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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Nitefire77:
Stay on topic or the thread will get closed or moderators will come in here unhappy. To discuss adblocking make a thread for ad blocking. This is forbeta discussion
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Thanks mod! Oh wait.... Also, since disconnect pro doesn't work on the beta, this is related. Stop trying to shoot above your pay grade.

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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kelkin:
So dumb question... but by "any" snapdragon, does that mean I can install this on an AT&T Galaxy S8 plus? And it won't trip the knox counter?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Rally517:
Yes. Will not trip knox
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] justanizfamouz:
Is there a download for Oreo 5 yet?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Nitefire77:
If there was don't you think it would have been posted here?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] diet.tampon:
wish I could get a notification on the xda app when the OP is updated. really hoping for a beta 5 file soon.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Berchtwald:
Is it possible to upgrade to the 4th (or 5th when it comes out) beta from a nougat firmware with bootloader version 2?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] RiggyRiggs:
Yes. I've done with it with my Verizon s8+. All I did was download the 4th beta to my SD card and flashed in stock recovery from nougat. I suggest waiting till the 5th is released tho. Hopefully when the file is released OP will update the thread. Heard the beta 5 is being pushed out so just a matter of time for the file..I'd assume.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Goneeuro:
[MENTION=5755478]RiggyRiggs[/MENTION] When you say you flashed from Nougat, you mean qk5 right, and not the recent Verizon update? BLQ1 or what ever it is. I am on the newest from Verizon and downloaded qk5 and the update from the original post but if I could skip using odin to go back first it like to skip that step. Either way I've been flashing long enough to downgrade without issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] this.guy.lol:
totally late but i dont want to read all this since times a factor. my brother has the g955u for sprint. he is on oreo i believe revision 2. he wants me to root it but ii dont know that i can since im having problems locatingn proper info.. can i downgrade it back to 7.0 with odin and root with comsey? thx in advance.

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and if not, how can i go about rooting it? got loads of mods for him to use. like dual speaker.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] diet.tampon:
you can only go back to a 7.0 firmware that's has the 2 BL, which is like bqks, and I think a couple more, since he's now already on the BL2. then there's a root guide posted in s8+ guides and discussions.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mopartonyg:
Try this thread: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8+/development/root-partcyborgrom-aqk3-samfail-odin-t3717702
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] KevinChaos:
My phone automatically updated from BQK5 to BQL1 today. :( I've been trying to avoid it but it did it's own thing while I was at work. Can I still update to beta 5 when it's out or do I have to revert to BQK5? I'd rather not wipe anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
I am beginning to think we will not see any more Beta updates here on samsung.firmware.science its been 2 weeks and not any new Beta's Hope I am wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dudash:
There is an update.zip for the S8+ (not the S8) from BQL1 to ZQKS on the update site so it would seem plausible to think there would be one from BQL1.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] JeffATL:
Is it the 2 before the last 4 letters that is important ? For example if you are on Oreo, can you go back to a rom that has the last 5 characters as 2AXXX ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xdanilva:
Yes 2 is the bootloader version. You can go to any firmware with 2XXXX.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] $droyd$:
Galaxy s8 tmobile 950u.

Worked like a charm. I was already on the newest U2 bootloader so I tried just the update zip. No go that way so i went ahead and downgraded through Odin to the build posted in the OP. Then adb sideload with the update.zip. no problems. This was as simple as click click wait. Thanks for this. Been wanting to check out the oreo beta for a while. Unfortunately there's not a thing in the build to get excited about Haha. Stupid Samsung, always taking the fun out of everything.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
Personally i think Oreo is much better but that's just me.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] $droyd$:
I just finished installing it so really haven't played to much but my first impression was meh. Can't tell a difference imo.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
Yeah I mean it's not a dramatic change upon first blush but just little touches here and there and very importantly to me OMS support for better substratum theming. I also find that everything is smooth and snappy compared to nougat.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] I747:
I'm getting a "cannot read update.zip" in adb, and I cannot figure it out.

