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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
There's already a thread for the SM-N950F/DS Model:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/official-stock-firmware-update-odin-t3677072
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
The correct unlocked (SM-N950U1) version can be found here:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/stock-recovery-odin-recovery-software-t3671615/page22

The carrier versions of the Unlocked (SM-N950U1) "aqh9"...only differ by including the product activation information that the SIM provides during provisioning. Flashing the XAA unlocked firmware and inserting SIM is the same as flashing any of the SM-N950U1 brand labeled firmware like SPR AQH9...

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] imatts:
Canada firmware link points to AT&T firmware. Could someone please update that link? I will be sending my phone in for refund (to get the N950F), and want to completely reset it.

Side note, anyone know how they check airtime usage to determine return eligibility? I'm well under 30 minutes, but I'm curious regardless.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shootermc77:
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/SM-N950F/SWC/download/N950FXXU1AQI1/189026/

Is it possible that anyone can download this for me?

Edit: obsolet, retourned to shop with light bleeding on the hole left side.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] thunderbread:
I keep getting failed message when trying to flash the verizon firmware. any ideas.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Edit config file for UMS/patch from 0 to 1...and if regular Odin fails...use Prince Comsy's Odin...if still fail download firmware again...if still fail, boot to recovery and perform factory reset then flash again:D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ThienQ:
Could I flash SM-N950F firmware on SM-N950N device? I need to change csc from Korea to Vietnam
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] D_Gabe:
Can someone help me? I installed a firmware con my Note8 and my storage decreased from 128 gb to 32 gb.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] seandop:
Sounds like you might not have re-partitioned it properly?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] D_Gabe:
Nope. Apparently, when I installed the Unlocked firmware, it automatically partitioned my device. I had to do a factory reset to recover my 128gb storage.

It actually worked. Thanks anyway. I'm actually learning a lot. First time customizing an Android device (just changed from an iPhone 6 Plus).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] seandop:
Glad you figured it out! Welcome to Android.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Croq360:
So, would I be able to use this process to load the Verizon firmware to my Unlocked Note 8? I bought an unlocked version from Samsung, but there are several features that seem to be unavailable (visual voicemail, accessing internet when on phone, etc.). Would loading the Verizon firmware fix that issue for me?

Verizon tech support has not been of much use trying to get these features working on my unlocked phone, so I'm hoping that if it "magically" becomes a Verizon phone, the features would start working.

Note that I have tried Shortcut Master to get around these limitations, but no luck so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] seandop:
Yes, download and flash the latest VZW firmware in Odin (all four files) and all will be well.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kirschdog1:
Deleted.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kirschdog1:
I can't get back to stock as I used the first method of samfail and now my bootloader reflects aqh8 and my system/baseband reflects aq15. I tried using Odin and get device mismatch errors I tried using kies it doesn't recognize my phone even in emergency mode. Any ideas how to get back to complete stock aq15 or at least on how to get bootloader to match system as aq15?

See how bl reflects aqh8? Is there a way to get it to match the rest at aq15? Or does everyone who used samfail root method look this way? How would I go back to Stock since I'm getting device mismatches in odin.

Please any help would be greatly appreciated
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kirschdog1:
See mismatch
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] seandop:
Use Prince Comsey Odin. You won't get the device mismatch errors.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rajachowdary:
sprint sm-N950USQU1AQI5 flashing to use on another carrier

I tried flashing with the zip file. But, I see invalid sim when I insert different carrier. Detailed desc would help me.

Or, is there any alternative to flash the sprint note 8(N950USQU1AQI5) to use different carrier.

Thanks in advance.
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] flabbjaxaren:
So I get this Wakelock from SpectaclesServiceHandler ALL THE TIME. And I haven't got the Snapchat spectacles. Anyone?
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] heov:
In the Snapchat notification settings (in the actual app), you can disable screen wake. Perhaps that's the issue?
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] flabbjaxaren:
Not helping :/
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] swa100:
did you find a solution? I have the same problem
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] yzbrad99:
Can't figure this out either.
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] swa100:
I still have this issue.. Any fix?
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] doggie13_:
Install some wakelock blockers like Amplify (Xposed) or WakeBlock, then block this wakelock.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Gnubi:
Recently I noticed that when pressing the home button it does not direct me back to the home page screen. Is it a bug?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mamatt500:
I have the same problem :(
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] flakko86:
Yessir. I threw it into my giant bug list on Reddit. I'll be sending it to Essential today :)
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] parusia:
Mine is fine, pressing the home button takes me directly to home page.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] dc82:
I have the same issue and no amount of factory resets fixes it. I don't want to have to use Nova as it doesn't allow wallpaper to go full view #thenotch. But if this isn't fixed soon I'm going to have to.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] iswope:
Use the white list editor and Nova works fine using the full screen.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] dc82:
Thanks for the suggestion but I'm not familiar with the white list editor. Does it require root? I'm not looking to root my phone ultimately to fix something that should work out of the box on a $700 phone.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] jasonevil:
Has nothing to do with root but a working knowledge of how adb works

