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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ALEXRUSS55:
I followed them to the T, everything worked great, I thought to myself wow finally something easy, since struggling with Galaxy s4 att and galaxy s6 international.. The problem was when I decided to reboot after I had been using it for a few hours, then I got the red letters.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
You're sure you followed the step by step instructions exactly? I have done it three times and I just got a message from one of the guys who did it telling me he is on day four and working fine. Haven't heard from the others that did the exact procedure but none of them have reported back as having a problem. Can you please post you exact procedure? I actually flashed the last rom I did just to do it because another had the phone running for days rooted but then switched roms and ran into binaries. It turned out he didn't format on the second go around. At any rate if you did follow the blow by blow then you're first and thats not good. I had been thinking we had a working procedure.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] zhengsmall:
The point is that if oem unlock toggle went missing after you flash ketan's rom, you have to wait another 7 days without reboot for it to show up again, or you may (very likely) end up in bootloop.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ALEXRUSS55:
Will try again after the second 7 day wait, still don't understand why i did not get the permission options to either skip or install. Very excited to once i got this to boot, but will wait before reboot like you said if these options do not appear on the second time around. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
signapore XSP.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ZeroDefined:
Ok cool. At least we can eliminate this theory
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
my connection got the F models,but even those dont have oem unlock off the box,i told him to hold off on it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FX-32:
Thank you!

I haven't tried any simcard yet because i wanted to root before using it... It has an update ready to install, should I insert simcard, update and see what happens or what should I try to make OEM-Unlock to show up?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
its doesnt matter that what i did and nothing happend,i still had to wait 7 days
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] lv128:
I just got my N950F/DS 5 days ago. The CSC says BRI and it's on AHQ9. Google account and Samsung account both logged in. A Software update was downloaded (most recent, don't remember what version) and it's been a full 5 or 5 1/2 days of leaving it powered on and intermittently charging it.

Read through a good portion of this thread and it's branches already.

As others have experienced, the OEM unlock isn't there and I've poked around download and recovery.

I started looking through the recovery logs and noticed something, maybe someone else more up on the build.prop or logs, but in the stock recovery, looking at the last_log, I found ro.oem_unlock_supported=1

and then in all the previous logs (it's around 40 - 50% in the scroll) it says ro.oem_unlock_supported=0

I'm not sure if this means anything or it's just log spam. It didn't seem to make any difference as to making the toggle appear.

If I've rebooted within this 7 day period, does that mean I'm starting over on the countdown? Do it actually need to let is come to 7 days on the Up Time counter?

I think someone at samsung likes The Ring movies too much.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
You can reboot several times, just don't factory reset.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
can explain to me why F model does not come with oem unlock ,my supplier has tons of F model but none have oem unlock on them and it should its a F model

please can somebody answer this
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
It's not the model, some Fs have the issue also. No one knows exactly why yet but it seems to be related to the region where the phone originated.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] azq8ooz:
i talk with samsung and the reason is to activate the phone in to activate it in same country
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
this is getting ridiculous ,and i sold my sg8 for this,can i buy a N model this wont happen for SURE? i heard i had tmobile issues but i see tmobile but it got the 1700 though
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
I personally won't say yes for sure but it seems like yes, I haven't seen anyone with a N report that they have had the OEM unlock issue. Doesn't even seem to have region lock. And as you know it seems like all the ones from Clove UK are good which are Fs.

I didn't care about saving a bit of money, I didn't want to deal with any of this. I choose to wait before buying. Once I saw that at least a few people didn't have the issue with Clove Is when I pulled the trigger.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
im going to bh photo on sunday but than i have to sell this phone,which will be a pain,my supplier got dozen of F models today,non had oem unlock,which piss me off, so glove uk is site sell it,i save so much money on this note to not spend like $1150 got get one for oem unlock,after i spend $840 on the fds crap

:mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
Of course no one knew all this crap would happen. That would have been great to save all that money but now people are going to loose even more having to sell & purchase again if that's the route they take.

