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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Here. On twrp. Flash Rom with s8 or s8+ csc in them. Don't flash ROM with note 8 csc. I think note8 csc is the thing causing the oem unlock reset. Trust me. For example renovate doesn't use note 8 csc. Instead it uses s8 csc. Try it. Or if you want to be in stock ROM. Go find [MENTION=5899304]Tkkg1994[/MENTION] s8 flashable csc. And search on his thread on how to mod the zip to work with note 8. And after modding it. On twrp . Go do usual stuff. Wipe etc. And install magisk etc. Bfore reboot . Go flash the csc thing. It'll install s8 csc instead of note 8 csc. If I am right. After booting up. You will have the oem unlock button IMMEDIATELY on the Dev options. Please come back to confirm this so everyone can benefit if this is working on your end. It's working on my end so yeah
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sco00262:
i hope this can save me from oem jail for twice, renovate rom won't update until oreo comes

is there any other rom use s8+ or s8 csc in them?

i'm not sure how to mode flashable zip for note8 to use from s8 or s8+
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
No need another ROM. Search for [MENTION=5899304]Tkkg1994[/MENTION] flashable csc zip for s8 . And search on his thread to mod it so it can work on note 8. Then just install it after installing whatever ROM you want. After reboot . You should see the oem unlock button still there and enabled. If you see it. Then you should be safe [emoji3]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Fen-X:
Hi all!

For those who are interested, i ve bought a note 8 dual sim midnight black (SM-N950FZKDXEF). it's an n950 f/ ds From samsung french website. Oem option avalaible out of the box. flashed official twrp and renovate 2.3 with magisk 14.5 and official xposed. Xposed installer is a modified one for safetynet success with rootswich. No problem at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Leave you gents alone for a few days... You don't have to flash a CSC, you're going to have the OEM unlock available immediately and enabled on almost every rom, the exception being those that have had the switch hidden by the respective developer. You do have to install a rom that has Knox removed or you're going to get the binaries at reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
No. Usually like right now. I'm on jail 1 because I stupidly flashed note 8 csc. I used to use s8 csc and even after formatting. The option still stand there
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
You did something else wrong. I've flashed every room down below and a couple that aren't hosted here while simultaneously flashing several different stock Note 8 CSCs in combination with some of those flashes. I had OEM unlock available immediately and enabled every single time. You are posting misinformation.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Well your device might be free from those problems. And no. I never post misinformation stuff. I only post what I experienced. Tbh. You guys don't have to try my way. But if you guys tried it. And it works. Please just let me know. Since it works just fine. And remember. This is my first jail time thinggy. I've had my phone for more than a month. Resetting my phone etc without the oem disappearing. Which I think because of the s8 csc. But RIGHT AFTER I flash the note 8 csc. And I try going to recovery. Then it stops me on the bootloader. So that's a pretty good proof that the csc might have something to do with those problems.

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Also. If you guys was wondering why Renovate always fixes those problems. I think it's because they're using S8 csc too. That's why some of you don't have the oem problem after flashing Renovate
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
I was the first one here to flash a rom successfully on a timered FD and been flashing away ever after, you're a new guy. My device isn't special and neither is yours. Being as I and many other people have successfully flashed stock note 8 CSCs that pretty much tells the story. Make of it what you will.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
I'm not a totally new guy. I'm here from before you posted those steps etc. Whatever. I already said before. I'm just sharing my experience. If you guys have tried krabman or other steps but still having the oem unlock button disappearing. Try my way. Flash s8 csc. There's no harm in trying. Remember im just telling from experience. Do whatever you guys wanna do. I'm just telling you guys if no steps have been working for you guys. You guys might want to try mine
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] giusemc:
Could u please show me how to flash the s8 csc? Should i just simply add the s8 csc to CSC box of Odin, and flash it itself? How do i find a compatible s8 csc for my note 8 sm-n950f/ds? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Zayatoshi:
Hi. I still do not have the OEM unlock option visible after 21 days of the last reset.

Do you think that the flash of the S8 CSC on the note 8 can make this option appear?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] davidof:
Samsung lock oem and oem not return .

I spoke with Service Samsung. I return my phone to shop .

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] PlutoDelic:
Is this an option for the completely stock phones or do you mean flashing through TWRP?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Thru twrp when you got your chance

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How many Times did you got in "jail"?