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3671285
[General Questions and Answers] TheGoldenFalcon:
I recently got a Huawei P9 smartphone, and everything worked perfectly fine with Hola Launcher (which i used on my old Samsung S5 too) but after updating to EMUI 5, everything went wonky. I've gone to settings - apps... and so on, to where you set your primary launcher, and tick Hola Launcher on, same drill as usual. But then my home button stopped reacting, and the slide down bar keeps flashing the Hola logo over and over, as if EMUI 5 was fighting Hola Launcher. I am completely unable to go back to the home page, unless i go back to the Huawei theme. If i go to my active apps i can use the home button, but it just goes to an empty home page, with nothing at all. I really want Hola Launcher to work for me, if anyone has any ideas, please help :)
[General Questions and Answers] -Hope-:
1.First try a reboot and try

2. Try to force stop EMUI and try again
[General Questions and Answers] TheGoldenFalcon:
Hey, sorry for the late reply. I've tried to reboot my phone (also with the power button/volume button) and it didn't work. Now i have looked around for a bit, and i simply cannot find out how to force stop EMUI, if you find time, can you explain?
[General Questions and Answers] -Hope-:
It seems that i was wrong

I suggest you try using another luncher like nova and then reply back with the results as it will help to diagnose the problem
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soniabajaj:
I have a Oneplus 1 running CM11 44s Kitkat 4.4.4

I did a clean flash of CM11 and now I am unable to install any app from playstore. As soon as an app finishes installing, the phone hardboots and enters bootloop or I get continuous error messages Trebuchet stops working, Play Store stopped working

I have to goto Safe Mode and unistall app to recover phone.

Apps which I have tried to install and have been unsuccessful Greenify, Nova Launcher, Facebook, Gboard, Microsoft SMS Organiser

Basically, I am unable to install anything at all! All these were running fine before, now dont understand whats wrong!

I cleaned whole phone, formatted all with fastboot and reinstalled CM11, but the problem remains.

Please help!!
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Ak:
What about installing apps from other sources?

Does that work?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soniabajaj:
No installing from other sources also dont work, I downloaded apks from apkmirror, same issue, as soon as installation finishes, it will hardboot and enter bootloop or will start giving continuous errors

My phone is not a smartphone anymore!! :crying: :crying:
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Ak:
I doubt it.

Why don't you flash cos13.1.x?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soniabajaj:
Yeah I could do that, but I would like to understand whats going wrong in present case, I have had flashed CM11 many times since past 4 yrs but never faced such an issue.

I even installed TWRP and SuperSU latest version and also Old versions, I tried installing old versions of apps, but phone keeps crashing! Wonder whats wrong?!

Is this a firmware issue?(Tried flashing firmwares too)

or Partitions gone bad?

I tried searching but couldnt find any resource on how to recreate partitions.

Can anyone help please?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Ak:
Wait,what if you flash cm11? I mean you just wanna stay on KitKat,so why don't cm11?

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347767866

Clean flash this cm11 nightly+gapps you like.

Make sure you use latest twrp.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DavDav1990:
Same issue here. Happens not to all apps though. Just particular ones after updating certain apps. Not sure what happened. Only solution is to avoid installing those kind of apps.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] wrt34u7:
Is it possible to force the camera to record at solid 30fps in 1080p (without rooting)?

My previous phone was a Galaxy S2 and I was under the impression that variable framerate was a thing 6 years ago. I was sadly mistaken, unfortunately.

Question #2: is it possible to root without giving Xiaomi your phone number? Yes, I read the guide. I'm just hoping there's another way because if there isn't, I'm not going to bother.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] wrt34u7:
bump
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] y2ksnoop:
Try different camera apps like one plus camera or modded Google camera found in the below section

https://xdaforums.com/redmi-note-4/themes

Rooting requires you to unlock the phone followed by custom recovery flash. Unlocking requires a Mi account registered with phone number. Try online VoIP numbers temporarily to register and unlock the phone..
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] bullfrog527:
Got my phone from Sprint, activated it Monday and I keep getting repeat texts. I've called them and had my network settings reset on their end, I've reset the network settings on my phone, updated profile and profile, rebooted phone, everything I can think of. I'm still getting texts, from multiple people/security codes.

