yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Josecxz:
I buy a Samsung Galaxy S8 from Germany and is regional locked for use in Latin America so I was thinking to change the firmware to another from Ecuador. It will work or no to remove regional lock?
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] dipankarxdevil:
Someone please make official LineageOS and TWRP for this device. Please Please Please..
[MENTION=1829889]vache[/MENTION]
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] vache:
No no no
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] GtrCraft:
Like there is a difference other than the name.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] LenAsh:
Enough info provided.

Thread closed to avoid the inevitable Dev mitherings
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] dca1970:
I keep getting told by support that the latest build is NMl64c. I still have not got it. * Edit- It's Out!
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ack154:
Didn't even know there was a new build yet. Assume it contains Sept security patches at a minimum? I've checked for updates today and haven't gotten anything... but maybe the new phones are shipping with this update already?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] spotmark:
Nothing here yet, but I'm keeping fingers crossed. I'm really beginning to like this phone, shortcomings and all. When I pick up my Pixel XL now, it feels like a boat compared to the PH-1. I'm hoping that updates will help put this phone in the upper echelon.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] S.R.G.:
I've had one PH-1 since Friday of last week and no update... Received another this morning and it's on the same build... So new phones aren't shipping with it I'd say :)

If only the camera wasn't so terrible... It'd be a perfect phone then... Imho
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] dca1970:
according to support, it has camera fix. She said it was pushed over the weekend, but I think she's mistaken.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] -Michael_:
Just checked, nada..
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] quazimodem:
After checking my phone just now, no available updates. Hope they post a changelog...

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Jessica R (Essential Products, Inc.)

Sep 5, 13:44 MST

Hi there,

Thank you for reaching out. Lets start with making sure you have the latest build. Please check if there are available updates as a new build became available (NMI64C) over the weekend.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] njgill05:
Now where have we heard that "over the weekend" line before?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
I put my Nexus 6P with all the accessories up on Swappa Monday.

It sold yesterday and I shipped it.

I guess I'm keeping the PH-1 as I now have no other phone.

I picked up some ABS this morning and plan to construct a custom case.

Since I can't buy one, I'll make one.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ack154:
Still no sign of an update here.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] UltraM8:
Can anyone dump /system from ph-1?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] skw5115:
No root
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] UltraM8:
Try FX file explorer, you might copy stuff in /system, or /system/system with no root to external sdcard
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] barleysoda:
No SD card
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] UltraM8:
Same trick for pulling folder at /system to internal sd, or adb pull to PC. Ez)
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] marty331:
I have not gotten the update yet, just checked.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] drocny87:
I've looked into pulling the boot.img but all the apps require root.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] UltraM8:
Weird, i don't need root to extract folders from zip to sdcard, or internal storage. Also the adb pull should work anyways
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] drocny87:
Are you able to pull the boot.img from your essential?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] UltraM8:
I don't own essential, that is why i need someone to pull me some files from it. I mean, when i go unrooted on my htc m9 - both the fx file explorer & adb pull works for /system dumping (some folders might be not extractable with file explorer, but adb works pretty fine)
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] Kanoe:
Seems like usbnet do not recognize the new sony cdc device. Tried setting tether_dun_required to 0 with the same result.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] Kanoe:
The normal [working] CDC has the following descriptor

And the sony one :
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] gingi999:
Did you get the Verizon model from Samsung? can you use it on other networks? is it unlocked?

I am buying the note 8 and Samsung is saying it will be locked to Verizon. I called Verizon to find out how to unlock the phone and they said they dont lock any phones.

So did you get a Verizon phone from Samsung and was it locked, if so were you able to unlock it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] maliibu31:
I ordered my phone from Samsung. Powered it on, activated it, then popped an active T-Mobile SIM into it and it worked. Therefore, you should be getting an unlocked Note 8 from Samsung if you order the Verizon model.

Edit: I have the S8+
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] bayviewplace:
I bought a Verizon Galaxy S8 + from Samsung and it is unlocked. I am using it on AT&T at this time with no problems. The good thing is that I can still get Verizon updates.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] pltctytc:
you should buy the unlocked version thats not carrier specific and not loaded with bloat and you'll find it discounted more often than not
[General Questions and Answers] 420benz:
I only want to use one so I disabled and force stopped one. But it keeps popping up on top of the home page. How do I get rid of this problem?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] smiley45:
Thx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
Added: Went ahead and unpacked the img's and pulled the system and stock images for the boot.img and recovery.img

LMK if there is anything else that may be needed!

