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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TITAN master RACE:
Will it work on mine ?

My note 8 is :

Exynos

Android version 8.0.0 ( oreo)

Oem is unlockable

Baseband : n950fxxu5crha

Can i use method 1 safely?

They told me since it's (u5) it can't be rooted, is that true .

Basically can i root this device using method mentioned above or no

Thank you in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] SimplyCity:
M8, I'm on v.5 bootloader, as same as you are. In my opinion there is no reason you couldn't root it if you want. All you need to remember is, that Sammy put a 'safety feature' into each stock room which makes root proces pretty nasty. That 'feature' basically is an app residents in /system/priv-app called RLC. It checks few things while system starts and if 'safety' is compromised, you simply loose OEM unlock button. Besides, in some circumstances, you may get 'Only official binaries can be flashed' - and that is you wouldn't want, never. There is additional small thing to do to stay away from trouble - one build prop entry. All that is covered by flashable zip from OP, method 1, from Dr. Ketan, previously released by Mesa. Dr. Ketan's zip has Aroma and few additional features you may choose from, like busybox or Magisk. I personally prefer manual way, so each time - and that's important - EACH TIME, after I flash any custom rom or stock based one, I ALWAYS check these two things: RLC app presence (hmm... absence) and build.pro entry. Just to be absolutely sure RLC is NOT there. That is absolutely necessary to avoid problems. After that you may flash root you want (SU or Magisk), I suggest Magisk 17.3 to the time being. If I were you and had to devirgin my device, I would do as follows :

- flash twrp with odin

- immediately boot to twrp

- delete RLC, check build.prop entry and set (ro.security.vaultkeeper.feature=0)

- flash newest no-verity-opt-encrypt

- flash magisk 17.3

Done.

Remember, Sammy pay and secure folder won't work with Knox flag 01 set by flashing twrp.

Good luck!

Echoe[emoji769] team member / N8 Oreo
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TITAN master RACE:
Thank you

Thank you very much good friend, the answer is simple effective and on point.

Thnx for taking time on me .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sefrcoko:
What they told you applies to Snapdragon, not Exynos.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] cHECKjAM:
Hi all!

I wanna root my note 8 first time ever. I have OEM unlock enabled now. I also want to use stock samsung firmware (I think custom firmwares are only trouble bugs etc..)

So I just follow instructions:

PART2 :

ROOT Note8 (exynos) for devices that doesn't have OEM issue

then backup of EFS

But where can I find guide how to flash new ROM's when updates come?

Also link to TWRP is broken.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] drumbeater79:
Does this method also work for the 950F/Dual Sim? BTW, can anyone please fix the link for the TWRP? TIA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pattmage:
I wonder if samsung guard is working same as standard manufacturer warranty. Can samsung reject rooted phone if there is only samsung guard?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] huuur:
For the record..

After hours of trying, OEM FIX worked on "PDAN950FXXS5CRJ1" but not the later ones!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] coneidus:
Does this procedure still works?

Delete app and edit build.prop is 1000% sure to work?

Do I have to wipe everything (like in OP) after following your steps ?

I tried OP method, flashed twrp and the fix.

But after rebooting oem unlock was gone and the message 'Only official binaries bla bla bla' made me flash official rom. Now the painful 168h wait has ended and I'm about to try again.

First I want to backup my EFS and then flash some nice Rom.

I meant [MENTION=5295919]SimplyCity[/MENTION] steps
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] SimplyCity:
M8, it works. If you have your OEM back, and there is no handicap while in bl mode, you may try again. Now, to the time being, most of custom roms already include the necessary anti-lock patch, so you should be just fine. You may try very stable and as much as stock looking alexandr devbase. Of course, after flashing any custom rom, you may check actually 4 things and make sure by your own:

/system/app/SecurityLogAgent

/system/priv-app/Rlc

/system/bin/vaultkeeper*

and set ro.security.vaultkeeper.feature=0 in both paths(if exist):

/system/build.prop and /vendor/build.prop

:) good luck

Echoe[emoji769] team member / N8 Oreo
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] coneidus:
Thanks! [MENTION=5295919]SimplyCity[/MENTION]

But before flasing any custom rom I'll backup EFS while still in stock rom, and for that I´ll need to reboot the device.

Deleting apps and editing bulid.prop will have any impact on backing up EFS?

I´ll have to reboot the device back to stock to perform the backup.

I came from a Nexus 5x and now I´m pretty unsure about this whole procedure.

