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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
i got that the first day, i tried to flash twrp without oem unlock,but after its reboot fine and i tried going to dl mode and it normal without that error msg,im wait for oem unlock ,flash twrp than a roms right after

thanks for replying

so weird ,nobody has found a way,a apk or some how crack this
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
Twrp flash success?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
no but the error came out, and i was able to boot ,without an issuse,im just waiting now for oem unlock toggle,i have not reboot the phone in 6 days and my uptime is like 117 hours
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
We should have a thread going stating which devices/purchase points have OEM unlock available as expected and which don't so buyers can avoid this mess... Right now were I buying and not needing dual sim I'd go with Clove or Handtec. Both are reliable UK sellers that have proven unlockers and are price competitive. Why make it hard?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
i wish they find a way i bought my note for 840 usd clean,i dont want resell this to spend 1000+ on a F model on bh photo
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] LouK:
I guess you can ask the B&H guy's where the phone originated.

If it's UK then your probably good to go.

If they're from Singapore you'll probably have to wait 7 days before OEM toggle shows up.

While waiting I would suggest you read through this thread to see how to flash after 7 days.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
i think all F model you should be fine
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
That is normal bro. The picture i posted was just the error if we flash twrp after soft brick, if we flash twrp without oem unlock option will show the same error. Just wait for oem option to appear. I think this problem will be solve by our great devs in future for the time being we just try whatever safe methods we got. [emoji16]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
After 7 days of flashing official firmware .... i m not getting Oem Unlock in dev settings .... what da hell is this with note 8.... fedup... totally pissed off by sammy .... feeling like using apple device...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Superherobaby:
I did not get the OEM thing after 2 weeks nearly. Gonna sell it for sure.... Going to buy a N950N instead.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
damn ,im going give this 10 days,or else im going sell this crap,im so upset,haven't rebooted my phone or nothing
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Sn0wR@pt0r:
Thanks guys! :) I will do exactly that & contact B&H for more info...they are closed until next Mon 10/16, so will reach out then for info.

Not sure if their "F" phones are region-locked too or not...and if they are, how they handle removing it...guess I'll find out on Mon, lol.

BTW...that "thread" regarding which vendors/phone versions are "unrestricted" will certainly come in handy, once it's posted. :cool:

Meanwhile...I will keep following these current threads (been doing so since the Note 8 was announced, lol)...good stuff! :good:

I will let you know if I find out anything useful from B&H next week.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
im going over there sunday when they open
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Sn0wR@pt0r:
Oh, ok...well, if you find out anything useful...please let us know. :cool:

I'll be out-of-pocket & AFK most of the day on Sun...so I'd have to wait & call them on Mon.

But hey...if you found out anything sooner, great! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j3yps:
I'm gonna create a telegram channel for this topic where we could have a pinned post that can be updated regularly. It's more interactive i think.

If it works it stays, it can easily be deleted anyway hehe

Here you go:

https://t.me/joinchat/DXkTDELtmj4uZH9TDJmsfQ
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
N950 F/DS (UAE)

Well, am out of jail exactly 7 days , exact time based on UAE time , though am now 4 hrs behind now and I've even switched it off for a whole day ,cos I was flying to my home country.

I used my local roaming sim to setup then, and after first reboot CSC changed to my home country , though I was roaming.

I have switched OEM toggle on/off several times, download mode and rebooting when on/of, but it doesn't disappear.

FRP too is always off when toggle is switched on and on when toggle is off.

An observation,

OEM in developers option only appear after rebooting only if i get that vibration ( normally after reboot), so when I race to developers options just after rebooting, it won't be there.

After vibration, I have to just go back and come and it's there as it was when I left on/off.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] SimplyCity:
I live in Poland. Got my N8 from one of local provider. Unlocked, at least it supposed to. So, when it was powered for first time (22 of September), without any sim inside, I set my g account, Sammy account and OEM was there from the start. So switched, twrp, format data, and so on, Echoe rom as daily driver. Everything was beautiful. But 7 days ago I installed DualBoot app, bc wanted to try another rom as secondary. Just after flash new rom and set all as per my needs, went to develop options and... No OEM. rebooted and stuck with only official binaries. So flashed stock and waiting. Tried all tricks from this thread, no go. I even don't remember if today is 7th day in prison... Maybe not. Anyway, got my both sim cards inside all the time. Flashing stock I choose XEO (native in region I am now). I will wait few more days, looking here all the time. I'm just not sure how many days in prison... For sure 5, but **** happened on last Wednesday...

