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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] borijess:
Ok I did what you said and currently using Google voice for only transcribing. I also put the app to do not disturb so it doesnt ring and goes directly to voicemail. Still using stock app for answering calls. Is that what you are doing or are you using the google voice app for everything?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
I use Google voice just for voice mail until I wanna call my wife from my googlevoicenumber (she didn't know I had it) and mess with her. If I do a profile update in the phone settings I redo the *73googlevoicenumber because Samsung is retarded...and resets everything to default...but I am still on AQI5....may be fixed in newer builds...still, it's quick and easy...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shahmaulik42:
i tried to do like this but it give me error in ODIN abl.elf falied. check the screenshot
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
See if you can flash a different carrier Firmware (same version though) using regular Odin...since it is multi-CSC it should not matter because your SIM and CSC code will force setup correct...then you can flash unlocked firmware...using Prince Comsy's Odin (after setup though)...this has worked for others
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Updated binary (combo file) for anyone having issues...I have not tried it yet...AQK3

If you still have issues you can try flashing the updated binary, following instructions in OP... then flash this file in the AP slot of Odin before flashing the Firmware....try the updated binary first though
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jokono421:
Hello, an thankyou for your thread. Now Im downloading N950U1UEU2BQK1(CCT). Now Im xfinity user. This is from Nov 27. Now the one you have is from Nov 11 an Im assuming one is unlocked cct and mine is locked. Still a bit confused on witch is more effective to use. Plan on using only the bl, user data,csc oyn, and csc home portions of firmware. I plan on using xfinity,an debloating my self. So Isnt better to use the u1 cct , rather then the u version?If you can explain the diffrence ,or benifit of the two other then ones locked and ones not?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] marktang:
Have you tried flashing the Canadian firmware to your phone. I want to get the VOLTE working as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
The unlocked firmware has none of the bloat...just the carrier settings...it is essentially the XAA firmware with the CCT CSC
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Flashing the Canadian Rogers firmware should achieve what you want...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kaysond:
Isn't there only one firmware for Canadian devices since they're all N950W... Can you even flash 950W firmware on a 950U1 or 950UZ?

Also couldn't you just flash the csc? I think your guide is using the canadian one for carrier switching right?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=SM-N950W&exact=1

There are many...we use the XAC HOME_CSC to change csc because it contains all codes...you could use just your carrier csc but it only changes apn and connection settings...to get carrier functions and apps you need carrier Firmware...I do not know what main branded carriers are though...even though it is multi-CSC, it does not always work the same...carriers release different or updated apps and settings that are only available within their firmware...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kaysond:
Would you expect any problems flashing the rogers firmware onto an N950U1? I'm a little worried because the Canadian phones support TD-SCDMA, while the US ones don't, so I wonder if they're using a different radio and modem firmware
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Honestly, I have no idea...I noticed the root thread for n950u and u1 changed to include w devices and that includes flashing firmware...whatever you try do so at your own risk...but ask around first...create a new thread in the questions section to get more response....something that would elicit the answer you want of course...sorry I can't help beyond doing flashing my own to see if it works...I'm tempted...but it's my only one....you may only need to flash the CSC and USERDATA files...and cp for modem....others may have tried...good luck...let me know how it goes

Edit: https://www.frequencycheck.com/comp...e-8-td-lte-us-sm-n950u1-samsung-baikal/canada
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Evidently another site is claiming that my guide works for SM-N950W firmware on SM-N950U1 devices, unless I am reading it wrong:

Check it out:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.re...ts/73xkbc/canadian_csc_on_usa_unlocked_note8/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] toshik1:
I'm sorry I'm new to Note 8, I've got one from Samsung.com for T-Mobile (T-M startup logo) SM-N950U N950USQU2BQJA, can I SIM unlock it or even reflash to International version?

