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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Can you link me the exact post? So I can understand it better?

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Hi. Hmm i dont think it's because of the version. I guess it's csc related . What else could it be?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
You need to be premium member for access. That's all that was discussed for solution.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
I have one csc that have from unlock option in that FW, there are two types of csc, I can provide which should Auto factory reset if one wanted to try on their own risk. BTW you should first keep ready own FW if something went wrong, let me know anyone interested
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Ok. So . The second image. The one with untick auto reboots on odin. What do you mean by that? The two images shows different steps. So what is the unified correct steps?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
This
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Don't have mine yet. Anyway. I guess u still need the csc instead of home_csc. As usually the csc "auto factory reset" is the one to do the job.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Exactly, just flash with cache/csc tab of Odin instead ap otherwise may not do job
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
So . Yeah. I already said it before. Try to flash other stock ROM. Go to recovery immediately after odin is done flashing. Wipe. And repeat to see if it works or not
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
Will try when I get home.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Tho tbh. Usually doing that will usually fix it. But. The thing that still confuses me is. People that don't have oem unlock options. Can't change csc even tho they're using totally different csc
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
I believe may be bcoz of incomplete factory reset.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
Yes! Good point. Maybe two step factory reset is required.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Umm. Incomplete reset? What do you mean? There's no way it's incomplete. If it is incomplete, the partitions would be broken and the device won't boot. The fact that it's booting fine means it successfully reset the data. At least that's what I'm thinking.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Fully changing csc makes some changes in efs too, failing to do this may fail to apply csc correctly. I don't have device yet so can't guess much
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
I have observed sometimes it doesn't make changes in efs as said above, in that case csc still showing older. I have seen this many times in past and succeed on repeat, Yet reason Unknown
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Hmm. Okay. Any steps for people to try? To try make the changes sticks to efs?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Nothing special but as said, flash csc file with cache/csc tab - let it boot. Correct applying should Auto factory reset. If option doesn't appear, one should repeat procedure.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
So yeah. Just reflash the ROM again and again. With the multi parts . But using the csc file instead of the home_csc . Correct?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
One thought, failing to mount efs could be reason to fail in changes to apply csc correctly. That's why suggested to flash Auto factory reset with cache tab should try as Samsung do this way. Samsung store always use this method instead of full firmware with AP tab
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Only csc should be enough instead of full rom flashing
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Thats why I said you have to get them to email a positive response as to exactly what device they are selling.Moreover you cant let them try and get away with sending a response that is not part of Amazons system by emailing you directly from a business email account. It needs to be Amazons official contact system which is shared by all 3 parties. Do that and Amazon will go after them if they send merchandise that is not what they said they were selling you. Without proof though... yeah, you are asking for it.

As to flashing TWRP, I'm way too old to much care about being right, I just think with lack of information across the board and a week with your nose in the corner if things go wrong it's best to stick with a no possible failure option wherever possible. I would however love for someone to be right, anyone, doesn't matter. Whatever it takes to put this thing to bed.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
I went kinda bad news.so they had the U model on display but bought down the F model box i took a pic.this wont proberly help but is something as they didnt know what we going through but said just buy it and return if it doesnt
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j3yps:
All good now
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] djsaad1:
Has anyone bought the daul sim from clove? Does it work as expected with OEM unlock?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
Probanly no feedback yet on that one. Looks like they just got the model in not too long ago. They did not have the dual sim version before.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
who has the N model here and can all claim oem unlock is in out the box?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
i'm assuming bhphotovideo didn't have the N? I get mine on Wed... be patient i'll update y'all asap
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
Ok nj spot on ebay got deep blue sea for 860.im sweat it bro cause i gotta sell this fds model.that what buging me.im rocking a note 4 until i can fix this matter any other way
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
i saw the ebay seller too, but i needed some protection when buying from a grey market, Wondamobile offers their own 1 yr warranty and paid the same.

Just be patient or just buy the one from Wondamobile, it takes 3 business days to process the payment , i should have mine by then. It's a N version, no one has ever reported a problem with OEM unlock on N versions.

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or is it gray?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
I hope lte isnt a problem.but at this point dont care about speed. I care about exynos/roms/mods

I went to bh photo and destory their knowledge on phones..all said as look at me dumbfounded was buy and if i doesnt have it u have 30 days return
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Brava27:
Clove doesn't have sell FD

Sent from my Note 8 + Infinity ROM [emoji482]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
They do now..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
Just posting with an update - I've now been using Renovate for a week now and no issues whatsoever. I've made a few backups in TWRP, have flashed a few items now (Arise - Viper), extra fonts, dual speaker fix. Basically, have been able to do everything normally. I also had the dreaded 'binaries' and have spent time in jail. Just wanted to share my method of installing Renovate and have been trouble free ever since.