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Here. It needs twrp as far as I know. As odin doesn't allow other devices firmware to be flashed on another device. As far as I know... So . When you got he chance on twrp. After flashing whatever ROM with magisk or things you do. Flash the flashable csc zip from [MENTION=5899304]Tkkg1994[/MENTION] thread . Remember u need the S8 version. And to modify it so it can be flashed on note 8 using twrp, u need to edit some text on the zip. he and some peeps told us how to edit it. It's on the thread [emoji3]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] davidof:
One on the jail and oem not return after 10 days .

Samsung tell me is 7 days waiting is fake news .

Oem is locked in New policy of Samsung.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
So you only got into one jail and now you can't get oem button even after 10days? What ?? Eh and btw. After you got stuck in the first time and you got into jail 1. To get out of the situation. Did you flash fw on odin? Did you flash your own country fw on odin? Did you reset your phone after flashing the fw from odin?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] davidof:
Yea. And I call to Service Samsung.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Okay. Please answer these questions..

1. At which country are your device from?

2. which country are you in now.?

3. Which country is the SIM card from?

2. Download "Phone Info" app. And open it. Swipe to "CSC Code" part and screenshot it.

I might know why you don't get your oem unlock even after using stock ROM. While others still got it after 7 days..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Zayatoshi:
Hello could you please help me my OEM option is missing after the last flash and reset 24 days.

1/ Country VIETNAM

2/ FRANCE

3/ FRANCE (Orange / Bouygues)

4/ Phone Info

Thank you in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
For number one. I meant where did you bought the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Zayatoshi:
1/ UK
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
That might be it. Anyway. When you reset your phone. Does it install and change the language to UK or to the France?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] davidof:
1 Vietnam

2 Poland

3 Poland

4

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Zayatoshi:
The last time I reset the phone he offered me the default French language for the first installation.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Could you fix the images? I couldn't see it for some reasons

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Ok last question. Go to download mode. Search for a line with "Carrier" in it. It should be about carrier csc

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Where did you bought the device? Poland too? Okay. And see the carrier text on download mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Zayatoshi:
Line Carrier = BRI

The screen
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] davidof:
locked oem (my wife phone)

In download mode the "RMM STATE: PRENORMAL"

unlocked oem ( my phone)

In download mode the dont have RMM STATE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
That means. You need BRI fw instead of other csc. Since AFAIK.. the download mode shows which carrier csc it's supposed to be .. like mine is XID . So I'm using XID fw with XID SIM etc. I'm waiting for my chances since this is my first jail ever

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If you have the oem unlock button on Dev options. The prenormal thing will be gone. As far as I can remember. Also. Those csc matches fine . It should work. If you really want to try everything. Try reflashing your wife's phone (this is the phone u wanted to have the button right? ) With XEO (your country csc) firmware on odin. Remember to flash using the multi part thing. And flash using the csc file instead of home_csc (this'll wipe data) . And remember to put in sim on first boot. And now wait again for 7 days. It should work . If it doesn't worked then I'm lost
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] davidof:
I will try and wait 1 week .

I flasch home_csc not wipe data .

All data is in phone.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] anameeeen:
Can someone please explain what is the highlighted in the picture.

By the way, I have no OEM option.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] elfarto:
So we have to wait 3/7/10/whatever days, do you know if the counter is reset if you reboot the phone, or how time is accounted for (eg. waiting 7 days with rhe phone off would work?)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] metzo32:
The device should be connected to internet and active with a sim card as well,Then wait 7 days!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
I can answer some or these questions, some I cant. First my posts to the previous fellow were stating that his information was not correct. If you flash a rom that doesn't hide the OEM unlock you're going to have it available right away as long as you flash a rom with know removed. The idea that this condtion is based on CSC simply isn't going to hold up because there are many people who have done the same. Same with the idea you cant install a stock CSC or you'll go into the binaries error Not true either, a whole bunch of people have done exactly that. In that regard however you do have to do it correctly.

Now lets get to the other side of the coin. What does installing an S8 CSC do? I don't know. There is no substantive data here or elsewhere that says yeah or neah on any portion of that. Will it produce an OEM unlock switch? Don't know, there is no body of posters saying yes or no. Will it give a better result afterwords in terms of running into seemingly random flashing errors us FD folks encounter? Don't know. I can say that I've installed roms going up into 30 or 40 times without issue. I'm thinking that alone says not so much but it may be it helps at the margins. An example. I installed the full smash on Ironrom, I put everything in it. No one really knew what would happen and I was curious so I did it. Turns out I went into binaries. Others have done some of it and got up and running but not all of it like I did. Would I have got a better result on an S8 CSC? Maybe. Maybe not.

