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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Is there any confirmation that they absence means a locked bootloader?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] TheUndertaker21:
Lol plus my 256GB SD too lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] gubbilo144:
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OK thank you, appreciated

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OK thank you, much appreciated
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] eaglerazor123:
Do they have it in stock?

Had a talk with them and their response was

https://imgur.com/a/MG6ig
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xxx42069:
Guys quick question please. I've been out of the android scene for a couple years, can somebody remind me. Does installing custom recovery and rooting wipe data on the phone? If I remember correctly, back in the day, it did.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
unlocking wipes it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] eaglerazor123:
Anybody with N950FD can confirm this?

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/n950fd-root-via-magisk-t3673451
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xxx42069:
Cool thanks man.

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Wow sweet! But didn't we see some people with FD reporting no oem unlock in their dev options? Regardless, I'm happy to see this. It's a step in the right direction for sure. Can't be too big of a leap to get this working on the F models.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] maverickluke:
My Note 8 is a German one buyed from Samsung directly.

I have a SM-N950F Duos (N950FD Dual SIM) Version of the Note 8 and have try it.

It works perfectly!!

i thinks it can works for the N950F (Single SIM) too. Anyone who like try it on N950F?

My Note 8 Duos have the modelcode N950F and so it´s the same Modelcode like the Single SIM Version.

:good:

:good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] msy198:
Got a reply from Samsung Malaysia via email. None of the steps mentioned worked for me. It is still locked.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] peh6088:
The "OEM unlock " option appeared out of nowhere in my Malaysian N950F/DS after 8 days of using it! I've not updated the firmware or even restarted the phone. When I checked last night, it wasn't there and now it's there even without me doing anything. Thank God!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] willcor:
I am from South Africa .

Got the phone( branded carrier ) on the 15 Sept 2017 .

did not specifically check OEM ,at first .

Only enabled Developers Option ,to change animation speed to x .5 etc

Later i noticed OEM missing (+- 8 /10 days ago )

Been following this thread and yes ,suddenly this morning OEM button is there .

No update ,nothing .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ultramag69:
The mere fact you have to have a sim card for the area the phone was intended for a week is pure Bullsh!t...

The number of grey import phones can't be so massive that carriers write in these limitations. If the general public are going to buy a grey import this won't stop them as they have no intent to unlock their phone in the first place.

This is a direct strike against Developers by Samsung...

The developer options should be sacrosanct - no alteration by Samsung, other OEM's or carriers due to his being a phone used for developement...

This is the Samsung region lock all over again from the Note 3 days, just not as disasterous as that was for the common user locking phones up....

Samsung used to be Developer friendly, a long time ago... The first real shot across the bow was Knox and now they're doing this.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Joe237:
Hi

Im on USA using note 8 DS I think is from Singapore, I bought it on ebay $899 I was hoping to root it but there is no OEM unlock, I'm using AT&T sim card, I hear that it need to have the sim from the same country the phone was bought it, that's mean I going to be stuck without OEM unlock?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] me_ashman:
I doubt having the correct sim matters. Seems like it's timed. Just wait and see if it appears like some here have reported. I'm not using the sim that came with mine, I'll wait and until the weekend if it magically appears or not
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Joe237:
Just wondering if I buy one of the prepaid sim from Singapore*over ebay and just put it in will do the magic!?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] LongGer64:
I am in Singapore. Bought from local telco. Sim from the same telco. Still no OEM ulock for the last 2 weeks. Let's wait and see.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Torquemada288:
I think this whole SIM thing is bull**** and the trigger for the OEM Unlock to appear is time-based. OEM Unlock has appeared for people who are not using a SIM from where the phone originated and some people who are using a SIM from the same region as the phone don't have OEM Unlock. For most people, OEM Unlock appears about a week after they first booted/set up the phone. It doesn't appear to be the case for everyone, so there might be some other criteria that it needs to trigger.

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When was the last time you checked? Do a reboot and check again.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
Definitely seems time based or Samsung is pushing out some kind of secret update.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] jpinoy:
I have 3 more days to see if it shows up on my wife's phone. I had already installed the update that showed up when I first turned on her phone, but that was after I checked for the OEM Unlock. I already returned mine(waiting on a refund or a new one to get sent to me if they can enable OEM Unlock) and waiting for the eBay seller to confirm on his new batch this coming week.