Please dont ask to have me upload single files, the way AFH is setup this would take hours and hours, just DL the entire zip and have at it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Bildo41383:
Hahaha! the phones not even in our hands yet. Incredible, good job mate.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] JonSCSL:
I have mine.its awesome.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
Yeah there are a few floating around from first in pre-orders. I don't even have mine yet :(

Tomorrow should be my delivery day from Samsung. I almost wish I got a unlocked variant but I wanted sprints wifi calling and calling plus features.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] DowntownRDB:
[MENTION=4731846]Team DevDigitel[/MENTION] Exact same reasons I went with Sprint version over unlocked. Gave you thanks in OP but just wanted to say THANKS again for the recovery software. You have definitely saved a ton of time for many of us. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
Thanks for the love guys been a long journey with the lg v20. I'm super stoked to be back on the Samsung side. If only a unlocked bootloader would show up magically then I'd be completed again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Mediocrates:
Snagged the file from Sammobile a few days back, and yeah, it took forever to d/l. Thanks for sharing though. Good to see the Team in here!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
deffinatley excited to be working with you guys on this device. Me and a few others who are transitioning from the lgv20 have grouped together to start working for the future of our device. A lot of talented guys are here getting things sorted and ready for development. We really could use a bootloader leak but i doubt that will happen without a LARGE payment to a unknown donor to provide this, otherwise we will be looking like the s8/s8+
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
Thank you Samsung!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Death-Dealer:
perhaps a bounty? I think I'd throw in $100 for that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
possibly would work, the last one hit 2000$ before it was acheived. I just hate putting a price to these things and the device may only be in hand for a lot of users 12months before taking the next gen models. Just kinda sucks we dont have access to out devices out of the box for these things, especially since i have mine fully paid off already!

A bounty thread may be in order to see if we can get someone to take notice. We really need someone inside Samsung to leak
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] ianmb:
Got mine 3 days ago, coming from the Note4 it's definitely an improvement. Gotta say I'm impressed, Bixby is pretty sweet too...lol. Hopefully root will come along, but I'm not holding my breath.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] vic.perez:
Thanks I just got my T-Mobile N950USQU1AQH7

How can I dump my entire firmware using ADB or Android Studio. It would like to contribute mine as well.:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
this isnt a dump, they can be download from samsungmobile.com

the download of the 3.6 gb at free speed is roughly 12 hours lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] ianmb:
I just downloaded the 3.46gb zip file in 7 minutes using this app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=samsungupdate.com

We used to use it in the Note4 forum to dl Sprint Note7 ROM for the UN7 ROM port...BEFORE sammobile even had it...lol!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] purchasedPhone:
if we wanted the bloatware free version would we just flash the xas software?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
Xaa....is bloat free for sure.

xas is Sprint but not sure if it has bloat or not...Can anyone confirm
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] kstephens98:
Yep. Full of sprint crap.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] x_curtis:
Tuning in to XDA for this phone.. It's good to see you man!!! Hopped off the V20 boat and got here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
Stock Sprint firmware working great on unlocked Note8. Just wanted to share with you all.:o
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
how to put the extracted files back together?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
You would want to download the full zip i posted.

Then unzip it. Odin uses each individual img to flash to device

As far as the fully extracted stuff there are some tutorials on how to build your own tar/img to flash with odin but dont.

This is only for advanced users and it wont work with our device being locked as well odin wont accept it most likely.

There are 2 things in this post. The full zip for restore using odin as well as all the files that are in thpse4 images extraxted for developers to play with. Some may want to port the stock stuff etc so i did the 1st part for them so they can pick and choose the parts etc.

Using odin youll just match each img and its 2 or 3 letter idenrtfiers up to their slots. Ap, Cp, BL, Csc

Again there are a ton of tutorials on xda that cover what these are and how odin works. But it's pretty straight foward once you download the full zip and extract it and open odin to compare the file names to the slots odin has on its main screen.

Hope this helps some.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
I guess I should have asked a little more specific as to not sound like a noob...I have built several tar.md5 for Samsung devices so I thought maybe you all were as well...clearly since I posted my own write up I know what Odin is...Thank you for asuming everyone's a noob..lol...sorry I asked such a noob question.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
Lol not sure what the question is then?

Yes we have been testing and building firmware. There is a request page for those interested in teaming up under the q/a section.

