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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Bushido1992:
You can buy what you like...your Choise. Software is the same for F / DS.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] bidav1:
guys safety net not passing on n950f ..it loads and loads and nothing happens!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] force70:
And why are you posting that in a twrp thread?

sent from my Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jtambis6:
Guys, I was able to install TWRP and once rebooted, I get "Verification failed......."

I followed the instructions to the T, and I still get verification failed.

OEM unlock is enabled. I get no bootloops but the phone just stops and verification failed and I'm stuck from here on.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
That's cause you probably skipped step 3 in part 2 of the guide. You have to format data. Go back to TWRP, format data, flash dm-verity & root of your choice again, then it will fully boot.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] DAXX:
I bought the unlocked note 8 with no carrier attached. How do I get TWRP on it?

---------- Post added at 02:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:07 PM ----------

I don't see OEM unlock in developer options. That's why i'm asking.

Switched from LG V20.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
Unfortunately if you bought a USA unlocked N950U you can't. The bootloader is locked on US Snapdragons. "Unlocked" just means SIM unlocked. Only root is available for N950U at this time. TWRP is only for Exynos like stated in the thread title.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] DAXX:
What devices are Exynos devices?

---------- Post added at 02:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:27 PM ----------

Any US carrier Note 8 with Exynos?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
Nope, all US Note 8s are Snapdragon. Most all other international Note 8s are Exynos except for China & HK but their Snapdragons usually have unlocked bootloaders.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] DAXX:
ugh... So we are pretty limited at this point... Samsung... Wondering if it was worth the switch...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jtambis6:
Thanks. I will redo the whole procedure again and I will make sure I won't miss the format data step.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] sansnil:
Epic thread on Note 8 Exynos OEM unlock issues here:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/help/info-note-8-exynos-n950f-fd-oem-unlock-t3673140
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
No problem but you don't have to redo the entire procedure again, just boot back to TWRP, format data, flash dm-verity & root again, then it should boot fine.

I know this cause I tried to skip formatting. The guide said to format but it didn't state why, now I know why.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jtambis6:
I had the first page containing the procedure open in one tab and a youtube video step by step open in another tab. Since I'm a visual learner, I went with the youtube video. That video skipped the format data step. Lesson learned.

Update, I went back to TWRP and format data but some how I missed the reboot to TWRP icon. The phone rebooted fine back to original factor setup. OEM unlock definitely missing. Going back to TWRP and root it and install a custom rom that has OEM unlock enabled by default. Thanx again.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] soraxd:
2. Go to Settings -> Developer options and enable OEM Unlock option.

i dont have this option.

i saw another thread talking about this but i wasnt able to find a solution. im thinking maybe flashing a rom from a official samsung rom that HAS OEM Unlocked might work. has anyone tried this? or know where i might find an official rom to flash.

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] MistahBungle:
Flashing a different stock firmware almost certainly won't make this setting appear. I tried this early on - flashed a couple of Singapore firmwares, a BTU, didn't happen.

It's a bootloader lock that has a timer on it. Initially, it appears the timer begins when you first power the device on. OEM unlock seems to appear for most people 7 days after this, though some have seen it after a day or two less, others have waited 10 days (and probably more).

If you do manually flash a stock firmware, it resets the timer, so you end up waiting another 7 days give or take for the OEM Unlock setting to appear in developer options. There also appears to be a network factor involved in that devices seem to be 'phoning home' to Samsung to do a status check/confirm of some kind when booted up & network connectivity is available.

I'm not going to search for the relevant posts because cba, but the relevant info is in this thread, read everything from, say, this month & you'll have a good idea of what's what.

P.S - This only applies to Exynos devices, Snapdragon devices - who knows ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] bober10113:
this is a common issue on asian note 8's that sont have oem unlock by default and only appears after 7 days of usage.

what seems to be happening is the oem unlock has reset itself and is causing this.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/help/info-note-8-exynos-n950f-fd-oem-unlock-t3673140
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
Yes well aware but that is a different issue, when that happens you won't be able to boot back to TWRP. Unless I understood wrong, that person said they weren't getting a bootloop. If you skip formatting it will boot to the the lockscreen but will give an error. Need to format to wipe encryption then flash dm verity to disable it. Same thing happened to me when I skipped formatting.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] bober10113:
if the dm verify issue is like on the s7. you simply wont be able to have write access to internal storage in the rom. but it should still let you boot.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
Perhaps, I'm not too familiar with the verity thing yet. My last phone was a Note 5 & I stuck with Marshmallow on it. But on my Note 8 I didn't format cause I wanted to avoid data loss. It would boot to the lockscreen & come up with error. I forget exactly what it said but I'm pretty sure it said some about verification & was not configured properly, then would reboot after trying to unlock the screen. After 3 tries I went back to TWRP, formatted, reflashed dm verity & it then booted fine. BTW, my Note 8 doesn't have the missing OEM unlock issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] force70:
If he rooted thats true if he didn't and also didn't flash the dm verity disabler it wont boot.