Is there anything else I can do?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] IM0001:
I am having a similar issue. Yesterday I wondered why my phone appeared to be a bit on the quiet side. Turns out I can send text out just fine, but receiving them has proven a problem...

I was able to get an MMS message from one person, and then a repeat SMS message sent before that MMS on their end, again, again, and again, (At least 30 times so far) every 5 minutes or so until about mid last night...

Today I tried to do a full reprovision which doesn't seem to have done much. I got that same text once again, and the one after it, but I am still not getting anything after that from them, or anyone else who may or may not have texted me....

Not good and I can't figure out if it's a Sprint or Phone issue. :/
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Ellises:
I'll like to add on to this, I have experienced the same issue.

I'm on Sprint as well.

There was two days I didn't get any replies from texts I sent out, then when one of them called me all their texts all came in at once, those messages had the times for when they was originally sent.

Even the girlfriend is telling me to return the phone now.

In the past when I've had similar issues I usually texted myself to see if it would send. So on the last day I was having issues I did that, I got back my message, so I'm like okay it works. Then 5 minutes later I got the message again.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] skw5115:
Sounds like some quirkiness of the phone working with Sprint's network. The only people I have heard have this issue are Sprint users. I'm on T-Mobile myself and everything works. I did however have to manually correct my APN settings in order to send/receive MMS with WiFi Calling enabled. Have you confirmed your APN settings are correct?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] jasonevil:
This happens on sprint regardless of the device. Every Android phone I've had since 2008
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] EVOSerb:
I think you are right. I didn't necessarily had this issue with every phone but it did happen with Moto X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P and now with Essential phone.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] bullfrog527:
I've never had this issue before on any device on Sprint, and have had Sprint for a long time. Moto photon, HTC one a9, and now this. My wife has had Galaxy S5, note 3, s7, so with no issues
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] stevo760:
I have the complete opposite problem. I don't get texts for 1 to 2 hours after some one sends it. And I also don't get voicemail notifications. I don't know if I'm just missing something or what.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] bullfrog527:
So, no ideas on how to fix? I've been on chat with Sprint 2x but didn't have time to finish the process. It takes 2+hours
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Voxpop:
The fix for it is pretty ridiculous but it seems to work:

Simply call someone and have it connect. For some reason this gets it to connect properly to the network. I'd guess it is a provisioning issue but who knows.

(Now if I can only get mobile data to work on all sites and not sporadically)
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] bullfrog527:
done that and its temporary, as soon as i get another text they all come in a flood
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] bullfrog527:
Guess it was Google voice that was causing the issue. Need to find a new voicemail app
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] kegar:
I'm having the same problem I'll text someone but I won't get theirs back until I make a phone call I'm also on Sprint I was on the phone with tech support and told me to take the phone to the store to see if it was defective they ran a diognostic and everything came back good they said if it happens again to call customer service non of them know what to do
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] bullfrog527:
Do the online chat, that's where I had the best success. The people in store were 0 help.

Are you using Google voice? Try factory resetting and not using that app
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] kegar:
No I'm not using it I did the tech support app they are the ones who sent me to the store
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Voxpop:
There are two fixes to this:

1. As mentioned previously you can place and connect a random call. The negative is that you need to redo it periodically per need.

2. Change your cellular network to not include LTE (CDMA/EvDo auto or the like) settings-->wireless & networks-->cellular networks

Method 2 also fixes some other cell data issues such as not being able to open certain sites.

The negative is very slow data speed <5Mbps since you are using 3G which is an older wireless standard.

A quick way to see if things are working is to do a speedtest, if there is no upload speed (quick bounce then zero) then something is wrong.

It appears to be a communication/handoff issue and not hardware related so I'd expect a fix to this reasonably soon.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] jasonevil:
Just turn off text notifications within the gvoice app
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] bullfrog527:
I did that already. It's not the duplicate app notifications from gvoice and messages. It's multiple texts.

I'm not using gvoice anymore and haven't had a problem
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] kegar:
I still don't see a fix for this does anyone know if sprint is working on this

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Does anyone know if sprint is working on the problem
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] bullfrog527:
I wiped phone and didn't install Google voice, everything seems to be working fine now
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] rodohmes:
I'm on Sprint and facing this issue as well. Is everyone using Google Messenger? I know some Pixel phones are having issues like this too (not receiving texts).

It seems to be hit and miss for me.