Any help?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] blestsol:
go to the file on your pc and remove the ".zip" part from the end, its automatically there when its the file format. So right now it looks like Update.zip.zip to your adb.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
New Beta is Out ZQLE, sure wish we could get it.

https://www.sammobile.com/news/android-8-oreo-beta-5-galaxy-s8-s8-plus
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] $droyd$:
Are you in recovery on your phone ? Selected load update through adb? If your on windows did you open the terminal from the actual location of the zip ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] I747:
I did this, and it looks like it worked.

Now, I'm stuck on "verifying update package" on my phone, and "loading: update" in adb, and it's been sitting there for a good thirty minutes at least. Is this normal?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xdanilva:
I think so.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
There are some pretty awesome changes, but yes a lot of it is under the hood. That is no different than standard vanilla android either. Oreo was the most underwhelming android update so far in my opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Nitefire77:
Unfortunately we lose out on the best change Oreo had to offer. Project treble
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
You can always try doing it from SD card. That's what I've always done.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Marsh10:
Ever since the day of the zqks release, everything seemed to work properly but since yesterday I can't send or receive SMS messages from the stock Samsung mssgs. says " no cellular network" when im on 4g and wifi
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
What carrier?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] unk2009:
:good:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Marsh10:
[MENTION=4452336]Reechings[/MENTION]

Verizon
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tanked89:
Is there away to install thos without pc? And if i am already on stock bqk5 i still need to glash the bersion listed in the op?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] RiggyRiggs:
I didn't need a PC. I was on bqk5 and all I did was download the update.zip file to my SD card.. Boot in to stock recovery and flash the update file. No computer was needed. I suggest waiting til beta 5 file is out tho otherwise your just going to have to flash back to bqk5 then get to beta 5 as you can't just apply beta updates just by flashing when you're already on the beta using this work around.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
I am beginning to wonder if we will Ever see Beta 5 ZQLE on here it has been So Long since we have gotten any. Lots of phones are rolling it out but Samsung the biggest Android user is always last it seems and AT&T just as Bad.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
What are you even rambling about? The delay in getting a recent beta around xmas time or the official release of oreo? Sounds like you're combining both into one large ramble.

1.) it's been like two weeks, consider as well that it is Xmas and new years.

2.) this is probably the fastest Samsung has ever been on releases. Name other phones that are faster at the moment. There aren't many...

You are on oreo right now and are still complaining lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bonebeatz1234:
Meanwhile I can't get the beta on my phone to save my life I don't care it's has issues . Just enjoy it why people like me could only wish to be on oreo just for the updated keyboard with gifs would be fine with everything else is fine on the phone
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Any reason you can't get oreo?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bonebeatz1234:
I have the unlocked version got the phone after the beta sign up. G955U1UES2AQL1 software and Odin won't allow me to flash nothing in the ap slot which contain the rom to go back I tried numerous odins the modified Prince cosmy version. I tried stock recover update zips i get error 7 can't mount boot error . I owned Samsung devices all my life last being the note 7 and I was the master of flashing roms troubleshooting using odin, I helped plenty of people unbrick there phones but this phone for some reason as made me feel like a damn noob. I never ask for help I always try to figure stuff out on my own . It just bugs me not knowing why it won't let me go back software versions. Last time something similar happened was on my note 5 where I didn't let you downgrade firmwares I'm guessing this the same ordeal
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Which software are you trying to go back to? Sounds to me like you might be trying to flash back to the first bootloader.