I've heard that out of the factory phones have an option to select carrier/version through some startup menu (same as Iphones) hardware is 100% identical. Yes there are 56 pages to read and I did not yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
You can SIM unlock it to use internationally but for firmware, what you see in OP plus canadian (posibly) is what you get for snaps...to SIM unlock for free...call your carrier (international unlock is given freely, usually) or search XDA (from pc) for "z3x" "Samsung unlock" "free" by instrumental...I was going to link his thread but have not got around to it...if you search it you will find it, I have to search for it to as I did not save it...so don't ask me to find it...lol...but the international firmwares are all exynos and will not work on our devices so...unlock, SIM up, and call away...my good friend...call away...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] toshik1:
Thanks! I found the link you mentioned the phone has to be rooted I normally keep them OEM. The phone is second hand, T-M won't unlock it for me, they said Samsung might but only for the original buyer. Even if you buy phone from T-M for full price, you'd have to keep it on their network for like 40 days before they'd unlock it for free.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Paid service to unlock it...anywhere from $20 - $50..I was going to get into the unlock bus..but the box cost $$$...lol...you can root and un-root...this root does not trip Knox...safe...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kaysond:
One last question for you, thanks for all the help: if I want the phone to appear as close to a Rogers as possible, specifically the csc, do I need to follow the "Switching Carrier" part of your guide first? Or should I just install the 950W Rogers fw package, and that csc file will do everything I need?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
The switching carrier portion first.. it sets the csc...then flash the files...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kaysond:
Ok, so just to make sure, I am going to:

Flash N950US combo from op

Flash HOME_CSC from op

Run IME code and change csc to RWC (rogers)

Flash N950W rogers firmware

Right?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] black96ss:
T mobile can SIM unlock it. I purchased my t mobile note from Samsung and had it unlocked 2 days after I received it. I went to t mobile twitter help and messeged them. don't bother calling t mobile lol.I gave them my personal info, my phones imei the phone has to be on t mobiles network for 72 hours and not have a balanced owed on it through T MOBILE. if they tell you they can't unlock it, ask for a manager.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Sure...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kaysond:
Ok so I did everything, and now I have the Rogers firmware working. How do I know I did the carrier switch right? The service provider SW ver. is RWC/RWC/XAA. Is that right?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jdoggz:
So I have a dillema...I flashed the N950U1 unlocked firmware on N950U. Everything went well. I needed to do this because Verizon (in all of their wisdom) thought it okay to completely disable Samsung Cloud to accommodate their crappy Verizon cloud. However, I cannot get wifi calling or video calling since flashing their userdata will disable the Samsung Cloud. Any way to just get those feature without a full userdata flash?

I can't root until root won't disable DRM verification like Netflix and others.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
For Verizon look at this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W9EEbYHWD40
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jdoggz:
Sweet!!! I used shortcut maker and just launched the ims activity. It worked for video calling. I still don't see an option for Wifi calling. Does voLTE replace traditional Wifi calling?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] borijess:
Finally got my carrier unlocked to get all the AT&T features to work. I flashed the AT&T firmware but the important thing is to get the imei of an AT&T smartphone that nobody is using. Activate the SIM card with the imei of the AT&T device. Boom then ur unlocked carrier note 8 will have all the features. Right now my note 8 shows up as an Galaxy S8 active on there website. :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
No...WiFi calling uses a WiFi signal to call from and VoLTE allows voice communication over LTE while data usage is occurring like surfing the web...the WiFi calling is typically in the phone settings but may be found by searching

com.android.settings.Settings$WifiCallingSuggestionActivity

Or wificalling in general
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] borijess:
I flashed the latest update from AT&T in the op on my 950U1. How do I get the November Security update that was just released? When I try OTA it says it's up to date.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sh$llNinjA:
i don't think so you flash N950W ON N950U only you can flash home csc W and after flash any carrier stock U model firmware :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] borijess:
Anyone?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
You can put the update on your SD card and reboot to recovery and apply update...rename to update.zip...

Alternatively you can try to add fota to apn with shortcut master lite...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] borijess:
Where do i get the update? Will it prevent me from doing a lateral flash to unlocked carrier firmware? I also see you are uploading the latest ATT FIRMWARE.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
You can get the updates here:

https://samsung.firmware.science/

You can still do a lateral flash to unlocked as long as it is the correct bootloader...if you update to BQJA you cannot downgrade...

I am uploading all the ATT Firmwares as I get them or mirrors are available...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] borijess:
How big is the update? I just downloaded the update from your link and it's only 57mb. AT&T website says 157mb.