So, all device bought here locally have OEM from the start. Checked with all providers, confirmed in theirs selling points.

But pissed as hell. Can't do basics, can't restore my daily apps, can't have beloved sound mod, can't test anything I work on.

I paid for unlocked device and need it to be unlocked. We should sue them...

:(

Echoe[emoji769] team member / N8 powered by Echoe[emoji769]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] fragtion:
I feel the same way. Already spent what amounts to days, trying to get this device to do what it should have been able to do from day 1, all the while being unable to use it for the most basic of tasks because it all needs to be wiped anyway once we actually figure this all out. I've argued since the very start, that if there is an OEM toggle, and we switch it, and are able to flash custom rom fine, then Samsung are in the wrong to lock our device after subsequent reboots. It's BS! We paid a fortune to buy these devices outright - they are screwing us over, allegedly because they are at the mercy of the Mobile operator providers? Excuse me who's money paid for this device, not my mobile operator! There's a reason I choose the prepaid route

Still going to exhaust every option before I sell though - because while I can't fully appreciate a non-rooted Note 8, there's also not much else I'd like to settle with other than the glorious prize of a rooted Note 8, either. It's just that I thought I'd already paid the price for it ...!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
can anyone confirm the F model doesn't have this issue,im about ready to sell this phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Thanks for checking in guys. Unless I've missed it you're the first guy that had a normally functioning OEM from the start and has after the fact lost it SimplyCity. That's pretty darn interesting but not in a good way. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
Can someone who has OEM confirm that when you race to developers options just after rebooting it doesn't have the option, and it comes only when phone vibrate and you go back and come again.

That will explain people saying OEM is disappearing and appear within a short time.

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Those without OEM troubles can also try that so that we put the appear/disappear when rooting hasn't been done into the bag.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
I'm one of those who doesn't have the OEM unlock issue. I tried what younsaid but I can't get to dev options quick enough before that vibrate. What does that vibrate signify?

My phone had the OEM unlock staright out of the box, first checked for it with no SIM or wifi connected. It has never disappeared for me, I can & have removed my SIM (& with no internet connection) & the option never disappears.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
Then it's not affected those who have OEM out of the box.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
I left out some words, in my last paragraph I basically said the same thing twice. I meant to say out of the box it was there but even after installing recovery & root I can still remove my SIM & OEM unlock will be there.

I read the post where a dev said that the phone checks samsung servers for conditions to allow OEM unlock appear. It seems that is only true for phones from certain regions? Cause again I've always had it even without internet connection.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] azq8ooz:
samsung trying to be as apple i am now thinking to sell note 8 because that ridiculous thing to wait 7 day just for oem appearing again i think we should send via twitter and facebook to samsung to force them solve this issue
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j3yps:
For those guys who bought their devices from Clove UK, is it possible for you to ask them how they do their activation? Maybe we can do it their way and have a permanent fix to this nightmare.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
Ok there's a detail that was left out. Mine is from Clove UK, so technically my phone had OEM unlock out when I got it. No idea if it had it before Clove activated.

Not sure if they do anything special but from what they state, they basically insert a SIM from their region & make a 5min call to lift the region lock. They then reset the phone & ship it. Phone state when I received it is like when it's brand new, need to go through setup.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j3yps:
Yeah but if making a 5mins call from a sim in the same region where you got your Note 8 is the key, then we shouldn't have been making this thread as long as we possibly could hahaha

They may or may not do something else, i just thought it's worth a shot asking hehe

Samsung should hand out mental health insurance with the Note 8, given it's current state. I myself is getting seriously frustrated with it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Time for some good news. I have just flashed light rom. Successfully. This required odin to flash BL and CP. I flashed those one at a time BL first with reboot unticked. Then I flashed TWRP with reboot ticked while holding the phone buttons to guarantee getting into TWRP. From there I followed the TWRP instructions exactly with a factory reset between each flash as described before. I then while remaining in recovery flashed light rom. The rom booted fine but root was not working. Went into twrp and flashed magisk. Root worked after. I have OEM unlock and it is on. I am restoring my Ti backup now. I've already been in and out of TWRP twice, rebooted several times. :)

Color me happy. I was sweating bullets on it but to be honest I'd rather get it over now and get in line for a pixel if this thing is going to be a problem child so I'm trying to push it a little bit. Couple things of note, this rom also does not have the hidden OEM which it has in common with the ketan rom I have installed twice already. I had my sims out during setup. I did not change CSC in aroma.