I'd like a better solution than to not use Google Voice (although that's better than not getting important texts).
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] jasonevil:
I'm on sprint without any issues
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] chasdw:
I had the same issue. The only fix that has worked for me was to disable the Google Voice integration with my Sprint number.

I am no longer having issues except for not having Google Voice.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] RenzoGhost:
[FIX]

The problem: Having your Sprint Number Linked to the google voice service.

The solution:

Use a computer to remove the Sprint number from your account.

On your computer, open Google Voice.

At the top left, click Menu Menu and then Legacy Google Voice. Google Voice will look different, but you're in the right place.

At the top right, click Settings Settings and then Settings.

Click the "Phones" tab.

You'll see your Sprint mobile number with the note "Enabled by Sprint." Next to your Sprint mobile number, click Disable.

After you turn off Google Voice, you'll have to record a new voicemail greeting for your Sprint phone service.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] jasonevil:
Then why doesn't it happen to all sprint users that have their Google voice number linked?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] srb7215:
I had this happen for a couple weeks and then it went away. I didn't do anything except use the call method to get it to stop. My phone number is still associate with Google voice and Sprint.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] rodohmes:
Yeah, and I've not gotten texts both when I've had Google Voice set up as my voicemail and when I've removed it. It seems to come and go as it pleases.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] jasonevil:
It's a signal and Network issue, it doesn't matter about Google voice. If you or whoever is sending you a text and there is a bad signal, the network won't recognize that the text was received so it keeps on sending until it thinks it's went through. I've been on sprint since 2008 and it has done it with every device off and on.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Shill912:
Fix for repeat messages

I am a Sprint customer with the same problem of repeating messages on my new essential phone. With the help of my son, we found that this was happening with texts from Verizon users. He had me turn airplane mode on and then off, and this has corrected the problem... hopefully. It is working fine at the moment.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] waverbach:
Same problem here

Im having the same problem since last night. Never had this problem before. I have reset my network settings with 72786 and it helped.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] chadder1313:
Having the same issue on sprint.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ShanaB463:
I have had Sprint on and off 15 years. This is the first time I have ever had this issue, and I think it is related to the Phone. Has anyone had any resolution? Does sprint have any answers?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] gflexstump:
Toggled airplane mode on and off seemed to have fixed the double text as well as disabled google notifications. On sprint as well.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Ascertion:
I thought this was just me. I got the same text from two separate people over 10 times (one came in 30+ times).

I disabled Messages and have Textra handling all of my texts. Haven't had the issue since but it's only been a few hours.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] bullfrog527:
I haven't had any issues since I stopped using Google voice
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Malacant:
Do you have your number integrated with Google voice? Some people have claimed that to fix it. I haven't tried it myself yet since for now Google voice + Tasker for mms notification is a manageable workaround.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Ascertion:
Haven't had the issue since disabling messaging app. I didn't integrate with voice btw.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] avd:
Uninstall and reinstall messaging app. That's what worked for me.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] srb7215:
Did anyone figure out a solution to this? It went away for me but has come back a couple days ago. Making a phone call doesn't fix it anymore. Tried uninstalling messages, no luck. Messed with Google Voice, no luck either. I do get everything through the Google Voice app so using that for now.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Caltinpla:
I had the same problem with repeated text messages, mms texts didn't send either, and my data internet connection kept dropping. So what I did was changing my preferred network type to global, and updated my apn settings (see screen shots) below and everything seems working fine for the last couple of weeks. I hope it works out for you guys!
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] warpjavier:
I have the same problem with Boost Mobile which is Sprint.

I am trying Caltinpla settings and I'll see if it works.

Before the Essential, I had a GS7 Edge Factory Unlocked phone also working on Boost Mobile as a BYOD device. This phone, the Essential works on Sprint Networks as a BYOD device also. It requires a BYOD simkit to work.

I believe there is an incompatibility with the BYOD devices that is causing this problem.

I had similar issues with my GS7, but they are a lot more noticeable with the PH-1.

At the en of the day, is the outdated and ****ty Sprint Network.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] avd:
I fixed it by texting myself if I suspect an issue. Seriously.

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Assuming you are on the latest firmware.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Caltinpla:
Yes, I'm on the latest NMJ51B firmware and unrooted. Since I updated my settings: my internet, sms, and mms working really good.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] jondoe1482:
Could you explain the APN settings a little. How do you know what to edit? Which sub menu did you access? When I open Access Point Names, there's a long list. My phone had "n.ispn" selected. Most of the info says "not set". Did you change it here or select a different APN? Thanks for your help!!