SM-N950F - Australian / Telstra (on a plan). Had to wait 1 week for OEM, tried to root stock, Binaries fiasco then in Jail for one week. OEM appeared as expected on Day 7. Then did this process -

Remove SIM card (as suggested by Krabman)

1. Install TWRP (I trust you all are okay with everything up to this part)

2. In TWRP, swipe right and go into menu.

3. Wipe / Format Data / Yes

4. Reboot into RECOVERY

5. Flash DM-Verity

6. Wipe / Factory reset (by swiping)

7. Flash Renovate - I chose to root with Magisk cause it works for my banking apps.

8. After flashing Renovate, allow it to boot into System.

9. Do your basic setup and then reboot.

10. Now insert SIM and continue to setup your phone, restore Titanium backups etc.. Now can use everything normally. Flash extra stuff and not worry. Happy days for now after 1 week of total trouble free usage. Everything in Renovate working well.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] TYMO68:
[MENTION=7407221]Andysmith71[/MENTION], would you mind please providing me with the Dm-verify zip you flashed? I'm going to give it a try alike with your method.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/development/recovery-twrp-galaxy-note-8-exynos-t3674036 - follow Post #3

https://build.nethunter.com/android-tools/no-verity-opt-encrypt/ - no-verity-opt-encrypt-3.1.zip
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DeeXii:
Doc, What is the CSC on your phone that you bought from your country?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Now there are most roms are Multi CSC, Mine was set to INS as per my country. I believe, samsung now fix CSC (If rom have it) on factory reset depends on your product code
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Speed72584:
haha that things buy my note 8 on ebay last saturday and do not bring oem unlock togle now after 7 days I look and appear
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Hey guys. Update. My device's from Indonesia. I got my button after a week. Installed twrp and installed echoe ROM. Rebooted and the oem unlock is already there. It's enabled. I can reboot when ever I want . Well. I think the button is there because.. 1. I restore settings from Samsung account. Or 2. My rom use S8 CSC for csc mods. Or 3. Because I flash flashable AQI1 bootloader and modem from Renovate firmware zip
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] fragtion:
Ok guys quick update from me -

Last time I full wiped, was Sunday 8 Oct @ 19:39 (as per quote above).

Before doing the full wipe, I set my system clock back 7 days (to 1 October). I don't think this had any effect but sharing what I did anyway

Immediately after wiping & flashing stock, I booted straight into safe mode. I did not connect to wifi/3g, and I did not set up Samsung account or Google account.

I left it like that for about 3 days, before enabling wifi and inserting a sim again, and rebooting to normal system

Yesterday (Sunday 15th) I expected OEM at 19:39 but it did not show up. Today it's still not there.

So, unless something else is going on (maybe the clock change), then I can only assume that safe mode + full aeroplane mode after a full wipe is a bad idea after all. Rather let phone "call home" to Samsung so that Samsung knows your device just got reset, in order to ensure normal waiting time for OEM to re-appear. Hope I get my OEM back again soon now lol xD
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] GeoffNZ:
Hey guys.

I have a N950F that has the disappearing OEM unlock.

Don't know if this has been posted in the thread and apologies for not reading through it all again but I stumbled upon something

that seems to bring the OEM unlock option back when it decides to disappear.

I've tested this every time the option goes missing & it brings it back without fail.

All I did was enable wifi and cellular data together and reboot.

Boom, OEM unlock returns.

Does this work for anyone else?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] fragtion:
I think this could only work if you are actually "eligible" for OEM (ie: Samsung knows that your device has connected to its servers at least once following a wipe, and then again 7+ days later again when the wifi+3g is enabled)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
I am on dr.ketan N2 with oem unlock option working after 1 week jail with N1 rom. Now oem is working even after updated to N2. This mean custom rom with oem disappear will work when oem is back after 7 days.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] zerenx:
It's very possible that the OEM Unlock is linked to the device calling home to Samsung's servers at each reboot, to check how long have you activated the device.

So if you put your phone without any data connection at all (over radio or Wifi), you would not get the OEM Unlock button.

Just a tidbit,

From the store where I purchased my N950F/DS, there is a note that we can get a shopping discount voucher if we activate our new N950F/DS within a time period. To activate it, we just have to provide any kind of data connection to the phone. It did not mention having to login to our Google nor Samsung account.

