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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
Just tested that out for you, unfortunately that is the only one that does not work (Well we know Samsung Pay won't work due to KNOX being tripped). It goes through all the setup okay, then on final authentication it says "Samsung Pass is temporarily unavailable, please try again later". So that's a bit of a bummer.. I've tested Android Pay, all good, and I also use NAB pay and works with no issues as well as long as you set it up correctly with Magisk (there is a bit of a method to follow but I found a way to make it work - in case your with NAB at all).

I might make a suggestion to mwilky to see if that could possibly be fixed in the ROM as I agree it's a great feature.

Edit - That question was already asked by another user, mwilky says that it does not work the moment TWRP is flashed and not likely able to be changed. Bummer.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bwallis:
Soft brick

How do you get out of the soft brick? I have the SM-N950F/DS but I do not know what REGION I need to download for the official firmware. Thanks for any help!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] fragtion:
Use Samsung Smart Switch for that. it will tell you the region code for your phone. It could restore for you, or you could use http://fw.updato.com/, or SamFirm, to download appropriate ROM
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] AndiF85:
Alright finally I'm out of jail.

About to download everything then going to attempt tonight.

Andsmith71 how have you found the rom over the past week?

Any issues?

still holding Root?

Does Bixby Voice still work?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] AndiF85:
Ok so I followed your instructions and managed to install twrp, magisk and renovate rom. All was working fine but when I did a reboot I lost root and magisk manager is telling me I don't have magisk installed or root access.

Did a search but couldn't find any info or fix for this...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ZeroDefined:
Which version of Magisk do you have installed? I know this was an ongoing issue with 14.2 but it was in fixed 14.3.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] recepo1:
Same problem for me running magisk 14.0 came with renovate rom
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ZeroDefined:
Flash 14.3 from magisk manager (make sure to be on Beta under Update Channel in settings) and you'll be good.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] recepo1:
thx will give it a try
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] AndiF85:
Thanks didn't realise there was a newer version. Just flashed will see how it goes. I usually lose root within the hour with 14.2 so fingers crossed im good to go now. Cheers for your help
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] AndiF85:
Alright problem solved! Updated to 14.3 and not an issue since.

Thanks mate!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Andysmith71:
Hey mate, All good, smooth sailing and everything works including Bixby, VR and Android Pay just to mention a few things off the top of my head. Can't think of any issues apart from losing root once but that was resolved with the latest update. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Sean_FD2R:
Im on 2nd day of Renovate ROM too. Would like to know, do you have oem toggle showing on and off occasionally or showing all the time on stock unit, if occasionally, did you reboot within few day of flashing Renovate ROM? If yes, anything happened?

Mine is N950F/DS Singapore with OEM showing on and off. I dare not to reboot it as i am afraid of soft brick.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dmd3746:
I have not done anything of course I have never seen OEM unlock since I bout the phone, I bought the N950F/DS Dual SIM from never-msrp on eBay I do not have OEM unlock showing it has been 7 days but my battery died a few days ago would the phone turning off start the 7 days over does anyone know?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] DrunkAzSkunk:
Same deal here mate, I've got a Note 8 from Optus and after a few weeks of owning it I decided I wanted to attempt to root it, so I did. Everything ran smoothly until the phone had a notification pop up saying it's noticed suspicious activity and to restart the phone to reverse it. Silly me decided to do what it said and it went into a bootloop/soft brick. After a little digging I found another XDA post where I was able to download the stock firmware for Aus model N950F Note 8. I've now got a few issues since flashing such as the settings menu looking slightly different and most options crash settings app if I open it. I can't find OEM Unlock and for some reason I can't get adb/fastboot to tell me if the bootloader is locked or not, it just keeps saying <waiting for device> I've tried so many different fixes and nothing seems to be working. Any updates OP?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] 12091:
hi.

I´m in a big problem, i did the firts part instaling twrp but didnt finish well, some notes in red tell me that wasnt all right, but i still tried to install the magic manager, and didnt worked, in the notification bar has a note that indicated an error and for solve the problem has to reboot it, when i did, appears a messenger "only official release binaries are allowed to be flashed" and i not able to get recovery mode only download mode but i cant do anything beceause when restared dont unlock oem.

what can i do, please help me, i tried to put twrp by odin again but a cant, said faill
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] krabman:
You have to wait a week for your OEM unlock switch to appear, at that time you can enable it and go ahead with the process. Please refer to the very long thread that has never left the front page of this section that discusses this in great detail to learn more.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] angsoonguan331:
Magisk Rooted