If you need help don't hesitate to ask, either on here or via pm. I know myself as well as many of the other members on here would gladly help as best as we can.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bonebeatz1234:
BQK5
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tanked89:
This is my s8 plus baseband and build can i just flash the update zip or is there somethiing else that I need in order to move forward? I do not have access to a pc at the moment so I wanbt to verify im doing this correct before I start
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] $droyd$:
Should just be able to load up the update zip.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tanked89:
So my baseband build is correct then and in the op which download is the latest
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Goneeuro:
Yeah. Just grab the file for bqk5. And you will be good to go. I was nervous but bit the bullet and went for it. Was quick and painless.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] $droyd$:
The very last one. Right above your done is beta 4.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tanked89:
Thanks to all got it so far. Do I let it finish android update once it reboots or factory reset before it completes?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] $droyd$:
I just did that adb flash and let it all run the course. Never had to factory reset anything. It should run through just like an ota update.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tanked89:
Ok great seems good thus far It didn't look looked I needed to butt I did it just cause everything is backed up already. Anyone gave the note 8 running this too?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Basic11:
Did you do them one by one or all at the same time? For some reason, it'll failed after setup connection. I'm on ZQK1.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
you mean flash AP, BL & CP, of BQK5 Yes flash them and only them in Odin at same time, then reboot to Recovery Mode and have ZQKS zip on you SD card and install from there to Oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Basic11:
I followed the steps carefully, but for some reason , it'll failed after setup connection. And then after a couples tries, it will go to initalization and then failed.

Update: I got it. I never run Odin as the admin.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Alief.Prophet:
Can't downgrade firmware

When I try to Odin to BQK5 my S8 tells me "Odin protocol version error" and nothing will happen. I've never seen this on any device and I'm confused as to what it means.

I have a T-Mobile Galaxy S8+

If you actually need a screenshot then ask but it won't tell you anything different than I am
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
What version of Odin are you using?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
Use Odin 3.12.7

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ALWAYS run Odin in Admin. Mode, ALWAYS.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] TheLastSidekick:
Good practice, but using Comsey I actually tested this and didn't need admin on Windows 10.

I'd recommend not using USB 3.0 for it however.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] unk2009:
Thanks for the awesome thread. I successfully flashed Beta 4 but my battery life isn't that great, anyone else getting less than stellar battery life?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Nitefire77:
My battery life has been great! I'm on ZQKS
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Neurokk:
Mine got the same problem, bad battery level
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] vazersecurity:
Flashing now. Will update on experience.

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VZW S8.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Oh yeah forgot to post this, for people with bad battery life, try disabling stuff related to the beta. Since you're unofficial I think it polls. It's called beta experience.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Neurokk:
When I first boot my device it shows me that beta experience app, but it get removed by itself and I didn't find anything related to this, my battery still pretty bad
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sabresfan:
Thanks my battery life isn't the best on the beta but at least the annoying beta software message on boot is gone. I just flashed back to it today so a few days to let everything settle in usually helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Goneeuro:
So, is this the app we should disable? Mine is greyed out so I can't. As you can see though its eating battery life. I am on beta 4 on a Verizon s8+.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Yeah I had to do it through bk disabler
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Goneeuro:
I've heard of that but never used it. Any insites?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
It is fantastic, let's you disable and delete stock apps and remove services/permissions. I used it to remove the analytics service from YouTube and that helped a ton with my battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Goneeuro:
Just installed and disabled the galaxy beta app. Which service was that? I didn't see it in the list.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
The ones I have disabled up top
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Epic htc 1:
I've got REALLY poor battery life atm ....I'm going to boot into recovery and reset it and clear cache a few times and then install my backup and try running it for a week and see what kind of battery life I get then. I knew better then to NOT (^^^). Live and learn I guess.

Off topic,has anyone heard anymore on beta 5 release yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] unk2009:
Thanks I'll let it settle in for a few days, hopefully I can get those type of numbers
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] harryo604:
I have a Canadian s8plus g955w with baseband

G955WVLU2AQK7.