sent from my Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] i23u8:
when I reformat/convert data partition from ext4 format to f2fs, it shows in TWRP that the data partition is converted to f2fs but booting back into system, the data is not erased and the partition is not converted to f2fs (stays ext4)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Darthroeder:
Hi there, any solution for the USB OTG Problem ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Al Asmi:
Nothing yet. I checked with all Rom dev, kernil dev and recovery dev, none of them admit problem to be related to his project. None of them offered any solution.

Tried everything, nothing worked. Seems only solution is to re flash stock rom and re flash recovery and root then flash custom rom. I have no heart nor time to do all of this again considering that I may end up with the same problem.

I think it's working fine if you remove magisk and flash super su root but I didn't try that since I need magisk more.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] zaiyiera:
I've successfully followed the instructions in the tutorial. One thing that is bothering me though, why does Magisk loses root randomly? Anyone else experiencing this issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
They were talking about that here: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74200564&postcount=1698

No idea myself, I'm using SuperSU & haven't had that problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] zaiyiera:
Thanks for sharing the link. I thought I was the only one experiencing this issue.

I'm gonna try SuperSu then, never had an problem with it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Leo Kastro:
Hi Guys!

Someone know any tutorial about how set one APP as systemapp using only TWRP without root?

Bought NOTE8 and i don't want to root, only set one APP to systemApp.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] fragtion:
Even if you do this, you will trip knox (due to custom recovery / TWRP)... so you might as well still root anyway, then set your app as system, and then unroot if you don't want it anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Leo Kastro:
So... knox aways will be triggered ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Logel:
It will trigger knox when you use custom binaries!

So yes! At the moment you flash a custom recovery like TWRP it will trigger your knox counter - with or without Root files flashed

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] linomaniac:
Hi, does it mean that knox will be tripped forever forever? FOREVER?

because i reflashed whole phone with stock firmware via odin, with ALL partitions wipe, but it allways says "ROOTED", no Secure folder, no Samsung health... sh1t...... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO......

is there any way to give back?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Logel:
Sorry to say but.....

This happens when people don't know what they do! [emoji85]

One time triggered, always triggered.

Where you pressed START button in Odin to flash TWRP, it was the "point of no return".

So yes, knox is triggered forever, forever, FOREVER!

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] linomaniac:
sorry, i flashed many different phones, but there was always a way back.

I have not seen any warning on first post of this fckng thread.

so thanks... "developer"...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Logel:
If i remember right, since Samsung bring knox to their devices you will trigger it by flashing custom binaries. Maybe in future there is a way to flash without trigger knox.

But your post is wrong.

If you read carefully, you will see that special notes in OP: View attachment 4315551

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] pswin09:
Op already mentioned in the first page. You should read carefully before doing anythings. Don't blame dev who did awesome work for us.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] rumz82:
This is quite rude. Don't understand why you have to use that sort of tone. But just as the others have mentioned , yes, once Knox is triggered, it's triggered for good....at least for now.

In future buddy, please just take a little more time to not only read but also do a little bit of research. It will help immensely and avoid disappointments.

All the best fella.

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Tanis64:
The Samsung S4 introduced in 2013, has also a KNOX Flag which was triggered when flashing a custom recovery.

Once triggered, only Samsung may be able to reset it, or a change of the main board can 'fix' this.

So this is not really new for Samsung Phones, Phablets or Tablets (see all the KNOX related Threads here).

I did not know why Samsung does not enables a build in mechanism that allow you to complete reset the device including a totally wipe of the phones storage (internal Sd, KNOX Containers and other secure stuff) like BlackBerry did.

The dev mentioned in his Start Post that KNOX was triggered if you flashing non official stuff.

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] force70:
Lol...typical. flash first with out reading or researching anything about what your flashing then whine and cry about it once the damage is done.

The permanent knox trip has been common knowledge for years and years i dont get how you could not know that.

