yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Try the Verizon branded unlocked firmware:

Here is your link: http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=6CD1C6D99B4511E7963AFA163EE8F90B

It should have csc but no bloat...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] artsarts:
I have the ATT Note 8 and trying to flash the XA . A firmware. I have followed all the guides in OP and tried to use standard ODIN and PrinceComsy to no success. Everytime it would just say Success 0 / Failed 1 . I am out of ideas, any help is appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jammer310:
Working

Thanks for the info - I actually did flash to that version before I saw your recommendation. I still had no luck on the Internet side -no LTE showing /no Internet. I pulled the SIM out and put it in a co-workers Verizon Galaxy 7 - has the same issue - no Internet. So I was starting to think the issue was pointing to the SIM or Verizon.

I walked down to my Telecom guy and he gave me new Verizon SIM. Installed SIM but would not activate/provision. Put original SIM back in and now it would not provision/ acitive. I was watching the results in the Verizon Business management website where we manage out company phones.

At that point I placed a call to Verizon Business support and said I was swapping SIM cards into different phones and now cant get my SIM/phone to activate /provision. At that point the Verizon CS Agent worked her magic ( never thought at the time to ask exactly what she did) and after rebooting the phone - I was back in business on SM-N950U1 / N950U1UEU1AQI5 coming from bloated SM-N950U with the assistance of Verizon :laugh: ( Hotspot enabled - a BONUS)

Thank for the replies / assistance
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Discovideo3:
I have the verizon version, when i flash the it would say succeed, pass and everything. But once i get to the upgrading android scree, it would say "erasing" and goes right back to the Verizon firmware. What is wrong with verizon?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rbeavers:
You can try the old update your modem trick. When odin is done before the phone restarts, go into download mode and Flash the ROM again ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Make sure the ums/patch is set to 1 and I had the same problem until I booted into recovery, did factory reset, then from recovery main screen chose boot to bootloader and flashed again...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Boot to recovery perform factory reset, boot to download mode from recovery by selecting boot to bootloader on the recovery main page...make sure ums/patch is set to 1 but leave ums slot empty
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] xfaega:
If you want the same identity spam call like the unlocked version go to Google play and look up Hiya Caller ID & Block.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] n0fx:
I have a SM-N950U from Verizon and tried to follow OPs instructions to flash it. I got Odin v3.12.7 to detect my phone and assigned the appropriate files to each section except UMS. When I click start to flash, it gives me an error FAIL! SHA256 is invalid.

I'm trying to flash my Verizon to fully unlocked version, so that I can use it with AT&T. I tried it with the stock firmware that came with the phone but it wouldn't get any LTE signal, only 4G.

EDIT: Got it to work, had to use Prince Comsy's Odin to Verizon -> unlocked one. I can use it with AT&T and get LTE on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rowdyruffbrick:
Just to double confirm, I bought an unlocked T mobile variant of the note 8. So would it be safe for me to flash the unlocked firmware on this with no issues? I just want the stock firmware, I dont want any of Tmobile's bloatware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Yes...make sure you use Prince Comsy's Odin and edit the UMS/patch from 0 to 1 in the config file...leave ums slot empty and flash bl, ap, cp, and csc...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rowdyruffbrick:
Alright thank you, i wouldnt need to re-unlock the phone or anything like that right?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
No...just flash...lock is tied to imei...not firmware
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rowdyruffbrick:
Okay thank you, will give it a try
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
BlueFox, thanks for all the help.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] na_tra:
Hi BlueFox:

I have the unlocked note8 using it with Tmobile sim card. Everything is fine, including Video Calling. Is there a way for me to get all the bands from Tmobile Note8 since the unlocked does not have all of them?

TIA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
If you are noticing bands not active you can try to flash T-Mobile firmware and see if there is any difference...several users have reported that the unlocked contained all T-Mobile bands and tested good speeds...what bands are you missing?...if the device does not support a particular band it will not be available on any firmware...however, I thought the unlocked version was only missing the FDD bands used in China and other Asian regions...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
One of the ATT users shared the actual ATT update here:

https://xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-note-8/how-to/adb-updates-server-n950u-att-version-t3679307

You download and sideload via adb...should work with it...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bafangul:
OTA updates

Sorry for the noob question:

I have an unlocked Note 8 from Samsung. I received an update directly from Samsung. I have AT&T as a service and would like to have wifi calling and other AT&T features. If I ODIN the AT&T firmware, would I still get OTA updates? And if so, where would they come from, AT&T or Samsung?