I think the phone do call home to Samsung along with its serial number (or IMEI number?) to 'register' its activation.

(Yes, I did get the voucher code by email)

If the above is true, it's not so far-fetched to imagine that the phone also call home to Samsung to 'activate' itself, and it will regularly call home to check the OEM Unlock timer.

This is also in-line with what Samsung Singapore's official support said that some posted here, saying the OEM Unlock will be available 7 days after data connection.

Someone should put this phone on a Wireshark and capture the network traffic this phone make, especially after rebooting. Maybe we can analyze the traffic and spoof something from there.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] maxaiken:
there are a lot of procedures posted in this thread.. can any dev confirm, verify and summarize the procedures in 1 tutorial for all to follow. an "OFFICIAL GUIDE" if you will... like me i dont want to take the risks since i use my note 8 as my daily driver and for my business. i cant afford to reinstall everytime something goes wrong. thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Ye so my theory all along is true [emoji23]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
So far working great with a lots of reboot for testing. As long as never touch data format it will work i think. ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Nice [emoji3]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] zerenx:
Like krabman, ever since I got my root (on day 14, two terms of jail) I have : rebooted, factory reset, wiped system, backup and restore TWRP nandroids on data, switched ROM to LightROM (flash BL and CP by Odin), and never once lost root or got the red jail text of doom.

I did all those above because today afternoon suddenly my microphone died. At one moment I was making a phone call just fine, and 10 minutes after when I receive a phonecall, the other end could not hear my voice at all.

Voice recorder does not detect anything, Google Assistant nor Bixby Voice couldn't either.

I resetted and flashed to see if this is a software problem or a hardware one.

I am seriously pissed at Samsung and this device right now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
Did you install any sound mods?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] zerenx:
TLDR; Fixed mic by washing it, back on jail for my third term.

No I did not install any sound mods. Other than apps, I only install no-verity, magisk, and renovate ice rom. No xposed, no funny mods.

In the 10 minutes between those two phone calls I mentioned, I only installed Auto Speaker (turn on speakerphone automatically by proximity sensor). Which should not have anything to do with the mic.

Turns out there's other people that is experiencing a similar thing, there is one post in xda and another on Samsung's forums. Some people fixed it by blowing the microphone port like a Nintendo cartridge (oh the irony)

Sure didn't work on mine, I blew on it, I (gently) poke on it a paperclip to clean it, and I even vacuumed it, for no result.

In Voice Recorder interview mode, the top mic is working fine but the bottom one does not.

Well, anyway it's moot point, I (kind of) fixed it...

I had given up and recovered the device back to stock using Smartswitch, to prepare returning the device to a Samsung Service Center and request a replacement.

With a random thought, since this thing is IP68 and I'm returning it anyway, I thought I'd give it a try to wash and dip this device with water. I put running tap water from the faucet directly to the bottom mic. Lo and behold, after drying it with a towel, the effin mic works again! WTF! I was really stupefied with it.

So I had to experiment on it after back to stock with Smartswitch but without the red text of doom.

On download mode, status is FRP LOCK OFF and OEM LOCK OFF, but Odin could not flash in Recovery. So I guess Samsung's timer is really reset with the Smartswitch.

I captured Smartswitch's download, and the files it downloads are as follows (N950F/DS for XID/Indonesia)

AP_N950FXXU1AQI1_CL12007350_QB14830234_REV00_user_low_ship_meta.tar.md5

BL_N950FXXU1AQI1_CL12007350_QB14830234_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5

CP_N950FXXU1AQHB_CP7250176_CL12007350_QB14652984_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5

CSC_OLE_N950FOLE1AQHE_CL12155819_QB14779377_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5

HOME_CSC_OLE_N950FOLE1AQHE_CL12155819_QB14779377_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5

Since we know that flashing BL and CP does not reset the OEM Unlock timer, the next best guess is either the Stock ROM or the CSC (or both) is the one triggering it.

I guess I am now on my third term in jail... Seriously Samsung?