The bottom line for you is you should be aware if you are not already that no one has reported getting OEM unlock after 10 days of up. At that point it appears you need to do something and you're most def at that point and then some. I would sure as hell give his idea a go. At worse it doesn't work and you still don't have OEM unlock. It will reset your clock though so even if it doesn't work then you should have some hope of getting it after the countdown. To be honest I'd try that first and then I'd probably flash the UK unlocked firmware since it has the least possible bloat among available stock firmware and is known to get OEM unlock on timer.

I was not disagreeing with trying something new, we need that, I'm disagreeing with making conclusions that don't hold water and have already been shown to be false. The idea has merit if for no other reason that it is not yet proven or disproven. Lets make it one or the other. Take one for the team man. :)

Whatever you do if nothing else please report your methods and results.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] elfarto:
Thanks, does that mean that we cannot reboot the phone for full seven days. Or does the phone keep a counter of the number of hours elapsed and when that counter reaches 7 days the OEM Unlock option is enabled?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
You can reboot all you want, makes no difference to the counter which is server side, not on the device.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Elin28:
Krabman, have you get out of the jail yet?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] davidof:
Service Samsung tell me 7 days is not true to unhide oem .

In my wife phone counter make 10 days and oem no unhide .

I'm my opinion ist no way to unhide oem.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] giusemc:
I don't understand why they did that, what is the meaning of using open source Android phone with OEM locked
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Yeah, I installed WETA 2.1 this morning. I cheated a little bit and went 6.5 days to get it but it isn't something thats going to be easy to do, I traveled to the other side of the planet which moved me into tomorrow. :)

davidof, you can choose to believe some random guy in a call center reading from a flo-chart or you can believe the hundreds of people right on this thread who did in fact get OEM unlock in exactly 7 days. Up to you.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] davidof:
I hope it will. But I have not come back to me after 7 days and neither will my colleague. And I know that Samsung does it on purpose so why would they have to unlock? But I wait the next 7 days and see if it will appear oem.

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the answer is simple, they want to have full control. And as we know how we have root, we have control over our phones. it's about acquiring data surveillance and ads that they want to cover us with

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Here my experience related to CSC on OEM issue.

One of XDA member [MENTION=2542694]maheshhtc[/MENTION] have this issue on his device when he bought from UAE. So he thought to buy a device from india where there is no OEM issue and he asked me to help in getting device from india (my country) last week.

So, I have sent him a device from India and Installed N4 without any issue(I have installed in India so likely there won't be any issue), rebooted multiple time. There was no issue and OEM was available even after when he started to use his SIM in his country.

We decided to check further, when he saw message about SIM changed and reset to apply new network settings (Though there was no network issue by ignoring this message) - we decided to factory reset - AND OEM GONE

So there is sure, applying CSC of any country which have OEM issue, will get OEM option disappear if reset on that CSC
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
That kinda makes sense tho. That's why S8 csc always worked revealing the button... since S8 csc doesn't have the thing to hide oem button... If you're like me that doesn't want to flash other countries note 8 csc (because of volte or CA combinations) .. flash S8 csc for your country. So you get both the oem button and you can get your network settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
I have observed another thing,ROM which doesn't have OEM issue are using S8 CSC, Some developer prefers S8 CSC bcoz of that is editable, while N8 CSC are encrypted so can't use custom CSC features. Such roms are reported having no OEM issue. I believe that Not having OEM issue on such ROMs could be a 'side effect' of using non-encrypted S8 CSC.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] puddingoz:
That's why I'm sticking with R Ice for now,it is indestructible on my N950F,I've tried deliberately to get binary error and won't happen,maybe one of you clever devs should unzip it and have a look,I can edit the CSC files,none of that encrypted crap,full qs tiles available,I'm using XEU CSC in Australia without any issues whatsoever, go figure,I'm staying put til someone figures this out,good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
I am posting ROOT+S8 CSC script here soon, If this S8 theory working then we shouldn't have issue with OEM after root with this method

I am uploading in few minutes here.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Yeah I know. I already told everyone that like yesterday or a few days ago.. and to be clear. It's not because of the encryption thinggy. Since note 8 XID csc (the one I'm installing) isn't encrypted at all. All I can say is. This is my first time in jail.and I got in jail because I stupidly flash the note 8 csc for my country..... Oh ye. Since the first time I've ever used my phone. I never got into "jail" because I ALWAYS use S8 csc. Also. If your system is using S8 csc. If you reset data on twrp . After booting up you should see the button rightaway..