Prince cosmy wont flash a modded system to note 8. Almost had a hard brick already. Permissive system has been acheived, force encrypt and dm patched. And some other things in works but that's all very new. We need a way to mount system and things would be ready tbh. There is a lot of work needed to be done.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] jayee88:
Has anyone been able to successfully flash a Verizon Note 8? Every time I flash something via Odin 3.12.7 I get an error. The phone will download the files from Odin but when it reboots it constantly gets stuck at 32%. I've tried several different firmware versions unlocked (USC), Sprint (SPR), T-Mobile(TMB), and Verizon(VZW). All of them error at the exact same spot... If I reboot from the error the phone boots up like nothing ever happened (my old data is not formatted).

I came across this post on reddit talking about an S8 that was getting the same error but had the phone flash successfully. Unfortunately, following his steps didn't work for me.

reddit dot com /r/GalaxyS8/comments/6dtr4f/bloat_free_flash_for_snapdragon_s8_available/

(new account wont let me post links... sorry)

Any help would be much appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
Have you tried

Updating driver or Adb platform? I know, that's the first that usually gets done but sometimes they get corrupted...I remember I another post that was similar to yours that was resolved by reloading Samsung drivers...right after I said it couldn't have been the problem....when in doubt, start from scratch? I wish I could help you. Good luck
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] jayee88:
I don't think Odin uses ADB when flashing the phone and if it does it would be baked into Odin. I reinstalled Samsung drivers for the heck of it but no dice... Thanks for trying though :crying:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
Yeah I know but things have been known to cause issues...sorry your having issues...The update is coming out soon maybe that will resolve some issues
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Mediocrates:
Looks like Sprint is finally sending the latest update (QI5). I received it by manually checking for the update on in settings. As usual, when it reboots, give it time on the Note 8 splash screen on boot-up. Don't be impatient and give it the 3-finger salute. Looking forward to 60fps 4K video. It's not yet at Sammobile as of this post.

Quick Edit: No 4K 60fps upgrade in camera firmware this update....grrrrrr....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] salmgj56:
Unlocked Note 8 to Sprint

I'm a 60 year old newby. I flashed a eeplacement Note 4 I got a couple of years ago using Odin, but I need a complete refresher course. I have a mac pro with virtual box running windows XP Pro. Where can I go for help? Thanks in advance!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] na_tra:
Are there bloatwares after you flash the Sprint firmware? You said it work great meaning it have all the feature: Calling Plus, Video Calling?

TIA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
After flashing to Sprint Firmware, you are, essentially, Sprint...even updates come from Sprint. Yes all features...if you flash only USERDATA, it is still unlocked...However after digging through all the settings...The unlocked version on Sprint is provisioned for calling plus...I had WiFi calling, and I bet, may be wrong, that VoLTE will be enabled on the next update for certain areas (Sprint and Unlocked)...still no VVM though. Sprint does not have and claim will never have video calling...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] KaSaBiS:
please confirm this for me, unlocked note 8 with sprint service has wifi calling available? poor service in my house makes this a must have.

could you confirm this as a runner up question: If I order the sprint variant via samsung (and receive it a few weeks sooner) that sprint could/would supply an unlock code and I would be able to update firmware to the unlocked one supplied from samsung.com?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
Sprint unlocked does have WiFi calling. No need for unlock code to flash unlocked firmware or the XAS(Sprint less branded) firmware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
Link finally went good on sammmobile for the QI5. Gonna be 3-6 hours to get it and re-upload, then ill break it apart and upload the system, and the pieces for any devs wanting to play.

FYI this didn't patch blueborne,
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
Latest Firmware is up, gotta do a family date tonight so ill unpack later this evening when we get back from Disney on ice lol. Enjoy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
OP updated with extracted contents of QI5, identical format as QH7, all uploaded and separated as best i can.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] aamszia:
Stock firmware for ODIN N950USQU2BQJB ????

anyone have link ???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
Link on my main carrier switching thread if you want...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] jfenton57:
No matter how many times I have tried this Odin gets stuck at Setup Connection on each of three different computers.

The last Sprint Update had caused a System UI error and the only way for me to get back into the phone is to factory refersh the phone and at times it only runs for 15 minutes before it goes to that error message again.

Thoughts?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
Flash CCT updated version in regular Odin with SIM in....then boot to recovery and factory reset
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] jfenton57:
Please educate me.....what is CCT updated version? Also, I am using Odin 3.12.7 per this thread?

Should I have been doing this flash with the SIM card out of the phone???????