Hi guys,

Just wonder how can i root my note 8 with magisk? I flash magisk v14.3 but when i get in to my phone, that's no magisk manager & i couldn't get any root permission. I manually install magisk manager apk but it said root not installed, i'm sure the phone is custom status now, anyone encounter this ? I don't dare to reboot into twrp mode cause seems like everyone soft brick their phone after reboot & i'm not willing to wait for another 1 week unless it's the only way =(

PS: I didn't manage to found noverify cause i got no idea what was that
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] angsoonguan331:
Sorry for the past reply, i realize i did the wrong step as i flash magisk on my first step & ironkernel on the second step. Here what i encounter this problem & how to fix it up for my careless mistake

Step 1. Wait for OEM unlock toggle up.& turn it on, it will take one week to appear in your developer option by pressing 5 times of build number

Step 2. Flash twrp recover mode with odin, in this case I'm using the latest version(3.1.1) , work flawlessly without any problem

Step 3. Boot into recover mode, go to format data & type yes

Step 4. Flash ironkernel or any other kernel that u seeking for, then only comes to magisk or supersu. Left magisk & supersu on your last step.

Step 5. Reboot your system & u are good to go

Notice that the step 4 is so important before you perform a flash on magisk/supersu, this occurrence takes me suffocating to wait another god damn weeks for the OEM unlock toggle up again.

I hope this thread may helps anyone out there whatsoever, guess what now? i've to wait for another 1 weeks in order to flash magisk, don't be like me guys, Cheers!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] jyomakun:
First of all, thanks to your post, I was able to root my phone with Magisk just now. I was wondering, if I reboot my phone, will the "Official Binaries" notice in red text appear at the boot screen? If so, I should not reboot my phone in order to not lose root?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Wahaj_Alden:
I got my new note 8 N950F 4 days ago and did not find OEM Unlock in developer options ..

Can I reboot my device without resetting the time for OEM Unlock ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rocketmail.com:
You can reboot device and timer will still count.

It's only if you reset or flash stock Rom that counter restarts.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xchivas:
please tell me someone has a actual good link to the XSA firmware. i'm struggling to find anywhere that i can actually download it from.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xDreDz:
Had the same problem till I updated my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] SHDOWZ:
hi where do we download renovate rom ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] hossputer:
how fix?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ultramag69:
Samfirmware...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xchivas:
I managed to fix it using European software. because Samfirmware wont give a file host that can download the necessary files under 24 hours

Is Samfirmware the only reliable place for the firmware? i was in a rush and found it to be really bad with download speeds
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ultramag69:
I use a VPN and get most software in 1/2 hour to an hour...

Cheers...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sefrcoko:
Google 'SamFirm'...that works on Windows and downloads direct at high speed.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Motawa88:
I have the same problem. I waited 7 days and the oem unlock switch reappeared and was allready switched on. Then I flashed TWRP and rebooted, set up my phone and after a reboot I got the "only official binaries are allowed" message again... any help?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] OptimuSlime:
I may have stumbled onto a solution to your weeks of misery. Using a K3 combo file on my Snapdragon US Model (yes US) I went into developer settings and was able to find and use the OEM Toggle. (No US models normally have said toggle). Pretty sure you guys can flash a K3 or similar combo and go into the page on the left in Factory Binary, into settings, turn on dev options the usual way, and BAM there's your OEM Toggle. Where I'm stuck is flashing a magisk zip without overwriting the OEM Toggle when I flash stock to leave FB. Anyone have an idea? I'm tempted to try the system.ext4 from Exynos but scared of bricking. So far this phone has been bulletproof so I'll probably try it to test
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Techvir:
I just quoted ur post and pasted it in the OEM unlock thread.... If be useful for some... I am not in jail else would have tested something along those lines
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] OptimuSlime:
Like I said in that post... I was told this was discovered with the s8 maybe lower... and they did t get anywhere. But just seeing that switch on US Note 8 made me happy :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Motawa88:
Can anyone confirm that the message/brick doesn't come back when using a custom Rom or kernel?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Motawa88:
so are you able to reboot your phone without getting bricked again?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] GODSPD:
guys i am having a similar issue as all, just wondering if there is more light on this topic? I received the Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed message upon reboot and phone wont load into recovery or a all until i flashed back stock rom...

my unlock oem option is now gone - from my understanding each time i reboot the device i have to wait a whole week to get this option back? has anyone tried to change the time and date?

what will happen if i try and flash twrp again (now) without having the oem unlock option?

i have to say, Samsung is starting to piss me off with this crap.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xDreDz:
Theres a solution for this since last year, just read up
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sefrcoko:
Time and date change has been tried and does not help. The 7 day period seems like a Samsung server-side timer. If you don't have the OEM toggle, wait 7 days and it should reappear. Reboots don't matter. If you flash something custom and don't see OEM toggle on initial reboot, then don't reboot for 7 days until it reappears or else it's jail.