Just reading these other folks having OEM Unlock show up out of nowhere makes me wish I kept mine just to build up suspense.. :laugh:

Good deal on the ones that are having it show up without doing anything. :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] LongGer64:
Yep, checking it regularly. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
You and me are on the same boat bro. 15 days passed and still the same. This morning Samsung representative called me and asked me whether I am developer or not. Also asking me why needed oem unlock. [emoji26]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] boonthongw@gmail.com:
Today, i went to Samsung flagship store and found six note 8 being displayed and 2 out of 6 had oem unlock options with newest firmware and of course all of them are Sim free. I think the reason Samsung disabled this option might be because they want to prevent from faking csc or country to eligible for a gift worth 6500baht offering for pre-order buyer in Thailand. And if this option was gone forever then may be Samsung is going to encourage user to use more Samsung pay so they want to avoid security compromise from rooted phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] memphisneo:
Samsung called me too this morning ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
What did they say bro?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] memphisneo:
They said they are receiving alot of enquiry on this oem option thing recently and will forward this to the management. To wait for their reply either thru email or phone call.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] thanik:
I don't think so. Because by getting a gift, you have to register on the website with the order number and IMEI code. So, Samsung Thailand can check the order and IMEI code if it's Thailand device or not.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
Same reply bro. [emoji38]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
It's good the complaints are going to Samsung.

As for me am not that worried, they will fix this issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] force70:
Dont hold your breath.

Samsung doesnt give a rats ass about this as we are the vast minority and will not affect them in any significant way.

Hell they haven't even bothered to explain why let alone resolve it.

sent from my Note FE, S8 plus, or S6
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
FINALLY	N950FXXU1AQI4 FLASHING WORKS FOR ME

thanks to everyone who help me or gave me good advices... but flashing this firmware with odin makes my fone works again but without OEM Unlock but its ok atleast i can use it now... thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] willcor:
This morning i checked, i suddenly, had OEM unlock

and posted results of my OEM unlock option (see earlier post). I still unlocked OEM.

(see screenshot)

Now i checked again, OEM option is missing..?

See screenshot.

So it appeared and disappeared...!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
Im wondering one thing:

people who are getting the oem unlock, what will happen if it goes away like a few have reported after root or twrp?

what happens if a phone was ordered overseas and the seller did their sim card 5 min call thing and then shipped the phone preunlocked and end user decided to wipe clean the phone. does is dissapear ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Geekser:
In the first screen shot it appears that OEM is unlocked - the second shows it missing. But what happens when you go into Download mode - does it say OEM UNLOCKED on that screen ? (even though OEM is not visible in Developer settings? Just curious)

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+1 ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] willcor:
After i posted above i checked, OEM was back.!

Change a Samsung Theme, is gone.?

I checked again its back.!

In time frame that i checked it was missing 3 times and appeared 3 times...

Very weird, must be a bug?

Also if you check my screenshot, where i unlocked it.

It states Bootloader already unlocked..

(check my OEM screenshot, underneath button)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
this is the "Breaking News" bad news for samsung mobile users

samsung is going to be apple in future i think ...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ultramag69:
8 days after I activated my Note 8 I finally have OEM Unlock in my Developer options....

WTF are Samsung thinking doing this?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
I've had mine for two weeks, no magically appearing OEM unlock switch.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] willcor:
So, yes, i change a Samsung Theme, rebooted a few times, now OEM is again "sticking"

I switched OEM off, but checked underneath button it says Bootloader unlocked.? (Supposed to if off?)

Unlocked OEM again.

Sticking for how long.?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Geekser:
Right - thanks - the reason I asked my question was only if the OEM was still missing like in the 2nd screen shot. I was curious if it was missing - if the phone still recongized that you had unlocked it. Seems like that is the case - but just wanted to check to be sure.....

thanks for the update.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] MeltdownSpectre:
Could you replicate the steps one-by-one if it's not an issue on how you got the option to appear?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
we need pictures of dl mode screen once the oem unlock goes missing if it was unlocked from OS as suggested by Geekser
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] willcor:
No sorry,

you misunderstood

not to appear... re appear.

Originally, i also did not have option, since getting

phone on 15 Sept.

Only for it to magically appear

this morning( OEM unlock.)

I posted about OEM appearing earlier.

I then unlocked the OEM option.

But it dissappeared again this afternoon

for a brief period, only to appear

again, to disappear and appear.

Now its sticking again. (a Bug ?)