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ahenderson223:
Your OTA updates would come from AT&T.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mehi7:
After flashing my 64GB phone is now telling me I only have 32GB
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
That is odd...I just checked mine after having flashed several times and it shows 22 GB used and 42 GB available...maybe a bad flash?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mehi7:
Hmm, I don't know, I've tried flashing a few times and no dice. Still, reports 32GB I was unaware that these even came in 32GB.

The box and information I have on the phone states it to be a 64GB phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
How much does it say is used
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] betovanbuuren:
Ive flashed the USA unlocked XAA on my sim unlocked verizon, but i Just figured out that the option "call id & antispam is grayed out, hence i cannot activate it. Is there a way to fix it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Try shortcut master lite and search for this:

com.android.phone.smartcall.SmartCallSettings

I'll look for more but try that first.

You can also try flashing without SIM and setup phone activate caller I'd and spam...then put in Sim...last measure of course...the SIM and provisioning is what removes settings...couldn't find another way...you can also sift through all available options in Shortcut Master lite by looking through the three phone apps
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] betovanbuuren:
After done that im able to "enable" the option on shortcut master app, but as soon as i go back and then again access the option it is again disabled.

I read somewhere that it could be due to a CSC, so i'm trying to know which HOME_CSC file can i flash thru odin with my current XAA bloatware free to have this option enabled.

Thank you for your help [MENTION=5649240]BlueFox721[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
I noticed on the Note 7 people were flashing other carrier firmware to gain settings...I know the Sprint unlocked firmware (Here is your link: http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=5F88E6919B4511E7963AFA163EE8F90B )allows it...if you try this way you would have to add your apn to get data...try the home_csc...if not try the full flash .... I was going to do this with T-Mobile unlocked firmware on my unlocked with Sprint but haven't had time yet...in the past Verizon users flashed Sprint firmware to get Samsung features...I think it can still work with Note 8...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] betovanbuuren:
Thanks, will do and report back

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Looks like the url is not pointing to the sprint firmware, could you please double check to make sure i download the correct one?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Yes that is Sprint unlocked...since the files needed for caller I'd are included in unlocked software it has the chance of working... as soon as you put your SIM in it will register your carrier and provision... hopefully the caller I'd and WiFi calling will stay...I am getting ready to test this with T-Mobile unlocked firmware on mime...I may try Verizon on mine as well if it works...it sounds odd I know but all unlocked firmwares are basically the same they just have different settings requested by the carrier...

http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=5F88E6919B4511E7963AFA163EE8F90B

Sorry I had a ")" in the wrong spot
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] betovanbuuren:
Downloading sprint one, will report back after flashing, if your try (tmobile) works would be great to let us know hehe

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Ok flashed Sprint home_csc file from the firmware provided, but no luck. No need to re add the APNs though, the option "call id & antispam" is still grayed out.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Carrier Switching Guide coming soon....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
Bluefox thanks for everything, and thanks to everyone here who have provided help. Finally got 950U1 to flash on At&t. Kept failing figured out that I was using wrong Odin. Kept getting SHA256 fail in odin. Turned out I was using what I thought was PrinceComsy odin but I wasnt, I was using Phonelabs Odin. Phonelabs Odin worked flashing At&t firmware but not Unlocked firmware. Thanks again. And to me the Unlocked is way more gooder..lol only thing is says LTE instead of 4g
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dpoverlord:
I noticed for those with Verizon people are using different versions. Any way someone can chime if there is a recommendation to using this version or a different so we dont use the bloatware stock?

Thanks a lot! I am also just coming out of my note 4 which I have been using with 3 batteries for the last few years.

THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
All th SM-N950U1 Firmwares are the same as the XAA in op...they just have the files and settings that carrier SIM will set when entered...essentially the XAA will become the unlocked variant of SPR, VZW, TMB, USC, or ATT...if someone flashes XAA without SIM then after setup inserts SIM, device will change csc to carrier, for example XAA to SPR, upon reboot...your next OTA will be branded unlocked, for example AQI5 was branded Sprint but was the unlocked firmware...I checked all SM-N950U1 branded firmwares and they are all the same base but have blocked settings and carrier specific function apps included...that are usually extracted after SIM on XAA...there was no difference for me to flash SM-N950U1 XAA OR SPR...I even flashed the TMB SM-N950U1 and only Sprint settings and a few function apps installed...it was clear then that all the firmwares have all carrier settings zipped in the carrier folder...However, devices do respond differently...if one firmware doesn't respond well go to another...for example one device May have a better connection starting from XAA whereas another may have a better connection on the branded unlocked version...even more so, some may have better results flashing carrier SM-N950U firmware to their unlocked version...hope this answered your question
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
does the VERIZON UNLOCKED FIRMWARE with no bloatware still have the all of the device maintenance features like the full unlocked firmware?

ive flashed verizion firmware to full unlock last night and im just wondering if there is any way to get some of the missing setting menus back like the options between simplified or standard and the advanced calling.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
It may be missing the memory (RAM) cleaner like on the Note 7...can anyone comfirm?

After root, most functionality will be accessible though...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
the RAM cleaner and widgets was some of the main reasons I flashed to unlocked version. lol

I do have a second note 8 full Verizon firmware just wondering if there was a quick way to get the firmware off of it before sending it back to Verizon in a couple days
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
What do you mean by get the firmware off of it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
Save the files to my computer just as factory recovery back up for the phone I flashed flashed last night. If ever needed in the future...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
You can use adb backup or helium for files and apps...no complete nandroid backup for non-rooted I believe...just backup apps and data and flash firmware and restore apps and data...Samsung restore is getting good at restore also (apps, data, and settings) helium does not backup all apps though
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
Ya I didn't think there would be a way to extract firmware off non ROOT. Just thought I'd see.

Is there firmware links for just userdata for Sprint and tmobile..

Just want to try out Verizon SIM/UNLOCKED/Sprint or tmobile userdata. Or would that not be possible?

Or settings files no or little preoaded apps
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
I can upload them and share just the USERDATA files of Sprint and T-Mobile instead of you having to download complete firmwares...I am going to add them to my guide anyways...for ability...you can flash any mix you want but csc VZW may override what happens...I'm curious as to what will result...give me a few to send you a link...I am currently uploading files for my carrier switching guide...I'll send you CSC and USERDATA for both as some of the settings are in csc file...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
That would be AWESOME!!!!! THANK YOU!

I just spent the last 8 hours downloading the Verizon UNLOCKED firmware you posted a few days ago
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] krishnexus:
Once a new firmware is flashed, will the phone get updates accordingly? My experience with rooted phones have been all about manual updates through the long process.

Hopefully thats not the case here since we aren't unlocking the bootloader and rooting the phone for a custom ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
When I flashed mine from VZW to unlocked last night, i when thru set up, installed the sim, the update downloaded , I set it to install over night after apps finished downloading, worked great for me

I may of waited until after update to install SIM card....I can't remember
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] krishnexus:
I got a status of failed. The firmware I downloaded was from the first link.

Log doesn't show anything much except that the status is failed. Please help me out here. I'm trying to flash unlocked firmware onto a Tmobile Note 8.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
Use Prince Comsey Odin to go from carrier firmware to the UNLOCKED firmeware
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
just in the first day of doing the full unlock from Verizon firmware has made a huge difference in the performance of my phone! battery lasts all day now and phone runs smoother throughout the day. I don't know what it is with verizons set up but something is for sure messed up with how it was put together.

cant wait to see how the other set ups do!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] krishnexus:
Prince Odin worked. Thanks [MENTION=8617545]TonkaToy87[/MENTION].

My software is on August Security Patch. Got a notification for an update and even after that it was showing August patch only. Coming back to my earlier question - Will we get updates directly from Samsung after the firmware flash.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
You must edit config file for UMS/patch from 0 to 1 for USERDATA to write as well as using Prince Comsy's Odin
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Here is the link to the USERDATA and CSC files for SPR and TMB:

https://mega.nz/#F!wvhjnIYI!yJj0dDVCXeu3ALIt-ev3kA

Sorry so late, Hurricane slowed my Internet...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

now I need to find unlocked firmware for the NOTE 5. my dad wants me to flash his phone now.......
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
https://xdaforums.com/note5

Search for what you need and profit
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] na_tra:
When you have time, please shoot me an instruction how to flash the USERDATA and CSC. I asked BlueFox before but have not done it. Just dont want to mess it up.