---------- Post added at 08:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:23 PM ----------

Aaaah.........perhaps the latest firmware cannot be flashed down and I need to use this rather than the original.

---------- Post added at 08:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:31 PM ----------

Aaaah.........perhaps the latest firmware cannot be flashed down and I need to use this rather than the original.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
If the Sprint version is failing, you can flash another version and your Sprint SIM will make the setup install Sprint file system...CCT is really Xfinity but your SIM and CSC code will force SPR setup...your Odin is correct...some things may not work 100% but you will know it's not your phone that's the issue...you can do the same with the TMB if you want...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] jfenton57:
It has now worked...THANKS!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
glad to know
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] aamszia:
I got both stock Firmware & Combination file of U2 ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
?u2...do u mean u2bqjb? If so, cool they are al so shared on my thread...mirrors here would be awesome...downloads are slowing down...lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] aamszia:
Stock Latest Firmware ( U2 )

https://mega.nz/#!XkZxhCzL!nEATEpi2uaYM_yTFcjt0pb08LSaW7501GcyovNNwh7g

---------- Post added at 08:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:01 AM ----------

Combination File ( U2 )

https://mega.nz/#!ypQ3ka6B!MnjW1k1bvYuwpsJgBBLEtlbFjW6985mnsXVpiF1hzsk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] mrnamster:
No luck downgrading from QJB to QI5 (QH7 wouldn't work either).

Keep getting error on the phone: SW REV CHECK FAIL : [abl]Fused 2 > Binary 1

Now the recovery shows QI5 but when booting into Android it shows QJB.

There's also a notification that keeps popping up: "security notice unauthorized actions have been detected"

UPDATE: FLASHED QJB and all is good. Can't downgrade.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
Uploaded latest, dont use the latest if you are rooted, once you update you will block samfail until further notice..

I waited to upload to minimize confusion but the latest is ARB2 and will lock the eng bootloader out.

but this should ease your minds a tid bit =) https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74729344&postcount=2158
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] gabesir:
how can i flash QJB with out wiping the phone? Flash AP,BL, and CP only?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] aamszia:
with HOME CSC ....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] ThaHaloMilitia:
Can I downgrade from BQK3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
You should be able to...might have to boot to recovery perform factory reset then back out to main recovery menu and select boot to bootloader then flash using Odin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] ThaHaloMilitia:
Ok, thanks. I can root this way right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
SamFail v2 should work on BQK3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] ThaHaloMilitia:
Doesn't it keep the phone from charging to 80% though?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
Yes but, for those who root the advantages are worth it...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] ThaHaloMilitia:
I root every device I get but the only reason is hotspot. I have that already lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] sjr19:
Forgive me if this is not the right place, but is there a way to experiment with different modems through ODIN even if I am on QK3? Trying to resolve my "initial" data connection lag that takes multiple refreshes to work. Just curious. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] BlueFox721:
You should be able to flash any of the BQJA/B and up files from any carrier due to the nature of multi-CSC...however, the builds that are released for Sprint have the updated files and settings for Sprint...For example...flashing CP of BQJB on BQK3 to see if there are modem benefits of previous build or vice-versa...it is usually flashing newer on older though to keep from updating bootloader but root is out for v2 bootloader...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] sjr19:
Thanks for the info. I have not rooted my phone yet, so in theory this would still be OK to try? I have a friend who is on QJB and doesn't seem to have the issue and hasn't reported an issue... but my other friend with me on QK3 said he has. If I have no interest in rooting at this point, could I flash QJB with ODIN and still keep everything legit? I guess I should also ask, if it's not too much - if I were to do this, i'd put AP, BL, CP and CSC in their respective slots but not use the HOME_CSC correct? Thanks again :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] Team DevDigitel:
Odin should be treated as Samsung oem restore tool like Samsung keis or smart switch. It will always keep phone oem and legit.

Flashing by using Odin is like doing ota update with pc and you can try different modems by pulling the cp file from the update zip and pushing to phone in download mode.

If you open the .tar file using a archive tool like 7zip you will see what each one contains. Bl- bootloader stuff and recovery. Ap-system and boot.img cp-modem csc-cache and vendor files.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discu] woodyjlw:
dose samsung have a page that gives details on what each firmware update fixes ? like a changelog for each firmware update. im still on QI5 and dont like to do updates till I have and idea of exactly what the update changes. I think qu1 to qu2 is update to bootloader and once on qu2 you can not go back to qu1 right?