I paid just under $1050 from Clove with the upgraded DHL shipping. Exchange rates fluctuate so it will be +/-. I would have paid $1013 if I bought a snapdragon from my carrier or through Samsung. So I was more than happy to pay that price to avoid the headaches, I saved $1000 cause I would have ended up throwing the damn phone out the window. :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
tell me about it, but to spend 1000+ from 840 hurts and i gotta sell this crap,that more stress but it need to be done,i cant have a device that cant be rooted with roms

just cant

:mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
The ones from BH Photo are good? I have not heard anyone talk about Note 8s from them yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
[MENTION=3217094]Deezy88[/MENTION] chill man

Wait til i get my N on wed

Im on t-mo in phoenix, i'll test my signal from my t-mo note 8 and the N
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
they on holiday,their Jewish,they will open on sunday,i will go over there this sunday,ill let ya know asap
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
You know gents, I've made three successful flashes. The first was an experiment that surprisingly enough worked. The second and third were reports here making me wonder if I was going to get *****slapped upside the head the next time I decided to do, whatever. I figured I would rather find out than die slowly from a thousand paper cuts as the saying goes and so I flashed. Failure meant either getting another N8 that was known to be good or possibly a Pixel XL2. Fail did not happen. I would ask those that are willing to consider trying the incredibly stupid and yet it works flash method to try it. Get enough there and then we know we have a work around or we know we can look elsewhere for our next phone.

I've taken plenty for the team on this one. I flashed a whole bunch of crap to start with before this thread even began because as near as I can tell I was possibly the first one on XDA with a dual sim N8. I've seen the damn binaries more times than I want to even think about. Miss krab is telling me to just buy the frickin Pixel because she's tired of hearing me go on a rant. I've made multiple flashes even after everything was working to verify the process worked in the first place.

We are not going to get out of this without getting close enough to ask someone with real skills to step in on something specific. I have a life. You have a life. They have a life. We have to get it narrowed down to something less than Hercules labors. Follow the process we think works if that's what you want to do. If it should turn out it doesn't work report it. If it does report that. Those that feel frisky change the process but change only one single step report your result. That will help to identify some of the extra steps we know have to be there and we can remove them.

We have to do work that can be repeated by others, it's the basis of any successful experiment and how you can ultimately determine a truth. Keep gathering data in this way and eventually there will be nothing left but the answer. It may be we cant have any effective response to that answer but as I type this my phone which has been rom'ed for almost ten days now sits next to my laptop. It's very existence says we have hope until someone can prove that hope false.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] azq8ooz:
i am thinkning to buy note 8 again i donot want to have same mistake so is it n95n has oem or it also rigon
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Fen-X:
Agree with you...a non rootable device is unusable for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] evangelionpunk:
For those that bought from never-msrp:

How long did it take to get yours?

Where did it ship out from? Domestic USA or Taiwan/HK?

Got OEM UNLOCK on yours a week activation?

Do never-msrp provide any warranty? There is no information listed about warranty length, warranty coverage and shipping costs to and fro for faulty unit.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
i was gonna go never-msrp but didn't wanna risk it to be honest, so i went with the korean N version from wondamobile for 864 with any color of my choice..

Never-msrp has a 30 day return policy with restocking fees up to 20% if you use it and open the box
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] :
Flashing Renovate ice ,Try 40+ time reboot no soft brick & running fine.after install xposed abit lag when try bixby and other some app 1st try will random reboot after 2nd try bibxy and other app running fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FX-32:
I have a friend who has the note8 950U from xfinity mobil since a month and some days ago and he does not have OEM-Unlock in developer options menu...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] azq8ooz:
hi where did you buy it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] kenpaci:
Oh ok what your device model?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Bushido1992:
directly from Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] :
N950F/DS
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] kenpaci:
Wow.. you reboot many time and still good?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] :
Yup,now just thinking of want to unistall xposed or not,unstable lagging
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] kenpaci:
Personaly i dont like xposed..mybe make your device lagging
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] nelson04:
you can show or say step by step how did you ?????[emoji120] [emoji120] [emoji120]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] memphisneo:
got my oem option one week ago.Downloading light rom now.Flashing when done.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] :
ok,previously no root,the 1st time i go to download mode then i restart my phone,after tat i go check my oem unlock disappear after tat i restart my phone agn,suddenly the oem appear agn.

so i think if now i root the phone sure get softbrick.

I go to download mode again then repeat the above step made the oem disappear then appear 4 time. After appear 4 time i repeat do it but i occur the oem no disappear already.so i flash my phone i try restart 40 time+ plus the xposed open app lag auto restart almost 60 time+ no softbrick.

Hope can help u all.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] delugeofspam:
Say it ain't so!

I ordered an N950F/DS from Amazon and ended up getting an N9500.