But yeah ...blame the developer for something YOU flashed to your device lol.

sent from my Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] linomaniac:
Funny responses guys. If i remember that on my N4 reflashing fw gives all to original state. Flashing this TWRP tripped not only useless knox, but also samsung health, samsung pass, secure folder and SCREEN MIRRORING. Am i wrong??? I never used knox...

Knows someone how to fix listed apps and services?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Logel:
Also with knox triggered you can use Samsung health and screen mirroring.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] linomaniac:
Say how. When i wipe ALL partitions in twrp, reflash with stock firmware, it everytime says ROOTED when no root applied. I use stock firmware with stock recovery. Fw says that is original. Ota updates works.

So please guide me what to do if you know. I am not superspecialist, but also no noob. I flashed 100 + devices and have some skills.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Logel:
Oh. With stock Rom i don't know. I only can say, for me with renovate ice Rom it works. Also with deodexed stock based Rom Nemesis from [MENTION=1649452]geiti94[/MENTION] it worked.

View attachment 4316867

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] linomaniac:
For Health app is the fix easy. Only change ro.config.tima to zero in build.prop... but pass and mirroring? It just disconnects from any device. Sure is it N8 issue. Apparently i need orig boot partition image. (maybe, i am not dev) When i flash SuperSU and after time i unroot, i cannot flash magisk because says that boot was already modified by another program...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] TheUndertaker21:
Why isn't this official yet? Weird seems to be bug free
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Ker~Man:
Dude, I was seriously just about to ask the same thing...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] kenpaci:
Yeah. Why not realease official
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
What does it matter? Is there actually any benefit to having Official or is it just a title?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ZloyPirat:
Hi, why its not unencrypt data? My data is encrypted and i cant do anything without unencrypting it...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] force70:
Yes and?

Not a real big surprise there...thats why we need to decrypt lol.

Follow the directions....

sent from my Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ZloyPirat:
Its will be very helpful if its will work correctly with encrypted devices... Others TWRP that i was use at other devices was able to encrypt, nut here i cant use twiks that need to write in data....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] pappschlumpf:
SmartView=screen mirroring works out of the box with Renovate ice. Tried it minutes ago with my 65" Samsung TV.

If you reflash the kernel, or ROM without root and flash magisk afterwards that will work like a charm, too. SuperSU is patching the Ramdisk, too!

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] force70:
Welcome to Samsung

sent from my Note FE, S8 plus (exynos) or S6
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] linomaniac:
thanks for your reply. When i was on stock, screen mirroring worked like a charm, but after rooting/flashing etc... there is no device that holds connection from my N8. all other phones works perfectly.

I really don't know how to fix. I tried multiple reflashes, kernels, mods... no success...

i have panasonic viera tv and samsung 3D tv, same issue on both

i am sure that system is clear, excepting unknown changes in non-visible partitions for me

can be the wifi-direct broken or something?

tschuss
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] anshkhanna:
I downloaded the file put it on AP in odin it gave invalid binary error. I renamed it to .tar by removing .md5 now it doesn't give invalid binary error but it does not also flash the file. When I press start it just quickly runs thru an action without anything happening or pass appearing on odin
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] linomaniac:
ok, reset network settings is the solution for my problem.

for me it's strange that some parameters are obviously written outside standard partitons.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] miguelr4720:
Only official Released Binary is Allow please Fix

Okay I got OEM Unlocked finally after 7 Days

Now am stuck getting the error again after installing a Rom

error Everytime I boot

Only official Released Binary is Allow please Fix

I INSTALL A ROM AND MAGISK AND I RESTARTED MY PHONE AND NOW AM NOT ABLE TO BOOT BACK INTO TW EVERYTIME I TURN MY PHONE I GET THIS ERROR

Only official Released Binary is Allow please Fix

ANY IDEA HOW TO FIX THIS I CANT BOOT BACK INTO TW RECOVERY AND am stuck getting this message

Only official Released Binary is Allow please Fix

Please help me fix this problem

I can't believe my root was working now is not anymore can't boot back into TW

Galaxy Note 8 N950F
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Bushido1992:
read PM. OEM lock is disabled that mean. You need go back to stock, also Flash Stock Firmware via odin
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] rocketmail.com:
And wait for another 7 days for OEM unlock to appear.

