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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
Wat is this using stock firmware after soft bricked n jailed ... now no oem 16 days..in jail.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] iunlock:
Sounds good. Thanks.

I hope this is fixable soon. Hmm...

I've asked my relatives in S.Korea and they said that their data is fine. I also have friends in the UK and one of them will be getting the note 8 soon so he'll let me know ASAP.

I really think this is a modem and software issue from what I'm seeing.

One member stated that even when he disconnected the antenna wires the reception was the same. This would lead me to believe it has something to do with the software, because if it was a hardware defect, those in UK and S.Korea would be screaming from the top of the mountains about a reception issue.

The issue here is using the F/N models outside of their region. => Modem / software.

::iunlock::
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DeeXii:
To those with N950F or N950N and are in Europe or Asia could you please do the discussed speed tests comparing another device on the same carrier. (like a Note 5 or 4)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
Stupid question but has any F\FD\N users flashed their respective carrier firmwares \rom and modems getting the same problem?

Is that even doable?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DAXX:
Will this support OEM unlock?

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075KF9DMK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

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if not, which one will???
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
I was curious so I ran speed test 3 times in a row on my F. Pretty consistent for me. This is at home where 20-25mbps is normal during the day, 30-40mbps at night, -113dBm. Pretty much the same speeds that my Tmobile Note 5 got at home.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] iunlock:
Thanks for sharing. Where did you order your F model from?

::iunlock::
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
Mine is from Clove UK with Kalm_Traveler's TMO mod installed. Since I'm not experiencing what you guys are experiencing I also don't think this issue is related to hardware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sansnil:
Delete/ignore
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
so i did a clean wipe in totality, installed rennovate, chose the CSC within the aroma installer for USA, didn't install the t-mo csc from kalm's thread.

I'm getting "LTE+" which bounces back and forth from LTE. Also speed tests are about 10-15mbps higher, i will continue to test , i'm still seeing signal drops when data is demanded
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DeeXii:
They all support OEM unlock technically. However the ones that come factory unlocked like the Asian ones have the option disappear for 7 days at a time. (huge pain in the butt)

However, the ones that come from specific regions and were region locked until activated (UK, India, etc) have the option available all the time.

TLDR the UK and Indian ones have been confirmed to have OEM unlock available all the time.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
Yeah please let us know what happens. My F stock had those icons also. "LTE" is equivelent to Tmobile's "4G" icon & "LTE+" is equivilent to "4G/LTE".

When I first flashed Kalm_Traveler's TMO mod I immediately saw a 10mbps in speed. Or so I thought. After more testing turns out I didn't & for me it seems like the TMO mod did not change my speeds at all. Just added the features I was looking for. But since the mod did enable VoLTE i had to turn it off. I get a lot of dropped calls with it on in my area, same problem I had on my Note 5 when VoLTE first became available.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DeeXii:
Can you post a list of 10 results from a Note 5 and then 10 results from a Note 8?

Regarding them being different devices; I bought a T-Mobile version to compare and the T-Mobile version has the same speeds and network stability as my Note 5.

Sorry if I sounded argumentative before, my intent was to make sure you did not simply over look an existing problem.

The problem I see is that every person I have known personally that has bought one of these has the same exact problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
10???? How about 5?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] iunlock:
Would you be able to run more tests in different locations and share those results?

Ex. When I ran my tests, I ran them in areas where I got full bars and in the basement where I got only 1 bar...the Note 5 was always ~75% faster at the very least.

(btw there's a thread for this that [MENTION=2996598]DeeXii[/MENTION] put up. Perhaps it'd be more practical to chat about it there... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
All good, I understand but not everyone has this problem. If it was every Exynos, there would be a whole lot more people complaining about it.

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Yeah I suppose if I'm not tied up & remember to. I only have one sim so I most likely won't be taking both phones with me out somewhere to test.

I'll test 5 times later tonight on both phones if I can or tomorrow night.

Yes, I'm aware of that thread, been posting there too. There's actually a couple of other ones also. Don't know why this talk is in this thread, I was just replying to the conversations here.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] zerenx:
Yes this happened to me too.