Update. Nevermind it is 157mb. Thank u.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] borijess:
Crap the update wiped phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
the smaller ones are not supposed to.. sorry...for att on unlocked devices it is the only way (other than sideloading or adding fota to apn and hoping for the update over the air)...some of the updates do not wipe but others do...as some have reported on other posts...If you venture to the (unreleased) oreo update it will wipe...but for good cause as it is a new os...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
You can use the system.image.ext4 from this U version: during the root process:

https://xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-note-8/how-to/odin-restore-att-n950u-n950usqu1aqia-t3684371

Go to op

Extract using winrar or 7zip

If you already downloaded extract
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcrompton:
Yes, thank you, I tried that without success

The person I asked said that was "U1"

Seems a little confusing to me
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Nope...it is U...U1 is the bloatless this has bloat...lol

Do this original one

https://xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-note-8/how-to/odin-n950usqu1aqh7-restore-files-n950u-t3678503

Go to op
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] phenix3030:
Thank you for all these info.... my note 8 unlocked, I bought it straight unlocked from Samsung( sm n950U1), I flashed to Verizon firmware, but I just flashed the USERDATA, how I can flashed back to my original firmware and can I use N95U1EU1AQH9_XAA file?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] phenix3030:
Should i flash the USERDATA only or all the files?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
All
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] phenix3030:
Thank u bro
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] PowerPC:
Sorry if this is a dumb question. If I get a Verizon Note 8 and flash with T-Mobile firmware, will this device now enabled for T-Mobile LTE band?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
AFAIK all U.S. note 8 devices have same hardware and firmware dictates the band usage...and modems...follow the switching carrier thread
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] omarvaz21:
Does this require root or trip Knox?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ahenderson223:
This does not require root or trip knox.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] SimplyNando:
So what would be the best one to flash to get the unlocked version and continue to get the AT&T services like VoLTE and WiFi calling?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcrompton:
I have gotten them all to work if I flashed AT&T CSC and the userdata files
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gnosis1:
Yes I have a question I am going back to the original Tmobile stock ROM for my note 8. Which files do I use, the one that ends with a 7 or 5?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Either one...7 is the original and you would get update...5 is the updated version
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gnosis1:
Thank you. Also does flashing this restore all system files to their originality as well as the partition?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dabl198327:
which firmware did you choose? im not sure which one to use...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dazemc:
How would I get metro pcs to work?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] borijess:
Do you have a link on how to setup FOTA?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/guide-enable-hotspot-t3675986/page1

Go to op...

Just follow guide and add "fota"
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vallista:
Ok after reading countless threads. I'm just trying to switch from verizon to at&t on my note 8. I don't believe I need it unlock since the Verizon version of the phone since I'm currently using it on at&t. I just want the at&t updates. can someone with better knowledge guide me thru this?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fogame:
Follow the guide for switching carriers. If followed ecscy you should be good to go. I believe it is post 2? Maybe 3? Its fairly straight forward.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vallista:
does my phone need to be rooted already?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fogame:
Root is not required for this.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jdoggz:
Thought I had a pretty good handle on all of this but that's also when I was on AQI5 build. So here's what's happened:

1. Flashed the Unlocked AQI15

2. Took the OTA update to BQK1 (no problems)

3. Now wanting to flash the VZW USERDATA but I don't see it for BQK1; only BQK2.

Not sure where to go from here. I only need to flash the VZW userdata because I can't seem to get WiFi calling enabled. I tried doing it through the shortcut maker, but I only get one option there which is to turn on WiFi calling (all the other options are greyed out). However, I see no indication that this actually turns on WiFi calling. I can't get it in the Quick Settings pull down, and it doesn't show anywhere else.

If someone knows a different way of activating WiFi calling, I'd appreciate the help. Otherwise, my question is can I use the VZW BQK2 USERDATA on my BQK1 build? I don't see an unlocked download for BQK2.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ziggy3055:
I just wanted to throw this out there in case anybody runs into this:

For anybody getting the error immediately when trying to do the carrier switch "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)"

If your phone is encrypted, make sure to do a factory reset before trying to do the install. I kept getting that and I remembered that my device had the encryption turned on. One I did a factory reset, it is now able to install properly.

Might seem obvious for it to fail, but you might not immediately remember that you had encryption enabled, so hopefully this is a helpful reminder.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] borijess:
Hey bluefox maybe u can help me. I flashed the entire att rom and setup up SOS in advanced features. Now after I restored everything the setting is missing from advanced feature. What file controls SOS? So I can see if it's something I am disabling.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
It might be in a different location... like privacy and emergency...I know Verizon moved theirs...I looked through settings and could not find a separate shortcut for it but I'll look some more...

