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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
It sounds like your living. I don't like renovate for this phone with the tricky OEM unlock simply because they hide it so you have no fail safe verification. Others before you are saying they are going along fine however so there is no reason to think otherwise. Logging into the Samsung/Google accounts seems to be a non factor.

It's hard to breathe easy after weeks of failure but many of us are now doing so, welcome. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] i23u8:
Urgh. 6 days and no oem unlock yet. 1 more day. 24 more hours of waiting.....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DAXX:
Anyone that can confirm if this supports OEM unlock? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075KF9DMK
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
out of the box? probably not. If you want out of the box for certain OEM unlock purchase from clove uk or the N version from wondamobile
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DAXX:
link?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] kenpaci:
Renovate hide oem..btw this rom no issue for me..working great so far, no more jail 7 days!

Reboot to twrp 20 30 times..for setup rom, and still great..reboot great..everything great..do it flash kernel+ dolby viper and so on..,im user 930F/DS..dont be afraid to using renovate..make sure first odin twrp following [MENTION=1230317]krabman[/MENTION] method.. its save for me and trust me if you doing wrong you all get to jail again? good luck

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You dint read renovate changelog? See dev remove oem toogle.. for root flash magisk again, mybe v14.3 version, lost your root is magisk issue..not rom
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] snaske65:
Just wondering if you would know , can I flash the telstra rom over my Optus one. I have no oem unlock switch in developer. Iam trying to get volte to work.

Tia.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] fragtion:
You can flash any official Samsung firmware while OEM is missing, no problem.

I'm on Renovate, and have no VoLTE either. Personally, I'm busy downloading CSC changer tool (https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/help/csc-change-t3678764) because others are having success with this. Will just flash new CSC over existing ROM and hopefully this will enable VoLTE as it did for others / theoretically should. Hope this helps you, otherwise chloeleedow will have to advise on Australian specific instructions for you
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
https://www.wondamobile.com/mobile/samsung.html

Choose either 950N or F

https://www.clove.co.uk/smartphones/samsung
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] trial_attorney:
guys, can you please give a link to the latest krabman's method. i'm free from jail now and want to flash renovate rom, but I can't find the mentioned method of krabman. thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Speed72584:
Yes post the link to krabman method
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Sean_FD2R:
Please use the search function next time.

Here are the details steps.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=74183349

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8...oem-unlock-t3673140/post74183349#post74183349

There is a shorter way but we don't have enough data to prove it yet. I'll help sort that out as soon as one of the dev's update their roms and I flash rom number 4. You folks that are going to flash... This method is kitchen sink, we threw everything at the problem hoping to get something, anything, working. This thread is far too long to read but if you're feeling frisky please use the method I posted and change only one parameter that you think is needless. If it turns out you are right you will have reduced the steps needed for us to get up and running. Should you change something please post your result. Doesn't matter if it worked or not. What matters is that your data gets us one step closer to putting this thing to bed permanently.

One last thing, I feel bad about the people that looked at this problem and gave it hell but it didn't work out. I was just the first one that took my best guess based on what had gone on before and hit pay dirt. This has been going on for a while now, you gents just showing will be taking advantage of the experience of many for which I can take no credit.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] snaske65:
So I tryed the xsa one and it said it all worked but it didn't work still on Optus.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] fragtion:
This is the method I used to flash Renovate, and I'm good so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
So put in the csc file (not home_csc) on odin in cache tab? It's instead of the usual csc tab?

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Ye. Tho tbh. It should already worked a long time ago lol. Anyway. If all methods doesn't worked. We might have to try repartition. I usually repartition my device when I want to wipe it clean tbh. It's fine and dandy. But u do need to be careful
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
CSC /cache tab both same. I meant not full single tar with AP only. And Yes csc file which name start with csc instead of home
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
When using csc file that also have . pit file inside and I believe that may get flashed
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Well yeah. As far as I know. The csc (not home csc) is doing repartition. But without the user really knowing. As if u insert all of those 4 parts . And u check repartition. The pit file will automatically inserts to the pit tab. Also please read your pm. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Even this time cscfeatures xml is coded so difficult to guess if any line there which could be responsible for this option. Will try to dig framework file when time permits
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Can you read your pm? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] $-MONARCH-$:
I haven't asked for a refund yet, They say they're gonna to give me another model that's not Note 8 but S8 Plus 128GB 6GB Korean set it's about the price of Note 8.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Gonna try the above in a little bit here...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
I am interest doctor.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Let me upload. Will post here soon
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
Doctor to the rescue!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
Thanks doctor.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xxx42069:
This is getting interesting, and incredibly complex for noobs.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
OEM unlock option workaround for Exynos only(TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK)