No one has quite figured it out yet. S8 CSC trick worked for a while, but Sammy patched it. Factory reset and signing into Sammy account on setup seems to trigger timer but some still have issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xDreDz:
Im talking about the " official binary " thing. I just updated my phone and its fixed
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] GODSPD:
what actually causes this to be triggered? i plan on installing a custom rom in 7days again (the first time it didn't work) what should i do to flash a new rom, kernel? trwp and magisk without having these issues again after rebooting? did the custom kernel do this or what?

THANKS
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sefrcoko:
Ah ok. Not really fixed completely though... if you flash twrp, etc. and there's no oem toggle afterwards you can still end up in jail on reboot.

Samsung instituted the timer of course, but what goes on behind the scenes isn't quite as clear. Check out the OEM Unlock and root threads for steps/process and more info.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] GODSPD:
Any in particular? I had no issues with my S8+ and With this Note8 earlier but ever since recent times im puzzled, i flashed 4 roms on it already in 1 day and the next day after reboot it was boom! so id gladly follow up on something highly recommended... thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cdnsnOw:
this works on Canadian note 8 if so how to install the binaries ?

---------- Post added at 08:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:40 PM ----------

Will this work on the Canadian Note 8?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xDreDz:
Im on Renovate Ice btw. And theres a guide about that next problem youre saying
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] GODSPD:
i got into jail after i switched from Renovate to Dr.Ketan rom... after my first reeboot it was jail time... i still have a few days till my oem lock returns so id gladly read on on some proven guides to install a new rom without any issues...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xDreDz:
Well, I didnt have that issue and its on my first try. I just followed the TWRP steps then next,the RIce rom. I didnt have any issues.

Used this for TWRP

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/development/recovery-twrp-galaxy-note-8-exynos-t3674036
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cdnsnOw:
Will this work on the Canadian unlocked note 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sefrcoko:
Will what work?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] carlosmedia:
Guys I think it has to do with RMM STATE=PRENORMAL in Download mode

Edit: At least for me, I flashed a carrier UK Firware and it popped out of nowhere when in DL mode
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cdnsnOw:
Flashing a different country firmware on my note 8 without turning it I to a paper weight
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sefrcoko:
Ok, that post was regarding firmware for N950F, which is Exynos. Canadian Note 8 is Snapdragon, so you can't flash that particular one.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] OptimuSlime:
Sounds like V3 Bootloader in N8 locks up crossflashing and downgrading. Expect same V3 soon for S8 and S8+ and avoid!

Dev Options has Auto Update Toggle!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shadowsami4:
Hi everybody ! I'm sorry that we are all in there to discuss about this problem ! Cuz of a phone that used to run on OPEN SOURCE OS !

This is my case ! i've got some questions too if someone can answer.

I was on the aurora rom v4 with september patch. Yesterday i've tried to update with (full wipe) to alexega on bra2 base

First boot okay no problem with root etc ... Decided to reboot to flash viper4android.

AND there it is... " Only official s*** are allowed to be flashed "

So decided to flash stock rom (september one)

And now i can't flash any custom binaries even if my bootloader, modem etc.... are from the AQJ1 build of september.

No oem unlock button in dev options

So there are my questions !

1: Why i can't flash custom binaries even if my fastboot shows me " OEM LOCK OFF" "FAP LOCK OFF"

2: Will i need to keep my phone power on during 168h without any reboot ? to get back that oem button ?

3: Why i've got this problem ? That only concern december and january patches ?

Thanks for reading and maybe your answers ! That's a shame for sammy .... maybe we gonna get closer and closer of apple with this kind of politics
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sefrcoko:
1-Because you are in jail now.

2-No, just wait 7 days. Reboots don't matter when in jail.

3-You may have rebooted without checking to see if OEM Unlock was toggled...If so then it would mean jail because you had already flashed something custom. Normally you would have to toggle it again or wait 7 days for it to appear before rebooting.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shadowsami4:
Many thanks ! that's approximatly what i've thought.

So last one, because i'm a compulsive flash o maniac. What will i have to do ? in order to flash as i want when i want, without waiting 7 days each time ?

Flash a custom kernel will be the solution ? And if i do the last update of january in official way, i'll be able to root and flash custom stuff anyways ?