Can I just put newest beta on sd card and install from recovery

I'm not rooted either on fido

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] diet.tampon:
no you need to Odin flash to bqk5 first, then you can install newest beta from SD. the OP says clearly that you must be on bqk5
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nhoc_maruko9x:
Someone in previous pages said he can install OTA update.zip without flas BQK5 first. He's already on U2 bootloader though.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
He's wrong unless he's on official beta.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Alief.Prophet:
I was using 3.11

Using 3.12.7 solved my problem, thank you

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So my phone passes the Odin flash and then it reboots into recovery and says "installing update" up until it hits 32 percent then says failed

I don't know what step I'm missing or what I'm doing wrong
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Alief.Prophet:
Here's a picture of the logs after the update
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
So did it fail at 32% when you flashed the OTA in recovery? Most likely you're going to need to do a factory reset as well since something looks weird with /data in that log.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Alief.Prophet:
Here's what happened when I flashed the OTA on my SD Card
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Alief.Prophet:
So the firmware did flash and I am on BQK5. It's just the OTA update that's having trouble
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
Reading the error message it is looking for different firmware than BQK5. You need to download the update zip again:

https://samsung.firmware.science

The newest version for S8+ is ZQKS.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Alief.Prophet:
BQK5 flash not working

So my phone passes the Odin flash and then it reboots into recovery and says "installing update" up until it hits 32 percent then says failed

I don't know what step I'm missing or what I'm doing wrong
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bill10:
That's fine it does that for me too just reboot and your good
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Alief.Prophet:
Oh you're right, I was downloading the wrong version. I managed to get it now. Thank you for your help, it's really appreciated
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Reechings:
No worries, feel free to hit the thanks button of you feel like it ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
I do not think we will see another Beta update on Samsung.firmware.science/ before it comes out from Carrier. Hope I am Wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Alief.Prophet:
Anybody having sort of lag with their camera or performance issues?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] l3wish:
is it possible to downgrade from ZQKS?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] unk2009:
Hey guys awesome job, quick question, what is the best way to get back to Nougat 7.0

(T-Mobile device)

Thanks in advance for all your help
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gdecker:
Yes, download latest from sammobile and use Odin.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] l3wish:
I'm on 2ZQKS. I saw somewhere not to flash any 1 versions?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Odin back to stock
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Joshua Mr PC Repair:
Will this trip Knox??

And how easy is it to do on Canadian S8 sm-g950w
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] smah20:
Does it require root? Does it void warranty?

Baseband version:- G9550U1UES2AQL1

I just have 4 questions. Please bear with my grammar.

1) I am a novice user and by reading the thread I have understood that this dose not require root and dose not void the warranty. Please correct me if I am wrong. Does this require ROOT? Does it VOID warranty?

2) Will I be able to go back to the previous version without rooting if I face any major difficulties?

3) Will i be able to receive future updates from Samsung directly?

4) Can i Just flash 4th beta post directly that is odin and then update.zip?

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
1.) no

2.) extremely easy
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Neurokk:
Anyone are facing some problem with Google play and not been able to update any app?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] falcon67:
Yoy have to perform factory reset and clear cache
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Neurokk:
Already did, still the same
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
Is BQL1 newer than ZQKS?? Do not think it is. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] cledee:
ZQKS is newer.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nhoc_maruko9x:
Of course not. BQL1 is Nougat while ZQKS is Oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Wagedroid:
Would be nice if people stopped answering questions that have already been answered several times. It's obvious that people that haven't did any reading or searching are asking these questions and will continue as long as you spoon feed them. I'm all for being part of the community and helping out but ffs.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Haha yeah I posted a similar sentiment before. It's getting out of control. You could probably cut most threads in half
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] matthewd769:
why is it you people have to complain about people asking questions?? SO WHAT !!!! Just answer it ... you realize some threads are pages and pages ... and let say you research "root" in a 200 page thread and there are 225 hits for root ... anyway my point is ... when a question is asked numerous times ... YOU peeps complaining is what makes the threads longer and longer with the complaining instead of just answering the questions or comments.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Wagedroid:
I'm guessing your caps mean emphasis? Please stay in your lane. No one singled you out, so why are you trying on this shoe whether it fits or not?

Simply put, it's part of community rules to research before asking questions.

Also, we have answered it. Several times. Did you not get that part?

That being said, yes searching and reading through pages is work, it's part of why anything in life works.

You "peeps" relying on others to go through the experiences and the labor of it all while being spoon fed all the information and then complaining when you come across an error is not only what's wrong with this community but society as a whole.

Good day.