I starting to feel like I can work with this thing. Seems like you just have to make it to step one and then you're rolling.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
I believe that has already been tried in the regions where those are having the issue. And not all the exynos variants are region locked, just from certain countries.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] nelson04:
please tell us all the steps to follow in order to do it ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Fen-X:
follow the frames in red : it's the Clove Uk Process

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j3yps:
Time to contact Samsung for the code. Atleast now we have a new info that it has something to do with the Region Lock.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
i hope i get that lucky,now im heard it a region code,anyone that know where we gotta call,let us know,do we really got call china for the code

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their should be a bountry for the dev that can figure this out
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] nader1450:
+1

send email via twitter and facebook to samsung to force them solve this issue
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
It isn't the region lock, that is a different thing than a bootloader lock which is what we (sort of) have. The EEU region lock prevents the phone from making phone calls until a SIM from inside the area is inserted and at least a 5 minute phone call is made. This basically breaks it for almost everyone and applies only to phones sold in the EEU. On the other hand you can do every single other thing on the phone including unlocking the bootloader and installing a rom without ever inserting a SIM at all. This is a known that has applied from the time they started the EEU region lock.

This has already been gone over in the thread. Certainly don't blame anyone for not reading the whole thread at this point but before this takes off and it has to be disproved 50 times again lets put it to bed now. What we have is a bootloader lock, not a region lock. What they are doing has nothing to do with our problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
If it's about region lock, like we won't be able to use the phone well outside it's region.

Am yet to insert Middle East SIM in my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j3yps:
Forgive the question but if the phones coming from Clove UK are also Exynos, what difference does the Asian Exynos have? It's unlikely that it's the firmware since some already tried flashing the UK firmware before.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
The difference is that North American carriers didn't push Samsung into applying a region lock to phones everywhere, only to phones from EEU because the vast majority of grey market phones at the time came from there. It wasn't a coincidence that the region lock was applied at the same time as the NA carriers moved away from subsidized phones and NA carriers are directly responsible for it.

It is easy enough to tell the difference. Ask any one here who bought a phone from outside the EEU and you will find they could do anything they wanted except in some cases unlock the bootloader all without anyone ever inserting a SIM, this is because there was no region lock in the first place. Some like the S. Korean phones, Indian phones, etc don't even have the bootloader lock/timer thing we have going on. On the other hand get a region locked EU phone shipped to somewhere outside the region and stick a sim in it and you cant make a phone call. Everything else works but calling and you can otherwise do anything you want including rooting and so on. There were many, many people in the US and other countries that proved that out the hard way when it first started because they got these phones that hadn't been region unlocked over there and tried to do it after attaining root.

These phones are not region locked gents. A region lock would do something to prevent the phone from being used out of the region, a bootloader lock wont even be noticed by the vast majority of all users.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
Exactly, I don't believe it has anything to do with region lock either. I'm not going to say for sure cause I don't know, just like most everything talked about is speculation. There was a guy in this thread or the other that kept preaching that it was because of the regional lock. This was proven wrong already. Don't see tbat guy preaching it anymore.

Again, not all exynos variants have region lock. For example Korean N variants don't. Look at the seal on your box, if your phone is region locked, it will say so on the seal very clearly, can't miss it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
I was thinking about my new rom install, it might be adviseable to install ketan first. It could be you wont survive through first part of the install unless you already have a functional rooted rom with TWRP up front. More on that later, gotta do RL stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Fen-X:
Don't know if it's a region lock or not but i've asked myself : why clove uk's phones are good to go and others can have this bootloader issue?

The process described on their website may be the trick .... or may not.

For my part, as i'm not a dev i've abondonned the idea to buy a note 8 since a long time. I've never bought a samsung phone. My last phone was an Oppo Find 7 with a n unlocked bootloader (thanks to chinese phones :) ).

For all of those having already bought their note 8 , i hope strongly that our magical Xda's Devs will find a fix soon. For others, like me, save your time and your money waiting the oneplus 5t or 6 or the huawei mate 10 pro or other. And if you're a samsung fan, more good to go with the s8+.