I see you got it...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] borijess:
No I thought I did. When I reinstalled the new rom it was there and I set it up. After setting up phone and restoring and disabling apps the setting is gone again. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Ok...I'll see what I can find
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
I checked this out

EpdgTestApp

In shortcut master lite and it had the ability to turn on VoVideo, LTE, and WiFi calling in one spot...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
com.android.settings.Settings$UsefulFeatureMainActivity
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] borijess:
Ok I know what's causing it. It's BK Disabler doing it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Cool...I think I got video calling working on unlocked on Sprint but no one to test with...my wife's s8+ with same sttings keeps saying 3g out of area...so I have to play some more...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Android.Ninja:
I feel that a comment greatly outweighs just a hit of the thanks button. "Thank You BlueFox721 you are most appreciated!"

Developers don't need no stinkin' signature!

If I've been able to help you, please hit the "Thanks" button. * ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fogame:
What did you enable? Couldnt find a switch to turn on.

I'll test with you once its up and going. Im on Sprint as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] SH-IN-SJ:
hi guys, brand new note8 with ATT (charity auction lucky winner) except I hate ATT, and I'm on VZW, So instead of selling

I decided to follow the steps, and i followed carefully, but after step 10 , got in Factory Binary with scrolling triangles

it stayed in that mode for a while, over 30 min. So I thought I could move to next step, but step 12 >adb reboot bootloader, gave:

"error: no devices/emulator found"

while the Factory binary progress *scrolling triangles" kept on and on for ever. So I decided to shutdown vol-down+power,

while the screen went black the LED stayed as blue, I tried to get into recovery mode after that but it wouldn't.. instead; i kept getting this.

[ Upload Mode]

Force Upload By Key.

APSS INFO

panic caller: sec_store_lastkmsg_proc_open+0x0/0x24

panic msg: crash key

thread : swapper/0:0

last_ns : 0xcf

generating summary...

>> general info

>> etc...

done!

several tries later and I kept getting the same thing, when I tried to master reset vol-up+vol-dwn+bksby+pwr buttons,

....... aaaaaaand I'm stuck..... I mean stuck for what seems to be forever with no reboot or shut down or download possible, tried all

key/button combination but nothing would make it budge..it gave me

[Upload Mode] Unknown Error

RAM dump by hard reset

last_ns : 0xcf

then at the bottom of this

it says synchronous Exception

lr: long hex number

sp: long hex number

pc: long hex number

The phone is unresponsive, no combination of buttons has any effect, also the battery was almost at 100% when this

happened, so I don't know how long it will take to drain out. I have a feeling it will last for a long time.. with all

the green red and yellow in the screen, it almost is as good as a Christmas tree ornament.

Love and peace to all .. please help me...!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] peoples_flip:
I just completed these steps and successfully converted by Telus branded Note 8 to a Rogers branded one.... I now have a successfully working Wi-Fi calling enabled Note 8!

Many thanks to the OP and these above quick overview/instructions!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcrompton:
Hey [MENTION=5649240]BlueFox721[/MENTION]

I am the pain the arse from days gone by who was trying to get Root to work with AT&T and maintain all my calling features -- basically almost everything I tried left me with a phone that would END calls imediately upon making or receiving them , as long as AT&T Enhanced LTE services was enabled.

I finally got it to work but my only solution was to flash the AT&T AQH7 CSC and userdata after rooting. I tried to share that solution in a couple of places.

Fast forward to now.

I tried Oreo for fun knowing it would upgrade my bootloader to later version that wasn't downgradable. I thought no problem since V2 Root was out for the new bootloader.

The problem I am having is that no matter what I tried after rooting I can't get calls to work with AT&T and Enhanced LTE Services enabled --- I tried flashing the AT&T S2BQK2 CSC and userdata but no luck.

What would be the best AT&T later bootloader firmware to get the CSC and userdata files from in hopes of getting root on the later bootloader?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Try the BQJA files...still version 2 so may not cause issue...but before you do...try to see if you have

EpdgTestApp in shortcut master lite- launch

- EpdgMainActivity - launch

- select menu dots top right

- select activation settings

- select combination of options you want

com.test.LTEfunctionality in shortcut master lite- launch

- LTEFunctionalityTest- launch

- VoLTE Test UI - select

- Set N/W PS voice support - turn on

- Set N/W PS E911 support - turn on

IMS Settings in shortcut master lite- launch

- ImsSettingsLauncherActivity - launch

- IMS Service Switch - select, enable all

- IMS Profile - select

- "Your Carrier" IMS - select

- Service - select

- ensure the radios are selected for mmtel, mmtel-video, and smsip (other settings break features but play if you want...)(mmtel-video is video calling) for both sections, top and bottom...back out once and click the save icon (looks like floppy)