(English is not my native language, I hope you can understand what I meant)

Thanks again.:good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] SimplyCity:
Well, efs is separate folder (partition) in root folder of your device's internal memory, whole rmm patch you have to apply to avoid binary issues or lack of OEM button, doesn't touch efs partition. What is your way to back it up? I'm asking this, bc if you choose to flash mentioned alexandr devbase, it has backing up script builded in, so after flash this very rom, you will have /.backup/efs folder on your extsd card, whole your original efs partition will be there. If I were you, I would go for it (devbase). Take a look at alexandr thread and you will know everything. It will back up your efs as same as put rmm lock patch in one go. Of course checking manually after flashing cost nothing. :)

Echoe[emoji769] team member / N8 Oreo
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gatul:
You can make the EFS backup directly from TWRP.

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] coneidus:
Thank you very much [MENTION=5295919]SimplyCity[/MENTION].

Already flashed twrp, backep up EFS and now I'm on Deluxe rom 9.4

Flashed RMM-State_Bypass_Mesa_v2 and did the check:

/system/priv-app/Rlc < Deleted

and set ro.security.vaultkeeper.feature=0 in both paths(if exist): < Set to 0

/system/build.prop and

/vendor/build.prop < this one does not exists.

Rebooted the phone a couple times and oem unlock is still there, but the script did nothing to /system/bin/vaultkeeper* (vaultkeeperd).

Should I delete it anyway?

Thanks again...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] SimplyCity:
According to github:

"The*RMM STATE*is coded in the*kernel ramdisk, the*sboot*and the*system. On first boot the kernel runs*/system/bin/vaultkeeperd and this elf file checks property ro.security.vaultkeeper.feature,*then if it was 1 it checks the service provider for the SIM if it match the CSC on device, then it enables*oem unlock*and edit*steady*partition to unlock the bootloader."

So, kernel dev may patch*init.rc*to prevent it from create RMM*/dev/socketand preventing from executing the*vaultkeeperd*binary, also edit the property and removing*Rlc.apk. From my point of view, if that's done correctly (whole RMM anti-lock patch), vaultkeeperd*binary isn't necessary. I don't have it in my system. I'm sure you can get rid of it. :)

Echoe[emoji769] team member / N8 Oreo
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fezabey:
Hello friends,

Till i bought Galaxy Note 8, i used iphone, that's why i don't have enough knowledge about android. Now i would like to root my Note 8, i bought it from Dubai, and i keep it updated, here is the information about my Note 8, is there any chance to root my version wiith this tutorial? Thank you in advance.

Samsung EXYNOS5

N950FXXU5CRK4

Able to unlock OEM lock
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sir44:
Hi,

i have a quick question:

is this twrp version the right one?

twrp-3.2.3-0-greatlte.img

thx for your feedback
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gatul:
Yes, it is

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] latouffe:
If I root my note 8 doest it show on the boot screen? Its possible I will be returning the phone and don't want the seller to reject my return on the basis of a tripped Knox
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ahmadddea:
Bootloader is already unlocked

Hi, I want to ask, my phone didn't have OEM Unlock option, but I did the trick and it triggered the option. Now I enable it, but then I got this message "Bootloader is already unlocked" under the OEM Unlock, it looks like it got rooted before and my knox is 0x1. My question is, if I'm going to root my device, do I need to begin whole process or can I skip format data just because the bootloader is already unlocked?

Thanks in advance :angel::angel::angel:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gatul:
Hi. Did you verify that it is not currently rooted?

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ahmadddea:
Yes, I'm sure it is not rooted. And I still get January patch via OTA.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ahmadddea:
I tried to root last night, I tried number 1 step till the end, and after reboot to system, I didn't find OEM Unlock option, then I flash to original rom with odin.

Is there any step I missed? Or any other way to root?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Yes. It will.

You are flashing patched kernel. Anything non samsung will trip Knox.

This method is just for acknowledgement purpose and have no any benefit over first two methods. Or if any device have no working twrp then it's only way.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] soyelmango:
Thanks for the guide! I have a few questions:

Will this method trip Knox?

Will OTA updates still work?

And how do we revert to stock/unrooted?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] samueldewit:
Yes, any form of rooting trips knox.

---------- Post added at 03:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:41 PM ----------

Yes, all versions/methods trip Knox.

No, they will not work anymore. U have to flash updates through Odin.

Flash stock software with Odin. Knox stays tripped though.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Updated OP with Must Read section, just have a look there.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] soyelmango:
Thank you both for clarifying this :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sirriom:
Thanks for the prompt reply chief.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
So we don't need to install "no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.1.zip" anymore?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bofahad:
The same question? Thanks dr
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nebell:
What does this mean? Which one is the "HOME" button? The on screen button? How do you even press it? Or is it the power button? Tried it but didn't work (or maybe I made a mistake).