Magisk Manager offered me to update to Magisk Manager 5.4.0

But after updating, Magisk was missing. A quick trip to TWRP and reflashing Magisk.v.14.zip did the trick to restore it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] iunlock:
I've mentioned something similar in that the issue is for the F/N model of phones being used outside of their respected regions.

The speed tests would help a lot in helping us all collect some more data. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
Yup, I've seen that too. What I don't get is there's even a few people with Us on tmobile complaining about speed. But one guy is comparing to his Note 5 also. I still don't find that to be a good comparision as I know my Note 5 seems to get better signals than my Note 8 bjt not necessarily speeds. Still have to test away from home.

And it seems like everyone with this issue with F/N is on tmobile. Have there been reports of people with F/N on other carriers having this issue? Or at least post some data?

All this is why I don't think it's a hardware problem.

Anyways, I stop cluttering up this thread, next time I post regarding this will be in the other thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DeeXii:
I didn't just compare to a Note 5. (assuming you were referring to me.)

I have now compared to a Note 4, a Note 5, and today I bought a T-Mobile (N950U) Note 8.

All the USA based phones go crazy fast and the N950F goes much slower. (even worse in buildings)

For example right now, at this very moment, I'm getting 200-210 mbps on my Note4, Note 5, and Note 8 (USA Phones) but On the N950F Im getting 40-50mbps.

Its late night so that's why my speeds are so high, but during the congestion of the day its worse.

Also when I run the speed tests I can see the speeds bouncing and inconsistent. The TMO phones are running more solid.

Unlock is experiencing the same thing.

But. you are right, lets take this to the speed thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DAXX:
So if I buy it, it will have OEM unlock?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] lv128:
So 9 days or so after powering the phone for the first time, never doing a format, not having a SIM card in, and for the most part not even having wifi turned on (or rather, just not connected) I finally get the OEM Unlock showing up.

I turned the screen on where it was in the Developer Options page where I left it, the page refreshed and poof it appears.

If it adds any pieces to the puzzle, I've had my phone rebooted many many times, but never reformatted or wiped.

Samsung and google account both logged in.

Question is, is there anything I can do right now that would make the option disappear? And, if it does disappear, does it mean it's no longer unlocked?

Edit: Well, that was short lived. I flash TWRP, checked download, OEM LOCK: OFF, booted into TWRP, made a nandroid backup of everything except data, of course.

Then I thought, maybe I'll just reboot back into system so I can backup the data with smart switch or something. It wouldn't boot into the system, it kept taking me to TWRP, I'm guessing because it had a flag set to try to erase the device and TWRP wasn't going to acknowledge it.

I then flashed the stock recovery from the exact rom I have, rebooted, and the f***** immediately started erasing unprompted.

So giving up on that, I tried to download TWRP again. OEM LOCK still says OFF in download mode and it won't flash twrp because "only official binaries are allowed"

So, what does this mean? Back in Jail? I really can't believe what a godawful mechanism this is. It's just really insane
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Once you flash twrp you must remain in twrp until you have gone all the way through the process of installing a de-knoxxed rom. If you don't you must not reboot for another week or see until you get the OEM unlock back and can verify unlock status. Failure to do one of those will find you with your nose in the corner for another week.

The thread discusses that in great detail, I'm sorry you are waiting again but it's pretty much on you at this point. In fairness you have a lot of company because many have done the same despite the information that would have prevented it being posted over and over in this thread. The why of that baffles me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DAXX:
So if I buy: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075KF9DMK

Will it have OEM unlock?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Who are in jail have tried this ?

Download a S8+ firmware for same Csc like N8

Extract CSC_* .md5 file from downloaded rom and try flashing with Odin with csc tab (not ap)

As it is Samsung original file it should allow to flash , if successfully flashed then factory reset from stock recovery and see if oem lock appears.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] st3phanb:
is this confirmed?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
No.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] soraxd:
so after skimming thru this thread, i cant find a solution to making OEM Unlock appear which is needed to install twrp.

would flashing another official firmware fix this? if so, how do i go about flashing an official firmware that does have OEM Unlock?

also someone said it magically appeared for them after 7 days, is that real? i tried moving my date forward a month but no luck
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
tried your idea but result is below

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<ID:0/007> Removed!!