- First download and keep ready official FW of your device in case something went wrong

- This will erase everything (including Internal SD) on your device so make backup of important data

Dial ^#1234# and note shown info

1.Download CSC with OEM unlock available FW and extract it.

2.Flash it using Odin with CSC tab of odin (NOT AP tab)

3.Reboot, it should factory reset, if not then reboot to recovery and manually factory reset

4.Enable dev option (7 times tap build version)

Check firmware info with *#1234#

And compare info with previous to confirm csc is changed

5.Look if OEM unlock there in dev option

If not Repeat procedure for one more time.

Report result.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
I'm downloading a stock firmware, the UK version just in case it matters. I'll flash the CSC as soon as I have my get out of jail card dl'ed. What's the worst thing that can happen? O_o :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Flashing with odin can do mess even proper firmware if not your day! Personally don't see potential risk like hard brick.

Also flashing csc shouldn't trigger knox

May possible you encounter Network error

In that case (if oem unlock option available, enable it first) flash csc file of your original firmware that start name with home_* with csc tab of Odin
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Don't care about Knox, I'm a flasher from way back. I don't see anything here that I wouldn't be able to stock firmware out of...

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So far I've got an error at 32% during the factory update screen which kicked me over to the recovery. From there I factory reset twice and now it's booting... Maybe... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
So much suspense [emoji27]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Nope, gonna try it without allowing it to boot and go straight to recovery. No scary stuff btw
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Check *#1234# to see csc applied
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] metzo32:
Guy's Please, I had 7 days first jail ! when it happened I just flashed stock back and keep used for 2 days then put it off using another device, Try to see after a week now OEM came back it didn't show up .. So I flashed stock for Colombia Thinking maybe something will appear but still NO OEM yet, Any idea about what's going on , Please.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] SimplyCity:
Unfortunately I am in very same point. OEM unlock, present out of the box, gone after CA 2 weeks. It was 3 weeks ago, and still no OEM. Called Sammy central here and they say that all this is very top Sammy idea to protect ppl and their device from being insecure. I asked them if OEM unlock will be back and they don't know... I wish I have a method to force OEM to appear, but it looks like everyone is just waiting in jail for OEM for at least 7 days... In some (a lot of) cases it doesn't want to be back... Anyway, is someone know what "AAM state: prenormal" is? It is shown while in download mode. Do you guys, who has OEM active, have such line in download mode? I can't get any info about that from Sammy... But it looks like that thing is mainly why OEM is gone. It is just my theory, bc I can't compare now with anyone's device.

What a mess...

Echoe[emoji769] team member / S8+ powered by Echoe[emoji769]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ALEXRUSS55:
On 8th day no oem unlock after softbrick. Reflashed stock rom after "only official binaties can be flashed". When i bought the device it was only 6 days and oem unlocked appeared. Now who knows... Considering returning the device.

I have sm-n950fd/s
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
Have you login to your Samsung Account?

The days only counts after you login.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] metzo32:
Still can't find out ! just keeping use it normally or I can keep it off, waiting for OEM to show again!