Sammy did something very horrible with that thing, on my last notes phones i was able to tick one time the oem unlock and it stood for ever
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] carlosmedia:
Have you checked if your fastboot screen showed "RMM state: prenormal"? thats probably the cause

Anyway, all the people I saw reporting the missing OEM unlock buttom at dev options said that they had it back at the 7th day of uptime, so yes thats the only option you can try for now.

As for why, no one seems to know what that RMM thing is really for or why Samsung just silently put it there.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ahmedfaisalsiddiqi:
Someone seems to have found a solution and its working for ppl with note8. Haven't confirmed it myself.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sefrcoko:
Overall, just toggle OEM (or wait 7 days for it to appear, then toggle it). After that you can flash what you need (twrp, root, etc.) as per instructions in those threads. Once you boot for first time after that, make sure OEM Unlock is toggled before reboot again to avoid jail. If OEM toggle isn't there, you must wait 7 days for it to appear before you can toggle and reboot again.

There's also a new suggestion in the oem unlock thread that involves removing rlc and changing build.prop to ensure OEM toggle no longer disappears once unlocked, but I haven't tried it yet myself.

Long story short, once OEM is unlocked you should be fine but yes you must be more careful than with previous Sammy devices like Note 4. A lot can depend on the specific rom, kernel, and/or root method because each have a lot of factors and no one fully understands what's going on behind the scenes. Some have no issues, while others reported dissappearing oem toggle after flash, etc. Be sure to read up on the threads related to what you are flashing :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shadowsami4:
Thanks all ! in approximatly 1 h my phone will be free again ! i'll try to do my best for keeping him out of jail forever now ! it seems that we have a solution now

Flashing twrp and RMM patch without rebooting and full wipe and format data before. And then i think i'm gonna try a custom kernel and find a rom with no oem toggle problem ! Do you know one ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ppelao3k:
if I have this message in download mode --- 'Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed' after having installed official CRB7 --- can I flash official AQL5 ROM to go back to version 7 and thus be able to install TWRP ??

Please advise before doing so, as I understand in the state that is today, I must wait a week to install something in download mode ... is it correct?

If I make a mistake without asking, I could be without a phone for a week and I would have to commit suicide ... hahaha

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Geekser:
Your comments are correct, after flashing TWRP (after waiting 7 days for OEM unlock to come back) it is important to flash the RMM State fix before you reboot your phone. Otherwise, there is a good chance that the phone could get locked again. There is a link a few posts back to the RMM State fix - or you can go to the original thread found here: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75360965&postcount=22

I have done this and most if not all of the new roms out there have the RMM state fix included in them. If you try flashing a rom that doesn't have the fix - and you haven't flashed the fix yourself, you run the risk of being put back into the "Pre-Normal" state again and being locked out for another 7 days.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] galaxynote2:
After getting out of jail and enabling OEM Unlock, flashed TWRP and I've ended up with the official binaries error again, this time without being able to put the device in download mode. I finally got into download mode to flash my stock rom again, and guess what? OEM Unlock gone again. 7 wasted days. I'm starting to hate this phone. For real, I didn't had problems with ANY of my Samsung phones, yet this one is the worst I've ever bought.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sefrcoko:
Sorry to hear that. What happened between flashing twrp and the point where you had the binaries error message?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] marceloesplucio:
Hi friends, is there any alternative to activate oem before 7 days? It's been 7 days and the option for me does not appear !!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] arcanemyth:
I've posted a solution for S8. You might have to try and get the Nougat Bootloader for Note8 from December and flash it with Odin.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/help/solution-official-released-binaries-t3762497
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] adikos:
Its working

Its ok. Just flash it then phone start to go boot loop don't give up and start to download mode and flash by TWRP. Everything is ok!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dieguitobrasil:
root galaxy note 8

Hi Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed note 8 galaxy note 8 after install freedom or zanti my device restar e show this mensage Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed note 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] robross0606:
Since Renovate decided to "[Remove] OEM Unlock Toggle in Dev Options", how is anyone even determining if they're "out of jail"?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] carlosmedia:
Same happend to me:

You have to check that:

1- You have the firmware corresponding to your country, samsung model and/or carrier

2- You have the lastest possible update (through OTA upgrades) (That is to say: if your mobile says there is an upgrade available, upgrade it)

3-You have disabled developer options

Then after you have checked all that then wait the one week.

That worked for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] tsurichi:
so everyones phone is working fine but mine seems to be stuck at the boot loop where yo usee this message 'Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed' anyone got an idea how to get past this? do i have to flash a new stock firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] jjosph:
I have the OEM unlock option but it is greyed out. I have the unlocked version but according to an app I downloaded through the play store, my phone is a Trinidad model yet I got it through rent a center. Anyway around that?