EDIT:

Home button is the power button. I didn't press it correctly.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
No. I don't remember when last I have used no verify zip.

Since long this script included while patching kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mlkemac:
I followed method 3

OEM lock showed up in dev options. enabled it

rebooted to download mode to check. OEM lock = off

flashed the patched boot.tar

phone was successfully rooted.

froze while restoring apps.. would not boot.. red error message "only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed"

had to restore to stock. OEM lock = off, but is no longer showing in dev options.

I cannot flash TWRP, or my patched boot.tar,, odin will fail, and display that same red message on phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] skullfarmer666:
exynos or sd

how do I tell if I have exynos or otherwise?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mlkemac:
https://www.techwalls.com/samsung-galaxy-note-8-sm-n950-model-number-differences/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] skullfarmer666:
..

Damn.. I have sd. I hope we'll be able to get root.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] m_carleone82:
Hello doc.

You said in op, that we will lose samsung pay and secure folder.

Secure folder is the one that was called private folder, inwhich we can send the pictures to there from gallery, to make them hidden?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Private mode is old where you can make stuff hidden. While secure folder is advanced version like file can be made hidden as well you can make copy of applications. Means you can run one app at two places, one regular and one in secure

For example, whatsapp you can use at both place with different account
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jenellej:
6 days since I started using my Note8 and still no oem unlock option in developer tools :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Usually most users reported on 7th day

Have you tried setting date to post date? Setting - general management - date and time - disable automatic time and set date of 7th day or later and reboot and see if that triggers
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] revized:
Tried to move clock ahead (Oct 7th) a few days although when I power back on the clock reverts back to how it previously was shows (Oct 1st), tried twice. weird huh

Also not sure how accurate the tech walls information is about the different types of processors, I got t-mobile and says it's a SD 'n950u vaz or sat or zkat then mb' although mine shows build and baseband are n950usqu1aqh7

Used app cpuz and guess t-mobile cant root, it's SD =(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Torquemada288:
This doesn't work. The countdown isn't dependant on the system time. Might be a countdown from 604800 seconds (7 days), which doesn't need to refer to the system time.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
OP updated for Root for Pie
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] d_kMT50:
Thank`s for work.

On Oreo work well. But it something wrong for me on Pie. Phone: 950f, OEM unlocked, SER firmware.

After flashing N950F_PIE_DS_N_PIE_Root_for_OEM_issue_devices_V5_0 01.zip, no booting only logo NOTE

Flashing oficial firmware - normal boot.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Boodzilla:
I did exactly as stated but i'm stuck on the note 8 logo screen. Used to work on Oreo, but now on Pie something is missing. Is anyone having the same issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] larstrier:
If it does not work
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] d_kMT50:
Now I have root :)

1. First of all it was root on my note on android 8. All was done as described by author of that theme, and has OEM unlocked.

2. Then flash android 9 firmware. Boot to android.

3. Enable DEVELOPER. Disable OEM unlock and NO REBOOT phone!!!, enable OEM unlock (that was done becauseTWRP flashed with - FAIL).

4. Reboot to ODIN (download) mode.

5. Flash TWRP with no reboot.

6. Boot to TWRP. Format DATA as described, and reboot recovery.

7. Flash that script-- "no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0.zip" (sorry but i can`t post links, but google can find it at -- androidfilehost)

-- Desided to check what i have - phone passed logo but was in bootloop

8. Flash magisk-v18.1.

After that phone begin to boot normaly and have ROOT.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Boodzilla:
Trial 1: failed

Trial 2: failed

Trial 3: Success. Thanks a lot for your support
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tadukuttan:
[MENTION=2839891]d_kMT50[/MENTION] Thanks, your steps worked for me. Only difference was that, I did not see the bootloop issue you had. Was on a fresh flash of Pie.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] larstrier:
Here also works golden files flash and restarts without problems
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] exitmood:
after rooting I lost my otg\charging at the same time, I don't know why! is there any solution?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] d_kMT50:
Don't know, no problems, see picture.