My personal opinion about OEM appearing, is that it was time based.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] MeltdownSpectre:
Just to confirm, can you mention your country, CSC, whether you bought your phone locally or as an import, and what firmware version you're on? Apologies if you've already answered these questions and I haven't seen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] willcor:
SOUTH AFRICA,

XFV

Branded carrier Vodacom ( @ Vodafone)

Got it locally from Service Provider.

SOFTWARE ....... AQl1

I got my phone on the 15 September 2017

Only suddenly unlocked on the 26 Sept.. Today
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] MeltdownSpectre:
I got mine and activated it on the 20th of this month.

However mine is an import, and I didn't get it from my service provider or officially from Samsung, let's see if anything changes in a few days or not.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
i havint seen any people with imports get their oem unlock setting appear.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Geekser:
For anyone who had OEM unlock dissappear even though you had cllicked to activate OEM UNLOCK ( after it dissppears, can you put your phone into download mode to see if the Bootloader still recognizes that the OEM is unlocked? Or when it dissappears from the developer settings, does it 're-lock" the bootloader? I hope you understand what I am asking ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] recepo1:
Purchased the F/DS Taiwan version off ebay and no OEM unlock option either. Im pissed because the buyer wants a 20% restocking fee to be returned looks like I will be selling locally for a smaller loss.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] thegreenthief:
OMG! I just checked my developer options, like I have every day since I got the phone. Didn't expect any change, and now I have the OEM Unlock option.

How could that possibly be?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] recepo1:
what version/model phone do you have?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xxx42069:
I'm not sure I understand your question right. If you are talking about the region lock disappearing then no it doesn't. My understanding is once the region lock is removed via a local sim and 5 minute call, it stays removed even through a wipe.

If you're talking about oem unlock, that I don't know. But I don't think I have seen anyone say it has disappeared.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] thegreenthief:
I have the SM-N950F/DS. Previously I had no OEM Unlock option and now I do.

I can't seem to embed the screenshot of my software versions, but let me know if you'd like to know any specific information on my setup.

Edit: I've included a brief summary of my situation and experience so that others might use the information.

* - I purchased the SM-N950F/DS on 9/15/17 from nevermsrp on eBay.

* - I received the phone on 9/18/17.

* - On 9/18/17 I unwrapped the phone (tamper seal was in place when I opened the box) and booted it up.

* - Proceeded to install all recommended system updates.

* - Discovered this thread on 9/19/17, enabled Developer Options and discovered that OEM Unlock option was missing.

* - I've been following this thread ever since periodically checking on the OEM Unlock option, each time noting that the option was still missing.

* - Today, at approximately 11:36AM MDT I went into Developer Options and saw that the OEM Unlock option was available.

I live in Colorado Springs, CO in the United States. I haven't traveled overseas (or even out of state) since I received the phone. I haven't installed any system updates since I received the phone, nor have any software/system updates become available.

Perhaps unrelated, I will give a summary of some activities I was doing this weekend that may or may not be related to the appearance of the option. I was tinkering around with an Android emulator and the NFL Mobile application over the weekend. I downloaded the Nox Android emulator, logged into the Google Play store with my standard account and I was attempting to get the NFL Mobile application to run so I could watch some specific game videos on my PC. I was configuring the emulator options and input the IMEI from my second SIM slot into one of the Nox configuration fields along with my cellular phone number. Afterwards I played around a little with the locational spoofing setting.

That's the *only* thing I've done that was somewhat outside of the norm of just installing apps and transferring data from my old phone into this one.

Hope it helps.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
This has to be some global roll out.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Flame Red:
Perhaps this is the answer? The one I got from Clove shipped to the US, they opened the box and did a call to rid of the region lock. I was able to turn on Developer Options immediately.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] thegreenthief:
I honestly don't think the region lock is the answer. Everything I've read suggests that the region lock prevents most if not all phone functions, whereas we are only seeing the option to lock/unlock the bootloader present or not. That doesn't seem like a very effective way to combat grey market sales.

Read my experience here, https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=73943835&postcount=624 but I received the phone sealed. It's a Singapore model, which up until just a few hours ago didn't have the OEM Unlock option. I'm located in the United States and I haven't traveled at all since I received the phone. If the region lock was truly responsible for the OEM Unlock option being present I still wouldn't have the option. There's something else going on here...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
You mean oem unlock immediately?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
wow nice. i got mine from same ebay guy. Hope i get it too.

Im wondering if it will stick after a full wipe. Ive been running the fone on wifi inly because it still has protective stickers on front and back ro keep it as new as possible incase i have to return it. i do put the sim card in it from time to time just in case...lool. basically ive had a 1k$ paper weight for 6 days now.

