a de-knox script zip, somebody?

Please? !
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
I travelled to Dubai and paid full cost for the device, but am having same problem. ( I've been to jail 4 times.)

So to me it's not about part payment or contract.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] SimplyCity:
Understood, but what bothering me is if it's possible that when you bought device with contract (other words installment) you won't get oem back till full payment has done…

Echoe[emoji769] team member / S8+ powered by Echoe[emoji769]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Is it like this oem issue happens when bought device from other than own country? I know some users who have bought device in UAE have no issue while some have bought from uae but activated device outside uae. If it is so then if one have to buy from other country then they have to activate with sim from original country.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Yeah, we've known for some time that removing knox may allow for a root only installation but it may not. Removing knox is only a small part of what happens when a rom is installed. Other portions of that process may be required along with it but there is no way to know without testing. If you do decide to give it a go please report your results.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Really not much

Process may affect oem could be

1.Knox

2.Root - I believe magisk can handle better. Some options regarding safety net, including OEM options, remain different with magiskpolicy compare to supersu.

3.Kernel - May be custom kernel can better handle, though not sure

I can make deknox script any one wanted to try
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Techvir:
I can try the script for sure... Anything to get out of jail
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Rooting alone wont work with either option, that one has been tried a number of times. Installing a rooted rom alone wont work with either root method, thats been tried a number of times. The stock kernal works and I've been on several others so the kernal in and of itself does not appear to be a factor in causing/preventing the binaries error at least with the kernals available now in their current state.

Because we have many reports of people getting binaries even after installing a de-knoxed rom in the usual method we always used before but succeeding with a more elaborate procedure I suspect there may be a little more to it than knox alone, it appears there is also something in the way you go about it that is a causal factor.

Still, it may be that the TWRP install with a de-knox may work because there has been no consistent testing in the way people have done their installations making it hard to say much of anything with absolute certainty.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] SimplyCity:
Well, consider that:

- you became N8 owner with installment (contract for instance),

- you decided to sell it out,

- new owner is from different country,

- he enables oem, but goes to jail till all payment is made by your side,

- it makes him thinking that he's in jail bc of different country…

So, if possible is, that everyone who became N8 owner in a way with installment, has to wait till all payment is done, then that scenario is also possible. That's why I ask if there is anyone who owns N8 with any kind of installment and same time has successfully get out of jail at least once.

Echoe[emoji769] team member / S8+ powered by Echoe[emoji769]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] maheshhtc:
I had bought my SM-N950F/DS from Dubai with OEM Unlocked visible. Inserted my Dakar sim in Dakar & OEM disapeared. Later I went to shop in Dakar & checked another SM-N950F/FD which had service provider in software info as DKR/DKR/DKR but NO OEM unlock. I inserted Dakar sim card & tried for few hours but still had NO OEM appeared.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
That's i suspect. If your oem was already appeared out of box then why it should disappear with Dakar sim.

May be you need to activate your device by first time switching on with uae sim?

Just thought.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] maheshhtc:
But my another observation which i mentioned for the phone available in Dakar itself. That was a brand new but OEM did not appeared even after inserting Dakar Sim. It was from Orange shop & Samsung Shop (Both Shops).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
Check pm.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] statikk1:
Bring it on good Dr Ketan. :)

I was planning on trying it manually with twrp but if you make a deknox script at least we can compare and make sure that all of knox is removed.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
I will provide in morning
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] puddingoz:
Hi all, just want to add my story and apologise for length of post. I purchased my N950F XSA, no contract and unlocked from a large retailer near home, Melbourne AU on 2 November, went home then did the setup (no sim), OTA latest FW then just explored my new phone for a day on the boring stock FW. On Saturday 4/11 I checked XDA for rom options and found this thread about the OEM unlock, damn, activated my dev options and NO OEM unlock, did a full factory reset through stock recovery about 3pm,(mistake), still no OEM unlock, had no choice but read whole thread and found this timer thing and lucky for me Mr Krabman and co already had it under control so I didn't have to go through the pain most of you did, jail time was killing me, pointlessly checking daily for a miracle to no avail, all my reset did was reset the timer, finally midnight 11/11 checked for OEM and nothing, did a reboot and couldn't believe it was there, by this time my pc and sd card were ready to go, booted DL mode checked OEM,FRP both off, flashed TWRP, booted back to TWRP (pheww), format data (type YES), advanced wipe, data, system, cache, dalvic, internal,flashed Ironman beta, knox NO, magisk YES in aroma, rebooted into rom perfectly, all done with sim inserted, setup rom, did a backup, wiped again and now running beautifully on R,ice so when I finish this I'll try Infinity and Dr Ketan but so far very impressed with R,ice, no issues and if it wasn't for the people in this thread with their input and persistence, I'd probably be cursing my latest purchase, thank you all so much and you're a credit to XDA. PS, If you just bought a N8 and don't read this thread, good luck, you're gonna need it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] GeneStalker:
Well...since you've tried and it doesn't work, might was well do it. You'll never know :)

Since it works for me.

The original fail safe instructions were even longer than this...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] nouraiz1990:
Kindly send me linkof krabman steps as people have mentioned many times about them but i wasnt been able to find them in this thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] MistahBungle:
C'mon man, search Krabman's posts ? It ain't hard...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] nouraiz1990:
Krabman posts in this thread or seperate threads ?