For another week with sign in in both Samsung and Google account ,

Can't send it back or sell it either !! so strange till now..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ALEXRUSS55:
Yes logged in to both an hour after reflash.. nothing..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
You have wait now , it would appear in 7 days time.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ALEXRUSS55:
Its been 8 days since i logged in..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] force70:
Why can't you sell it?

sent from my Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] metzo32:
Already Guarantee is void ,Samsung pay , Secure folder and Android pay will never work again! So bad
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Interceptor777:
Android Pay will work dude. Even on Stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] force70:
Doesn't mean you cant sell it lol

sent from my Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] metzo32:
No it's not work even on stock as long as you can't hide it with Magisk again!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Interceptor777:
Bro stock rom passes safety net, you don't need magisk lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] metzo32:
Looks like they shut it down with updates!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Interceptor777:
You're on full stock right? Nothing custom?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] metzo32:
Yes, just in jail for second week now!! OEM want show up again yet! Very annoying..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] zerenx:
Sorry for your problem, but you would get better replies and be much helpful if people include their Note 8's exact variant and from which region they bought it from.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ALEXRUSS55:
On my 9th day and nothing, I got the Singapore 950F/DS XSP dualsim from Amazon... Samsung account logged in an hour after stock rom flash.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] majid_10:
8th day since i flash stock rom. OEM unlock not appear. I bought my device from KSA 950F.

Do I need to reflash stock rom again or I have to wait?

تم الإرسال من SM-N950F باستخدام Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ALEXRUSS55:
This is the rom I flashed, I don't know if that's the issue. Because again OEM unlock is not showing up.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] zerenx:
How did you reflash your stock rom after the red text of doom ("only official binaries are allowed")?

Did you use smart switch or odin?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ALEXRUSS55:
I used Odin, AP slot.

Oh and I could not restore with smart switch because It says it's not compatible with my Note 8. That's what I tried first but no luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Some people have waited more than 10 days to get the OEM unlock switch, at this time there is no known reason why some get it sooner, others later. We can presume that the clock can be stopped and/or reset by various activities.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ALEXRUSS55:
Thank you for your response, I guess I'll wait a few days more, if not then I will just return it and get the single Sim. For what I've read those seem to not be as troublesome? Its just odd that no one has been able to find a patch for this considering its a frequent issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] zerenx:
I believe most people who got the OEM Unlock toggle back after re-jailed restored with Smartswitch

Smartswitch will always say your device is not compatible, you have to :

1. In Smartswitch, click the MORE button, and then "Emergency software recovery and initialization"

2. Click on the "Device initialization", enter your Model name, which should be "SM-N950F"

3. Enter your phone's serial number, I got mine from a sticker at the back of the device, or in the box

4. Put your phone to Download/Odin mode (Power + Voldown + Bixby), while letting Smartswitch download the whole complete firmware package

My [unproven] guess is : Knox is the one that interferes with our unlocked bootloader. If Knox detect that the device has been tampered, it will trip some flag on the device and OEM Unlock is gone and bootloader gets locked (even if it says OFF in Download mode)

Smartswitch completely restores your device, it probably flashes all BL, AP, CP, and CSC. The whole shebang.

If you only flash AP in Odin PC, it is possible the flag Knox tripped is located in BL, CP, or CSC

Alternatively, if you're willing to try, flash all BL, AP, CP, and CSC in Odin, factory wipe, and see again in 7 days.

Don't forget to turn on your data connection after the reset. I'm not convinced if logging to Samsung account is necessary or not, but it's better to play it safe and login anyway.

If you're desperate, I suggest doing the Smartswitch. I personally did that and the OEM Unlock returned.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ALEXRUSS55:
Thank you very much for your very detailed response! I will. Definetly be trying this tonight, it makes Complete sense. That way I still have seven more days all official with smart switch to find out if it returns. And still have time to return it if not. Again thank you, will keep posted on results!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Yes, as said previously in this thread the method that seems to work best to get the OEM unlock back is to either do the entire flash in odin or use smartswitch that will do the same thing in a different way.

As zerenx has said knox seems to have a hand in this, do not install a rom that is de-knoxxed and you will lose the OEM unlock switch again for another week. Reboots in this condition well trip the binaries error because the switch isn't just being hidden, its condition is being set to off. On the other hand remove Knox and you will have the OEM unlock switch available immediately and it will be on. Do keep in mind that renovate and possibly other roms hide the OEM unlock switch to prevent users from turning it off and then looping when they flash something. At least in the case of renovate this doesn't appear to be a problem in the latest releases although it had been previously. It would seem either with intent or inadvertently it was fixed with an update. The differentiator there is that when Samsung hides the OEM unluck it would seem they also change it's status to off, whereas a developer just hides it but does not change it's status.