I just ordered the N950F/DS from never-msrp because people in this thread said it was legit -- what gives?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] jfreund:
1. Enabled

2. Test 1 passed

3. Test 2 passed

4. Dr. Ketan OEM was granted Superuser rights

No OEM unlock toggle.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] force70:
I didnt think the korean version came in gold?

sent from my Note FE

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Ignore anything about the U models they are locked down junk.

sent from my Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] metzo32:
What I don't understand! I had a lag after installed Reno with Magisk caused by Xposed!! seems Now they are not

Working together at all, I try to flash another Rom NOTORIOUS every thing was fine till the first reboot !!

Back to Jail For now but at least I know what to do within a week again!

Can't understand what Samsung want !! My device now lost Guarantee already void,Knox 0x1 ..Why they are not

LEAVE us alone deal with what we payed for!! so strange ...

*By the way I did rebooted with Reno over 30 times to make sure that everything is fine.. Nothing happened :good:

Of course OEM disappeared Same like in S8+ but everything was fine!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] memphisneo:
Flash light rom using krabman's method.Everything ok
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
From what i know, with LightRom OEM unlock appear. So for now that should be what we can flash or Renovate.

Am i jail now because i flash Ketan Rom, all was working well till I install busybox and the phone rebooted immediately and i was "convicted.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] memphisneo:
Just wondering

Can I reboot my note 8?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
Do you have OEM unlock issue?

What Rom are you using?

If you are on stock, then you can do whatever you want.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] memphisneo:
Yes

Oem unlock appeared last week.

Flash light rom following krabman's method
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
For LightRom, if you still have OEM after flashing, then you can restart as and when you like.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] memphisneo:
Yes

Oem stays after flashing

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
I think we found successful way to flash by karbman method.... please find a way to get Oem unlock............. its 12th day of jail
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
How?? that's bad,

did you do something within these 12 days?

Maybe you have to do full factory reset or you reflash stock rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
you are right, no gold,
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
When you flashed Ketan did you do the full format and every other step as before?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
Sure i did every step Right,

It booted fine and I used it for sometime.

It was only when i press to install busybox then the phone rebooted immediately.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
May be you have tried on N1 when it was first built. After looking to OEM mess, now on N2 I have already made changes, It will give you two options, 1.To skip installing busybox for users with OEM mess and 2.To install busybox (that cause reboot)

OEM mess users needs to select option to 'Skip' to prevent force reboot
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Can't you just install BusyBox by flashing on twrp?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
Yeah I could have skipped it in Romtool and all would be fine.

The point is that i thought in N2 it won't force reboot by itself, unless you do it yourself.

A plea doc,

Please can you check why other Roms have OEM unlock after flashing and can be reboot several times.

I like your Rom and have been using since Note 3.

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Not as how it should be like as module.

There are mixed reports, I am watching thread for reports.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
Thank you.

I know you can pull out some magic for us.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j3yps:
I am now out of jail once more!

Here's a simplified version of the flashing guide (this is what i did, and it worked without any problems)

TWRP and Custom Rom Flashing - SIMPLIFIED

It is advised to remove the simcard before proceeding, at this point there's no proof that this matters but it doesn't hurt to be a bit more careful.

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Make sure that the OEM Unlock is turned on and the rom you want to install is in your External SD Card.

Turn your phone OFF, and go to download mode (BIXBY+VOLUME DOWN+Power)

activate DOWNLOAD mode by pressing VOLUME UP

connect your phone to PC

Open ODIN

Uncheck AUTO REBOOT (in the OPTIONS TAB in ODIN)

Flash TWRP (by putting it in the AP section of ODIN)

Press VOLUME DOWN+POWER and AS SOON AS the screen went off IMMEDIATELY press BIXBY+VOLUME UP+POWER (to reboot into recovery mode)

Once in TWRP swipe left (to allow modifications) press WIPE - FORMAT DATA - and answer YES

Back to the main TWRP menu (press back until you reach the main menu) press REBOOT and choose reboot to RECOVERY

Once back in TWRP again

Flash/install the rom (choose the full wipe option of the rom installation)

If a rom ask you to reboot your phone, choose NO

Back to the main menu

REBOOT - Sytem

Finish the phone setup  Check for the OEM Unlock toggle in the developer options (this appears instantly on some roms, some you still need to wait 7 days, and others the rom dev removed the option)

Insert your simcard

ENJOY FREEDOM!!!