TIA

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Hope everything is well for everyone there.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
For flashing USERDATA and CSC follow these instructions:

Open the folder that Odin resides and double click the config file to edit UMS\patch from 0 to 1 and click save.

CSC - in Odin click on CSC button to load the CSC file...wait till it loads.

USERDATA - in ODIN click on the UMS button and load the USERDATA file...wit for it to finish loading.

Click Start
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kploit86:
Question

Hi all, i stumbled upon this link by another member. So, if i am correct, following these steps will allow me to have unlocked firmware , yes?

I currently have a Verizon note 8 I purchased from samsung, and the main goal for me is to get mobile hotspot (it is currently locked for me due to it being a verizon phone, and i have gUDP). Is this method safe for me?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Yes ... this works on all US carriers...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kploit86:
Thanks for the reply and thanks for reading.

What will I be losing if i flash the unlocked firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Not for sure...you can always flash back if you choose
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcrompton:
[MENTION=5649240]BlueFox721[/MENTION]

tried to read the entire thread but I'm confused as to whether flashing the unlocked firmware along with the AT&T user data and csc will allow me to have VoLTE and WiFi Calling on my AT&T branded device?

I saw one post where someone could not place calls

I currently have the rooted firmware installed but even with flashing the AT&T CSC the phone works great but you have to disable Enhanced LTE features (thus lose VoLTE and WiFi Calling) to be able to place calls

I was going to reflash stock but wanted to see if I could flash unlocked (to get rid of bloat) and still have features on my AT&T device and network
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Each device responds differently and while some have been able to have carrier functions, others have not...getting AT&T to add IMEI to whitelist, adding features manually on your account, or using shortcut master lite to enable features may work for you...but you will never know if you don't try the various methods...I noticed that a factory rest between flashes are beneficial...root has been achieved and does not trip Knox so soon someone may post a better method...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcrompton:
I appreciate your response

I already have an AT&T device with appropriate IMEI so that wouldn't be an issue

I just wasn't sure if some with an AT&T device had gotten it to work .... since AT&T is a bit differnt
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Yeah, some have some haven't...the ATT version of SM-N950U1 may work better than XAA...only because ATT info (not bloat) is baked in.

Here is your link: http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=6F9048C09B4511E7963AFA163EE8F90B
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
I think blue mentioned somewhere earlier in the thread that updates will still come from your carrier. But I don't trust Verizon, I've have full use of the device maintenance feature on both my note 3 and note 5 when I first got them and a few months latter after I got an update I lost device maintenance and the auto reset features for both phones. So I'm only going to do updates through the computer from now on
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcrompton:
I'm on ATT network on an ATT device ..... with this do I need to flash all ,,, including Home in addition to CSC ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
I am on At&t 950U I flashed 950U1 firmware and have not had any issues with calls..text or anything. But what I did gain was no At&t bloat, identify spam callers, and to me a much smoother snappier system. And once I flashed it it started loading an update.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
Bluefox, the USERDATA for SPR and TMB in the link is a .rar file and neither PC ODIN or ODIN will read them. am I missing a step somewhere???
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcrompton:
Thanks

This was helpful

I am still hoping that we can get the rooted one (but with all AT&T calling features working)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
You can use winrar to extract...I used rar for best compression to upload and download

https://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
Thank you! I really do appreciate all the help! I'll probably try the set different flashes a little later this week my computer has been running really slow and I've been doing updates all day. But I'll keep you posted on how it goes
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Coolness...there is also a carrier switching thread...I had to use it to go all the way back to XAA without any SPR info...of course after I put my SIM in SPR settings grabbed again...but if you wa noted to see what other carrier software has...you can...just keep SIM out until you are ready to see how service is with other firmwares...

I'm going to change CSC to T-Mobile and flash their complete firmware and then put my SIM back in to try getting video calling and VoLTE working since Sprint has yet to Update...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
Ok cool. Also I was able to find the HD voice and HD video and wifi calling menu through shortcut master but I wasn't able activate it for some reason. So that's why I'm trying the different combos and to see what happens lol. I have VoLTE, I just don't have wifi calling yet. It shows disabled in ims but won't let me activate. I just haven't had time to try and mess around with it yet
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonkaToy87:
This is the screenshot I was trying to get lol