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1207)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/003> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/003> FAIL!

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> Re-Partition operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
Setup phone and login to your Samsung Account.

After leave it for 7 days, it should appear.

Try what Dr. Ketan has posted a few post early.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j3yps:
Hope this works
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] soraxd:
i have to wait 7 real life days???

Dr. Ketan said to install a different CRC right?

where might i find CRCs, ive been looking around here and googling
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
Not flashed bro....

i tried it with no result

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<ID:0/007> Removed!!

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1207)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/003> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/003> FAIL!

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> Re-Partition operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Try home_csc instead of normal csc.. normal csc have pit file inside to repartition
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
it gives different error

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1207)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> skip file list for home binary

<ID:0/003> Home Binary Download

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/003> cache.img

<ID:0/003> FAIL!

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<ID:0/003> Removed!!

<ID:0/003> Added!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
Is it .md5? Try changing the extension to .tar
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
wow..... after try to flashing csc file of S8+ .................it didint flashed but now it is not flashing NOTE8 firmware gives me error of only officially binary boot can be flashable...

after trying another firmware i get this error but when i tried to install the same firmware it is flashing ok

mean if u tripp knox or do csc change etc phone will not give u chance to flash official firmware of any other region...........................
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] soraxd:
where did you get the crc? im trying to find it to give me "OEM Unlock" so i can root
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
bro in which world u r searching CRC wakeup.......

its note 8 u r trying to get option for oem unlock....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] white7561:
No. All Sammy devices CAN be flashed with original firmware. I was repartition-ing my note 5 and S8+ back to stock unrooted .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
If you did the non home CSC you may have to use the same of an Note 8 official firmware to get it back up sunny. That worked for me once when I was in the same spot a few weeks back during the make the toggle show up phase. I actually did the whole smash, BL, CP, (non home) CSC,AP, but a lot of people wouldn't recommend going that far. Anyhow if no one comes up with something better you can try that.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] soraxd:
you were able to get your OEM Unlock toggle back?

how did you do it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
now i m doing the same..... i hope next week i will be out of the jail

but please tell me y my s health app is not working on non rooted official firmware

i flashed 3 times but it gives rooted error
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Extract cache.img from file you are flashing and see if that works
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Hell Sammy blocking all the way out
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
i cant flash cache.img

i had seen it has same pit file in note and s8 csc file
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
If regular firmware won't work then best way use smart switch tool
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
when ever i try to flash csc file it came to my region firmware lock

after trying to flashing s8 csc phone locked to my official firmware i mean i cant flash other regions .... something really strange..........
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
No, nothing I did made the toggle show up, I waited like everyone else although I was one of the lucky few that had a shorter than 7 day wait. You'll have to search to find the method for using S-health after knox is popped. There is a way but I haven't pursued it as I don't use the app, as I recall it requires root but I could be mistaken? Sorry.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sun2sunny:
give me suggestion guys i m in jail and i m ready to flash anything give me ideas.... my phone is on xeu carrier id

and i tried 3 different firmwares what should i do now

set if up or try some thing ...........
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] terradune:
Sorry Doc, but can you please clarify what you mean by same CSC? How can N8 have same CSC as S8+? Do you mean product code (i.e. XME)?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] force70:
You have to wait it out...thats it thats all.

sent from my Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Have you tried smartswitch
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] lv128:
Just to state my experience, during the first 9 days before OEM unlock appeared, I had rebooted innumerable times while trying to tinker with other settings, so I think rebooting doesn't affect it. However, factory reset definitely does, it seems.

Is it knox that is doing this? Once you have root, does the old knox disabler from note6/7 still work, if anyone has tried it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
I'm sorry, I assumed some familiarity with the thread and what has been proved out or discarded in the pursuit of fixing this thing. My bad. I was referring to after flashing, you cannot reboot after for one week or more (however long it takes to get your OEM unlock switch back) unless you have installed a de-knoxed rom and have it available immediately. In the latter case you can do almost anything without issue, nandroid backup, restore that nandroid, go to recovery, reboot, install another rom, etc. What we have shown you cannot do is change CSCs with flashfire and unfortunately that's about it. I suspect a CSC change would be possible as part of the flashing process we have worked out by I have had no reason to try it. It may be someone has done so and I missed it. Most of us once we are up and running are not exactly itching to get back into jail since things are for almost all practical purposes working.