Next time after installing custom Rom, make sure OEM is there before you reboot. Unless you are using Renovate Rom, and don't change his kernel too.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] tfaletau:
I have the New Zealand version of the 950F - I had it for 11 days before the OEM unlock option became available. I rooted using the latest TWRP and the latest SU. Everything went well and once booted up, I used Titanium to freeze security log, as it was giving me a message that it had detected unusual behaviour (OEM unlock was no longer available). Once I rebooted, I got the 'only official released binary' crap and the phone went into a boot loop - I had to re-flash stock and of course lost root. I suppose the only way now would be to do the same and not reboot the phone until the OEM unlock returns, which obviously sucks! I suppose the next option will be to root and immediately install a custom rom. BTW - I had an unlocked S7 and it did not have the OEM unlock option and that did not matter, however, I believe that for the Note 8, it does matter.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ucevik:
I have the same problem. I downloaded the file put it on AP in odin it gave invalid binary error. I renamed it to .tar by removing .md5 now it doesn't give invalid binary error but it does not also flash the file. When I press start it just quickly runs thru an action without anything happening or pass appearing on odin
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Logel:
Have installed the Samsung mobileUSB drivers?

Have you also enabled USB debugging in developer options?

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ucevik:
I had forgot to enable USB debugging. Now I los OEM unlock enable. Does this mean I have to wait for another 7 days?

EDIT: OEM is back. but the situation is the same.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Logel:
I would try it again.

Check if OEM and USB debugging mode is unlocked.

Turn off your phone

Boot your phone into download mode.

Check if OEM lock is showing OFF

Start Odin as admin and try it again

Edit:

Maybe check also if your downloaded file you want to flash is corrupt

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ucevik:
I did your suggestions. In download mode OEM locking is shown off also. I run odin as admin. I redownloaded the tar file. But the situation is still the same.

n odin NAND Write Start is shown, but nothin happens.

EDIT: I managed to flash it. Thank you for your time.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Logel:
So it don't showing PASS after flash procedure?

Then I really don't know what to suggest more.

Use a USB host port on the back of your pc.

Use the original USB cable.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] emorenoebultron:
I have an N950FD (TPA) that does not allow in the development options the activation of OEM Unlock. Someone has found at the moment how to access TWRP and Root with this problem. Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ucevik:
I have managed to flash the twrp. The reason of failing to do so appeared that an older version of the ODIN. So I downloaded the latest odin, and now everything ok. Thank you so much for your help.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] OrateX:
Guys I have Note 8 Exynos version and I flashed TWRP however it keeps boot looping and i cant backup my files as it shows 0MB internal storage, and TWRP won't ask for my pin so i can mount my storage, PLEASE HELP, i tried re-flashing and all
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] APCOtech:
Deleted... Sorry, wrong thread :d
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ucevik:
Try flashing your original offical ROM, that should be available in Sammobile. If you choose to use HOME_CSC In the ROM pack it should not erase your previous content (if they have not been erased by a previous wipe).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] fragia181:
Hi guys !! I come from galaxy note 5... i wont install twrp on my new note 5, but before do that, i want to knows, if in a second time i reinstal original firmware with odin the counter will be back to zero and can rehab my garanty or not ? I can do tjat with my old note 5...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Tanis64:
Once the flag was triggered by flashing unofficial binaries, there is no way to reset this flag.

Even if you flash back to original firmware the flag keeps triggered and warranty is lost.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Kamikaze_Ice:
Enter download mode.

Flash full firmware with Odin

*IMPORTANT* Allow device to fully boot! Go though the initialization steps (skip adding accounts, just chose whatever to get to home screen).

REBOOT once you're at the home screen.

Check storage space (app tray > system > device maintenance > storage). If you do NOT see the correct total size, you may have the wrong firmware. Seek additional help here in forums.

If storage size is good, now you can follow the TWRP install procedure.

*IMPORTANT*

The reason your device was showing "0" storage is because you didn't follow the procedure correctly (you need to flash the no verity and decrypt zip).

First time I did this I was freaking out that I just lost 240 gigs of internal storage (I have Korean 256GB variant).

Fully booting into STOCK FIRMWARE will correct partition sizes (this is unrelated to the partition option in Odin). I went about 3 days before I realized this. Being stuck at 16GB sucked eggs....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jammyjamil:
i m facing a weird problem after flashing twrp, when trying search magisk file for rooting in twrp, my sdcard is empty. i have tried flashing the stock firmware and flashing twrp atleast 5 times but i cant find anything in sdcard for rooting and my note 8 gets soft bricked every tiime and i have to flash stock firmware from odin again. i have placed magisk.zip in root sdcard folder everytime, but after flashing twrp its gone. how to root now? Plz help!!