I change 3 params in build.prop, maybe it work :confused:

1. ro.securestorage.support=false - it was for decrypted WiFi passwords, now it doesn`t work

2. wlan.wfd.hdcp=disable - for allshare on old samsung TV with rooted phone

3. ro.config.tima = 0 - for S-Health working on rooted phone

[https://yadi.sk/i/P3TDqf6TU834Ww[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] drumbeater79:
Any updates on rooting the Note 8 w/ Pie?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sohail667:
+1
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sohail667:
all step done carefully but phone stuck on first screen (galaxy note8 powered by android)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sohail667:
I am hanging between stock and root. After completing all steps my phone stuck on start screen then i flash stock Rom and phone starts and when i open secure folder it says you are rooted.actually my phone is not rooted.plz help how can i root my phone on pie.i have do twice the to try for root but twice phone stuck on start screen. I flash also no variety option but phone stuck on start screen. Plz help.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Write everything step by step what exactly you did, including full name of files you have flashed.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sohail667:
Dear sir

1)first i check box OEM unlok

2)then i go download mode and flash twrp download from op(https://mega.nz/#!pRECzJpA!Ahea73TpFKy3a27UyAyqBL2OTpsSKZxQpWhWu78w-Jc)

3)i unheck auto reboot in odin and after sucessfull flash twrp i hold vol down and power key when screen off i immegetely vol up bixby and power key

4)boot in recovery .allow modification formate data .type yes and then go back again boot in recovery from twrp

5)then flash file (N950F_PIE_DS_N_PIE_Root_for_OEM_issue_devices_V5.zip) download from op

6)then reboot system and phone stuck on first screen (galaxy note 8 powered by android)

i do twice these all step but not success

i am root user and install your GOOD Rom since note 2 and galaxy s2

thnx for helping.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
You were on which version of rom?

Make sure you have downloaded file isn't corrupted. Step you wtote Seems fine. Make sure you have format data as per said. Also check you have selected correct option in aroma

Try to pull log next time

Also note that usually it takes 5 to 7 min to boot first time
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sohail667:
latest pie csc is INS
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sohail667:
Repeat all steps again wait for 15 minit but no success:confused::confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Log?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sohail667:
Here is last screen after this i reboot system and stuck
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] naoiayato17:
Try to apply "root" to my phone "Note 8 (N950F), but odin fails when you install " TWRP ".

Note 8: Android 9.0

Oem unlock: True

Ver AP: N950FXXU5DSB2

Ver CSC: N950FOXM5DSB3

Ver CP: N950FXXU5DSB1

Error message: Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed(Recovery)

https://ibb.co/Vxd014J

pls help :/

This tutorial doesn't work for me :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] little-endian:
[MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION]: Thanks for your guide which I followed, allowing me to give some feedback:

After finishing your kind of installation wizard, on next boot all I got was the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 logo with neither the recovery working anymore nor system boot. Had to reflash the stock rom again as luckily, that fastboot/download mode still worked.

That at least did the trick after having recovered the phone and reflashed TWRP as well as the Magisk v18.1 ZIP archive. Not sure whether I have to understand why I have to manually install an APK afterwards which is supposed to be already present, but anyway.

[MENTION=9350973]All[/MENTION]

What is also weird is that whereas I also encounter that retarded "KG state prenormal" annoyance with my Note 8 in conjunction with Android Pie, not only can I (temporarily) fix it by checking for a new firmware update (OTA) independently of any date settings or 7-day-wait luckily, the resulting KG state isn't "normal" afterwards as everyone seems to post in the forums but "checking" instead which doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere. Flashing stuff like TWRP retriggers the "prenormal" idiocy again so I have to check for the firmware update again before rebooting.

Instead of inventing such crap, Samsung should better use their energy to fix some of the many software issues or - for starters - their hardware quality control.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
You need to click save log option and pull that file from your pc while you are on twrp
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] drumbeater79:
Does this work on N8 Duos w/ Pie?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sohail667:
sir i have done by flashing magisk 18.1 after twrp recovery then i install normal magisk for pie.apk then again direct install magisk 18.1

its all ok now
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] drumbeater79:
So the root works on Pie?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sohail667:
Yes successfully working
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gatul:
After updating to Pie, surprisingly "OEM unlock" was enabled after reboot, which made my life a lot easier. ;)

As sohail667 I had to install magisk 18.1 twice because it did not work the first time.

In conclusion, rooted successfully =D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] drumbeater79:
[MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION]

I followed the steps in the OP and afterwards, I am stuck in the Note 8 Logo. I already flashed Magisk in TWRP twice but it's all the same, I'm still stuck at the logo.

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[/COLOR [MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION]

I followed the steps in the OP and afterwards, I am stuck in the Note 8 Logo. I already flashed Magisk in TWRP twice but it's all the same, I'm still stuck at the logo.