My preference is to go with a rom that does not hide OEM unlock. This way you know for certain what is going on. If not and you don't want to take a risk go with renovate which is proven to work. Otherwise you are a tester and should report you results for better or worse once you have installed another Rom which isn't known to work but hides the switch.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] metzo32:
Yes I believe on that too, For more information about the device : I bought it 23 days ago from Samsung Moscow,

It's N950F/DS .7 days The OEM show up waited 4 days and then Flash Reno everything was fine till I went to flash another Rom cause of Xposed! Then got Red warning So I flashed 4 files Stock Rom (never used 1 file ),Used again 3days then I put It off 5 days later ,

After reboot without Sim No OEM show up ..So Decided to use it again with my Sim!

Yesterday,I did flashed another country (Colombia 4 Files) Nothing happened.Then I Flashed Old Stock 4 files

As well then let it Updated to last Firmware OTA set up my Phone and Waited Now !

Frankly, Never used Smart Switch before..Will See..Thanks for your Support Guy's :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Every time you flash a new firmware you are restarting the clock at 7 days. This time go ahead and keep your sims in, log in to samsung, google, etc. Just don't flash anymore until you get the OEM unlock. Once you're up and running and you want to change roms do the whole process again right from the start just as you did the first time. No one is yet sure exactly what we can get away with but I can tell you I'm getting towards 3 weeks without issue on three different roms. Each time I flashed just like the first and each time it worked. Like everyone else I believe a lot of that nonsense I've been doing is unneeded but I'm still running and the extra steps add a few seconds to the process needed or not. Whatever you do please report your results! Good luck.

I was BTW in Moscow last year. Great city. I think the Pushkin museum may have more masterworks than any I have ever been to, an amazing collection.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] zerenx:
Excuse me, but I am a little bit confused. I thought we are supposed to install a ROM that has Knox disabled so we do not get re-jailed?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
You are, I wrote that poorly, what I meant is that will be the result of not installing a de-knoxxed rom. Sorry for the confusion.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] zerenx:
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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Werewolph:
Is there any way to force the OEM Unlock to appear? I have a Telstra N950F, and have been using it for several weeks now, but I have no OEM Unlock appearing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] MistahBungle:
Not that we know of.

Maybe try flashing stock firmware with Odin (maybe the latest Telstra firmware from Sammobile/similar ?), and ensure you have network connectivity as often as possible (particularly when you reboot) over the following week or so ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Werewolph:
That's a great idea, I'll give that a go.

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] david744:
Hi I have a Singapore n950f/DS I have had it about 3 weeks now my OEM turned up after 9 days after I did a factory reset and set the phone up as a new device,

I never logged into to my Samsung account set up my Gmail and that was it,

I did do anything I decided to wait and see if anything developed as to a more safe way of rooting and twrp recovery,

After 2 weeks I few to Dubai with my Singapore sim card still in the phone after arriving I removed the sim and hit the WiFi in the hotel checked the OEM and it had disappeared, put the Singapore sim back in and rebooted the phone and its back weird eh! Removed the sim back on WiFi and OEM still there rebooted and yep it's still there.

Still have not logged into samsung account and have Gmail installed and some of my apps and I am heading back to Singapore soon so I am waiting to see if there are any changes when I land.

Ok I am not sure if any of that help but that's all I have up to now.

Best of luck to all David
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] zerenx:
Does anyone know which exact model of Galaxy Note 8 does Samsung release for India?

If I remember correctly, the Indian model does not have this 7 days timer problem, right?

Is it possible to flash some official firmware intended for Indian GN8s, so this device will think itself as Indian Galaxy Note 8 and therefore circumvent the timer problem? Has anyone tried?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
Don't waste your time , that won't work and you will start the 7 days waiting period again.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] zerenx:
Well, yes obviously it would reset my jail timer again. But if, for some reason, I find myself back in jail again, I would like to experiment on it.

Is it an N950F/DS too there in India?