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I'm just wondering here regarding the uk phones if the OEM unlock was never an issue or if the oem unlock is a biproduct of having a regional sim in the phone for the region unlock.

probably never was an issue but im still curious.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
Hey mate, I'm in Aus as well, day 5. What carrier are you with and is it branded or non branded. I'm on TEL.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] daproject:
I just have my oem unlock today.... exactly 1 week after I got the phone!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Joe237:
Thank you for sharing all this information!! , I bought my phone from the same seller, I'm in California, I contacted to the seller to return the phone but you gave me hope :) so I going to wait and see :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Torquemada288:
The trigger for the OEM Unlock option to appear is time-based!

Wait 7-10 days after first setting up the phone and then check for OEM Unlock.

Your SIM, Carrier, Region or Firmware version is irrelevant.

If people actually read through the entire thread, they'll see that those who've had the OEM Unlock appear didn't have to do anything special, it just appeared about 1 week after setting up the phone. If you just got your Note 8 and the OEM Unlock option isn't there, don't return the phone. Wait at least 10 days and check for the OEM Unlock daily. It will just be there one day.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Geekser:
I am waiting on my phone from Clove - should be here Thursday - when you say OEM unlock was there - I assume you mean the firs time you turned on the phone? Just trying to verify -

To the others who say that originally OEM unlock was missing - and now it is there - Be careful - I read in a different thread several people say that after OEM unlock came back - it disappeared again - one guy said he had even installed twrp and then after that OEM unlock disappeared and he couldn't get into twrp - he soft bricked his phone and had to use Odin or something to get back to stock again - I believe I read this in the note 8 twrp thread - one thing for sure, there is some booogely woogely stuff going on here ....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Torquemada288:
Originally Posted by Flame Red

Perhaps this is the answer? The one I got from Clove shipped to the US, they opened the box and did a call to rid of the region lock. I was able to turn on Developer Options immediately.

And here we have the red herring. People think that when the seller turns on the phone and makes a call before shipping it, this is what is triggering the OEM Unlock to appear and making a call in the same region as the phone came from is the correct procedure to get OEM Unlock.

What is actually happening (IMO) is that the seller turning on the phone starts the 1 week countdown. By the time it gets to you, most if not all of that 1 week period has elapsed, so the OEM Unlock will be visible when it arrives or will be visible soon after.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Fen-X:
I have been on this subject since the first day and so far there is no certainty whether this option is present or not.

Maybe I'm going to say a nonsense, but if it's a Time matter, maybe it's possible to check this by tweaking the date in the system settings of the phone?

What do you think?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] LouK:
1 of the 1st things I tried but didn't work.

BTW sent my N8 back until this gets resolved one way or the other.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
Haha congrats
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Fen-X:
Thanks for your answer.

So, my knowledge is limited but if this didn't work i doubt that it's a time based. Maybe i'm wrong...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Geekser:
I understand why you think that - but I don't believe it is true. We will find out when I get my phone on Thursday (3 days after it was originally turned on) I have talked to several others who purchased at CLOVE who got their phones well inside that 1 week time frame you mentioned - (and I have read about others who did not have OEM when they first turned on their phones and still don't weeks - over 2 - and still don't have it.

Honestly, I don't know what the trigger is - and for the life of me I can't figure out why Samsung did this - but I know it is driving a BUNCH of people bat shi.. crazy...LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] wrollo:
I'm on Telstra in Australia. No OEM Unlock for me. I am furious! Telstra has no right to tell me how I can use my phone. Screenshot is attached. CSC is TEL/TEL/TEL.

My phone arrived last Friday so will check in a few days to see whether OEM unlock pops up after a week.

Any ideas of what may work in the meantime?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Torquemada288:
There are many ways to implement a countdown that doesn't depend on the time set in the UI. There could be a background process that counts down from 604800 seconds when the phone is on. Changing the system time wouldn't make any difference to such a process.

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Nothing will work in the meantime. Just be patient.

P.S. While I despise Telstra with a passion, this isn't their doing. This is more likely to be either a Google or Samsung thing. It's hard to tell which is responsible for making us wait a week.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ultramag69:
Non branded phone with Telstra sim.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xxx42069:
Oh snap! DHL just delivered my Clove UK note 8 one day early! I'm like a kid on Christmas morning right now. I'm going to fire it up right now and immediately root. I'll report back how it goes.