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***Optional, for safety only

Once the phone successfully booted

Setup everything

Check if the OEM Unlock is present, if not DO NOT PROCEED

Reboot back to recovery

Press Backup

Checked everything

After the backup process is complete

Reboot back to SYSTEM

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Snwn:
Success root

My device is SM-N950F/DS is now rooted with nemesis rom with krabman method, except I do a full wipe after I flash TWRP and the rest is krabman method.

PS: The first attempt was failed, but I was able to boot to recovery and have a second chance. My mistake is that I don't wipe dalvik cache, cache, system on my first attempt.

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I forgot to mention the OEM is present and I have reboot few times without any problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
I flashed Ketans rom twice and was successful both times and both included the trip to recovery to install busybox afterwords. In each case I did the exact same process as I described previously including the format. I then went on to install light rom using the same process again. Lots of people have done different things and had a flash success for the short term but so far none for the long term. In each case after a day or two they went down in flames on a reboot, when flashing something, etc.

About that simplified flash process, highly suggest not unticking reboot in odin and simply holding the buttons to reboot into recovery down and then using a spare finger to press start in odin. The command volume down and power is reboot to system. If you miss the window to get into recovery then the phone will continue the boot process and you will absolutely get the binaries and another week wait. Hold the buttons down during what will be a very quick flash and you are guaranteed to get into recovery. I failed at getting that window 3 times in a row at one point when we were trying to see if a flash of UK firmware and a reset before booting into system would get us the toggle. I'm not the only one that had that problem with this phone which is why the TWRP instructions explicitly state to flash it while holding the buttons down and to keep holding them to you get into the recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ALEXRUSS55:
Interested in this too
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
It depends on what you want ( Single or Dual SIM).

Same functionality, same specs.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
IMO if I don't need the dual sim I go right to clove, handtec, or other reliable UK seller and get the F model we know works without issue. Were I to buy on amazon I would buy only after determining it was a UK international, in other words I would not accept a carrier phone, UK or not. I would verify and get a guarantee of what I was purchasing using Amazons built in email system before hand so there can be no denial afterwords if it turns out to be a carrier phone or from another region. In that way you could prove the phone was not what you were told you were buying and no one wants to go up against Amazon or lose their storefront. You're going to win that battle.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j3yps:
I see your point krabman, it's just that i think with the Auto Reboot option selected in Odin. The window to get into TWRP is much smaller compared to having it unchecked. But from the looks of it, it doesn't really matter what you choose to do as long as you get into recovery at right time.

The method i do is to have in unchecked

After flashing TWRP

Hold Volume Down+Power, as soon as the screen turns off i slide the finger from the Volume Down position to the Volume Up and add the Bixby switch without letting go of the power button throughout the process. Never failed to boot into TWRP with this method.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
I missed it 4 times in a row, and I've done the quick switch countless times before this phone on other handsets successfully. There is conjecture that on some Notes you cant use the quick switch method and that it will never work, just another thing we're not sure of yet. On the other hand holding down the buttons removes any window, you will get in to recovery every time all the time. With another phone at worst you reflash if you miss the window with the quick switch of keys. With this phone if you miss the window your phone will continue doing what you commanded it to do, restarting into system, that is a sure binaries error with its attendant week long wait. Or longer if you're one of the unlucky.

Folks can do what they want, if it's me I hold them just as the TWRP install instructions explicitly state, those instructions do so for a reason.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
they still havnt found a method, without waiting or nothing,i been out for a day.im bout to go to bh photo to find out,if their a miracle ,plz someone tell me

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did you figure this out already,do i have still wait 7 days,if u firgure this out please tell me,i send you send money via paypal,but this gotta work even reboot the phone after i install a rom
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j3yps:
4 times? That is indeed troublesome. I must be lucky then. Let's just do whatever works. I really hope that this problem gets to be fixed soon. I really don't get why samsung gave us this BS.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] tokoam:
This is so strange I wonder what it's such a problem on F models I have a 256n and can toggle oem unlock all day never disappears
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
so i guess it off to the n model than,if it has oem unlock

Going to bh photo right now.ill give ya info in a bit
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] evangelionpunk:
You might want to triple check that, Amazon itself does not sell those models. You would be buying them from 3rd party sellers and Amazon's buyer protection for 3rd party is NOT THE SAME as when Amazon sells things. Not even close.