Transforming your loyal customer to a salty one is not a good business idea
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pswin09:
Very sorry to hear that you are back into jail. Me also back into jail with dr.ketan N2 rom. Everything is working until I've flashed Noto kernel and now Oem is disappear again. I am quite suprise as flashing custom kernel caused oem unlock option disappear. [emoji23] [emoji23]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] SimplyCity:
Hi Guys,

My dual sim model lost OEM and it doesn't want to be back again. Two weeks with clean stock rom. I can't stand it anymore. Official Sammy Store still doesn't know how to help. They offered me clearing by their team, but they don't know if OEM will be there. I'm slowly loosing hope... If there won't be some Odin flashable workaround for this (nor any kind of app/adb way) for all stucked without OEM, we are lost... :(

Echoe[emoji769] team member / S8+ powered by Echoe[emoji769]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] TYMO68:
[MENTION=7407221]Andysmith71[/MENTION], I just wanted to give you a shout to say THANKS for your detailed steps and method. I just completed the process laid out exactly as you put it, flashed Renovate ROM on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950F purchased from NEVER-MRSP and PRESTO I have a flawless and stable Magisk rooted Galaxy Note 8!!!!!! I've confirmed this to be stable since I have rebooted several times, flashed various mods and all is still well and stable on my mobile. Again, BIG THANKS for your solution :highfive::highfive::highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] johnpjackson:
Have you gotten beyond 7 days? That sounds like some sort of Rubicon that Samsung has baked in, to try and thwart the gray marketeers.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] TYMO68:
Yes indeed! I hit my 7 days in jail on yesterday (Sunday) from whence I initially attempted the same process but w/o flashing Renovate ROM and got the "Red Binary Death Error". My OEM Unlock option came back availble on yesterday so I figured I'd give it a shot today. This time I took [MENTION=7407221]Andysmith71[/MENTION] method and flashed RR and success is all I have to say at this point.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DeeXii:
Ok thanks.

I was wondering. Do you have any insight as to why we might be getting bad LTE speeds with a N950F on T-Mobile USA?

I am holding a T-Mobile Note 5 next to a N950F and the Note 5 gets 150mbps download with a strong solid consistent speed, while the N950F gets like 20-30mbps and the speed is all over the place.

Sometimes it dips as low as 5mbps. The upload is also bad, at times it can be less then 1.0mbps.

This is not just happening on my phone, my friend's phone has the same problem as well as several people here on XDA.

I was hoping you might have some insight. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j3yps:
Another weird problem this phone has.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] nader1450:
Root with Stock Recovery

i like try just root access with stock recovery (no twrp or custom rom)

i want to now this method is more safe for oem unlock?

or maybe coming error and missing oem unlock for 7 days?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
Awesome news, glad your back in the land of the living!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
looks like the Korean version has 1700 band 4... unlike what we were told.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
Yup, Kalm_Traveler proved it with a screen shot that it does connect to tmobile band 4. Looked online & every website that I saw including Samsung says that the N supoorts 1700mhz AWS band 4.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
Hey guys,

As an experiment and also as Renovate ROM does not have my CSC settings for Telstra included in the ROM, I followed some instructions in a post and modified tkkg1994's CSC Utility (CSCSelection_S7_S8_v1.2.1.zip) to work with the Note 8. I then proceeded to sweat bullets and changed the CSC to my required settings to get Volte and Wifi calling. It worked perfectly and was not sent back to jail. I flashed the zip in TWRP and then cleared dalvik cache and restarted into system. All worked without issues and now on TEL / TEL / TEL. (Australia Telstra).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
i dont care if it give me H,look i need is roms and mods,lte will be a plus, but thanks for heads up
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
Perfect. I get mine tomorrow a day early
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Can you link me to where I can modify it to work with note 8? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] TYMO68:
Question for you mate. Were you able to successfully reboot back into TWRP Recovery and take a successful Nandroid Backup? I'm just curious as I was planning on doing the same but wanted to ask your experience beforehand.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
If ROMs & mods is all you care about without the disappearing magic act then why don't you just buy those that are confirmed not to have issues? Like the F from Clove UK or the N from Korea? There must be other reasons why you're still shopping around at places that no one has any info on with all your posts. Price seems to be one & what, maybe dual sim? Delivery speed wouldn't be an issue cause from Clove, mine shipped on a Friday & arrived Monday with DHL.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] maxaiken:
i have a dual sim also, N950F/DS. dosent have oem unlock. i flashed a single csc rom UPO i think this is paraguay. after the flash the model is now N950F only without the /DS.. then did a wipe cache/factory reset. after 7-9 days maybe (wasnt counting) oem unlock came back..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deezy88:
i have dual sim that either i have sell and send back and lost money,im wait on a user here that said he getting the N model tomorrow,im not ordering from eu,it has be usa seller,my angle would be buying a N,and killing all the noise

that 1000 bro from 840 that i spend,i hoping some figure this out by the time,i take action and it be soon