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Ye already told everyone to test by themselves using S8 CSC. It should work. Because I've been observing this oem unlock situation for a while now. And this is the only thing I can came up with. That's why I thought. Why not share on thread.. and so that's what I did yesterday..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Root for OEM Issue devices

Requirement

1.Stock ROM N8 with OEM issue + Currently OEM Unlock available on developer setting - Also must be OEM Unlock enabled there

2.You are on any custom ROM and just came out of 7 days jail,

What does this do?

This script will

Deknoxed device

Root with Magisk (will provide SuperSU if this theory works

Remove N8 csc and install S8 csc (This is on theory that S8 csc won't have OEM issue)

How to?

1.Stock ROM

Must have TWRP Installed, (follow the TWRP installation steps and right after it, instead of flashing Magisk/SuperSU, Download and Flash Root_Magisk_Deknoxed_for_OEM_issue_devices.zip

2.Custom ROM and just came out of Jail

Simply download and flash attached zip after Full wipe (that with 'yes' option in TWRP)

PS : If you have opted SuperSu root method on existing ROM, don't participate in that test.

Report back if you have OEM unlock option available or not.

PS : Don't flash any other CSC
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Zayatoshi:
Hello. thanks for these explanations but in cases like me or the OEM unlock option is not visible (22 days) There is still no solution to make it appear [emoji26]

Envoyé de mon SM-N950F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Yeah. Fingerscrossed that our theory will work [emoji3][emoji16]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
This is very difficult unless we able to find how to flash cache.img from S8 with Odin.

Have you/anyone else tried to flash samsung omc zip with stock recovery?

I can provide if you want to try
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Zayatoshi:
Yes I do not mind you trying to provide me. Thank you.

However I was convinced that to flash a zip it needed a recovery custom (which can only be installed with the OEM Unlock option visible). Am I wrong ?:mad:

A flash OMC.zip is possible with Odin?

In this case if you can help me it would be with pleasure.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Stock zip signed by samsung should get flashed with stock recovery too, when we do get OTA on non rooted device, that comes in zip only and that get flashed with stock recovery too.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
No. Don't think it'll work perfectly. They flashed the csc zip on the stock fw WITHOUT CSC. To avoid conflict.. so i don't think flashing the zip ON to a csc already installed ROM will work just fine.. you know that right?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Check inbox

Depends on current csc and flashing csc

Once it get flashed then files will get overwritten if both sharing same methods like system/omc instead of systemcsc
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Ye prob. But since the zip doesn't really delete the /system/csc or /omc first before flashing. It can become conflicted. Also please read your telegram. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] and2:
Hi mate, can you pass me also the file to try to flash in stock? Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
That stock zip didn't work.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] giusemc:
So do u think the only way for device that in jail in the first place out of the box is just flashing different csc and wait for 7 days and see if it work?? :(((
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
There is no way as of now who are in jail, those can't even flash different CSC

I have posted test root script is for, who are out of jail and wanted to root device/Flash ROM and want to keep OEM option intact. Though no one reported result positive/negative
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] giusemc:
Here is what i found in my phone box, not sure it could help anything

Files have been shared using Link Sharing.

https://s.amsu.ng/APW08vDTWtMN

(Expires: Dec 8, 2017)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] elfarto:
For the record..

Note8 model sold by Samsung in Argentina (SM-N950F CSC ARO/ARO/ARO) gets the unlock option exactly after 7 days of opening the box ( 168 hous to be exact)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] giusemc:
Should i flash this fw with csc ARO and wait for 7 days?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] elfarto:
If you can get hold of it i would give it a try, the firmware has no bloat except for the preloaded microsoft office crap, be advised thou, that it doesn't have samsung pay.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] giusemc:
Mine is XME, imma try to wait for 7 days to see if OEM appears, if not. Imma try to flash fw with ARO. Should i flash just CSC or do i have to flash the whole things?