The second part of your post could be best summed up as... We don't know yet. It appears that the handset "phones home" at boot. We are not sure exactly what information gets transferred from the phone to Samsung or what information Samsung is in return sending back. We do know without this connection to Samsung you will never have an OEM unlock switch available to you, several have now verified this to be true.

There are several theories from there, the following is mine, it is not a statement of fact but what I suspect to be the best possibility. So... It appears that while the switch is hidden via Samsung it is also being set to an off status, possibly by knox. You have to differentiate between Samsung hiding the switch and developers doing it here. The evidence seems to indicate when it's hidden by a source other than Samsung it remains in the state it was set whereas when Samsung hides it the status is also set to OEM unlock off which will cause the binaries error. To go further by installing a de-knoxxed rom we know that the process is short-circuited. Why is an open question but it may be as simple as knox not sending data that would set into motion Samsungs hiding of the switch and the unofficial binary install error.

The implication of that were it true would be that your idea may have merit. I've taken quite a few for the team here installing stuff, getting slapped upside the head with the binaries, I'm just not all that keen on doing any more of it in the near term. We have a solution which works. Since it's still early days and the roms are basically stock with some bloat removed and a few features added there is little reason not to go ahead and install one of the proven roms and be done with it using the known working method. Simply installing TWRP/rooting and waiting for the switch to come back is not fully proven yet and you have still popped knox making it an option you could do but in my mind that falls into the why would I want to category.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] nader1450:
flash custom rom

after 3 weeks jail, for the third time

flash twrp and renovate 2.1, boot to system

now have 2 problem,

rom is not root and oem unlock is missing

if restart to recovery, maybe coming red error?

any idea?

what is the best way now?

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
Renovate hides the OEM unlock, you are not going to see it. If you followed the directions exactly OEM unlock should be on but hidden. The only way to find out is to reboot into recovery, if it goes into TWRP you are gold. Flash the magisk or super SU separately and reboot. If not you will be back to he binaries and waiting a week deal. If you're not wanting to take a chance do not reboot for at least one week and only after try and go in and flash root.

Magisk btw had a problem with taking on the first try which they fixed in the latest (.13 maybe?) version so you may want to make sure you have that before you go into recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] w8wca:
that sounds right eu or aisa

i looked they shop from usa
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] chloeleedow:
Ok so after I finally got out if jail about 2 days ago. Finally have my self where I wanted to be from day dot of getting my note 8 N950F (Australia) TEL original CSC. I now have root OEM UNLOCK stable in Dev options and have rebooted multiple times to get my self to where I am with no hassles completed a TWRP backup (external) to preserve IMEI and stock boot files incase I got got soft brick or broke something else like EFS. I have magisk root set up set up android pay then flashed official xposed framework but got random reboots and terrible battery drain although it installed fine and booted fine although taking slightly longer due to the usual wipe of cache. Xposed is now fixed and completely stable so far with multiple modules running after following someone elses instructionsand changing one single character in system/build.prop

I followed the most common instructions that worked for people on here and also added my CSC to the custom Rom (light Rom) before flashing although seems I actually added to unbranded CSC for my country instead of the carrier specific one (still kept bank apps working and VoLTE as it's the right country for me) so didn't have to change it down the track for any reason as it put me in jail last time (Odin CSC home flash) . Flashed xposed after setting up Android pay as it breaks it even systemless but it hasn't thrown me any errors since flashing xposed although I haven't tapped to pay yet will confirm that later today some stage. Happy to answer any questions to try help others although I might be a bit slow replying ill try to get back to you. Thanks for everyone who supported me and replied when I was asking questions.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] nader1450:
restart to recovery, flash magisk 14.3

boot to system, without any error and root success

reboot to recovery, backup, and boot to system without any error

any idea? about safety oem unlock?

what about login to samsung account?

Regards