Ohh... a last thing : Samsung like Apple doesn't care about the consumer
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
mines doesn't have this sticker and this the fist time a international phone is giving me this bs

im just waiting for 168 hours,hoping the oem unlock comes out

question will it show up as a nofictions or what?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] SimplyCity:
Guys, I read about region lock and wonder how it can be connected with my very situation. As I got OEM out of the box, used it, installed PL sims, talked a lot (more then 5 min) and suddenly lost OEM. It just not fits... Bc I never took my phone outside my country. I mean I am still in PL, reflashed stock XEO, very same sim cards inside... but no OEM. Why my device suffer this? Bc someone there put s$%@ piece of code and operates my device against my will? It's ridiculous...

I went to Sammy center today and they know nothing. Told me that they have no instructions about OEM. All they can do is to reflash stock rom... I can do that myself. I'm gonna send them elaborate about unfair playing. Oh world...

I really hope someone figure that out. I put real money on that.

If I had OEM from the start, use device in country of its destination... then loosing OEM is some kind of punishment, but for what? For flashing custom binaries? Why the hell OEM was there from the start?

It's a joke all this... Sad, feel sad and disappointed. Dust collector for 1000EU... Most expensive I ever bought.

Echoe[emoji769] team member / S8+ powered by Echoe[emoji769]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
Korean is rootable? What's the model number?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] $-MONARCH-$:
SM-N950N This version definitely has it and it uses Exynos chip. Any Exynos-based chips are rootable and OEM bootloader is enabled, But you'll have to contact Samsung if you do not have the bootloader enabled.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] MeltdownSpectre:
Just received a Singapore import Note 8 today.

Can confirm it does NOT have the OEM Unlock option, but I didn't feel the need to root my S8+, doubtful that this will require it. As long as I can flash stock ROMs using Odin, I have no issues with it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
Yes, no matter what rigion we flash csc is reset it to default. What a stupid action from Samsung. It could be they're trying to restrict users from root or something. If they continue this way and if cannot root i will sell my note and go for others. This will be my last samsung device. Luckily I still have my S8+.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
I just got mine yesterday from nevermsrp.

no oem unlock option.

what was strange is it never went through the android setup. it just booted straight to launcher.

its an XSP model so signapore. i was actually able to change csc by using an older firmware. unfortunately it was a south american one and im now stuck on chile's fw...lol wich is CHO.

I even have a carrier branded shutdown screen and everything.

anyways still a no go. Ive read on the trwp thread that some people on XSP and a specific carrier just wad they OEM unlock appear from no where after aying around with their phones.I now regred terribly being able to change csc. was getting late so ill try to switch back tonight but i seemed stuck. I think it all happened once i put in the sim card. before that when i was in stuck on XSP with no sim, after flashing a couple fw's with no results i put in my canadian rogers sim and now eveything is in Spanish....lool.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
To be clear the Singapore phones are mostly FDs and are Exynos but do not have the OEM unlock switch, I've verified the cpu with cpu-z. As I have already done I can again reaffirm that these phones do not have an oem unlock switch and something as simple as flashing other firmwares does not change that. As is you cannot install TWRP or root via the method that was available earlier. I've tried both multiple times. I'm not going to get into a Richard slapping contest here but I can say that I was flashing phones before Android, I'm no ace but I've got a clue and tried the obvious.

I've been in contact with the carrier in Singapore several times and they say I have to contact Samsung, I've not been able to get through to anyone at Samsung yet but I'm working on it. To reiterate another thing I've said several times here since this came to light, rooters should only buy from verified sources of unlockable phones or purchase with a written agreement for a full refund in the event the bootloader cannot be unlocked.

In other news mine will likely be for sale shortly. One owner, low miles... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
Same boat. Selling for a $100 loss [emoji26]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] $-MONARCH-$:
Contact Samsung and let them know that OEM Unlock is missing from Developer section.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
Haha good idea.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] $-MONARCH-$:
I've done that and Samsung asked me to come to their Service Center tomorrow evening, They will have the device inspected and fix it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Let us know what they did to make it work. Thanks [emoji16][emoji3]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] $-MONARCH-$:
Will let y'all know about it soon as I get the phone back.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
Hope, it's just software mistake. Pls let us know bro.[emoji4]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] $-MONARCH-$:
I wouldn't know if it's software mistake, As far I know if it doesn't meet my expectation they're willing to replace the phone with another variant. I asked it during a chat session, A lady gave me the number for service center and just opened up a ticket for enquiry. Only by tomorrow evening, I'll know about it.